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- ; - - ' ' ' " ^ n W^WWXtTt TT ^ Td)/T\ WT^TfT^T^) ,?,, ,.,___ TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM ] "tsm pmon or iiisnaty xm bthhitaii vig-iij awou." IPAYABLE IN ADVANCE. BY DAVIS & CREWS. ABBEVILLE, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 27. 1857. VOL! XIV NO. 18. THE fKCHUU x AsHlUrio. Paris lends the fashions of nearly the whole civilized world, as regards feulalo at^ tire. Here, chiefly, aro determined the ceaseless variations which occur in the shapo of skirts, flounces, bodices, and bonnets. .: Long, long, however, before tlie new fashion reaches many remote places, it has become forgotten in Paris. Still the stream of novelty, though it flows sometimes very slowly, always flows very steadily in its onward and downward course. Two or three years hence, wo in ay expect to hear of the mauls and matrons of Tobermory and tlie Scilly Islands, in comi (pliance with their ideas of French fashions, investing themselves in a capacious and uuyielding./'i/ptmHevvV. The evil of the present moment, and which requires a remedy, ib this?that some particular style of female attire ever and anon becomes universal, . , even though opposed to every correct principle of taste, and essentially a caricature, simply because some leader of the beau ' monde, to indulge a whim, or conceal a personal defect, has thought proper to adopt it. A monotonous fire of jokes and arguments, Las been going on for the last twelve months against the errors, real and supposed, in the present style of female dress. Some fair criticism there has been; but there has been, also, a great amount of exaggeration and nonsense written and repealed. Certainly, the present style of toilette is preferable to that worn by our grandmothers. The short waists and narrow skirts of the first empire, wero both unbecoming, unnatural and inconvenient. It is but right io say, that, within the hist ten or fifteen years there has been a striking reform introduced into one important article of costume?the stays or corsets. It is uo longer attempted to convcrt the waist of a woman into the dimensions of the waist of a wasp, and the results are better health and more grace. Perhaps there may be some room for improvement left in this department; but tight lacing is no longer iu.1 vogue, and that is a great reform gained. The exceedingly small bonnets and the excessive circumference of the skirts are the two principal defects of the present fashions. Great improvement may be noticed,during the last year, in the choice of colors.? Greys, whites, and subdued tints have replaced the gaudy hues of a twelvemonth back. The small grey and white, or white and black quadrilles are the silks now preferred for half dress: White muslins, with II ?11 .1 - l: i 1 ? t very email jiaucrus, are uiu ujjui materials, and even the rich silks, a disposition, arc no longer of such large designs, or of such * brilliant hues. The grey grenadics Anglais (English bareges) are trimmed 011 the _ flounces, corsage and sleeves with five or ^ ?ix rows of velvet. On the double skirts of light dresses, there may be a puffing or a niche put on the edge of the jupes. Light dresses mny be fashioned either high or low "-in. the body, and round at the waist.? When the corsage is low, an embroidered musliu fichu is worn, with or without long ends; according to the taste of the wearer. White cazons arc a very pretty style of toilette, with a colored skirt. When made of plain white muslin there is round the neck n muslin puffing with a doublo head hemmed and fluted. Similar nufiiintrs form * o braces before and belrnd. The straigth sleeves have three puffings lengthwise; there is also one at the bottom of the sleeve, ? finished with a frill eight inches wide. All /the pufKings have ribbons run in them. -On jaconet or painted muslins, we see 'small Louis XIH. fichus, the same as the v > dress, trimmed with ruches, or with a band ?? hemmed and fluted. Sleeves arc wider than - ' - they hav? been, and are often .cut square, -Stock op?m to tbe bend of ihe arm. For * veiry light tissues, the sleeves have a puft ^forming a.short sleeve,-from which escapes * *a slightly gathered' peep flounce, which <cMterS tfcc elbow and.for<nsapoinl', a band > eovirs.the ^o-flotface. - Long has-: ;ft ilonable ga>[ blapj^iljQiTe wo^-willrall tol Ifcttea. '---Often'tliissain a ,llie, dres?; when *>f ^ ^ ^p'^cs tho corsage of ^Klin, wiiftfe muslin, th&e ? ?*1'J 1 .nJ - o Imlf :?.Jina # J . "* ? J'IWIW, wiue, -KIIU WU4?> a blond ruche vvttfi a.roll ?n jfo.middfr ^\vo? tufta o^?qiall daisies, ihraed-'wjth dark violets, ormh&irtit the ^ouu<) Hie feoe.- On>tlio eifoofctl* bonnet, outeid# is g|?cad A"boone, white Vnd'two lilac, gnaw. The froiu of lo a poiht. At the sea. and Spa?, the. round straw firU*jtr>e <Jnlj**?o*ffure worn; it^js lome 9*JF*y at raw, and some ^^itt^titghorut trimmed with either rib | U>? oh a feather, auU n black la?o around A REVOLUTIONARY HEROINE. Many will remember that towards tho close ofjlio war, Col. Tarlctoq passed through North Carolina. Owing to fcoino causo not known, ho spent two nights 111 Halifax county?one within the liospitablo grove of Willie Jones, near tho town of Halifax, and tho oilier higher up the county, near " Quankey Chapel." Either because he was scarce of provisions and horses, or from a malicious desire to destroy tho property of ; American citizens who were opposed to the ; British, he caught nil tho horses, cattle, hogs ; and even fowls, that he could lay hands on, I !l?wl .1 _ . i ,...v v.?.,ujiiu 1/1 ??i^M u]>ri;iL?U UlCin lO 1118 own use. The nialo and most of the fcj male inhabitants of the country fled from | the approach of tho British troops, and hid . themselves in tlie swamps and forest adja' cent, and when they passed through the ! country, while every one else left tho premises on which she lived. Mrs. l'owell then : Miss Bishop) stood her ground," and faced the foe fearlessly. But it would not do; tlioy took the horses and cattle, and among tho former, a faj vorite pony of her own, and drove thorn olF I to the camp, which was about a mile disj taut. Young as she was, she was detcr1 mined to have her pony again, and, as sho j ! must necessarily go to the British camp, to j ! ro alone, if no one would acconmanv her. I ! And alone she went, on foot, at night, and I without ar.y weapon of defence, and in duo i time arrived at t!ie camp. ]}y what means she managed to gain'an audience with Tarleton is not known; but she appeared before him unannounced, and raising herself erect, said: " I have come to 3*011, sir, to demand restoration of ?iiy property, which your knavish followers stole from my father's yard." "Let me understand you, miss," said Tnrieton, completely taken by surprise. " Well, sir," said she, " your roguish men in red coatscame to my father's house about sundown and stole my pony, and I have walked alone and unprotected to claim and demand him ; arid, sir, I must and will have him. I fear not your men; they arc base aiul unprincipled enough to dare to offer iusult to an unprotected female; but their cowardly hearts will prevent their doing her bodily injury." And just then, by the light of a camp fire, espying her own dear little pony at a short distance, she continued : " There, sir, is my horse. 1 shall mount him and li^le peaceably home, and if you have any of the gentlemanly feeling within you, of which your men are utterly destitute, or if you have apy regard for their safety, you will see, sir, that I am not interrupted. But before I g?, I wish to say to you, that he wild cut), and will not prevent this base and cowardly stealing from henroosts, svablcs and buru yards, Is no better in iny estimation, than the mean,?ood-fornothing, guilty wretches, who do tho dirty work with their own hands. Good night sir." And, without waiting further, she took ncr pony, ana galloped sately Home, for Tarleton was so much astounded.that lie ordered that she should be permitted to do 'as she chose. Mrs. Powell died in her native county in 1840, after she attained a green old age.? Obc of her grandsons, "\Vm. S. Parker, volunteered iu the'Mexican war, and died at Ceralvo, iu Mexico. Another, Kichard 1J. Parker, is residing in Halifax county, N. C., a most estimable and worthy citizen. And a grand daughter, Mrs. Mary E. Sledge, (wifo- of W. Ts Sledgo, and sister qf tho two first named gentlefricn,) also lives in 'Halifax conuty, besides other relatives, who all, no doubt, do .justice to her memory, Jjut others should do likewise, for she was one of the noble, BpiriLs of the times that tried1 .men's Souls." " ? ? . The Home of thf Poet Percioal.?The, _ "quaint-jooking house occupied 1/y the late James G.Percival, at New Jlaren^Ct., was sold, at ahetion ou \Y.eduesdftjt. last, fof satisfy a mortgage; The poet: i ^^B-SUite Geologist of Wisconsin at the iiftifte&f his death,-in-May, 1856, but. died' \1T . - - - - wjtliout proptjtty gxcejjk Ijis pogu&s,,- hqus^ a nil llbra*rjr,".ja]^O^Sw)Uiy)^W^^^ p^ga jje4' -The houeo^ifce wte aragng tUcjcaJiOs'i^^s of Xe^"if7?ven. lioth to th&jptUici ? The in &qtivv-JLi\o^ or'^bot'^^Wj to the i |pig9^ijy,'a/&?t1i0 only ^|juM ? M tLo 'fcflf/ wltlcUJ ia^' rt^jjfOJtclie^^-a. p4th winding from Wo wsf well protootoO by%cavy sKufc^jjffci nre jnaer- ' In.l in tliA ilnlila Arilila Wirftnl * 1 ~ vvu III gm/ivnnviw lAItt poet liyed alone jritfi?U$t^ftfcri^^teUlor^,.. pcrmiting-jfriofruwop upon IrS^flWlusion/ The which contains c^mT 10,000' volume will probably be puftfu^by tho 6tale of Wisconsin, which ekp&med a desir*to ojbtain it Itja now. stored "in the hospital at New Bftfen, .In Yqte rtnim of winch Perpiwil poaatd ^evoija]' yeaaa oT lotreiy me. lie; w? never mjgpM. An innocent joung VijvoTtMriim, in order to shoot a squirrel on the top of a small tree, cliuibpd" another close bfr; and, on be* , ing asked the reteon for so fSolidi a freak, said?"That ho did'ift want to strain ills gun by a long 6bot." BEAU BRTJMMEL. In the palmy days of George, Prince o! Wales, there was a club celebrated for it: fashion, and cxclusivcness, numbering among its members the Priuco, Brummel Sheridan, ?&o.; indeed, all were men of the first water in fashion, politics or literature, A vacancy occurring, Lord Doloraine, the famous duellist, applied for admission.? Suspecting that his quarrelsome propensities llliirlif milihila onr.iitiot l.~ ? ?-i*iuon ii11ii^ 11u vanuu upon every member llie morning before the ballot, and very plainly intimated lliat lie should consider the rejection a9 a personal affront, and demand satisfaction from every one several I}', except the 1'rince of Wales, whose position as heir to tho throne protected him. On tho night in question, Lord l)elorainc went to the club, sent up his card, and requested to know if tho balloting was over, and whether ho had been elected.? As ho had been black-ball], an anwer was sent that lie had not beer., there being, un fortunately, a blackball in tlio box. llti sent tlio waiter uj> again to say that, as it must be a mistake, lie wished to see the chairman of the club. The Prince was about rising to comply with this outrageous request, when Prummel volunteered to satisfy the incensed duellist. Telling the waiter to show Lord Delorainc to a private room, he advanced in his blandest manner, and said: " My dear Delorainc, it's truly unfortunate; but you are black balled." The other replied : ' Quite a mistake.? You had better try again." * "No use," returned the fop, "for there was not a white ball in the ballot; but pray wait. Allow me to ring." When the waiter appeared, Brummcl said : "Charles, bring mo a pistol and coffee for two." Lord Delorainc stared iu silence. n...-;nn- n.io i 1* i u< IUq will>3 UIV^I UU III Villi II IV51 llliauu about the weather, the crops, and the most frivolous things. T.ord Delorainc gazing at him with a severe expression of eountenance. "When the waiter brought the dice and the box, Drummel smiled at him, saying, "You can go. One of us will ring if we want you. I don't know which of us it will be ; but one of us will ling." The waiter bowed and retired. lirutnmel then said, "I know yon like coflee; so do I. "When wo have finished it, we will proceed to business." " So I am black-balled," hissed the duelist between his teeth. " Most certainly. .Now, my dear lord, as I am the challenged party, I claim I ho right of dictating tile terras. Here is a pistol?here are dice. We will throw for the ~1 T.. - 1 Jinnee, in oiucr respects we are quite equal. If you fall, you will have a widow to mourn over j'our death. If I perish, 1 shall leave a disconsolato tailor to weep my fate." The bullied bravo put down his cup, and left the room. Brummel rejoined his friendn, and when the story got around in the clubs, Lord Deloiaine ^s so much annoyed that lie went suddenly out of town. Two Pictures.?A lawyer residing in Mansfield, Louisiana, came North to visit his father-in-law, residing at Townshend, in this county, bringing a household servant, a slave with him. On his arrival in New York he told his slave that sho was then in a treo State, tliat-slio had a right to her freedom, if sho wished, offering her $30 in money to provide for her immediate wants should she prefer to leave him. Slio preferred slavery to being a free negro, and he "brought her to Vermont. She has charge of a small child, too young to walk alone vef, and after their arrival ra TownsItend was in the habit of taking it out with her. One day, while near the ceipnetery there, a .man catpft atohg with a carriage, asked her if ?he wers?fhe negrws stopping with Deacon Gray, and she answered in the affirmative. He then endeavored to persuade her to run off, telling ber to leave tLe child whei$*it wji^? A pretty man to wear the garb of a philanthropist to advise n 'nurse to leave an infant to its fate, away oQ from home, in aNlonely grave yard. At length ho becajpd so importunate that the InnV )llA ohthl on/1 ran I.I ? - _ .VVH. ...w v>*v* MIIU I UU 1IVIU U1UI, Thus much to show how luuch these pretended anti-slavery men teem to think of a negro th slavery. Now fo[ the other siife. A well dressed colored iria?< entered the Congregational q}iurch in'this vHIage, a short time since, aud though lie walked up the aisle and back, leading liia grandsou by the hand, be was not offered a seat, and 1'eflT the church. And yet-this denomination U theanti-slavcry denomination of New Euglhfld, and the principal part of Jta church here arc such. Rnl' It <DO> <ks ? * vi iuw msn noi (o have been a slave. Tliey tbinfe a great deal of a slave ftegro, but a free nqp-o need look for no betp frort^tliem.?Bellows Folia (Vermont) Argut^ ?r&r* * Sweet Millc.?A ?orrespondent *ay&>: from cow? fed on cooked corn meal efcpe, and tliat from cows fed on slops, n3 there .is bet weon poor mil}c; tbe former is iot taste and of a yellow Co1otf even in wialer. PPI A THRILLING INCIDENT. f Returning from a visit in Now Orleans j wo wcro fortuuato enough to secure passage r in a lino steamer, with but few passengers. , Among the ladies, one especially interested s us. Sho was tlio widow of a wealthy plan, ter, and was returning with only one child i to her father's house. Her devotion to the - child was very touching, and tho eyes of her old black nurse would Gil with tears as she [ besought her mistress "not to love that boy too much, or tho Lord would take him away i from her." I AVo passed through the canal of Louis ville, and stopped for a few moments at the , wharf, when the uurso wishing to see the city, walked out 011 the guard, at the back of the boat, where, by a sudden effort, the child sprang from her arms into the terrible , current that sweeps towards the falls, and 1 disappeared immediately. The confusion which ensued attracted the attention of a ? gentleman who was sitting in the fore part of the boat quietly reading. JJising hastily s he asked for some article the child had worn. . The nurse handed him a tiny apron she had ! torn oir in her efforts to retain the babe in t her arms. Turning to a splendid Newi foillldlaild doi? that WHS r?:irrf.rlx o O J his countenance, he pointed first to the apron, and then to the spot where the child i had gone under. In an instant the noble dog leaped into the rushing water, and also disappeared. By this time the excitement was intense, and some persons on tho shore, supposing that the dog was lost as well as tho child, they procured a boat and started off in search of tho body. Just at this moment the dog was seen far away with something in his mouth. Bravely he struggled with the waves, but it was evident his strength was failing fast, and more than one breast gave a sign ot Yelief as tho boat rcachcd him, and it was announced that ho had the child, and that he was alive. They were brought on board ?the dog and the child. Giving a singlo glance to satisfy herself that the child was really living, the young mother rushed forward, and sinking beside tho dog threw her arm around his neck, and burst into tears. Not many could view the sight unmoved, and as she addressed and kissed his shaggy head she looked up to his owner and said : " O, sir I must have this dog ! I ain rich, take all I have, everything, but give I lWft 111V / lillilVa nrncoi-vrai* " J ? r. '*" The gentleman smiled, and patting li's dog's head said, " I am very glad, madam, he has been of servieo to you, but nothing in the world could induce me to part with him." The dog looked as though ho perfectly understood what they were talking about, and giving his sides a shake, laid himself down at his master's feet, with an pxnpAsa ? ? ? ?-r?" iou iu his large eyes that said plainer than words, '"No, nothing shall part us!" Zoologicul.?The number of vortebraled animals is estimated at 20,000. About 1,500 species of mammals are pretty precisely known ; aud the number, according to Prof. Agassiz, may probably be carried to about 2,000. The number of birds well known is 4,000 or 5,000 species, and the probable known number is 0,000. The r reptiles number about tho same as the mammals?1,500 described species?and they will probably reach 4he number of 2,? i. 000. Theifish'es are more numerous j^there ' are from 5,060 to 0,000 species in the museums of Europe, and tbe njimbor may probably amount to 8,000 or 10,000. ThJ number of raollusks already in collections probably rcaclios .8,000 or 10,000. There are collections of marine shells, bivalve and S unbivalve, Tvliich amount to 5,000 or 1t<jb0t nnd tbo collections of land and flftviatile shells, which count as many ns 2,000; the total number of molluaks would, therefore, probably oxceed 15,000 6pecics. Of the agricultural animals, 'Wovery species, the probable mlmber is Computed at 200,000. Including every living .species of tho atiin inal creation, llie number is set down by 1 Prof. Agiissiz at 250,000; and he estimates tho number of fossil species to bo fully as ^ great. ? ? Longevity of Turtlets&A few days ago i a young man caught ft turtle in Spark's mill pond, in Dumbarton, whose back was marked as follows:-? "NHtiian O utter son ,n 1832. Tho turtle was n largo black one, and moved along easily with two young men standing on his back. From Ilayward's N. II, Gazetteer, under the liead of Middleborougb, Mass., wo copy the following:?"Sbuhal Thompson found a land turtle marked on the shell L. W.f 1747.' Thompson mnrked<?H *nd, let it go; Elijah Clapp fotind it ffti778; William Bliaw found it in 1775; Jonathan Soule found H in 1700; and Zenas Smith1 found it in 1701. Eac? marked it with liUti initials. Whether theforiUer is dead, or crone to (lie West, wo have no account."? N. &. Patriot* 1 '-V iv An'rtlil <rontImn*b at. ?5r?k?W-Avn? * ? * THE SWIM TREATY. i "NVo lioar tliat tho State Department lias i of late been literally run down with applications for copies of the treaty between tbe United States and Swizerland. Tho reason for this demand for tbo document, is tbe prevalence of an idea 011 tho part of many that it embraces n clause making odious and invidious distinctions against Israelites who may be citizens of tho United States, as contradistinguished from other Aineri cans, un examination, However, it will bo found that, so far as any action to such an end on tlio part of this Government is concerned, this idea is unfounded. The treaty in question was negotiated by Mr. A. Dudley Mann, under the auspices of Mr. Webster, then Secretary of State. It was ratified by the Senate and President while Mr. Marcy presided over the State Department, which fact should ba sullicieut to satisfy all of the groundlessness of a suspicion that it ombracca stipulations on the part of the United States incompatible with tho spirit of our institutions. Some of the Swiss cantons have municipal or canton laws, wherein Israelites arc debarred from privileges enjoyed by other classes or religious denominations of the Swiss. The treaty in question contains a clausc giving to the citizens of each country certain rights and privileges in both, wherein they do not conflict with Federal and Slate laws regulating our own population in this country, or with canton or other local laws in Switzerland. This Government had no authority whatever to demand of Switzerland, in makinir tho treaty, to nc cord to any citizcns of tho United States privileges they would not enjoy under her laws, were they citizens of Switzerland. There is no precedent for such a demand on our part in tho history of ihe treaty making of modern times, wo apprehend; and had it been insisted on, \vc would have had no treaty whatever consummated with the Swiss. It is greatly to be regretted that Switzerland, with all her enlightenment and liberality, has not yet entirely gotten rid of that relic of a barbarious ago?prejudice aguiust Israelites oil account of their religion ; and it is to be hoped that increased intercourse with us, under the provisions of tho treaty in question, will soon onen the eves of sill her cantons to the fact that tho infliction of civil disabilities upon any of their citizens on account of their religion, ill comports with the progress of the age in which rests her hope for exemption from the unjust and unfair treatment at tho bands of neighboring and stronger powers, of which she has at all times been in dread, for, it may be, a century pabt.? "Washington Slur. Married in Spite of Themselves.?Old Governor Saltinstnll, of Connecticut, who flourished some fifty years since, was a man of some humor and perseverence in effecting tho ends ho desired. Among other anec dotes told of him by New London people, the place where ho resided, is the following: Of the various sects which have flourished for their day and then ccased to exist, was ono known as the llogersites, so called from their founder?a John or Torn or some Rogers?who settled not far from the goodly town aforesaid. Tho distinguished tenet of tlie sect was <1.A -r ?t.~ ?i ?j-??'* tuu uviimi ui lliu |JIU^1ICI^ itllU 3UI ipilirHlliy of the form of marriage: " It is not good for man to be alone." This they believed, and also that one wife only should " cleave to her husband," but theu this should bo a matter of agreement merely, and tho couple should como together and live as man and wife, dispensing with all forms of the marriage covenant. Tho old governor used" frequently to call upon Rogers and talk tho matter over with him, and endeavor to convince him of the impropriety of living with Sarah as Ijo did. lint neither John nor Sarah would give up tho argument. It was a matter of conscience with them ?they were very happy together as they were?of what use then could n mere matter of form be ? Suppose they would thereby escapo scandal; were they not bound " to lake up the cross" and live according to the rules they profess ? Tho governor's logic was powerless. He was in the neighborhood of John on* day, and meeting with him, accepted fir invitation to dine with him. The conversation, as usual, turned upon the old sub ject. " Now John," says tbe governor, after a long pause, 11 why will you not marry Sarah f Have you not taken her to bo your WH? 1" "Yes, .certainly," replied John, "but my -constjienoe will not permit me to many her vhe form of the world's jftople." gWK Very well; do you love ber!" u An(l cherish bet, as lorto of yoilr bone and flesh of y our '.I&t&SItL t,~... ^ #7" v" ' ^ SILENCE OF AN ARCTIC NIGHT. The following eloquent description of tins silence of an Arctie night occurs in l)r. Hays' lecture on tho Arctic llegions: "The moonlights of this period (winter) nro tho most grand and impressive of anything I have ever witnessed. The clearness ot tlio air, tho wluto surface of the snow and ieo givo an effect monotonous and cheerless, but truly grand. But there is a new clement which makes this mid-winter moonlight seem almost terrible in its impress! veness?it is silence. "I have often, to escape from tho trying monotony of ship board life, gone oil* six or eight miles into tho interior, in search of novelty and in order that I might be alone. There, seated upou a rock or snow bank, I look around me, and see a great uneven country ; rocky hills and glaciers covered with snow ; myriads of crystal gems sparkling in tho light of the pale moon, which shoots its rays down through tho crisp air, making it almost as lijzht as uav. I look seaward, ami seo a long plain of ice, molting into the horizon, dotted all over with lingo, towering bergs?nothing more. "All nature is in the repose of death. I am too far from shore to hear the crunching of the tables as they rise and fall lazily with tho tide, or the roar like distant thunder, as some huge crack opens through tiie heavy floes. There is no animal to cross my path, no tree among whose still branches the wind can siirh and moan. There is no song of bird to enliven the scone?no wild boast to liowl. I stand here alone, the only representative of God's living world? the only being that has life or can move. Every sound that I hear, every motion that I see, is made by myself; I hear nothing but the pulsations of my own heart, my own footsteps, or now and then possibly, in distance, the deep rumbling of a falling snow bank. "The sensation of uiier loneliness and isolation crcens ovr>r nu> Mu lm?r? Jinniu , as it rushes the blood through tho sensitive organization of tho ear, I am oppressed as with discordant sounds. Silence has ceased to be negative?it has become sternly positive. I hear sec and feel it. Its presence is unendurable. I spring to my feet?I plant them heavily in tho snow, to drown its presence, and I rush back to the vessel, glad even to find refuge in its dull, dull life of horrid inactivity." Courtiiiy.?" I don't see why people cannot do their courting by daylight, thereby saving an oxpcnh'o of light, fuel und forenoon naps."?A breakfast table remark. Whew ! preach that doctrine until your head is gray, and you are as toothless ns u new born babe, aud still young folks will "act up" till the stars grow tired of watching, and the roosters begin to crow! There is a eort of fascination in it, a positive denial to the contrary notwithstanding; an indiscribuble, undeniuble charm?charm iu being the sole occupant of a front parlor, with nothing to molest or make afraid. The eofu drawn up beforo the shilling grate, and the lamp regulated ta a steady blaze that will not eclipse the brightness of pyes, or made particularly pleasing in hearing the lost pair of household feet take n bee line departure for the upper chambcis, and ' feeling that the ever swinging parlor door will remain closcd until one of the party concerned choose to open. Tulk of courting by dayling ! Think of lamin^one's arm by quick, busty withdrawals from around a certain waist at the incessant ringing of the bell; or seeing the putf-combs and curls fly iu every direction, by a sound of coming footsteps. Imagine proud lover at the feet of fair ' uvijrt jsuiiiiig lurm uu oiuquent, long avowal, with extraordinary expression over tho (ace; and, at the saino moment, n puzzled little counteuancc peering through the folding door, wondering what makes Mr. M " pray with his eyes wide open," and, more disagreeable still, 1 have "mama" open the door, without the prelude of u rap, of course, just at the moment you have ventured to test the temperature and sweetness of her daughter's lips.?Margaret Vernt. Cruel Punishment in liic At my.?Tho Lnwrenco (Kansas) coriespondent of the StV Louis DcuioQr.it narrates the folio wing-cases of excessive punishment in tho army: " An incident occurrcd last year at Fort 1 Pierce, which possibly has nevor come boforo tho publico. I have rclinblo informa- < tion that a privato in the army at that place * some liino last summer, committed somo trifling offence against tho military dignita- j ries, for which ho was court ziiartialed and sontenccd to receive 50 lashes. The sen..? 1 ?!'? * 1 wuw iTiio vawuiuj wim greni BQveriiygp-80 much so that tile soldier died ill tlio operation or soou afterwards. Another member < of the army at that placo^ had been accustomed for years to write for Southern journats, aud at this tirtie he made a note of the incident, in which he rather intimated that the officers were culpable, A* being so so- ' era in the executiou o* law as to cause death. Fur this, and this only, was the j writer arraigned, beforo *oourt-martinl and sentenced to rttieWe thirty (or fifty) lashes . ?Ho have ooe-balf of h^liead shaved, and to wear the ball and"amtn for one year; and the poor iijrt . is now at Fort Riley sof- 1 taring tbe last part of the sentence. This is the statement as I have it, and 1 l>elievo it t to be correct in nil essen tin I n. The names l^WS^itn^ry* ' t % My iktt ifeolljr, I ?nr surpria?N* yen for wearing another vrpRa^'s Juiir 911' your t wi4r%. Smith to hi? wife.- "My ! ddfcr Joe, 1 am equally astonished that yon ^??t in wearlug aootlier sheep'* wool on 1 yoor back. There now." Poo* SralUj sneaked. w < *' f BATHING. Onco a week is lull often enough for ft decent white man to wash himself nil over; and whether in summer or winter, that ought to l?e done willi soap, warm water, anil a hog's hair bursli, in a room showing at least seventy degrees Fahrenheit. Haths^should be taken early in the morning, for it is then that tlie system possesses the power of reaction in the highest degree. Any kind of bath is dangerous soon after * a meal, or soon after fatiguing exercise.? No man or woman should take a bath at the close of the day, unless hy the adv'co of a family physician. Many a man, in attempting cheat his doctor out of a fee, has chea. ilf out of his life?aye, it is done eve. Tl.? W .. ? -? * > .i, vuui<|ic!$i ana more universally accessible mode of keeping tho surface of the body clean, besides the once n week washing, with soup, warm water, and hog's hair brush, is as follows: As soon as you got out of bed in the morning, wash your face, hands, neck and breast; then, in the same basin of water, put your feet at onco for about a minute, rubbing them briskly all the time; then, with the towel, wl ich has been dampened l?y wiping tho face, feet, ite., wipe the wholo hotly well, fast and hard, mouth shut, breast projecting. Let the whole thing be done within five minutes. At night when you go to bed, and whenever you get out of bed during the night, or when you find yourself wakeful or restless, spend from two to five minutes ih rubbing your whole body with your hands, as far as you can reach in evnv This has a tendency to preserve that softness ami mobility of skin which too frequent washings of the akin will uhvay3 destroy.?JIaira Journal of Jlcalth. 11 How," said Mr. A. to a friend who wished to convey a matter of importance to a lady without communicating directly with her, ' how can you be certain of her rcad? ing the letter, seeing you have directed it to her husband "That I have managed without tho possibility of a failure," was tho answer, "she will open it to a certainty, for I have put the word 'private' in the cor n IIUI'% Tincture of Hoses.?Take the leaves of the common rose, place them without pressing in a bottle and then fill it with 05 per cent, alcohol, cork it tight and let it sit until wanted for use. This tincture may ho kept any length of time, and will yield-a perfume little inferior to otto of roses. A few drops will fill a room with a delicious odor. Excellent Bread.-%Ono pint nud a half each of 11 ur, Indian ireal and rvc meal; one qrtirt of warm vater; a teacup of molasses, two table spoonfuls of vinegar and ono beanim* an ~e ?-v- 11 * L ... .J.vvu Ul U1 OUUil. UillvO in two loaves. C'ulcr.?Take a pint of pulverized charcoal, and put it in a small coltoo bag, then put it into a bairel of new cider ; the cido? will never ferment, nover contain any intoxicating qualities, and tho longer it is kept# the more palatable it will become. "-f A dun was somewhat taken aback the other day by the .coolness wftb 4vhich the debtor saicl, " Call next Thursday, luydoar Sir, exactly at 10 oVloek, and l'li telt you when to call again." Like as no man can tell where the shoo wringelh him better than ho that we4r<?tli it; so no man enn tell a wnmmi'n sition better than lie tlint hath wedded her. Truth ia a suro pledge not impaired, ]n shield never pieicfcd1, a flower, that never dieth, n state that fcareth no fortune and a port that yields no danger.? Ciccro. - A country dentist advertises that " he tjxires no j>ainsto render his operation ?atisfactory? ~_ It falletli out with love as it doth with rines ; for the young vines bring the most wines, but tho old is best. Love as it is divine with loyalty, so it is hellish with jealousy. " Women are to bo measured, not by'lheir beauties, but by their virtues*^ ; -n n-If one throw salt at tbee. fliA?? - v- (V ioiv-- no harm unless tliou liast sorb places. ** Common sense," soys D?% Emmons, "is Jie most uncommon kind of sense." Justice is n virtue of the mind, rewardng all men according to their worthiness. It is a point of godly Wisdom, to fee at leace with men, at war with vice. * To excuse one's self before lie is accused, i In fin/1 o fi>nt ????' ? ' '' - ? ? >vui i/mim. 111 ? utiso conscienco. I?rayer and repentance bring peace to the inquiet conscience J # ' ' * Not tlie rich, but tlio wise, avoid roisofy, ind become happy and biased. j * j." That which with the heart is loved, wjth' tie heart is lamented,, - \ 'cT *- vv' vi'- r vx* v. rd; ; n : JTuke away discretion, and virtuewfilbc'>jl -f . " It is foiijr to altemptnny wfcEftd begiuling in hepi of * good ending. iA puWlcfault ouglil not to stiller a se* + iret paiSiabiucnt. /*TI ifri -