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N . ' v * * % * ** ' " TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM.] * * t xx K mioE oi> IiIbbrtt la BTEnwAlj vicmuANOE." [PAYABLE IN ADVANCH BY DAVIS & CRiEWS. ABBEVILLE, S. C? THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 8. 1858. VOL. XIV NO 50 HOOP SKIRTS. , Tlio term Crinoline," although properly ( l>el<ji???-iii?? onlv U? skirts manufactured of j , hair and thread, is now commonly used to j j designate all classes and conditions of ex- J pensive female under garment*, of whatever j material. In lliis country, the genirne article is not frequently met with, a cheaper j , substitute, in which hoops are made to give , the desired amplitude of periphery, being j ( t?i?t f <?r m111 * 1 tit lint iiw>*m<s iif urn* (;iir (Villi. ! . 111 iiiiity uL large. These hoop skirts were , fiist brought into favor in New York, ( through the enterprise, of two voug dry ( goods dealers of that ei:v, who, tome half j dozen years ago, set their wits to work to | take advantage of the growing demand for j crinoline. Many met hods f.irsupplying this j pouplardemaud has been advised--the mig'r I nal crinoline being far Loo expensive to bu in- !, dulg<-d in bv the many?but the substitutes ' invented and manufactured by these two dealers were the only ones that at all satis- i fied the public want; even their lirst at- : tempt was only partially successful, the article still being too dear for the mass of wearers, but. in good lime they hit upon the idea of the skeleton skirt, constructed of hoop, which, although at lirst derided and j plentifully abused, rolled itself rapidly into j universal favor, and its inventors and pro- j 'I f. *? ! 11II a It U lioliitl'Ktl In In* I a fact, that the hoop skil l was made I?y the j firm in question, then in Canal-street, Now York, about six years ago. Since that time, die hoop skirt, like al! , modern institutions, lias undergone various changes and improvements, until at last the principle of construction seems to have hecome finally established. The "crinoline" of the present day is no crinoline at all, but a number of steel lioops of diflerent degrees of circumference, large near the hem j of the skirt, and decreasing in regular gradation as they approach the waist, which are held in place by stiips of tape, forming the skeleton, or, a somewhat more elegant 6tyle, are insetted in light muslin, scientifically cut and fashioned into the true symmetrical form. Great difficulty was at first experienced?there are difficulties to be overcome in all inventions?in obtaining proper material for the hoops themselves.? Rattan proved to be clumsy, still* and unmanageable; whalebone was found excellent in warm weather, but liable to snap short in winter ; gutta percha, which can be applied to almost any use, failed in this Connection ; brass wire, coiled around cord j was tried, but was too expensive ; ll.it bauds of brass bail their turn, but did not posses^ the necessary elasticity,ami inconvenienced the wearer; finally steel was looked upon as a dernier resort, but was thought entirely e too costly. It was nevertheless used, at first by flattening round steel wire, which failed to give satisfaction, on account of its liability lo break, except where it was so Jarge as to be heavy and too expensive. The method at last adopted, am! which js now in use, is this: English shcet-stee^ thai conies four and a half to eight feet long, in bands about eight inches wide, is cut into ribands by steam-driven shears.? j "J'hese ribands are tempered and straightened* and afterwards smoothed and polished by the following ingenious process : They arc put into a long cylinder with a quantity o> old broken glass, and the evlindcr set re volving for some hours. Wlicn opened it is found that the glass is all ground into small cubes, and the rough edges of the steel rounded and made smootli. Last of all the ribands are passed between large, heavy rollers, which wt the temper ami leave lhem so that they will always return (to their place when bunt. After these preparations they have only to he made ready for the skeleton pattern, by being cov< red jvith cotton thread braided over the steel. Some statistics of the extent of business of these two manufacturers before mentioned, and the amount of material used by their employees, cannot fail tobeqf interest. Jn the (Jupailf^ent where the skirts are fvrought together and finished, (the steel work is a separate affair, and is carried on jn Connecticut, \yhere sixty hands are ein ployed,) tbey.give occupation to tour hundred person", nearly the whole of ilieni American girjs, one hundred and eighty of jyhmn are at work upon sewing machines jvhich, with the hand 3ewit|g, i)sp up every fnonth two thousand dozen spools of cotton thread. average of three thousand skirts are manufactured every day, r?t prices yarying from 50 cents, to $0 a piece, . and comprising more than fifty patterns.? The.latest style is worth' describing?it will be of profound interest to fenjinipe, although mysteriously incomprehensible to ma*ft>)fue,readers. Jt is .a skeleton made of thirteen and a brilf yards.qf inch-wide tape, and three yqrds of narrow tape and some strips of muslin, and three and a,half yards of corset lacing, with fifiy-ono metal /clasps^, slides, tubes, eyelets ar)d hooks, and $6V6Q iteel hoops, measuripg fifty-four feet } W length, covered with, braid} with three bustle hoops of whalebone, eight and a half feet long, cloth coyeredr?tlie steel hoops fcirfg. D)ade to expand slides fa suit the ; inot^xpansive ideas; ftnd tefc" tlie wlidle Vibrio weight* but t*reJire CTxiflgs and sl' though it Will lieep ifcplace^itTcan be fojd'-rr^(S^ ^Put w *A W&,.l band- bo 3t without in iurv. Tlio rat Ail liade each day, oil an average. This is ?(ju:il to 7;>,000 a month or 900,000 a year. )f the materials used we will now give a ew details. In the first place, there is the >lain muslin. One lthodo Island cotton actorv supplies, of one particular kind of doth, 2000 pieces per month?say 80,000 yards. Of all other kinds, about 70,000 yards arc used, llalf a million yards o' :apo are also used up every month ; 225,300 yards of twenty-strand jtito cord ; 10.D00 yards of hair cloth ; 2000 dozen spools of cotton ; 2.800,000 eyelets, slides, clasps, 1 I... t... LMUUd, IKJUU9, IVU Although steel lias been found to bo the most suitable material for hoops, j ot oilier? Iiavc not been altogether put out of the question, because rattan and whalebone arc not only still used to a large extent in cheaj skirts for all (he hoops, but they form .1 part of tliu material of nearly all of tin. steel-hooped skirts. The manufacturers ol whom we have been speaking will use up it the course of the present year, two thou sand two hundred miles of hoops. Tin consumption, iu feet in a month, of the va nous materials is as follows: 700,000 feel of steel ribands, 200,000 feet of round rat lui), 7 00,000 foot of round oil-boiled whale hone?a million feet?which will give foi the year within a fraction of 2,257 1-2 mile: of hoops.? Boston Cotritr. THE IRISH CHARACTER. The lucent occurrence of the annivcrsan of Ireland's patron saint reminds us of ,* long cherished, hut hitherto forgotten design to make some few remarks upon the Irisl character. In this country as well as in England w< arc strongly inclined to look upon an Irish man in a ludicrous light, and whenever h< is spoken of or represented, he is llirowi into an attitude of gross over-charged cari cntnre, from which it would be as impossi hie to estimate his true character, as i would to judge of a man's size front hi shadow. Among writers the Irishman i invariably introduced in the character of ; frmU'sniii' bliinilcrpr. hniuiliiiifr in "bulls' ? 1'" - 7 I O 1 aiul acting with headlong folly or cool af ''rontcry. As represented upon tlic stage especially, lie is a miracle of coarseness vulgarity, profanity niul nonsense. Sncl Irishmen as Darncy Williams and ]?ill; Florence are accustomed to leprcsent, novc hat! any existence, save in the imaginatioi of men utterly ignorant of tlic Irish peopl and their character and feelings. In ih drama, the Irishman is invarihly made th clown of the performance, lie is drawi as an object of ridicule, and consequent! of contempt, for what yon laugh at yo soon conic to despise. This feeling in measure passes from the stage ami froi hooks, where the Irishman is made to figur to the public generally, and the thoughtles are too apt to look upon the Irish charactc au a compound of absurdity and cunnini a conglomeration of knave, fool, ignoranc and whisky. This is not the true Irish character?f: from it. The Irishman, evon with little c< ucatiou, is naturally generous, open heartei friendly and polite. In domestic he is ii variably affectionate and kind. National iie has a jvnrm heart, ami an active love his country. He is brave, generous at hospitable,?magnanimous both in prospc ilv and adversity. The tendencies of tl Irish disposition are to refinement,?the r (moment which appreciates what is natur i and gooil. The roughest specimens, ma aim icmaie, who emigrate from the itinera Nle to this country, adapt themselves \vi tho utmost facility to their new relationssocial and political. They learn quick and practice promptly, the manners ai customs of those who surround them. Tin make good citizens under a republican go eminent, in less time than tho people any oilier nation. The English emigrant always an Englishman, the German retai the peculiarities of the Faderlai)d to t very last, but the Irishman almost at on becomes an American in feeling and practice. Crushed and down-trodden this nation has been, the irdividual Irishm possesses an elasticity of temperament whi is sure to elevate him. Who ever knew Irishman to refuse to reciprocate kindne or forgive an injury when tho.band of frien ship is held out to him. The educated ishinan is always a gentle/nan, and the who have not onjoypd tho advantages of < uctioiial culture are by nature courtec and polite without subserviency. In Western Pennsylvania, the Irish a thpir descendants form our best populate They arc honest, industrious, frugal, gen """I """ MOV. I 111 no ,, Tlioro who form their estimate of the Iri character from the travestips presented up (;ho fitngo, oj* the misrepresentations of' terested political, newspaper writers; do thp Sons of St, Patrick, a lingo injifetice. Wo are glqd, Jioweve'r, to observe that I prejudices gf nationality artd of religit intolerance,?Kkp the snakes and bads whi were pxpelled frort) the Grqen Isio by patron saint, aro in tins cbunfry fast si cumbing to good Boun4?fcroejy6rtn comm sense, and that tho fine point! Ir nro daily becominer better two 1 cjatod by those whose tenure <ft-n'ativ j?pon tlje generous sojj of oyr country, ,"|><?rhaps'a hundred years older than oUr whAmeri^rr population can L % ; > ' . MEMORIES OF THE PAST. Memories of llio past! how fast they come crowding into my mind, each striving ^ to gain a supremacy over others, and in its w turn dethroned and dismissed, lint now, al . welling up from the deep fountain of memory, comes one thought, which is pleasant to my mind ; pleasant (o recall, now while ai - I am sitting here. I can look back, and a n dim luit pleasing picturo rises up before my S( sight; growing more distinct as I continu0 j, 4,. "v..,., , i, IV IUUUi 10 niilliUO Ullli UVJIUIV lu illj j^j view. It is the old homestead, with all its j, ' beauties; the dwclliug-houso with its an- n tiqtie form, extensive lawu covered with "nature's green," gontlv embracing the dus- el ty turnpikethe tall elms pointing with a their long fingers lo fields of plenty beyond. ^ It seems as though I can still continue g:i- s. zing and never turn away my thoughts, so ^ associated is it with pleasant dreams of by^ gone days. I can see my fond grandpa- s( rents now, as they used to look, while seat- ]t cil in their rustic seats beneath the shady t| old elm in the garden. The playful breezes bore on their wings their whisperings and j reverentially lilted their silver locks. I, a c little tiny child, full of eager curiosity, knew ? no better sport than that of climbing my grandfather's knee, and listening with rapt : |j attention to musty stories of the Revolution. The gallant bravery of Washington, told t| with a kindly kindle of those deep black j 0 eyes, and an air of reverence always in- t , spired me with love and veneration for the ;l t father of his country. And when he ha<l? finished, I teased him to tell me more of this i. 1 " wonderful personage, this great hero, so fa- a moils in battle, so beloved as a friend, so t; honored as a statesman. And the ohl gen- ? tlemau would look at me with those eyes f, , that still retained the fire of youth, and i; mildly reply?"My child, his good deeds were numberless, but he has gone to re- c ceivc his reward." This picture remains ? on the scroll of memory, and though the t s adverse storms of life may beat against it, !i , never can it be effaced. u Now my memory slightly changes. I 1 >i am standing in a darkened room, where si- \ Itncc reigns deathlike and supreme. Pros- t ently I hear a feeble voice exclaim, "Child, < come stand beside me." I obey with sad- ? ( dened footstt-ps, scarce daring to breathe, \ fearing lest it may be a dreadful dream.? I Now I am leaning: o'er a curtained bed i I whereon reposes tlio emaciated form of my I ^ grandfather, lie raises his thin, bony hand j ^ and places it upon my young head; no i (> words arc uttered, they arc not needed, lor j with streaming eyes and ?juivering lip, I j v know lie is invoking the blessing lie cannot | speak. I am conscious of only one thing, ; ^ a sorrowful thought, that grandfather is < nigh unto death, and that I am soon to | n . . lose him. Soon he is to die an?l ho forgot- | ten. Forgotten ! ah no, his face and form iS ? ' r will ever bo present in my musings, ever "hanir on momorv's wall." ft * ' This picture recedes, but another, sndly prominent, follows mournfully. Nature is robed in her bridal d<*css of snow, and ir ... . j seems rejoicing that it becomes her so well. . A funeral train, slowly marching on to' hinwiio ii,., ..:n.. 1 1 1 niiivio tiiu y niii^i; vjiiiii v;n v?iiu, miuuQ a Mjnr . bre hue o'er the whitened landscape. That hlack pall covers the venerable form of my ^ j grandfather. lie died full of years, and was gathered iu unto the harvest as a shock x- . of ripened grain, llow distinctly do I see the cofHn let down into its lowlv restim;e "i ^ place. IIow clearly I remembor the young j minister who stood beside the grave, slowly I j pronouncing the burial service, and how it ^ mocked my grit!; how lutter teehngs rose up against liim, to think I had lost so great I a friend, and lie comparatively not seeming % to know or care that he had "one. in There is another of whom I can write? ey My grandmother, whose saintly smile and j. warm affection for me was unequalled; ever with a continual bevy of ways to amuse her harum scarum grandchild. IJow I I loved her. And on cold-winter.nights, when the wind's wild lqliaby sounded mournfully amid the branches of the trees, I was cozily sitting at her feet, in front of a bright blazing firo with my faco all aglow ^ with its radiant beams, while the merry flames, all dancing with such a happy glee, ar> seemed to invite grffhdma and I to partici"j' .pate in the gala. At such seasons my dejr lighted fancy would roam far away into the field of imagination, and there revel on ^ vwhat I wo^Id accomplish when I arrived at maturer years; and while deeply thinking, I would hear a low sweet voico say, "What are you looking so sad about, Lcea ?"? And then I would tell her my plans for tli^ ' future; what great wonders I would, parform, when'the sdal of womanhood was set 8S. ) j9j upon my brow. ''Ah," murmuredjshe, "therp on was a time,in my youthful days, when all iij- wy-Jippes were high, and a sonny 'path, to Strewed with earth's fajreBtfblogsom|, seemed my lot through life. But tjme has sadly lJQ crushed those flowers with his iron heel, and >U^ By bia suto'in^his obariot, I artf bi)rryin? j V onward to my tomb.'j '' Yea,'the hand of diMhiselfimSglBn heav-. .... ily-upon her frame, 1 fihfe in^Tast bagginj? aw.jtf tp brjguwr bd*ven of*ete>nnl rest;. J? ~iBranch. & it/ A jq<Jgo;in Ioduui &i?ftt*ne<Tto\r MAN S LOVE. " A woman lias suggested that when men rcak their hearts, it is nil the same an hen a lobster breaks one of his claws? nothcr sprouting immediately, ami growing i its place." Now if any looman was the author of the liove, (which I am inclined to doubt,) it msthavc been sonic cross-grained, crabbed, jur-tempcred old maid, whose own leather cart had been dried and cut iitto shoelings ; besides being very unfortunate i her male acquaintance, for no right, linded woman, capable of loving, or orthy of being loved could for a moment liter fain such an idea ; and my word for it, ny man possessing feelings deep enough j cause his heart to break, has not at the lino time sufficient lubstcr qualities to onaIc liim to renew it. As far as my experience among tlie Lenicr sex extends, I know of none whose carts contain more sprouting qualities lian can be found among our own sex.? 'hat there aru vain, frivolous, heartless men,, will admit; but, thank heaven ! they are omparatively few; and tho majority are oble-souled, high-principled, kind-hearted nd affectionate husbands, fathers, sons, and rot hers. Though a man may not shed "tears like lie rain-drops," at the recital of every talc f woe, it is no proof that he lacks sympaliy and tenderness; though he may not be I ways sighing like a disconsolate hero, initing sonnets to the moon, extolling his iuv ? uisaiuy in siimouiiy wrmcn riiyuie, nd bo. ever ready to fall at her feet, like lie heathen devotee before the car of Jugvrnaut, it is no sign that he lacks affection ; >r love as self-sat-rificing, pure,mid heaven>orn as ever wanned the breast of woman, ias found a holy nestling place in the heart >f man. Business may engross his thoughts, carerace his brow with wrinkles, and time plae? icrc and there among his dark locks threads f silver, his form may bow with age, and us linn footsteps learn to totter, but if, vitliiti his heart of hearts love lias raised a hi one and placed thereon a queen, time :arc, and all their aids may toil in vain,"for ill-conquering death alone has power to vithdraw him from his allegiance. For her le rears the altar of home, and toils unceasngly, that merciless want may not plant lis unwelconn foot-prints in those holy >recinets. To her ho gives the halcyon lays of youth, all the bright hopes and <>ys of malurcr years, and at her foot lays nanhood's hard-won laurels. Ah ! tell me not that lovo in man is but i name, an evanescent fancy, worn like a love, and cast aside as lightly; for as irmly as [ believe in (rod, do I also bcieve in the undying aflection of man. JULIA HERBERT. [BosIon Olive Branch. THE DEAD WIFE. In comparison with the loss of a wife, all other bereavements arc trifles. The wife, she who tills so large a space in the domeslie heaven, she who is so brtsied, so unwearedi bitter, bitter is the tear that falls on her clay. You stand beside, her grave and think o| the past; It seems an amber-covered pathway, where the sun shone upon beautiful flowers, or the stars hung glittering overhead. Fain would the soul linger there >?o thorns aro jemembered above the sweel clay, save those your own hands may have unwittingly planted. Ilcr noble, tcndei heart lies open to your inmost sight. You iliir.k of her as all gentleness, all beauty and purity. But she is dead. The dear head that has so often laid upon your bosom, now rtsts upon a pillow of clay. The hand thai administered so untiringly, are faded, white and cold, beneath tlio gloomy portals. Tin heart whose every beat measured an eterni ty of love, lies under your feet. And then is no white arm over your shoulders now ^no speaking face to look up in the eve o love?no trembling lipi to murmur, " Oh it is too sad P' Tbero is a s! range hush ii every room ! Ifo smilo to meet you at night fall?and the clock ticks, and ticks, anc ticks! It was sweet music when she couU hear it. Now it seems to knell only tlx hours through whiph yoi] watched the shad ows of death gathering upon thosweot face But many a tale it telleth.of joys past, sor rows shared, and beautiful words r^gistdrei above. You feel that the gravo cannot keej her. You knowuhfjt sho is ofte'ti by you side; an angel prosecco. Cherish r thosi emotions; they will make you happier. Lo ]?er holy presence bo aa, a charm to kee'jyou-tfrom evil... In?all notv and pleasant con nectionn give h'er4a place jn your.heaFt. er forget wlij>t'6lio has bflen to yoiH^flia she has loved you., Be topder to^er mem Qry. ' iu'fV* i ? * : ; , ' An Irish Compliment.?An Irish geoljj) man was in company with a beaulifof voam lady, to< whom.he was Joying/his addresses when 6n giving a fibiujdor, sli^ made uscu> [the comnjqn &pi psaio.nAljnt^Qjflo' on^.fwa ^alking oyep Ker*?fa&! o eVery . opgortfthUy of p'ajnng a ,;$flbj)]( merit to bis mistress, e^cl/iiined, l'.'B^yp th VALUABLE TABLE. Fow readers (says Litloll) can bo aware, until tliey liavo had occasion to tost the fact, how much labor or research is often saved by such a tabic as the following : 1007?Virginia settled by the English 1011?New York settled by tho Dutch. 1020?Massachusetts settled by tho l'uriitans. 1624?New Jersey settled by the Dutch. 1G28?Delaware settled by Swedes and Finns. 1033?Connecticut settled by the l'uritaius. 1035?Maryland settled by Irish Catholics. 1G3C?Rhode Island settled by Roger Williams. 1G59?North Carolina settled by tho English. 1G70?South Carolina settled by the Huguenots. 1GS2?Pennsylvania settled by "Win. Penn. 1732?Georgia settled bv (Jen. Oglethorpe. 1791?Vermont admitted into tho Union. 1792?Kentucky admitted into the Union. 179G?Tennessee admitted into tho Union. 1802?Ohio admitted into the Union. 1811?Louisiana admitted into the Union . 181G?Indiana admitted into the Union ioi?t At: _ .1 !n_l 1- it . T"*_ ioi<?.?iif)3issiji[>i aoinmcu lino uiu t^ujoti 1818?Illinois admitted into the Union. IS 19?Alabama admitted into the Union. 1820?Maino admitted into tlie Union. 1821?Missouri admitted into tlie Union. 183G?Michigan admitted into the Union. 1 S3<j?Arkansas admitted into tho Union. 1815?Florida admitted inlo the Union. 1840?Iowa admitted into the Union. 1848?Wisconsin admitted into the Union. 1850?California admitted into tho Union. Acccss to God.?" However early in the morning you seek thegatoof access," says the llov. Mr. Hamilton, of tho Scotch Churchill London, "you and it already ] open ; ana however deep tho midnight moment when yon find yourself in tho sudden arms of death, tho winged prayer can bring an instant Saviour. And this, vVherever you are. It needs not that you ascend some special Pisgah or Moriah. It needs not thai you should enter some awful shrine, or pull off your shoes on some holy ground. Conhl a memento be reared on every spot from which an acceptable prayer has passed away, and on which a prompt answer has come down, we should fine Jehovuk-shnm mull, " the Lord hath been here,' inscribed on many a cottage hearth and many a dun geon floor. Wo should find it not only ii , Jerusalem's proud temple,and David's ecijai galleries, but in tho fisherman's cottage b\ r the brink of the Gennesaret, and in the uppei chamber where rentecost began. Ant I whether it bo tho field where Isaac went tr meditate, or tho rocky knoll where Jacol hy down to sleep, or tho brook where Israel wrestled, or tho den where Danio . gazed on him, or the hill-sides where tlx . Man of SoYrows prayed all night, we shoult , still discern the ladder's feet let down froir [ heaven?the landing place of mercies, bo cause the starling place of prayer. Ant t all this, whatsoever you aro. It needs n< , saint, no proficient in piety, no adept in elo I quent language, no dignity of earthly rank , It needs but a simple Hannah, or a lispjnr j Samuel. It needs but a blind beggar, or s . loathsome lazar. It needs but a peniten , publican, or a dying thief. And it need: f no sharp ordeal, no costly passport, n< j- painful expiation, to bring you to the iflefcj seat: or rather. T sav. it needs the costlies J of nil: hut tho blood of tho atonement, th< Saviour's merit, the name of Jesus, priceleg j as they nro, cost tho sinner nothing. Thej j are freely put at his disposal, and instant)] j and constantly he ppy uso them. This nccesi to God in every place, at oveFy rporpent without any personal merit, is it not a priv: ' ilege f" . I f iy Do Indians t^iocqr,?!!his fa a curiou: * . (^ue^tt^n, and tho answeij. by Mr. School r craft should put tho white man to the blush 3 This gentleman, who has for man^ yeari t closely studied tho characteristics of the race > says: "Many things tho Indians-may b< * accused of, but tho practice of swearing ,ihoy cannot.' I have inade.many inquiriei ^ into the state of their vocabulary,.and,noih ?' ing is more bittep or reproachful ihafh tyfitc) ajinemoosh, which^ indicates simply bat do?. 'THfwy'have ferj#* to indicate cheat, h liar, thief, rtiurderer^covwrcl, fool^Ia^ypan ; drijnkard, babbltr ; but I have never hear* ? qf an iitipreeation oi1 oatf). The genius o |? ibtf tenguago dpes" ntft Iq Jwqt !.b| ? ^ynatjoh M terrp$ qaod oat6^'or fo; ^ OTfes^oT pVqfiiqit^. Jt ie fhe rasult o 9v t}Je ^iseTvatiori of^otbere as w#as my own ^ $r BEADING ONE'S OWft OBITUARY. In the days of Mycnll, tlio publisher of the Newport (Mass.) I fear Id, (a journal still alive and flourishing,) the Sheriff of ohl Essex, Philip Bagley, had been asked several times to pay up his arrears of subscription. At last he ono day told Mycall that he would "hand over1' the next morning, as sure as ho lived. " If you don't got your money to-morrow you may bo sure I am dead," he said. The morning came ami passed, hut no money. Judge of the SherilTs feelings when, on the morning of the day after, he opened his Herald, and saw announced tho lamented decease of Philip liaglev, Esq., high of tlirt PAlltiiu aC cenv wiili fin obituary notice attached, given the deceased credit for a good many excellent traits of character, but adding that, he had one fault very much to bo deplored?lie was not punctual in paying the printer. Bagley, without waiting for his breakfast started for the Herald oflico. On the way it struck him as singular that none of the many friends and acquaintances lie me! seemed to bo surprised to see liiin. The) must have read their morning paper. Was it possible they cared so little about him a; to have forgotten already that he was n< more! Full of perturbation, he entered tin printing olliee to deny that he was dead. 44 Why, SherilF!" exclaimed the facetiou editor, 441 thought you were defunct?" 44 Defunct!" exclaimed the Sheriff,44 wha put that idea into your head ?" "Why, you yourself!" said Mycall. Di< * /*!! nnf ??!! inn " J "" v~" ""~ "Oh! all! yes! I seo!" stammered on the SlioritF. " Well, there's your money And now contnuliet the report in the nux paper, if you please." "That's not necessary, friend Bagley, said tlie old joker ; " it was only printed i your co/))/ /" The good Sheritl lived many years afte this " sell," and to the day of his real deat always took care to pay Ike printer. The Evil of a Bad Temper.?A bad ten' per is a curse to the possessor, and its in fluenco is most deadly wherever it is founi! It is allied to martyrdom to be obliged t live with one of a complaining temper. T hear one eternal round of complaint an* murmuring?to have every pleasing thougl scared away by their evil spirit-r-iff a soi trial. Tt is like the sting of a scorpion? perpetual nettle, destroying your peace, rei dering life ft burthen. Its inlluence is deai . ly ; and the purest and sweetest atmosphe is Ront.aminnli'fl in?r> ? - - " J ( wherever this evil genius prevails. It lis been said truly lhat while we ought not < let the bad temper of others influence us, would be as unreasonable to spread a pla ter of Spanish flies upon th?s skin, and n< expect it to draw, as to think of a tami not suffering because of tho bad temper any of its inmates. One string ont of tin will destroy tho music of an iijgtrumei otheiwise perfect?so if ^1} tljo members a church, neighborhood and family, do n< cultivate a kind and uffectionalo tempt there will be discord and every evil wor Important Truths for Wives.?Tn d mestio happiness the wife's influence is mu< greater than her husband's; for tlie one, tl first cause?mutual lovo and coiiildenccbeing granted, the whole comfort of tl household depens upon trifles more imm diately under her jurisdiction. By her ma agement of small sums, her husband's r spectability and credit arc created or de troyed. No fortune can stand the consta leakages of extravagance and mismanag incnt; and moro is spent in dimes tin women would easily believe. Tho ono grc expense, whatever it may be, is turned ov and carefully reflected on ere incurred ; tl * income is prepared to meet it; but it ' pennies imperceptibly sliding a?vay wliic s do the mischief; and this atono tho wi > can stop, for it duos not com e within a mar f province. Thero is often an un.siispcctt ' trifle to bo saved in,every household. 3 is not in economy alono that the wife's s s tention js so necessary, bijt in those niceti f which mark a well regulated house. A ' unfurnished cruet stand, a missing key, s blHtonless shirt, a clammy spoon, a soiU ? tablepjpth, a mustard pot, its old conten sticking hapd and brown about it, are sev rol nothings; but each can raise An -angi 3 word or causo discomfort*:The Sun Growing Cool.?One of 0 ' most interesting tbgprios of modern pbys eal science is concerning the gradual coo ^ ing of tb* sun, the fact being demonstrate r that if it^ools ftt the cooling rate of watc * it would, since tl|p six thousand years' i htiman history, lost a heat eqtiivafei ' to four times t^e temperature of red Jii 1 . ' m... . ? I iron. xni8 tpuBi, or course, nave atlectc the temperature of tbe pqrth to some exten 1 "Tbo:8|jn.>inJee4 neld optbp maofc-hotb j Lhqn milled iron tp se?J us the bgakp ' have. <Tl.o diatingqishpd French Mtron irip.r, Xrago\ Jma'sffotyp, by applioati&? t|>e. Bnncij}?e8 of opti^; respecting, Jbe.po rf uJflp 'rfttion qyjght, that tbesiip js not a r< ? bpjiall, ;bwt ty? .'Us sqrrowjjed tyr i & {lM$&pbere! of'^anie^tlfpHgjjf 8j?t? wliwib^we opp^ionaHyfe^ ftp sun's dm * few* /?ho sun, then"-is ppt jpcandpscei 1 >*d ^ fa Whipple on sham, talk. It is a pity to receive any thought of Whipple's without the glowing of his great l>ig lamps of eyes to give it lustre, but tho following reads w.ell, oven "in tho dark" of his absence : "l>ut of all the expedients to make tho heart lean, tho brain gauzv, and to thin life down into the consistency of a cambrio kerchief, tho most successful is the little talk and tattle which, in some charmed circles, is courteously styled conversation. How human beings can live 011 such meagre faro ?how continue existence in such a famine of topics, and on such a short allowance of sense?is a great question, if 'philosophy could only search it out. All we know, i^ that such men and women there are, who ' will go 011 from fifteen to four-score, and , J never a hint 011 their tombstones that they , j died at last of consumption of the head and marasmus of the heart! Tho wholo universe of God, spreading out ils splendors . and terrors, pleading for their attention, and , they wonder where Mrs. Somebody got that L divine .ribbon to her bonnet? The whole , world of literature, through its thousand . | trumps of fame, adjuring them to regard . . I its garnered stores of emo.ion and thought, > and think 'It's high time, if John intend^ , to marry Sarah, for him to pop the question !' When, to he sure, the frippery is 3 spiced with a little envy and malice, and prepares its small dishes of scandal and (. nice bits of detraction, it becomes endowa 1 with a slight venomous vitality, which does j ' pretty well, in the absence of soul, to carry on the machinery of living, if not tho re^ ality of life." Grow Jjcauli/ul.?Persons may outgrovr disease and becomo licallhy, by proper at ,,7 tention to tlic laws of their physical const} tntions. By modcrato and daily evcreisji ri men may become active and strong in limb r and muscle. Hut to grow beautiful, how? Age dims the lustre ot' the eye, and pales the roses on beauty's check; while crow feet, and furrows, and lost teeth, and gray i- hairs, and bald head, and tottering limlm, - and limping feet, most sadly mar tho huI man form divine. But dim as tho c-ye is, o as pallid and sunken as may be the face of o beauty, and frail and feeble that once strong, d erect, and manly body, the immortal >t just fledging its wings for its home i:i hen re ven, may look out thrqugb tjipse faded ft windows as beautiful as tlio dew-drops of u n- summer's morning, as moiling as tl;c tear J- that glistens in affection's eye?by growing ru kindly, by cultivating sympathy with nil 1:1 human kind, by cherishing forbearance towards the foibles and follies of our race, ? and feeding day by day on that love to God 't and man which lifts ns from tj<p bfute, ap4 s- makes us akin to angels. at ly Guard Against Vulgar Language.^-: o There is as much connection between th? 10 words and tlio thoughts a* thore is between it the thoughts and the words ; the latter aro of not only the expression of the former, but r?t tliov linvo n nnivpr In r<?;ir?l nnnn tlin onul ?J - " I- ? --? -I?. 1 !i\ and leave the stains of their corruption k. there. A young man who allows himself to use ono profane or vulgar word has nof, ^ only shown that there is a foul spot upon ' his mind, but by tlio utterance of tlia^ _ word he extends that spot and inflames it, till, by indulgence, it will sooti pollute and ruin the whole soul. J3e careful of your words as well "aa your thoughts. If you II can control the tongue, that no improper words are pronounced by it, you willsooi} , bo able also to control the mind, and sava II1 . . * that from corruption. You extinguish the fire by smothering it, or by preventing ^ bad thoughts bursting out in langij.ige. Never utter a word anywhere which you cr would be ashamed to speak in the presenco . of the most refined female, or the most re-. I ligious man. Try this practice a little while, ( and you will soon have command of your-, , self. , ' is 'Mfe-' j A Good WhHetPUsfr-?As this is thesoat son of the year when people begin to clean up and U'i'igs look f?'?.*sh for the approaching summ* r, wc have frequent request respecting the best and cheapest whitewash^ j for the outsido and inside of houses As wo have in foNjier Yolup.\$& gvvGtt, teliable. o recipes of t}|js c^ar^ei;, we hay? no occasion to refer pv\r cp,\^tj\nt i;eiy.Iet$. t<? them ; ^ our nmy sflb^ibp^ l\OAXeyct, pauuot avail themselyw P.? the sanje reference?tho folie lowing, therefore, is for them : ,{. Tafca half a bushel 0f fjrpab-bqrned wbita ', ;i> liiflo, an^ slocfe it efofrpfjiwith .liot p.c colcl wa{effii\,alubftrbnT^l. "When, thoroughly Tf slacked dissolve in thp tfater required tq of M?in tbp jimft two quarts ft? Qoj&mog.s.alk [it stir iCtbftrougbly, add one quart of sweef 4 r4 3t ?pd ty i? wAy fof use Jo put on wjtfy )(] a brush. * \t ,4, , This wash is fqr tye outside oif buildingsK -y ir fences, &caqd is ypry ^ diwaWp. - Sofa? , re put glue in wbitevyaeb, and others flovjj: t>- nnd ripo P?*te; b?t ftesp render of. sca|p ojf in very dry weather. ' ^ \i p. The aboyp wq*h r^ay bpr tuadp^pjpajflr s * 5d.. cotot;-bjr . *> i 7' in 'I Tbe-*bove whitflwaah ip all tbf>t c.in^bfs, in coifed % tfop interior l^?^.e^ept}Bg