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/ r\ Y^YD^Yr?WTiTf ff TQ Yd) n WWY^Yd) Jj LeAla dsiAiJl) iiD din u H slki Ih bh l^ds^ihU iU la lik r~? T ir?? ?II1IB?! Ill ? ||?,M mm ? I I mil I IIUI Mil ? ! i? ,, ?, m m , avinwmm ? , M i,1,, ? , , ,, , i ?11 ! WI nil _j._ jm IM ? I1M ?Ml ! ? aW*lCTW?>*OmWW?*U>JUMiniBMWlMMFPWP"g?>WWMajaMK?gM ^jl TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM ] "the rnicja of ijibbnty isj htuhnax. vic-ix. amce." [PAYABLE in ADVANCE BY DAVIS -t CREWS. ABBEVILLE, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 13, 1859. VOI. XV ivr? to Ulll'Ol'CWtJOn"" qxxxv uur.&, AHU THERE SHE GOES." j The following amusing and well to'd., story was piil>li^!ie?l for the first, time, i; ! J one of the city papers of (lotham, .some fifteen years ago. A d ay or two si nee j wo fell in with a gentleman who look pains to aci|tiainl himself personally with j the faels at the time of their occurrence, mid who vouches for the truthfulness of the subjoined narrative i Not long since, two stylish-looking persons put up for the night in llie upper part or the oily. On the morrow, after ordering their bill, they scut for the landlord, who was not long in wailing upon his aristocratic guests. " I wish to purchase tlnit old clock up stairs; will you sell it?" usked the elder, \vhile the vounjror cast his eves over tin- i columns of a newspaper which lay upon | the table. The landlord, who had set no I great value upon the clock, except as an j heir-loom, began t>? suspect it might pos- j so.ss the virtue of I ley wood's chair, all I filled with coin?and almost involunta- I lily the tlirco ascended to the room which ! " . 1 ' contained it. I 'The fact is," said the older, "I onec j won twenty pounds with a clock like ! that." j % "Twenty pounds!" ejaculated llie land- i i?,j. j; " ^ os. ^ oil set; t lint tle-re w:i- olio like it in a uxnu down in J*Nsi x, ami a j follow hot llli' li<* eolild |;o.-|? 11fulo- | finger swinging with tin- ni-mlaliim fur an i it ' liolir, on!v saving, " Here she goes the|-?-| she goes." lie ooiililn'i <lo it. 1 walk- ' . cd the money out of him ill no time ! ; ^ " Vou did." You couldn't walk il out I of mo. " I'll hot Ion pounds I can do il on the spot." , "Done!" cri-'d the stranger. t 'I )u? Rtrii#*!.- i*i?r111 ?%??! !?! ? ? ? "i * back t<? tlii* (.able atxl door, the Iau<llor?l j s popped inlo a chair. "Ilore she goes. there she goes ?" ami ^ bis linger waved a curve, his e\vs fully ii.x?:?l on the |ieuilulum. The fellow's inteiTiip- ( lion. " Where is the money ? Plank the m<?n- r oy!" The landlord was not to lose in that way. ? 11 is fore-linger slowly ami surely went with the pendulum, anil Irs l?*ft hand disengaged his purse from his pocket, which he threw behiml him on the table. Ail was silent ; the dapper man at length exclaimed. "Shail I deposit the* money in the humls c of the waiter ?" s: "Here she goes, there she goes!" was t., the only wi?wer. One of the wags left the room. He p beard him go down stairs, hut he was not a < ? i.? ,i:?.i i... .1 . . i cv> in; uimuu'cu i?y tnai hick. I'resently tl,ie waiter entered, and touching liiiu upon the shoulder, asked. w " Mr. H , are you crazy ? What are you lining?" il " Here she goes, tlicrre s.lio ernes !" he rc- i p spcnded, his hand and fore-linger waiving ii as before. Ii The waiter rushed down stairs, called one of the neighbors, and invited liiin up to see i his master. They ascended, and the neiyh- j ? l?or seizing him gently by the shoulder, in I ^ an imploring voice, said, , '* Mr. 15 , do not sit here. Come, ^ go down stairs ; what can possibly possess c you to he sitting here !" " Here she goes, there she goes!" was the only reply, and ihe solemn lace and tlie slow moving finger settled the mat- ^ ter. c " lie is m ill," replied tlie friend, " we j must go Ati' a doctor." I tj Tiie landlord was not to bo duped, lie j was not to be deceived, though tlie whole | t< town caine to interrupt him. j w " You liad better call up bin wife," added n the friend. t( , "Ilero sho goes, there she goes?" re- o |>eatcd the landlord, and still tlie hand mov- Ii ed on. ( Ii In a moment, his wife entered, full of h ^ agony of soul ic' j My dear, she kindly Raul, " look on si W nu>, it is your wife who speaks !" ' j, 9 ,lIIere tlie goes, lli?*ie she goes!" Iiis |, hand continued to inove, but Iiis wife j wouldn't go ; she would stay, and he thought a alio was determined to conspire against ;1 Iiim, and make him lose tlie wmrer Sil?. ! - a"' ,-,,w j wept as she continued, " What cause liavo you for tliis? Why j do you do so? Has your wife' ! a " Ilc-re she goes, there she goes!" and ? liis finger seemed to ha tracing its airy progress, for anything sho could ascertain to the contrary. "My dear," she still continued, thinking t< that the thought of his child, whom ho n fondly loved, would tend to restore him, f< "shall I call up your daughter?" " Hero she goes, tliere she goes!" tho landlord again repeated his eyes becoming Cl more and more fixed and glazed from the steadiness of the gaze. A slight smile, c' which had a great effect upon tho minds of ^ those prosent, played upon his fiioe as lie ^ thought of tho many unsuccessful resorts to win him from his purpose, and of hi8 ? .1 '(' 1_??.? c< ouv/cdoo in u/iiiini^ iiiuiui iiiu piiysician entered. lie stood by the side of tlio lm-y ^ man. IIo looked at liirn in silence?shook * his bead, and to tbe anxious inquiry of bis V?fe, answered. "No madam.1' The fewer persons here c< the lieiter. Tli?! tnaid hotter stay away; do not leave t!i?? maid" " Here she t;>'es, there she goes!'' j'et again in l<armnnv wiih tin; waving linper, j issued again I ruin thy I i | ? ?. of the land- I lord. "A consultation, I think, wnl he . necessary," said the physician, " Will you run at once for l>r. A ?" Tlie kind neighbor buttoned tip his coat and hurried from the room. In a few minutes Dr. A , with an- I other medical gentleman entered. "This is a sorry sight," said lie to the-j doctor with Iiiin. " Indeed it is sir," was tlie reply. It is a sudden attack, one of the' "Hero she goes, there she ^<ics!'' was the sole reply. The physicians stepped into a corner, ami consulted together. " It is . dvi>alde, I think, that his head j Iks shaved,*' said one to the other, who as- j Rented?"and I will dispatch a servant for a harliar,''a resolution which he putTninie" iiatelv into ell'ect. Hero she Jfoes, there she goes !" almost 1 dionicd the lamllord, as the minute 1i;mi<I ii rived at the doired point. ' '1'lie hariier arrived, he wai naturally a ' alkalive man. and when the doctor made i ' ome casual remarks relleetinj* upon the j I juality of the instrument he was ahout to | ' Ise, lie iepiied. j >' "All. li.'t! Nfon-ienr, you sav verv hail f </.or. ' l is heatiliful! Lcok !?look ! Very : food isn't he ?" ' " Here she -400s, there site jyoes !" sereain- . 1 d tlie I nlli?*il 1.;- 1 * - ... ? ? nit in*; till Oil 1 face gathering :i smile, and liis whole ' ' i.'tiilu in readiness convulsed with ;t ; ' oy. | '1 In* barner was amazed. "Here she : joos, llici't: she noes," lie responded in i t 1 Mi host Knglbh Ins could use. " Van: ' c hall, vare shall I begin ? Vat is dat he i ay" c " Share, his head at oikv," interrupted t he doctor. t "Hero she goes, there she g'les'." for p In: hist time cried the landlord, as the dock v truck tins hour of nine, and he spiting \ nun his sent in an ecstaey of delight, t ere:Miiiii'_r at the t<>p of his voice, as he s ki|?|ied around the loom. i "I've won it ! I've won it !'' t " \\ hat ?"' said the waiter. :i " W hat ?" echoed ihe doctors, c " What re-echoed the wife." I Why. the wager? U*i> pounds ?" l^nt* t astitit; hi* eyes around the room, :?nt 1 tnis- <_ i:??; tlie young men who had induced him ! > watch the chick, he asked : c " Where are those young men who sup- t ed here last night? Kh ? Quick! Where a re they ?" L "They wont axvay in their phoalon near* , an hour ago, sir," was tlie reply of the ait>?r. v 'Ihe truth llashcd like .1 thutuh-r holt / ir.niirh his nt nd. They had taken his j, oek'-l ImioU, with tWentv-oii?'pounds there I, aild had decamped?a couple of .swini- :l ug sharpers, with wit to hack them. v JI'iw Jnfiii Sir iri'f'or licit if.?The law of " ic State, of Virginia prohibits rflarriage n nlessthe parties are of lawful age, or by 11 lie i'ous<'iit of the patents. I1 .( hit X , a well to-do farmer, in '? te Valley of Virginia, was blessed with " 'I -1 " 1 u.?;i-]n. unit oesioeraium?a " iff. .I'llin ra^t his eyes around, hut un- ti lu'o's.-fuliv, until they fell upon ilie form s< f Hetty?daughter of John Jones, one of tl ie prettiest ami nicest girls in the whole i> ountry. After a courtship of six weeks, tl ohu wns rendered happy hy the consent of v lie fjiir Hetty. a The next day, John, with a friend, went sj > town to get the necessary documents ,t 'itla the forms of procuring which he was j, lost lamentably ignorant. lieing directed f( ? the clerk's office, John with a good deal (| f hesitation informed the itrhane Mr. c >r?vvu that lie was going to get married to () >ettv Jones, and wanted to know what 0 must do to compass that desirable n m- ?- ! ' ' 1 mini. .>11. Iiniwll 111 <1 I'UIUU mill! informed him, tlmt after lifting sat'ii'-.'l that no legal impediment prevented^ v ? would ;j;r:int a license. s, " Allow uitt," said Brown, "to nsk you f, few questions" You are 21 years of |] gn. I suppose, Mr. N ?" p " Yes," said John. c " Do you solemnly sw<-ar that Betty a lines, spinster, is of lawful (made s? ml enacted by the Legislature, of Vir- b iiiia.) to tiiko the marriage vow ]" o "What's that?" said John. _ Mr. 11. repeated. ,] "Well," said John, "Mr. Clerk, I want 'i' , iikiimuii, uui i joined mu cnurcli I a t the last revival, and I wouldn't swear li )r a hundred dollars." o "Then, sir, you cannot get married." p " Can't got married ! Good gra- tl ions. a Mr. Clerk, they'll turn mo out of the t| liurcli if I swear ! Don't refuse me, Mr. t| lerk, for lioaven sake. I'll give you j, 10 if you lot mo off from swearing." " Can't do it, Mr. N g " Hold on, Mr. Clerk, I'll swoar. ] v mldn't give ;ip Botty for ton churches. ^ 11 swear, may I l>o d?d, if she ain't r( B years old?give ir.o the license. e After the Clerk bursted a few of the e nitons off his vest, ho granted the li. n jnse. c. COLOR. Anatomists and physiologists have lahoriv 1 very earnestly to account for or show llii' "cause" of color, Hot of the !!eL'ro alone, hut in the ea?e of our own race. TIm'V have m?i:erai!v ? apposed that the ]>!;/iri<u(ion iiif/rmn, a substance lyin^j immediately bem-ath the outer "kin or cuticle constituted this cause, and therefore the complexion was fair or dark, blonde or brunette, just as this "coloring" matter mitrht happen to he dark or otherwise. This, in a sense, is doubtless true, hut to speak of it j as a'eause is an abuse of terms, for it is J simplv a fact, and no more a cause thai; it j is an ctlect. Cause and causes in natural j phenomena are known only to tlit* mind of Omnipotence, and why the Caucasian color ...i.u.. .... .1. n -- - i -- o ...III., Ul Liu- iUIMIfrill yCllOW, 0|- I lie III!- | gro liiacfc, is as absolutely hidden from u- I as the "caUMi" of their existence at all ? as ! wholly beyond lii?; sc-??|?e of human intclli- i gelice, ami therefore of rational cinpiirv, as ! Liu; "cause" of tin- return of die seasons, or why men and a nals at a certain time arrive at maturity or linally decay and die.? The divine wisdom and perfect, iitiicss of I lie fact itself, however is clearly appreciable. and we are able to see not only ils lansei'iidanl importance, hut the utter impossibility of its being otherwise. There s.iu all the works of <?od peilVet hannonv is well a> perfect wisdom, and therefore >uch a monstrosity as a "colored man"?or i being like ourselves in all except the color .if tin* negro, is not merely ah.-urd l>ut as mpos-ihle. in fact, though not so pa'.palilc o a superficial intelligence, as a white body tfith a negro head on its shoulders, or indeed i- a dog with the head of any other ani na 1 or form of being. Tiie face of the Caucasian reflects tfio haiaoter, the emotions, the instiie-ls, Ao a :ertain extent Ili<; intellectual foiees, and svcii (lie acquired habits, tin; virtues or vires ??l" the individual. Tl.is, to a certain xtent, depends <iii tin- mobility of tin- fa:ial muscles and the general anatomical trueture ami outline of tins features, but vithotit our color tin* next expression wouM m* very impel feet, and tlic t'.iee wholly in apable of ivllecting the inner nature ami pecilie character of the race. For exam>le: "\Vlisil is there at the same time so harming ami so indicative of inii< r purity iml innocence as the blush of maiden mod sly ? For an instant the fair face is scaret, then perhaps paler than ever in its <leli ate transparency, and these physical clian* fi's, beautiful as they may be to the eve, re rendered a thousand times more so by tur consciousness that they relied moral motions infinitely more beautiful. Can ,uy one suppose such a thing possible to a >lsurk face?that these sudden and startling heruations of color which reflect the moral lerceptions and elevated iialnre of the iliiUs women, are possible in the negress. Ind if tin* latter cannot r?-ll?*<-t these tilings ii ln-r faee?if her features art! utterly in* apahle of expre<Hiij; emotions so elevated nd heatifnl, is it not certain Unit slio is l iiliont tin-in?tliat tltey have no existence i her inner heitijr, are no portion of her loral nature ? To suppose otherwise is 1 ot only ahsurd hut impious?it is to supo-e that, the Almighty Creator would enow a heiug with moral wants and eapaciies that could have no development ? with n inner nature denied any external relleeion or manifestation of its wants or of iti*lf. Of course it is not intended to say | lint the negreSR has not a moral nature, it I ( i only intended to demonstrate the fact. ' < lint she lias not the m??ral nature of tin* j 1 bite woman. She absolutely does not ' ml absolutely cannot give outward ox pros- ( ion to those high moral <|Uali1ies which < re reflected in the varying color ami changig features of the white woman, and there ' >re those who would endow her inner mi ' ire with these qualities, must necessarily ( harge the Creator with the gross injustice f withholding from her any expression of ualities so essential to their own happiness | s well as to our conception of the dignity < < d beauty of womanhood. This same illustration is extensively di ' ersifi"d in legard to the other sex. It is j sen every day in our social life, and con i onts us at every stop. The white man is 1 usliod with anger, or livid with fear, or ale with grief. lie is ut one moment so liarged with the darker passions as to he 1 Imo-t Idack, and the next so softened hv >rrow or stricken hy grief that his face is loodless and absolutely white. All these ' utward manifestations of the inner nature -of the moral being which God has en ' owed us with?are familiar to every ono. lioy form :i portion of our daily experience, j '"1 constitute an essential part of our social J fo> Tliero are great differences among ur own people in regard to the general ex ress'ou of Uie features. Some reflect in iieir faces all ili?? emotions by which tliey re moved, wliiUi others a?e so solid, or icy have acquired such a control oVer jemselves in these recocts, as to appear openotrablo. Hut this bus no connection 1 filli color, or any correspondoneo with that reat fundamental and specific fact ; rhich and through which the Almighty 8 as stamped the character and rovealed t|10 ( jhitive conditions of tho several human ra es. Like all the other great facts involved, idor is the standard and exact admeasure ' lent of tho specific character. TUe Can ? usian is white?tho negro ie black?the i lir.-t in the mo>t superior?the latter must inferior?ami between these extremes of humanity are the intvrm*?te races appro* iiM.'iliirt to the former cr a} proaehinj; the latter, ju*t as t!: Ahni<;htv, in His I?i?u j le?s wi-dom and imtl'iMo hetiifieeiuv, has I seen iit to order it. <'<>! r ii no more radi eal or universal, or maie a dilTereneo l?? t \ve? n white iik ti and wjjroea, than any other fact outside of the courtiers millions <>f tae's that separate theni. It is morn pal pahie to the sense, moro unavoidable, hut no more universai or itivariahlu t'.ian the hair, the ' voire, the attidude, the (Vaturo.s, the form of the limits, the single if'.ohule of Mood or the myriads anil millions of things that coi.stitute net;io heinjj. It woiihl serin that the Almighty ('ro ator, when stamping this palpnhlo di>tiue lion oil the very snrf i. , had designed to i fjuard his work fr<>ui a\v poH*ih!e drserra J lion, anil iln-iefur.* ......1...1 :? - 1 < r?- >1 11 !> .? II ! 1 hut liitmun ignorance. fraud, fully or wick edness, r<?uld, hv no pos-.ihi!itv, mistake it. And indcil Un-y ilo not mistake it, for those perverse creature* amoig us who clamor &o loiully for negro ispi'd.;y, or that the negro i shall Isc treated as it / s were a while man, tody desire to I'orco tl.ev theories on others, and would rather have 'lie r own families utterly per:>h from the vwth than lo prae lice or live up to thesr d'iHrinos in this re speet! i The term, "colored man' or "colored | people,'' could never have oi\;'mat<:d in a community having negroes in mid?t, for it is not only :t misnomer hut mi absurdity, ( as gross as to say a colored li-':i urn colored | bird, though natural enough ;>i*i|iaps to Ku , l'opi-ans, or to those who had never seen no , irioes or diU'erent races from themselves. ] Finally, as color is the s aud;>rd and the | test of the specific character, impaling the inner ii:utn>? ?? ?* *' . ?vi>i.ii v-.?i>.n?iiun;r? oi me race, so, t io, ic it tlio tost ami --tan.bud of ; the normal physical condition of the indi , viihial. 'i'liu highest boa!tli of the white man is distinguished by a ]>tne ami trans parent skin, ?:i 1 exactly sis be departs from ( this, his color is clouded and f.:tllovv, while that of the is mailc-d bv perfect | blaclcm-ss, ami tin? depaiture from this is to , lil ty brown, almost ash cuior?tun-*, as in : every thioif else, revealing the eternal truth that life :tn<l wi ll bi-inj;, social as well as ( individual, is identical with an exact recognition of these .extremes, and tliat it is only when disease or uunatuial conditions pre vail, that a certain approximition to color or to equality bicom.-s p>>-tib!e.? From | ".V-///O. .V (/m/ jVfijrij Mai'iiy," h>j J. II. | Van Ktwu'. ~ i A Aalive Curiosity.?The Attala (fift.) In- ' telligencvr cluoiiict-'s ilie arrival ii lliut nily of a ' 11in:in from (Carroll (l.iuntv, a the interior, 1 iiiinifd Mr, llixi^niaii Ha'xiu:, whom it. justly i'li:ir.i?:toii/<'S as " Koniciliini; of t curiosity.'*? ( " Mr. Rabiun," says the Iiitdlipncer, " is forty visus of a if", ami lias ni*vur, uiui! Iiis time, 6oen t a lown, a ruilroatl, or :i stciiiii-cn^iiie. He was ih'Vit t wruty-niiles from home ltJ~i.ru in his life, iin.l ii i.l ucvvr seen river until lie iTos-i'tl it on his way to litis pi t?e. Wus thirty- < years ol.l liefore he was iinrriod, when he whs united to a charming youoj lady of fifteen pumniers. lias luten a Itaptist ireachcr, u school leather, and it country merchant. He is still ft resilient of ' sweet Carroll,'tli.it land of chivalry iitol sonir, whos- stones are iron, and out of whose liowels wo dig copper, ttc. ?fco. Ho wm in eetalie rapt tiro 011 first beholding the mighty iron horse." The A" (/> Cnit.?Tli" editor of llic Chicago Tini-s, being in I'liiliidclpliin softie days ago, visiled the IJ. S. M 'lit, and was shown a specimen >f a new cent. One side of it he says, " is like llm sanio side of tins one now in use; hut. the jllier side is new in fact and in design ; the figure lieing the head nnd part of the bunt of n fc* male, representing tin- popular imaginary iniperlonntion of littorty in the form of a go.ldess./ It is intended to issue this new coin, some time ll the eomioir Tim 1:1? ?i? j ..... - jnwu< , i n\ *r lllO VIIU IJI9W | -irculating', is produced from ft inixiure of two \ uetnM?coji"r an<l ninkle?three purls of the rurtner ami one pari of the latter. I Captain Wilkes, of the navy, who was some- ! iqjc airo comiiiiesionod to make an- examination i >f the mineral deposit its in Cathum county, | North Carolina, with a view to the establishment j if a depot of construction for tho navy, has made a report highly favornble to the oliject, li?tviii<r found the deposities of coal nnd on of 1 jxtraordinary riclmcM and of inexhaustible ex- i Lent. < If your sister, while tenderly engaged in ' \ tender conversation with licr sweetheart tsks yon to bring a glass of water from an 1 idjoining room, you can start on the er ' rand, but you need not return. You will ? not be missed, that's certain?we've seen it tried. Don't forget this little boys. No man can loll whether lie is rich or < (loor by turning to his ledger. It is the ' leart that makes a man rich. Hew is rich < >r poor, according to what ho is, not nccor < ling to what Ijl' lias. " Husband, I liavo tho asthma bo bad .hat I can't breatho." " Well, my dear, I wouldn't try ; nobody vants you to." A Dutchman's heart-rending soliloquy s doscribed thus : " Slio lofos Shon Michle to much potter as I, pecause ho cot kooplo lollara more as I has Grief knils two hearts in eloscr bonds t ^iin happiness ever can.; and common j uffftringa arc far atroti^cr links thnrir non joya. . ^ J \ "IN A MIRU1E." A\ liaL cl?> you think Johnny's birthday -A present was ? A wheelbarrow. He was ti:m sixteen years old. And how licli he lull. ?f 44 Now I can wheel mother's dinner home 1?" from market,"' he said, 4' and I can help ful ] father, and do ever so many things.*' That the is right. It is so pleasant to do litilo services for others, especially for our parents take For two days he often asked, " Mother* row! what can L wheel for you?' 1 >ut she had of t nothing lo Le wheelid, and so she said, tlie . '' Thank you, Johnny ; hy and-by I shall in ll have something for you to do.'' Johnny year wished it was now, and not by-and by. part About four days after, Johnny and his P!l,'t harrow and some boys were down by the !l'? ' frog pond at play. And what do you think tmie they were wheeling ? Four nuidturtles ente which one of the boys found in tiio swamp, doits I do not know how ir*u!i pleasure it ?avo the turt!?; ?, for the" could not laugh and olls ta'k about it, but the boys had good fun. itine In a little while Johnny's mother called 'l him. Ho heard her call the first time, and t>VB ' 1... I ! .. ? ? - ' ..... OVIWIKI, I'Ul 1IU WilS l'?0 I'll*}- 10 lli'illlllt. ",v' ' Ilis sist.-r then can;o to fiml him. "John- o,v<M ny, mother wants you U? go down street :ind bring hotr.o somo fish." Don't want to, answered ho. " Yes, hut mother wants 1'' you to," said his sisltr. " I'm taking my C,Ul ' turtles to ride, ami i can't,"' cr'.t-d Johnny, niu 1 ''I don't want to." "t'oino," cried his sis- ^?" tor. " In a minute,'' cried Johnny. l/10 *' How long do you suppose that minute in? f was? Il was nearly half an hour, and I>0'u might have hecu a great deal longer, only that he pilcheil ii:tu the inud ; over wont aiu^ Johnny, wheelbarrow and all. " O dear ! dear he cried, picking himself up, and cu\?" looking at his dirty clothes. JYotv ho <l,U3^ thought of mother. Ho could run to her weel' fast enough, now that ho had need of her cou^ help, but he con hi not ifo when she needed ^??" i . . Bi tns. O the selfish little boy ! His con acienco smote him. Ho was loath to bhow nf' ' himself; but go homo ho must, for who would take cara of such a pitiful-looking f". chili! but mother. St'" Home he trudged, leaving the boys to fetch his barrow. Il was a sober walk.? ' ' . , latur 'O dear he cried, coniini; into the Kitchen : >,i , , noun iU?iee?l, lie was almost ready to cry, partly for the mud, hut most for fear of what his j ^ mother would sav. She heard him, and * i li mined round. " You diity boy, go away," ^l0 [( cried the aunt. "(Joule here, my child,'' ?.i ,v( L'lit'il his mother. Ah! that is mother; ni,,re die is always ready to n-ceive her child, lio\vi?vor sa I his plight. The mother took js tj1( lier lioy. washed hiiu, undressed him, and ^ j t, bossed him again in clean sweet clothes.? j she did not talk much, but she was very jQ ^ kind and very sad too. Ah I she did not begrudge serving him. Johnny felt her j|jn0) kindness, and more he .olt his own disobfc- wjiQ iienne and disobligingness. turns "Mother," at last he said, "I am going to kill my Unties." "Why?" she nsked- tjie t " because," cried Johnny, w because they ^ would'nt let me go down street for you."? we " Did the poor little turtles beg you not to p0]jt mind mother ?" she asked. " Not in so Cll]^ many words," answered Johnny, slowly " but they seemed to say, " Stay, stay a jj minute.'" horsi " And do you think it was the poor lit- to g< tie turtles that said that?" asked his moth- sfca L?r, seriously. ' ^nitsi .lohnny hung drtwn his head, as well he j,' might, trying to throw the blame of his ()(j 0 disobedience on ths turtles, and not where suits it properly belonged, on his own naughty and will. Adam and Eve did just so, when _ tlicv did not mind God in the pardon ol ' ... , . to Men. hvc Paul it was tne serpunt who fect j inado her do wrong. Adam said it was vvnv Evo tlint made him do wrong. Yon see atm< wrong doing is always cowardly, trying (',ov to make excuses, and throwing the 1 lame upon somebody else. Is it not mean ? ' turat " Do you really think," asked Johnny's mois mother again, " that the poor little turtles hern are to hlamo for your not coming whon t'rac' mother called you ? Do tlicy deserve to bo .jJ j punished 3" " No," cried Johr.ny, finding Qnfo it hard to stand his moehcr's look ; " no; it was I, only, naughty I. It was 1 that ?A *aid, Stay, stay ; and, mother, God punishid me ; he pitched mo into the mud ; and niora you made me feel bad, you wore so kind cruni find tears streamed down Johnny's cheeks. Ai ' Do let me go down street now for you, mother, do." But his mother no longer M needed the little servico which ho had be- wou' grudged her. The fish had conio up.? wasu ' Solid me on sonic otlier errand," pleaded keaul Tohnny. l?ut she had now nothing for him ^ro,r Lo do. And all that- day, and for many wou^ lays after, a sorrowful shadow rested upon est ' Jie child's heart, for that lost opportunity ftkun )f serving his dear, donr mother.?Amcri- so Tl :an Presbyterian. face, The Human System.?The human sys- wj10 em, in its vital or muscular power, is vory Jntcn inalogous to an electric machine. Damp t]^ less dispels the force of both, apparently i|ian 11 the saine way. Ilence the debilitating cenan ;ffect of hot weather, caused princip?'ty by tli >y excessive perspiration. The Quantity Qf 0i, if prespiration can be greatly' lessened by efr-iining from unn?'C?cssary drinking. A k?.. , : :*hj oiiu c?n hoor D,',,uu' luinseii 10 me orty i equirements several times less of liquid Detri ,l,Hn JUo f? usually nccnstorned to drink, by holo rfking only n small quantity at oncc, and bead epeating it only as often as thirst is felt.? only The Pen and Lever, in tw A REDttAltKAULE J.IFJE. . laic number of the N? ?v Orleans ChrisAdvocate contains jm interesting sketch i man who came in boyhood to (i.ulvoslsland, studied la", became a suceesspractitioner, served in the wars :?ur iinst. Mexicans and lud ans, as a comrade of mel Walker and Addison Clilk-spie, was n prisoner by t':e Mexicans and narly escaped perisMw*, became a leader he public aflat rs of hi* Stale, while at same time ho wm an active "exhorter" ic Methodist Clitrch, and linal'v, in the 1857, was genirally designated in all s of tho State ?. the lust choice of his y to succeed Gel. Houston in the .'Vn,>f the United States. During all tliis i lse had frequently felt it bis duly to r thy ministry, and waa restrained from <; so chiefly l-r the opposition of his , who, aliiiou^j "au excellent and pi' r ' > - iiv i.iiivt mi nit' me (>r an rani preacher's wife. Finally I ho crisis is history arii'.vd, when ho was on tho jf being sent lo tho Sc*uute. AVo copy Irauiatie account of what followed, as 11 by tho Advocate: iking the letters and papers fro'o all > of tho State,giving him assumeco of ion, ho went to his wife and said : " 1 go to the United States Senate. Iloro ho evidences. If .you wish it, I will Hut if I ?0, htfl! is uiy doom. I shall i drunkard as avlaiu as I go to Wasli>n. I can yet escape. If I pass this t, I never can. I can enter tho minisvhich I ought to have done long ago, save tnysolf fioiu a drunkard's grave, my soul from liell. But you shall de" His poor wife, unwilling to relini the glittering prize in view, replied, linj, that she could not see why he 1 not be a great man and a Christian it after prayerful reduction, she would ncur the. fearful responsibility of dociagaiust his conscience, and told him to ito itinerancy and .sho would go with To the astonishment of the whole , a letter from him appearod in the pajust before the meeting of tho Le^is i', declining the nomination, and ancing his retirement liom political life, next thing that was heard of hiiu was ho was preaching. ie editor (who voucli?? f i'10 truili or arrativo) says that tho hopes eutcrlainhis success as a preacher have been 1 than realized. It adds : Vhat renders the case more remarkable, e fact, that before lie declined the UniUates Senatorship, by a legacy left him igland, lie became possessed of an am artuue. Wealth, aud tho bopo of a position have kept many out of the rancy; but few, very few, are those have declined eminent earthly advan ? for it, or rather brought them as ad rial forces into it that they might bo nore hygely useful. o name is given in tho narrative, but presume that those familiar with tho ical history of Texas will havo no difli ' in filling the blank. orscs Stiffened ami Jloof-Ijonm?.?A 3 that is driven on a hard road is liable it stiffened. I have seen valuable hor I riven on plank roads a few days get 5 lame. I reasoned to myself of tin* e, and produced a remedy which proved tiial. I have since tried it on founder r hoof bound horses, and with good re I made a solution of salt anil water, applied it three times a day, by washing legs and pouring upon tho bottom of ;ct, ami holding them up a few minutes I it strike in, and saw tho wonderful cf n a few days. I account for it in this : Salt will extract moisture from the sphere, which keeps the feet moist all I'hile; it acts nearly like melted grease i the foot. The hoof becomes tough, ,'et pliable. Like a chunk of wood sa ed with salt or brine, it is tough yet t; and so with a horse's foot. And lot me add, tho habit of rasping tho ced hoof to toughen it is all folly.? ly your brine, and it will effect a care,? t. and blame me if it does not.? Ohio ivator. farm Rhnrirnnl Tf ia on rn-rnr ink tliat a long face is essential to good Is, or that laughing is an unpardonable id vot how many there arc who act as ey thought so. Some men go through ritli a countcnanco so gloomy, thnt one d suppose the world was nothing hut a }, howling wilderness, instead of a liful creation which God has made it. . it.-!- 1 1 * i meir siiu aim repulsive looks, you (1 certainly infer that it was the grentjf all sins to enjoy anything of the dance which our kind Father above has crally given us to enjoy. lere is no religion in a sanctimonious nor is tbero any in a laugh. Those choose can think so, b&t as for us, we d to faugh and grow lat, and believe In so doing we shall better please God in wearing a sad and disfigured counice, such as the Savior said was worn e self righteous hypocritical Pharisees i.?Boston Olive Branch. ?? counsellor in Detroit describes his povis foUows : " When I first came to >it, I was in perfect rags ; the smallesl in my shirt was the one I rtnclt my thfough, and I had to have that, my ehirt, washed by the dozen, for it was elve pieces." - - ? V/. uu AN HONEST MAN. "Tli.. luMc -t work of ' ami yet how f?w there are! An envious, eonsc.ieneestrick'-ti world Ionics on ami laughs eon tempt unusly, because lie obeys the dictates of a whispering eonseic;:ct, 1 >:it in the sight of hi;j;li heaven lis stand: approved?ail holiest man. lie st>ps not to ask if tho world pronounces it well, hut is physically and mentally, nature's freeman, disdaining | that miserable servility, that despicable hon dago that nr.isl always stop to ask, "What will the world say ?"' An ft one:: f ? iiov.* one, and wo will show you a happy man, we will point you to a strong man ; not mighty in exte rior manifestation:'alone, but inherently so. I'ossessing within himself the reason of action and the ultimate end of his designs. A man of m ble stamp, who is willing fo walk independently bv himself carrying hi.? <>w:i refreshments with him, and drinking fiom the seeivt sprinifr, of moral and intel lectual truth, that are ever swelling tip within his own bosom. Au honest in on?who does not admiro his character? Independence lakes a crown and seals him monarch of his kingdom? mind. Fuinn wreaths his unassuming brow with laurel:', fivsh and beautiful from llic garden of merit. Freedom presents tlio charter attesting his undisputed right as Sovereign Ilulcr. Cheerfulness steps meek ly forward and ?>(Vors him the stoutest a? tnor of defence, against the mighty hosts of crushing foes that daily round him gatli er?thai of a bold and eheeiful spirit.? Commendation stands mantled in his pros ence, whispering sweet woids of hope and kindly holding tho mirror of Truth before) him ? that h- may rejoice in liis own purity. And then Contentment with her angel faco and winning smile, keeps the door or his inward cabinet, while with commending ords, she gently speaks, "Ibjoioc thoiT hast enough." Aii honest man?one who presents a master mind the Very birthright of cmi iience ; a prey lie longer tu fashion's freak, nor seduced by flattery's winning voice.? He stands alone?the glorious architect of his own fortune?the universe a debtor to his worth * while firm i:i his purpose, con stant in his integrity, undaunted in hiscour age?a spectacle to angels aiid to men, lie ~;u liiiuiorea wuen tho trembling earth shall rock beneath the touch of tlio Almighty's power. Such moral might is real, is fti.lurmrr If .1.- ? , HM.inu.1 tllO "I'JilU ends of lilo; unlike the lunar beam it af lords heat sis well as light, never leaving its possessor with a frozen licariauJ vi.nu.i affection.*, but full of life and vigor. Willi a soul ever tremblingly alive to the influence of this beautiful world, jet always conscious that only a thin vail separates this actutrf daily life, from the great hereafter. An honest man?lie hns liis conflicts,many and repeated. Yet the struggle only makes him hotter for the strife, the very energy arms him with courage. Let tho loud winds blow, the waves dash high?let the mighty thunders roar and the angry tempest rush with fury on. Let the very pillars of the marble sky shake as from their basis,'tilI the vast array of shining orb3 seem rocking in their orbits, still amid all this, the honest, self dependent mind looks calmly out upon the scene, and unmoved ro tires within itself to gelhtr courage for fit tine conflicts. An hntfsi nian?lie is his own defence, his own refugf*. No enemy however formidaMe, can storm and take the fortress of his mind?for his actions, those satellites of self, aro ever present to declare his inno cence, and thwart the guilty efforts of his adversaries. Tim fruits of a virtuous exam pie, shall flourish in immortal vigor, from the seeds he scatters on the stream of time, and his reward shall he abundant. Varying the poet's description, the world might well say of him : " His li#V? wan hon.M?and llir> olornpnfc So tnixM in liim Miat nature inijjhlstand up, And say toall t lie world?Thi* is an hour?t turn*." I Cannot J'orf/il.?They told me 1 "should cease to love him?that time would change me." So it has; 1 am changed, indeed ! Mv raven tresses, with which hit J ' fingers used to toy, are p.'idly streaked with gray ; my beauty is like the withered flower, which sunshine and duo can no more revive. Deep lines of sorrow pencil my once fair brow, and my sunken eyes seem ever swim ming with forbidden tears; but the heart's deep love Time ha* not changed, and all the long, long years of separation 6eem an nihilatcd when I think of hint. 801110 ask mo if I ever loved. " "Who has notV I reply; but wonder when I hear them tell how often they have loved; 1 sit and listen for a sound that comes not, and sadly do I nsk : 'Shall I ncvef hear it more f' I mark llic young and gay, and henf their silvery voices discourse of love?mine was never told in words; tliev seemed uso I 1 j - t . 1 iup? juiii u> iiiivc no meaning wucn he looked on tne and Piniled ; and when ho sat be$idu me, I feared to speak lest I should break tlio spell and dissipate my blissful dream. Perhaps it was but a dream, for often, now, when T am asleep, ho comcs and smiles on mo the same, and lays his hand so gently on my brow, as if to smooth away its wrinkles, and its sorrow, too, until my enraptured spirit, struggling to bo free from eaithly fetters, awakens mo lo the painful reality. But 1 feel that these cnrth-triaTi But corr sumo the dross of our mortal natures ; that the inner being, which shall' never grow old, may live where Eternity will perfect what Time cannot destroy.?Hutching's Magazine. ? rnJm > ? Tho most remarkable case on record is that of a Yank< o soaptnan, who, in a vio lent storm at sea, saved liimself from death by taking a 'cake of his own soap and wash, ing himself ashore.