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Sk n V"1 "r? T?) A cJi sLSLs?Li d?^sL^)iiJJ'-.-l \J tJs i-kl uk} sLi 6i;\#l u?3 iiUsa 'TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM] '' TII u i? n I o in of ti IB I'l It T Y ia BTBnrf ALI vioiijAUffoii." [PAYABLE IN ADVANCE BY DAVFS & CREWS. ABBEVILLE, S. C? THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 27, 1859. VOL. XV ~.~NO. 40; J'roin Hi* y>'ir )'?// Snmhi/ DixpalvFt. ULRICK WINCHESTER. UV MAUI A LOUS)A l'l'ti IITNCM. It was vey strange that I, in my strong pride ami hauteur, should feel such a beating of the heart, such an anxious foiling* wlie'r. sweet, winning Nellie Arlington, my clearest friend, come to see mo, while 1*1Vick Winchester, my betrothed husband, was spending his vacation at our country taime. I was proud, haughty?cold, some people said ? I did not care, but drew ; around me, my impenetrable veil of reserve, \ 'and looked down upon them in silence.? ; What, diil T eiire. while tin? love of llie no- ' !?l?, generous Winchester was iniii-- ? while my roseate dVeanisof love were shared and iningled with his? while together we plsick"ed the fragrant, golden fruit of youthful i affection. A (Feetion ! did I say ? Pas-don it \vas with rue : such proud natures seldom lavish less than their whole soul on any shrine, and at that altar did I pour forth the strong love of my heart, and 1 know that it was offered to as pure an i>l<> as ever mortal bent the knee to worship. She pump mv ilivir frit-nd Nillie. nnd I loved her just ns well, for all that fear that was in mv soul that Ulric would think her more worthy of him than I, I thought her very , beautiful?with a gentle infantine grace, j so unlike me, for though I might bo class- . ically beautiful, I did not possess those win ning ways thai endeared her .so to me. "1 nin very gl-nl you have come," I said lion- , cstlv, as I stood at the carriage door, for I was glad she had come. " And so am I glad to be here," sh-* said j lightly touching UI rick's extended hand, as ! ?he decended, and then springing into my j arms. After a moment, during which we : had kissed each other a hundred times, she | turned to UI t ick and said. i *ri.s? ii.? \r_ \v:.t t ? 1 ji ii in la lu<j .'i i ?? iiRiivaici i na? v i t:?tu . 60 much about in your letters, is it not Orrie ?" "I colored slightly as I rcjili???i. "yes."' | Ulrick looked pleased, either with tin* | fact that I had told Nellie of him, or with I her, I did not know which, hut I imagined j the last, and it cave to my next words to ; him a tinseof coldness, llulnuk.-d at me. j i wonderingly ; but I carelessly turned mv i eyes away, and would nut meet his glance, lie turned and addressed some remark to j Nellie, as we walked slowly to the house, j If I had poured forth my lln>iiglils then in j word#, what a flood of molten lava would have welled over! Yet still I knew in my inmost soul that no one had given me rea aon 10 leei po omeriy. i laiKou, i laugneu wildly gay, I knew I never was so entertaining, so flashingly bright, before in inv life. I lavished upon Nellie all my caresses and kind words, but when I looked at Ul. rick the light in my eyes wont out, leaving nothing but stony coldness. I saw that he felt concerned, troubled, and with a ficc joy I resolved thai, whether he really loved ine as I did him, or not, I would make him feel some of tliu torture which I endured. It seemed as if a serpent had entered inv heart since the coming of Xeilie, inv reason told mo that I was doing Ulrii-k injustice, > but like a maniac I hugged tb>* j<*;dimssu< picion to my heart, an.I beheld wish a .Mem | pleasure the unnatural lustre it gave to my : eyes, and the Hush it ?j:iv?- to niv cheeks. " You never were so handsome, nor such n dear, good gid in your life before, Orrie," cried, Nellie, that evening, as we sat on the sofa together, while UI rick was hy the open window. 41 What tpell have you thrown over heri Mr. Winchester ?" she asked looking at 1*1rick. I smiled ht-j^l^iiy ;is j S!lw (]ie rL,,p , nesBCome into his ey^, a,?i beard his grave melodious tones reply? " I have thrown no spew over jie|.( ^ something certainly has." "Oh," I cried, laughing. "1 We been to the forest with the fairies, anil i(l my earnest request bestowed upon me exv;l powers to render Nellie happy during her gtay here." "What kind fairies!" exclamed Nellie, throwing my arm over her neck, and nestling close to ?ne. " Did they not also give you new powers to make any one miserable?" asked UI rick, fixing his gray eyes earnestly upon me. t ..w.?,.ir 1 JWII ICVI uut in^ iii^ni-it i II?>I?(IJ 11 \ , I replied carelessly,11 They might have done bo, but I was not aware of it, and certainly did not ask for so strange a gift." Nellie looked from me to him, and back again, in surprise. 41 What a queer talk about fairies?" sho said, gently smoothing mv hair with her small whito fingers, and gazing inquiringly, and with a pained expression, into my face. " Wo won't talk so foolishly any longer," I said, seating myself at the piano. "Flay something sweet and beautiful," Nellie said, ns she came and sat near me, so that she could look at my face. " I don't feel in that mood to night," I roolied and I commenced the '"Gipsy's Chant." ? improving many a wild and *tr;ingc note. Ulrick had not spoken for a long lime, but now ho came and stood nearly opposite, to me, where lie could watch every expression of my face. As I struck the last thrilling mournful note, ho sprang forward to me, exclaiming as ho sat down upon an ottoman at my feet, and took both my hands : " Oriaua, why do you phiy Mich strange, f .. i weired music 3 Vour face now looks a passionate and sorrowful as llio dark lac of llic gipsy maid."' Prompted l>y an irresistibleimpulse. T with drew olio of my hands from his clasp, am ' placing it on lus shoulder. I stooped am ! pressed my lips to his forehead. Hut in j slantlv came tin; thought, prompted by i ; demon, that he would soon forget me ii ! his liking for Nellie. I loosened my ham from his. and 1 in passionless tones : I " Mv music harmonizes with mv feeling to night." And I rosu and returned to tin sofa. lie sat down l>y Xellie, and talko< to lu:r in his kind earnest way, the rest o the evening, while now and then she woul< turn to me and a>k mv opinion of the sub joe* of their conversation, which 1 wonh give,scarcely heating her i|uesiions. Whei we went to the room that night, Nellii said : " What a grand, good man, Mr. Win chostor is ? I should think yon would lovt him ever so mtieh, ii* tor nothing only thai lie loved you so wholly and entirely. I you had heard how beautifully lie spoke o you to-ni^ht, you would feel flattered." I stood before tin; ixiass. unbinding m\ heavy, dark hair, as she said this. A llusl rose to my lace, and then n< ipiieklv away. She came behind ine, ait<l put lie arms around me, as slio looked into tin ^la-s, .'iii!! said : 41 Von <lo love him, don't yon ?" " Yes, c-'it.iinlv I do?why do you n*k ?' I answered juit-k!y, and lin n said, laugh in-jr scornfully "do you fear so noble a lov< as his will lie ottered at an unreturniiu shrine S!io looked confused, d'sconeerted at jiij strange manner, and said, hurriedly : " (#Ji, no, but you seemed so strange, s< way ward.'' 1 knew I was talking very wickedly, bu with a sort ot triumphant feeling, I glorioi in it.. And though I sincerely believe tha no woman in tin? world could have lov?< I'lrick Winchester more llian I, I knew that I was toiturinir both liiin :md iov-i-Ii UI rick walked l>r (lie side of Nellie, talk ing fluently l<> licr, :?n?l seeming very iniiei interested, l?ut, nevertheless, studiously lu ij ing me over sloties ainl fences. 11o <!i< 1 no addre?s many remarks to 1110, and I ai s we red shortly and coldly. 1 husied inyse! picking the rich, soft blackberry, and pu ting a great many more of them into tin mouth than into my basket. At la?t, how ever, I heaped the b;Lik<t, and walked t< the great beach, under whose shade Xelli? and (Jlriek were already sealed watting foi me. 1 sat down on the grass at Nellie' feet, and throwing off my hat, laid my heat in her lap. " Oh J" said she, laughing, and carelessly laving her stained lingers on my month d'-ar Orrie, any one might know whj it required so long :i time to till your ba 1- " Ivft " Orrie always did love blackberries," sai> Ulrick. I remember one time, in this ven field, she imperatively desired some from i particular l>u>h and 1 climed walls, an< wadud through ditches, to fi?*t lliem for her 1 >i? you raneinher it, Orrie." I f<?r<T"t for a moment my bitterness, an? while my I'Vfs res led with love and admir; lion upon his face, I replied naturally : 14 I lia>l ftirj;ott? n it, lull it was very liki you to get iliem for me." Her eyes lighted with pleasure as I at swered, and leaning forward, ho placed hi. hand lightly upon mine, and said : " lie yourself again, dear Oriana." A proud smile eame to my lips as I r< plied: # | " I am always myself. Whv do voi i '.<< i ?ay ; J lie turned quickly away, and said : i i imagined that your manner wa slightly changed ; thai'* all." " Oriana Walsdcn 1" cried Nellie, spcal inginy whole name in the girlish accents loved to hear so well, and with that vvr; .nnnie carrying me hank to the halls of Lii u,v- Seminary, where it had echoed so mani I lime*. "Oriana, you have looked an< ; spoken s.,r ^jie jasl ^wo or three Jays jus I as you did >.? stormy scene with Co i delia Mandanv when she accused you o , not loving or W;,!Vjng ]1(,r< an,i yQl, ai ! swered that though coy)j nuver lev | any more than her, stili Vftll i,n<i ?i. j least faith nor belief in her. '|*l,ero WHS , J nameless, haughty something u\)0tit yoi J then, there is llic same about you ! And Nellie looked down unxioufily inv.Mn eyes. " Am T haughty to you ?" I aslceil, kis ii?rr lier fingers that rested on my cheek. 41 You wore never eo to me," she said, a? then suddenly exclaimed, as if for the sal of changing the subject, " Lei's go hon now through the oak woods, it will he ! j * * - I 1<U<I<I<IIIII iu uu uiuung uie>r migrant, shinin i leaves, in the 41 still glowing" " Yes," I answered, rising from my plat at her feet, " lliat is just (lie way to go.Wo sliall reach homo before the stars a very bright." Ulrick rose also, in silence. Nellie aske Dosen't Mr. Winchester like our plan Ulrick looked up and smiled at her cot j corned face, and replied gayly, Mr. \Vi| chester is very much pleased with it. Then do look so, cried Nellio, tossing h hat on to hm head, ami then merrily rn ning off to the path which ted to the or w s woods, thus leaving us for si moment aloi.e. 'I 0 I walked oti rapidly, crushing many a flg:! wood lily beneath my feot as I went. He . kept beside mo, and before we reached aga ] Nellie, iaid, in a bad tone, but looking at lyii 1 1110. still more sadly : luir The (lowers arc bleeding; in your path, I i < >ri:ina. con i Yes, I replied bitterly, but without meet- can 1 ing his eyes, I believe I am destined to dill'< crush ail (lowers on my journey through life, ago r..\, . ,.i i...i ui*.it ......... -I.... i 1 -> I was siul. 1 was subject to strange moods of X I 1 I a to. of I f If you will wither the bright flowers, \ 1 then will your way of life be dreary indeed, Icon . Ulrick said, and bis voice sounded so j of t I strange, so gloomy and cold, thai I started, | the , and pairing in my walk, I laid mv hand natt ? gently on IiLs shoulders, and said softly : sue! l'lrielc ? and lie looked eagerly into my face, and I mat continued. and [. Why did you say if you will kill pin< f the blossoms of life ? j the f Because, he replied, sjleaking quickly and j almost sternly, if you have withered no | ( * flower buds of your own for the last few | i days, yon have blighted many of mine. j (jv I Define ho bad ceased speaking, all mv ! ;il , r hauteur and impenetrability had returned, i and I said coldly? i s,>m We must hurry, or we shall lose sight of. 0j1?.l Nellie, and wt- did not speak again till we ' ov j ' had overtaken her. tln'i The walk through that grand, glorious . old wood was taken almost in silence on t..m r my part, hut in a merry chat between l.l- ! sl),.| riek and Nellie. The moun was ahove the |,,,|, tops of the distant hill, when we entered j sani the elm shaded wird. J savi > A horse-hack ride then, to-morrow morn ' the ing hy sunrise, isn't it ? Nellie said, as we j nex I stooil a moment in the yard before going ! do 1 1 in. j el o I Yes, a ride to the foot of Ingle Hill, re j stul ] plied Ulric.k, in an animated tone ; a ride one before the dew is oil' the blossoms?that is \ if von young Indies can be up so soon. poc Never fear for us, laughingly answered mai ( Nellie, as we ran up stairs to our room. or t I I was first awake in the morning, and to r ( ! hastily donning my habit and hat, I said tc tonl ) j Nellie? a c; ^.j Ttie sun is almost up, Nellie, and bcfoie cii|, lie ^i-ls to the top of the trees, we must be wif( . at Ingle Hill. ni'u Sure enough! she said, springing up; kno I had forgotten all about it, and in a few T i minutes we were standing fully equipped, zor on the piazza, and waiting fur the horses to If t ' I i i-. u? iL is Oil, it was something mora than beauti one ful?it was glorious?to dash along the my smooth, hard, road, between the overhang ihal ing trees, ami sec gleaming before us tiie c,.u crimson colors of coining day, the beautiful ilic heralds of approachin \ splendor. for 1 >car, delightful summer! I exclaimed, i|,e uuscionsly aloud, as I pushed back lite J thick plumes from my forehead, to feel more n;iv fully the invigorating breeze. t|lf;i Dear, delightful enthusiast! cried Ulrick in,r looking at me with beaming eyes. ,-j^i I turned away, and said carelessly to j,,,,Xellie, It's just the morning for a swil'i can |,;m t?r pen 1 Yes. and we will have one, she replied, w,? i lightly touching iny horse with her whip, ;?ir * ami in a second we wore boumling'Hway ,.ou towaid tlie reddening cast. SU)l 1 Two fays of the morning ! cried Ulrick, t|e,. s as lie spurred !iis horse to a speed with C.JU, ours. j l).i fays generally appear on horseback ? t>r , C I said looking at his handsome facc, now flushed and glowing with excitement. js|, ' It seems that these two do, he answered, n as my horse hounded with accelerated speed. Wo were now approaching the forest ^ s road, or rather path, for it was very narrow, contained many short turns, and was often J i obstructed by stories and trees. I slackened oth ^ my horses pace somewhat, but we still rode "iu V quite fast, ai.d just as the sun was gilding ore " the trees, we plunged into the forest road, por f Wa ri.l.. i..n T ???l..; 1 i ?. V .iwu VMV I??nt M. CM^HIIIIIWU IV XlUillt', i ^ as she went past me; but hardly had I yet 1 spoken before her horse reached "a turn in f; r ; the path ; and I saw Nellie thrown oil', and bin the horse galloping on. say: " I turned to Ulriclc, who was close to mo, A e and who was just spurring his horse to said e reach Nellie, when I felt the saddlo slipping thn I from beneath me. I seemed to lose iny J II j breath, and then I know nothing more.? ma, ~ When I opened my eyes?for I had been ?d I V | insensible half an hour, they told me after bcv< \ ward?Ulrick was bendiug over me, his 1 very pale and his eyes full of anxious js?' love, jjrsl ti,OUght and my first words III c ... . -- - - ' "v,^? ??* so had 1 wrought mysdlf into the 1 wO belief tha*. \;jricij |,fl(] nbeady begun to 8'1? ie ]ov? Nellie vo*y im]Ch . phr ,0 ^ ml ',llVe la't(s|> care of Nellie, I suppose, ft 8' >g Ulrrck ? , prii IIo started, as he cx?s\ft\nie(]. oal ;e Nellie ! I liatl forgotten \,?r j bon _ ? Ob, I am very glad !'? i ?claiinedf re Which might Iiave sounded vcty \1(,arl|es8 1 but I only meant that I. was glad j l'10 il: know that Ulrick loved me, and me on\y *aw i? It had soemod impossible tbat ho should\1'1C n- not immediately lovo one so beautiful aud Usn' U- so good as Nellie Arlington. Ulrick nndvrstood my expression, for a inj is sadden light broVe ovct his face, and be u- nmklenly pressed fns pale Jipa to triy still rci ik j pier ones, murmuring, as he did so : go Iliatik I shall now be happy in ! ' 11 \iul, raining me so (bat T couM loan no 1 inst a tree, ho ran to Nellie, who wasslili a'''.v ig, bruiscl, insensible, and much moro 'v I than F. U"<> was soon :tl?!?* to walk as far as the ,,u'1 linon ro:nl, where I'bick obtained a 1 I"111 riage, a- tl we rt-ttii"ii?*?.l homo in a much woa rent manner than we ha<l, a few hours the , st> proudly left it, though Ulriok ainl hoii ' If asi<b; from our anxiety concerning " ' ' lie, was far happpier than iu the excite- ',;u? Ik* in. riling. No\ Yeelci of sulloriiig to Nellie, an<l of ers_ slant can: to me, were the consequence 1 hat ride to the foot of Ingle Hill; but Ci ' strange < list rust which is a part of mv as ' ire, the demon that lias hauuteil, with mea i fatal power, my happiest moments, j I'iveii sin iiiomiInr-il 1 ' and o >".> j ; m??r?that serpant is partially subdued; , ,'"'1 . however it may have marred the hap ss of ( hiatia Walsden, ii lardy disturbs 8:il^ peace of < Miana Winchester. hail' - for A DILEMMA. ]i(ill 'an anybody toil what j>nsriU is suitable ,j. a g.mth man ? Now von can <nve a la , , . . , *. ,, that I en thousand tiling, hut I declare, I m ^ ny wits' ends about the other sex. To in with, 1 don't want anything that's c< ' iinontal, and as to smoking-caps and S ' ' ir cases, I'm dead set against tobacco; f 1 aint ,my head is, sol won't patronize n. Then tin-re's a purse, to be sure, but J"*1' ' i's a sorry gift when it's empty, and you m"' t jiive a gentleman money ; besides, it's i a common gift. Port Monnaies, pen- nov% lcrs, and pencil eases, come under tho C(>m ie category. A gentleman at my elbow 'lor ' *, "(live Vm a lock of your hair!" In ^ ,n' lirst place that's "sentimental," in the '<>rJ l place it's sillv, in the last i.laei> Imw I lls* . . I > u [ know 1 ut it will lio taken with a hush f others, Mark, auburn and golden, to l1'"F some old cushion, or easy chair sofa lc,n" of tli.so .lays? Vhat <!<> yon think of a dozen nice '''m l;? t handkerchiefs, neatly hemmed ami It kfl ' <>r some pretty nock ties, or two hree niro pair of gloves, "warranted not m,u ip," in ease he is a poor, miserable, hut- cun' ess, stringless wretch of a bachelor; or * mo?that's it, after all! So it ain't, w,r< U ?*r: he might use it over hi.s future 1 \ ;\s head, at some future day, (pi-ihaps I ? ' lit he pickling a rod for niyndf! who l'"[U ws I) 1 should like to make a present of a ra- ?[ 1 to the "man who owns a moustache."? ^1UI' here's anything I particularly execrate, that execrable excrescence ? Asa lady ,not e remarked, "I set my face against em," ^,u mental face I mean. I always fancy 8mi' L the man who wears one does it to conI an ill-formed mouth. It iH certain v don't nourish alone on aristocratic soil, | ^IL'1 cab drivers and hod carriers often grow 101 finest specimens. lts 1 is as good as a play to watch the nice igalioirthey reijuiro at meal limes! and ftn^ it afterwards ; such a rubbing, and turn. W011 , and twi.-ting, to make thcni curl the lou' it way ! Now a long, patriarchal, llow- ^ie'1 beard is something worth while, and sl1^' dsome beside ; in nobody's way, and su- ^ <dfs the necessity of using wicked ^ie ds when the hut water isn't fortheoin- 8'"oc at shaving lime. Whiskers are innot appendages, ami very becoming to am^ le faces, a cat's for instance. But, gennen, don't cover your faces entirely, be- ^ ^ ***** weri \. little girl was once aslced by lier inotb- sPei ,vhy she *1 i?ln't kins her uncle, who had alu' . returned from abroad in a very ICsau- ono condition. " Mamma," said she, inno- wor tlv, "I didn't see any place." Fanny Feus. ent* Olive Branch. - - > ruin Vut. Exactly Level.?A noble star, the ban er night, got quite full of brandy and ?? sic, in fact juicily so, .'Mid he had not got wjfe r it the next morning when ho was re- for ted to the Mayor. vani low's this," said the Mayor, " not sober nec( r othc >ober, was the reply, a9 he straightened cl,jl( iself up with druukou dignity. " Who m,ij s I'm not sober?" ]?a|| >Yjiy, you can't walk a straight line," for \ I .1... Xf - - ? .1 ? * * i uii; mnjoi , muru, iry 10 waiK along RW?l t seam in the floor." u (ultoning up his co.it (of Sam Kelly's cjftC lie) willi a determination, the toper start M vc to try it, but ho doubled over the lino aral times. At last ho exclaimed :? __ m o k'ou know it ain't a fair shake; The floor Hnj t level." ? \ri editor of a newspaper desired to rem w his knowledge of musical terms nnd alio ases by referring to the ' chest tones? of begj nger of the fair sex. Unfortunately, the lift), iter was not so well postod in inusi* dec< nomenclature, and printed it breast- scsics," ton: v jtricHi saiu 10 n pciwiiiil wnoul HO u light rude, "You aro better fed than y^n ght." "Should think I was," replied nja| clodhopper," ?s I feeds myself mrd yon anj chesme."^ ^ ^ h\0 ^???n Swift, hearing of a carpenter full- mig f thro?8ll t|,e scaffolding of a IioUbc vrtti rich ho cngagod hi fepairJug, dfyly ? narked that I,Q lo 800 mechanic I "or through his work vromptJy. 1 ? %, ,1, i mAmm THE ROSJi AND THE NETTLE ii a country somewhere in tins woild? nutter where?at llio Noilli ]\de, prob , or may be at the South?or perchance p i-een (lie two? -there rose a L?rge ami (| rishing city. Its manulhetorios were ?! f<>r their extent; ami the merchant. ,, <-os of that place reveled in the a Ith those manufactories produced, On b outskirts of the town were built two s< -es?alike in form, in extent, in value, c vo peas," or ' two nuts," or " two pins," ti frequently described their similarity, h v, in these two houses lived two broth- b ?twins?the only sons of the builder a hoso two houses. It had been a fail- ti jf the old man to have "the boys,"' 10 called them, lodged alike and his J. ns being ample, he had the power of |i dging Itis fancy. "The l??ys married, v on the wc!ding-day the first stone of r r home was laid. Time enough to gel tliotn finished," i the oi l gentleman, as lie ruhhrd his .1 .! in glee; " won't want a nursery a twelve month, at any rale. Small iC do till then." . he young brides were present when remark was made. < >ne Mushed? i smiled; the other hlushcd and frownIt was the nettle and the rose again ding siilo hv side. is months passed, and the houses were up?the old gentlemen himself di ng nil the arrangements ot' the buildIt is good indeed of your father, an old man, to take an interest in our j fort," said one of the young wives to liusl and. "Kalph"?that was the hus* j l's name?" you can never repay him ^ lis kind feeling and his gen- rosity to ^ It was an absurdity for your father to the architect, and almost bricklayer," i i .1 i ? f i '' hihum mo oiucr wiil* 10 ner spouse dell?liis iiatno. " You should tell that it is inconsistent with his calling ... a Ins station. It is consistent with l.is pleasure," roked the husband, " and therefore I am ti ent." waive months passed, and the houses i finished. Nursery ready in time," said the good man?" ready in time?ready in . . " ho houses woro occupied; in the course welve months tlio nurseries wero occu. ' also. . . . c 'There are unceasing anxieties in a her'? lot," said tlio good wifo of littlpli, ^ t unceasing pleasures, too." Aud she j ed at the iunocent face of her sleeping ^ IIovv women can 1 ko the bore of chi!i, I cannot imagine," remarked her sis. in law, as her child was hastily given to ' urse. 'ears passed on?as they always do? ^ tlio young wives became middle aged *' nen. Sons and daughters clutsered ^ id tliem, ai.'d tlie grandfather, old and ^ le, now leant on these young things for ^ [iort. 'ime had worked a wondrous change in . 11 two brothers?Ralph told of a home k of happiness, from which he drew ^ ely, while Boy dell looked as if-gconfent happiness were not in the world at it this lime, when the families of each ^ . fl 9 springing up, and needed money to bo ^ it on tliem, in education, maintenance, ' n the different adjuncts of their station, of thoso panics of the commercial ^ Id, which ruin thousands, took place, ul timately, Ralph and his brother had 11 red into largo speculations, which w ng, they were involved in the prevailing a , and found themselves verging on kruptcy. n Bo of good heart, Ralph," said his , " there is bread in this great world J5 all. Our fino . large house, our ser- ^ Is and our carriages, aro not absolutely >ssary to our happiness; we can do as >rs do?live without them; and the r< Jren, Ralph 1 this loason of adversity ' ' be for their welfare. Take comfort, j pli I there is plenty of that left us in the world, if our wealth has fltfwn n ? ^ . ... d Yes," answered the husband, as he g( ped her hand, and drew her to him, s ! there is never failing comfort here, g y. God be praised for having given r\nn ca M ?- ? V . * un?iiv niuti. w jiuip nit1, uoid in joy ^ sorrow, wealth or poverty." ? * s! You should h.^vo foreseen this crisis, ^ arkcd the wife of Boydell, " and not 6, wed your childreu to be brought to s1 vary at their age, when just entering on Expenses are unavoidable, unless in3, they be educated as the laboring clas?which itUja may bo jvorth your wise gl iidoration." u he censed with ft-sneer on hor face. } Olher men would not have been so lurosoiTlo with their money," sho re- ti ked. "Tho IJrowningn, for instance, \ tho Smiths, withdraw in lime^ and ii reel Blagdon tohl me that your children li jbt thank you, and -you duly if star- v on wcrt their fale." <1 in wercy cense," replied the husband, J you will drive me mad." . " ?ro your ?il is my Inly," she relied" "Then reserve it until I am ?ik??ly l<? aj?rcciato vntir ?*IF??rt at tin* performance of ic duty," lie answered l?i11 ly. Poor "Pnlv?" how dreadfully is slu? lishandled l>y these asielie datiios. ' It is duly !** ami niuh-r llial. |?l-a manv :i J arsli (milt is uttered. " Il is a ?!tity !"? o says (lie over-stiict disciplinarian, an?l | oM, stern words arc driven forth (<> ! remhle on an over-worked and wearied ?t. !. .. K.i IM .1 ? I i.mi. 11 i-s iimv . covers mo cruel rutik<? ami the severe rejoinder. 11, may be "duivv to speak plainly and boldly soineiuies?but it is a iltity to chose the oportuuily when lli?? speech may l?? acci pta lo, and not fret ami cbafc the wounded earl by a ropelilion of tho very truths .hi.-li, silently recognized, are galling it ab pad v. Itoydell knew quite \v * 11 that bo might ave forsecn ami panially have provided for lie melancholy event which bad (aken lace. His conscience reproached him itterly for carelessness and rashness, and is wife's words were not needed to add lo lie self-reproach, which left to itself, might ave worked some good by producing a | niet determinatioirto abide by tho inure iiber councils llalph in future, for lalph's voice bad been lifted against the cry speculation which had caused the lint failure of the brothers. Fretted and galled, and wearied of life nd life's sluggles, Boydell knew not whitlir lo turn for comfort and consolation.? lis father liad been gathered to tho dead; is brother? Ibiydcll was too proud to etray his lack of domestic peace to him, is. children, imitating the Lad example of be mother, turned against him, and instead f clustering round him, in llio hour of /oe, opeuly blamed him for the courso bo ail adopted. At last his mi ml, torn hy a thousand on Aiding sorrows gave way; a lunatic svium became bii homo, while his wife nil children, dragged on a life of misery, upported by tho mere charity of rula0113. Far differently shared lialpli. In tho umblo cottage on tho outskirts of the jwn where ho now dwelt?a smile always relcoined him when ho came home from lie city's toil and din, tirod with tho busi. oss of tho day, huaii-aick with its disapointnunts?rest and pyaco aud happiness waited him in that littio homo. Ilia hildron?drawing their tono from that ood wife and mother?thought only how Iiey could soothe tho tired wmideror who ad returned to them, and make him for;et iu the placid joy of the prasout, the uisery of the past. " linlph," says bis wife, odo day, " I Yould scarcely exchatigo our prosout lot or the one we hold whou first I became our wife. Tliero is au earnestness in this [uiet life of strict utility which is lost iu ho gilded days of wealthy splendor.? am as happy hero, Ralph, as if you lad placed 1110 in a palace?happier inleed. He stopped her as lie looked lovingly uto her gentlo face. "Not happier, Lucy," he added, "not sippier, dear wife. Your nature would arry bliss as perfect as this world can beLow into any phase of life?not " happier," jucy, but as happy either liore, or there, or nywlicre on earth?as happy an such a indly heart as yours can aud should, and rill be any whore.' But sorrow, keen sorrow, now foil on Lalpli. Lucy died ; and as lie saw tho 10nId fall on the lowered coflin, until il ras hiihlon from his view, lie whispered^ s if to her who lay there?" I know what loss" is now, dear wife?I never folt its leaning before." I3ovdell also lived to an old age. A arlial recovery enabled him to return to his ome?but lie was i?o welcome guest there. Inkindness ami want of euro had the roult which nilgbt havo been expected?he sturned to tho asylum, hopelessly mad, iul died there Bomo years afterwards, to lie very evident relief of his wifo andchilren. Now, in human probability, these two romen worked tho sequel to the fate of licir husbands. Tiie one by her gentleness oothed tho wounded spirit, and in seeking 3 bless him, sowed a full harvest of bleaings for herself. And tho other! as truly did she " cast or sped upon tho waters" and " truly did he find it after many days." It was like nAionnn/l TTt^fiQ lmrrr f??Mn<v rnr?fr nn/1 pringing till the de'adly treo cast its deLructivo influence on thos'e poor wretches rho sat beneath its branches. Wear a Smile.?Which will you do. ftiiloand make others happy, or bo crabbed nd make everybody afotind you rfiiserafjlo ? rou can lire atriong beautiful flowers rind inging birds, or in the nitre,' surfotirided y fogs and frogs". Which will you do? iVear a pleasant countenance, let joy beam rfyour ove, and lovo glow oh your forelead. There is ho joy 60 great as that fbich springs from a kind actor a pleasant [ecd; and you rti?y feel it at nighty tfhon on rt'.st, ami at morning, when you rise, ind through the day when about jour daily 1i tfft. titcoMbs adVicF. ll' there is, in society, any poor cVeatl'.ro in 1110 form of a man whose vanity is so open to flattery that a young woman cannot treat him with natural, cordial politeness, without his thinking that sho would IiU to marry him, and his trying to ensuro him, lot him think so, and trust to time and circumstances for justice. Such men aro of too little account in tho world to paff for carrying a deceitful face, a:id despoiling the intercourse of the young of its sweetest charms. Ii" yon like the society of young men, take no pains to conceal it but treat them w'th frank cordiality. No true gentleman among them will misconstruo you. It is not. necessity for you to tell them that y??u calculate to> live a maiden life. They know you lie. It will not do to indicate to any man of Penso that you do not like tho attentions and r.olicty of gentlemen; for ho knows better. He knows, at least, that you ought to like them, and if you do no.t there is something wrong about you. Don't ' - * * ' ' " i-.o.kiv; ti.-icjuioii oi niiy kind. A man who is frank and open hearted with you, deserves to l>c met with a frauf; and open heart; and in ninety eases in a hundred, men will he honorable and manly with you,' if you will lay aside suspicion and trust them. If a man prove himself unworthy of your confidence, you have your remedy, t.'ut liini, or tell him what jou think of him, and bring him upon his knees. It is verv natural for voting women to p , get in the habit of treating only those young inen politely whom they happen, for various reasons, to fancy. They " don't care" what the majority of young men think of them, provided they retain the good will of their particular pets. They are whimsical, and take no special and strong likes and dislikes for the young men whom tlioV meet. One is "perfectly hateful," and another is "perfectly splendid,'* and so the? proceed to make fools of themselves over both parties. Now tbero is nothing upoti which a young man is so sensitive as tliid matter of being treated with polite consideration by the young women of his acquaintance ; and I know of nothing wbicfi will tend mora certainly to make a young man hateful than to treat him as if he wer# so. There is a multitude of yoting raefi whoso Relf-rosnact is nnrfnV?/l - J VUIWVI) (fliuoo rtlUUl" lion is quickened, nnd whoso hearts afo warmed with a genial fife, by those conald-1 orate recognitions on the pnrt of tieir female acquaintances which assuro (hem that they' have a position in the esteem of those with whom they associate the sweetest Tiopcfl and happiness of life. MARtelSQ AT BAND05C. The "local" of the Buffalo Republic l?ll? tho fallowing very good 'un : One of our Justices of the Poaoe wu called yesterday afternoon to go to a Gef* man house iu the city, and marry ti coupls. Putting on a clean collar, and f>1a;clbg H marriage certificate in his pocket, h'6 started for tho festive scone. Arriving ?Vt the ' I i | house, under the direction of a.blucrlegged little boy, who pointed out the place, ha knocked nnd went in. In the middle of the floor stood a stout German girl, sorry and plump, her blue eyes rolling otft tears ai targe as unuer-pats. "What's the matter!" said the sympathetic Justice. "Matter," said the girl, "D'at Ootlerb) wend off and wouldn't marry rife. Dat's matter, aint it ?" The Justice eaid he sup'po?edit was,and intimated ttia't lie had come tomarry some one,and retfu'estod the ofdlady to bring or 0-e larr-Vs to the sacrifice. Old lady said "dare vas no Tabs?Ootleib ?? ran off, and vill not rft'arry my Ratarma.1'? "Well," said the Justice, "Gotleib isn't the only man there is?send for some otfier man to marry her." At tliis _ Kataifinrt's face brightened ifp. a::d alia piar-tilnind? " Yah, dat is goot?send for Hans." Hans was sont for, but lio couldn't come. Wbeh her messenger returned, Katarina determined not to give it up so, saut, " Send mid Shoseph.*' Shosl'pk was sirit for but he couldn't bo found. Katarina's heart fell at this news, and theJustico was growing frdpatient. Just then Ivatarina looked 6(it of the window* and Raw a sljort rind th'icic young German going by, wfien she rushed to the door and hallooed?"Fritz! FritzP Fritd shortly made his appearance at the door, when Katarina's mother said, "Fritz, you lofs my Katarina ?" Fritz nllomd he did, "more as sauer kraut." "Then Btntid up here," thundered the Justice} and before Frits CJjdld realise, his position, he was man and wife, And Kntnrlna's arms were around his ficck, and lief- lips pressed to life, she crying between the calesthenics, "mine hatband?fnine Fritz." Our duty at a correct historian compels us to say that Fritz hugged back as well as he knew how. The Justice, with head erect, stepped smilingly out, leaving the lovers to themselves, and walked away meditatively, n holy cahjj stealing all over ltis massive proportion*, the consciousness of having done bis dirty gleaming in his eye, and honor, hcrassly and rectitude in bis footsteps. A few days stace, a tordftflt youth with his Mushing bride arrived at one of the principal hotels in St. Louis, and the head of tho family immediately regifctered hia namo as " S. B. Jones and lady on a bridl9 to\Qtr ..