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U pTFFfjJ n TO^VgI^:f/TFf Tf - M ?rg) /3 U\fWTWo) J*JLL*h Mlstotii u lUh Jala <&i iiilsia >??????^ ii-rr?t??I?i j??uu_j-______ -? ?ll', TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM.] "the r* n ick o r xj x an jb n. t y xs ete n i\r a x, vig-iijawoe." I PAYABLE IN ADVANCE BY DAVIS & CREWS. ABBEVjLLE, S C., THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 35, IS.V.> VOL. XVI NO. 18 litis rui?IHjAK maw. 1JY CEUX1X. Late one pretty fall afternoon, 1 rode leisurely into the small village of M , situated 011 a far southern slope of the Alleghanies. The quiet influences of the day had bo lulled me into a dreamy thoughtfulness, and I scarcely noticed the crowded streets and stirring throng of the village as I entered. However, the excited shouts of 4 Hurrah for Watson' soon recalled my mind to the retncmbrancc that it was election day, and informed of kite fact that somo individual by the name of Watson, was probably the fortunate candidate. 4 Watson,1 thought I, 4 Watson What a name for a Congressman ! Wliy, it .is very, little better than Watts. 4 l .?o it "Watson !' ' Hooray for W. W.," roared out a drunken fellow, Mumbling into the street j from a grogshop. W. Watson, 'l'ho rift me stiuck me : forcibly, and I repeated it tu myself sev- ; eral tunes. \V by, surely./ ! tnuiight, ' it can't bo Bill Watson, of col lego times, j And yet, now tliat'l remember, lie wax from i tliis State. But lie was of su'.'li a liery, j uncompromising disposition 'tint be never could be elected corporal of ilio company, j or even secretary of the delaiin^ miciety at college. It can't be ovr \v \\ j Afi r putting up at tiio inn, am! cluunsing my person arid apnai-J fro/;- 11,: dunt of travel, as well a> I eotiid w i11 <ln: \ implements for that pur;)->?c, coiiveiiient'v located on tbe side porch ot the 'j.MubiUli. 'meut, I inquired of mine bu^t, 'vbcslier there were will)in the circle of li*s ae quaintanco ;u? individual by liio name ul Win. Wallace Waison. The jolly land lord, who evidently lliuiight bo saw through the joke, shut one eye and replied, ' Ub uo, Qui by no means. Never beam on him.' Nut having exactly expected an :*.f firmative reply, I was ratiier taken aback by ibis ironical negative, but in I a moment recovered sullioiently to yo Oil. 4 lie isn't about thirty years old, I sv.pnuai, tall and dark ?' 4 Of course not ; no more'u hu's run j for Congress and beeV. elected tbia very day.' .mm mine nohi roneu on ci;ucK;i?g a: my dry, quiet humor. I was noii plussed. \Y. \Y. Watson, name natr.o precisely as oCr W. W.; tail, dark and thirty, the same man tu a fr;u; tion, and of the fiaVn'j ji'.~e Llial ours ought to bo by tf'.ls time. And then again it could ViOi bo. Our W. W., though at heart a clever fallow and honorable, was unpopular, lie had somo of the wannest friends, b'.'t a n'imber of bitter enemies wiio continually worked against him, some openly, others covertly. 4 Look here, Sambo,1 said I to the darkey, who had taken my horse' 'did this Mr. Watson ever ?o to collogo at V Lor bleia you, r.iassa, 1 don't k:;ov/ you, sir, dzaclly. Spect he did, though he's might'ly educated, sir, tell vou.' aiju mum liic myraery i>:uiieu my researches, the i^.ore rvtf rested .t le'_*a?ne in solving it. Beside", Watson ha<l always been a favorite of mine, and so, bending my course up what seemed to bo Main street, I started on a voyaga of discovery. * W. W. Watson, attorney and counsellor at law,' soon caught i'ny oye, h-.iintcd over the door of an office, before which a throng of people were collected. I pushed my way through the crowd until I cattfo immediately in front of A gentleman who Ippmnrl r\ l>n tlw* r\T r?t i ? .?#># ?#? Oar eyes met, and there was a mutual recognition, though a dozen years had elapsed since our last meeting. Then came the warmest greeting on both parts, and an introduction of myself to the crowd, who extended their enthusiasm to my owii ptjrsdn with such hearty good will tlial I began to think I could run right well for Congress myself. Ten o'clock that night found me snugly ensconsed in mv friend's cheerful library the atmosphere somewhat redolent of Cuban perfthnn. At length I said, ' Well, now, Dili, tell ine candidly, how did you ever Tjet lo l>o a popular man ?' Watson reflected a moment, his eyes fixed on the ceiling, and a slight smile of satisfaction on hia bandsonio filch, leforo he replied : It is the story of a struggle. You know yourself what obstacles I iriust l.avo encountered id achieving such a position.' 1 Yes,' I said, ' yoti always managed to keep on band a plentiful stock of enemie? tit college.' fact,' ho replieed, laughing heartily, 1 BuJ now I never allow myself to indulge ih one. They, are, ii is trilo, coutihuallj springing up here and thife bdt ;ts dooii as 1 find it out, I take special pains to citer fhioate tbeih:" 1 How on earth do ybu manngo to keej on good terms with everybody ? Wliat'i the secret!' ' Compromise, ?ir, compromise. I hav< learned to comp'roiliiafe oven with tlie pre judiecs of men. A mail, sir, is as inex- | o ruble in support of a prejudice, as of' a ratioi:cl conviction, ami frequently more 30.' 4 When, and how, did one of your itnpctuor.s nature ever take time to thin!: of that. I should like to oiofit by your er.j Jletience.' j 1 Well, it is seldom a man profits much j hy any other expeuencc than his own ir: j tlio science of human nature, but to amuse ; you, I will give it. J*\?r several years afler | leaving college, L remained, as you know ! me, stiietly i:ncoinprmiii-.ing. 1 vutsld not | put up with '.lie .slightest wrong, real or ! fancied. The conseuuoiice was that lliere | were cor.strtntly broils and 'JiO'eulti'js <>r: | tny hands. A trilling -light, v.;is sure t-< j occasion sovio exhibition of resent men t on 1 my part ; an e?iuivocal wrd nu>t In; ex- j 'plained ililmedia' ,i\, am.! I would rather' 1 I | have lost all my friends and fortune than j ! to leave unpur.islK-d the smallest, act of in- ! ; justice not apologized for. To be sure, ?. ; saw that certain good humored persons were , in liie 11 h I * i I oi passing over just su-Ji ! things without notice, ami they did no", i seem to lose anything by it. livciv on; | Iiked them, favored them in b::si:-?ss, ij. 1 j spoke kindly ami respectfully of lliem. j ltut 1 attributed their way '?? obtuseiiet::; of i perception, and believed t!s:it they weix : constitute. I as iiut to feci thu utiuoyuiicc < that stung me so keenly. And so ii went on for years. In every business transaction of any <-;.tei?t j iuy iiill?-xi! :!ily was a source of coiistair animosity mi the pail of some one ttit? :* i e->tc ai.d of li? l.Io to myself. If 1 I taimnt M'ii'M,1, a<-o i to ;hc cu-tnin < t i , j this i oii:.tiy, 1 did win.u i;g l.iv , the i V/iiole two vears \\:.m one i11 1 ! I ' " """*' i In;' w?e? m-; m.'.I my jitij .Is. lite t t.-sit;11;ir'ion ol ^"<ni <?i S? r was as. . lii lux. I and, on [fi iiu-ijiii;, munt be ]?uu:-I ? ?I. I ?i. 1 ! lint refbci lb.mi that many olfences are the ! ie>'.!ll of thout'bllc-sness or impulse, and ; i not bo treated as ib h'^-rati- badne-s j | Their occiineiicc may be olicrkc-] with ! [ out iiuiiih'iiii' tit. 1 wa-? d'-teimiucl, !: >vv i iit* i i * 1 I ever, to si''ij>ivss all <1-r 1 v t; j .slienil ! !u? ??!, 111 1 u ?:.! ! m .!: i. ? ?. :?.j< ?:ui--r wi.b ; tlie lev:ty of childhood. 1 lie i:oii?.e?jueucc j was a spirit o*' resistance ami revi.it fit ' j more t'Mbcletu and di.-oideily titan lb I origin il levitv. J. v ov!-' diH'er with a m..u as to die t- j tl'-IU is: . I'!l.-:!le.in. It be i.. i.sted on bis I viewI could not but bvlieve that it was ; in bad la'lh. 1 made no allowance for the ! 'blinding inlbieiice of amj.-r, oriidi:v, oi 1 : any pther |>ass:u!s. lie differed with me; | it was enough : ho must be a rascal, ami I J generj'.!!y guv* to vm.'o'.stav.d that 1 thought so. As you may imagine, the number of j my enemies st-aililv increased. I hail, inj deed, many warm friends, fur apart from i my uncompromising spirit when opposed ' j 1 W'-uid ma lie any concession, if Veuple j I would only take a lower tone In an that of j j op>-n contest. 15ut men will not submit to such terms fcrcvor, and by degrees I found the number cf t':oso ranged against me getting greater and greater. One morning I was sitting alone in my ollice, plunged in a rather bitter train o> thought. My friends were leaving me, unsocial relations were becoming very disa! greeablo, and wiiat brought the subject to : my attention still more forcibly was that I 111 V hlltilio.e 1VIC KlllV.irinn ' ' ' j -- ? -- ""S ?? ?'??'""j ! this state of things. Was it my fault? 1 j ha J done no wrong, that I knew of. I i could S'jo thai my course was rendering me unpopular, but was a man to flinch from ; asserting what he knew to be his rights IroVn such a motive as that? How far I | would it go ? V/here would ii end, this yielding to the wrongful whims of oihers, for the sake of conciliating their favor I 1 became indignant, and springing from inv chair, paced the room in a spirit of bitter determination to play the game through at all hazards, and whatever the consequences i might be. j '.'oiirt was in scs.->*or.. I toi.k niv lint Iand rwaited over to lite Cuurl-house. ] entered with Ji kind of iiulcpcndant deeper ation, and in so doing happened to make j a little unnecessary noise with tin- j chairs. ' Mr. Clerk, put down a fine of five dol lars against Mr. Watson !' exclaimed live Judge in a tone of severoity. He was a harsh, stern man, very disagreeable to tinbar in general, and especially pointed in hi? usual hostility to myself. 4 May I ask,' said I, if your Honor's order referred to ine !' Yen, sir. I have but this moment finished a warning to all persons on tho iin proper disorder which is habitual hero, anil you drown tho very echo of iny words with your noise.' 1 41 was not presont when your Honor 1 spoke.' It mnl'Pl nn ?! v?' ' ? w.mv.v.?W| on. 1UII KIIOW tlio riilo, and I am dotcrniined to enforce ii rigidly. I cannot repeat my expostula' lions to every separate citizen of this coun* try.1 ' Oh! I'd rather pay the five dollars than to havo heard -tlio lecture,' I ro> plied. ? 'Twenty-five dollars more,-Mr. Clerk,' shouted the Judge?, his eyes fairly blazing 0 with porsonal animosity to myself. Tho i- hot blood raourfted to my head with that sudden Louiid which upset reason lor the | IllOliletll. 'I will not pay it,' 1 exclaimed, striking tlio table violently with my clcnched hand. ' lake that man to j iil, Mr. Sheriff, for contumacy and continued contempt of oouit,' said tlio Judge, pointing his long, bony forefinger at ino. The shades of evening wcro gradually dark'aiiing the objects around me. as I sat iii my !>iis"ii room, in tho very same posi j lion into which L had sunk when tho key ; turned dii in.; in tho morning. I will not ; undertake to doscribu to you tho pi:rfoot j clinos of fooling that had in tho meantime reigned \ 1-iiiin ire. 'iho stupor as of ono jn>t stunned l?v some great catastrophe i which ho hardly yet comprehends?sliamc J that 1 had at last eomo to this pass?so If j condemnation for having so \ve;?l-:l? given I an enemy tho advatila^o oi 1110?rage ! with its thousand frantic schemes of hit lor | e. _;e, by turns had possession of all j my faculties. My friends called?no aJ? ! mission. My servants brought dinner? ' iii a i.uwoti. The ja.lor fumbled at tho . door as though intending to come in and j favor mu with his utiwelcome condolence? I no adroit-ion. 'lour after hour liasw'.? ! At length p isMoti grew somcvhal \.earv i frotii its violence, and r>-'i>o'i begat) ioli't .is j he:-.'! ro'aiu al ovo t!:e iroiioled waters.? ! A nil ;;ow, :is I sat llion*, tli<; ?!:ir k'ui-ss ot ! ir^iit ritrcjiin^ <>v< r tin*, :i i-aini int<*i i*?r I ]i-_'lit si'i-ni'- I t-j <lawn, nrnl s-traiiiji! tiion^iil< j I i; j>.?-f' r?y triml. I iia<i Ik- mi ,U lia ! i not i.Mvii unitiUMitioii I ?rn' i ctii*'is in I!.<; saiiii; wav ? | I.. ! - lt* 1 lia>! fii'-'l m<\ :it lir?t, f?ir a! 'i? . < !: f i!"' ni!c : l>'H J, loo, ' !. i < !: n jnii.:n?'l utlhm< lor ?>!1<mi<'i*s | v.','. !, T: . i;i-i!v llHV.- i " ' II t !? dl-ct ?>t in ! i!i !!. 1 t"-'s^ii'-vs, ;i11>11-_f 1? v.mv atiti< v? j :n_; ! ? 1 l?."_;-4!i ? > iiiliik t!; it, Hot? ; i:iis?a,:'l"' 4 mv i?-?-1 ;!? - ?rv aii'i |>i.i?-t ;? *, ! mi a'-Tciivi.t wr<it?^ iua\ ii"t ! a u-al wrunt; i a'"t<M' all* tl;at t""ii. ;is " vil as vl::! 1 rcti. ! of'mi il<?, wiilio.it t it in.: i 'j, wli ? ! ' ?mii t<> ! ' It..'!, a?nl ar>; v- iy <1 i>:i^r?-?a' ! . but .-lioiiM ii'.., ::: ns'irn, Ik> 11111<i~>l i i ' v.atf-.e 15. v !.v !: t'?? i is * f ntal j ' tl.o Jii'-if'. 1 ".i t: I mo f I r>-:n-:i -jf to | :*y t:.y i ?: ?\v o!t\n !.:?.! 1 II-*1 filing 'lit *v::ii m> I. iio ic'ti-e ( ? j'iv Uii nr onu-r j t'a?'ti"ii tii.a I i".:.-.: !..i. ! .-nii.l tin >..e very liK-ii too, may, like mv-clf. have been mi inili'li i: i> . ! l?v ai:^ r <-r .j> ] |i.iiiilnn'iit, or i-v, n avarice, as uot it-ally t" | >ee cleailv that ihev w.*r: wroiiif. I .-hoiii 1 ' therefore, !i;iv.: | in.ci-i| with them gently j ami patiently, ami m?l put them ?lown quite | so ln>'ily as rascals. I co?clu*lc<l, finally^ j that often, when men arc really wronjj, j tliey may l;o ;:?-tii!g u:.<Jcr influences which biiml thorn to the fact, <>r excitements \vl. ?;!? ; ir.;J:c them almost irresponsible fur their ; r.cta. j Men were not so had, then, after all, j Life bejjan to dawn <>?? me in a m?ire amia- j b'e aspeci, i f.*L a sensible increase of chaiitv. Vus, T thought, all these fellows whom 1 have despised so iiiucii, have, after all, much of good in the.a. a ' oven their badness is more the result of warm passion than of cohl malice. They are, in fact, to he pitied rather than punished lor nitiotviith? of their hateful :;c:.c. The fact is, thought I, I have not treated my fellow-man with common justice, and no wonder they are turning against me. I have under-estimated them and over-estimated myself. I see that I am subject to the same frailties as they myself; and if 1 would hut give them reaj credit for their worth, and show them that 1 ap^rejiate their nrjiils, I :nignt he as popular as any body. My mind was made j up. Henceforth compromise should be my I int'i1.-- ' i !?: ) tlivr tli'Vud Ircvi inc, j J would, at iuast, j^ivo iiim credit for every-j thing?ignorance, prejudice, <>r t>a?sion? tiint ccti'd j;.d!i.ilo hi:> error and viudicaU' iiis sincerity, even though it should l>c a \ aiikcc on tin; Abolition <|Ucstion, South Carolinian on i>ulifloati'.>u, or a Merchant as l<? onr accounts. I saw clearly that but oik.' thing w.?s i?e< ei:.a:y to in;i!;o any and rvi-rv mail ii!;<: lilt*, which was to show him that I thought highly of him in suiiiu respect or other, and tliu more resjiccls llic b-'H'T. I thought nnd thought, till my mind was clear, and my resolution fixed. t would commence :t new rysteia of social intercoms, and I would commence immediately. I was impatient to tost it. But how ! Ilero I was in jail and no one to operate on, I must send in the fine. Still no one could release mo without an order from the Judge. At this point my spirit recoiled. Ask a favor of the Judge??the old tyrant! Never! I think that was tie critical moment of my public life. I wa vereil. It was evident that I could not make an exception of tljo Judge without giving up my principle?my panacea just found. .Thci resolution I hnd formed triumphed, and by dint of streniioiis kicks upon rtfy room' door, I summoned the jailor. A peri, ifile and paper wero soon At hand and I wrote: ' Dear Judge?I tako tliia mode of npol ogizing privately, as I intend doing pub licly to-morrow, for my disrcnpectful conduct hq^I l%Dguagc to-day. I bltall at the . ea rllqjlJ^rfieDt hayd over to tbo clerk the amount in which 1 am lined, and hope tlia no bad impression will be left upon yon mind by my excited manner of this morn ing. Yliotigli I must say tliat I think vot'.i Hone.' s-ome times a little severe, according to my inexperience ! ideas ; yet my respeel for vonr Honor's impartiality and ability should certainly put the impre-sion, even i correct, entirely out of view. i __.r-.ii? c _ 1 in^in'tiiuiiy, ivc. The r.olo had not i?ecn gone ten niititstes, when 1 saw lights approaching. Tin Sheriff himself opened tii'j door Ihis time and the Juilge enter'.".!. 4 Mr. Watson,' lie said, in an agitated tone. an 1 hesitated a inoiuy.it, I must acknowledge before these persons that I have done you wrong. At the same time I thank you, sir, for the lesson of moderation whicli you have given n:", and which, from my r.;;c an ! position, it was my duty to giv? you. I shall try to profit l>y it. Com-. out of this sir. To?morrow, yoiu fines will be publicly remitted, ut:J tliv court will not allow y-. -i to make any ai)olOgV.' i sico(i r.;nazed at the success of wv first essay, as well as toadied ami embarrassed by the tone of the From that day to this ho has been my warmest fi iviul. ami though be still retain-, his-constitutional sternness, it has been remarket! that harshness has almost entirely disappeared from bin official nterconiM'. 1 have hitherto faithfully persevered *.;i my resolution, though otter wiili gr.*at sacrifice of my feeling*, and have reaped the reward of it. I r;i!i safely say that I have not h singi.; em my, but bun dleds of fiieiid-of the m devo'e I kind. It li;..? woiked the nioit womletful ehr.nge. too, for t" v own happiness as v.'? '1 as pro-peiitv, for, aimmg all the sacrifice*. <:f which I spoke as nece-Mtatjd by it, there was not on - which a lino man or a gentk-man c m!d it or ccnsure. ?.s then,' said 1 ' y-vr cecret :* com j>r< u'.jxj ' ' Yes. Show every ns:>r. that you hav*. p. 11ii;11 opinion ??f him, >u;<l sIimw it especially whet. tlcre is any conte-t In-1weet lv comjiroiui>*ii!:" with his con\ict -jiis, .mi 1 cV'.ii his pt?-juiiivs anil oa'? -i'lti.-.. I was so inui'li jilea^'-il with iiiv <:! t' th a I tanio'l \vit!i Urn t"?r ;i i'. \\ lays, contrary to previous iute..i" am i>efore leaving the village asccrlaineil conclusively tliat lie was the i-l.jl of tlie wlioh lisiriot. His popularity, however, u-uite. not only ft /in his winning manner ; it wa; t?as<?l on the strictest i'tt<-gri:y of eli;.rae tor, without which, the respect neccssarv sustain popularity would have been wanting. I left with regret; l>ut keep a constat) t ye upon the congressional career of nn frcttd, expecting to .<ee him, some day, sto] ping, liken second Clay, with his pritieipl< of compromise, between antagonistic interests of our country, to preseve ita union IHjalutin.?Perhaps the following ina' not amuse either yourselves or your readers but it did inc. In our drug store I have : feUowc'.unrlc, somewhat ceLbratou ainotij bis acquaintances as a conductor of pun: and the ntterer of dry jokes. He is a boy ishdo -king youtli, and olliciatcs?when hi services are required, behind the soda foun tain. A few mornings, since, a fashonabk dressed, poetical looking young gentlcmai entered, ana scaled inmselt on ;i stoool u front of the counter, in a choise selection c terms requested the clerk to prepare him i scidlitz powder. The followong con versa ton lidicuoious in its earnestness, resulted: C'.eri:?With ryrup! Customer?(slowly and ni'jtli? rc-nuir*; it not as a refreshment. If the syi up vitiato not the effect of the compoud you may mit'jjlo villi :t such at: amount o the suhatance as will render the pvluliot; pa! atalde. Or to bu better understood. Clerk?(Interrupting?I comprehend yo perfectly. Permit :no to bssuic you tha the tendency of the syrup will be rather t enhance than diminish the purgative virtue ..I I I.A f 1 rn.r *" v,,v M' "c Customer?-(Indignant at observing th;i bis sty Ic is ailectod by tlie othi-i)?The proceed, miracle of mcdicid lileraturo an wisdom! Cleark?With dispatch, confounder o I'uyls. Customer?Thin, if not sruck inoulioli less, use haste All tins was so quietly, so politely said, lh;i although amused beyond expression at th conversation, I stared in wonder at the pm lies. The clerk evidently f? It cut at the Iat romark of the other, hut mixed the p<nvd< which the stranger triumphantly swallowcc paid fur, and btartcd to leave the t>ton when? Clerk?Should you fool nny utleanine.< in :ho region of the stomach within the p! riod of fifteen minutes, illustrous patrol attribute lliu cause to tlio accidental tnlr^ duclion into tlio draught yoii have just tal en of some drug of vigorous effect nhd bail ful consequences., Customer- (a trifle frightened)?If I <j d?n you I'll punch your head! Cl-'i k?I thought I'd bring you down I plain English; but I guoss you'll And tl i powder all right. [Exit co?tomer, with co i tail standing strait out.] ( GOOD CHILDRENr TIsc I'rofussor at tlio HrcaUfast t:il>lo, in __ i bis talk to lliu readers uf tlio Atlantic, T<>r r I August, oilers so'.Mo pungent suygcr.tions i concern i;ooJ children and their r:iu [ ! Moirs : i:i early years, while tin: child ' feels i!s '.ife in every lii:il>,' it. livas iti thvj hod? and for the hi dy to :t very great extent. It ought to he so. There have h'jeti many i very interesting children who have shown ! a wonderful itidifi'eieiico to thitiu.3 of earth, i j . rt t and n:i e::traoidinary development of the spiritual nature. There is a perfect litemi lure their biographies, a!! :di!:e i:i thei.essentials, the same 4 di>U!i?tio!i? to the usual amii<eiui:nts of childhood the same i | i dosi'ity ; lli'j sai?'o coti.sch-ntioiisne.ss; in J short an almost unif.inn c'uui'.cle", ;:ta;!:c-.! ; l>y h'jav.tif" I trails, which wo loidi at with : painful admiration. It will he found that ' :-lOot of thesu children arn tl. . snlii...-i< ..f ! some constitutional uiililnc.-s for living, tlio | most frequent of whieh I need not me"* j tioti. They are like (lie beautiful, blu-diiug j half grown fruit that falls before its time, i because its core is gnawed out. 'I lley have : their meaning,?they <lo not livj in vai::? : but they are windfall::, i am convinced that many healthy children aru inju.-e.i . moinllv bv bciti*; forced to read to<> uitn-h i * : about them little lncck sutVeren an-.? tii -.r j spiritual er^rcire:;. Mere it a boy i.iat !..ves to run. swim, l.ick football, tun: ' soitXM-.et':, make faces, v.-histL*, !>h, tear his v! 'h - s'.-.ati*, lire rrarheis, bb?\v I ' ! s<j!!:s?!i '! >: *>* c?l !iis uaitiu on iViu.v.-> r?.a>! 11.- !>ius .i ';!nha ! | the Sv.iloi", o'.i. th ; wi?!o?sl at>;;!e<] .s.-ces (.1 ; pie a:.'I uutoM rake* an<l cin?li'-s, < k nuts wiili his ha<k at-.'l hi to oat I.. ' i hr'.ior part ot aix.tiior hoj "s apple, \\ itii i;it'i..iit ones, turn up copper^, ' slick' kniv. ' ?*a!' iiaiiu,uf throw stones, ka'M-k oil" j ?<*t iii'/;.-uti:ip>, cliall; i!-. i.i'?-p?. ' cat. ho' liiul' anything on wlu-t-js or i uiiiicrs, wliis ? | tlo tl?liis toctli, ' hol'icr' 1 iru ! on ^ !i.,!it cvi-!>:n?:i', run aftor so! tiers, palroniz I an ctij^mo company, or, in hi.-. own wor>!>, : i I,low for tuh No. II,1 or wh'ttev." it may " j !? ,? isn't thai a pretty nii-c ort of a l< <yt 1 1 tlioiioli ho lias not ?j..t aitV'.I.in^ tin* matter " 1 with him that ta!;.-> the t-i.-U'of thi> uoivi " ; i>*i! ? Xiiw, wh-n you 11til into sti. > h"? I ! ioi'.h-.l haidti-ud, round ! !!::! : I J * ? ro^u-rs U iw\ ;i sa<l looking volume < ? . -i!et>, witli the portrait of thin, ' | whit*: ' i !! !. lift; !s really a" | mtieli a training f<>r death as the las'. - ! motr.h of a condi-p'rii-! criiTiitial's exi>tetire, '' , what does I:'j f':ni in common between lr?> ' i ok:: 'jver.owing ami i-xiiltini* fc?:u>ts of \i j '.alitv ami the experience ot tho cli>otiiv?l ' i otl?pi ing cf :::va!M pa enis ? It is 11 >t until ho has worked his way through the perioj of honest, hearty, animal existence, t j which every robust e!iil<l should make the ' 1 i?io?t of?not until he has learned the li?' of his faculties, *.vhic!i h h;s first duty? L* that a boy of courage and at.imal vigor i~ in a proper state to read these fearful re' cords of premal'.u G decay. I have tic doubt that disgust is implanted in (hi f j mimls of many healthy children l>y carl} ' surfeits of pathological pictv. 1 do verilv 1 believo that lie who took children in 11ir =? anus and blessed them, loved the heullhics! s and most playful of them just as well as * those w ho wero richest in the tubcl'culou: s riches. A Xovcltj in Music und Michauics.? livery pianoforte amateur has longed loi ^ swine supernatural agency which uhouU ^ note down and preserve a record of tlu ^ sounds which l:o calls forth from his in blrunient when the divine nHhitus is oi ' | him, and the spirit of melody takes nos session of his brain. To adopt a tnor< T chaste style of rhetoric, every player i*n provisos soino strain: which he would l>< ^ glad to repeat, winch, perhaps, contaii f' soiuo iileas worthy of further develop inent, but which onco played, cannot b< recalled, and nro Joui. ?.ir. Henry b Bond has invented a beautifully simph 11 apparatus, which is easily to bo applict ' to any pianoforte, and by which ever) ? note played, whether by design or acci s dent, is recorded in its proper place upon i slip of music paper. In a few words ll the plan of ibis apparatus may be thus do 'j scribed: Upon a cylinder placed in or.o em of the pianoforte, tho ruled music papei is wound, by means of clock work, thi: cylinder is made to revolve, at a uniforn rate of speed ; the paper thus unwound I.., i %'J HiiVUlVi IIIPJCI wit'* a surface of ink ; each key of the instru 0 incut, acting upou a lover, raises a incla point against the paper, presses it upoi the inky surface, and causes a mark tc r l>e made, the length of the mark show '? ing nccuralcly llio duration of the note L'? A pedal, by a similar action, marks tlx bars; TVith five minutes of practice, anj >9 person who understands tlio music cai i rapidly translate tlieso marks into tin i, li^iial system . of iiotes. The whole nr j- fangeiiient is so simple that the first fee! c- ing is astonishment that the itivenlioi i* bus never been born before.? Jlostvi Courier. lo I Tho article on Pope in tho new cilitioi of tho Encyclopaedia. Britlannica is In to De Quincv ; U>h article on Proscott \v io William Stilling, M. P.; that on poetr; at by Prof. Aytoun ; and tbat on the Quaker fey William Howitt. VARIATIONS OF TUh ENGLISH LANUUrtGH I I JiY jui! N* s. A M K IM(! A V I S \T ^ - ? - I 'j'roitsicut W often used by Americans in j such plira-cs as 'transient poisons,' mean- I j ing sojourners, travelers;'tran.Moiit I *;:>i'K-1s, j moaning boai.ler.s staving at a hou-o l"r ' a low da**soi?iv ; 4 trai.>ient vos<eU,' meanj ing vessels Mopping in a port without bo- ' in^ outraged in its lobular trade, 'i"I?i- u-o I ' . ! of transient is an Amor'kniit-m, not adoi>t. 1 oil a:; vol in V.iM'land ; b.it it i.s :i and " . . will lind favor in time. Tfinsjiirc, in tlio sensr.) of ' happen,' or ' bo done,' is condoiucd by ''n^!i>!i authoii- ' i . { j tics. It is l'n<|UoiitIy tv.od in the I'nitcd i | IVhisoii, in lh<j Lnitcil Stati:<, im-uns , I ilucr meat; in Knirlatitl it i? I also u> ; j the meal of Iiarc nn<l iratiiu l>ii?!s. In i j iforni;*, v.l!.i: meal <>f tin- mile!"'*-! ami i 'jlie is .ibumlant in tlio imiiktt, ?.!i ! mi-.:s ovly tlefi- : t, th'ii:.;h, in aci-onl j j aiicu with Kngii.-h u-a^v, it mi_;ht ui:-j ?! u' '. _ *!!" 1'0 ai't>!ie'l t<> l!.*- meat < ?' ;.! ! * * i ] V?iiu iditlllll..') O. nit! U'.'Ui Kllul. I )1 O'j'joUy ui' acuoii!;ii j lc lh-j ' Mftiial An.viit-aii ' % ??!V.-:i as a I \ t;ih ill lli>: I nitfi ^ in k;ii*!i ]-l:raM < . a->' ' 'i 1. '*)' !-j v.l:o v.:i-"i! ! -'.t.r jM i'. | IIK 'iiitriii.i . i j M /cU/Vio li.'J .V Jl'Ci 1 Wi.Uii.j 43 ' the Kn't!;-.li iiliiiai r \\ It". ! :. > ficjim'ly ' iMii>n>|>fr!v in the ; ' iiitf! Slat- i !' ' .-hail i:i th' I ho fir. ui <: t-.n-', in-lit ilivu siivt j A in- ri?-aj!<, win u th v v.iis to ?an ' i t -la'.it.n "i it.l< i.;i' ii, sav, ' I will ?.!.> :i, 'l . ?:-j i!.' i lie Lti^iish, ' I shall do j ', " \* c s!:;.;! do ill>:.t it he wiahes to j iwUi'.sc or l} v.\j?r?-s a string ?1? I: mi::-.- ' . ?>r :i threat, he .sny.s ' I will,' wo will, j iVc. !: ; Amct:. an mi-Hsu of 'v. ill' is of; , lii?h o;!.;!n. A ! : .t. lin.aii wl? . !' 1! into j ! t!.- Tii-nns i!.;? i.i a curious :?:> ! !i:<l".ions ; iiii*.:*i i . uti- ?: .au'.i' stud In-| I , cii?- l < :t, *1 vlil' o uro vi:cd; nobody shall \ i help in**.' 1>: iyh'.'\id wrote? j *1j? iIi?: first j>-r- ti, shtij-ly, t't-M f?;*?. tUa; I > i:i :li' i .u.l ;i?ii .iiu 1 ! - ; ' ! i -MHl 'v I lira til.. lout. ' j T< I'*/// i.i :;i < itnr.'i!) si--.- in the 1.7: iI I . 1 t- ! J..; M^iri'y to I < ' H to Wither. ... i I im v..,:d i-. j i j\i:ni:il in K.:-'..ind. ir.o.Ay is t.h<; .-o.iirioii Ati.'-rican name} : tor what ti; : i ?.trli>ii lei ill 'a Wood.' j A'lro A-tire and yVovn vv, used ?a i ! vi-ilis, wvre oncu co:i.?i.!(.-i.. ! as American- ' i'ln-, bat have been ;;.K''U ! l-v the cus'.oiii i : of Kngland. i ''{a it wj is a tract of land in a wooded ! j district, from which the- limber has been | ijetit away, and tin! woid usually implies j 1 j that the land has been j,rcpai?d tor culiiva ' j tioti. To to cut a liny several inches i wide through tl. rom.d tho trunk cfi a tiee, two or t!?: <. foot 11 tJ.* ground j ' so that the tive uili i.ie. Some'iiuies tho j ' chip pierces through t!"j v.o'jd as we!! j as tlie harlc. DanUn'ui'j is :i tract of timbered laud ' on which the trees have hcoii kiiied. Tin; L word is o.d'.nari'y -i;un'v to placc-j ' whole tre-'s have ln on killed hv <;ird!mg, or j ' lire, so as to prepare the land for cu!tivi * j lion. (t'lticrnulo/ial i j said to bo an .*.tr..:ir I eaui.sin. 1 I JL.ccculice, as a noun, i.: such phr.-r.er. as ; j 'The Executive,' meaning an executive of I - j licer, has had its origin credited l?v lhitish I I I ciitic.1 to .AuKlicall 'lKJH'l!. | j Lcir/iiir is said to be ?.?t Atnoi Wraii coin } | ?ye, but it now passed current in JJiiiain. - j '/// thin conncctionhas been put down i !-y Liiijl.il. c: il.c:; as i::er!c;;::. in its orijji;; i ami diameter ; they say it would b<; tnore j proper to write, 'In connection with thy ' 3 subject,' or bomethlnj cf thy kind ?All:- i . Cuf'forniun. j i Ail hdilov.-?The passion was nuv j I cr inoro ainu-ingly illustrated than in the I ' j subjointd hit tVoni a letter from the editor I " of thu l'ittsburj' Chronicle, who i? now in : i | Cleveland. II? thinks ii is a reliet to got ! away Irons "copy" and "leaders"' and ail ilial, and says: ' Wo have managed to ?\oid all this fur a fortnight, intending to devote ourselves ro1 ligiotisiy ami exclusively to pleasu: e and re r ereaton. Oar dibits shall not close upon a s l>oolc, paper, periodical or anything at all, which is stained with printer'r ink?in brief, as the exquisite explained the ele ? gauc.o of his immaculate sliirt tic, wo intend 1 to 'devote our whole attention' to do notli ing, and to do it in the laziest and mobt I agreeable manner possible." And yet, hero you see the first chance the editor }>ets, ho seizes a pen arid tells how ' delightful liberty is, instead of enjoying it - with clean hands and a heart puro of edito, rial botheraiions. And we'll warrant that , he wished he could see the proof of tire very letter, to get every word ? f liis liberty 1 raptures pioperly printed. The fact is, thAt a ' w.,rkiug editor, or a reporter so nearly I J mollis every thought into the paper,^tlurf"' . lie is sensationalizing nearly all the time. Enjoying n fine piece of music, or a pli-r.saut evening, or a.visit to the sea shorn, 1 or tho country air, carrying with it enough 1 oif~**lho shop " to make him think ?>f tho cipaciiies of all Nature and tho universe of 1 all. Art for a good, fresh, sparkling article Bvron hated, . V ' ' Your author wlio'swll author, fellow P In foolscap uniform turuod up with ink'1 f But what would ho h;ivo thougtof an 8 American daily nowspapor editor??Philadelphia Bulletin. <Vt ? i WBB??in i? i i ? uIQ?omsmummn???i?^ GET H' R^UV:t\ it is not necessary for us to profess to be enthusiastic admirers of women, livery sensible male biped is so. Time or climu lias Utile to Jo with the natural liomago which men render to the virtues ami cliaiins of the gentl-j sex. Of one thing', howev.-r, this American people of ours can honestly ami ju<tlv boast. We have put woman in higher a:rl holier places than any people ever accorded her. Whatever of formal politeness or pretentions *al!u:itrv may he wanting in cur tteutnient of lier, nothing that is true and substantial is t.milled. \\ ?: \ it-'iI her, not tlie showv <Jellei'eiiec <>t tlie ii|> or knee, l?nt the deep aii< 1 solemn homage of tin: heail. li-pe lially the wife ami mother sta: ds in tho r:: ! -t place ami is guarded xviih a solicitit'll the tenderness of which has nc hounds. This is the universal title ul'Aineriean lifij. Casual at.<l unfieipieiu exvep lions, like a il'.til ami leaden hack ground, the golden ehaiaetei.s in which it i.-: writ It'll tn ' 1 i 111 -1- ..V..I f.v 1.-.. ? "I"-"' *'?" ii i::i! story Willi :.:i added Ulster. Uenco il is that Auieiman men and \v<j>iii..>n look l'i matriag? as the prime reward of a life? no mailer w hether o5 poverty or wealth. They look around lip -n whatever circle they riay nipvu :n ami arguing from what tla-vsee, feel thai there will In* honor with the:.i i:i that stair, and :i daily addition oi" rc^pvt niij consequence in the commitiii: \. Modern I'j.o: vlmi, a:s J investigation by s i.-ntiho men, throw a bright and happy light up-m mar: ingo, and by their statistics drawn from other countries pay an unintentional but brilliant compliment to tho L'iiile 1 Stales. It is directly shown that our sujK-rkrii** ;.!.y!>i.'al condition, moral power, increase of population, national iv.sot.roes, industrial energy, and genera! health and longevity, arc referable ^to tho high honor ' ? "jarilage is held, tho g> i.er.d tem.ency to contract it and tho .sauci'.y v.:t!? v/hi"': it is invested in tho I- :. i ? ' - u uiicti >jiaiu.i. r ;t: , ot the register general's olliec, ;ays in his paper on the subject of i:.:.. i i.'.gu in Franco, that the married I'.v., ;r.;:el. longer than tho air. or widowed. 11v: conbiders it, from all the slatistieS, the healthlust state. lie also truly ami justly considers it the only ?afe guard fiuin i;h:\\1 invgnlaiities, and, in nine oases i.1.:'. vi i*t?its to piuloct from tho.se !.i.n;i!si and oiiieksaa.U, deceitful rocks, of vice which lie, like Scy 11a ami Clmrybdis, upon either side of the lonely voyager on the ocean o! cXls'el:c?*. I he faet-, ihclefvle, being established that m- n ae-iuiie iiuriease of honor by marriage ; that they !. romo tnoro useful tr> their country ; thai they are l?y the a el insured from vice ; that they increase their ehai..'j': worldly success, and ensure, In a curtail, iy, a greater number of years ..;m fuller health to enjoy a lengthened life?we say get married. Take the lirst lrn.o hearted woman who will take you, O yf.'ng mail, am! let tlio nearest pardon jierfi>ii?i his priestly otlicc on you. Uilow nc.i for ascton Shipboardm ?"h- v,ii|?|>er hliijt Wild l'igonn, which went to sea yesterday, bound for Valparaiso had on hoard oi;e of, D reason's caloric engines. Tiiero me i....uy i; a tics connected Willi ii.e loading, unloading and working of a shij>, wh'ul:, emuiw performed, require severe am! ioiitinuotis in mu:.I labor, necessarily ;n i:.- operations, w 11i ! tiiis engine will accomplish with relnritv, and at a great saving to l!ie >!;:p owner. Among llie labors which may he d?>ini to advantage by it, are working (lie ship's pumps hoisting heavy spars u> llieir places, tfce. The f?i<v:m* on board the Wild l'igeon is nominally of four hoi?o power, llie expense cfrunning it per day in but thirty cents ; ::.) ! Um ?'>ii:)i:ianikr ! llie \\ 11 1 l'igeon i'ates in South Ameiioan ports, where iabor is ?;:!!: u!t to obtain, aiu! very inefli eicitt, ti.is engine will save Ave hundred dollars to the ship in unloading and loading. The ship Underwriter was supplied with one of these engines some lime sineo, and her master writes of its performance in very favorable terms. The condition of the shipping interest has been so unsatisfactory to owners for years past that Mr. Kitching, the agent, has made little effort to promote the general introduction of these engines on shipboard, but the time will undoubtedly soon come when they will ? t-i vw II^IIIUVU UJ UMUUOt IDUnjJUIItlilUIO. Il is easy to conceive of cnses in which by working (ho pumps, an engine of (kit* diameter would savo h ahip fiom sinking? keeping her aleiir wlien leaking sufficiently to exhaust tho crew at the pumps in tho course cf a day or two. The space occupied by the engine of the Wild Pigeon ia very small not more tlian seven feet by four, and il ia a question whether the insurance companies ought not to favor tho general introduction of similar engines by an abatement on the policy of chips carrying them.?X. Y. Journal of Commerce. ? ^ ^ ? 'This too shall pass Away'?Many of our readers will probably remember'lUo re| ply of tho philosopher to the monarch, I. - -1 f- - i - who ucsireu some nentence, easily remembered, that would always alluvial? the weight of calamity, aud check the exultution of prosperity. 'This too khall pW aw fir,* was the chosen mo'to. #