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"TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM] "tub pnios <=?3r> LiBjanTY is uTHitisrAi, -cIoniiAKtciri." PAYABLE IN Atit'ANbS BY DAVIS &. CREWS. ABBEVILLE, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 13, 1859. VOL. XVI X..:. ....Arf-i. tiR-taSI * ' ' ' ' i THE KOCKIRd BIBD* This wonderful creation of the feathered tribe, whose native home in the aoutb is tnade joyous by its ever varying voice, has Vecently been suppostitiously decried in the * Atlantic Monthly.' A clcver article entitled 4 Night Birds,* which appeared in thAt rongacine, alludes to their miraculous concentration of sweet sounds; in very cautious terms of praise, and then presumes) without personal experience on which to found att opinion; that llie mockmg'-bird, as ft musician, is inferior to the English nightingale. This admission we take lo be treason to one of our 1 American institutions,' and the readiness, or rather the go?ng out of the way to make invidious comparison, is indicative of the 4 foreign atmosphere,1 which prevades Boston, and which 'overwhelm it with destruction, as wero * the cities of the plain/ if it were not for a % Lot' of good Christiana who live in its midst, prominent among which are ' acorn' and other patriarchal saints. But to the birds. The nightingale deserves all that has been Baid and sung of it; it is classic frc.a the allusions made to it by the best British poets, an^. herein lies really its immense popularity, for without such endorsement, it never could have had its wide- 1 spread popularity in this country. But th? mocking bird is its superior. The i charge that it iB a mere ' minic' is false.? < To be sure the mocking bird plays Old Nick with his fellow wood companions: he deranges all their harmonies, is in fact a ery Puck of mischief, and seems to de- i light in annoying his fellow warblers, and i in confusing their best laid plans; but i there are times when the mocking-bird i tires of his own imitative exhuberance, and sets down with a soul fiilled witb himself , to pour out upon creation his songs of i keavealy praise. On these occasions, the , efforts of the English nightingale 6?nk into j mere prettiness; they are the sonnets of Shenstor.e, while the mocking-bird is a pastoral Collins, nn at the same time as j sublime as llomer. We have seen the bird in the quiet midnight of a southern | sky, when the moon was decltog in its full tide of splendor, select some dead limb tiear the house, and after going through various eccentric motions, as if pieparing for its grateful task, it would turn its little head towards heaven, as if for inspiration, and commence pouring out its bong of adoration and praise. The levity and absolute rascality of its daylight revels were gone; it was now seemingly an inspired voice, and for hours it would make the surfounding groves echo with its wonderful Compositions. Sometimes commencing with an original composition in which all the feathered songsters were represented, yet surpassed, it dwelt u|lon their inferior strains until they formed a back ground for its expression, then would pour forth such an overflow of notes that the listener, iti spite of himself, is led to believe that some immortal and blessed spirit is struggling in the effort to make divine communication with the world. You listen?you are charm ed?next,you are absorbed, and then in the astonirthment and admiration, you become superstition* and absolutely alarmed?you think that the bird is a delu'ion, that the trains you hear are from the invisible world?that they are prophecies?hints? oracles?warnings?messages from the land of dreams. Such is the effect of the music of the mocking-bird in its wild home, on the most unpoetical mind?it absorbs, Astonishes?and Bills with dreamy fear.? The English nightingale at best merely filla one with admiration?its morning salute is as happy in its time of expression, as its harmony is beautiful and enchanting, uubiiyuim^uiuic* AUCiiivvikllig'UlIU eqURIS nil this, and lien ascends to a higher sphere, reaching the moral sublime.?Spirit of the Time*. ? ??? SATURDAY HIQHT. It is good, when the week is ended, to look back upon its business and its toils, And mark wherein we have failed of our duties or come short of what we should have done. The close of the week should be to <e*cIt one of us like the close cf our lives. Everything .should be adjusted, with the world and with our God, as if we were jibout to leave the one and appear before ^he other. The week is, indeed, one of the feglliar division* of life, a?d when it closet ?t Muttild not be without ?t moral. From the end of One Week to the end of another, the mind cab atreteh onward to tbe plose of existence, It can sweep down the filff&Lta of time to the distant period when ft yrill be entirely beyond human power to regulate human affairs, Saturday ! the time for moral reflection. When for tbe metolds of the week we are thankful, and whev Our past months And years (jortie np in succession befure us?wo see the vanity Of our youthful days and tha vexations of manhood, and tremble at the approaching T* at . . * muior ui nko, 11 h iiiuii we mould with" draw from the business and the caret of ^Ka world, and give a thought to t>nr end, gjp.ijl to What we are to be hereafter. fjtygp# fa a man out West with a nnme HQ hgr4. Jftftt.it takes a Frenchman and a * big Indj^fy pronounce it. It never has been spelled, but a roachino is about to he impoflfti frOT for that purpose i THE GRAVE OF JEFFEB80N. The following description of the place where rest the mortal remains of the sage of Monticello, will doubtless be interesting to every reader:? I ascended the winding rond, which leads from Charlottesville to Monticello. The path leads a circuitous ascent of about two miles up the minature mountain, to the farm and the grave of Jefferson. On entering the gate which opens into the enclosure, numerous paths diverge in various directions, winding through beautiful groves to the summit of the hill. From the peak on which the house stands, a grand and nearly unlimited view opens to the thickly woeded hills and fertile valleys which strotch out on either side. The university, with it8 dome, porticoes, and colonnade, looks like a fair city in the plain. Charlottesville seems to be directly beneath. No spot can be imagined, combining greater advantages of grandeur, lioalthfuluess, and seclusion. The house is noble in its appearance ; two large columns support a portico, which extends from from the wings, and into it the front door opens. The apartments are neatly furnished, and embellished with statues, bu6ts, portraits, and naiuhtl curiosities. The grounds and outhouses have been neg lected ; Mr. Jefferson's attention being absorbed from such personal cohcefrhs by the cares atteudant> on the superintendence of the university, which when in health, ho visited daily since its erection commenced At a short distance behind the mritisioh, in a quiet shaded spot, the visitofr sfees a square enclosure, surrounded by a low unmortared stone wall, which he enters by a neat wooden gate. This is the family burial-ground, containing ten or fifteen graveB, none of them marked by epitaphs, and only a few distinguished bv anv memorial. On one side of this simple cemetery is the resting-place of the patriot and philosopher.? When I saw it the vault was just arched, And in readiness for the plain stone which is to cover it. May it ever continue, like Washington's, without any adventitious attractions or conspicuousness; for, when wo or our posterity need any other memento of our debt of honor to those names, than their simple inscription on paper, wood, or stone, gorgeous tombs would be a mockery to their memories. When gratitude shall cease to consecrate their remembrance in the hearts of our citizen?, \io cenotaph will inspire the reverence wo owe to them. LAST WORDS OF EOBEBT EMMETT. If the spirit of the illustrious dead participate in the concerns and cares of those who were dear to them in this transitory life?Oh ! ever dear and venerated shade of my departed father, look dowu with scrutiny upon the conduct of your suffering son, and see if I have even for a moment deviated from those principles of morality and patriotism which it was your care to instil into my youthful mind, and for which I am now to offer up my life.? My lords, you seem impatient for the sacri flee ] the blood fur which you thirst is not congealed by the artificial terrors which surround yotit Victim 5 it circulates warmly And unruffled through the channels which God created fur nobler purpose.^ but which you are bent to destroy fof purposes so grievious, tli&t they cfy to lleaven. Be ye patient! I have but a few words more to say I am going to my cold and silent grave; my lamp of life is nearJy extinguished; my race is run; the grave opens to receive me, and 1 sink into its bosom. I have but one request to ask at my departure from tliii world?it is tue charity of its silence. Let no man write my epitaph, for as no man who knows my motives dares now vindicate them, let not prejudice or ignorance asperse them. Let thcin and me repose in obscurity, and my tomb remain uninscribed, until other times and other men can do justice to my character. When my country takes her place among the nations of the earth, then, and not till then, let my epitaph be written. I have done 1 Boys, help your Mothers.?We have seen from two to six great hearty boys sitting by the kitchen stove, toasting their feet, and cracking nuts or jokes, while their mother, a slender woman, Las gone to the wood-pile for wood, to the well for water, to the meat- house to cut a frozen steak for dinner, this is not as it should be. There is much work about houses too hard for women. Heavy lifting, hard extra steps which should be done by those more able. Boys, don't let your mother do it all, especially if she is a feeble woman. Dull, prosy housework is irksome enough, at be?t. It is a long work, too, it being impossible to tell when it is quite done, and then on the morrow the hole is to be gone over with again. There is more of it than one is apt to think.?Morning Star. * ' Worldly prosperity is a much greater dram npon our energies than the most sever* adversityj; there is no spring, no elasticity ; it is like walking through life on Tnrkt* MtnAt J. ??r-?. That wot ? horrible afftfii?the murder of Denn, ftud the &t*iip?'-up of his remains in a tra- bo*! ^'Wliat Dean 1M asked a lia1f-doze? voice* ?iO?ee. ** Sar &rath. f v'r -' ' I -* DOMESTIC LOVe. Micbelet, in his work in ' Lovej4 gives us tliis little picturo?painted With ft petl, and not with a pencil?which might be ^ labelled 4 An interior.' Every mah of lettors must have efcpHenced its fidelity to tc wbat has occurred Under his own roof; It ^ is a charming 'bit' of domesticity?a 0 poem or a picture, as the reader may ? choose to view it. But it has all tho truth of beauty and the beauty of k truth i tl 4 A charming thing to observe, which I tl have often remarked with pleasure among cl my more studious friends, is tho infinite ? delicacy of the young wife, who in a re- ai stricted space comes and goes, and moves J' arounu mo student without in the least (lis- " turbing him. Any other person would have put hitn out; but4 she,' he says 4 is nobody.' In fact, she is himself, his second and his better soul. 2 ' She holds her breath and steps on tip- tc toe. She glides along the floor. She has hi such a respect for work! In this you can w boo what a gentle and quick sighted crea- Si ture woman is; above all things nft'ec- ol tionato, and feeliug in constant need of ni the beloved object. If he allows her she fii will remain in his room sewing or embroi- in daring. If not, a thousand occasions or a at thousand necessities will occur to her as di pretexts to come into the room. 4 What ot is he doing now! How far has he got? Perhaps he is working too hard. lie will tl make himself Bick.' All this passes through tl: her mind. w 4 There are many studies to which un- 81 wittingly she imparts more than she can take awnv. Do ^ou think the charming Ul electricity slUj cdulmilnicates in passing you, aJ lightly touching you with her dress, goes 'a for nothing with tile Elttist and the author, C If with oUr tiresome and uncongenial work C is opportunely mingled that perfume of the u' flower of love, which revives everything? t'' So in old Italian pictures do we see in a V death's head a hundred-leaved rose ; and ai death itself seems to tnjoy it. a< 4 And how happy iB he to feel that she is there. He pretends not to see her. lie u: remains bent over his work, as if absorbed ?' in it. But his heart gains the upper hand, Ll: and he exclaims : tc 1'My darling, my charming rosebud, do r? not muffle your 6tepp. Your movements K are harmony, your voice a melody which enchants my ear. Your presence sheds its '? influence upon my woik, it wili be adorned ti with your grace, and glow with the flame E of your palpitating heart. Without see- 5 ing you, I guessed you were here, by ^ the increased ardour of my work, by /o the light which overspread my spirit.' gi 'A thousand years from now they will E say?Ilis book, if yet a live book, ia all at warmth and affection,' And the reason of tl it all?she was beside you when you wrote hi It. tl Fixedness of Purpose.?When a child is learning to walk, if you can induce the little creature to keep its eyes, fixed on any C' point in advance, it will generally ' navi- a gate' to that point without capsizhig ; but n distract its attention by word or act from the ^ tc object before it, and down goes the baby. This rule applies to children of a large growth. Tlie man who starts in life witb 64 a determination to reach a certain, position a> and adhere unwaveringly to his purpose reI jecting the advice of the over cautious, and a' defying the auguries of the timid, rarely ri fails, if he lives long enough, to reach the 01 goal for which he set out. If circum- R1 tl stances oppose him, ho bends them to his exigencies by the force of energetic, in- n' domitablo will. On the other hand, he who vaciiiaies in Ills course, 1 yawing,' as 1 the sailors Bay, towards all points of compaes, is prelty sure to become a helpless ^ castaway before bis voyage of life is half rt completed. Theie can be no question ^ among philosophic observers of men and '6 events, that fixedness of purpose is a grand element of human succeas. Weather-cock men are Nature's failures. The? ate good Bl for nothing. Better downright pig headed obstinacy than eternal vacillation ; bet 0 ter willful blindness to drfnger, hOwSvet c< menacing, besitanoy wbicb is lorever weigh- ^ ing the possibilities of defeat against the 11 chances of victory. The men of action* Rl whose names are written imperfafrable on v I the page of history, were men of iron.? * Silky fellows may do for intrigue; bat the ? founders, and conquerors, and liberators, d and saviors of empires bare all been of tb'e ^ warrior metal. No human being, who lia- *1 bitually baits between two opinions, who ^ cannot decide promptly, and, bating decided net aa if there waa no such words & ? fail, can ever be qreat. Caesar would never bave crossed tbe Rubicon, nor Washington ? the Delaware, had they not fixed tlteir stern ^ gaze on objects far beyond tbe perils at ? their feet. * \\ Political Chips.--An office- bolder re- 4] marked the other day at tbe National IIO' ^ tel. in "Washingtbn.io reply to the ques- 0 tion: * Who are you folka going to nomi. nateJ1, A ? . '. OkI I bave etocfc hr af? tfift cavtf. | dates.' f 4 What?any in Old Buck!' i " 'Yes; two chips.' . , 1 4 Good! Just enough to1 Carry bin* oof a on, March 4, 1601/ v < Office holder caved arm! stood treat a - WHY VIHGIHIA IB CAlLBfi OLD DoMifL ION. During the usurpation of Cromwell, irginlit declared liereelf independent of is authority, when the Ubtirpdl- Ulteatened > send a fleet to reduce tilt) colony, earing to withstand such forCd( tho cothist dispatchcd in a sttiall ship a mescnet to Ohat-les 11., then an ekile Itt Flaners, ihvitltig the foyttf outcast to bs their ing. lie accepted the ihvltation, and on le very eVe of embarkitig for his now irone in America^ ttas tecttlled to the own of England. In gtatitude fdt- "Vir? ;ihia loyaltyj he quartered hef coat-ofrms with those of finglalidj Scotland and .,1 1 * 4 * ' cinuu, na an inuepenuent me inbet- of tlio ritish Empire. The coin establishes these facts. Hence le origin of the phrase "Old Dominion lM The Colonist at that period numbered 0,000, and the tVotectot declared thetti i be notorious robbers and traitors, profiting by his authority all intercourse ith them. A fleet was sent over under ir George Ayscue, to put down any traces ; monarchial authority still lingering aong the Virginia loyalists. They were 'm to Charles and the Parliment, declarig that they were born under a monarch, id would never degenerate from the contion of thoir birth by being subject to any her government. When the expedition, however, reached le Chesapeake to expel Sir Wm. Berkeley, te Governor, from Virginia, resistance as laid aside. Berkeley disclaimed to make ?y stipulations for himself, withdrawing > a retired situation, universally respected, itill a new revolution summoned him jain to defy the republican forces of Engnd, and restore loyalty in the Virginia olony. This happened in March, 1652. rorawell however, continued his governors itill 1760, when the last of them, Matlanro *1.? * * ?v.>uu, nnu ki? people elected Sir fro. Berekley, aa the old record says, "by 1 obliging violence compelled him to :cept the government." He refused, however, to act uuder the serpation of the Crora wells, unless the collists pledged their lives and fortunes for le British King, in exile. "With a unanllous voice they told him that they were tady to hazard all things for the tag;" Thfe Virginians seem to have been true :>yalist, for this took place, as we have noced, actually pcfore the King's return to nglaud. Berkeley proclaimed "Charles 'econd, King of England, Scotland, Iretnd and Virginia, before he roan in Engmd? Upon his restoration, the monarch ranted Sir William permission to visit r.gland; and it is relrtted that he wore I his coronation a robe made of silk from te Virginia colony. Well may the time* onored, ancient Oontrflorfwenlth be called ie "Old Dominion." A Striking Similarity.?"We were dlsjssinj? with some friends a short time batik ? to which animal nearest approached lan in its instincts and habits. As is the eneral opinion, the monkey was thought i ha ilia nnn Titi? * 1 , ww %mw w?v. n? uiucicu, nuu provea y tbe following facts that llie Ilog is nearit our type: lot, Hie Hogs are tbe only liinale, we believe, tbat sleep together.? d, Tbe Ilog is omnivorous. 3d, Item arksly selfish?always for No. 1. 4tb, Will in to tbe cry of distress, if it comes from ne of bis kind. 5tb, Ready to oppress [id drive away tbe weaker to get all ie good. 6tb, When filled to satisfaction, ever looks to tlie wants of others. Tib, /ould not hunt food unless necessity cornel led. 8tb, Tbe only animal we ever sard tbe devil getting into except manbe above eight similarities to tbe human ice, in a general point of view, cannot be >und in any other animal, we thiuk ; if 8", it us hear which one. The American rowdy is a terrible nuisnce. Hear bow tbe poor Dutch landlord escribed bis sufferings at tbe bands of one f these amiable beings; M Ter rowtfy ttfted in and axed me to sell him sum eer, I tells 'im he had more as would do m goet He call me von ole Tutch liar nd begins to proke two tumplers. My ife she call for de t?teb-4ouse. Tore de atch-'ouse got date, cfo' rotfdy he kick inns ecruggie oebint biff back,- kissed my augbter Petsy before lier face, proke all my rtftplefs 'cept ter ote stone pitcher, and Mil my vife and toddfer peef barrels in ter yffarj m +*m Yotf fee ten women for one man all iroughi Holland and Belgium, aays a orrespondent, and you wonder whether bere h not a scarcity of tbe lords of reation in botb Countries. Ton are toon itiified that there are men enough, by tie number of cbildretf laying loote in be atreeta. The men fttts bid away in be garrets and oatborte*, ftttgaged in some f the industrious bifHtdtis. AlUtleurcfrin, soWto?#o of (brae years old, wing a little dUtanee from the bonae, was uddenty started by a loud cfttrfr of tfctmlen." He watf ierf mwcb frigb teased, and nade for -the tiewest shelter, he entered, ind casting a defiant look at' ttrfc etoods, he ordaimedv' fonder away, t mme under the feed? AfiVlCB TO YOUNO tAfliifc. In his excellent address to the graduating class of St. Mary's Flail, at Burlington, last ttionth, Bishop DoatlO spoke a9 follows i "The tittles are out of joint. Cotrilptioh stalks in our high places. Licentiousness lias, well nigh, lost its shatne. llifidelity is bold and brazenfaced; for these things your sex is greatly answerable. Women are not lilto to themselves, 'they wihk at vice, 'fhey ttiako a Cotttpromiso with worldllness. Thoy tolerate ih-eligioh. And they rttt> tictirtls of their own unfaithfulness. Tile stronger sex look Up, in best things, to the weaker. They have all had mothete. I'hey have all had sisters. If women were but true to god, true to themselves, they would have strength from Ilim to hold the world in check. No woman over fell but by her own consent. As at first, woman is the tempter. There is no man that has not passed into a brute, to do as tigers do, that can resist the matchless magesty of a1 resolved woman. And i stronger than all law, stronger than anything but Clod, would be the power of women to put down rudeness, and lay the pridie upon license. But women are slaves to dress. Women are willing to b? flattered. Women are careless of their companionship. Womclt at-e unscrupulous in their amusements. Young woftieti set Up for themselves. They look upon their parents as old fashioned. They are impatient of domestic restraints. They are averse to domestic occupations. They vote their homes a bore. They congregate away from its control. They indulge in unreasonable hours, to meet the other sex more than half way. They tempt the hidden devils of their nature. They forget their Bibles. They neglect their prayer books. They are women orfashion. They are wo ? it i i "T? - man ui iuo worm. wuat else they are, is rather shaped by opportunity than by themselves. In this way, the female atmosphere is stripped of its freshness and its fragrance. The woman is no longer what she was made to be?' a help meet for the man. And man ceases to be what God designed him to be?her partner, her prop, and her protector. How Driving Affects the Meat of Neat Cattle.?There is some excuse for the Western grazer's preference for the Durhams, as they drove them over the mountains. The fat of all cattle is the first to run off, the fine particles mixed through the flesh of the first?the kidney being coated over more solid, holding out longer, and the red meat being the last to fall. One accustomed to driving, fattening and slaughtering, could detect a drove of "drifted " cattle from those taken fresh from the pastures, by seeing them pass on yonder road, as well as the skillful butcher could by hand* ling them, and although the " driftn cattle might have tnnch more kidney tallow, the meat would be as poor as wood; and, in aiKHU 01 ueing red, would be as blue aa whetstone; whilst those taken fresh from the pasture or stall, if not fat, would make rtiore juicy, tender and sweeter beef. If you see a lot of cattle in the field or elsewhere, with good shoulders, or rather what a butcher would term, showing his shoulders to ft Is 6a fa, without any flank, rest assured that they have been "drifted," or in some Way injudiciously handled for slaughtering; for if there is no flank there is not much fat. A poor bullock does not wear a good shoulder longer than to get rid of his fat, and the tenderest parts 6f his flesh, and the neek and round, would be the only parts of such a bullock left for a steak. ?Mojor Dickinson,? Pen-Yard Address. On the great Texan thoroughfare that runs through our parish an excellent old lady?very clever, very shrewd, but poor? kept a house of entertainment. Upon one occasion it was her fortune to entertain for the night a batch of these gentry ; and as she passed in and out of the common sit* ting-room, intent upon her household caresf ber ears were stunned with the lofty titles of ' General,' ' Colonel,' And 'Major' lavishly bestowed upon each other by her guests. Sick of so much military greatness, ?be approached the Are around which they were assembled and proceeded to ad-2 minister hearty kicks to sereral dogs comfortably snoozing before the fire, accompanying each kick with the exclamation, * get out, General i &gotte, Colonel! Out MajorP Che of Art magnates, with ill-concealed anger, r'eftfatiked i ' Why, madam, you have singular names tor your dogs.' 'O! yea,'she naively answered,t * any < mangy pap may be a Genera) or Colonel nowadays V 1 Father, I want yon to buy me a gun. A gun, WiMef "What are yon going to do wttb a gtm t Ob I'm gofrrg to fight tommy P*y < be says Susy loves hka belter ihm <be doea ma.' I Ajutyt/ton having applied to tbe Recorder ta be ejfc teed from serving, on a-rr oount of deafnesa, the latter arfcad, ' Gould yotr tio! hear My charge fo the grand jittVy/ Sir!' ' Tes,I heard efery tfofd of it/ffaaT tie topfv/'Sttt cotrldn't mate any sense of if" ' ' " . I fottAJt;. A crabbed acqtlaiutAtocfi til" &ifo iias just repeated to us, 44 tVdlltyi itiy fiftttie is woraan.rt We yete Ityitlg lo ggl iifttl to call rtith lis on ft very beautiful lady tit bur acqUaintfihtd. lie is a scliolai-; H toil; ahd a getitloHlatlj and yet dares to rejfc'a't tfiai VlllaitioUs llhe in our bearing. Alas for Lira ! wo fbilh lie is past redemption. We cannot conceiVo hy the frflf so* havO been sb often vilified. Wo declare it unjii9t, and we enlist ourselves in their defence; nott??u ? :-l " lir ......mnutiuiu t iijjn until aniu, " woman always various and changeable," and Siiak* tipeare, "Frailty, thy name is woman " Woman is not more variable lliatl ttian. 1 Iler constancy ha9 stutfd the test of fire, and blood, and torftietlt, in thousands of instances, and shall she bo called fickle?? I Wo verily believe that xfortlan's friendship i is infinitely ttloto disinterested} infinitely i mof-a pure than man's. She will follow i her lover through weal and wo?through evil repoH and good report?through pov- i erty, through sorrovt,- and misery, and death. She will love him i(l his sin, and < in his glory, aud in his shaitta,- and in his | degradation; and she will bind him the | closer to her heart, as he falls the lotfer.? Will man do so ? No?let but the breath of evil report dim the brightness of the , pure name of that being whom ho loves, , let lier sin but once, and bo rtili forsake her for evef. Will be lote her in abuse , and ill-treatttietitf Cut sUppdse stle coquet^ ] and trifle rtilh the affectiona of the worthy? ^ Has she Hot been taught by example ?? How rflafjy hearts have broketi and bled to death when fotsaken by man ? How many ^ women have given their whole affections away, and poured out their whole hearts upon a lover, and then been forsaken ! How ( often have attentions been offered to gratify vanity, and to please pride ! How often ? Alas! ttho shall answer the question!? NeW York Paper. * The Qolden Days of Youth.?What a feeling of regret steals over the heart, ; as the joyous days of youth flit as beav- , en-like dreamB across oat imagination, to think that they are lost to us forever 1 when , the rare opportunity offers itself of snatching a few moments fof contemplation from the toils of the busy world# how readily do we embrace it, brief thotfgh It be, to indulge in the pleasing remembrance of tho past, to compare it with the present, and trust for a bright realization of * things long sighed for,' in the future I" What a glorious thing is youth ! full of warm confidence, high hopes and generous feelings, flowing from the heart, like a gush of music from an angel's harp. How keen are its enjoyment*, how novel Its sensations, how exouisite its nnnrAcintinn nf tho t*na - ? *1 ? w* "MW "MV and beautiful! What music is there to compare with outpourings of a youthful and generous heart! What bight is there for a youthful heart, prompted by a noble ambition, impossible to climb ! But the transient dream of youth soon fades away, alas! how soon ; and age comes creeping on us so imperceptibly, that we start and sigh for days now lost, when we feel the icy hand upon us that * comes to claim us for its own.' ' With time wo begin to ana-, lyze our sensations, examine the petals of the flowers of our youth, and let the odor . escape, till, one by one, the leaves fade and fall, and the withered stem alone is left in the gazer's hand.?iV. Y. Led {Jtr. We were amused not long since; at hearing tfte foftoxtitf* qfdestttftt ittfdfess&J io a landlady b^ air cc66ntr?c genius. Stepping into the door, he observed?* Will yout ma'ra, giro me a drink of water, for I am so hungry I don't ktlti# $h6r& (o slay tonight.' doubt whether more meaning could be embodied in so few words 4 Friend Mallaby, I nm pleased that thee has got such a fine organ in thy chtfrch.' ' But,' said the clergyman, I thought you were opposed to having an organ in a church.' 'So I am,'replied Friend Tommy,'but then, if tbeo worship t' e Lord by machinery, I would like thee to bare a first rate instrument* ?i ? Oar bjstem of education favots pi'ecosity, tin tbo dpecirtfentf Which follow #i>. illustrate r A sbrevtdf lfttld felfOw, who had just b?gun to* read Latin,- astonished his master by the follO'wFjVg t/analaiion i 4 Vir, a man, Gin, a trap: Virgin, a man-trap.' "feachcr?(lo Bob Smithers.) Spell ad* mittance. Bob?Ad mit, admit/ tirtfeer, tance admittance* teacher?(rood { give (he definition. Bob?Twenty-five, cento?niggers and children hirtfo-ptfce?front Mats for ladies ?uo smoking allowed. An oW (htritsf Was ofttaftorfhg to explain his tfrtfofttfriate condition r i 'You Me/ remarked Sambo.'it wu in Stitttf tcf M M t 'memtwr. Fast my fader dW, and den jtoy no udder married : agin, and den my' madder died, imdf my i)?ler married agm, and tome how, I doeh'at seem to hab no pfereitts ai all, rtor no home, [nor ?&?&'/ j, T'.? ? tft'O'i . ! i i-MiTirrtwri ~ ,'% bum aha tfdtffttiM " "; A fe\V wecftS lifffcoj bG'f fr fetid Olarfe Was lying sick willi the bUffdtW tever. The attack was severe, and he believed thai death was near. One morning be awoke from a short sleep td herff A tflfrried anc! ft'fftfdthferett fcbnvefsSlfbh' in the adjoining room, iti whibh his wife tddfc part. The first words (lint Glai-fe caught were iitterecf by bis better frfilf. "Or that ground." said she, "f object to mourning !" ' Yea" replied another, "tut the world looks for it?it ia fashionable, and one might as well be out of the World as out of the frtshtotf.' Very true!' Here,' thought Clark, 'is a nice wife; She thinks I am about to die?to be planted if I may ubo the expression; Itf the cold ea/tb; and yet sho rCftteea lo go ih" rA'ourning M me. Ah ! rife. Now that I am' here, perhaps t had better tnke your nteastifl'e:* The finfeeeliH^ Wretch i* eiclfUHieS Clark to think of sending for a dressmaker before I am rlond t V-J J ?. oudui uer yei! I'ir live fot sbltG !' 'tVfill,' fflUsfid *i b'feffevfe yotf may measure me. f will Ifefc you buy the trimming, and Ifet ft 66 flfi gay as poa-" jible.' '^Vlirtt hCaHlfefi^heas,' groaned Clark,' Wotfidhdi&fe, tfj'ougb. 6ne husband i# no sodhtt dead ih'au they set about entrap'-' ping another. I can scarcely credit it* Of course you Will have a flounce!' of the/to ; n^d flS iffte body Is to be plain, i wi'afr y6u to get v?ic^e it.' 'How will y6ii" havd the sleeves trimmed ?' With buttons arid fringe.* Well?well?tlYfe freats ^lf,? figW poof Cldrk" When do you waiit the dress!' inquired the manlua-raaker. 'I must have it iA lAV66 da^s. $y huBband #ill tlteri fife 6$ fh'f btttiHtfittid i shall be ab!6" tto ?et 6xH t 01.. h6'rritjle?Av?Wif?A? ^ ?i-~ sicfe itiari',4 I am only lialVdead, but this blow will kill me.' rlis wife lieard liittt sp&ftk, and raiV quickly to' Ma fcfedafab.4#?o yotf spfetrt4, rcty dsdff sstfd^alie with' tbe voice of aft arfafeh 4f h'eardf ft afT, tWftYl#W64,' reptteff Clark.* 4All what,' Aty dear f 4The mournitVg??ga^ dresses?fringe?: everything. O f I^arift?Maria!' 4You ravel' 4Do you take 1W0 &V ti fool!' 4Certainly not, ray dear/ 4You expect me to be oat of l^e way itf thre^ (Iftyf?, do fbti t ^ 4Yes, fot6 j the doctor ia'id you tfouUf be well i? (tini fftWe.' 4What means tli:6' d/esses V & 4It is the one you bought for tbe beford' you were taken sick.* But ycrti were spferflfiflW 6f rtfo'urnfng t' We wefe ttftklti# iff Hfe.'rfa^>3rly I' 4 Oh, is that it?' / Yes, love. You know she is poor, mid' her family i? large, and it rttthi Wcorivenience her feff tttticU to ftfnd mourning fof them all* On this ground alone, I oppos^ it.', So?so?that's it, K it t I thotfgbi you trele speaking of me, and it distressed me. liei We btg of yoft to be more careful for the UtUittt.' Clark was ofir't in tf/i'ee d'ays.and h'6 AoW laughs at the nfrttter, which then appeared * ' . ;JP 60 borible. The fotto'tf fog foM/SStiiVjf todies - <";?: to us ris titie: t t A man having a largo family found ft rather hard to keep up the table, and htd s "" . adopted the following plan > Ateten^jjtfst before efrpfei; 6*1& bis cbildreu rOtfh'd him and nQStGiiti ihiiti . } thus? * Who'll take a cerii, anc/ da without hH "f;'Vf supper?' * I! I! I!' exclaimed the children eaget ' . A to gat tbe priA). Thtf aid /tfan ^riflls O'tH * pb&lfai booli c - ^ . ^ full of red cents which he ^eepafor theoo-f i casion,- and after giting them otfe sends tbem off to bed. | Ne*t morning they look Kke stafj^ ~<-P? it rats. The 6td man oalls th6m}roun<jt $=?! him and with an air of gravity 4 Who'll give a cent to have a nice watftf j biscuit for breakfast t* it h Med leas to aay that tih ?e? forthcoming* Gfood plan* "'tHea /~i&$'3sSi A ppiriU-d woman caught her htubattdf . -Jgj ht Ibe *et erf broking ?fp IM httoft, thd exertion, or something else, had?^ tfe who1 fe rtlwayn ?.iqnlring 4 what .*$ ./ . people Ucy!' wifl rie*ef gift 5 | portunify of snying any great || An ^rishmton, HiMihtd ^ ;l|l ly, where be hsM bew was asfcerfm fher fctchen i 4 Piit, #htt is tho lava i |1