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VOjf* 3. GREENVILLE, S. 0.: THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 25, 1850. NO. 20. j
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EDfTOa A\B PROPRIETOR.
Mr:mm.
-1 i>i, |w>aMr in ?i)v*i?F ; IB if JiUyfil. (
OMTfti ?( riVR and ?ip*?*^U H, tho money
it rtr^r* to tlio order. I
^wVK?iFlSEMENT3 Weerted e0R9|?t*??ttaly ?t
'he raUtof 71 eeute |>??r eq>iare ?>f 13 line*, niid
"t$ ediite fer each fttibeoquent. insertion. C-on- *
r?U fhr-yearly advertising made reneonalde, (
AOKNTB. f
R. W. C/nn. X. W. eor. of Walnut and Third-at,
PhiUJulpkirt, is our atithnrixed Agent.
W. W. -V/ki.KM, Jr., Cafambi*, 8. C. 1
8tkai?lky, Eaq., Flat Hock, N. <\ <
A. SL Pkokn, Fnirvlew I*. O., Orernvillc TOrt. I
Wtlltaw O. Bahxt. Ileaaant Ofovc, <3r?onvill?% ]
Oiir. H. Q. A* ?* * ?*, C?l*r Fall*. (Jreenville. |
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Coirre*poiidef)ce of 1bc .Enterprise. 1
Pickkk6VII.l.k, 8. 0.. Sefit. 1<J. 1850. |
Mr. Kditou: ?8'?n? w.o-ks pant k ad ^
h letter to J nog- O'Neidl. Hi)' 1 iink J
l:'g '1:0 li Jv?cii?l U' |iUhti*llf<i. |t>i\iug *
tin / d of h ^"Uttti> h h"n 1, and i i? w <.
ii'g uw-\vMi>'tiii> ih? ]?t? !??* uglp. th<-tight |
it ittig-i do g-?-?l l?? jutblidi. The jniblieu- ?
tton ? !' tTiid lettei Iihj*cmI:??| ?l?.\?tt upon mv ,
IihjuI 1)1. wfRlli <>f niMti\ of tut- trillc?*n> ?f v
(III place, wliil have til.v:iItli t| in*- unit |
peirolMti violence, Mid IMKMll '?! til" with ?
?????!>- a' ?? nftd Jir?'fitlir epllti* I llluu'l 1< vc
rCviIn*?l f.otli tin* World in iiiUM. i?? |
tlnwMt tiifu I liHve but one *01 Cnce iu moke : 5
Ma\ ti *1 ftngut Uiein f??r r-ui'li 'wnk>.tJiic?- ,,
ni'.'i uik* died f??f Mi llitv i nia tls nip ; tliei. jf
wb <m* xiul Iui.'iuih I eguid .11 Hie hiiihc light { ,
. that I do everytiling coining fr.?m iimi whoi ,
unite* or prejudice ( ? oVeiiuk- ifi oi, 1 (
mi'jAnil illnt 1 |?il\ Mini *4li ;*
|?nH?ioniU<* limir weakness. My o* j?et flow ,
in wriung is hut U? ei|ne?? ?*gfvl? that niv v
friend, Judge O'Neall, thought |
proper to limit my letter published. It i- a j
grMtilifHttoii to me to think thai ho di-c-?\
eied imriuill my f?enle cthrrl to poilruy t,
the *ad and evil consequence* nii ing fr-.rn f
tlu- making vending. and u-e of liquojs, lo j
jaruiy turn in it to the j mi I. In-. I (
winh to i?iiioiv the fal-e impies-inim iii.?ic
iijsjh the mind* of many worthy eittz< n- ?.r (
1'token.- Di-Utct li has la-en lokl and rv ^
told that when I s|H>ke of living in the ,
mid*t of h lawless class of citizen* I included
w?rj citizen of I'uk ha Ihsiriei. No urui
of wlio reads th.tt sciitehev in
ID) lolior, but rtliat will seethe al'sii dily ot
hucll a COtlclu-iKMi ; llo such thought. an in
eluding owe ?M?t ot every hundred ..f ?h? ci
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1 !*% ?- "I A HIIVIin VI CI VlliriUI 111} IIIIIMI. I {
did ii?i ?t'?*tt allude to ibo"-* who have *?. i
abused me. 1 alluded ?-xcJii"iv?'l\ ,
clu*? of iiMi l" be ban I, rM ?*il? it* I'r k ,
t-h* biatrial, South tarOlina. l?nt to he found .
in every pn-tioft ot iln? ei?i!i%ed wot hi ; mi ll <
v/tio have lo n long <*out?e tii?i|itiifii \
:?n?! |>r< HigHey Mink d??-in-eUr? i?<v\ in ,
degradation that the) Ii*v? become "l..u
la**," tlai* clo*. and thi* alone I alluded to ; ,
?u<i if any man can p??int out t?> ill*-. up. at ,
God** wi?|e earth. n *|uu ten mile?" <
inhabited by >uan, where *u> h rlutotdcn j
1 . (few o. niftoi) oannol l? found. they etrti <
|H?iot to roe ? NUte of society, I have never i
H)et with in travelling through every State
in tili* Union, and other portion* ot the i
j world.
Tbera i? no ulandar I would more readily <
refute, than to hear a man *av there wna a
| IttMrict ) South Carolina where a majority 1
of the eitiaenw were not moral, sober, indu*ui>
oue, high minded. honorable men. I love
nnd venerate South Caroftuian*. I have ev
Ier found thein the mott noble, kind, genet
? up, ittMt*bo*}>itable jwojde of any of the
Staff*.'' llv h?ve hit South Carolina, her
citiaan*. her law#, her ifntittitton*. caused me
to *eek a home in her tareaii twenty year*
fw, my love for tier wilt ewu*e me to
' * lire and die, and rest my b- m*h in the b?om
t4 That same love ft* Ih i e*u?ed
it mi to writ*, the letter I did i.. J.nig.- ONralt
; every ?entei** of thai I-Iter -|? ai?g
fr"m my inmoai ?nul, ami was prompted' by
the flee} and aluding I. e I have for the I
welfare and fmeptttr, the p. te a and happi
ww bew, and tfW eternal Imppitine hereaf
ter of be wb >le human family. If fa tlm!
h?v^ We { sobriety. m.aalltv phiUn
Ihropy, Christianity, the peace en- h .j-pu. s
of my frUow-niortnU, I am to l* tnuto-U
taa e-ta. a u. ?w?t? <.t
4nw> tmfrr* Bar- ff
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that m?uJ-<lw?l roving poison. wliidi lias dis
troyed mi ore human lite. has .*etit more human
*?uU into eternity. all blackened a ml
|>olluted by blood and viinie, Jo be clem l.?
hmtMied b old the ptesence of God and hi *
angel-, than nil the war and pestilence
which h:tae>er visited earth; then i alum id
gluey in aiieh immolation, add 1 thank in\
(iod tliftt lie would permit me ! ? die in the
noblest cause that man ever advocated.
If it be a crime to oliey the command* of
Cr*?d ; if it be a criiue to try to do good in
J?i* lite ; if it be a crime to save the Ibys and
a.?u ? of our fellow-men, if it be a crime to
:ry ntid turn a poor miserable sot from the
:?road road that leads down to eternal jht
Jition ami put htm in the path to'heaven ;
i 11 im a crimen > uiy the tour*. Jual the brotcn
beat , and blighted affections of the
MX>r drunkard'* wife, clothe and feed her
ngged starring children. Hid restore the
ui.-ucd'li* father to noble tnanliood, cleanse
md piiiifv Ilia heart, wit*11 from lii.-s wiui
?i??? d and crime; if it f?e n ctitne to tiy to
l<- aii thi?, * lit ti t committed a grant ciitm
n writing tin* let.ei 1 did toJudge O'Ni all.
md that g.'.ti and good |diilaltllno|>i>t
vintnUtcd a g cat Cilllic ill hating it pub
i bed, and 1 luar l*een commit.ing ciiiio
ill my lite, while .he 4.i ti.ii-r and retailer
>f linn p ii? li which j?r..4juc?i? ah of iltu
mi and misery. all toe d? mrutftion <>l indde
iianhood?all the (I?mi notion of human
out* i doing light. In coti4 lod'Mi I wit?
<!<i tii.it the stiHte rabid no u wfioaceiM tiec:united
in. take my life in run un-fiom the
bale, are making *tforU t? iiij.ne my InoiLI
?r. Folger, by circul.-iina ih-i Imm- and
mJm.'ie| ort ali o\ei iho IHmiic. .h.. he i
In author of the letiei to Jung. O'Xeali
titii my name to it. I hitnpii Mate for the
iiatiy ea;imatile citizen* of l'nken* and Ate
le imiii 1 >i-wn t*, that l?r. Folgei never knew
liul 1 tvpiiti.it l?\ 11?. I V . .1 .? ! -
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?.?> told in t?nvitvill? that tin:
hi-tgw had tin Iftu r On? mme
nit* ami I alii ill ii?. I lion ilir w ilovvn ihv
'auutlta Hi tli? f??l i>f mU} or ?wry mlvo
:Hti* of liqHoi, aid ask ir dm? him to a
iti.* - q?*ii ami caudal ?1i>t*u^?ioii ! tin* >ul?
vi : liquor ami distinction ?f twry thing
i Id? in n i.ii, or ti'iiijh* nik? to ih. ii iy .u i ii
n of liquor from ;h? lam', f lo?m| to
li'??ality. M>lifi?iy pliilaiiili ojo . chiisiiauity
iii'l miii cr-ni lM*a?v pro-j.i rity and ha|?|?t
IM that III ?t ami Mill follow,
lllH S W. 1-01.(1 KK.
VOIt Till KXTMII'IUHK.
THE FIDIRAL CCH8TTTUT1CH.
Iiv ill? Uili Station of th? tiril Aiticlr "f
In- F<d? al C'oiiHiiuiion. it in th? duty !
.'uiigttfi-? "to provide f??? th? timinoti d?
' tic. n? fai-? ami -tilqOi ariiiii*<, t<> |. o
.i?;? t* > calling forth (h? militia, to rXwruU.'
ii? h?w? if'It? ('nidi, puppr?** iii-in . ciion
tiid r?jvi in* m-ioti," hihI vv.'ry m?inh?r ?.f
wOliJt Co. i< MHMlt to MIJ.JiO: t til? t'llllMltll
lion, t.nt i???tii .lyiiionm.atioti* iufli?
i 11.' .1 ill) prisitlon I'Hl p.o\e lItm
,!?* V is kit Mi?CMI|od* ||<t fitclh li ill the
roiiuirv itlio ilUijfHrd thcohligaioii- ?.flli?*
L?:ifll whull tllfj !ta\e fnkett to MIJ'JIO'I the
Constitution, ahd ili?de' the faht prrtejtt ot
it highe* law fiideavor to nr e.-t die wheels
>t' piVfibiMDt. and to filnce tile I.ey, lamp
itleoe the Constitution, and 10 dejwive >)t
Ex< cu:itf of tin- power to sec tie-law f.iitit
fully executed. In tuich a contingency the *
?ei*ins to I if. no remedy, hut hy the exer<-i-?:
nf m responsibility ill the I'resident to meet
the emergency by appropriating the pub ic
binds to xueli purpose* as will ?uahi*- h iu to
discharge his function* as the head of (lie
'I'LL ?i. i. ..u i - .. _.i
lAiii/u. una - 4% |n?wcr uiHl >IM>UiU MC ?i -I
with cutton op iliepait ?.f the Kxoeutive,
ntid niitro {wrtieul.-trly when it is exi r
cised in suppressing thftieultie* that exist !?
tween tlm citizen* of different section* Vrf th?
Union. Iloth parlies stand in t!i<* same relation
to the got eminent, tod m quilting tin
mutter the sl.ivN-st measure* inequality ami
rift lit t?? both ??cii?HjH must be observed v?
even, the ?* in I dance of patriality to one ?id<
or the other would, ( ?? nee the language *
of m modern stare? man r) *' 1* ope half th?
Union on Hie, as with the Huoh of a blazing
lliumleiboll?sweeping the entire eon limn
east and Wett. fr? m sea to inn. Aiarnr beltwould
ring, the ?umtn<>ii* *.o arm* ( urn tin
steeples of ?m t|ion?nml churches, ami *nci
uiouatruus gathering of the people wop Id rn*l
t-ffotln r tie the selling of another *uo a* tittf
?m in riitt oeuturte* never mm* belore.?
Men wouM be musteeed Uy Wone; tnoeej
FW jt. " ** * ; ?
II 1
would be rti-cd l>\ million* itnd n!) woul
Ihj liurriiti k?hv on iliv wing* ??f stenni i
lilt- fl.'UJ i.f Hllli the ?Ht would In
tvrw m se*i?> of crusade*, the mhm<i uttMes
nnd Moody which the world has ?v<
ul:d the nimble would only to
minute wiili the ihoMKigh destruction <
Oitlicr the North or the South. Tha v?r
qui?li< d would wk refuge under the thrum
of Kurope, Mild thus Hie whole counir
might iuose mcu the last t,e.->iige of it* it
dependence."
*-1 iru.-i, however, iliMt the great value v
the Union will finally be duly nppieciate
l?y all paitio concerned, mid tliHt the spin
that united us ms n nation may rtiil bo sut
tieieiit to aveii the ch!ui..hrs of dissolution
liut 1 hold our ?uu>litutiouMl rights, it* mi
c.11'1. utul lliMt llmv all. > I- ?..!? ? I
j ...... ...... v.f.t iiv? w iuvirniv\i
it'l cuiiM'^iii'iK-es be what lite) ma), nod i
i lie North b) i (K intut fere lice with our insti
tulioti* tdtall duve tin to extremities in d?
let tee <4 uim tight* ami our properly, it i
ine dul) of etety true Sjouthern man to de
if mi, idtutild lie die in the la-t dlleli.
l'O WELL.
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ttlistrllnnmus limbing.
[rrun W b- oii-r t Lifo and Travel* of llorodotui
ju*l published by th? Harpers]
Sfiflrtqfl j>JqrriQcfgg.
In llie (irn-k citio generally, marriage
r*e from nee..-.-it), and not from nffectioii
A iireek ei;u* n tna-riod a wife who ahouh
ake ear*' of lit*. Iioii-c, and Ining Itiin chil
lr.it to inherit hi- piopcitv and peipetoat
he* n tine. A father lYetpieiiily M-lecunl i
briie f h - "it without eating whether hi
s it had vcu het or not, in the same wa
hat l'hadr.t wa- t.honeit lo las the wife c
Herodotus. The ooli.-etit of the lady w?
iMiisideud to ite -ti;l more min.vewuv, an
hit* theie ra.elv existed any anxiety abou
j popping the ijue.-iivn or ant hlmiiiug bssli
j mine-* in vouch; a ting a reply. An Tteirw
j Ui.J.'. M h;tri fi" vlioiiv ttlialcM-r. Sit w:t
compiled In law l?> tit:??i_v Iter ii?a.c-t kite
Ulan, but it' >h? wpic |n>ur, the kui-tim
might av. i<| tin- mania".* by poit. ining hi
tti\ 10 hei Ttnk : j\iM in tijc same, ua
i> tne daughter* of wen/ iclti
*d i<> iij.trin ;ii tlx.ii t't^h title, ami Kuu
jil'offt fed IxT claim t'< Iji'fi-lltC tiie wife '
ill*! kt tiMtmn l?oux. i it cbjt ncl'i and out
illtoll vf die Oicrk 1 : < 1 iiocit' U|ioii a p:?
a it It tlx-v mstiiu.in.-. Vi.utig jiinMvi
.h'ic h* j t n uttiitti o1 ? oiitiiiciiuiii which al
tn-st amounted to a deprivation o|" lila-rlv
; Voting tvitcv of tin; mxitiif and i igher ela*
?-??-?. wete pin. itl mute: n atrictioiia of u jea
iti- an 1 auimat oriental C'tariioler linJoe
! the women gem tally, m- we litive ahead
noticed, occupied a >eparatc part of evet
lintiM-; and a> female education could in
a. that peri'd apply thovu elegant accuti
pi?!.w?nU and r.finetnen> ( inantiei
m liii'lt will ncrmauenily rltgige affection
when m< re p'TfM'Uai attraction* have pa.?xe
l n?,t\, the h .?baini not iiHiicqiieiiily di?rt
gun leu luxe obligation* wlik'li the wife wit
drill d I.JH'II Ml Mtil'lh Hint telig|()U"ly to hi
lii S|H.ta we can tune io M.tneextent th
XI- etire t f aioiiUi Hiairiiin niat cimu-ih* i
tuiiM* jii<i >ini>riM ; hut the eoi??|iti >u
he a in oi had lav- tlx- fiti more elevate
[lit the physical t-aimiig introduced by lo
| ru g- a. Hint i. corte-poii ;???| mot* tiearly t
tile condition of the noHe tudiea of the her<
ie time*. Tli.il iIim aph-ti-iid bodily due
pliue ?an fai loo tXi'|u?itoh military, wi
be ten-lily admitted by ail; hut it wn? i
(In- tllatily OreaMs ol llio )'uuiig lienaM hii
Win t-i.iin ..f Spaita ilia*. the pure flume <
i iMVMliic devotion wa* tl?-< kindled; and
im to tIt** itMliluiit.il* %.f Lu'Utgii* that w?
mail uWf> her Jir*i emancipation from tli
ilitaldoiii of *elfi*h 11)1111. Iii the Ionian c
lit?*, the fife of anient ami f.ithful lovu bi
rarefy bur mil in the thniealic circle.Diunken
huida may have aung it* power i
' ihe vicion* court of u 1'olycratcs, ami eve
' reaped able citizen* mny have degradt
i thcinnclve* by.talking contemptible tioueem
( to being- who only ilo^ued their pilty <
tn* ir ?corti. Hut at Sparta Hie youthful ci
izcii had ail opportunity of beli'ddiug U
maiden-of hi* own rank in the choral aoug
ami dances, arid other graceful exercise* b
' I '""tJ1"# ,u ",e r?ilj?|i>Un r^llVNlH ; Hllll ??>|>
, curtly it ill** II\ncimltia lie hhw the cro?<
I if l*-ntit?fi|l hi hi noble young women goii
iti * grniul procpeMon of oriwimeutcii vum
' tli*? U'ujji'o ut IL-leii mi Themptie, or rucii
or hornebMck iu the ini<l*l of mmm-inbleii tnv
f tiliHe*. On the other IihiiU the name I'm
. a?i.i>b'iih bch'-hl ? ? cpirtntor* the exerm
aii?l e>>iil?'titiottn of the Spartan youth*; mi
1 we m.iy eM*ily conceive that every troop
1 .i-piitng lionm regarded the e*prew*tou
? iheii piai?v an the Mtrongeat Mlmulua, hi
f that of 4I1 tr reproach ft* the bitterest At
( deep-wt humiliation.
, The education cf the young Indie*
t S{?h?Im uh* tl?u> totally ilitferent from th
in every other Stn'e. They weto exclusive
" trained to become wive* and mother*
1- whrriori ?rwt heron*, nod not' IoUim
m\ - .. .
iii liniN'kci jti'is ami uur***. In oil ?*r
i,i ciHf* ?spinning t,f w ?.| 'ike the r'roeln
in modem -Lk.itam. was ili?- m-.i>mi? . tut r?>i?
I statu <icu|<iliMi ??f lite. ft-nthJt- mind. Ly
' etirgus howewi, justly im> nl liia
*' spinning and weaving Were law*. I*ft t?? tin
i- slaved. "Ilow is it possible," lie thought
,|" "fur mother* brought Up it* fUfll IH'lUplt
lion* lu real n healthy and hhftdsofne p'ug
etiv - tile lofti mission and piot'd duty el
* even free daughter of Sp-uta f" |tv there
) Foie introduced bodily exercise* for lit* Spari
ta maidens analogous to those of the ??p;ii
tan youths; and tin- beauty uf tin- women
I soon became tiie general theme of praise
throughout CJieece ; and especially they weie
famous for fine shape* nu?i masculine vigor,
t 1 litis wen- tunned the heroines of Sprout j
they would sooner m-o their sons dying at
, their feet than turning tlteir liaeks ? n ati enemy
or failing in their duly to their eotin
trv ; llu-v wno fiaid to tlieir scib. when
'? marching to baitle, "Disgrace net joiirn-lvr
it by abandoning tour shields; either rtttuli
. with them or ebe upon ihetn!" When ?i
foreign lndy said, ""l ite women < I" Spartu
are the o?h women who ride 'lie men " ll.t
* wife of Looiiidn* jastlv lenliod "Vof, and
the woinmf of Spurt* are the or.ly wouhii
. who ate inotheis < f men."
We at Inst cititle to the most inietf-ling
, ; topic of nil, namely, the Spartan marriage^,
| Many of the law? of Lyetngua in cotiiui'tioti
I with tins aiibject woUld undoubtedly meel
( with ihe approbation of ilie fab sex ot nun!
j crn time-, and would equally as undoubted
" , ly contribute to tiic happiness of all ilit
I present bachelorhood of llritaiu. The time
for marriage was lixed by statute; that el
the men at about tacitly fiw. years; that ol
M the ladies at about twenty or a little voting
i <*r. All men who continued unmarited at
j ler the ap;N>inted time were liable to a prosJ
ecution ; and all the old bachelors were proL,:
iiibiled ftotit being p-o*eni at 'he public ex[t
ercises of the Spatlan tn-iiitens and wore
s denied lite Usual resja-cl and honor* paid te
v the aged. "Why s|? old I giro you place,'
'( cried a young man to ati unmarried gcneial,
1|k "'when y.?u lutve no child to give place t?i
,| when I rtni old t" X ? inariitge portions
lt were given with any of the maidens, so that
, neither pio-ru should psev.-m a g.dluit,
s nor riches tempt him to many eotiliary t?
? T?i? inclinations. The parenU of tloee ehtl
dien enjoyed considerable iuunuuiliec ami
,, those with foil! eliiblleli paid tm taxes what
. ever a regulation which all manic-! m< i
with hog" lamilies wiil readiiy admit to la
, need wi~. :u.il i-nnitahfe. Kvejy inniiagt
r. f |?fr n ! ?*# ? )?*?I, n-* v 11 tillici
title , but ;h< 111 -?'iiiige jls.-If Wrt- |?e:
f till si lit ll??? ii.ll. tr St. Idil i'Ul. t iinr
i" "v "" i"? i >?ji
, I j.i Inn.t- I?v liriMlidol ahdnclioii, and (>?
K r?iinn timo afterward tin* wile eotriuu.d t
noiiU1 v\.|li her i?wii fnuilv, and only nut
j tin* hu>l>Hiid ?>n Nioltm ooenMoin*. Thi? ?X'
( j tiaoroinary ? ay of spending il.e honeymoon
I wa- ti ?! introduced l?y Lyciiigu* lo pr< vctil
,j tli*- lni-l.aiul fain wnMing t?x? rv.uch of In
. : tiun- m i.i<* ?ifc** dining iho ti- i
t *
\ | yew* of their ttiftrringi* ; and in order to e
,1 v>-manij?* tin.* bride'* elmm*. it wn? i-in>toni
, I in % toi li?*t bridesmaid to cu. off ail ln-i liat
! on ike wedding day. so that t??r mhiic mm
^ | at leant Iter jkmhoiuiI attraction* nlnai d in
tj crcSM* with ln-i yearn.
* H o in e 1 o f Hi e ii c e.
0 Let us look into several cottages in?
habited by working men and wont ti
'f Here w one where there is health, ami
K : strength, mi l regular wages, ami I t
" I tie children, und a kind hearted hue
i baud and an utteeiioiiate wife. What
j j prevents it from Ireing a harpv It une!
II: \V hat sends its master, cross and d scon
i, i tented, evening, alter evening to tin
d iov.ul tttv em. and brinir* him buck liiirhl
?f alter night staggering and brutal ? Tin.
it want of comfort. Instead of a bright
? ; little fireside, a eo?rifi/rta1>le arm-chair
^ I a singing tea-kettle, a tubed 10 an am
' ! merry children which wonld make tin
,lt weary man's return a pleasure and t
~ comfort, lie finds the fire out?no looti
; prepared?the children fl?pialliug-?ev
i ery chair filled with dirty clothes, 01
4t candlesticks, or unwashed dishes?tin
^ wife dirty and forlorn, changed, oh
i. how chniigud, from the smiling Jean o
i? iiis early courting days, lie had a few
[h, pence iti his pocket. The tavern is no
e far off. Whiskey is cheap, and doc
*- instead of final or fire. Whiskey i
cheap and raises the spirits. Whiskej
fl is cheap, and the sellers and buyer
10 thereof are comfortable and merry. Lit
'{* tie wonder, then, that the working mai
takes up his hut and isoffto drown hi
' cares iti poison. Yet the husband i
blamed and the wife pitied! Ver
^ likely the want of order in the mitres
0f of this lincomfortahlo home proceed
),l lroin want of knowledge. IVrluij
t?l she was a trtcf??ry girl, and alter worA
hours she did nothing but <lre*b an
of visit and go??ii>. So she w;w ignorai
m of cooking, darning, washing, an
ly managing a house, and she had had n
?f time to learn ain<x\
f# The consequence is, that instead c
without deciding upon Anything, beer,
use it was considered such h very
little evil. Nothing would hurt, theyv,
said uk the quantity ot water that came
through waa ??? feinall ; and twine future
t me would tie very well to devise*;
means to remedy the evil. Not very
many week* after that meeting one
l?eai.t;fni Sablmth evening when n more
than usual calm serc-nly rested up* n
everything?without any further, warning
whatever, the sea burst flirough
the emhankinent, which had been gradually
weakened by the apparently lnbignificent
evil, destroyed several oonsidoiuble
towns, twenty villages, an
immense immi>cr of cattle, and mm?
ii having nice, wholesome. cheap, hot lir
j tie dinners, her huslmnd dines iipoii
j bread will chceMj, or oattueai or join
i toes. Us|p r: idge in the nnming is j
1 lull of knots and .-oof, and ia>'es ot tallow,
arid is as suit as brine; his tea a!
' night is made with unbailed water in a '
dirty lea-po. ; tlie washings last twice f
, as long as tliev need do : the liie smoke* ;
because the chimney is never swept* tin
. stockings are full ot holes, and ilie
: Sunday clothes ill-kept and moth-eaten.
i Lei i?? try another cottage, and we j
> | find an active, bustling mistress, but j
'still the same weary story, the wife
! wanting in all good influence, the iins
ijhaud drinking away the wages which
: would lift his family above hunger and
! misery, llere the cause is want of
temper. The husband comes home tired
and irritated by the unpleasant toil|
of the day, and, instead of being soothed
and comforted, lie finds his wife in
, what is popularly known as %<the dorts'*
. The jh?or children are scolded and slap1
ped till they cry?the husband interi
feres angrily, and is answered by rude
! and r? ugh reproaches tor some offence
of the day before, ami so comes on a
miserable quarrel, and the husband!
1 rushes to the good tempered host of,
: tlie tavern. lYvhaps lie is not given!
to drinking, but be cannot sit by the
(bright fire, and join the merry talk, j
[i without raking at least one glnss fori
pi the benefit of tho hou-c; and oh ! flie
r'thousands who art: mined hv the l>e j
ginning ! ujiiHt one glass.'' Wive# |
. and mother# of our workingir.en, \v)/(mri
! will ve leiU ii that unkind word- ami j
nule ntaiinei# arc crime#, beyause they t
produce crimen, nwtul and eternal in
(their consequence* ? When will yep'o-1
iiieinhei that the way t?? convince a
i hunhand of his wrong and nnkiudness
; is not to PC' >ld, lint to love?not to re-j
1! pulse, hut to win ?
A godly woman who lived fifteen :
i hundred year# ago, used to say that if i
[j the fists of the husbands wore lougb. i
it lie tongue# of their wives wore sharp,!
I and that she knew the truth of the prov-!
erb, that, "a s??f answer turneth away
i j wrath.*' 11 er method of management J
)' and spceess in dome tic life she de-:
1 jncrilyltn these word#? "'When n\vJ
: i<?rn ami master scolds, I pray ; when |
lie is aiig v, L forgive iiiui, or give him ;
1 kilitII> woida; and tin s I have not oiljlv
caltne I his anger, hut i hasc?metoi
Ithis blessed issue, ilia? In- has bee i c<?ii
i verted and is a Christian."?.Sunh anut\
(1 hi the Cottage.
Li - >- _ I
| S 111 a u B c I o?) I o ij s, I e r p i b I c:
? i) 0 i??q s.
About ten u'cl(>ck on Saturday even-*
. ing September 2nd, 1060, a tire broke
out in a baker's shop, near to the snot
on which the Monument ot London
now stand*. In its couinie C .nent it
was hut a l.tlle tire,and every one who
' saw itMiid it would veiv soon !*.
| ttnguislied. N ?twi.!istainliug these ia
I voranie i>iv<uei.ions ir column a to
| A|?tvu?i. Adjoining houses were ?o??ni
I eiivelojxjd in the devouring flame-sand
I by ikhi.i tiii 1110 next <1*;/. John Kvelyn,
: \yli?f was a spectator of it, writes: "All.
II lie >ky was ot' tiery aspee like the
: |> ? !' a burning oven, (io I grant my
| eyes may n? v i behold the I ko n?w see
; nig, above ltMHM) l?ou-os all in one
I Maine,?the noise and cracking thunder
i of .lie iinjHjtuoiiB flame*?the sh ieking
| ot'women and eliHdreu?the hurry of
people?the fall of towers, houses and
cimvehea?was like an hideous sto m,'
; ami the air all wasnlxittt so hot and in
flattiefl. that at hist one was not able to
j approach t; so that they were forced
to stand still, and lei the flames bin n on
J which I hey did lor near two miles m
length, and one in breadth. Thus 1
? !e?V it this afternoon herning, n resemblaitocofSodoni,
on the last. tiny." Thus
, it continued its awful progress for ait.
other day or two, and then it was found
s to havo destroyed eight y-nine churches,
. the city gates, guihlhuil, several hopiH
tula, schools, und public libraries;
13,200 dwelling-hoimes, and upwards
t of 400 streets. %%liehold how tjreat a
K matter a little Jire kiitdUth."
H Holland, is a country a considerable
v portion of which is lower than the sea
which rounds it, and which is kent out
* bv large embankments called dykes.
* Many years ago it was perceived that
t one of the embankments was defective.
for the water had begun to ooze through,
it aklnaigh in small quantity. A meeting
of the inhabitants of the immediate
w neighborhood was railed to take ir?t ?
consideration the means of remedying
>i the defect. The meeting adjourned
than 100,000 inhabitants. A brnall
bry inning butrtlwible cnriiitg.
Header, bewarfe of tliv small itfginninpr
of ?iu, for oven a sinful thought It
indulged may have a terrible ending.
A single glass iukv }>rove the feed of
drunk miess. An impure bx>k may
las the prelude of a ruined character.
The acquisition of a penny hy qucstionahle
means may be the first step towards
Sadler's crimes ami end! JJeini;
a mere spectator at horse racing
mav he the beginning of a course like
Pa mer's. VVhori fore crush \ our sins
in the hud. and "keen thv' fionrt u. itl? t
nil diligence, for out of it an-the issue*
of lite.*'
? i g h 1 ? r i?) H i n ? ? a ta i 11 e s.
The following startling statements
are made by the New York Cabinet,
respecting eight different lauiilies in a
single town :?
Their parents were moderate drinkeis.
Can head of families read these
tacts without concern ?
The tirst. had one child, a daughter.
A great sum was expended on her
education, fcdie died hum the clfects
of strong drink.
The second had an only soon. lie
wi s educated with great care and at
groat expense, hut was killed by wine.
The third had four sons and one
daughter. The daughter is a drunkard,
mi I ??iie son has gone to a drunkard's
grave.
'ihe fourth had three eons. One died
f intemperance, one was killed in a
dud, and the other is a drunkard.
The filth had a son who killed himself
by drinking, and two step sons,
are drunkards 011 w ine.
The sixili hud tive sons. Four aro
drunkards, and one through the influence
of I if pi or is an idiot.
The eighth have tive sons and tlireo
ep'tov a Four of these sons have been
kilted hy alcohol, and the fifth is a
drunkard ; and the three nephews aro
in the drunkard's grave,
A M aidkn's Fihst Love.?Human
? _ ? l
nature lias no e>!?enCv; more pure?the
wor d 11*>iIting uiiire chaste, li. aveii has
endowed the mortal heart with n feeli..g
more holy ; than the nascent atfect
?u of a young virgin's son). The
warmest language ot the sunny South
i.s fixt cold to sl.a<lo\v forth even a faint
outline of that enthusiastic sentiment.
Ami (Jo< 1 has made the richest language
poor in that same re>pcet hecause
the depth of hearts that thrill
wi.h lo e's emotions are too sacred for
co ii'ivm contemplation. The musical
v. ice of lo\e stirs the somce ot the
sw.eto-t thought within the human
breast, and *ti ?ke- chords w inch never
vibi ated before, and calling into gentie
companionship delicious hope-. till
then unknown.
Yes, ttie light of a young maiden's
ti at 1 ve breaks dimly lmi t>< autifully
upon her, as the silver lustre of a star
glimmers through a thickiv woven
bower ; and the hrst blush that mantles
hor checks, us she fool* ti?e primal inrtneneo,
is faint and pureftf that which
a tows-leal might cast upon a marble,
llut how lapidlydocs that light grow
stronger and that thusU deeper?until
the powei In! effulgence yf > he otie irra1
(liaicsever\ corner of bet heart, and die
: crimson glow ot the other suffuses eve
I rv feature of Iter countenance,
j A gentleman who wan relating nn,
accident ho bad ine.t witii in Cam
; brid^j IV > n a t ill, was takr! b^ a ?nr
geon if it wiin near the vcYtobno that
the. had been Int.:? 'No, air," wan tho
reply 4it was near the observatory.*
The woman wh<? made ft )H>i)nd ??t
! butter trom the cream of a joke, and
i ehees from the milk of human kind
! nesft, his since washed the ch>t?e ?>t th
year and huiigVm out to dry on u ho
line. ! ^