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From tny first arrival in Orceuvillc I had repeatedly listened to glowing descriptions of the wild and beautiful seenerv exhibited in tho mountain regions of Carolina. 1 had been told, by those who had boon, had Keen and admired,- that I must certainly nfake a trip there during the summer. 1 had often gazed, too, upon tho long, blue mountain I range which lay far away upon the distant horizon, and imagined I hoard ** t?|K?echleai? voices," homo thence upon the passing brcetes, inviting mo to its wild retreats. 1 had caught a glimpse of laughing water*, sportively leaping down precipitous heights, which, as they sparkled in the evening's sunlight, seemed smilingly to whisper, M'otnO." Ami now the hot and sultry summer! mi ;lhs had pn*sed away, giving place to queenly September, xt liich was graciously4 preh.ding over the destinies of tho waning year. The davs were hriirlit mill K.umilt'nl ?1m ?JJT - O"" I night* t.olicioti.sly c??ol and invigorating, n | week's leisure was before ine, and I resolved ujn>n a trip to tlie mountains. I at once seemed the services of my inseparable friend, Davis, who had already been the companion of many a pleasant excursion, and in a few hour* wo were prepared for the journey. An old buggy-?-dm best we could get, however? which had already rolled over many a weary mile, and a venerable homo, which regarded trotting as a youthful folly, and entirely beneath the dignity of his years, stood at the gate. We had secured a sup|>ljr of cakes and confectionary, a box of LIovey's unrivaled " 0|mmhs,"' together with the hut new book, and, thus equipped, we steppod M aboard" and were gradually leaving far behind us the beautiful and picturesque little tillage of Greenville. The day was delightful, a cool breeze from , the distant hills played among the overhanging branches or kissed the forest leaves Whh'h were modestly blushing At tho first tender caresses of youthful Autumn. No traveller disturbed the stillness of tho hour, and the road seemed made all for ourselves r?a quiet happiness stole over us, and in si.1 :i pell*#* ??p i4iiraii|t'U tllU Hlllt'S HWny. Our revory was at length broken by the rumbling of wheel* in the distance, and a* we made a short turn in the winding road we caught sight of a rusty old hnek slowly toiling up the rugged hills beforo us, now lost v Jo our view in some wild mountain gorge, but seen, at length, again, after accomplishing a long circuit, but a abort distance above jm. The external appearance of the old vehicle was certainly anything but prepossessing, but m wo neared it we got a glimpse pi happy faces within, and listened to merry peals of laughter which the spirit* of the forest caught up und repeated till the old if jjpaks forgot their gravity and each seemed Jo enshrine a laughing god. I That aotideluviau hack! how it falsified its appearance, and again we were reminded that rarest gems are often concealed in roughest caskets. .Davis was in eoatacics. That joyous ringIthfcJangli had almost taken him onntrve itnJ when a^ength a tiny hand of elYenti I ??ntely dolicnto proportions whs coquet- I extended over the side of the carriage, I |i)A corimiest wa? completed. I must eon I fee* to snaring in his admiration, and, like I Jinlph llingwood, had half a mind to np I pro>U'h stealthily and ravish a Lis* from that! Tairy little hand. I always had a passion! for a pretty h?od? retailed one even! then?and it v#* nwly all I could rememl ber of ill) powcaaor?which for an entire I voted captive. and by nig'sla troops nfetherinl hand* danced before my vision, tempMng me by their playful movements, but ever cruelly eluding my grasp. l)ickeiu?' hero lived for a whole week on l>orH and coffee. but I, still more cr.nmorcd, laied a* long an I ns sumptuously upon Lizzie's delicious hand, and th..?. too. without the slimttlou* of the coffee. I j traversed lite whole eitv w th her, and ran sacked eveiy fashionable shop in search of gloves, but tliu manufacturers were entirely ul fault, and had never aiilkipated so exquisitely delicate a member. 1 was then entirely unsuspicious of a trick, but cannot help suspecting now that that shopping expedition whs only an artful ru*e of my charmer for ino o strikingly showing off her parts. I need not say that the artifice succeeded admirably and that I was desperately in love. Nothing could have saved mo but an absence of a few weeks, in which I received an inspired, trashy letter, which quenched the flame that might otherwise have burst into a declaration, and thus endeth the story of my first lovo. It was a boyish folly, perhaps, and yet 1 was no more foolish than the thousands who lire yoarlv sacrificing themselves at llie shrine of soulless Bonutv. I While these reminiscences of youthful dn\f> were pushing through my mind, our bosses had not been idle, hut were slowly climbing up the rocky ascent. Higher nnd higher still we ascended, and from each elevation caught new glimpses of the wild and beautiful scenery around. Wo were anticipating a speedy termination to our journey, when a strange spell came over one of our neighbors' horses. Ah our barometer, while we had been going up, obstinately persisted in running down, so he seemed inclined to follow its example, and with the firmness of Old Hickory, summarily vetoed all farther progress. Whipping and persuasion proved alike ineffectual upon our barometrical steed, lie seemed perfeetly willing to return to Greenville, even if the whole journey were to l*e pet feinted in an in verso order, but Ciesar's Head (lad evidently lost all attractions for him, and every ellbrt to urge bin) ill that direction was entirely unavailing. To add to the excitement, musical little screams began to issue front the back, and directly out leaped three I dies, the very pie tures ol wild affright. Davis and myself, at a short di"tattoo, were infinitely amuacd at the discomfit of our neighbors. The angry driver inanlVdy striving to repress an oath, which would ncea* sumally slip out in spile of liiin, applying now in >ral suasion au<l anon appealing touohingly to ilio li:i<or feelings of the auimill, i!i? tlnce Indies leaping from tho carriage an.I rushing behind the trees like frighted Nymphs, keeping time to tho driver's whip with their timid screams, and a iiiarhle-likefigureofa man, whostill sat coolly in the carriage, alike iudifterent to the plunging of the horses or the fright of the ladies, formed a picture, half comical, half tragical, which was highly entertaining. Never was an adventure more enjoyed bv the valorous knight of Ln Maiicha than this one by us, and though wo were not quite so prompt ill rescuing the frightened maidens from their perils as the worthy Don would have been, yet soon our sympathies got the better of our merriment, and we ottered our assistance. A proposal to exchange horses was gratefully accepted, and under Davis' more skillful management, the fractions steed became at unco d.?cile and obedient, and we pursued the remainder of tlio way without accident. At sunset wo nnived nt Cce.->ar*s Head. The air from the mountains blew cliill and cold. Atitumn seemed suddenly to have in* vested itself with the robes of w inter. The landlord stood nt the gate, but appeared to bo more of a stranger than ourselves, so, after waiting n proper length of time for nu iiivuHiion 10 rmer nu nnici. anil n<)l receiving it, we invited liiin in, and did out host to make liiin feed at homo. No cozv, cheerful tire blazed upon tlio hearth, no ol>aoqnion* servant proftored his assistance, no signs of life were visible from garret to ba?umen I. But over nil there hung an aspect drear, "Grim vi*ng?d" chills our trembling spirit* daunted. Which ssid, as plain as whispers in the aar, | You are not wouted. Pardon me, Tom ljood, for a wretched parody, and I promise never to porpctrate another. With the thermometer at thirty-eight degrees, the sitting room at thirty-two, nutl i the landlord nt zero, our prospects were beI trinninir to ha a IIiiIa Aft/.. j o n ? - ~ *?> *? io | pealed efforts, however, we at length suo ceedcd in having a kindled, hut, to add to our discomfort, the crazy smoke, forgetful of its higher mission, poured down the chimney in hugo volume*, and -soon drove us weeping from the room. And here ? homily upon the downward tendencies of m poor fallen bipeds would come in extremely " pat," slid I might, no doubt, drnw oul somo very luminous ideas l>y a sombre com panion. lint whilst I am moralizing. th< condition of our shivering, weening ladies, ii every moment becoming more desperate, anti the stonv feature* of their companion mor< | statue-like. 1 most, therefore, forego tlx I applause which my profound cogiutioni I could not fail to elicit, and hasten to tell tlx iJpit I ho cxpei iiiK tH yf H f"'? re pealed in another room with lietler success, a and our prospect* liegan to brighten a lit h tie. We had, a* y*t, made l?nt slight pro h gress in an nc?|uainlRnce with the Indies, and; t< being fatigued anil dispirited, retired early j y to rest. That night I dreamed of sleeping j * on the summit of mount ltlaiic, with a snow j e j hank for iny hod, a glacier for my pillow, j ti | and dense rinoky clouds for my curtain*. I I e 1 fell a tugging at my shoulder*, and imngiu- I" | ed I was about to he rescue"I hv a worthy h I monk of St. ltcrnard, when I awoke and v found Davis vigorously shaking me, and f j calling on me to arise. The noi>y tinkling e ! of the breakfast bell at that moment joining t ! him in his clamorous summon*, formed an l< i invitaiiou that could not be resisted, and we , soon joined oui fellow-travellers at llio table, e ,\ll appealed rvfieslied and invigorated hut j a myself, and had evidently escaped that fri- a gid dream which still sent a shiver through ? iny torpid limb*. The temperature of mine * host iiad also risen several degrees, and I e i discovered, before I left, that a warm ctir- k lent of hospitality circulated beneath his icy j exterior. After breakfast wc spent a plensant hour f< I on Caesar's Head, minutely examined every n ; gate nod the servants are piling on our hag- ' ; gage, permit me, kind reader, to introduce < ! to you, a little more particularly, our ne\vl\ ? | discovered acquaintances of tho old hack. That thin, sallaw vbaged little man, with S | straight, black hair and wiry moustache, c j bears the ponderous name of Michael. It is t evidently too much for him?mote than lie * .can well sustain ? and no doubt his stinted > ; growth, cadaverous face, and sterility of j : hiaiu, may all he attributed to the same cause, I I ! and had their oiigin on that ill fated day of 1 i his christening. Verily there is much in a h | name! Oh, ye parents! why will ye ran-]; sack heaven and eaith in search of high-j I ! sounding names, and crush your tender otfj soring with such overwhelming titles as, Washington ami Napoleon, Gabriel and Mi- j i chael, when the world is full of appellations ' both simple and appropriate < To those who insist that there is nothing I i in a name, 1 again present my half iutro-! i duced hero as a living refutation of their] ; theory. lie never laughs, never smiles, but : has a face of mainmydike rigidity, which, j ! when the elements themselves shall melt with ; ; fervent heat, will, I verily believe, remain ] unchanged, and float, an indissoluble lump. ; in Nature's seething caldron. Ilis words are j f?\v moiiHineil nnil cold siv.liiP with i-iflil' 1 , ference, and freezing his auditors. 15y his side stands an odd iillle specimen ; of the feminine gender, who claims him for i her husband. As I look upon her I can j think of nothing htjl a magni(i>-d Mrmrcher,! i tery little magnified, to be sure, but to one| 11 of hor dwarfish projxu tio'is every inch swells: ! into importance. 1 have, therefore, chris ; : tened her Mowcher, Jr., and trust my read ' era will not refuse h?'r a fitting salute, though , i she sails under fnl>o colors. Her form is' diminutive and dumpy ; her face queer, j quaint and quizzical, (paidon the alliteration, I ! dear reader, for the words slipped from my prolific pen nt a single birth, and have, with-' i! ul, betaken themselves so lovingly to my he- | re inc. that I cannot find it in my heart to' I separate them ;) her hnir finds no projections j I on her bit iict shaped head for ita support,! - but is continually escaping from its confine- j inont and dangling in ponfusion almut herI I ill mil liter* linr liuve il oivii.int/<llik<*tii:il 1 I apish twinkle, which would suggest to Agas ai/ a thirteenth origin for the human race: > her conversation consists of little, abrupt, i explosive phrases, always b'M'sting out when i you would expect her to remain silent, and ? always withheld when she ought to speak. f 1 am sadly puzzled to know what strange t star presided at her birth. It might have been a ooijiet, but more probably still Iferschel's s moons were in solemn conclave on the great i occasion, and imparted to her that conlrnriI ety of action which characterizes their own > movements among their sister satellites. : Iu striking contrast with Michael and i Mowcher, Jr., are their two companions, ? whom we hasten to present to the reader, Thf*t fair brunette; "fib those largi, d.irh r? y''- ; .? . . - immp 01 ins venerable cimnum, and ex- a j patiated on his good and bju! jwiiita with a a phrenological lore that would have infinitely a amazed Gaul or Spttrzheim. Finn newt S seemed to be the predominant organ, accom- t pMiiied with a goodly shaio of Ideality ami I | i Sublimity. Mirtl fulness was fully develop- i v led, and, notwithstanding his impcrttMmhle j e ' phiz, we saw evident signs that in his youth | I ; lul days lie had often shaken his sides with ! ^laughter. His stojiv heart would bespeak i ? i i...? i? i?- . t - - ii - ? i flu iiiiiv ?vueruivii(.T, uni ?? colli*! mil l>*> j > mistaken in the development of this organ, i and sagely pronounce*I him llie most gene *. rous of his species, while llie fertile vale he- fl low*, spreading out before us the rich gili*j' of his bounty, atteste*l to the accuracy of i our verdict. Suavity was also strikingly ! marked, ami no one will dispute his powers I g of most agreeably entertaining his visitor*, t Hut wo need not expatiate f irthcr upon n ! j character so extensivel: and favorabl* j r : known. We each pluckeJ a beautiful bou- j i quel from the gay chariot with which Na t . ture bad wreathed his rugged brow, an*!, : ! biihling liiiu a cordial farewell, returned lei- ] ; surely to the hotel. Our carriages were or- t | dcred, and hasty preparation made to leave ? j for Table Rock. > i And now, w hile our horses stand at the I 1 r 1 1 11 ml s|>iiitiijiI eyes is familiarly called Susie iv her friends?ti pretty, imwh**t name?iiml ! v tlint simple appellation shall she he known i u you. Slie is ecrtninly not beautiful, hut j ct her" look Iihs something excellent thai j rants a name " that at om-e attracts anu '1 harms the beholder. ller features are hv i io means faultless, nor her form of that J \ therinl tnouhl to which t lie Inquisitors ofi 'a^liion seek to ernmp our modern ladies, hut :' i?'f countenance is intelligent ami expressive.! aryiug with every changing thought, while rum the liquid depths of those calm, daik ' yes. is mirrored forth an earnestness of j bought ami purpose, a heart of purity and [>ve. By Iter side is her sister, the merry, blue-! ved, captivating Cora. As she stands there rranging her delicate mountain flowers into i houqmt, she seems the very goddess of ipri ng, and I wonder whether her sunny j mile would not call those fair flowers into xislcnce, and her musical voice awaken the irds to repeat again the joyous songs of She is slightly than her sister; her J urin light nii'l symmetrical; her eveiy more- j nent artless ami full of grace. There i* j oinething irresistibly fascinating in her fresh nu girlish beauty, which everywhere elicits j dmiration nml wins her hosts of fiiemls. I uicli is the charming Cora. I tuin fiom her I o her niniablu sister, and am as sadly per- j lcxed as was inv enamored friend Davis, vho declared, after a pleasant ?lay with them >u the mountains, that he uotihl not, for the if j of him. tell which ho most admired. Susie has more depth of feeling. Cora the greater intensity ; Susie's happiness is calm onl quiet, Cora's gay and joyous; Susie j ives more within herself, Cora in the society j if others ; Susie, when disappointed, is sad: aid silent, Cora pouU and storms ; Susie is | noro esteemed hy her acquaintances, Cora note petted and flattered by strangers; Stiic is the ornament of home, Cora of the ray world ; Susie would makea wife to love, ,'ora to be proud of; Susie the more desit. dile companion for n lifetime, (perhaps,) Co* a for an hour. There, rentier, you have, been formally itiroduoed to our company, and we trust you ! ire so well pleased with them as to wish to I ircseeute their acquaintance. 1 might add ! .0 the picture a fill length portrait of l)avi> j tml mys? If, hut lie moves about so incc.v irintly that I cannot get an impression, and, resides, insists that his nose is altogether too ig to ho thrust into so goodly a company, vliile my lugulnioii* phiz would throw too lark a coloring over the whole group, and dowdier, Jr., would cease to he a curiosity. 2: - 1 - _n.. 1-.1 o* 1 - *? 71IICU A. 11 ft % 13 .lll'KIHI iu IllV^fir, HC>\VCVt?r, I ran not forbear adding that iiiv funereal face? hough better than none, to bourne?basalvavs linen iiiv greatest misfortune, for, notwithstanding its doleful expression, it covers i rare vein of humor, and i have some of he funniest though'.* imaginable, vet I no j rer dare to give them utterance, for inerii ) incut from luo would seem as entirely " uiiipropos " as dancing at a funeral or a laugh j from A vermis. Such being the ease, I have I resolved not to say a word about myself, and hope to escape observation by keeping my companions continually in the foreground. ! Tlieie is nothing now to hinder us frotn proceeding on our journey, ?nd as wo have been so long delayed, we will hurry over the wav in the shortest tlrne possible. The distjir.ee front Cupar's Head to Table Rock is about sixteen miles. The road runs through a wild, broken country, presenting few objects of interest or worthy of note?> uphill and down hill, over deep ravines, steep pitches and crazy bridges. By a miracle we passed them all in safety, and arrived at our destination at 8 o'clock, J*. M. It was too late to climb the mountain that eve j ning, but the novelty of tlie place furnished us with varied sources of amusement, and wc managed to while away the hours very pleasantly. Tljo 4* Old Register" did not escape our notioo. This contains the names of those who have visited the mountain, together w itli prose and jwvelieal effusions of little geniuses ambitious of literary notoriety. It is certain ly u si inline mouicv. ami has the merit ot variety, if not of wit. A careful pcriual, however, convinced its that Table Ibark is not ? favorite lianot of the Muses, nor the Ke gister an inspired volume. After lea our company whs increased by the addition of several strangers, and the eonversatton becoming general, and not par tictilarly interesting, I stole away to a remote part of the house, usually Occupied by the family, hoping to enjoy an hour's fami liar chit-chat with the " old folks." A little, dried up oil lady, of some eighty years, wn* the only occupant of the room. Hhe sat before a Mazing fire, with a dirty hall of yarn in hor lap, which possibly might once have been white, and a half finished sock in her hand, which, with clock-liko regularity, she was urging on to its completion. As I entered she threw a sharp, quick glance at me, over her spectacles, but iny sanctimonious face, whipli has always mude ine a great favorite with ail old ladies, from my mother downwards, evidently reassured her, and she smilingly invited me to tako a seat by ber side. Good, kind, simpic-hearted old lady ! God's blessing on theol llow gratefully thy generous confidence fell upon my heart, o UifTeiQiU front the cold, suspicious ?tar$ r *f3P" vviili which tlio world greets the at i anger. | She had lived here all her life, knew n<> oth or pince, " hut thought the visual line that girl her rouml the world's extent," and Ta hie ltock the only object within its limited circumference worth visiting. 1 he very j mention of its name opened wide the flood- j gates of speech, anil I was likely to he over-1 whelmed with a torrent of all the little ^os-j sip w hich the garrulous old lady had ?u'eu i initiated for the last fifty year*. To give some form to her conversation, 1 inquired whence the mountain obtained its name, or whether there was not someHlorv connected with its eaily history? At the mention of a story the good dame's looks brightened. She took oil'her iron bow ed spectacles, w hich [ had all along been dreamily regarding as a part of herself, they sat upon her nose so naturally, wiped tliem carefully and I opiated them, added another stick of light w ood t<> the fire, unwound a little yarn from hot greasy ball, a ul having knit for a few moments in silence, in time to the old clock which was laz.il v licking in the cortter of the ... ...1.1.1 ...i it*? ?r n .. i? IUUII1, It'KiK'Ut in iliu IUUUV |ll?; j Legend of Table Kock: , [CON'CLCDKU XKXT WRICK.] jpclfrtrii ^ortrij. ; In the Right Be Strong- t Go boldly forth and fear no ill, , When fierce oppressors rise ; , Lei mental strength, abounding still, Such puny foes despise. Though stung with many a bitter word, 1 And persecuted long. Vet let tiicin pass an if unheard, And in the light be strong! The noblest causes ever known, I Have met wish scoff and jeer? < The brave, though journeying alone, < Should never yield to fear! Go onward?tip the .uggod steep, lJeyond the lagging throng; Thv own heart's counsel wisely keep, And in the right be strong! Although grown weary, stiive not less, No duty leave undone ; Sixni will oppressors join to l>ku? The deeds thy daring won. The strife once over, then will earth Send forth her sw< etcst song. To laud and bless the noble woith That in the right was strong | Have faith?have courage?never fear, The promise is in sight; The lamp of Truth is shining clear, To banish Error's night. Though trials gather thick and fart, And all the woild be long. Onward, siill onward to the last, And in the light be strong! Little Graves. ti* r? i i ...... ?e una i no following tieautjtut lit lie gem Hunting about, unercdUcd, in our exchanges: j There's many an empty cradle, There's many a vacant bed, There's many a lonely bosom. Whose ioy and light has tied ; Fur thick in every graveyard The little hillock* li?? And every hillock represents An angel jn the sky, Maidens, Bkwake!?Madame M , n celebrated'beauty, had the habit of whitewashing herself?so to speak?from the soles of her fect to l|ie roots of her hair. One day she discovered that certain pimples, like a group of little volcanoes, were | pieicing the thick crust of dead white, and | threatening to cover her arms with patholo j gical arabasfjues, I Under the advice of a physician, she orj dered a medicated bath, and with the hesitation of a woman of delicate nerves, she j plunged therein her beautiful person. Hard-! ly had that adorable plaster cast di.-appear- j ed to the neck, in the sulphurous wave,; when suddenly from bead to heel, the white! ness of milk changed to the bronzed black lies* of aa Ethiopian. You would have declutod her a negress badly whitened, or a white dame attacked wjth extraordinary cholery symptoms. The last Mippo-ilion prevailed, and the phvsician called in haste, laughed immoderately. .Madame, said ho, * yon are not ill; von aro a chemical product. You arc no longer a woman ; you are a solphuret. It is not now a (pieadon of medical treatment, but j of simple chemical reaction. I shall anah/.e | you. i "Come, I shall submit voti to n |n*th ofj sulphuric acid diluted with water. The acid j will have the honor to combine with yon? j will take up the sulphur ami the metal?i will produce a sulphate, and we shall find, as 1 a precipitate, a yorv pretty woman." Snowy Dianas, let this serve you as a lesson. Never use a white powder, which hss a metallic base.? Courrisr de? Ktala Unit. lU:t)Ui.TH.?The inyenwr of the Crinoline petticoats boasts that he has realized m> far 250,000 francs by bis patent. Thkrk is an oyster house on Deadorick street, Nashville, Tenti., kept by the firm of Adams ^ Eves, 1 's.: <?//&'* * w ' .: 'j- * *** -\ ,7^, T ? -tait a. i ! . mmmmtommmm 3\!ia(r||mtfDU3 11 railing. Sound Auvick.?The New Orleans Cte>le Kjxnkn at length 011 tlm duty of Southern nen t<> eneou-nge h?ur\o manufacture* and ustaiu liomo enterprises of ?very character, vhethor in commerce, education or litemlira, atul on the latter head it says: l)o we. need a Southern literature, Sot\Ul* >rn books, Southern publication houses, un<J tonthern institutions of learning ? Patron7m lite Southern pros* as llio first step to* vards a Southern literature. Become a ending people, especially of newspaper literature. The daily and weekly press ntiinuutes thought, awakes inquiry, pud keeps the nihlic alive to ihe movement^ and nece*siice of the times. Like a binning Ions, it : illccts and e> nccutrates the scattered rays >f public opinion, ami given it form and >owcr. It encourages the first thought of ispiring genius; and, as the eagle teaches is young eaglets how to fly, until they daro, villi cyo upon (ho sun, cleave the liquid air ar into the blue empyrean, so it trains the uiflcdged im?dlool, until it can, with self* *ii?ed wing, pierce the hounds of physical >?isioil, and gnze upon mid reflect soma faint ays of the infinite. Hupport your local )ip?w tlmn nt; tlw? flist tioi\ Ia ? , ..v . ..V mvj' W n O/Ui IIO If iterature, for, a* it is supplied with mean* >f usefulness, it will gather power, and richlean, ami versatility, itself pioneering the way the Southern scholar must pass, 4 < > X SlSOt'l.AK IxSTANOK OF A KK|C01 |ON ix A l)oo -r?'The m?ny extraordinary jiisptncMof the dovotion of tho dog !o his master, now jn record, seem too much for the belief of most of men, but the following was told uh lav a gentleman well acquainted with the rircumstnnces, and many others in this vicinity can vouch for the truth of the slate? inoill : Charles Hues ton, a man well known on the Alabama liver, Lip for the last few years a resident of California, was k'lh'd by- tho explosion of a steamboat near San Francis* co, a few months since. A noble Newfoundland dog owned by him escaped injury, and dragged the body of his master to the shore, The dog was sent homo to the mother of tho deceased, residing in Perry county, Alabama. On being shown a dagtieneolvpe of his lost master, the dog immediately recognized it, and commenced licking it, and ending tip tho inort piteous howls. Since that time he has icfuscd all food, and moans constantly. When last heard from ho whs in a dying condition, and is probably dead by this lime, Where, jp Jiupinn history, can be found such an instance of devoted love and intense grief at the loss of a loved one.?Selma Reporter. LiTuaAity Jxstjtctions.?There are In the United Stales ouu hundred and twentytwo colleges, with more than a thousand professors, and having more than twelve thousand students. Thoy have extensive laboratories and astronomical instruments, and libraries containing more than a million of volumes. There are hImuiI forty medical schools, with about two hundred and fifty professors, and five thousand students. There are forty-four theological schools, with one hundred and twenty-seven professors, and between thirteen and fourteen hundred students. There are sixteen law schools, and about tix hundred students. A swukt country home, with rosea and honey suckles trained to climb over; with good taste, intelligence, and beauty within ; toil enough to insuro health, and leisure enough to court acquaintance witJ? books and lite flowers and the loveliness of nature \ with peace, plenty, and love; is surely one of the i'aradises which heaven has left for the attainment of man. A kunny story is told of tn?n who#tol? a foe dollar bill out in Indiana. Ills counsel tried to prove that tho note was not worth live dollars, it being at a discount, in order to lessen the crime. The prosecutor said he knew the prisoner was the meanest mnn iu the Statp, but lie i]j?l not t)i;nk Ije >yv? so ?ll.?;^,t ......... .... ?.? i? ? ?? n>i-ui?\i mean i*a uvi Ixj uu vtiillli^ BiL'tl} Indiana ujoncy Ht par. SiiAD.-re-Tho " first shad " has been caught near Savannah, and sold for $30 and sent to Columbus. The Georgian says, ** til ilea are so hard in Savannah, that n-bpdy etpf ntlbrd to eat the lirst shad.'7 A yoino man who was recently bathing in tlie Mississippi river, seeing a number of ladies approach, drowned himself from molives of delicacy. ? ? t *? VirtuK, libe flro, turns all things into itself; our actions ami our friendships are tinctured with it, and whatever it louche* becomes amiable. It is with certain good qualities m with the senses?those who are entirely deprived of thein esn neither appreciate nor comprehend them. ^ ^ M*n are sometimes accused of pride mere| ly because their accusers would be prou<J 1 tliom-eiv.% if they were in their jdafcr,