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VOLUME IV. GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 20. 1837. NUMBER 7.
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, The Lay of tho Dirt.
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BY JOHN UI'^t'OUAM.
"Willi gaiters of oxipiisite ton,
Ami gui in?*ht.< feftrcctlingfy nent,
"*A Hu/ei 1: t h> l roneh t-rous aim,
A lrtrly stepped into the street. ?
"Trnnij), (ramp, tramp,
, She daintily field up licr.skirt, [vamp,
Jltft Jtlio ttniil , il win over the instep ami
-A* ?ho saug the song of llie ijirt.
The sewers anJ.gutters are clo-ed,
'lita iiiiinilitu limitiei4 nlmifr:
The sweepers aro plying their brooms,
And tbe lady Continues lior song;
With voiy commendable pride,
She tries' lo hu>]c dainty and pert,
Ti n *|i? vainly endeavors her temper to liide
. A*dm sings the song of the dill.
Alnd, mud, mud,
For nothing but mud was around,
Mud. mud, mud,
Von ion Id sea reefy fathom or sound.
Mud iVoiij each omnibus wheel
Aero.** the pavement would spirt,
And savage the lady begun to feel.
As sire sang the song of the dirt.
Willi gaiters all tattered and torn,
And petticoats not oyer neat,
Willi dress all spattered and worn,
Tbe lady stepped out of tbe street.
Ill, .uncommonly ill,
While with .speech remarkably curt,
lior Inlsbttid thought of the milliner's bill,
And finished the song of tbo dirt.
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AN UNMEANT REBUKE. .
A LIFE LESSON.
BY 'STLVAifCft COBB, JH.
Charles Nelson hud reached his thirtyfifth
year, and at that hge he found himself!
going down hill, lie had once been one of
thejnmpio.st of mortal*, and no blessing was
waptcd to complete the sum of his happi-!
ness. lie had one of the best of wives, and
his ^Uildtpa* were intelligent and comely,
lit? torn b.carportt'er by trade, and no man
Copfd commapd belter wages, or be more
'*Uto of work. If any man alternated to
build a house, Charles Nelson must boss the
job, nnd for miles around, people sought j
Itiin U> work for them. Uut a change had i
ooftio over Jris life. A demon had met him '
on his way find he had turned back with
the evil spirit. A new and experienced carpenter
had been *ent for by those who would
no {onger depend upon Nelson, and he had
settled in the village, and now look Nelson'*
. place. * *;
"v- On a back street, w here the great trees
threw their green branches over the way,
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wtvjstm m miumi l'uum^c, which hh'i mice uwii ?
the pride of its initiated. Jicfore it atrelch?M
rt wide garden, h?t tall, rank grass gicw
?' tip Among the choking (lowers, and the paling
of the fence was' broken in many places.
Tim house itself had once been white, but it (
s*?9' How dingy atul dark, llright green
blinds had of)ce, adonicd (he . w indows, but
they li-ul now been taken off and sold.
Add the windows themselves bespoke poverty
and neglect, for, in many places, the glass
was gone, and shingles, rags, and old hats
had tak?|) its place, iff single look at the
house and its accomnitnimeiit told the story.
, !(. W?e the drunkards home!
Within rat a woiuati, vol in tho early
years of life, ami though sh<* wa? still hand
""won^e to look upon, the bloom was gone from 1
Ttef check, and brightness had faded from
her eyes. Poof Mary Nelson ! Once she 1
had bean tho happiest among the happy,
b?t flow ifone eould be more miserable I <
Near her sat two children, both beautiful in 1
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form ntid features; but their garbs were alli
patched And worn, and their feet were shoe-,
less. The; eldest wjis,thirteen yews of age,
and the other two years younger The
mother was hearing them recite n grammar*
lesfcon. for slio hnd resolved that Iter children
should not grow up in ignorance.?
They8 could not attend the common ecbool,
for thoughtless children sneered at them,
and made them the subject of sport and ridicule
; but in this respect they did not sutler,
for their mother was well educated, and she
devoted stieh time as she could sparo, to
theii instruction. *
For more than two years, Mary Nelson
had earned all the money that had beer, in '
that boils-*. Too pie Hired her t6 wash, iron I
aifd sew for them,' and beside the money1
paid, they gave her npmy articles of food ,
and clothing. .So she lived op, and the on-;
ly joys that dwell with her was teaching
her children and praying to Ood.
Supper time came, and Charles Nelson'
came reeling home, lie had worked the |
day before'at helping to move a building,
and thus had earned money enough to find
him in ruin for several days. As he stumbled
into the house, the children crouched
close to their mother, and even she shrank
nwav, for sometimes her husband was uglv
when thus intoxicated.
O, how that man had changed within
two years! Once there was not a liner;
looking man in town. In frame, lie had j
been tall, stoiit, compact, and perfectly form -1
ed, while his face t>ore the very ideal of
inaulv benuiv. -lli* noble form was now
bent, his limbs shrunken and tremulous, and '
hi.s face ali bloated and di-ligured. II?wn?'
not the man who hud once been the fond j
htisbnnd nnd doating father. The loving;
wife had prayed and wept nnd implored,'
hut nil to no purpose; the husband was
bound to bis drinking companions of. the'
bar-room, and he would not break the bonds, j
That evening Mary Nelson ate no supper,;
for all the foon she had in the house there
was not more than enough for her husband
and children ; hut when her husband bad
gone, she went out and picked a few berries,
and thus k?'pt her vital energies alive. That
night the poor woman prayed long and
earnestly, and her little ones prayed with
her.
On the following morning Charles Nelson
sought the bar-room .as toon as he arose, but
lie was sick and faint, and tne liquor would
not revive him, for it would tiot remain on
his stomach, lie had drank very deeply
the night before, and he felt miserable.
At length, however, lie managed to keep
down a few glasses of hot sling, but the
close ntinospliero of the bar-rooin seemed
to stifle him, and he went out.
The poor man had ju*t sense enough to;
know that if lie could sleep he should feel !
better, imd lie hiui just feeling enough to1
wish to keep awav from home ; so he wan (
ilered off towards a wood not far from the j
v ilfnge, and sunk down !>v the t-ide of a
stone wall, and was soon buried in a piofound
slumber. When he awoke the sun
was shining down hot upon him, and raising
himself to a sitting posture, he gazed
about him. lie knew that it was afternoon,
for the sun was tinning towards the west,
lie was just upon the point of rising when
his motion was arrested by the sound of
voices near at hand, lie looked through a
chink in the wall, and just upon the other
side he saw his two children picking berries,
wbile a little further off were two more girls,
the children of the carpenter, who had lately
moved into tlie village.
41 Come, Katy," said one of these latter
girls to her companion, " let's go away fiom
lictui, because, if anybody should see us w ith
tho?ee girls, they'd think we played with I
thi-m. Come."
" Hut the berries arc thick here," remonstrated
the other.
" Never mind?we'll come out some time
when these little ragged diunkard's girls arc
not here."
So tho two favored ones went away, hand
in hand, and Nelly and Nancy Nelson sal!
uowji upon uie grass aim criea.
> " Don't cry, Nancy," said the eldest,
throwing her arms around her sister's neck.'
" Hut you are crying, Nelly."
" Oli, I can't help it," sobbed tho sliicken
one.
" Why do they hlanie .lis !" murmured :
Nancy, gazing up into her sister's face.? '
" O, we are not to blame. We are good '
am) kind, and loving, and we never hurt
anybody. O. I wi.?h somebody would love j
us, I should be so happy."
" But we are loved, Nancy. Only think
of our noblo mother. Who could lovo us
as she does ?"
44 1 know?I know, Nelly, but that nin't!
all. Why don't papa love us as lie used lol
Don't you remember when lie used to kiss ,
us and make us so happy kO, how I wish
he could I>e co g?dd to us once moro. lie
is not? "
" Hush, Sissy! don't say anything more.
ITo may jj^ goird to us again ;*if ho kitew
how we 1Ave him 1 know he would. And ;
lien 1 believe God is good, and he surely j
will help ns sometime, for mother pmyes to (
him every day."
44 Yes," answered Nanny, "I know she
does; and God most he our father some
lime." i
" lie in our father now, Sissy .*
" I know ii; but ho inn>t be all wo shall
have f?y arid by, for don't you remember
that mother told us that a cold finger wn?
laid upon her heart, and thnl she might
leave us one of these days?and--*- "
" Ilusli. Don't, don'ti Nancy : you'll? "
These words were choked with sobs and
tears, and the sisters wept long together.
At length, they arose and went away, for
they saw more children coming.
As soon as the little ones were ont of
night, Charles Nelson started to his feet.
Ilis hands were clenched, and his eyes were
fixed upon a vacant point with an eager
gaze.
" My God !" he gasped, u what a villain I
am ! Look at me now ! What a stale 1
am in, suul what have I sacrificed to bring
myselt to it ! And they love nie yet and
prav for me 1"
lie said no more, but for sonic moments
iie stood with bis bands Mill clenched, nnd
eyes fixed. At length bis gaze was turned
upward, and bis clasped bauds were raised
above bis bead. A moment be remained
so, and then bis bands dropped by bis side,
and bo started homeward.
When be reached bis borne be found bis
wife and children in tears, but be affected
not to notice it. die drew a shilling from
bis pocket?it was bis last?nnd banding
it to bis wife, bo asked her if she would send
and get him some milk and Hour, and make I
liiin some porridge. The wife was startled
by the strange tone in which ibis was spoken,
for it sounded just as that voice bad
sounded in days go.nv by.
The porridge was made and nourishing,
and Charles ate it all. lie went to bed
early, and early on the following morning
bo was up. lie asked bis wife if she bad
milk nnd Hour enough to make him anotber
bowl of porridge.
" Yes, Charles," she said. " We have not)
touched it."
" Then, if you arc willing, I should like
some in ore."
The wife moved quickly about the work,
and, ere long, the food was prepared. The
husband ale it, and fell belter. He washed
and dressed, and would have shaved bad
bis band been steady enough. lie left bis
home and went at once to a man, who bad
ju<t commenced to frame a bouse.
"Mr. Manly," he said, addressing the
gentleman alluded to, "I have drank the
last alcoholic beverage that ever passes my
:>|>s. A:-k nie no more questions, but believe
me now while you see tnc true. Will
you give me work ?"
44 Charles Nelson, are you in earnest?"
asked Manly, in surprise.
44 So much so, sir, that were dealTi to
stand upon my tight hand, and yonder bar
room upon my left, I would go with the
grim messenger first."
"Then, there i* my house lying about us
in rough timber ami boards, 1 pincc it all
in youi hands, and shall look to you to finish
it. While I can- trust you, you may
trust me. Come into my office and you
shall have the plan 1 have drawn."
We will not. tell you how the sfout man
wept, nor how bis noble friend shed tears to
see him thus; but Charles Nelson took tlie
plan?and, having studied it for a while, he
went out where the men were at work getting
the timber together, and Mr. Manly introduced
bim as their master. That day he
worked but little, for fie was not strong yet,
but he arranged the timber, and gave directions
for framing. At night he asked the
MnnlnTM it* Ilrt llaroil Irnct l,iiv> nltl. .. .1..II...
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" Why, you've earned three," replied
Manly.
44 And you will pay mo three dollars a
day ?"
14 If you arc as faithful as you have been
to day, for vou will savo ine money al that."
The poor man could not ?per.k his thanks
in words, but his looks spoke for him, and
Manlv understood them. Ho received his
three dollars, and on his way home ho stopped
and bought first a basket, then three
loaves of bread, a pound of butter, some tea,
sugar, and a piece of beefsteak, and he had
just one dollar nnd seventy five cents left.
Witli this load he went home. It was some
time before he could compose himself to enter
the house, jilt at last lie went ir and set
the basket upon tho table.
44 Come, Mary," be said,441 have brought
something home for supper. Here, Nellv,
you take the pail and run over to Mr.
Brown's and get a eonplo of quarts of milk."
Ha banded the child a shilling as he
spoke, nnd, in a half bewildered state, she
took tho money and hurried away.
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iuc win* siaricu wnen site raised the cover
of the basket, but slie dared not speak.
She moved about like one in a dream, and
ever and anon she would cast a fugitive
glance at her husband, lie had not been
drinking?she knew it?and yet he bad
money to buy rum with if he wanted it.
What could it mean I ITad her prayent
been answered ! O, how fervently she prayed
then.
Soon Nelly returned with the milk, and
Mrs. Nelson had the table out. After sup
per Charles arose, and said4o his wife :
" I must go trp to Mr. Manly's office to
help lii:n arrange some plafla for his new
house, hot I veil I he home early."
A pang shot through tbe wife's heart cB
she saw her husband In n ?? ay, but still i
>]ie was far happier tlinn sliu had Wen be |
fare a long while. Tberc was something in I
his iiianncr that assured her and gave her
hope.
Just as the clock struck nine, the well- (
known footfall was heard strong and steady.
The door opened ami Charles entered, llisj
wife cast a quick, keen glauce into hi? /ace, i
and she almost uttered a cry ,of joy when I
she saw how he was changed for the belter.
He had been to the barber's, and to the hat-1
Wr's. Yet nothing was said upon the sub '
ject. Charles wished to retire early, and
his wife went with liiin. In the morning
the husband arose first and built the tire.
Mr\ry had not slept until long after midnight,
having been kept awako by the tu
multuous emotion? that bad started up in her
bosom, arid hence she awoke not so early as
usual. Hut she came out just as the tea
kultle and potatoes began to boil, ajd break
fast was soon ready.
After the tneal was oaten, Charles aro?e. '
put on his hat, and then turning to his wife,
lie asked :
"-What do you do to day ?"
" I must wash for Mrs. liixby."
" Are you willing to obey me or.ee more ?"
" O?yes."
" Then work for me to-day. Send Nelly
over to tell Mrs. Hixhy tlint you are not well
enough to wash, for you are not. Here is a
I dollar, and do with it as you please, liny
something that will keep you busy for yourself
or children."
Mr. Nelson turned towards the door, and
his hand was upon the latch, lie hesitated,
and then turned back. He did not
speak, but he opened his arms, and his wife
sank upon his bosom. He kissed her, and
then having gentlv placed her in a seat, Ije
left the house. When lie went to his work
that morning ho felt well, and very happy.
Mr. Manlv was by to cheer liiin, and this he
did by talking and acting as though Charles
had never been unfortunate at all.
It was Saturday evening, and Nelson had
been almost a week without ruin. He had
erfrned fifteen dollars, ten of which he had
now in his poeke*.
" Marv," lie said, after the supper table
had been cleared away, " here are ten dollar*
for you, and I want you to expend it in
clothing for yourself and children. I have
earned fifteen dollars dnrinir the last five
lays. 1 ain to build Squire Mutilv's great |
house, and lie pays mo three dollars a day.
A good job isn't it
Mary looked up, and her lips moved. l?ut
she could not speak a word. She struggled
a few moment's, and then hurst into tears,
lies husband look her by tire arm and drew
her upon his lap, and pressed her to his bo
SOIII.
" Mary," he whimpered, while tears ran
down his own cheeks, " you arc not deceived.
I am Charley Nelson once more, and I
will he wliilo I live. Not by an act of mine
shall another cloud cross your brow." And
then he told her of the words he had heard
on the previous Monday, while he lay be-'
hied the wall.
" Never before," said he, " did I fully realize
how low I had fallen, but the scales
tlropped from my eyes, then, as though some !
one had struck them off with a sledge. My '
soul started up to a standing point, from
which all the tempters of earth cannot move
it. Your pmvors are surely answered, niv
wife." .
Time passed on, and the cottage once!
more assumed its garb of pure white, and '
its whole windows and green blinds. The!
roses in the garden smiled, and every way j
did the improvement work. Once again
was Mary Nelson among the happiest of the!
happy, and bcr children chouse their own :
associates now.
w? ? mi i ? r-?
Nkckssitf of ExKRcjst.?The benefit of
exercise of those whose occupation does not
lead them to make any physical exertion,
cannot be 100 highly estimated. The body
must undergo a certain amount of fatigue,
to preserve its natural strength, and maintain
all the muscles and organs in proper
vigor. The activity equalizes* the circula*
I tion, atid distributes the blood more cffectually
through every part. Cold feet, or a
chill anywhere, shows that the circulation is
languid there. The muscles during exercise
press on the veins and help forward the
current by quickening every vessel into activity.
The valves in the heart are in this
jstream, and relieved of a certain amount of
labor. When exercise is neglected, the
blood gathers too tnuCh around the cenlial
region, and the oppression about the heart,
difficulty of breathing, lowncss of spirits,
anxiety and heaviness, numerous aches'and
stitches, are evidences of this stagnation.?
People are afraid to take exerciso because
they fancy they want breath, and feel weak.
But tlio very effort would free the heart
from this burden, by urging the blood forward
to tho extremities; it would ease their
breathing by liberating tho lungs froin the
snino superabundance; it would make the
frame feel ach e a id light, as the effect of
equalized circulation and fre4 action.
[ffetefon't Express.
A Utetiso of tire Grand Division of the
Sons of Temperanco, will take place t$
Yorkvillo on the 22d day of July^prtt.
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3Mi5rcIlimcmi0 limbing.
The Evening Prayer?"Our Father."
"Ou'r father." The mother's voice wns
low, fender and solemn.
" Our faiher." On two sweet voices the
words were borne upward. It was the innocence
of reverent .childhood that gave
them utterance.' '/
" Who art in the heavens," repeated the
children, one with her eyes bent meekly
down ami the other looking upward as if
she would penetrate the heavens into which
her heart in-pi red.
" Hallowed he thy name."
lAnver leu ine voices 01 ine mine ones.
In ft gentle murmur they said? ' Hallowed
bo thy name."
"Thy kingdom come."
And the burden of the prayer \v?s still
taken up l?y the children?" Thy kingdom
come."
"Thy will be done on enitli as it is in
Heaven."
Like a low, sweet echo from the land of
angels?"Thv will be done 011 earth as it is
in Heaven," tilled the chamber.
And the mother continued?" Give us
this day our daily bread."
" Our daily bread," lingered a moment
on the air, as the mother's voice was llush
ed into silence.
" And forgive us our debts as we also forgive
our deblois."
The eyes of the children had dropped for
a moment. Hut they were uplifted again
as they proved?" And forgive us our debts
as we also forgive our debtors."
"And lead us not into temptation, but
deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom,
and the power, and the glory, forever.
Amen."
All these holy words were said piously
and fervently, by the little ones, as they
kuell with clasped hands beside tiieir mother.
Then as their thoughts, uplifteti on the
wings of prayer to their heavenly Father,
came back again and rested on their earthly
parents, a warmer love came gushing
from their hearts.
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x me uisM-.i?icntiur emnrnces?lite lona
"good night." What ft sweet agitation
pervaded ail their feelings! Then two dear
heads were placed side by side on n snowy
pillow, the mother's last kiss given and the
shadowy curtains drawn.
What a pulseless stillness reigns throughout
the chamber! Inwardly the parents'
listening ears are bent. They have given
these innocent ones in the caie of (Jod's an
gels, and they can almost hear the rustling
of their garments as they gather around
their sleeping babes. A sigh, deep and
tremulous bteaks on the air. Quickly the
mother turns to the father of her children
with a look of earnest inquiry or. her countenance.
And lie answers thus her silent
question :
" Far back, through many years, have my
thoughts been wandering. At mv mother's
knee, thus 1 said nightly, in childhood,
evening prayer. It was the best and holiesi
of prayer, ' Our prayer,* that she taught ine
t Childhood and my mother passed away. ]
went forth as a man to the world, strong,
confident, and self-seeking. Once I came
into a great temptation, I would have fallen,
I sadly fear, never to have risen again.
The struggle in my mind went on for hours.
I wns about yielding. All the barriers I
could oppose to the rushing flood seemed
just ready to give way, when, as I sat in my
chamber, first occupied in many weeks, the
murmur of a low voice was heard. I listened.
At first no nrticulate sound was heard,
yet something in the tones that stirred my
heart with new and strange emotions, At
length, there came to my ears, in the earnest,
loving voice of a woman, the words?
' Deliver us from evil.' For an instant it
seemed to me as if the voice was that of my
mother. Hack, with a sudden bound,
though ail a child in heart again, I was
kneeling at my mother's knee.
Humble and reverently, I said over the
words of the hol v prayer she had taught u?e,
heart and eyes lifted to Heaven. The hour
and power of darkness had passed. I* was
no longer standing in slippery places with
a flood of waters ready to sweep ine to des
iruction ; but my feet were on a rock. My
mother's pious caro had saved her son. In
the holy words she taught me in childhood
there wns a living power to resist evil
through all mv after life. Ah! that unknown
mother, as she taught her eiuid to
repeat his evening prayer, how little dream
ed she that the holy words were to reach a
sManger'a ear, and save him through the
memories of his own childhood and his own
mother ! And yet U was so. What a power
there is in Deal's word, as it flows into
and rests in the hearts of innocent children."
Vacuity.-?An old ladv desired her worse
hnlf to look into n barrel that stood in (lie
corner, and tell her wbntjio saw. The old
gentleman looked anil thus answered?
() I dpi M T. -t- i
Moans HAnRKuaoif, convicted ofthemnr
dair of Rogers wan finifg at Marion C. II.
on Friday, the 6th iftst., in the presence of r
largo number of men, women and children
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A MARitiAok ChittftACTj?In the rhiufAd
of a recent case cif breath of prointse, at
Rochester, the Judge, hi Jiis charge to the
Jury, said that it was not necessary tomaHitafti
the existence of a promise of marriage
to prove that defendant in express word* 6f
term* made a piomue to plaintiff. Any
circumstance* which usually nccompany
panics while holding the rclatlr.S of an cti
gngement of marriage might propeilv he Iftftl
before a jurv, and if sufficient to war rent
lite opinion that Mich an engagement existed,
it was all the law required. ' h is tiot
necessary that thete should he a profnise of
marriage in diiect phraseology?no formal
promise is squired." Frequent visit* of tho
parlies?rCtfiing from tlie society of others
?seeking to be apart hv themselves-?expressions
of attachments?present*?going
together to places of amusement?walks
and occasional remarks in hearing of others,
are circumstances usually relied upon to
prove that a nmninge engagement exists, * ?
and if such nre strong enough to produce
conviction upon the mind, they are all that
is ucccssary to answer the law. ?
A CmUISTIAn'h liKrLKCTlOl* OX Dk ATIt.
I would not give' one moment's enjoyment
of the calm serenity which pervades my
mind, when thinking of death, for lives
spent in gaiety and mirth. Death?how
soothing the thought, as it gently steals o'er
me. Why should 1 wish to linger here??
Earth's charm* are few. Go hence, my
spirit, And dwell in the bright, peaceful iand
above. Thy loved ones will ere long meet
I lice there. Dissolution, seize my feeble
fin in e, and free my sad spirit. And let it
he happy with its Maker, for all happiness
here below has forever fled. Ah sweet
and soothing thought, that my daj-s will
soon be numbered. Look up iny soul to
heaven; no longer tHrry ; the angels are
calling tlue away. l>end my knee once
more, ere my spirit wings foicver its homeward
flight. Hark, that angelic souud,
whence comes it ? It summonses thee, mv
soul, to tune thy golden lyre to hymns of
praise. The hour has come, And now one
long farewell til! we meet at the judgment
seat of Christ.
Is Virtuk IIkiikditarv??Is a love of
truth, justice and goodness transmitted from
parents to children ! Eaols appear to answer
these questions in the affirmative. In
England, it has been ascertained that out of
one hundred ciimiual children, sixty were
horn of d ??li on est parents; thirty of parents
; who were profligate, but not criminal ; and
I only ten of {uncut* who were honest and industrious.
The rule is, virtuous parents
raise virtuous children. Not more than one
out of every ten criminals lias been boift of
honest, religious parent*. The characters
nf nuipnta ??<! 1*1 ?/*?* ??. /* ??"??? ! - ??
I ... . -w.. v v i> 11 via (lib Iicrtl ua U1 u^u
' alike as their features.
The Augsburg Gazette affirms that the
village of Madnna, which is about CO f?ni
glish miles from Uutschuek, in Wallachia,
has been inhabited by women onlv, for the
t last 30 years. At one period this female
. population was 200. The ladies hate not
[ been warriors, like the Amazons of old, hot
, have avoided all intercourse with mert, and
i j drive from their territory all who appear
with matrimonial intentions. This anti-social
settlement is now on the decline; no
more recruits are made from the disappointed
or the love crossed, and the population
is rapidiy decreasing.
Dissimulation.?Dissimulation in youtfi'
is the forerunuer of perfidy in old age; its
appearance is the fatal omen of growing depravity
and future shame. It degrades
parts of learning, obscures the lustre of (fvo-'
rv accomplishment, and sink* na inf<? V*\?v
leinpt. The path of falsehood is a perplexing
inaze. After the first departure from'
sincerity, it is not in our power to stop ; owe
artifice unavoidably leads on to another ; till,'
as the intricacy of the labyrinth increases,
wc are left entangled in our snare.
{Dr. Mai,.
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* A phitosoi'ukk, who had married a vulgar,
but amiable girf, Used to ?all her
' Brown Sugar.*' Because, Ire said, she watf 4
sweet but unrefined.
Maj. G. D. Kktit has been efocted
Ordiuary for Orangeburg District, by a majority
of 205 votes over his opponent,- Mai;
J. Gi Salley. , ^
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Thk yotiirg woman flint waft lost fn
thought, afier wandering in her mind, found
herself at last in her luvci's arms.
Fashion's votaiies have two faults?they
arc hollow headed an well as hollow-hearted.
VniLOflAi'HY is ri very good horse in the1
, stable, hot an arrant jade oti a journey.
i It is easy to look down on others ?to look
down Oh ourselves is the difficulty.Ths
(Wore polished tjio joofetv is, the lest
. formality there is in it.
i tWi worst man often gives tho he*t al
. vice.
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