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Q Ankkrson, Knoree, Spartanburg. ^elcrtrii ^nrtrij. The Farmer's Wife that Would Be. 1 nm it wil<l an<J laughing girl, Just turned of sweet sixteen, As full of fun and mischief , At any you have seen ; And when I am a woman grown, No city l?eau for me ; , If e'er I marry i ti my life, A fanner's wife I'll be. L?et other girls who love it ho*t Enjoy the glovynv town, \Mid dusky walls nud dirty streets To ramble np and down"; But flowery fields, and shady woods, And sunny skies for me ; If e'er I marry in m v life, A farmer's bride" I'll be. The Beauties of Nature. There is bounty in the forest, Where the trees arc green and fair, rm i noie is beauty tn llie meadow, Where wild flowers scout the air, There is beauty in the sunlight, And the soft blue beams above ; Oh, the world is full of beauty When the heart is full of love. . i ... i! . J-.-J Sirttrratimj Tittle $tortj. THE COQUETTE. BY ANNA W1UIOT. Ada Glen had been a sad tiitlor in her time. Iler chief pleasure seemed to bo in extorting admiration from the sex, and then sporting with the feelings she had awakened. Iu at least half a dozen instances, young men had hecn encouraged to pay her attentious for months at a lime ; and, when confident of having won her regard, they came forward with serious offers of marriage, she threw them from her with an indiffer cuce that was both mortifying and. painful. Hut, like most of those who play this game with the feelings of others, Ada was inad? to taste a cup as bitter as any mixed by ner bauds for the lips of her victims. A young physician r.amed Hedford, v.iiosc prospects in life were much better than are usually presented to tbo eyes of graduates in his profession, met Ada one uveiiiug, and was exceedingly pleased with her?and no less pleased was Ada with the young physician. A wish to make a good impression added to her usual habit of putting on her best grace when in company with young men, made Ada more than usually interesting, and when Dr. Bedford separated from the bewitching young gill, he was completely enamored. He took an early opportunity to call upon her, and was received in a manner that encouraged him to repeat his visits. Never were visits more agreeable to any one than were those of l>r. Bedford to Ada iilen. Hut the old spirit had not died out, and, really (lettered as slid v/as by the young man's attentions, Ada was tempted to give liim a specimen of her power and independence. ? No very long time elapsed ?^l)r. Bedford laid bis heaU at AdaWith a . * thrill of pleasure could she have accepted the proffered gift of love; but to yield at once seemed idee becoming too easy a prize, and she, therefore,* affected profound astonishment at the Doctor's proposal ; treated it rather lightly, and deeply wounded his naturally sensitive and independent feelings by too marked attscxhilmioii ?>f disdain. . Doctor Bedford retired with his mind in a fever of oxcitemeff m u. ?r admiration of and love fcir Ada had been of the warmest character. Judging from her inaunur, he had felt watranUKlh^ believing that tho regard be felt for her** as fully reciprocated ; i and when, ha approached her vith it confession of what was in his heart, he was prepared for any reception but the one he rereived, To bo tlier. repulsed coldly, proud-m' . SRh '4-"? ? * Jr- * ]y, and almost contemptuously, wns to receive a blow of the severest kind, and one, the pain of which he was not likely soon to forget. Prom the dwelling of Ada, Dr. Bedford retired to his ofiice with his mind greatly excited* There ho found a young .friend, with whom he was intimate, and to whom, as he could not hide his feelings, ho communicated in confidence the result of his interview with-Ada. To his surpriso, the friend said : 44 I can hnidly pity you, Doctor. T saw you were pleased with that gay flirt, who is fascinating enough ; but 1 did not dream that you were serious in your attentions to one known everywhere as a most heartless coquette." Dr. Bedford looked surprised. 44 Arc you in earnest !M he said. 44 In earnest? Certainly! Didn't you i 1 ?? ' niivo in<ti mis wni ncr cnaracier 1' " I had not tho most remote suspicion." " Strange that it t>hould not have come to your car*'/ 1 can point to you three she linn jilted, within my own knowledge." " If that is her character," said the doctor, rallying himself with a strong elfort at self-control, ami speaking in a composed and resolute voice, " 1 will at once obliterate her image from my mind. It was unworthy to rest there. 1 did not love Ada, hut a fair ideal of womanly virtue that I vainly believed she embodied." ' You are right. She is not worthy of yea, my friend, beautiful, intelligent and interesting as she is." " No. She is utterly unworthy. Fortunate aiu 1 that bhe did not accept my offer." It required, on the part of Ada, a strong effort to assume towards Dr. Bedford n false exterior, and when he withdrew from her presence, composed and dignified in his man ner, she more than half regretted her folly. But she forced back this feeling with a gay smile and a loss of the head, saying .half aloud ? ,. " He'll be here again before a week goes by." But Ada was el'ghtly hi ciror. Tho week passed without bringing her. lover, And so went by two, three, aiid four weeks. But ,.r i.? ? .i - - ?? -- win! v>i iivi iiunui uvcr iiiu inner sex, jvuh Mill endeavored to maintain u confident spirit, though there were limes that the sudden thought thnt Dr. Bedford would never again tcek to win her favor, made the hlood gather n chill around her lieart. About this time, a friend gave a little fancy dross party*, and Ada learned, much to her real delight, that the individual who, of till others, had most struck her fancy, was to be present. This was to aftbrd the first opportunity 9 for meeting, since her half haughty repulse, the man who had offered Iter, in all sincerity, n true and loving heart. An overweening vanity made Ada confident of her power over any of the sterner sex ; and that sho believed tliut only a slight yielding effort on her pail was necessftry to bring the Doctor to her side. Choosing her costumo for the evening, Ada arrayed herself with great care, and in a style that she believed would attract attention. The fashion of her dress was that of a hundred years ago, and the material a rich old brocade in which Iter grandmother had danced the minuet many a lime, in iter younger days.' i Calm in her conscious power, Ada joined the coinpi'.ny at her friend's and her quick eyes soon made known the fact that Dr. Bedford was already present, llcr heart be?t quicker, nod tho color of her checks grew deeper ; but no one could read in her well-schooled face, a trace of what was passing in her inind. No long time passed before the young doctor was thrown near her, so near that a sign of recognition became necessary. lie spoke to her, but in a man ner that sent a nervous chill to her heart. Not that he was studiedly polite or eold; not that he manifested resentment, hut in his eye, voice, face and manner, was a language ?he could read, and it told licr that to hitn abe was no ionger an object of inter est. For this she was, of aTl things "Teast prepared. She had never felt towards any one as she felt towards this young man; and now, when the first weIlgroundeu'*^ear of losing him stole through her bosom, she became inwardly agitated, and in spite of every effort to OQatrol herself, manifested too plainly the fuc&TUat she was ill at ease. Fancy parties wefa novelties at that time, I and all, except Ada, who usually led off on I festive occasions, entered into the spirit of I the hour. Even Dr. Bedford appeared to I enjoy himself as much as any. But the : beautiful coquette, whose peculiar stylo of j costume attracted all eyes, had for once lost the gay extorter for which she was ever diaungutshtfd, and there wore hut few jjroscnt by whom this-was not lemarteed. Once or twice Ada was thrown directly into tlia company fif Dr. Bedford, when ha treated Iter with an case and politenosa that, mora than anything else, tended to extinI finish the hope that had arisen into a flame in her heart. Had he manifested any eiuo\ tion, had he looked grave, troubled, indignant, proud, haughty,.*r anything dse but calmly indifferent and aelf-possessed, ,Ala I would have felt sore of her power over him. i But a jK)icej)tj(^i. of the real truth was aa distinct to her as if the most emphatic words, scaling her fate, had beeu uttered in her ears. Kailier than the rost, Ada retired, nnabfe longer to control herself as she could wish, and unwilling to expose to eyes already too observnnt, the cha.ige that had come over her feelings. From that hour, Ada Glen censed to be the gay, buoyant, attractive girl, who had extorted admiration from so many, nnd tiitled, in her vnin pride thoughtlessness, with all. She rarely went into company, and then her sober inein left her usually in the background. The lively belle, in a few months, ceased to attract attention; and young, men who had been captives at her feci, wondered why she had exercised such power over them. As for Bedford, he erred in believing that with the singlo dash of \ho will, he had effaced forever the image of Ada from his mind. Wounded pride and honest indignation had raised him in a moment, superior to the weakness of hi* nntiira Wni ?? long period did not pass, before line after line began to reappear, and before be was really aware of what was going on within, lie found himself gazing upon the image of the maiden, distinct as ever upon his heart. The discovery, when first made, was far from being pleasant to the young man, and he turns from the fair image with impatient scomk Hut turn which way he would, it was still before hiin. Occasionally, he heard of Ada greatly changed, and sometimes he was thrown into company with her, when the change was apparent to his own eyas. These meetings, whenever they took place, left linn in a musing, sober state. There was something about Ada that still interested him ; and when, as it occasionally hap pened, lie looked suddenly towards her, and inet her eves fixed intently upon hint with a .-ad. earnest, tender look, he had feelings that lie was hardly able to understand. Thus affairs prog reused, until, unexpectedly, the young people found themselves brought together in a pic nic. Dr. Bedford was less displeased at this circumstance than lie would have been a few months earlier ; but he was careful not to throw himself purposely in Ada's way, for his self-possession and cool indillercnce, so far us she was con cerncd. no longer existed. The thought of her even, had now power to dbtuib the pulsations of his heart." The pleasant day had drawn nearly to a close. Two or three times Bedford had been brought into such close contact with Ada, that lie could not, without appearing rude, have avoided speaking a few words to Iter. On these occasions lie said little ; but* it was impossible to help observing, in the manner of her replies, in the tones, and in the expression of countenance, something that told him as plain as language could have uttered it, that she deeply repented of her former conduct towards him. 44 It is too late,'' t lie young man said to himself, with some bitterness of feeling, as he reflected upon what it was impossible not to perccivo. And even as lie said this, there arose extenuating arguments in his mind that he in vain strove to expel. Disturbed by such thoughts and feelings, I)r. Bedford wandered away from the gay (party, and remnined alone for nearly an iiour. As he returned, he came suddenly upon Ada, seated in a pensive attitude, just ?iu?? .. c.ii J ???-v?w n Iiibav u??niiin^ UUWII 1IIIU which she whs looking. She was entirely lost in the scene, or more probably, in the thoughts which it was impossible to drive out of her mind, that she did not observe the young man's npproach. Bedford paused suddenly, and his first impulse was to retreat. But not being nble to get his consent to do this, he, after a little hesitation, advanced, and when within a few paces, roused her from her revery by a few lightly uttered words. Ada turned with a start, while a deep crimson mantled her face. It was sometime before she could command herself sufficiently to reply with anything like composure, and even her voice slightly trembled. Few words passed between them, as Ride by snie tljey slowly returned to where they had left their companions, for both were nfrnid ftfTTfrst themselves to speak. Before a week elapsed Doctor ljedtord, breaking through prido and every other restraining sentiment, visited Ada, and. before leaving her, renewed his offer of marriage, which was accepted amid a gush of joyful tears. Deeply had Ada suffered through her folly, and from her sufferings she had come forth a purer, nnd n truer, and a better woman. There aro few a liko Ada. But rarely does the vain coquette escape with so brief a period of suffering. Usually with her it is a life long season of sorrow and repentance. After rejocling, with heartless levity, her worthy suitors, she yields her hand at Inst i to the inost unworthy, and, unblessed by t true affection, wearily 'torn Iter way through the world; glad when the hour cutty* in wfeteh shf may lay slown her burdens, and find rest and pence To the quiet A tor of land, fronting 10 feet, -and 50 dot in depth, was nold in Houston^ T*??e. on the 2d instant, for the sum of $1000. Only $2 per square foot. 31iisrtllnnfnns lltnbittg. GethsemtnoThe darkness of night shrouded the sleep ing citv. No moon gilded with silver; light tfic spires and domes that, hv day hat leflected the fiery brightness of a torrid sun No star sent forth its mild and cheering beams to releave the gloom and desolate ness that like a pall hnd fallen on the earll will^ the setting sun. The night wint moaned hoarsely among tho dark cedar and mournful cypresses ot Gethsemar.e?sad desolate, wild was the scene. There was t vngue oppressiveness and gloom in the verj stillness that reigned over that spot. Bu see! A figure clothed in white glides slow!) liko a spectre and kneels on the cold, datm sod. \Vliy is lie hear? Long since lia; sleep sealed the eyes of the thousands tha daily throng the Rtreets, and marts of Judea'i Capitol, and even his most faithful follower! a little way off overcome by fatigue, am heaviness are wrapped in profoundost slum ber. Hut hark ! how clearly and sweeth rise hia mournful accents on the still air o night. 'Tis the voice of a son plcadinj with a father?-"'lis the voice of the lonj promised Messiah?the Prince of peace? the Saviour of Israel. For Jong rears hac he borne the murmurings, scoltyigs anc persecutions of the stubborn Jews. " Il< came unto his own, and his own receiver him not." Wearily had he travelled on hi) mission of love, healing the sick, giviiu sight to the blind, waking the deaf to lian< with delight on the inciting accents of hi own gentle voice, and calling the dead frorr the icy embrace of the tomb. lie felt ilia! now the hour of sacrifice was approaching and sank in nflony beneath his father') fro mo. He heeds not the chilling blast too intensely bitter is the anguish of lib spirit. All the energies of bis soul are con centratod and absorbed in lite struggle against llio gloom and agony that crush him to the earth. And from hia brow 6lnmmy with the night dew of heaven, la?g< drops of bloody sweat trickle o the ground Bee! the anguish and woe that is depictec upon every lineament of his lovely face a: he erica ; " Father, if it he possible let lliit cup pass from me." Legions of shining angels, unseen by mortal eye, gazed with in tens* st sympathy on the scene, and hrighl seraphs hovering on noifelesa wing will: mingled awe and sadness watched the fear ful conflict. Nor were the black tienda o hell uuconcerned spectators of the struggh It.r-r !?,? .1... ..? I...? -.< I ? no iv <vo?- \uo ? criAia^'f VI 1111 11 ii II11 V , and the omnipotence of God. As Nature failed, Deity onmo to his nid, and with r smile of resignation he exclaimed ir. sweetest accents: "Not my will but Thine be done." Hell's dark legions fled aghast, and angels with tenfold rapture turned their gol den harps before the Throne of the Eternal Comforted, resigned, he arose and nwok* his drowsy followers to meet, the cmbiaceo the traitor, and to sutler the death of th< cross. The moon threw off her canopy o cloud, the stars one by one appeared in tlx tirinanent and nought remained to tell o that scene of agony and sorrow. Calvary received its bleeding victim. Fire, famine sword and pillage bowed that devoted city in the dust. Not one stone of its magniti cent temple remained to tell the tale of its departed glory. And the fulfilment of pro plielic vision sent Israel an outcast among tlx nations of iho earth. Centuries have roller away, uud Getliseinane still remains in in gloom and loneliness, a perpetual memenU of the anguish of the " man of sorrows." Anecdote of the Revolution. OEN. M A HI ON '>4 ADDRESS TO 1118 SOLDIERS. After tlie destruction of tlie Americai army at Camden. Colonel Marion, with hi little band of volunteer troops, U'ing in tin immediate neighborhood, were in imniincn danger. When he heard the dreadful tid ings of defeat, he retreated to the woods and ordering his company to halt and form ho addressed them as follows : " Gentlemen, yon are aware of our situa lion?so widely different f.om what it on? was. Once we were a happy people 1 Lib erty shone upon our land, bright as the sui that gilds yon fields; and we and our fath ers rejoiced in its beams, as gay as tin bilds that enliven our forests. H But, alasl those golden days have (led and the clouds of war hang dark aud lower ing ajove our heads. Our once peacefu laud is Filled up with uproar and death Foreign ruffian* invade our very fiereside and altars and leave us no alternative bu slavery or death. Two gallant armies havi marched to our assistance, but l>olh are lost That under General Lincoln, duped am butchered at Savannah ; that under Genera Gates, imprudently over marched, is nov cut up at Camden. Thus all our hopes frou , the North are at an end, and |K>or Carolin is left to tight for herself. A sad alternative indeed, when her own children are mad I; uniting with the enemy, and not one in i thousand wilt riae to take Iter part, i " My countrymen I I wish \<> know yon minds ou this inoineutous subject. As fo , myself, X consider my life but a moment aud to till that moment with duly is my al To guard this innocent country from the evils of slavery, seems inv greatest duly ; and I am therefore determined that while I live she shall never ho enslaved. She may come to that wretched state ; hut these eyes * shall never behold it. She shall never clank >' her chains in inv eyes, and pointing to the 1 ignominious budge, exclaim, It was your * cowardice that brought me to this.1 " ? One and all, they answered, " We will * conquer for our country, or die with y ou !** 1 44 Then, my brave friends," sa.'d he, I "draw your swords. Now form a circle, s | emblematical of our eternal union ; and *i pointing your blades to llenvcn, the bright II throne of Ilim who made its free, swear you *! will never be the slaves of Britain !" It was ' i all devoutly done. ' j The reader will he pleased to hear that > I this brave man rose to n high rnnk in the ' army, and lived to enjoy the pence and 1 prosperity of ibe country he so ably defend* " ed. Ilis wife survived him : and as long us * : sho was able to ude, the poor people of I; Carolina used to press round her carriage -1 and bless her. as they exclaimed, " That is ' i the widow of our glorious old Mariou !'' A Woman Can Keep a Secret. ? The following authentic story will inval| idate the oft-repeated charge against wo: man, " that they cannot keep a secret:" ' Some years since a lady oalled at a glov:, cr'a shop in the outskirts of the city of Lon* j don, and purchased n pair of gloves for her * I immediate wear, observing, at the same ' 1 time, that she was 011 her road to Burnet? > that sho had Jcft her gloves at her friend's 41 house where she had called, and that she 1 was apprehensive of being benighted if sho 1 i went back for tliem. The glover fitted on 1 '! the gloves ; a:tJ the lady, after paying for ': them from a purse well stocked with bank '. notes, stepped into her carriage and proceed' j ed 011 hff journey. She had scarcely renclij ed Finchly Common, when a highwayman ' stopped the carriage and demanded her 1 money, lie entreated her not to be alarm'j cd, as ho had no intention on her person?? if she surrendered her property, it was all he '; wanted, declaiing that distress, and not his will, urged him to this desperate act, and he ", was determined to remove his pecuniary ' wants, or perish. The lady gave him her C j purse, and the despnrndo rode off. " i After ho was gone and her fright had 1 j somewhat subsided, the lady imagined that i 1 in tlio address of tlie highwavman she re- ' * I tl,A -r... 1? j : ?. 1 C V"b...?v? * ?* ?"IVV Ul IUC VI 9IIU llitu Jliai before dealt with. The conceit struck her ! so forcibly, llyit she ordered her servant to ' drive back to town?not choosing, she said, ! to venture farther over the heath. 1 On her arrival at the glover's, she knock' ed and gained admission, the glover himself 1 I opening the door. The lady desired to ' speak to him in private. The glover show- 1 ed her to a back parlor, when she exclaim- 1 ' ed : "I aiu coine for my purse of which you 1 j.; robbed ino on Fimdily Common." ^' The glover was confounded, and the lady 1 l| proceeded : " It is of no use for you to deny 1 it. I ain convinced, and your life is at iny mercy. Return me my property, and trust i to my humanity." | Tho glover, overcome with guilt, shame ' | and confusion, confessed the crime, returned .: the purse, and plead his distiess. The lady, , after suitable admonition, gave him a ten . pound note, bade liirn mend his way of life, , and keep bis own counsel, adding that she I would not divulge his name or place of ,; abode. She kept her word, and though the j i robbery was slated in the public papers, the discovery was omitted, artd it was not until recently that a minute account of this sin | gular transaction was found among the pa- \ pers of the lady alluded to. Kven in the | private mcinorauduin the namo and resi- j dence of the glover was omitted, and the j secret in that particular rests with the lady 9 in the grave. t A Word about Tree Planting. An exchange says : " Let a tree be set so i as to be two inches deeper than it stood in ( the nursery ; let some of the manure come to the roots ; and when the hole is nearly . tilled pour in half a bucket of water." e We would set it just as low as it stood in ? the nursery; would carefully exclude all ^ manure from the roots, letting nothing hut . clean soil touch them ; and would pour the e water on the ground at a little distance from the tree, so that it should reach the roots in the same minutively divided slate as when - trees are watered by showers. 1 If you were goiug to neglect a treo ever i. after transplanting it, it might possibly live s longer if set two inches lower than it stood t in the nursery ; for in that position it might e stand a severer drouth. Hut if the tree is to be neglected, better not set it at all. 1 As for letting the manure touch (be roots, I unless it were well rotted nnd composted v most thoroughly with the soil, we certainly o would not; and wo would about as soon ! a swallow mild pills to euro the dyspepsia, as to put the lacerated roots of a tree into a y bed of mud. The f oil slioufd bo In a moist, u pulverulent state, as so to fall into the cavities in a natural state; and then in order to r afford sufficient, but not redundant moisr ture, tho wafer should be left to trickle ; througlMw gently as in a rain Morm, filterI. ing itself as it passes. In this way it would come (o (be root* as limpid hb pare fountain-water. Who ever thought of applying muddy water ton fresh wound ! And yet nothing can be more grateful than fresh, clean water slightly warmed. An ordinary cut, in a healthy person, will henl in twenty hours if kept moistened with fic?h w ater and secltd<*d from the air. You have only to apply half a dozen thicknesses of linen, to keep them wet only?no rum to keep out the cold? and the healing process will go on itself, and that rapidly without pain. It is so with wounded roots; they should be moist but not drenched, and above all should not be smeared with mud. The truth is, trees will live in spite of a thx>d of water, at setting, but they will bo inoressr* to live without it. and wiii do belter. These are our notions ; but it is well that our reade's can follow whose notions they please.?Plough, Loom and Anvil. Brdsidf. of a Dtinq Believed.?Let pause a moment at the bedside of a believer, and mark the marvellous power of the Bible as manifested in the hour of nature's extremity?the hour when the heart and flesh shall fail its, when every anchor shall bo weighed,amd every earthly joy shall fade-? w hen we must go all alone through the valley of the shadow of death into the dread eternity beyond. In that awful hour, sure ly u is oniv inn11 mat can stnntl ; it is only what cannot be shaken that will endure. Search the records of the closing scenes of God's saints, and find, if you can, an instance of one who bewailed, at that ctisis, that he had timled the Bible?find, if yott can, one whose dying breath testified that ho had believed a cunningly devised fable,which had proved as a bruised reed whew ho leaned upon it in his agony. I have read and heard of, yen, and wilnessed not a few who bemoaned, with bitter regret, thi.? they had not more piized and obeyed the Bible ; I never read nor heard of, or saw one who believed thnt ho had loo much* valued, followed, and mngnifiod it. Many a time has it crowned the deathbed with a light from heaven, converted the llames of martyrdom into a chariot of trrumph. and swallowed up death in victory* The testimony of the dying surrounds tbe * word of God with a halo of glory ; countless are the clouds of witnesses which attest his ' power! What .should we do in the terri* bio hour without the lamp of life, the chat-ter of salvation, tho title deed to heaven t [Hugh StoicelL, ' ? ? ? A Western chap gives his views of the' New York women in this way: "Somewhar8 in every circumference in silk, velvet and cetry that wriggles along Broadway, [here's ailurs a wutnaiu, I sposc : hut h&w much of the holler is filled up with meat,, nid how much i* gammon, the mere special ur ken never know. A feller marries re ntc. and finds when he comes to the ???/. that lie has nuthin in his arms hut a regular anatomy. Ef men is gay desccvcrs wot's to be aed of a female that dresses for a hundred and forty, but ha?ent really as iriuclr fat on her as would grease a griddle. All the apsrient plumpness consisting of cotton atul whalebone " IIow old are you, Bridget ?" said n gentleman to his servant girl. " A Unit fitly * sir," replied Bridget. " Von are mistaken, Bridget, you are not over twenty." "Yes,Bir, that is it. I'm about twenty or fifty^ somewhere along there." This answer indicates about the same degree of intelligent!? as that of an old gray-headed negro in South Carolina : " IIow old are you, Bete V* said a gentleman to liim one day. M I dut.-? nn. Mass, 1 feel berry old ; Vpect I'se about five or hix hundred." A western editor and his wife iter? walking in llie bright moonlight, one evening. The wife wan of an exceedingly poetical nature, and said to her male : " Notice that moon?how bright, and calm and beautiful." "Couldn't think of noticing it," returned the editor, " for anything let* than the usual rates ?a dollar and fifty ceutc for twelve line*." American Grates.?It appears fronfi n letter read befoie the last meeting of the Cincinnati Wine Growers' Association, by Mr. liobt. Buchanan, one of the largest and most successful cultivators of the grape in that region, that the American grape is being substituted to a considerable exloatt in the vinynrd* of Europe fur the nnlive Varieties, on account of its exemption frOtn the pi availing disease. Gkn. Washington seldom indulged in n joke or a sarcasm, but when he did he always made a decided Int. It is related that he was present in Congress during the debate on the establishment of the Federal armv, when a member offered a resolution limiting the aimy to three thousand men, upon which Washington suggested to a member an amendment providing that no enemy thou Id i/trade I he country with more than two thousand soldiers. The laughter which ensued smothered the resolution. ?- - ? i w Isi>i'3'tky and economy aie the Iwflfgreat secrets of success in life.