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{ < mtg . A REFLEX OF P (TP UJL AR EVENTS.. Denoted to |3roguess, tl)e iiigljts of i\)t Soxitl), antr llje Diffusion tlseful ftnorolciJge among all Classes of XiVvhing iitrn. VOLUME IV.* GRLKNVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY" MORNING, JULY SO. 1807. Nl,YlKi;l; 17. i . .?Ai_i'.!..liai-iLilj?MeK?! J I? ' 1 ' -1 "*?' ? ' f'ljr fnutlicrn (Butrrjirisr IS ISSUED EVERY THURSDAYMORNINO, BY PRICE & McJUNKIN, WlEEIAM P. PRICE, t EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. . M . M'JUNKIN, P R IMTE R. TKRDIS, " ()Nt: Dollar and Fu'T* Cicnts in advance; Two Dollar**"!? delayed. CI.UBH <?V FIVE nnd upwards, Onk Dollar, the money in every instance to accompany the order. ADVERTISEMENTS inserted conspicuously at the rates of 75 cents l>er square of 53 lines for the first insertion, ana ii<l cents for euch subsequent insertion. ? V'OIILrilCLO lur jean* UUVO uamg miiuv ICU9VII able. :Vv AGENTS. W. VV. Walkku, Jr., Columbia, %. C. * l'hTKii SrHAOLKV, K?q., Klnt<RocL N. C. _ A. M. I'kokn, Fair view 1'. ()., Greenville Pist Wili.iah C. Bulky, Pleasant Groat*, Greenville. Otrr. il. (J Avdkusu.y, Euortr, Srifirtnuburg. iritrtfh }%rtri$. [Froin the Religious llt'ruKl.J Speak No 111. Nav, speak no ill, a kindly word Can never leave a |ling beliind. And oh ! to breathe each tale we've heqjd, Is tar betieiilh a noble mind. Full oft a belter-seed is sown, liy chousing thus the better plan ; For if but little good be known, Still let us speak the best we can. Give nie the heart thit fain would hide? Would fain another's faults eUace ; II ow eatf i: pleasure human pri?le, T?f prove huniaiiity but base! N o, let us reach a higher inood ? A Holder estimate of man? lie earnest in the search for good. And speak of ali the best we can. Nav. speak no ill, but lenient bo To others, failings as your own ; If you're the first a fault to see. He not the lh >l to make il known ! For life is hut ? passing day ? No lip can tell how brief its span? Then oil! the little time wo stay, Let's speak of all the best we can. (fHigiiinl. [WRtTTHS KOK THE eolTIIHIN KNTtnrtilSi:.] THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF MAN, AS AGENiS OF CIVILIZATION. 1 lie human intellect is vast and illuminable in power?pre eminently progressive in j its tendencies. Under ilsuiviuo guidance man J has inarched up from tire gloomy ignorance j. and barbarism of dim antiquity into the unclouded light of science and civilization.? J < >nee. he was the rude tenant of dismal cav- | cms, finding a scanty subsistence in the voluntary contributions of the earth ; now el- I cgant cottages ami stately mansions mark , the place of his residence, while richly cul- j livatcd fields, and the choicest productions of j distant climes crown, his table with rich abundance. Once the dark shadows of ignorance and superstition beclouded his un- ! tutored mind, while the world, with all its, varities of animal and vegetable life, and all I the secret springs which move the eomplicat ) cd machinery of the universe, were to hini a [ sublime mystery ; now, by the light of reas- ( on and philosophy, he reads ^lio mystic pa-j ges of Nature's ponderous volume, ai.d & scans, with no contracted vision, the' secrets |l of the past, ihe present, and tho uncertain 1 ? future. . If we compare the rude simplicity of j those reinoto ages with the enlightened uu* j derstauding of the present, we shall be struck , uo less with wonder than admiration at the I surprising contrast, and shall naturally be led to inquire by what mysterious agency j results so sublime have been attained. Let ' this, then, for a few moments, ho the subject j ^ of our inquiry. We may state, in general terms, that I man is mainly indebted, for his present elevated position, to the grand achievements of the mind?the mind which distinguishes man from the brute and 'links his destiny indis soluhly with the future. In the grand scale of earthly creations, man was designed to occupy the highest rank, and all below were made more or less subservient to bis will. The animal, the mineral, and the vegetable world were spread out before him in rich profusion, and he felt proudly conscious that they were subject to his control and agents of his will. > But, when he attempted to appropriate to his iiito the bounteous gifts of nature, upon tho very threshold he encountered insuperable difficulties. Notwithstanding his conscious superiority, he found himself naked and defenceless, while the brute possessed the natural means for self-prcscr vatiqp. The vegetable world offered its countless varieties for his sustenanco, but he soon learned that the noxious qualities of many were fatal to his existence. If he attempted to pass beyond the boundaries by which he vas circumscribed, impenetrable forests, arid plains, and immense wastes of water completely barred his progress and baffied all his efforts to overcome them. Thus, by stern experience, he soon learned that he was not to bo the passive recipient of nature's gifts, but only by a scvore and protracted strugglo would all things yield ttf his domination. Irrthc primitive ages of the world, such must have been tho condition of man.? Self-preservation first awakened liim to cner- | gv and action ; love of power, and pride in j overcoming obstacles, urged him 011 to higher and grander achievements. Gradually the massive barriers, which at first hopeless- | ly imprisoned him, yielded to his vigoroys as?Airlts, disclosing broader fields for his oc cupation nnd improvement. Nature, also, 1 suggested many a valuable hint, by whosts guidance lie rapidly piogresncu. The tiny leaf as it lightly danced upon the merry brook, or floated 011 the bosom of the tranrptil lake, suggested to him the first idea of navigation, and soon the rude canoe," the simple embodiment of that idea, bore him j rejoicing over the bounding waters. It was a simple and impcifect achievement, it is true, but yet mighty have been the results.] It laid the basis for an important and invaluable art, to which every successive ago has added something for its advancement nnd perfection. The rode canoe has given place to the magnificent ships and stham* boats, and the timid galleys of former times have been succeeded by proud fleets and navies. Tbo winds have been taught to peiform the labors of the woajied oaismati. The magnet has been awakened from bis iron couch and stationed at the helm to pilot the mariner over the trackless ocean. The sun and stars tell him his latitude and longitude, ami guide liim with unerring certainty to the desired haven. Civilization lias, in tit is ail, found its boldest eliainpion. Commerce hn*, by its reciprocal advantages, eslabiislied llie most Hiuicablo relations between nations foiuicrly hostile and bellig erent. Hy its agency, not only the prod no tions and manufactures of different nations, but, also, their inventions and discox cries in the arts and science.*, aie borne from bind to laud, <^>utiibuiing alike to the happiness and wisdom of mankind. If llio light of education is ever to dawn upon heathen land* ; if idolatry is ever to yield to "the mild sceptre of the 1'rince of Peace;" if, krioxxledge is ever to cover the earth as the j waters cover the deep, the mighty work j must be consummated through tho medium of commercial intercourse. The science of astronomy deserves 1o he lanked among lire first And greatest of human achievements, not only from* its great antiquity, but also for having played so important a part in the complicated drama of human progress and civilization. From its very nature, it must have earlv eniraered the attention of tlio ancients. The celestial vault, liclily gemtned with its myriads of sparkling worlds, must have attracted the attention nod elicited the admiration of the most untutored ntiitd. Independent of the interest with which science has invested it,' it must have ever been regarded as the soul, the embodiment of the sutdime aid beautiful, the design of a wire and glorious Architect. The sun rolling on its course with majestic splendor, dispensing light and gladness on the world below, and the moon, illumining the night with Iter pure and silvery ra diancc, must have awakened emotions of gratitude and praise. Man could not gnze upon this grand display of creative wisdom and goodness with cold indifference. A rude system of astronomy was early planned, which, however imperfect or removed from the true, elicits, at least, our warmest adini ration. T he planets were honored with the names of favorite deities, while the starry realms were petitioned off into empires and kingdoms, to be placed beneath the-sway of departed heroes, who* had immortalized themselves in the wars or councils of their c<ffintry, a sti iking proof of the profound reverence entertained by thp ancients for this interesting science. Successive genera lions have enriched it with llreir discoveries, and shorn it of the superstitious errors with which an ignoiant age encumbered it.? From numerous conflicting theories the true, system of celestial phenomena has been elaborated. The -telescope, the offspring of human gehius, has lifted the eye fat up into the icgions of boundless space, and shown it to bo everywhere richly furnished with glittering worlds, each tlie central 6un of n planetary host, and cncR moving in -tranquil majesty obedient to the will of some vast c? ntral jrower as yet unknown. By the aid ofthis science, man has learned to calculate with (he nicest precision the movements of the heavenly bodies, -their dimensions, their weight, their distances, and their velocities. Ue gathers, from the regtdarily of their movements, a chronological hietorv of the past, and predicts, with unerring certainly, events far awav in tlie distant, fniiim All this knowledge lias been Acquired only l?v ii nios^ patient, laborious, and protracted struggle. To understand its importance tp the happiness and prospcrjty of the world, we liave only to consider what wotdd have been the result had the whole science remained locked in mystery till the present day. The' husbandman, ignorant of the . changing times and seasons, would ho Otterly at u loss when to plant and cultivate his Hetds. The mariner, deprived of the guidance of the stars, would no longer dare to venture forth upoh the trackless ocean.? Commerce, the most powerful and active agent of civilization, would he cramped and paralyzed. The main arteries of business would be fatally obstructed, and the very life-blood would be congealed in the heart of the commercial world. The sjavish dog mas of superstition w Aid mingle again with the rites of religion, crushing and stilling all those holy aspirations which ascend I to Ilyaven from the christian's heart.? Those sublime and ennobling emotions, ! which gush up from the fountains of the soul in contemplating the grandeur And immensity of the star:gcinmcd universe, would lie dormant in our bosoms, and our conceptions of an'omnipotent and omniscient Creator would be as contracted as the visible vault of heaven with its encircling horizon. While astronomy and navigation have enabled man to explore the surface of the globe, and to bring into social intercourse its most widely separated purls, geology has revealed to him its inward structure, and sfigely discoursed upon its gr>y antiquity. It shows the earth to be composed of strata piled on strata, upon each of which time iias registered its own peculiar history and stamped indellibly the date of its formation. As the student, curious in the history of oldcu times, eagerly turns leaf after leaf of some antiquarian toiue, rich in the mystic lore of the shadowy past, so the geologist utif >lds the strata of the terrestrial giobe and deciphers the hieroglyphic tecords stamped there by the linger of Deity. Mother earth, fiesh and voluptuous in youthful charms, amorous as the goddess of spring, and jealous of any imputations made upon her ago, blushes at the revelation and ! starts back aghast at 'the dark disclosures made by d'>s searching science. Geology iuconlroverlibly proves that the weigllt of myriads of years rest upon her brow, and that all her apparent freshness and beauty are but the false adorning* with which vain dylage ever delights to conceal its hideousness. It also tells of many a wanton amour in which the youthful earth indulged, how she cherished in Iter bosom every loathsome foim of brute and reptile, and gave birth to many an unseemly monster, and that not till debased by many a disgraceful concep} lion, did she, in repenlunt mood, consent to ) bring forth the genus homo,since which she j has, from pride and love for her latest offspring, restrained her promiscuous interj course and devoted all her cnergiea to elevating him to the highest degree of happi iiess aim perfection. 4k Hut. aside from the valuable fund of his toiicnl knowledge disclosed by the science of geology, it has accomplished a work cf far more practical importance in nnlocking the rich mineral treasures imbedded in the earth and applying thein to the practical pursuits of life. Without the aid of various rnctn's, trade, deprived of a circulating medium, would be crippled and embarrassed. Agriculture, thrown .again upon its imperfect utensils, would sink back to its primitive rudeness; mechanical operations, deprived of the implements of labor, would tar suspended, and man would I again become the tenant of wretched hovels, the companion of savage beasts. The art ot writing and printing deserve* to be regarded as the greatest and most important of human inventions. It has con- , tribute's! more largely than any other to the universal diffusion of knowledge, t|pj intellectual development of man, the propagation of Christianity, and the rapid progress in the arts and scienoes. It furnishes the grand medium of communication between the present and the past, unlocks the hoarded tieasurea of ancient literature, and bequeaths us those sparkling gems of poesy and philosophy coined by the bards and sages of olden times. The impassioned creations of poetry, the sublime conceptions of philosophy, the elcctiil'ying tones of eloquence, are no longer the evanescent phantoms of the moment, which dazzle, fascinate and are gone, but, reflected in the. printed page, their light streams far down the pathway of ages, illuminating and enkindling the geuius of every generation. The aChievetuenU of former times in every depailinent of human knowledge are, through the medium of the preee, transmitted to us for our happiness and instruction. Those abstruse and knotty problems of teience, whose solution required weary years of painful toil and study, are for us ftut the agreeable pastime of an hour, whllq, theii domestic and civil institutions, which were the tardy offspring of protracted thought and experience, descend as the fiee itiheiil ance of all enlightened nations. " * Thus each ago builds -upon the accnmu lated wisdom of the pt|M, carrying out and perfecting whatever their predecessors left, < incomplete, and adding rich productions of their own genius and inventiou to the grow- ; ing fund. If we had no means of perpetuating the 11 disco vet ies of succe-s?ive generations, it would 1 bo utterly impossible for us ever to acquire | mortf than the mo-ot superficial knowledge. * Knch age must begin at the beginning, and plod along over the same wearisome concsc. < Tradition would usurp the place of history ; poetry would degenerate to wild and bArba rious rhyme ; nnd. the revealed word of God ?o miin wouiu, long ere tliu, liave bocome a ' meagro bundle of legendary myths, encnm* beied with traditionary errors and superstitious follies. That such is not the case, we owe to the agency of the press. \Visdon! and truth follow in its traiif, the dark shad ows of ignorance and superstition melt awav at its approach, while education, supported by so able a champion, is boldly-striking for universal empire. The progress of man along the rugged paths to civilization was. at first, from the very nature of the case, slow, perplexing and wearisome. Every step in advance was an experiment, always uncertain, often hazardous. Hut as he progressed in knowledge, the difficulties were gradually diminished, each achievement in art or science paving the way for, an easier nnd. nioro* rapid ad- 1 vanceineut. Discovery opened the way for discovery, invention for invention, and thus J each ago, with ampler means for improve- j ment than their predecessors, have, undor the same circumstances, made far more rap id progress in the arts and sciences. Hence, we may account for the numerous and startling revelations of lh^>rcsent day in every department of human know ledge Never w as there a century so rich in discovery, so fruitful 1 in.invention, as the present. \N c are living most emphatically in a fast age.. Tottering, decrepit, weasand-voiced fogyi?m croaks al- ] most 'maudihlv upon the outskirts of the 1 Present, while " Young America,*' hold, \ig- 1 orous and gigantic, has annihilated tiine 1 tackled himself to Ins car, and wheels on the destinies of the age with electric veloci- < IV. We ride l?y steam, write with electricity, converse by lightning, and rise to the i highest honors upon i/ua. \ Our manufactories are sending forth every form and vaiiely of production which the *; necessities, or elegances of life, demand. ' The application of steam, as a propelling ! power, has added the crowning glory to the 1 ait of navigation, and brought into close j proximity the most remote nations of the 1 globe. The lightning has been endowed with voice and speech, whose tones may he heard simultaneously throughout our land, 1 and soon the confused jargon of the Chjnese Emperor, as he discusses the merits ot some canine delicacy at his royal tea-table, coined into the President's English, shad, at the satire moment, drop from the telegraphic 1 wires at Washington, for the entertainment of our worthy magistrate, while he quietly takes his morning meal. Put our limited space forbids our enu- ! moral! ng further the wonderful achieve* .inents ot man. Everywhere rich displays of 11 his genius rise in beauty belore us, challeng ! iug our admiration and bespeaking the di-j1 vijie origin of the mind. From our present exalted j>osition, we gaze down with wonder and admiration through the -mists and gloomy shadows of intervening, centuiies, ] upon the barbarous ages of remote antiquity. We wilpess, with intense interest, the i heroic struggle of man with nature, the jar- 1 ring conflict of truth with error, the clashing of superstition with religion, and with gialeful emotions Iwhold ignoranco and brute force gradully yielding to the power of truth and virtue. As from some Mt> height the rapt observer custs his eve downward upon the world below, muffled* with storm-clouds and darkness, and Iisteu9 to the clanquor of tho warring 'elements, the roaring wind", and the crashing thunder, while above and around the sua shine* in unclouded majesty and whispering breezes float gently by him. While tracing the progress of. man through the-dark mazes, of ignorance and error, while witness! ig his struggles, his triumph". nod his eminent success, the convictiou is i i resist ably forced upon us how much he is the arbiter of his own fate, how very jnucli of his prosperity is the result of his own achievements. We would not be understood as saying aught to detract from the claims of Christianity in the glorious work of civilization. We cheerfully admit its benign influence. It has shed the crowning glory over thesnbliinest of human c'reations, and made man a moral, as well as an intellectual being. Human achievements and christian influence must go hand in hand to elevate man to his true .position, but certain it is that the di- I vine light of revelation would have been uft availing had not man Hrst prepared the way i for its introduction and perpetuity through 1 the printed volumtwlo whivh* allusion has been already made. "While wfe contemplate lite variety and grandeur of humnn achievement*. t heir* in ifinAteconneXion with everything pertaining to" the hnppinoss and retineineut of civilized lifo, the sublime and glorious stjato to whn h they have elevated man, our hearts swell with gratcfUl emotions, and we involuntarily nc cord to him an origin noble and god like. Il.-mevor inconsistent, his works bespeak liiin great, tbe favorite child of genius, " the heir lo vast and indefinite pretentions." tlie reflected image of his Maker, tho differential in the grand proldem of nature, whose inte-. gral is Omnipotence. JOHNNY GREEN. Greenville, S. C., July 20, 18ot. ftiisrrllnnnma lUniiitig. [Froin the Independent I>!u<le J Toilet Soap. Take 0 lb*. White Soap. 1 1-2 lbs Sal Soda. 1 Table-spoonful Spirits Turpentine. 12 " Hartshorn. 1 12 Gallons of water. J I'll.I.Y SOAI*. 14 ozs. water or 1 12 pint*, 1 " Shaving Soap, 112" Carl). Soda. ^10 Grs. Pulv. Borax. 5 " Ainniotiia. 112 drachms Spirits Turpentine. Boil the water and mix the mateiials well. The above receipt is taken from an old newspaper, and it is thought to be identical with the celebrated Roraback receipt which is offered for sale all over the country. It is said the lioraback Soap yields upon analysis nearly 40 per cent of tallow. This ] agrees ferv well with the above receipt, for the common White Soap yields 70 percent of tallow. The usual coloring matter of Soap is Vermillion. SCIIKICLE. Mr. Editor?Von will confer a favor upon one of the readsrs of the Journal, by publishing the above. By a perusal of it, the Rorabacks qan ascertain whether they have been sold or not. ?It tnav or it may not be correct, but it will do no harm to put people on their guard. Every 8 or 10 years a sort of soap paroAsni convulses the country.? ! Washing made easy, and soap made cheap- j pr tliilii Piwlilv'ft l?rnnma o ro all i1?a re/\ All 1 -- - -;\~j ~? " ?- ?" "* " I he scientific bkill of chemistry has long >in.co been spt>r*t upon this vexed question,iind soap .is still nothing more than the union ofai^oil and an alkali?call it what you mny. The firm white soaps am chiefly made of olive -oil and carbonate of soda, common salt being added to promote thfc granulation and perfect separation of the soap. It is marbled by Stirling in a solution of snip. iron. Common household soaps are made mainly of soda and tallow ; or if potash is" used, salt is added to harden it. 1'ellow soap is made by the addition of rosin.? Common soft soap is made from potash and any oily substance, or a strong.lye made from ashes and any animal oil?the lye is much improved by the addition of lime to the ash hopper?but soap, made as it may be, must consist of an oil and an alkali. A considerable stir lias lieen made lately in New York, by development of the fact in the Supreme Court, that the " Halm of a Thousand Flowers" -was nothing but goqd soap; that.it was compounded of grease, lye, sugar and alcohol, dignified with tlio name of palm oil, potash, die. Certainly it must bo a money-making business?ten dollars a gallon for an article which can ho manufactured for six cents a gallon. So much for a fancy name. Old women, save your soap grease?fancy detergents are looking lip. (jive a big name.? Call it Frangipa"'* Ilumbugifolia, and advertise 1000 cert ideate*'from the afflicted, and your fortune is made. Hut taking of soapsuds?take ono gallon ( of water, one pound of washing soda, and quarter of a pound-of unslacked lime, put them in water and simmer twenty minutes ; when cool pour off the clear fluid into glass or stone ware, (it will ruin earthenware.)? I'ut your clotlies In, soak over night, wring them out in the morning, and put them into the wash kettle, with enough water to cover them. To a' common sized kettle put n'tca cup full of the fluid ; boil half an hour, then wash well through one suds, and rinso thoroughly iif two waters, and if you don! give up you ate paid for you." trouble I'm mistaken. Alkali. Missouri Mahblk.?-A Western papei makes mention of a block of maiblft taken from a quarry opp->site Caradean, Missouri, fifty miles above Cairo, on the Mississippi. The inarble is described as of a brownish color, beautifully variegated, of ? very fine grain, susceptible of a high polish, and excellent for building and oinnineiital purposes. Av Of.n Ciiair.?Captain I'utnam, of York, Me*., has a chair of oak, quaintly carved, much worm-eaten, which lie brought from Venice. It is six hundred years^otd, formerly belonged to one of the 1 logos, and has stood upon the Bridge of Sigh?. [/Vl/flirf Tranmript. % . ? t- 11 . 1 - i-1' ?Don't bo a Bachelor. Young man*-? don't live a crusty bachelor. It is not-good'for you. It will neither imI>rove Vour morals, your health; nor your canty. Maity a* yob cabinakeitcoifyeniont, and a* you c?n shiqio your affairs to slipj'vort n wife. Mill when you matrv,don't fall in love w ith a face instead of a wo'niati. Heme inlet that eofnmon sense is a rare virtue, much better than silver and gold and fashion. Don't Court and marry ci incline and money-hags, simply- because it h crinoline or gold in plenty ; hut look for sound, practical sense in a woman first: that is the touchstone.to try her other qualities by. When you have thai, all el.-o comes. Your wife that is to be, if she is full of commonsense, will grow to your way. of thinking and make you grow to hers. A woman who has womanly love in her hetftt, will find ways, to make your Ibvo toward her grow ns the years go over you bolb. And another thing needs to be heeded, and that is?a common sense womjui is not to ho found where fashion insists upon dragging young females into a whirl, where there is simply iille gossip and liltle brain. Young nmn;?don't stand looking after that young woman who has the distinguished air. the reputation of a flirt and a belle, and whose father has heaps of cash ; for is it not pbwihte that while Vou are straining your eyes that way, you may be turning vour back upon some unobtrusive, little ~A 1 ...1 XT uflumci "iiuiii nature tin* cut out for your .other half, and who may be just that pleasant-faccd, ptycid'-tempered, lovcnble little creature who will think enough of you to go with jron to the end of the world, and stay by and comfort you wheu you get gray-haired and fidgety ! Marry?young, gentlemen?and keep yourselves out of scrapes, ilavc something I to live for. A man alone in the world isn't j more than half a man, and the world want# entire men. So mend yourself And be happy. And you shall have reason to say it was a good thing you resolved to marry and refused to he a solitary, beer-drinking, pipesmoking bachelor?if you succeed as well in your elfort a? he who, once a young man like you, is now simply the old, contented, and comfortable Uxclk Benjamin, Michioan Poktrv.?No one, who reads the folioiving, can deny that the Wolverines have a t'Oix in their midst. The Adrian Watchtower has been favored with a foam entitled " The Soul's Last Sight," which con tains the history of.a j"Ouiig lady who became enamored of a certain John Smith, who was faithful until he heard of a certain former down east fiame living in " York Stale" when it appears lie look the steamboat line to pay a visit before yiclding'hitnseif up to his engagements. J.ucy, cast down by this apparent desertion, thus give# vent to her grief: LLe's gone ! across the sudzy see ; He's crost the lakev waller! To sea Jerushcy Anjyline ; Ben. Smith's oldest dar ter. Mi heart is broak ! 1 soon shall di, ? Oh enipl /o-iu-J l-t-n I And when I'm ded and berryed I lioap you'll look upon. The gras that grose upon my tuine, Down in the woods so dark, WJiere all is sad and silent glume And stfeckid skwirrels bark. And when you're out at nite as late As eleven o'clock or later, And heer the wind whine through the tall topped pine, , Oh !! ! think uv Lucy Baker. And ef ye marry that Jernshey Yuve croet the laix to git, Kemcniber that vure decrisl Lucy Dido iu konaekwence uv it. A IIint to Mothers.?As we aro now in the midst of the season when debilitating complaints arc most prevalent, it may not be amiss to remind our readers that a pre-* caution will avert much of the suffering to which children, and even adults, are liable, dui ing the summer months. The method is very simple. Let every head of a family provide a small quantity of the best gum arabic, and have it in readiness to be administered 011 the first symptoms of a dysenteric attack. The gum should be dissolved . 1 ii ? * - 1 1 '* f ' * in coiu water, ana tno liquor helng sweetened, will innke ? pleasant and elHcariuiis demulcent, which may be taken or adininistereU freely ill lien of ordinary waier. Auotber simple remedy, which hits been recommended, i? the admixture of wheaien Hour with water to about the consistency of creamy milk.. Washington drew his last breath in the .last hour in the last day of the last week in ! the last month of the year, and in tin last year of the century. Ho died Saturday night, 12 o'clock, J>ec. .11, 1799. <??? ? " Jonks, what in tho world put matrimony in your head f" " Well, the fact is, Joe, I was getting very short ofadiirta," Tim best capital for a young man is a i-apital yOlWg wife. So a young gent inlot ins us who ha# just " ?ou<> and doue it.'