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IP". A REFLEX OF POPULAR EVENTS, to Progress, t!)e fiigljts of ll)C Soutl), antr tlje Diffusion of Useful finomlebge among oil Classes of IVovlung iiXeu. Wg VOLUME IV. GREENVILLE. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER. 24.1857. NUMBER 20. ij 'Cjit gnntptrn Ctttnjirisr ^ IS ISSUED BVS ST THURSDAY MORNING, PRICE & McJUNKIN. mm wilijIam p. price, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. ?Bf C. M> M'JUNKIN, Wfr PRINTER. TERMS. Om Dollar and Fircv Ckxts in advance; Two L Dollar* if delayed. P CLUBS of FIVE and upwards, One Dollar, the money in every instnneo to accompany the order. ADVERTISEMENTS insorted conspicuously at the rates of 75 cents per square of 13 lines for the first insertion, ana 37J cents for each subsequent insertion. CdlK^acte'fer yearly advertising made reason able. A ^ AGENTS. W. W. Walker, Jr., Columbia, 9. C. Pbtks Srn vdlky, Esq., Flat Rock, N. C. A. M. Pboem, Fair view P. O., Greenville Dist w....... r> Ti ... pu...nt n Capt. K. Q. Akdkrbon, Enoree, Spnrtnnburg. itltrtti ^nttnj. " Why Don't You Come Along!" 'Twaa in a field?by an old field school, Where the boys were romping wild, 1 noted one, with a shining face, And he was but a child; And as he romped upon the green, With mind and tnusele strong, Anon he'd cry to the lagging boys, " Why don't you come along !" So said the boy, but when ho spoke, The men was in that boy ; And now his voice round Christendom, Kings like a bell of joy ; For the world has taken up his cry, And joined him in the song. Now sung by nations in their march : " Why don't you come along?" Come on ! pause not! 'tis death to stop, The tide is at its Hood ; For men and things are on their march? Halt never, if you would. That cry is in the hearts of men, Their watch-word, right or wrong; Ai"? ;inions cry, in ever tongue, " Why don't you come along !" The engine and tlio telegraph Proclaim it to the man? The man lakes up the cheering cry, Which with the joy began. O'er wood and plain, o're sea and earth, If rin/ya tn cturllinnr cnni* ?. ... ? TU written on the firmament? 44 W hy don't you come along !"' liut yesterday, it took six men To mak a pin; but now That little boy will do the work; When done, he'll scarce know how, Thought follows action?then we pause To think ; no longer strong ; But still keep up the school-boy's cry? 44 Why don't you come along P But yesterday, the reaper's hook Moved slowly through the grain ; McCormick now, with a storm of hooks, The harvest sweeps amain ; And as he cuts, and cleans, and bags, lie joins the world-wido song; t 'Id fogy reapers 1 tarry not! 44 Why don't you come along!" Front 1 march ! halt not ! is now the word To the regiment of man ; Say what you have to say at once? Go ! do it if you can ; Birds sing it; the engine shrieks it; It's sung the stArs among; All nature breathes the world's great cry : 44 Why don't you come along I" Miattllnnrotts JUniiiiig. The Bridal Wine Cap. Pledge with wine?pledge with wine, cried the young end thoughtless llnrvev Wood; pledge with wine ran through the brilliant crowd. The beautiful bride grew pale?the decisive hour had come. She pressed her white handa together, and the leaves of her bridal wreath trembled on her pure brow; her breath came quicker, her heart beat wilder. Yee, Marion, lay aside your scruples for this onoe, said the Judge, in a low tone, go ing towards his daughter ; tho company ex pect it. Do not so seriously infringe on the rules of etiquette; in vour own home act n? you please, but In mine, for this once, try and please roe. Every eye was turned towards the bridal pair ; Marion's principles were well known. Harvey had been of late a convivalist. and his friends had noticed a change in his manners, the difference in his ha! its, and to night they watched to see, as they sneer$ngly he was tied down to a wo jtnan s opinion so soon. Pouring a brim ttlbg beaker, they held it with prompting smiles towards Marion. She was very pa!r, though 'wore composed, and her liar.d Shook "not, as smiling, she gracefully accept ed tlie crystal tempter, and raised it to lier lips; but scarcely had she dor.e so, when every hand was arrested by her piercing exclamation of? Oh, how terrible! What is it! cried one and all, thronging together, for she had slowly carried the glass at arm's length, and was fixedly regarding it as though it was some hideous object. Wait, sho answered, while an inspired light shone from her dark eyes, and added, slowly pointing one jeweled finger at the sparkling ruby liquid, a sight that beggars all description ; and yet listen?I will paint it for you, if I can. It is a lonely spot; tall mountains, crowded with verdure riso in awful sublimity around; a liver runs through, and bright flowers grow to the w ater's edge. There is a thick warm mist! that the sun seeks vainly to pciree. Trees, loftv and beautiful, wave to the airy motion of the winds. But there are n group of In- j dains together; they flit to and fro, with j something like sorrow on their brows, and in the midst lies a manly form, but bis! cheeks, bow deathly?bis eyes wild with j the fierre fire nf fever I f.!^.. i - 1 ... V V. iv?v. VIIV I" inui mjiikis; beside bim?nay, I should say, kneels; fur, we! he is pillowing that poor head upon his breast! Genius 'in ruins! Oh, the high, holylooking brow ! Why should death mark it,' and he so young 1 Look how he throws back tho damp curls! see biin clasp his1 hands! and hear his thrillingshrieks for life! j mark how he clutches at the form of hiscotn-' pauion, imploring to be saved! Oh, hear him call piteously his father's name! seel him twine his fingers together as he shrieks for his sister?his only sister, the twin sister of his soul weeping for him in his far distant native land ! See! Rhe exclaimed, while the bridal party shrank back, the untouted wine trembling in their grasp, and the Judge fell over-; powered upon his seat; see! his arms are lifted to heaven ; he prays, O, how wildly, for morcy ! Hot fever rushes through his veins! The friend beside him is weeping and awe-stricken ; tho dark men move silently away, and leave tho dying and living together! There was a hush in that princely party, broken only by what seemed a smothered sob from some matilv bosom. The bride stood yet upright, with tears stealing to the outward edge of her eyelashes. 11 or exquisite arm had lost tension, and the glass, with its little troubled red waves, came slowly towards the range of her vision. She spake again ; every lip was mute. Her voice was low, faint, yet awfully distinct. She still lived lier snrrnuimr irlnrie.i iuvmi "? -? " b b Ml'"" (lie sparkling wire cup. It is evening now, continued tlie bride. The great white moon is coming up, and her beams lie gently on his forehead. lie moves not; his eyes are set in their sockets ; dim aie his piercing glanc<s; in vain his friend whispers the name of his father and sister; death is there! Death?and no soft hand, no gentle voice to bless and soothe him. Ilis head sinks back?one conrul sive shudder?he is dead ! A groan ran through tho assembly?so vivid was her desciiption, so unearthly her look, so inspired her manner, that what she described seemed actually to have taken place then and there. They noticed, also, that the bridegroom hid his face in bin hands, and was weeping. Dead ! she repeated again, her lips quivered faster, and her voice more broken ; and there they scoop him a grave ; and there, without a shroud, they lay him down in that cold reeking earth. The only son of a proud father, and the only idolized brother of a fond sister; and ho sleeps to day in that distant country, with no stone to mark the spot. There he lies?mv father's son ; my own twin-brother, a victim to this dead ly poison. Father! she exclaimed, tinning suddenly, while tho tears ran down her | beautiful cheeks, father, shall I drink it j oow ? The form of tho old Judge was convulsed with Agony. lie raised his head, but, in a smothered voice, he faltered? No, my child, in God's name, no! She lifted the glutei ing goblet, and letting it fall, was dashed'into a thousand pieces. Many a tearful eve watched her movement, and instantaneously the wine glass was transferred to the marble on which it had been prepared. Then, as she looked at the fragments of crystal, jIio turned to tho company, saying: Let no friend heieafter, who loves me. tempt me to peril my soul for wine. Not firmer are the everlasting hills than my re-I solve, God helping me. never to touch or taste that poison. And he, too, to whom I have given my hand?who watched over my brother's dying form in that solemn hour, And buiied the dear wanderer there by tho river, in that land of gold, will, I trust, sustain ine in that resolve. Will you not, my husband ? Ilia glistening eyes?his sad. sweet smile, was her answer. Tho Judge left the room, And when, an hour after, he returned, and, in a more subdued manner, took a part in the entertainment of the bridal guests, no one could fail to read that ho too determined to banish the enemy at ouco and forever from his princely home. Those who were present at that wedding can never forget the impression made. Many, finiti that , hoar, foreswore the social glass. It may he ? sufficient to say that the young couple nev- j er broke their pledge: but to this <jav take , pleasure in reciting lite thrilling sketch of,, the lliidal Wine Cup. j | Mrs. Stubbins in Difficulty- ! , We are s-orrv for ''Mrs. Stubbinsbut;| what can we co about it ? The match was | | none of our making. ] , " It is a notorious fact that I never work ; myself into excessive inspiration, or elo- , quence, when the yolinger hajfdozen of my , offspring are playing hide and-seek behind , my chair, neither do my thoughts flow so , freely when a hand-organ and tainhorine j are giinding and chattering under my win- , dow ; hut there is one annoyance much l worse titan either. It is summed up in two ? words?just ten letters?Mr. Stubhins !" I> " llow I happened to become possessed of j j that eternal nuisance, deponent siiiilt not ; it indeed, I don't know as it is any one's busi ! | nesB to inquire; but I will say to the detri- j meat of a certain fortune teller, MissStepin- t fast, now running loose over the eountiy, , and for the benefit of those by her enticed. ; that when she made out, in my 'destiny,' | Jeremiah Stubbins to be the foreordained ( partner of my joys and sorrows, ami having , consulted the sta's, further prophesied that , snid Jeremiah Stubbins would understand , and encourage all my intellec'ual proclivi . ties?she lied ; poetically speaking, her pre- j j sentiments were unreal as adows ; philoso-1 , | phieally, her statements were fallacious; L mathematically, her calculations were incorrect ; politely, she was mistaken. Of this 1 i | have constant and undubitablu proof; al-j . though I have sometime ehaiilably excnl- ' , paled Miss Stcpiiifast, she might innocently , have made a blunder in icgard to the plan- | . els, placing mine in undue propinquity to], that of Mr. Stubbins. ! t "Good Heavens !Jeiciuiah Stubbins* men j j tal integrality par value with mine; when \ he never read a line of the immortal Slap- j . enjnek or Thimbleiig; nor poems of the . pathetic Slicer, or Bluecoltlc* ; never wrote , an article for the " Squabbletown Fiambcr-1 , gasternor praised any that 1 contributed . thereto. Hut these are negative proofs. I , com? next to positive ones?the ovewhelm-1 . ing trials of my existence. s "Scene First ; for the benefit of connois- ( scur artists ; room, back one of the whole L suit, vulgarly named kitchen. Cutlairi lis- J . es: I am reclining neglige on an elegant , chintz colored lounge, with the auburn hair | thrown oil' my brow. An indefinite mini- j I f 1 > # * ' ' uer 01 cueruus ^without wings) bciuling tin | c tier the weight of biick*, blocks and ham-J , mer for carpentering operations, in tlio fore-j t ground and back ground. I am engaged in j writing my two-volume novel, that is to t give mo to fame. "I had been thus occupied for the space of half an hour, and was just elaborating the character of t lie heroine I liana, (i be plot j < was not laid in Eplosus, but this Diana I 1 ( meant should be after the Ephc.-ian model, j ( of which I had once seen a wood uit.) and j I was propaiing somewhat for lier to say, on j accepting her lover Demetiius, when in camo Mr. Siubbins. My hope of success ( was slightly shaken, but I scratched away , vigorously. Heard Mr. Stubbins grumbling ( because the dinner dishes were not washed, I ami the boot jack got in the water-pail ; at i which I roused slightly, told him to spread j ' the boot jack out to dry. and wash the dish- ] es himself, which things he proceeded to do. | , I took a long breath. ' Now,' thought I,' I shall have peace.' But that at was a <1 is j | count. This masculine Biidget had not long ! | been at the sink, before you would have imagined the dishes bad an ague tit, such i . a commotion arose among them. Still I 1 wroto on : * Thou joy of all joys ! king of' | tremendous crash ! Stubbins, baby and gridiron, all on tho lloor together.? j Baby screeched from flight. Stubbins look it and began to walk the floor in those huge) | cow-hide boots of bis. Squeak ! squeak ! i squeak! 'Good gracious!' said I. "do sit down!' lie sat down anil tilted t li?* child' in a cliair witliuni rockers. Hump ? hump!; hump ! jarring tlie whole room. IK-re I remonstrated and urged the necessity of; quiet to the successful prosecution of my [ literary labors ; warn Slubbins put Arabella down, meekly returned to his dishes, looking extremely puzzled, and clumsily hilling his boots against everything in his attempt to navigate." J Colonel Davis and General Wool.? General Wool some time since published a i letter reflecting upon the delay of C.d. Jef ] ferson Davis, late Secietary of War, in for- | warding to liiin a sword which Congress had ; voted him in recognition of his gallant services in Mexico. Col. Davis has replied in a long letter, in which he no* only denies the charge, but more than intimates that Wool behnved anything else than bravely in Mexico. This is the first suspicion wo have ever heArd of Gen. Wool's gallantry?and the public at large will be reluctant to credit it. It is supposed that Gen. Wool will reply to this at- , tack, and we shall have, in all probability, a second edition of the famous Scott and Da vis correspondence.?Lynchburg Virginian. Babies. Bless balees, exclaimed the l'hilndelphb fournal. Bless (bom in their chubbyticss mioothness, rosy n ess and helplessness ; whei hey crow, clapping their Imusy hands, am when they weep, grimacing from chin It ;rown, wluther they he horn with silver 01 pewter spoons in their months; whcthci [hey are cased in lace or calico; whcthci ihev are introduced to the notice of Innguiil Indies to he kissed and waived away, or pat ed and Inllahted and swayed in the red ant! lirty arms of rough a Heel ion ? bless babies tin how, and almost always! I'octs, pliil jsophers, and true men hoc babies. Bach dors feign iinrncasurablo contempt for them, tnd pretend to bo deeply grieved at sight jf a full inoon, inexpressive face. They he in to perspire freely at sound of an infantile -jactitation, and arc lamentably exercised to snow preeiselv what to say or to do when a child " is brought immediately into their jresence. Young gentlemen who arc be inniltg to feel something soft and feathery when they stroke their chins, and to lake ong step>, and stare defiantly at everybody hey meet, arc also afflicted l?y baby broth :rs and sisters. They regard the nursery, which is still filled with relics of their own ucumheiiey, with lofty superciliousness and iass by the cradle with cool disdain. Such mis as " brat " and " that child," indicate 'cry clearly their feelings of hostility to 1 ..I.II - - . I ' < .iiim- nil.- nunnvtrs III IIH'II WilKC, ftlHl WCillrs of old clothes. Those young gentlenon, however, as they come to be jolted ami lilted by the inihle-s world, loam to appro iate babyhood?innocent, faithful, trusting, ind untainted with jealousy or rancor.? And with bachelors, hihy-hatred is only a liuhit which they are afraid to relinquish; i self imposed penalty, which they would ail her continue to stiller than sink their lignite, and lake to poking, and dangling, ind sugar plummit.g. lienlly, they would iltiiost give anything to he able, consisteiitlv. o bestow upon a baby an occasional sjin>athetic leer, or to lavish their hoarded cisses upon its velvety check. Hut tlu-y oe afraid, poor fellows! that such pel furniture* w ould be taken as indications of peni dice for celibacy, and strong hint* to narriageahle females. We need scarcely illtnlc to the universal, unquenchable and infathomable idolatry of the long-Crocked ind scanty-haired, exhibited by the gentler ex. Natural instinct teaches every woman he dialect most intelligible to feeble intvlcllects, and while man's well-meant, hut Kinderous attentions only provoke squalls ind wild gesticulations, she will have the ittle one chuckling and eloquent with glee 11 a minute. The same law which forces ivcry female to look round to see what eve y other female has on, compels her to shed he light of lies bearing coimteance on every >aby, and ask how old it is, and kiss it as ?ftiui as circumstances will permit. ? *4?l> A Contrast?Prepared or Unprepared. A few ilavs since, in one of our Western states, a enndemm-d and sentenced murder ?r was led forth to die. As lie stepped upon the gallows and felt that he was confronfmu death, ft honor of four seized him, his Hp: were white and quivering, an ashy palloi overspread his face, n glassy, death-like start settled in his ex es, whilst his con vulsod hand; aero rai-cd in supplication. What was il hat thus hlanched the cheeks of the pooi wretch, that made him shiver, and tremble, nitl moan in anguish? Was it the dread ol pain, or the shame of such an end before thousands of his fellow men? No! The veil was raised, and he saw that he stood upon the threshold of Eternity, unprepared lo meet his God. What wonder then, that helpless to resist he stood, ghastly with dis may upon the In ink, and shrunk with lior ror fro in the fearful, irrevocable plunge. Turn to another dying scene. Not lonp dneo a Pennsylvania pastor went into hi* pulpit upon t :e Saldiath. lie preached fron the words, "Enoch walked w ith God niul he was not, lor God took him," Ucturuiiie to his home, lie went to his bed. lie wa* -ivk unto death, but lie knew it not. Tw< ilavs later the phvsiciun stood bv bi** bedside, with his finger upon the siek man's pulse The patient, saw an unspoken message in bis eye. and asked whether lie was in danger ol present death. He was told that he was that in a few hours, at most, lie nni>! cntei Eternity. The sentence unheard had gom forth, and without warning lie mini di*s.? How was he ntiTectod lie ill" cliirllitu* iinii', ' - -V 11 ? calmly said, "this is sudden, I did nol expect it. lint, Messed be God I 1 have in piepaiation to make. That was made loo; ago. I ain a sinner, but I have trusted ii the righteousness of mv blessed Saviour. 1 throw myself upon h'nt ! God is with me? not a cloud, not a fear?entire trust in inj Saviour. I did nol expect this, but thank be to God for such a death ! It is sweet, i approaches with tender, gentle, loving em brace?can it be death I" Reader! the sentence of denth rests upot thee also. The hour thou knowest not. I will come when least looked for. And hov will it find llteo? Ait thou ready) N< greater question can be asked theo. Tltoi leave it not unanswered to thine own con sciousness and to Goil. [American Presbyterian. To err is human?to forgive divine. * Printers in Pennsylvania. , ! Printers, says the Richmond Fxnminor, arc ?it a heavy premium just now among , J the politicians of Pennsylvania. Pigler ami I Cameron, United Slates Senators from thai , State, are l?<?th printers, ami. if we mistake r not, both of them had printers for coinpeti. tors. Catneion's competitor was Col. For . ney, a practical pi inter, as well as a distill| guished editor. (Jen. 1'atleer, the present . Democratic candidate for Coventor, is also I a practical printer, ami was, for a longtime, . conductor of a public journal. And we see Jit stated that James Thompson, who has ijust been selected as the candidate for the Supreme Court Judgeship in place of 15!nck. the Attorney General of the United Stales, is also a printer. We believe that Wilinol, , the IMack Republican candidate for Cover , nor, is not a printer, and hence our wellI founded hope and confidence in his defeat. Since the days of Uenj. Franklin, it has been no easy matter in Pennsylvania, to beat a I printer by a candidate selected from any | other avocation. F-anklin, the first American printer of the eighteenth century, was appointed Minister u> France, and, on hearing that Mr. Giraid, a book binder, had been sent as French Minister to our Con gross, lie (Franklin) declared with emphasis, "Well, I'll jtrint llie Declaration of American Indopcdcnee, and Mr. Girard will fiiiiif it." The hook of imh-pcndcnce was printed ami hound just as Franklin .suggest cd, and from that day to this, nobody, unless a book hinder, could presume to run for honors in l'ennsly vauia with a printer. ' What is more humiliating than to sec an old gray headed man, whose sands of life are nearly run, prancing and staggering in the streets under the influence of spirituous liquors ? What can be the thoughts of such a man? How can he reconcile it to | himself to thus ignore the solemn truth that 1 he must, in a short time, meet his Clod in judgement? Such depravity curdles the blood of a highniinded being, and almost I makes one weak to witness old age thus dishonored. An exchange says: "There's not a day that passes over us. but we see something to gladden us, something to elevate and cno| bio humanity, something to sink and degrade it ; alas, that evil should still continue to n.ur the fair, and glorious prestige of | ehristianitv. We were lead into this retirej lion on yesterday l>v seeing an old grayI headed man in one of the bar-rooms about town, in an indecent, almost brutal state of intoxication, cutting up all kinds of contemptible "shines" peculiar to this state of j beastly bliss. I Drunkenness is a vice most foul nt best, ! but in this case, " most foul, strange and j unnatural." Youth may have some excuse, i or palliation for this vice, in the recklessness : and violence of passion, incident to this sowing season of their " wild oats." but old age has none. That illusive period has long j since flown away, and while we may look j upon the follies of youth, with the hope of a timely reform, and an ultimate virtuous life, 1 | we look upon the vices of age with horror ' I and disgust, and we draw the natural ins i fcreuce, that the necessary consequences o( r j a depraved youth is a licentious life and ati i .. i : 1 i - i 1 /' ? : aiuMiiju.iuif imi Jtge.? i rusaucr. * ? L Siraxoe Sagacity.?An amusing cir I ctimslance happened near lliis place a few , .days since, which proves one or two things; Fj either a remarkable case of sagacity in a dog j or unusual good luck to a negro. The cir I cumstance was tlius : I A hlack hand, on the railroad, had a dog I whose tail he was anxious t<? have shortenL | e?i by a process of cutting. Too tender j hearted himselt and unable to procure the j services of any of his co-laborers, the matter stood in this state for several days, when by [ :s??mc means the dog was overtaken hv the ?! cars on the Hlack liivor trestle. In order i ! to avoid being run over the dog walked to I ! ".he end of the crosslies, and awaited the m crossing of the ears. Unfort unately or in? tentionally, wo cannot say which, the trou > | hlcsomc tail was resting on the iron, and in , ] the passage of the cats about three or four . | inches of it was taken off. Was the tail too > I long for the emergence ? or was it intentionf al on the part of the dog to relieve its own, er from unnecessary pain.?1\ >ngstree Star. Singular IIf.sim.t ok a Kirs.? An En. | glish paper informs us that a giil of sevenf ! teen, residing at Hiidgcgato, Clasgow, namJed Catharine Hurt, was brought to the cen>! tral police oflicc of that city, having had her , j neck fractured in a struggle arising from a , | voting man having attempted to kiss her I No extra violence, it was said, had been used. . I I>r. McCiill was in attendance, an<l reported that the injury sustained, appeared to h< < partial dislocation of one of the vertebrre ol I the neck, causing great difficulty in respira. lion and swallowing?he piesumcd fioin pressure on the respiratory nerve. She was , ordered to the infiimary, hut her friends t preferred taking her home, where she now ^ lies in a dangerous state. Steps are being > taken to have the young man apprehended , We publish this as a warning to young . Indies not to resist such attempts. If so se rious a result followed a resi?taneo which from tho nature of tha attack, was prohabh very slight, tho consequences of a more for title repulse might have been fatal. ? .U'P^ -J A Hai-rirt Dentist.?The Dutlalo fix pres* publishes the correspondence between an Ohio dentist and itov. J. Hyatt bmith. The dentist wrote: "I am a llnptist Dentist, and not finding sneli etui >!oy mont as I could wish in this village. I would ask what are the chances of my profession in your growing and beautiful ?ity r Mr. .Smith replied there are as many dentin in Dutlalo a? can make a living, nnd coni eluded his hiief letter : " l'ermh mc to add that I lia*o carefully | looked over the outline* if the baptist faith, and have been unable to discover tooth-pulling therein." I remain yours, to seive, J. IIyatt Smith. ' 4<O>?K J; How in Mknd China.-?From an English almanac wok long time since, cut a ; receipt for mending china and tho opportuI nity having occurred for trying, we found it admirable, the fi acinic scarcely b;-ing visible after the article w as repaired. It is thus made : take a very thick solution of gum arahiein water, and stir it into plaMer of I I'aris until the mixture becomes a viscous I paste. Apply it with a brush to the frnctur| ed edges, and slick llicin together. In threo days the article cannot again he broke in ' the same i>!nce. Tho ? IiIiihimi of ?l>" * ? ? # incut lenders it doubly valuable. [ Exchange Paper. ? ? I Risteri.y Devotion.?There is a vounpj buly living in Saratoga who lias visited the I grave of a sister every morning for llirco j years. A inoic toueliiiig sight we have seldom seen, in this inconstant and forgetful ! world, (say8 the New York Mirror.) than this devout maiden kneeling to place flowers upon the green coverlet of a sister's "narj row bed,'5 anrWto repeat her morning prayers i where none but God can henr them. There lis a fanaticism of the uflections which one cannot but reverence; and the sceno we have alluded to makes the love of woman holy, even to those whose skepticism has become cliioiiie. | Siri; W as Cai:giit.? A fashionable young I lady in Syrncuso was seen by a clerk in a ! store in the Franklin buildings, Thursday afternoon of last week, to slip a eonple of pairs j ?>f gloves in her pocket w hile theclerk's hack ! was turned?she forgetting or not knowing that he could look into u mirror near by and see her movements. Then she took another 1 pair from the clerk, and handed him ?5 to pay for it. lie gave her $2 change; and said he believed that was all right for threo I pairs, and bowed the thunderstruck young lady out of the store, blushing to her eyes. ? - o, ? Among the lunatics in the State Asylum 'at I'tiea, New Yoik, is otic who has bctn at work for the last two years in getting up a I steamboat whose engine shall bo woiked a itU Kpsom salts. Another gentleman in an adjoining room proposes to put elliptick sj rings under Niagara " to ease the water when it |jumps while a third is busily engnged in Igetting out the timber for "a six bladed ' horse and a leather frying pan. " Stick to Vont Bargain."?Botii cox , ? i. iinur iiiis caption " A subscriber " jsends us a communication requesting tlie proprietor of the New Orleans Creole to send along that paper " payahle when Fillmore becomes President." The Creole, our , correspondent must know, is functus officio ; ?has run its career, and is as dead as the ! oldest mummy in Egypt. | JJatou Jiouflr ^h/rocalc. A cknti.kman lately resident in Sunderland, England, at one time a strong ndvocato of tetotalism, now a porter-bottle manufacturer in a seaport not far oil', was recently asked by an acquaintance how he could reconcile his former professions with his present practice. " Oh," was the reply, "when I siaited bottle making, to bo consistent! I also began to iliink wine." ?? A siKfirt. vn spring, near Ilollidaysbtirgli, Pa., lias been discovered. A gentleman who saw it the other day, says : " Tho I spring was full, but very soon the water be| gan to sink, and continued sinking lower and lower until every drop bad disappeared. Soon it rose rapidly again as it stink. Tho time required to ebb and tlow was only thirty minutes." - Tub Catholic Church in the United States received from the Society for the Propagation of the Eaith, last year, one hundred and seventeen thousand three bun died and eighty dollars; while the society . received only eleven thousand two hundred dollars from this country. i j Wijtrkky in Court.?At a recent trial in t Wisconsin, the subject of controversy was a , demijohn of whiskey, which was ordered to r he brought into court, Tho defendant was tried,#and so was the whiskey ; in other words t the w hiskey w as drunk and so was the jury, ? . * I rise for information," said a member y of Cnngros*. " I am very glad to hear it,'' - j cried one sitting by, " for no one needs it more."