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A REFLEX OF POPCUli EVENTS. Droctefr to progress, i!)e liig!)ts of lljc Soutl), aniJ tlje Diffusion of Useful linotoLeiXgc among oil CI of Working iiXcu. I VOLUME IV. QRfcENVILLE. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 7. 1858. " * NUMBER i ii, iiixl?-J-?IIjjjilI- H1'^- "IJ 1' '' | m tjr'f outljrru ?ntrrpriss . * 18 PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY W. P. PRICE & C. M. M'JUNKIN, Proprietor*. WILI,IAM 3?. PRICE, EDITOR. One Dollar u Year, In Advance, $1.50, IF DELAYED. .i. ADVERTISEMENTS inserted conspicuously at Mis rate* of 75 cents per square of if lines for the first insertion, ana 37^ cents for each subsequent insertion. Contracts for vcftrlv advertising made reason able. AGENTS. PrrRR Stsaplkv, Esq., Flat Rock, N. C. A. M. I'kdkn, Fuifvifvv P. O., Greenville Di*t k William C. Uailkt, Pleasant Grove, Greenville. ( Capt. R. Q. Akdkrh ix, Enoree, Spartan burp;. 1 !U- " 11 ?!i!?U."."?1 JILl J ! ' Iclertrt ^nctrij. j . .. ?.~ ? ?-- u Stanzas. ' e Tbo dead leave* strew the forest walk, t And wiiber'd are the pale wild flowers; s The fro6t hangs blackening in the stalk, r The dew-drops fall in golden showers. !< (lono are the spring's greonaponti'g bowers, I; (ione summer's rich and mantling vines, l And autumn, with her yellow hours, n On hill and plain no longer shines. ii 1 learn'd a clear and wild toned note, ^ That rose and swell'd froin yonder tree? 8 A gav hird with too sweet a throat, . Then pereh'd, ar.d raised her song for me. ? The winter comes, and where is she f Away?where summer wings wifl rove, ii r l i a r? nere uuus Bra nc?n, auu every tree I* voeah with the notes of Jove. \oo mild the breath of-southern sky, Too fresh the flower tlmt blushes there, 0 The northern breeze that rustles by * Finds leaves too green, and" buds too fair. n No forest tree stands stripped and bare, l' No stream beneath the ice is dead, H No mountain top, with sleety hair, Vends o'er the snows its reverend bead. r v Go there, with all the birds, and seek j A happier clime, with livelier flight, I Kiss, witli the sun, the evening's cheek, . c And leave me lonely with the night. n I'll gaze upon the cold north light, tl And niaik where allots glories shine?t 'Bee?that it all fair and bright. Feel?that it all is cold and gone. t ftlisrrllnncoiia Trailing. I The Everlasting Arms. [ tn that sublime and soul-thrilling bcnedic- 0 lion, piononnced by the man who had seen t God face to face, upon the children of Israel, ( just before lie went away from them upon t that lonely journey, froin^hich he was to rfi- f turn to them no more?to that lonely grave, i which no tnan knowetli unto this day, occurs this beautiful and suggestive expression : r The Eternal God is thy refuge, and under- c ueatk are the everlasting arms. . in me sim waicnes ot the niglit, when deep sleep fuilelh upon men, when the roar j of the busy city lhatr rose so fiercely ail the c day is stilled, and the awful shadow of dark- t ness covers the face of the world, we seem r almost to feel the support of these everlast- ? ing arms, which swung the world in space, ? and sent it whirling on Its mighty circuit, amid the countless myriads of worlds that c have performed their sublime revolutions \ from all time. f Everlasting! How the very echo of the word crushes into nothingness our finite fa- e culties! Age# on ages, without beginning r and without end?century treading upon the heels of century ; and all but as the speck of lime, the fraction of an instant which is? nbw, to ua, in the eye of liim, whose power and whose imrinflr nrovidence the emrtunion .. m r Tw indicates. . % J The Everlasting arm*! Pestilence may t walk the earth ; sin may deform the coun- v tenaoee made in the image of God; murder r may bare his red rigiii *riu , U>? rsgisg Src t mny devour; the rushing whirlwind may \ desolate; earthquakes may rend the boeom f of the solid earth, and swallow up the pride i of its eitiea; the roaring wavea of the mighty sea whelm navies in their yawning gulfs ; } but the Everlasting arms are Around u* as ; the arms of a father around the babes wbo ? crowd upofi his knees beside the glowing fireside of home. . ; * The Everlasting Arms! Through the * dark, cold valley of the shadow of death, t very one must walk by himself. The ten- I derest love canuo^ go down with us to cheer 1 us in that drear atfd dreadful passage; but the everlasting arm* shall be around uc*n<! I beneath us there. Dust mouJdereth to it* t parent ,dp*t, and all that was beautiful, all i that was loved, and cherished, perisheth 1 away from mortal ken! The bleeding af- [ fcctions yearn and pina (or what e^rth can- 1 not restore rloon ; but the overlaaiing arms o.ircte the grave, and keep in their loving 1 embrace every atom, to#e re formed m tie genial cfioie of Biernity. < T|i - The Everlasting Arms, never weary, neygr v'eak, never insufficient, are about us wlfen ye sin, to check, to warn and restrain; when ve do well, to encouiago ; when we are bap? , to keep us from going astray; when we ire afflicted, to comfort with their tender emu-ace ; and, when we die. shall hear us to ealms of never-ending joy. Oh! that wo may never for a moment, oeo the consciousness of their ever-present upport! Let us seek it when we rW up, md when we !?o down ; when we sit in our iouscfc; when we walk ^y the way; in the may city, in the lonely wood, in the mart, md in the sanctuary ; and so we shall fear 10 evil, but the loss of that loving, tender in<^ all-sufficient guidance and support [Sunday Appeal. The Hero of the Pl&ffna. When (lie plague raged violently at Mareillea, evety link of affection was broken; lie father turned from the child, (he child rom the father ; cowardice and ingratitude 10 longer excited indignation. Misery it at ts height when it*jhua destroys every tie "of lumanity. The city became a desert ;grass ;rew in the streets ; a funeral met yon at very step. The physicians assembled in a ody at the Hotel de Villo, to hold a conultation on the fearful disease, for which no emedy had yet been discovered. After \ nag consultation, they decided, unaniinousy, that* the malady had a peculiar and mvserious character, which opening a corpse night developc?an operation which it was mpossible to attempt, since the operator nust infallibly become a victim in a few lours, beyond the power of human ait to ave him, as the violence of the attack would ircclude their administering the customary einedieA. A dead pause succeeded this fatal declaration. Suddenly a surgeon, named Gtiyon, n the prime of life, and of great celebrity,!!) lis profession, rose and said, firmly : " lie it so ; I devote my life for tbe safety f my country, lie-fore this numerous asembly I promise, in the name of humanity md religion, that to morrow at tbe break of lav, I will dissect a corpse, and write down. ,? i proceed, wnai i oDserve." lie lefilhe assembly instantly. They adaire him?lament his fate?and doubt ihcther lie will persist in his design. The ntrepid and pious Guy on, animated by all he sublime energy religion or patiolism an inspire, acted up to his word. Ho had uarried, and wits rub, and lie immediately nade his will, dictated by justice and pipv. A man had died in his house within wenty-four hours. On yon, at daybreak, shut timself up in the Mine room. Full of enliuaiasm, never had he felt more (irmly col ected.* Kneeling before the corpse he wrote: Mouldering tenement of an immortal soul, lot only can I gaze on tlice withdht horror, ait even with joy ar.d gratitude. Thou >peneu to me the gates of 9 glorious eterniy. In discovering to me the secret cause of lie terrible plague which destroys my naive city, thou wilt render mv sacrifice useul. Oh, God! Thou wilt bless the action Thou thyself hast inspired I" He began?he finished the dreadful opeation ; and recorded in detail his surgical ibservaiions. He then left the room, threw he papers into a vase of vinegar, and iuimo Iiately sought tlie I.axaretto, where he died n twelve hours; a death ten thousand times note glorious than that of a warrior, who, o save his country, rushes on the enemy's anks?since he advances with hope at laast, md sustained, admired, and seconded by a vhole army. Physicians, who remain firm in the disbarge of their duties, while the fears of heir fellow-citizens are prompting them to ly from contagion, display the mdral courige which is far superior to the physical enirgv which sustains the soldier in battle, as nind is superior to matter. A Gossip Cured. A certain man had a wife who was always gossiping; she visited her neighbor often, tnd told her all she knew, added* all she ould guesa at, and wound up by intimating hat 6ho could tell inore. The consequence ras, she kept ber% husband and-the whole lergnoornooa in an uproar, by the lime me VI U?r siOiiii ZSA settled aid <!}? r.aigh >orliood quiet, something new would burst drib from her wicked lips. Her husband tad long tried ia vain to cure ber. One day, he entered the house, apparently n great terror and distresa, when bis wile nquired, u What'on earth aita you I" said he ; 44 do tell ine at once." "O, dear!" said the husband, VI Imve tilltd him 1 I killed him with one blow, tnd have buried him under the big apple reel Oh, dear 1 I have killed him ! boo! too oo I oo ! I've killed him I I've killed dm I" The poor woman could wait no longer, >u! snatching her old sun bonnet, oot she >Olted, cut for the nearest neighbor. " Oh, fear, i|rs. Smith 1 I'ir. a ruined woman Jool boo I oo ! I'm ruined ! We shall all be mng together! Oh, dear ! Boo! Loo 1 oo-l ruined.** SfeWhat in the world is the matter, Mrs. liiptl bo tell us r What ia the matter I" -O.fE ruio?lf My hurt,*! U, fc.ll d a aaao t *' w" - . vs P? />" 'jw; fHf ( " Killed a man ! I !" m Yce; I ?'|K)?e he got towl with him ; h he killed him with one blow, and has buried t him under an apple t?-ee !" I Away rnn Mrs. Smith, and away went 0 Mrs. Hunt at her heels, screaming for the B neighbors as they ran 1 They entered the 'n house of the murderer, searched tho rooms, j, called and screamed for Mr. Hunt, but no Mr. Qunt could be seen or heard ! ?" We f hall all be hung ! Hoo I hoo ! oo !" | , By this time, a dozen neighbors, men,; l women and children had artived. panting,1 0 to enquire what on earth was the matter;! c and hearinir about the murder thov KnniuJ i ? - 1 ?J - I to the big apple tree, and sure enough, there were the marks of a grave in the fresh earth, f and poor Mrs. Hunt was almost distracted. h Tools were brought, and the men com- |, mcnced digging, Mrs. Hunt all the time ex- v claiming, "I can't see him! I can't-bear e to look at him ! Oh, don't dig hint tin ! I t am ruined 1 I shall die ! Boo ! hoo ! oo 1 e I shall die !" r By this time up came a polo cat that Mr. t Hunt had killed with one blow from a long j, pole, and buried. We will leave the reader j to disperse the company, and clear away ^ the storm to his satisfaction. t It was some time, however, before Mr. t Hunt dared to trust his " ugly mug " in the G presence of the ruined woman ; but sbe never t was known to gossip after tbat. * ) The remedy was rather a severe one, and we will not preteDd to justify Mr. Hunt for , so painfully deceiving the poor woman ; yet < we have sometimes a little more than half * wished, that all gossips had to swallow just t such a dose. - w . "I'll Speak for Thee." u The penalty of matrimony," saith some | wag, *'is a mother-in-law." Let us turn the < proposition : the penalty of bringing up a ' daughter is a son-in-law. Now, admitting j the yvo propositions? who hatli the advan- j tnge ? Who, my dear eon in-law, iinluceth , thy wife, who thou hast promised to lovo, to j put up with those sulky fits which thou in- , ' ' I v....gv?-i, ttwen ovMiiriinii^ nam not moved smoothly with theo in thy business, or when < the wet weather lastcth longer than thy con- , venicnce required), or when thy party linth , been defeated at an election, or when (pro- < yoking incident!) some one hath out talked j thee in an argument! Who, when in sul i try summer-time thou wouldsl avoid the dust , of the city streets, and the heated reflection | of the sun from brick walls by going to the | springs, remaineth at home to look-after the . house, toopjfreful of thy interests to partake' \ of thy pleasure, bowbeit her age, niid her oft ] infirmities require the relaxation quite as much as thou I Who, when little Teter, , and Sally, and Peggy had the whoop in cough | removed them to the third story hack chain \ ber, with herself, that thou mightest enjoy repose undisturbed by their distressing bark- , ing! Who, when thou hadst an attack of ] that sickness to which thou art liable (for j who is exempt from some occasional ailing!) , enabled thy wife, by assisting and relieving , her, to give thee more constant attention ? , Who, when thou triest the usually serene ( temper of thy helpmate, by tarrying an hour j after dinner-lime or two after bed-time, maketh excuses for thee, and procureth for thee tho smile with which thou art received !? Who boastelh of thee occasionally when i among othor mother-in laws, narrating those i things which she may think will do tbee i credit, and concealing those little sins nnd i I imperfection* with which she cnnnot but i know thee to be afflicted I Who takelh care i to inform the gossips that thou contributeat to the. rolief of the destitute, or?to the alle- i viations of grief in tome instances, nod for- , getteth to allude to the occasion when, in ' ill-humor, thou withboldest alms from a beggar f Who liaa done these thing* if it be not : thy mother-in-law t But she bath done more j than thia for thee, forgetful man ! She hath yielded to the? the child of her "bosom?a portion of herself; the successor of her 1 womanhood; the pride, the flower, the fruit ; of her life ! ^ ' I Then how canst thou cast at her an unseemly jest, and violate the difference due to 1 her age by an unmannerly sarcasm, a sting- 1 ing falsehood! Thou couldst not do this unless?-(I see thee wince 1)?unless thou hast some habit, more or ie?* euljmuU, which thou knowest she ahould rebuke ; which thy ] conscience feet* to be -rebukable. , Wag, go mend thy manners, and then thou wilt respect thy mother-in-law. I do not believe 1 have ever met a man , '.bet I could call excellent, who bad not been subject to some privations, to some disap , pointinents, and seme sufferings. Grief or misfortune scans to be indispensable to the . development of intelligence, energy and vir- , tue. The proofs to whidh the people aro sub- | mitted, as with individuals, are necessary, , then, toilraw them, from their lethargy, to disclose their character.?>Wron. A Youno Jml-brkakrr.?l>*vid Livingston, a boy 16 years old, confined in the St. J oh n? bury (V (.) jail, for stealing, escaped i from that Institution, by drawing a table up I to the door of his cell, <mf crawling through the diamond, a hole seven Inches square.-? He was the only occupant of the jail. i A Ray or Scnrhink.? We saw a man mrriedlv wending his way through one of he retired streets of a neighboring town,? Ie was evidently a man of business, and ne who had but little spare time at his com nand. Suddenly his progress was arrested it a novel manner. Several little girls seer?g his approach, had locked their tiny arms ogether and barricaded the sidewalk In ront^of hiin. We watched with interest to ee how tins interruption would be received iy the gentleman, but were kept in suspense til)* a moment, for giving a sudden spring, ur hero attempted to pass around one of be corner posts, (a fat little chub of a girl, riniful of mischief,) but lie was foiled, for he fence moved quite as rapidly as himself, nd then came to a stand-still directly before iim. And then such a laugh. It made us tigh that we were a child again. The next II* . _ S A _ ? * * ' ' nun u> escape was uy attempting to break ' he connecting links; but the littlo witdif> vidently knew that sufficient force would iot be employed to hurt thetn, and without hat, they seemed Jo resist to tlio last At ength catching up one of the number, and irinling a kiss upon her rosy cheek, the ;enllepian, by a dexlerious movement, passed he ramparts, when ufter releasing the capive, he hjirried away amid such outbreaks >f merriment as proceeds only from the undilbed heart of innocent aud happy cbildlood. Without knowing anything more of that nan, we would trust hitn with gold uncountkI. Our word for it, thero is a happy home somewhere, and we would like to loolc in ipon it when business hours are over. [SanJtj Hill Herald.* Tom, the Blind Musician.?Tom, the jlind musician, gave bis first entertainment >n Wednesday night, at Temperance Hall. I'om is certainly a genius in his way. He s now only 8 years old, and, without any nstruction except the teaching of nature, jxecuted on the piano, several original nnd elected pieces of music, to the satisfaction jf an appreciative and fashionable audience. If the future instructors of Tom can keep 4 his native*wood notes wild " frr>? from ii? corruption* of llie. French and Italian schools, the blind minstrel will, at some time or other, astonish tho musical world. Like poor Tom, we never studied even the rudiments of tho divine art, and, consequently, cannot speak scientifically on the subject, but this much we will say f'otn experience, .luit if some of the " high t'ulluten " flights ive have heard, is music, we should like some professor to tell ns what is not music. In this fast age Yankee Doodle and Old Hundred have become so mixed with foreign variations, that uono but the learned can Lell one from tbe other. We think "it is time to become a little more Amoiicanized." We once knew a very worthy, intelligent, but nervous gentleman to forsake an excellent hotel, simply because " these evening bells," In a spirit of improvement, bad been superseded by that most horrid of all musical instruments, a Chinese Gong. Let musicians and hotel keepers eschew all foreign novelties, and let Tom stick to bis native text, and be cannot but succeed. [Columbus Enquirer. Stilt. IIousk Malauia.?The pestiferous nfluence* of a distillerv are manifest in cv?. ry neighborhood where such an establishment exists. The walls, the roof, the win dowa, the hog-pens, the grounds, the vegetation, all proclaim that blighting mildew find death are there. A handsome distillery cannot be found in all the western country. *Tbe very architecture of the buildings appears to be from the infernal regions.? The blasting influences are apparent upon those who are officiating within, as well as their families and neighborhood, pn ap proaching one of these ante chambers of perdition, the fences, farms, windows, everything betokens the thrift lesson** and de inoralization of the people. The children are ragged and ignorant, lh7 men are idle and profane, the Sabbath is disregarded, morality and religion ar<? below par. Heaven pity all decent people whoue lots are cast ?n-the vicinity of a stillhouso I The | stench and filth around the place are a prel ty fair type of the miorHl condition of the neighborhood.? Crumder. i tm i A i.ittlb descent ^wiii give water ? ran ning motion. A few inches in a smooth. sfrnigui cnannei win give it velocity or several miles per hour. The Mine thing is true of morale. A little declivity?a little start and away all goes, gathering speed and momentum an the days measure the distance. The beet of men sometimes, from n slight push?a little start out of the right way-?go like running water, swifter and swifter as it draws nigher to the sea. lie oareftil that you do not get this first start, lest all the powers of yourself and friends rosy be too feeble to turn you hack. [Spirit of the Aye. Ir in Spuria a young man purchased an estate upon advantageous terms, or wnede wbat is termed a good " bargain," be was rendered accountable to the Bute, and fined for being uo)ust in buying a thing under ita ralue. Our practice is the reverse; the young man who can m?ke the best bargains is the stnarfwt. i \ eft* Forty Youko Ladiks and tiir Barrkl of Flour.?One day last week, a merchant in Gardiner, Me., offered to give a barrel of flour to Kev. Charles Blake, a Baptist minis ler in that city, provided the young ladies would haul it to hint. To this they consented, and* having obtained a small pair of trucks, the barre.l of flour was placed there on, and about forty voting ladies took hold of the lopes, and drew the barrel about half a mile up one of the steepest hills in Gardiner to the minister's liousb. The Gardiner band headed the procession, and played some excellent music. A Njcr?Youno Man.?Mr. Furniss, the voting gentleman involved *in the Mrs". Woodman affair, the I*oliee Gazette says, ' is very showy and tidy in bis dress, and never fails at night, before retiring, to put bis pantaloons in a stretcher. This is to keep l hem in shape. lie does the same with iiis bouts ; as soon as they are'tflken off they are boot-tieed during the night, and to cive the I ion I a liiirli imian i? !.?,? ?n ??t?. o " .? - > ?? vbhii pa.l of leather. This gives his feet a Very pretty shape. wlfich, with his small nanus, lie considers his great forte, lie imagines that they are truly captivating." < I g w It is said that some of the members of the Cabinet do not agree with the President in ais determination to stop Gen. Walker in his course, and that one of them has written a letter to a friend in the South, in which lie intimates that he may be under the necessity of corning out with a letter defining Iris position on this question, or perhaps even of resigning his seat in the Cabinet. The friends of Walker say that two members of the Cabinet and tw6nty-two of the Southern Suuators are opposed to any interference against him. Another Church Slavery Agitation. The Northern branch of the Methodist Epis* ! copal Church has, for some time, been the arena' of an incipient slavery agitation, which now seems to be taking formidable shape. In the Rochester l>emocrnt we find a report of an anti-slavery convention of clerical and lay delegates from the East Genesee, Genesee, Black River, Oneida and Wyoming Conference of that church, the speakers at which seemed disposed to push their views to extremes at whatever cost. Aitkauanck and Kkautt.?The editor of the Louisville Journal pens the following paragraph : " Except to a few practised observers, the personal aspects of men seldom announce their real quality. The roost daring and unconquerable wills often lio concealed be ncath an almost girlish exterior ; while many burly tellows, who look as if they might he the dynamic sentries of the universe, can't draw a long breath without leaning against a post." It is said that a worthy minister in Indiana, who had Irecome somewhat mixed up in Innd speculations, recently announced to his congiegation that his text would he found in "St. Paul's Epistle to the Corinthians, section four, range three, West." The above will recall tp some readers the caso of a minister who, some twenty-five years ago, in this city, requested the congro gation to sing the '241st hymn to " long staple."? Charleston Couritrr. That's So.?Mr. Walton, in the Obin Cultivator, nns (lint "a inai) may rend two hours a day and make more wheat, corn, and inonev. than the man who don't read l any." We will add, that an intelligent man can,, hy reason of hi* intelligence, plough and line and reap three times ii* much as an ignorant man, even though he have leas I physical strength and no steamwater, and if any ono asks for proof of this assertion, wo will produce it. 1 , - . A Wao gets off the following in the Boston Post: 44 4 Give me a copy of those lines,' Sues the fair (Jelia, to her poet lover; Delighted, ho the sheet resigns? ' Ilia cup of I diss quite full is running over. Forthwith she hides the paper prize Safe in her bosom's labyrinth of laces ; fie marks the imprisonment, and eiics. * My liHfx, in truth, have (alien in pleas nut place*.'" Much is a Smai.l 1'i.ack.?A very celebrated Scotch divine says: The world we inhabit niuit have had nit origin; that origin must have consisted in a I cause ; that cause must have been intelligent; | that intelligence " must have been'.efficient; that efficiency must liavo been ultimate; i that ultimate power must have been mij [ rente ; and that which always was and is supreme we know by the name of God. A la te letter from Washington to the X. Y. Tribune, says: 44 Several of tbe leading (Black) Repnlli can Members of Congress bad a long and I confidential interview last nigh I with Menu tor Douglm at bis house. The conference 1 in understood to have related to the affairs t of Kansas, and to have been fiiykty tfilif/ac \ lory to all concern/d."* i Miscellaneous Paragraphs. ' Ark you as particular to keep your appointments with (Joil as with a fellow being? Joi.'kk says of an ancient unmarried female that she was fearfully and wonderfully maid. Chaki.ks Fknno 11 ok km an, the insane poet, is said to he so ill that he cannot live much longer. Thk sum ?.f $4p?0 lias been contributed at Cincinnati to the Iluruduo fund, and forwarded to Washington. At the Butfalo Fair grounds, a few days since, an iirdian run ten miles in fifty-si* minutes and nineteen seconds. Thk word telegram, for telegraphic dispatches. is hereafter to he placed in the dictionaries published in England. TllXKnAto^-"-'? *>-- ,T-!' ' ? ..i ,,ij ui wie uimru mates, a* now organized, munVis 17,320 men, if the companies were all full lo the number authorized byjaw. . The best, bank ever known, is a bank of earth ; it nevtfr refines to discount to honest labor. And the best shire is tlitf ploughshare, on which dividends are always liberal.Somkuody snvs that a friend of his carries his senso of honor so far as to spend all his time in perfect idleness, because he.does not even like to take advantage of time. ' Nonchalant" means that peculiarly indifferent look which is. put on by men, " who never payJ! when dunned for money.It should be written, none shell cfut, A Southern editor says the people there have not discovered that the times are bard. Let them undertake to pay their debts and they will make the discovery immediately.For more than two years Mr. Oeorge 1U Prentice, of the Louisville Journal, has written his editoiials l?y amanuenses, his hands being paralyzed to such a Jegreo thai ho cannot use them. The Mormons.?It is stated, that should the Mormons be driven out of Utah, they have a settlement in Lower'California, belonging to Mexico, to which they will go, asking the Mexicans and Indians no favors! Sterne says : " I never drink?I cannot do it on equal terms with others. It costs them only one day, but inc. three ! the first in sinning, the second in suffering, and the third in repenting." An impertinent editor in Alabama wants to know when wo "intend to pay the 'debt of nature.'" We are inclined to think that when nature gets her dues from him ii will be by an execution.?houitvillc Journal. Lotteries in gnokoia.-^Tho Legislature of Georgia has unanimously pronounced lotteries to be a cnrse nnd a swindle. It is thought that, at the expiration of the present charters for lolteik-s, no more will be granted. JoNica?the philosopher Jones?has discovered the respective pat pros of a Distinction and a Difference, lie says that a little Difference frequently makes many enemies, while a little Distinction attracts hosts of ft i ends. Defective Rkuoion.?A religion that never suffices to govern a man. will never suffice to save him; thai which doss not sufficiently distinguish one from a wicked world, will never distinguish him from a peiishing world.?-Hmee. A okntlrman, of Raleigh county, Va.,lias a fine largo calf which lwi9 110 eyes, or any appearance of any, yet can go through a gate, a gap in the fence, or any entrance, without dilUculty, and knows as well as a pefsori when it is getting near a tree, stump or fence. Complimbntakv.?During one of his recent lectures, iti Manchester, England, Kossuth whs. very severe on Louis Napoleon.? Among other expressions of the kind, I10 used this language in regard to Napoleon III: " Sprung up like a toadstool jon a swamp of blood, he could fix no roots in the soil of his country." " Tiik Printino Did tiik Bcsinvbs for Us."?A member of a manufacturing firm in Vermont, remarked the other day, while paying a bill for some advertising and j >b punting, " that printing did tiro busifac&> for us?it baa already brought us more Utnn a thousand dollars worth of work,1* Tito amount of the printing was $5. Tub English papers quote, as illustrative of Arueiican advertising, hii advertisement in the American I'ubhshers' Circular, of n book announce;! an " The most stupendous work sinee the flood?3,4:27,918,615 copie* ordered in advance."? publication necessarily postponed for a enltBT, on aecotmt of the overwhelming ntinibci cf orders, Ac. m Tub masaacitrsktts Slavk Tram,?Of fonr cargoes of African r.eiroed latclv landed in Cut?a, three of the vcasils whicli brought them were built and are, il la thought, owned In Massachusetts. Tiic aaroe proportion, we are inclined t?? believe, mbsista in the alave trade operatlona geftcralfy; that ia, tlireo out of font, mi ships, erews and capital, he long to Massachusetts, or, at all event*, t? the FrccMiil States.