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' I lla S fidTftTll^ 1 ^1 ,j _ ^ ... ^ ,-, A KEFLEX OF PdtULAR EVE-N-TS, ..-.-Jl JM.l ' -- - U- - V'^~ ! ' i - . ? '- i ...iii?g^ Dfooiefr to progress, tlje fciigljls of tlje Sontlj, eftt& llje Diffnsioft of Useful EiiowlaJge Among oil Classes of XUorhittg iileu. a|aa|^^^wemman?to%s^u-3eftt^p^ese?B?sac?r " * ^ ^ ' * -'* " *'* ^BZmX&Bxaas=zxs3x^at^^sxw4a^. VOLUME IV. GREENVILLE. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 25. lSfift- ~ ~? "'"' J1,HI 11 "' BBM ? Cljt #attt|iertt (gtrtrrprist 18 PU8LI8HE0 WEEKLY BY W. P, PRICE & C. M. M'JUNKIN, Prtprlelvn. WILLIAM P. PItlCE, S0I709L TERM8. On* Dollar a Year, In Advance, 1.50, JF DELAYED. Aanrrs. Perm Rtr.\?uit. Esq., FUt Rook, N. C. >.. M. Pkdkr, Fairvlew P. O., Greenville PUt Willi ay G Uailky, PleosAiit Grove, Greenville. | - Cam. R. Q. Amii???HII BiiAfM I G. W. Kwo, Traveling Agent. ?a?a? J - I Lbve to Live. 441 love to live," said a prattling Ik>v, As ho gaily played with hi* now-bought toy. And a merrv |angh went echoing forth, From a bosom filled with joyous mirth. * I love to live," raid a stripling bold? 44 I will seek for fame?I will toil for gold." And hefotmed in his pleasure many n plan To be earned out when he grew n man. M I love to live," said a lover true, 44 Oh, gentle maid, I would live for you; I have labored hard in search of fame? I have found it but an empty name." ** I love to live," said a happy sire, A* hit* children neared the winter fire ; For his heart was cheered to see their joy, And he almost wUhed himself a boy. 441 love to live." said an aged man, Whoa* hour of life was well uigh ran-~ Think you such word* from him were mild, The old man w*s again n child. And crer tlina in till* fallen world la tin banner of hope to the breefce unfurled ; And only with hope of life on high, Cnn a mortal ever love to die. I Live to Love 44 I live to love," said a laughing girl, Aa all* playfully toaaed each flaxen curl ; Ami she climbed on her loving father1* knee, And snatched a kUs in her childish glee. " I live to love," said a maiden fair, A* ehe twined a wreath of her sister's hair; They were bound by the cords of love together, And death alone could these sisters sever. " I live to lore," aaid a gay young bride, Her loved one standing by hor side; Her life told again what her lips had spoken, And never was the link of atfccliuu broken. * I live to love,"' said a mother kind? M 1 would live a guide to the infant mind." Her precepts and examples given, Ouided her children home to heaven. u I shall live to love," said a fading form, And her cheek was bright and it was warm As she\liQught of the blessed world on high. She would live to love nnd never die. And ever thus in this lower world. Should the banner of love be widely unfurled,! And when we meet in the world above, May we love to live nnd live to love. I ' J Bill II ?J?L .! ,1 r ' I SB. JUiarrllunroiifl ?lrailing. Htuhl?(A Word to Gossips.) Let us trace gossip to its true tource.? Gossip sometimes arises front constitution nnd temperament. Tb* f*onltv of speech is stranger nnd more easy of use in some men thau in others. Thfey.coin words without trouble, and make phrases without effort.? remember easily the words they hear or read. Words for nil purposes are ever raadv at their tongue's tip. They delight (n talk. Words are their chief words.? Their tongues are looeoiy set. The organs of voice are not impaired or wearied by wear; and an excitable heart keeps the tongue for erar in motion. If. with this constitution and tempt rament, thore be intelligence, wis. dotrn, and right principle, the great talker is ; j? great teacher ; but if there be ignorance, folly, ami iiUlor.es* of soul, this combination produce* the gossip by nature?not, mark, by nature's God; for the tendencies of which apeak may be all governed and consecra led to the highest- e&us. Every (acuity strengthens by exercise, and every tendency increases by our following it* leading. Upon these principles weakness is often supplanted by strength, and slight inclination becomes a strong bias. The example of the gossip by nature, often creates the gossip by practice, whose tittle tattle is, , in the first instance, a parrot-like imitation of the gossip by natore. H?t true it is, that * while some might dwell with tattlers for $? &, and only become mom ami moire jU?9V others I cam of Hie gossip to speak tfftngs which they ought not. the reason of thU is to NtJ'i'tnd in the ordinary and cms* it affords pleasant excitement, and ft'm 4 ^eifr It pi, moreover importance to the talker, and it gains gn at , influence over the hearer*. Then it is some- < times used to detract And to defame, to sow l discord and engender eltifo, to sustain n fnc i lion, and to promote the cause of a party.? i And thus gos*?p mny be traced to desire for 1 pleasure and for power, and to a desire to i gain the esteem and attention of others. It I may be traced also to anger, hatred, envy, i and ill-will. Among gossips by nature and by practice, ' we find the following species: The ffotpcl goaaip?the tattler who, leaving the cominou ground of Christian fellow- J ship, breaks in upon the sacred enclousurea of domestic and privnto life, not ouly by speak 1 ing things he ought not, but bv doing this as a right. As though, forsooth, because a 1 man aits with you at the Lord's Table, he is 1 bound in solemn du'y to find out who was your father, what are your temporal sources, 1 what is the nature of your occupation, and 1 other mnllers which aie your business, and 1 not in any sense his. It is enough for purposes of Christian fellowship to know that, your fellow-communicants have a Father in heaven, and that on* i? 1 ?..V ? ?MV<I CVCII Christ. We may, moreover, remark thai 1 there is much in the religious history and sjiirilual life of our fellow-Christians with 1 which we liavo nothing to do. But the ' church gossip is one who is ever tattling about this tnnn'a conversation, and that ' man's backsliding ; this man's eminent piety, i and that man's inconsistency ; and one who canvasses freely and needlessly the claim of new converts to sit at the Lord's Table, and to be joined with the churches of the Saviour. The house gossip must also be named, whose tattle is ever about births, marriages, and deaths?about wives and husbands, parents and children, masters and servants? < about this woman's extravagance and economy, and that housewife's niggardliness.? Such we may rank with the worst class of hurglara and housebreakeia ; for they invade the sanctity of the home, and drag forth in- I to common notice things which ought to be 1 kept sacred in every family. I The political gossip must not be passed ' by?the tattler about public men and national affairs, who, to serve a party will destroy ] the savour of the roost precious unguent by ' casting into it dead flies, and ? bo will divert < attention from a public nuisance, or from tbe 1 breach of a public trust, by blowing elegant ' bubbles, and raising brilliant will-o'-the wiep?. j We must make one more remark on this 1 part of our subject?tho source of gossip can ' never l>e either good or godly. It must ' ever arise from weakness, or from wicked- * ness ; from littleness, orfiom levitv : from ' the pressor? of evil feeling, or from the absence of whole so 013 thought and of good ' feeling. It is not taught by the Holy ' Ghost; it cannot be learned of Jesus Christ; < it is not the will of our Father in heaven, nor ' do the principles of true godliness enforce it. 1 The tongue of the gossip is not touched ' with live coals from heaven's allars ; it is set 1 on fire by unholy ardors, and it in even set 1 on Jire of hell. And if it be traceable to ' constitution and to natural temperament, it 1 cannot thereby be excused, seeing that a 1 little self-control would avoid the evil, with out effecting any mischievous revolution in ' the natural characteristics of the man. 1 We must now look at the effect of gossip. ' The effect of gossip can never bo godly.? 1 Our good and wiso Father overrules it for < some benefit, but it produces no diiect ad- 1 vantage. That which is in itself evil, and f which springs from an evil source, cannot 1 but produce evil. " A corrupt tree cannot ' bring forth good fruit." Look at the effect * of gossip upon society and upon the talker. I First, on the talker himself. Gossip de strops self-respect; for it produces an amount J of shame and self contempt. This may not ' in> ?!; fU (tie ti'pe of sneaking, but it iiivA- ' riably follows idle words. It is instructive ( to observe how the most earnest and active < gossips shrink from bciug called by their < proper name, and how angry tbey become 1 si I ' * wiion iiiev are nonoieu witu ilicir true title*. 1 Then, Again, gossip is as a rule connected with falsehood. A gossip who is not a liar, 1 is a great rarity. And when the gossip is < not a liar he is always a fearful exaggera- ' tor. Gossip, moreover, invariably leads to ' detraction and slander. It blights our so- < cial affections ; it checks the growth of gr>d ' liness, and It pieve* the Holy Spirit. The 1 stone breaker is often blinded by fragments ' of the stone which he is splitting. The ' steel-grinder is often injured by his own < filings. Those who work with poisons in- ' hale their hurtful influence; and thus those < who tattle are injured by their >^b word*; those who attend toothers' business without I cause, must neglect their own ; and those < who meddle with other people's character > and pursuits, fall into many a hurtful snare. ' The good social influence of the gossip is, i moreover, destroyed. He is not trustpd, i and he is despised even by those who will | listen greedily and amuse themselves with | his talk, nnd by those who are themselves I idle talkers. ; It separates chief fi lends; sows discord he- < tween brethren ; awakens doubt and sus- ' picion where tnutual trust And confidence < should be strong; drive* the senaiiive and refined away from society; pr<>duces reseive * and efforts at conoealment, where otherwise < .there would Iks candor and freedom ; nnd it xms'.antly placets person* and acliona in a i fa lee light. The sorrow of many individn- i tls, the troubles of many families, and the jonvnlsions even of States, are oflen traceable entirely to idle word*. A spark may set fire to a city, and looking at the work of Lhe tattler we often say, " Heboid how great n matter a little fire kindlelh !" The evil svhich we have been considering is bo wide-spread, that the question arises: What can wo individually do to remove it 1 We may do nine things : I. Let us place fairly and honestly before our minds what God has said to lis about gossip; and, as may be shown, tliero is much in his word upon thesubject. 2. Let us carefully inquire ?..v vui unu practice in tins matter, and unsparingly charge ourselves with the guilt we may discover. 3. Let us at once, both in heart and lip, determine to forsake this sin. 4. Let us ask our Fattier in heaven for preventing and restraining grace. 6. Let us practice slotcness of speech. 0. Let us never listen to gossip. If there were no listeners, tattle would cease. In this matter llie " receiver is as bad as the thief." 7. LeU us rebuke gossip in our neighbor whenever we hear it. 8. Let us keep away from gossiping circles and coteries. "A tattling private circle stingeth as a hive or wasps.' 9. Let us endeavor to render speech u channel for good. Martin Tapper says : " A man tl?nt speaketli too little, ami tliiiiketli much and deeply, Crrodeth his own heart-strings, and kecpeth back good from his fellows; A man that sneaketh too much, and nmsotli but little ami lightly, Wasteth his mind in works, and is counted a fool nmong men: Hut thou, when thou hast thought, weave charily the web of meditation And clothe the ideal spirit in the suitable garments of speeeli." A Romance of Real Life. The following incident, which we extract ; from the Journal, published at Ducyrus, Crawford county, Ohio, claimed to be strict-1 ly true, possesses sufficient romance to make I lialf a dozen novels : " In Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, seven ; yeare ago, lived a wealthy farmer, w ho was J '.I 1 milt ? ?C 1 ... ..... .. .Aiuiijr ui bix ctmurcn, the eldest of which was a beautiful girl of sixeen summers. A young man in the neigh- 1 joihood, of good family, feigned attachinent :o her. Young and inexperiouced, she fell nto the snare set for her. Shortly after, ter ruin was accomplished ; the young man, I earing the wrath of her father when the consequence of his villainy should become vpparent, Absconded. The young girl now felt tho full honor of ter situation, which she could conceal hut a | ( ihort time, and her destroyer had fled. She ( could not, dared not, endure the shamo and | epronch that would attach to her when i ( til should be discovered. She determined j ( ipon leaving the country also, and, prefer- ; , ing to be considered as dead, matured aj [>lan to cheat her parents into a belief that, die had been drowned. A creek ran i through her father's farm and emptied into; tho Susquehanna, a short distance away.? At this time of the year, (spring,) it was iwollen by freshets, and it was dangerous to renture upon the frail bridge of plank that utd been thrown across it. One evening, when the water was verv high, she proposcd going to a neighbor's who lived across he creek, ller father objected on thcl ground of danger, but insisting t hat nlie I rould get over safely, alio seized lier bonnet' ind started. She bad previously secreted a ew aitides of clothing outside, which the :, ook with her. Arriving nt the budge, sho threw her I j x>nnet into the stream, well knowing that, t would be caught on the bushes that over-'. ( tung tlio stream, and ltttrr.vtng on, aoom, 'aineu ll?e road, and walked away in the j lirection of Ifarrisburg. The consternation . )f the family, after the lapse of two hours, ] nay be imagined. One went to the bouse . ilio had started for, but she had not been. . .here. It was supposed immediately that ilio had fallen off the bridge. Search was|, nade, and her bonnet was found lodged on , tome overhanging willows. Sadly they ie- . arued to their bereaved borne. Doubt was ( it an end. She had fallen from the frail | nidge, and had been drowned, and her < >ody carried by the nngry flood into the -iver. Shortly after her supposed death, ter father, whose mind was troubled by the ifAltl uislttnrt ir% lauo i(>a ' * ?. ?v? ivhi v vnv ivtiiu ui n?n mMiction, sold his farm and removed to thin :ounty. T? the meantime she had reached Ilarriv >urg, taken the cars West, Aim, in a ft* lays, found herself at tlio only tavern in a tecluded village In (he interior of Michigan. l*he landlady was a kind hearted woman, tnd at that particular time wns in need of tn assistant. She heard the story of the (>oor girl, sympathixed with hit, and, liking tier appearance, insisted on her making that tier homo. In tliia house she passed six pears of contentment. Her hostess ir.troJttced her as a widow ; she gained friends, tnd received many advantageous offers of marriage. One morning, ahout six months ago, the 1 was in the sitting-room when the stage Irove up. 'Ore wmdosfrs of the coach were down, and she could see mot-i of the passengers. Among them was a face that seemed familiar to her. She looked again, and fell fainting on the floor. It was her betrayer. The landlady soon learned how inntters stoyd, and determined that justice should be i)onc. Sho sought him, told him the facts, and insisted that he should repair the injury he had inflicted, by making her his wife. To this he at onco consented.? Three months after his flight from Pennsylvania, seized with remorse, he had started back with the-mtentton of marrying her. < Or the way, he had picked np a ncwspa per which contained an account of her tragical death. Feeling thai lie was the cause of her untimely end, heart sick, and he turned Imck a changed and better man. He had Settled down, accumulated property, and was a man of standing and influence. The joy of the girl, when she met with her repentant lover, may be imagined.? TllflV WUNi tn.?eeio/l *!' '? *" " v ~v.t ...umku timi CWUUIg, HIIO lite next morning started for Pennsylvania. As certaining the address of her father, they came to tliin place as fast as steam could carry them. Words cannot paint the rap turea of the old man as he clasped to his bos tn a daughter he had mourned as dead for six long years. Explanations were made, all was forgiven, nnd, after passing a few days of unalloyed happiness hete, they returned to their home in tho West." History of Valentines. A Philadelphia writer thus chronicles the history of these love or friendship tokens : " Good morrow, 'tis St. Valentine's Dav' ?so sings the fair Ophelia, and though old ceremonies no longer give their wonted charm to the occasion, the day is still noteworthy. Of late, however, it has been voted somewhat of a nuisance; but we hope the observers of the day. in this instance, will conduct themselves with decorum, and mingle in the carnival of love with a spirit that shall bring no regret. The origin of the day has been the subject of much un certain inquiry, and who St. Valantine was is a mooted point. We have read somewhere that St. Valentine was a ladv of the cold court of St. Louis, and was the most beautiful, stateliest, as well aa the coldest maiden there. She was besieged by a score of lovers, who weie continually annoying Iter by throwing billet doux in her way, until at last it became positively unbearable, and site was obliged to seek refuge from persecution within the 4 cloister's pale.' " 'Till tired of courts and courtiers, She sought tho 'cloister's pnle,' And calmly had her hair cut oh*, And calmly took the veil.' Hut after she had done this, she felt deep regret, and she found tlie reception of billet Jour was not so disagreeable after all. She missed them so much that she was sorely distressed, and employed fasting and prayer lo mortify the flesh and drive such worldly thoughts from memory. It was al! in vain.; 44 Iler fastings and flagellations at length.) became the admiration of the country, and i she was eventually raised to tbe position of' an abbess. Tbe struggle, however, was too much, and she slowly pined away, until. 'One night, unto her pallet lido | {She called the uuna, and said, Xo doubt they'll make a saint of me As soon as 1 am dead. Jtcmemher, sisters, if they do, Tlio patron s int I'll be Of- lovers and of bulbs. Who slift'.l warning take l>y me." " "No More Compromises." So said our trusted and long tried representative from the Pee Dee District, Mr. McQueen, and so say we. The South has i >orne long and patiently injustice and wrong, j Aggressive legislation in Congress, fanati- I ism and reckless disregard of iter rights out 1 if it; sneers, slandeis, and invective fraud. I pilfering and unequal taxalion ; life and | property exposed to the deliiious fanatic and li\pocritical knave?these have been her) portion in tbe Confederacy for yeam past, tnd yet another comprc inise is spoken of! We dare not believe that there is a South jru Senator or Representative in the halls of1 Congress, who would listen for a moment to | ? e. r.-.t ...j i'jw any i miner yielding lO I lint foul spirit of aggression which has so bug made it a labor of Jove to deprive the ' iomh of her rights and Constitutional equal ; tv in the Union. We are not of those who have been de- i nominated extremists or uliraiats, and we) had hoped that the storm of fanaticism had I spent its fury ; but the signs of tho times in-1 dieate a tierce struggle on the great *$ctional issue now before tbe country. While ottr patriotism i? broad enough for the whole ; Union, and while we earnestly desire i?* |>ei- j petuity, we cannot disguise the fact either to , ourselves or to our readers, that nothing but j the moat deep-seated fealiv to the Constitution, yielding the fruits of genuine patriotism, can dispel the threatening clouds which ' hang over tbe country at the present time, j President Buchanan, in his recent message,, has ably demonstrated the truo stato of af fairs in relation to (ho Kansas imbroglio,' and with him, doubtless thinks every true patriot of the land, that the peace of the* country demands the admission of Kansas under tho Lecoinpiou Constitution. [Carpfina Times. ANKcnoTK or Ai.kxanoku IIamh.ton.? i j The following anecdote of this great States- < i man Is taken from h collection of English 1 | newspaper cuttings, in the possession of the I New York Historical Society : | "General Hamilton, the American, when n youth of seventeen, was chief clerk to an i eminent merchant in St. Eustnlia. who h? i, |ing absent, the business of the counting- s house, of course, devolved on yonr.g limn- r ilton. lie hid presented to hitn a letter, 1 directed to Ins master, which, supposing it > related to mercantile concerns, he opened ; > hut liis surprise wns great when he found 4 that it contained a challenge to his master, * whose proxy he was. The young hero an- ? sweied tV.e challenge in tlie name of his ? master, and the time and place were men- * tinned in the reply. ? " Hamilton appeared to the antagonist of ' his master on the field, and, to rise his own < words, 4 did his businc~$ in his absence,' and > would not agree to any compromise, except 1 on the express condition that the challenger should acknowledge in writing that ho had < received suitable satisfaction from Mr. , that lie was a gentleman of honor, itc., and further, that lie (Hamilton) should nover be i known in tho business?which terms the i challenger was obliged to accede to, or fight > young Hamilton ; lie chose the former, and ' the parties separated. In a few months, i however, it came to his master's ears, who < wns no struck w ith the magnanimity of such < conduct, that he gave him the liberty to go i to the continent, choose what profession he pleased, and draw on him to nny amount, i Perhaps to this anecdote, America is indebt- 1 ed for the services and abilities of a man I who has not his superior as a soldier, a I financier and a statesman." < Pomtics.?The word politic* is dciived I from the Oreek word polos, signifying a city.1 Hence, politics, literally, means something 1 relating to a city, but is commonly understood in a wider sense, as being the science ' of the government of a country. A mistaken idea of politics is prevalent in this j country. Any contest between two candidates for office, is styled politics, and any 1 one who can mount a stump, and talk for j an hour about this and that parly, is digni- ! j lied with the title of politician. Therefore. 1 I when any one hears politics mentioned, his ( I mind naturally recurs to thee associations, 1 | and he is disgusted. V?ut this notion re- * I specting politics is entirely false. Politics * j proper, that is, the science of government. 1 | is the inost noble of professions, the beau ideal of all arts and sciences. A mathematician. an astronomer, or a chemist, is uni- * versally respected as a man of grent learn- ; ing and application ; but a politician, in the true sense of the word, must study ten times ' as much, for he must know a little of everything. Polities is superior to every other " art and science, for upon it depends their ex ' istcnce. Kvery nation, famous for enlighten- c ment and learning, has been an adept in the s science of politics. It is at the root of civ- 1 ilization, and in whatever country it becomes 1 visible, it is the shadow of greatness cast | \ I betore.? Southern Monitor. 1 1 j "Is 11k Rich."?Many a sigh is heard ? ' many n heart is broken?many a life ren j dered miserable by the tcrriblo infatuation ! which parents often manifest in choosing a 1 life companion for their daughters. IIow ' is it' poasible for happiness to result from ( the union of two principles so diametrically 1 opposed to each other in point, as much as 1 virtue is to vice I IIow often is tho first J question which is asked respecting the suit- ! or of the daughter, this?" Is lie rich ?" " Is lie rich t"?yes, he abounds in wealth; 1 but it does not afford an evidence that be will be a kind and affectionate husband. " Is be rich ?"?yes, his clothes are purple [r and fine linen, and he fares sumptuously ev- I 1 ery day ; but can you infer from this that j ' be is virtuous ? I * "Is he licit?"?yes, he has thousands j c floating off every ocean ; but do not riches j ' take to themselves wings and fly away ?? j ' Will you consent that your daughter should 1 ' ntarrv a ntnn that has nothing to recont j 11 mend him but his wealth? Ah, beware ;| the gilded bait sometimes covers the barbed j hook. A?k not, .then, " Is he rich ?" but1 t "la he tirtnoiis?" A-k tint if ho has]' wealth, but if he has honor?and do not ' sacrifice your daughter's happiness for mon- 8 ey.? Kit it reus Spirit of the Age. ! r How manv mothers are there in the 1 world, who have one manner of speaking at c home, and another when out in society ??I ' Can there be a mote touching rebuke than 1 that uttered by the little girl below ? She, ] like all children, was a close ob-erver of her! 1 parents' Cond'Ubi ! { ' A lady, who was tit the habit of visiting: 2 the poor for benevolent purposes, took her' little daughter with her. The child saw,:* heard, and was interested. Hut there was 1 * something which the child could not exactly ' ntakc out. So on the road home the said ;1 i " Mamma, when you are out visiting the poor, you always talk about Jesus Christ to ,' them, hut you don't talk of him when you 1 are at home." Tt na* been discovered tbnt feathers unskilfully cured and put into beds, are deadly , to persons of weak htngs sleeping upon them. . - j 4 L.I r Tn* Qi'kknw ok England.?An Ameri-an lady, who wn* at Btulgardl during ale meeting of the Kmppnim, thu* write* of ter own sex as represented in the Imperial wrty : "The Queen of Holland in a most cuhirated and elegant woman?Mill very band-, .. ome, though she baa a graulnoo. She peaks English perfectly, and is. perliAps, the noil accomplished woman in Kurope. Tbc Princess Olgu is said to bo the handsomest ivomnn in Europe. The Empress of Russia s a regal looking woman. These ladies ivere dressed in white moire antique silk : a .tripe of white five or six inches wk|e, and i str'pe of the same width covered with the iihest flowers here; and then in tho white aripe there was an immense bunch of fiow;rs. The dresses were all something in the wine style?chin bonnets, with while feathers, and magnificent lace mantles. I cannot forgive the Queen of Greece for being a fat, fair, round faced, jolly-looking human. L expected to see a maid of Alliens, and I j t i-* nuii i iiko my romanco dispelled."' . . , Ancient Mines.?A very singular thing is l?eing brought to light at tho Minnesota mine, Lalce Superior. Br examination imong the broken rocks on tho side of the blurt', pieces of vein stone, with coppei and iilicnle. were picket! up at one point in couudernble quantities, and it was thought best to pull away the adjacent rubbish and examine for the out crop of tho vein. A parly of men were put upon the ground, and soon found the conglomerate with a channel or trench passing through it some five or six Feet in width. This was filled with soft rabbish, containing chaiconl and other traces of the works of tho ancient miners. Its depth bas not yet boon ascertained. Waiui Uatiiiso.?The warm hatli is a grand reniody, and will cure the most virulent of diseases. A person who may be in Fear of having received infection of any kind, as for instance, having visited a fever patiunt. should speedily plunge into a warm bath, sutler perspiration to ensuo, and then rub dry, dre>-? securely to guard against told, and finish o(T with a cup of strong tea >y the tire. If the system has imbibed any nfectious matter, it will certainly bo removid bv this nrocess. if it ho rewnrto^t ( , ?*?V? iv WIV/IO he infection has time to spread over the ivstetn. And even it* some tim6 has since 'lapsed, a hut bnth will he pretty suie to renove it.?Medical Journal. A Faituecl 1)oo.?1 hiring the lime that ootnstoek was engaged in murdering his 'ather and mother, near Hamilton, New fork, a few days ng??, a dog was in the oom, and the prisoner affirms that, during lis bloody work, this animal several times ittacked him; that lie tried to kill the aninnl and gel his heart, but was foiled in his tt'orts. After he lay down, the faithful dog at all night watching by his lifeless inisress. 1 hiring the whole examination of he bodies on the inquest, this faithful aninal remained under the bed, and could not >e removed from tbe room. Vot-taiuk.? Nearly one hundred years igo, Voltaire i esided at Geneva. One day le said to some fiieiids, in a boastful, sneerng tone: "Before tho beginning of the linuleenth century, Clnislianity will have lisappoared fiom tho earth!" Well! in hat same house, in that same room where I i M/t i ?rv ivtAno ??r ??? 1 kvius "?ie spoKen, WUM hink yon there is to day ? A large deposL ?f Bibles! The sacred bewks till the tonso from the floor to the ceiling! So uueh of Voltaire's prediction ! An Imperial Skatrr.?Tlio Park jour>als find a good oiuen in this : " The Empeor, in skating the other day in the Bois de Boulogne, was proceeding rapidly along, rlrcn one of the skaters, seeing his Majesty touting in his direction, slopped suddenly to eave the passage free, and in doing so, lost ?is equilibrium, and was falling, when the imperor, as lie passed, caught him, and entitled hitn to regain his eentre of gravity." Curb for IIancid Butter.?A writer in he Journal of Industrial Progress recomnends thai butter should bo kneaded with resit milk, and then with pure water. He tates that by this treatment the butler ia endered as fresh and pure in flavor as when ecently made, lie a-cribes this result to he fact that buyric acid, to which the ran:id taste and odor are owing, is readily rouble in fresh milk, and thus removed. r.mvn TV . V..*.. O O.? ?? ...... o im oh, oav r.IS v^llll/ )hks is Ninktkks Months,?Tlio Ilnvertill (Mas*.) Gazette states tlml tlie wife of dr. M. A. Tidd, of Georgetown, (rave birth o four children otic day last week, threo of vhom are at ill living. A year ago last June, ho gave birth to three at one time, all of shorn are doing well. ? ? ? ? A beaithkui., inscription it i? said, may je found in an Italian giaveyard. " Hero lies Flella who transported a large fortune to heaven in acts of charity, and has goiio thither to enjoy it.'. No svovan should paint, except her who ha* lost the power of blu-hing.