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[From tho Southern Episcopalian.]
1 Sing Me to Rett.
v Sing roe to real when stars are keeping
Vigils pure and high,
Mv soul in siionl gladness sleeping,
Throbs rejoicingly;
ror the glowing light above,
Tretnbiea down within my breast,
Then with words of tender lore,
Sing me to reaL
Sing tne to rest when sorrow sweeping
Cloud like o'er the sky ;
Bids the worn heart with sobs and weeping,
Throb despairingly ;
Sing till star* of hope arise,
Shining ealin within tny breast,
Lit in worlds beyond the skies ;
* Sing me to rest.
Sing me to rest when life is gliding
From this mortal figine;
Sing <ne the Saviour's love abiding
Evermore the same;
Then, while shades around me close,
Sheltered in that refuge blest;
lJen'b will be a sweet ropse,
Sing me to rest. MAY.
?w? ? ,
BlisrtKnurons H railing.
Morals Among the Slave Population.
A slave of bad moral character, is not
wortii as much money as or.e of good character.
This is a known fact and needs no
proof. Figures made at public sales have
f : .. u? i.i A
IMIIg ?*IHIUUIILXU III IV/ IU? Will IU. n 111
tie investigation by way of comparison, will
likely make it more disproportionate, however,
than U generally known. It will, on
the record of sales, be found to be from 10
up to 50 per cent. True, generally, where
the difference is very wide, dissipation has
taken such effect upon the physical consti
tution, as to disable fiom the performance
of the usual labf r. It is never!Iielese a de
nrecialion by bad morals. It frequently
happens, that recklessness of morals, with
out disease having resulted, has rendered
slaves so unsaleable, that wb.ere it has to be
forced, Uwy ?*? aacriflccd.
Bui the dollar and cent consideration is
mall, when we wsigh the trouble bad negro?*
give to tbe neigblorhood, and the bad
influence they exert.
Trouble to the family, master, overseer,
the patrolt, and even courtt. One reckless
tvegro often involves all liia family fellowservants
in punishment, and sometimes a
I t. f . I _ _? 3 . # _ . m t
wnoie neiguoornoou or mem. i ne goon
even, have to suffer abridgements of liberty
wich they might with safety enjoy.
The ring leaders In dissipation among negroes
send out upon their society, a corrupting
influence which, like some loathsome
epidemie. imparts disease and moral death,
/u>t only to come upon the negroes, but to
spread through the white population. Many
a. promising son in the family, or neighborhood
even of such, has been trained in
childhood and youth.to rices which have blasted
their characters, end sent tb.era to rujn.
Many a lovely daughter bos been cofltronjoaUd
by vicious female servants, in the
family or neighborhood. View this subject
of negro morals in sll its phases, end every
^pester, overseer?aye! Fathers, Mothers,
iPrOtfears. and all tht surrounding public,
have a deep, deep interest at stake in tire
subject. And yet how careless most of us
-Jl D..1.I: 1: a J. k. -12-- -
*T*} i UUIIU mrukiuiciii m-cu? iu un mivc IU
it Every possible avenue to slave corruption
should be promliy cloned. The safe
gr*rd in not In arbhary measures upon the
liberty end appetite* of onr slaves. True, we
,do a little at times In thin way, hut tlie
jenata pert of a remedy is to remove the
cause of disease. Whet are main cause* of
mora] contamination among our slavesf ?
Are that not first from the white* t tfo
race perhaps upon earth have such a passion
(oft imitation, a* the Afrieau. The popular
vied* of white society, then, will be followed.
The habits and amusements, whatever ib.ev
may hfk whicfc corrupt the white rpee.'wHI
b$ ^itate^l, J^lid In a doubly corrupting
form. The depraved appetite* and passions
jj/t?e"will be douMv h-d and
indulged by iheS&pJ"* f* ?fr* oot erhat
W oww be. The inoSFAyr^fid*1 observer
jn the tkmth knew* this to *Ajn.n. And
their fondness of imitation wiW x[t?anifest
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k
? * SI
purest upon earth, to be taught the religion p
of the Bible?the truth otitis in Jctus?end ft
in thai system servants are instructed to p
o! e their masters?that they are brethren H
in Christ, if believers, and that i? our tower C(
of safety, as well as their fountain of Chris- w
liau iuo>a|s. An intelligent Christian negro. H
too, can h>ok behind the mask of atiulilioii p
sympathy, and see the evil spirit which ani |
mutes them, as readily as we do. Onesi- e|
mus did not, after his conversion, have to la* n
dragged back to his master in chains?no. \
he goes cheei fully, alone, and bears an npos u
tolic letter, which established Philemon's
right so fully, that even tho Embassador of |t
Jcmjs, King in /Jiuij, said lie would not ro M
tain him aven to minister to him in the ,,
bond? of the gospel 44 without thy mind."? M
Llcre we not o||ly have w ipture pioof of the
mora' power of the gospel over slave rebel
lion, hut evidence that the Spirit of Je*ut
Christ in the ministry, will enforce his own
lawa of obedience to their proper owners.*?r
No principle in tho cthic* of the gospel
more cloarly binds the conscience of the
ministry, than that of the iuculcalion of sub
mission to tho constituted laws of society,
where they do not inteifere with Christian
laws. They are not allowed to join in de
bates of strife, on alwtract points, at all.?
Their whole minilioi ?.! il.~? ni
- ??..ivi milk VI nil VjillllS
uhiih, is regulated by the injunction, llcnder
unto Caesar the things Unit belong to him,
and to (Jod the things that be God's.
[(Sow/Arm Dial.
A Singular Circumstance.
We find in the Boston Journal the following
singular circumstance, as having occurred
on board brig Helen Jane, on the passage
from Boston to Honduras t
"Captain Nickerson relates a singular adventure
with the steward of his vessel on the
outward passage, which somewhat enlivened
the usual dull monotony of ocean life. It
appears tliat a while man, having an Amcri
can protection, and git ing his namo as
llawes Crowell of West Dennis, Cape Cod.
shipped at this port in capacity of steward,
and received his advance wages before going
on board. The vessel proceeded to sea, and
on the morning of the first day out. the
steward was missing, supposed by all on lc
board to have fallen into the sea during the
night,and drowned. Accordingly apother man in
was appointed to )ijs duty, and everything tl
went on without suspicion. The voyage rt
continued prosperously, and nothing occur- ei
red to admonish the captain that his cargo
was leaking in a very unusai manner, and n
becoming daily beautifully less by an oner- b
atioti which might well be compared to >k
some late financial manosuving ashore. v<
It seems, however, that after some dnys ai
one of the orew accidentally discovered that b
the cargo in the hold had been broken into, el
and an empty basket of champagne was h
found, and other indications of robbery.? ii
The captain's attention was immediately
palled to the fact, and he, of course, su?peet d
ed the crew of committing tbe depredation, p
and instantly called them to an account; tr
but nothing coulu be elicited from the inves- o
ligation to fix the crime on any of the crew, w
who stoutly denied all knowledge of the a
matter. Thus the atfair rested until the ar o
rival At Truxiilo, 22 days after leaving Bos t<
ton. On the night after anchoring, the d
crew were suddenly Married by tire appear p
nnce in the forecastle, of the lost steward, d
and s?r firmly convinced were the frightened a
sailors of the death of their shipmate, that a
th*w a'.: ? ? ? 1
J .... .....J MV?? OM MvVSi jrvrfj !.'? V.IU ! -!
po*?d apparition, and told the captain.? ll
The*" tear*. ItwMVtt, were noon tpiieU-d. for li
the steward bad rurtlly appeared, and upon a
be ng uueationed, cnnfeaned that ha hud *e- st
crated t'iinuelf in the hold on the first day U
out, tinder the influence of dcliiinin treinen.. e
and for 22 dava following had lived luxii I
Hotalv on *tdi?ttnpagne, raisins, ham, Ac, *
.dining sumptuously every day, ami h#d en u
joyed what an dtON would be called a ben- a
derT He ewftt^cd during the voyage u
eight basket* of champnge, six boxes of h
rut*in*. and other thing* in proportion. Ue a
waa left in the hands of the United Slate* u
Consul, and would be sent home for trial.- - *
The !<? to the cunt sin will amount to {tboui ?i
f' v
itself lust a* soon in fallowing after the va
rious leaders among the whites, into danger- ?
ours find corrupting herw?tes, in misnamed i
Christian doetiines, as in other things. And 1
here is not only a sourco of immoral char- I
actor in the slaves, but the source of all c
others, of most real danger to tho white*. It
never has, and never will happen that a truly
gotpel believing negro?unleaa goaded by
cruelty, or some other overwhelming excite 0
inenl?went into i*t?.tlinn ?
?- ?w??.)vu nunmoi mr IftWS
of tho family or It in granted that p
some who profess religion, and join our
churches do ; and so of hypocritical whites, t
but tliay all secretly indulge heretical die
trine od the subject of religion, just as sure
as they thus act. And contest it whoever t]
will, wo sfllrm, that both the good morals gl
J of our slaves and the permanent tecurtlt/ of
the white$ depend upon the gospel culture of e
the sisve population. We do not pretend to 6
say, however, that had negroes do not belong 0
to evangelical churches. We do say they are 8;
not evangelical Christian*, however. We do t|
say again, though, that God sent these heath
ens here to bis American Church** tt>?
The name of Oro*eil is probably
w the piisoner in undoubtedly English* He
vm not brought home, because while At
LVuxillo he was overheaid to threaten the
ife of the captain. Take it Altogether, it is
?ne of the strangest cares on reoord.
The Scarlet Pettiooat.
" Belle Brittau," the spicy correspondent
f the Now Orleans Picavune, writes:
" And here I should close; but 1 cannot
nrbear oomph ing with a friend's request to
set yon right * on the Red Petticoat que*
ion, which is beginning to be discussed
ieie; although I believe that mino i* the
only copy ' in town. It is not true that
Ite red petticoat was introduced into 'good
ociety ' by the Queen of England..
" During the Russian war it war announcd
in the English papers, by the correspond
nts of the Time-, the Illustrated News, and
thers, that the favorite costume of the Rusian
peasants was a red petticoat; and that
lie Russian national melody was called the
Red Petticoat.' In 1850, the red pettiooat
iiddenly made its appearance in England
i has long l>een worn in Prance, especially
mong the fish girls of Boulogne-sur Mer, a
ivorite report of tbo English in summer,
ud only twi-ntv-four mile* Irom the English
oast. It has long been worn by the fl*homen
of New Haven, near Edinburgh ;
nd was introduced on the stage by Miss P.
lurton, in the character of a ufher-Women.
should think thai in Kentucky, where evry
other lady wears a crimson dress, the
xl petticoat would rage like wild fit# ?
S hell ponui'tiinlilv ? ~ J?1-1?1
___ ...j -</i ? uvviuvui) pic
iresqne and inflammatory.
" But Iieur what Mack ay says of the scar t
garment ; wliu has done it up in h song.
a it to mufjc, and, in a few day*. I supose,
it will be ad popular as a ' campaign
?ng :'
" ' Oh the red, the flaunting petticoat,
Tliat courts the eye of day,
That loves to flare and be admired,
And blinks from far a?ny ;
Jt may delight the roving sight,
And chaim the fancy free;
but if it's wearer's half as bold,
I'll pass, and let her he ?
With her red, her flaunting petticoat,
She's not the girl for me!
But tbe while, the modest petticoat,
As pure as drifted snow,
That shuns the gaze in crowded ways
Where follies come and go;
It stirs the primrose on its path,
Or daisy on the lea;
And. if the wearer's like the garb,
How beautiful is she !
With her while, her modest petticoat,
Oh she's the girl for me !
But red or white, it matters not,
If she be good and fair,
Herself shall sanctify the garb
It tileases her to vvenr
, ? : *
The red shall show her warmth of heart ,
And spirit trunk and free?
The blue her truth?the pink her love,
The white hc.r purity.
If lhe-te her colors?these her charms?
Oh she's the girl for me 1' "
Hair Specific#.?Dyes.
Since we published the Article on hair
diotis, u few weeks since, we have received
iveral letters from correspondents, thank
ig us for the information ; and in some of
>exe, requests hare beep made for tpatler a*
diable regarding hair dyes, which are geurally
sold at high prices.
The hair dyes principally composed of
itrate of stiver are the roost convenient and
est. This salt of silver, when applied in
>lution to hair, and exposed to light, con
erts it either into a darjc brown or black,
ccording to the strength of the solution;
tit it possessea the defect of staining the
tin while it colors the hair; this result,
owever, can be avoided if moderate care
i exercised, as we shall describe:
Take twenty grain# of gallic acid, and
issolve them in an ounce of water in an
ance vial; then fake twojjty grain* of ni*te
of silver, and dissolve thein in half an
lllice of soft water- in wlitelt I.- - i J
, - ?- ?..VM r-MVUlU VO KUU*
i a weak solution of gum Arabic or s'arcli.
nd forty drops of ammonia, so n* to till an
mice yj$l. The gallic acid is now applied
> the hair with a sponge, and allowed to
y ; the nitrate of silver solution is tlu*n ap
lied it) the same manner, and allowed to
ry under exposure to bright light. In
bout ten minute* let the hair be washed,
nd it is found to l>e colored from grey to a
ark l>rown. This is a good dve; and, al
lough it colors the finger nails and the
air, it scarcely stains the skin?the guiu
rabic and gallic acid preventing it from do
jg thin. Considerable of the coloring matir
is washed off loosely, but enough is tak
n up by the capillary tubes to dve the hair,
lie ammonia may be omitted, and a weak
>!uiion of the hvdro-?ul|.buret of snmioiiia
ed as a wasb upon the top of the silver,
fter the latter has been on about tyvp min
ten. This is palled the " magic hair dye."
ecu use it is so rapid in iff gc:jog. Esther
igiiionja or bydro-syjphuret of nmmonia is
ecjtfMwf lo color grey hair black ; a strong
ulution of galls or suintnac may be subsisted
for the gallic acid. The sulpbutet of
otaseiym (in eolation^ may be subitiiuterf
tor the gallic acid, (lie ammonia and (lit
sulphurei of ammonia, by *ppl\ ing il io the
Iuur firsthand then allowing jt to dry before
the silver' solution is put on. h has a disagreeable
odor. however; but thjs may be
counteracted by a perfume, such a* oil ol
bergnmot, lavender, or rose wster. Ir. *p
Cying any |?itrate of silver solution to the
sir. some care should bo exercised to pro
vent it touching the skin.
[Scien/ijfe American.
Judge Dooly And the Landlord
Ilarpur's Jdagaxinw has a corre*j?ondo?l in
(leoigta who ovuifiows with good thing*.?
He get* off the following anecdote in relation
to Judge Dooly :
"Judge l)ooly, an eminent jurist hiOeo *
gia forty year* ago. was a great wag a* well
a* h great judge?witty as well as wi-?.-rrUis
gravity gave effect even to his ^oke*.
an I the*? were more frequent than his decision*.
One of lii* fancie* wa* to lake people
down who were in the habit of esagger
alion. The way he used up Austin Edwards
keeper of the hotel at Elberton, i* a
caution to all story tellers, of whom Austin
was the prince. He always told the whole
truth and mora. It \ya? natteral,' he said ;
4 he li)t?d uncommon tiling* better than
common one*?'twas a heap more amusin"
anyhow.* One morning at the breakfast table
ill's long bow landlord had been relat
iiig one of hi* extraordinary yarn*, and
Judge l>oo|y being at the hotel and listening
to the story, sat iu solemn silence when
it was over, and then remarked that be had
an awful dioam in the night, and wns very
much depressed thia morning. The landlord
wa* awake in a moment, and begged
the Judge, if ;t would be no violence to iii*
feeling*, to relate the dteatn, a* all would
like to bear it. The Judge still declined, as
it might hurt the feeling* of others.
" Oh, do tell it. Ju3ffc?wfi piust have
it !' nrged the landlord, and the company
joining in, the judge proceeded as if lie
were about to sentence a criminal to bo hung:
44 4 Well, I diearned U*L night l)i#t two
lawyer* and myself bad retired to a private
room to divide among us a fee received fro**
a hard carte, which had been cat ried through
with a mighty deal of lying on all hand*.
While we were settling the division,in steps
the devil, who, without any formality, said
he had come for us?we had told lies
enough, and if ho left us nuv longer we
mifflo ?rw.-. ? r ?-i t
A... .nuu O J lie nuUKI IIWC U.1, V\ 0
did oyr beat to persuade ln#;i to let us off;
but he wa? inexorable, till at last I ventured
to Hhk him if he would take a substitute.'
"' Whom do you offer!' he n-ked.
" 4 Eustin Ki.lw.irds,' [ said, ' keeper of
the Elberton Iiotel.'
" Good f he'll do,' Mid lie, 'send him
along. I'll lake him for three of yon I' "
'Lite tabic was in n roar, rind the landlord
was cured, for a time at least, of Ilia habit
uf overdrawing. lie passed away a few
years since, ami Judge Dooly is gone too,
*o there can bo no hartn in telling the story
Look Not Upon the Wine.
The fate of the gifted llaskell, of Tonnes
see, should be a warning to all young men ;
be passed through Louisville, last week, in
charge of friend*, on his way to the Lunatic
Asylum ft Lexington. While on the Frankfort
cars, he arose, and in the most eloquent
and pathetic terms, appealed to the gallant
Kentucky at*, among whom he was, to pro
lect him from the relentless t monies lm im-'
alined were pursuing li;in. He became mi
excited and violent that his friend* were
forced to confine hjin. The career of this
gifted hut unfortunate son of genius should
l>e known for ili.e les-oiis which it teaches.
From his earliest boy bond, (say* the Nashville
Banner,) lie lias shown himself possessed
of the highest order of talent.?
While nt the college, he distinguished hiin
self as a jKiel and an orator, Ill* gradual
ing speech is s|M?keti of, by l);o>e who heaid
it, as worthy of the immortal fun lb* in
his palmiest dais. He served his country
on the battle field ami in the halls of Con
gress. It was his residence at Washington
that confirmed u|ion him ll)o*e unfortunate
habits wj/jch fiijajjy blasted his intellect.
JJe gl one time broke the /Jury serpent
ft on. his hand* and dashed it to the earth.
To make his own reformation complete, and
in lifting up'oth.crs who had talluii. like hiin
re If, he went through lite Slate lecturing on
temperance. The tour was an eminently
successful and brilliant one, his leclgies be
ing fully equal to thuso of Hough whose eloquence
has electrified thousands in this
country and England. Hut hi* old hnl>itn
gamed the lottery of hint again, and hit
?ulM?-qti?iu lit* iia* Ptt*n ?yi ? fan,'*',
gle between hi* appetite and Id^ aiubitioti ?
h struggle in which, it mutt I* confused,
It is appetite* have generally triumphed. So
great, indeed, wa? hi* crtM'jng for ^rlitlcial
ntiiuulaot*, that even while delivering hit
temporanoe lecture*, he made qm of drug*,
sufficient in quantity ?nd potency to burn
out the vital* of an ordinary rqan. Therg
waa no subject, whether ancient or modern
grave or gay, upon which he did not con'
verse with fluency and eloquence, lie puss
ed, witli the utoat carelqa* eaae, from the
profound**! dinouUitio.i upon the doctriner
of the Bible, the religion of Confucius, 01
the Baconian philosophy, tq the ^lightea
literature of the day."
> . IntarMtiaf to tho t?die?,
> \ lady in the Newbury poit i #?y?:
* So wc will any a few wytd* on hoops.
; Dou*t cnll us a bear, fair renders, nor throw
awiiy this paper in dWutt, f>r we are not
r about to join our brother knights of the
quill in the prtmndp ngMn*t pril>")ip? ; but.
I ?>on Quixote like, we tvHI P*pott?e the cause
of distressed dmmnda 'hough we 'fac- n
fi owning world.' Wo heieby t|d<) an arii :i
cle ?o our confession pi faith. We believe
in hoops. Mind, wo aav hoop*, plural mini
liar. - Me|jver ij* from t)tj>t a)>pnun?hle, win i
glo hogshead hoop, which many Indha
wear about knee high, showing lis entire i
shape, through a single thinly skiit, drag i
ging down by its weight tlic dress to tlie
i slinpe of fi cone, while the part ?f the r-fcirl
! i?~i i? l - * '
. (?mii ilie uiNip nnps, winds and reeN
around it in even wind that Mows. Not j
much improvement in the addition of one '
or two Qlbei lioojn*, unless they are gradu-ti- '
ed in size accniding to lite heiglit ?-f tlte I
wearer, and coverc I by skirts of sufficient (
thickness to hide tho ckcleton, than which 1
nothing could lie more hideous, unless it
were a veritable skeleton fivpi the grave
y#'d,
" The only skirl thai, looks uniformly '
graceful i* that made of a t-eiie* of rattan. 1
whalebone or brass hoops, extending from ,i
the tt-nist to the feet, gradually jnprpipdng
size with that gritCeful swell that gives to
the dress the ajry contour of a bluebell;
preserving the golden mean in regard to
circumference, that modesty and good taste
will ever dictate. The hoop* in this skirt
should be ao near together that they will
lose {heir individuality, and 'make no sign'
underneath the thinnest summer dress ; for
herein lies the advantage and whole philosophy
of the hoop movement, inasmuch as it
nilows one skirt to give that fullness and
grace which b#s hitherto beet; attainable only
by half a diy.cn.
" After all, tho genuine crinoline is the
thing, w hich, as its name imports, is a kind
of haircloth, which, by its own innate virtue,
without tbp aid of h.oops, wij) preserve
its elasticity and inflated obawter, t?h),0Wt
, tho awkaiduesa that at times is inseparable
from its bumble imitator. The expense is
the only objection to its general adoption,
u'bieb. fur tlie ladies' sake, we hope may be
soon removed."
Many an unwise parent woiks liaid, and
lives spaiingly all his life, for (Tie put pose of
leayjng enough to give his children a start
in the world, as it is called. Setting a young
man afloat with the money left him by his
relatives, is like tying a bladder under fhe
arms of one who cannot swim; ten chances ,
to one he will lose his bladders and go to the i
bottom. Teach hiin to apd bo will |
not need t|jp hJjphlcrs. ,
Qivjd your child a sound education. See i
to it that his morals are pure, his tnind ctil |
tivated, and his whole nature made ctijiscr- ,
vienl to the laws which govern man, and |
you have givep what will be of more value ,
than the wealth of the Indies. Yot: have |
given him a start which no misfortune can ,
deprive him of. The earlier you teach hiin
to dej?cnd upon his own resources and the
blessing of liod, the belter.
M Fasiiionadlk Conoreuation."?The
pewspapep r/eport.ers pay a very equivocal (
compliiueiit to 'his or tliat preacher, whtn j
they tell us he was listened to hy a " fash
iouahle " congregation. F?>hion is all right (
at the theatie or the opera, or othei public (
a-se;nhhigts of a secular character, but the
jade ought ipt to have any thing to do in
the Temple of the Mo.?4 High. Think of
Paul preaching to a " fashionable " emigre
gallon oil Mars' Hill, or 9 greater than Paul
deliverimr a sermon nn tlie Mmmi !?? " ....
r> - . Tr."v'" * '
memus hikI fashionable audii'tiee." True,
we have fashionable preaches, but it is a
question whether theii preaching would not |
l?e followed w ith la-lter effecti! if tlje " fa*h- (
ion " were taken Out of jt. Fashion is a (
heartless thing at best, and heart les?ne*M in ,
religion ia hypocrisy.?Ntw York Express, i
Ri'M Sklmno Brings Sorrow.? A tavern
keeper in Itenselscr county had abandon i
ed the traffic in id^;ol, after having been i
several year* engaged in it. Wbcyieyei the j
subject of hi* celling liquor was referred to. |
he was observed to fee I deep regret and sorrow.
A friend one day enquired .$ie cmim>, ,
" I will tell you," said he. and, opening
hjs ftcco.ynt book, be said, " bere a>o fortyfour
names of men who have been my !
customers, most of them for year?. Thirty
two of tire*/? ;nen. to my certajn knowl
edge, now lie in the drunkard's grave ; ten
.? ifpe remaining twelve are now living confirmed
sou!"
Tl..^ ..r? il.A ~r >i.:. a ir-? ?j
m%..v t.., ?Hu muim vi imi? uicuuiui mill
degrading business.
i Tub Tiirkr Tkachkrs.?To my question
, bow he conld have manifested so many at>
tainmenU, the eld man replied. ** that with
> ttyree teacher* everything might be learned,
, common sense abne excepted, the peculiar
and rareet gift of Providence. '|'ho*,e three
vetqhers wero Jfcccsaity. JJabil and Time.
> At starting in life. Necessity told luin if lie
I hoped to live he ipuat labor; Habit turned
r t^e labor ,inte en indulgence j and Time
t gave every man an hour for everything, unless
he choee to yawn it away."
Tall \\attJ3yrn?i A famous Irish giant,
who died in London some years since, mess*
ured fight feet two inches. CoruelityS Magi
ath who died in London in the year 1 V6o,
measured sevfu feet ^iglit inches. Edward
Malone, anotiier Irishman, was seren fepfc
eight i#he*. and was nearly equal in M?du
e and size to Daniel Cardnp||&, 3 S>yed|?^
giant. L>r. Cheseldert, the famoua anntouiift,
speaks of a skeleton discovered in a
(Ionian camp, near 8t. Albans, England,
which he judged to have been eight feet
four Intilinh. Cjoliaib, of Gatb, according tj>
H a qj? <Jiipi|ier|ap.d, wng frfeven feet high;
and Maximiuius, the emperpr, was nine feet
high. -T?'rj'
A Valuable iKyrsTrpw.-?We witnessed
veslnrdav the trial of a machine for drawing
trees, stpmps, rocks. &c., from tha earth ik?
invention of ? Mt* W, \V. Willis. Tho exhibition
jrns pofoetjy successful, apd gavp
ureal SBtj-fnetjop ip f|j06p nrpseiit. The m??
chine, which is remarkably simple, works
upon the lever principle, and possesses ya#f
[>.>wer. W o raw a tree some thirty feet ii)
i eight, end eighteen inches in diameter,
drawn opt of the ground in less than five
minutes with the most wondeifuj gasp, pn,d
there can be no doubt that the sturdiest
monarch* of the forest roust bend before it.
[PhiiqdeipAiu Journaf,
? '
Novel LaNspIT-?During A revival ip
the Second Methodist Church of Lancaster,
Pa., last week, the Rev. Mr. Wp|tjey8, pastor,
|>er?roptorily ordered M those persops jvJjp
did noi wish to comply with h;s request (tq
kpepl dmi?g prayer) tp leave." Mr. Henry
Miller, of that city, refused to do either,
whereupon Mr. Walters instituted a tpit
against Mr. Miller, before a magistrate.
clergyman of the same church appeared n*
n witness, iestifjing timt it was not compulsory
with every one to kneel, but simply
customary, when judgment was ?tven ip
favor of defendant,
A Well-Governed State.
Where spades grow bright, apd |dlp p-prdu
grp>v dull J
Whore jails are empty and yherp l>arps arp
full;
Where church paths are with ficqucnt (pet
out-worn,
Law court yards wppdy, silent and forjorp,
Where doctors fool it ami w here farmers ride,
Where age abounds and youth is multiplied ;
Where these signs are, they clearly indicate,
A happy people and well governed Slate.
J Geo. Conttituti&nffljif.
Job Smith.?It is stated that a eon of the
original Joe Smith, the Prophet, founder of
i In Mo'mona, pow ipsjdjee ?t Wauvop.
is a'oout twenty four years of Age. A correspondent
of the St. Louis Republican is
very positive that Joseph intends to assume
the leadership of tho Church next spring,
and. as a method of solving the Mormcp
problem, spg<vest& th^t oj)r jvovernment
should encourage thp people ot Utah in acknowledging
him, and thus ridding tbcttyiclves
of the traitorous Brighajj).
Abbeville?Return Oat.?After all
the hue and cry about the distressed condir
tion of the country, we have only ?60 cases
on tho Docket for thjs cpur/ : fifO of tfi,esp
are on the pippev Docket, being for sums
I-as than 'J'here are perhaps 05 acceptances,
which would make the whole return
about 300. Out of this number there
are perhaps 30 which, owing to inclement
weather, could not be served by the Sheriff.
[Banner.
1 ? ? >
Tpu Masons Rallying to tub Mousy
Vrknon Association.?The Grand Lodge
i>f Virginia hag tcndeied to tho "Southern
Matron," at Richmond, the co operation of
the Lodge with the Ladies' Association, tor
the purchase of Mount Vernon. Tliev r?.
quest all the subordinate lodges to contiibitte
the sum of one dollar for each member j
itnd will invite the co operation of pacb
Uiand Lodge of the United States.
Racixo.?The London Times insists tbat
iho recent challenge to Englishmen, from
the Georgia sportsmen, tq ryn a race
of fQur ,ppj.ef W)4 repent, for HOODOO &
tide, over the Ten lJroeck Course, at Savannah,
will be accepted. The lipies calls
on Lord Zetland to beqome the champion pf
the lhilifh turf, and send out bis noble
horse Ski finisher to do battle against the
Anieiican celebtilics.
Vftrr (christian faith) is the only proper
anil adequate relief of decaying man. He
that grows old without religious hope* as
he declines into iiiibec)iiiy, ana f/teja ytqns
and sorrows incessantly crowding ypon h ut,
falls into a gulf of bottomless misery, in
MS It toll Av'ASlf "S "** *-** *** * '
"?,vu iviicvuuu muni piunge uini
deeper, atnd where Jie find# only new gradation*
of niigniah and precipice* of horror.
[Dr. jofinrpn.
Frkkdou or Txouutr.? Let not the freed?iu
of inquiry be shackled. If it inulliplica
contentions amongst the wise njid virtuous,
it exercise* the charity of those whp
contend. },( it shake* for a time, the belief
tha, i* rested only upon prejudice, it finally
settle* it on lite brouder and more solid b^
si* of conviction.