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Capt. R. Q Avdkm->x, Enore#, Spartanburg. t
G. W. Kixo, Traveling Agent.
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LINES
vrnitTicw row M Alcbdo."
My hearth is brigtit but lonely, '
It su<w for iv gentle wife :
I offer tliee?thee only.
My heart, my lovct my life. | I
Dearest, each bird is choosing now
A partner to its mind,
And this should give a timely bint
To us of human kind.
There is a light nround my path,
As bright as ever shone;
lhff I have found it U not good
For man to he alone.
I wear thv image in my heart,
Not nine for actual bliss.
A dearer rnpture to impart,
I? one long, long sweet kiss.
Angels attend thee ! May their wings
Fan every shadow from thv brow ;
For only bright and lovely things
Should wail on one so good as thou.
Lady ! ?o well, so tenderly,
Thou'rt lov'd, ador'd by me,
Fame, fortune, wealth and liberty,
Wcie worthless without thee.
Ay ! thou art puie,nnd beautiful and young.
With thy dark tresses and thy neck of
snow, *
As limner e'er portray'd or minstrel sung.
No shadow yet hath stained that lus
trous brow.
D. BILLET.
Fairview, Dec., 25th, 1851.
Coirire?pondence of Ifye
.
Grkksviu.r, Tunw., March 1st, 1858.
Mr. Editor-*-For the present, I am a sojourner
at this place, having been detained
liore in consequence of bad roads and the
want of a conveyance to get away. The
eastern end of the Tennessee and Virginia
Railroad is completed to within two miles
<>f this town, and will reach theGrecniillo,
Tennessee, Depot in the course of ten days.
The western end is within eighteen miles, ;
and by the first of Juno next the two ends
will unite, and then there will bo one continuous
lino of railroad from Memphis to
Canada, and soon it will be completed from
Memphis to New Otlenns. This is tlio great
Central Railroad, running through tho very
heart of the country, traversing the most
i productive agricultural districts in tho United
States, and curtailing greatly the distance
and changes of any other railroad route.
Already the effects are becoming manifest,
both a* t<f the prosperity of the sections
through which it is located, and upon the
travel of (he Southern ami Great VVe*iorn 1
1*04(9$. The intermediate space between the *
two points not completed is literally lined
villi passengers, even at thin cold and in- '
clement season of the year, and every kind
of vehicle, from a dozen stage coaches down "
<o the coinmou ro,id wugon and ooe-hbrse ,
cart, is employed to convey p<u???ugor? !
baggage, and numerous passengers are coin- ]
polled to take it on foot, packed tip in true '
OalfSy>*ii> alfta Tt?? *1 afffl rnurl in mnnv '
?MU IVXU| IIIIIMJ pjlaocs.
is impassable, nnd tho place of destination
is readied from every point of the ,
eompaas. l'w* days ago, i saw a young i
married couple leave this village for the J
'western end of the Road, Kitting upon their
trunks, in an open common road wagon, (
just setting out on the honeymoon tour, and ,
the last I heard from them, the team had I
stalled, and tho young and beautiful bride 1
?nJ j$i|gr$eJhmJit>g their way on foot
Mil rdi of tb<nra3BRtrhvel from Wes- \
tem NorthCafoilna U bow turned to (bis
?uiui, nn i wiieu completed, u must cut or
liuth of that portion of Western North
Carolina tlint has heretofore come to Green
rillc, S. C., which, together with the com'
plelion of tlie Blue Ridge nnd Spartanburg
Ltond, must and will leave but h small por
lion of the trade for Greenville.
The people of Asheville are now having
made a survey oil the south-ride ok tlie
French Broad river, with the view of uniting
with tlie East Tennessee nnd Virginia
ltond, nnd with the Spartanburg or Green
rille Road, as they may receive aid from
uincr oi thoso point.?, and upon this final
cruIi will greatly depend the futuro pros
verity of Greenville or Spartanburg.
These aro matters of local importance
hat must l>e attended to, and which I have
jivon pome consideration, although not cmit
need in my reflections upon objects ol
uglier magnitude; for, indeed, I pay but
ittlc regard to small things, or tho opinion*
>f small men ; but I owe a duty to the conn
ry and to posterity, that /, as n paliiot and
philanthropist, must discbargc, the opinion*
if the vulgar to the contrary nplwithMnnd
ng. It is onlv to bo regretted that igno
anee and molivo involve so great a portion
>f man kind in error, which, at no pctiod
tincc tho dawn of civilisation nnd govern
ment, has threatened the world with more
lisastrous consequences than at the pre^enl
uoment.
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JMificrllmifana 3A tatting.
Anecdote of W. C. Preston.
Savannah is the Southern city from which
he same correspondent who sends the fol
owing sketch has often dated, but be ha*
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. .v. iui.i.-iiicm niijiiiiiig iiioio graphic tlimi
bis capital incident in the experieuco of the
rccomplished Prwhq. Those who knew
.bat splendid orator and gentleman, can np
predate tbc scene. Our correspondent says:
" Many of our readers remember tlu
itatelv presence, the dignified bearing, anil
imposing manner of Col. William C. Pros
ton, of South Caiolina. It was when all
hese qualities we;o in their prime, and Pree
on represented his State in the Senate ol
.lie United States, that business or pleasure
:allcd him to the West, and to take passngr
lown the Mississippi river. In those 4 flu-di
imes,' the steamers swarmed with boosters,
jreen horns and gamblers, the latter politely
Jcsignated 4 spoiling gentlemen,' the term
gambler,' or 4 blackleg,' entailing on the
ipeaker a pistol shot or a wipe from a bow
e* knife.
44 The boat was on the eve of departure,
ind our Senator, standing on deck and hold
ng a small mahogany box, was observing,
,villi great interest and pleasure, the busy
icenc on the wharf, when an individual,luxiriating
in rather an ornate stylo of dress,
ippronchcd him, and, in n subdued tone
lemanded :
44 4 1 say, old feller, when nro you a going
o commence!'
UlA- 1 * " * *
- v^omtncnco want, sir r asked the asonished
Senator.
44 4 Pshaw, none of that gammon with me.
Hie fact is, a few of us boys on board want
i little fun, anJ we won't pile it on too
trojg for you ; so como and open at once.'
44 4 Heady, sir,* replied Preston, 41 am to
nlly at a loss to guess your meaning. Open
vhat!'
44 4 Open what ? Why, the bank, of
roursel May bo you think our pile isn't
urge enough to luako it an object. Hut we
ire not so poor ?9 all that, any how !'
"The Senator meditated gloomily, but all
van dark to him ; ho was plunged in a sen
if doubt, and ho had never met any prob
em, not even a political one, so hart) to
tolve.
44 4 Perhaps,' broke in his pertinacious
riend again, aftei considerable pause, 4 pertaps
you will say directly that you're not a
'porting man.'
44 4 I certainly am nothing of the kind,
tir,' rejoined Preston, rather angrily; 4 niul
[ can't imagine what put such an idea intc
four head.'
44 4 Not a sporting man t Whew w 1 1
rever liemd of mn-li a ?.f inr.rki?.1-~?...
? |'i?vv v? liii^KVICIIWV
WeM, t/ von're no* i? Hporting mnn, wil
pou plenae tell me why you carry the tooiibout
w ith you V nixl lie pointed to th<
mahogany box which the Colonel still cur
ried.
" A light broko on Preaton'a mind. 4 Tin
mahogany box !' he cried. * All, yen ! ha
tia! Very natural mistake, indeed, mj
ood air; very natural, indeed! Well, I
will aliow yon the content# of the box.*?
And, laoghing heartily, he oponod the boi
n qaeation, which wh?, in faet, hia dre*ninr
aae, and displayed the uaual parade o
brushes, eotnba, razors, soap, etc., whicli
jaually fill tliat article of traveling comfort
* Otlr friend looked at the case, then ai
I'rcaton, then at the cane, then at Prcator
igain. Then heaved a long sigh, and then
ae pondered. * v
44' Well,' ho broke out at length, * I 4hl
????
F take yon for n sporting gentleman? 1 did ;
! hut now I sec you nro nothing but ft barber,
and if I'd known it, hang mo if I'd
spoke to you 1' nnd so sating ho vamosed."'
Fancy the feeling* of our honorable Sen
! ator as ho assumes these various characters
in the eyes of nn anxious stranger.
[Harper s Magazine.
The SouthWo
maintain, boldly, that the South can
maintain her independence and accuro her
i prosperity and progre s better out of the
. Union than she can in the Union, without
the observance of tho Constitution and regard
for her right* secured by it. It is con
1 tended that tho world would combine to
gethcr for the annihilation of the South and
tho destruction of slavery, if she existed a? a
, separate Republic. Such a proposition bears
not (be semblance of probability upon its
face. What has the world to do with the
internal police nnd government of any scpnr
rate sovereignty ? The United States might J
as well invade Russia bec.-iuso it is an miin
. cratic Government and tolerates serfdom, or!
organize an expedition against England be
ennsu of her white operative slavery and
1 mixed monarchical and aristocratic Govern?
inent. No civili/ed nation on the globe arrogates
such ft surveillance and authority as
this.
A war waged upon such grounds as this
1 would be subversive of all national sover'
eignty and contrary to the first principles of
the law of nations. The civilized maritime
> powers have interdicted the slave trade, but
[ have never either claimed or exercised to in
tcrfcro with the internal aflairs or domestic
institutions of any State or power. If the
North were separated fiom the South she
would bo compelled to recognize the iinle
pendent sovereignty of the Southern Slates
and cease to interfere with our domestic af
fairs, or to forego all traffic and intercourse j
i with us. Which alternative would she pre-1
fer I Which would England, France nnd
i Other nations prefer! Which would they
i find more profitable to them?intermeddling j
> with our affairs, or ft lucrative and active
' trn le with us ?
It would be the height of fatuity nnd
: madness to violate the laws of nations by I
! invading the territory of an independent SuVI
ereignty, to silence the looms and spindles i
of the manufactories, to attempt to lay ?aste
I the fairest noitinn nf ! <>
J V. ti.v Mil III IIUU uc?iniv
the most valuable product of the world, by
f striking down the only system of labor
' which can cultivate it, ami thus ?o crush
' their own lucrative commerce and abolish a
i trade which gives food and clothing to mil,
lions of the free laborers of Euro|?c and tip !
hold* order and comfuit in their own do-!
i mir.ions Can any one believe that the en-J
i lightened Government of Europe or of thi*
continent would ho guilty of such suicidal
madness nnd fanaticism ? Can it be credit,
ed that they would thus set a precedent
which would, sooner or later, recoil upon
, themselves bv throwing open the gates of
national sovereignty, and breaking down the I
harriers which now protect the special insti- |
, luiions of every independent nation on tho
, globe ? Would the nations thus trample
upon their own interest, and finally crush out
; their very existence, by tho rebound of their
OW!l IfltvlounAo moi-nli- t.\r tl./? f, ...i
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of a fanatical sentiment ? Russia, England,
France, Austria, Prussia ami Spain, know
too well their own safeguards to venture
upon so fatal a policy. They would not ex1
ist one year agninst the inroads of external
force, if this cordial principle of international
law were supped. Why have they not attacked
Brazil and Cuba ? Because they
understood too well their own palladium
' and have studied too deeply their own into
test.
i We have "bmiltcd any defence of the
strength of the South on account of her own
boundless resources and the spirit, chivalry,
and powers of her people. It is sufficient to1
I have shown, in this connection, that the
,! dangers supposed to exist are the creatures
of a morbid fancy and ignorance of the mo,
lives which control nations.
[Memphis ( Tenn.) Appeal.
Give rr to 'Em.? Dr. Andrews, of the
Geoigia Citizen, is down on those editors
' who have been publishing part of a story
from the New Yorjc Ledger, at 3 cents a
line. We are. glad there are some editors
who refuse to deceive their readers and adj
vertise for a Northern man for nothing.?
We notice the stories in many Southern pa
' per?, nnd we'll wager our best hat that not
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VIIV VI Iiivna WVIIIM nuvcilhc liM iii ?"l
price. Yet this is nothing more nor loss
than nn advertisement, which they publish
for about ono third what they would charge
their neighbors and friends ! Wo would be
very glad to get even 3 cents a line for our
r reading matter, but we prefer to mako onr
I own selection*, and not smuggle in nn adver
tisement for a Northern rimn, whore wo
t should put something interesting toour rend j
\ ere. Them's it I?Southern Mercury.
i A okktlrmax was recently regretting the
. low of his tirsl wife in the presence of his
t second.
M My deer," said the lady, H no one mourns
I her decease more than I do, for to that un
timely event, i attribute uiy present un
' pleasant situation." '
Col. A. H- McClung?His Suicide
Then- is not, we presume, a single man i
in the South who has noi heard of Colonel '
McClung. We picked up an exchange this I
1 morning and found the following Ode to i
Death l?y this great man, which is certainly
the mwt nohle ehaunt of manly sorrow.? t
Col. McClung was known as a duelist, liav
ing killed as many as four tnen, we believe, <
in duels. Notwithstanding his chivalry and i
intrepidity, he Was gentle as a child. With i
the ferocity of a tiger htj combined tbc gen- I
crosily of a lion; with the dat ing of an eagle, <
lie united all that is great in man. lie l
walked the earth like a Titan, but left behind
him many an able characteristic. lie <
wore a noble heart, full of generosity. i
McClung had genius of the first order? I
was honored, loved, and almost worshipped
by a host of friends. Wearied of life, (lis '
appointed and satiated, lie wed the cm <
briees of death, and, with the hope of being >
slain, he enlisted in the Mexican war. Ili*
gallantry on the battle field at Monterey is <
^ known to all. lie was sciiottdy wounded, !
out G<'nui cainc not to his relief. At lUtcnn
Vista ho was carried on a litter to the battle i
field and exposed his life again ? but Death i
still eluded him and refused to recognise i
his earnest votary. Despaiiing of finding i
death on the battle field, he returned to i
Mississippi, and lived until life became a
burden to him, and then committed suicide
by blowing out his own brains.
A few months before bis death lie wrote
the following lines,overflowing with the vocal
and rythmical liquidity. It is the melody
of despair?the la^t lay of the iniiotrei.?
As has already been reinaikcd by our friend
Posy, the swan, tlio distinctive presentiment
of death, sings its own dirge, and the
vigor of death lends inspiration and sweet
iless to its song. Liko the dying swan,
J &
I poor dying McClnng sung his own sweet and
j beautiful invocation :
Swiftly speed over the waves of time,
Spiiit of Death !
| In manhood's mom' in youthful piimc,
I woo thy breath!
| For the fading hues of hope have tied
Like the dolphin's light,
| And dark arc the clouds above my head
As the starless night!
Oh ! vainly the voyager sings for the rest
Of the peaceful haven?
The pilgrim saint for the homes of the Most
And the calm of heaven !
The galley slave for the night wind's breath,
At the burning noon !
But muie gladly I'll spring to lliy cold arms,
Dcnth come soon !
[Memphis Advocate.
Tnk Bible.?"Tell mo where tlio Bible
is, and where it is not," observes an American
clergyman, who has returned from a
tour on the Continent, " and I will wiile a
moral geography of the world. 1 wiiDhow !
what, in all particulars, is the physical con- j
dilion of that people. One glance of yowr
eye will inform you where it is not. Oo to
[ Italy?decay, degradation, suffering, meet,
you on every side. Commerco droops, agriculture
sickens, the useful arts languish.?
Theie is heaviness in the air ; you fed cramped
by some invisible power ; '.he people dare
not speak aloud ; they walk slowly; an armed
soldiery is around their dwellings; the!
armed police take from the stranger his
Bible, before he enters the territory. Ask for
I the Bible in the bookstore?it is not there;
or in a lorra so targe mm expensive as (o bo j
beyond the reach of llie common people.? .
j The preacher takes no text from the Bible, j
Enter the Vatican, anil inquire for a Bible,
anil you will bo pointed to some case, where
it reposes among porhibited works of Diderot,
Rousseau and Voltaire. But pass over the
Alps into Switzerland, and down the Rhine
into Holland, and over the channel into
England and Scotland, and what an amazing
contrast meets the eye! Men look with
an air of independence; theie are industry,
neatness, instruction for children. Why '
this difference? There is no brighter sky
?there are no fairer scenes of nature?but
thoy have the Bible ; and happy uro the
peoplo who are in such a case, for it is
righteousness that exalteih a nation."
Bums is Japan.? Bit da are (rented very
kindly there. They are never killed for
I sport, and little troughs are scooped out in
the tomb-stones, which priests till every
morning with fresh water lor their drink.?
During the stay of Commodore Berry's ships
a number of officers started one day to go
gunning. As soon as the Japanese saw the
! cruel murder of their birds, ibw want to
j the Ct inmodoro and be?*g?l him to put a
Htoptosiu.il conduct, 'lliere was no more
I bird-shooting in Japan by American officer*
| after that; and when the treat}' between the
| two countries was concluded, one condition
! of it, was, that the birds should always be
! protected. Take care of the birds. Thatjs
what the farmirs say wo must do in this
country. Unless we do, good-by to fiuit,
for the insects will get the upper hand of us,
and oat it up. Let the birdies live, and they
will not only cheer us by their beauty and
their songs, but destroy tho insects and preserve
our fruit.
,-nrr' ?. f
Life is a farce to the rich ; a comedy to
the wise; end e tragedy to the poor.
Wearing the Bear ClotiiAn American
conospondent of (lie llomo JoiiitihI,
who was present at the l;ito royal wedding
,lius quietly describes one of his very iiiitu
nl mistakes J
"There we set, o wnll of human bin-lta,
until twelve o'clock. Owing to i>u obese
lounger on one side, end Fred on the otlij?%
I didn't breathe easily for two interminable
hours. In the meantime, inv eves were
industrious enough, nnd my tongue, loo, ns
Tor thai matter ; but I made so many huli
irons mistakes with the latter fvlicittous nriielc,
that I gave tip in despair, gazed, nnd
mid nothing. Like J)aine I'artingon, 1
w.nldn't open my mouth but I put mv foot
into it. Twice only my rebel tongue was
too much for me.
" ' Fred,' said I, after a prolonged t-ilence,
' who is that distinguished nobleman just
opposite?the ono all gold lace and siik
-lockings I'
"' Thnt,' replied Fred, living to hush
town a malicious laugh ; ' that is Lord
11 'a footman !
"' O, Lord!' thought I. 'Well, then,
Fred, 1 venture again?whose footman is
that /' nnd I pointed with my bouquet to n
moderate!v-<!reused m?r. i?li?
?. *?? ??
against a pillar beneath us, nn<l locking at
everything with a pair of cold grey eyes.
1 Who*? footman is that?'
"'That,' said Fred, 'is Lord B. himself T
" After that I kept still, hut I thought to
myself, ' What a land is this, where the
footmen wear all the good clothes.'"
Coci.dn't " Foot, " IIim.?Professor Adams,
of Amherst College, was a great entomologist,
and had the largest collection of
insects that was ever nccumtilated by a>:y
private individual in this country since the
days of Noah. Some wicked students
thought to quiz tlio old gentleman, nnd,
with a good deal of caro and labor,succeed
ed in manufacturing a nondesctipt insect, by
taking the body of n bcctlo and gluing it !
to the legs of a gravli >pf>er, the wings of J
the butterfly, and the hoins of the dragon I
fly. With this new style of bug they proceeded
to the study of the Professor, and
told him that one of their number had
found n strange animal, which thev were
unable to classify, and requested him to aid
them in defining its position. Tlio Profos
sor put on his spectacles, and after examining
the specimen carefully, said :
* Well, young gentlemen, this is a very
curious bug. indeed : I am inclined to ili'n>k
il id what naturalists call a humbug."
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IIcmroldt.?Tlio aged and illustrious
Huron Von ITuinboldt, now in his OOili
year, but kiill fiesh in intellectual and con
verantional powers, attended a ball given in
Berlin, on the 20ili nit., in honor of the royal
wedding. The Baron allows neither his
advanced age, nor his great acquirements
and world-wide fame, to entitle him to
any dispensation from the minutest and
most scrupulous attention to etiquette and
costume, and willingly condescends, on
occasions like the one in question, to as
suine his chamberlain's costume, and bis'
numerous orders, with nil the careful attention
to exterior befitting the mo-t youthful
and most aspirant Jo Court favor.?
Mis health, liov*ever, gives frequent occasions
of uneasiness to his friends and admirers,
though lie rallies from each attack with
most surpiiaing rapidity.
\_PIiiladcfjih!a Iuq u ier.
Literary Mkn and tiikiii Wivks.?I do
maintain that a wife, says Sarah Culeiidge,
whether young or old, may pass her even
ings most happily in the presence of her
husband, occupied heiself, and conscious
that lie is still better occupied, though he
lliav but sneak uittli l>??- ???' ' 1
v , ...... I'V. nMM WI.'I lti.1 i:\ C.H j
upon her from time to time; that such
evening* may l?e looked forward to with
great desire, and deeply regretted when they
are passed away forever. Wieland, whose
conjugal felicity has been almost as celebrated
as himself, says, in n letter written after j
his wife's death, that if he but knew she
was in the room, or if at times she but stepped
in and said a word or two, that was
enough to gladden him. Some of the hap
piest and most loving couples arc those who,
like Wieland and hi* wife, arc hotli too fully
employed to spend tho whole of every
evening in conversation.
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Anecdote ok a 1)oo.?As the play of
"Jesse Vera" was being pvrfotmcd at
Woolwich Theatre, and when a scene in the
third act had been reached, in which a " ler
rific struggle " for the profession of ft child
tftkon place hot ween the fond nioihei and
two*' hired ruffians," h large Newfoundland
dog, which had by some mean* gained admittance,
with in owner, into the pit, leaped
over the heads of tho muMcians in the
orchestra, and flew to tho rescue, seizing one
of the assavsina, and almost drugging him
to the ground, lie was with dilHvully removed
and dragged off the stage. The dog,
which is the property of the chief engineer
of her Majesty's ship Ihiftalo, hfts been ac
customed to tho society of children, for
whom he has, on many occasions, evinced
strong proofs of affection.
Tiir 1.0sokit the saw < ( contention i*
kept in motion, the hotter it grows.
^ * " **'
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Verv Conscientious.?A tradesman of
Pari* lost in l!?e street his license to trndo, in
which was folded up a hank note of one
hundred francs. A few hours after, he received
by the post a letter enclosing the license,
and stating that the writer, who had
found it, being in distress, had, after a short
sti aggie with his conscience, resolved not to
npprbpiinte the note It contained, but to
I narrow it for n time, in the hope of being
ablb to nmeliorate his position. " When,"
added the writer, **I shall have attained toy
o' ject, I will send you back your money,
with my excuses and my sinccro thanks, and
you will have the sat inaction of having tendered
service to a conscientious tnatt !"
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A Virginia Editor describes the following
scene, which ho asserts a3 strictly truo.
\Ve don't think it could have occurred in
any other Slate, llo says that " ho taw a
team of four animal*? a horse o ?>??*?
- y -i ? rv,7?
inulc, nnd a bull. The horse had the heaves,
tho pony wiw blind, the ranlo was lame, and
the bull had no provision for fly time. In
the wagnp there was a white titan, a crippled
nigger, and a tame skunk, frailty bound
with a wi.-p of straw. The white man held
the lines, the team held its own, and tho
nigger held the skunk, and they nil moved
forward."
Tsif. Married Max.?How is it thai girls
can always tell a married man from a single
lone! The fact is indisputable. The philosophy
of it is beyond our ken. Blackwood
says that " the fact of matrimony or
bachelorship is written so legibly in a man's
I appearance, that no ingenuity can conceal it.
Everywhere there is some inexplicable insinct
that lolls ns whether an individual
(whose name, fortune end circumstances are
totally unknown) l*? or not a married man.
Whether it is a certain subdued look, such
as that which characters the lions in a menagerie,
and distinguishes them from the
lords of the dovert, wo cannot tell ; but that
the truth is so, we positively affirm."
A Prospect ok Growing Large Men.
I)r. Holmes, the Boston anatomist, has given
us a new theory for manufacture of men
of a laigo growth. lie says: "In Kentucky,
Ohio and Western Vermont, men
grow to a large size, because of the limestone
formation under the soil. Tarts of
families have emigrated to those regions,
and tho result in tho next generation has
been a larger bone development in those
who left Massachusetts, than in those who
remained. Kentucky, Ohio and Iowa, will
grow large men. The finest figures in the
world will he found in tho Valley of the
Mississippi, in a few generations."
Wanted, a Washington Squaw.?The
Wa-hington States gives an account of the
first reception of the season nt the White
House, from which we extract the following S
- i ue sons or l ho forest, 'painted aud
plumed in battle array,' ivero ranged along
one side of the room, and gazed with stoical
I apathy at the novel sight. They were eviI
dviilly very vain of the nttention shown them
l?y many of the ladies, and one old fellow,
very finely painted, confidentially remarked
to liia interpreter, when one blooming lady
was introduced ; ' 1 give 'cm three horses for
squaw? very nice squaw? "
Picture of Life.?In youth we seem
climbing up a hill, on whose top eternal
sunshine appears to rest. Ilow eagerly we
pant to gain its summit! Hut when wo
have gained it, how difletent is the prospect
on the other side ! We sigh as we contemplate
the waste before us; and look back
! with a wistful eye upon the flowery path wo
j have passed, hut may never more retrace.?
I Life is like a portentous cloud fraught with
i thunder, storm and rain ; but religion, liko
those streaming rays of sunshine, will clothe
it with light as with a garment, and f.ingo
j its shadowy skiits with gold,
-<?> .
Takk nt:f, iirst and recrkatiow.?i
| heard a good husband at his book say, that
to oinit study some time of the year, made
as much for the increase of learning as to
let thn laud lie fallow for some time niakclh
for the better increase of corn. If the land
be plowed ever) year, tho corn cometh up
thine; so those which never lenvc poring on
their books have oftentimes as thin invention
nr other poor men.?Roger Ascham.
Ifion and Low Ciirncii.?One of th?
argumentative hair splitters lately called on
the clergyman of tho Floating Episcopal
Church.and ??.k"d hltn scijouslv, whether nis
church was to he considered a High or a
Low Church. The answer he received from
his reverenco was?" It depends enliiely upon
the tide."
A Son of Aaron Hons i.v Onto.?A
close student of tho l?iblo suffgeats, in tho
I Marietta Intelligencer, that there is reason
for supposing tiiat one of llic descendants of
Aaron, the High 1'iiest, was a native of
Ohio. See Ezra vii, 4, which reads : 44 The
son of Zerahia, the son of Uzzi, the son of
(n) tttikii
Tiik mill cannot grind with water ilia* Is
prst.