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. ' t ^ "' *.-' * ' ' I ,, ,XiJii_IUJL.I .11 , . f A REFLEX OF TO P U LA R EXE "NT T h . . II-1,1,jiii:jJil:.;r.'.i^p^i i ' 1 "I'liiyii ,.l.j." Druoiro to Progrris, % Rigljto of fyt %outbr an& tlje Diffusion of Itscful Knowledge among all iCiassts of Working 4Rm. i VOLUMB-JV;- GREENVILLE. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY MORNING. MAY 6. 1808." " ! NUMBER?? { -U,U . i - n ! L_ _LJ J-.l in ' <?l)c fantjifrn (Bntrrprm IS MBLISHED WEEKLY BY . 1 W. P. PRICE &l\M.M'JUNKIN, Prop rJle lorn. wjlulia:vE p. price, KDITQH. "One Dollar a Year, In Advance, $1.50, IF DELAYED. AOBWT8. 1'tcrKB Stradlky, Eeq., Flat Rock, N. C. A. M. Pkwcn, Fairview P, O., Greenville Diet Willi ax O 'Iailky, Pleasant Grove, Greenville. " Jit. R. Q An-ders .y, Rnoree, Spartanburg. G. Wv Kino. Traveling Agent. sdftttll ^nctrq. 3 .lining Upon the Sand, IlV K LIS A COOK. ,c 'tis m.-iI to wed, r:?l has dune _ e\v. ant) ruses Diew, iij; lir 'lielit the sun. i/i ./ > > i ure, vuung hiiiI fair, . i.Jei'g" Willi Iriilli ; i i*? f ?"ii love will wear lv. tfri j i o> otxoutli. .1 Kent l for heart, , 'filial foi hand, ft m<i.'?i plated ilie uunwise" part, A holr |M>ii I lie -aiid." j*- ?. -u ?o sHve, 'lis well to have b fiiu .Mi store ? (' gold. \u i i i .l <n null of .dinting muff, i "i ciiam v is cold. J it jil.ice no, all your hopes and trust In w iiMl the deep mine brings; \\ e cannot live oil vellow dust L iimixed with purer things. And lie who piles up wealth alone, Will often have to stand Beside hi? coffer ehest and own 'l is ** huilt upon the sand." 'Tie good to speak in kindly guise, And sooth whate'er we can ; For speech should bind the human miud, And love link man to inuo. But stay not hi llio gentle words. Let the deed* will) language dwell; The one who pities starving birds, Should scatter crumbs as well. The mercy that is warm and true, Mu*t lend a helping hand, For tlio>e who talk, yet fail to do, But ** build ujK>n the sand." 1 Jiiiscrllntironfl Htnbing. ?' " Let Us Talk of Graveyards." Ant "one who has visited Oreonwoorl Cemetery, on Long Bland, or Laurel LI ill, neat 1'itiladelphia, must have been deeply iiupre-Ht-d wnii the serenity and loveliness of the scene. Two more beautiful places eye uever saw. bo calm ami peaceful is everything aiound. tliat the thought, no doubt, has occurred to thousands, that when the final summons comes to take their places ' in the silent halls of death," that it were joy in such a place to die. Everything that art cau do to embellish uature has been done. Dixon 11. Lewis, once a Senator in Congresa, (from Alabama,) upon visiting Greenwood, wa? so much captivated by the exquisite loveliness of the plane, that lie said ne hoped when his time came to die, it might lie in New Yoik, so he could be buried hi Gr-'-nwood. And singular enough, hi* Ju -po't.K- iodised, and he now sleeps the mi-.-, . . known. uw waking, uiuid the flow e< tU 'h mecnwarils alul the Menu nvt i iiin? i?fieiiil cemetery. .. ? it-ding these repositories -> .il't >viinv?*iiig whet kind / ..if iiotti 'ii?ke that place lovely. -|. u. Ntifl lost ones, and . ! n l.i um. ?twl tieii where those re* liiii n> Oxford. Death, .Drnfh. Ited-mc* more terii* 4i iti To eve what other 'n<x . in til Ufuni, have done, K^imenJi. It is. in . . r'r'i} liilti. Ail is weeds end " 014 . ol t|< .??l in??u ?? regular ren<./. ,..r .t|i4 Img*. It i* a shame | ,, n m|ni|| ??irt lioerts and out ? . Ti ? tkud sleep liters, and . .ti i .w >h< i?|i| protect their, reeling fj.-.t;,. vo g-Mild iff* i;m h*e>k "o (?villi ho I * I men) anthiiia in Europe, ,M,'i >' Ktl.h sliii ;pi..n* cm>? the aur* ? ? tin* g'MW-s f f i|o?e lh?7 love. |i.t? g.ii *f<-novod with eglantine ai.d IY*W* ami cteij i|)ehifpt(?Uoii of re-pect is gj\i|l. Aim.' wlrifct ? are writing of these sol eiun thing-, i< | n* *?V a word as !u the propiieiy mid n*-<e?siiy of stones or niouuon nis. Ho* many persons are there, etren the oisiii gm bed gram, whose graves are em known, because tUoee whom they trusted in ' -ti e-t v (' n\r L fi when alive proved recreant when they wen dead t We honestly think that every fatty ily, with mean* tufficien^ should make, ii their duty (as it really it) to place over al their departed kin, suitAbfe stones to marl the places where they repose. It shottfd not only be a duty but a pleasure. A plair marble Slab, with a simple inscription, ii surely as small a tribute in memory of Ihost who have died, as a true and noble heart could givo.-^-Zmure /Tours. A Yankee. Hie Boston Olive Branch, having called the editor of the Now York Atlas a Yan kee, the Atlas man gets off the following: " But we own up to the Yankee, and fee no little prjde in it; but we don't bail from Berkshire, exactly. We havo dropper" pumpkin seeds and have eaten hasty pud uing una miiK in IJiew Hampshire, and hav< Slowed, mowed, and logged in tbe Slate o laino. We have fisbed for minnows witi a pin-book, ahd carried our bread and but ter to school; and we have seen long-driving on tbe Kennebec river; we have coaxed t club footed girl to slide down hill, made slip pery by the fall of pine leaves, on her feet for the fun of seeing her catch her toes, anc roll over and over ; and wo bave'gone intt theswampx with two yoke <>f oxen and a bob sled, when life snow wax five feet deep, an<i felled tree*, and Mwiched ' log* alt ua\, anc went home at night full to 4 bean porridgt hot ;4 we have been to a few prayer meet itigx, that's a fact and we've beer, to 4 bust ings,' too, nnd 4 apple-bees,' and raisings and 4 militia mun'ers.' 44 We have helpeJ make cider, and after wards set 4 a-slraddle' of a barrel, am: sucked it with a straw. We have sat uj all uight in a saw mill, and have sat up al night with a 4 gal.' We have a high opin ion of johnny-cake and 4 sxsvinger,' and w< have frequently had a finger in the making of the latter; we have eaten our shaie o codtislVand potalos, with pork scraps* anc we guess we have licked a proper propor tion of 'lasses candy, and also boys; w< have pulled fi&x for nine pence a day, be cause we bad a sick headache and could too go to school, and have bad teeth pulled will a piece of strong thread ; we have travelec over the fields in spring with a maul, knock ing about tbe wbat-you-call 'ems, and hav< popped corn in the ashes ; we have turnec the grindstone all day to sharpen a new axe swapped jack-knives, broken steers am colls, set traps for skunks and ^voodchucks tapped our own shoes, 4 licked the school i 11 * .? uiitsier, rouueu lue mine pans ot cream am laid it to the cat, pitched into the apple 'sass,' booked loaf sugar, and numberlea other things ' too numerous to mention,' bul for particulars of which see small bills." Education of Labor. Some parents are strict to require dailj physical exercise of their children before ant after school, in the way of labor. To thii course some are prompted by necessity, ant others by principle, l'heir children are re quired to perform a given amount of work This is, in particular, true of farmers and o oiti?r* in rural districts. And if the labot be appropriate in kind and amount, the val ue of this practice cannot be estimated.? Every child should bo carefully practiced it some needful industrial employment. N< other education is more important. Worl is the great law to which God and Naturi bind ua. Aa a preventer of evil, And a pro ducer of good, there ia nathing in all tb< world like industry ; like hard work. Oui children better lie reared in ignorance o books, than in ignorance of all kinds of pro ductive industry. This truth applies to th? children of the woalthy, as well as to al others; for all men and women, not invalids who do not by their own efforts earn theii own living, are worth less than they coat Some ono has said that " an idle man*i brain is the devil's workshop.** If this ides be coriect. he has little reason to he proud of his quarters; and perhapa justice woulc require that some allowance on this accoun1 be tnade, in passing judgment on the qual ity of the work he turns out. But seriously, do not the highest and dearest interests of society demand that ir the school, aa well as in the family, the idei should ho made prominent, that labor ii til ike needful and honorable for all!? WhHt greater calamity could befall ih< world tiian (o have a youth educated to lool upon work, daily work, hard work, as untie coming ladies and gentlemen ! The ancien custom that every boy should " learn < trade," and qualify himself to gain by man ual labor an honest and honor ib|e liveli hood, it might be well to reestablish.? Ohio a late School Commiaioncr'* Report Whp.iv a house is infested by rata wbfd refuse to nibbld at toastud cheese and the usu al baits, a few drop* of the highly aceulet oUof rhodium, poured on the bottom of i cage trap, will almost Invariably attract I full of the Miplachiovous rodents" befon morning. We have known this to be trie* with extraordinary aucoeae. Where a tra] baited with all manner of ediblea baa fail* to attract a tingle rat, tha oil of rbodion caused it to U completely orowded nigh after night, nnilt the house was cleared o the woieon eteitem.?Ex. ?'1 f os i?)<1 10 ill "HMtfjfw vlwl (!l w??i s [Frofti th? American Meawnger.} , \ Thj Prisoner end bis Mother 1 A few year* since. in the state prison at ' A , when, the inmates were gathered for [ Sabbath morning service in the chapel, a k clergyman, who srae providentially in the 1 city, occupied ihft chaplain's plaoe. In his * appeal to their beafU, bo mentioned the * case of a wayward boy whose pious mother i k was in heaven, and who after the successive steps of early depravity, was arrested by the < Spirit of God, recalling the hallowed counsels and tha prayers of the departed saint.? I He became a Christian, and entered the - gospel ministry. The preacher added, " And I am that wicked son, saved by a I mother's tears." 1 k The religions exercises closed, and the I convicts went to their cells. In the after no^n the. chaplain walked, as was his cus> torn, the corridors, and looking through f the grated door of a young man's cell, saw i him prostrate on the stone floor, sobbing * as if his. heart were brokon. Several miu\ utes passed before the prisoner looked up \ and discovered the chaplain. When he was - Kinaiy asked what was tbo matter, ho re , plied, M Oh, it was that story the minister I told us about his mother; I had jiftt > such a mother, and it brought her memory back." Then falling down upon his face I again, with convulsive grief he said, " It has I almost killed me ; I had just such a mother 3 Tliere within the cold walls of a prison, unaffected by sermons and prayers, the out cast became a weeping child before the pro ' sence of a pious mother?coining with her familiar, tearful face, and voice or holy love, to his dismal abode. Such is a devout, conL sielent mother's reward?a reward which, > while it is an index of her rmponsibilty, re I veals the bitterness of self-reproach and anguish of the sinner, lost after a perverted a blessing, the most precious of earthly origin I ever bestowed upou man. P. C. II.' I Eat Plenty of Fat Meat.?In a late ' number of the Scalpel, in an article on 3 " Dint," Dr. Dixon, in assuming the nosiiion that 44 the use of oil would docrease'lho vic1 tims of consumption nine tenths, and that 1 is the whole secret of the use of cod liver ' oil," quotes the following summnry ohserva' lions on this subjeot, made by Dr. Hooker : 3 44 1. Of all the persons between the agea * of fifteen and twenty-two years, more thau ? one filth eat no fat meat. 4 M2. Of persons at the age of forty five, > all, eicepting less than one in fifty, habit' ually use fat meat. 4 41 3. Of persons who, between the ages of * fifteen and twenty-two, avoid fat meat; a 1 few acquire an appetite for it, and live to a 1 good old age, while the greater portion die with phthisic before thirty-five. 4* 4. Of persons dying with phthisic, between the ages of twelve and fbrtv-five, ninef tenths, at least, have never used fftt meat. 1 44 Most individuals who avoid fat meat, i also use little butter or oily gravies, though 1 many compensate for this want, in part at * least, by a free use of those articles, and al. so milk, eggs and various saccharine subf stsnces. But they constitute an imperfect r substitute for fat meat, without whiMi ???. - er or later, the body i? almost sure to show the effects of deficient clarofi cation." A philosopher once asked a little girl if ahe had a soul. She looked up into hie face with an air of astonished and offended' dignity, and replied " To be sure I have." " What makes you think you have f" "Because I have," she promptly replied. " But how do you know you have a soul ?" "Because I do know," she answered I again. , It was a child's reason ; but the pbiloeor pher could hardly have given a better. " Well, then," said ta, after a moment's ? consideration, " if you know you have a t soul, can you tell me what vour soul is f" I " Why," said she, M I am six years old, 1 and don't you suppose I know what my t soul is 1" " Perhaps you do. If you will tell me, I shall find out wbethor you do or not." | " Then you think I don't "know," she re . nltiist " kit# T <1a ti'. ? | I'l ivu f VWV M. UW. lb O MI IlllURt i " Your think I" laid the philosopher, lisi tonished in his turn ; " who told you so ?" "Nobody. I should be ashamed if I did ? not know without being told." i The philosopher had puzzled his brain a . great deal ab?>ut the soul, but he eould not t hiivu given a better definition of it in so few t words. Spkakino for Christ.?Reader, have you never yet spoken one word for Christ ! Have you never invited one sinner to the 8tviourf Then I (bar that though you may at last reach the New Jerusalem, you'll tread 1 those gulden pavements wearing a star lea* : crown. A ingle sentence may save a soul ' from perdition. is i us> ? t A Dobo m Fee no a.?Recent advioee 6 from Europe inform us that a duel took place, 1 at Paris, between Col. W. R. Calhoun, Seep retary of the American Legation, and a Mr. i Brecvorf, of New York. Shota were ezi changed, when, according to the aooounta t before os, the seconds interfered, inasmuch if as there wee informality in the arrange menu, > S .rWtidL'Mli oi i/ .1 ivvM V. ?i HoRf*K Tamino.?'The Scientific Ameii can,, in tbo course of some remarks upon Ibe wonderful exploits of Rarey in subduing vicious horses, gives the following directions for accomplishing the same object: " Procure some finely grated horse castor, and oils of cumin and rhodium, and keep the three separate in air-tight vessel* Rub a little of oil of cumin upon your hand, and approach (he horse on the windward aide, so that he can smell the odor of the cumin. The horse Will then suffer you to approach him without any trouble. Immediately rub your hand gently on the horse's nose, getting a little of the oil on it, and you can lead him anywhere. Give him a little of the castor on any substance for which he has a taste, and in the most suitable manner manage to get eight drops of the oil of rbo dium upon his tongue, and he will at once become obedient to the most exacting commands with which horses are capable ol complying. I3e kind and gentle to him, and your supremacy will be established, to matter what may have been his previously wild and vicious character. We understand that Mr. Rarey has been challenged by D. Sullivan, also a horse t?m?r Xrvror^onn . , VR..u??vu V" the celebrated "Sullivan, the Whisperer,") to a trial of his powers in Cork, Ireland. Brown-low on Dancing.?In the editorial correspondence of the Knoxville Whig. Parson Brownlow gives a graphic descrip tion of the brillinul " fotival and ball,* which came off at Memphis, on the lltli ol March, to celebrate the op -ning of tht " Gavoeo House." Among other things, the Parson thus discourses of the walti and polka.; " I am no advocate of dancing, and ncvei tried the exercise' in my life, but I could no) resist the temptation ty look on at this scene for largely upwards of an hour. My * vulgar curiosity ' was satisfied, however, in see ing fifty fellows, with long beards, goatees and huge whiskers, playing the waltz 01 polka, with as many charming ladies. ' II* quadrilles?she polkas'?was the cxclama lion ! One feature of the waltz got roe.-*-i It was to see a young fellow, dressed and perfumed within nu inch of his life, squttz ing a lady tight around the waist with ont arm, and with the other, as they mingled with and cross each other in pairs in tht dance, gently lifting her dress, and she oc casionally raising it higher, all, however, tc keep it off the fioor, and the lady leaning qp to him like a sick kitten to a hot brick In these squeezing quadrilles, I noticed lh< hoops were rather in the way." Mr. 8?ikflint'# Goodness.?When Mr Skinflint of UeRiivillo, died, there was quiu a sensation in town about it. The bell was tolled, and the only flag in town?thai which belonged to the tavern?was hung union down for twenty four hours. Hit praise was in every one's mouth, though why they praised him none could say, ex cept that he was worth plenty of money.? This was before Mrs. Partington moved froir lJeanville. " We have lost a great man ma'aip," said the miuister, calling upon her "so portly, so public-spirited, so?so?rich.' " Ah, yes," responded' the estimable dame with a tear of regret in her eye, " his good ness was past finding out?it was," said she rawing her hand, as if beckoning down ? largo word, by which to expiess hcrseli loudly ; " it was infiniteaiiqal, and his right hand never knew what his left band did, noi anybody else, for that matter, lie was such an excellent man." The minister coughed at the infinitesimal goodness, but he saw now kindly it was intended and said noth ing.?Boston Gazette. Who tub "Southbrn Matron1' la.? "(Belle BriUain," in a letter to Ibe New Or leans Picayune, dated at Richmond, refers to Miss Cunningham, " the Southern Ma tron," and the lady who conceived the ides of purchasing Mount Vernon. "She ie,r remarks this correspondent. " a native it I Charleston, and an.invalid from infancy.? Never having been married, the title ol * Matron ' is, of course, a misnomer ; unless by figure of speech, we may call her the ' Virgin Mother ' of the great cause to which she is dedicating her foeblo, yet most effec tive existence. * * *. I found Mist Cunningham confined to her bed ; and mar veled to see such strength coming out ol weakness. It is the power of thought, 01 will, or rather of love, that creates and con trols the world, 'there, pale and physically feeble, this chief *po>ile of Mount Vernoaisra has a patriotic fire in her eve thai nevi er fails to kindle a most contagious entliuai Mm." An Ecstatic Rkportbr.?Kpeaker On lias excluded Edward flat te, the correspond ent of the New York Courier and Knoulrer from the Reporter's Gallery, at Washington llarle clapped his hands so furiously, ovei the Kaosas vote, on the fir-t instant, thai nothing could stop him. Eten when aenl fur, ho refused en explanation. '* <i^'i Tuc Emperor Oonstantine said to a mar who was heaping up riches here : " A man all you can * spend your life in pnr<tJh o riches ; yet," skid he, pointing to his body a little spot of earth tin sbe is all you cat poseoM." m ??-? JoDOK (TNtALL.-^W# find 111? followlngj , deserved tribute in the Yorkrille Enquirer, in reporting the doing* at Chaster Court: *The labors of fcho Aveek were discharged with the rapidity and eminent ability which are oharacteristic of Judge O'Neall. Our , readers will be rejoiced to learn that our ven erabhe and veteran Chief Justice, has in n ; great measure, recovered his wanted health and strength, and they will join us in the hope, which yet promise tnuch, that his ' very valuable and always useful life may be t spnred long in the land. Surely a purer, better man has never lived amongst us; a life has not yet been marked out for us more replete with the evidence of a genuine boi nevolence, more zealously devoted to the highest aims for the public good ; worthier of a people's noblest reward. We delight i to contemplate the example, and we are delighted to know that all classes of our people | toiuo it n? mj purestgoia, ana reverenccr most | highly the character to which such like exi atopies belong. Washington's Onlt Mistake. ? The Paris correspondent of the New York Times r relates the following t I The late Washington ball at the Araer icati legation in this city was the subject of a bon mot, which was dropped by the French Minister of War, which ought to have publicity. Marshal Vaillant rcniop* , strated with Mr. Mason previous to the ball on the inappropriateness of giving a fete f during Lent, and asked if it were not a mis , take. 4 If it is a mistake,' replied Mr. Ma . son, it was Washington who made it, for | that is his birthday, and the ball is in honor of the event.' 4 Oh. that's ill' replied the > Marshal ; 4 then it's the only mistake he ev or made in his life.' The Mandial was one of the first guests at the ball, a concession , he made to the name of Washington, for he is a strict observer of the requirements of , Lent" > >v " ^ ^ A Woman with Wrongs.?If there can s be a greater bore in life than a man with a grievance, it is a woman with wrongs. Ii J' ih not selfishness that makes society hard hearted to both classes. It is the instinct of common sense which dictates that, when : people cannot right themselves, nor yet set in motion the machinery which might help them, it is more dignified and becoming of rational beings to keep silence, and not let } their life dissolve into a spoonful of warm ; water. Complaints, well or iLi founded, " soon exhaust 44 the milder grief of pity."? 5 In fact, there is no virtue that so soon evaporates as sympathy. People grow tired of being sorry for what they cannot help, and, ' becoming ancrrv at a Grievance that will n?i 5 be driven away, they soothe their own feel1 ings by declaring that it is the " people's 1 own fault." Life is a battle; and those > who canuot fight for themselves meet with | no quarter. Tiik Leviathan.?Some idea of tho immense magnitude of this monster steamer 1 may be formtd from the fact that the mere ; cost of completing her for sea, putting on } board stores, Ac., ar.d fitting her for,the trip i she is expected to make to Portland, Maine. ' the coming summer, #ill amount to the enormous amount of #600,t)00. No less 1 than ten anchors are required to hold her at ' her present moorings, each with lengths of cable from 40 to 160 fathoms. All u her masts are to be stayed by iron rope, standing rigging of the moit massive kind, ! the shrouds and stays of */hich are so secured at their ends through iron rings as to en able a single skilful man to oast loose all the fastenings of each mast in fivo minutes, in the event of disaster, though until the rings are opened, the sides might yield from _L!_ l * ? * - ? * ?' * * " iue suip ueiore me snroudt would yield. \ Making the acquaintance of pictures, says t a correspondent of the Providence Journal, i is like making tbe acquaintance of men.? p Some show us all their attractions at tho outset, and some only after many an inter p view. Tbe former are often, perhaps gene i rally, the more popular. Few persona give , themselves the trouble or have the talent to ! learn the real merits of the latter. But what a treasure It is to possess a picture or , a friend, whose presence is a fountain of joy thai is forever new I Like the ocean, the p greatest pictures and the greatest men have . charms which eveiy man feela,'but which not , | even the most susceptible and cotnp>ehen> , I sive minds can fully appreciate. Grape Culture in the Soutu and West.?Prof. G. C. 8 wallow, Staie Geologist of Missouri, in a recent letter to the Patent Office, suggests the idea that the extensive areas in Kentucky and Tennessee, known as the 44 barrens,* may be rendered valuable for , vineyards. Should this prove true, the . numerod. caves oontaioed in the limestone r would become very valuable as places of I storage for wine, lie says that there seems 1 to be no doubt that it can be demonstrated (o the satisfaction of ail Intelligent wine d-essera that there are at least 20,000,000 acres | i of iaod in Missouri, Kentucky aod Tennessee ? on whiah tbe vine will succeed aa walk as in f France or Germany. \ Happiness is promised not to tbe learned but to the good. - .i. y -M i . i 1 ? ..J * A Human Wad.?The "India Rubber Man," at the New Yo.k Museum, answers to bis name. lie does biimelf up into a bail, eighteen inobes square, and. makes himself comfortable in a box of that, size; he turns bis feet behind him and walks forward with his heels in front; he carries a hump on his shouldors, which, by a sudden movement of body, be thrusts forward upon his chest, showing its entire disappearance from behind. By another movement, he throws it to its more coh?pni?nt ? ? L! . ..... ivotillj} pl?VXJ WM UIO back. On teeing bis noting, one would feel but little additional surprise to tee him take bis bead off and put it back again. How to Improve Soooy PoTAToe.-*-At tbis *e?son of the vear, potato# are eery ha* ble to be moist and soggy after boiling, and * many a good dinner will be spoiled on account of the bad potatos. A simple remedy for this is the following : After the potatos are sufficiently boiled, and the skins taken off, place tbem in a dry cloth, and express the moisture by a alight wringing; they will then appear mealy, and taste as well as the best Hibernians. [Scientific American. Description ov a Good Wife.?"She hadn't no tar for music, Sam, but she bad a capital eye for dirt, and, for poor folks, that's much better. No one never seen as much dirt in my house a# a fly couldn't brush off with bis wings. Boston gals may boast of their spinnets, and theirgytars, and their eyetalian airs, and their ears for music, but give me the gal, I say, that A as an eye for dirt, for she's the gal for mv money " [Nam Slick. Death Caused dt Jessamine Flowers. j A child of Mr. Jerod, four years of ago, living on the Western Branch, in Norfolk county, was poisoned some days since by sucking the flower of the yellow jessamine. The little one died in an hour Hfter it complained of being sick. The parents would not have known the cause of the sudden death of their child but for a playmate, who said it bad been sucking the flower, which is a deadly poison. The Tiiino Confessed.?Senator Wade, of Ohio, has let the secret out He admits very frankly that he voted for the Crittenden suDsuiuie, Decause it presented the moet practicable plan for the expulsion of slavery from Kansas. Did the six Southern Senators support it for the anme reason I It is just as we said. The dominant party are resolved that no more slave Statas shall be admitted into the Union. Is the South submissive??Richmond South. m How KLOQUtfW is the old, homely word, Fall! The flowers fall in tho garden, the fruits fall in the orchards, the nuts fall in the woods, the stars fall from the sky, the rain falls from the clouds, the mercury falls in the tubes, the leaves fall everywhere, and j man fn'la into eternity I Dr. J WNB, of Philadelphia, has just procuied a steam Are engine for his private use. ; 1 he Ledger says many other gentlemen will do the same, if the City Council will give them permission to connect with the street main. These machines are now all the rage in Philadelphia. 44 A Charge to Keep."?Mr. Thompson of Washington County, Ohio, has a little daughter who, at the age of four years, weighed one hundred and fifty pounda.? Sha is now four vears and fiv? mr.mk? _ - w .wntUV V/IU y and weighs, as her parents supposes, one hundred and seventy pound* ! *V-, ' t 1'koplr of genius?they usually suffer more keenly than others?should never re* gret their heavenly gifts. Should the butt terfly wi?h to lose his shining wings and be* eoine a poor grub to escape the rushing storms of lbe atmosphere t A man w ith a large family was complain* ing of the difficulty of supporting all of them. "But," said a friend, "you have sons big enough to earn something for you now." "The difficult? is, they are too big . to work/* was the answer. ?e 1 ' ' Vkky Sensible.?It was well remarked by an intelligent old farmer: " I would rather be taxetl for the education of the boy than the fgnorance of the man?for the one or the other I am compelled to do." It in always dangerous to take counsel of expediency. It involves, always, a fearful peril, when the hard devotion to duty is for- , gotten in the pursuit of a tenyporary trt uinpb. " ' Providbhc*/?** I could writedown twenty cases," says a pious man, 44 when I wished Ood had done otherwise than he did; i but which I now see, bad I had my own will, would have led to extensfve mirehief." What folly it is to fret about mlsfortunea which couldn't possibly be fbrefceen or prevented. yet how frequent is this the case 1? It is like blaming heaven for pot giving to man an ouiniscieut eye. *>? '>. ./