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# % / *k" . v I I ? ? Ml xr.fc^rftjW'*^ " ^VtO '. V*^.' Jjr*< * y . ,-* . .-* -.-. "Jtv -j^i > ^ - < ?*? Afc.-~. ' }?*? .. . A. REFLEX OP POPULAR EVENTS. ' " -- "- - - - -"- -. :""J;.. . - ' :o : gci'ctcd to |Jrogr^5, the Rights of thq ?outh, and the .giflfasion ojl Useful ^tuoicletlge among all glasses of moving glfyn. ' T fer. 'if' '" "' '"" " '^"* ' ' H '*'*' " ""- ''* 11 l?"?l* ' " "" ' 1 "*? H> 'j^'" y I ' ' iWf i'11 ' ? ' ,9 '. 3' ' '*" *?"<'- ' 1 1 >' ' J"* -"' "V'* - ' '*" """ . ' " ' *' " ' *+ " " ' * '"* ?- ' 4 VOLUME VI. GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 26,1859. 7 ~~~. NUMBER J. TiTE SOUTHERN ENTERPRISE la leaned Every Thursday Morning by PRICE <fc MMUNKIN. ,/ PROPRIETORS. Wan. P. Prloa . . . . . 0. M. McJunrcin. P a Taar, in advance; tl.CO, If Aelayed ftlrrtrb |*uftnj. A Prayer. Pray thou for *11 who living tread Upon thU cfnth of grave* } For *11 tehoao woary pathway* lend I , {. Till I * ' - Ainuuj mo wuius ana waves; | For hire'who madly takes delight lu pomp of silken mautol bright, Or swiftness of a borne ; For thoao who, laboring, suffer still j Cuming or going?doing il!? Or on their hsavonwnrd courae : Pray thou for him who nightly sina Until tho day dawns bright? Who at ovo'a hour of prayor begiua His dance and banquet light | Whose Impious orgies wildly ring, Whilst pions hearts are offering Their prayers at twilight ditu ; And who, those vespers all forgot, Pursues bis sin, and tbinkctii not Ood also hearoth kim. Child I pray for all the poor beside ; Tbo prisoner in bis cell, And those who in the city wide With crime and misery dwell; For the wise engo who thinks and dreams ; For him who impiously bhifpbqmes Religion's holy lsw. Pray thon?for prayer is infinite? | Thy-faith may give' the seorner light, ] Thy prayer forgiveness draw. < . 1 . 11 ' 3fltsrrllournii0 limbing. roll tujc hovther.1 emtebpbuil The River Nile, in Africa. XXTBAOTS FROM A JOURNAL. COMPILl:t> BY OtSTjiri'i. This river Is not only remarkable for. its eat a* vneU, but also for its annnul beneficial overflow. Tliia annual inundation has been for centuries the source of Egypt's fertility, although the cause of such overflow has not been *?- < certnincd. I tldnk it is no doubt that which < produces the same effect on ail the rivers in the * northern part of the hot zone. The rainy sea 11 son, in all countries that arc situated between > the firotniul twentioih d< greeof northern latitude, < commences generally in April, and lasts, with < long intervsls, until October or November. All i rivers at this time begin to rise, and soon over- t flow their banks. From November to April is t commonly clear, hot wcothcr, in which the riv- i ?rs fall, and, in souiu instances, entirely dry up. I Iu the hot countries of southern latitude, the i same change Is observed iu the season, only vice ' vtrut; the latter have a dry season, when the t former liavu at the saine time tiieir rainy season. I In K;^ypt whenever the rainy season sets in, its < effects arc observed In the river Nile ceasing to i fall. It now ramaiue stationary for aome time. | and its waters become foul. It now rises by I imperceptible degrees, generally in April, nndcon- t tiuues to rise through the wliole of May and, till < the middle of June. On the 20th of June every body become* attentive, regarding the height of f the wt'er, the doily report of which U publicly ' announced. A sheik hne to inspect the column t on whioh the height of the water ie measured. 1 (Makket* or Makkins.) He daily goes there by ? himself for the purpose of marking the height of t the Nile. A public crier then brings the new* to Kshirs, (Cairo,) first to the palace o' the Pattella, under the windowe of which he atnounces it; nay, he lias even the privilege to en ter the divan and make it known there, after ? which it is published in the principal streets ef t the city. From this time the rise of the river is t the object ot daily conversation, and all are re- s joined at a quick rise, as in audi eaae the future J promises a prospect of fertility, and consequently t abundance; but when, on the contrary, the riv- <! er should unfortunately rise very little, or not at f nil, or even fall, all are lamenting and sorrowfuL t During soma days it frequently only rises a few i inches, at other timet agulu two or three dra, s (Egyptian yards.) On such occasions it is thai 1 speculations la corn are at the highea*. through ? which the people have to suffer to an incredible r extent, and which the government only ean put 1 ? a stop to, by falsely announcing a rise In the Nile. 11 This public announcement continue* until the 1 river ban reached the height of twenty four dra. I Whenever it ha* rleen tp the height of eixteen f dra, the government d-pooit* a document, set- r ting forth the particular*, in the archive*, and 1 nil tenant* have to pay the third part of their r rent* in advance, wherea* the river not rcoeh- f iitg thw height, they have nothing whatever to t pay. Joy and gladness now reign throughout t the whole eonntry~?coi>graUtlntinii* ere ex- t changed?banqucte ere held, and for wim time c iceuvuies ana plensnres of nil kind* arc lite order ? of tli?s day. 'IT*e height to which thh river rises, c aud the time tho water remain* tUtiomry upon i the in undated lend, 1* variable. Twenty-two to <! twenty-three dra yield the richest crop#; eigh- 3 teen dr^, only moderate; sixteen dra, had, and twenty-four nlso had, beeante the water haa ro- < mained sumling too long upon the fields. Ia * Upper Kgypt the.Ml? rise# the highmt, on ae- I count of the proximity of lira mountains and the situation of the land, whereas in Lower < Kgypt it haa a tnst plain on which to extend I and whieh, overflowed, presents a miniature ap- < pearfenaa of the ocean. At the mouth of the i Nile tJ&fr*tev rises so little that diyebea and ea- I nala a iw%a? rifle lent to the soil, and water wheels < and engines arc u??d to make it productive. To t # retain and use the blessings of this Innovation, preparations Were made and works executed already by the anelente, that are wonderful, and yet the admiration of the age. The Nile, at that time, ran In its course far to the west, through the Lybian Deserts, and another channel was dug. In whieh this river was compelled to flow more to the east, sud through the delta?that well known part of Egypt Extensive dame were erected to protect cities and fields against destruction caused by inundation?costly aqueducts were built to carry fertility even to those pirtsof the country which nature appeared to have condemned to eternal deserts; large reservoirs wsre dng out, in extent, size and depth like lakes, to hold water sufficient, in time of need, to irrigate those parts of the country requiring such; aleu a great number of canals wers built for the purpose of irrigating the higher and more distant parts of the country; in short, hydraulic architecture, In nil its remifica lions, could here be found. But, alas for the works erected by human hands?works of great intelligence, showing the industry of tho anterior world?what has become of them ? Hie most of these grand works are tn ruins. One by one they have crumbled to the dust, during the pest centuries. Some few canal* are all that remain* of the grandeur and magnitude of those work* that challenged the admiration of the world. Without counting tho minor eanal^ there ire etill ninety principal canals yet existing, of which Upper Egypt has forty, the eastern proviuce* thirteen, the western eleven, and the del ta twenty-eight. At the time the river begins to rise, all these canals are thoroughly cleaned ind provided wilt, a dam, towards the river, which nobody has any right to pierce at his own !>leasure; even in ancieut times, laws existed >rohi biting this. To every canal is appointed a :ertain time of opening, measured according to h<> height of the river, and there are public registers, in which the time, even to the day and tour, is prescribed, on which a dam can be tierced. During moderate or insignificant overIowa, the inhabitant* of neighboring hamlets watch each other closely, and bloody conflict* frequently take |>lace, in consequence of opening i canal before tho time prescribed by law. In fua;-* wheu the river readies its greatest bright, which generally takes place on the 24th of Sop.cinbor, transgressions of this kind are not much leeded. Without this river, Egypt would not be i nhabitablc, n* in the most regions of ft it never j >r hardly ever rains; nearly all the water used omes out of the Nile. There are only n few iprings of sweat water, as all the wells contain aline and bitter water, which is scarcely fit for rrigatiou and wntering of stock. In AlexunIria the rain water is collected in cisterns, and ised there for nil culinary purposes, as well as or quenching the thirst; the canal leading from h Nilo to this city frequently driea up. But his rain water la not so good In quality at the satcr from the river, which is said to be not ony very healthy, but also particularly agreeable n taste. The traveling Egyptians miss, thereore, the water of their country rery much, he goodness of which has been acknowledged >y all European travelers. It is kept in lnrgo iarthern vessels, wherein it remains cool and resh for a long time. It Is purifled by putting >ulv*rized bitter almonds in the vessels, or rub | >ing willt the Mine the interior of tueh, and afar wel! shaking the water, all noxious ingrediints settle st tho bottom This river U not only s blessing to Rgypt in ertilising its fields, but alsolp favoring and pronoting its commerce. In one half of the vusr he Nile and canals are literally covered with reatcls of every description, and persons arc enibl??d to reach, by means of these, the most disant parts of the country. Education of Mechanics. The mechanic whose mind is enlightened with cientific knowledge, has a much greater chance >f being instrumental in improving the art* than I.a ? -l-:? ?? " -? -V ?? ? vinnulM VI pilliunu|l|icr. DII1IC 1*16 sere philosopher U demonstrating principle* md forming theories in hit closet, and sometimes >erforming experiment*, only on a Small Male? he workman, in certain manufactories, ha* a laily opportunity of contemplating chemical iroe eases and mechanical operations on an ? enslvc scale, and of perceiving numberless mod6ration* and contrivances, which require to be Mended to, of which the mere scientific speeua tor can form but a very faint and inadequate onceptlon. Being familiar with the moat miiuta details of every process and operation, he an perceive redundancies and defects impnrAepibia to other observers; and, n he hae accurate inowledgw of the general principles on which lie operations depend, he mnst be beat qualified or suggesting and ooutriving tha requisite imirovemcnts. As the maehanie la constantly tandling the tools and materials with which tew experiments and improvements may be aade?observing the effects of certain contri- ' socec, and Of deviations from estaMWhod praeiee?and witnessing the chrmieal and mcchani*1 aetions of bodies on each other?he has more ipportunities of observation in these respeeta md, consequently. Is more likely than any other ilaas of society to strike ont a new pnth which nay lead to noma useful invention in the arts, or lisoovery in the science* But if his mind is not mbued with knowledge, he trudges on, liks a nil! horse, in the same beaten track, and may rverlook a thousand opportunities of performing ixperimenta, and a thousand circumstances which night suggest nsw improvements. In short, so far as chance le concerned in new liaeoverlae and improvements in tha arts, the oientifte mechanic has a hundred chance# to ma compared with the ignorant artificer, that, n the course of his operations, he shall kit upon i new principle of improvement. Ilia chances >f such results are even ?n peri or So those of the noet profound philosophers who never engage J in practical operations, aa he is constautlyln the eraj of perceiving wtw?i U UXlc?, "* In nnj way amiss In the common methods ot proceedura. To use a common expression, "he is in the way of good luck: And if he possesses the requisite information, he can take the advan tnge of it when it comes to him," And should he he so fortunate as to hit on a new Invention, be will probably enjoy not merely the honor which is attached to a new discovery, but also the pecunlsry advantages which result from it We have, therefore, every reason to hope that, were scientific knowledge universally diffused among the working classes, every department of the useful arts would proceed with a rapid progress to perfection, and new arts and inventions, hitherto unknown, be introduced on the theatre of the world to Increase the eqJuymenU of domestic society, mid to embellish the fnco of nature No possible limits can be as-iirned to the . _ jrow. rs of g. mills to th? resources of science to the improvement of machinery, to the aid* to be derived from chcniioal resources, and to tlic skill and industry of meclianica and lahorere when guided liy the light which scientific discoverica liove diffused uround them. Almost every new discovery in nature Iaya the foundation of a new art: and air.ee the recent discoveries of cliemistry lead to the conviction that the properties and powers of materia) substances arc only lieginning to W discovered, the resources of art must, in some tm-nsui-e keep pace with our knowledge of the power of nature. It is by tei/.ing on these powers, and employing them in subserviency to his designs, that man has been enabled to |K>rforni operations which the whole united force of mere animal strength could never have accomplished. Steam, galvanism, the atmospheric pressure, oxygen, hydrogen, SDd oth er natural agents formerly unnoticed or unknown, have been called into action by the genius of science ; and, in the f?rm of steamboats and carriages, voltaic batteries, gasometers, and air balloons, have generated rorces, effected decompositions, diffused the most brilliant illuminations, ami produced a celerity of motion, botli on sea and land, which have astonished even the philosophical world, and which former generations would have been disposed to ascribe to the agon cies of infernal demons. And who shall dare to set boundaries to the rnnge of scientific discove i j, vr iv Mjr mat principle BI1U powers 01 1 BUI1 more Wonderful aiol energetic nature, shall not be discovered in the system of nature calculated to perforin achievement* still more striking and magnifioeul 1 Much has, of late years,-becn performed by the application and combination of chemical and lucchnnienl powers, but much more, we maj* confidently expect, will be achieved in generations yet to come, when the physical nnivcreo shall be more extensively explored, and the gates of the temple of knowledge thrown open to all. Future Watts, Davys, and A. kwrights, will doubtless arise, with minds still more brilliantly illuminated with the lights of science, and the splendid inventions of the present age be far surpassed in the " future miracles of mechanic power," which will distinguish the i_; ? - ... I HgTii which ?rc yci 10 come, if tit, in orut-r to tins " wislu d for consummation," it is indispersably roquUite that the mass of mankind be aroused | from their slumbers, that knowledge l?e uniyorI salty diffused, and that the light of science ! shed Its influence on men of every nation, of every profession, and of every rank. That the remarks of experienced artists and laborers may often lead to useful discoveries, may be illustrated by the following facts: A soap manufacturer remarked that tlie rcsidnum on his ley, wheu exhausted of the alkali for which be employed it, produced a coeroelon of bis copper boiler, for which he could not account lie put it into the hands of a scientific chemist for analysis, and the result was the discovery of one of the most singular and important chemical elements, iodine. The properties of this being studied, were found to oeeur most appositely in illnstratlon and support of a variety of new curious and Instructive views, then gaining ground in chemistry, and time exercised a marked influence over the whole liody of that seicnee. Cu riosity wo# excited: the origin of the new substance wo# traced to the sea plants, from who#? ashes the principal ingredient of soup is ohtaincd, and ultimately to the ten water ilsolf. It wo# thus hunted through nature, discovered in salt mines ami springs, and pursued into all bodie* which have a tuariue origin; among the rest, into sponge. A medical practitioner, Dr Coindet, of Geneva, then called to mind a reputed remedy for the cure of one of the moat grievous and unsightly disorders to wliieh the hnranet -pe-iae is nuMect?the goitre?which infests the inhabitants of mountainous districts to an extent which, in this favored land, we have, happily, no experience of, end whieh woe said to have been originally cured by the ashes of burnt sponge. Led by this indioatton, he tried the eff..i # : ii.. t.?_? ? tci wuiiiv i?i iiwv rurnpismi, ana m<* result established the extraordinary fact, that this siu golar subalance, taken as a medicine, acta with the utmost promptitude and energy on goitre, dissipating the largest and nwwt inveterate in a short time, and acting, (of oours? with ocoaalonal failures, like all other medicines.) aa a specific or natural antagonist against that odious deformity It is thus that any aeeeeion to our knowledge of nature is sure, sooner or later, to make itself felt in some practical application, and that a benefit conferred oh science, by the casual observation or shrewd remark of even ao unscientific or illiterate person, Infallibly repays Itself with intercet, though often in a way that could never have been at first contemplated. [Tk* Pea and Ltvtr. A istormiL thought is suggested in the Koran : " Angels, In the grave will not qoestion thee ae to the amount of wealth tlton hast left behind thee ; bat what good deeds thou hast done, while In the world, to entitle thee to a esat among the biestr i Another Bnby. IT U A Jt X A II Ul'MLOCI. And why not another hnhy, pray? ain't little Tommy throe year* and a half old, I'd lilte to know ? And who lias a better right to hav< another baby ? " Oh, ma," mj? some bread-and-butter Mia* looking up with eye* like two great coffee soncere?"Oh, mat Hannah Hemlock'* got another baby?why we all thought ehc waa an old ninld P" ' Not so fast, my little dear?I didn't My I Imd another baby?nor did I my I had any right to hare one?bi.t there is another l>aby In our corner of the land and it is a fine, fat, bumping, bouncing boy, full of life and fun ; lie's got two little bands, juM a* natural, and two feet, wllli five toca on each one- and his eyes, which arc 1 blue, eery, are placed one on each side of hia little nose?and he'a encli n funny little fellow, but he can't talk a word yet?though he eon crow almost an well as a young shanghai; and he's hie fethAfV H.rlln,. ....I II- ?. I??- ?-L. lilm onc? in a while, anfl jump liim up and down, you should hear him crow. Yes! and we're got jumper, a real patent Chineee lathy jumper for him ; Ideas those long eued, yellow-skinned Clil- 1 neac, they are good for something, after all, nnd when he gets a little bigger he shall hnve a hob1 by horn and a hohhy cow, too, if he wants it? he shall?ond a little hobby dog with a stump tail. I don't see how anylmdr can object to noother baby, when there are hut fire in a family. Bless my heart, in old limes w e read of old men who | were the fathers of forty, fifty, sixty, and even I seventy hnbieti?* three score nnd ten sons, riding on (hreo score nnd ten nss colls." Think of that, will you ! That looks like doing something for one's country; that presents a pretty fair in voice of stock both in the house nnd on the farm. And then look at our country?the home of the universal Yankee nation; ain't this a good land for baldest True, we may not bonstuf any children as big as Anuk, nor have we any reul live Sampsons among us?but I'd like to see the eountry that boasts of any surer crop titan wo do. Already we have increased from three to thirty millions of people; anJ we ought to have had twice as inuny, nnd wight, too, just as well as not if our fathers had imitated the patriarchs; and are they not set before us for our emulation t Now 1 hold that it costs less to raise our own oitisens than it docs to import them over the water. We do claim to be a great nation, yet Eng land, Ireland and Germany are raising more babies every year with which to stock and subdue and cultivate Unelc Sam's farm, than we arc raisincr for rniwlrM. Unrt-sK tli.>n fn? ii,? ?.? bica ?for the five-tocU, two fist*-J, doable-eyed, crowing, jumping, real American bitliicc, who shall suck milk and patriotism from their mothcr't breasts in mixed quantities of just about hulf and half; so thut while they grow in stature they tuny increase in love of country, as well as love of pnp. Just look at England and her queen : They have got but one crown and one throue, and yet little Vio has presented her loved country with some?I think thirteen babies?that looks like doing something. Then look at our present Uncle Sam?not a child in tho world? nary baby?and no hopes of any. I'm in fnvor of Just as many babies as there are mothers to tend them, and fathers to supply the*?., and I do tiiitik, as the greatest and freest nation on th* globe, we have been setting a nioet miserable example to tho world by electing so many child lea* presidents; and If I were a member of the national convention, no man, democrat or republican, could get my vote, unless he could show the title to st least one baby. Dmcairno* or a Ywvxo Devil. ?Nothing can be more instructive to a thinker than the manner in which the devil is personified to some good people, who eoetn to have too good a knowledge of him for their comfort. A worthy farmer at? country meeting, for the relation of the religious experience of its members, said he bad beeu severely tried by a young devil. Said he. M lie oome laat night and not down on the side of my bed, and grinned at me as 1 was eayiu' my praysrs; be wa'nt tho old devil, dear brethren, but a little }oung one, that wonld weigh abottt forty pounds, lie sot down on the side of the bed, and I could jest soe his tail and huffs a etiekiu' out under his cloak ; it was terrible coid | | lliat night, and he looked aa though they took I good care cn him to hum. I had a good chance to look at him, but I went on a pmylu'; he don't frighten me a bit; I'd aeon Ida daddy before; ao 1 looked out of a corner of my eye, and I eould w li'e Bttk home; tljey wee )eet heiriuin' to | start, like a little bull calf; they waan't more than two inehea long, but they looked as though they might get to he terrible pokerieh some day." LA'rw York 8ca*j?L Burn OntL?Powaa or tut BiaLt-^A littTe girl had been attacked with a severe paiu in the -.m-i. i-J i- it: - .1 ul. -1 is crave, which ciiuvu iu ihiiiuiicbv. oltv wus ihkoii to in eminent oculist, who pronounced her incurable. She wlehed to know whet the doctor bed aeld about her state, end her mother told her. " Whet, mother," exclaimed the child," em I never more to see the son, nor the beeutlfhl fields, nor you, my deer mother, nor my father f Oh I how shall I beer itf* She wrung hei* hands, aod Wept bitterly. Nothing seemed to yield her the sKghteet comfort till her mother, taking a pocket Bible from the table, pieced it In her handa, "Whet ia this. otothirf* inquired the disconsolate little girl. " It ie the Bible, my child." Immediately a soore of its most eonsoiatory passages presented themselves to her mind. She paused, turned her poof benighted eyeballs towards the eeiHng, while aa angelic expression played oa her countenance, and than, as If filled with the Holy Spirit, breathed forth, in an Im pensioned, but seareely endlfcle wMnper, - Thy *ili b$ done on orih a* it U im {Jtafrm T \ \ ?Ww* r From the Columbia Ounroinn. Lett?r from Hon. W. W. Boycc. Famhb Farm, >liy 11, 1869. An intelligent correspondent, ? Harper," in a recent number of your paper, seems anxious to know iny opinion on certain nnint* tlmt lie si In Jos to. I utterly repudiate Judge Douglas* idea that a Territorial Legislature ibat discriminate against | slavery, aud nothing could induce me to support , for the Presidency any one standing or. this j lat- | form. I I consider it as elenr a* a mathematical prob- j lem, tlint tho South linve a right to he protected , with their slaw property in tho Territories, and ( that Congress, or their instruments, the Territorial Legislatures, should oft'ord this protection.? , As a question of practical action, I would not at { this lime have originated this issue, hut having been raised, ns a Southern lteprescntative, I shall demand the fullest measure of our rights. In reference to the African slave trade, I cordially agree with " Harper," that while the Union lasts " it will ptore a firebrand todielract and divide our people, and divert us from the greater and mora important issue " of safety and independence. When I have gathered my fodder I design to visit my constituents in their several Districts, and hope then to b? able to give tliein nt length my views upon the political complexion of the times. I may be permitted, however, to say now thai never has the future looked more gloomy to me. We are threatened with the grentest possible calamity?the domination of an imperious North, and the paralysis of a disunited South. We ahull need all wisdom and moderation to avert the disasters that threaten as, and yet how markod is the alisenee of t eae great qualities on the part of many who aspire to direct public opinion at the South. It ie hut too probable that a hostile eeetional party North will soon acquire possession of the I Government. In thnt event, the South should not remain a moment longer in the Union. Yet w ho does not feel that the success of tliat movement for independence de|>ends upon the opinion of the people of the South as to how far the success of the sectionalized North was owing to the impolicy of the South. But how little deference do many of the best frieuds of Southern independence pay to this truth ? In conclusion-?1 fear the North scctionallaed will soon take possession of the GovernmentThen I go for Southern independence at all hazards, by a single State leading otf if necessary. To make this movement successful, the South should be made as much as possible one in sentiment, the North should be divided as much as ii.i . - I:.A -I.:. i ?.i puwiuiv , iu nccunijuisu mis, in uiy opinion, inc throe great requisites of Southern Statesmanship or*?moderation, moderation, moderation. Very respectfully, WILLIAM W. BOYCE. Mr. C. P. Pxuiasi. "She Hu Done Very Well." Wc arc not going to preach a sermon commeudntory, but condemnatory of the suggestions of our text. We inveigh against the use ot the expressions wl.'.on head this paragraph. We do Pounce it, used in the souse considered, as one of the meanest expressions that ever conveyed an idea, for it conveys the idea that the girls of the time and country sure reared with the one lead ing ides, ever prominently before them, of making the best possible merchaudice of themselves ?of selliug themselves to the highest bidder. If she goes oflf to a wealthy bidder, the approving remark, in common uee, is, "She has done very Weill" ? if the object for which site was created, and for the consummation of which she had been watching, waiting and atriving with unmaidenly anxiety and mercenary calculation had, at loot, been accomplished. In many inslaireea we had rather hear the expression, " She has inade money by tlie operation." than "She has done very well," as coining nearer the true statement of the fact that tho money waa the chief thing considered by the party commenting iu such language. This would doubtiesa be offensive to ears polite, but the truth often is and the cirQ>uiistanoe makes it none the lets proper. "Site has done very well," is often unjust to the person of wboui it is spoken^ for it insinuates that slia has tried to " do wellbut it is generally just to the speaker, folr it betrays what he or she esteems the end of lernale existence?to " do well," financially, in marrying, all other considerations of eligibility being of lesser moment?that women are l?orn on speculation, reared for s wsfLsi, a;;J knocked cf to the !<? ? purchaser, like other live stock. To Monicas.?A medical friend requests us to publish the following prescription, which has ' proved of great use in all inflamatory attaoks of 1 the chest, head or bowels It is reOoiutneuded by Ksspall, ons of the most futnoua cotemporsry I chemists, and formerly s member of the French i Provisional Government t I Dissolve one tablespoonful of coarse salt in a quart of eold water; add to it strong Liquor , Ammonia half an ouo?a and one-fourth of an ounce of Ppirit* of Camphor. Shake w?U to- | gellier, end keep alwaya ready for dm in a well- | topped botllo. It la applied externally, with overal tbickneeaee of linen or ootton fabric, and will inaure more apeedy and uniform aucoesa than all other wean a adopted by the generality 1 of medieal autborlty. Ae a Waeh in fevara it will anawer admirably. It aliould be kept alwaya on band aa a doaaeatie remedy. 4a " Bmita," aaya Italwer, * hatra often teemed to ' me Hke the meaaengera from aarth to hearen-? { charged with the homage and gratitude of na- i lure, and gifted With the moot eloquent of ere- | ated voleee to fulfil) the odtfion," SlattktxnWcmTarny lYrti luvtrmid a truer tiling; tlmu when die said the following: " Chiefest of aft sublunary abonhistktat, 1? * slatternly woman. I U*me no man who rutdic* from a hou<c whose mistress habitually, nn<1 through ihoiee. pours out his coffee in curl paper or tumbled lialr, dingy, eollnrless morning gown, and slip-shod feet If there Is any time when a woman looks prettier than at any hour in the twenty-four, it is in a neat breakfast robe, (calloo, if you will, provided it fit well, nul the color he well chosen ;) and if there is a time when a plain woman cornea nearest to being handsome, it Is In thlsloveable, domestic dress. I will maintain that the coffee nnd eggs taste better, and that the husband goes more smilingly and hopefully to his day's task, after helping such a wifu to liread and butter. I ebulo never comprehend the female slattern?thank heaven I there are but few of Uiein; or understand how a woman, though she bad no eyes to please but her owr, hliould not be scrupulously ncol in all the different stntn of her apparel; and certainly in these days when no omnibus ean drive up to a ferry house, without encountering nil ex|teetant body guard, of male uncle connoisseurs, waiting to *e? hurried ladies alight, who shall say that a trim gnuer oooi or nicely titling stocking, wastes its triiiinee*, or is unappreciated ? " I repeat It, I l>lnme no man for rnsliing in disgust from a house where is a slattern; who never pays her husband the compliment to look decent In her person or in her house, unless company Is expected; who reserves her yawns and old dresses for her husband, and strikes an attitude for his male friends," Dox't Fret.?This i* n world of npsnnd downs, crosses and contradictions. Every day turns np something to distnrb the equanimity of one's temper. But it Is worse than useless to fret Fretting is like CHttsiic applied to n sore. It inflames, hut never cures. A fretful spirit is never happy, and it drives happiness from all other spirits with which it comes in contact We say, then, if tho world goes wrong, ami it does that pretty often, don't fret If n man cheats, and then laughs at you for a verdant ont^ make the best of it and then keep cool. Fretting will only make a bad thing worse. The stage upsets or the cars leave you behind?if the cook spoils your dinner or the thick-hcAded servant misdelivers an important message?if the " dear image of iU beautiful mother " repays your caresses by thrusting itatiny fingers into your plate of soup and wiping them on your snow white shirt bosom?If the bank fails and State repudiates?keep your temper.? Repeat the alphabet, rend the hundred and nineteenth psalm, do and say anything of " lovely and good report but n* you value quietness of mind and the good temper of others, don't fret. It. li lUAI'Vf'llmik Its*a* nr?tts*l? ewrfwwl OS !'?> ?..-1 tienec will do towards curing the ilia to which A .L 1 a nvsn ana spirits art; heirs LaI'IKi' Si'klllmj a llt'kl'hko Ykai:s Ago.?Mr. Murphy used to relate the folio wing story of Sam Footc, the heroines of which were the Indies Chevre, FU-lding and Hill, the Inst the wife of the celebrated Dr. Hill. He represented thero as playing at " 1 love my love with a letter." Lady Cheero began and said, "I love my love with an N because he is a hight j" Lady Fielding followed with, " I love my love with a O because he is a giistico (justice);" " and I lore my love with an F,M said Lady Ilili, " because lie is a fisisLun." Qlilt eOoscicbce gWes quiet sleep. Fast men, liks fast rivers, are generally the shallowest Ik folly were a pain, there would be groaning in eVery bouse. HocitTY, like still, Must be viewed in all Its situations, or Its colors will deceive us. Ws like better to see those on whom we confer benefits, than those from whom we receive them. Ha that is bholbe of his time, will be chwiee af hif and choice of bis actions. A woman frequently resists the lov* shefrsb, but cannot resist the love she inspires. Ir the mind Is hot Isid ont snd cultf vsit.AI Tike a garden, it will be overgrown with wevda. A PlH has a* mncli head its a good asaay authors, and a great deal mure point. Tna Jiang of a moment becomes intolerable when we know of nothing beyond the moment which it soothes us to anticipate. A smg Laplander in a foreign land one# said, "Give mo but a pillow of snow to lay my head on, and I shall die happy." Tcrtcs at conversation among the multitude lire generally peri**..?KttdiiBa Uiir-gr?ieatw ly aver prineiplaa?Ctwlo*e. Ionokaxcr and conceit nro two of the. worst qualitira to oombnt It is easier to dispute wl'k a statesman than a blockhead. Natvrb has not conferred upon us a responr. Ide existence, without giving us, at tlie same time, the strength, rightly exerted, to perforin its dull..* F.vkrt girl who Intend* to qualify for mnrriaga, ibouhl go through ? course of cook? ry. Unfor. Innately, few wives arc able to drvM anything but themselves. Ha who desires no vlrtur In a companion, h*? no virtue hlmaalf) and that Mute i* hastening to rulOi In which no tftfferenoe is tuude l>vi?ee% good and bad mem It require# more magnanimity to give up wha% it wrong than to muintain what U right; for oar pride la wounded hy the one effort, aud Unttored hy tiie other. Ifian remarkable fact, according to the " eh em*, letry of this world," that tree# whiehnre n-gnlarly disk en every day in the green house grow mora ^ rapidly and are stronger than others nhU-h ayq lc?pt ttnngltated.?Uopnn.