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' 1 .'i, I From tbo Georgia Tciupcrani?* CpMiuler. < j ?r rns rev. b. n. anrr. < Pair Laily ?it mo n?t to drink ' ,> fA *<> *$ totUoB to-night >. '* w For hrokon vow* awl Ijlwtod hopM * ' ' . u... .. t - * IIO luiauu n Ull^ui. .. * * Pal Lack the wine, I daro not taste ; Pat back the sparkling bowl; For who hath quaffed a draught to deep, And reached a blleaAtl goal? , , T i, Ty V.7WV ^r? ? ' > Nay, ark mo not! there lion witbin Arfiobwn deep and diror ' ^, ' And overy drep but eerres the mora To ran the Intent Are. * Each draught will quench my sense of guilt, * And fe)a6t youtb'e budding hope; Each drop Will' sink tne deeper ?4iU, o In moral night to grope. ' t .. . Oh, preM ma not to touch-the cup ! * Within are 'maniac And starving widows, hungry babot, An<4 freeing orphau'a oriot. < The gods make drunk whom tbey deetror, * ' Then alfk tae nnt to gvluk ; * Tempt We no wtorb, but spare my ?oul from (luelh'a otornnl brink. ; > a- * ?"" T have three sisters, mildly fair, Like angoU round my way. - fi Whose love Is like the start that sbino ? With nadtmlniihed royl <3 &b?U tlioy |>o doomed to ace mo fill a A prey io maddening drink, t Whilst tutiJw"<l bo tho tio that Uinta, c Or Mftpt the goldon Itiilt T ? ' ' j, . ,j ; > * * Another sloops where sadly waves r The willow In the vftU, I And mid-night dirge* from tbo sky < Steal on tho inotirnfiil gule. " ' A Who passed away as Pnmmcr's breath, 1 / lu liU'rf incipient Mooter? * t t> tempt iuo rot j I would not mar , Her slumbers in tho tomb. ( 'fheU ?A dim's, c IW Dafly, I hofcU*? > ? Put back tho wine, the rosy wine, i And tempi we, then, uoumrc; s For if I taste 'twill arouse airniu 1 ~ Tba raging tliiret within j . A father prays, a mother weep*, T baft spare rat from this sin.Jlliiiifllanrnus Jltoiiing. j A>H TUX SOVTBKMX L:\ThUPKlSE, ' Life'* Change*. ? A sweetly-pictured (ace is by ox new. The mofiy faulting blue eye. may cheek, (air complex- ioa, auburn ringloUof a dear friend, Recall many associations connected with her life.. Sire was amiable, pleaeli-giy intellectual, and had those < fascinating manner* which win so many heart*. ? Kind pnrento caused her Childiiood to be plena- f ant, and she worshipped God in *11 hi* work*. 1 She Xas a native of one of otfl* middle districts, ? and completed her aduoation la Columbia. Soon after this her parents moved farther south, nnd s she was introduoed aiwid the gay world. Ad- j rairera and friends wera numerous. All were i * ltUd to have Nina Lee near them, as her manv t iaaeinatioori tlirew a softening gleam over the faults of others. Site was decldt <lly a belle, but j those gaieties abroad (fid net render her leas per- t foot in the home circle. Nina's t iady hand and smiling (see were both pleasing aud effectual in \ her efforts to make them not wish for the world "t beyond. However short a visit abroad waa, die r reoeived entiles of welcome at homo on her return. I hare witnessed her demeanor with the loved r onea at ltotne, and thought he would indeed be ? blessed who won her gentle heart. As lover after lever war dismissed, her parents began to s hope Nina w ould remain muoh longer with them than ia customary with HonlHerii girla We at- c teodad a party at the little town of h, hear by. and Mr. Alfred Htuoa soon distinguished Nina t irons ohuts, uy ins marked attentions lie was lisndioms, Wealthy, and daUire was lavish of ker.|ifli, hot, ty ssftlrot, hie fine mind had bey - come sol fish and overhearing; yet, amid bU friends, he was considered a practical man of comn.on intellect, Ills pleating manners, together with hie wealth and high family, hid all. hie glaring defoeta. Mr. John Husoa, either through neglect or err did motives, had neglected to educate his children ; having plenty of this world's good a the world looked On wHh prying eyes to mark the effect of such training. With s pleaasot house sod exclusive arrangements, he ondanvofod ho keep bis children from the world ; he Was known |o observe that his oWn family oircls was sufficient company {mt Wb-therefore Ma neiglibora need hot mdm. Mr. Alfred Huron's attention to ^Slns Lea wa* aoon bolted abroad, a:>d Nina began to think fit a world did the Jiueon family injustice, sa she found thi m so pleasant. In vain Mr. and Mrs. JL*h endeavored to cheek ths intimacy with Nina, hot after six months it appeared rather to subside. About Shis time Lpla UtUon, sister of Mr. Alfred Hoson, callo>f on Nine and remained several days site made herself exceedingly pleasant, and prevailed on Ma anrf Mrs A#s to permit Nina to accompany her barn*. There was a beautiful lake near "his dvreUihg. Slid with fnoon-Ht ***' ride* add excursions Mr. Alftwd made himself Indispensable U> ths ladies. Nina began to fear bcr heart was interested, nnd hurried home, hut ' A loon Mh AllWff mreon called, and proffered his A heart and hand to her. Mr. and ^Irs. Lee in rain oxpostulatcct with her, hot she loved and fciccpted him. Collecting a few especial friends, * they had the ceremony performed which joined , them for wenl, or woe. Within their cottage j home, for ? fear roontjivVre and peace seemed t to Uover, hat Ninit soon found her htfhhnnd both r telfit-h and overbearing. After throwing off the j, (hackles of a lover, he was known as the obsti- r 11 ate companion, who required implicit obedi- g ance, oven without consultation, as though she ? acre an automaton. Alfrod liked a secluded v life, and Nina, being joyous and social in burns- b .are, this curtailed her pleasures. Alfred would n tot attend any church : this Nina endeavored to ? iVcrcome, but, as is often In such eontosts, the a tnsbnnd prevailed. Added to th*% Alfred was w colons, and Nina's friends knew not why she si taseed them with averted heart, not noticing n heir socinl greetings. Even when "visiting her kl in rents, he required she should sit <pi holy by his b id A. ami liato nn nnnvafuoflnn wttli # W? J vhieh he could not hear. After the birth of a tl laughter, hie nature, for a short while, seemed c oft* nod, and that he looked with different eyes r, in mankind; y?t such is the power of habit ? hat he sactlr again Into the eelfich, jealous htis- u >and of yore. Xlna bore all hia whims and iin- 0, krations with martyr-like patience, not even h eliing her mother, to gain her sympathy. A n vife'a pride mado hor feci the failings of h>rr ti lUshnnd, and alio desired to screen theni from ft ill eyea hnt her own. She paid a visit, of a few ir lays, to her futhcr'e, unaceoinpanied by Mr. IIu- fi on, and, on her return, not finding him at home, n he wrote a few line* ond sent them to li'un, lull- ti ng of her arrival home. In a half hour the oi ervnnt returned with a note, eaying lie never ft i>tended to return while she remained there. i5 Hie wrote-again in nn agonising strain, desiring o inly a few moments' conversation. To that he h Lid not reply. L'oor Nina fell on her kneoe and g, eked (?od to suatiiin licr in her misery and nior' ideation ns a forsaken wife. She knew she 01 ould boar suffering, but for the world to know fl t, was butler indeed. Gradually ehe grew calm ft X, and accompanied ber brother to her father's n touse. Soon her frame began to show the effect if the sorrow wiihin, and the gradually faded ft iwav, gladly leaving her- mortal body for the tl lope of a happier home. One thought only | v roubkd her dying b#d-^he little Nina. Who ft vns to venr her? She said she know tlic lluson It autily would not allow her mother to have it, v ind then to know her untile would never be e shcrlihed by her ehihl I The Jluson'# wore l.'ui p rcrsaHsta, and for her to imbibe such notion* d corned to read tiie fond mother'# heart. Soon tl Vina died, and we can Irot hope *ho i* far Imp-, o >tcr than when under a tyrant# wiug. The lib V lc Nina came near being the cattae of a lawsuit, n hervfuro Mr#. Lee gave up the child. If guar- #l lian angels are permitted, may .wo not hope Ni- rr in will hover nrotind ami guard her child ?? w I'htte, in the common events of life, there is more j a cal sulVering, and a gruatef* nifmber of martyr# > G hun the world wot# of. Truth is often more h itrnnge than fiction. c L*NT)tNE SrEXSCER. t] Word Farewell. ? " i-arowell I" a.?iil ayouthful lover, as lie presrid bis lips to the white brow of a youthful runi Ion, for it had been decreed that he must go fur rotn hence?that lie must win a name, and till ci vith shining gold his empty purse, ere he might q all the spotless one his bride. t| " Farewell t" said an old man with snowy looks u ind furrowed brow, as fondly to his btvast lie ft irosscd his children's little ones; for lui was star ng on his journey to that land frout whence 110 f, ravolcr return*. n " Farewell t" said the man of wealth, as hi* vast n tOMess'ona flew from his grasp, like meteors from J e, he hrow of night. el " Farewell !*aaid a little child, as she folded the f vhite wings of the dead dove, and luid it down v vitliin a tin/ grave which her own hand had C| uade beneath a rosy tree. ' ^1 "Farewell I" said a noble youth, as he left his n{ istivc laud to gere upon the grandeur of distant tl lations. s( " Farewell I" said a broken hearted widow, as be plumed her spirit wing for heaven. ? " Farewell said a dying warrior, as he lay >n the battle field. ? n " Farewell I* said a stricken mother, as she clos- lt id tlie eyes of her sweet darling, and pressed one . u ong, last kiM upon its baby brow, und thou lui-l t| ? ; *1 i? ?* -1 * - b in iuu kucni cnuroii vara. | j( What meant.that word "Farewell," Mending.' c] d harmony, sweetness and melancholy 1 \VUy ^ lo bright eye* grow dim aod rosy cheeks rivnl 0( lie lily'a whiteness n* this momentous word fulls R rom the lip* of some long cherished one ? j( Alasl it tells to the lonely heart, a tnlc of y roary years while a loffi;! cr.5 ?? teiMng In a di's- 8. ant land?-of a vacant chair in the old inan'a f, (welling?of poverty, a ad mighty struggle,, ^ ritk the cold world?-of childhood in the first (i otrrow of leaving home and eomtry to seek more tj Mppinesa, more joy?of blighted hopes and" j, molten rows of beauty fled froin earth, while w i lonely mourner waters a tiny grave with burnn* tears. Ait I fare* cilia the lanaiuure of the I?rth.~ In the bright, "glAd moaning, T haV<i grilled up- fi m a Heauteows flower, hot ere the even (ide, it b jaaeed a*ray ft>rever. Jit thoealm honra of night, o nf spirits hnv? been lulled by some bright dream A but with the dark, still night, the vision baa do A ...rt.-.l, ' , * >' Methinka It U inlife. Ia youth's fnlr ruoru we " )la?p our gentle one within oar fond embrace i " >ut ere we ere aware?JDeath'e solemn"angel has f * WOoed tf?t Jored olio to his Own cold Imsom. .. i " Bright, ga*i;#ontly bright, are the dream* with ' which We have doaked the future, but. when the i tl time approaches in whiafc t?, teat their reality, n we behold that, rbior, like, they have departed, j ti t Hfho is Censurable for the Licentiousness : ^ of the Times. We fear that much of the Immorality of the i ige can ?>e traced to defective femnlfe edncnfion .t md example. Upon parents or tcrtehers, of 1 ir'obnlily upon both, rests the fcnrtul respond- < illity of the almost "daily occurrences which in i oneh scandalize Society. Hut while, no doubt, g lie foundations, either of taste, judgment or mo- i afs, is tarnished in the sehools, aud in the indul- 1 ;enoe of over-fond parents, we CAnnot shut our i yes to the fart that It Is young woman herself r rho, in nine cases out of ten, is really more to li lame than any misfortune or unliappiness which e lay beful her. Bishop Boa no, in the Tory last ii d dress made by liiin to his pupils, beautifully b nd forcibly presents corresponding views. lie p lys: " 'The times are out of joint.' Corruption 1 talks in high places. Licentiousness has. wel) t igh lost Us sbamc. Infidelity is bold aud bra h rn faced. Ilia wave of barbarism is rolling n nek upon lie. For these things -your own sex 1 ro greatly answerable. Women Are not true to I h liemselves, They wink ?t vice. They make a h omproniise with worldline** They tolerate ir- ii fligion, and they are the victims < f tlieir own >i nfailhfulness. The stronger sex look in best ii iings to lite weaker. Tbay have all had molhrs. Tlicy have all had sister* They own thepi E i the sex to whiah they owe them. And if wo- e ten were but true to God, true to their position, E uo to themselves, they would have strength n oni Hint to hold the world in check. No Wo- t< inn cntv fall but by her own consent. As nt v ret, tho woman is the tempter. There is no u inn that lias not passed into n brute, to do as v gcrs do, thnt can resist the matchless majesty n f a resolved woman. And stronger than all *1 iw?stronger than anything but God, where it e i strong in His strength?would be tho power ? T woman, to put down rudeness and to lay the ii ridie upon license. But the age is scifindul- h rut: aud^self-indulganco grows by what it feeds tl a. Woiuen ore occupied by fashion. Women l< re slaves to dress. Women are willing to lis a! uttered. Women are careless of thejr'co upau ii mship. Women are unscrupulous in tlieir c musemeiits. Young women set out for tlicm- e dves; they look upon their parents as old fnsh. I Hied : tliev ore iinoulient. of iloin.?lie reelr-itni? ? ley art* averse to domestic occupations; they li oto their iiomo a bore; they congregate away t omits control; they indulge in unseasonable n our#; they meet the other sex more than ^ialf g ray ; tliey make themselves debtors for their g scort to |>l?ccs of resort; they permit the uproaches of familiarity; they tempt the hidden t evil of their nature; tliey forget their liibles; f Itey forgot their prayor books; they ore women g f lashiu'n; tli. y nro wejneu of thq world.? h i hat els# tliey arc is rather shaped by opportu- h ity than by themselves. In this wny home Is f tripped of its sanctity; in this the female at- t' 10-pherc loses freshness and fragrance. The rornan is no longer what slie was made to Ix.? helpmeet to nian ; aud nimt ceases to be what d rod designed him for, her partner, her prop and r er protector." Tlie Knglbh language does not # ontain au essay of more power and truth thnu ( liis. Let all concerned?and who is not??read, |( onder and seriously reflect ujkmi the lessou here f n beautifully expressed.?N. Y. Dally Kcv>?. - Holding a Baby in the Cars. t A well-known citizen nud prominent city offi- a iul, reeiding in Detroit, was |ia*sing over the t hicago, Alton and St Louis Knilrond, during m 10 present week, and while seated in tlio car he ,] otieed a very neatly-dressed and good-looking H unalc, with n very noisy l>al?y, which she was n ndeavoring to quiet and put to sleep. Her ef- f irU were vnin, however, and the official, .being n groat lovor of children, and the father of oeve- t 11 himself, tendered his services to the mother, t tying thnt he thought, with his persuasive pow- t rs, the child would soon be sleeping soundly, i he mother relinquished the ehild to the officer, j, rbo, with kind and soothing words, kisses and mbraces, wus success/hi, At the next station i te mother got olf. saying she would get some t lilk for the baby, leaving tlie dear little cren- ? ire in cuarge 01 11* una proiecior. ine train jj nrted, but the mother dhl mA ; she remained tt ehind. Our friend win anxious, and knew not 0 hat to do. The conductor inquired, " Where c your wife t" The officer respouded, " Shu ia u ot my wilo?I never mw her till we met on the K win!" '1 he conductor looked dubious, saying, f( Yotrcau't eatoh on old bird with chaff." At | lis, tlie | itMeiigrrs began to gather around, ana* e ?us to know why the mother had deserted her (.] luld .Mid husband; explanations were mmb but m ouldn't "go down," and all were mtUticd, ex pt tiio victim, that ths poor woman had been husad hy her spouse, and had taken Icsvc ol itn for that reason. When the train arrived at u to next station, a despatch was sent to the v atiou they had lelt fo? the woman to bo sent Q irward, and with good talking and a consider- v 1c bonus an elderly lady was prevailed upon > take charge of the child The official declares his fondness for children has fled, and tliat e .will never oldige the heel friend he has in the rorld hy iioidi g his children for him whiis ubsnt from home ? Jjctrott (MteK) /Idwrfissr. No 8kcTs r* rfksVBN ?'The celebrated Whiteld, when preaching on one occasion from tho ulcony of the Court House, in Phihidtdphia, . ried out, lifting" his eyes to Heaven : ** Father 1 .brahwrn, who have yott got iq. your boemut .ny ''piscopalinat Y* " No lM " Any I*r?*byteinnst" "Nol" Ahv Ihiptists?" "ho|"? Have you any Methodists there f " !*of? ' lUfve'yUn nn\ Independents ?>r Seaaders P? No! wr "Why. who have" y??o, tli?nf " We don't havg tl.es- names here; all here tire ? hri*iMM<< bt-Ileicrs hi CbHsh" Oh I is ttist " It.> ?;mTlien, In4wl|i ua Ml to forget |>nrty < Allied, ami to b. coma Christiana in deed and in * An American Equestrienne at Paria Mi** T., a beautiful American young lady of jincteen, known on the turf of I'uri* as the fair \rrui7.on of Washington, wna so brilliant at the ata Paris races, that, her o|>j?enrnncc was hailed everywhere with admiration and applause A nore lovely person cannot l?? imagined; she prides playfully the most redoubtable courser, irhivh is a stately black?more black even than lis name. Beelzebub, the nuuie of Miss T.'e torse, is so untamcable and ferocious, that no idrr can mount hiin, no geoom guide or stall u'iu. lie has already killed an I?ngli*hmnn namd Thomas Dixon, who undertook to groom hitn u tile Stable, Rarey was powerless to tnnio tliis errlble animal. Three prisons only can npronch Beelzebub, the first is Miss T. herself, 'u her Beelzebub is na pliant, gentle and nll'eo ionnte as a King-Clmrloa spaniel. lie follows er, he fawns on her, and knoels that she rany louut him. lie neighs when she approaches. Ie i? proud andlinppy to cnrr\ her. lie paws, 10 caracoles, ho curvets, he uqyer tries to unseat or. He obeys her word without over exhibitng I ho least impatience, Miss T reciprocates 11 the affection which her beautiful horse exhibit, and loves hiin as a friend. The two other person* who can approach teelzcbub, are two young Indies of sixteen and i<.!,t?on I........ : ? vviibij nuu luitj if irKIUBun.? lut Bedzebiib only suffers theui, and shows tliem o attachment. Jenny ami Kil ty act n* grooms 0 Beelzebub; they feed and curry him, and rrtlk him in the morning. Jenny, the youngest f these sisters, a slight looking child, whose ronmnly ligure is not yet developed, ie dressed 4 a groom, and follows MLw T. every time .Vli*> \ pays visits on horseback, for no other person an hold Beelzebub by the bridle when his ini< rcss dismounts. For the rc.-t, MisaT. is a charniag young jierson, and has no need to ride licclzc- ; ub to he &<Jmircd. She is a handsome girl of j lie happy ago, of fresh, brilliant end healthful Hiks. ller figure is beautiful, without being 1 light ; she has dark, luxuriant hair, large, thudi- ' ng black eyes, beautiful arms pure complexion, tear and fair; her chest well rounded, her baud mull, and delicate as that of a princess painted >y Velasquez, her foot is neat and very firm, her nice clear and sonoroaa. She IfreaU.ec all the ife and of fire twenty-one summer*. Add to ids, that her a?ul worthy of this outside?a soul oblc and devoted?a heart passionate with enerous ideas. Slie iu^mucli cleverness and :reat courage. This young lady, tills American, who brings o her husband a dower of fix hundred thousand runes, will soon marry one of the most intelli;ent of the French generals She will follow j cr husbaml to Italy. She will make what may I ic facetiously termed her nnntial campaign?, leoly.chub will go along. The soldiers admire Ilia line woman, and tliis line horse. -?? -??? Suck and tsik Laiuks.?" Cousin John, how id your wife hurt her hnek so? I deeluro it unkos me f? cl awfully to see what a great hump he's got a growing since aire' cum awny from /onncctieut." With that, cousin John looked at icr, and lnrfod a little, \><it I could sec he didn't eel just right; and artcr a mi nit lie said, scz he, 1 Ilush, cousin, you must not speak so loud ; it's rue Mary has put on rather too much hustle, hut. t'a the fashion, yon see." I looked round, and, n? true as you live, there warn't a gnl in the room hat hadn't her hack a sticking out jest the same ray. Such a set of humpbacked critter- I never lid put my eyes on, and yet tlu-y all stood about, . smiling and talking to the fellers, as if nothing iled them, poor things! I never sec n set of oiks dressed out so much and so awful stuck up | a they were. Some of the gals had feathers in ( lieir hair, and some had flowers or gold chains wisted among their curls, and I dida't see one here that wasn't dressed up In hoi4 silks and sat ns, ms crank as etiuH be. As for the men. I j bought I should have liawhuwed right out n urfin to see some of "eu>% There was one chap | alking to Miss Heche. with bis hair parted from lie top of hU head down each side of his face, nd it hung down behind all over his coat collar ike a young gal's just before she begins to we?r comb, and there was two bunches of hair stuck ut on his upper lip eight under his nose, like a at's whiskers when she begins to get her back p. Every time he spoke, the lutir kinder ruup nd moved aliout, till it was enough to make a ellcr crawl all over to look nt him. Think, sez , if it wouldn't be fun to see that vurmint try to at If he didn't get his victual* tangled up iu lint bunch of hair, he must know how to aim II tired straight with in* knife ami lurk. [ Sat/i Slick-. -4??W Lkioh Ilrw wrote the following exquisite lin?? ipon the foil..wing Incident: He brought sonic ery agveeatde intcMitrence, rrio*t suddenly omi mexpectedly to Mra. t'arlyle, who rewarded him kith a ki*: "Jenny Visaed mo when wo mot* Jnnijdng from the ehnir she rtt in ; Time, you thiof, who loves to put Sweets into your hook, pot that in} Say Tin ugly ?any I'm sAd? Say that fume and Wealth lmve missed me, Say I'm growing old?but add, fanny klaacd me * ? Who doea not- remember that swotl aong Of ?rd Ityron ; commencing : " Maid of Alliens, era ^ve part, OI\e, oh, giVe me hack my heart I" The mold eo Immortalized in eong in rtlTT ltvlOirronnd-d ItyaMl and duiHflit.-rn of beauty, he was op a to OoiiHt*titiiiopld not long inee Hh> mnrrt -1 : JS<?> loin nan named dluck, ind fycr bounty, U all- ever had any, ha? mowed iM'ny, tor *Ue )>i d>isorilitd u* beifie unything lint (Cuntjfttl. i*u ?ayr AH. J. K. Kennedy in hi* kvlclte* of l.<i?torn I'm vol, of ? lute ditto to the dobile Mercury. A Woman on tha Sichl8s Case. The North Iowa Tiroes contains a letter from a lady?a sister of Xydin II. Sigournsy?commenting opon an editorial In that paper In relation to the killing of Key, in which it wan snkl that "tjicklea could not have lived had he n?>t taken vengeance on the wily scoundrel who had rooked uim of his position and disgraced"hin name." His correspondent hf?d " supposed that a man's virtue was inherent, a part of his nature, and not simply a reflection of the virtue of liis wife." But she infers from the editorial alluded to, that " when Mr. Sickles went to Congress, his position, his honor, depended upon the Chaste behavior of Mrs. Sickles, his wife, aud she an Italian nt that! The beautiful woman captivated by the graces of a handsomer man than her husband, sins is discovered, and exposed? and Mr. Sickles, the only innocent pursou in the nfFttir klinntii Mr Tiow f?M l.*vi but for dishonoring him /" This she pronounce-' " egregious selfishness," ami continues as follows: "It is strange how differently our sexes are constituted. Women survive these disagreeable developments every day. If Mr. Sickles had hired this assignation honse, and inct Mrs. Swizzles, do you think Mrs. Sickles would have gone out to shootths faithless crinoline who had stolen her husband? No, Hir 1 Women do no such foolish tuings; and whyt Because, if we n>*e virtuous, we have confidence in our virtue, and we feel that no dereliction of the husband can or ought to affect the virtue of the wife. But suppose on some fine Sabbath morning all the women in Washington who suspect their truant lords, should sally out, ' swords and pistols by their sides,' to chastise the dear creatures who had stolen their affections?would not this mark ntr interesting epoch in history I" The following shows what a woman thinks of a man's courage: "And yet, this man, who could not meet the hollow shells of humanity that formed his society ut Washington until he hn.l vindicated hisAonor, must now meet the multitudes at his trial?hear the coarse jeerings of unprincipled libertines? confront this wife who he magnanimously promised 'not to injitre'?honr again and again, with exaggeration and minutias the whole history of his misery revived?meet the wondering looks i 01 iiis nine one turning from father to mother for an explanation of this mystery, an<l in after years l?e tortured by her recurrence to the first eluiptor of her life reality ! If Jio can do all this and still dare to meet bis Maker at least with the brand of n murderer on his soul, and who yet could not meet the tallow-faced nuistaohod puppies of his club-room ; tell me, in God's name, in whnt consist* the superior courage of manhood V'< Tins Woblp.?The following eloquent passage closes the Baccalaureate Address of lion. A. B. Longslrcct, President of the South Carolina College, nt Columbia, to the recent GraduatingClusa: " Yen are embarking upou a strange world, my young friends. It banished Ai'i.-tides, poisoned Socrates, murdered Cicero and crucified the Lord of Glory. The spirit of Thcmistoelcs of Mclitus, or Anthony and Calphns is still in the world?greuMy subdued and law bound, to be sure, but not extinguished. You may expect, I therefore, at times, to be depressed by your ri, vale condemned for your benefactions; to have your confidence abused, your integrity derided and to suffer n thousand impositions in smaller matters?from those from whom yon had a right to expect better things. These arc hard things U .... ...... fl ? ( . - j?". ?"CJ '? Vi r?, mjr juuug friends, mid you never will bear tlicm as you should, unless you take the good Book for your guide, and look daily to its Author for sup| lies , of strength sufficient for your trial. Do this, atul ail will be well at last. With that chart iu your haud, now launch your bark upon the troubled ocean of life; ntid when the squalls striko you, be nt least as prudent as the common sudor, and be found hard at the helm, with your chart before you and your eye fixed on Bethlehem's star." Loi-e Moxtkz.?We clip the following from the New York Tribune: The ^ conversion " of Lola Monies is announc ed. ako has, it is said, quietly settled down a humble, peaceful, exemplary, religious woman, inker own domicil in Piculilly, London, having amassed a sufficient sum to purchase and pay for a house, which is now the receptacle and centre of a large number of "wealthy and piotis enthusiasts of London, male and female. Among her most constant and intimate visitors, is Mrs. Thistlcwnitc, formerly an actress, who was fa ntililarly known as Laura Bell, and was abaut as notorious as Lola herself. About the time that she turned troai the error of her ways, she won the heart of the rich commoner. Whe married him, and is now a bright and sinning light in Kxcter Hall. It was she who was the principal instrument in bringing about Lola's "change of heart." It is said that Mrs. Thistfowaita daily 1 drives her chariot, with four milk white horses attached, through the streets ot London, on missions of inerey and religious teaching* Cuowm ok Axru.\ts.?Man gioJM ** twenty year*, and live* iriurty or 0110 hg*0Md/? "*. The caiiK-1 grow* for eight yoar*? and lire* forty Jean*. ??< Tho ho;*e grows for live ycaf%. <4|pid liven t wenly-five yeaiv. ?. Tlio ox grow* for tbnr year*, and lire* fifteen or twenty years. The lion grow* for four years, and live* tw enty yenra Tho dog grow* for two year*, and live* twelve or fifteen year?. The cat grows for one and a half year*, and live* nine or tfe 1 year*. Tho hare grows ft?r ono ye ?r, and live* about eight year*. IThe guinea p'g grows for eeven months, and ives fcix or seven years. i H..uoic Poverty.?" Talking about the heroism displayed upon the battle-field, what is that, aaka n contemporary, compared to tlic heroism of povertv ? Think a minute over the idea.? Hie hod carrier who supports n family of eiglit children and ttro dogs, on a dollar a day, display a more true heroi-fn than is required to effect n conquest on a battle-field. Gen. is ah re 'Vill face a battery of a hundred guns without flinching, but if called upon to face an unpaid creditor four tiinea a weak, as Trowel, the bricklayer, does, when out of work, he would grow low spirited, and take to arsenic in a fortnight. The heroism of the battle-field ia kept up- by brais drums, claironcts, and praise from the newspapers. Such heroism may or may not be a matter of principle ; but there is no questioning the courage .required in the prosaic duties yf life, the blinking up a family by shedding perspiration at the rate of ten cents au hour, is heroism."?Altos find Bet. ??* -<<z?? . - '/ Grsat Pr.Aca ro* Cnitr>rex.?Tn Orange, New Jersey, the great number of children in proportion to the population is regarded as a remarkable phenomenon. " Oo where I will," wye a corrospomfent of a New York paper, " there is a baby. On Sunday last I attended church, and the minister bnpl lied seventeen children. Ilow many were laptisod in the other five churches I am not Informed; but only think?seventeen babies in one day!? It is no wonder that, ail the old bachelors have left this vicinity, and we do know of but one married couple who reside hetc and have no children, though they reelde hut part of the ypar in Orange." ?? i Honeymoon.?The word Honeymoon in traceable to a Teutonic origin. Among the Teutons was a favorite drink called metlieglin. Jt was made of mcr.d honey, fcjJ wn: much like the mead of European countries. These honeyed drinks were used more xrpecially at marriage festivals, and which wfcre kept up among the nohilily one lunar month : the festive hoard being well supplied with mcthegiin. "llonah Moon" signified the moon or moonath of the ninrriage festival, Alaric, the Goth, celebrated by Sou th ey's poem, died on his wedding night, from a too free indulgeQcc in the honey drink. ? - ? H > ? Goon Mxxnis.?Keep up your spirits by good thoughts. Enjoy the pleasant company of your best friends, but in all enjoyments be temperate. Learn-tiic art to be preferred before all others, of being happy when alone?which consists in the encouragement of good hopes and rational pursuits?in leading an industrious life, and hav ing constantly before you, some object of attain- m incut Drifting!. rncsrKTtrrv is a stronger trial than adversity. Ratify promises by performances. The esscnoe of all moral goodness is love. Horn makes a good breakfast but a poor enpI P^- . "A cnitr&FUL countenaucc is the index to a good disjvosition. The sorest remedy against the fear of death la the hope of Heaven. Pbiue sleeps In a gilded crown?contentment in a cotton night-cap. Tut re is more sunshine in one good deed than in ?. . the solar systems ever invented Tutr who possess the most real excellence .-a\ the least about it. Observed duties maintain our credit, but se cret duties maintain our life. Tiikv that laugh at everything, and they that fret at everything, are fools alike. Nature has sometimes made a fool, but a coxcomb is always of mini's own mating. Hf. who learns and makes no use of his learn ing, is a beast of burden with a load of Utoks. iib who or?ra ?ujvcrwifjr wr?i ^ivr? mr i??fc evidence that be will not be spoiled by prosperity To some men it is indispensable to be worth money, for without it tbey would be worth nothing. A great many persona undertake to build tunes *? Pat trie*! to build his ehimaej-?they begin at the top and build down. Certainly, it is heaven u(>on earth to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth. A Chin??k proverb says a lie lias no legs and cannot Maud , but it has wings and can fly far and wide. W should educate the whole of man?tha body, the head, the heart; the l>ody to act, the head to think, and the heart to feel. Wk should n?an*go our fortune like our constitution?enjoy it when good, have patience, \che*> bad, and never apply violent remedies but in cases of necessity. All the world cannot pull down an l.un.b'e man, because Ood will exalt him; and all tbe world cannot exa*t * proud num. for then God will pull him down. Pbayer ?In tbe morning, prayer Is the key that opens to m the Ireastire of God's merciea and blessings; in the evening, it is the key that shuts tis up under his protection and safeguard A pwrttt wohian is like a great truth, or a groat inn-cm , wiiu itus no more rigor to nunill* hcraelf under n green veil, or any similar abomination, than lb* *un lias a right to put green epootaales on, Many a true heart that would have come hack like a dove to the ark, after the ffr?t trnnsgre*elon, has been frightened beyond recall by the angry look nr.d menace, the taunt, Ui. savage i charity of an unforgetting eoul. k.