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W ^ " ,'^;' ~^**-^ y55^; -?'. A *. Wv/Tf*' V ' ^3 - '. V .. # . ? " ' ' *.* * * ? '- * * ? ' I sd?.. ~~~~ ~~ "To _ .A. I^EJKLJSX OK POPULAR ETV^fc^NTTB. * ' '- - ;' . - - . ' ; ' ' , r (?ci'Ot^d lo frog^ss, the IMghft ofthq^outh, and the Jipston of ^Useful linoiriedgc among all glasses of Morning $Elen. /\'r\l-f.i.J , 'V"r7 '* ' .-: . ' < *'"'a*. . * * ' '/' .' . '? ' i> .?'>-* ? " ' ? -. ' ^' '.'PV V-,-" A:''7 " f '* :: ^. - - , . '/; ' I VOLUME Yl. . GREENVILLE, SOUTn .CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 7, 1859. ? 0 NUMBER a. j" < * i ij'*i " i " ' ' ? - - TtfEjSOUTtitiRflt RNTKRPRISfi I? X??u?4 BV<*r ^kut-.day Morning, by & M'JIJN KI 1ST. PROP1UKTOR&. .-* t^Tm. P. PrtM . . . . C. M. McJunXln , rfij, j.. ? ?-??%' * - . fl a Tear, in advance t $1.50, if delayec ' . .... . II I.'J ItlertfD IMq. ' . ,/y , From tl?c Richmond (Vn.) Kumirtr. - - " *- ' " ' * * To If&ittaie Gray. , *k All falls tbe deW'at twilight hour., '* ] Prom oat the uun skies, " ~ * l?pon ?on?o wiltring woodland flower, .. That unsung lives nod dies; '*- 60 fall thy word* of friendship port) v - Upon ifty lonely .heart? ^ , . The wounds of cold neglect to euro; Now impulse to Impart. . J O! why ha* Fat*-not led me long To look upon thy form, Whence issue* oft the soul of song From a heart ao largo and warm? Aud liston to the word* that come From llpq that part to speak But solace to the sorrowing one, And hope where faith is weak t But, doubtless, in tho 44 land of dreams " * Onr_spirit* oft hkvo met; jr ui uicre tuuuu, IU me u pwmr, , A stranger tool can get Sucb Insight to another'* heart, . . As that of thine to mine?*. . . Proclaiming," with poetic arty ltound what its tendrils twine. - * ' * * " I i T * #, aJ ' J Thou safest that I dream of bno Whose " hcautj " thou Uhst soon, Or else the pifrtttr'd .pnrasrun So perfect bud not been. Ycsr bo I 'sleep Ot be I 'wake, . . There Stands close by my side . The " faultless form " I fain Would make My erterlcuting bride. "" tiiiii lujr iuvy uui avrv ; " iVhoro love por Hfe abides,k? But bail it in yon heavenly sphere, Whore doubt nor death botidca. " ? - ' *. Viv.ic mine alone the Jv>vo-lit gloluji ? Of that angelic eye, Then might my life be all a drenin, ? Awl, dreaming, I would dici . ? -Wtxratn. - , * - ' > 0 4 , ' .J, ' ? eegg-f-L.." j-l- .1.. it JUisrrlliuirnns H tailing. ' From the 1'hUude^phia Sunday Time#. CHAMPAGNE: * . OR, ' HOW talE CAPTAIN I'ATD II1S BILL. "CapU Fitximjnone, allow me to present you tny bill, winch, you will perceive, has been running for some time; and I now hand it to you' * with the full expectation that you will square it before evening" .. ? This language wan addressed to ft gentleman by the proprietor of a second rate hotel, while the former, who bad just lit a cigar, was In the et of drawing on a pair of well woru kid glove# previous to takidg his usual morning wallt.TTho Captain was one of a <clast'well known in all cities. Anomalous aa it may aeem, Everybody knew him, and yet Nobody knew him. Ili# cirenmstaace* in lifo, his business. and bis antecedents, were alike shrouded tn most impenj etrable miatery. Beyond an oot-aaional "(quarter,'' which he usually -fished from tha depth oif his trowsers pookete, he was never known to , bare any money,- lis had a aide poeket in 1?U eoat, which was pretty well filled with greasy papers, to whleh was attached seals *as hig as revolutionary cockades; but nobody knew their, import, although there used to Ye vague aurmis-, ea atoong the boarders as he frequently pored over the in. The Captain was always wont to look neat and trim. His castor and his ooat, verging upon V the sore and yellow loaf," were always brushed (o the last extreme, and his boots were polished in tike brightest stylo of the sable professor's art Capt Pluimtnons took the proffered bill. M - * \* '"Ha! ha! 'pon my honor;" aald he, glaring over the itoma, " tliii ia not a very round hill, and I preaum? I onn ?p?r? it at an early day, Mr. Hibwlone, and 1 declare, Jlr. Bibulouo, that It it, to my thinking, a vary moderate bill, lot * me aea; three mouth* board, at twenty dollar#, sixty dollar#; refreshment* at the bar, forty dollars Moderate, air.'; very' ?r.od?ml#."' " Cap*. Fitxinamona," said. Biboloit*, -who had not'yet Imbibed a quantum nJfleU of eoektaile to. make hlu.' amiable, " Capt Fitwmmona, fine word* butter no poranep#. and honeyed worda dout pay reat, gam bHhi, fit the ticker merchant. You are into me about a feet now, and you moat take a very early opportunity to get out of me, or the house." .' M1Mr r aahl the indignant and highly-offended Captain, drawing from Ma' aide poelcet hie bundle of greasy paper#, "air, do you know, air, thafl, to whom you are talking thus, am the owner of a thooeaod acre* of laad in the Miami Vallry f An J a beggar, to b? tbu* insulted for a J.ftltry hundred dollar*!" . TbU outburst, vW?h *, 6apl?h. Intended at * ??r* vimir, toad no effort whatever upon fW>ufou?. Said that Indlvidua! f" " If you own that amount of land, why la the thunder don't you mortgage a alioa, and ante up, like my o*1m* boarder*V IhO a*toiti?hed OTuhtomofta drew on his gtovea, aaiaed Hta nana, and with dire determination depleted upon hia brandy colored countenance, ho talked fCTth. Abort the pounding of rtio second gong. th? Captain Wa* on hand, apparently in a very g- od b van of. Itut Bibulous would not nnRmber, at ft 1 though htf had t^kea cocktail* enough to Jul* ' dure fovcr boat Fact Is, he looked grim at th? ? Optain, erop wMl? the Captain ?ihiLrd pntron i singly,'and walked into the diaingrooin complacently. Waa ? poesttde thai lie had sold mortgaged a | pbrtlon of Jtia lajnf, or even effected a tempora, ry loanf Not bit of it; but he did tint want " to leave the hotel. He had run the gauntlet ol the first Rlaaa hotels oji the strength of the Miami Valley land clabns, and' he was determined to make the seoonhelaas place* last After discussing a hearty dinner, he MeWc-d into the bar room, lit a regalia, and for awhile sauntered leisurely about the roonK" At length, when a fitting opportunity occurred, th'e Caption invited Bibulous into a private room. "Mr. Bibulous," said he, giving his moestachfc a twist, " you keep a good hotel." "Bibulous allowed ho .lid. # "To keep a good hotel, Mr. Bibulous, requires money. -Jt U just as necessary aa grease ia to the wueele of a buggy." Bibuloui allowed it waa ;, "I owe you a hundred fikdlara, and I am anxion* to pay you.** * Bibulous had jio doubt about the anxiety. . " I ict'// pay yon." " Glad to hear it." " But mark mo! You mustaid me in a little sohome 1 liavo concocted."' " "Very good. Anything to get my otfrn. Pnr peL" * * "You've got a good'etock of liqnors in your ccllafi" " Yo'u ought to know-?yob have wimpled It" " Out any good Newark eidcrP' "Yea Five barrels.? "Any empty champagne WHjetf* " Well, yes?rprobol'ly a thowuindyof thenj." " All right, my dear friend. I will perform n miracle?1 will not turn water into wine exactly,, but 1*11 make apple juioo. into champagne enough to pay my bill/" ? . "Much obliged to yon. If J wanted.such rascality practiced in my hople, 1 con Id do it with out oallinglo yatiruld at a heavy salary T "There j!ou go?jumping at ur.warrantable conclusions. Strike! but hear me. 1 nil) hot* tje this wine?I ruean this cider?into champagne bottles; aiid, air, 1 will entertain parties in my room who wilt drink thia'c)iain|>agne at' 3 a bottle?the prime cost of which will lie ten cents?leaving, yog will pcrveivr, a. marginal profit of two niuety-anc hundredths?say f-i.fio. Bibulous begun to coUipreheiul the Captain's meaning, and gradually felt into the snare, and finally agreed to be a eorr-plrutdr against, any ?>f tlie.?iii?vbibber>' whom the Captain Iniirht "rojpe. inand that the Cu{>t?)n would carry oijt bin intentions to tlfe. letter was niorajly certain since be was popular among, the tiourderis and' bis taste In every thing was cousidereit au fait. 1 should lucntioTi here that the boarders at the hotel w?ru principally una//. wholesale dealers* and thp time I write?of was their busy season, when money flowed in like the ebbimr of the ti<Wiv . * And now progressed finely the sfFalri.which v ore to develop* theinfcelvcs eventually fO* the benefit of Captain KiUitumons. 1UH any of the gueata or boarder* of Uie hotel accidentally (band their why into the heck eclbir ofHibuloutt*< establishment for day or two, they might have seen the Captain seated andd a pile of bottles, demijohns, corks, tin foil, afferveecing dsngs, funnels and measure*, performing miraeh s?that is to say. bottHpg champagne drawn front Newark cider barrels. v. in a u-w aaye tlx- TJaptaln "re Appear* t ?t the hotel, causing the impression to 'go abroad that he had l>een * way transacting justness. On the evening of the day of bis arrival, having had his room duly arranged for the reception of hi*company, he invited therein about twenty of the merchants. Once assembled, and d?uhtlem all more or W* anxloOa to Jtitnw the ln>|>oct of ibis small party, the CapUiu opened oilt ^pon" th in as follows: ' " Gentlemen, you liave for some tunc past- beep patronising the chuin|n?giie wine of this lemsc, butJ never have, although I u,? fotid of. the ar ttele. 'The reason why 1 never have Itoagltt none is tlie fact 'that Bibumna is no judge of the arllolfetond he I* J??t ,as likely to hnve Jersey eider foisted npan him as charspagiiQ wine. A day*or two ago, while in Sew York, f fejl id with an Importer', and. In order that jtthulous miolil Veen Ut> I ha reuutatinn nf bis linno T ?> tiered lor kirn Iweire ba*k?U of tlie genuine Anchor brand champagne: Gentlemen, 1 shall order a dozen to establieh my reputation *a a judge. The CAptaia rang tJis bell, and g*-a the order, which wm otojed with the rtiuet astonishing alacrity. In a triee the bottle* and glasses were upon the table. Hie wire on one of the )>ottb-a waeSut, and with a tremendous " pop " the cork. Atru?k the ceiling, while/he sparkling, looming ci-l.T, made its way through the h?t>g nook <>f the bottle. Another wfts opened, and n not her, and the glasses Sited. Each man held hisglan* up to admire the ""bead which rofce to-thc surface. - Capital!" said one, smacking blftip*. "The eery Anchor hselfP said another. "Gloriova!^ said a third. Cigar/ conversation and carda, for amofletnent, followed ;'and before th? party pnrt< <l that (tight the eutire doeon bottles w?-re decapitated.' - fto far, no pood?the trnp VMM, and theCrfp tain nanr fronted to " tfca ohnnccf " for tin- <Muk to. nr"rk Naat night JPIlkinn extended to the Captain an invitation to b? j>roeen? at a aofeat party (n room rNo. 9. . FUfeins had made a margin that day. on Ueilagn aad dororatlna, and b? yrm ' hi for a v???. . Well, air, the ball opened by Fil^ine nailing (nr a d?*?n of jtb? Anebor brand, which wu din. i poard of tbn nam* an the pigbt prmloun, aad It did not faO to olM. thn ??nM?t nnaomluma front til. ' _ > l The night following, old Rosin, having m i<l ? > margin- on naval stores, pot the party through oil* dossil". * . Without pursuing tho disappearance of each individual dozen, 1 may say that it ?l) went offin a simitar maimer.* The Captain's reputation , as a eonHoiutnuT Was csUblfshud by the time the i wbi? wan all gone, aad disappointed were those f- who sailed for it at tabic when informed of this hot " a A deputation of the boardpry wailed upon the' ? Captain* end the Captain in tqrn waited upon Bibulous, and tumli- n settbsxnont and a dividend at the time. The margin was large, and both W%?V delighted* Bibulous "slapped Fltr.itnmons on tho "book, and declared that he was C trump,' and thai ho must forthwith order another invotcs of the celebrated Anchor hrrthd,Again the Captain betook himself to the cellar, and-in d?e tits* emerged, arid the baskets , were unloaded one evening froTn a dray. Again happineta reigned, and no other wine was drai.k *' in the hotel but the Anchor brand. It soon attained a |H>pularity which drew the attention of proft-seed judges'to the place to ^aste. Skill it lUnhitained its ?\vuy. tSometirftes Bibulous trembled lor fear tint some born, fide judge should Riffle along mid gpe the ehost; but the OnptAlnV vquadimity could tjot b* disturbed, nor did he eyer fall to dcsoant "upon the superior -merit* of tho wine. Among the boarders-there was an old French importer, who' wsi born and folscd in one of tlfe wine growing provinces of la HtUe Franoe. Hi never would praise the wine, but, Frenclun'nn lit-, when others praised it, or whtfn he dt-ank of it, be merely shrugged his shoulders. The fact-is, the Frenchman smelt a v<ry lnrg^ rut from tlte beginning; and one day, while the Captain was in the dark regeseca. of the cellar, corking np the fourth invoice', the Frenchman pushed hie invest igutlons to ah actual |>oiiit of aj#cOvel,y. Jdyitivadod tlurcellar, ailj.thcre sew what, he had nlways suspected. lie retired 'noise leisly; and tluit afternoo lis assembled about a docen of those who ha<t liwti loudest ill their praises of rb*'- " Anchor brand,? and, lightjug a candle, he told the launders to f illow him, aiul witness a singular discovery. Sbently and Stealthily sney -wended their wsy umoi.g a labyt rintb of barrels demijohns and kegs, until '.bey caine to the wine vault. There sat tlie Catttuin with disheveled luiir, hi* shirt dlst-v^i roihai op. ' pounding a (ink into m champagne bottle with n wooden mallet. tie Mw the glare of the candle and .looked up. and. lie wad qn hi* feet a* quick a* IT aided by u .-h?ck from a galyauic Ititterj. ' "Ocntlenien." said the fuptuyi, " ^uii will peiveiv??slum 1?t hut' i* - . " Ouls ?w," an Id the French importer; "rat is val l?, by gar T" * For the first time hi hi* life the Captain was completely nnh|tlinwd. ^Oentlemen?the faot is-^nliert l-^-that la tq saj?the fact Is, tiiut I tbhik?ahem !i-cthat the win* trad* in thi^ establishment will experience u pit.hien declino 1*." ?* ' , Of course,'the tiling took wjnd *C onfc*. And some swore at the " aeH," -but f?y fur the larger portion ot the gitetU'dctermiiied to laugh it off. ] ltil>ul?us lirurrt or llu* exposure, and started ' down town, where lie infhtbed on awful quanli' tyof gin cocktail*. 1m tire evening lie returned uotttfortnldy fuddled, anil l?ddly charged the enlire i*iiidl? ou the t'fiptain.' _ " . . * for the t opt sin, hf> could Iftnr .U. * fqr ho leak On curly '?>p|>or4unt?y \o disappear. IVbrlh-. I rr lie finally nettled upon hi* la'nds in Lb* Mtnuii | VitlWy. or went peremptorily into the wtrre trad-, tbi* d-poji-nl hath not the nnmne f km<wh.g withi hi* reach. ' "CAttsr: <?k Faot^iiow km.?-TKe actual fact that s consult ruble space* of ground'have boon auddon ly cover-d with nninero'ta small Irogs, where lh-rc wer^ no fr?vg? before, has l>efcn proved beyoffd a d.mbt. ?oine have coiled In the aid of waf-i feints, whirlwinds, and similar ctfu***. to : ticciuint for their efitvation Wito the legions of iipvaiid snru* lutve cfeti thought that they were , foi iiiol |n"tl?e clouds. from whence they were pfi cipltsUd It hn? generally hi en in Angnet, nlot often, otter it reason of drouth, IhTit-t heee hordes -of frogs Have made their rtpp-utance.? But, with Mrs Siddons. we will exelaim', * HoW got thcjrthcre t" Fimjlj a?<oUuw?: The animals buve.bccii hutched. and quitted thfcir ta-,pole state-and their ponds at tlic "'ante 1 ti/ne. days before they became visible to, or an* ther oh*, i v.-dMiy iiiuiIhI eye. Finding it Un pleasant In the hot, parched fields, and always running 11 gr-ut ?hnnc?' of being tlpm rtn.l there J ; dried up by (Jie heatef thesttn. they wisely retreated to th? eooicat and dampest places (hey cdiild find, Vis: under ci..d? 'int! ?tb&ee, c.'licrr on ao- ' c?nnt of their dusky eolor, they escape notice. Dnwq comes the raia. and out come the frogs, | ph usi'd with tli,' ehnih--. Forthwith appear* an nrut'M' >> ums V'JUiivrjr # niu guini runts flock U> m-p the phenomenon. There are frogs ( hopping jsbotrt ; the visitors rememher the *boyr. er, sitd a simple countryman swears the frogs (sQ in tlx- shower, and he saw thetn mil ; frogs, visiters, countrymen, editors, all are pleased, and nobody undeceive# them, aor are they witling to be undeceived.Curiosity e/ Nahtral ^ 'T ?j 'f as*;i!*? roit You # Miw.?K a young tr;,n i want* to ejwage ft) a busiio-sa that v. ',i| insure him, In middle life, the greater* '..'mount of lets nfe tint- there-to ndthlr^ ,urt. yi,?n rami Wig. .If hs ttas an '^aepondent turn s( mind, let him l?r ft' fr.'wner; 1/ he wants to rrfgago in a , -He?o'ny sje.cupatipn, let htm till the land, la. short, it ho-woujd independent, let him get a i spot of earth; keep wlthip his tnears W> shun < 1 the lawyers; bh temperate to avoid the doctors; ' I be honeet to hsras eiear aoneelenee | iuiprovt the soil so as to leave the world better than he found It; and than If W cannot Uv? happily and die don- , test there m ?> hope for him. J < A. Life Picture. ** ?V CntOROI WaLHBIDCK. It |? ft stately mansion, and the fair wooinnvhu.i* iTs mistress *c<-ru* fitted-to preside over tide eLrgnnce; To night she gives a large party. She is attired for rhe reception of hc-r jjpiests, and now, while she awaits their coining, let ns sketch her fo^ yon.Mrs. Cliftou U a woman of rare beauty. II?-r form is above tlu> medium height, and tlie ino;t pcffeoU.v iiiajr-tio 'any woman's I bnve ?vr wen. Her linir isu rich, druk brown ; her con* flexion white and eold looking. There* U no. coloring twiy where but in the Hps. which arc a dee^> red. Her eyes are .deep blue?u^t. loving eyeS, but cuhn and bright, hong broWn la.slice sweep her mnrble cheek; her lips are ti-gljr haughty," an tf her eyebrows proqd. She Is dressed lu pnyple velvet, yery long and ample skirt, and made low at the throng Th. re it but one ornament in her heavily braided hair, -which is a stun 11 pin set with diamonds. Her dress is fast cued at the thmnt with a diamond broach, aud she wears diamond ear-rings. Cbon her round white arms are heavy bunds of plain gold,. " ^ - >. ? - * . But tho-roomb bcv'in 'A dalnlv nicer of girlhood In rosc-coWed ern'pe, nnd with lightbrowp ringlet* sweeping to her waist, trip* to the. aide of Mm Clifton, and handing her queenly hand down to lifto, whisper*: v % "X persuaded a friend of our*. Mr. Dejomore, who linajnqt arrived, to'ootne with tta, assuring hint he would be weTfeome." \ * What Is there in thla cbildbb eregtnre's whisper that ca|Jb the blood to the che- k <>f Sybil Cliltou, nnd then-receding re>ms to leave it winter litnu before^ The white lingers nro-clasped almost convulsively f r nil instant?and thou Sybil is herself again, oolj} nnd very calm, Othftr guest# are now limiting Ihelr-way to Mrs. Clifton. |ier eyes ore iixed upoit them Irefbre tliey olmarve hx-r. and a slight^hudder betrays that one nf (he gentlemen apprnnohmg is the que of wliotn Kittle Vfc-ndo whispered,, causing her |is< rioti? emotion. , . -My friend, Mr Dciituere, whu rctufcpc<l from I Kurope last, week, has arrived In thifceity to-day, I prevailed ti|ton him to aeeouijmny me here this Evening." " Mr. Denmore stnrtfl opj bending his eyes upon the lady b?$j?rc l\iro, and his lips pnrt ak if to sky-something njpre than acknowledgement of the introduction; and then hastily controlling ktm..ir ?.- t -- ... v?H? uir laoy b imiiiu wiiu me most finished cur*y<?. * v Sybil "Clilton raises her cyot casually to' the stranger's face, and, extondii-g tier lutnd, ?uy$: - Mr. Donmoro is yelGonjo tar-nightC .-She betrays no ?m*tion before him. She imilte tlufT-ame unilo, and la the satno graceful, self-possessed w?m?n la-fore him that alio is to other*,- He moves amid the other guest* with ; Frank Meade, bowing, And smiling, atl<l chatting ?bat those dark eves are continually aceking\lic form wf Syldl Clifton. Finally- lie offer# her hie arm for a prcmonade. Ho lends her to the conservatory ; and, si the far titer end, amid tie- rich odor of beautiful flower*, be paused?and stepping Wfofo lor, says.. "Sybil, vrheii I ooun- to the'soarre of jftra. Clifton to-night I did not know I was to find in her Sybil Dean. I one you this apology fur ?ny intrusion, of I 'would npt liavn annoyed yoq by aaklng your oootpnhy for a jiroimmtide." ** I told yon, Ur.IfcnnwPs/j'Ow were welcome; Sybil Dean, or h) bit Clifton, has never ko fur lowft d herself aa to utter anything, even for the aake of eon wntionaHsm, that wis untrue.* Ahdt aa'tlie stood there, with the rloh folds of her Velvet dresa failing fefouud her qneehjy form, , she looked the very iuiperaonntion of honor a'ui. indomitable f>t*tde. Edwurd llfntiidra as he stood beside the cold, cahii womnir whore Imuglrty. manner betrayed flfot the slight, *t <|u'ul.etjng of the pulse, was as proud as herself in his bearing. Mis eyes, that could look dreamy and soft as n wom&nV, were as. promt lq (heir 'midnight blackness u* were liers ."Sine I havQ muje iny apology and yort have a*4tired-ine of nwedJesaneaa, we will return to .v . , - - ?.!?? kotirif <n inosa who I think wfll t>e n?ore de ' sh-ou^of our presence than We are bj'lhe efci-lu sive society of each othijv". .. " " Kdwprd Dnunore, you l<;d liic to this ??n sertafory (or tlio pur|>o*e of overpowering me with your pride ami indifference, Know tbqt I have Tend your tlfntive;vaiid knotf, still further that I-have* pride sufficient to .match .Jp^t own. (!nc?? yon auw me tremble, and ttw my eye* fill witJi U-ff- atymir bitter -words??liuj hot one Cell! tliU cheek hat never yet been stained by a tertr *>* yr*v.! ? call tham hack to tltdir source- befufo tknt. It I* neaHy tail .jri'trt sinco wa parte.I, anil in Ih it time there have been many change*." . '"Aye, many'vltangee?hut time h.ia not irltcre?l yoti anv.'SyliU t "lifUni; it has only thrown another mantle of hv around yonr frozen self.?. Tray tell urn how>y?ur husband likes the companionship of thvataUary I have cliWtd," ^ '* b.dward Deiinmrrt. j ?? - - > t- r - u?rr yoikfny iuib VO me* Ha# (Aire y$u s^?h words ofiny noble huslxuid "J r t you'd^ n#t unde i stand tn<\ LUton''. ^ ihrcn yfertago I vat l?otr??tlieiTu>you. 1 V?i,i upon ynur heart'* tin w<>rlby shrlno my wo nan's pure/fire; *?v?r lu lees, lharrone year yon distrusted ir?ev nod iir n moment of anger threw hnek the love I gave. You ix-Hevad thu w .r 6f adlsaardcd Juiioi wtuoeeou) vwNg small, that, he gr* ?* "i phjuo at nfy refusal hf teiii K jrfu that I had tie.- cumfom ip^Jovod him. an t toany vth** Hi ge tny |?| * vharf notje-' pent .At "it tirst lot ret of cruel words from y", my I- eart a* grieved ; hut .In *a instaii'. - it 1 h?ew tUr en use. ray fftlef go??.? Cunt mpt t rake every thro at lovVf m?r frit for you. I did not A<tU yon,and I wonder that I did not 5 toy guardian nngti wa# near In U*% terrible ho Or, and, with her whiti fringe rttnned wLLjlLrii ii ;* ? I "n 11 mWh the breath or hatred ef? it had blown through the chambers of heart. IJut acorn sat upon her throne,, and cro she laid down her oeptre, had crushed out nil the love Hay being ever knew. One yenr ago to"night 1 Was wedded. But T did not give fby baud; ae perhaps you think, without toiling "iy husband of our engagement and iU termination. f .respeoUd him fail j--*tiita I said. Aye, 1 regarded hhn more than^any other person; but 1 bad no love for any human being. Affection was annihilated from | my nathrc. He took the little 1 had to give, -and gave, me tho name I so proudly bear.. I have done ; know that it wns.not you that 'chill' i ed tho statuary,' buf the spirit of contempt that abode in my .bosom, when I learned tho nnworthiness"of thc -Ohj^t upon which I had lavished so much. Binc'4 then ' no, the rrgai'd I Aow beat tny husband is something far t0o sacred to be spoken of to you" ? _ - lie tuntie no reply. Mr?. Clifton swept from tjie conservatory, but, before she reached the parlors every vestige of hgr- emotion was gonoShe had so fotlg been cold and calm, that her exterior continued envpfoped Tn icincss. That night, after the guests were gono?8ybil glided to thu tide of her husband, and winding her white srius around his hook, said, with tears in her cyes-?- k A My prcoioba husband." ' . T 1 Rhe loved him, and the m^gtiificcocc around her, did not tnock the bitter.anguish in hor soul ?the heart beat in tr beneath the robe was no* crying out in agony?the sounds smothered by the velvet folds above it. "Beneath tha marble exterior thehS "had been ro-lightcd the lamp of af fecttou.? Wnverley Magazine. . ' In Chew a* I.vteltfxtoat Gawk T?The Boston Courier dissents from the popular encomiums of the intellectual gniue of chess," artd objects to the glorification of its champion. It snyst " We cannot assent to the disposition manifested, natnratiy enough. by distinguished chess players to minify Hreir office and junction. W.e cannot admit that there is any necessary and inevitable connection between eminence in chvs]>lrt'vliig and general intellectual superiority.? While it is true that many distinguished uien have l>e?n excellent chcss-playerS, it is never equally true that the greatest chess-players have given evidence ?f^conspiouous ability in artything else.' There were many men- at the Boston banquet on Tuesday evening sbom wo should rank in intellectual stntiire' far above Plilltdor, Mrtedouald, Dee Chapclies, Do la Bourdonnais> or any other great name in the annals of cliqts, wl/ethec drsd or living. . "The game of chess is certainly an intellectual game; so is whist, wkh. to be sure, an clement of:chance superadded \ so is checkers. -But it is bur-a game after all; and the best thing you can fcgy of it fs, thut it is a very excellent oontrivonce rouble idle men to get through the lazy-pac hours without damage to the pocket, tlx: conscience or the constitution. It lis for an amusement, the nearest possible approach to real intellectual work. , But it ia a barren tree; it boars the blossoms of entertainment, but not fruit of utility?' the rest of man kind ' are very little benefitted, mentally, morally, or material' iy, by tbo diligent study of the game of eh ess by a limited circle. To our taste, too, the spectacle . of two man. especially young men, crooking their spin** for hours and tying knota in theln'braiAs, over a parcel of figures cut-in. White and red ivory, ie a little dreary j but this is mcrefy a matter of taste, and we noc far (rom insisting that others shall square their conduct by the Hue of our tastou." J" , ' * Sowrruiwo abo^t tu? Zouaves.?A late feport by Captalp O. B. McClellan.of the United States, Cavalry, has the following in regard Co the Zou aVea: ?' .. " The Zouaves arc all Trench ; they are selected from among the old campaigner* for their fine physique, nnd tried cuttrogc, and hove certainly proyed tlMit they arc, what their appearance would iudieate.. the most recklese, self-rclianh and complete infnntry that IJiiVope can produce. With his graceful dross, nldierty'like bearing, and vigilant attitude, tlie Zouave at pn outpost U (he henn ideal of a soldier. They neglect no opportunity of addiag to tfisjr personal comforts ; if there la a Sir en pi tn tho vicinity, the party marching on picket la sure- to he amply supplied with fishing rods, Ac., if anything is to .he had, the Zouaves arc quite certain to o*btain % i ' ' ".Their movements are Uie moyt light and. grucelui I have ever seen ; the stride is long, but the foot seems Scarcely to touch the ground, and the march ia made apparently aUh*out effort or fatigue. ? " ' The ?icp of the Jc~i rides V shorter and quicker, and not so easy and graceful. " T'ne impression produced by life appearance of inm two corps is very different; the rlfle-i look like ncttvf, energetic little fellows, wh> would find their beat field asakirratahpre hut the ZnunvoA here, combined with a)l the acidity and energy of the of tier a, that folid ensemble And ivchleea, dare-devil individuality which would render them alike formidable when attacking lif inaee or defending a position in the most deeper, at* hand-to-hand encounter. Of all the troop* that 1 linve ever aeen, 1 should esteem ft the ' greatest, honor to assist in defeating the Zouave*. The grenadiere of the guard aro all large inen> and a fine looking eoldiekly ML m- ' How quietly might many k ona Hv? if liereould ear*- a* little for.the affair* of oilier* hs be does for bU own. ? 'tVba iei oty ie but virtue made visible in ooi. ' ward grace, beauty and vice are disjoined by nature herself. [, ^ , ?y Taua Mendel,Ip U like sound health, the value of it ie selddm kuown until it be loet, w ' i ' ^ m- ~ ^ ?~ra ?jg ..X.*..' ? K Anise, ^ouon SroaT.-?-Anasahdpd, n wellknown Pari* physician - and qoitc a celebrity in hie Wfcy, committed suicide recently, by shooting himself through the heart with a pistol. Ho ?M a man of great geniality, and' ywry foud of telling entertaining a'orb The following anecdote was related l?y him not long since to. a circle of 'sinused, listeners: A young gehtitmnn of excellent family was on intimate terms with a charming woman who lor od hJVn devgtedlv, and who whs txeW<1ini(lf indignant tliat he did not reotprocntd Iter own violent ^askion. One day when trlking to him of Iter genuine and diVmtercBtod love, be liMenii^g and laugliing, she til at once rose from her seat, and- in a towering rags, demanded what alio should do to prove the truth of'her assertions. ; My dear Loon ic," replied the young man, MI never will believe in a woman's love, until slio shall havo killed herself for me." Th^ room in which thi* scene ocenrred vrna on the third story, the window was open. Leouip suddenly Ihr(w herself out . The frightened youth rushed down stairs, and into the street Tike a madman, fie expected to find the mangled, body "of the infatuated creature lying upon the pavement, but, to his great hatonishuaent, she bed not only disappeared, but no traco'of the dreadful act. wnsleft. By a providential chance, Leonie bad fallen, without a serious injury, into the carriage of a rich Englishman, passing at the moment. Struck with her beauty, he asked tbehewilderod fair one her Commands, and before the terrified lover reached the street she had consented to accompany her saviour to England.' . Nkvu do too Mucu at, a Timk.?-Sir Edwndr Buiwer Lytton, In a lecture recently delivered in England, gave the following history of Iris literary habits: Many person* Seeing me so much engaged in active life, and os ranch about the world as if I had never been a student, have said to me: ' When do -you . get write all your books f?> "How on earth do you contrive to- do so.much work." f shall surprise you by the answer I make. The answer is this: " 1 contrive to do so much by never doing too much at a time. A titan In r*ol f knmiolv wawL ?*aU ?? ??-* ??4 ? ? mw.. vv ?. ITWIB ncn, IIIIIOV VI?crwork himself; or,if be do too little to-day, the re-action of fatigue Will come, and he will be obliged to do too little tonxyrow. Now since I began, really and earnestly to study, which was not till I had left college, aud was actually in the world, 1 may perhaps say thai t ha gone through as large a course of general reading as roost of men of my time. 1 have travelled much, and I have seen much; I have mixed much in polities, and the various businesses of life, and in addition to all this, I have published somewhere about sixty volumes, some upon subjects requiring much research. And what time \lo you think, as a general rule, 1 have devoted to study; to reading and writing. Not more than three hours a day, aud when Parliament is sitting, not always that. But then, during those hours, I have given my whole attention lo what I was about. CiiAKonre Scucols.?Attending one school one pcssion.-and another the next, is a most pernicious practice, and ought never to be resorted to .unless dictated by positive necessity. It will cost twice as much lalior, double the time. And a large amount of money, to acquire an education in iliis way, than is n<oee*ary under different eircnmstancca Parents and guardians owe it to their children and wards to tolect for them the best schools their circumstances will admit; and to place the pnpiT there, to remain |>ermanently^ until their scholastic education is complete. If ohitdreu select the school, and parents tend them just where they may happen to desire to go, they will oft?n make grave mistakes; for children will, la moat cnsc?, choose the very school to which they ought not to he sent -The easiest place, is the beat placo, in the child'* eatlmatlon. llence, they tnay bo expected to. choose the school where they are most indulged ?where there is much to amuse, and where lit*tle or no study ia required.?StxuUtU.. 4 Pal* faon*.?There is a set of poiopTb whom 1 cadnot bear?the pinks of fashionable propria* ty?whose every word is pre disc, and * lose every movement, .is unexceptionable; but yvho, though well versed in all the catalogues of polite, behajior, have not a particle of soul or cord.jeffty about them. We allow that their manner* may be abundantly correct. There may ha elegance in every position, not a sroOe out of pla< ^ And not a step that would not Vear the tneataremont of the severest scrutiny. This 1? all very fine; hut what I want fa the gaycty of aociahintercourse ; ihe frankness that sphukjt stfuhility to, alb that aliases timidity fm?a every bosom, and -.-.j >iis ct<m|?ujF w n? i' ujiaeni ird hippy. ThU h wlmt I eoncvlve to h* tho virtue ot thoM'wha walk hy rule, and woeld, i*y I ' duce the whole of the human life, t<* a wire hound of laietrj Bud constraint. [Dr. Chamber^ I llrMAV Liwt,?\h? thla benut'.Tn] world. la. deed, 1 know not what U>. of U. 8ometiin?a (! M art gladnoea ?n.\ ?W.,?hiWi and heaven Unot tnr off ; aftd then it ,>harij?e? suddenly and in dark an<Tyj9ifo?. fi.l, ft|,d i!,. clouiln .Indent the *ky. I" tha qWroyjliBllK^oijMbw# I dn.'ye Hlpe thi^F^Wn *r f, ct us it' \vr coirt.i take I Col* great world^iT^wr ar|u*.' Thea tfntnea the I gloomy houra, wheu J^ie fire will ndlthea hum in I our heart* nr mi *" '"1 "'h r rj ?ii-, ?? .'? i?n wnilUlll or , within U dlainal, cold and dark. W? helievo very hearth ha* ita lacrot aorrows whkh iho world know* not ; and nffentime* we ?*U a uiaq old, wban ft* la only *ad.?/.on(jfc)to*. Lira U campaign wh?? no man'* knnp*a. k )C one jot the llghtar, bJeuiue hi* comrade t? | one too, ? '