The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, August 18, 1859, Image 1
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i ? THESOtftHERfTENTERPRlSE
X* IwMd Efiry Tbwtdiy Morning, bf
PRIOE & M'JUNKIK.
PROPRIETORS. ,
Wm. V. Prioo C. M. McJlinkin.
SI a Year, in advanoe; $150. If delayed
?rlfrt& ^artrq.
kt a. Pi it
L?t others ?rit? of ihoso who fought
On nuy ? blootljr icM?
" Of those, whose daring deed* wore wrought
With sword, and spear, and shield;
But I Wilt write of heroes bold,
The bravest of tbo brave, - ' .
* Who fought for ueithor fame nor gold?
Whs All an unmarked grave 1
Heroes who conquered many a field
Of hard and sterile soil?
Who made the sturdy forest yield
To unremitting toil;
Heroes who did not Idly stand,
But dealt such fearful blows
That aeres, broad, of worthless land
Now blossom like tho rose.
The heroegof ttifiplow and loom,
The anril and the forge ;
_ The delTUW"d*>wh antra the gloom
Of yoader rocky gorge:
Heroes who built yon lofty tower,
And forgud its henry bell.
Which faithfallv prwUini the hoar,
And msrks its flight so well.
Heroes who brought front every clime
Rich argosies of wealth ;
Kinnt tl HlPfir*"' *?1
Wgoepirnefli what canto by stealth ;
* WW won a guerdon fair and bright,
And left no bloody stain? ? ?
Ko War?t.Auir , 1 ' Ihindly^nghtUpon
Godrs wide domain.
Aim wot 14-wide rwtntnon workers orarn d|
Ifolaurel wreath of fame?
No monomer*, above tbetg mravo; . ?
Tktgr tsOei bat for t xa1( * Among
fie lowly who pled
Their weary way along, -.#*
# With faith and oowSdonoe that God
Cesreoteth every wrong.
#ma
From the Home Msgmsiae.
The Prayer Meeting.
nr. a ARTina.
?You will be at the meeting to-night, Mars
ton V said a man to his friend. They had stopM?l
at tta Mnrnav A# a anJ
MP* rating
" Oh, yee; I wouldn't in las one of them
Wednesday night meetings on any account. I
enjoy litem very much; and gain strength for
duty. You will be theref"
" Of course; nothing but a matter of life and
death oould keep me away."
" Good evening."
" Good evening. Come early, Maraton."
And the two men separated. Both had re
eently joined the Church, and both were ardent
In their new life, almost to enthusiasm.
On his arrival at home, Mnreton found that
preparations for tea were not in a very encouraging
state of advancement; so he said, in a
cheerful way to bis wife, who was going about
with a baby \u her arms,
Vnil mitaf Knrww im il?t? /? a 1 - ??
J "f B- "? ?, '>""?
This U Wedneeday night, yon know, and I
wouldn't fail b?ing at tlie meeting on any account
Give Mnggy to me. There; now your
hands are free. 1 ought to have come a little
earlier."
The pale, weary-looking wife smiled on her
liusbana, as she handed him the baby, and said,
pleasantly,
" You shall not be late, dear. 1 will soon hare
all ready. My head has ached badly all the afternoon,
and thia has kept me behind hand."
"I'm sorry for that, Anna. Does itache stillf"
The husband's voice was full of kind interest.
"Yes; and I feel unusually weak. The first
warm weather of the season always tries me,
you know."
A shade of concern came over the face of
Mr Marston, as his eyee followed the retiring
form of his wife, lie was an industrious young
man, with only a small salary ; and bis wife was
trying to get along without a domestic. They
had two children?a little boy four years old,
and Maggy, the baby, who had not yet completed
her first yoar.
In a shorter time than the husband had expee
ted, his wife's pleasant voice called him to
eopper. He gave her the baby as he eutcred
their little dining-room, and the sat down with
it in her anne to poor out the tea.
" Does your head ache still f" inquired Mantes.
Badly; but I think a eon of tea will do me
J n
p[OOCL
"I hope so, indeed. Give baby back to mc.
I can hold her." And the husband reached out
hie hands for little Maggy; who, pleased to rotors,
almost leaped Into his arma
- a <ni niDH uiai n?r uaca, .uoujer, mm man' |
loft, riling from the table, in about ten minutes,
and reaching the baby to his wife.
It U lata, and I inust be away, or the prayer
seating will open before I get there."
Bat Maggy, who was very fond of her father
did net wl3? to Mhve Him ; and so struggled, arts*
haituuttw had received her, and cried to be
token back.
"Papa moat go, darling." Marefon bent
dawn, and triad to aoothe the grieving little one.
da he did eo, Maggy got her arms around hit
neek, and hold on tightly. H took quite an effort
^
htnd htdi, and cornmaSTag walking rapidly away
in the direction of the ehureh at whien the pray
ar Keating waa to ba held, ha was conaelous of
an unpleasant preeaure upon bis feelinga. What
did tots mean V , He began at onee searching
about in his mind for the eauee. At drat, he
oonU aaa nothing clearly; but gradually thought
want back to the hotne no had just left, and to
Ms pale, weary-looking wife and children, grieving
Maanaa ha had left them.
" la thin right I" The question came suddenly
npoa him, and almost arrueted Ids stejw.
"I am sorry to leave them alone to-night?' he
said within himself; "and wouldn't, except for
the prayer meeting. I gain m much strength
and eomfart In this meant ?f.grsoej that I feel as
If It would W wrong to neglect It."
And to he walked on. but with slower etepe,
hht thonghU still returning to his. home, and Imagination
giving more and more rlvid piotaree
of his wite and child r?i? Is grief ??* h abaoaa*.
At last he stood still. v v
141 need the blessing I 4?ad hoped to reeaiee
this evening. The strength, the W)fnfqft,*tne
rmce," he eaid, still talking with tilmeelf.?
But, poo: Anna I ^hi# honl lor her t?t ha left
ninst not consider 1r>y" "lt"" iH<<V..rrt
will give the strength and oomfhrt T need, even
if 1 do not ideet to-night with Hie people.*
" Qh4. James, u it youf Mra Marvton alart?t
at the unexpected apbearance of her husband,
who saw, as she looked up, that hot* eyca were
weV " Have you forgotten anything ?"
' Yea" he reulied. as K* ?tn?l *tu. .?
. b-?unusnnl
tenderness npotf her.
* What is itf Can I get It for yon t"
" 1 forgot to stay at homo -with my wife and
ehildreu/' <aid the voting man.
"Oh, JamesI" Tears gushed over hla wife's
faro.
" And I've come bach to remain with them,"
Ml*. Mars to n leaned her aching head upoD hor
husband's shoulder, and sobbed. This unexpected
circumstance quite broke down the little selfr~*TT? >? ?
n.,nnlnpd. 'v-. jfliVv'
" l)id you feel l?noly ?"
" Lonely, sad, and discouraged,* she answered.
- But you iirc Kyud wm kind, snJ J *? weak
and foollalL Go back. JApies. to the prayer
meeting. 1 shall feel better now."
j "No, darling," said liarnton. "I will stay at
homo to help and comfort my lonely, sad nnd
discouraged wife ; and I think 1 shall he serving
God in this, with a truer spirit of worship than I
could possibly feel in any prayer meeting that I t
went to at tho saorifico of a clear home duty." i
" JIow does your head feci now, Anna ?"* vu <
asked halt an hour later, as thev rat J
ctdldren I 1
In his arms. *
"It Is free from pain, and I feel so much ivt? i
ter. J think yapr i
ik.?nafcnl..l. w.1..mn>J,m,,i? But, oiler' i
you iiavc been absent nil day lona, I can't bear <
toluv^rnu go out 1b tho evening. I love to 1
.fcesfyon ?-?dR>Unfie: .amiyou doo t know how t
much cood it always docs lite." i
Mr. Marston ami led back upon lils wife a loV? 1
ing smile. Keys thoughts were awakened hit !
"There are other souls to be cared for aa well t
as my own, he raid, a little while after, aa he sat <
musing on the occurrences of the evening.?
"The souls of my wife and children. How can (
I help them on the way to Heaven ? By going
out to religious meetings, or by staying at home 3
aifcsn iiii! fiaauaBET.* :
t?r the souls of others, Ood will water 'my own
soul. He hat placed these precious ones la my ?
care, and 1 must be faithful to the high mission."
To think right la the first step towards doing
right While his wile sot at her work, Mr. Moraton
put his little boy toabed ; first talking to him
about lloavsn, mod tts pure inhabitauta,and then f
bearing him say bis prayers.
" God blest you. my son I!' he said, in liisheart,
as he laid on bis lipa the good-night kiss.
Another new thing In the household of Mr.
Mnrston occurred that* evening. As his wife
sewed, he read to her, first from religions books,
and then from the Bible. When bedtime drew
nenr, he said, in a serious, hut gentle voice,
" 'Fin-re are home prayer meetings as well as
church prayer meetings; and God has said,
* Where even two or three ore gathered together
in ilis name, there He will be in the midst of
them.' Shall we not open a prayer meeting in
our house, Anna; a home prnyor meeting!?
There are two of us here, and God has declared
that evon with two lie will he present."
"I am not strong enough for duty, Jnmea
Every day I feel that human strength is but
weakness. Pray with, aud pray for me, that divine
strength will be given.
Mrs. Mnrston spoke with glistening eye.
Then they knelt down together, and opened a
prayer meeting in their home; und Mar-ton J
gathered in the act more strength ?nd eon>fort
Mian could possibly liave been found at the pub- *
lie meeting, had he gone there in violation of 1
his home duties, and sung and prayed ever so a,
ferveutiv; for right actions, from religious principles,
aioue bear us heavenwards.
A Thrilling Scene. I
BY E. C. IIRLAVAW. I
? ?
Permit ma to sketch to yon a scene related to a
me l?y an eye witness, which occurred in Con- *
uectiout while the people in one of the towns in v
that State were gathered to diacusa the merits of v
the question of license, whether one neighbor *1
should longer be permitted, under the sanction
of law, to destroy another, and bring pauperism. ?
crime and every description of imseiy on Uie '
neighborhood.
This town had suffered greatly from the sale *
and use of iutoxicating drinks. The leading in- .
Huenoes were against the total ghstinenee doctrine.
At the Heating the Clergyman and Pby- "
sician of the town, aa also a leading Deacon in 1
one of the eliurehee, were in favor of contlnu- '
log license, for permitting a few men of good
moral character to sell, tor they all agreed in ?
the opinion that the motlrrai* use was not injnri- '
una i that Intoxicating liquor wan a good ereature
of God, and to hamper Its sale to be used in mod- ?
... -- - -?--?- - --- 4
MVd uaprat ^rsmintnn mimau liberty, I v
and a reflection on the benevolence of the Al- '
mighty. With such powerful advocate* in favor J
of the old custom, the feeiiog of the meeting ap- |
peered to b? all one way, when a gentleman,
who was presept'from another Htate by acoident> 0
but wl>o had been a former resident ofU??* town, L
begged leave to differ from tho highly Influential *
ana respectable individuals who had spoken on \
the subject He entered into a history of the ?
town from its earliest settlement; he called the *
attention of the assembly to the desolation the 1
traffic and moderate drinking had brought upon f
families and htdividunls; he pointed to the l'oor 1
House, the prison house and the graveyard for
the numerous victims of the Cradle; he urged,
end with eloquence, that in mercy the flood- t
gates might he shut down, and prevent, as far as 1
possible, the continued dssoUtiM* of IsmUiM, by <
sustaining the immoral bnsineea of Hum Celling. I
Hut all would not do. The influence of ths Clergyman,
the Doctor end the Deecon woe too much I
for him. lfo one followed on his side, aad the <
chairman of the meeting was about to pd? the t
question, when, all at onoe, there arnae from e I
distant corner of the room a miserable-clad ami I
miserable-looking female; her appearance Indl- i
oated the utmost wretchedness, and that her t
earthly career bed almost closed. After a roo> ?
meat's silence, and all eyes feeing fixed upon her, I <
she stretched her attenuated body to its ntmoet j i
limit, and bur long shrivelled arms to their I (
. , /
# ' f
wifh rognrd t<bhft" jrate d^h 'ff,,
"f:
=rd'? grare Y They **?" ?''!?*#Wt^'7P
Itbmt roixWrnte (Irinkinn wM >fiW#? W?? 9? >
I to be avoided?ft nil whMeTgp^lVwI fl>6* wouh
n?v?r admit that they drank to Vsww. Thej
ousted mom and pou and jaw V'!'- t!v
shred or a finger to the prlctfli, tty..?on witi d?<
no better uuthority ihnneqB^HB^Hp'
themselves safe tinder yo*<
I raw the gradual chm
I* and prorpeoto with dumay M U It: or: 1 saw!
that we were dll to he overwUrTsqiia In one etttn
mon ruin. I bogged, I pi rtv (i,.I agonized t.
ward off the blow : I tried to. b<eat' Ulu spell?
the delusive spell, with wh i nte drinklog
had involved my love$> oiiejfc?;but the odda
were greatly acnir.et apnslite
had been formed?the Minkier of God ??d that
the poison u?i was ilmmt
boys was a good crpaturs of God ;-the Deacon
sold them the poison the Doctor^sahl a little
conld do no harm as he tooK hjMp|Br?'"ee with
them, and so all but ntysell ?<4r%
they conld not escape, and ono after mother of
them was conveyed to the il igis i' of
the drnnkard. New look# ^ ? ??
probably eee me for the laafctmw*??"y wnd i?
ilmoet run. I bavtf dhtfr ! toy c.rffcaasted
ramo from toy present. Itgan -j^ur Pjowr //ov*'
?to warn you all, to warn yJfc P*ne<<jt, to'warn
fou. false teacher o( GodV v -d. tq warn yob,
i.ae w?w eiioi^TWW,'?Wjr'b her armaji gb
dung, and ber tall torn streuJiSo to jb- Vfl
?n<l her vofce raised tp An
nt?t tcjpij G?JL * J *h<tll m*ii yevr tjiert tn'fA
, yvrnyn >? yrtur*, tnul 040 ttinjl iritnet*
igainut yoA all." The wretched female vanished
rrom the assembly. A dead silence prevailed.
k pin might have been heard to drop?the
jriest, deacon and doctor hong their heads. Th*
['resident slowly arose, und with subdued voice,
ind with groat solemnity, put the nue'tion ;
" Is it the pleasure of this inciting that any
nore licensee bc^granted to sell intoxicating lijnor
in this town?"
The response came like a clap of thunder in
me universal gathered np NO.
Friends of humanity all over ,tho worid, had
ron been at this meeting would you not* have
Jllistrlliiiirnnn lUnSimj.
A Tough [Experience.
Orvill Gardner appears to be doing well at
upcrintendent of the coffee saloon! establish ?d
o reform a low neighborhood in New York.?
iardner gave the follfiwlnp account of liia former
Ife at a meeting in fJcwark, N. J. r
My life has been an eventful one. I have rasa*
id through niaay scenes when my brain has been
>n Are througfc-ihe use of strong drink. We go
n a saloon and sit down, and paying onr shilling,
ake the liquor dealt out to us, and than wait for
om# one to come in and treat. Somd one docs
:orne in and we drink again and aguid, until ire
ind our way in the gutter. 1 have been in carera
ted- in prison ; oh, how ninny times 1 ean't
ell. I own the eorn. 1 have been locked up all
iver the country. 1 have been locked up here,
b New York, Albany and all through Canada,
nd away down South.-always for getting drunk,
>r getting in a fight while under the influence of
he n\^ddepiug,oup. There ia.no use of. talking,
havo been through the mill. But a merciful
rod lies spared me, and stayed my step* ere yet
t was too late. 1 have dissipated in all the luxiriea
the devil has ever been nblo to cook up.?
f he ever got up a new dish I woe a chief imp in
etting it forward. Now on Sunday.'with, my
rife on my arm, I go to church. My God 1 what
pbnn.r? \VI.*4 ? -
B->. ......... vivt iimii. iit; ieni m? cion
lown to earth to save sinners. I mirt vriiiiltr
.way from the pt.th of righteoushi^'-tfptNt^ust
iot. I can never forget tlie dny on wty>h JlVeus
onvcrted ray hca^tf.#o3 washed q^MMraw,
was unspeakably happy. 1 knew thw^'whrft
onstitutcd true happiness. I would advise .all
o got religion. W hat is moro nobler than to
ee a yonng man espouse the cause, of temperance;
nd what looks worse than to dee aif old man
laggcring toward a drunkard's .grave Y It is
try warm here to-night, but. !'?r 1>e*h in much
rarmer places, from which I otilv escaped by the
nercy of God. Iliad hard woik to leave off
rinking rum. Gin and sugar in the morning
corned necessary to my existence, I wns a percct
slave to ruin. Uuin led me iu all sorts of
rouble, and never yet got me out of a single
crape. Rum is a very large tow-edged sword,
ud with it the devil cuts off scores of human hengs.
It nearly took my head otf. I did not
igu the pledge. My conscience kept troubling
ie every time I took a drink of rum. and 1 went
o Boston to see If a spree with Loou companions
here would net destroy its pangs. The first
iove I made there 1 was locked up. Borne
riuud got me out of jail, and I got drunk and
:ept druuk for some time. I had a little touch
f the tremens, and raised a four story window
o jump out and kill myself, hut the Lord saved
>j?. 1 had to walk the street all night, for leer
would jump from the window. 1 returned,
ringing ray guilty conscience with mc. Flnaly
1 got a bottle of old Jamaica j and went down
n i^ong island, nn<l there, alone, I struggled witlt
he appetite within tne. I prayed to C*?xl to
id, and ha did. I roaa up nod said, " tioijL 1
viU quit," I resolved never to touob another
Irop of liquor, odd 1 burl ed the lioUle. Oodlias
ilded ma, and may it please Jlim, the boilla will
icver have a resurrection. Mau can accomplish
freat and wonderful things If he only puts himelf
in exercise.
- ? ?ss?
Haw Srroxns Mark Hmooh*.?dome of the
nost distinguished naturalists in the world beieve
that tpldsrs baVe the art of crossing streams
hf wAtar on krldgM of ihrtr own nmKlug, Mr.
limit rslatas the toltowb.? owriousfsct
* Having placed a large, full .gn.wn apider on
i eana planted upright fn the midst of a stream
>f water, ha taw it demrfnd the cane several
imee, nod whon it had arrived at the surfaoe of
he water. 8nddenly He lost eight of it wholly,
Mit a few minotea afterward, to hie great aatou
shments he pereeived It nuletly pursuing its
ivay on tha other aide of ilia stream. Having
ipnn two threads along tha oans, it had cot one
>f them, which, carried by the wind, had become
attached to ac me object on the bank, amlVo served
lha spider as a bridge across the water.'*
U Mw niAi;c? H lary man itwfc n* n ?rookj
?d twlnirtkcs a Vtookcu) itoe. "Who ever n
Tidy Kfj JJP i? \)leu*M llint did flbt dink* #
v*Pa "l1* r, n?n, titih-M lie Inul
' a fotlie to k?ep.lip ?pponi?iM<Nb "2"hc gfcat
VHfM Jtliieve*, rs and criminal* that fill
j out pltantinrie*.an< ?j(n-hou?ct, lima como to
miiAt iviyirointlit mv in idleness,
FTj6?<w<'s^^^^SSt^*" butlneaa part'of tfae
r' #HTiii|^^t'TffE^li.;.?uik.' our great ana neek
Tof li d ti-niiied up in their boyhood to be
3 "vV r ?bo3P5? old enough tp play 1 n th n atrwt,"
* h^i^in'old aftanghtybe taught J row to Work.
VgiT
f fM^i^t8^#rud08tryjj
: Io)::.*/tlni when i? grows j*p to b* ir man
r I Mt^jl r'nn? trbo ffjw poor, let thdif chlHreh
. I w to"1**1" ?*" yenm ?r age. beHon
5y ptifc ynvin U- Inbor. ' J-'uch r?.
f hnvilSu Wen-what, work i?s t>nd Jjitviiuc
< l ed ?J. ;,r itiun~. .... - ?-- '
I Hv ,|<| uiiiww vixnii weir
OTIU ! rs tyithIiudiu>:N There law repuleiv^nlis
in i ! .rk s-.'t I oliii r tlutn nn<l tt? gel itdCfif.M
no n or how, in the only aim. They nream-fl
1>U?v t SpRHbll 61 Yvp'vk. 1h? ron??, I
<pu ? ? that they don't stkfe to ore thing hut *
WW ue ; mid they rov? about the world, got.
into Bchief, J?nd finally tiud their wk* itno tna
Stft'ti tsoqraKalinkhnrfee. 'yaffil
t > ' W the habits of tdl^hesH, vice may general-1
Ijrh und. WiMUrtbft mind a?'i hand# sic not.
nin ?Ja ewnigh to do. They are found in the
liwMlHmi In the evening, learning yulgarl
lIflp>oTAne Habits from iireir .'..< ?? iu ?v>^-l
imflkny be seen jmog'wig iw ound groceries, bnr-l
rouLMand stores, where- they congregate, but I
Mfvmc. seldom if e ver found eraaged in study.
^N^Wf^Wfy js not only a bod boy. bnt-a d?sg.
.folds parentis, for it is through tboir negTc'.
B becomes'thw?. Tfo parents, however poor!
I JImi! times of cheap books and newb|>t?ju.-r!>.
mf'' 1st their children grow no In sdt?n?f* it
I f cannot be kept at 'manual labor, l?t their
irr \ be kept at work-ma'., il.ei*
wt??-' - ihJeAftout mOnybu
'wji?mri^rmsy Undertake in after life.
W i-know many boys? voui g men?old enough
to do Winers fdr themselves, who ennnot read
and much lese, write their own names. They
are too lazy f for ignorance and laziness are twin
brothers; we always feci for ssich young men
their habits are formed for fife ; the twig bent in
ubiJillttKiu bos grovrr. to be ft distorted Ires. and
there is no help for it; thfjhiusit pasj through
life-as they have lived?'ia.iazincar and igno
rank'. Think of this, young readers, and tak<
he.nl that your character be not formed like unt<
tbeis. t ^ t
' Kynr Psnsonvz or IlKAt.Tii.?JiraffleaaEJUaaaa
pf 'lurvsrd College, lately Mated facta that eho*
Oial^W* ealioUfS who hwvo dieting"] "hod tbvm
.^^^^WWha?L?Jt^fon>rcge-iW^r ^on'or tl. 1.1
I of indifferent ?1t" iiintenTo.* Ii Is an. hn
questionable (act that literary and scientific per
suits nra of themselves uromottw of. h??|tli
Wo arc always nmuaed to Wnr youn& men ami
school girls talk of lint ing injured tlicir eonstitu
lions, or destroyed their health, by hard study,
Study 1* not anawerabl* for tba oi?????u* Uu.
om t/voKS la not study. Study im
plies vigorous exercise of mental fMculties, which
is incompatiblo with prolonged dreaming over
books. When the mind relaxes its efforts, inter
mils attention, the student should leave study,
betske himself to either play or physical Jul or
?hs should rent the minu and exercise the body.
Nor is the going of the mind to repletion
fWi. ? ?'i ?
,j , ,.h..>o..vn,.?i ucjnn vi scnoiareiiln hoi
richness or wiwlom?promotes neither health or
life* Especially is this detrimental when accompanied,
as is usually the cose with students, by
halite of free eating, sufficient of themselves to
Hdathe health of those even who ure habituated
f< out-of-door exercise. It is bad habits, and
not study, which ruin the health of students.
Contemplate Kirke White boosting that he was
dyisg over ids books; then turn to WsjlerScott-,
old, with his immense nmouut of literacy
tabor, giving his nfternoons to oul-of door
exorcise, like o runn of sound sense! Which prescuts
tilt true example f
Think of it, dyspeptic student, snd Mush fur
shatne, as sou ought, that your unjustifiable habits
hava rubied your health. But in the name
of justice, u\akc not study a seapegont for your
tins)
lJeforo us ka feehlo specimen of a man, who
has dragged nis existence through the winter in
a state of seinVstupidily, tumble to study, ne bo
says; yet thriei a day, nt the table, he duct the
work of a healthful man. Thus he uses up his
remaining life and energies in disposing of the
excess of food wtlch he puts Into hi* stomach,
gradually but solely exhaustion his vitality i/?
gratify hi* palate. Tlil? is not study, it is animal
indulgence.?Lift Illunlratcd.
Family faitiyes.?The hnbitof view ing everything
in a ridiculous light is one of the family
failings that I would wain against. It too often
leads to nn ubnmtahle desire to detect and hold
no to ridicule the faults of others, anil it almost
alanys destroys the finer feelings of admiration
for tvhajr is iteautifitl, and 'Ivf |ral?f and 'W""
l^ynlile t}Halitle^ar^?<.^MftlJo B uew conaxniciion
njlsn the action of utiles, etc. A critical, censorious,
fault finding woman ia the most unaimtv
hie living t and let US not conceal the true odiousiivm
of stteh propensities In ourselves under the
guise of a sense of the ludicrous. In many famb
lies, however,-where both low and good prevail,
tuersia what may ho called an irksome rather than
a (Infill mode of chirping mid contradicting one
another. Ko harts is meant and no offence Lb
taken, hut' what can be more iiksoma than to
hear two sHUr*,for instance, eoiitiuunUy setting
tsc'a vi&ui tr'ftfng points and differing
from eoch.otliM' in opTnlon for no apparent
reason, but fri/u n habit of contradiction? and
*tu-]i a habit ddi-s it become, that one may somotlioes
see |>cr?ftna who have acquired it contradict
tlitir nwi statements juat nit.de. the moment
i iniune inrinrv vnu nun.: opinion. ir is }_'ono
wilTw tu?p that tin* bad habit shows
If, to tk4t It mny teem nrOdlc-- to advert to
it; but !fc i* a faniily fault, ana iliould be watchad
ngainsl, for It is tin annoyance, though but a
petty nee, naVcr to be able to open your bin without
being hanraeaed by such contradictions as,
Ho, tliAt happened on Tuesday, not Wednesday
j* or. if joy remark that the clouds look
thrwrteiiing. to be asked with a tone ftf surprise,
think it l<K?k. Hke rain ? t am acre
tntfelf appearance <>t mien a thing, .narrate
an Incident, every small item is corrected ;
hasard an opinion, it is wondered at or contradieted
; assert a fast, it it doubled and (joeation
cd ; till at length keep wiener?in despair.
{ Print#* Intflligenter
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TtN^uwtKK Ktwnox.?Returns at XatlivllU
from sixteen counties girt a net gain of aboul
itfMK} to Ifeikorlaiidtt for Ooeernor. Qturck
and Hatlon (Opposition) at e ak?t*<J to Congress
Asery, Bitseriaga, Mrabeon, jnobabty. Laslvr'i
(l 'JJ-u it ioi ; .HI.
Tits Cj.ay Kami: y.?An old lfettor, written in
1&48, by the I'erter Clay?then preach
; ??r?t i It on, lib, given the following facte in regard
to the origin of the Clay family j
"Your wishes to know sumrthlug abont the
history of our family could not he gratified with,
in the limits ot a letter. Tile fallowing eoneise
ncconnte must suffice. In the reign of Uuecn
Elizabeth, Sir Walter Raleigh brought over h?
the Virginia plantations, among others tiirae
bri*ht*i. *o?a af Bir John Clay, of Wslen Enf
land. He gave them .CIO,00t? each, wol*. "?2:
a very largo fortune at that time. Their narnee
> "Were Charles, Thome# and lienrj*. They settled
on Jnmse Uiver, near^arocstown. Two
of them, Charle# and Thomas, l?ad lurge families.
Henry had ?k? ehildrerr. !fih?-pnnie Henry ha*
. Jmu Uaiuled iUwr. in. ?r #be fai.iimyself
from Thomas Clay. Thn# the two brotht?l#
alluded to a to the .progenitor# of the Clays in
tho Uritteck'btrfea. -J&J;?ii" ' > - ' '-i
' My fnthev, a# von liti*e beard, wnz aalergyman
of tbe baptist denorairutfjon. lie died in early
life, leaving #*vfn eWdreri?foflr boo* and tVruo
daughter*; ?]! of whfart'dieil without klilldren,
with the exception of llettry tait tft selC,. My
mother V*'e married 11.< ' < , nOd r?i?ed
* faintlyof children, two <>?,? hofn tua Hill
living?Nathaniel W. Watkms find Frank Wat
kins, residing in Missouri My brother K?uy
I'M nad eleven children?*six daughters end five
sour. The daughters ere nit wmi, sr.;! or- ??n
.11. Clay, dr., who was killed at the battle of Buena
Vista?his wife having previously died, Uaving
three children, who are with tftcir mothor'o
Wnw?i?i.; Tlirce of .toy brothers
sorts are settled near him. In the lnlgtinorhood
of Lexington. Two of these, Thomas and
James II. Clay, arc munied ssd d'dtig Wall?one
a lawyer, the other a farrrtor. John, the yaitng
e*k whom Von saw at Washington, Is with his
father at Ashland. Hteodord hie eldest ton, is
in the Lunatic AsylvJtfl in Lexington, a continued
luustlu.^/^
"'kt >i^ut feel'oge ?*vr<m'?h of worsfs
1 hut. only makes them distinct and clear, but it
. makes them strong. Oi/thc other hand, no man
should pray so little as lie would when he only
prays by vocalisation and utterance. Hi ere ought
! to be in every man's life, every day, appointed j
periods in which there should be utterance in
prayer before God, in whieh a man should be !
accustomed to develop his feeling in actual lan- j
gunge and words; and over and above that,
and aner that, there should be prayer and thought
ejaculation?the nnliltlng of unexpressed feel
i?g? both of llietn should go 011 together, work,
ing and co-working with encli oilier. There era
many persons who are deficient in prayer, because
they never have cultivated themselves by
expreasing their prayerful feelings. There seems
1 tr? t,(. a rtiffli-nltv in Imoinninv. I nliimnsc Unit
it i? tlwty* lmr<( to speak in an unknown tongue,
and to apeak tit a Umgnn * do not understand
Wsfhsy'j" F*" * * ***e*aow? t-?tnvyiJi;
one rtrnif feelings Of shares. Many Obrl?iluns
lirink Inoni taking up the oroe? of family prayer,
but uioat unwisely are thejr dealt with alio nre
dealt with tenderly uppn this subject. Any man
who has a family round about him, whatever it
roajr cost in the beginning, will do wisely to take
up family prayer. A* to reading It from a book,
.every man mnathave bia own liberty ; it iebetter
to rend from your own religion# experience than
from any other volume. 1 am sure that a man
who does not walk at all, but n innn who walk?
well with crutches is better than a man who
walks with either a cane or crutch. The expressing
of devout and thankful feelings before
Cod in prayer, is one of the moat needful ttuug*
for Christiana
Man's Wants.?Uev. J, C. Knowllon, in an aJ.
dree# delivered before the l'enobteot Agricullu
ral Society, give# the following summary of the
wants of man;
1. He want# to 1>? well horn?that is, he, wants
to be born of healthy parentage, and in a moral
ly mid physically healthy locality. If ho la born
wuong, lie seldom get# right through life.
2. lis wants to tie Weil aduoated, or well
brought np. And by education he meant that
every power ami faculty 01 Hie iiniui una boay
be developed, and brought to perfection.
8. He wnnta employment. He was made to
labor. When idle, lie is always committing sin.
It cannot be otherwise. Labor is the conditio:i
of happiness, and happiueas is for what we live.
4. lie wants a location, a house?one place in
the wide world which he can call his own. Ko
man ever enjoyed all of life without. And this
house he wants to liavo adorned, embellished.
There is no one who has not some sense of the
picturesque, the beautiful; aud tin: more home is
adorned, the more happiness it will afford.
6. He wants a companion. It la not good for
a man to be alone. After a home, every man
wants a wifej every woman a husband. He
needs a wife ; to assist him in the aeeuinulalion
of money. This, said the Rev. gentleman, although
net strictly au agricultural subject, is collateral
to it.
6. Man wants Christian hope for the future,
when he sliali have don* with earth aud its labors.
^urcs on " 1 he Cm ixttnn J,aw or Amusement"
lave occasioned 6otm? comments, is In favor of
dancing,-at least as it is practised " on the Highland*
of Scotland and the green sward* of Hwilzland,
ana In the rural districts of Germany."
11a object*"strongly 'to fashionable suppers and
partial*, and would seero to speak in the follow,
ing |>msngv, not wiUiout personal observation ;
' Why; 1 hnve sat beside n professing Christian
woman in oiif of the beautiful parlors of a.
fashionable metropolitan avenue, .whose jeweled
pud ears sn?l Angers, and da/sling brocade,
an much ae said to the .uweinbieu gtivsu., /'none
of your dresses cost as much as mine and rhen
I have aeon her go into the supper room and eat
enough to make a swine have gripes of conecience,
and than tarns out, obese, and panting
for breath, made marvellously religious l>y sandwiches
and champagne, aud wind np the farce
with a niros discourse on the sin of dancing.
Now, I think that If she had transported a portion
of her ennsoirnee from her stip|r?rs to her
stomach, though she might have an inch or two
less of phylactery, the loss would have he. n
compensated by several additional yards of
- Christian consistency."
DEATH or * OMtUr.*-T|l? nrtn.... ><< axr.o
i Leone Weekly Advertiser, of dune 9, announce*
the death of the Bishop of that diocese,"the Right
' Rev. Johu Bo wen, LI* D.. uppotutad to the see
in 1867. Hating had several attaeka of the yellow
fever, to often and eo fatally prevailing on
that coast, and having got over them, it was
i hoped that hie lilt would be SJMired for mauy
i yeara
Librrtv will not deeeeud to a people ; a pen
i pie must raise themselves to liberty?it i?a blew
ng that must be earned before it mo be ei^oyt d
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Ten Dom.ars fob Initiation.?" For Initiation fev ."
into tb* Order of the Sons, I have paid two dol- . ,
lare each for my three aona, my m>n-iu law and
myself, and have rdways seen to it. that the weekly
dote liavo be n kept paid in advance."' So
said a grey haired'patriarch, whose works have
shown that he hud rnthcr pay ten fold that
amount, than that one ot those lovely wiM should
ever * tarry nt the wine." Although living four
or five mile* from the place of meeting, and be- ing
almost a tirely doj a ulent upon the labor of
-T**r or?- ?.?nd* for supDort. yet seldom doea Lla ^ .
double-seated buggy fail to pfl?iit Weekly visit .
to the JHviaion, bearing ita preeinna freight, the
father and the sona. Eve* since hie connexion , aa '
with the Order, we have adtnifed tits devotion ^
to the cause. And his constancy, air.id sunshine
mot ?,!?? ?-.-"?* ore rrtm."! -i..' iJ?>ir*elll of UETjl
-ovnpra helUu- stiU *" |g- ? lliRitu 1_
sncciffcea tlinn he. ?_
This, reader, is the proper spirit. And wfcat M
the bosom of every father in the land were animated
by it? How long, think you, before the
moo*tor vice would l>e banished frobi our borders
f Wo all know tlie power of a father's influence.
How perfectly natural lor Ms boys _
follow hia example, and How natural for them to
tread in hlsfootsteps in the,Division room, the experience
of Ml has seen. And there are rnanv av-.
fathers to every community, who should "enrol * 1
thetpselves niuong thwchamuions of 'IVruporsivM^
if for-no other leaeon, for the sake of their pro* <* ^
ciou* spcs.?Bon of Temperance. V
An iMoosrom T>rrtci*i>,?I ?m this day In recij-t
of a letter from Dr. G. <>. Griffin, of De*.
mopolis, Alabama, in which the Doctor says- ^ .*
- wThaco Is oiro Mr. Pike, fruit treabgent for tb?
Geneva Nurseries, Kew YOt*,.wtjo is camamif *
that region of tha Sfnte, and to induce the plant*
*r? io i.urchsr? his "*? he (Mr. Pike) informed
them Unit J>r. Cloml had given him au order tor
$5,000 worth of trees! In j^tice I* myself and-,
to my many distant friends, f^hus promptly and .
{>ubItaly assure l>r. (JHfhn, and all others, that I
iave not given Mr. 1*iko an order for a dime's
worth of frmit or any other trees! Mr. Pike vis- ^ w
r.S,I irtTT r* tt !? , > Mi iff . | l.i.l ifllBWy*' 'f" "
*cd WevTi the a bill of hi* trees at greatly rarvcM
rate*. Mr friend, Mr. Kelson, who has experi*
once on the an Meet, assured me that his Northern
tree* would not nnswer Well here. It la
well, then, to be on your guard, for Mr. Pike, if
he will impose on yoa such falsity, to induce you
'b purchase, is it not probable he may impose
on you in anv order you may give him?
"N. B. (JLOUD, M. D."
Montgomery, Ala., July 30, 1859.
Tub Cot'stftt Parse.?It must be a fact patent
to every couptry editor that provincial news
papers, to use an English term, are denied of all
but local influence, and even thia is wVrrnliSdO*'
ed by the opinions of those city hebdornadala
w hich occasionally invade the rural district* It
is humiliating anil geuiue-clipplng ; but the fact
is so, that the country paper may indite easaya
on and classic
home, and are forgotten. Ko ejty cotetnporarv
deigns even a look at their elaborated ideas, bat
pass them by, in bnsty search after shocking casualties,
distorted murders, and spicy erioi. cons.
Wesnpposo this is oa the tame tirlneinln that
concludes all country cousins green, or at least
slightly verdant, and not wearing tlie polish inseparable
from the friction of city life. The
rustic muy have beauty as claim to toleration,
but rusticity is so apparent to conceit, that repu?
tution would l>e perilled to show off or introduce
to fm-hioiinble notice. We wonder if the time
will ever come when merit will be appreciated
for itself, without indebtedness to those meretricious
incidents whose sway is so despotic.
[Carolina Spartan.
Its Fruits.?Aslt our Judges what It is that
creates the endless stream of culprits and fills
the prisons with criminals, and they will reply
?JSTfcUi-KRANCB.
Ask the Philanthropist what it Is which overspreads
the world with poverty and prostitution
and wretchedness; w hut it is which creates so
much desolate and broken-hearted widowhood,
and dependant and betpbss orphanage, and lis
will reply?Intempkiuwc*.
Ask the Physician what it is which is destroying
the flower of youth and manhood, and perpetuating,
from one generation to another, a tad
traia of cureless diseases. What it is which fills
the Asylum with Tannines, and the Hospital with
afflicted, ami he will say?lrsTKMriWANok
Ask the Christian Minister what it is which ia
impeding the triumphal unroll of the Gospel;
wnat. 11 10 wmcn 10 preventing the increase of
Heaven's population and peopteing Hell with
unhappy multitudes, and he will reply?Iktbkpkbanle.?licv.
T. Albrighton.
What Nkxt??Pink, the New \ork Correspondent
of the Charleston Courier, thus describes
the latest invention. Travelers should bless the
"cute Yankee," who has contributed so decidedly
to their comfort:
Some Yankee has been inventing a clock,
which not only keeps time, but ulso cooks your
food. It is designed principally for travelers
who start early in the morning. It is an alarm
clock, and has a roan's coffee ready for hint be.
M la. t l.t fl'l.- -- 1 - '
I .. 1 I m I im f>.. I 111, jnuUS ill OUCMUUO I#
thus sketched: Suppose a person wishes to rise
and travel at four o'clock in the morning j all ha
has to do is to set an inner dial to that hour,
while the outer clock dial indicates the true
time. He also makes certain dispositions of the
lighting apparatus which are self suggestive.?
Precisely at four o'clock a lever is moved, which
causes a drum to revolve against a friction match,
the flame from which ignites the wick of thn
spirit lamp. In half an hour, the coffee is ready,
when another drum revolves, igniUt another
match, and lights a candle, and at the same time
the haute of a monk pulls a rope and rings an
alarm hcil, ettecluaiiy arousing the alc^-T,
Tn* " Sutm."?'There is something lovely in
the name of sinter, and |ta utterance rarely fails
ta cail up the warm affections of the gentle
h/Srl Tl>? tl.Mw>lo. ?t.-* I- J '?
quiet, beautiful, and purr. Passion ha* no piao*
with Its associations. The hopes and fears of
love, those strong emotions, powerful enough to
shatter and extinguish life itself, find ho home
there. The bride is the star, the talisman of
the heart. the diamond abort nil price, bright
| and biasing in the noonday sunt. ? sister, V?t
grin <>f mil ler light, oalm as the mellow tnoon,
A LaAftSFD Pron*.observe that, they
hare got to he so learned in Boston, that tire mic
of the English language in the newspapers (a being
dispensed with. One comes to us with a coiii sgs
siderable portion of Ua " hadcr " upon the death wpr
of Rntus Choate printed in Latin, instead of English.
As Boston prides herself upon being ths
"Athens" of America, Veskatra think that if
they discard the English language they ought (q
lake the Greek instead of the Latin.
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