Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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C ,#< tm!M i You love me,?b, yodloveme!7* -"< * * *"' 1' ? -. - . V , k^eewwv1 < -Th?l ten n>? to n.^n; Wm oYef woaiM ? liat uing ?^r , i?-V? ft i Filled with *o woet ft ilrniu 7 lbs memory fills my hoppy heart,?* '' ??? ..Although the sound i* o'er. Ton lore ma, oh, yon lore me! Thon tall me to onoo more. I heard th? mock-bird caroling " w> A song aim off t divine, V,#. J"* Bat, oh ! h6w poor his niusie seems Compared with words of thiue I. My lamest heart is filled to-night 1 > With love's celestial wine, '/r f And I would pour its Ihvlsh wealth As offering worthy thine. Now laugh? I'd rather hoar you f * ' Than to list the fair)- chimes ^ Or Mabel's dulcet voice, " V - . ? When she sings the Taeoaa rhyssoa Kind Weed. have fondly chided? : -? - - it Bare said I loved in vain, OKU i kw yen toll love* story o'er, Oil! tell it oiw? t|?iiL And now. R'kmI night, my darting, jMl To Uinae pmad lip* of thlnr, Good night to eyas nnd forehead That acoui Almost divine; But bend your head again, love, * ? And tot rao bear yon any ( That you lovo me well and fondly, Before yon go away. 3H!3irll?iirinia Uroliing. t?- i , Correnponddpoe. * W? copy the following from the Son of Temperance, from the report of the proeeedlrga of the late Convention of the Order of the Son* of Tempcranoe at Branch ville: Tk> ' -* " .wx.xwcg HI vue SUnUAl MWOI to ?oirei|Mnd w'Ji hit Kxce.lency Gov. Gist, on Die subject of an extract taken from his Message, Ka t, to the Legislature, in November last, submitted lite following correspondeoco, preoedad by the quotation alluded to, via: Kxtrmot from (Joe. Goat'a Ma?mtfe to Uu Jsgialatvr* of South Carolina. " Hie great scarcity of corn in some of the upper districts was in port brought about by the numerous distilleries In operation, thus convert ing the staff of life into a slow but sure poison. And while our Legislature bae been tenacious of the rights of the people, in a pecuniary point of view, by refusing to repeal the usury laws, for fear of leaving them a prey to speculators and usurers, their health and lives have beeu unattended to, by allowing their food to he converted Into ardent spirits, to encourage a depraved and vitiated appetite. The tax on stills should amount to a prohibition of their use, or at least high enough to raise an ineome sufficient to sup|?ort the pawpera they ntannMMure. ' *"* ' jMlerykwas tht Committer to Governor Gist. To Ids Excellency Gov. Olst: Sir?At the late meeting of the Grand Division of Sons of Tomperanae of South Carolina, the undersigned were appointed a committee, to express to your Excel leoey the approbation of, nod endorsement l>y, I u iwwi- -f it, t?n.i- .... I ?? , vi his mrciuic ?nu now;wormy vi?w? and suggestion# contained in your late Annual Message to the Legislature, relative to the groat consumption of grsiu Ly the numercua diatillel lea in operation in some of ilia tipper (llatrieta? "thus ?*?o retting the staff of life Into * alow ^>ut sure poiaoufa also to your raoommandntion, that hoM a regard to the " health and Uvea" of our peopla, a tax he laid on stills amounting "to s prohibition of their use, or at least high enough to raise an income snfficisnt to anpport the paupers they manufacture." In characterising tha prodoat of thaae distiileriea aa polaon, the Grand T* vision ia avrare that your Excellency employs no literary trape or rhetorical figure, but expreaaaa only thelitarsl truthplain, important and impe?1ahabi? truth?truth aanetlOned by exparianoe, l?y suienoe, and by the principles of our KolJ religion. "The Sed stive notion of alcohol on tha brain," aaya Clirlatlaon ?one aipoog the high vat authorities iu tha world^ is all tMiieh relates to DhtflohnrV and toxleolmrv ?" ooMtitut?? U * powerful nareotia poi?on.? For It* effect*'*# tocb If rcpidljr brot^M mby large dot* ft>r? hi Mantidote known." I>r. Mil ler of tit* UfrtreNlfJr of Kdlabnrgh, aaye: "[Aloo liol m 41 pMOA. Ik ?li?i?irtry m4 phytfcdoyy, thU la lu proper plae*." W. CaifjtuH of London, i?||i " Wo or* juatifiad in MNrliag that lie condition of drunkennaaa, in all it* Plage*, U one of pomontng?" * Anoll^r Mg|, nnthoi ity ft* aaria: ** Aleoholk nnlreroolljr acknowledged Ut be ona of th< moat daagtroua poleona, and la tlma clnaaitied in oil work* <>n toxicology." And m another anthority affirm*: " AU-chalia apeetfWh 1 j and ?> all Intent# and purpoae a ccrebnl p.,i and nndMurbcff Otrtfon hold* man in true nnd reejroa rihkpifftti.??'a' wftl i hja fanjjij, wtIhjt& t tj, ancj wffik God j *?d k k thia foorfnl fimt that give* ta g*% ijrtniaM ai?d wkektf theft tremp.i" dona lnteJ*#TTn fW qneatfon." Your Excellency ie, I hen, right In dcnignallng 11.c prooctJ) of tUoav atill* |?>ioii. Their work destroy *ba axirU.tr* x>f the grain fliny consume, by converting, through _ferrfi?nllitjoft. of a disopgA ni&jit^n^f unl ekm'cnU, its saccharine nuttVnentlftto a im'tv, il?l?terivw 4ud ftuUoMM ?ont|>oiin<W-by- ohangtng; through n process of decay ot ptrtrcfiietioii, an gflnicnt'dc'rigft^d by cWieU fifr animated creature*, or to reproduce itself manifoldly into a noahsns aub*UAe?, wWieH,' Ha beef An?l parent stale, contains not a f nrtle'To of fbed. Yofir Excellency i?, Nrtlieiy correct jo express lag (Jit fact, surprising and .mortifylug al tlM faat must l?e to iho philanthropist and the Clirtb-' Una. thai whilst ohr Legislature Till been telineious of tlx- rlglits yf the people in a jxcuniury. point, of view," the incomparably more importaut right* of " the licalth and Uvea" of otir peo ple " have been unattended tp," lyjd^mdst Noisily disregarded. Tbc life of num is more tliea mcni, una. ins txiUy than tuiment, 11m fact* confirmatory of rout-.aftirftiat ton aro obvious. They stare m in the fcfe daily and hourly.? They tnAv be Might ntid-MaVbered over, tint can hot ^ denied. It Iim beou published to the KprU by those who hove mm)* the statistics of drunkenness ? study, tln.t (here nrc in these flitted States five hundred thousand drunkards! And that one of every thirteen, who iim, whether moderately or tlie intoxioating neiuin mfi ilnwn finnllv la it limnkard's flrrnve. ^7* ' ' ?' In eonneetion with this subjeot, the Uev. Dr. Kott, dUtlaguiabed lor hi* mtelHgcuee, as alto lor hi* great age, thus extreme* his views: " lie rtie nmnber of drunkards in this Repub lio What it "my, that drunkenness oxists to * frightful extent cannot he denied. * Could you oe? those wretelled beings separated from the residue of the community, and congregated together in eomc great couimoa Aceldama, what a spectacle of horror I How much more so, could you sco them individualised?dispersed among their friends and kindred, and linked each in his vilenoss by tius tender and indissoluble to other beings; sod often beings of the purest virtue, of the liveliest sensibility, and the loftiest aspirings! Ah! could you see tlieiu tlios, H'liftt ffftllffA AOIllil mnaanno <'?? f* * -? 0?D- ? vm? iawui , or unuinietic lum up tli? amount of misery comprehended within your field of vision ? Oh, could you number those concealed tears.uhicli flow from so many .alecptcaa eyes, as God mimliert'them, and hear those stifled sighs that Cseepe'from so many sorrow -won n rl ed hearts, as God hears them, yon might then, tint not till (hen, form nu adequate idea of the super added good, which intoxicating liquors must hereafter produce, to cancel llie dread amouut of gratuitous avil they Itave already infliotcd ou iiu?ukiinl.v It is, indeed, a matter, of grara astonishment that any of Ike legislators, influenced by prinoipies of wise stateftnanshi|s uud governed in its action hy maxima high above and remote from the truckling jn>licy of the demagogue, should he " tenacious" of Uie pttlTui pelf of lha people, whilst the healthful existence of their bodily frames, their intellectual and moral nature, tlieir domestic nod aoalai welfare, are all left " a prey to speculators " in alcoholic drinks, which'mmand utterly destroy, ultimately. aW (hat ts great, end good, and om-th pre.?ervntion in man. As it is demonstrable, that hAth the physienl and moral laws of God?the Imoks of Revelation ' and Mature both?-the Will of Heaven, wrlttefi I in words and works, prcfiltilfto the lienlthv hu* I man aubjeot the uie of this mischievous and fatal compound, wny siiouiu nr>t tne tnws or State Tic mode to conform to the tinchangable opd Irreversible l*w" of the God of Creadon end ProvidencaI I-ct en honest, a conscientious, a moral' and Christian people, X'nswef. That tlie tise of poison, Vo it whisky, opium, or prBasic aoid, Is proper, or necessary to comfortable existence, whilst in health, is a bald absurdity?a palpable contradiction in t|ie use of language?-tt position derogatory to reason, intelligence, and correct moral sentiment?unworth)' ofnn enlightened age, aiuf ofany body ol legislator* of a c-lvitised pcOpie. Nor eau tl>e tiiiusy rernark, that the cell lies In the abuse,' nod not in the right nec, avail asr air objection to your kixcvIUooy'a ivsswimct*Hiom;unless the oltjestots oaa aMJafaetority demonat rate, tlist the eoeaetoiml ab?M lathe exemption, and net the fight use; or, as hae been mid by Archdeseoto Jeffreys, of Itoinbay, ns quoted by Dr. Carpenter, - that the whole amount of gUod result to<r feoas Its ri?h* ?ss m mount of evil resulting from it* partial nbuse." Tooted by this rule, which *1 iff!mv; ttaelf to every sound mid unprejudiced understanding, where stand tha claims df wlilsicy to toleration by the laws of a soneiVie< coaserv.iUva, provident, faithfnl, unbinsed and .nntcrrifiad legislation f Tlie good wrought out by whialry! Whsro it the monument of its merit* f It It to be found with the Chordfc of Cpdff ititb the formi aad administration of good government, either in ita legislative, executive, of judicial department? With the "eaune of education? With an exaet diteiwrge Of relative duties ? With sound morality T With thriftful economy T With good and peneeful oititenfhijpi (fir w|th health and happinewt A negative Is the ualr?raal response. On the contrary, the memo rial* of Whisky, in (tt blljlitiwg, disustrmw, and w?fn? aipcett, obtrude then.selves on our vision injthe holy sanctuary, in fxeetft' ivo clujinbeis, in. legislative hails, on the judicial beach, hi court houses, In pTtMMWt otf tho scaffold, H? asylums, hi ? vei-y flaw of schools, (women's *Mi Pt?d.l In crerv rank and of Aoalety, ?? in the ?fr?1? oftfo kiadrcd of e* ry elti/.en. The w?il of common hwaealty, however uuluoril ond tn?Wde<i by me*, lie* jjemi np, e*4 H?<m regletfcrwff h/hn OmnHlcent IntelMgtntn: thV Mil of nMnrpXP4*1. IbBOf dr Slevbaf mt'utTTx eyff.... VrdnkcnaeM? whhh no rpnu Mneflona on.l *H tiiB Betuml roeeU of petr<>n!/< <1 in lul^< nc.-?on ii,?1ulgi-?eeae??kkwned | hy the In*, nnd on Appetite now tlaprnrnl nnd vitiated?a diplomatic attentat ion of gruJ*. Uiouj I ill tl?? scliool of itcoaee and nwxlerate drinking; | Tk? drunkard oF(o dty sMs the motlefMe drtttk;' er of yesterday. OoYOfntiiijit mji?t be roajionsl; I'blo for results unturally springing from iU muicUon of U>0 cause* Mid U? toleration of the niennn, of the resulting efTeota Wehegjronr Excellency tobc assured thnt Ilia Grand Division of Sons of Temperance of SontU Carolina highly npppeajat**, and fondly cherishes, the views and snggeatiofls communicated in ' yoinr fate nnmml message to the Legislature on this ftnportant subject?esteeming (hsra senti incuts agreeing and concurrent with a commenduble pkilantiirophy, with wise cthtwunixhshlp, with a proper regard to the liapplness of our ,1.. .. I.I. r it-'3 ' ? - j.vwji.vj niM ivitricsa lnuepenacnce in mougut and actions, with freedom from ?l>seqwlou**?M to pO|>ular opinion, end with the contentions tli-chnrge of the obligations of tlic Christian Chief Magistrate and clliaen. \ffc furlli or assure your Kxoellcncy that the Grand Division, representing as it dace, every Son ?f'Tempemnee In the Suite, readily, heartily, ind exultingl v, endorses sentiments and priueiplea so suggestive of good and aapprcsaive of evil, and with ail the inorai, mental, political and ?ItII powers belonging to them aa men and members of the body politic. In the name and by the authority of the Grand Division, the aaderalgned tender to yonr cxe'clleney thle expression of approval of your noble effort to stay the progress of a curse wliioh haa made more hearts and and homes desolate than all the ware fought and won by 9?r country I and beg to add assurances of the personal respect and regard with which we are your Excellency's most ob't serv'U, W. C. BEATTT. B. D. TOWNSE^J). JOHN MAY. Governor GiU't Reply. Union, G, JL, S. C.. Jan. 20. Gentlemen ; Your very kind and complimentary letter, dated the 22d December, did not reach me until to-day, in consequence of being directed to Croee Keys, an office remote from my residence, and to which I never send fur letters. It it at all times agreeable to a public officer to re ceive the plaudits of hie fellow-citizens, from any part of the 8tste; it nerves hie. arm in tlie discharge of duty, and enables him to overcome the many obstacles that beset hit path ; bat the compliment is much enhanced when it comes from veterans in the cause of Temperance, whose greatest earthly ambition is to preservo from degradation and ruin the slaves of Aleoliol; to restore to the broken-hearted wife, her linsbAnd rescued from a fate worse than shipwreck, aud to dry the tears of an afflicted mother, by restoring her son with brain maddened by Intemperanoe, to usefulness and honor. If I?a mere Saw recruit it) the cause?hove the least claims to your recommendation, how much uioro do you deserve the lasting gratitude of every patriot and OhrUtisn, for your unfaltering advocacy of the noble cause of temperance, when nothing was to be gained but the proud consciousness of having discharged a sacred duty to your fellow-men. I hare lately witnessed a heart-rending casein my iiniuediute neighborhood?of a young man, with tbo brightest prospects?lost and ruined tomj>orart!y, and 1 fenr eternally, hy the accursed |M>isun. lie was kind and amiable?beloved by all?with a large estate, aud, so far ae I oould judge, with everything else to make him usefnl, reepcctod and happy; but, In an evil hour?and inay it be forever accursed?he l>eeamc a moderate dHnker, then a drunkard, and ended his career by suicide. When I saw hiin on hia bier?a lifeless bloody corpse-?cut off in the bloom of youth by his own hand, after being bereft of reason by strong drink, I felt disposed to de clare eternal en mi ty to every one that directly or indirectly encouraged the use of ardent spirit^ and white I nm the executive of the fttate, the retailer shall receive no mercy at my hands. >, Be pleased to convey to the Grand Division, of ?rh|ah you are the organ/ my sincere thanks for their warm ?n<! hearty approval of my feeble elfort to hfrest tlie progress of intemperance, aud assure them it is moot highly appreciated. For yourselves individually, accept my best wishes for yottr prosperity and happiness. ftith great respect, f am yours, Ac., wm. u. owrr. Ta Messrs. Wm. ft Beatty, B. D. Townsend, John May. Titk Tomato.?A white fur on tho tongue attends simple fover and inflamation. Yellowness of tho tongas attecds a doraagtmomt of the liver, and io common to billons and tvshu lis s ,,, " icogne red on the tip end edge, or down the centre, or over the the whole surfsoe, attend* indentation of the mueoue membrane of the atom erh or boweia. A white velvet tongue attends mental disease*. tongue red at the lip* heeesning brown, dqr and glased, attends typba* state. The deeertptlon of symptoms might be extended infinitely, taking io all the propcuaitles and obliquities of mental sod moral condition. The tongue Is a meet aapi'aaaleo ae well aa unruly member.?Hrimtijh Amrrlrm*. AKAfnrn i* OlirroT.i**.*?Two young ImImc UuaeaTtmpla and William*, whilecreeping lk? Mto nieeippi. *| Dubuque, low*, eheaced to atop ripen ? ap?i of epongy toe, and each went through.? Crinoline wm of fNentkl ayrvice. for it kepi them from being submerged further than Ik* walet till aaaiataaee earn*. They omM Ik* hore to Mfwty, tltoagh not * little chilled by llnir moonlight h*th on * February flight. A Printer out w??t, whoaeofflne h half n mile from any other hwilriinp, and who hang* hie eiffn on the limh of n tree, advertises for an apprentice. IIo any*: M A ! I boy from tbo country preferred.'' 1 T?E PflTEtttrif QUJLA.OT. The cTuircu XVrti Tiirhloftabijr full. From chofr nnd alter went lip loud-voiced praise to Cfod. Tlie organ p>p?d out. iU mighty tones from lungs of Was*. There was a flutter* ' K. rustling motion, as of the moving of myriad ! silks; hi' fctsYtlfts breath of hundred* of hinar while soft, white feathers, rifles, .conspicuous tin' der their gloves. mid tremnlou* luce#, nnd faint^ work odors, attracted the eye and regaled the senAoe. TIio preacher wns is his pnlpit? more like a throne?it was with it* hangings of ItistrooA da mntdr, its tassels and fringes, and cushions of Crimson velvet. The HiUs Uiftint hhn looked heavy with gold, and Its splendid leaves flashed at their edge* at Ihey wero turned ovar with rovercnt touch. The pastor's wife sat in the first pew?a delicate, pretty-Tooklng woman, welldressed and much admired. From there, all nlong, to tt>? door, beauty mid wealth ?it< Intent on listening to the rich tones of the pastor. Farther along still. In a corner pew, very near the entrance, site an old and faded woman. Her bonnet nnd dreea are black, but quite slinbby.? Her gloves are mended, and her old shawl (Milch ed. ller face Is meek, sweet iu expression, though very much wrinkled. Ilcr posture denotesgreat humiliation, but as she listens to the words oi \ hope, a tear now and then steals down ths deep , furrows, and the pale orbs, washed with tnueb weeping, are reverently lifted to heaven, "tMd you notice that old woman in the doorscat t" asked Mrs. Dlx, slightly shaking out tlie heavy flounces of her dress. " No, I did not; who is she I" was the reply, ending with a question., s ''Home poor old thing or other; she aeemsliko a Christian, though. I suppose we ought, some of us, to speak to her." ' , " 8he gets out of cliurph so quickly," said another lady, overhearing the conversation, " that bo one can catch an opportunity to say a word. 8be*b dreadfully poorly dressed, too; what a magnificent sermon wo had fo-ijay 1" " Splendid-?0, did you see our uew comers 1" " You mean the lawyer's folks?-yes; I'm glad he's taken a scat with us. What a beautiful family he has!" t " Beautiful, indeed I and dressed iu such exquisite taste. Nothing in the least gaudy, but perfectly genteel and very rich." "They say he is immensely wealtliy; he came from Boston. His father died a year ago, and left lilin a hundred thousand dollars. How they did listen ! I hope they will be under conviction before n great while." " What! are ihev rmt *" r-j v..s.~u= 1 " Bless yon, no. They ore very nice, moral people, though?better than professing Christin its, I'm told, but then fur froiu being pious." " Sister Dix, wo must cultivate their acquaintance. Whut a field for doing good." ? ,. Oh! yes; great, indeed. Did you notice what elegant hymn books they carried 1 Turkey atjr" rocco and gilt?every oue of them, down to the smallest child." "I noticed tlint. I think they have pnid our preaeher quite a compliment. There aro so many men of talent In town," And so they wended their way down the church steps, tnlkinsr of the new acquisition. Mil. --s- J * * mat evening tlio eloquent preacher snid to lii* wife, " My dear, I had very attentive listener* in the new family who took li pew lu?t w?L" " 1 thought so," was her reply. "We mitit call upon them immediately." " Certainly 1 shall ho ready at any time.** The next day little Minnie, the youngest daughter of the pastor, came home, admiring a beautiful buuch of flowers which she held in her hand. " Boa, mother?Jnst"se?~l?oW beautiful! Thiol*] lady called ine in again to day, and took these from her liltte garden." " I can't think who it Is (hat gfVes these flowera to the child," said Mr*. Irera, the pastor'e wife. ? " Ohielie'ea real aieaold lady,mother. She says elm lovea father, end thinks he docs a great deal of good. She had a writing-desk, and was writing when alie called ma in, for she had a pen hi hand. She says site hasn't hem here a great while. I asked her if father had called to are her, and aha said no, but aheldidn't expect it yet a w hile?she knew he had a great deal of calling to do." > " Who enn It ba, husband?" " I can't think, I am sure," waa the reply. "Father, wop't you go with me some timet" asked little Minnie. " Certainly, I will," Mid her father, "She kisses so nice," said the eldUl. artlessly. " She don't make a fuse shoot it, but is so neat; ;eo different from almost all old ladiar," The pastor and bin wife smiled. A few days after this, Mr. Ivers wasont on n aoUeelion tour. It ?u (m W>?vr.w?n? for wliiab lt? Iwd vuluntomd to work, and giro hii time. Ho drove around town, little Minnie J beside liiin. *'01 what a splendid honss!" said the child, clapping her hand*, (* tliey "stopped before a stat. ljr mansion. " Who Uvea here I" "Hie new family, thai sits in ths pew behind efc Ifou't you rmuvuiber Uioee pretty little girts?" ? - , " Xee ; but I didn't like Vn^eahl Minnie,'the cause tjb<y didn't smile to me when 1 Mailed to Uicin, but tossed their head* so," " You shouldn't notice aneh things, liinnW,* Mid huf father, helping her out of the eerrtaga j "perhaps as they are city folks, they want to bs introduced." "I didn't," replied Minnie, slgaWeantly. Yttey Went up the marble stefK and w?re soon sealed In Uis great parlor/ Tlis lawyer's wife and tins lawyer's daughters came in?were pn. lite?talked of the weather?the society?several little nothing*, but uot a word of tliut chivfci" 0 8,,?*eem?o|i'i?w *urre#t** ble, barren, wis the conversation I 'fire minister felt congealed $ liUle Minnie fidgeted, after try ing la void to awke kite liUle girls talk. The older yonng ladies aet looking eery inter osting, lint scarcely opened their Hp*. Howard-,.when t|ie minister opened to them hie mission( and fid that ho did not expect over live dotlakeiroro nhy one subscriber, tlio lady Immediately took frarate silver portmonnis a new, rtntling banknote of that precise amount aud bunded it, with a smile, to the clergyman! The. visit was ended. " How goo'd the sun docs look!" cried little 1 Minnie, .Wringing from the Inst marble step.? ! " I wm to roll in there." I " Po was I,".o<^hQed her father, in hie thought. "Oli! tiiere's nty door old woman's house; . tlint used to ho a shop, you know. Now you must <*m*mvtSt> ^rMMi Bo, true to Ins promise, tho mlulster sprang out, and Minute, all eagerness, led him in. An aged woman, very neat, very smiling, arose from a desk where she was Writing, and weloomed them warmly. "I am not busy, yon Ma," she mid, laying down her |>en ; and forthwith the began to talk of the last Sabbath sermon, with a beauty of language that quila astonished the pastor. " It la tery strange I hare not seen you before,* -* IIO HIIU. ' "I knew yon had enough to do with such a large flock)* she replied. " Bat where do you sit ?" " I have bean in the very last pew but one, on the left side; your sexton showed nta that one, and I have, ever since I have been here, sat in It. It is, howetcr, so inconvenient, that 1 believe, as I have made up my mind to Attend your church, I shall hire a scut farther up." The pastor's cheek burned, lie remembered ilia old, solitary woman in the poor-seat. " Father is getting tnoney for the missionaries; don't you want to give him some?" asked the minister's little daughter, innocently. " Yes, dear?I'm sure 1 do. I've Just twenty dollars of my annuity left. I was wondering how l should dispose of it, for you must know 1 have taken to the freak of giving it away in my old age. I can support uiyself by copying.? Till tlio Lord takes away my strength, all lb? money belongs to him." "Is this not too inuoh? said the pastor, taken quite by surprise. "It is the Lord's," said the old lady; "do with it for him, as It secmeth to thee good." That visit was one of prolonged, of unexpected interest The old ladv re nested nsrts of the history of her life. Site hud been a wealthy learned and ambitious woman. Ilcr place had been in courts, and about royalty. But terrible reverses had chnster.cd and elevated her epirit. and she had brought ambition, learning, and what little wealth she had, and laid it at the foot of the cross. Never did the pastor enjoy a richer Intellectual or spiritual feast. The wealthy lawyer and his family continued fbr many months to attend tire society under Mr. Ivers, then the summer came, and they Hew like birds to a watcr1ng-|flnce. The church wrs never richer for them, but while the old lady, who had attracted no attention beyond a littlo curiosity, remained on earth, her worldly wealth,"and her godly walk uud conversation were f ill of untoldbcneflf, nud caused more than oncjthought' leea church-member to blush for their want </ Interest iu tlio patched old lady who sut in tlie poor-seat. Two oa tliroe months ago a young man came into the rooms of Uie Young Men's Uhi-islmst Association of our city, with this language; " 1 want to be saved ! 1 want to be saved 1" He was intoxicated, and unable to toll us Ilia history, or his object in comiug. All we could get out of him was the sentence, "I want to be aavod!" Wa locked iiiiu up in one of tho rooms.; and in * little while, when he bad become aotfiowhat sobered, we went in to talk, to him. His history was a sad one. He had a dear, food toother, be mid, from whom ha had bean lod away by gay, wicked coinpnnioaa. lie had been dragged from respectability down even to tha gutter. " 1 came here to l>o saved;" he repeated in almost despairing tones; "1 lisvenowhere eleo to go. They will only take mo Into the tavern, and whan 1 get drunk throw me out again 1" The first thing we did was to send bin to tha Hansom street baths, such was his filthy condition. lie came beak entirely^obered ; when we talked with bins kindly, gave hiuo good advice, and he departed. For a time we lost eight of him. Tho day before Christmas a man cemo into our rooms and nailed us by name. Wa did not at first reoognire Mm. He made himself known aa tha poor areatara whom we had treated so kindly a short time before. Mow lie stated that ha itod become a Christian and belouged to the church of a brother who often attends this meeting, lie ooald hard' , ly express In words tha thankfalnaas ha fait for tho mercy of (lod towade biro. Ha had signed the pledge, joined * Uniperanee division, and had token tfenJytcvru oi bit owwptnioii there, end Some of them were giving their hearts to God. In this one case, continued the speaker, there was enough to eacournge us for n lifetime to labor for Christ. " Truly he caa.save to the uttermost."?Hum ivy Sd.ool Jim**. A cvm'rit being naked what he had to my , why eentenee of death should not be recordi ed against him, replied t 44 lie had nothing to any. aa too uaueL had bean said about it already." An ipr nutnorh.?A sentimental iady-viailor fo Mount Vernon was found weeping bitterly ov?r the ice house?mistaking il for llie louib yf Washington. LIU ' LJ.J'I J LJ_ . "I g /; ^hmorafjr <g>Ko. A Oi.crioai. AMBoncr*.*?The ltev. Dr, P , of Brookline, bejbnged to the old school divines, un<! while attending to bit 1 usual Sabbath ministrations, managed td | discover who of hie eongregratitm were ab' sent, bis flrel duty on Mondfcy morning being to call on the absentees, ahd to find out why they Wore not at chinch. Among those whose places were often va* cant, was one man who cared but little for the sanetitv of the holy day, or Uio reproof of the minister. ?, On taking his usual Monday morning rounds, Dr. P' wns sUre to visit Mr1*-* C., as we will call him. Said tho good ^ inan : ' . * "Why were you -not At ohureh vaster* day ?" 44 Had other business to attend to,'* was the blunt reply* "Mr. C.," said the clergyman solemnly, ,4tl??re will be no preaching in hell.'* " Well, It won't be for the want of mloift* tera," was the quick rejoinder. This was a hard cut, and the good old doctor shook his head, and went on bis way, ruminating, doubtless, upon tbo doctrine of total depravity* Old Noah B. was, if* bis old age, givextj when in his cups, to religion. One day hia u old woman " sent hitn out to split wood* but coming across a brandy bottle, he catM homo very much " obfusticatod," his errand uoacoompliabod. Taking a seat, he torn* menced with? "Wife?wife, do you think the Lord* in bis gooduess (bio) kin send us into fire ever* last in I" No answer from bis wife, who was highly incensed to find her liege lord in silch a con* dition. " Wife; kin the Lord intend to burp us all in fire everlastin 1" Mrs. B., by this time, was boiling ovef with indignation, but still no answer. " Wife, (hie) so you think tba Lord meant (bic) to burn us all (hie) in fire ever* lastin !" This was more than human patience Could endure, and she could not bold her tongue any longer; she'd speak out if she died for II " No! yer old fool, yer 1 not If bo wait* lor you to split the wood 1" A Neighborly Coriik3Pondkncr.? Mr, Thompson presents his compliment* to Mr. Simpson, and begs to request that he will keep his pigga from trespassing on his grounds. " Mr. Simpson presents his compliments to Mr. Thompson, and begs to suggest that| , in future, he will not spell pigs with two gees'* li Mr. Thompson's respects to Mr. Simp4 son and will feel oblige,] if he add the letter' E to the Inst word in the note just received^ so as to represent Mr. Simpson and lady." "Mr. Simpson returns Mr. Thompson'* letter unopened?the impertinence it eontaius being only equalled by its vulgarity/* TO AIOYUNK I deerlv luv the singin' bird, And little buzziu Jij But dearer far than all the world la thy sweet voice to me. OI very deep is daddy's well, And deeper is the sea?*. But deepest in my bunira irf The luv I bare fdrthee. Tlicn smile on me, dear Angyliue; To make-iii)' heart feel lipht, Cliein the big dog, and I will cunt A cosu-liu' Sunday uite., | 6omb wag lately took a drunken fetlovf: placed liim in a coftln, with (ho lid s6' thai | he coutd mi so ft, placed it in a graveyard,* I and waited to see the effect. Alter a short time, the fumes of the liquor left him ; ana liia position being rather confined, he sat up* right, and after looking around, he exclaimed, * Weil, Tin the Aral that's i ix, or else I'm onnfoiindlv Iwlalitft " I- - , J -? Dom't you femeiubet the story of the Frenchman, Who, for twenty years, loved a lady, and never mined passing bis er?ninga . at her house. She became a widow. M I wish you joy " cried his friend Myon may now marry the woman yon have so long adored." " Alas! said the poor Kronchman, profoundly dejected ;44 and if so, where shall I spend my orenings I" ir Tmc following is from a languishing swaws to his gentle divinity. -4 " Ob, lady, bear thy lovav nigb, No trser heart there U than mine, I road compliance in your eye, Then why not *ay at onoe, I've kept yon wskin a long time, and if yowll have Ktience (HI I can get a wedding dreae made, I be thine," Mrs. Parttwotow ok Wh * n\f a tr.?Well," said the old ladv, throwing down the newspaper in disgust,'44 I do think they ought to make Mr. Sherman Spenker wt+ptu aftl more talk. If those fellers only knew whet a heap of good his lozenges hud done, It would move their bowels of aompassion." Why should ft teetotaler refrain from marrying ? )teesu *> if be got ft wife, his principles would not permit him to sop porter! A question for discussion was brought before a down cast Lyceum. " Can a big man i lie h.mh r than a lit.lc uiau ?" # ? -ft