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v -- ?? 11. ';i A EEPLEX OP POPULAR EVENTS. ' . . ' gwlyl t? prgym. to gijhfe of (he ?o*S S MiisioVptLteful IS? am.?j all (|te cfiioi.lui.s ?,,,. VOJJJMjS VH. ' ' ; -; . (fcifelLLE, SOUTH CAmiN^l&ifeM^li^IX^ 1IAY M," M*'*5""" - ' I <?jjt ^ontjjern Cntqrrae v" -ir"- - 11 JMimi> MV?pT XHXTRBSAT MOfirfffcO,*. ?r ' M<-JUNKXN & BAIIJEY, PROPRIETORS; ' 'T a M. Mejrmuanv . ? . J. X3. B*ii?rw. P. PRICE, ?ut?r. y " -*J| n JJ ' OTODOLLAB AYJBAR, in Adyatioo. - OMDOUMT ^Ptlyxl -ADVBRTrSJBMK.NTtt ?htert*d ?t 75 woU p?ir T9 Knos ^ /Af Mi<) f?* the *r?t Innartion ; 50 Tor the noet>nd *5 for the third to <Ue. thirteenth ; 90 Ibr (u ?.'?rtO*Bth to the trrenty-eixtir; .15 for the r ' '"?">? ] r vT^b^rriSiit * ; liberi^ dbdaotloB from iJw &<>* fhtoo ft'**"- t ^ AAxjrt^meni^ not fubjoet ^o*tr?*<?hmild j ? h?M. Tb<^ will bo gmbllahad *i.?i chorgod for < ^atfrq. , Pot Your Anas Around Me* Darling, f Put jour arms around me, dimoi, Draw me closer, closer yot ; 1 for my honrt W torn and fcWdhig . ' 4 /Jin tbe etroggle to foTget _ AH tbe World 1a dark and cboorlea*, 8 And tha gorda of aympathy, ' Spakea by lipo U?a bodovod, - " Soon) lUco mo<^ccry to me. ' *' w "\ ' C With an offort I bare eonqnerad ? All tlm HMcr Unr^hat jtartl ? * And my weary bead io sorting On a food'and taHfafbl heart. Prom thy lipn am a woolly falling ' Wordo of temMrtiM and nraror: Thai gar Father?the Sternal . , Ahl me in this wild despair ji. '? Then, fet*, thy Ydioe uplifted) * *, f Siogeth gently unto Me, ' < Of that peaceful h?cen W&Jting TVr bey and Ufe'i} stormy not, j There, Uiy mother, lost so eurly, t Peels a holy; tranquil real j . ,? { There, thou sayest, 1 may meet her, N In thorn i dan da of the bUat. R Thy strong arms en^lotpcd me, darling, I In that dark fix! <b*Thd boor; 1 Whhn toy brain and heart had perished, Bwl for-God'* sustaining power. * 1 Draw them once again arouhd me, * ? I Pram once more toy Jercred brow j | Speak to ?ae sweet words of comfort, J For my Ufa if iqnely. now. Something in thy presefnee calm* me, ) Tamee-agy way ward aool to reet; in4 I gnv* ttiliodqiltt, When you fold mo'to yonr breast. x j *Tis thy look of trie doTotlon, ^ m ' f i? thy fWHhftd, aamyt prayer; R wbw I see thy clear eyes beaming * ' ' With the holiness that's there. * f Tbou wert with to* in that hour,. t When they laid her to the tomby -< In the dark auji lonely hoaaahold, 11 Where wan naught but rayieee gloom. 1 Oh. my Ioeoly, darling stater, Dearer than Jlils life fn me\* * t Dark the world bae been and-lonely, Vary loneiy without .thqe. *' _ I Tbwa didst leech mn in that beer, W be* my twurt MkI br&in wero ieil<i; , That ray raother, in fin Wren, 'J"' 1 ?nd Hwwd her orphnh'd VbUcI- . r?t your ?OM About W, dsrltof, < (wpenk th>? gwie womu wc* > i Piwy that I may ?o ??t meet her Wt*.y Mft't rtffcHS^'arb o'er. 1 ..-; a fjiitrt $tonj. HOW OODfteT HOBtOK t a w o rt&: ,a wit en, Br MMrr sV ptAAvfe., ? ' < V Godfrey, old boy,M said llenry.Clftyton, m he tiltod back bis dbair, and put )ti? feet opoti the ttiitntleotece, "when ] * tb* wftKliog to be r V;> " Whoee wedding I" t* I jm -aura Bonier*, or Jenny, which 1. " I do not Jr?ow, Iawwn" i ' " Now, don't b# myeterioue, Godfrey; < yem know you aro a moat constant via- j itd*v:*u*d all * our set * art talking r.Uoul 'iw eutih. TWt prtfewd y<H iiare j rnoijtfected OMQT * iioW do wu know either of ibem ' * -? - I Don't ho sbeurff, old boy. Yp*V \ yotmg, handsome, (alentod, and wfUb a I large fortune, need not be over basbftd. ] CdHM, he /rank, 'which ia the faro rile stater f" ' 1 " WeW, frankly, then, Ilenry, I,eannoi tell jop. 1 have visited ibe family for WMPdhroonlbe, a* yen know, I Hit f cannot deeide Laura ia &rtaioly the liandataueat, with her flanking Mack eyea and tjoeenly manner^ but .Jenny rneiai, although the youngest, ft bo tfcia rpoit womanly nod uaeful of tW two. Ye^.1 ckanoo he anreof that. My ?>tranee !a the signal for -cordial j weleome and sm&tea, ItM, let me cat) at what '* Go there as a washerwoman I" ci led Clayton. 'sNot exafclly, tyit t will obtain ad-. mUtance to a morning's privacy * Well, lit mo know the resuU." Laura and Jenny Somera were the only children of a widower: who, although in moderate circumstances, toovetjpn' very fashionable society. At the period of my short sketch, ho was about tq supply the 'lamented Mrs. -Somers' place,.after nearly ten years' mourning, and, although a kind indulgent parent, had ho objection to his daughters marrying, and, indeed, bad t??Id them so. Laura, whose high Spirit resented the probnblo supremacy of a stepmother. Lad already selected Godfrey Ilorton as her husband; and Jenny, who was younger and gentler in spirit, tried to jonquer a carefully concealed preference Tor the same person. All his attentions were ascribed, by her, to a brotherly regard, though every net of kindness or ;ouriesy touched her very heart. ?t was the morning after a large hall, i ind sisters wero in the breakfast oom together. Laura, her glossy hair < Pushed negligently off her face, wiih lie rough Dun;bled braids of last ovenng's elaborate coiffure gathered loosely ' nto a comb, wearing a soiled wrapper, < orn stockings, and presenting rather an i ilaisning contrast to the brilliant ball oom belle, was lounging on * sofa. enny, in a neat morning dress, with s | arge gingham apron on,. Jittle white < ollar, ana hair smoothly brushed into i i neat knot, was washing the breakfast < lislies. I " There is-an old man at the door , villi some artificial flowers," said the erva-M, opening tire dining-room door, 1 will you see him I* No," said Jenny, "Yes," cried Laura, "send him up." The servant departed to obey the lust >lAer, * In a few moments the old man came n. He was poorly clad, with a coarse ; ?lue clonk, winch whs much too larxre I ! or Irim. His hair 'was white, and he | voro a beard and moustacho of llie -j a me snowy hue. Making a low bow, re placed tire large basket he carried on 1 i table, and opened it. I 44 I have a. bunch of blue -flowers lero" (be said, taking them from the ( >a?ket, 44 that will just suit your golden | >air, Miss," and he held them before r ' 'enny. " It waa my sister who wished, to j Ook at your Uowers," said Jenny, qui- j :tly." 44 Yes, bring them here," was Laura's f mperious command. ( The old raan'a eye followed Jenny, as . he washed, wiped, and put away the j 1 idles, swept the room, and dusted it, : ind then sat down beside Laura, who ( fas still looking over the basket. 44 See, Jenny, this scarlet bunch.? Will it not be lovely, with a few dark ( eaves 10 wear with my hew bilk ?" 44 But," whispered Jenny, " you can't iflFord it just now," ,44 Yea, 1 can. Father gnve me -some ooney yesterday* 44 To pay the last dry goods bill." i ".Well, I can have that carried to my trivate account." " Oh 1 Lanfa, I hate to hear you talk >f that private account. It seems so nuch like cheating father." "Nonsense! It will stand till! am narricd, and then I can easily save it >ut of my housekeeping money." " I Should not wish to marry in iebt," said Jenny. The old .peddler looked earnestly at he sisters. v , 44 You had better take this bunch, tftsa," ho said to Jenny. 44 If it ain't xmrenient to pay for it now, I will K>(ne again." " No, T shall not take them." 44 They are very becoming, Miss.? Look in this glass." They were becoming, . mixing with the glossy golden huir, and setting off Jenny's dazzling complexion. " 1 wish my hair was light," said LaUra. " I should lilrn tn ?ao? l.laia Godfrey Horton said lust night, that i forget-mc-noU were his favorite llowew." Jenny colored, and placing the bunch i again in the basket, said : I " Ci>rne, Laura, deoide. Yon arc < keeping one waiting whose tiiuoproba- | hly it valuable,'1 then passing a chair, the added, " Do seated, sir, you look tired.** * " I aro tired, indeed," was the reply, ?I will take the scarlet bunoh, and these red catnellaa, and tins white cluster," has* Laura. " Bnt, sister, you cannot afford it}1 "'Yea, I (an. Godfrey llorlon ia rich." f Tbo old man bit hit lip. * Think}1 said Jenny, ?n a low tone, " If you loyo him, bow rmtcli tt would grieeo 1dm if be sbpuld discovor this deceit/' . - "^onr?n?e 1 Well. I'll tell you how to reinody It. Lentf ine acnm money oui of the housekeeping fund*." " 80," thought ilia did lean, Mahe is housekeeper. Miaa Laura always gnre ?be ta understand that was her posi.n" ' * " Laura 1 Steal from my father f ' " Then doh'v preanh." \ " Miaa Jenny, said a servant, entering at that moment, ".the dinner has come." Jenny left tbo room, and laura atlll .Vtiroid ^irer the^gay f *bile *do old man poi-* A ruHM Lea??i?"- * ^ ">?r v*' I > * fcve, lu the qjeautimc, I t ? "" ?-* '* v * * BbKbl... * running-over tho disordered liair, shabby dress, and lazy position, whilst ho l mentally contrasted tlietn with Jeuny's . neat attire. ' Not decided yet?" said Jenny, ro- i turning after n short abscuce. 1 "No.' Come here.'' " I can't. Father has sent homo a i calfa heml, and Fin afraid to-trust it c?- I tirely to Matgaret. I must superintend i the dinner, make a pudding, and the parlors must ho dusted, and there is my 1 white mulle to bo finished." < " Before J would be tho drudgo you I nre !" ciied Laura. I " Drudge I 1 havo plenty of time- 4 left for enjoyment, and .father cannot I have a comfortable house, if spine one ' does not superintend these things.? When 1 mairy, you may do it," aud biio laughed merrily. * " As if I should not marry first," said ' Laura. " There, I hnvo chosen all 1 ' want." t *' Shall T call again for the change," said tho pedler. '* I shall bo happy to I put the Misses Somurs on my list of customers," " Yes, call again." I So the pedler toot up his basket, talked home, threw aside his l?-ard and Jisgulsc, and wrote an ofler of his hand snd heart to Miss Virginia Somers, ? which was accepted. < Laura Somers has two sources of 1 profound speculation : One is, " Why 1 iid Godfrey Jlorlon propose to Jenny x> Instead of me f Tho other, " I wonler why that old 'tian never called to ' JO paid for those exquisite flowers f" ^ , t 31Iisrcllnittnua Hwbing. j An Affecting: Inicident. T recollect one member of Congress j vho was always rallying mo about our Jougressiotinl Temperance Society. " Brigjjjs," he used td any, " I am go- ^ ng to join your temperance society as . ioon as my demijohn is empty." But t " at before it becomo empty, he nlwajs illed it. At one time, toward tho close >f the session, lie said to mo : j " I nm going to sign the pledge when M [ get home. 1 am in earnest," continu t id he; " my demijohn is nearly empty, j ind I am not going to fill it again. ? 0 Lie spoke with such an air of serious- 8 less as I had not before observed, and v t impressed me; and 1 asked liitn what s t meant?what had changed his feel- v ngs. t 44 Why." ho said, " I had a short time j once a visit from my brother, who staled to me a fact that more deeply impressed and effected me than anything [ recollect to have heard upon tho sub- j ect, in any temperance speech I have ^ jver heard or read. In my neighborhood is a gentleman ( >f my acquaintance, well educated, who j ( pnee had somo property, but is now re- j t Juced?poor 1 Ho has a beautiful and ( lovely wife?a lady of cultivation and j ( refinement?and a most charming | laughter. I Tl.i. .1 I- 1- ? - ? * I mis ^t'liiiuuinu linn Decome aeoided- I ly intemperate in his habits, and had ( fully alarmed hia friends in regard to > fiiro. At one time, when a number of 6 !iis former assoeiates were together, they j counseled as to \vhnt could he done for s dm. Finally, one of them said to hiiu, , why don't you send your daughter j \w?y to a distinguished school !' which t ne mentioned."' ( "Ob, I cannot," said he; "it ia out i A tho question. I ntn not able to hear | ho expense. l'oor girl ! I wish 1 ? :ould." , f " Well," anid hia friend, " if yon will f dgn tho temperance pledge, I will bo at c ill the expense ot hor attending school ror ono vear." 1 44 What doe* litis menn I" said he.? < ' Do you think ine in danger of bo- t coining a di unkMrd 1" i 14 No matter," said his friend, " about ? that now ; I will do as I said." i 44 And I," said another,44 will pay the I rent of your farm n year, if you will I ?ign tho pledge." f 4* Well, these offers are certainly libo- \ rftl?but what do they mean ? Do you * think mo in dnnger of becoming a , t drunkard ? What can it mean 1 lint, | * gentlemen, in view of your liberality, I r will make an oiler, 1 will sigu if you t will," j f This was a proposition thev had not I considered, and were not very well pre- * pared to meet; but for bis sake, llicy r would, and did sign, and bo with them. | * And now for tbe first lime, lire truth l poured into his mind, and ho -aw bin i condition, and sal down bulbed in tears, 1 M Now," said be, " gentlemen, you I must go and communicate these hats to t my wife?poor w oman I 1 know she > will be very glad to hear of it, but X can- t not tell lier." , Two of them started for that purpose. i Tbe -lady met them ut ibe door, pule > and trembling with emotioti. ' M What," she enquired, " is the mat- i ter f What baa bsppeucd*lo my hue- '] tntud r I They bade her dismiss her fears* as- ?] soring her they had ooroc to bii**? \lCr tidings oj' her hu*bai?d?h\it good' tid- ' ings,suchV.be ,ftl, to !lCHr. " ^our ^""'.^itnd has signed the letfi pledgo?)Ort, signed it ia good feith/v Tho joyous news nearly ovcreojno l?cr; she IretnhlcU with exciieracut?wej>u freely, niid clasping her hands dovo- n tionallr, >>he looked ill) into heaven, t and thanked Clod for t!ie hapftv change, ti 44 Now," said she, " I have a liu'sbatid ..a aa he onco was, in the days Of our early love." 44 But this wna not what moved 100," said the gentleman. "There was, in llie same vicinity another gentleman? t] a genorous, noble soul?married young ,| ? married well?into a charming fami- |, Iv, and the flower of it. His liquor J? Linking habits had aroused the fears of \ liis friends ; ami one day w hen several of 1; hem wore together, one said to another, f} Let us sign the pledge.' ' I will if rou will,' said'one to another, till all. ind agreed, to it, and the thing was lone." ... y< Tliis gentleman tlionglit it rather a 'mall business and felt a litllo sensitive J, ibout revealing to liis wife what he had ,?>, lone. But on returning home, he said i, o her : " Mary, my dear, I have dotio what J if "ear will displease yon." 44 Well, what is it!" y ".Why, I have signed the temperance dedge." ir 44 Have you 1" 4vYes, I have, certainly." r< W etching liia manner as ho replied, ind reading in it sincerity, she entwined her arms around his neck, laid her r( iead upon his bosom, and burst into h ears. Her husband was affected deep* J y by this conduct of his w ife, and said: 44 Mary, don't weep; I did not know ? t would afflict you ao, or I would not re lave done it?I v il! go and take my lame off' immediately." "Tuko your name off!" said she, ff, no, no! lot it be there. I shall now p, lave no more sofieiiudo in reference to ar 'our becoming a drunkard. I shall pend no more wakeful midnight hours, shall no more steep my pillow in tears." Now, for the first, the truth shone Jn ipon his mind, and he folded to his >osom his. young and beautiful wife, til md wept with her. Now 1 can't stand hese facts, and I am going to sign the ' jn >ledge. _ > . Leader, was not that ono of the mppiest times that ever that beautiful a, ind loving wife experienced since the i1( ime when first she gave her heart and land to him she loved above all ]e itliers in this world ; the one to whom he lobked for love and protection m rhen the cares and trials of this world hould come ? Are there not many more cr fho would rejoico in the same glad ty idings that this lovely woman did? on ' have signed the pledge ? X' - I Woman and Flowers. Let woman summon around her ionic all the beauty with which t' Creator has endowed this earth, ler surround herself with a wile ?f sweets, and there, amid fir md beauty, she will find that ' ues which are germain to the >d heart, will also spring uf>. lien will have more tendei ieauty of character, and will ipt to go astray among the >rambles of vice and error. >f cultivating beauty around vill bo to caUse every sentin weetens ber own existence to sp oto newness of life, to bud and t< om in all its loveliness. She, to.. omo to prefer a display of rich co. n her garden walks, to such a displa >n her own person, and learn to appi\ into that habit which covers the Corn n a profusion of hugo and brilliant >rintcd flowers on muslin, and which 1 ,eems to indicate an abseneo of the flow-' j >rs of sentiment, and an absolute want >f that taste which shows itself in the c llilltvnlion of nrarrh.n ? ? ? fe C We would have everv woman l>ot1? n over nnd a sedulous cultivator of flow- U re. We aro confident that, many of ih ho?o women who grow niulycxpnnd ' in ike weeds in (lie heated npnrfhionts of ; [niety nnd fashion, and become dried : pi n heart, and stulo in sentiment, might ' in >o resetted by a timely attention to ' in lowers. They would regain their lost ' fa reshness, the bloem would re-visit their ' van nnd wasted cheeks, nnd fresh life ' b< vonld circulate its healthful currents ' hrough their chilled reins. The effect 1 at vottld bo to re-clothe the saddened nnd 1 til it tenanted victim of fashion with bean- I y,'and to cause flowers of sentiment at ignin to spring up in hearts which had ' g< a.en overrun with weeds. Take a thin ' md sallow and diseased person from the i lit porn in which ho lias respited ihe nn- l vliblesoinc and close atmosphere that | here prevails, and place him On the i nonntrrin side, and How Imrg will it lie r. the blood in hie system, that, has ' tti ndf the time beon congealed, and oifly 111 lowed last-under the lmjMilse of favor, t? fill go meirilv <>n ite* "winding way" J< hrongb nrteiics find Coins, arid be will ujain becntrro Midl and vigorous. fck>, m dao. ortd who has wanted her bcnutv tl ind her fre*hnei#, '.Is* tone of her heart, i< ind'.he; refinements of her s&nlimeuts, t' n those saloons in whieh tho nlmos-. tl ihere is full f?f moral disease, and where l.c i'addan n*,u fn)K dance haiui in hand in f [K-jiiire loeckerv of ?H thoH> qualities <1 of whieh men a u& women have a iij^Uv d to bopst, and vrhiAh uHy tirein to the d angelic existences, will, when twins- ,L planted like a Uightod Hqwor to A gar- a den, v>d there learns V>\vvlo y/orship ? naturo, in-Aeatl of tiro P"?f*ted idol*, she c has Keen accustomed to, soon begin to 'J regain a portion of the original lovoU-1 < ess of her nature, nod ?nny, by and by, ecomo entirely redeemed from the sint thnt lias stolen " fire from ber eye, nd vigor from Iter limbs." [Louisville Journal. 11 - " The Census of 1860. Tito following excellent take off on ?e questions proposed to bo asked by to takers of the Census of 18G0 ltns een variously credited "to tho Buffalfl !xpre.-s and the Cleveland IMaindealer. Vithriut ntteinpting to settle the ques<m of paternity, wo present it as wo nd it: What is your nge ! Whero were yott born ? Are you married, and if so, how do ou like it ? How many childron^have yon, and o they sufficiently resemblo you a* to reclude possibility of their belonging > any of your neighbors ? Did you ever have the measles, and so, how many f Have you a twin brother several eais older than yourself? Ilave you parents, and if so, how mny of them ? Do you read the Now Testament gularly ? What is your fighting weight ? Which do yon like best for light ending, "The (>unmaker of Moscow," y Cobb, or the President's Message, by . B.f IIow many time9 lias your wife wished slio was dead," and did you riproeate the wish ? Do you use boughten tobacco ? Were you and your wife worth allying when married, and if not, what oportion of her things were your'n id your things were lier'n ? Were you ever in the penitentiary ? Are you troubled with biles! IIow many empty bottles have you the house ? Have you all of Tliayet's speeches on ie Itorse railroad ! Are beans an article of regular diet your family, and it' so, how do tbey ) ? IIow many chickens have you, and e they on foot or in the shell ? Also, >w many succeedaueuin ? Is lharo ? slrnuilmrni ? ? .. ? vvi J uiai n 1/?1 \ Ulir ft nun ? Which fnpil do you prefer, rum or ixed drink*I State how much pork, impending bis, Dutch cheese, popular sovcreign, standard Fayele, paper, slave code, itnip, red tbinm.1, ^Constitution and eion. old Junk, perfumery, coal oil, -|lioop skirt, die., havo you on \ liable to l>e " consulted " * to cut the above out and V conspicuous place. 1 Xr Home Education. Ing are worthy of being ^tlera of gold, and being tMteuous position in ev^k^dren's earliest inBnccersity of instant ^ess with gentleness. J!i always understand 'actlv what you say. Vniso them anything un'.hq you can ffive them )iso. \l a child to do an ything, }j do it, and see thai it finish your children for >ing you, but never puuet them perceivo that they or maku you lose your aclf1' givo way to petulencc and \it till they are calm, and > J reason with them on tho /of their conduct. S. .. \ibcr that a littlo present iiiishinenL when the occasion arises, is uch more effectual than the threateng of a greater punishment should the nil he renewed. 0. Never give your children anything >cause they cry for it. 10. On no account allow them to do ono time what you have for hidden, uler the like circumstance*, at another. 11. Tench them that the only sure id er.sy way to appear jgood is to he >od. 12. Accustom them to mnke their .tie recitals with perfect truth. 13. Never allow of tales bearing. f ?? SOXNE IS Tim IxtkRIOR Of tiik IlutfAniAK.?Mr. Sheridan, diver, has reirnctl to Halifax fiorti Capo Sable. [? descended several times into the inlior of the wrecked steamer. 'ihe jurnnl-says i "The scene which presented itself iw appalling in (lie extreme ; for ullOugh (here wert ?? corjme# in (ho iniuor rif (lie ship, (bm> were iiesvly iver.ty bodies Uncovered eplangled in lie wreck along #id? and in tbe gnllie# )oee by. '1 bv*o fiigbttul remnant* <>f ?>or humanity exhibited all (bo iiuneinboi iueut, <///.* bead#, jupis, leg#. i:c? And all iiiom- or, Iru ill H suite ol Ocom posit inn. 'j'lmso rtgn appear to iavc been up nnd dretwed, or purity #o( i# $oine of them were evidently In tlio ict of putting on their liliOeA, elbowing* >r other clothing, wlien (bo King o 1'error* put a flop (o their toilet for iver," W Pkayki) to Dkath,?" Did I understand you to say there is uo Sabbath School in S I" 44 None." "Ho* many church members?" " Over one hundred." " The people livo a groat distance from tho church, I suppose ?" " Generally within one mile." " 13ut tlicy never hud a Sabbath School there ?" "Yes, one; hut it soon died out. We had a superintendent who was a good sort of a man, but a bad manager. lie used to pray so long at the opening of tho school, (hat the children and teachers got tired. And then he made the same prayers in SabbathSchool that bo did in class meeting, and the children could not understand them. One after the other left, and so the school expired." " O t that's perfectly natural. I don't wonder you have no school. But it is a pity, and I am greatly afraid your pious brother is not tho only superintendent who has prayed a school to death." 1 wish Sunday School superintendents would always pray very short, and in very simple language, at Sabbath School. A prayer in words of one or two syllables, to last one or two minutes, is about right. Is not that so ? A Challenge.?We extract fho following paragraph from the Atlanta Confederacy : " We are authorized bv parties of well knowu integrity, to state that there is a man now living in Allunta, who will flght the " Benecia Boy," for the sum of ten thousand dollars, the fight to come off during the present year, at any point south of Mason and Dixon's line. The person spoken of is a native of Georgia, stands six feet one inch in height, and weighs two hundred and ten pounds. Ho is just in the prime of life, a perfect Apollo in size and shape, and a Hercules in strength. As will be seen, he is a first class man, physically speaking, in size and strength, and under a proper system of training, he would prove a foimidable competitor to the 'Benecia Boy' in the prize ring. Should lleenan not accept the proffered challenge, the Atlanta Boy challenges any man in Kurope or America, to fight him for the above amount?the offer being open for three mouths from this dale. The key note.?Nothing is more | unaccountable than the spell that often lurks, in a spoken word. A thought may uo present to the mind, so distinctly that no utterance could make it moro so; and two minds may be conscious of the same thought, in which ono or both tak$ the profbundest interest; but as it remains unspoken, their familiar talk flows quietly over the hidden idea, as a rivulet may sparkle and dimple over i something sunken in its bed. Rut, | spenking the word ; and it is like bringing up a drowned body out of the keepest pool of the rivulet, which has heen aware of the horrible secret all along, in spite of its smiling surface. JItauilhornc. A Novklty in Fasuion.?Among the novelties recently introduced in ladies apparel is a new article of suspenders. They bear resemblance to those worn by the gentlemen, except that they nre of delicate, white, elastic fabric, frilled edge al?out ono inch wide, and are attached to the skirt by buttons in like manner. We doubt not this invention will generally bo adopted with a view to relievo the waist of the unlimited bur-, den which such habiliments produced. Reason and experience teach us that old and absurd methoch, while followed, impairs the health and impedes locomotion. ! Tub Tka Pi.ant.?The progress of j the experiment in acclimating the tea I plant, so far as hoard from, is fAi-nrul.lo j mid llicre is reason to believe, that it , can l?o grown in the open air south of tire northern lino of North Carolina and j Tennessee. Eighteen thousand plahts I have been sent into this Southern rei gion, and eight thousand more have i been distributed to persons in the i Northern States, owning green-houses, , as objects of curiosity; ? ? I Coxsuwt'Tron ov EoRKtny SrrnrTs ( ix tiik I 'mtko Statu*.?Tho importslion of foreign distilled spirits into the Uuiled Slates in the } ear* 8.59 amounted to *.Vtl>0.080 or nearly a million | and a half more than in 1858. The total consumption of all imported bev1 erages during the last year was as fob J lows ; l>i-liilod spirits, $3,300,880 ; Wines, $8,502,148 ; Beer, Ale ami Porjtcr, $7 71,1Total, ?9,503,027. Tnnr.F. hundred women of the city of ! Ayle>l?ury, England, have forwarded a petition to the House of Lorda against ' the legalization of marriage with a d?! ci jxiJ whV* vixtcr, on the ground, that ' audi nuiniagea are calculated to des ' troy the freedom of family intercourse. ,[t>ulhe other hand, four hundred and ' twenty>eight have signed a petition ir. 11 fitvor of the measure. ^ I ** ? - ?.? ?? - H N.Komi was five luindied and eighty : years old when she married. Nevet I despair, ancient maiden*! * - ^ ilUIBJICIU t? A STUDKvt went into a boofc-Mov*v and inquired of (lie proprietor if he had ayy pocket testaments in Oreek. " Iq Greek ?" echoed pur good Friend, hesitatingly: "I believe not, fir;- but I have a lot of elegant ones in morocco." . A I'AI'kk. lately gave an account of a duel, aiul announced the rosnlt'of the meeting in these words44 The One party was wounded severely in tbo. chest, and the other fired hi tbe *ir."-r? Ciuery?who wounded the sufferer 1 -v MrnMrniNn.?Oh, precious-time that*/ is buried in the grave of murmuring ! When the murmurer sho.uld bo praying he is murmuring against the Lord *, whop ho should bo hearing, he is murmuring against the Divine Provideneaj when he should be reading, he is nmr muring against instruments; and In "these and a thousand other ways do murmurers expend that precious time which some would redeem with a world. Church Behavior.-?The "Western Christian Advocate says : 14 A bad, nrd a very 'irreverent, habit with, some poople, is always to hare a spell of loud talking with somebody on some subject or other, in church, just befiire preaclring or prsyer meeting begins." We commend this item to sotno of our readers, who know themselves to bo guilty. The N. Y. Qbserver says a young lady lately ran a rusty nail into her foot. The injury produced the lockjaw, and physicians prouunced her ca?e hopeless. An old nurse pounded beetroots, applied the poultice as ofton as it dried, aud the lady^ was completely cured. . -v\A Mother's Lovk.?A Mrs. Locke recently walked from her home in Ar kansas, to Osceola, Mo., a distance' of several hundred miles, to see Iter son, who was confined in jail for killing an Indian, and then started back home as she came, a foot, unprotected and alone. The muscles of the human jaw produco a power equal to four hundred, and 4'uirty four pounds. This is only what science tell? us ; but wo know llu? jaw of some of our lawyers is equal to it good many tbousuud pounds a year u> them. * m ?m? ' . . - in .mm auk, wuuoui ioveri3 iuo suicnfo 1 of happiness. As well might a person undertake to build a dwellirig without I either cash, credit or material, as to expect to live happily in the marriage stale without lo\o. A pert young lawyer once toasted to an old member of the bar, that lm had received two hundred, dollars for speaking in a certain law Rttit. " l'ooh 1" replied the other, " I received double that sum for keeping si* lent in that very case." A tou'so poet out west, in describing heaven, savs: It is a world of bliss, fenced in with girls. If that is true,and we arc so fortunato as to get there , we intend to ask permission to sleep in the fence corners. "BAsnrtri. Men.?Mrs. Penison say? that she never yet saw a bashful fnan who was not the soul of honor. Tinman who is bashful in the presence of ladies, i* their defender when the loose tonguo of the slanderer would defame. Tnic greatest of all external blessings is to be able to lean your heart ngaiust another heart, faithful, tender, truo and tried, nnd record, with a thankfulness that years deepen, instead of diminishing, " 1 have got a friend." In what two oases are precisely tlio same means u<ed for directly opposite purpose*,? Why, bars, to -to sure.?They are put on bank windows to keer* thieves out, and on jail windows to keep them in. It is in vain to hope to place all alike. Let r man stand with his faco i in what direction ho will, he must necessarily turn his back upon half of the world. ' * Tub human heart is like a feather-, bed?it must be roughly handled, well shaken, and exposed to a variety of. turns, to prevent it becoming hard and I knotty. > * It is observed that an English journal pots forth" the statement that the common .elder bush, scattered among cuciimuer ami melon vines, will keep 6fl" tbo bug* which infest them. Mart nre said to admire that which they look up to, and to lovo that tyhlch they look down npon. * 1 Enjoy the glory of the sun, mid no'* prtt out your eves by trying to count the spots upon his face. Au.ow a boy to run at large in ind>? lence. and yon have laid the foundation whereon will be built his future ruin. -4? p110v tnc a land that has mountain* without valleys, and I will sho^v Jou a man who has joyrf without Mfrjpws. Tiik tradesman Velio docs hot advertise liberally, baa. been appropriate)* compared to a man who litis a lantern, but is loo stingy to buy.a candle. TmtaW is a lady in New York ao-ig> norant of all domestic work that she 1 cannot even knit her brows. 4;k-. * ,