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\ ?-_ - % .. . r.. '' ' ' ' '' ? ' " 1 ,;7 " * "' ' "' '' ^gsgg^i^" A- REFLIEX OPPOPtTLAa EVENl^.... ' gwotrf t? ?-!|r<M. tte jSiahls .(llti; ,8.?lh. anil tte .giffit?i<m all fly. ji^HMtin Iiri J : y,,,,, pT-ailhH $ t?h, .L r'.MYf ;>?trv nW) ?> jt.p | miiiiin .u.'*U'.. I" U i> | -^r Mill ! > <* V ? v 1 %frrmr*- l?" "1 Tif 'iiH HUiMi^h V- o vouaikwmr?e gheenville, south Carolina, Thursday morning, junk i860. .. , numbers. r ' - ' - r" ~ " '- -f"- - J- " $t Itratytrn Cnfefjiciat anaa*-?vlH#TvaiiaaiMkr Vv ?k v; * MoJukKf?'& SAJOjeV. l'BOPKl ETOB8. O. M, yoWd,. . ,. . 4..O, Bailey. W. P. PRICK, E<Ulor. *-nrv? a ra a3a ctgrT^xxfA.r ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. in Afrrat?c?. Hma TlniUn nnrl II tTntf if ir*-%- -* ADVEXtTSEMBNTS Inserted at 75 tenia peT Sqwaid ?t II Hoes (or Itee) for the first insertion I i? tot Iks mo*. end: 14 for the third to th* thirteenth;^ for the fourteenth to the tweot**Utfa? 15 for th# tweOty-saveath to the thirty-ninth; 10 for the fortieth to. the fifty-eeeead. Yearly or halAyeorly contracts made, and a liberal deduction from the above-rata. given. Advertisement* not ?uhje<it to contract should bare the- number of insertlbna marked 'upon them. They egill bo pubUabcd had charged for till ordered out. . 'J SMwld "? , r ' * ?-f e .'. ?? From the Baptist Messenger. u Brj?ic? To-dnfr. BY vamna aur. They tell me that this worldly life Is Apll Sf-eatewad soetoar, *-r*' * ?? That tboagh the ant) ahlnea bright to-day, Dark clouda may frown to-morrow; ;SiKj j The flowers that now *e awwetly htoowt. Will be frMied by the eefd; ^ "'el The youthful hearts, now light and free, J Will sooo grow croaa and old. Tho dark bue of my cbeanilt locks, , May soon be tlaghd with gray, The fp^bud en nay gMiwg rtteeb, w ?i 01<jKp6?iay fright away, j My ameelfi white brow, by sorrow'i lines, Be deeply farrewed o'er, . The laughter Of a merry heawh Me, part my lip.no mOrc. But ttill, I will rojoiec, for Should Hfo be filled with care ? Then, white we lire, tet heart and lip NaMMotMHbwwaa^ .-...v" The wild bird cbaoU his joy?w| eopg Through eaamer'e doetiag day, And brightly btoom the brllliiwt flowers. Our U^ U ?io(h Uteu let 9V ye*re~ . By Joy be glided o'er, \ The time will come wh?a worldly wOu Cw light our.ye. uomort, A | But thgn, to our immhrhN ooule - J Will brighter joy. be giren, BBfcg-f' ^wrwepwwe* 51a Sulmstinu $torti. v.-,/ . ' vji.V/grMiti , -.rStai. THC DSiM OTBiSGti BUENA Vl^iC ** BT <3E?,tO*LiyFA|,B. nenr wiieu me mfii 01 i wo Alio neucca Qe la Palm*, ?nd Monterey, saw tbe?4oud? come down on lbs last charge of Buena Vista, that * scene, worthy "of the days of Washington, closfcd the day in glory. Do yon behold that da?k rtiri^ deep sunken between thefee preerptfcoa* banks f Hera t? sunlight ?>u% foe, these watts of rock wrap the pas*In eternal twilight. Withered trees grow betwaan masses ef granite, sad scattered stones make the bed of (be ravine uncertain for the tread. , -'** Hark ! Th?*ry, that rush hire a mountain torrent bursting its bairiera, and quick as the lightning, ?*?&*? from darkness, the dismrfl ratine hr mfthed in red batiie tigh, From its tremrly, a confused band of Mexicans, an army in iiaalf, come yelling along the peas, treading one another down as th#y fly, their banders, apean, harass and man lamed together itj ltrejtficabM, confusion, f. * ?. <*** ++*. ., w n> W. '".'"JL11*. shadows of tbe pass, tbeir aa*k feces reddened by thu sheeted blaar of tons jtelry. The caverns of the ravine sand back the roar of the panic, am. (he gray rocks avt washed by ihftr biaod. But tha littlabsnd wbo purtpas this army 1,., Who are they I ,X<?? ??y fl$* in tbaiv firm baroic ranks, tha voluntas* eoatuma of RKnois and Kywktoky^ At their brad, urging bi?. rue* hb^hw.tt, ride* the gallaet.HoKeo, fry hi* ?de young Henry Clay, -that Wood Cor* head, which reniijjdl yott of of* firtber, bathed in the glare M hi# aword ^uiv era on'high ere it fail* to kill. - There, too, a wild figure, red with hffc blood and the blood of Mexican foe*, hi* iiWjim rent in tattoo, hi* aim* bared to the ?boOlderf strikfog terrible blow* with hi* good .word-fl*rdln, of lllinnit?mniM mllantl* ttMawl . fr** Wd h<rt n,, IfouoaMTfonf'thl b*igtu? into th* ino, *?d follow ?p. tbo oKom, for-4ow? Uu* moao* A* ih **d rifl*, *nd ?word i fciey pins# steadily on their wpil known b inner streaming cvci more overhead. The hdwl of the dying war-liorse? Inrk ! Doer U not chill your blood to boar it? Ttjo bubbling pry of ibo wounded man, with the horse's hoof upon hie month, trampling his faoe into Hibideone wreck?doea H not sicken your soul to ttesr it t A handr4d yards or more, into the pass the Americans hare penetrated, >ben soddealy a young M eatoan, ru?h! ingtbaek upon their ranks, seise* the fallen flag of Annal)uac, and dashes to fOs death 1 d / . - . A ^T<VMi? bias, yoontr and beardless, * re?y boy, rurb with his country's flag, witu l?i?bared breast upon (hat line Of sharp steel?it wtt a sight to stir cowards into manhood, and it shot into the Metican hearts like an electric flame. Even in their panic stricken disorder, tbev towed-* bv hnndrsda tliae wms. ed their arms and rolled la one long ware of lane? and baronet, upon the foe. Woe to the breve men of Illinois ?ud Kentucky now ! I^ocked in that deadly paw, a wall of infuriated Mexicans between them and tbai wall of rocks?above their heads, every aperture among the eltffs, the blaze of muifcets pouring a shower bf bullets in tbeir faees?awhereret they turned, the long and- deadly lance poised at tbeir throata^-it was a moment to tbiak once < of lloase and-then die! Those abo survived that fearful mofnetti teH with shuddering triumph of tbe.deed* of the heroes?MclCaa, II aemk a wo GlavI 1 i. KIcKee, yott eee hint yonder, with his shattered sword dripping blood, as keenilMvon to ward ott' the aim of dm itmlly lances, and Sglits on his knee* I Pbrn be can stund no laager, ami then NH combatants dose ovsr him, and yoa see liini no longer. r. ' Bsiwio rveo from n heap of slaogbtfjwred fees, iris face streaming from its hideous lance wounds, and waved the I Mexican Bug ill trinmpb, and!his iifis 1 blood gushed in torrents over his nutsqajar form.- That iasUnt >hs fall light- oTWttle Vpw his myagied (sen. Then Ringing the captured dag to a brother Soldier, be aliouted?" Give it j^n h<r as Mr memorial Barn* Vista? I W^l d*. lances rotbed, and l(to horve's hoofs trampled him infao the Leap of dead. But moat sad and vH poitrtlwiofi <d all, waa to aeo the death of we second Iloury Cttpt You iLopllia** <MP? Him, with liia buck against yonder rock, bis sword graft pad firmly, as tiie cousrioesnesa that lr? boift * name thai- i must flyf, dj^e t .ingjodonfti^ ammedjfo' ftU bis very veins, apd ilart ^B4a3Ty'ffrc *om Uif ayes 1 ^ 4 , , / /At that moment La looket^ke' fri* . Fbr bis brow, liigb and retreating, wkb bipod clotted biur waving back from its outline, was swollen in every vein, as though his soul chone from it, ere she fled forever. Lip# set, brow knit, band firm ? a circle of bift men fighting around him?he dashed in to the Mexicans until his sword was wet with blood, his arm weary. ~\' ~j At 4a*t, with his thigh splintered by ball, he gathered his prood form to Sf? full height, and felh lit* face ashy } with intense agOny, be bade hi* comrades to leave bim there to die. Tliat Ttvine should be the bed of his agony, 'i But gathering round him a guard of breast and steel?wlwle two of tlieir number bore trim tenderly along?itieee men of Kentucky fought around their feflen hero, and as retreating step by step, they launched their evorde and ; bayonets into the faees of the he, they ftuid with every Wow?44 Henry Clay r ' * Ml ems wonderful to M hoit that ; fame Mmd their arms, and edited a Wile to. jibe faee of the dying hero. How It would have made the heart of the old niao of Ashland throb; to hare heard hie name, yelled aa a battle cry, down the frtmoowt of that lonely pan ! | # Along the ravine, and ap this narrow path 1 The here bleeds as they > -bear liitn oe. and tracks the aray with tfh Wood. Faater and thk!fce?he Mfcx5 leans irtOhrlh?they rte the tfrtjle around the falt?o man, even bis' flale ftice. op Kfted an a smile croe#r* its farting Rhea jpent?, aud like a paefc of Softes scentJcjg this frsaen traveler at dead of sight* they dome howling vp the recks, and Charge the devoted bawd with one dense ioom of beyoaiet* -,?i* j . Up and on ! The light ahlnee r6n 4er. es the ioptooet rocks of the raune. U M Iftt light of ll>?i ecUing ean. Old Tuylof'* ?m m upon that reek. and fhere we wHl fight oar way, am) die in ihi old taae'twtght 1 bit ?> ft#*t> ?urderoui? iW, A* jtoh op the afceep bank of ihe rhfine! , Lit* 1 tared eUh dead, dippery with blood, U ' jgt#> blacker eeWry moatent with Meah * cap*, atfti the delta dtiahf the-he haded ? hero fell, ond hv one, ffito lira chtwm tawaiaa all around ! | Ai taet. they. reaehed the light, ihe f -iwoeda add'hw^oadte gikter ia eight of ? the Contending armiM, and the bloodr ' "fe* SrtSwVib: ^ I Whi^h he tav there, euM the rofntg -4 battle cloud* , Santa Anna's formidable array hurled back in the ravine and gorge, by Taylor's little bend. XTut more glorious thing it *a to *ee that dying man, standing for the last time, In the light of that fiatn, #l?icb Mtor shall rho for ftira again! : * LeavO tne!" be shrieked, as be fell back oh the sod?MT mnst die, and I will die here 1 JPertt yoor lives no longer for me! Go! There is work for yen yonder P ' * ' s. ^ * The Mexicans crowding on hungry for blOOd. Even to ho spoke, their bayoneta, glistening by hundreds, were levelled ft the throat of the devoted band. By the mere force of their over wbel.r.ing number*, they crushed thiiS back from the Bide of tno dying Clay. Only one lingered; a brave man, who bad known the Chlvaliie soldier. smd loved Inns long-; b? Mood there, end covered m he W with blood, beard those lent word*: *.t f ka **Ut i M Tell my father haw I died, and give him these pittol*!" ; , , ?i*j #i Lifting hi* why face into light, ha i tamed hn eye* upon his comrade's face , ?placed the pistole io his bend?and fell back to hi* death. _ ?> , u, r That oomrade, With the pistol* in his grasp, fought his iray alone to the top- , most rack of the path, and only once looked back, h He taw a quivering form, i canopied by b?yooeU?bo saw those outstretched hand* grappling with points of steel?he saw a pale face lifted once in the light, had then darkaeaa j rashed upon the life of young Henry , Clay, 3fitetllont8na H tailing. Jonathan in Town. A live Yankee came to a clothing "emporium," in LewUtown, Maine, to bay him a wedding suit. His imuic was Nehemuli Newbegin, and he was About to make a ww ^ginning in buying cloihos ?* well a* in keeping bouse. Hftving selected coat, vest, and pants, that seemed to be about ri gb't U> price, be tried tbe. atqre-man iu tbe waj of barker, in tbis style: M t)ew you ever take projuco for, your clothing I" / 1 . i . . -Tjlaabatr ' Projuce?garden eaea and sicb ; don't do it, dee joe P _ , M Well, occasionally are do. What havo you KaeeMP r> u Ob, almost any ibi ng; little of every thing, fiom meaowfat pens to rye strew ; gut tbe all lullioeat dried pvu*. kina you ever set your eye on?tVpeel, now, you'd tike some of that dried puakin. Squire P The proprietor declined negotiating for the d?led pumpkin, but inquired if fcp bed any good butter. OjftOto d butter ! now equite, I ex fleet I've gel some of tbe nicest end yellerest you ever ?ot your eyes on. Got some eout here new?got some/in a sbooger box, eout in ^ad s wagon. Brought it down for Kernel Waldron, but you can have it. I'll bring it rite strata in here, darned of f don t w UOn the strength of the butter a dick was speedily contracted, for which Nehemiah wu put in immediate and absolute possession of a coat, vest and panto. But would tbey fit! Nehemiah waa willing to trust the coat jmd vest; indeed, be could put them on and oA in a minute, and tbey were neat aa wax. Where could be ivy t^e panto on !? Not right tbera in the store, with the street-door open, and women folks coming and going all the white. Now it happened well that the new clothing tore had a comer curtained off for the purpose, and Nehemiah waa speedily icloeed therein. ^ . . )f , vTbe panto had straps, a ad the straps were tattooed, uNehemiah had seen Itrape before, but the art ?f managing them waa-a mystery. On oee^seration, be decided that the boot* must go on first, lie then mounted * chair, eh erated his pants at a proper angle, and > endeavored to coax his. !?P- into them. He had a time of it. His boots were none .of. the smallnst, ,a?d' the panto were none of the widest; the chair, topr *a? rickety, and bothered him; but bending bis energy to the task, he succeeded in inducing ope leg into the * pesky.things." .lie was strmldled like thn.Colossus of Rhodotj.and just in tip act of raising the otherJbot, wheu whimpering aad giggling in hie immediate vicinity made hiqs alive to.the appalling fact that nothing but a chints curtain separated him from twenty ?r thirty pf the prettiest and wickeaest girls that were aver caged >* one ahop. Nsbetaiah was a bashful youth, aed would bare made a circumbendibus of m mile any day rather (han meet those gifts, even if he had been in full dress; a* it was, bit mouth was mwfcli ajar at >lfa*t>are possibility bf making hisapP fwarance among (1& In iff preset duhabiUe. What If (hors was a hole in ihs euruln 1 What If V UV It wouldn't boar thinking of; and plunging the foot in the racattt leg i;L- - *-.aa. . , . Ivufa MM I l*\vWuGQ I BTHOQCTvi. PerUfj* Coltier biin??iJino*$? exhibited ft more sti iking tableau vivant than ? :cr displayed. Mektamb ?M * * model," every inch ?f Mfn, end, though not exsctly revolving on * pedestal, lie vu going through. that movement quite as well or. bte baek-*Wcking and plunging in short* personifying in thirty eeeomlsnil the attitudes ever chiseled. As Cor the girls, they screamed, of course, jumjiod upon chairs and cutting boards, threw their bands vdr their faces, peeped through their fingers?perfectly natural!?acreanv^d again and declared they- should die? tney knew tbjr shouldI M U, Lord r blubbered the disireteed young man; * don't, g*U. don't I I didn't go taw, I mo lo man I didn't ?H's all owing to thesuiiawul trousers ?er'ry mite on'L Ask vour boss; he'll iel! ' you bow it wMi Ob, dear! won'l 1fir6body kfief-'WI dp-%1rt? e4tf clothes, or turn the wood bot over met Ob, Moses in the Iwdrdtbee! what will Nancy V ,b???ui: /ft ? 11 * managed to raise himself on bit feel, and made a bold plunge toward the door; but the entangling alliances tripped hint up again, and be (ell kerslap upon the goose of the pressman. This ww the bnkindest cat of all. The gqose bad- been heated eupveatlr for thick cloth seams, and the -way It siued in the sent of the new pants was afflicting lo the wearer. Neheraiah M ri*M in an instant, and setcing>*he source of ail his troubles hp the slack; h# tore himself from nil save the atrape and some fragments that hung about his ankles, and ire dashed tlirough the " Emporium" at a 8:40 rati, aad "made tracks" for hum. -rof*j Edward Everett, Massachusetts. lie was born in Dorchester. Mass., April, 1704. lie received l>h early education at Boston, and entered Harvard College when a little mute than thirteen, tears old, leaving it .with first, honors four ream later, undecided as to a pursuit for life. Ho turned his attention for two years to the profession of divinity ; but in .1814 he was invited 10 ac eept the new professorship of Greek Literature, at Cambridge, MavachuselU, 'With permission to visit Ed'rope. "lie accepted the office ; and before entering onits duties, einbaiked at Boston for Liverpool. He passed inore than two pears al the famous University of Got tmgen, engaged in th* study of the German language and the branches of learning connected with hi* department, lie pawed the winter of 1817-*18 at Paris. Ttie next vpHng he again >Mi ed London, and paased a ft# weekt ? ! Cambridge *ncf Otfurd. fn the ? tomn of 1818 lie returned to the ' tiirtni and divided the winter beFlorence. Rome and Naple* vpring of 1819 be made a r Greece. He came home in entered at once upon the professorship. Shortly e* be became the . editor r American Review. In " ?red the anuual oration Beta Kappa Society, Uau. Up to ibis lime no active lalereat in politiitoriaU bad evinced hi* a> with the wanta of the natir 1626 he was elected a mem1 areas, which Doaition he held . yesrs ; nod on his retiiemenl frop gress was elecLed Governor of chuaetts, which position he held (f years. Ijn 1830 he wm again a cai. el Ate for the same office, but wm defer; ed. In 1841 he wee appointed to tv present the "United States at the C^urt of St. James. He returned to the United States In 1845, And wa4 chosen President of Harvard College ; which office he resigned in 1840. On the destb or Mr. WsUler, he was appointed Score tavy of State by Mr.'FHlmore, Whidi office fie resigned" foPa seal In the Senate ; tliic position he afso resigned, rincsr which lime he has devoted much time to litefsry pursuits. At ifie great Union meeting at Boston, a few months since, be made a very eloquent speech, advocating the perpetuity of the Union, and rebuking sectional agitation. He is a eollsiirvsttve "Whtg in politics. ' ^ ? ..Mrsw-at Tkrus.?1st. What is to clur f Almost attv remark one sin ore r tn.koa ?botii another. " 2d. Wlmt it beating lime! Singing *o fast that lime cannot keep up with you. [ 3d. Wiwt u res' I Going out of the elioir to get lems refreshment*. f!T, 4lli. What is ft eleccelo movement? Leaving the choir in a hull, L>ecau*e dissatisfied with ike leader'a require i menU. .) . ul iw ?i?id ^ 6th. .Whet it a swell I A profweor of mime who pretend* to know every, thing about the science, white he not eoaeeel hie etrn jgooraaoe. , ,j . '' Te.iu*r.?SieoTTTe law of loleruion n*s proclaimed in Turkey, by ,thu l?? +**> Sttltep, n*i?eiop??iea from Europe **?d America faya 'nriwaa?J., .jThore are now not, lew than 100 jWtant mi. ionariea ot different societies, in thftt feW enjoin* d?a^ ig the ^U^tv for apos 'lr^?adefta>etter, end Kmetjtafetr*" out the A gfeftl ;*pek ia iwffti|?e*iitJl?fttWdu??trf/'\ ? ; ** ,*i f' Value and the Usefulness ef > Bailroads. . Mr. Milner, in liis late survey re|K>rt, si exemplifies the value and qseftiln*e df ,a raOrasidt a* follows: f "hi 1637, 1 was engaged on the V Georgia State Railroad, just (hen com- d vnenoed. 1 there became acquainted r whM the peoplo along the rOad. tbejr '' habits and their meatus Beyond their c actual wmrts dffbod.'they raised noth ? mg at all. The rrien moped around d and aliOt at a mark. The wofaea seem- ?< ed u? do but little, and their children, d poorly cared for. sauntered about from place to place, as it tbsir largest thoughts I were beui'on catching rabbits, o'possuin, ' or some such small gaine. What was I, he use of working, when H wotrld <qst t them two dollars per bushel to get their o wheal to market, and then gel only one! r 1857, I went bask aurain. and ? what, a change ! Th* rivers wOro 1 he h same-? the Kenesaw Mountain had not changed-t lie "Crooked Spoon " still roll ed along?the men ana women that'*"1 once I knew wore there?-the boys bad * grown to men, and the girls to women ; h hat their mien was changed. The old c men stood erect, as with conWlous pride I, they looked upon the. waving field* of 1 grain. The matrons busied themselves f about their dairies and their looms; c whilst the sturdy boys were grappling ? with the plow. t > u What had brought this change t about I Listen for a while, and you t will hear the iron horse come snorting 1 along. lie Stops at a station for fuel * and water?a maQ gels off the train.? ? lie is a Charleston man, or perhape the d agent of the Montgomery Mills. The a earn go on, and Ire goes to the house.? ' lie meets the farmer?they haVe met h before. LIU business is to boy his gram. Strange, but true, that the demand fur wheal should be so great auto c induce tho merchant to buy at the I farmer's door. I fe' offers one dollar s and a half per bushel, cash, for the enlire crop, and furni?l> the. sacks to put g it iu. That won't do. Savnuuah was i I here yesterday, and Columbus tbe day tteAne, atld thev offered tnore. Itere .? the key |0. J hi* great mystery. Thfe r great State road?tbe iron horse?(be dollar and a'half per bushel, cash, tells i the tale. This is litcarally tiue, as any one can ascertain, by inquiring of the I one thai knows." r' 'i coQjplished and beaatifui lady* who ( loves him devotedly, bat she finds too s many brinks in bis bat. One nigiit be i ' ''Ulna noma light; and was not very i h astonished, but rather frightened, f d bis worthy lady sitting up for ] Siio always does. Slie smiled ' came in. That alao slie *1 t je*. " You stayed out so late," i that I feard you bad been i 11" t AUint sick, wife; bbut don't 1 "in a Utile Might,. u 'iltle, perhaps, my dear, hut I ng?bava so many i ou say, you must join thein < ice in a while." I you're too good?tl*o truth t r \?o indeed, my dear?1 m sure i soother glass wouldn't hurt ( jw suppose ypu take a glass { ale with me, just as a night , >Ar!" J are too kind, my dear, by inpw Tin d drunk." f no, only a julvp too much, love, . ail!" Well, (use a glass of ale , y rate; it cannot lidrt you, dear; , me my?elf la^re 1 retire.* { i '"lady hastened to open a bolile, { %he placed two tumhlera before f a (he sideboard, she nut in one a f _ powerful emetic. Filling the glass ; with the foaming ale, she handed that ? oae with a most bewtrehtng smile to , iter husband. 8u?pieion came cloudily | upon lib mind. 8tie bad never before , been so kind to bim when he waa drunk. ( lie looked at tha glass, rfcised it to hia | lips, Then heebnttd. ( " Dear, won't yon jnat Inst mine, to ? make it sweeter!" said hn. |< I "UeiUinly, love," replied Ike lady, | ' taking a aaoutbfuh ?ImA >he m*\ nry j careful not In swallow. 8ukpicim vmi. , i?bed, end ae did Ute eie, emetic. ?<m1 , all, down the throat of the satisfied ku? t band. After spiuiag out lite laata, ibe i Indv finished ker glnaa, bat teemed iu ; no hutry to retire. -fbe fixed a foot i tut) of water before an eaay cbair, for ( r which the husband wan carious to know , (be fewoR. A fow ininutea later, the | gulp and rplurge from the throat of the hatband gave the answer. The Wick was gone when he rote from the easy , chair,, and he never atnce carried one j Moe U> hU wlfe.^ , Uarulrss lofttk I* the beat tfortflW against the eoflsoYtfptloh of the vj-.iiits; J wberefdtt jestlrtg ?# not Wlfiwfffl If ft I (rairiitus-l li not in duabtitv. nilalitv- nr '' laiftfVH' * ' W ?OM ' , , y ... Liaa knot all imilM and roeee; and ; without deeply rooted eooricUooe of fcHk Md bofts it ia itnpoaeibU for a?y . b?*oo Mag to live a truly bpyjr life, r " ?ooo? i f Wo moat leek dowowards an well ae . upwards (a buaaaa Mb. Tbooghtaawy t k?ff fOMod you bt the rook there ere Many whotn you here left bebiaj, ? u ~4 J J~ !?51'?LL_ | Going to Bod. Going*-'to bed flare al**^ W?* idered one of ike most sober, rerioua, nd solemn operations which r mutt eon "Kfg? in during the twenty-four hours. 1 Yitb a young lady,-it-is altogether n liferent thing. When bed time arivea, ahe I ripe up atnira with a candle n her hand, and if eke had pleaaant dm patty during the evening, with tome graeaUe ideas in Iter head. The canlie on the toilet, and her luxuriant hair ? speedily emancipated from the thrallom of combs and .pine. If ahe usually reara " water car la " or usee the w iron," ter hair is brushed very carefully froin ?? ?-- -i - .v.tuinu. miu iuu tvnoto completey secured, if not, why (hen ber lovely ressee are soon kid in innumerable bits f paper. This task accomplished, a iglit cap appears, edged it may be, riih plain muslin, or perhare heavy ee?which hides all save her - own weet countenance. As soon aa she ties ha strings, she probably takes a peep it the glass, and half smiles and blushes t what she sees. The light U out? ier fair, delicate forip gently presses the oaeh, antl like a dear innocent, lovey creature as she is, she fills gently "ino sleep, with a smile op her still sweet ace. X man, of course, under the same :ircutns(anfcee, acts quite difterent. Eviry moment lb his chamber indicates he course, rough mould of his sullen lAtorc. When all is ready, he Snuffs he candle with his finger like a can a >al, and then jumps into bed like a avage. For a few moments he thinks f all the pecadifloes he has committed luring the day, vows a vow to amend oon, groans, turns over, stretches him-, elf, and then all is silent except the leavy breathing of the slumberer. ?? i m4 A Lirri* Trnwa^?A woman ant upin the steps of * dark prison, weeping 1 itterly over the sentence ela ruined ; on, . , i. ' ",*\Vhat ailetli thee, sister ?" said a [entienian, stopping 1*fdr$ her, and king her hand kindly in his. 44 My heart's; broke, sir," she replied. "Can 1 do alnthing for you," he nked. a ^ | i , y?No, sir, nothing," was her sad reiponae. * Weli. God can help tou, sister, and i will go home and ask kirn to do it," aid the gentleman. It was a very little thing that be did. it neither clothed or fbd the poor wonan. but that one sweet word, sister, all like healing oil upon the wounded piriL She arose strengthened, end i vent to her lowly home. When she I Welt to teH Jeees her sorrows, she ell that a brother had beea before her. Jis prayers wee answered and iier pint was calmed. It was a little thing o wash the Saviour's feet with tears, ind wipe them with the hairs of her head, ind yet Mary's offering of love was of noro value in our lord's esteem than were all the titles of the proud Pbari iee*. She w ho poured the precious ointneut upon his head, did but a little hing for Christ, and yet he said that ?i,.r 1 -i?in - um MIUUIII UO JMfeaCUeO. lo the end of time, it should be told it^a m?ino? ial of bw.. Home Lire.?If borne life is well >rdered, the children having, according o age. ^orbing time, play time, took*, games and household sympathies, they will love boipe, and find pleasure there. Give iho little ones slates,end pencils, ind encourage their attempts to make >iotures. Drawing will amuse thein when noisy plays havo lost their zest. >i ere unseasonable; and the art wUJ >e useful to them ip after life. Hare heto reatl to each other stories and paragraphs of your selections, and save the unny things and pleasant ones $00 see n pa pete and hooks to read to them at rour leisure. You cannot imagine how nb<ih it will please tbem. ana how it ?f!l bind (hem to you. But choose well for ?h*m ; for' the impressions mndc >n their minds now trill last when the rills crhmblfe. Hkre thetrt sing togetlit, end ting with them, teaching them tongs end hymns. Let l^em sing el! Iwy*?'lib? the Wrds, at all proper times, [lafe litem mutually iaterested in the lame things, amusements nnd oeeupnions, hewing specified limes for such, so bet their haUu wHI be orderly. Let :hrm work logther in the garden?-boys md girls-**-both need oet-of door work. Together let them enjoy their gomes, ofidles, elObc?all tlieir plays hooks and o?k?-while the parents' eves direct md r mii tl,i/:i\ and ill on l?ud voice* >lend iu loving accord. Evantr man can and should do someXI. ? .1 - _ . Ill ? uihih "ur we puoirg, ii u t>e only to kioic a pieco of omrga pool into the K??d from the pHvcmcut. A mam n the )ie*libie?t end the heppi*?t ?heo he think? the tenet either of hehlth or bappiaett. To firgot au ill m half lite battle. ?l '* J 1 1 Truth reunites ? the corner atone in cdutraclor; and if it be not firmly laid in rooth, thete will ever after ba a weak epot in the foundation. 11 * ' w { 4 Titans fa a sea oat Wert whose memory ia to short that it only reaches hie knees, consequently bo moot pays for bis boot*. J I ' * Wnxt BrVkkard M*ai*a.-*-Le#4 I i1*nH should seem to claim too modi for the *v name df Oed and lose all, I will take ' '** a few i I last rations and show that names of all things designate on notions of those things, and that the natne enlarges ^ in proportion aa our notions enlarge*? For example I I What la meant by the word drunkard f it is a name; and what ? . is implied in that name I To the unthinking, it means nothing more than a ? worthless, disreputable, despieable wretch. To ihe rum seller, it means a poor, ragged, thirsty customer, who brings his pay in small sums; who is > always thirsty, always profane, and al- j ways welcome when he haa money.? But to his family, what a different mean- . > ing the name of drunkard, haa 1 It ' means a faithless husband, a brutal father, an everlasting shame, and a pet* petuaj dresd. And what does this word drunkard mean to the thinking man, the phllaothropic, and the Christian 1 It means ? violation of the laws of health and decency ; an offender against the dutieand cbaritiee^of home; a neglector of morality and religion ; a blot, n stain, and a burden ; a living libel of bis race; an outoaet from the decencies of life; a poor pitiable offender, who is destroying every fair thing in Lis body and soul, and, while bringing blushes and tear* to the eyes and cheeks of all about him, is preparing to make bis bed in hell, Tim Rkpcblican Nomination.? From the Savannah Republican we ex* ' tract the following : Of Mr. Lincoln, we know but little, lie fills but a meagre space in our national history, though we believe he was I for some years a respectable member of the House of Representatives at Wash ington. Ilis chief notoriety hu been derived from hit campaign of 1858, will. Douglas, for the U. S. Senate, in wbick boih stumped the State, the result being the triumnh of Douglas by a small majoiity in the State legislature. The interest of the whole country was enlisted in the contest, from its peculiar character, though the South generally stood indifferent, believing that they weio Arcades ambo, so far as her interest was involved in the struggle. The nomination will not fail to create a lukewarm* nem among tbe fiieuda of Seward, extending, perhaps, to tbe entire ultra ' wing of the party. There is, however, not tbe slightest danger of Mr. Lincoln's election, even though tbe entire abolition faction should come up warmly to his support. The South has now two enemies in the field?or will have so aoon as tbe Baltimore Democratic nomination shall baveheen made?Lincoln and Douglas. .r. Duty to herself, and to the constitution, requires that ?b? should dtfett both of then). Did Jesus 8mol? At a gathering ox cntiuren on Uhri&tmaa day, a gentleman present related a rery interesting incident. A little girl, bat three years of agfy war very eurioas to know why Christ' mas greehs were so much used, and what they were intended to signify. , So Mr. L. told the story of the babe at Bethlehem?of the child whose name was Jesus. The little questioner was just beginning to give voice to the mnsio that Was in her heart; and, after Mr. L. had con* eluded the narrative, she looked up in his face and acked: u Did Jesus ting!" Who Dad ever thought of that ! If you will look at Matthew, twenty-sixth ehapter and thirtieth verse, you will there find almost conclusive proof that Jeaut sang with his disciples. Is not that encouragement for us to sing ; how southing it is to the troubled soul, when esch a rut every one can joiu in, in singing praise to our Redeemer? not with the understanding only, but with the heart albo!?S. S. Gazette. Wh knOSV lom? men (hey are perplexed in an argument, get out just ae a poor debtor gets out of jail?they swear out. f' * Catcii not too noon at an offence, nor give way to anger| the one show a a weak judgment, and the other a perverse nature. Pompky said he once worked for a man who raised hia wage* so high that he could only reach them once iu every two years. Why waa Goliah surprised when David hit him with a stone in the forehead f Because it never entered hia bead before. n? who worships at reason's shrine, though poor as Lazarus, holds n higher , rank in nature^ scale than the proudcat monarch. ^ m. 1- ' ' * * * - his pen, in me nana mat known how to mm iti i? the most powerful weapon io the world.' ArriDiiici might give un reapoet in the eyes of the vulgar, but will not re* commend us to the wise end good. ' A good constitution is tike a noney box: the foil value of it is nevor pio' perly known until it if broken. Lnrs's great success ie a happy heart, . vend a good eonveieaea the betug **4?tov Who hath them 1