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SjKL' * * ? ^ ^' ' ' ' mmmm i n^mtmmmrnmt A. REFLEX OE POPFLAR EVE NTS. Htcot^d io ?rogr^s, the Rights of'ft? and fte ^ffttfliott of Useful ^notclgdgo among all glasses of IStojiitmg ^H^n. --^3?-^-iJL?*'fr'-V- : **'-' 1 *" ~~","T*r"rrrTFTFrTr*H^TrjrM^33xiBfc3ii^irr^rr3t~3E^^3r3m^cjallu?|m?*"? TQLUJfB til. GREENVILLE) SOUTH CAROLINA* TlfllRSDAT ttORNINOi JUNE . 28* 186D< ihtudpd o .ii;.i. j'i j. '.'. ,? * ...- ^-lj--'-?^?u? IMUJBO BVBWX T^UBTOAT XdwfaTO, * 1 ?Y - "r * 1 M^JUNKIN & BAIt,*r*\ . .^ SKUAu^tAr^r - ..? O. X. MoJWftn. ^<V . .*. O, BaUny. I r: W. JpV.SfflC?, E#ftfor.'\ f - - ? -<?* '- .-. ? ~r* TBRl(02 . t I oms DOLL Aft AYE Aft, in *chfftnce. t On# Dollar anda ltDtiyM.' Al)VERTI8^>iJJNT^ }, Jneerled at 75 oaoU pe? Square q( 1- lW? , (or leas) for the first insertion ; 50 for this pedotid ;-J5 Tor the third40 the thirteenth j 80 for (' the fourteenth to the'twenty-eixth j 15 for the j, twenty-seventh to the thirty-ninth > 1# (or the ' . fortieth to the flfty-atjond. J' Yearly or half-yearly oootraetr made, and a il liberal etdtptlon from the above rate* givqn. Advertisement* not eohleet to oontroet should hare the number of insertions marked obqd - them. They will be published And chargeafbr ll till ordered oat. *-. 'Jjfi;- 7* ,J ?tlettoi Ifarttt;.' . ir, . .v,. * ?l From li>? Franklin Obscrres, ~v" _ P ; -. ?' ' V * 'N " * ? . .,*4. A Whndrrflr, ' " M Oh I wh?w is the homo of v\j childhood 1 J\ I sigh for it* pleasures In ?aipl *J lr The garden, the mes^crx, the wikiwcod, ' J r* nil now thostrengfcr's domain. The wild bird sang her sweet song, ?i . On the top of my native hill; v:. c( And playmatee war* hnay and throng, ' - ? Onthe banks of the rippling rill. tl Thai then my enraptured delight, . . To meat them by dawn or day ; And sport till the shhdows of night, ' Bid a* *B luihn wnr. Ji* *n . CJ ~ . ,.v 1 >y. S t iJ Bofl aoepes of my happiest bmtrs 1 (, Y o?r beauties 111 ne'^r mgeinsee? - |c In the fletds where I planted the flewptf, ' |j Therp bloom* not a blossom for mo. *.W , |, The violet's eheek is npw pale,, P My playmates-are gone to the tomb ; ?1 There's no nnik afloat on the ga'j, r' While here as a stranger I roam. J' Amid Sorrow and ra lness end danger,' * ' j I grieve now la. silenee aleae: . ? . . For the Tlildltoet tones of the stranger,* But remind me *of loved onoe at home. . \ , , IT ThovAlon% o'er the wide world a rover, ' v Like the wild deer, I'll wander at will; e| n..i -i.? wvi. jji . v ? numu ino i areftrj journey u orei', Lot me rut on my own native hill. ' Jc On (k? bin Vrtth mjr 40*1* ?ni*Uwl mother, ^ Fu? mmay fcftg jeers tub ?Uid ? .P With a kind hearted sister end brother, H Oh 1 there's when I went to be Wig. tl =95? $n 3ttlmsfiHg*ltiirti. ? ' - , ? >' .. ?: THE REJECTT^. Jj Tbq llttVe gT^y*{kftb|c <^ard? lay in 1> the broad light of ilia-moon, with 1U thick cluster? of ivy Mid creeper# man- e< tling the diamOnd-paned" windows.? A The soft autumnal hate rose tMti Arid h sparkling in the moonbeams, Snd eeenCT ed like a silver veil which Nature had tl coquettisKly. thrown orer the charms b that the had not hidden- frorq the gam- h ish light- tff ditj.v In iKV (p-o^ri lane '' there ?m a soft, coding sound from the ft wood pigeons, not yet- woolly at rest, ? and on the downs a ihouiaAd sheep, as " vet not folded, gave forth their gentle i? breathing, quiet and traaqaif, as (heir h keener wl?n ha,* ub t. around blmi and lay pn (tie hillside, with o a young lamb close to bis heart- and, t< ready to' start at-lb* first sound of .iris b dogfc. * H -J* v 3f. j|L. 3 '"IT .dose to lb* gwt?w.ayx>f I he,church, stood, two persons, and in the h nshad ?b g lelhC* Onb could have distinguished a * faint sound of warping/* Wbat'?ye* it d was, it proceeded hot from the smallest b of the two, but frees lb* Uli and strung 4 man who stood beside Lor. >,Tbd white li floating robe showed one to be a woman; '? and the moonbeams resting on W face v told that sir* was beautiful, and the pacb d style of English beduty. PeAisps she * looked paler than wak her j moonlight; but thfe* was scarcely anyr * other trace of emotion in bee cpnpten b ance. Pride might hay* .looked forth I k front thoee Urge blue lyfef but that E Wee natural, and not caitbd ont new circumstances. Jitr flaxen t i hair lay unstirred ^y even s breath over ? her fair white forehead and hong dopit I in long, heavy owris, over a tipcb wjiich, < * though cloMiy coveA, sbnw*d ?u P?*feat shape, and. betrayed at the th ro*l * iU whiteness and nnhty. Apparently, | the yotusg man bad Kinds sqih* passion-i j ate appeal to >er which had' feUa to subdue tome wen^on had dealer- ] au; tor she hs k*? walk > ;r L e&eot <01 Mr firiauct*, fud eatwered ! proudly* ' . "It 4* iotpOMrbte; I b**? gUea my word - japiy Word, Which I have* never yet broken f t <awv never be your wife," Kffftortf wee > eol> whtoh teemed to eoeee like r*rW-eeul afci body, Irafd^he wttitlrof tBe^^A^man. hlatpy ^?H(^ tM fhlywet^??n4m * k jS56flSv< jrovo m treacherous Mi womAnVi fore, < [ shall probably find peace beneath the < i|ym. If *0,1 do nof ask the 'teal*' ( vhich yc>u refuse to my deep misery in lite. Once more, farewell!" t . He turned atray from her ns be spoke, i in.d took another path than that which I ed to her home. Had he heKrd tb? f xtssionate ory which buret from her < ips a moment after* he might bave re- I raced hi* steps; bat be wan deaf and 1 rlind in bU agony. " 44 Willhnn ! Wil I iara 1" sounded on the air, and renched t bo oar of the sleeping shepherd on the s iiIIside, bnt not that of 1>im who had ( rft her. The next day M*rgrt-et Sea- t on saw the announcement of tho sail- I of a ship to America,' and among n lie pti^erger# was the name of 44 Wit e am Johnson." -r 4 s - a C W Iiji one of the most beautiful spots in M delightful valley pf the Mohawk, ohnson Castle reared him head. Sirr- g >tmded bv tall trroves. and ri?>h erioa,' utmost (^iental in their profu on, and kept by its owner, a young h inn of free nnd frank deportment, as n biee of almost feudal magnificence, it tl as no wonder that its popularity was It eyond that of any other mansion in u , loorica. To flits house, noL only the b real and learned among the Ametican S nd European tourists alike resorted, & ut it wra* equally cqien to the crowds e rindians, who attracted by the hearty jrdiality of its master, laid aside their w sunt reserve, and docked to ths hospi- ft ible board of William Johnson. s< Frdm afar, Margaret Sea ton heard of o ris sylvan nbot'o, and wondered if its n ocupant ever thought of her whose K sidness had driven hiin to its deep it lades. Drawn from him for a while b y the prospect of a more intellectual I! iver than the boy of nineteen, at Wil- si am Johnson was when she parted from c! lm, alio too liad experienced a disap- ci ointment as keen and severe as a lov- w ,10 *.1J ?f-? i ? - a iinaiigv cu|ua wmrio in met. Ketbution for her broken faith to William w ohoeon bad overtaken her, and flow, c irgusted with the vain show in which N ie lived, and the heartless desertion of V er lover for whom she had sacrificed a li tie and faithful heart, she fioffhed the h tad project of going to AmeriW, and L Uncasing the new life which her forth- rt r-lover was said to lead. ? "Circumstances were favorable fo this A lea. Her parents were uo more, and C ie wealth they had left was at herd)*? h o?al alone/ She knew that since the k ight on which the two stood at the lite Gothic church, a boy and gir| in the ti ret flush of jrqojh, that she; at Uaat, tunTraro altered. The soft curl* hunjj r< i lovingly around the neck, hut the fair fr row had a shade of cate,'and the bine h Yff were faded from their first brfl- e ance. t Night and day sho murmured T ver the' decision of that night, and it t a<f left a shadow upon her beauty like h ie blight.upon lite lily. She embark s i -for America, under an assumed j \ mrning hi irre very neignt or me tl lxurfant American Hummer. b Johnson Ca?ilo was deserted when ll >e unkndwn l*dv arrived in it* neigh- q orhood; and another residence on the o anks of tliQ river, wberq a roost siogu- n irly beautiful domain aarronnding (his t: ivored'spot wan an English settlement, w [imposed inainly of artinans or work- v ten whom the master's liberality had d id need to remain. In one of theso abitations the proud English maiden >uod a home; and ventured to ramble ver tho very grounda of her eld lover, c rusting to her altered looks to conceal - p *r identity with the Margaret of his c arlp dream. g Wandering over the magnificent rounds surrounding Johnson Hail, she nooun^ered nrf elderly lady, dressed in eep mourning, ^accompanied by two cautifnl girU, in whose *w?et young seas Margaret read their relation to Wilh?t> Johnson. These, lhen, were the hlldrcn, and although she had beard nth a stjrnngo joy, for which she had espised herself, of tbedeatb of hW wife, he could not retain such feelings when he thought- of those loving girls, left rithont a mother, as the herself had een?perhaps, some day drifting liko lerself apoo the ^uterVircteof a happiest which aha eoold never hope to mow. Then camel he retnethbrance I rat bad H hot been for ber folly, she nlgM have .been if wife hod mother; be wife ofb'ot she indeed worshipped, ifld the toother td hie children. - v Determined to have a single look. If 10 toore, of-lhaS faoe sd beloved, Matpu-et' walked on. Test the fertile fields, >ast the sra|liow .river, through the. roves, of oheetnut and maple, and to ibe very borders of tho beautiful garden. What bound! f A miniature tsmnU 1 . , ?v- ?- -? : * ?"i?> ihe very Representation. of tbe little church, at; wnoee loir gateway William Johneonhad Mud farewell. He bad not forgpU?rf,dhen.:v But in the ??ry doorway oftijat temple atood a figure, wboee i^pejfhkeee tliere startled and IrooUle^ her. It was that of a fmulf mm! k?*it. I safexSgSss uatary gr?o? of h?r aivrtudiad *U?to<1e, itftoA Margaret #tpl.a jtfuloOl enry for n fir Ahafcad seVMame ;hurch, wn* a man, whose tall figure ind graceful motions could not be misaken. It era* William Johnson. Her heart old her so beforo she mw h? fttee ; and iow it wna turned toward her. He lad thrown his arms around ike Indian, ind through the dark color of her >heek Margaret saw the deep flush of leasure struggle Into new beauty.? ' ier hand lay lovjngly iu his, and her tend vraa bent towards him, its long ind superb hair resting on his bosom, ind covering her own tiguro like a veil. )ne of tho little English girls at the setlenient, impelled by siuiositv in the mlV w|*o had come from her fatherland is her moliier had told her, had fbllowd her footsteps. Uy a sudden and : trong control, Margaret excited herself o nsK, y " Whois tlint woman yonder, Maud t" And the child, delighted to give the ' pod ladv the information, snid *. * it is Mary Brani." I "And who or what is she?'' asked ( fnrgnret. ." AVhv, don't you know f" asked lit- I ^ le Maud. "She is sister to the Mo- | nwk warrior an/t i= M? 1.1 V ??>?va iu i*i ^ vuiiumill n fife. That is her husband standing esidc her. They arc very kind to me. hall 1 go and ask if you can see Johncm Hall f It i* a grand place, and very stranger visits it." Margaret stopped the fleet feet that ould have run to obtain admittance >r her to the home of William John>n and his Indian wife. 8he thought f the beautiful girls whom she hnd let in her wny, and wondered if the lohawk step mother would meet their leas of refinement. She was growing itter and sarcastic every moment.'? lad she yielded to tenderness she was jre to faint, and then the child's ofliious sympathy would betray her bv ailing the attention of hiin whom she -ould tiow avoid. One bound down ilia m?i' -1 as out of Mglit, the child with ddli- , idly keeping pace with her. It was largargl's last look at her old lover. Viih 1)10 next chip she returned to ' lagland, and left him unconscious that J er presence had ever been about hiw. turing the revolution, deeds of bravery sacked her enrs from time to time,, of ( 'bicli William Johnson was the hero. , Tier the memorable expedition of !rown Point, she learned that the king ad bestowed upon him the honor of , nigtilhood, and she wondered if the ueenly Mohawk would udorn her sut- | ion as Lady Johnson. In a pleasant country home, sursiinded by the children of a very dear J iend, whose husband MaVgnret was at isl induced to marry, she found some onsolation for her early disappointment. , ho romance of life had faded away. , ler early drcatrt, though remembered, ad put on more subdued coloring; and he learned to hear the name of Sir Villiam Johnson with scarce a percepttile fluttering of the heArt. Iter hutnod, a good, quiet, easy country genleman, who valued her mainly for the ualities which mado her a good niothr to his children, never knew that be enth the calm surface she exhibited, ty a world of extinguished sentiment diich he had no power to rouse, and diieli time only had been able to subu?. The Catacombs of Paris. Tiie annual inspection of these catnomba warn made, a short time since, bv iime engineers of the municipality, soomprmied by a number of ladiea and ;?nt)einen. '1 he object of the visit was o ascertain that the arched pillars, etc., vhioh support the rook remain perfecty solid. The entrance in in the courtsrd of the Jiarriete <T?nfer, and is losed by a thick door. Tbe catacombs ire reached by a narrow staircase, decending about soventy feel; at the hotoin is a loag narrow gallery, iu which inly two persons can walk abreast, ending to a spacious vault, in which he bones formerly removed front the >ld cemeteries o( Paris are collected. , "fear the cntranco to the vault is tho inception, " iP insulin aux manes de* norlt." Aboat twenty minutes are oe:upied in rencbing this spot, and it is emarked that the visitors eoon become lerious and silent. -Th? bones nro piled ip like wood in a timber-yard, to ft leighi of six-feet, the larger bones beng outside, and tho skulls placed on .ho to Jr. Hero and there are inscrip- 1 lions, indicating from what ceme-.eries iho bones were brought, and rtjso scraps ef terse from different poets. There it one enorm.out heap of bones which has tol yet been classified. It is calculated that not fewer than three million persons must have been interred in the cemeteries from which the bones were removed, In the vault are some subterranean springs, which have been colletted, ih a Win called the Ptintaine dt la SftnutrtteAne. In this fountain tome. goldfish were placed in 1813 ; they livetl for a long rtme, but d)d not breed. In the otWnd'i of th* ntsissitU (1?* gftltortat * re terjj turner? trs, *nd otie df the*o ?tvcftMy (kf mile* Ibng. "To prft-" rent persafi* front) toafbg then* w?* ? bfora-blael: Hiki U drftwn", cm -ftie wall ? tfc? Mtrlner of (lift titoOombft'to >a^ yv ilU gtift l? eskftry I . JRistrllattrnttfl JUabing.Til* Traffic in Strong Drink. A brother, who for twenty years has held membership in a Virginia Baptist Church, write* that, by far, the greater proportion of the difficulties calling for the exercise of discipline, during that time, have been caused by the sale and use of intoxicating liquors. lie makes withal a most startling statement of fact, of which we present the substance. Wher. he joined the church, there were in the village near it, three houses for the traffic in strong drink, kept by men of the world. Severnl revivals of religion compelled the closing of these bouses for want of support. "Rie community was sober; the Church flourished; and for six vears. not ? ainrrla ^ , ' ? vwni VM drunkenness oceurred within tl? communion. Attempt* were made, indeisd, by ungodly fersona to revive the traffic, but they were frowned down bv popular lentimenU At length, however, the deacon of a neighboring Baptist Church, at matt of high standing, both among liia brethren.and those " without," commenced 44 the sale of the devil's water " in eight of the house of worship, with the aid of a wicked partner who 44 took great delight in getting members of the Church and Sons of Temperance to drink." The weaker members of the Jhurch persuaded themselves that to tse ardent spirits as a beverage was not wrong, since the deacon not only used hem hituself, but Bold them in his store, tnd 44 treated" (say rather trial treated) ill vvlin vutlrwl I* 11 I I " - ? %. a ten > uu, wrues >ur correspondent, " that they are Rapping the foundation of the church and !ommunity, and doing more harm tQ he cause of religion than could have jccn effected by half a dozen low doggeries." At nearly every meeting for business and discipline, we have *omo one before flic Church to answer the charge of drunkenness; and we hear that miuy other* drink to excess, against whom we have not been able to secure adequate testimony. Two negro men belonging to members of the Church, b?ye lost their lives by .drink; jne white man lias killed another in a irunken frolic,: ami a member of tho Church has Wen found frozen to death, with a half emptied bottle of ardent ipiiita by his corpse." It chills our blood- to write these things. The sale of ardent spirits as a aevenige, when tried by the standard of bivine law, fcis an immorality which [Wight to be discountenanced and repressed. In the absence of light, or for want of investigation, worthy (and sven Christian) men may embark in i But "those who have the means understanding its nature and etTec and who refuse to abandon it whe subject has been urged upon their at lion according to the apostolic ruU "speaking the truth In love"?sho not be retained as members of C' tian Churches. Such, at least, are onr mature convit, lions, and, with the preceding statement ftf f'l Ptfi tu-fixra nd ? ' ? .1? - ? ?.*< * - * .r^wiv uaf ntj UfllV II1H MflUtllOl them. The reasons on which they rest nro well grouped together, in the following extract front the Fifth Annual Report of the American Temperance Society. We ask for them tho candid and prayerful consideration of our readers?of those especially who are engaged in the traffic J " 1. It is the selling of thnt, without the use of which nearly all the business of this world was conducted, till within less than three hundred years; and which of course is not rueaftil. "H. It Is tho selling of that, which was not generally used by the people of this country, formate than a hundred years affer the country was settled { and which, by hundreds of thousand*, and some in all kinds of lawful business, is not p??d now. Once they did use. and thought it needful or useful, llut by experiment, the best evidence in the world, they have found that they were mistaken, and thnt they are in all re spects better without it. And the caws are so numerous as to make it certain that should the experiment be fairly made, thin would he tho case with all. Of cotme, k Is not useful. " 3. It !s the sullitig Of that, which is a real, a suh'.ilo, and very destructive poison; a poison, which by men in he?.'.ih cannot be taken withont derang> injf healthy action, and inducing more or less disease, both of body and ndnd; which is, when taken in any quantity, positively hurtful; and which is, ol coarse, forbidden by the word of God " 4. It is the selling of that, which tends to form an nnnatural and veq dangerous and destructive appetite which by gratification, like the desin of sinning in the man who sins, tend) continually to increase ; and which Ibui espoicft an who lorra it, to come to i prematura grave. * 5. ft is the telling of that, whicl cauaea a great portion of all the pou pe ir.m in our lam!; and \fcna for the heft efK of '"few, (ihoee who aeil,} bring an enArmoai tax Qt\ the whole common itf.: U jfcjt fh??1 J? h Jyfl? "la l not exposing our chlWien and youth t< become dtunWda t Audit k not in " Meting great ?*& mi aoefotj f ' *?. fl ip, ',he aelpng - ! that, *whM fxeitfcw to 4 greet portion of aU 'ih (rintea thai aro committed; and wbWI \u than ?bowu to be in ite offeew heat! ? ?' ? - - _ fgg? !? to the moral government of God, and to the social, civil and religious interest of men; at war with their highest good, both for this life and the life to come. 11 7. It is the selling of that, the sale nnd use of which, if continued, will form intemperate appetites, which, if formed, will be gratified, and thus will perpetuate intemperance, and all its abominations, to the end of the world. " 6. It is the selling of that, which makes wives widows and children orphans ; which leads husbands often to murder their wives, and wives to mur der their husbands ; parents to murder their childrcu, nnd children to murder their parents \ nnd which prepares multitudes for the prison, for tho gallows, and for hell. " 9. It is the selling of that, which greatly Increases the amount and severii.. ~r ' ? - in rnuiicM, ?mcn in manv cases destroy* reason ; which causes a great portion of all tlie sudden deaths ; and brings down multitudes who were never intoxicated, and never condemned to 8uflfer penalty of the clvit law, to an untimely grave. " 10. It is the selling of that, which tends to lessen the health, the reason, and usefulness, to diminish the comfort and shorten the lives of all who habit ually use it. "11. It in the selling of that which darkens the understanding, sears the conscience, pollutes the afVeclions, and debases all the powers of man. " 12. It is the selling of that which weakens the power of motives to do right, and increases the power of mo tives to do wrong ; and if thus shown to he in its ejects hostile to the tnoral government of God, as well as to the temporal and eternal interest of men ; which excites men to rebel against him, and to injure and destroy one another. And no tnan can sell it without exert* ing au influence which lends to hinder the reign of the Lord Jesus Christ over the minds and hearts of men and to lead them to persevere in iniquity, till, notwithstanding all the kindness of Jehovah, their case shall becntno hopeless.*?iZc/rptotM {Baptist) Herald. Scene in a Kansas Court Boom. Some two years ago quite an amusing ami novel scene transpired in the presence of His Honor, a Probate Judge in Kansas, while he was holding court. We shall not give the real names of the parties, and we hope no one will take oflenceThe court room was a little log hut, ' twelve, with a dirt chimney and | Chairs were very scarce, and ^r had several chunks of wood or seats. Upon one of the Its His Honor sat, with all of &l dignity. Before him was Bnnin ntinr f?*ll<iui f<?? lu>rr<i>?. I ^Ecighbor's chickens without Wf confronted l>y )iis accuser, ^ opposite side of tho fireplace Vheritf and one of his friends ^in a pleasant game of " old ' We will call them lirown and Smith. Tho Judge, after adjusting his quill, pushed hack his hair, that his legal bump might bo thoroughly exhibited, and looking the prisoner full in tho face, pronounced an interrogatory like this: Jodgo?"Sir, what have you to say for yourself?" Brown?"Smith, I beg." -Smtrti?" I'll aee you d?d firet." Judge?"Sheriff, ksep silence in the court. Well, air, what have you to say about these chickens fh Brown (aside)?" Run the kurds, Swill.." "Prihoner?" I inlended to pay Mr. Wiggins Tot them chickens." Judge?* Why didn't? n Brown?"Smith, don't rou come that new kick over me?follow suit; none of your re-nigging." Judge?"The Court finds it impoe aible to proceed, unless you have order in the court house." Smith? " In r moment, Judge.? Count your game, Brown." Judge?" Did you eat or sell those chick ens ?" i Prisoner?" I sold them." Judge?" Ilow much did you make i on? " Smith?* High, low, jack, gift and game." i Brown?" Who gave yon one!" | Smith?" I l*>g your purdoD. 'Twas , yon that begged? " f Judge?H Silence in the court." Everything was quiet again for a few i momenta; the 14 kurJa " were shuffled r and dealt, and in the meantime Ilia ; Honor proceeded with the examination, s In the height of some other questions ? being propounded by the Judge, Smith i beggedj and Brown gave one, hallooing i out J v .. ? _i L J _l.t o.wl " rip AUCHU, VIM ii"OQ f n?v nuu 1 ti *r." r Tbo Judge, indignant and angry, arose from the court bench, and crossed 8 to the players. lleforo he could speak, he spied Smith's hand, holding the t jack and ten pf trumps; at the same 9 time glancing at a big alone between the' two, ha ?alf two.half dollar*. . *i Breyrn," aaya the Judge. 44 HI bot I you 4iv4 dolls* Smith beau the gnuve." e " Done," aaya Brownr and ap want h the ore. Swath led on. and woh the trick: led "Rain, nnd won ; led tlie third time, and won ; but no game yet ; commenced whistling nnd scratching his head. Judge (Leaning on Smith with ono eye shut)?" Smith, play 'em judicious I ly." Smith led a little heart, and lost the trickM Brown played the queen at hitn, and won the ten. " Hold,* said the Judge, 41 let me see." Brown?"What'sthe matter, Judge!" Smith(impalienl)?4,Lead on, Brown." Brown-?" I'lay to the ace." Judge (raving)?" This was a made up thing: you have defrauded me. 1 fine you both twenty-five dollars for contempt of Court." litown pocketed the money, and llio prisoner sloped. The Three Fighting Deacons of Geagna. In st small neighborhood in Gengna county livo three deacons. Tito first is a Methodist, the second a Presbyterian. an<l the third a baptist. All live quite a distance from their respective meeting houses, and as the traveling is excessively had at this time of year, they concluded to hold meetings in the little red school house in the neighborhood. The question then aroso which denomination shottld hold the first meeting. The Methodist claimed the privilege of i opening the hnll. The Presbyterian demanded it. The baptist insisted up on it. Here was " a fix." They wrangled over the matter until the dander of each deacon arose to fever heat, atul crcIi vowed he wouid hold a meeting nt jlie red school house the very next evening, which happened" to be Friday last, and on that evening, at early candle light, the school house was crowded with Methodists, Piesbyterians, baptists and several world's people. The Presbyterian commenced read ing a catechism. The Baptist, at the saute litno aroso and commenced rending a tract on immersion. The Metho diet, at tho same time, struck up nn old fashioned liymn, shouting it forth at the top of his lungs. The eft'ect was ludicrous. Il apparently struck the mixed congregation so, for they all commenced laughing. The Baptist was wheezy, iie sunk exhausted into his seat, while tho Presbyterian and Methodist continued. All at onco the Ittdierousnesa of the scene struck the Baptist, and he indulged in a protracted horse laugh. This displeased the Presbyterian, and forgetting himself, he .leall the Baptist a stunning Mow under the fight enr. The Methodist threw his hymn book down and rushed to the Baptist's rescue. lie arrived just in time to receive the Presbyterian's iron fist between his eyes. The Baptist and Methodist rallied, and together attacked tire Presbyterian, but he was too much for them. Tire scene that ensued beggars description. Chairs were overturned. Window glass was bro ken. Women shrieked. Men yelled Hi. I : ? ? * i - ? * i no H7?vt no nun 10 make Tun of an a"' [ fafr which hrt* ranged profonnd regrei among (lie religions people of Geauga. We merely relate the facts. The matter is in litigation. | Cleveland Plaindtaler. A Romantic Story. Mrs. Ross, celebrated for her beauty and constancy, died lately at Hammersmith, Knglnnd. Having met With opposition in her engagement with Captain Charles Ross, she followed him in men's clothes, when, after such n research and fntigne as scarcely any one of her sex could have undergone, she found liim in the woods, lying for deal, after a skirmish with the Indians, with a p?ignard wound. Having studied sur gory ill England, she, with an ardor and vigilance which only such n passion could inspire, saved his life by 1 sucking liia wound ? the only expedient that could have etl'ected. i\ at the crisis he was in?-and nursed hitn, with scarce ly a covering hut the shy, for the space of six weeks. During this limesho remained unsuspected by him, having dyed her skin with lime and hark, and keeping to a man's habit, still supported hv tlie transport of hearing his unceasing aspirations of love and regret for that dear, though he then thought, distant object of his soul?-being char ged by him with transmitting to her, had the Captain died, his remains, and dving asseverations of constancy and giatitude for the unparalleled care and tenderness of his nurse, the bearer; but recovering, they removed to l'hiladel pliia, wheie, as soon as the. had found n clergyman to join her to him forever, she appeared m herself, the priest accompanying her. They lived for the space of four years in a fondness almost ideal to the present age of con option and that could only he interrupted l>j her declining health. The fatigue *h< had undergone, and the poison not. pro perlv expelled which she had imbiber from his wound, undermined,!^ con stitulion. The knowledge lp). bad of it and piercing regret at having r>e#n th< occasion, affecting him more sensibly be died with, a broken "heart, last spring at J ohm town, New York. She liver to return and implore forgiveness of be family, whom. *h? had distressed p< long by their ignorance of her dertin* , lion.*' Shfe died, in consequence of he great grief and affliction, at the age o ,| twenty six. n KJ rnuun O. - - ??> Maxim* of WMhingtoa. > U*o no-reproachful language againrt anv one?neither curses Be not too hasty to believe king report* to tho disparagement of any en*\ In your apparel be modeet, and endeavor to accommodate nature rather than to procure admiration. Associate yourself only with man of" good quality, if you esteem your reputation, for it is better to be alona than in bad company. Let your conversation be witbont malice or envy, for it is tho sign of ittractable and commendable spirit; and in cases of passion admit reason to govern. Use not bad and frivolous things against learned men ; nor very difficult questions or subjects among tuo ignor-. ?- ??.:?-- i.- ? - ? In,.?, uui wnugs unru 10 ue relieved. Speak not of doleful things in timn of mirth, nor at the table, jtor of melancholy things, as death or wounds; , and if others mention them, change, .if you can, the discourse. Break not a jest when none take pleasure in mirth. Laugh not loud, nor at all without occasion. Deride no man's misfortune, though there seem to be some cause. Be not forward, but friendly and courteous?the first to salute, hear and answer ; and he not peusive when it is time to converse. Keep to the fashions of your equals, 1 miph ?? !?/> nJ.-ll J 1 .... ...? vmm ?uu uro.eriy, WIU) 1CI speet to time and place. Go not thither when yon know not whether yon will be welcome or not. Reprehend not the imperfections ol others, for that belongs to parents, masters and superiors. Speak not in an unknown tongue in company, but in your own language, and that as those of quality do, aud not as the vulgar. Sublime matters treat seriously. Think before you speak ; pronounce not imperfectly, nor bring out your words too harshly, but orderly and distinctly. Wanted, "Evening's at Home." Not the interesting and instructive book under that title, hot die very scene which the book delineates, and which,, unle-s we mistake, are fast vanishing away, and will soon be, if they are not alien lv, among the things that have been, but arc not. An evening at home, how is it to be found ? Just mark the calls for public and social meetings, read in your church on the next Sabbath, and advertised by^ the various moral and literary associations of the city?and what evening is left for a quiet communion with your own family, or a social call on a friend 1 \ What room is there for thorough fami-' ly instruction ? Their father is always at the store or office all the day, and the mother has her work, and the chil dren are at school?now, if there is a meeting to call the family out everv * evening, what time is left for household ' teaching? There is much trudi, with perhaps a slight coloring of exaggera tion, in the anecdote given in the January nlimber of Hamper's Klagaeine,' of a gentleman who had failed in business, and, when asked what be intended t?? do, replied, 441 shall remain at home , awhile, and get acquainted with my family." We believe this constant drawing, away from homo, and hone influence, is demoralizing; and that U is lime Christians should inquire, whether one reason why they do not grow.more'rafv idly in grace and knowledge, i? .not. that they are ever hearing, and never* meditating on what thoy hear?ev?r running from meeting to meeting, and norer at home. Is there not great dan ger that "home" influences will lose their charm when we come there only to eat and sleep, offering indeed thy morning and evening prayer, hut never sitting down with tho household in tin* sweet communion and tho precious in struction that were always found in tln? J oldeti times, when both on the Sabbath, and during the weelf, families had sortw " evenings at home."?Mirror, The Steamship Grkat eagnthtt.? This monster steamship is expaeted aNew York on Sunday, or Monday next,. A New York letter says \ ^ "The arrival of tbe monster will Ttappropriately celebrated by a salvo" < C artillery at Fort Diamond, Governor" Island, and other places between U.? Haiterv end the Narrows. A* soon m* | the ship is signalized, a fleet of excursion .1 and other ateHroefa will proceed rfovi.. the liny to meet her nod eeeort her n to the eity. One of Vnnderbill'e oce* ? Btenipshtps. and perhaps tine of th'? | Collins boats, will join the squadron, * 3 ' Flop* writen the poetry of the ho*., ] memory that of ? roan. Man looks . forward .with rmilea. but backward wii. aighn. ftficb ? the wiee province ? g Ood. ^ The cnp of life i? eweetent at I) . brfrn, the flavor.- la impaired an *? ' tit ink deeper, and the dreg* are iua<)?> ] bhter flint we may-not struggle when in r U taken from our lipa. A KKORtsa, speaking of hnr cl9JVenv r aai<! of one lighter than the rent, *h> f could not bar dat ar chile, ktoe hie tU*nr dirt ?o eany." / ?tVV