Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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% ..^pjT -A- REFLEX OF POPULAR EVENTS. |fotoIt<l la $r?gre<55, the Jjiights ?J[ thif $touth, ami Ihe grffusioit of Ijnmiiedgc among all Classes off '^RorVtng gftcit. ~VOUJME m GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNINO, JULY 17. I860. ? $Jjt jwRrt^mt Cntrqiriat pmn nnt ywjmwr Mcmiimo, M^UNKIN & BAILEY, ^ - MSOPlflyTOBS. , . # 0. X. KoJm>lq?r J- 0. S?U*jr >< W. P. PKICE, Editor. ' . , ""rijiaist > 01TRl>OLLA&ATBAB.ki Advance. ,r Ob# JJolUr nA? g?*C it D1*r*4*$+u*vS?Sms* *"* t b VmmM M7* W iAH*~ < ? M ?k tW ??t iow..^J?*j?rJ? ^ ^tyAfj^s-aSL -ysy?C K t went v - aeventh to th? Shlrty-nla* ; ? Uw Tortwth toa<>tsr^r?tvL Yearly or half-yearly eoatyaatu made, a"**? ? < liberal dMaetM frMiIhe above nit? gift.'. *\ AdearWavemiU niitiiAJeet uxsoeUwst iboelu Tiaaa the natnber 4f -tpaertloq* ?iarCed *yt>n 1 *!? .* tVy "?1 yahlUbed a?dcW*e<liW 1 ill ordered ?*L ^ | . * . 1 'i? j n. gwsf^tWB!. ? . frlfdri ^urtrtj. " ' J The maid 1 bm l?a* violet eyea, * And r<*e-leaf lips of red, '? > lie wears th? moonrlline round her ndeh, ' The einithhia round her head; N And she is Hch in ?very **???, ' And |km* fn every guile, L V A*d erovmod ktatfs might envy mo "j* j J The splendor of her smile. > .r r She walk* the earth wltj* such a j^raeo , j The Hike t?m to.kwk, -* <s. And waves Hm up to catch aglaoce, | AjhI rtlr the qwlet brook ; Nor ever will they rrst again, V - ( Out ?Jhett?r as they flow, ' And labbkof her crimson Hpe, c' ) And of beo-breasl of idot. I And e'en the leaves upon the traea '' Art whispering tales of her, 9 And tattle 48 they grow co Worm ' c That, Id the general stir, c They twist them from the mother branch ^ And through the air they fly, ; .> THI, fulntirg wKh the love they feel, Tlicy flatter down and dK <1 And what U stranger than all, L The wondnfe of bar grace; p ller mind's the only tiling to match ? Thegluricgof her face. r Oh 1 the la nature' paragon? ? <1 All innocent of art 1 ^ . And aba hat promised me her hand. And giren me Iter heart. c' a And wktn tb? tpring again ihfll fluah * w Our glortoua Southern bun ^ra, |f My K?t? will waar a bridal vail, 6 A wreath of orange flowcra; it And ao I aura not if the miq - h Should founder in the aea, j For oh 1 tl?a Oar beam ?f ltar lova' > ^ la light cnougfi fm nie. r, ihi'iiiiii i?ilt? wr^^esamabt j 51 Urooluftonnnj fkttrlj. ' ?<' -I 1 *- -JjJ'lalU- . From Uta If aw York Mercury.^ * TWO HOUAS* SIEGE. h BY OIOROE lUlTtAU " i ' * , II " Tt wm put the midnight of the 'l 13th of Aoguat," fbommenoad u>y . grandmother,)** but thou air th? river " ?hi in front of ur, and the (ureal n >1 retched for n$1le* behind ua, nod away i<? th? right and left. I could pot catch P even the eight of a leaf, or 0?4 ripple of A the watea, aoraultry and heavy brooded rf . he darkn?M around ue. ? 1 had npt been in the beat of apirita .h?i Jay ; fbr it wee the tiiqp wkeq we \ dreaded, every hour, to heap of (he " bombardment of New York; and i hough in ike hpuee of Thomaa Oakley,, ~ ctww co my cwntr,' * <uut nothing u t a tVwrptheVe h?d bung erer rife Mich 4 " ( ?rroc and dridd 1I1M Jay lb at. 1 eeaedJ J not help fcaringWst some evil bad hap>- *> , o my parents, who were alill in v city? ' As usBirt with thseleeptew, all -OrU of fancies teassd my t*oln. >|y room, ! nil the ofW?,. yrits large, and fur >UUv?l io the style that bow seems so .mint to your young ryes. r "The chimucy pieee was filed with 1 . Morula, euakssisly wrought into ilius-niasg of Scripture. The bed and I litufe, that bad *W btso brought * to Kngisad, was tat), dark, stiff, aad 1 . *i v<-4i-; while the walls were bung with J -?nbre family portraits. jfom *me3to mossand glower at me Hr < . uncertain light that came through b" loop-nolo of a wfodew'; while I J I ? rbot gilt the eyes of the portraits were, 1 ?weaw^ll, fixed ow MB* wkh a solemn |1 ikj, I wo and. tbfoo, and wiu just fatting 1 h into a dew, wh?? t*eW oanto a Hght >dowg the ball; aftd Co?4n Graea < Ud, in a range. afefpd voice outftUe ; "[ ^lnnwwOrfVii i? fljyItr^i, U sf JUL*'. 22l s w,M' I i? * i r 1' doing bar beat to be culm. ' Brant's men Are Coming, and; father wants us ail down stairs.' ** * Brands men t It ia difficult* to make you nnderstand the horror with which that name was pronounced ntid beard; or to express the terror with whiob, as I hurried on ray clothes, 1 thought of Grace and,myself in the power of these merciless savages. No wonder ihst she trembled in every limb, or. that Thomas Oakley and bis five stahtnrt sons, men not easily daunted, looked pale, as thoy moved about in the dim morning light. v MI dont know as I have spoken to you before of-Tlromas Oakley, a man bve^six feet in height, and of a ijoble presence, with a gnrnd face that looked as if it mirht lisvn ?1 -' 0 V WVII VUI3CICU Ulll UI marble, and hair as white as snow, 'hough be was scarcely past his prime. IV t *?ave no such men now a days. I * im i.ia portrait in my tittle cabinet 0?3er ; i?;?v? you may fee there that he outs as he tit**, a kindly and noble pentleotwn. H As for iiis sons; \vero Ijko liters ?hdl, Btroug-lioibod, fe,'r'e?jt and deiQutly attached to. their sltuc'v mother, j tho was pieparing breakfast *vj?;'e they . axteaed the.iron shmte.u of iho lower ripduto*, imkI barred the heavy doo't. f4 It's a shame to rout you out so rarlyv, JleHie,1 said Mr. Oakley, as he articed my pale, frightened fsoe; 'but f we don't eat. our breakfast now, those a*eala may n^t give tu a chance to get I at nil ; And. "to my Mimt, after a joOd causa, there's nothing like a good ireakfttsi before going to a %ht.* I "41 wish Mark was here,' vnid Graco, knitHys ? .*4' No doubt, pussy, Imt I've sent for ' lino. Yon Yost. th? Imlf witi-J i-> 1 hat brought the news, lias gone after I liar and the volunteers, Who WCW iu | tatrt for the aunp to day ; and if we i an but keep the rascals at bay till they cmuc, we may give them a good pep I wring as they deserve.1 < ;** Ay, if I but, oh, that dreadful tin- l< ertainty. The bouse was of stone, and o strohgly built, that it was doubtful > F they ooukt either raise or fire it. 1 hit who kue\V what else might hap- I ?n I I low many of that fair family ? rould gather around the board to-morow rooming 1 Ah 1 clildren, it whs a readfut day; but I think the hour he- ' >re the attack was the worst of all. 44 ll waa not to he expected that we ould eat much breakfast; but hurried ( % the ureal was, it was hardly over ' rhen one of the boys whom Mr. Oak- 1 ?y had posted at the look out called ut that tjiey were coining, and stealing ' long .the woods at the l ight, as if they < oped to surprise us. 1 " At once the.men hurried with their < iflee to the windows of the second sto* ' y ; while Mrs. Oakley, pale, but still utwardly calm, motioned to us to fol>w, -end hand out (lie jsmder. ' Then came * dead silence, 44' Look out, Simeon,1 snid the father, i e low voice, 'end (ell us what the nave* are about,1 441 Posting themselves around the owe, hht under cover. They think to ttefc us naming. There's a man corniir this way. now-rhe?why, father, ' Walter Veto Cpyler.* " We all started. The meaning of m sudden attack was clear enough ow. * Van Cuyler had heen a professed atiiot and a Wsrm admirer of Grace; nd on hia rejection by her, had gone way, vowiug vengeance on the whole -* i ne iraitpr,' muttered Mr. Oakley. >1 It is he, then, that has brought down ill1 twa>m of hornets. - What is he uing now, Simeon.f 1 tie has been trying the windows > see if they are fastened. Now he is * t-the door.* - ' " J; . The words were droy}ne<Hn a series I thundering kuo;'K?. ** Wr. OuV.'.ey went to Siuieou's win/1 44 4 Who knocks below tircro?' ** * Waller Van thivler.' 44 4 What do yon want ?' 44 4 Food,. rest and shelter. Brant's n?n aie close on iny track. Let me in j pickly.'* . i 44The sharp craclfof a rifle, and the ] rorda 4 liar and hypocrite * were his an- ; ?er. A fierce yell arose from behind he hay slacks and outbuildings, as wenty dark forms rushed forward, I mndUhing their weapons and firing at andom, while as many more horercd M the outskirts of the wood. 44 Within the house wae perfect simoe. broken only by the low 4 bow. as,' of Mr. Oakley, and. the' roar of *{? heat rifle# tp the oounly. * 4 Six dojin ! A man for each bul ?U Good,!\raid tbe exulting voice of Mr. Oakley* ' The powder, girls, aikl *?tl give em anoiher.' " A shower of bullets that rattled like baibiunee about the windows, cut ?l?rt I.U word*. Mr. Oakley picked up sov?e | tb*t fefl harmlessly to tlie floor, and i lathed. ** The ??rpasta are kinder than I thought. Tbejr MM gaiag to keep us in balls as well as eserciae. So muob the hatter, 4ot we hare am too trauy. Mew- hoys,' pftSAtt&S?* "i T" ' Fire steady, boy*, and take food aU* tWl waata powder.' % * A dead silence ensued. ^' They're, cowed, father. They're sneaking off to cover,' exclaimed Simeon. "S 44 4 Not they ! they're only contriving some (iew deviltry. John and Matthew, round with you to the back of the house. Grace?my ffod ! where did'(bat shot come from,1 as with a sharp cry, tteuben the eldest, leaped three feet up in the air, and fell forwhivd on his face, stone dead. 44 Mrs. Oakley sprang forward and threw herself on his hotly. The fairhaired eldest boy was her darling. An- , other shot came crashing through the window," and bedded itself deep in the , opposite wall. . | 44 4 Aim at yonder tree,' shouted Mr. , Oakley. 41 saw the gleaui of a ritlo* , stock among the leaves' ( 44 A thiol shot, whfxr.ing so close pa?t | US as to inakfi tia atnrf ??,..l ! , ..IC.I , our rifle* answered, and a dark bodv , went down, and struck with u heavy ( 'thud'' against.thel'grour>d. , 44 4 He'* silenced,4 exclaimed Mr. Oak- , ley, with a gleam of stern satisfaction , nh'ootsng acruss his face. 4 lint I see r none of the nest. Where are they t hiding!4 j "4 father, father!* called Grace, in t an agonized tone. | 4* Mr. Oakley ran lrtwritv into the back room, where she was. A stalwart ( man, in a hunting frock, and so bronzed } as to make it almost doubtful if he ( were white or red, had swung himself . from an adjoining tree on to the HaJeo- ( ny, and was trying to force himself , through the little window. ,4 As Mr. Onkiev rushed forward, lie j Jtew the hunting-knife that he wore in { liii belt, hot seizing the sharp edge in fl liia hare hands, the infuriated father n wrested it from his grasp by main "t urenglh, and plunged it up to the hilt f in his In east. 44 A fierce yell, and a harmless vol lev V,.,? tiwv.^ : I? U s?J-l-i .v.... Mivov III iiimMiBii, irufl'fU HI IS CH'W Jeteat, and then catne another of those ? otmnnna pauses. 4" What'can they be about f* mut- ^ lered Simeon, who was again at the ^ look out. They are piling up hav and f brushwood. They surely cau't dream t if firing the bourn ?' 44 4 The door, the door !' gasped fl race. R "Mligtit!' exclaimed the father.? J* The girl has more wit thru us all. We must barricade the hall.' 44 4 Never mind the shutters,' said Mrs. j ~)akley, who had regained her marble- j( ike composure. 4 We will bar tbent,' ind she began to draw the bolls. 4- Mr. Oakley hesitated, for the task aa? one of danger; but there was no ^ imc, and chairs, sofas, and tables were n piled up at a abort distance frotn lite ( ioor, in what was really a formidable { barricade, guarded, as it was, by those ( jnerring rides. The smell of the burn- j ng woOd, and the smoke that (tiled the () liall, now grew almost intolerable. Mr. Jakh-y placed us on the staircase, and jxhorted his sons to stand close and ( Lake good aim. A portion ot the door ( foil in. Mr. Oakley raised his ride; : and Waller Van Cuyler, who was the first to spring in, ataggeied, and fell ( back with a groan. The others awartn*1 in like bees, hut a-second and a ? bird of those deadly volleys brought c hem to a aland. No man cared to ex- f XM6 himself to such certain doMlh. "' Give 'eru another, hoys, we'll heat >> em off yet,' but n mule shake of the ! lead was their only answer. The powier was exhausted. For h moment, a feadly pallor overspread his face ; the . icxl his voice rang out, clear and firm is ever : "'Close up! Draw yotir knives! || We will sell our lives as dearly as poa mW . [ Come on% their powder is out,' ( -houted a in tin, who; with a half, dozen ( others, had succeeded iu scrambling j over the barricade, and was making hi* s way toward the little group. , " ' You'd better lie careful. Our wo- i men have their Quitting kuccdlas y< I , retorted Mr. Onkley, deiisiveljr. "4 We'll take care of you and your women both,' returned tbe ruffian, aim- v ing a blow al Simeon, tbal brought f him to the ground. . c " A Kiinsin eon tor tod Mr 0?Llov'? Morn feature* fur a moment, atxl then. . with a strangled sob, he threw himself headlong on the assailants. " * Kill him?col him down?he's the ( devil himself !' shouted a dozen voices ; i but at this moment arose Another and a <. different c.y. ^ . M ' The rebelB-|? the rebels are on ns 1' as thundering on?tiampling the cow- J ardly wretches down under the horses' ( hoofs?came Mark Warner, with his j light-horse troops. lu an instant all f was confusion. No one thought of anything but flight, and the enraged Amer- j lean* mowed the flying lorios down like < grain. ( ** Then burst forth all the emotions so < long pent up. Father And eons thre# themselves into one another's arms; Grace fainted, and Mrs. Oaklet's Many | composore-melted into a flood of hys tertcei rears. '' I j * Ourp Wm ii joyful, mid jet a sad i house that night?for though we had i been delivered, as U were, from the very j *we of death, yet the bodies of Our i deed were with as. Ah, children ! chitI dren ! these times were sed times?trying | tiros*! There wee n wedding afterI ward between Mark and Qrace, and I danced u merrily M any of them ; but l>oor Mrs. Oakley wore mourning to the end < f her days ; and the last words on her Ji|>? were the navies of her.murderfed sods.*' And, greatly affected, uiy J grandmother took off her spectacles nud wiped lief eyes. Jlliatfllnuwna limbing. JUcDufRe on Slavery. At a lime when the false philanthropy of the North is striving agaiu to lest the question of African slavery in the crucible of morn! and historic truth, it is well that wc of the Sotuli should call up the voices of the past to illustrate uur system, its truo^ extent, its origin, rind its advantages. Among those who liave debated this question, no ono was ever more thoroughly identified with ihe instilution of African slavery, no sue studied its history more closely, no >ne saw its limit and purpose mote :le*rly, than Geutgo McDulKe. We :opy a passage from one of his great 'peeches on the Tariff, and commend it o the attention of patriots North and iouth. Its sentiments are the vert' inspiration of truth and wisdom in their highest exercise. . Mr% McDuftio said: The n>ctnl?er lrom Massachusetts (Mr. Davis) hits reminded the committee that he is conlending against 44 the lordly owners of 1,000 slaves, who are leagued with .hose over the water, who wish to put heir feel upon our Iteads and take the read out of our months." These were lis words. The member from Khode stand (Mr. Burgese) was pleased to idd, with his accustomed courtesy and tiavity of manner, that this was a cotiest between the honest manufacturers ind 44 the ntifevling lashers of slaves," vliom he represented as'confederating vitfi England, in favor of the free trade. I am not unaware, sir, that a feeble ifgument or a bad cause, may derive tsseulial aid from an appeal to the prejidiees of an audience. Hut I can native the gentlemen that they are perectly welcome to all the advantage lliey an gain by running comparisons tie ween the North and the South on ubject of slavery.- I will not ransack he numty annals of New England, and larlicularly of Rhode Island, for n hisjry of the American slave trade. But will say, that 1 thank God, that I ave no constituent whoever kidnapped wretched African ; lore hint aw?y rilh the relentless spirit ot avarice and lumler, from the tar.d of his nativity, lid sold him into foreign bondage ; and aying this, I will ask the gentlemen rotu Rhode Island, if they can put heir hands upon their hearts and make he same declaration ! Whatever tnav e the .enormity of the trade?and from ny soul 1 believe there is not in the minis of human cupidity and cruelly a uore disgraceful and indelkblc blot? hat rin does not abide wiib me or nine. If I have not been grossly misuformed, men, notorious (or a very dis:reditable participation in that nefarious ruffle, have figured in the halls of Coo[rc?, a> the representatives of sovereign States. But such a renresentidivA nine from South Carolina, and I (hank iod for that. In fiict, sir, every pari f the civilized world, and especially few England, had a greater agency in he original enslavement of the African ace, than the Southern States, Our nceslora bought :hein from the ance*ors of our New England brethren, and t has been well said, that it is 44 an al* nrdity without a parallel in the whole listory of hitman extravagance and f?1 y, to hear the people of OKI England >r New England Or any otlier portion of Christendom, coolly lecturing us upon he no of keeping our fellow-men in roudage. They talk shout the improcriplible rights of mankind, and qitesion the very titles which they became' round lo warrant by selling i?a the prowrty." What, then, is the situation in 1 vhich the people of lh?- Southern States i no placed, in regard to their slaves?! MIU'C lilOV lira nllvildu lnnt>?i>l ? -j , ??- ; :mi only irgard thein ns human being* ominiitcd lo our guardianship; and I i \ ill maintain before any enlightened I ribunal, in opposition lo nil liio vision- ; iry fanatics in Christendom, that we hall consult their hAppiness, as little as >ur own safely, by their emancipation. Am glad to perceive that some of the it ate* of ibis Union have Iteen brought o th:*ir senses on the subject of free nefroes, by nclusl observation of their diaracter And condition. I confidently vssert that there is not upon tlx whole ace of the earth a more laty, miserable ?nd degraded people than the fiee no ;roes of the United 8tates. If I desired o fix the curse of heaven upon the - ? - ~ " souioern iuvm, i would undoubtedly let tbem free; And let them go forth as wretched outcasts, to bej?, Meal or perish. Their present condilfon is proud And enviable, compared with that in which enthusiasts and calculating politicians would place them. Sir, 1 will not con lead, with Aristotle, that the African race were tnade to hfe slaves, bnt I do say that God himself has drawn the line of discrimination, both moral and physical, between thetn and the whke raee, in characters toe strong ever to be ob I iterated. And atthdbgh the people of the North, from an overweening anxiety to atieud to the concerns of other peo-1 l>l?. are very eloquent in preaching up in favor of our slaves, the doctrine of the universal equality of all mankind, t they should shudder at the idea of amal- , gnmating with then, aa much as the | p people of the South. There is no sub- [ c ject upon which such erroneous notions j i prevail tiiroughout tlio civilised world, | ] k a* on that of the negro slavery of the ! feouthetn States. Yielding to the influ- j , enco of a mawkish and mistaken hu- a inanity, our own sUteauren have gene- j |( rally conceded that slavery is a political j j evil, as it regards the whito poptihition. | p Now, sir, I firmly helieve that there never has existed a form of servitude so f, favorable to the happiness of the ser- n vanta, and at the same lime*<t conducive j to political freedom, as that which we t. are considering. Where those who perform the menial and degrading offices t| of society, constitute a part of the po- j lili.'itl h" a r?"''- * ?w.j, vi |ini i icijiwiv 111 me gov- | eminent of the country, through the i bt elective frauelii o, this high privilege is degraded, ami tlie spirit of blast tv, as : r well as its security. diminished. It is ^ not in the natuic of thing*, that a mere dependant, who brushes your coat and | cleans your boots, can be regarded by 1 you with the feeling of equality which ' 11 is due to a freeman, nor is it to be ex , 1 pected that ho should havo the proud | feelings that belong to a freeman. " Where all the otttoes of dependant | servitude are performed by a separate ! caste, distinguished by color, and whol- j !y excluded from ail participation in the government, it is not to lie doubted, | that the spirit of f eedom is rendeied much more proud and lofty, among | those who are free, by the very contrast. | No man in the Southern Stater, what i 111 ever may be his rank or station, would lliink of speaking to the very poorest te while man in the community, with the imperious tones of insolence and author- 'c ity which aro habitually used lownids '' the white servants of lite North.? ,c These views of the political effect of slavery are conclusively sustained by p< the philosophical expositions of Mr. hi i>. i. ? uurKe, in his celebrated speech on the ci conciliation with the American colonic*. ti> And i will venture to predict that it' si ever the liberty of this country shall be ri extinguished, the last gliimneiir.g of that gloiious light will beam forth from the South. b Hon. J. B. O'Ncall. ? South Carolina has one man at least l' who is not only an houor to tlio Stale aud to the South, hut to the whole le country. That man is Chief Justice at lohu Helton O'Ncall. lie is unique.? s| For many years wo have frequently observed his name in the journals of South Carolina and other Stales, hut never in connection with party* politics as such. Though possessing abilities of the first order, he makes no pretensions and deems nothing beneath him by ^ which he can elevate the character of his fellow citizens, and promote public ^ and private virtue*, honesty, peace, and ^ good order. Ho is never idle. lie j-j keeps his tongue and his pen perpetually employed, and their object is to make ^ men better, purer, more united and | more nro?HAi-oii? on.l "" - ? - "-I'?V ???enever lie goes into a little country village, j| lie calls the villageis mound liiiti and !( addresses them in favor of public and ^ private morals, industry mid temperance ; and if there is a village paper, J J' fortliwith lie Rita down and pens a communication to il in advocacy of the same noble and gloiiou* and really n*o- ^ f\<I objects, lie docs not consider it be neallt his dignity as Chief Ju.-tice of the |>( Slate to do so. Nor docs he afl'cel mod esty and use anonyms, lie invariably signs bis name in lull to every letler he c writes, lie pleads for the cultivation of all those great qualities of ihe heart that ('J distinguish man from the hrnle, and el- ^ evate him in the scale of intelligence.? lie considers these absolutely essential to the maintniuance of our free iusli'n ^ tions, to our prosperity, strength, uuitv and happiness. He loses no opportune ^ ty to give those idens vital force, to ir.aVe them living acliva entities, to ^ spread them abroad through every portion of the country. They are the burden of his thoughts, the object of his ^ ceaseless efforts, lie inculcates thorn upon the high and low, upon the ignorant and the learned alike, upon all oc ?...i ? ' V.WHUW miu uiiuci ?ii proper circum- ^ slance?-~from llie bench, by hia own example, by oral addresses to his fellow- " citizens, and by hit pen through the j.' village and city pre**, lie i? a sort of modem Washington, and Iinh, we think, w made that great character bin model.? (j We know of uo man in this country ^ who appears more anxious to advance ^ the real inteieals < f his fellow citizens , of the whole country, or who labors i harder to do it. Llis style is simple | Jr ana unpretending, but he has the conr- jr age of a Spartan, and utters Calmly and | firmly sentiments that cut to tha quick ^ the drunken, gambling, thieving politi- _ cians that seem to have almost taken (] possession of the government of ibis country.?JV. 0. Hulhtin. Lira would be a perpetual flee-liunt, j if we should attempt to run down all n the insinuations, untruths and suspicious n that must be afloat in regard to us. j ti Those who will abandon a friend for ii one error, know but Klllc of the human ji diameter, and prove their heart* ate as a ^cotd M their juil^uA^oU N? weak, ; ? The Instincts of the Heart. Madame Lenorinatid, the widow o1" he great printer and publisher of that tame, has just expired in Paris, at the ig? of ninety-four. She had for year* ontinued in the business of her litis and, and her house was the first in france. i ; Among other works she published he memories of her celebrated nam# ake, M' lie Lenormand, the fortune-tel- I ;?!? tvliAm XT?? ? 1 ... .. i^n|?uieon jjHve one liun-1 red thousand franc#, and in whom lie laced implicit faith. Both lived in the nine neigbl?orhood, and one day a conision originating in a similarity of aine, gave ri>e to the following anecote, which gives a good idea of the , stimable woman just deceased. A young girl, trembling with emoon, evidently labeling under great istress of mind, was introduced l>y the 'rvant into Madame Lcnorraand's udy. " Oh! Madame," exclaimed the young irl, " you who read the future, cotne to iy help." Madame Lenormand looked intetitlv >r koine limn n? it.a ..l-i: 1 _ ... .< ? iiviiiiiiiiit; K,r,? I ion, after nuking h few insignificant ] uesiona. said in an impressive lone: 1 "Yon Lave tied froui your father's ouse ?" " Alas, yes !" " 11 was love which induced you ?" " It was." " lie entreated you to follow him ?" " It is true." " So tuuch for the present ; then, my jild : " But the future, Madame, the ftiire ?" "The future?'.his is the future. Afr dishonoring you, he will leave you, jundon you to iuftuny and poverty? ave you to die of shame and grief.? lespair and sorrow will send your father ) his grave. This is the future. Then pulling her arm around the aor child, she spoke words of affection id reason, till her mind became calm I ; and then, when the tears hegart" to dw, and the feverish excitement of pas- 1 on was abated, she ordered her callage and took her to her home. As ibt'V went. the rnnnff -? . n {*.. >, mMliy lie hand and (razing iu llie lace of her enefactress, said : " Voir are indeed a prophetess?nothig is bidden from you?the present, I te future." "No, my -child, I am not a prophets, nor a witch, hut I ain a mother, id (lie instincts of a mother's bean inured me." No Gloom at Home. Above all things, there should be no loom at lioine. The shadow of dark iscontent and wasting fret fulness should ever cross the thresh hold, throwing tapes, like funeral palls over the hapy spirits gathered there. If you will, ou shall sit on a throne and be the i ~ .... valuing llOUSt'UQKI UfllV. CJ taitll- I il wife, what privileges. what treasures, | uror or greater than thine 1 I And let the lutsl>and strive to forget lis cares as ho winds nroutul the long arrow streets and beholds the soft light luminating his little parlor, spreading s precious beams on the red pave boire if. The night is cold and cheerless. 31 Imps, and the December gusts bate with the worn skirts of his overcoat, id snatches, with r. Hide and wailing j y, at bis rusty hat that has served ! irn many a year, lie has been liar- j sed, perplexed, persecuted, ho haft true with many a cruel tone, a cold | orld, and nerved himself up to an engy so desperate that his frame and >irils are weakened and depressed, and ?w his limbs ache with weaiiness; his tuplo* throb with the pain bent caused I a too constant application. lie j arccly knows how to meet his wife , ith a pleasant smile, or sit down cheerily to their little meal which she has ovided with so much care. Hut, the door is o|>ened, the over >at thrown hastily off. Sweet voices 1 II upon his car, and the tone3 are soft id glad, that hope, like a winged an- i el, flies light into his bosom nestling gainst his heart. The latch is lifted, ad the smiling face of his wife gives j it earnest welcome. '1 he shining hair | smoothed over the fair blow ; indeed | ,-jle a little cnquelish glance at the lirror hanging in its 11:11 row frame just > see if she looked neat and pretty he- j >re she came out. Her eyes l<eain? ilh love, her dress is tasteful?and? hat! Why, he forgets all trials of tat long, long, day as lie folds her in is arms and impriuts a kiss upon her ' row. A home where gloom is banislml,' resided over by one who has learned , > rule herself and her husband. Chris j anity ! oh ! he is thrice consoled for ' II his trials. lie onnnot be unhappy, I lat sweetest, best, dearest solace is bis j -a cheerful home. Do vou wonder ' iHt the man is strengthened Anew for > morrow's cares f A cei.rbratet) writer says : No woinn can l>e h lad y who cnn wound or norlify another. "No mailer how beauifnl. how refined, how cultivated she nay be, she is in reality coarse, and the nnate vnlgaftev of her nature manifests laelf here. \Uniformly kind, courteous >nd |K.>li<e tseatment of all persons, U >ne tuutk of true woman, NUMBER 11. M A Ukautifol Srntjmknt.?Clasp the hands meekly over the breast; they have no mure work to do?close tho woary eyos?they've no more tears to *bed?part the damp looks?there's no more parn to break! Closed is the ear alike to love's kind voioe and calumny's singing whisper. O, if in that stillerl heart you have ruthlessly planted a thorn?ifiVora that pleading eye you have carelesally'tarned away, if your loving and kinjUy words and clasping hands have eom^tall too late?then God forgive you.? No frown gathers on that marble brow I as you gaze?no scorn curls the chilled | ?no flush of w0unded feelings mounts to the blue-veined temples. God forgive you ! for your feet, too. inust shrink appalled from death's cold river?your faltenng tongue asks, can this be death ? Your fading eye linger* loveingly on the sunnv eailh. Your clamy hands yield their last feeble flutter. O, rapacious grave! yet another victim for thy voiceless sleepers 1 *. No warni welcome from r sister's loving lips I No throb of pleasure from the dear maternal bosom '. Mill all I O, if these broken links were never gathered up?if beyond death's swelling Hood there were no eternal shore?if for the struggling baik there were no port of peace?if athwart that lowering cloud sprang no blight bow of promise? " Alas, for love if this be all, And nought beyond?on earth !** Eari.y Inkujenckb.?There can ha no greater blessing than to he born in the light and air of a cheerful, lo\ing home. It not only ensures a happy childhood?if there ho health and a good constitution?hut it almost make* -are a virtuous and happy manhood, and a fresh heart in old age. I think it everv parent's duty to try to ntak" their children's childhood full of love and of childhood's proper joyousnese ; and 1 never see children destitute of them, through the povertv, faulty tein j>ers, or wrong notions of their parents without a heartache. Not that all the appliances which wealth can buy are necessary to the free and happy unfold ing ot childhood in body, mind, or heart?quiet otherwise, God be thanked ; but children must at least have love inside the house, and fiesli air and good play and some good compatiioirsliip outside; otherwise, young life runs the greatest danger in the world of withering or growing, stunted or sour and wrong, or, ut best, prematurely' old | aud turned inward on itself. Nkolected Dcty.?No man lias any right to manage his aifairs in such a way that his sudden death would bring burdens and losses on other people.? There may be rare cases where a man really cannot help entanglements, or* where, front experience, or lack of judgement, he has brought his affairs into i such a state that the interest of otheis' depends upon his life; but he should make all possible haste to extricate himself from such a position. Honor and honesty demand that he should so con duct his bu.-iness, that his death should cause no one to be wronged. And into dying, although all men everywhere believe that all other men will surely die, yet they unite in tliiukiug that they themselves are exceptions to this iul<-. or, at least, they act as if they thought so ; this is radically wrong. It is ever* man's duty in every transaction in lib, to be influenced by the fact that at any day or at any hour he may die. M ANSERS.??011112" folks should J.if Y I.. . I ... ? - ? - lunuiieiiT , UUl now IO 1)6 so is H qtielion. Many pood boys and girls fr? I that they cannot behave to suit themselves in tiio presence of company.? * They are awkward, clownish, rough.? They feel timid, bashful, nod self distrustful, the moment they are Addressed by a stranger, or appear in company.? There is but one way to get over this feeling, acquire easy and graceful manners, and that is, to do the best tin r can all llie time, at home as well *abroad. Good manners are not learned so much as acquited by habit. Tin v glow upon us by use. We must I > courteous, agreeable, civil, kind, gentlemanly, and manly at home ; if we air in the habit of acting otherwise, it beg. * a habit of roughness, which we cani.? u lay off if we try, when wo g?> anu-i g strangers. The most agreeable ] sons we hate ever knowu in companc were those who were most agreeubk home, llotue is the school for all thw best things. I l.OVK the man that ess amil? trouble, that can gather strength fx distress, and grow hrave by reliecM. . It is the business of little minds toslini ; but In! ?lit?u heart latum. and win conscience approves Lis conduct, v. i pursue his priueiples unto death. I A you no lady recently remarked t! t ha could not understand what t brother George Henry saw in the j that he liked thein ?o well ; sad t for her part, alie would not give t . company <>f ouo youn^ ruau tor th? 1 twenty ?vl%, I