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Advertisements not eatyeci towoiifraot should have the number of insertions marked upon them. The? will be published and charged for till ordered onC mm i _i?L! i. 1 L-?j. ' * Fmn the Patriot and Mountaineer. _ v i ar aaQt'aer. ? TO IVLISS ?J. ?. J-I., . On the Death of J. H.f Hef Brother. The grins to on thy fro re, brother, And wpnry month* horo flown Since first thy spirit took it* flight . To world* of joy unknown ; Bnt go wherj'cr I miy, brother, I Mom to Mo thee yet, ^ - And though I know thnt thou art dead, I cannot tkoo Air/ft. When all around i* gay, brother, And many a to loo I* light, My heart sees ^nt thy lonely grare j And in the silent night,. , I long to steal away, brother, And on the grass grown sod To throw mysdf and clasp it oh we, And rest 44 alone with Ood." They tell me it is wrong, brother, T* weep so long for thee ; They say that tbotn art happy now, And from earth's sorrow dree : Bat my poor heart ll rM, brother, Thai thou from me aft riven. And cloud* of grief hang heavily Across the w?y to Ilearen. N, M. M. . . . ; The Dying Bequest 1 Oh, bury me not, eeid a fail -haired youth, Oh, bary vim eat hi Uift sea, ' < * 1 Bui wait tilt I reach my dear native borne, 1 Than bury nee under the tree. - 1 The little wild warblers a requiem will ring, " Hie brook will glide murmuring!y by; ^ My form will repose 'neath Lite little green ( mound, ' lint my sool will find rest in ths iky. Oh, bury me tinder ths eld. old Iran, i That hath shaded my youthful days; , t But ne'er will I ait with Lbs same childish i . glsa, i Nor list to ths birds' ahaated lays. ] How oft hava 1 thonzh^f u.y dear native ' bonis - ' Of-nay horns 'nesthtEsold spreading tree; Heir oft hath ay fancy seen all the dear ' ones Phed land, loving tears for me. Bow alt have I thought, when Strang* lands , I've roamed, ? ? Toe welcome et homo there * for me; i But now death will shut oat *11 the deer , forme,I I And mjr home mint be the derk see. I Ok, bary me eot in the deep, deep eee, * Oh, bury me not in the ee*; " 1 Bat welt tiUIreeehmydeer eettvehome, Tttea bary me 'neeth the eld tree. F. Mmliatxm JUnbing. yi.ff.l'li.j;. .ai - v--r. roe mi exnentae. . Xnaisgs had Recollection? of an Octogenarian. Te ehell knew them by their fruit*?vii, 48. Wbee oar Sari our wes Inquired of by th* Je?n if he wee the Meaeiah foretold of by the f>Mj>lieU, he referred them to hie work m an evidence of his divine mission. Ilia e?ori?| ?Moa ik> teught ue to judge the works of men by the nim rule thet he him elf wee fudged of hie Father, the creator of alt thing* V? admit eome of the work M are engaged In, is highly eommendaj No. Bach are many of the Wdrks-eshlbUed at fahre where a premium is offered for the beet workmanship and skill ia improvements, Y whleh add to the aomfort and oenvenieoce of man, and helps to adorn and bedvtlfy the, earth, while It elde civilisation. To (aboral eo tor the roHgioue and moral improvement t howooUy hat W actlm plwuing to thoM who l?v? th? troth. If thttM w?r? tho only work* mynkio<l war# angagod lu, Um doom U labor would baablaaatng i?*twi| of Mm. But, aIm I whila nrwiny am aagagad U> thaaa pleasant iad naafal arofAufidobU, wo mm grtarad t^know, that many asoey of oar brrthra%/Mk? North, yro aogagod id oarrytng ?Wo? t?nm work wbiak WMMMtd by nbM?| a portion of th? Jotftiiabr* 10 a torrttortal laga > fly blMnf o^oaHy to all tbo afcticena of ' thoM AM *?* WW hary only to re t to tho ??rttffl|loiifll aompaefl. between state* to prooa tko ftrwth of b?r poeMoo. Sh- -y Aad wt the MnMah fay th? high eat Am kfatko pHt of tb? proplor-titepHe* A. > t W?? < > i L B L. Dangles?is laboring to justify this wholesale robbing, and establish a precedent for fotnra acts of abolition and squatter soversignty. But this Kansas work was pot finished until abolition funds were raised to purchase Sharp's rifles, and the doctrine fulminated from northern pnlpiU, (hat the soil of quaIter sovereignty should be oonsec rated by watering it with the blood of all who Attempted to anltivnte it with African slave labor. We seem to be living at the ItfTlA referred! /? V*w Asw^tU J bit aCctnd rpirtlr, second chapter, where he say a: "False teachers'shall bring in damnable heresies in the latter days, and many shall follow their pernicious ways, causing the way of truth to be evil spoken of." Paul also evidently alludes to these times?which he says are periloris?when men are prond I Masters, high raindod, trailovers of pleasure, but retaining the form of godliness. These seducers wax worse and worse, deceiving and being de eived. Bseond epistle to Tlmoty, third chapter. Could'a more graphic description l>e givsn of the moral character of some of >ur members of Congress, than is hero !ra?n by the Apostles eighteen hundred pears ago. The doctrine of territorial or iquattcr sovereignty is too absurd to liav? i sngsged the talents which have been cmjloyo'l III its l?j>uuii'tuii, land it aum??tCu 'com a lsaa distinguished Statesman tlian Hephcn A. Douglas. And there is good -eason for suspecting hiin of being an agent >f Black Rspuhlicanlsm -to divide the Denocracjr in the coming Presidential election ?judging by that infailiblo rule?u By their I rults ye shall know them.1' His Black lie- 1 tublicoh arguments to establish the polili al heresy of squatter sovereignty, stolen ' rom Lincoln's stump speeches used ngninst ' liniself at the time they Were canvassing lie tjlntc of Illinois together for a sent in | he Senate of the United State*. Jt is < troeen by tho Honorable A. P. Benjamin, | n a speech delivered. May 22, 1860, in the I venute of th? United State's, by referring to ' ournnls end inngaxines, that Douglas I iopled the very arguments used by his 1 track Republican opponent, Abe Lincoln, | ind is now using against the Democratic 1 ?arty. How plnin and unmistakable is the i krovidenee of God manifested in placing i he motive power that controls all the acts ' d Northern aggression upon Southern rights < ? tlife lowest groveling passion that lurks > n the hunmn heart, araricc, which is easily < md successfully coinbatted by destroying i U hope of gain. < The South has only to oppose this mean rice by the virtue of s little self denial.? > tc? .?.<*?i '-? '? ' r* V onj, iUVM, Olir^'liu JUU1 IlibCrCUlllDC lor ' i few month*, withhold jour patronage ( ind leave thein to consume in their unholy < ustful desirer*. Tliesc gentle means has Ibid put within the reach of all to punish ' ivaricc, subdue the selfish, and overcome < >vil with good. Much of the unfinished 1 xort of abolition, we have uo doubt, w ill tppear at the world's great fair, when all ' he works of man will be judged by Ilim alio is too wise to err, and too good to per- 1 rert judgment. Then will the work of < Kansas, with John Brown's unfinished work it Harper's Ferry, with all the Helper deligns of improvement in the programme of barbarism, be examined by jndgee appointed to award the premiums. Tlten rill the powers of darkneea bejnbllete hell luminous with the glittering pageantry of kings, princes and nobles, with our Northern prelate#, and all who call " evil good, ind good evil, who put darkneea for light, ind light for darkneea, and justify the wickad for reward " with all liars. Then will the work of Black Republican abolition Infidels be loet in the efTulgence of more dazzling crimes. Hut far leee diabolical, mean and devilish I All this work with the workmeu will now be disposed of in less time then it takes the talegrnphie wires to vibrate with lightening shrouded in darkness and. infamy. And Congress, we hope, will have no more trouble in summoning witnesses to prove the corruption and bribery of lu own members. Here we will drop the curtain and turn, to look at some of the work Democracy is engaged in?not with boasting, but the meek and humble exultation of truth, In carrying on a work of Qod'a appointment. We give Cod the glory, and let all his works praise him.? The work assigned to Democracy, appears to be wholly defensive, as she hat never from the beginning, trespassed njton the rights of any nation, or upon any of the prmJagea guaranteed by the constitution to tho SUUa belonging to the federal compact; end is the Ant civil government te defend the rght of ell men living nnder her protection .to clioose the mode end naenner of worshipping God. Jfoefeu* onee eekl to the Israelites, who were I given to idolatry, " Chooeo you this dey whom ye will Mfri, but es for me end my hirtleer we will serve the Lord." Joshue judv. 16. Here ie a coincidence ef privilege hieh Joshue, the men of God end ruler in Israel, granted the Israelii**. This liberty no nation bee enjoyed since ttie advent of our Saviour, until democracy broke the chain of eivil and ecclesiastical bondage. The Saviour must havo alluded to the strife about modes of faith that would follow his esaertlon, where ho says. "I came, not to brfof p*M?, but a wor?l," eUristianitp having opened up a way of deliverance from spiritual boodagg, in which all mankind are Included, and the Geepcl mentions no other bondage but the elavtry ?( sin, where mlnietera may labor in the cause of emancipation without arming them set roe with 0tsrpe'i rifles. The swerd ot Troth among Spiritual wickedneen In high plaeee might effect e greater deliverance (tow bondage # than all the gun* and pikes that abolition oould place in the hands of African slaves Our learned prelates at the North must have greatly erred in choeiog a field to labor in, as there are but two oanses of error among men?ignorance and a wilful pervertion of truth. The former is sometimes corrected by enlightening the understanding; the latter keepe op the Irrepressible Conflict, and is always found, with cool impudence, occupying the highest seats in the forum and pulpit, after the manner of 'ltabbls of old in the Jewish synagogues, while the work of democracy is to defend th?t rights of all, and see justice done to each in the order wherein they are placed, with the privileges as pigueu mem oy mc wisuom 01 the creator. IIow plain and easy to understand is this duty made by Christ and liis Apostles in their example of rendering to every one hie due. While democracy guarantees the authority of the master over the servant, it protects the servant from the cruelty and abuse of power delegated to the master. Like the Oospcl democracy, invites all nations and languages to come and partnke of its blessings, it* work is no where lild, but open to all at all times and in all places. Like it? noble expositor at the head of the government, who stands unmoved amidst the fiery darts of envy, and poisoned ?r1-nwa of mnliee that, fall harmless at his feet; I while the raukling thorn of hatred pierces the hearts of suicidal wretches, whose hands nre lropotcntly raised to destroy the last asylum and refuge for the down-trodden victims of cruelty and oppression. We have shown some duties which the principles of democracy require cf Its votaries. These principles, and the liistorj' of its rule Jiesc sixty years, shows it to have heen almost wholly a work of defence against foes without and traitors within. The princi pies of democracy are triumphantly vindifatad in all her work, in conducting a pro- ! [lie thus far in safety, whom God linschosen or nn inheritnnce through all the storms of war for more than seventy years, in spite of the Irrepressible Conflict with Sntnn and lis seed. Tho boasted civilization of Euijkyid'a humanity lias been improved by tli'i exnmple and chastisement of democracy more in the last and present century than it has advanced in Ave hundred years previous. Look at her warfare in the rcvolutioniry contest, which was more like the sectarian persecution of infidel bigots in Europe it the time of the reformation, tliun of civ lined or honorable warfare. The .massacre it Buford'B defeat of two hundred and fifty \tticricnns, who surrendered without resistng.bejng surrounded by a thousand ofTnrle- i on's light horse, three only escaping death >r wounds, and these by stratagem, inlying lown nna covering Willi a uioouv coturuoc. n.i? relation of Bnford's defeat tlie writer tind from one of the victims of this butchery, more than fifty years ago, who went by the soubriquet of Old Usthcnd Sinunons We will only mention one other case of brutish barbarism of that date. Cajit, Semnel, a noble officer in the Northern army, was taken prisoner, after making a gallant defence, and tied with a rope about bis neek to the tail of a cart.. In lliis way his torture was prolonged, till lie sank under exhaustion, in trying to keep up with the speed of the horse, and death came to his relief in this diabolical manner. The noble retaliation upon suck barbarism by American soldiers, should never be forgotten. Subsequent to the massacre of Scamel, some of the king's troops were taken prisoners, when one of the conqnerors says to his companions, " Remember poor Scamel,"* which the commanding officer of this small detachment overheard, and quickly replies. "Kemeniber you are Americana, and not barbarian*, lie who shall dare to molest, wound, or insult an unarmed prisoner of war, shall die." We profess to be much gratified with the improvement of English manners and morals by the discipline and example of democracy, as we claim thejn for onr progenitors. As we have been reviewing some of the moral fields of democratic cultivation, wo will now point the reader to sotna more tangible work ; but confess we are at a loaa where to direct your attention?whether to the fertile fields of aerial grain, or to the cotton manors that clothe a world with 'gnrmenta of beauty and comfort ?although Miss MoFlimsoy lias nothing to wear?witli all theso products of a tropical and temperate clime, with more shipping, and means of transportation, than any other nation can boast, to carry these products to market. We will not attempt a description or enumeration of works commenced or finished, leaving it to the reader's imagination to fill the programme of railroads, steam boats, telegrams, arts and aeience, useful and beautiful, schools of learning, with a territory stretching from sea to sea, with the prospect of annexing more, sufficient to give the habitable world each a residence; for we hold that democracy must finally rule this habitable earth, under her mild away, as ita inhabitants are prepared, by the light of Christianity, to enjoy that peace and good will promised to all who love the truth. AU this work, both Spiritual And temporal, ha* abolition of African tlnvery boon laboring to destroy, both in Kngland and the l/nitcd States, for more than a quarter of a eentury, with a sleepless vigilance known only to the expiring effort* of d?*< peration, among the spirit* that " covenant with hall, and are in league with the devil" All theee varied, unceasing attacks of abolition npon this divlna. institution of AlVieaa slave labor, havo been as.wanton and nnpro voko?] as the attack nj>on l?t, by the men ol Sodom, the night he entertained two angels OCPOflKN AB1ANL Oak Cottage, Greenvillo( 8. C. ?e Kiss Me, Mamma, Do Kiss Me. The child was so sensitive?so like that iillle shrinking plant, that curls at a breath and shuts its heart from light. The only beauties she poesessod wero an exceedingly transparent skin, and the most mournful blue eyes. I had been trained by a stern, strict, conscientious mother. I was a tardy plant, rebounding at every shock, misfortune could not daunt, though discipline tatned me! I fancied, alas! that I must go through the same routine with this delicate creature ; so one day when she had displeased die exceedingly, by repeating an offence, ! was determined to punish her severely. I was very serious a!l day, and on sending her to her little couch, said : 44 Now, my daughter, to pnnish you, and show you how very, very naughty you have been, 1 shall not kiss you tonight." She stood looking, at me, astonishment personified, with her great mournful eyes wide open. I suppose she had forgotten her misconduct till then ; and I left her with big teais dropping down her cheeks, and her lips quivering. Presently I was seni for?"Oh! mamma, yon will kiss me. I can't go to sleep, if you don't," she sobbed, every tone of her voice trembling, as she held out her hands. Now came the struggle between love and what I falsely termed duly. My heart said give her the kiss of peace; my stern nnturo urged me to persist in my correction, that I might impress the fault upon her mind. That is the way I I had been trained until I was a submissive child, nr.d 1 had remembered how often 1 had thanked my mother | since for her straightforward course. i i i. i ? .i - i--j .. ?? i i\11v11? ny me ueu?" nioincr can i kiss y.ou, Ellen," 1 whispered, though every word choked me. Her hand touched mine; il whs very hot; but 1 attributed it to her excitement. She turned her gtievous face to the wall. 1 blamed myself, ao the fragile form shook with suppressed sobs, and saying, " Mother hopes Ellen will mind her better after thu," left the room for lite flight. It might have been about twelve "when I was awakened bv tlio nurse. Apprehensive, I ran to the child's chamber. I had a fearful dream. Ellen did not know nie. She was sitting up, crimsoned from the forehead to the throat, Iter eyes so bright that I almost drew back aghast at their glance. From that night a raging fever drank up her life?and what do you think was the incessnfit plaint poured into mv anguished heart ? "Oh! kiss me, mother, do kiss me. I can'/ go to Bleep. You'll kiss your little Elleu, won't you ? I can't go to sleep. I won't be nauchtv. it vou'll kiss me. Oh 1 kiss me, dear mamma, I caift go to sleep." Holy little'child, she did go to sleep one gray rooming, and never woke again?never ! Iler hand was locked in mine, and all inv veins fey with its gradual chill. Faintly the light faded out in the beautiful eyes?whiter, whiter and whiter grew the tremulous lips. She never knew rnc; but with her last breath she whispered, " I will be good, mother, if you will only for give mo." Kiss her ! God knows bow passionate and unavailing were my kisses upon her check after that fatal night. God knows how wild were my prayers, that she might know if only once that I might have yielded up my very life could I have asked forgiveness of that sweet child. Well, grief is unavailing now. She lies in her little tomb ; there is a marble urn at her head, and a-rose bush at her feet?there grows sweet summer llowers ; there waves the gentle grass ; there birds sing their matins and vespers, there the blue sky shines down to day, and tliero lies the freshness of my heart. Parents, you should have heard the pathos in the voice of that stricken mother, as she said, " There are plants that spiing into great vigor if the henvy pressure of a footstep crush them ; but oh! there are others that even the pearls of tho light dew bend to tbo earth." A Plka for Old Maids.?A woman at (he age of thirty-three and a third years, who has never been married, is considered Paasee ; is called an " old inaiit " nnrl the term is most uniiistle used in ^derision. The verv tact of boing an old maid is prima facie evidence of the possession of purity, prudence and aelf denial, and tbeso are essential to the character of a perfect wife ; without thein, no woman ia worth having. lining an *' old maid " impliea decision of character; neither shain,*nor shows, nor courtly manners, nor tplendid persons have won them over ; nor fair promises nor shallow tears; they . looker! beyond manner and the dross, and finding no cheering indication of /Ion!Is s\f miml anil nfarlintv nriiiainlaa X.*. ^ I" they gave up the specious present for , the chance of a more solid future end ' determined in hope and patience and . resignation to * bide their time." An Irish student was asked what was r meant by posthumous works. " Th^y are such works," said Paddy, " as a uiau wiilea after be is dead." li "Seven Up" for* Wife, or "Good as Wheat" In the State of Tennessee, there is a certain village boasting of a tavern, three stores, and four groceries, where, from morning till night, and from night till dawn, a person entering the town map? find in the tavern, stores and groceries aforesaid, one or more groups of persons playing catds. Gambling there is reduced to a science, the history of the four kings is thoroughly studied, : and from the school boy to the gray1 haired veteran, from the miss in her : teens, to the mother of a large family, they I arc initiated into the mvsteries of liicrh. , f - - ?. ?o~? low, jack, game. Olio of the best players in llie village was Major Smith, the tavern keeper; or, as he expressed it, the proprietor of the hotel; a widower, who, like Jeptha, Judge in Israel, Had a daughter passing fair." Fanny, the daughter, was one of the prettiest girls in Tennessee, aud, tlieicfore, one of the prettiest in the world ; for we here digress in order to lay down an ipse dixit, that Tennessee women, in point of beauty, are matchless. The sweetheart of Fanny was a young farm* i er, residing in the neighborhood, whom we shall designate bv the name of Hob. It happened that one day before harvest, the young man was detained in the.village, nnd found him as usual at the hotel, sealed between iho Major and his daughter. After a desultory conversation between the two gentlemen, on the state of the weather, the prospects of the approaching harvest, and such impoitant staples of conversation, the Major asked Robert how his wheat crop piomised to yield. In reply he was toid that the young farmer expected to make at least one hundied bushels. The Major appealed to stud) for n moment, then abruptly proposed a game of old sledge, or " seven up "?the stakes to he his daughter Fanny against the crop of wheat. This, of course, the young man indignantly refused, because be could not bear the idea that the hand of her he loved should be made the subject of a bet, or that ho should win a wife bv gambling for her; and, perhaps, he knew the old man was " hard to beat," and there was a strong, probability of his losing both wheal and wife. It ww not until iho Major, with his usual obstinacy, had sworn that unless he won her he should never have her, that the young mau was forced reluctantly to play. The tablo was placed, the candles lit. the cards produced, and the players took their seats with Miss Fanny between thoro, to watch the progress of the game. The caids were regularly shuffled and cut, and it fell to the Major's lot to deal. The first hand was played, and ltul>ert made gift to his op- I ponent's high gatue. Robert then \ dealt, the Major begged ; it was given,, and the Major again made three to his opponent's one. " Six to two," said Miss Fanny, witlv a sigh. The Major, as ho dealt the cards, winked and said, " I'm good for the wheat, Master Boh." The old man turned up a tndMfl^it was a spade. Fanny glaneej^n her fattier** hand?her heart sunkj^re held the three, eight spot, and the king! She then looked at Robert'* hand, and to ! lie had the ace, oueen, duee and jack or knave. She whispered to Robert to l>eg?lie did so. 44 Take it," said too Mnjor. Robert led hi* duce, which the Major took with his throe spot, and followed by playing the king. Robert put hi* queen upon it. The Major, supposing it was the young man's last trump, leaned over the table, and tapping his last trick with hi* finger, said : " That's good a* wheat.** 44 Is it ?" asked Robert, as he displayI ed to the astonished Major the ace and jack, yet in his hand. 44 iiigh, low, jack, gift and game," shouted Robert. 14 Out!" ejaculated Fanny. 44 Good as wheat," added Robert, as he flung his arms around her neck and kissed ncr. In due time they wero married, and ever after that, whcri anything occurred of a pleasing nature between the happy couple, they would exclaim their emphatic approbation of it by the phrase, ' Good as wheat." There is something inexpressibly *woet about little girls. Lovely, pure, innocent, ingenipus, unsuspecting, full of kindness to brothers, babies and everything. They are sweet littlo human flowers, diamond "dew drops in flie breath of rrtorn. What a pity they should ever become women, flirts and AAAIUltftMl Tiir poorest are not nnfrequently tha happiest. A Sultitn, who, n* n cure foi low spirits, whs directed by his physician to wenr tho shirt of the happiest man in his domains, selected a gay and reckless follow, hot, on stripping hiro for his shirt, found ho didn't wear one. Evert man is weary and dincroct in i confession ; it were well if they were ac mnch^ao in action. Boldness in dbing I ill is in some sort modified and restrain J ed by boldiuAH in confcaeing if. , 4 The Bright Side. Look on the blight side. It is the right side. The times may be hard, but it will make them no easier by. wearing a gloomy end sad countenance. It is the sunshine and not the cloud that makes Che flower. There is always that before or around U9 which shouki cheer and till Hie heart with warmth. The sky is blue ten times whero it is black once. You have troubles, it may be. So have others. None are free from them. Perhaps it is as well that none should be. They give sinew and tone to life?fortitude and coil race In man That would be a dull sea, anil the sailor would never get skill, whore there was nothing to disturb the surface of tho ocean. It is the duty of every one to extract all the happiness and enjoyment he can without and within him, and above all, he should look on the bright sido of things. What though things do look a little dark ? The lane will turn, and the night will end in broad day. In the long run, tho groat balance rights itself. Wbat is ill, becomes well; what is wrong, right. Men are not | made to hang down either heads or lips ; and those who do, only show that ! they are departing from the paths of true common sense and right. There is more virtue in one sunbeam than a whole hemisphere of cloud and gloom. Theicfore, we repeat, look on the bright J side of things. Cultivate what is warm j and gonial?not the cold and repulsive,! the dark and morose. The Iron Duke was right. Don't neglect your duty; look to the bWglit side; live down prejudice. ITcno IIim Over Again.?Rogers, the poet, used to tell a story of the 44 body of a malefactor, who was hanged in chains, and disappeared in the night. Nearly a fortnight afterwards it was again dangling in the air, and looked as if fresh from the hands of.the executioner. The man on the first oc easiott was nol quite dead. A farmer and liis aon passing by beard bis groans, look bins liomo and nursed bim. When bo recovered, tbey were awoke l>y a noise, Hnd found tboir guest at bis old trade?packing up eve ry atlicle of value in tbe bouse. Tbey agreed that be would be Letter returned to tbe place from whence be canto, and reetrangling him, tbey put bint back into bis iron case on the gibbiL" IToop Sktkts in a Tiiundbr Stokm. In tho town of I'ittsficld, Vt., on Saturday night last, while a singing school was in progress in a school bouse, a thunder storm passed over tbe village, and the lightning struck the schoolbouse, passing down the chimney and through the hand of a young man w ho was silling near the chimney, with bis arm stretched out towards it on the back of a seat. Tho ladies' hoops were all wtrilcL Kv itlA fltitil of oil 1... V J >*>v iiiMMf oiujrj/CU VI ail LI I CI I | MttAings, cla?p* brokon, hoops bent into paTnSoils of shape*, dresses scorched hii?1 some sot on fire, atul, wonderful to relate, no one was killed, and none injured but the joung man. To Encourage tub Growth or IIair and Prevent itsTuknixo Grey. A young lady friend of mine was recommended by a coiffeur to use sage-water. She was obliged to discontinue its daily use, as it made her hair too thick. Pour boiling water on the aago leaves, and let them remain some time in the oven or near a Move ; then strain and apply to the root of the hair daily. If any pomade is needed, an equal mixture of cocoa-nut and olivea, with a little perfume, is very efficacious.? London Field. It is not great calamities that embitter existence ; it is the petty vexations, tho small jealousies, the little disappointments, the minor miseries, that make the heart heavy and the temper sour. Don't lei them. Anger is a pure waste of vitality: it is always foolish, and always disgraceful, except in some very rare cases, when it is kindled by seeing wrong done to another; and even that noble rage seldom mends the matter. Keep in good humor. Tub love of ornament creeps slowly but surely, into the female heart. A girl who twines tho lily in hor tresses, and looks at herself in tho clear stream, will soon wish that the lily were fadeless, and the stream a mirror. We say let the young girl seek to adorn her beauty, if aha be taught also to adorn her mind , and heart, that she may have wisdom to direct her love of ornament in due moderation. ? Let us recollect the admonition of a famous man, that the humblest persons are bound to give an account of their leisure; and, in the midst of solitudes, to be of some use to society. The spare , minutes of a year are mighty laborers, if kept to their work. They overthrow and build up : dig or empty. There ii a tradition in Barbery that the aoa wai once absorbed by nnta. A okstlkmak hftving ft llOr?? tllftl i run away ami broke bin wife* 1100k, > woh tohl by a neighbor that ho wi*hod ; to purchase it for hia wife to inlo upon J" bit," aaal tlio wretch, "1 iulcnti tc jjunrry again myself." That which is always capable of perfection, is never perfected. It is less painful to leant in yeuth than to be ignorant in age. A niao may be a fool with wit; bat qover with judgment. IlYPOttUTts are beings of darks? disguised iu garments ofTight. No man oan avoid his own eompaey, so ho had best make it as good as possible.' Never fear a man who threatens you with an injury ; the silent enemy is the most dangerous. Without confidence* friendship is but a mockery, and social intercourse a sort of war in disguise. The man who is fond of puddings and pies, places himself fearfully in Uic power of bis wife. 1 Why do people talk about fading doubts in their owu mind ? Where else could they be expected to feel them t A man f\$ osncn mat* woll *?? " tifioe, just as a uian of known wealth uiay venture to appear in a plain garb. Ro long as men are imprudent in their diet and their business, doctors and la?r* "2 yora will ride in carriages. There is one thing which the most unobservant person manages to see? that which we do not want him to 666. A boldikr being asked if he met with much hospitality in Trelnnd, replied that he was iu the hospital all the time he was there. The gleeful laugh of happy children is the best home music, and the graceful figures of childhood are the best statuary. Sorrow comes soon enough without despondency ; it does a man no gotd to carrv around a ligbtuing rod to attract trouble. . Applause may be gained by one great, w ise or fortunate action ; to avoid censure, you must pass a whole life without saying one bad or foolish thing. In making an estimate of mao or woman, never take the dress into consideration. Tis the. value of the blade we , inquire into, not of the scabbard. I \ inrlil llvitvrva Ant "few. . ia t>i iii^o VUD av.ai Oj no mirmw shows us truths ; we never see the star* till we can see little or naught else? and thus it is with.truth. The ancient cooks carried their art to the most whimsical j>erfectiou. They wore able to serve up a whole pig, boiled on one side and roasted on the other. A yei'NO lady in Iialls County captured a beaver lately, and also the man who was carrying it about on hi# head. Young ladies are given to such tricks. It would be a great advantage to some school masters if they would steal two hours a day from their pnpils, and give their own minds the benefit of the robbery. Is a Critical Condition.?Gov. Moore, of Alabama, is at the Montgomery White Sulphur Springs, Virginia, in a very pr< can >us condition, having lost the use of both arras and legs. Ov all the passions, jealousy is that wheih exacts the hardest service and pays the bitteteat wages. Its service i$, 10 wnicn iuo success 01 our enemy; iu wages, (o be sure of il. Never cast yourself on the ground in despair, lest you crush and destroy a thousand flowers of hope that are ready to spring up and gladden all your pathway. It is a general remark that all classes of persons are ever ready to give their opinions. Wo think tha lawyers and doctors must be excepted; they sell theirs. . Okk of our writers, dwelling upon the importance of small things, says that he always, takes "note, even of a straw.'* , Especially, perhaps, if there's a sherry > cobler at the end of it. An Eastern editor snvs he bad a pair of bouts given bim which were so tight that they came very near making him ? a Universalis, because he received bis pnnishinent as ho went along. * Those real gems of thought that sliine like stars in the night, were not struck out at a hent; as sparks from a blacksmith's anvil are, but fashioned and polished with a patient and a weary and an aching head and heart.*. Jeroms's Widow.?The American wifo of the late Prince Jerome is said to bo worth a million of dolla v The First Napoleon allowed her a pension 6f 0C#000 francs, but the Bourbons stopped41 very quick, saya the Boston Post. It is said that the British Govern* k.. iv.-n? i ?. ? cut uuuuvu ma arwsiu^ni 01 me United States, lb at the Prince of Wales intends leaving England at an early day Cor Canada, and ibal he wiiL proceed j front Canada directly to Washington. Flottsrs are sent as innocent agencies to load man's thought* to God. As 1 their perfumes asoend to heaven, so should his prayers ariae to his creator. * 1 They flourish for awhile, and then die? 1 they are eml>lem<valike of God's wisdom and power, and of man's unalterable fate, ho, hlce thorn, must wither and die. Ther, 31 add en the rugged pathway of life. , witn iQuir ocmujr ana ioviine>^. Full I of cofiderrce in the Ureatorwth*y jjaze up to Heaven with eyo* of faith in the > divine protection?truly tliev nre wortl?y of tutu'* itnhatioft.