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Fmn the Patriot and Mountaineer.
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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.
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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. >
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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
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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.
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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.