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" BY W. A. LEE AND HUGH "WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. G, FRIDAY, APRIL 17. 1803. VOLUME XV?NO. 52.
The Proposad Constitution.
ARTICLE IIT.
EXECUTIVE I) K rAICTM ENT.
Section 1. The supreme ISxecutiva authority
of this Stale bhall bo vested io a
Chief Magistrate, wLo shall bo sly led "T.he
Governor of the Slate of Suulli Carolina."
Section '2. The Governor shall be elected
by the electors duly n>i V.ili-d to vot?for
members of the General Assembly,
and shall hold his oflioe fur two years, antl
until his successor shall be chcseu and
i..
Ijufiiinuu, iiuu autHA uu J
Section 3. No per&ou shall bo eligible to
the oflico ot Governor who denies llie existence
oP-.Viio Supreme Being, or who at
the time of such election ha? jiot attained
,the age of thirty years, ar.d who, exwpt
fit the first election-Under this constitution,
shall not have hlien-R- citizen of the United
Slates and a citizen and resident of this
State for two years next preceding t'.:o day
of election. No person while Governor
shall hold any other of lice or commission
(except in the militia ) under this S:ate,
or anj other power, at one and the same
timA
Section 4. The returns of every election
of Governor shall be sealed up by the
.managers of elections in their re?p<:ctivo
counties, and transmitted, by mail, to the
cent of government, directed ti the Secretary
of Slate, who shall deliver thorn to the
Speaker of tba House of Representatives
at the next ensuing sesdiou of the &ouerai
Assembly, and a duplicate of said returns
ebali be filed with the Clerks of the Comts
of said Counties, whoso duty it shall bo to
forward to the Secretary of Stalk a certified
copy thereof, upon being notified that
the returns previously forwarded by mail
Lave not been received at his offlue. It
shall be the duty of the Secretary ol Stale
after the expiration of sercn days from the
day upon which the voles have been coun
ted, if the returns ihercoti from any county
have not be-m received, to notify the Clerk
of the Court of said county, and order a
copy of the returns li!e ! iu hi6 ollice to be
forwarded forthwith. The Secretary of
State shall deliver the returns to the .speaker
of the House of 11 presmtatives at
the next ensuing session of the General
Assembly ; nud during the first week of
the session. or as soon ae the General Assembly
shall hare organized by the election
of the presiding ofliocra of the two
Houses, the Speaker shall open and publish
thoin in the presence of bosh Houses.
The person having the highest number of
votes i.hidl be Governor; but if two ur
more shall be equal, and highest iu votes,
the General Assembly s-hdl, during the
same session, in this Llouse i-f Represent.!
tives chpso one of them Governor ~ viva
vocc. Couttihled elections fur Governor
thall be determined l>y the -General Assembly
in such maimer ai shall be prescribed
by law.
Section 5. A Lieutenant Governor slinli
bo cboson at the same tiinu, in the same
xnannei, continue in office (or tlie same
p.riod, anJ be pnssed of the tame quAl fi
rations as the Governor, and shall cx ojjiclo
Le President of the Senate.
Section G. Tl?e Lieu'eisaut-Govcrnor,
while prCcidin;* in the Senile, tba!l have
do vote, unless the Senate be equally divided.
Section 7. The Son,V.Q shall chose a
President pro tempore, to net in the absence
of the Lieutenant Governor, or when
be shall exercise the oilice of Governor.
Section 8, A member of the Senate, or
of the House of Representatives, being
chosen as acting Governor or LieutenantGovernor,
shall thereupon vacate his seat,
and another persou shall bo elected iu his
fctead.
Section 9. In case of the removal of the
Governor from his oflk-e, or his death, re
situation, removal from the ?t-ilc; or inability
to discharge Che powers fU)d 0<Jihie:
of ^ilje aaidhbiiiee, ttse saona . eh all <Mfrdlv<
on "tho Liehten an l-Go v cfn orf'a n d,'tb$?"Oe n
eral Assembly at its first s"ssion after tin
ratification of this constitution, shall, bj
law, provide for the case of removal, deatli
resignation or inability, both of tbe Governor
and Lieutenant-Governor^ declimnj
What officer shall thvn net as Governor
and such officer 6hall act accordingly/un
til such disability shall have bpep removed,
or a Governor shall have been elected
Section 10. Tbe Governor shall" b
pommander in-chief of tbe militia of lb
?>Ute, except when they shall be called into
tlio actual ear vice of tbe United States
Section 11. IIo shall have the poWe
to grant reprieves aty! pardons after, coi
Yiction (except id cases of impeach monl
in such manner, on silch terms,-bad' flnd<
uch restrictions as bp B^all thinki'propei
and be shall have power to remit fines an
forfeitures, unless otherwise directed b
law. It shall be his duty to report'"to lb
Gentfr#l 4s*en?bly at the pott regalar see
sion thereafter, all pardons granted by bin
with a full etatemei^t 6i ?acii c*ae, god tb
reasonaoioving.hhth thereto. \ '
Section 12. lie shall take care that tb
. -A... i 7, ;' I/V . n - *
laws do e^ciiua w mercjj . ,
Soctidii IS. The -{JoTernor-arkd Lwiitet
ant-Goveropr.ahaJl, at stated times, receiy
for tfyeir we?Vic?? a compensation wLie
shall be neither increased or dirainishe
during the period for which ^hejr ?)ui
have been elected.
Section 14. All officer*'i|i tl|e Exeoj
tiyo Department^shall, when' required b
the Governor, give him information in wri
ting upon m? *ub^?ct relating thp dutie
of their rcfp|ctr^ o|Baef. j ( ij
Section 15. The Governor shajjj Iror
|imo to time, gifo dflhejGeaeralmsscra
I
My information of the. condition of the
iSuito, anil recommend to their consideration
such measuies as he shall judge necessary
or expedient.
Section JO. lie may, on extraodionjy
occasion?, conve&e the Genor^l.Aspemlly ;
3?nd sliovilJ. e'ther UoUse remain without a
quorum for fivo days, or in ease of disagreement
between the two Houses with
respect, to tlie time of adjournment, may
it'tjourn Uhcm to t-uch time as ho may
I ihink proper; not hovond the time of the
innual sc&uon thou next ensuing.
Suction 17. Mo &hull commission a!! J
officers of the State.
Sec'.ion 18. There shall be a Seal of the .
State, lor whi> h the General Assembly at
! its fii>t HCJ-sion, shajl provide^ aml'-irhToli ,
bliitll be used by tjio ( wvernor officially, I
And .shall he ca'.lud "Tl.c Gre.it Seal of the
Suite of South Cwplina."' ?* /
Section 10. Ali'.grants and commissions
shall be issued in the n.wno and by the ail- 1
j thority of ilio State of South Carolina
j sealed with the Cire.it Seal, signed by the
j Governor ami countersigned by the Secretary
of State.
i Section 20. The Governor and Lienten!
ant-Goveiuor, before entering ujjou the
1 duties of their re-j>CClive pfiiocs, thall take j
' and subscribe flit* oath of wlTh:e as pre
i scribed iu article two, section thirty one of
J this coactilution.
i Suction til. Tlie Governor shall reside
! at the capital of the State ; but dutitig llic
1 sitt:ng3 of the General Assembly he shail
preside where, its sessions are held, except
in case of contagion.
Section "J'i. Every bill or joint rcsolu
: lion which shall have passed the Gctier.il
j Assembly, except 011 a question of adj'?urumet?t,
thall, before it becomes a law
be pre?entcd to the Governor, and* if he
' appr<^|e, he shall sign it; if not, he shall
: return it, with his objections to the llouse
j in which i\ shall have originated ; which
j shall enter the objections at large ou its
: journal*, and proceed to reconsider it. If,
| alter such reconsideration, two-thuds of
! the Ilou-e thai! agree to pass i*, it shall be
' sent, together with tho ol jections, to the
oilier House, by wbicb it shall be re conj
feiJercd, and, if approved by two-thirds
of that House, it shall have lite same of'
feet a3 if it had been signed by the Governor
: but in all such cubes the vote of both
! lluii.-'os sb.ill be taken by yea3 and nays,
an.! tho names of the persons voting for
and against tho the bill or joint resolution
| t>iinil uuemerou oil inc journals oi OOtU
j LI .usei re?|>rtctiv? ly. If a l>i!I or joint
; resolution bIihII not bo returned by ibe
Governor withiu three days after it shall j
have been presented to him, Sundays ex- |
: uepted, it shall have ihe same force and i
j fll'itt as if lie had signed it, unless the j
j General Assembly, by their adjournment,
J prevent its return, in whieh eate it shall
J not have such forco and eilcot unless re
turned within two days af:er their next
j meeting.
Section 23. There shall be elected by
t *
| the qualified voters of the State a Comptroller-GerierM,
KTreasurer, and'a Seeretary
of #late, who ahull hold their respective
olliees for the term if four yean, and
, whose duties aud compensation shall be
; prcsiMib?d by law*.
DR. DUFF ON TEMPERANCE.
The Itcv. Dr. Duff, at,n temperance
i meeting lie!J in Calcutta, asked :?
"Where, iji #11 the iiiblc, is there any
express prohibition against -the habit*
ual use of arsenic or prussic rxcid if"'-"It
is enough that tho liibhs coudemnsall
munlur, whether it be that of ourself
] or that of another. And in condomnj
ing murder, it, of necessity, conJemns
1 i the use of any or all of thoso means
! which naturally and inevitably lead
! | to it. Has not the Jiiblo, by its afTec"
| ting records of tho monstrous ifl'ictB
" |?f ^^3,40
: lU^iOi'%1 has ij. n0t*5yji$sl.4^prcsi gom*
| abusing thom to the elrecting or pcf~
J | uieious onds; has it not, by its tcrri
' , uio denunciations against the vico of
? drunkenness, declaring, on tho author"
t ity of living God, that no dv,?M?k3
; ard shall inherit tho kingdom of hea^
' | von; has it not, by tbosa and other
* moans, stamped tho Beal of its ropro~
tuition, 'witir t4>e^ most* tremendous
jb Vv i J"** ttf fl,h'afcitugX, WE of any
substance, which, liko ardout spirits,
8 involves thro ittost iniquitous abuso of
" tyod',s,inojrci^s, loads to tho mosf atr^eiouk
outra^os agajii^ty aB law, ^umjin
and divino, and more' tuari anything
" olao multiplies I Up boavoii-forc-olosing
' and hell-opening vice of drunkenness 1
^ tbfe 8Bb3ti^}cq$ ngrwSjtnowu
J under Hhe^name 6t Ardfepirits,
could not be forbidden by name in the
y Bible, beoauao, wh&9 it wop wrf^Oj
6 they were not known?not actually
l" oxiBteqt. 1?hd?ruihi waa^ ilmt/<5r a
l' thousand yoa^a afioi^thQ dawn of the
6 Ohriltiaa ora"|ar|lCnW.^^t||ooli t^
have been un&ntfwri-. *'ftfty^taiweWo
m, \igbt it) the pf the plchera
$ jf.thi, '"ffeifr yai"
pursuit after a. universal solvent which
? [would extract gold > from rfchf r t>aser
* nfetals. TbeL^olcr'pAdtnjiHg 'eolVent
|v they ney.er4oondi,?i;t ifi^tjpad thereof,
' they anbajfpHy a misery
r and r madnra-orodueuig ingrodient.
r Tbey vmnlyt wi|hedc tfclturn all the
J baser x^eta^dS in^o *^o!f 5 llioy really
1 discovered tho proceos of ponverting
VtlmntCfst ijnufcJkis substanccs in na(
/ttfnp4S.IO left the discovnYery
as a fell legacy to tUeh* wo-bogone
- posterity.
GAUNT FAMINE. v
It is difficult to recollect a tiino
when, oh now, the cry of laaii.no bus
<;ono up from no many different.quarters.
In Algeria, the surterings of the
Arabs liavo been, and continue to be,
terrible, two hundred thousand of
thein, it is computed, having perished
from httirvut.ion. In parts ol England
the destitution i* extreme, and
the coiulition of large sections of lite
people, always.poor, is now i:ure than
usually deplorable. Some of the dls
tricts of Frant-c aro tcourged in the
huiiio way. But it is in purls of Gormany
and Kastern J'uiopo that the
misery and distress aro most ii.tiir.tii?
Hod; at least the horrors oi' tho situ*
alion in those regions aro brought
more homo/to the sonse of the iSui'p*
pcan public. J2ast Prussia is a marked
victim of this awful viailutiou. ll id
hard!}' conceivablo that unJer such a
Government as Prussia, and anung
such a pcoplo as the Prussiaufc, hutnnu ;
misery ani "woe could Attain sucli-k
haighl. Ju Wotloiu Prussia, tba facia
could net, lor a long lime, gain belief.
Fur some time tho Government denied
their existence, or treated tho reports
as gross exaggerations, though, doubt
lets, it could not have been ignorant
of their truth?a truth which,it could
not uui ledj was a rclleetion upon tlio j
character oi' tho admiui.itrakion and i
even u^on the iS'aii >nal chuiactcr.
JLn one district, Germbinncn, there
are iiiUe villages and 100,000
desikutu people. Literally it may bo
said that nearly all these people are at
liie starvation p-jint. They are cl.issilijd
a*i small farmers who may by
possibility, without aid from abroad,
bo able to exist through the severe
months till next harvest; laboring
farm hands heretofore subsisted by
their employers, but now necessarily
discharged j and lastly, small trades
people in the villages. Of tho intensity
of sullering some idea may be
formed from the following account ol
intelligent eyo wimcssc.-*, whoso report
appears in the Berlin correspondence
<of tlio Xew York Times :
' They (iho villages) lay before us
like ihe ibrsakon dwellings of a gypsy
trioo, and reminded us of a ceuie
tcry by their lonely and forsaken aspect.
Tyorc was not to be discovered
a single token of the'usual village lii'e.
Outfcido the huts there was not a shed
to bo fou:ul, nor loss a tree, for every
piece of wood had been used forfi.rowood.
The huis themselves were
built of mud arid covered with straw,
and seemed to bo ncarccly lit for cattle,
fetLU less .for human beings. Hero
ai.d there even the roof straw had
been partly removed to make a litter
lor the cow, which the proprietor hue
managed to keep alive. The partially
covered part of the hut is occupied
by men and cattle. On entering
abodes of this kiud one - would upt
think it possible that men could life
there! "7? V ;* * !< t?
' L' A *> < ' V i
The barking of-dogs does ncd w?l
come you, lbr those poor animals have
been killed and eaten long (since.?
Neither do you hear tho crowing of
tho cock, for he and his wives are goue
witli lho do^8. human Doing is to
bo seen in tho slrcots nor ovon Sit thcf
windows; and as even at dinner-timt:
no eliiiatiOy i*; smoking, opo ^'Qulq
think tho villago forsaken. On xsrftffring
more than twenty HU'.;h hats in
0110 villago, wo discovered that thoy
were tenanted. Wo 6iiiu8 |)ojtoo^H,ol
b# fevw 0?s4.a!l:aspJ?h qi{Wily tkolelons;
even tho children boro deep
despair $ 8^i^u>rwT^ly th*m.
faced. C A 'fo^*mon "finB w<5hren wctP
spinning oakum, furnished thorn by
ono of tho coinmitloesj by doing which
a whole family may earn threo or four
. ..ila,jTLtr il
... ^"> TMrx3EfJrI
was our inTulnSr crirri^ irtq^BfHty
XBttinrre -namaocea wux^p fmxwMirit
up to their ankles,g^ .lhatan ljQ^^
without a firo at a ftfrrpbrOTulrc'fiHte^hr
dogrcu^MyWjiero^^ ^ 0^ftiuri^L
heat it mate is A# ii|B|jkind o ?
heat, ffiltnmotTw in diriHllfly^closed*
and the air is trulv pc^J,ilonl\aL It is
wonderful bow rten cao .'djrist&i su&ft;
an atmosphere, lor it is inoro intolor3oup
furnishod by tho soup ki'tehone,
established by ftfap putlt^y pfj- JWft,OOU
tbalors njtftitio|e(| .kbovb. ^; "^Toj Qoulij
not discovor in this gruel a traco of
r.. i * -> ** - ?
lUb, Bi4V|i?yr pcv^yjvy?? i^ovuiRbriDUjon
was *1150x10 Xvttlf-te^Ware'kpfrraiB&foy.
Only aged persons and childroa are
ffltlftctr tu ll, und uvu clHldnimcuelvj
d?y.,.yo^a^ frT^atiMy
conftf^ting of sovod pwqljojw. .diluto
this stuff with hot wp(er. to mako it
ouflico for all of thern^ a
piece of bread \b ditirilMffrd With tbis
. . , l.: : X .. 'J.7T I ?v.*irrJ4
?oap. ^
The misery which ttyoea t(\yp gent,lo.
ujeo ?a,w nflC^^edowpf thow souMiab
that treptlikei h obHd. ^Pbey 4jfd
I taken money wjtb tjp.qfc. gavo ??
liberally a? tboy 0onM.v Wber* tfedy
sp#?t fi tl&W't^y.^pdfed to Ii<r? a
I niwnim ivii^oi * *"'!? A pi/Wl
! ^Vt^ii-ng^yjJog
with ot*o?rri?n. m its month,
She Yarr, rosotutoly, after B^ha'^ ^'cj!
J when alitf bad 8accfoc$*d lit cortquc^jng
I i if ?i ?i '
tho coveted delicacy, sho foil into a
kind of ccstacy on her knees and
thanked (iod that Ho had sent her
food lor her poor children.
la Austria, Poland and 'Russia, on
her -western frontlet, tho famine is said
lo bo an appalling as it is in !"].tst PriH
sin, a report which can bo easily credited.
11' lhero is such misery among
Prussians, how, in districts of contiguous
country, exposed in tho same
wa3" as tho Prussian ('istiicts, can the
case Ik* any bolter? Under such a
<: .,...1 1- - -- -
Vf v&umviiU} MliU UlUUIl^ DUULl IV [JUUpie
as the-Russians, it is quite likely
to be much worso. But of tho misery
of the people in llis.sia, there is eoltic
til any recur'. As those people live
like dumb beasts, they perish like
the in, and ol' ihoir starvation by thou
sands and all the ii)C >ncoivab!o BuiluringS
which prccecle starvation,' tho
world outside bus but small chance of
knowing any thing:
rj BOOKLESS HOUSES.'
,.Wc furm judgments of men irom
little things about their -houses, ol'
which the owner perhaps never thinks.
Flowers ubout a rich man's house
may signify only that ho has a good
rroViInimn A*+ U.?f ^ -1 '*
j^i?4uv/nvi, VI lUtiu (1U HUD 1U11UUU UCIJJUborn,
and does what ho bocs thcra do.
Jiul men arc not accuslomcd to bay
butjfeti unless they want, them. Jlj on
visiting thodwelling of a man of slot.der
means, wo find that ht} Contents
himself with- cheap carpets'irfid vcr
plaiu furniture, in order that ho may
purchase books, lie rises at once in
our esteem. Books aro not made lor
furniture, but thero is nothing else
tbat so baaulifully furnishes a house
Tho plainest row of books that cloth
or paper ever cover, is moro significant
of refinement than tho most
elaborately carved ctaycre or BideI.
?
UUiliU.
Give us a houso furnished with
books rather than furniture! Both,
if you can, but books at any rale! To
spend soveral da^s in a friend's house,
and hunger for something to read,
while you aro trending on costly carp.'ta,
and sitting upon luxurious chairs,
uud sleeping upon down, is as if one
were bribing your body for tho sake
of ehoatingyour mind.
Books aro tho windows through
which tho soul looks out. A houso
without books is lik'y a room without
windows. Xo man has a light lo
urmg up isis emioron without surrounding
them with books, if ho has
the moans to buy them. It is a wrong
to his family. Children learn to read
by being in tho presenco of books.
Tho love of knowledge comes with
reading, and growp upon it. And the
lovo?of.knowledgo in a young mind
is almost a warrant against tho inferior
excitement of pas3ions and viccs.
I jet us pity theso poor rich men,
who livo barrenly in great, bookless
bouses ! Let us congratulate tbo poor
that in our day books are so cheap
ih:it a man may every year add a
hundred volumes to his library for the
pi ico of what bis tobacco and his beer
would cost Jiim. Among tho earliest
ambitions to ba oxcited .in clerks,
workmen, journeymen, and, indeed
unxongall that are struggling up id
life from nothing to something, is that
of' owning, pnd constantly adding to,
&library of good books. A litLlo library,
growing larger every year, it
ah bonorablo part of a young man't
history ^
It is a man's duty to havo book*
qcjj a one o]
ibo nccessarios of life.?J?/jiscoj)aliun
I', y ? (
Tiibee Important Things.?Thre<
IThreo things to admire?Intl^lcclu:
f.TT. flh A V???A/wif1.J
- ^Thwo things to halo?Cruelty, ar-rfl^arfc?-'a^4^
ograli tu do.
. ^Malbingft to delight in-r-Beantj
fce^*Koalth
fronds a cheorful spirit.
A UHf#o jlliingf $' |<l flfcay for?Faitl
peaco and purity of heart.
^TUree thiaga^ta iiko?CoMteOity
?iflhfu^8'Ufei
Throe things to avoid?Idleness
tyquacitM aud ^li^pant jesting.
I '.jhreo ; ti>5ng4 'to ' iujtiv^to?Gooi
1 uooks' good mends and good humoi
^ty^tend for?Hon
'^py^eimwy MUWiWs.
i Throo things to governe-Teropei
twgw tw4<?i>4?ti*
'.puree things jtp tMafc
death and eternity?? . \ v: *
?? ?
Don't bb a Loafkb.?Young man, pa
alteptipp,. Pon,'t tea loaferdou't "kee
loaf#r'? company.; dfltt't/hang about loafin
places. Better work than sit around da
after day, of stand about c6tu*rs witli ydu
bfindp 1q yopr tackats. J&far' for ^oii
dill Lfliltn'-phnl'nr tnr u??? ?
toj'tv?fj" jr?*' : ?? (#???? V" i^rui
\pot?>. Bustle ?bout )f jw bmmi to j?&v
nay tiling to b?atLr aboyl .for. M*?y
pow pbysrclaq hat obtained A rea I pit ret
bjr Hflipg; gAefanhjinglijary qq?.
qT b}ank pnp?r tied j*4b red tap?, carrio
Uoder A lawyer'* arm, may .procure bit
?!uuv*nd k?W bjs. fonacre. 8iic
' is the world I to liira that ;1fetli*ftfrAlt t
' . givtru Quit dreamittg ?ud com^laiuing
; ep biwy aud njmdyoifrcbaocw {
I ' .? : '
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OLD NEW J0XE3.
This is the title of ft paper contributed
to the Aryvsy by Dr. JJoran, from
which wo extract a fovv passages ;
'"There is nothing now under the
sun," and that well-used remark was
l probably, itself without novelty when
j it became puxtoi'tho chronicle from
j which wo derive it. There is nothj
ing new under tho sun, not oven our
j jokes, nor our fairy h tones, nor our
legends. They all como to us. 111020
or less, from the East.
"Wo ascribo to Thcodoro Hook
the merit of mischievous originality
, in tho 'Jiorncrs Btrecl Hoax,' whero!
by ho brought a thousand or two of
people, besides horses and carriages,
into uno street, and making toward
0;.o bouse, atone and tho tuino moment.
K?j\v,tho honor of originality
in this matter belongs to one CiphisoJot
u1, who advertised for thousands
of day h-.borers to repair to a certain
street in Egypt, at a certain hour.
TLiis wag Cfjoyoi from n seyuro hii
ding-placc all the 'fun' lie cxpected
ilroiu witnessing tho contusion in a
| narrow strent caused hy crowds of
J disappointed men lighting their way
[out against crowds of hopeful men
lighting their way in.
"There is scarcely a modern illustration
of witty or humorous Irish
simplicity which is rot, at leant, as |
old ?;8 tho Plantonic philosopher of^
Alexandria, llieroeles, who lived five |
centuries before the Christian era.
At that early period men laughud
at the simpleton who resolved never
to go in the water till ho had learned
to swim ; or at him who wished himself
as speechless as tho sick man from
whom he could obtain no reply, in order
that ho might return tho invalid's
incivility: or at tho other who attempted
to keep his horeo alive without
food, and who failed just at tho
momont of succes by tho obstinate
bruto dying. Greeks laughod, long
before Irishmen, at their respectively I
alleged follow-couutryman who car- j
ried a brick about as a sample of the
house he had to sell. Tho Hibernian
who shut his eyes beforo a lookingglass,
that he might seo how he looked
whoa ho was aeleop; who
bought a crow, to test tho truth
ol? his assertion that tho bird lived a
j couple of centuries; who in a shipwreck,
clung to an anchor, to save
himself from drowning; and who re*,
marked to a friend who reasonably
denied I ho asserted fact of liia reported
death, that tho fact had boon ,
vouched for hy ono who was more
worthy of credit than ho who deniod
iL?that Hibernian is an old Crock in
modern guiso, and tho Greek, as in
iho story of Amphitryon; is heliovcd
into bo debted to a Hindoo predecci.
sor, who may, probably, tarn and
'Chili, chin/' to original inventor of
tho story iu Pekin.
"There would roally sectn to be
nothing now; tramways aro fouDd in
Tiiebos and MeinpJjle; tho balloon
tiics in idea through.rinany a classical
story tUo telegraph under another
form, flushed intelligence Jroui one
district to another of the anciont
world; and even our choicosL classical
traditions h:\vo various hemes.
) When Europeans first ariived among
Now Zoalandors, they I'ouud Hero and
- Loaudor a local legend, with tho
i blight diflerenco that it was tho lady
' who dashed through tho flood to meet
1 tho dut>l<y lover, who quiotly held tho
! lamp to guido her to. tho trusting
placo.: 1
<'Tbor6"is something very Angular
f ir? tKh wnw in vcliir-h Ai>BAr>i.?it.ill snrinrf
up, Jiife weodk,o? thxjtjpot wh?ro t*Uq
original soed was sown. Nut many
) months ag<J, tho Time? correhpondcnt
j i^ ^aris Gotnpunicalcd to that paper
tho translation of a latter whioh had
- j'JH appeared in. a l<Vench . proviwoial
journal, as au illustration ol tho siinplicity
of tho moderd Gaul. Tho
samplo was aflbrded by a lottor all eg7
ediy written by a soldier in hospital to
BieColonel,v who had'sent the riows
> Of his father's death.- ?ho 'soldiers
onistlo was to this effioL : 4Uoloncl : 1
{ thaokyou for tlio d?ut|i pf my fathop
It's an incident, liko aoy 9lberj lot
> us hope, howovor, that it will bavo no
bad oonBcquonces. . ? . I bavo just
? brokon my log, with which I have
. tbo honor to bo your very obedient
3 servant!' Now, tbia eampl^of rpo^
. em French simplicity, and humor it
_ p? pld as the oldes}/ Frcnch jest-book
and tbajt wilj yivo it An ago of several
? cootuiios/' ' 1
* . _ j . j ** ' i'
^ ? !?>
j CavdinhY^Dbllen, i6 a recetti fjftfttora
' address upon Ireland, says that "hei
population ha?beeri lessoned by tniK
lions, her trade is bad, and within t
? short iJeffod 400,000 housed1 hate' digg
app?rtffc4,M He continues: "WhiU
y the most abject poverty abounds, w(
F h*i6 btstoii obliged to'pity io-othei
T countries about 30,000,000 of monej
'e in the/ (ivo. .?reara!i ending In 1806
m fo* tb?.-nieestaripe of life* whict
\\ fowxHtij wprn Atoasdantl j? ?upplicd, bj
* Que iruitf^Lia&jJ,": si.; ") , *'JIU
a * w , m
* There ar$ fin* hundred j^nd,?os[Qnty
l0 nine ocean ateamerB belonging to tb<
; port of ftow York, with an oggrogat<
aaBaKqsm
i-... mrM I'nffir ninanni Tiiiif
liiiS iSTONtt HAND. J
Wc were on it pic-nie. It was in a
^rovc 011 a blufl" overlooking tlio occtm
?a fine, cool, shady ppot in a Ik>1
summer'a day. Kogor and I strayed j
away from the parly to a Hin:ill beach j
celow the blu 11* to pick up shulK ,
While wo were uk'pping on the rock:) ,
and .'i'ling our pocUols, the tidj came ,
in and floodel Btho atrip of land by ,
which wo camo. What .should we do? |
Thoro was no boat to take us oil", and
no way of escape but to climb the
stoop hide of the bin It* fronting the i
8ca. Oil, it looked bo steep, so lrgb. |
Could we chmb it? Wo f-houtcd to j
? r_: i- -i mm i . . i
uui inuiiuo au<j\ <j. j nuy taii^ui, Mgi.b :
of uk, vol what C juld they du '{ Thoy j
bad no ropes lo hold out lo us. Tim ;
lido came nearer and nearer. Jlo-.v !
I
bittetly wo repented coming! Why j
<1 id wo not slay in safety oti l!io Mull'? j
Tho tido began to curl round our i
very feet, and s'jalo tho hill wo must, j
At tho llr.it step tho Band guvo way j
benoath our tread. 1 caught hold of
the bushes growing among tho rocks.!
Tho twigs broke, and tho rocks eauic
tumbling down.
1 begun to cry with fright, ivhon
suddenly a man crept round a ruck
"Here, child," bo Suid to mo kindly,
j "put your hand in mine, and don't be
j afraid." 1 put my hand in bis strong
! kind find (111*
....... J <! %? bMV ? VI J tvuoil VI. It
! gave mo courage. Up ho went over
| the roclc, drawing mo af or liim?up,
up, up. II' the Ban d gavoway, 1 had ,
liiin lo cling to. Up, up, until lie j
| landed mo safely on tho top j then he '
went down and drew up Uoger. lluw
happy we were, how thankful wore
j our liicnd-, especially when we lookI
fid llonn !LIi(l M.'LW JllO lull* f.i.p,.l'inir
I the spot wboro wo stood. Tbo kind
I man was a fisherman, who saw our
danger and ran to savo u^.
Jlow sweet to tako hold of mother's
hand, and walk by her side. IIo^
good to have father s hand through j
dark, strange, and dangorous places.
There id another Hand mill stretched
out to 3*ou, and a voieo which says,
"Ilerc, my child, put your hand in
mine, aud don't bo afraid." Do you
know who? It is the .Lord Jcaus.
Y*ou are trying to clwnb to heaven,
it is burd u'.iinbiug alone. Your feet
keep slipping back. Tbo things you
hopo will holp you, don't answer.
They aro not strong enough to hold
you. What f.au you do? If you
slay where you aro you will bo lost.
Then that sweet voice whispers,
| "Jlere, my child, put your hand in
I miuo, and dou't bo afraid." It is the 1
precious Saviours, lie sees j*ourdanger
uud h^stei^s to save you. I'ut
your hand in his. J)o not let it go.
Keep la!?t hold ol' him. 13y his bido j
you can go up the hill ol" dillieulty,
overcome all the hindrances ol" the
narrow way, and reach heaven, thai
happy land.
31 y children, put 3-our hand in Jesus',
uud don't icl i/o.? Winnunj \\rord&.
MUSTN'T ALWAYS TAKE PEOPLE
AT THEIR WORD.
"O that I wcro dead!" cried the .
bullfinch.
"Idon't wonder at itjl'm sure, dear,"
said the cut, Killing with her eyes
fixed on the cago.
"To be penned up hero from day
to day, while all my friends aro rei
joieing in the sweet sunn^ bky, and
ihe flowers," said the bullfinch.
4"JLow distressing," taid the cat,
with much feeling.
"'"And just to be allowed now and
then, for a fow minutes, to try my
wings by a flight round iho room."
,. "ifere mookory! a crnol insult 1
oal| tf^at," said the put.
..."And 43 to . singing how can
' Oil *
... ..
"" "Iiow, Jnucc'd T" said (he etit.
"This piping song that X have been
driHed into, not a note ol it comes
from my heart."
' UI never could bear anything that
didn't como from tho heart," said the
cat demurely.
n(1 lhnt. T wrtrn rimirl (taid the
- bullfinch."
f.. i your very ba?fc flionis
(- wish , for , yo.q* doar," said the cat;
"and as tho door of your cago in a
little ?jur, I see you have only to qotno
' out aijd?" ,
, "And what 7M"asIcod the bullfinch/
"Why,, dearest, I would, bowovor
, paiilfal,to frt'y feelings/aoo'n pat yoi
o'tat of your misdr^/' said tho cat,
preparing to spHrig^ upon whioh Che
* btfllflMh wet fcf* a scream of such tetror
tBat his mistress ile\? into the
[ and pies 'was glad to eacnpo
do#D staira.-** Ths Leisure Jlour.
> ' ! . '
??: ?i
i r? rPkisln.flirn . /Urn ' '/>f nnttaaftnlloa
r rerin in New Zealaid, during the past
.wintor, havo caused & veritable* "deL
lago," involving an immoose amount
. toi.dsnage/)* i'hf: .v' : <
.{sir: ;V . m? *
Weston, the pedestrian, has acoomp
plibhfidj unpreef^lQpted tabfe of
fcalki ng" 1Q3 in ilea .in. ,twoaly-four
jftsib ': ,,y^ ;"'-w
111 The Pope Km deoteed that *Wov*.
i
" men wuti extravagant BeaouareBsos
" shall not' bo admitted it the oom*
munion." ' ; '' ' ' "
) I)9n't takfl toQ mqoh^ntoijpat In the
) attar is of j6ur neighbor?- Six por
iNFLUENCE OF NEWSPAPERS ON
CHILDREN.
A Bchool-toachor who had onjoycd
i,l>o benefit of a lung practice of bin
)rol'eSBion, and had wfrtchcd closely
ho iniluonco of newspapers upon the
jiirids of a family of children, states
as iho result, of his observation lliat,
without exception, those scholars of
both :joxc3 and :ill atjoo who have access
to newspapers at home, when
ompaied to thoiso who have not,
are:
1. Better readers, excellent pronunciation,
and consequently lead more
und?:r.standinyly.
li. Tb?:y are better Rpellorfl, and dc- !
fine wouls with easo and accuracy.
They obtain partial knowledge j
in geography in almost half tho time I
il. requires others, n.s tho newspapors ;
havo made them familiar with the
location of important placoB and nation?,
their governments and doings.
-1. They aro better grammarians;
for, having become so familiar with
every variety of stylo in tho nowspaper,
from common-placo advertisements
to tho finished and ' classical
oration of tho statesman, they more
readily comprehend tho meaning of
tho text, and consequently analyze its
vvu?)wl uvbiv/u n iuii iv^v>uiuvj'?
They write better compositions,
using better language, containing
more thoughts, still more clearly expressed.
From theso simplo f-.icts threo important
things can bo deduccd :
1. Tho responsibility of the press in
supplying litcraluro which tdiall bo
both healthful in tono and likcwi.se
urider.standir.gly expressed.
2. Tho absolute necessity of personal
supervision of a child's reading by
his parents.
i). Having once got a good, able paper,
no matter what price, don't begrudge
it a hearty support.
nATTT T\\T?m TTT-rr ti ttti
LiUUliUJN T Jl?jLir 11.
In a ccrtain town on tho Fcnobscot
river, lived two worthy men, neighbors
and friends; but tbey could never
agree on political questions. In dispute
one day, ono of tbo disputants
lost tompcr and eallcd tho other "liar,"
"fool," "knave," and ho on. This
was his weakness, lie easily lost
self-control; then was very abusive ;
and then repented. On tho occasion referred
to ho was so chagrined at tho
exhibition bo had mudo of passion,
that he soon culled upon his neighbor,
penitent and purposing an apology.
Wo give, in substance, the apology :
"1 am ashamed of mysolf for being
so abusive iu my talk to j ou. To
think I should call a neighbor and
iriend 'luir.' 'fool.' and 'knuvo ' T nm
sorry, and I have como to apologize.
Forgive mo. 1 kriow 110L why it is,
that, in roy talk with you, 1 lose my
temper. But tho fact is, you always
talk so much like a?jackass, I can't
help ji!"
Many good men have weaknesses of
character or manner which seem absolutely
incurable. Wo hoard of a
certain brother who constantly made
himself a thorn in the flesh ot his folic
w church members by his habit of
using slang lalkand coarse colloquialisms
in his prayers. In vain tho
church repeatedly expressed tboir disapproval
of his uncouth phrases. So
lar from boing silenced, llio oilending
brothor was only grieved and alienated.
At last a committee of the dea
cons wool to navo a nuai tauc will
biro, and so judiciously was tbo interview
conducted, that a happy issue
seemed ocrtuin. Prayer closed the
visit, and tbo disciplined and pcnilont
member lod tbo devotions, when almost
the first aentenco camo out: ' ()
Lord ! I bcscoch thco, help mo and
these dear brethren to hitch horses together/"?
Watchman and Reflector.
The Geease and Tallow Tbee of
China.?In Cbina there grows a>treo
known as tbo Grcaso Tree. It is said
that largo forests of this vegetable lubricant
are to bo found there, and
they form the source of a considerable
local traffic. This trco not very long
ago was imported ioto India, and it is
Biiid the experiment of cultivating it
there bos proved quite Buoce&sfu).
Dr. Jamceon, a chemist in thb-Punjaub,
has prepared hundred weights
of groaso frOm this particular tree,
and has forwarded, on trial, a portion
of it to the Punjaub railway, to have
its qualities tested as . a lubricant.?
The grease thus obtained, it is said,
forms an exeeUeut tallov, burning
with a clear, biilliant, and white light
emitting bo . unitfeasaQt. odor 01
moke. ?..
?
A large oaye has been explored rreai
Bentonville, Arkansas, One ohambei
is 000 foeb. wide, and 300 feet high
The cave has. been explored to the
distance of n'ide mile4.
... / '" *1 * m > .
The 6orner?stone t>f a new syna
goguo, oh West Fourteenth street, neai
Sixth ^venue, New York city, wai
laid on Friday, with Imposing oere
|tioniop, conduclcd by Rabbi Isaaos.
SWEETHEARTS AND WIVES.
You aro all p.pi to complain ('.\*ritc9
a hidy addressing her own hex) Unit#
lovers, when thoy bceomo husbands,
cannot unite tho two characters. Vou
lay this mostly to tho men's charge.
Do,'yon think it ia their lUultentiroly '!
I am disposed to gay no. 1 will tell
you why. JLJd'orc marriage you tako
tho greatest pnins to tlevnto yourKilvrs
irto g<nIdo.s?<es and donre to hj
win shipped aecoi difgly. ihn, e:-?pi-ciuliy
th'.-s.i !?o.ss.:ahitig superior intellectual
qualities and 0rc.Tmemont of
nature. i:ivor thono views sunt irp.*it;
you us something nearer to heaven
than themselves; and io! no sooner
ha* the honeymoon gashed than your
husbands di.-oover, t>y iinj?eiec|>liblo
bull-lire ilenioo.;, thai you are (though
in somewhat inl'i-rior ratio to themselves)
oi' the "earth, eart hly !*' Happy
tlio woman "whohastho wit to contri
^ e that, in lier married life, the satno
!% >!/* 11 ? . I 1? ' ? ? ? ' ' *
Hiiiw OiiiVIl mil 1 UUIIU 11 VI' J II IIH liur.""
, band'* eyes llint existed tef >rc their
j union ! Tlio iliing, in the intimacy
I of common pluco, overy-Jay lilo, may
I be diiliculi, liiit il is by no means im|
possible to achieve. Your own neglect
ol all those cares and arts by
wbieh you won the lover causes com!
raonly tho earlier estrangement of
husband.
iio.v frequent is the bpectaclo of
neat, scrupulous maidens, who, when
they become wives, neglect their personal
appearance j and who, if ached
why they do so, would answer, "Oh,
I'm married!" showing plainly that
their care and trimness formed no
pari of thoir natures, but, was a trap
spread llir the lure and destruction
t.C m..a i,...? ...i
v*. liivtn J. IWU V ?U IO. UjMUWl >v i 1 'J IL
your earcful, lino Rpuu wobciught tho
credulous fly, your object being ollV.c?
led, good liy rcat-ie.-s, j^ood looks,
care and refinement. NVhatmoro had
you in the world to do't Your unfortunate
husband linds tho .very qualities
which most likely inflncncou his
choice havo vanquished, "like the
baseless fabric of a vision," and which
to paraphraso the poet, "loaves but n
wreck behind.
PRUNING ORCHARDS IN VENTER.
Tho question 13 often asked, nl~
though becoming well understood by
good orcbardisls, "When is the best
time lo prune?Winter or Summer? '
It is often wrongly answered. Thcro
ar c two advantages of pruning in
mid-Bummer, or during the period of
rapid growth?and these arc, chock!
imr tho rrowth ol iho trtio when loo
I luxuriant, and Allowing the wounds to
heal over more readilj'. Tho invariable
tendency of pruning a tree whilo
growing, ia to retard its vigor. If tho
amount of foliage cut away bo slight,
tho effect will not bo great; but if tho
pruning bo considerable or severe, a
formidable cheek will bo given. (Summer
pruning muj* bo adopted on thrifty
young trees, when the object is
merely to remove a few useless or
straggling shoots, and to givosymmotry
of form. Jiut if the portion to bo
cut away is largo, it is better to wait
l until growth hasceascd in Autumn, or
! Il.n 1..
iii iuu ujiwi iitiuu Util ity m
Spring. It is true, tho wounds heal
: over inoro perfectly, for tho reason
| that tho cutBui 1'aco dries moro quickly,
and tho new lip of wood covers it
| or partly covers it at once. Eat this
advantage is at the expense of growth.
In ail eases where it is desired to
impart vigor, go far a.9 this can bo
dono by mere pruning, it should bo
performed alter tho fall of tho leaf,
i and beforo llio swelling of tho buds it*
Spring. "With quito hardy troes it
may bo dono in Winter; but with
those inclining to bo tonder, and which
aro alwaj's made moro so by tho oxcision
of tho limbs, it should bo deferred
until early Spring. Any onowho
entertains a doubtful opinion on tho
subject of Summer pruning, had better
try tho expeiiraent. Let hi in
prune ooo row of trees in Winter, or
early Spring, and tho next row in
June.? Country Geniloman.
Oats Ground and Ung round.?It ia
generally ad mi lied that there is no belter
or more natural grain for tie hors# than
oats, aod they are extensively fed- Art)^ghoul
the whole country, and usually i^n an
unground state. Tho reason of this is
probably owing to the fact that but Jittie
trouble ii required to feed them so.
Yet every one know* thatonts given whole
particularly to an aged aoimal,' pass
through in large quantities, undigested),
giving no nutriment to the body. Then
that portion of the grain unmasticated
has done no good, and soroe lo3$ attending
it. We must therefore conclude that ul
least one third less grain given in a ground
state would do as much or moro gpod. > f
The experiments of some of oar i Bflbt
chemical physiologist go to' show that
, mixing of saliva witfi the food is of (be
. utmost importance in efFeoting easy digea|
lion, "When grain goes into th? stomach
* in a whota state, it is not afFeoled by the
(I accretions is then made at the ^expense of
. the animal's condition. Tben,i{j oats, by
passing thrcogh the digest^ Js&s o/ia
undigested, injure the animal,^it fa opt
! natu>ftl to suppose that ho dotiM perform
i* more labotwith less grain when he. gets
all of tlio nutriment from the quantity fedt
) A span of horses that require-twelve
quarts each of unground oata per daj,
Srould oonsum?;6i^ ' hundred and eighty*
. two busheU.1^9pW9ittng it at one third
r 'less, would main m saving of ninety-omft
i tmshels * and at sixty five cents per bushel
would amount, iu cash to about sixty dot'
art for tho trouble of griuidng. ' 'J'*