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The _Equeatrtenne. "Germain, will you givo mo employment in your Circus ?" suddenly nskciJ- a rather handsome, beautifully formed girl, of tho so designated as unfortunate. They we?r seated in her own room, handsomeiyfurmshud-and this pian, proprietor, of travelling Troupe was, for the time beinfr, hflr Itwer. * The well educated, uncommonly fiftdd and , very fascinating in manners, ad obtained", a hold on bis affection?, Mtich Surprised himself. Tliougb rather coUrso, bo was much of a man, as bo diJ riot laugh at her earnest faco and manner, but merely asked if sbo was disMtisfled with her present life. Turning her largo eyes full upon him, as sbo stood in front of him, she said :' * MYou lenow what I am now, but not what T was six months ago, ere I left my T ?? ft a miaArofiltr r) A/to! ua/1 an/1 a# iiuiuv. x n?ia iui<7?invij uwvit?U| nuu nv la&t I oamo hither. Reflection drives me mad. With a temper proud na Lucifer, I kept my misery to myself. T.cannot drink down sorrow ns the* rest do, bo I must change or die. In any employment where tbdy require character or reference, of course, I have no chance ; but with you, I hope to amend my most miserable lifo." 14 A 1 i W ?* 1 A... nuu jet, oiiiu uv, y.v u iuo juuug, handsome, ricb, for one like you ; adored by all; with us you would have hard wort, poor pay, and would be as ill thought ofns you are now." "Pshaw Jw said she, I know all that. I am as you say, saught after for my youth, tfti&iOV appearance attracts, while my sprjghtliness amuses.'^-can a? yet, choose illy company.- Madape docs wittily term tnei "ThtliAWf^er.Heavenand men, (senslBfc men- tti&ff sometimes converse with me, as^lipuglv I had a soul. But do I not nee the -finger of tcorn pointed at me wherever I go 1 do I not hear the whisper? "Thn l^allo f!nro " <14 T nnce J T^.i bM modest women shrink from contact, even wrtn tlio bom of my garment ? and men who are my feervil? creature*, ignore me in the streets ? Do I not see the laugh, the \t(ipk, the sneer^ot concealed of those who have made and kept us what we are ? No, Germain* no f my mind is made up I have-long kept ^ me the means of death, and I must mako use of it. - "Perhaps you may have a wife, or mistress whom you fear shoufd hear of our connection, though I mean to bo honest," e ?:.u 1 \ <.t ^bu^u lauwjiug itiui iwuikui A I fiwear I mean to be honest, even with you." MMy girl," paid he, kindly and gravely, I "I will deal frankly with you, as I think you deserve ; and iti the first place, let me assure you, is nj woman who has* any claim on tine, paramount to yours, fod fcjaw.ee. saw one before irt^ny class I loved ar^ffell, although I may be a fool for so doing! Nevertheless, so uear to me have you Ixickine in this short acquaintance, that, if VOU believe yourseU capable of fulfilling your now resolution, T will marry you, and /ou shall-join my Troupe ob lady Equestrienne if you choose. I know I shall have to bear some laughter on the subject, but I am a pretty good bruiser as well as a rider, itnd no man will laugh twice at me, and | ho human being shall abuse or insult you. Only be sure of yourself, for though I know what you are now, I look upon it as a fortune, and henceforth 'twill be as it had never happened ; but for your future, I shall .Jiold yjaji^ttiWy to account." ^"If ffie meancot and the poorest of your Company h^ offered me his hard, honest haba^fend wopld have lifted mo from this trtire, I would have worked, toiled, begged for him. But thSl you, so handsome, so bravflfc*o manly should offer me this grace I never dreamed or hoped ; but inasmuch ? 1 ? * A*-' ' ? * cis you uave oone rr, you nnve maue mo ? your loving slave for life. Your will shall _ be my law. * Your pleasure, my happiness, and" I will cleave to you only, so long as we both shalMive. "So help me God I" -?f ArVhen we next met the Belle Cora, she ' bad been for some time Madame Ger;nain, and io-night makes her debut in the ring. ' She has been carefully trained by her hushosband, and he'hjw been her constant attendant at rehearsal, and as they are now Very, far from liomSr tbe spot where they ^ero married few know*Jier in any other ,-^Jjaracter Jban the one flbe now sustains.* Reports of ber beauty and horsenftnship J I <?is gu> a^iuau, au wj'iiigui Bvery seal l|> filled- Etotrees for feats of dexterity -or | strength,atjf?r*ther hurriedly performed, to make way far the aingle-borse act by Mad < He loads her in himself. She "4s arrayfea ib ft ricb green satin dress, trimmed with silver, very becomingly -made, with just enough display of the shoulder and -firms thnj, a Sculptor might copy, and a Queen ja^jht envy. The purple black hair in its tpassure abundance, knotted classically, behind, and fastened with a large silver >firtdw no other ornament. How gracefully she ctturtosied to tho overwhelming ffjiywuiwiniu greeua oer sppearanoe, find howb^autiful aha looked, with one slander hand Md on her heart, while Germain held Uio OtUer. Again and.again, ere she was * p ?millcd to rtlount was she obliged to an, jf#etumutlfby her pracefdk motion, i'^t Jaet, with a bound, abe is on the * t>%ck. and in Ml career, and with as .m?CTbjtopflren^?,0ncon^rn A3 though alio 'tfiul rwRren' from childhood. So f?J]. of <XMMS$WLpower was every motion, that ittjt easy in her ease. Now ah?OTmds erect and" firm as a' statue, " jp^er. VheeM, now- floats," poisone on toe, Hpft^scarf of gau^e sprinkled with silver to hor, and enveloped therein, ev?y^titude.i^a study ?#d a picture. ,;t ^gfetffrrQno- extortions of the bftdy, 110 liWlKKlest geettirei, bu^bber firpaoete and fafcr1os8De68'p#re her mistress of B#r horse ?^d Kerseir.. Never had an equestrienne so , t&cerj die bouso by storm. Sho was loaded with bonquete, fmdjjjformtati led-bdk>off .Night finer night was the ?mj>hmmUn? ordwded, to witneea. her perl nbt inks excellence. \9 ,, .?? R no* M an *? :-idfefcaj3 Mj^poi&ed the n^aar, and threw tel, a half-druuken fellow whom lie bad noticed in the Circus as very uproarious, met them faco to face, and staring rudely at the lady, said : "All ! my Belle Cora I thought 'twas you when I saw you riding ; how I am sure as I do live. I should like your company to-night. You havo not forgotten your fir>?t lovj 11. rlov, have you ?" The words were scarcely (spoken, .-when Germain, who had been trying to reassure his wife, sprang suddenly 0:1 tlio ruffian and threw him down tlio wholo length of the marble steps, them passed calmly 0:1 with Cora, who, stunned and breath loss, only knew that her seducer haJ again appeared before her. Some of tlio bystanders, in the meanwhile, picked up the man stone dead. Germain gave himself up to the authorities and was discharged, but ho lelt tlio city nmi tho States shortly after ; for the shock had been too much for his wife, and he sought another clime with her. lie had sufficient means to live retired, and they did so ; for nothing could induce the woman to appear again in public. And now, in a beautiful villa in Cuba, may be found a couple who seek no society, but spend their days in retirement. Sometimes in their garden, a handsome middle-aged lady may bo seen in the most Quakerish of costume?, and a fine athletic man also, past his prime. She nf(m rpsids tn liim ivliiln lm cmnL-i.a liiu /m. gar ; but on her facc rests a sad expression nothing can relieve ; and one day in passing I overheard an expression which revealed their history : "Ah ! Germain," said she, "how true that is," quoting from the book she held in her hand?"Verily, your sin will find you out." Railroad Poetry. Tlic Hillsdale. (Mich.) Standard lias tlic following: A "dead head" on the Central road sent his expired pass to Superintendent Itiec, with the following on its hack : liless my stars No more on the cars As a ileml liend I'll ride on a rail, UnlessMr. Rice Should- take my advice. And send me ft pass by the mail. To which Mr. Rice responded : The conductor will pass This hundle of gas From Julyio the middle of Lent Like any dead head, Without paying "a red," Let him ride to lii3 hearts content. Had no "O" to his Name. We witnessed a sccno at llio railroad station a short time since, wliicli afforded much amusement to the bystanders. A very well, and rather showily dressed man, with a very prominent nose, alighted from the cars, and stood watching their departure, when he was bluntly accosted by an old ragged son of Erin, (a recent importation,) who still retained the freizo coat and corduroys, and was evidently but little Americanized, in the following manner: "Arrah ! an' be me soul?is this yourself, Mr. O'Nayle !" rr*i _ iT. /? i v /? . j. ne ycnucman (:) looked nrst surprised ?and then shocked?and lastly indignant, replied? "Ye'ro mistaken, sir-r, me name is not O'Nayle." "Which P "Me name isn't O'Nayle." "Isn't it now ! an1 ye're not an O'Xayle, an'yees didn't come from Skibbereen ; an' ye're not the 6on of the widder Bridght; an' 1 may be Patrick, poor feller, that's dead j an' gon', wasn't yu're father, nather ? an' ve didn't rrrt (n Dnllininm wiil> (lin j o- ~ ? ? jiutleman, an' git intil the rag bizness, an' make a pojyer o* money ; an' ye're not an O'Naylc? Well ! well ! well ! be this an' be that-1, this bates all out entirely?an' yees think I wonldn't know yees, Patrick ? well I wud ? wid that nose to tho fore I'd take the l>il>leouth t'yees in open Court, before the Jidge and Jury, an' ivcry bowI that was in it. An'.so ye're not an O' Nayle! well, then 'tisn'azydenyin' it; ye'er the image o' ye're father, so ye are! but I see ! Oh.shure I heard how grand ye wor, an' what a fine jintleman ye wor, an' 'how yees didn't know poor men at all, at j all ; an' sbure 'tis an illegant coat yees have on, so it is, an' very pur lite yees are, wid yer big looks, an' delutherin ways ; divil a one I ever seen yet was altered aquil to yees ; nnd ye'ro not an Irishman nayther : Mcbbe'tis a Yankee yees are, all out ! divil a wan o' mo doubts it, an' ye're not an O'Nayle; I'll engage yer ain't an Irishman naylher?^nd fchure ye're not air O'Nayle 1 Might 1make bould to ax yernwpgki" All this was vociferated very rapidly, and Sn ? A. ~ - C J f? ?* - - * * " 111 a wiic 01 ucep indignation as me "jintleman of the rag business" replied? "Mo name is Neil, sir-r, but I've no O to tlie name." "An'? that it ? Ye'veniveran O to yer name ! Did yeea Ioosq it after yees keme to AmeriEa ?" "No, sifc-r, I did not. I never had an 0 to mo name." "Doyeea tell me that! Well, thin, I mind the time, Mr. Nayle, when there was f\ L * * * " - an \j w ver name, oig enough to drive a horse and cart through?wbatsumerer ye've done wuf it sine*." The "jintleman" declining furtlier conIroveray, left, indignantly denying "the soft impeachment.'' A Specimen from Mr. Spcroeos.?As an U1u?trat|j>n of the stylo of sermonizing which characterizes Mr. Spurgeon, the following will Answer pretty well, both in respect to matter and mannev : "Now," we quote from opo of bis recent T -*"> ?"V/??0| II i wished to teat you all, and might ask 70a only one question, I would ask this: What is your righteousness ! O, I am as good as my neighbor. Go along with you; you oan't be my comrade. What is your ngh. teousness ?. ^ell, L?n>Lather better than my neighbors, for I go to the chapel regularly Off with you, Sir f you do not know the, watchword. An J "you, next, what it your righteousness f I have, been baptised, and am ft member of the church. Y$V?iHl *oyoa i y00T : ?op?,f 'i n <ppe ff^oT biUernes* L? d. , V*. If Your Foot H Pretty Show It. If your foot is pretty, show if, So matter where nor when | Let nil fair niniJons know it, Tito foot taken all the men. Tho face, so fair niul lovely, M?y charm the gazer's eye ; ltut|if the foot is homely, llu'll quiekly pass her l>y. If j'our foot is pretty, show it. When you trip nlong the street ; For it will catch the cnger eyes Of every innn 3-011 meet. Don't tun your glossy ringlet.", Nor ]>out your lips so sweet. But gently lift 3'our petticoats, And pliow j'our handsome feet. 1 f youi foot is pretty*, sliow it, At concert, hall ami fair; For thnt small pedal index. Tells where your <7rucra are. The figure may deceive me. All hooped and padded o'er, But let inv eve survev thv foot. 1 ask to see no more. If your foot is pretty, *how it, If you want to catch a bean, No longer hide that tel-talo charm lien eat h so many clothes. A graceful foot betray* a form Of rare ami faultless grace ; Full rounded limbs it doth recall, For fancy's eyes to trace. If your foot is pretty, show it, Yes, aliow it while you cnn ; 'Twill help your other lovely charms To win some nicc young man. The practised eye may well distrust A nicely ]>aihl<d breast ; But when it rests upon your foot, It knows of <tll the rest. Beranger's Death Kept a Secret by the French Government. In my last, I stated that Beranger would not in all probability, bo among the living by tlio time my letter readied you ; and scarcely bad I mailed it, when lie breathed his last. lie dial on Thursday, iWlGth instant, at 5 o'clock, p. in.; and the evening papers were forbidden to announce his death, and the numerous visitors calling daily at his residence were also kept ignorant of the fact. The Government fearing that the news of his decease might bring together a great concourse of people disposed to take public demonstrations of their great respect for the defunct, *lid. not announce his death officially till tlie next morning, and then with the significant remark, "That the Government had taken all necessary measures to suppress any tumultuous ilein I onstration, ami that tio one would bo al- i lowed to take part in the funeral ceremony, except those to whom cards of invitation would be sent." Notwithstanding n police regulation to prevent burials before the lapse of twentyfour hours after death, poor lJeranger was laid in his coffin and taken to his last resting place before he was even cold. The Emperor effected great regard for tfte national poet, and announced that ho ' would defray the expenses of the funeral ; thereby giving himseif the liberty to hurry those dangerous remains to the grave with Imperial ponjp, under llio vigilant eyo? of thousands of policemen and scores of soldiers. At an early liour in tlic morning, small detachments of soldiers were seen in all Earts of the city, advancing towards the loulevart du Temple. Several Regiments wore drawn up into lines near the streets where the funeral pro UCdOIUII IU tUlU LIIVJ wPero la Chaise" was strongly guarded. The splendid hearse was followed by his two nephews?one a musician in the army and the other a journeyman printer ; an Imperial coach proceeded others containing the favored few invited to follow the remains of the much beloved poet to his last resting-place. Only four persons were permitted to accompany the defunct to tho vault; and scarcely was he deposited when tho doors of tho vault were closed, and the procession ordered to return. Not a word was allowed to be said in memory of that old man, lest the zephyrs might waft them over the walls of tho cemetery, where crowds of persons, belonging to ! all ranks of society, were statiorttt), to pay a last tribute to their national poet and friend. The streets through which the funeral procession passed wero filled with workmen and their wives, many of whom were black. The windows were not only crowded to excess, but iho roofs of the houses lifting the way were also covered with people, waving wreathes of nrnqja I. ?i.A : a- _ f.- r>. ruuiuv, ouo'i lmvj muuirnuuu lur du* ranger the poet fur the young and old, the poet of masses. The last election gave the most positive and satisfactory proof of the republican snirifc of Lite Parisians. nnd r>r?n4cr?itnnf I v tfte Government feared to allow a public expression of tbeir liberal scntincnts bo soon after them, and to prevent it, exposed tbeir tottering weakn?ss. The official organs announced tliat the Empress whs to bavo visited tlio opera on tbe Evening of Berangcr's death, but, upon hearing of it she gava^fders to have her box vacated. The Emperor is said to have been incognito. Great must have been his relief when tho remains of that popular manr were safely deposited under I ground, and tlie crowd quietly dispersed. The whole proceeding appeared more like n public execution than ft Christian burial. ? r Oil vs. IIvduoi'at4y.?Wo liAye on geVP.ml ru<r.n<t!nna iniiitoJ'nfloDlinn fn Hio ancient practice of anointing with oil, aud to the fHct oil makers and oil porters, whose clothing is presumed to bo more or less oily, are singularly free from conta-1 geotu diseases which sweep off others.- An exchange takes up th^feme subjet, and remarks that, in the East Indies, children are rsrely washed with wat&r, but they are oiled every day. A child's head can be kept much cleaner if oiledr than without it; .and t&Mjf youn^ people with heoito jrroiwuiy never icnow trie - . ' * ' ' * ' V-.. WiVffifTffirfrift'nr<a ~ Li o at a Fashionable Northern Watering Placc. Ska-kii>K, Aug , 1857. Dbau Mil. Kihtoh.?Mamma and I have been reading your correspondent's letter from Saratoga ; mamma considers it very clever, but there nro parts in it I don't understand. Though I don't pretend to be able to write (I composed an essr.y on the life and services of Madame Chxpouo last yonr at our school, and got the prize for it,) I am going to put down a tow ideas which you may print in your weekly if you like, together with the sketches I enclose. This place,you must know, is very dull this season?why, I hardly know, unless it he that the principle hotel-keeper gives ns ' nothing to eat but tough steaks and cold fish? which io a tiresome diet even for people in the country. There are a good many people at hotel, and fewer at the , where we are staying ; but the former are not in society, and of course we don't know them. I go down of nn evening with cousin Charles to the beach, to meet my old school-friend Maria, whom I love dearly?mamma won't let mo associate with her openly, ns her father is a low man?a hutcher, I believe. Maria's a sweet girl for all that ; and you can't do better, Mr. Kilitor, if you happen to want a wife. \Ve have had a terrible excitement here kuvi) , uui x v,aii t i|uuu uiiuviaiiiiiu mu rua* son why. Itseems that n gentleman from some foreign country had a strange fancy for walking on the spout under the eaves of the liotol. lie was walking there one evening when a gentleman from New York rushed furiously at him and tried to push him oil*. One stoiy says that the New York gentleman wanted to shoot him, hut that his wifo (the New Yorker's) whose win | <iow, oitilly enough, was open, just opposite ' to whore tlic foreigner was walking, implored her husband not to commit murder. I myself saw llic New Yorker going about lo-ilay with a pair of boots in his hand and showing them to people ; and my friend, Mr. Picker, sa)*s that the foreigner was promenading on the spout without his things on. Can you believe it? The New Yorker, I hear, had arrived that night from the city by the late train ; very possibly lie had taken too much wine at dinner, and didn't know what he was doing. For my part, I think lie behaved shamefully ; the foreign gentleman, who now wears a patch over his eyes, is very good-looking, and has been so kind to the New Yorker's who uuruig ins si ay uere. \\ i?;it narni ' could lie do. I should like to bo informed, i by walking on tlio spout ? Wo lead very delightful lives here. : Though we got up early, wo ladies are not | allowed to go out before nine in the morning, as the gentlemen bathe before that ' hour. At nino or ten we take a Btrole into the woods, and iny cousin Charley (who is certainly the handsomest man here) reads us either Tennyson or Prime's Trav ! els in the J?ist, which we like exceedingly. I lie says, by-Ac-way, that he knows Mr. I'riine, and tlAft lie is an old gray headed, broken-dbwu man, quite worn out by hi* travels and sufferings, and looks something like Shakespeare ; is this so ? I had fancied him young and good looking. * About eleven, or later, according to the tide, we bathe. 1 send you a sketch of our full-dress costume for the water. The' 'other day a rude boy from New York contrived to creep in among us in a dress like ours, and uatlied with us some time before we detected him : but when we found him out, Mary I> and I caught him, and (we are both very strong and good at gymnastics, I can tell you) we sou-ed him so thoroughly that ho was nearly drowned, and Jenny L found his clothes, behind a stone and threw them into the wa?i.~? i.~ ... i.i.i: 1 - ii- ? .11 H l.au tlLlkilu Hjn WUIIJJKll IU WilIK It) IIIU Hotel in a lady's bathing-dress. 1 believe his business required bis iimncdiulo return to tlie city. In the afternoon \vc walk or ride. Tbero is a pert minx from Huston berc,wbo gives I herself great airs, and coquets with Charley in a manner that is positively disgusting (1 mention here in order that she may see | what people think of her conduct ;) she looked at ino the oilier day through an eye-glass?a3 though I could not ba discerned with the nuked eye?and drawled out, "Ilavo lliey got the Lanccrs yet in Gotham !" "Oh yes," said I, wiokeilly ; "but they haven't as many old soldiers as they have in Boston." I thought this would liavo settled her ; but she reto'ted with an insolent smile. "No, the New Yorkers never excelled in the military way, I believe." And she walked away, actually lea-ling Charles with her, under pretense of showing him some .pictures in her nlbnm. I don't wonder fttat Boston is a low place. In tho evening we liavo delightful hops. At first we made a rule not to dance with any one out oflier fict ; but one day last week the only man in that set who could dance was Mr. 11 , of Wall street. ! who U jmmcrfsely fat, and after M;?ry and Emmy and I had taken three or four turns with him the poor fellow was a pitiable spectacle, and his shirt, as well as his' coat, looked as though, they had been having a batho. But he crept out of the ball room at last, and they say he was found sitting in tho refrigerator. After tliia wo took pot-luck as to partners. I danced last night with a German, who told mo, the wretch, that he had "von wife at home, but that didn't matter." And it is currently reported that Garry C , after polking with a Southerner whom she had never seen before, was taken out*fnto the passago to breathe the fresh air and actually kissed. But I cannot believe such shock ing .stories. i'eopie are sucii- gossips. Thofo in an Irishman hero whom nobody kn^jgjyret whfr knows every body, who g^tsm&f girls to da?ee with kim, and 1 wno realty waltzes delightfully, and they say be was a wniter at a hole! in California. Mre. Pickers declares that the rich Philadelphia widow, Mrs. M , is smitten with nim, and that be spends the whole morning in her room singing to ber the "Widow Malono," and simillar airs. What we want here is young, unmarried men. Ba ?a fnnj Mr. tmiIaf <"?? "7 uuiwi, ~ ^ lion the fact,im<Weqoeat your friends to come without delay. * There are tkroo girls worth $50,000 a ^ieoe, two worth ... ' . . r r . ' A V.. v. ; ' /?" 4 and vanities ol litis wicked world, and the sin of wearing hoops, and rings, and lacc on the bottom of my skirts ; so I subscribe myself, Mr. Kditor. Yours, tic cacur, Amelia . The Wife's Influ nee. "This is pleasant!" exclaimed the votincr husband, taking his sent cosily in the rocking chair, as the tilings were removed. The fire glowing in sho grate revealed a pretty, neatly furnished sitting room, with all tho appliances of comfort. The fatiguing business of tho day was all over, and he sat enjoying what ho had all day been anticipating?the delights of his own fireside. His pretty wife, Esther, took her work and sat down by the table. "It is pleasant to Imvo a home of one's own," he again said, taking a satisfactory survey of his own little quarters. The com ram ooat against tuc windows, and ho though ho felt really grateful for all his prescut comforts. ''Now, if wo only had a piano !" exclaimed the wife. u(?ivc me the music of j'our own sweet voice before all the pianos in creation," he declared complimentairlv, though feeling a secret disappointment that his wife's thankfulness did not clime with his own. ''Well, but we want one for our friends," said Esther. "Let our friends comc to sec us. ami nut to hear a piano !" exclaimed tlio husband. "Hut, G.eorgp, everybody has a piano now-a davs ; we don't go anywhere without seeing a piano," pertisted the wife. .vim yci i (ion i kiiow wiiat wo want one for. You will lisul no time to play on one, and I don't want to licar it." "They are so fashionable ; I think our room looks nearly naked without one." '"I think it looks just right." "I think it looks very naked ; wc want a piano shockingly," protested Esther emphatically. The husband rocked violentir. "Your lamp smokes, my dear," said he, after a long pause. "When arc you going to get an astral lamp ? I have told you a dozen times how nindi wc needed one," said Esther pettishly. Those arc very pretty lamps ; I never can see by an astral lamp," said her husband. "lint, George, I do not think our room igcogiple'.e without an astral lamp," cx(-luitnoij Ivstherjbaruly. "They are so fashionable ? Why,the Morgans, Millers, and ntany others I might mention, all have tlmin. "1 am sure we ought." The husband moved uneasily in his chair. "Wo want to live within our means, "Esther." "Wo arc, no doubt, thought to be mean." "Moan ! I am not mean !*' ho cried Angrily. i "Then wo do not wish to appear so," said th?? wife. "To complete this room, and make it look like other people's, we want a piano, and astraj lamp." Wo?we want !" inutteFod the husband ?"there's no satisfying a woman's wants, dorwhnt you may and ho .abruptly left th^room. How many husbdftds are in a "Similar dilemma ? How mntoy husbands 1 , i.-. ?i ? ? i? > - ? ! >><; ui.-* ii ?iik.i iiiu rciiucruu niicomioriaiili! by the ^satisfaction of a wife with present* , comforts anil provisions ?* IIow many i bright prospects for business liavc ended in bank*ptcy ami ruin, in order* "to satisfy this kankering after fashionable necessaries ? Could tlio real cause of failures be known, it would be found to result from useless expenditure at homo, expressly to answer tlio demand* of fashion, and "what will people think 3" "My wile has made my fortune," said a gentleman of great profession, ''by her thrift, prudence, and cheerfulnesf, when I was just beginning." "Mine lost my fortune," answered his companion, "bv useless extravagance ami ...i "t .i_:? ... n'li UI1VII 1 WH? UUIIIg well. What u field-tlocs this open to *tho influence which n wife possesses over the future prosperity of her family ! Let the wife know her influeuce, and try to uso it wise and well. lie satisfied to commcnco on a small scale. It is too common for young housekeepers to begin where their mothers ended. lluy all that is necessary to work skillfully with ; adorn your house with all that will render it comfortable. Do not look at rich homes, and covet their costly furniture. If secret dissatisfaction is ready to spring up;go a step further, and visit tho homes of the poor and sufferjjiig; behold tho dark, cheerless apartment, 'insufficient ?i ?i c _n r!-.- ? > vivimu- miiu (iv^'iiuv vi (in cuuuuris una refinements of social life, nnd then return to your own with joyful spirits. You will then be prepared to meet your husband with n grateful heart, nnd bo ready to appreciate the toil nnd self denial which ho lias endured in the business world, to stirround you with tho delights of homo ; nnd you will bo ready to co-operate with him cheerfully arranging your expenses, that his mind ma)' not bo harassed with fears lest his familv cxnfinflitnrfis mnu f>nf?rnn>'1i im. on punctual payment, Ho independent. A young housekeeper never neoded more moral courage than she docs not to resist tlic arrogance of fashion. Do not let the families of A. and II. decide what you must have, neither let them hold the strings of your purse. You know the beat what you can and ought to afford. Then decide with strict integrity according to your means. Lot not the censure or approval of the world over tempt you to buy what you can do without, ko matter what people think, proved you aro truo to yourself and family "> i > MATcn' Making.?The following hns boon communicated to tlio editor of the Cnnebrake Herald, with a Pequest tliat !io send it to the "Drawer" of Harper's Magazine : My little three year, .old nieefe, Agnes Amelia, saw her grandmother putting a Krcel of luoifer matches in it safety match *. "Damma, How does Bod send the matches way doira^era from Heaven f "Why, child, God dCeeo't Med them from Heaveo?they are iftade here by the^eople, '4. * - i + *. ' jK*' ' -If,:- * * V > ' :V : > ,T> 4V' Great Inducements. WE Iinvc a largo stock of Negro Hoods, consisting of Kerseys, (ieorgia I'luinn nn.l Linseys, together with Heavy Negro lilnnketK, superior to any wo liave ever had, and will promise to give every one who may eall upon us, every inducement in the way of price and <iuulity, to l?uy of us. MILLElt ?t AVAKUKN, Opposite (Jlobe Hotel. Oct. 10, 1850. 23tt NOTICE. JOHN WINCEY, Emi-, will be liappy to ntUiiiJ to OVER HAULING OF ENGINES or Mill Works, in the Vicinity of Abbeville ami the f>tirroun<liu^ country. Appl icanls will picnic npplv to John Kn- I ri^ht, Abbeville, or Win. I.eb*by, Charleston, S. C. JOHN WINCEY. Oct. 31, 1850. 20-ly. GRAPE VINES. ABBEVILLE MODEL VINEYARD! DR. TOCji ? oilers for Sale Vink CutTiNti.s ivml Uootkd Yisks, at the follow- | Illg l ilVCB Per Hundred Vine Cuttings, For Cntawlins and other Sorted American Varieties, - - $5 Of) For Sorted Kuropenn Varieties, - lo oo Mooted American Varieties, Each, - ,10 Hooted European Varieties, " 1 oo Routed Scnppornonjf, " 1 00 Monte vino, Dcc. '17, 18.1l>. 3">-tf N. B. Vines pruned at reasonable rates. THE STATE OF SOUTH CROHN, AIUIKVILI.K DISTRICT. IN OUDIXAKV. Wilkinson Mo to*, App't, vs. Elizabeth Scott, L. Malone, aud wife, it ?/? Daft's IT Al'l'KAItlNtJ to my satisfaction tlint the children of Mary Ann Fowler, defendant in this ease, rcsi<le without the limits of thi! Stntc? It. is therefore! Ordered that they do appear, either in person or by representative, at a Court of Oiiilinary to be held lit Abbeville CJ. II., Abbeville District, on the '27t.li day of October next, and show cause, why the Real Estate of Kli/.nhctli Motes, dee'd, should not be sold for partition. WILLIAM 1IILL, 0. A. D. July 27, 1S.1S 1:5 3m Tlie State of Soiifli Carolina, A11 UK 17L l.K DISTRICT. MILTON 11. DEALK, who is now in the custodv of till! Sheriff of Abbevilln I lis trict, l?v virtue of a writ of fa/ntm ml mitixfacicHiliim, nt the suit of Spencer 1'. .Smith, having filed in my Office, together with n schedule, on oath, of his estate and effects, lii.-? petition to the Court of Common I'lens, praying that lie may 1><> admitted to the benefit of the Acts of the (ionoral Assembly, made for the relief of insolvent debtors? It is ordered, Hint the said Spcnecr F. Smith, and all others the creditors to whom the said Milton II. 1 >cale is in nny* wise indebted, be, and they are hereby summoned, ami linvo notice to appear, before the said Court, at Ablieville Court I louse, on Monday, the fifth day of OOtober next., to shew cau-??, if ntiv tliev enn. why the prayer <>1" the petition aforesaid, should not he granted. MATTllKW M?D()XAU>, C. C. P. Office of Common 1'leas, Abbeville ) District, this 30th June. 1857. f 10?Sin Young America Target* I'istol, MANUFACTURE COMPANY, KKW IIAVKX CT. \ Pistol is intended as tlie forerunner of 1. the ordinary pistol, and is designed for young men find boys who wish to enjoy the exciting snort of firing at a target, at the most t rilling exjpense. and without any danger of accident. The cheapest ordinary pistol is three or four times the price of this, besides being dangerous in the hands of boys. This l'istol is loade4 with the common Fire CilieiuT, which forms a complete cartridge, and will tarry a ball ten or fifteen paces with the same pre cisiou as me ordinary pistol, but ftot with sufficient force to <lo any serious damage. As a* America is a shooting nation, the Young Americans must am] will Irani the art by which our independence was secured. Hence this TarL'istol is exactly in time, ami must meet whh universal sale among our youth of the South *in<l West. Its operation is perfectly simple, and it is not liable to get out of order. A full description will accompany every case of Pistols. Tin! Pistols aro put up at tho Factory in ?ases of 50 each, ready to send by express to mi}- part of the United States or Canada. Retail Pricc, 25 Cents; By the Case, $7 50 ; Or, 15 Cents each. FRENCH, HALL <#fcO., New llaven, Ct. Aug. 20, 1S57. 18 4t PROSPECTUS. THE EXAMINER, Daily, Tri-Weekly and Weeekly. r#SlIK publication of this jonrnnl, from cirJL cumatnnces beyond the control oftjy proprietor, lins been suspended for some months. IInvintr recently received much encouragement from good and true men, it is proposed to resume its publicntion without delay, as a LITERARY AXI) POLITICAL JOURNAL, and, we are encouraged to belike, on such a basis a* will preclude any probabllb ty of failure. As a Literary Journal, it will be devoted to the development of SOUTHERN TALENT. There is no paper in tills State, and very few in the Southern States, that make Literature a distinct and prominent feature. The aim of tho conductors of the EXAMINER will be to elevate it to a hiuh standard in this department, which will do under tho control of one of the ablest mid most experienced editors in the State, JOHN G. BOWMAN, Esq., a writer well utid favorably known throughout the South. ^ As a political Journal, it will nt once take prouud nnd abide by the old landmarks of THE CALIIOUN STATE RIGHTS party, owim? no nllpiFinnrp t/i nnv N?tinn<l I'm-'" seeking to advance its interest^by subserviency to nny local cliquo whatever. It will be entirely independent in its expressions of opinion on public men and measures?in short, the dim will bo to make it a faithful representative of the people, and a fearlo&a advocate of tho interests of the State. .The position of the South at this juncture?tho appa.iont truckling of t!io appointees and organs of tho Administration to the Free Soil or IJla#k Republican Party, as exhibited in tlio course of tho Governor of Kansas?demand that the Press of the South should shako off the shackles of party, and unhesitatingly define its position, and avow its determination to maintain and defend the rfghta of tho Southern States. It is now too late to deplore the formation of sectional n?(^Sna ?tliA Knnfli nm n mat/inn mnct Wt n?1?f. Iia? own battles, or bo overwhelmed. "Him department wilt be under the direction and mnnngomont <Jf Vf. B? Johnston, Esq., long counected with the Journalism of South Carolina, and who is well and favoiably.known as an experienced Editor* Wo consider it due to nil who may be disposed to sustain it, to avow thai ia politics THE EXAMINER will be eesontially a State Rights Journal. . . . The paper will be continued in the samo handsome style and form as befonft-a larra qnarto, containing eight pages anJ forty Col- . utnna of matter?W eekly a* two ffcr annum. It i* also, iu. ooBtcmplyWTo jywe from the enme office and ajww^?? aame nolitioal principj^f, AND TRIWEEKLY b5a*1INER, the Dally at six dol< l^jrt?*wT?i-W?ekly at ttyree dollar* per * We hare all confidence that the State Rights K Party of*8otlth Carolina irfU MaUin *t the . Capitol of the State, gtich an organ of her anolent and weH defined torincinleL TS*?r? con ^ ' 0 -. ;? . ' , + ~~ ? To Mechanios, Inventors, and Xanu? faotnrers. LN ANNOUNCING tho THIRTEENTH Animal Volumo of tlio SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, tho l'ubli?b?n respectfully inform tlio public that in onler tojinoreoae and e^itnuliWte the formation of club.^tliey propose to one? One Thousand Fi\m Jluiidrtxl Dollar? in CclmII J'rctniiunn for tho fifteen largest lists of mbscribers sent in by the 1st of January, 1858; sniil premiums to be distributed as follows:? For the largest list, *300: 2d. ha. ?200; -1 tli, $150 ; 6th, $100 ; Gth, $90 ; 7tb, $8U; 8th, $70; 9th, *00; 10th, $50 ; 11U? $40 ; 12th, $U5 ; 13th, $30 ; 15th, $25 ; 16th, $20. Nnmos of subscribers can bo sent in at different. times nml from different I'oat Offices. 'Tlifl cokIi will he paid to the orders of tho successful competitors, immediately after tho 1st of Jtinunry 18.>8. Southern, Western, nnd Canada. mnnM- *?sn lie taken for subscriptions. Canadian sulwcri' bora will plen.se to remit Twenty-six ceuts extra on each years' subscription to pre-pay postage. Ttnn* of Sithtcriplion.?Two Dollars a Year, or One Dollar for Six Months. Chtl) Iintrr.?Five Copies, for Six Month*,' *1 ; Five Copies for Twelve Months, #8 ; T?n'. Copier, for Six Months, ; Ten Copies fW Twelve Months. 15 : Twentv r" , J IV* Twelve Months, $28. For all Clubs ofTwenty and over, the yearly subscription is only $1.40. The new volume will bo printed upon find pnj>cr with new type. Tlic general character of tlio Scientific Amunn:\n is -well known, and as heretofore, it will lie chiefly devoted to promulgation of information relating to the various Mechanical anil Chemical Art*, Manufacture*, Agriculture, 1'atrut*, Invention*. Kngincerixatj, Mill Work, an<lall interests which the light of Practical Science is calculated to ndvanco. It is issued weekly, in form for binding ; it contains an ihmiiv iroin au" to 000 tinely executed Engravings, nnd Notices of American and Enropeaa" Improvements, together with an Oftjcial List of American Patent Claims published weekly in ndvnnco of all other paper*. It is the aim of the Editors of the scif.ntino Amkkican to present all subjects discussed in its columns in a practical nnd popular form. They will also endeavor to maintain a candid fearlessness in combating and exposing false theories and practices in Scientific and Mechanical mutters, and thus preserve the charade* of the S?-ikxtifii* Amkrican a3 a reliable Enevel opvlia of Useful nn?l Knlorluiiiing Knowledge. ?5$" Specimen copies will be sent gratis to any |>nrt of the country. >lb">"N id)., Publishers ami Patent Agents, No. 128 Fulton street, New York. "prospectus OF TI1E PENDLETON MESSENGER, * A WEEKLY JOURNAL, DEVOTED TO NEWS, MORALS AND LITERATURE, To UK I'URI.ISIIKD AT PENDLETON, SOUTH CAROLINA. rI"MlE Subscriber proposes to publi/h a wcekJL ly Journal at Pendleton, nmler the above caption. at Two T)oMnrw n?.r nt?nnni .1.1? , , j-? - n?Ti?i muijr in iiilvniice, the publication to commence as soiin ast n sufficient number of sulwcribers shall be sent in to justify expense of publication? payment to ho made on the tcceipt of the firet hiiunber. Post Muster.', nu J nil others friendly to our enterprise, arc respectfully solicited to iiid 11s in getting up subscribers to the pnper, nixl forwarding their names immediately to the ?ubs.:rihcr, at Pendleton S. C. Be particular i in sending the name of the State, County and I I'ost Ollice, with the subscriber's name. I Paper ^ill bo of common size, printed ' on qb-at' *ype. Its columns will be devoted to ! N'ow*. . ^ ...o iMiimtvi umi H.HIIl LKJ IIIilrt??li4ei>t in nil tilings, nn<l fleutrajf in n?tlJTiig." it shall l>e our aim always to Imakfrit, ? wcl?wa?vjsil?r to each family and individ- < ual wW^im}* favor tw with tlioir patronage. Tlit brethren of the<yrep.s, favorable U? onp enterprise. will eotiferjpr pnrlivulnr favorionua, * by giving otir l'r<i.-<|io<jyy:*n few iuso rtjooV%(^?,- r ' noticing it editorially., . nK< v iVMJLlVELY; ' Pendleton, July, 18.V7. * MARSHALL, LEE & DeBKUHL. r|",llK undersigned have associated, with tlienv I in the Practice of tlie Law, STKTHEN" C. I>kBUU1I(s Gat]. W1 business entrusted t# their care will receivPprompt attention. J. FOSTER MAAiSUALL, W. A. LEE. Tnnii.piT lO IOM ; o 1 ? ?.? J 1UVI. 4 Of-VI Tin* State of Soiitli Carolina}. . Abbeville Dint rid?In the L'omvian Pleat. Aiuos Clark, Jr., 1 Attachment.^ . r*. > McGowan <fc Perrin,. .Initios A Liddoll. ) PKFs Att'j's. WlIKltKAS, the Plaintiff did, on the thirtyfirst doy of October, 1856, file his declaration against the Itefendnnt, who, (as it if* said) is absent from and without the limits of this State, and ha9 neither wife or attorney known within the same, upon whom a copy ,oi moaaia declaration might l>e served; Jt is therefore ordered, that the said Defendant do appear and plead to the said deelratioD, on or before Mio firat day of November, which win bo in the year of our^Lord Eighteen Hundred jtud Fifty-Seven, otherwise final and absoluto Judgment will then bo give# and awarded ftgninat him. .# MATHETV McDONALD, a'ft PS Clerk's Office, Oct. 80, 1866. 27 1y 4. ^ 111 ~ m. iiv Bum: oi souin ^ur?iiiiu, Abbeville LUtricl.?In the Common Fleet*. William vs. J- Foreign Attachment Jas. A. Liddcll. ) Thomson ?fc Pair Attorneys. Whereas the Plaintiff did, on the eleventh day of April, eighteen bnndred odd &( ;' ty seven, tile nis declnrattion against the^U* fondant, who, it is ?nid, is absent frop?'and without thelimita of this State, and hat ntftti* cr wife nor attorney known wittih the upon whom a eopy of tli&baid declaration iiiiulit be served? -'r It is therefore ordered, that the ?%ld D?. fondant do appear and plead to tbc?jd deeLaration; on or before the twelfth' day of April eighteen bijndred. ?And_ fiftv-eiiiit. otherwUfc final and olwlqle judgomcnt wljl tbeu en and awarded against .him.' MATTHfiW McDONA?j r. Clerk's ClHoe, April 11, 1M7 ^ - ' i Xlic State of South Ca*oltafl?. ABBBVlLJ^DIBTBidTS^Zr, ?ff*? Court of Common Plea* Yr'^Vf ti|jgiii|| James T^ykln, V Jamea A. Lid<ilef ) Badcin, Wl HEREAS-the Plaintiff dttt on tfie etek-' dred and fifty-six, $lo hi?'^cdaratwn^iM^^ a wsBMSHSBsa; nolthor wife nor e_y^ ka?^n jfcfeg* W'"i' - v'