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Prom Washington.
Emigration to Central America?Utah Military <
Expedition?The Admission of Minnesota.
Wasiiixotox, .Jan. 14.?An office has been i
opened in this city for llic encouragement- of i
emigration to Nicaragua and oth-r portions of c
Central America, the ohieet beincr ueueefnl i
colonization, as recommended ia tlio Preai- I
dent's Message.
The capture of Anderson is believed to Jiavo 1
put nn extinguisher upon all filibuster move-' "<
Uients in that direction for some time to <?me.> <
It is announced, tliis morning, that the SJili
itarv Committee in the Senate will report a.gniust.
the raising of five new regiments "ttK.
march against the Mormons, and.propose, as iv 1
substitute, that ihe regiments already on duty j
ibe inerensed to the extent of two companies <
each- 1 he entire cost ot the I.uiu expedition,
thus far, is put down an tlie fabulous sum '.of
iiearlv $8.01)0,000, and another million at least
it is calculated, will lie swamped by tlie-lofs
of animals during tlie present winter. . ?
The Territorial Committee, it it? understood.
A 'will report, on Saturday, in favor of t$e ademission'of
Minnesota. with her present^Constitutien.
It is destined, however, to meet 1 with
considerable opposition, especially from the
friends of the liecoiiipton measure.
^ jjbxtary Serbnadk.?Judge A. 13. Longttreet,
i / . President of the South Carolina College; ariiv-,
' ed in our city last evening for tlie purpose'bf- .
\j.\ assuming tlie responsible post which he has
i- been chosen to fill. About It o'clock the stuy
. dentA of the College, with it bund of music, cab |
jX, . led upon the 1'resideut at. his hotel, and were
add leased by him in a few pertinent and wejj, ,
'j- timed remarks. Mr. Rutherford, of Newberry,
i'pify" upoji the part of the student?, replied, welcom- '
; :,'t ; ing the Presadent to his new held of usefulness; 1
and extending to him the expression of eonfi- j
'f-'j - dence anil esteem upou tlie part of those lie had
?-C> -.'a ..ii.J i * 1 i
;w ueeu uiuieu ujion lu govern.
; Judge Longstreet finding the n&senibhige unwilling
to disperse, again addressed them, exK^V.
pressing devotion to tlie institut ion over which
HP lie was tiow to preside; and retelling to the r
'intimacy which had previously existed he- J
SjSaffit'- tween himself and Messrs. Calhoun, Elmore,
?f ;' . MeDufRe, and other lending men of South C'aiolina,
whose view# and principles were in aecordance
with,his own. Ilia remarks were received
with loud applause, and we congratulate all
fe/yV " parties uj)on the favorable auspieea- under
' which the President and students have, for the
'>" - fjrat time, met. We trust that the same good
feeling may nl waj's prevail, and that the rela%'
Jtipo may ulways be equally as plAsant.
" Columbia Timet, 15th
. . unvb ? iJu^nru mjiur, writing
Jgr-ff. * fronVNuhia, 5ri Upper Egypt, ?ny8:
'-Those friends of the African racc who point
r"t' t? Egypt (M proof of what that race has accorn'
v fpiMhed are wholly mistaken.'- The only negro ,
'features represented in Egypt sculpture are
.of staves and captives taken in Ethfopean
Vnniofthe rharoahs. The temples nnd pyrap^'Jmida
throughout Nubia. as far as the I)aref*#nd
^fy>Aby?1hiaj?H-bear,?hc hieroglyphics of monnrchs
?ani the'rrf'is ifo evidence in ail the Valley ofthe
that the negrp race evegjattaincaa higher.
tEw&rawOTe&df eiviHfcatiofi than tfftt present exhibit'
a.<>~a A?i?* i "? - -?
??* '??? ??,u t?pu?iu(fcj/' i mention xms, Dp^
; .'. fronj aoyjeolihg hostil* to that rAcVbtit simply a
<m)ToviBrt an opinion very prevalent iu some
' ;part*kof.tbe Ilbitcd States." '
hhgl;. 'jI/Slskpy Utmdb amd Disoi'stpp BntDteoiuxrti.?
HBP. iTfe-Courrier do Lyonssays, tbnt at n marriage
|^Sf ; '6f k ^onng coup]e; daring tho long exhortation
*6f the'priest, the bride went, fast ndeep^ The
jH^^crtiOm discovered iCjasftas ho tphh about to put
?n We rlhg. Hfwaa muehAnnoyed, but con
K&&,. .JealeA ft' tut,oT/espf <;t to'the Hbly place. ^ But ,
? ?>Oft aiith^seryjoe.'was over, he-, got into a ;
T^.*.'><carfrage tyfth.hij friends'and dtoya off, an'
//tooUflprrti'td th# bvide's fatter tjjf.t he wm leav
frothing- could ?hanre his reaohit.ion. He
-C stipulated iVthe
Important nto.m Mexico.?The steamship
Tennessee has arrived at New Orleans from
Vera Cruz. She brings two weeks lutcr intelligence
from tlie City of Mexico.
A large party?consisting of a large majority
of the people, outside of the military force? i
had risen against the Taeubaya proiiuncimento
overturning the eonstitution and declaring j
Conionforts"le and absolute dictator.
Coinonfort left the capitol on the first instant,
at I lie head of a division of troops. 11 is 1
destination was unknown. Before his depnr- I
lure the organized ministry?among whom are j
Aleennt riz.c, Ksparta, Credo und 1'avno, together
with most of the diplomatic corps, paid :
tltyir respects to (,'omonfort on New Year's j
day. Tho British representatives were nl>- j
sent on this occasion, which fact caused much j
surprise and remark.
a rumor oi the ucatit ot ?_icn. Alvnrcz, pre- j
vailed.
(ieii. Parodi had issued proclamation a- :
gainst Comonfort. This action will have aj
tendency to make hirge levi s on tlie troops. '
Vera Cruz has recalled tlie acceptance of the j
proninieiiiicnto.?(Jivil war appealed to be inevitable.
L'Vom the Mexican Journals "and letters received
hv the l'ieayunc, it apjtrX-s that the rccent.
revolutionary proceedings Cortionfort,
assisted by Gen. liacz, In the city of Mexico,
had been received with much dialuvorin many
of the interior portions of tlie country, and a
hirge number of States bad opOnly declared in
the most violenttufln'ner against tlie new order
of things. Many of the principal . towns, including
Vera Cruz, hud also join&'d iu opposition
to Comonfoii, and u formidable military
coalition was in process of of organixation to
assist in the movement, against him. In several
portions of the republic troops werealready
in motion, and.another change iu the executive
njiii'jti' nnnaiiKAil ., ? ,1,..
ad views to be imminent'
?<?
Memphis TuadkJ?Since the projection of our
Railroad system, with almost every rail laid
down, the trade of Memphis has felt an expitneive'impulse.
, During lust week our worthy
frieiid on I'ront How, Mr. D. II. Townaeml.
sold a hill of groceries for Abingdon, Va., and
we heard previously of a similar hill bv Messrs.
Gat^s and Wood, for Knoxville, East Tennessee.
. It has Imuii ascertained that such articles
as sugar and luolassep can he obtained
kcre, notf onlV cheaper, but purer and fresher
khan apywlferc on the Atlantic eeaboard.
When >thjc Chattanooga nnd Cleveland and
East Tenae^?e and Virginia roads shall be
completed, a hogshead of fresh Louisiana ?u
gar, or a barrel of molasses, can be delivered
Miywhorv tu the Kast, Tennessee or Western
Virginia from this place, fit as low, if not lower
rntes, thaVf from 11113' of t.lie Atlantic ports,
sy.ith the proper entcrpi ise on the pnrtif our
grocery merchants, there can be no doubt, hut
that a larger trade rrt^y be brought horp from
tliaj, section of the iToion.?Memphis Appeal,
Daiunc Robheuy.?Our worthy fellow-citieen,
lohu- Venl, bus met with a .sad loss, in owhicb
lie has the sympathy of th? comumnity. OnFriday
night, his.itore was entered ant robbed
of jewelry, wjt?&hc& ?<fc.. Srorth. about four
thousand doIlirB^.Tlw thieves ineemto have
acted1 audi caution," sl?
ItlH fcllA Apfl?tvip"aili*hii1.V ?ixAAA
railroad inciNin <MA?!?!?chuiaM\ has
also established a p?l>cr cailedv;th0S*Auiyican
StaUsrryin, devoted epptfcitilljF.torlfce vindication
of the memory v6f Calhoun " '
Bat* -This distinguished poet and
traveller watf hj^Jaofcf&ccougttj, t^ith- Jiis bride,
at Gottfa^He yrite^to tbe^rcditor pfthf
Irooie'Joftrn'a) thjil frj has inst return cdfoj-rn tf*
bridal-touJrfo'loAdon,' arflj was *d<in)icUgd For'
the jm-seril at.the obfoerviitory, wh'ich is' the
n;sidentfe of. hU father-in-law, the professor, of
astronomy at $!.9thn/y li's intention is ^paes
the comt^jvjn.ter in Gf&ce, apd,th0fcfo)lo\vjng
summer, -in Tiug^itt^ tifoping to rotUBD t<? Aoiefioa
in the aqtmfin 0f.l8.'i^^ ', * *'
'SUSPENSIONS JR^TUk CoWON THaDE.?A*idlS-,
Datcli frnm !..? *1 v ! ^
, .... miou wuvio navejieeneightsuspensions
\jy the.'c^tUrn trade in that
ei t vw i th 10 the part fe w days, and twq, in New
Orleans, 1ft atflSition to tlii'ee telegraphed last
week. Theie afopeftalons'are caused mainty by
}he heavy fall in cottdn. the past"month, < reri- ?
dered ft upposaible fbj**psHiqa t&meet "engage- <
incuts which had been predicated npon tjiccotton
they toldvbeing?vorth jl "to 13 centa, instead
of whioh it had deollfloa r.-eently fco.ri}-,
and is UQW pjgjy quoted^ri per lb.**. g .> ' . _ <
ExTENilfK I^OB B ElUT.-^10,000 *
vannar, JAn/'lfi ?'TwoyoUpg^nerx' from North
Carolina,- #?rd rdbb??..pf ten thousand dolUft' ,
at Femandina. Fli; dii 8a4ordfty night- laSfc <
Niue thousfifid fiveibundfed dollars of the mpg-'1
ey was in bills'of the Batik* ofc-WilmingtoiS N>.
C; and the^baiance^n. l>iU 8 of batiksm-South
Carolina. ^A^e*?Wof%b ?boiisa?d ?dolfcr? s
is offered for tt^reoov^ryof tbetldef aid mem-'
ey-' \ '.Si -
-ALABAMA AND Kansas. ^UofwoHp*, W.;?n
In tlfe Legistatare of Alah%ma,^hur&<j^y, both
branches pvgftcri unanimously a resolution Authorizing
tho Qoyerno/to aa^?mR&.Oj|at6n]n
tion, in tk? ovebtof Coftgre??'r?fu?Ing'io ' iwhnit
Neandor and Gieseler.
i The study of Church History?one of the
I noblest and most profitable of all studies?
I is beginning to engage amongst us something
of the attention it deserves. The controversies
of the day call for a large acquaintance
with it. The inner Christian
life needs the nourishment it is fitted to afford.
Anil no one can claim to be a wellread
theologian, who has not followed up,
nlnmr ?fs tin* aP Pln?!e?!.??i
teaching towards its source. ^
lint in pursuing it, good guides are needed
; and at present there are no two more
worthy of cordial commendation than the
great Germans whose names stand above.
Willi the exception of their teachings as to
the first constitution of the Church, and here
and there a tingeof rationalism, we hear:ily
join with the Presbyterian Banner and Advocate
in what it says of them below. fEDS.
OK THE REC.]
The great master-pieces of Ecclesiastical
History, by which the literature of this age
is distinguished, are the works of Neander
and of Geiscler. For more than a quarter
of a century, these eminent men were engaged
in maturing the productions which, in
after years, were to be associated in honorable
connexion with their names. Gieseler
and Neander were contemporaries, and, to a
certain extent, they wero competitors for
fame. In many points they resembled each
other, while in others their respective char
acteristics stand out in remarkable difference,
and even contrast. Germans by birth
and throughly Germans as to their education,
they were equally attached to the
study of anliqiiitv. Koaallv callable of tr.i
versing all the records of llie past, in whatever
language the information was to be
found ; and equally characterized by assiduity
in research, and honesty in recording
the results of their labors, without bias or
influence of party; still, their mental idiosyncrasies
are stamped tin all their perforininw
Tt.? fV- 1 -
......vv.-. i .>>- >ti umg ui iiuuuiii;]' arvs cilllnently
subjective, while the history ofGieseler
is as decidedly objective. The same
materials put into the hands of these two
men, nsstfnicd two entirely different forms
^hen they had concluded their respective
labo?s. Neander digested his materials,
anVfbv a process of mental assimilation,
(nade them all his own. He then gave
them forth in a flowing narrative, in which
his own temperament appears un every j
j?Hga. In hi$ hands, history is a living exhibition
of the past; whereas the object of
Gieeeler is to construct a work which, by its
wording, shall record the actions
doctrincs of the bodies and individiU|^|*wUo'8e
rtames are inscribed on his pages.
^'itR'9 <Sf Neander, the leading worthies
(!jf*a tiifrpnty u all pass before us, but they
vpeak the language and wear the dress of
WisAndisir.-' Gifcseler takes the actual words
apffieologians.of camions and councils, and
*fcf?a>few sirnpfe phrases of liis own, he
fin^a them "together, and thus he makes
'UremAheiro'wn tale. Thus he gives the
.'mftferiafe of history, honestly and full}',
Jtheil ho-permits the reader to construct the
ptlieory for ^ himself. Neander gives the
theory and the facts, nnd he imbues them
both with life ; a>:d all ia done, in both ca
ses, by the band of a master.
It ^'ere no difficult task to show ^bow a
partizan or disingenuous writer might mislead,
bis readeip, whether he followed the
lead of Gfoseler or Neandcr. A dogmatic
sophist tnay easily construct a plausible theory,
and, iu the manner ofNeander, fill up
fiis worlf by vivid pictures,of lifedike transaction.
His error lies in his premises, and
,jn the forced Application of^his facts, to subtitftf
assumption. 80 in the case of Gies
$ler,;dt ? notorious thai" the words of theologians,
the language of counoils and Church'
assembles, may bo quoted and united together,
wBile Uie lesson inculcated by the
narrative may 'be altogether untrue. Still
where the writer is honest, where he is la
, " * ' . f4-'
berioua in collecting his materials, faithful in
making his^extracts, and aims merely at retcordlr)g
the actual occurrences of the past
5t fftobviojis thfl|t the ?prir\ciple on which
Qiefeelet hrfs constructed his great work, is
the safest, though not.the uiost brilliant iu
it??&uhS.: ..
- T9 fe, reflecting rOirad that can thinlcfor
, itself, Greseltr' supplies the material?, and
they caii be nU without fear as to their accurrenicy^yi
the cause of trutha'nd righteousneMb
It is this feature^ of bifr great worjc
which constituted ita chief excellence. His
honesty, his erudition, and bis accuracy, arc
equally remark able and 'conspicuous, in
every page 01 uis wnnpgw^ ziegpe yn?',vh>1&.
which suuftfe ^londfiQ e^Iesiastical
; Harrati ve, so far aa. structure 1# oonofcro^J,
aeter of a skeleton, tliat it requires to b
clothed with the drapery of life and aetioi
Tiiis has been done by Neander, and tlm
the one is the complement of the other. Tli
two, when united, form an admirable hi*
lory. Hence it is that we advise all posse?
sors of Neatider to procure the work of(iies
eler, and the possessors of the latter will fee
the propriety of adorning their shelves b
the addition of Neander.
Separating the Sexes in School.
On this point, Mr. Stowe, a celehratec
Glasgow teacher, uses the following Ian
guage: "The youth of both sexes of ou
Scottish peasantry have been educated to
gelhcr; am) as a whole the Scotch are tli
most moral people on the earth. Educf
lion in England is given separately, and w
never have heard from practical men tha
any benefit has arisen from the arrangemcnl
Some, influential individuals there mourl
over the prejudice on this point. In Dul
lin, a larger number of girls turned on
badly who had been educated alone uuti
they attained the nge of tnalurily, than c
those who were otherwise brought up; th
separation of the sexes has thus been foum
to Ik*, injurious. It is stated, on the bos
authority, that of those girls educated i
the schools of convents, apart from boys
the greater majority go wrong within
month after being let loose in society atn
meeting the other sex.?They cannot, it i
said, resist the slightest compliment or flat
terv. The separation is intended to kee;
them strictly moral; but this umiatmal st
elusion actua'ly generates the vcrv princ.i
pies desired to In; avoided. We may repea
that it is impossible to raise the girls 11
high, intellectually, without the boys as wit
them, and it is impossible to raise boy
morally as high without girls. The girl
morally elevate the boys, and the boys intel
leotually elevate girls. But more tha
this : girls themselves arc morally elevatei
by the pressence of boys, and boys are it
telleotlially elevated by the presence cj
girls. Girls brought up with boys are moi
0...I 1.?- I -I-. :
uivim, nuu uujyn uum^JlO up 1
schools with the girls, arc morn postivel
intellectual by tlie softening influence of tli
female character. In tlie Normal Semin:
ly at Glasgow, the most beneficial effect
have resulted from the more natural coursi
Hoys and girls, from the age of two or tlire
years to that of fourteen or fifteen, have beei
trained in the same class-room, galleric-i
and play grounds, without impropriety
and tliey arc never separated except a
needlework?Authur's Magazine.
n . c\ p ' 1
uaituknuf a uriiosT.?ror several nay
past, says the London Slar of 1 7tl
a considerable deal of exciteinen. s beei
caused in the neighborhood of London st
Dock head, in consequence of its being r<
ported and actually believed by many, ths
one of the houses was haunted by a verily
ble ghost. So strong was the belief, tha
every day thousands of people collecte
about the street, putting a atop to busines
and creating much annoyance to tlic peac<
able inhabitants. The house in questibi
was inhabited by a workman named Baket
and his wife and daughter* While tli
inan was out in the day time at his woii
singular noises were,, heard in all parts c
the house, and breaking of crockery, glas*
<fcc; which were thrown about in all direc
lions by some invisible hand. Tiiesa nois<
soon attracted the attention of the passer
by, who collected nbout, and in a short tin:
tlierenort col abroad that the'house in Que
? c 1
tion was haunted. The nuisance becair
so great tliaf the clergymen eonnectcd wit
parish wore acquainted with the circun
stances. The Catholic priest attended, bu
would have nothing to do with the subjeel
Mr. Hancock, a gentleman .connected, wit
the District Visiting Society, inquired int
the circumstances, and soon found out tha
the ghost was n'o other than tho daughtoi
a young girl about twelve years of age. T
prevent hei^folldwing her bad inclination!
she was confined to the house, when sh
broke herfather's crockery and-furniture i
such a mysterious way as to causo the r<
nnrf. Iieinrr snrnml ll?:U. the limwn ??? Imnr
ted. The father, by the advice of otllei
personsj gave Jier into custody, and she wi
brought before Mrj- Combe, charged.- wit
committing the wilful damage to her father
goods. : f
The father said he hqd no idea at fir
that it wnsshe who.broke his things, as h
wife told him that she was in the same root
J" ft ' , .
.with the girl when the things were throw
about and shi^did not see Dor touch anylbinj
Ti.n* k,.?u ii,?< it ?Vl u
xii^jr uum uchctcu uinv ?w naq biiu wum V
a ghpat, and that the .houWwas haunted..
Mr. Combe inquired whether it bad bee
ascertai n ed h o w sh 0 cohtrivfed to brenjc tl
crockerywithout, bei ng ?pereeivtjd ty hi
mother f ' HeV father snid that he lyagle
u Rising in the world.
i. You should bear constantly in mind tliat
s nine-tenths of us aie'froin the very nature
and necessities of the world, born to gain
our livelihood l?y the sweat of our brow,
j." What reason have we. then to presume that
I i our children are not to do the same ? If
V they be, as now ami then one will be, endowed
with extraordinary powers of mind,
those powers tnav have onnnrtnnWv -l?.
* I I J v*
1 veloping themselves, and if they never have
- that opportunity, are always to he laborers,
the harm is not very great to us or them.
Nor does it hence follow that they are the
L* descendants of laborers. The path upwards
l- i? clflun .....I l~..~ t._
. .W|/ imiu IVMI^, IU uv nine. lliUUMry,
e t-kill, excellency, in (lie present parent, lay
t tl.e foundation of a rise, under more f;?vo(.
rabbi circumstanccs, for the children. The
n children of these take another rise, and by>
by-the descendants of the present laborer
t become gentlemen. This is the natural
! progress. It is by attempting to reach the
>f top at a single leap that so much misery is
e produced in the world, and the propensity to
:1 such an attempt has been cherished and enit
couraged by the strange projects that we
11 have witnessed of late years for making the
>, laborers virtuous and happy by eiviug them
a what is called education. The education
il which I speak of consists in bringing chilis
dren up to labor with steadiness, and with
skill ; to show them how to do h11 in the
[? best manner; to set them an example in
!- industry, sobriety, cleanliness,and neatness;
- to make all these habitual to them, so that
t they shall never be liable to fall into the
is contrary; to let them always see a good livh
ing proceeding from labor, and thus to res
move from them the temptations to get at
Is the goods of others by violent or fraudulent
I- means.? William Cohbet.
A Melancholy I'kkdicament.?To be
in a "strapped" condition is uudoubtely to
be in a bad" phix." The "strap" thus understood
refers to a peculiar condition of
^ I . 1. ^ l..i _ r v. 1 ^ -i * *
liic [jmckcl ui pniuuiooii!*, nnu noL 10
the legs thereof, as in lliis instance of being
^ strapped. Most of our readers are aware
0 that an old fashion fastening one's legs on
by straps to his pantaloons, passing under
* his feet, is about to be revived. This fashion
is not now so absurd as it used to be, for
u Linton, of tiie Amphitheatre, having inau11
gurated the new style of walking with the
*" feet up, it becomes a necessity that people
so walking should have suspenders on thai
1 end of their pantaloons which is uppermost
to keep them from slipping down. So
s n traps in iuis wise are wise, we don't'any
it that the party who was in the following
n "melancholy predicmcnt" was in the habit
; of walking feet uppermost; but we do say
)- that on the occasion in question he was init
dined to 44 feel up for the ground that lie
i- walked home "feeling up for the ground,"
,t and not exactly knowing which end he was
d standing on. These arc holiday times,
s, lie has a wife? or, n wife has him, and
?- she told us the story. lie came home in
n the small hours and found his way to his
, apartment, his witVs apartment, and began
ie to make preparation for retiring, by sticki,
ing his toot into a bootjuck with the design
.e ? i.:_ t?. -- *
n vii leuiuvtfiiiij ins uool?no, leaving ma Doot
j immoveable and removing Ilia foot from it
?liia nightcapped spouse watching the
Js operation and liis eccentric movements about
s_ the room with indignant regards. With
,e some ado be succeeded in inserting bis foot,
s_ into the bootjack* and made a desperate
,e pull. The effort was utterly abortive, and,
|, with the same no result, was several times
v repeated'. lit) .became desperate, jerked and
t_ pulled himself into a fever of oxoitement
and finally turned to bis wife with: .
'"See bere?bio!?old lady, I'm?hie!?
0 coming to bed with my boola on?hie,!
t l am, certain?IncI ?sftee it'1 don't?hiu!
t old iady !"
o You're coming to bed wilh your boots
on, pre you, Mr. ! You are !" screamie
ed'the indignant lady, who bad been anxi*
i) 4ou*ly awaiting his coming, thinking some3.
tiling serious had happened to her absent
1. lord, and found that lie was only seriously
'S inebriated, and that her anxiety for-his safest
ty had been' wasted. , *,
|) J "You are coming to bed with your boots
'u on, are you J* You ftre. intoxicated, .sit!
You have been off on & spree, sir! Take
st< off your boot?, sir! You can't come, inttf
is -tbis bed with them on ,wr.M _
n "I'm c-coming tobed.wltb my boot# on
n X?hie, tifadaui If- Iniusl! I c-can't get them
?. ?hie?f>k* wrt^tbaufcxplanation of tho af>f?
flioted benedict..
are tight?-you are drunk, sir i
n .You ajfght t?xbe* ashamed of youraelftor
ie vodimpg hpme.ia that condition,"'and'the
jr ^wrife nroafe to see if she couldn't do som*
. tbifig to relieve the .efnbarraMed circling
rV 'luineeaother lord. A glaoce placed l^eV
unclouded-faculties jn .possessforkof \Xt> factff
~ .1. I.io vncro, OIIU *lltJ fJUIULOlI UUfc IU9 course
New ^-Wyment.. '
"The melancholy days have come, 'SW* 1
Tlie saddest of the year,"
When notes ore due, and lengthy bills
Come in from fur and near ;
When "here's a small account of j-ours,''
Is whispered in your oar,
And won't you please to settle now,
Is nil the talk you hear.
You scarce can take ? morning walk,
Without ere long you're met,
By Mr. Snooks, who wants to know
If Von can't "si-It 1<< vel.
And tli(j hour of "dusky eve,"
When you do homeward liio
Upon the parlor table, lo 1
A pile of bills to lie.
Ye ?*linji!?, whose salary amounts
To ten times ten a year.
Who sport your paternal leather boots,
With such a "foreign sir."?
And wear your thirteen dollar "tight*,"
And jfolden buttoned vest,
I wonder not when New Year comes,
You seek in vain for rest.
Ye girls with empty bonnets stuck,
Upon your empty heads,
With high-priced silk find satin things,
With hoops, and flowers, and hei.ds?
I wonder what "papa" will say,
When Mr. Rpriggings calk.
With ju*t that little bill of his,
For bonnets, hoops and shawls.
And now my st\-lish little chaps,
And fushionnble little inuid,
I'll tell you what you better do,
When those long bills arc paid,
Just spend as many dollars now,
Upon your addled brain,
As you have spent for costly clothes,
And tee how muc'- vou'H ijniii.
Ax Earthly Paicadise.?The correspondent
of Harper's Weekly, who is writing
a series of letters headed "Travel Notes
in Bible Lands," for that excellent paper,
in speaking of the vulloy of Kadesha, in
which is situated tlio once renowned city of
Tripoli, tlie knell of whose greatness and
glory, like that of ancient Rome, has long
since been sounded, uses the following
chaste and beautiful language in reference
to that paradisaical spot of earth :
'Never may man hope to see a lovelier valley
than that of Kade-ba, where Tripoli
stands as its outlet on the sea. All that
the world can furnish of the grand and
beautiful unites here lo make the place a
paradise. Lofty mountains, sublime summits,
resting ou the bluesky, look down on
the calm and peaceful valley where a
stream wanders among dense groves and
luxuriant gardens?now by a palace, and
now by a ruined castle of a crusader?now
by a mosque, and now by an old Deverisb
college, while the air, laden with perfume,
and always lit with a serene suDsbine, is an
atmosphere of heaven.
"Some day, when I am done with the
world, I will come here and take one of
these ruins on the bank of the Kadesha,
and live out the rest of my time in glorious
luxury?dreaming old dreams, recounting
old stories, hearing old songs.
T d.oii ii,,i
I have not, to write you of the glory of
Tripoli. IIow its walls, on a moony night,
ring with the war-cries of brave men in
brave days?how I t/ace the arms of Raymond
of Toulouse here and thereon ruined
cnstle and fortification, for Raymond oncfe
possessed Tripoli as a fief?how the old legends
tell grand histories of the knights of
Tripoli."
? t ?
Some Noise.?A neighbor of the London
Illustrated News thinks the Hoe's Last Fast1'
a nuisance. Tie has sued the proprietors,
and his evidence says that the court which
! separated his premises from the defendants
, was only four feet three iochcs wide, and in
the month of March last the defendants set
up an American printing machine, worked
1 by steam, which created the nuisance now
1 complained of. The printing began every
, Thursday night, and was continued all Fri;
day and Friday night, and sometimes on
Saturday, and such was the noise from tho
machinery that it was scarcely possible to
hear onesejf speak in the'plantifTs parlor.
The screaming, whistling and thumping of
the boiler and fly-wheels rendered the plantilT's
lie-use uninhabitable, and the noise was
compared to that of an express train passing
by, hilt never gelling away. .The result
was that the plantifTs wife wbr not. able to
live in the house, his customers forsook the
parlor, and the port wine and beer in tho
cellars were rendered thick by the vibration.
The vibration was so groat that it would
gradually cause the glasses to tumble oft' the
shelves in the bar; or, if one were left on
the cask in the cellar, it would after .a time
tumble off and get broken. f
. . A Beautiful Paragraph.?The fuJV
. *? *' *Ll
lowing lines are taken from 8tr, Humphrey
Davy's Salmonia: "I envy no quality Ojthe
niihdsor intellect in others-*be it genins^
power, wit"! Taney?but if I could choose
whrft would be most Delightful, nncj t believe
most useful to me, I should prefer & a firm
religious'belief Many olher blessing Vfor. it
makes lift! a disciplioe ofgoodnes^rbreathos
new hope*, vanishes and/throws over tWr
dewy, til* d?trubt?oo o^existenoe. the mc? ~
gorgeous Of ftfljigfit; awakens\life even in
jieatii, ap^ from corhjptionjnd. dScay ^aflls
up to beautt Ahd iJJvitiity.; m?k?**?n in truWt
Judder of
'i
1 ^^on of earthly I8>pe*,l?ilk up Utemoit;
I! of tlwi bleat, anci
. Aaron J?urr.
Oiy, Lieutenant
('niotu-1 in u^-A.rnjy.'.or^e. JjeVoliftibn,
U. S. Senator, Vice Prusidefrr-Q^ti^JJtiited
StrtttiS. (tc. Hv J Vnhfnn alillinp
ous Poetry of the Knglish Language,"
of Horace Greeley," &c ; pp. 700, 8 vo.
son Bros; 108 ami 110 Duane staeet; Russell
<fc J ones, 251 King street, Charleston^
S. C. ; tf-_
To attempt the life of Aaron Bl:rr at
this clay argues, no little audacity, and this ^
quality alone will commend the work to
many. This exhibition of audacity in this
ense, however, will not surprise any one
when it is remembered that the author is
the biographer of IIouack Greelf.y, and
the husband of Fanny Fern.
A friend, of some critical experience and
observation in men and books, has examined
this volume and reports to ns the following
results:
There i* a good deal of merit in this book,
aixJ more pretension. Perhaps, we should
have said, there is a good deal of interest irl.
it, which arises, alter all, from the mystery ,
and bad eminence of tlie subject of the biography.
We remember hearing one of the
greatest editors of our day giving advice to
a young man whom be had employed td.
asist him in the use of the scissors, say that
any paragraph which brought men and women
together in the matter of scandal and
..,..0 k.. _.:.L ?
vimii^ 11 no icnu uv uuui at'Aua wim uviuiiy*
Bcmi's reputation for gallantry has made
his life of muro general interest, we suspect, ' * ?
than any mystery which hangs over his political
movements or his trial for treason<
Novels have been written about him, and
tales have derived their interest from his
name and intrigues. ,
Nai'Olen used to speak of the military
glance?the glance whereby at once tho
warrior saw how to avail himself of the
chances and the changes of the contest? _
when to seize the banner and pass Lodi<
when to bid the Old Guard to charge*
l Here is also, an oratorical glance, so to
sp?nk, Mr. Clay and Lord Chatham and
Mikaueau had remarkably?the glance
which caught the tone and temper of whaever
assembly they might be addressing*
and gave tliein the power to adapt their
speeches and manners to the occasion. It
may be said that there is also a biographic
glance, whereby the biographer atoned
comprehends the character of his subject*
This glance Mr. Parton certainly has not;
This bouk is a thing of shreds and patches,
lie often contradicts himself?saying in one
piace lor instance, mat uurr was never
melancholy, was always cheerful, and in
another for hours he would gate on bis
| daughter's portrait, while the tears would
roll down his cheek in sflence. Burr was ^
too proud a man to expose his griefs to tbo
world, and too cautious to commit even his
sorrows to paper; but he felt them, nevlei^
tbeless, and all the keener that he bid them
I ?as the bird feels not the less the barb of
the arrow because her wing hides it. Talleyrand,
we know, in the last year of his
life, wrote in thesileut midnight on a bit of
paper on bis table his unquiet and bis unrest?and
the uext'm&riiiug wben he went
to court what an imperturbable old man be!
Tbe greatest comic actor of France went to
ptiysician to whom he was unknown to get
a prescription to cure his low sprits, when
he was recommended to go and see himself. < ,
act 1 ^
liurr had qne great great gift, self-reliaoc'ek
TT? ,??o I.,,.., o ...1,1;,.. i.:? ^;.,4 m.? ''
t.4.v ??MO W'll n CJV/ IVIICI j UUU 111 o UJIUU TTH8 UK . *
just thnt cast to gite him success at the baft ?
ilc asked no favors of tho opposite coUtl*
sel, atul lie was not opt to grant pny. When ?v .r
he was twenty-six years' of age and wished
to be married,(by the by, to a widow with"- i
two sons, and she was ten years his senior;
it is strange what marriages' this Style of"
then often makes) he' studied law but nine*
month, when he applied for admission U)
the bar. o He had hired an astute old law* "
yer to answer him whatever legal questions .
ho might put to him, and stndied in tbM '' *"
/Pi . . i' * v
way. murine oj mo coun require^ tfte
previous study of three years before admit-..
tarce to the bar. liurr could get uo lawyer , /f"
to lliu application lor liiriu. lie sought tjr$Vv- a
private interview with the judge, (to>* lilfk t> ?,him!)
and being received favorably, V?
made the-mo'tion for his own- ad d mission itv
court and succeeded, vv
The account of his duel with Hamilton is. .l
very interesting, and from the way in which : >
the present' biographer puts tbe,cA?y,- her
was entirely jusiiliable iu calling Hamilton, ,
out. But wo cannot agreewitb Mr.Pafrtoq^ :
when he says at the ejid of his bodjc.' j
(Burr) upon the wliolg,l-,ai?.
think, a better iqan thai^H*niilton,
Burr, in bia expedition, was nothing mora ; '1
than a foiled filibuster,p*a?ij ihtj pifyitljijk ?
is very interesting'. B'ut the"
' salient poTtit in Burr's cliarnct^rww bisrloy?,rfor
his daughter?and 6ne>yhawaa w '
by such a, noble and intelleuthWfcfeiftg, must , - .
have had heart arul eentibly,. . . < - =
"Ank why ch? lox?(J hit?f Curiou*/?ol$>a WiJlj.'' v .1,
la hn'aia?rlo?V th?growih bfUuman
To her lie might U> teixderticM.^; ' ' |
So By{0? spy? of ?Ud'lpye*oF i yl
tJonraJ. It is natural. > lb at ft d^ug^M?^': <
should Joy?-bW. fa.tjier,. and <)pv<Syhv&tife'? >V
,.inofe tbe'rttore the \Yorl<UrawGe ujw b'irxv ,,.t^
?-auch is thejnaUya"of woman
ho lay 'ibiU***j
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