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MISCELLANY.
Washington News.
The "Washington correspondent, furnishes llic '
following items of news from the Capital :
Washington, Feb. 2-1, 18">8.?The lC:m<=:?-4 '
<Connnitt.ee of fifteen met. ntfaiti this ewni'itr !
fourteen members present, Mr. Letcher 1 ? -in<_ j
absent. The same hatch of resolutions was a- |
pain presented by Messrs. Harris, Morrill and '
Adrian, t'? send i"'>r person * and papers, whi<*h j
in every instance was voted down. The due- [
iniientary evidence called for at the depart- '
merits was laid In-fore them and ordered to !? . I
printed. At their meeting on Wednesday next j
two reports will lie submitted?majority ami
minority?which will be laid before tin: Hoiim: j
for its action. ;
Senator Crittcndon, of Kcntuefcy. will to.'
morrow presc.t the ercilcntiaU <>l tin- Muiiies..
-v ta Senator*, Messra. Uieo and Shields, and a-k '
tV.ftt they be sworn in. This questions will at
at onec give rise to an animated mid *>x<-il inir j
* debate, and where mid liow it will and I will ;
?j<?t attempt to say ; but it. is clear thai the '
whole Kansas question, in all its fury, will be |
precipitated upon that. body.
1 The House Committee on Commerce have I
before them n large batch of bills for the iin- |
provenient of rivers ami harbor*. whieh will j
shortly be reported. Tlie chances of their p;;s- i
gage is not very fl.itt.erinj/.
? " The House Comtni'tee on Post Ofllees and
? Post Roads lmve before them a large bat eh of i
petitions and memorials establishing lines ol ]
Me niters between t lie Lulled St-itcs and t? I - j
most every conceivable point. The Committee j
aire ndverse to nil these scheme*. ninl they will i
mover see the light of <lay. The nunc commit |
?tee hnvo. h. fore tliein a proposition for the adjustment
of a site for I he I'hiladclphia I'ost Of- !
' 'lipe, referred to them by the I'ostmuster (Sen- ;
. j <eral. The committee will report, it back to the |
department without making any select ion.
It is whispered that Mr. Dallas will proha- i
Wy he offered t he federal judgeship made va- j
cunt by the. death of Judge,Kane, of I'hiladel- |
,jphii?. This course will, perhaps, make his re$
call from the English mission necoptablc to
2iim. The former relations between that gentleman.and
President Buchanan has been somewhat
of rivalry, and doubtless the latter has a
v-,.v V1IIH IC'Lilll WHICH Ilje
'opportunity to tender this appointment does
. -away ivith. "" ^ ,
The Attorney General, Black, formerly Chief J
Justice of Pennsylvania, would doubtfess be
tendered the ofrnie if he was not a member of
the Cabinet. Several distinguished lawyers ?
Philadelphia have been spoken of in connection
with the vacant judicial rolo, amongst
whom are Messrs. Brewster, Cad wallader, Khcppard,
Wharton and Kelley; but tlio general
opinion seems to be thptMr. Dallas may be in,
<luced to attempt it. -1" .
.? x Stoke L. Roberts, who was recently appoiot"*
??d Consul to Trinidad de Cuba, ha? written a
letter to tjie President declining jit. ?j.>.
At the request of Air: ijtoeeklo, the Russian
. *. Minister, the Secretary o'f the Navy has, order
?d Cap.tnin Hudson to recelra two officer* of
i tbe,Russian navy on,board^ho steam frigate
.jNingnfttt .ns before, to witness the )a\ ing of the
'.Atlantic tejcgra ph cable. The --now*
V/" . ( t'ttieBrobklyri-NftvyiYard, will go intu com-,
mission on the 1st of March. <.
3wS United States slooji-tff war Vfnceiine*',
>i ^jomrnftndor Totteiv, sailed frofn Srer.r#. Looue
for Monrovia on thi .fith ultimo. 1
Our Sleigh Drive. j i
lV-ini a foreigner, a native of a country j 1
win*re tin* snow never lies an hour upon the , I
i ground, I cotiM not (>e cxpected to under- j
| stand the (You-IMasonry of sleigh-lid'-*. I J 1
had spent three weeks in the village of . (
j ill Maim*, ami I have no ohjertion to con!
less that [ considered the two Mis-.es < !ro*v- ;
er the sweetest irtils 1 hail ever known, i '
f
j Nellie was a PWcet, soil, tender ocature,
i with soft eves and a loving expression ; , s
1m-?:c was a tall hruneite, with ll-t-li'mi; i
I eyes which looked through and through j
I v >u, and an air which si-tm?-?l to say thai '
1 she Wold.I :is soon it.- l?.v<? lV.tl.
; writ' vorv IihihNoiiii-j*irl>, ainl :i!l tin* youth* |
of tlie* villain 11; I lu'i-ii, <?r \vt*iv, <>r i?xp??Mi-i! '
In In-, tlifir n ?*oijiitz?*il ;t<1111i is. 1, ;i >ii-k- ;
Iv lo.imiti^tlii* North in si-an-Ii
of IkjiIiIi, rivpi into thvir anpiaiiitatn-i' :il- '
inuft uii:nv:iii's. My phy-irian li.nl p:v- i '
Hi'iiln'il riiliit*;; we im.-t liv<]ii"iitlv in tin* j
narrow patli iliroii^li I!i?? wom|, or in tin- j 1
tianvnur roail \\!:i<-li lyail* lip tin* inoiiii- |
tain; ami, in ohi?iii-inv to final t '
\vc liowci) at onr fit?t, spi>lv? at our S'-i-oimI. '
lii-catm: social at our lliir?l itii^. Ai''i-r- ; '
waul wc usually io.|i> ti.^. tln-r. I ra'li-il '
at tin- lmu<.'?a fin?? ol-l roimtrv mansion. '
wit!i niiiii* nioitK t lulu I...If .. .1..:i: :
, I I
roiiiil li!i, am! ;i jjioriniis \v< .> t fin! li!az:u?r t
nil !l hllirul ll?':t!lll cvn v trVl'IIUltf ; ;tll<l I '
was In make tin: a<*<|iiiintaii<.*ts c?t" j 1
oli! Mr. lirmviT, a farmer ami iiimlirr-iiian. 1
wcll-lo iio in tin! vvui'li], wlio liail bat uni- : x
I
i<U':i I -y??n?I rrojK ami 1 <:>t>> 1 ilia! was
Kansas; of lii- wif-, ;i jovial dame, w!n j
though <rny ami vi'tv s-totil, insi-lnl on *-n- |
|??*rint?-ii.ii:?uT everv detail of her 11<hi-< !x>! ] ; j |
iiti-1 of half a <l(>Zi-ii sons ami ainiaMc a fain- i ,
ily as I I'Vi-r tin-!. Wlicii \v<> hi-came in!i- ; ,
tisritIIi?*y pressed me ??? occtipv a room in ; ?
their hoit-e; ;ut-1 tin- ifirl- and hoy- l?-<I 11>?* (,
through room after room, in order, a* 111? v |
said. that I might male-! a choice ; lull I|
coiiM not eoti?e,nt to trespass so far upon '
their hospitality, and contented mvsell'witii ;
spending almost every evening by the side j s
iii mcir <?i'Uiai IH' il l li. j j]
I Irul Iwf'ii tmtifh-'l lluil it vv:n iii'rcssai v ; <
to j11< vi !i ?,Vs..|f witli a slriyli, an-1 11;t<! I
W lii'ti X?*!lii* toM tm-t!iala |>:ii :v *
l?snl in:i<!? 11 ]> f<>r a s-1 ! to iln- .
I i 1 im Cros* next day, I said,-imply, "Wry 1
well"?having ik> idea of liic social impoil- | 1
aiu*(! <?f the* affair.
' I MippoMt," sail! IVssio, in lior
wav, "iliat vol) will drive Lucy T'
"If I am ai lilu rty to invit
conr?>> you and voiir sMc* wot
ain
ivfu-al."
.. I? - ? . n*' ii'-. ' ? "
i 111 sorry, saui "DM A =' '
?J!im?ll." * * lrf!l3 t
"And you?" I asked, turning i Tk.-su*. ,
' I'll drive with von : and sis we aUvay> i '
drive three in a sleigh, we'll take Cousin v
Marv." v
"Ajrwsd." j '
Till that evotiinji I had nover thought of j v
the si.-ters separately. I don't think I had ; 1
ever neeii alone wHit eiMnrof Ihi'iii. WV j
had nifl on stifli fV;? n Hy. ?* >i?(J * 111i: I term-, | 1
that 1 had behaved rather as a 1 >tlior *li:tn '
as a lowr, an<! had viewed tin-in in 5!? li'jdti 1
of ?:sters. Ti.-v had I-.1.1 iihj of their liitle I
loVt: ali'airs, and \v<- 11:i<I laughed over them. i '
I u-cil to rj'iiz tin-in about this or ihat youth ( !*
who showed liis f.'.-liti^s for olio or tin* other
ilia market! manner. Ilia'! never for a '
t
moment a-ked myself how I f-lt toward ,
them or tliey tnwaid me. ! 1
'l itis sleigh-drive shed a new light on I!?? ! '
-tate of aflairs. 1 knew that Commii M.h v !
was an excellent irirl, who w>is eii''.i"vd to a ;
1 '
lawyer at Bangor, an.I that site won!'! re- j
Han I mo r.\ a part of t lie hani'-.-s of the |
sli-i^jh, Was i pleaded thai Bessie am! not .
Nellie completed '.lie triu? Which did I j
like best ? j
I f<-ll asleep wliilo revolving the problem i
;unl weighing the hum ifs of the sisters. I I
admired Uc-ssiu; I think now slm is as fine
:i woman as I ever saw; but them was !
something in Nellie wliieh tom-hed me. I j
(I ream I'd that night tliat her head was leaning
on my shoulder, and that i ?vas passing
my hand through her long, loose, fair ringlets.
When I awoke in the morning I
was quite disappointed that she was not to
drive with n?o. I
V V 1
My lioisva wore in magnificent condition.
Il was several degrees below zero, ami the
! .
j poor brutes could hardly bo induced to
stand still while I entered the old farmhouse
and met the assembled guests. The .
man who bad supplanted me?for I began
to regard it in this light?was a doctor
from a neighboring village, n young . feliow
. well educated, no doubt, but as green a whip
as myself, lie was?so I was told by her
youngest brother?"uncommon s\ve?;t on
Nellie."*'-1- should have lik&l to havfe
driven my whip-handle down-his lj>roat.~
We started."' The-road was splendijl:
the. enow creaked And whistled mwW nh* .
runoer?, tKfe liorses wera Boon covered with. I
livolvu tin; I?in-1 iii??~t of lli<! two sli-i^li* in ;
In* 11 isjrr;u:?! ol lakimr lln: last place in llie
1 inner saw 1 look liamlsoim-r tlnn !
ivlicli sin; look Ii?t scat lu siilt* tin*. I lie
I
:<>M l?ri)ii^!it a rmlily IIn-li to licr e!iec|>.
iii' 1 11 *r i'Vi's "li-aiin*'!; lu-r spirits lose, ainl i
is we started s!n? lie.) tn?*?>:i inv Isil'
ill I almost lost niv temper. X< 11 *< u.t- :
.if ali>*:? I. ,\t tin* si^na', siwav we w?-ni, I
i.ioli 1 111: ] !!i:,t i! WnliM not 'III to sit i low n.
stood up, ami witli wliip, rein, ami vnire.
ir^i-il on my horses. We po>iti\v!\* l!<\\
wr tin: snow ; at times tin* ilrit'l ra:??-<l l?v \
he six teams Ix-S'.iiv ns s'unt out tin.* rote I ,
rout niv si^ht. ami if ativ tli'ii.r liail li.-ip
I I ... It... .. i r. . . I
.... .. i , ?r l/M I > Hl.lli, ?.n III I I'Mil '
if ll<. \V?? 1I11I-I li:iw ?Ji HU* OV< I iltill.
Mv eat:!.! witoiIio In*-f i!irit i!i< villa^-i '
? :ii;iiiit-iI. I h i'i ?-]io-?*it tie-in willi L'lvat
are. Tii'-v ?"iilI into tin* j :11 f of the
liinsf :i< \v<-!l 1 ?! ?. !] lior-i-s will. Wo lui
Irivcii I'lM ti-ii ininii'i-v \\ii.*ii \w c:i>iii* to a
|?? : wlifjv tin* wui'l lia-l l? tl the l*??;! 1 near- j
V liaic. \\ "It a veil. 1 toi>lc a-lvaiita'jv of
lii- place, an.! |ia-?'.l -I.?.t an.I the .?i<-i_>a in j
rotit of him. 1 \va< now sixth, ami mv in>- j
>C horse-* seem..-.] to i-Mlli (-Veil II.on* llian '
'!; ! in tli*' pio-jHM i of li'jiijiiiij tho race. .
iv." minutes iimiv ?m>l a cio^sin.r?ol'u!
?f>>i.*, kiK'W tin' <*(111tiIi'V, iio'.llct! iijt; inilne
illle, ?JaW nil* another i'lnlici'* I ;iJ-I]
he \v|ii|i. :ui'] wit 11 a shout at th?j i?r?|wr '
liKinciit, nnmh.-r five wa- out >tiij !>eil, ; i >]
ve tool; liis lilac". Number four was tlis;
Im-tor's -lei^h, wish Ncliic and her friend. i
Sow 1 liail ti i in. i
It .mi4 plain to * <> at a tha' liis ;
iiiisi's wcin not fit lor tli.j \\oik. Their'
leads ilron]ii-.| alii-ailv; whieh ]>rihalts uvi* i
10 won,l,.v, ?:oi)si.i<'iini? tin* pare we had
nude; l?ni 1111111; win.: finrer than at the ;
tart, I i|>|i*-?l the reins with a lirnx-r ,
luteh, and looked out lor a sale plan; lo
....
.M-Ilti', who si-emei! (jinlc ;is exeiteil in i
lie rat e as any of tis, p.inlet) ine out to
lie doctor, ati-l from litr jrcstienlatiuns ,
eeineil to In- impressing upon him tlie ili-.paee
iif l?ein;jj tin(Mrippe<l. li.s*;.'. r-iitin^
Im-i; ln'liiii'1 in?.', screamed to her sister :
hat w.' vv.miM be happy to take any mes- j
aj?i? t'nnn liu'in.
<'tir ro.i ' irteJ the mountain. Smile- j
iin.es : -r a spur, ainl ?le^:*?*inl?*?l
I'' he other siil''. I made
isamdy exeited had I
pass tli?j ilnctor at '
.e to, no matter wlial '
^ 'to lif?* or limb. I'mt I
At tins fil'sl COI'IIIT, I sllwlll.-li
o make way, ami tl->tii isln-il my
, whip over the bursts; lilt be
j^ewdly planted bis sl.-iyb s< purely '
u ihPmiddlc of tin; road, ami rttidi-rcd it
ptite impossible to p iss bim. My turn !
vas coming, however. U'u came lo a place I
vheris the load skirts the moutaio in ;i iv^- j
ilar curve lor three (piarters of a mil", j
villi a stea.ly descent throughout the ulndc j
liManee. Of course the advantage of j
the iti-'ule track" oil such a hrt-ak-iirck i
:tee as we were running wa-? ?>uil?* apparent. ;
dy neighbor saw it and drove as cIo<e to j
In* mountain .->ide as his horse would jjo.
w i.;... \ > -i - '
Ii-scciidrd Miildciily for '? tew paces I
iiddi-nly shouted, "Maku way iu-iih;!" i
?da-lied my team almost between I
lini ;ilit! the hill-side, aiul drew tlielu hark
;
inl(|i*l.lv. Till} 111MJ stleeeeded. W Mil a j
li-fl.fll.lulls ell'ilt III! tiUVcd Ilis linr.-i;s oil j
L? track int11 tiu*.Mn>\v nearest tin; hii!,aiid, j
is wa- to In: expected, upset liis sleigh aiul ;
>-sed Ins ladies into the miow ; at which
iiuiiK-iit I i?a>Sf<l,slioiitiii'4 lustily mid mivv??;,
with uiv U-aiii snorting proudly at the
I
I saw no inoro of Nellie and her friend till j
i? im.*l lor dinner. lit; was silent amlijuarelsoine.
I was wondering what I.should :
Id if h? tried to fasten a quarrel lijion nn*,
vheli Jo*iah?Nellie's brother?eamelo me j
iiul |?r< jiommI that I Jessieshould take Nellie's
lace on tin; drive home, if I had no ohjeeion,
as Nellie and the doctor had bad a
ill'. I need not say thai I agreed.
The homeward drive, after a hearty dinier
and a short but lively dance, was trenendotiH.
I started sixth, but h>nrj before
ve <aii home I was first and led tlic ivint
'i
t was blight moonlight, an< 1 the mh?;v
>right ami crisp. As I had no one to p=is?,
sat down between M iry and Nellie. Mary
vent to slepp. Hut few words passed buween
Nell id nml.ine ; but I noticed tli lit
ler cheeks were ,y*'ry <?old. v
That evening, when we arrived, poor
Mary was so fast asleep that il took us some
nonvents tgj.wako lier. We. got Iter in atr
ast, and Neflie, the dear affectionate hear.';
Laid oiitsi'lo with mo wliilo 1 nliooji tlio
mow fro"i iny.oollrtr ami the sleigll roiwn
Hid turned*the horses into this yard." I),
"tally seemed as though 1 lie nob emit tire*
verd^yifpixfd wiib human jjntellig'jpc^.
waft'takif^ N<'Uib in, on jho gallery, and
i#i"d loofe^T aroupd to see jf any Vine was
waUjhuig; I wwjio one^nd pVocep^'p'
Valuo of Iutellnctual Training.
"What is iIh'Usu of r.'a<lisigsaiil Louis
XIV. t'i 11:1 >u!:i; (!c Monti-mar, tin* liaiiMinn*>t
atiil wiitirst <it his r.ouiiujp.
"Ii Iris tin: sain-* frt'ii-t. upon the iniiul.
Siii-.tliut vimr i] iiiiti<'s haw upon niv rln-t-Ks 1
'! inr I)tiki- was ivmatk'ibtu fur si fine
?M.:iip!ixii<n.
Sir .?<ilin 11<-rs?*li?-l s:iv> : "If I were to
pray t'ma t;i-!<.* whi.-li -!i?stau-1 m<? tin.!( !
rwrv varii-'v !'i-inMi!!i-t;'.!ifi>, ;iml ln> ;i
siiuii*'" ill" iiappii:i-ss ain! flii'i-t I'liliH-ss in tut*
t Iiimii^'i lil'-, aii.i a sh';i"|i| n^ainsl its ills.
lsnWi'Vi r iliiiiij-s!i"ii:l.| ij?? ;i _? sust nn* atiil
In' (vnilil iV.iwn m>..'i m-> i? M..ni.l !... .>
1 1 " <
t f?>r !" :?< 1 iiiu.'!
*1 !ii~ fur literatim-, 11 i< lial.it of
ruitivaiiniy tin* min<l, shmiM l<? fortuM in
as'lv lik*. I in; iiii'iital soil l.t-rouii-s s?>
i.v.i^rown \vi:!i \vwil<, if :m; iillowe.!
t-? root in tin1 *;>rinir. ili.it l ite in tin^ttmiiii-r
neither flowers nor fruits huvo room
to i \|i.ni'i :
"A youlli of fully, an <>M ago <?f ear<ls."
Tint vouiiu jfirl \vlio?e immortal facilities
an* ail I>illI awn v niton lloiinros and
opera-msisic will ^row into a vapiil, sillv
o' l woman, shi n !i'<l l?y ihc?IIMi tol<-rat<-<l
t?v (lie tx?*ncioii<, an<] inratialile of inspirit!*;
anv l?ii?'!i?'r sen!imi'iit tlian t]> > eompas-ion
nearly allicl to coiii. ni|it. A butterfly In-!!.m
iy, at sixteen, attract '"tin* white-ulowil
Ite.-iiis !>iii. ala-! for a liutterllv olsixty !
I !i.?l:un*i's tifsdcli, im<\s, too,
v\<- have *< < ?; tln*it! art; few tn<>r?? hntniliatiiiij
for our si?x. Skill in tlx*
litir arts i-> d?-liir|it!*t:i?a sourn* of imfailiiirr
|.l.-a-ttr<; to its ]io*-><'s-of ami Iter <-ir?-l?? of
fn.-iuls ; luit it i> only in ran; instances that
naMiiv uiws talent for ait worili t])? v?ai?
i. mill- ;iiki ViTV 1:112,"" ;i uk>11 lit <>t tllnlP'V
iii'ci?>.iiv I?? I".?i t!n? woman <-: t? attain :m
!Ii-iice that ivwanls her ami her family
l<>r their sacrifices. The cultivation ??f elegant
literatnro is in tin* power of cvcrv otic
wiiu litis leisure; ami what. young la>!y !>:?-*
tii4 tiin<? on hcrhamis? It is the cheapest,
tlu* easiest ,,f accomplishments. Is it llic
h'a-t valuable? Which is the more (U'siiaI?! -
frictnl or companion ? Which is capable
ill* ?j;vinj; more entertainment at home
nr'alnoail, l.y the fiiesiilo or in the largest
a-M'iiihlv ? 111?? woman who can warble half
I H -
.. . ..... ,i3 mil ;i^ ,i iciiiu-raie
opera-singer, i>r she whoso ?I, wellbalanced
mind is filled with tins bright
ideas of I In* be>t writers of every age; whose
ample funds of knowledge is ready on every
; whose wit?not erratic or sarcastic,
I? >t propcrlv curbed tempered with
knitlii"---;?gives brilliancy to old thoughts ;
and \\hosts we!! cultured judgment is able
to plot!uce new ideas? Wc can dance anil
Ning lull a few years at most.; we can converse
all our lives, unless our intellect* have been
weakened by years of habitual repression
and factitious torpor.
TUB WOMAN.
Women are I In; teal eflieients that s?-tlh*
the j^reat j>'>:nts of hiimaii fxistrnet1. Tlu-v
exert :h.-ir itilliii-iii'c at a number of ilUtinet
tf|i?? !? *. Tliev fetter its (males ) alike before
an.I nfii'f inatria'jre; though lnatty of lln-in
ar? \vis?? c*i>oii'^!i to silcin*?? the clankini;,
ain! to co:i<*eai tho iron. I hey rule its in
inlati.-v ? in m.tin it v?in a^fe. No otlu-r
iiaml knows tif tender, a.lioit, ami proper
in*><]? ofliiinliiitr our brows in pain and
sickness. They stand l>y us in the last
willi untiring and undismayed faithfulness.
Tln-y sooth our dying moments?
They siivI tint choicest tears of nu-niorv
that water our turf. They are purer, less
s,.|n?li. less ilcstittilt* of true moral courage,
mom susceptible of kind and generous impn
Ssions, and far more ko of religious fo?-li
115; than num. Surely, then, everything
which concerns the education of this betterhalf
of the species 1?m of intrinsic importance.
It this world is ever to become a better and
happier World, Woman, well educated, disi'ipline<l.
ami principled, sensible of her own
influence, ami wise ami benevolent to exeit
it ari<rlit, must bo the original mover in
r? o
this great work.
6TOKY OF A JEW.
The Countess D'AuInov, in her "Loiters
i . '
I from Spain,"- iVlatt'S this anecdote of an esI
cape (nun the Holy Office of the InquiaiI
lion: 4*A Jmv, named Islimael, was put into
llie prison of the InqnUition ofSoville, will)
father, who wjis a Iluhhiii of their law. A'tcr
fuiir yenrs of confinement, l*hmnel, linv-.
ing made a hole, clihtid-nip to tho top of
the towerand, inrtfcing uwu^nf ropes' which
lie had provided$he slid down the wall with
! a tjrjjat deal of*diinger ; hut having got
| down, lffe reproached hi in If for having
t abandoned hit* father. And without considering
tho rink ho had run, after- tnore than
one. manner,%eeirig" his father And'he were
vttiilaniiiiul ond^uinroJft Kn 16^1 ! ? ? ft. .
m (o Madrid, *?itb scyaritl others, to 8ij|fuf
.therf-tlie greatest torment.: jeMhishinderecjl
dbf, his determination, for,he generous*
,lv clitrtt>ed up th|JLo^r, descended ijMo the
'iinngi^'rfro^Yrd^tlfenoA bis father, trtiide
KNULIS1I CKKDUUlY.
A Clentleman iiifni his lis thai, traveling
| in the West n few years sinee, lie saw f?i?
| one urea-ion ahi.nt n thousand men and wo|
mi ll in ;i urovi-, rolling lionps, llyintT kite.**,
j jilayitijf ball, shunting marbles, leaping,
j niiiiiinir, wrestling, boxing, rolling and t umbi
1 ti uf in tin* iria?-s, I In- women caressing dolls,
! ainl I In* men astride of s' c'<? for li'>r>os,
I and tin* winili; ('i>lii|i:ttiV in11-1111 v engaged
j in all tin* vpiiitsii) i'Iiililliiiiid. At last he
j ventured In :i?k what it meant. Tliev tnld
j him thai they were the little children tt>
! wlinlM the I..,r.I 1 I inv>ni!i<.il Ili- l.-nw.
j :iinl ;ilVcc.!>-i| *otne surprise that lie seemed
| iml t<> have. known tlint it was written,"K\i-i
i.t vein- <-<>nv(.'ik'.l and become us Utile,
I ..
j chili Inuetc.
j Ayain:
N.>t very lon<j nj*o two chrrrjviwti of the
! I") i?? n|?iil < .'hutch, traveling in K?ntucl\
called at a farnn-r's house, and not findi!i<_r
liim at home. waited a wldle for liis return,
as ni^ht was near and tlu-v had occasion
to c laim liis hospitality. By and bv the
| t'ai titer came home, ami as lie rode into
i thcvard.or rather nt*t?*r lie had dismounted,
' snwj (/ut to his man in a most cxtraordinai
rv tone?
t "
Co. jjivt- llint horse ?omo oar? of corn,
lie hasn't hail any since I've liceii u"iso,
Glory Alleluia!
Tlit'll lt<:if]ilirr (])? two geiitlt-lllctl into the
j house, lie said? Come
in, iny friends and take something to
I ';;,t;
Co, Ivaly, go, cook them a portion of meat :
Glory Alleluia!
i It is o;i?iV for nn American to see from
! I lie above (<<ij?ii <1 from an Kujrli>h paper)
I that tliu whole story about Anuthsi lists
' not yet been imparted to tlie people ol
I Kill ope.
A IIA I'll) TOILET.
Ojjrr more settled down we found time
to be hungry, am] accordingly ordered tea.
Who could paint our despair when the
| iiu-n proclaimed that. there was neither tea
! nor kettle to boil water in?hotli having
I been left behind ! Wo had plenty of proj
visions with brandy and Onralian nalil'ka,
| and these enabled us to make a meal.?
There is, however, nothing which can be
j compared id the beverage "that cheers but
; not inebriates," and makes the traveler su
preineiy comfortable after a day of hard
j toil. We sat talking over our misfortune
| and the anticipated pleasures of the morrow
| till past one o'clock; then lay down on the
| mcks and wrapped ourselves up f>r tins niyhl;
but the joint effects of wine mid smoke,
; had given mo a violent headache, which
i .1 _i- - : ? it..i - i ?
j (mocuiimi mi* i it i ?t? I km on;
, three o'clock I was up, and mv toilet made
by mUbing the smuku out of mv eyes,
ami ?rivii>2T myself a shako.?Atkinson's
Oriental utul IVcstcru Siberia.
WAIT A LITTI.E LONG Hit !
Hoot away despair!
Never viei<l to sorrow ;
The lilarkes!- *ky may wear
A sunny face to-morrow.
little coci;tk.sii:s.
IIow mm h of meaning, of refinement,
av. of C'iri?slianitv itself, there is in those
I ; ~
| little incidental attentions jui-l politenesses
: which go a urront way in making up tin
' beauty ?t" life !
! We haw known very manv people?good
' warm hearted, au<l generom?who were
j ca|>;il>lu of almost any act of 6c'f sacrifice
! and abnegation, who would never have condeMi-ended
to raise their hat to a lady, or
offer her a glass of water, heforo drinking
themselves. T. is is frequently the fault ot
I a cuarse-fjrameil nature, out perhaps mosl
often on the result of early education. Indeed,
we always think a man's manners are
"living epistle, known and read of all iwn,"
of his mother's training. llahitual politeness
can only make a man a thorough gentleman?a
woman a true ladv. And this
is must easily acquired in childhood, and
in one's own household. If a hoy bo respectful
andfSourteous to his sister.*, ho will
he so to all women, so long a* ho lives ; but
if his intercourse with them he coarje, careless,
abrupt, not softened and ivfined by a
thousand nameless little attentions and
? % 4.
'(/races, ho will be rough, awkward ? not
fulfilling always thd beautiful injunction. of
the apostle, "Be ye courteous to nil men."
Then, too, outward refinement influences
ami softens tlte inward character ; for it is
a law of our beiyg that "expression intensifies
the emotions and feelings.";
But this work, after all, lies with every
mother \p thrfland?in the world ; and we
can only' hope that these hints tnay influence
6onio to consider, it.
-Testin*o the Lunoh.?Person* desirous
of ascertaining Jbe trim stai? of their Jiu-ga,
Hie to. draw in n? mucb brent|i as they conveniently
.^ Vlbey,Hre then to ci^nt
:far aa tlie,y nrb'jblg, in a^low'aiidautl^lc
voice, without drawing in more brentli. '1 luj
number of ^ondfttlivy cart^ntinoe count
Atolishii g Women. '
! Dr. Harriett K. I anil is. tnu<-1i U>"flpr
own regret, a woman. She is by profession
. a pliv>i?-i:ui, and resides in Huston.
, Dr. IIiii.i is oik* of tliu dozen women in
tlie L'niiei! States who pine because Nature
did in t make lliein men. This unfortunate
ein-uinsiaiiee is the standing grievance of
tlieii I ves. \\ hat avail the privileges, imii111tiiti?-s,
attentions, and advantages aceoidled
to tlx ni bv l lie jjalian! ly "I the lonelier
sex. so long as IIn*v ui.iv not go loCongies?,
enlist in the militia, waleluneii and con.
stables, w? ?i panlaiootis, or even vote?
| Impie^ed wit!, an indignant, sense ol
; these disabilities. Mr*. Dr. Jliinl i< seek:.n?
lejri-laiivtj relief. Unlike her ompaiiio',
| Lucy Slum*, sin* 11<imt il^sprsu tlie powei
I Ol tin- State, or Ji'.tnjjelher IVt'tlSi: to JUiV 11e 1
; l.'IXeS. Sill' hriliifs lie!" ease before 11>?.*
litUtre <it Massachti.?et*.?. That hotlv hits appointed
a joint Select Committee to coiisiil
urai'il lepoit whether or no l)r. Harriett
ainl the rest o| \vomat<l<iiii| sliall he ailmiti
Ieil to tlie l?all?>t liox. This Committee, aj
we le:i111 from tiie I'o-ton papers, lias lu*M <i
I pulil e lieaiili'^ ill tin; Statu House, where
; Dr. Hunt "e.xp'essetl lief tli>j*u*l at llie freej
tloin al'<>\\eil to nit n to vote, while WOllletl
j ate <iehai r<-il the privilege." In this S|is>
i "iisl" situ was ahly Mistaineil l>v Hon
, Samuel 1?. Sew all an<l Weinlell l'hillip*
I i he Committee Kalienllv. uml sin
. . * i
' |?oinU*?.l another day when it will listen still
i nit >rc.
Mr". l>r. lliiiit nii?t:tkc< tin? l>< st way t<
j?]>|iti : ? !i ili?- o!*j?tI sin* iisis in vit-w. In
stiail <>r < 11 -111:1) I < 11) llli* |>livilt*s*?? of SlltlV.-ip*
] wiiirll, slic well III not calf lor alt?-r slut 11 : <
j It, sin; v|i..ii!i! hii j?t un?'f to tilt* I'oiit of tin
! niiitu-r. 1,? t ln r ill ih:iim! the passage of:
' I.til iii tin* following word* :
j "lie it I'liactrJ, Tliat all women shall bo
! coiiK! mull ! lliis :u t to take vlK*et iinttKili
! at.-lv."
j Not!iiii?r short of fiii-b a conipr<*)u'tisivi
1 . iii*! 1 liofiiiijrii j>r?Iuiir will answer tin
| (*x|if<-.tatinii> oi Dr. limit ami lic*r sinal
I balidof I'vinali* it-fni is.
. j N<-vi-rthe!e.?s we will not promise to sup
j p.ut the nirji-tiiv. T<? eontW* t!ii> tmtli. wi
j 1 > not widi to set* Won km i abolished. \V<
j would rather not ilo without tln-m. 11*Ili?-i
i wore all like I >r. 1111 lit nti< 1 Lucy Slums \v<
j might think diUerctiilv. 1 >ut the softer sex
j we arelr?*e to say it, st"'tiis to us worth pic
| serving as it is. We th?*r?*l<>r?; call npoi
i tin.' Mn.-s.u hussvtt- I.- ^i>!altiro to t*xerei?* i
jihlioioti* conservatism. \\ I.at would be
come of us if there wen* no women ?
JYciv lr?rk Times.
? ?Q
A Flower in The Desert.
11-re is a beautiful incident related bt
an olHcer at Malainorus, in a letter to j
I friend in ProviJciice, which reminds u;
j that?
In the /losort there still is n fountain,
In the wide waste theiv still i-? a tree,
, j And a Wird in the solitude ain^intr !
I Our army was mnrchint; into Matnino
* .
{ - ros, and the oflieer writes :
j "There was a little incident ocrtired whicl
| contraxted so forcibly with what was qrr
i in?* on around me, that I could not be strut-]
hy it.
"Under a tree just oti the river hank, an.
at the point where the hu-tlu and thronj
of the passage was the greatest, a family c
Mexicans had taken shelller, w ho had re
crossed to our side the day before, and ha.
not had time to move to their homes.?
There wen1 some six or eight children <
various age*; one of these a beautiful;l?lu<*l
eyed, graceful little creature of live or si
years. I saw her, while the tumult am) toi
of ail description rang around, while arm
were flashing, cannon rolling, men huminj
to and fro, horses dashing at wild sp>ed
the air filled with shouts and oaths, and al
I was as if quiet and p?*nco were hanishei
i from the earth, half sitting, half lying upoi
I a grassy knoll, her head resting upon !
I white pet, dove, and one little arm throwi
! !irr?lll!<I till* lv! I'll f*c it In ?* "I
. Iuiiin."
Wlmt a lesson is taught |n?rc ! What i
piet lire for the painter ami the poet! So<
innocence personified in that, sweet child
Si e p.;ace represented in that beautiful dove
How they stand out the blight, the glori
ons figures in that scene, where war, witi
its array of banners and mar.-haled men
nnd gaudily dressed oHirers on eaparisonei
liiirms fi esli from I lie Imille fielrl ll it>i >* ) ifmi i ti
" > " "*v" ?
fillet) with the swelling thoughts of the vie
nry they have won, am) nil glowing will
the ambitions tlesiro I lint, becomes the lie
roes they have shown themselves to be-how
that swe"t H?il'l ami beautiful ?lov<
shino with the light, that isiYotn Heaven
in that scene, where war fills lip and diirk
ens all llio hack gro^ml!
*r n m?;
iiji iin.-v v?. j~uick.;?i"iiv?iri.-ins rerommend<miiiton
as the most wholesome meat
the easiest digested and best suited to itiva
1 ids, while pork, as everybody knows, is Hit
most unhealthy flesh eaten. n England
mutton is a favorite dish, and we apprfhow
it is to litis rather than to roast beef, that tin
Englishman owgs his. robust health and ro?>
eomplexion. pur people eat too inuri
"pork fend too littla orrutton. And yet,V.j
critm-niporiiry tffcll remark*, "mutton can h<
prriflucetl pound-fur pound at les* tlmn |m1
the price of pork nourinUifien
wbt-n eaten, and-keepingvdi^ep doeaqot ex^
, li&tftt a farm'to extent tlua itfig!
dOf*.^ should liko to Beafcfti fne-pi?peri
fewer ad<y>1infa rif bi$ pig* jju^l''m.ofc of fat
sheep.?Portland ,Transctipt. .> * . .
Treatment of the Hair.
the subject of hair, in t!i? nrfllWiyje w# can
as?niv tin-in, most confidently, tnnl&aft far *
i-* it from litiint; true that oils atut
turn- Increase the lustre of hair, their
is to diminish that polish which it natural*
ly possesses ; while, whatever (doss they
may give to the hair which s dull, is fa'pr,
Mini, like all other falsities, disjointing. Ale
solute elcatitic-s, hy means of water alone,
to coinruencc, followed hy hrushinc in the
| directions of the hair itself, in a dry Rtate,
j is iih* mir UK-limn or giving 10 tue nnir ail
' i the |?tili-li of which ii i< HiM-eptilde ; and it
j is tlu-1 tV.ct of oils (,|" all kinds to disturb or
, ! injure this, to say nothing of tlie disgust
and necessaiy dirtiness ot" greasy hair.
It is the effect of oils, also, to prtwnt it
from curling ; and this ??l>j?n*t is most effect(>:<!!y
obtained, if, without artificial means
l>v ( tilling it when wot, and suffering ii to
dry in that Hate. And as it happens that
almost ;i!l hair lias a tendency tti curl in one
. diieetinn rather than another, it is useful to
study that tendency, so as to conform to it
in the nrtiiii-inl ilexture given. As to artificial
appliea>k>n, the whole of the so-called
i curling fluids are mere i in posit ions j while
one, which ;s really effectual, and at tiia
same t ime inoffensive, is a weak solution of
i>iuglass, by which a very firm and permanent
form can he given to tin; hair.
I London Magazine.
> Wondehfcl Pkxs.? Dr. Warren sofria'
years ;igo happened to he in the shop of 8n
eminent stationer in the Strand. London,
I when a member of the House t>f Commons
purchased a hundred quills for six shillings.
' When he was gone, the Doctor exclaimed :
"O, tin* luxury of the age! Six shillings
for a hundred quills ! Why it never cost
- j me a sixpence for pens in my life." 'That
! i- verv sumrisiinr. Dne.tor " observed ilia
e ! stationer, **y?>ur works nr? very voluminous.*'
"['I wrolt; my Ecclesiastical History, two
' | volumes in lulio, awl my Dissertation on the
li.u.k of Common Prayer, a hyge folio,both
- the first and second copies with one single
'' pen. It was an old oiiu when I begun, and
l" il i> not worn out that I am fiiiishcil." This
r relation was spread abroad, and t.hu merit of
tni< pen was esteemed so highly thatacele
| hinted countess begged the Doctor to make
- j her a pieseiit of il. II? did so, and her I?1
j ilvship lm<l a goM case made, with a short
f j history of the pen written upon it, aud
- placed it in her cabinet ot curiosities.
Byron wrote his celebrated poein of tlid
'"Bride of Abydos," in one night, und without
mending his pen. This pen is yet preserved
in I In; British Museum.
John Elliott translated the entire Bible
i into tiii! Indian language, ?"d wrote the
? whole of it with ono pen.
We have somewhere, though wo ennnot
now remember where, seen iin account of
some ponderous MSS. folio, which contained
on the last page these lines:
With one pinle pen I wrote thi? boolce^
Mu<le from n i$it*ye jr<>o#e quille;A
|ieii il was when it 1 t?oker
A pt-n 1 leave it still."
' Before the era of metalic pens, which
?- have cause;i revolution in the art of writing,
k great pains were given to the preparation of
pens, ami .very extraordinary exclusivenesi
was indulged in !>y writers. Some used
I i_ . i r i __ . .ai
: oniv osmcn ivnuieia ; omera were moro
? | ambitions; still others would onlv writsit'
with a "plume from a heron's wing," whilo
the Indies us?d scarcely any other descri}>j
tion than crow-quills.
Rev. Dr. Lynch, Cntliolic Bishop elect of
' (?linrti'i>ton. s". C.,' wiim complimented at a r?|4
e?-nf. dinner given by the Charleston Chamber' ? '
of Commerce, by Kev. Mr. Burnnp, an ag*>i>
x : Prut est nut flfi-irymnii, wlio proi-oaeil hi? health
il I us : "Till* nebular, the gentleman, the Amer|
icMn bishop. In his nppoiiitment, \ we are alb .1
* I Catholic*?none J'rotmtuTit*." His toast war- > <'J
if received with lond applause, and Bishop Lynch
returned lii? wiinn thanks for the cordial man
tier in which lie had been received, anil exprea- , .
II sed hi-< aeknowlcdge'ltoento of the kindneta ; (
. which he had hceu accuetomed to reciiye in;
Clu.rlcston from his youth. lie wished to ba -c '
i) a foiiserviiiivc?to revere the olden thing*,
wheiher in llome, Greece, or in any other
" country; the olden monuments of th is world,'
11 as displayed in geology. And he revered tha
I old custom of the Church, bv which ecclesis- --V
antics took an intercut in things of this -world.
ISoshles hcing art ecclesisastic, he held htaiielf
l( a citizen of Carolina, of Charleston, having * _
ilecp interest, in everything that concerns her
welfare and honor, b&th in* the present and in
? the future. . v v
! '* ' * ,
Wi.r-r.t- ,r- Tl.? W.lA >
.. >?unn ia iaw.hi., 4 nv ?? {IU-OI|lll(l WHI
U. fli-i-tor thiih lituuiifully illustrate* a child
1 idi-H of b^M : VA,."
-This in my lionta P* cried i little one, ms'
j treasured hoy of four ?umraer?, m, fresh 'l;: v
. mid rosy. h? cnA* i?' from' sdfioot, At
dose of ? short winter afternooa. V
"Indeed, little Willie," *?id Jiia^tnothetV/ '
visitor, ."how i* it Sujjpot?e yotv fijat "K
oil tl)M sille-walk Hiid try :'tho ne*r^ door j
*?|?p(*e you step into th?u?ntry, throw1 off^.;. ^ 1
yu?r liMle*BH(k j? yoiuhnve ,iind .pro-1
J Cecil to the parlor?wouldn'tthatroot ', **? 'f
?. home ?"' v- 1%
"No, indeed* saicl Willie, "tW wouldn't^.. .*:'- i:;*
be it." - -.!? ' '
"But tell me w1iVlvnnf!*' . . J <i&4
Willie l>rt'l nevtsf ihoiighk / rvw^-""' "yflrf
, paused for h inojrKjDl, TiV^y
. v\e* io"wl?ere hi* hioth^^rwatjy^
, lie rp|.liwl with nn eftrtjeit jfmure: .^' ,
"She live4 hertjl , ' - , v^'