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?W? ? - ^1L j J Jk -I'll J J^J# J^H tilt lit ' f j ji>-,l^jlip j?p^ DBVOTB0 TO LXTBRATCRI, THE ARTS, SCIEHCB, AGRICULTURE, HBWS, POLITICS, &G., &C. ...A % ' ?afr : , TERMS TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM,] "Let it be Instilled into the Hearts of your Children that the Liberty of the Press is the Palladium of all your Rights." Junius. [PAYABLE IN 'ADVANCE. Vr0LUM?E 6?NO. 12. ABBEVILLE C. II., SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 23, 1858. WHOLE NUMBER 272 RATES OF ADVERTISING. The Proprietors of the Abbeville Banner and IiKlependfiil J'rexx, have established the followng rates of Advertising to be charged ia both papers : Every Advertisement inserted for a lees time than three months, will be charged by the in- ' eertion at One l>o!llir per Square, (1 i inch < ^thc space of 12solid lines or less,) for the first . tiBertiun, and Fifty Cents for each aubee- ' quent insert iou. < The Commissioner's, Sheriff's, Clerk'g } and Ordinary's Advertisements will be inserted in both papers, each charging half price. IKlw.rifPu T.Avioa <km> 1>??11:1 I* encli I ?3f" Announcing a Candidate, Five Dollars. Advertising an Estraj', Two Dollars, to be paid by the Magistrate. Advertisements inserted for three months, or longer, at the following rates : 1 square 8 months ...... $6 00 1 equare 0 months 8 00 1 square 9 months 10 00 1 square 12 months ...... 12 00 2 squares 3 months ...... 8 00 2 squares 6 months 14 00 2 squares 9 months ...... 18 00 2 squares 12 months - * - - - 20 00 8 squares 3 months - 10 00 3 squares 6 months ICOOf 8 squares 9 months ------ 21 00 3 squares 12 months ------ 25 00 4 squares 3 months ------ 12 00 l 4 squares 6 months - - - - - 20 00 j( 4 squares 9 months ------ 20 00 4 squares 12 months ------ 30 00 6 squares 3 months - -- -- - 15 00 6 squares G months ------ 25 00 6 squares 9 months ------ 31 00 I 6 squares 12 months ------ 35 00 6 squares 3 months ------ 20 00 , 6 squares 6 months ------ 30 00 C squares 9 months ------ 36 00 c 6 squares 12 months - -- -- - 40 00 j7 squares 3 months ------ 25 00 7 squares 6 months ------ 35 00 7 squares 9 months - .- --- 4100 c 7 squares 12 months - 45 00 ( 8 squares 3 months 30 00 8 squares G months 40 00 8 squares 9 months 40 00 J R Rniifirpn 1*2 months ------ 50 00 i Fractions of Squares will be charged in proportion to the above rates. Business Cards for the term of one ' year, will be charged in proportion to the (. space they occupy, at One Dollar per line space. '' tw For all advertisements set in double col- ^ lunn, Fifty per Ceut. extra will be added to the above rates. DAVIS <fc CREWS, p For Banner; ? LEE ii WILSON, For Frets. g MISCELLANY. 0 Monthly Bank Statement. " "K e subjoin says the Guardian a full svnopsi* ii of tlie condition of the Banks of ill in State as v exhibited by the monthly Comparative View of the Comptroller General for the month ol ^ June : Total specie on hand, $5,912,048.12 : totni c circulation. 82.038,175.49; Koli'S discounted a on personal security, $10,294,102.98 ; Domestic Exchange, $0,571,412.71 ; Foreign Ex change, $1,425,809.00. o In relation to the Banks of the interior, with which our people are more or less intimately associated in business intercourse, we subjoin It the following items in their returns: Jlink of Nctcbcrry.?Bills jn circulation $403,993.00 ; Specie on hand $56,551.62 ; Bill* ti of other Banks in this Stale $3.U51.00 ; Domes- n tic Exchange $377,664.45 ; Notes discounted on personal security $67,603.62. w Bank of Cheater. Bills in circulation, $260;215.0() ; Specie on hand, $51,296.52 ; Bilk of other Banks in this State, $6,896,00; Do- r< niAQtif* Frphnnrrft O KAA 19 A? n t na rliepnnn. ? ? ted on personal security, $142,615.64. , Planters Bank of Fairfield.?circulation, $166, 925.00 : Specie on hand, $50,107.82 ; Bills ol j( other Banks in this State, $1,239.00; Domestic c Exchange, $250,536.04 ; Notes discounted on personal security, $84,717.11. The Coliirnhin Banks exhibit as follows: tl Commercial Bank.?Specie on band $75,632.40 ; bills of other banks iu this State, $19,547 " Domestic Exchange, $343,304.34 ; Notes di? a counted on personal security $470,264,09 ; cir v culation, $93,020.00. Exchange Bank.?Specie on hand, $36,11'.- C 10; bills of other Banks in this State,^$5,468 00 ; Domestic Exchange, $400,045.66 ; Notsf discounted on personal security, $110,821.18; 1 circulation, $218,642.00. a This exhibit, as compared with last month'* statement, shows the following changes:? 9 Total specic on hand, Increase. . $402,49T,00 Total circulation. Decrease. . . . 657.924.0ft Notes Discounted, Decrease. . . . 303,819.UI> 1 Domestic Exchange, Decrease. . . 919.544.0li > Foreign Exchange. Increase. . . 175.785.0ti The above synopsis gives the reader a fair view of the condition of our banking institu tions on 1st inst. All Hail Minnesota.?Tbe following is nn extract from tbe inaugural address ol Governor Sibley of Minnesota. t>Minnesota enters the Union as tbe thirtysecond State. She extends a friendly Imnd to all her sisters North and South, and gives them tbe assuranco that sbe joins their ranks aot to provoke sectional discord or enjender strife?not toen'istin a orusadiagainst such of them as differ with her in tbe cbagakcter of their domestic institutions ?but to promote harmony and good will, and to lend ber aid on all occasions in maintaining tbe integrity of the Union. 4* Thprfl la mns?h nlpofinra 5n --- ? ~ ? &> ?& Kuu,ltllJ i Jp such a sentiment as the above from the I r CJiief Executive of tbe State of Minnesota. If the same spirit were to animate all tbe other common-wealths of tbe Union we might postpone indefinitely^the fears thai have sometimes bung around tbe future dftiioy of the nation. m > Fnnc^CoRN.?The New Orleans Picayune wy?:?We are indebted to Mr. Henry Lawrence for a fine specimen of the' African corn, drown in his famons trarden in the Third Dis trict. tbe first prod ace ofcseed obtained direct 1 from.tbe land of the Nigffr and tbe Mountains 1 of tbi Moon. The ear is over a foot long, and lh? 4*ep, blue-blwck grains-are of very large aiae?-ibeJargest of them very , nearly, if not { Quite, half an inch in their longest diameter. , ,ftU variety of maize is said to be very delicate .find nutritious. < -,V vj. 0 ' 1 intending to be absent a ( latapblaoked a ebingle wjlh tbe < following, without date, and nailed it upon 1 bit door: 'Will be bojne itr a ten daysfrom tbe time you teeth U ?hi ogle.' .. 1+ , '.} >sr. . m , , A post office has been established at c 1 1-2 SavflDDab <fc Gulf Reilroad,* called \ Way** >^uti^p, and W. J. Way, appelated ? ! From the Boston Olive Branch. POLITENESS PAYS. "the little brats." "Seems to me you treat that ragged little brat with more politeness than I should," said a rough-looking man to a young shopkeeper who had just dono up a three cents' worth of sugar very neatly in a brown paper, *nd tied it carefully. The boy in question had presented a nnarked physiognomy. From under his imless hat projected a wido, full brow, . 1 - ?* 4W|r, CJUO, HIIU IVJctlUICO IUII U? jnergy and resolution. His face and bands ivere scrupulously clean, but his clothes ;vere poor and patched, though not as the nan abovo had insinuated, ragged: his nother was a woman possessing much force )f character?a hard-working woman, who vas apparently reared in better circumtances than those that now surrounded her or she was the wife of a drunkard. The grocer was busy, and he evidently lad not heard what was said, so the roughooking man remarked again, "I say, Wyman, you're a queer one." "IIow queer, Gross?" asked tlio grocer, urowing n cup of lea into the scales. "Why ycm treat all the beggars about lere with as much consideration when they :oni8 with their pennies, as if they bought >y l lie wholesale." "And why shouldn't I ?" asked the gro:er, looking up with his honest eyes wide spen and clear. "O I don't know; it's queer, that's all; 'ou're the only man that does it I reckon, n these parts." "Well, I'll tell you," said Wyman deiberately unwinding a spool of cord and wisting the string about a package which le heM in his hand, "the fact is, if I wasn't laturnlly tender towards the children, I liould treat them as I do from motives of ioliey. You see I'm but a young man, ?d these "brats" as you call them, are [rowing up fast. Many of them, of little forth as they 6ecm now, will become men if character, and men of business. Now I rant to retain their custom," he said, latighigly ; "tbeir pennies, in tlie course of a few ear*, will turn into pounds; their three entb' worth of sugar will change into orers by the barrel. I shall have many good ustomers among the "brat-sbesides, I've Iways found that politeness pays well." "Something in that," ejaculated the r>arse man. thrusting his hands into his ockets, "something in that; but I never I joked at it in that light before." "The boy who bought the sugar," conDued the grocer, "is one of no ordinary lind, if I am nut mistaken. If his father as dead, I'd take him with me into the :ore, and make a man of bira?though I ickon nature will do better for bim than'* ould and the far-seeing grocer smilingly anded a cents' worth of pins to a little tim1 child, whose top curl just reached to the ounter. Time verified the prediction of Wyman lie grocer. There wasn't a shop io the lace where so much small chance was spent sin his; for the children loved to go fhero they were not afraid of rough actions >r rude speeches. They felt themselves a'e while making their little purchases; hey saw that their rights were respected; ind it is well known that on such trifling ales much profit accrues in the aggregate, rime passed, and Wyman the grocer was he most popular man in town. Ilis pleas?nt face at forty years was greeted everywhere. Young men and maidens always patronized Wyman. It is strange to see the | ransformation thai took placo so gradually, riie little dirty faced juvenileB shot up into iwkward youths learning trades, and then jrew to respectable business men. Wynan enlarged his shop, and built him a iplendid bouse, "all tliu frnite of tlie chilIren's pence," he often said, laughingly. Yes, with him, it paid to be ])olitc ; it dways pays. It pays the merchant as well is tho mechanic, the lawyer as well as tho physician. Urbane manners have been the Yionno /\f rv??I. !l- *1? ivnno ui iiicirtiiig lunnf t% lUiiUllU, Wlllltf 111(5 :ross-grained have wondered why they didn't ;et along. The roughness that "speaks its nind at all times and in all places, boast* ug itself that it is only honest, blunt, and ilraight-forward,*1 is a habit that demoralizes is well as insults. Ask any man you may chance to see if ha ramembpm thnsA wlm .rented him with urbanity when ho was n :hild, and he, will call his name with a throb if pleasure. Perhaps, too, be will couple lome other nanrea with the epithet of ''old weal!" and "I've never liked that man?I would'nt have dealings with bim." It paid the grocer to be polite. He rag jed boy, tbe drunkard's bod, became a jreat, as well as a rich man. . He establish 2d bis mother in a handsome residence oj lis own, and sent in nnlimited^orders to the grocer. It waa hi* influence that gave WyaotoAMt L-J- ? 11BU ?<?>< Jiyovi w? uuiwr in .DM IIRUT6 ;ity?for the town became a thriving city; intl wbei* silver haira hung on the ahould>? of the old man, nod the young coogresenan'e name rang far and wkle, apokd&by tdmiriog tonguea, pr?i*ed by men of wis* lom and -^terling ;wprih, it via ^no idle >oaat for-iim to aay with # imile-Qf tnumpb, 1 tott you ?r : Politeneaa pays! AHintiorthe Ladies. An exchange paper lias a l>it. of advice to young ladies, setting forth how they ma}' know whether a young gallant is really courting tlietn, or only paying lliein polite attentions. The confounding the one with the other has been the source of very much trouble, both before and since tho end of Pickwick and Dardel). A young man admirco a young girl and must manifest it. lie can't help doing so for tho life of him. Tho young lady has a tender heart, reaching out like tendrils for something to cling to. She sees tho admiration ; is llattcrcd ; begins to love ; exnor?tQ crtmn fon/lni- nirAiml on.l nrtrli.mp rvnfo j/w\<w wvtuv ?.V iavi\>l UlUUIIIj ctivt pVil IIMJ/O so far as to decide that she will clioosc a 'white silk under that gauze, etc.,' at tlie very moment that the gallant she half loves is popping the question to another damsel let) miles oil'. Now, the difficulty lies not in precisely understanding the difference between 'polite attention" and the tender manifestations of love. Admiring a beautiful woman, and wishing to make a wife of her, are not al fjd w.jv, uuiiiv uiui^, auu uiviiriuiu It IS IJt5cessary that tlio damsel should be on the alert to discover to which class the attention paid her by handsome and fashionable young men belong. First, then, if a young nan greets you in fond, free, hearty tone ; if he knows pre cisely where to put liis hands ; stares you straight in the eyes, with his mouth open ; if he turns his back to sp<?ak to another ; if lie tells you who made his coat ; if he eats heartily in your presence ; if ho fails to talk kindly to your mother; if, in short, he sneezes wheu you are singing, criticises your curls, and fails to be foolish every hour then don't fall in love with him for the world ! He only admires you, let him say what lie will to the contrary. On the other hand, if be is merry with everybody else, but quiet with you; if lie be-Auxioua to see if your tea is sufficiently sweetened and your clear person wrapped up when you go out in the cold ; if he talks very low and never looks you steadily in the eye ; if his checks nrc red and iiuso" only blushes, it is enough. If ho romps with v*ur sister, sighs like a pair of bellowp, looks solemn when you are addressed by another gentleman, and in fact is the most still, awkward, stupid, yet envious of all your male friends, you may go ahead, and make the poor fellow too happy for his skin to hold him. Young ladies ! keep your hearts in a case of good leather, or some other tough substance, until the right one is found without a doubt, after which you can go on and love, court and be married, and be liappy, without the least bit of trouble. We consider this advice so sensible that although it is open to the charge of bluntness, we have no hesitation in pressing it up- | on the attention of our lady readers. A Sentimental Robber.?Kisses More Prccious than Jewels.?A night or two ago, a fair, sweet girl, residing on Race, near Fourth street, was partially awakened from her slumbers by a man in her chamber, but not fully aroused she lay with closed lids for a minute, when tho sound being repeated, she started up and saw bv the lii'ht ? y - a ' of the little jet upon the gas-burner a man's form disappearing through the window. She screamed involuntarily, and her father, armed with a revolver, was in her room in a few moments, greatly agitated and alarm ed, questioning his loveljr daughter as to the cause of her fear. She told him what had frightened her, and ho ran to the open window, looked out upon the balcony and into the yard, but could see nothing of the terrible man, the midnight robber and dis mrDer 01 me doye-eyed darhngs's rest. The parent wasdisposed to think ltis daughter had been dreaming; that her imagination had painted what was not realf*buton returning to her apartment she assured him she was wide awake, and that she had seen all she had stated. Iler father was still incredulous, when in looking around, he observed upon his daughter's dressing bureau, where a beautiful enamelled watch, a pair of heavy bracelets, a diamond rinar. and a neck-laco were lying, a slip of paper, on which was written : Fairest, Dearebt Girl : I came here to rob, but your beauty has m^de me honest for the time. I saw these jewels, but believing them yours, I could not take them. I have stolen what I value more?three delicious kisses from your unconscious lips. Do not be offended, they were gentle and innocent. . AN UNKNOWN LOVER. This story sounds romantic, we are aware, and perhaps some ok our matter-of-fact reader* will be skeptical to relation thereto, pat wo are ftMOftki upon the beet authority that it i? atriotiy veracious, and we publith it as an evidence that the age of gallantry and sentiment is not at an end ; that the race of RioaWo Binaldinofc.no* ?tipot. A special train on the Canada Cfrand ; Trunk KaHwfiy ran 28 milea tri 25 mi n a tea . last Monday. ' Prom the Atlanta American. My Own Mountain Home BY REV. L. T. IIOVAL. OI>! how I do love tliec, Aiy own jHomitnin Home, Embowered with flowers, \vi.;ni, i.i. .. Aror.ad mo wherever I wander or stray, 'Miu<*lte glooin-of tl*c niglit, Or the radiance of day. My soul thrills with rapture, As the voice of the breeze ^ Sports wild o'er tho mountain?, Oreigha'iu the trees; An?* swell with emotion, As I hear, fur away, The notes of the wild birds,So sweet and so gay. When wearied with travincr. I lay me a down, Beneath the blue shy, 0.> the vine covered ground, To hear the s'veet voices Of the silvery rills, As they sportively leap Down the mountain hills. IIow soft sifih the zephyrs, How fragrant (lie air, That, fans the bright flowers That blooms o'er me there I Oh 1 I could forever lr eestaey roam Amid the wild scencs Of inv own Mountain Home I I love thee, I love thee, My own Mountuin Homel Embowered with tlowers, Which fragrantly bloom Around me wherever I wander or stray, 'Mid the gloom of the night,Or the radiance of day. New Way of Faying a Subscription. A f-nrmanAnrlnn nf flin T owmnwu \\TI.I? , V.W..W V,. ...V, .. il.g gives llie following amusing account of the way a farmer was taught how cheaply liQ, could take the papers. The lesson is worth pondering by a good many men 'we wot of.' 'You have hens at home, of course. Well I will send you my paper one year, for the proceeds of a single hen for one season ; merely the proceeds. It seems trilling, preposterous, to imagine the product of a single hen will pay the subscription ; perhaps it won't, but I make the offer.' 'Done !' exclaimed Farmer T?., 'I agree In it ' UIl/1 onn/Kil fn ntn ??? n ?1.'% I w .?) i?i.M HJ'^VUI LU itiw UQ ( U Ulicoo IV UJC affair. The farmer went off, apparently much elated with his conquest; the editor went on his way rejoicing. Time rolled around,and the world revolved on its axis, and tbe sun moved in^its orbit as it formerly did ; tbe farmer received his paper regularly, and regaled himself with tbo information from it, and said 'he was surprised at the progress of himself and family in general information.' Some time in the month of September, I happened up again in the office, when who should enter but our old friend, Farmer B. 'llow do you do, Mr. B?' said tbo editor, extending his hand, and his countenance lit up with a bland smile; 'tako a chair, sir, and be seated ; fine weather we have.' 'Yes, sit, quite fine indeed,' he answered, ] A I - -1 * * * inii.i men n snort, sentence ensued, during which our friend 13, hitched his chair backward and forward, twirled his thumbs abstractedly, and spit profusely. Starting up quickly, he said, addressing the editor, 'Mr. L)., I have brought you the proceeds of that hen." It was amusing to see tho peculiar expression of the editor, as he followed the farmer down to the wagon. I could hardly keep my risibles down. \*71 -i A! ? * ?? nun hi, me wagon, ine larmer commenced li an ding over lo tbe editor the prod acts of the hen, which on being counted, amounted lo eighteen pullets, worth a shilling each and a number ofdozen of eggs, making in tbe aggregate, at the least calculation, $2.60? more than tbe price of tbe papper. 'No need,' said he, 'of men not taking a family newspaper, and paying for it too. I don't miss this from my roost, yet I bavo paid for a year's subscription, and over. All folly, sir ; there's no man but can take a newspaper; it'#charity,you know,commences at home.' But,' resumed the editor, *1 will pay for What is over the subscription.'' I did not intend tbis as a means of profit, but ratber to convince you. I will pay for?' 'Not a bit of it, sir ; a barorain is a bar gain, and I nm already paid, sir?doubly paid, sir. And whenever a neighbor makes the cpmplaint I did,I will relate to bim the ben atory. (rood day, gentlemen.' A young lady, who fa well potted iu ail the fashionable literature of tbe day, quotes uyron ana 10m Moore, ?na WorK? blUetni led dogs in sky-colored convqlsions to perfection, irraoOflDtly inquired of * yoang gentleman^tho other sights*bo thi? Mr. Lo* comptoo was who had occasioned so touch trouble at Washington ! /' _ -> ? Soma great genius has discovered that tb* 'centre of gravity* ilfrj be foaod in 4 Quaker's meeting. The Literature of Science. It is an extraordinary fact, and yet a commonplace out-, that true science is scarcely ever disseminated among what are called "the masses," viz : those who make tip the bulk of our population. We have colleges, schools, and literature for the education and improvement of the poople, but of their general value, or, rather the width | of their scope, we can .only sav that it in lamentably small. For present consideration wo shall only take the literature. We may find conveniently divide scientific literature into two broad divisions; books and newspapers, or periodicals. Of ~ science, and going deeply into the hidden mysteries of nature, but the only reliable ones are those written by men of high repute and good education; these arc unfortunately, the very men who are most liable to fall into the great error of long and hard words?Hi is not done intentionally, but the habit which they have acquired of using technical expressions and Latin names for common things. Another drawback to these ^oks is their -i r . - . |niw-, nuiuu is iiiwup niou> iioni uic laci that they are only expected to liave a limited circulation. Now wo ask our readers whatcbanco has an ordinary man, who really wants iinformation on some subject, of obtaining it from the best and only reliable books? His education is simply reading and writting, and then, perchance, he hail to study nature while picking stones off a farm ; and obtained his knowledge of chemistry while orrand-boy to a druggist. His col lego has been tho workshop; his desk the plow, tho anvil, or the loom ; his study, the noisy yaTd full of men enjoying their hour's relaxation from labor. What time we ask has he to conquer hard names and learn a new tongue ? None at all; and if the desired information, is ' not to be obtained in his own way, he will have to ! do without it. Again, it is true that there arc innumerable cartloadsof books written ! on u popular science;" but we would as soon recommend a man to drink at a pool of dirty water as to seek information from them. It is true tbat it contains science, but it is very bad ; as it is true the pool contijps water but who would drink it if they khew there w.as a clear, bubbling, running stream within a mile or two ? There are of course, many good ones, and they are noble exceptions to the general rule?if cene ral rule it is?that popular science is too popular to be good. Hi* Counsellor Foaod. At a trial in the Court of King's Bench, June, 1833, between certain publishing tweedledums and twecdledecs, as to an aleged piracy of an arrangement of the "Old English Gentleman"?an old English ail, by the by?Tom Cooke, the composer, was subpoenaed as a witness by one of the parties. On his cross-examination by Sir .lames Scarlett, afterwards Lord Abingcr, fur the opposite side, that learned counsel rather flippantly questioned him thus: "Now, sir, you say that the two melodies are the same, but different. What do you mean by that, sir?" To this Tom promptly answered?"1 said that the notes in the copies were alike, but with a different accent, the one being in common time, the other in sixeight time; and consequently the position of the accented notes was different." Sir James.?"What is a musical ac cent?" Cooke.?"My terms are a guinea a lesson, sir." (A loud laugh.) Sir James, (rather ruffled)?"Nevermind your terms here. I ask you what is a musical acceut? Can you see it 1" Cooke.?"No." Sir James.?"Can you feel it?" Cooke.?"A musician can." (Great laughter.) Sir James, (very ancrrv.^?"Now. orav. sir, don't beat about tbo bush, but explain to his lordship (Lord Denman, who was the, judge that tried the cause,) and the jurywho are supposed to know nothing about music, the ineauing of what you call accent." Cooke.?"Accent in music is a certain stress laid upon n particular note, in the "Same manner as you would lay a stress upon any given word for the purpose of being better understood. Thus, if I were to say "You are an ass," it rests on ass ; but if J were to say, 11 You are an ass," it rests oti you, Sir James." Reiterated shouts of laughter, by tlx whole court, in which the bench itself join ed, followed this repartee. Silenco having Demi ?l lengiu obtained, the judge, with much seeming gravity, accosted the chop fallen counsel thus ; ? Lord Denman.?"Are you sntisBcd, Sii James?" Sir James, (who, deep-red as lie naturallj was to use poor Jack Reeve's own words bad become scarlet in more than name,) ir gr<ja? lioff, said: "Tbo witness may gc And go down be did, amidst renewed laughter, in which a}) joined, particularly the learned brothers, except" one, who didn'l seo any joke in the rrnUter. Observation.?The habit of observatior is one of the most valuable in life; its wortk can never be too highly estimated, and it it one that can be easily cultivated. Never dc anything without obMrving" (bat all you dc is correct. Do not ever take a walk without having your eyes and ears open, and al Ways try to ..remember what, you see and hear. By this means you will acquire uior< iken i<an awam Wa ? IVU^U HINII VOM V?WI UV ICBI IICM IfUIl book*, aa you will find the obpervatioriinfltfr jtcdv tfj* foroi jou are capable of rfceM&g it. Bf?d books and newspapers, but*b6* a],!, acquire observing habitu, for tbey wil be always with?too. and ever ready to_su>? yotjr mind with {he troths of nature. ? An Eartikiuakb.?An earthquake wai felt at Kingston, Jamaica, op Ae morninf No damige resulted. A Brave Boy. A little boy in Holland was returning ono night from a village to which ho had d been sent by his father on an errand, when d ho noticed iho water trickling -through a a narrow opening in the dyke, lie stopped g and thought what the consequences would f< be if the hole was not closed. He knew, for tl ho had often heard his father toll the 6ad a disasters which" happened from such small r beginnings ; how, in a few hours, the open- i ing would become bigger/and bigger and r let in th e mighty mass Of waters pressing on the dyke, until the whole defence being < washed away, tho rolling, dashing, angry t ' waters would sweep on to tho next village, s destroying life and property, and ^Werything 1 tn its way. Should he run homfc and alarm f the villagers, it would he dark before they < cou Id arrive, and the hole might even then < be so large as to defy all attempts to close 1 it. Prompted by Uiofc thoughts, be sea ted himself on the banks of tbo canal, stopped < Abe opening with bis band, aud patiently , awaited the approach of some villager. But , no one came. Hour after hour rolled slow- < ly by, yet there sat the heroic boy, in cold < and darkness,shivering, wet and tired , but < stoutly pressing his hand against the dan- ( gerous breach. All night be stayed at his post. At last the morning broke. A cler* \ gyman walking up the canal hea?d a groan, , and looked around to see where it camo from. 'Why are you tljere, my child !' he asked, seeing the boy, rtnd surprised at his strange position. 4I am keeping Mclr the water, sir, and saving the village from being drowned,' answered the child, with lips so benumbed with cold, that he could scarely speak. The astonished minister relieved the boy. The dyke wa3 closed, and ,i.? .1 ?i ?i i ' - i- < mo uuu^ci niiiuii lurutiiciiua uuuurcas 01 lives was prevented. ? m m Stubbs Seelm Revenge. "Pappy, old Mr. Smith's gray colt lias + broken into our cabbage patch again." "He has, 1ms lie? Well, just load my rifle, my son, and wo will see if an ounce of lead will not learn Mr. Smith's colt to reform his habits." This coloquy passed between Mr. and Mubicr Stubb.s, just, after tea. A? soon br it was dark. Mr. Stubbs takes his rifle, marches over towards old Mr. Smith's farm, and when within thirty rods of old Mr. Smith's barn, ho raised the deadly tube, pulled the trigger, and dropped one of the very best looking gray colts in the country. I.:- ? v/iuvw-j IIU1 Itlllllivu 1119 Illl^lUIIf IULUIII* cd Lome, weut to bed, and slept with a lighter conscience than he had enjoyed Tor the last eight months. The next morning while seated at breakfast, who should be seen striding towards the domicil of Mr. Stubbs, but old Mr. Smith. Smith entered the house?Smith was excited, and for a moment lacked words to express himself. "Mr. Stubbs, I've come over to tell you that a horse was shot near my barn-last night." t 'Sorry to hear it, Mr. Smith, although not much surprised, for tliut gray colt of yours was not calculated to make many friends." "But it was not my colt that got shot. "Wasn't your gray colt I Well, which horse was it?" "That gray colt you purchased last week of Widow Dubois. lie broke into my pasture last evening ; I intended to sond him home this morning, but it's no use now? his brains lay scattered around the barnyard." | "Mr. Stubbs was thunder struck-. The idea that he killed the wrong horse drove ' him to desperation, and caused him to seek relief in a direction that rather astonished bis household. Tbo last seen of Stubbs, ho was chasing his eKlest son Jim down tho ; turnpike with an eiglitfoot sapliug. 1 Wigs vs. Weather.?An important case occured in the English Court of Ex ' cnequer ou we loiu uu., nnu is inns reported : On the Lord Chief Baron Inking his scat in Court yesterday morning, Mr. Knowles, who was counsel on the first cause in the list, applied to his lordship for permission to dispense with his wig during the very hot weather. It would be a very great convenience to him personally, and he understood also to several of his learned friends, if the permission could be accorded. Tho. Lord Chief Baron.?Certainly, in permanently hot countries where the English law ib administered, both the judges and the bar dispense with wigs. Mr. Knowles,?I am afraid, my lord, we cannot call this a permanently hot country ; All we can say is that it is excessively hot just at present. (Laughter.) The Lord Chief Baron.?If vou cao shy. Mr. Knowles, that wearing your wig gives you a headache, or cauBes you any serious ' inconvepience????. ' Mr. Kaowles.?I am afraid, roy lord, I cannot put it so high as that, but ouly as a matter of inconvenience. Perhaps your < lordship will Consult the other learned'' judges. (Laughter.) ,'l * .Tjie Lord Chief Baron.?I certainly might < i do that in the course of the day. ' Mr. Stirgeaot Shee.?Perhaps tbe best 5 thing thsp is Tot us to dispense with our 1 wig* now, end your lordship may, at the ' clowthe dfcy, report the result of your ' conference 'with, other'learned judges. J Mr. Know lea, however, "took nothing by his'motion, for wig?, despite the intense ' beat, still continue to be worn. 'Look here, Pet< sstda^nowipgdsrlcey 1 to,h? companion, 'don't yotf^od od de see dirt mouf of youitj aey^l tmk it am a depot arid ruu riu in." i:' " ' y "There Goes my Horse." A noted 'man about town' who hadn't ined or breakfasted respectfully. for threo ays cast about him one day week for chnnco to appease his appetite, whiph'bad ot to be enormous, b'tit without success, >r a time?for ho had run out his crpdit'at ho hotels, at the restaurateurs ho was fcnoVyd nd he couldn't even veutura* into a baroom, at 11 o'clock, for fear of encounterng too familiar an acquaintance with some ittendant's boot. Desperate, however, and well nigh starved. lie Wont clown tnwarrlw tlia insrl-nt tvil ti .bo forlorn hope that ho might fall upon soma friend who would invite him to join lini over a chop or a 'short cut but no such friend appeared, dazing about, bis 2yo fell at last upon cu*. of the weflpr'ovidjtl booths which are common in that neighborhood. ' As the savory orders of fresh pies, hot coffee, roasted oysters and the like, fell upon his excited nascent organ, be approach ad the box, ordered a bowl of old- Java, swalled a dish of glistening Shrewbury's in n jift'y, gnlphed down a quartette of Sandwiches, and topped off with the biggest kind of a smoking custard pie. 'Excellent! Capital!?never tasted better in my life!' and similar expressions of encomium wore showered by this precious Didler, upon the attentive proprietor of the box, who liadn't had such a customer for a twelve month, and who saw, in his imagination, at least a four and six pence ^glistening in perspective to a certainty?when his customer after gorging himself to bis ut termost, suddenly turned upon Implied], exclaiming? * j, a. * 'Thunder ! There goe3 my Jjorse.-lvaud away ho darted, at a speed which Treq]fjMiur. tomished the original proprietor offrtf?e}provendcr ho took away w jjh hira.^J He-is probably chasing the anijrnaK^yef ; at any rate, bis friend says be; ^iSn't' seen him since he turned the corner.' ^ '' 1 1 Preserving Flowers.?Our fairreadtrs, all of whom, we know, love flowers?tb'e ?et(SQn of which, is now at band?Afilh-be interested in the following manner of preserv nig IIICIU iiVIII wutiii^y VTUIUI (ft vuicuijjurary assures us is highly successful. 'tThe plan is this : Procure a Hat-dish of .porcelain, into which pour water; place upon a vase of flowers, and over the vase a glass.bell with its rim in the water. The air that surrounds the flowers being confined beneath the bell-glass, is constantly moist with water, that rises into it' in the form of vapor. As fast as the water becomes condensed it runs down the side of the bell-glass into the dish ; and if means bo taken to enclose the water on the outside, of the boll-glass, so as to prevent it evaporating into the air of the sitting-room, tbe atmosphere around the flowers is continually damp. The plan is designated the 'llopean Apparatus. Thoexperiment may by tired on'a small scale by inverting a tumbler over a rosebud in a* saucer of water. Paul and Virginia.?Lieut. Habersham, in his letters from the I- ast, in tho Philadelphia Leger, thus recounts-, the circumstances upon which the celebrated ro-mauco of "Paul and Virginia" was founded,, which may be new to some of our " readers : "Mademoiselle Caillon, aged eighteen,and very beautiful, was returning from France to Mauritius. M. Montendre was a passenger by tlie same vessel, was wcfltfked very near Port Louis, and Inofit of tlie paaseng:i8 and crew lost. The Icivera were oi? the ship's forecastle, amon^ otlrcrs, with theseas breaking threatenly around them ; others of the crew nnd passengers were nft on' tlie quarter deck. Many were, it seems,, trying to save themselves in?oneway or another, some of whom eventually succeeded. M. Montendre might have been among these latter, but he would not make tbeutttempt unless Mademoiselle Cnillon would* accompany him. This the IatW. shrank from, as ft, would necessitate th^i^feval of her apparel. In rain the gentleman implored her to resort to it as the only chanoe-t>F escape?ber resolution, remained unshaken. t Very well !w he ended, sadly, "I will diewith you!" And the grecij; waves w?sbedi mercilessly over them,and the white boiling, foam covered them as with n windincr sheet. They were n^ver seen pore?such wrtfc th* death of "Paul and Virginia." When last seen, he was standiding erect, wiih.bU slfpng arms folded over a hopeless brfeaftl and the, with a depending bapd resting upon IJfc neck, and eyes of despairing love^ifted to the averted ones of bitn who could uuvPlio longer save ber. . "There is somethincr nnhiimelv henutifcl in the purity of tliia motfawty wlftoti ftbrtflk from violation, bnt ndt from death. St. "Rterre had a grolind well worthy ,th?tweiaiion? which liia lofty geaius reared Ufo? tt. A las 1 ppor *4P#ul'j?od Virgftpia^T , . -i- *-< i> Oftaa more agreeable tUao an uoeo?rt*o<tt jfofc.'/jfT?if Vte- >? >?.>< Ar i * ;o , ' " ?- - _ V if. The ateaimhip Florida, Capt. CromVfeH,