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The bluffs of the Illinois river had never sent back the echo of the steam-engine, Without n market for their produce, the farmers confined their labors to the wants <of their own families. Corn was nearly the only crop raised, and from the time it was "laid by," near the end of June, till "pulling time," in November, was a holid-iy, and the intervening period was passed in idleness except Saturdays. On that day, duly as it arrived, the settlers, at the distillery, amused themselves with shooting at a mark, (railing nags, an l too often, when the tin cup passed freely round in fighting. This is by no means :i picture of all the settlements of that early period, but that it k rrmiilt i**;aHi* ft no ..4 #1.-. ... h..... , V,1 l.H, oldest settlors will deny. One Saturday afternoon, in the year 1810, n voting man was seen approaching, with slow and weary steps, the Iioum", or distil lery, of Squire Crosby, of 1!rent's Prairie, an obscure settlement on the Military Tract. As usual on that day, a large collection o! people wore amusing themselves at Crosby's, who owned llie distillery in that region, and being a magistrate, was regarded by the settlers as ri?-h, and consequently a great man. The youth who now came up to the group was apparently about twenty-one years of age, and of slender form, fnir and delicate complexion, with the air of one accustomed to good society, and it was evident at a glance that he was not inured to the hardships of frontier life, or labor of any kind. Kut his dress bore a strange contrast with his appearance and manners, lbwore a hunting coat of the coarsest linsev ; woolsevv a common straw hat, and a pair of iliiAelrin A 1 1 1 uiwvufi^iu.i. il im^U |iai K WIIIJML*- , ted his equipment. ! Every one gazed with curiosity on the 1 tiow comer. In their eagerness t<? learn who ho was, whence he came, and what was his business, the horse swap was left unliiii>]it.*?l, the rilie laid aside, and even the busy tin - up had a temporary re>pito. The young man approaching Squire Crosby, whom even a stranger could distinguish as the principal person among them, and anxiously inquired for a house whero ho could be accommodated, saying that he was extremely ill, and felt all symptoms of an approaching fever. Crosby eyed him closely and suspiciously for a moment without uttering a wold. Knaves and swindlers had been recently .abroad, and the language of the youth betrayed that he was a "Yankee," a name at that time associated in the minds of the ignorant with everything that was base. Mistaking the silence of Crosby for fear of his inability to pay, the stranger smiled and said, "I am not without money," and put- , fitirr lite linn.l i/\ Inc G ' ' lv " " iw ULtiuij proof of his assertion, lie was horror-struck 1 to find that his pocket book was gone. It contained every cent of his money, besides papers of great value to him. W ithout a farthing, without even a paper or letter to attest that his character was honorable, in a strange ImuI, and sickness rapidly coining upon him, these feelings nearly dcove him to despair. The Squire, who prided himself on his sagacity in defecting villains, now found the use of his loiigue. With a loud and sneering voice J;e said : "Stranger, yon are barking up the wrong tvae, if you think to catch rue with that arc Y.atdcee trick o'yourn." He proceeded in this in human strain, seconded by nearly every one present, for the "Squire*' was powerful, and few dared to displease him. The youth felt keenly his desolate situation, and casting his eyes around the group, in a tone of deep anxie ly lmjuireu ; ' Is there none liero who will receive me ?" "Yes, I will," cried a man among the crowd ; '"yes, poor, sick stranger, I will shelter you. Then in a lower tone he added : ?l,I know not whether you aie deserving, but I do know that you are a fellow being and in sickness and in want ; and for the sake of Him who died for the guilty if not for your own sake, will I he kind to you, poor stranger." Tho man who stepped forth and protlercredahome to tho youth in the hour of suffering, was Simon Davis, an elderly man who resided near Crosby, and the latter was his deadly eneiny. Unelo Simon, as lie was called, never retaliated, and bore many persecutions of hi# vindictive neighbor without complaint, llis family consisted of himself and daughter, his only cliild, an affectionate girl of seventeen. The youth heard the offer of Mr. Davis, and heard no more, for, overcome by his eelings and extreme illness, ho sank insensible. lie was conveyed to the house of his benefactor, and a physician called. Long was the struggle life and death. Though Unconscious, ho called upon his mother and sister, almost oonstantlv, lo aid him. When , tlio youth was laid upon his bi:d, and she ! hoard him calling for his sister, Lucy Pavis wept, and said to him,?"l'oor young ! man, your si->ler is far distant, but I will bii j ' to you a sister." Well did this dark eyed ' ! maiden keep her promise. 1 >av and night she watched over him, except during thy shoit intervals when she yielded her post at his side to her father. j At length the c.riais of the disorder arriv| ed?the day that was to decide the question of life or death. Lucy bent over him intense anxiety, watching every expression of his features, hardly daring to breathe, so fearful was s-he of awaking him fioin the only sound sleep he had enjoyed for nine davs and nights. At i : i ir 111 ho awoke and g up into the. face of I.tn v IVivis, atitl faintly inquired, '\\ here am 1 There was an intelligence in that look. Youth :iDti a g.>v>d coii.-litntiuii hail obtained tin1 mastery. Lucy felt that ho was spared, and buisiing into a lloud of tears, rushed out of ili?' room. 11 was two works moro before he < >.11!.! .sit up even fni' a short time. lie had already acquainted them with hi* name and resilience, hut. they had no curiosity to learn anything furl Iter, and forbade him siiviii"hisbtory until he became stronger. His name was (.'hallos Wilson, and his paternal homo. Uostoti. A few days afterwards, when Mr. 1 ?a\ is ; was absent from home, and !.u<*y eng-i'4?;d ahout her household alj.iiis, \\ iison saw close beside his hea I hi- pack, and lecol'ecling something that lie wauled, opened it. The lir.-L tiling he saw was the identical poekethook wito.e lo-s had e .wiled so many regrets, lie recollected having placed it 1 hero the morning before lie reaehod ISrant's I'rairie, but in the confusion of the moment the circumstances was foigotten. lie examined it, and found everything as he it The discovery neatly restored him t> . health, but lie resolved at present to confine the secret to his own bosom. It ?> gratifying lo liiin In witness the entire conlidune-.' they ivj'?Kfei 1 iu (lie honor and integrity of j a .stranger, and tliu plea-urn with which thi'V bestowed I'avots ii|>>>ti one whom they supposed could make 110 returns but thanUs. Night came, and Mr. l)avis did not return. I.uey passed a sleepless night. In the morning she watched hour after hour for 1 lis coming, and w hen sunset npproaclwd lie was slill ab-eut; tonili.-d at. his long and unusual stay, she was setting out to procure a neighbor to go iu search of him, when iter parent came in sight. She ran to iwct him, ano was bestowing upon him a thousadtl endearing expressions of ndi-ctioti, when his haggard, woe begone coun>Unance start- 1 led her. He uttered not a ?vord, and went into hi-. ' house and seated himself in .silence. It was iu vain that site attempted to cheer him. After a gieat pause, during which there was a long struggle g"ing on iu his JVelings, he rose and toi>k bis daughter by the hand, and led her into the room where Wilson was seated. "Y'>u must know all," he said, i ?i?11 luiui'u , i am a uc^i^ar. in a i?*vv days 1 ijiiii lliis Iioum.-; the f:iriu winch 1 have so highly improved, and thought my own." IL? proceeded to state, licit a few days before, Crosby, in a lit of ungovernable malice, taunted bun with being a beggar, and told hiin that lie was now in his power, and lie would crush him un.hr his feel. Ween Mr. l>avis smiled at what lie r?*g*uded as only nn impotent threat, Crosby, !o convince him ; told him that the patent of ' his farm was a forged one, and that he, i Crosby, knew the real owner of the land ; I had written to purchase it and expected a i deed in a few days. Davis immediately went home for his patent, and during his , long absence had visited the land ollioo. ' Crosby was right. Tho patent, beyond ail dispute, was a forged one, and the claim of Davis to the farm was not worth a farthing. ' It may be proper to observe that counterfeiting soldiers' patents, was a regular business in some of the eastern cities, and huu, dieds had been duped. ; l,lt is not for myself," said the old man, "that I grieve at Ibis misiortune. I am ad: vanced in life, and it matters not where c>r how I pass the remainder of my existence. , 1 have :i httio home bexond the Mars, ' wlii-re votir mother has gone before mc, and i where 1 would have loveil to protect Iter ; child, my own ailcctionatc Lucy." The weeping giil threw her arms around ilie nock of her lather, aiul poured Iter teal's upi on his bosom, "We can he happy still," I said she, "for I am young and can oasiiv | support us both." A new scene followed, in which another individual was the principal aetor. 1 shall ; leave the reader to lorni his own opinion of j it, and barely reinak that at the close, the : old man took the hands of Lucy and young j Wilson, and then joining tlntin, said :?"My j children, I cheerfully consent to your union. Though poot, with a good conscience you ; can be happy. I know, Charles, you will | be kind to my daughter, for a few nights i ago, when you thought that no human ear | could hear you fervently implore the blesi sings of heaven upon my gray hairs, and | that (iod would reward my child lor all her kindness to you. Taking down his f.imiiy IJible, tho venerable old man added, ?"It is a s?ason of affliction, but are not forsaken. Let us look for support to Ilim who has promised to sustain us. lie then opened the Lock and read : "Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines, the labors of the olive shall Tail, and the fields yield no meat; the flocks shall bo cut oft' from the fold, and there shall be no herb its the stall, yet will I joy in the God of my salvation." Charles and Lucy knelt beside tlie venerable old man, and while he prayed, they wept tear* of grateful emotiou. It was a sleepless, but not unhappy night to three inhabitants of tho neat, cheerful dwelling they were about to leave, and go they knew not where. It was then that young Wilson learned the real value of money. By means of it he could givo shelter to those who had 't ' * III i ' Ill I m. i I- . kindlv receivi <1 him when every other door i was closed upon him. All nijiht louche thought of thy forjjed patent. There was a low words dropped l.y j Mr. 1 i;ivis winch he could not dismiss from : his mind: that <Vo?hy had written to the i r< a! owner of the lam!, a;.d had now obtain- } ed t'n' promise of the deed. It is now time for the reader to become u'ly aeqtiaintel with the history of the younpf stranger. 11 is father, Charles Wil-; son, senior, was a merchant in Uoslon, who had acquired an immense fortune. At the a lose of the war, when the soldiers received from the government '.heir bounty of one hundred and sixty acr.s of land, many of them oifered their patents to Mr. Wilson ' for sale. Finding that th?*y were resolved lo sell thom, le' resolved to save them ftoin tin* saeriliec of their hard earnings, and he purchased at a fair price all tliat. was o'len-d. In thret; year- no small portion of the Milital v 1'raeL c:iiu<> inio liU o i.<o < >n thedav liiat Charles became of age. In- 11iin a deed of tin* tiincipul part of litis laiul i:i Illinois, an 1 insisted that ho should go out and sec it, ami it- he liked the* c?-ni.try, settle there. WUhinj* him to become ideiitifi -d with the ]? *??j?!? . Iioreeoinin -tnlc 1 11is sua to lay a^'ue his b .adcloth, aiti! <bv-s 1 iU s a backwooJ>iiian. In coin- | pliance witli tiiissii^-?e<?!i?i!i, theyor.ng man . Ii.-i*i a>-nmcd a !ti<l>: ami rustic dress, s<> in- , appropriate t<? his appearance and manners, as tu excite some suspicion that he had motives tor concealing his real character. < >ii tho morning of his sun's departure. Mr. WiUuii reeeive.-: a letter fro in a man in Illinois, who had frequently written. He wi>iied to purchase a certain section at government price, which Mr. \Vi!>on promised he should have, on these term-, provided that he forwarded a ceitdicate. !io?ij the.1 ud^e of the Circuit Court that the land was worth no more. The letter just received inelo-cd the certificate i:t question. Mr. Wilson had i*iveu this tract to ( "italics, and putting the letter ami certificate into hi> hand, enjoined upon him to deed it to tin- wiiter, according to promise, upon his arrival in Illinois. The rcinai l<s of Mr. I >avi> forcbdv remind ed young \\ ilson of this incident, and on tin- next morning after Ik- bad become acquainted with the plan of Crosby, with a trembling hsn.d lie examined the letter and . cei tilieate. It was written bv (Jrosbv, and ill,. Irlli.l 1... ? i-l.... I .1 ....... . . W 1. . IV ?ClD I I I 'J identical farm <>f 1 >:ivi-=. Astonished that liis friend I ho judge should certify tlot the l;ui<) was worth no more, Mr. I >ivis asked to see t lie certilieate: and after a moment's examination, unhesitatingly ] >c< <n? ?u i its signal lire a furgoiy. An explanation from tlie yuting man m>w became ueee<sai v, ami calling Lucy into the room, in; told 111v111 iiis story, ami laid before ihi-m a pile ( f patents and bank notes, one afn-r another, till llie-iuii reached thousands. Jt was a dav of thankful happiness . to Simon 1 >avis and his daughter, ami mjt less su to voting Wilson. Not long after this scene, Crosby entered. I lis air was that of n mail who has an enemy in his power, and intends to trample upon him. 1 le scarce noticed young Wilson except with a look of eon tempi. After pouring out all his maledictions upon the family, the old man inouired if he would give nothing for improvements made. The ! answer was, "Not a cent." "You ecitaiiiSv would not." said Wilson,' "drive out '.his man and liis daughter penuihss into the world?" "What's that to you?" replied Crosby, 1 with a look of malice and contempt. "I will answer that question, said Wilson. and lie acquainted liim with what the! render has already learned. (Jrosbv was at lirst petrified with astonishment, hnt when he saw that nil his schemes j of villanv were defeated, and proof of his having committed a forgery could he estnb lished, his assurance forsook linn, and lie threw himself upon his knees, nnd bogged tir.-t the old man, then Lucy and Wilson, to spare him. Mueh as they pitied, it was imposihle for them not todespisethe meanness of the application. Wilson told him that he deserved no: merry. That, a moment since he would have diiven the f.nnily of l>avis from their home, without wen means of a temporaly support, lie would pay Croshy a fair price lor his property, and forbear prosecuting him on condition of liis instantly quitting t. e country. Croshy accepted the olTcr. The writings were made out that day, and before morti' iug he and his family were on their way to Texas. i Why should I spin out the narrative I I.ucy and Charles were married, and though > a splendid mansion scoii rose upon the farm of Mr. I>avis, liolli love far bettor tlio little I room were she lia< 1 so noxiously watched ' over 1110 sir.k bed ot the houseless stranger. Mr. \V'ilson was rich but never forgot those who wore in want. 1 Cheered by the kind and affectionale at1 tentionsof his children, Simon I)avis almost I seemed to have renewed his existence. I Jle lived many years, and long enough lo tell the bright-eyed son of Charles and ' Lucy the. story of the forged deed. And when he told the listening boy bow his I father, when poor and friendless, was taken home and kindly treated, and in turn bei came their benefactor, he impressed upon | the mind of his grandchild that even a cup | ot' cold water given from a good motive, ' shall uot lose its reward. 1 The cook, the housemaid, and the lann! dress are the pillars on which our domestic j comfort rests. Without them, nothing is ; possible iu family or individual life. Tlic well-cooked dinner, tho tidy room, tlio clean shirt, are the landmarks of true civilization. i Uelow then) all ia barbarism. The worthiest people ore tho most assailed by slander; as wo usually find tbat to bo the beut fruit which the birds have been peeking at. *? " - 1 ? ' " r i, if 1 [i on tiik imhu'kndent riu:.->.] In l-'nsliiyn's tutored smiles hie lied ft thousand wiles: And most distasteful, !o the palate thrust, Irt * smilo we nil mistrust; Oh, give me the until >red smile, l'ure, l>er? ft of every guih-, Spontaneous from n:i honest heart, t ufettered l?y n shade of art. 1 was involuntarily drawn into a train of reflections tin.'othi r day, perhaps supcrindnc.-l l?v the had condition of the weather, ami, withal, my, isolated state, of liodily existence.? Hut more partieiilarly from a pleasing incident, in which ft stniit: was involved. I caught a truant smile. At ehureh, across the aisle, Kncftsed i*? enpid's dart, Th.it found a lodgement in my heart. "V, I have l>ccn round t!ic world some, and nave mime eo:isi<ierati!e o!is-.rva!ioti?, of men ami t!iimr<; profess t'i kii"w something ahnill them :.l! ; ami pivsum to write ?r?liiii;lv. i! y?>u arc a >jui ric.-t, lay ivatler, 1 have no <loulit Ihi! ii are ulrca>ly | :nsisr5lc in ahea 1 ??f it??-; ami if aeritie, von have stopped short off with the profoiiri'l exclamations.?"Why, the man's a fool." What a volume of meaning em,e?l it. that lit t le lluo-tcut -it ion, wur-i 'si.iile* 'I lie inseet worl.l is not more ii'itm ro;s nor <1 ivcr.-ilie<l than this peculiar faculty, in-1 ittroits to the l.itmati :pv-i< s. There arc no 1,-stlian 1 < ,<)*)() <1 ili'i-rent siii !?-.?, to pursue them all in their variolic ramifications, wmiM require a more illfi:l pen t!>an mine. I .-hall only notice a lew oftise most prominent. First ill the catalogue is the infantile smile? the smile of innocence without deception? having no intentional meaning except to inform the worM, that. the l>u'>y is well an l likely to l.e of a i?oo.l temperament. Then there is the smile of love ami approbation of it*mother, reflect inir l?aek its own snii-shiniiiir happiness face to faec. Tiicti there is the euilcl.-.-s smile, comprvs-e'l from the sweets o" a healthy countenanced !assi?; jnsl cn'orinher loons. An honest sniiie emulating pure, crystal :i11 1 fr?'s!i from its own vii .-in fountain. ore the .Ke. it f.il world has contaminate 1 it< waters. All. I lii'vc lia>l many mi-!i a one bestowed on m<in my juvoniL- days ; Inst, they are scarce now. There, too, is the pjiiuiiic smile of a giown nji damsel, who, bavin luckily cscnped a host of idle llattcivrs, seti'es <lown in ripo woman hood, to (lie full enjoyment of lier ltiv?*-jr:iin?'?l experience. A smile from her u lil last along lime, because of its soiidiiy. Of llie smiles of a co.piette Ijew.ire. A u'roat. many delicately organized mas?*!ilinos have been poi-olied Willi tliein. Sum.' have be ?li killed out-right. The smile of real christian her.cvoleiici! if i:ninas?i-d, is one that, every n ut or woman .should be proud of, and wmiW do Well to copy. This smile lias the deepest roots ami longest branches of all others. It b.-nms out from the most <l.:li<-al-% as well athe roughest formed face alike?iv!l<;etiiig likf a huge mirror, whose concentrated l'ays pierce <1... Il - c I mv. uiiwu?; ui iiruvun. A gn-at deal of a man's character may bo sjatln'ivil from his smile, much more too, than some woulil lie willing should llu known. Some men wlio look grave utnl dignified, and might easily pa-sin a railroad oar, for men of importune?, suddenly lo.se it all by an unguarded smile. There sits the man of business, who has sp.-nt half a century counting over his loss and gaii.s. 1 lis smile is moat singular?x cold, rigid, concentrate I, almist freezing eesisitio i passes over one upon whom lie has just smiled. A smile compounded entirely of dollars uud ColltS. The smile of Politicians and Lawyers, iagenerully of nn ambiguous nature, a compounded .-mile and might be fitly compared to a certain t?ie of Ksop's Tables. There arc other smiles that might be men tioncd, f riustaiiee?the big, bro id smile of hospitality, when backed by a sturdy farmer of the olden times, before pianos and crinoline in u'luui. i...it.#!. ? 1 ru.My physiogoiny wclconn-d his guest, ore lie had alighted before his door. Alas ! wo have few such smiles now-a days. ll would be doing injustice to the subject not to mciitiou a smile very much in vogue in this, the lDtli century, practiced to perfection by certain classes, and imitated in sonic measure by all. The fashionable smile which is the hardest of all smiles to practice successfully ; because it has no local habitation. Young ladies arc not adepts at it. because they are generally, too honest to smuggle-. It takes middle-aged p-rj sons who wish to be thought aristocratic and . have a goodly number of marriageable sous | and daughters to play the game successfully, i The smile of Hypocrisy and ignorance, when backed by arrogance and self-conceit, is the rites' : contemptible and ridiculous of all smiles, bc; cause so ca.sily detected. I would advise all shallow-pitted individuals I to keep their tongues and countenances as | possible?that is, if they wish to pass them! selves oil' for nun of sense. Lastly, I shall speake of a smile very often met ' with i wish I could suppress it altogether, but j it is only in my power to write, viz: the smile ! of villany, vice, roguery and knavory, all I coming under one head?deep, dark, (lungerI oils, insiduotis and vile. They arc easily dc' tec ted, crime has stamped them in iron form, i on the faces of their possessors, who cannot well dissimulate for lack of muscular element 1 and rigid countenances. I have seen thcin at I tempt to counterfeit ?i smile of love and innocence, but it was 110 go. Tlio snmo deeply formed and unalterable feature in the background remained the same, because of the sesort of smiles, that too often entrap tho unwary, j If you wish tooultivato an agreeable smile, ; and one which is ever ready for all exigencies j ?fonml it upon real, gouuine christian, princij pi?.", and having for its ground work, lovo for all of God's created -tilings. Deadfall, Oct. 27th, 1858. When you doubt between words, choose tho plainest, the commonest, the most idio. matic. Eschew fine words as you would rouge, love simple ones as you would native roscB on your cheeks. 'r ">irii.irr i i , Corsican Maidens. | 11 eat and hunger how combined to make ; us look out for ii rill of water at a enliven 1 t-iil spot for taking our dtjrunci', ami a torrent crossing tin: mail, with a rmlo l?ri?ljr?* 1 I over it, we sat down on the low parapet, ' and, "poking our basket, the b<>y, I'il'ppi, fetched water from the. pure stream to cool < ur v.i.io?. liread, slicis of ham, an<l grapes, wen; rapidly disappearing, when uni expected visitors appeared on the sei ne, in the. shape of two eoimtiy ifirls, travellers to , Ajaccio like ourselves. \\ o had not been so much struck, to speak t!ie trnlh.as soni'i travellers seem t<? have been, with the bean: ty and gracefulness of the (\>r?ieaii wmie-u : ; bill tin-so really were two very pretty t-'u! . of tie- a----' of ii:*r?M-n or sixteen, bran -ite.-, I?ri'dit eyeil, slijihtly formed, and with pleasing and cxpre.-sivo features. T!c-v wire liglitiv clad, and one of thutu carried a small bundle. Accosted bv lilippi, w<> learn that they came from t'orte, ;>i:-{ were ! on tle-ir wav to Aim-ci.i < > t... lie s-rviee. I"i!i]>t>i ami><ar<-il to kn?>w some "t':h<'ir family. To t!i?i l>??y t<??-!?::r with th. in t!:o im il lie was makim' *'( some little "li-!an<'c, was <>si?v r?*tiiri?intT' i Iiu-jiii.-iliry. T!io trills wero shy at ' i. ami it was ??n!y 1 >v ' ijives lliat we .% ? ? alii'f toe-in!#!; !i a rhut with thwi): atiil I w:i> struck with the maimer in which the eMesf, taking a hnihlful of new chestirt'> fi?>m ii baj;. ??li">-r?1 t!j- foii'.rihuliou to <.<11 pii i.ic. j'uor '_jirl> ! ihestnuts an I llie rim nitill brook* w.?rc | ???!i-?l?ly ail they li:t<] to tliMn-ii'i iij.on !'..? refresh im-n I dining t!? i ijniui v. 1 l.i].]ii!\\ both wore eaisly tohj found. I Mir road !yini< the same wav.and , the j?irl> having walked from Yivario, while w<; Iia<l been tilling, they were ??!l\ rod a ride <?!i the mules, and, after sonn: he-ilatinn, tho ??lV?T was accepted. W*ii!> I'ilippi for their s-tjiiiiv, t!.?? trio bein?r aboi! llic sam?; ag'*, tin-v were a m?-rrv |>:irtv, making the i cjlades iif the old lon-t rimy with their laughter and the. sound of their young voices in the swwle.-t of tonsil, s. The ijirls weir in ' such glee, Fdippi pre-v.iu<r I hi? mules In :i gallop, thai, though wo onj >vol the fan. wo roally iVaroiI ihov wohM l?> thrown oti".? Oar fairs wore jjroutnlio s : aslsi l-.*, a* i th>* fashions of tin! oouiiirv. 1'iit with all ] !<>p:ivty, Um'V hail a firm s.*at, ; ?!< 1 lan^hoil at our apprehension*. With all oxahcrauco of spiriK thoro wcro the ??roati?sf inmlesty | ai.tl simplicity in I'nj <h*tncaiior >1* iIiomj prior girls. When tln-v pn>c?'Oih:<l in a more soher iixkmI wo j.?ino<l in th?s oonwr| sation, asking ijiK'stion ahon' th -ir pro-peel at Ajieein auj t ho schooling they hat I :e . eeiv.-il. Thoy ha. 1 no tri<*u?!s at A jaceio : hill tin: '"mother of Moivy" wonM ^niile aixl protect tlicm.? 77iom?i.v / ni't'slcr. ? -o. -o~ - The Carnival of Crinoline. \\ havo ljt.'On o>pooiallv favored ilnrinir tho past month v.i'h the ii)d4 (h-lieiotis went!ior that. Iia? ovor Iwn <*xt*f*ii**i??*?.-l. even within tin: niemorv of thai sonn-what mythical individual. tin* oldest inhabitant. ) A clear sky, an ambient atmosphere, cool days an ! magnificent nights go far to keep , us all in good humor; while Ceres aid i Horn shower their gift**!! profusion for the delectation of tilu j/oriiu'l'is palate, or the adornment of the liou fotr of ladies fair. The artery of commerce an>i fashion?I'rond1 way?tlows from morning till ni'ht with a > human title, affording a splendid study for the philosopher, the lounger, the moralist Inad lho philanthropist. Kverybodv seems !<> have forgotten the crisis and the revulI .-ion and tiie btaguuiion of last year; and by the accounts of the Droadwav slu p| keepers, who say that the richest and deari est fabrics find the readiest market, it would seem that tiic lessons of economy which were inculcated by the hard times have ; vanished like words written in (he sands of the sea-shore. We are aware that much of the activity of the retail trade in articles of luxury is owing to the great influx of southerners, who have been diiwn away from their homes by the yel'ow fever. Tliev ! have filied up the hotels to an unpiceedeiil...I >.vii>ni ~?.l I .... ? I ' ' I" - * . X... v.tivuv IW.HU lit' f'llll Ul | |l lO the pockets of the landlords. l>ut deeper : than this southern surplusage there are i si^jns of a lively season in the worlil of i fashion ami folly. We have throe periods j in the fashionable woild. In the summer ! moat hs New York is comparatively deserted i for Saratoga, Newport, and other resorts of j the votaries of pleasure, in September, i October, and November the metropolis j again becomes the headquarters of the b <ut mviiift*, which includes people with more i money than brains, people with brains and j no money, and people without either brains 1 or money. They are all here now. In December they will Hit away to Washingj ton, which city will be unusually '4ay this j season. It. is the sboit session of Congress, i and all the dining, wining, llir!i 11 _r,dancing, j and soon, will have to bo done in a great | hurry. In April wo shall have them all in 1 {roadway again, ready for the spring and j summer campaign. Titus we have the me1 tropolis as the headquarters of fashion, as if. ! is of commerce, the mechanic arts, literature, and the line arts. Just now we aro all in glorious condition, and laugh at old Jupiter l'luvitis, who has made three several attempts to spoil otir sports by getting up an equinoctial atoriu ; but they have all been miscrablo failures. Some people say it is all owing to the comet. It so, some demonstration of admiration to the illustrious stranger would be in older. In tho old times the comet was an unwelcome visitor being regarded as a forerunner of evil ; but that is an exploded humbug. If, now, the comet lias revived trade, filled up the hotels, kept oil' the equinoctial, and set all the aristocracy?codfish, pork, and otherwise?in a flutter of expectation, then wo say, hurrah for the comet, as a first-rate institution ! Let the comet blaze a while longer if the weather holds fair. Tho oldest piece of furniture is the multiplication table. It was constructed moro than two thousand years ago, and is yet as good as new. To elope is to begin in disobedience what generally ends in misery. < " mk,i 1 " 1 ' ^ ?aim Authors and Tallcors. Pp. II. Shelton Mackenzie gives, in llic Philadelphia lVi-ss, some recollections of the "great talkers" who have passed witliin 'earshot*' of his experience : There was Van, who ?lio?l while we were i:i tlie middle of our teens, lie was a bewigged, pedantic, li pin;; mass of garrulity, who strove to be Johnsonian, mi l ludicrously failed. To applv a senten.-e of l?*irke*s, "lie exhibited the contortions <>1' (!?? Sybil without her inspiration, the liodo.-ity of the oak without its si length.'' i >octor Samuel I'arr, who never lot gave 1 'rovi.lenec because Mr. !ox did not make him a bishop, was a ureal rather than a good conversationalist, i .. .i . c * it ^'iuiii ??i cuar.scMiuss umut* him npu'sive am! di.dikcd. '1 here was Coletidgo, whose latter years literally |?:?<?< < 1 awav in talk. Ho had imand varied attainment*-*, genuine ifjvrii:*. feidinu, sii inlogical power- real rhetorical skill, a pervading sense of the beautiful, clear convictions on Revelation and Kaiih, an.! a command of language which reminded one of an Italian hnjirnrisii/orc. Kvening.'afier evening, for many vears, he would pour I'm ill an avalanche ol conversation to a crowd of admiring auditors if that. can l>e called conversation w here one man had all the talking to himself. Half '.he time he was under the inihicnce of opium, and, ind-'ed, the monotonous bound 01' his voice had a very soothing effect. < >ver his own circle his sway was great? hut. then, his circle was not lar^?. There was Sir .lames Mackintosh, with a mind filled?we might, say even crowded? w*?!i information. His coi.\creation was extraordinary, fioiii the vast number ol topics which it embraced. as well as from the admirable lan^ua^e into which lie nut iii> thoughts, without llio slijjhltst effort For ihmiIv twenty-five vears, ex'.cndiiw from 1 ' " 1 ti.s return from India, wh-.-re he had been judge to his death, in 1832, Mackintosh \v;?h llie oracle ??f (hat larpje s?*criu?.*iit ol society in which ho lived. Hut, breathing only the atmosphere of Whig association, what fioMsmith sai<l of Htirke might he applied to Mackintosh, that ho Narrowed lii.j mind, Ainl to party g.-ivc up what \vn-? incunl lorma:! hind. I There was Sir Walter Seott, who, iiinn than any other, si nee Johnson, received tin homage of his literary contemporaries as well as of society at large. Had ho lived in London, as Johnson always lived, Scott's supremacy would probably have .1 ? * * .? v;* vii ya-ijirr mail uiai 01 lno grc:ii lexicographer. lie made only occasional visits, ati-l was awfully lionized during eael of 11)0111. i Wordsworth, we need scarcely mention though 1 jo enjoyed groat consideration in London society?which, however, lie visited even seld>:ner (!:an Scott. Ilis conversation, which flowed perpetually, was almost , wholly about his own poems, and entirely unrelieved l>y ttie slightest wit or humor. There remain two : lhougham and Mac' aulay, a pair of intellectual giants. It idifiieult to deeido between their rival claims , for supremacy in society. We might di.v tingui>h, perhaps, and say llntt, in a largf mixed assembly, lSrongham would have more influence, so vast the range of hi* mind, and so copious, as well as striking his conversation. Hut, among authors am! ; people of literary ta-.tes, Macaulav would as suredlv be considered superior. One ad1 vantage is possessed by Ihougliam?he does not monopolize the conversation, but permits others to chime in, and supply new materials for illustration. Macaulav. on the contrary, seems possessed by a talking spirit, which no spell, human or divine, fan exorcise. lie is like a machine which wound up, must !;o on until it stops from sheer exhaustion of power. Maeaulay's talk is biillianl, though diffuse. Its eternity is the drawback. J low keen was the satins ol : Sidney Smith, when writing to a friend 1 about Macaulay'.? return from India, he said ; "lie has come back much improved, and, : last night, surprised as well as delighted us ! with several brilliant flashes of silence !*' ^ ? The LIol'sk of a Tukki.su Lady.? j These rooms w ere prettiest of nil,and look| ing on to the garden. They were hung I with pale blue silk, instead of (lowered chintz, ' like the others; fur the lady inhabitant had ! . j been a present from the Sultan, cliqncttc demands that her a)>artinents bo bettor furnished and ndorned than all the rest. Iler bed-loom was o.hnrininrdv fiit(?d im? ? d??.n - e> J "i ' " ?* I* alcove covered with rich Persian carpets, filled with luxurious cushions and embroidered coverlets, taking up one side of it. On the other side was n light green and gold In-dstcad, covered with gaiize curtain*.? The toilet-table was extremely pretty, dressed wilh muslin and lace, after our fashion ; ii Persian looking-glass, shaped like a sunflower, in mother-of-pearl, hanging above it. The ceiling was painted with a trellis-work of birds, leaves and flowers. Three steps led into the cool and shady garden. Oppo site the alcove were doors; one led into a sitting-room, hung with the same bluo silk, and furnished with richly-cushioned divans; the other opened into a beautiful white marble bath, the air still heavy with steam and perfume.?Mrs. Hornby. 9 Jf - " ' |"| ,, mBCTBTOBW ?! I ????| Benatcr Hammond's Spcech. A o< respondent ??f the Augusta Conxtitu; limutli*! furnishes nn abstract ofSenitlor HumniouU'ii Inst spcech at Barnwell (J. II. on the ;I'J inst. The speech was written out, and will he published at an curly day. We make the followiin<? extracts. said lie regarded t.hi; Kansas excitemcut, ' throughout the whole controversy, a-* the great' est. imposture ever practiced on intelligent eoniiiiunitii*<: anil he nuvi-r for a moment believe.1 that the Territory coal.l, miller any posi sibb* contingency, become a slave State. lie ro'^ai-ilcil the whole idea sss prcposlcrou- ami , dv'.u.~:vo in tho extreme. The re opening i?f the African slave trade, ' lie said, in his opinion, eeuld never In* necoiii pii-h.*i 1. except by the <Ii -sn'nl.ioii of this I'nion. i The free States were opposed to re opening { that trade, and their Itepreseutatives in l.'oii| grcsa woii.d never vote ia favor of s-.ich a , measure, lie belii*vcd it wa? the destiny of 't African slavery to ex', ond over tlie whole world, j ?||<:1V1C1 eiooilie iilin >?H1 Willi:.1 warrant it. ! The black race wore Providentially designed as "hewers of w;n> 1 and drawer* of water," ' and there was inHii >rtal p'lver that could alter ; tli'u decree ?;stII" ili.l not think that ! t.hero was any territory belonging loom- l.'niI on, suitable for slavery, unlcs* otir Paeilie .-iopes would iiiisw't-r, Imi tlu-re tin- inon<;rel races of Mexico WoiiM amalgamate with the i slaves, ami the institution would In-come worth! less nii?l insooure. Senator IIatniuond insisted on the imporII tanee of a route across the Isthmus to California ,! which the l.'niud States must, take into their | own hands, and hv fore-', if necessary, for we have ".he right to take i!. j We must, lie said, light all our battles for i constitutional rights and erpiali'.y in the I'uion. j Hut whenever the South declares that she can j no longer maintain her position of equality in i the Union, and is prepared for independence out of it, his hopes, hi; fortunes, and his f.?te i would be with the people of the South. It. is very probable the speech of Senator , Hammond will be printed at an early day, and the people eau have an opportunity of ex .-iiniiiinir fully tli? jx?-ilho tHsimivil, and* ' the urginuciit* ur_'.-?l l? s-ti-tai 11 thvtu. A Chinese Garden, i Mr. Forttine gives a curious deseri, lion ' of ;i Chinese garden in a recent letter, from. which we make the following extracts: 1 ! -The plants consist c?f good specimens of : ! southi'in Chinese things, all weil known in ' Holland?such fur example, as cymbidium j cineuse, olea fragrans, oranges, loses, camelias, maguoliar, etc., and of course, a multitude of dwarf trees, without which no Chij nose garden would he considered complete. I In the alcove alluded to, there aro some ' nice stone seats, which look cool in a clii | mate like that of southern China. The ; floor of this building is raised a few feet I above the ground level, so that the visiters 1 1 gels a good view of the water and other ob! | joets of iuL2rest in the. garden. That this is !> a favorite lounge aiul smoking place with I ; the Chinese llio following Chinese notice, , ' which we found on one ot' the pillars will testify: "A Carefnl and Earnest Notice? j This garden earnestly requ *sts that vi.-iters | will .-pit betel outside the railing, and knock ' the allies of pipes also outside.*' Several : - i > nit iiini^ ii vi-s iiim tuners are grow ing near llie walks, anil afford shade from the rays | of the sun. On one of these wo read the ' | following:"Ramblers here mil I he excused : plucking the fruit on this tree." llow exj ccediugly polite! i "Xear the centre of the garden stands a i < substantial summer house or hall, named . j the "Hall of Fragrant Plants."' The same ; notice to smokers and chewers of betel nut j is also put up here; an I thero is anothur ' | and a longer one which I must not forget to ' quote. It is this :-In this garden the plants , are intended to delight the eyes of all visi! tcrs; a great deal i.as been expanded in J planting and in keeping in order, and the | garden is now begining to yield sotno rcturn, 'I'lioso \\|i<> como here to saunter ' about aro earnestly prayed not to pluck tlio . , fruit or (lowers, in order tint the beauty of the place may be preserved."' And then follows a piece of true Chinese politeness I ' " e bog persons who understands this no1 lice to excuse it !" Passing through tho I lull of Fragrant Plants, we approached, bei | twecii two rows of OIca fragrants, a fine ornamental suit of rooms, tastefully furnished i and decorated, in which visiters are receiv| od >ni<l cntcrtaine.l. An inscription informs j us that this is called tlio "Fragrant Hall of : the Woochee tree." Leaving this place by f j a narrow door, we observed the following noI tice : "Satii k.?rera here will be excused enI tering." This apparently leads to the prij vatc apart mi nts of the family. In this sidt>! of the garden there is some aitificiul rocki work, which the Chincso know well how construct, and various summer-houses tastefullv decorated, one of which is called tlio "Library of Verdant J'urity." between ibis part of the garden and the straight walk j . already noticed there is a small pond or lake for fish and waterlilios. Tins is cross- , 1 ed by a zigzag wooden biidgeof many nr< ches, which looked rather dilapidated." Fkekch Baciiki.oks.?Bachelors iu France, who, being of n certain ago, livo on their patrimonial estates, can spend very little money. For instance, in the matter of dress, they have very little delicacy. They appear?no matter where?in a suit of clothcs that tlio worms?not to mention their half-starved domestics?have long since entered a claim to. They are not ashamed io drive the most rickety old shun I d radon or a cabriolet, because everybody jn tho neighborhood knows it is M. Ditmesni!, and looks at him rather than his convoy*- . ! ance. Lastly, if they assemble their friends in their own park, they mind very little if the arrangements be not ill Parisian taste or Parisian luxury. AH ihey care for is to have something amusing for their friends, however it may bo arranged. The IIappv Man's Map of thk World, <?Home. * J ? " L.1- . *' -