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Lilt, on second thought, she contrived to inb fuse a little animation into her features, and crept down^ffiairs. '1 lie ladies, however, were so cordial and so chatty, that Mrs. (Jrand did not regret having made the effort. ' Conversation for once took an unexpected turn, and instead of wasting exclamations upon that Mrs. Unbani's extravagant bonnet, or Miss Smith, the little tlill's new moire atttinne, the theme was, "Not at home." Mrs. Granger declared she could see no harm in such a very little white lie, for in one sense people were not at home?to ornp.'inv ! She found it a most convenient excuse tor ho res, and if she had a headache, ' or wanted a day for herself, she did not scruple lo use it. j "1 shall remember that'.*' said Mrs. Gray, laughing. "< )h ! to my intimate friends 1 am, of course, always at home," icplied Mrs. (Jranger, hhidiing scarlet?''but now confess, you dear little piece of propriety, that you use this subterfuge occasionally. You certainly } cannot always see your immense circle of visitors at home." "I certainly cannot," sai<l Mrs. Gray ; '"but J believe 1 never sent tli.it message to tlie door but once, and fur that once," she continued, a painful look crossing her face, '*! shall never forgive myself. It was more than three years ago, ami when I toKl mv servant that morning to say, "Not at home" to whomsoever might call, except she knew it was some intimate friend, I felt my cheeks ingle, and the gill's look of surprise morti- i 1 fietl me exceedingly. liut she went about her duties, ard I about mine, sometimes'1 pleased that 1 had adopted a convenient fashion by which I could secure more time to myself, sometimes painfully smitten with the reproaches of my conscience. Thus the ! 1 day wore away, and when Mr. ft ray came ] home, he startled me with the news that a 1 very dear and intimate friend was dead. ' "It cannot be," was my reply, '"for s' e " " ( exacted of mo a solemn promise that I j would, alone, sit l>y lier dying pillow, as she i had a secret of great importance to reveal ' to me. You must bo misinformed ; no one ' has been for me''?here suddenly a horrible i suspicion crossed tny mind. 4'Sh? eenL for you, but you were not at home,*' said Mr. ! fJiay, innocently ; then lie continued, ''1 am ' sorry for Charles, her husband ; lie thinks , , her distress was much aggravated by your ! I absence, from the fact, that she called your j j name piteously. lie would hav? sought for you, but ynr servant said she did not know j whore j'ou were gone. I am sorry. Von ' | must have been out longer than usual, for j j Charlesfiont a servant over hero three times." ! 1 1.T.TJ . II I /- ...-r "x\ever iir an my me oui i experience | ( gucIi loathing of myself, such ullcr hum ilia- j< lion. My servant had gone further than I, in adding falsehood to falsehood, and I had placed it out of my power to reprove her by : my own equivocation. I felt humbled to 1, tlie very dust, and tlie next da}* I resolved, j ( over the cold clay of my friend, that I would never again, under any circumstances, say, ' "Not at home ' But did you find out the secret?" asked . Mrs. Granger. "Never!'' said Mrs. Gray; '"it died with J1 her. It was in relation to a little child in ' the family, and T have always felt a painful consciousness that T mijdit have received ? I information b}' which the poor little thing could be greatly benefited." Mrs. Granger untied her delicate bonnet j , strings, and took to fanning herself with a laco handkerchief. Mrs. Grand immediateJy rose >md offered her a fan that lay on a J little table near. j ( "Tfiat reminds me," said Mre. Dr. West, , "of a similar circumstance that occurred in ,V ?ny husband's practice. At one time we were very intimate with the family of a Mr. AM^jh ' They lived'in the suburbs in a beautiful manshift The doctor called there quite often as a ,friend and acquaintance. Mrs. Allen Irhd but one child, a son, some jive years old*.a littlo afigel in^appcaiance an<f disposition, *gd as complete an idol es ever shared the love, of two devoted hearty > One day my husband rodd by there, and,' a* was his wot>t, stopped a moment. A new servant %ho-4id not know him met him,and totd him r iho'rnistrcja was wot at home; so hft.rade off ntwiin. Some two hours af ter lie cttnp hom_e, and was surprised when I told bun that Mr. AaairtjfLM . liim Jong ago; that; > crazy, and tno child dying, u ' *< ally swdlotired ptrtson. "H0,* There' \y ere>&evfcral idfi^prif. the .)>ttle Eugene My husband a&certai'n?^ ^^t tnnV ciJent^Kjeflfjfcd, nnd'fotmd that, lifer* been raiaiuforuicd at the |?erU^| Visit, In; could easily have saved his life. ! When Mrs. Allen learned Ili'it he actually I stoo l hefore her iloor at the very moment she discovered that her child wa ill, her j reason forsook her, and she lias never since \ fully recovered. She had given strict orders that morning that she was at home to no one; and, uiifmttmntcly, a physician could net he found till nearly an huur loo late." "Dear tne !"' said Mrs. Granger, petulantly, ''what can one do when one's veiling . list is so large?" and she drew together the folds of a magnificent cashmere shawl. "One would not like to send down an ex cuso ; for my |>art, I don't sue how you could do s?." "1 <lo veiv Well without ix-sortiug (o a falsehood," said Mrs. West. "Oh, dear tit*.*! You can't call it a liu !"' cxidaimed Mrs. (iranger, much tnnrliik-d. ; "Then, what i> it asked Mrs. West. j '1*310 calm, <j iii't tone, quite confounded Mrs. Granger. f?he pulled at her glove un- , easily. "Why, it is?why, certainly?not exactly a lie!"' and then she hesitated. ' What else mil you call it j" said Mrs. West. "Suppose I should toll a frieii 1, who might happen to ask me, that 1 had i.ol visited Mis. Grand to day.*' ' Why, of course, it would he false," said Mrs. Granger, wlio was growing fidgety. "Well, and where is the ditlereime, if j Mrs. Grand had .-cut word that, she was in.t at home ? Certainly wo should have felt j hound to believe the correctness of the message." Mrs. Grand made a nice little mental promise thai perhaps she never would do .so again. 'lSesides," chimed in Mrs. Graj\ '"I think it leads lo loss nl confidence in one's fri<*nds. We cannot tell those w!n? would wantonly deceive u-=, from others who for worlds would not give lis a faUe inipres. ion." "1 must say," cxolaitned .Mrs. West, reso- i 1 u!fly lull toning her gloves, '"it is not a very i creditable way of displaying one's partiality. Fur instance, 1 tsiliu particular pains to call on Mrs. Granger to day. She is "not at ' home." I regret it, leave my card, and to- ! | morrow meet Mrs. <1 ray and Mrs. Grand, < niii 1 understand from that I hoy spent a do- ' light fill hour with Mrs. Granger. At the ' k'ery time tint lady was not at. homo to me, [hey were chatting quite cosily in her par- j lor." Mrs. Granger coughed slightly, and became very bu-v fingering her collar, twitch- ' ng her bonnet-strings, and mano-iiviing in raiiuiis ways previous to retiring. I, mean- : 1 lime, a silent and unseen listener, jolted I lownthe forejjoing. Perhaps it will not be amiss to think of it. j J LoOKiNCi-(Ii..\ssi:s.?The manufacture of' i ?ilvered minors, a* :il present carried on, is . L>ne of tin; most curious of modern arts. The j process of thus silvering glass mirrors is very ' dmple! The sheet of tin-foil, somewhat ! ( larger than tho mirror, is lad upon a smooth , , t.iblf, and quivksilvet poured over it until it covers the tin-foil with a thickness of one- , tenth of an inch, or more; when the mer- 1 j cury has hecn swept l>v the edge of a stick ; i to clean oil" the drops from its surfacc, the ! ( glass plate, scrupulously clean, is brought | . uven with the table, and pushed gently for- t j ward sideways, so as to slide over the hath i [>t mercury, its edge just dipping beneath its , nirface, so as to push before it all impurities, ;ind to exclude all air-bubbles. Weights m e then evenly applied over the back of the ' ... ? ?" i i . i . minor, mm uic wnoie lauie inclined to such ! an ancle as to favor the drawing oil* of the ; * iurporthioiH ineroury. Tltis requires some Jays or weeks, according to the size of the ' plate. Here is an additional risk and cost in large mirrors, since the time consumed is ' 1 not small, and the danger of fracture. The i , amalgam sometimes crystalizes, producing 1 , imperfections which require the renewal of 1 the whole process; and the health of those ' engaged in it also suiters, and is finally des- : , destroyed by mercurial salivation. Life Illustrated. J,oi*is Nai'oi.kon*.?Some leading jour- J I nuls of Kuropc, which ought to be well in- j s formed, and which set forth their views in a j philosophical and dispassionate manner, | ] express the (pinion that theio is no per- i manency in the government of Louis Na- I < poleon, strong and stable as it appears to j f the superficial observer. We, on this side I i 1 i/i a i i till i w? !,?. ? r.f i*1 ?.v u> v-uuini: iiu means 01 ! solving a problem about which the most, f experienced doctors of 'Europe differ. We 1 L-an only see that llie present ruler (Jf France 1 has eh-vnted his country to a pitch of power 1 and influence which' she never attained un- < tier any other monarch, nnd has -managed her foreign relations*. with a skill < and success surpassing those of the most < practiced and c-onsumate diplomatics of ' former governments. Whether her internal ?ftairs lime Iwen conducted with as < much wisdom as her relations with other t States; or whether nny d*g*e? of human { wisdom can provide no Ttnodsft?fjbp. the < restless temperament ' keep it quiet for infere th? ' ?'-n iSuSSSLt i questions bcyoua./{gfif Tbb wentl)er^L?'e snd^ ?tliOM longj^.<j.'o? '"i m -cWjfjjgnA Bo Courteous ; <>U TIIK K\!I.U)\I> CONiil'OMt CACCSIT. "V>m cannot judge of ii man I>y tli? coat h went j>." 'Halloa, l.impy, the cars will stall in a minute; liurry up, or we shall leave you belliinl !' The ears were wailing at a station of 0110 ol our \\ estern railroads. The engine was pulling ami blowing. The baggage master was busy with baggage ami checks. The men were hurrying to and fro with clicsts and valises, packages and trunks. Men, women and children were rushing for the cars and hastily securing their seats, while the locomolivu snorted, and pulled and (lowed. A man carelessly dressed was standing . ? I- - 1 W f i* ? ' ? on uio piauorm 01 iric depot, lie wa-> loolcitij^ a roll ml him, ami seemingly paid little attention to what was passing, li was easy to see that he wa? latin-. At a hasty glance one might easily have supposed that he was a man of neither wealth nor influence. The conductor of the train gave him a contemptuous look, and slapping him familiarly oil the shoulder, railed out : 'Halloa, Limpy, better get aboard, or the cars will leave you behind !' 'Time enough, I reckon,' replied the individual so roughly addressed, and he retained his seemingly listless position. The last trunk wa< tumbled into the bag- . gage car. 'All aboard !' cried the conduc- ! tor. '(ret on, Limpy !' said he, as he pas- > sed the laniOj careless dressed man. The lame man made no reply. Just as the train was slowly moving away, the lame man stepped on the platform of the last car, and walking in, (juicily took a scat. The train had moved on a few miles ', when the conductor appeared at the door of the car where our friend was sittmtr. Passing along, he soon discovered the stranger whom he had seen at the station. j 'Hand out your money hero !' '1 don't pay,' replied the lame man, very quietly. '1 >ou't pay V 'No, sir.' 'W e'll see ab <>nt that. I shall put you out at the next station !' and lie seized the valise which was oil the rack over the head jfour friend. 'Belter not bo so rough, young man,' relumed the stranger. 'The conductor released the carpet bag for :i moment ; and seeing he could do no more then, he passed on to collect the fare from jther passengers. As he stopped at a seat i few paces oil", a gentleman who had heard [ho conversation jn.-1 mentioned, looked up it the conductor,and asked him : 'Do you know to whom you were speaking just now C 'No, sir." i 'That was Peter Warburton, the Presi- j I I' . 1 ? ? 01 me roan. 'Aru you sun: of that, sir V said llie con- j luctor, trying to conceal his agitation. 'I know him.' The color rose a liulo in the young mini's ; ace, hut with h strong effort ho controlled liinself, an.,1 went 011 collecting his fare as ' o isual. Meanwhile Mr. Warburton satquietly in lis seat?none of tlio'-c who were near him :ould unravel the expression of his face, nor , ell what would be the next movement in he'scene. And he?of what thought he ? 1 lie hatl been rudt-lv treated ; he had been mkindiy taunted with the iulirmiiy which lad come perhaps through no fault of his. ; le could revenge himself if he chose. He ! :ould tell the directors the simple truth, j uid the young man would bo deprived of ! lis place at once. Should be do it ? And yet, why should he care ? lie 1 :new what be was worth, lie knew how j le had risen by his own exertions to the I Position ho now held. When n little ifiinrrn tin k.* - 1 |.vUv.<v>, M.y- o..yv/vi I IK.-. iHICfl *.:hjs- j ings( lie had many a rebuff. lie had out* | ivud those days of hardship ; he was re;pectcd now. Should he caro for a stran-; [jet's roughness or taunts ? Those who sat ?ear him waited curiously to see the end. : Presently the conductor came back. ! With a steady energy he walked up to Mr. ' Warburtou'd side. He took his books i Void his pocket, the hank bills, the tickets I which he had collected, and laid them into j Mr. Warbnrton's hand. ' I resign my place, sir,1' lie said. The President looked over the accounts or a moment, then motioning to the vacant eat at his side, said : "Sit down, sir, I would like to talk with ' f'UU* As the young man sat down, the l'resi- I lent turned to him a face in which was no mgry feeling, and spoke to him in an under one : "My young friend, I have no revengeful eelings to gratify in tliis matter; but yon j lave been very imprudent. Your manner, ; bad it hcen thus to h stranger, would have ;icten very injurious to the interests of the lompany. I might tell them of this*, but I will not. By doing so I should throw you )tit of your situation, and you might find it jifficult t<?find another. But in future, remember to be polite to nil whom you meet. irou cannot judge of n njan by the co^at he wears; and even tho poorest should be :reated with civility. Tako up your books, >ir, I shall tell no one of wlrftt has pass-, td. If you change your course, nothing which has happened t^day shall injure jjou. \\iur situation is still continued.? Hoi*} mprn|ng, sir." ^Iio.train of'cars swept on, as mt^y a tram.JRjki'donebetoro; but*wrtbirr a "SdT-l^itmvjen an^om-ned, noil the pur- I rt*$iin^Jes8on. ran somewhat* thus?'.I 'T JCJMnt 7R0M AVPE\iuxcxr. ^rtr^Hble -oirl:'. bachelor i?4o. opinion- IhWtiieJ f i j^r<>? tho women. ' > 1 Advantage of -ees. 'How beautiful, most beautiful of earth's ' ornaments sire trees ! Waving out on the hills an<l down in the valley?, in wild wood j or orchard, or singly by the wayside, (i oil's spiiit and benison seem to us ever present . in trices. For their shade and shelter to | man and brute; for the music, the. wind iikmw iihiviil; iiiv.il iL".i> C.-", illiu I iii; LMIUft iii their bram-hes ; for the fruits ami flowers ' tln-y bear to tl?-li<;lit the palate ami the eye, and the fragrance that goes out ami upward from then) forever?we are worshipful of trees. **1 r???lor his own vine and fit? tree1'?what move expressive of rest, independence ami lordship in the earth ! Well mav the Aral* reverenec in the date-palu: :i (!od-?riven | sourcc of sustenance. Dear to the Spaniards is the olive, ami to tins Hindoo his haiivan, wherein dwell the families of man, ami ihe birds of heaven build their nests. Without trees, what a deport place would he our earth?naked parched ami hateful to Ihe eye! Vet how many are thoughtless of the use and henn!y of trees. How many strike the axe idly or wantonly at their roots. Above all other things in the landseaDC we would deal gently with trees. Most beautiful where ami as fJod plants them, beautiful even as planted by the poorest art of man, trie? should be protected and preserved. "If he is a henef.ietor who causes two blades of grass to jjruw wh'-re one grew be fore, how much greater liis beneficence wlio plants a tree in sini'* waste place, to dtelter and shade, to draw thither songbirds, and to hear fruit for mail, l'lanttrecf, <> man, thatha^t was'e land, and be careful of those that are planted." We do not (saystho Christian Advocate) know t!ie author of the above beautiful and comprehensive notice of lives ; but we think its perusal will eau~e many of our readers to involuntarily and heartily responded to tl.e familiar and popular language of the song of WOODMAN. SPARE THAT Til EK. iiY GKottlSK i\ <:k??u Moiuus. Woodman. ?]>nro that tree! Touch not n single hough, In youth it sheltered ine, Ami I'll protect it. now. 'Tw.is 1113' forefather's hand That placed it ne:ir his col ; There, wooilmnn, let it .stand ; Thy axe shall harm it not 1 That old familiar tree, Whose glory and renown Are spread o'er land and. sea? And wouldst thou hour it down ! Woodsman, forbear thy stroke ! Cut not its earth-bound tics ; Oil, spr.re that aged oak, Now towering to the skies. i "When but nn idle boy I sought 1(4 grateful shade ; In all their gushing joy, Ilere, too, my sisters played". Mv mother kissed me h?*iv. My father pressed my hand ; Forgive this foolish tear? But let that old oak stand. My heart-strings 'round thee cling, Close as thy bark, old friend ! . Hiiro shall the wild bird sing, And still thy branches bend. Old tree ! the storm still brave ! And, woodman, leave the spot, While I've a hand to save, 1 hy axe shall harm it not. Oiikki.ev JJackixo J)ow.v.?Greeley is evident-' lv Iriirhtencd in vinw of ?.!? ? ! quenccs in the South, in reference to the next j Congress, from the Into Abolition harangues of > W. II. Seward. Accordingly, wo are told, in j substance, by our cautious philosopher of the | old white haland leather breeches, that Sew- j ard is not half so black as lie litis been painted; ! that his Rochchcster speech is very materially ! softened down by his subsequent speech at Rome, and that from both speeches it is apparent. that the anti slaveiy policy of Mr. Seward is as harmless as genuine Orango county milk, fresh from the cow. Unfortunately, however, that Rochester manifesto is upon record, as Approved and published fronitlfS hands . of the orator himself; and the reoonl will thus stand against him. We admit that the speech was intended partly to cut under tho Abolition . platfojm ofGerrit Smith; bnt the prime object in view \?as an auti-al?very bid for the Presidency, which would cast Goyert:or Banks, Governor. Chase, Sonator Ilale , and all otliyr Republican aspirants in the shade.- In tlris light, if tho opposition to the .DemopVaey in th? ' South can, in co-operation with their Xorth- j era Republican allies, elect a single member to j Congress from nny Southern State, the result will b? n victory worth recording. X<-w York Hcraki. A Sixoi f.kr Phenomenon*.?In tlie pccent address of Hon.'T. L.-dluigniun btfforJ the Nortjt Carollnfi Si ali> 1'l'lP. lid fllenlirtna in _ ? y-?T- | w itli the man ufuctarerf wine, and ilie difficulty. on the Atlantic slope of the Unitfd StaU:9io(, prcvontih^.iU aootous fernaentattofr, a rfematjk-. aliffe f?c^ ionoprning a looality'of ill rn I tc._ tii a 'district of ?.fejv'miles' I in ex&iitott tiio Tryon raoimtajD,.jf<^W$rde^ hor'fnosb i? over'known.; Tlieaariib -district m Vfmflrtoitile ifox tlio variety and ptp!cllSh<ribf .it* n^jiya grapes, and^tjiey are often /o^nd i n f^er cftiflSftfon ^p^-?ir,iis late aa l)at ^aluro fainrtrtt^lc, a^^Sre to krioW''nJ<rt-i'*c9hc?Vaiftg it. *- * K v * mmammmmmmmmmmmmmmammmmmammmmmmmm ?a A Mcdol Merchant. I "I tliuoj yesterday with , who may well he culled a model mcrchnnt; not ho- \ cause business seeetns tho business of his! I lilo, but precisely because it is not so. lie ' makes business subservient to lnm ; he is never the slave of business 1 was asking I i r. i- . . ... ; mm iiiht dinner anoul the colonial trade, ul which 1:<> is thoroughly conversant, hut In my surprise he waived reply, very politely.' however, and raid, "come lo my countingloom in busings hours, between 10 ami and I will give yon all the information voti want. I have ma<h:il a rule for many year-, never lo talk business away from hui>ne.??s." 'l iiis led to further remaik, when he tol l iii?.' lie JcVotrJ as lit!tim-f as was absolutely nceessaiy to business purposes ami i'X| i-rieiice had shown him that us mm h could h<* eii'ected in a well regulated co'.intingdiouse between ten ami three,as 1??njj?*r. That lie let I.is clerks do for him all that they conlil do ; he and his partner doing only what the oth< is could not do ; he had his share < I business, making business a ; pleasure, ami yet as brief a pleasure nspos- 1 sible. eonliuing such thought and action w ithin as few hotir> as he could, and when lie left !>is countiwrdmii'C he would no more let commetcial inattels intrude into liis do ! mcstie and social life and conversation, than he would let a snake into his pleasure j grounds. "If your countrymen would let ; bu-incss be an accessory and not an end of life, they would fUi< 1 life a very dillerent j matter than many, to my knowledge, now j do. When I visited tin; States in 1S-10 | on,, of the most agreeable men I met with j 1,1 lilC COHtltiujX-hotjSC 'i ''lit OUt ??l I'U, monev mili," sis I indeed him, In*' i was the most uiiiiitur'.'Stinjr?In; ? ?>?il? 1 tali; I ?nly <>f business?ns to hooks, he knew ' nothing of tr contents. although his lihi rary shelves were as well filled ;ir miiio ? ! pictures ami art and literature, and music, i were l?ut as so many words whose rich siu| nificance were lo*t to him. What vour ; countrymen want most is to shake nil*their . fetters, and force themselves into a purer and more life like atmosphere than thev in hale amonj; warehouses and shins. Some , ot 111 - in know this now, and are coming ; over here f<>r recreation," hut. it. will do them no <joi ?1 if they fall hack into the old : channels when they ?r"t home. "?*s con, servatorv is thu verv fajtm ?>f exotic dreamland, and you would hardly suppose it wa^ the pet pleasure of a man who dues so much in >itohtssrs /" [/'J.rlruc'h/'h letter ilatnl Is/iu'on, Oct. 10. Menial Hygiene. j j From tho report of 1 lie proceedings of the Association of Superintendanls of the Ame- i rican Hospitals for the Insane, at their late meeting in Quebec, vvc extract tin; following ' remarks made by Dr. Kay, in tlie course of ; a ili>cu-s:<iii which followed the rending of a paper on Mental Hygiene. The statements ! thus made deserve most careful attention j from all who are engaged in the training of the young,if they would avoid the fatal error, widely prevalent, no doubt, in most of | our communities : i "I see no cause in operation more enlcu- ' ' lated to deteriorate the power of endurance, both physical and mental, than our system of education. It ia a matter of common i observation, and none the less so, I fear, 011 account of the upposition it has encounter- i ed from everyone who has the least idea of i the mischief it has produced. Still we cannot avoid the duty of bearing our testimony | ajjainst it on even* suitable occasion. ''Children arc put iulo schools almost as | soon as they can go alone, and kept there ; six hours a tlav, ami as they advance the work increases. If fortunato enough to , reach the age of twelve uninjured, then 'the great physiological revolution in the system j takes place and renders it more sensitive un- j der tlic strain to which it is subjected. Thev go into the'high schools, where the sessions arc five or six hours long, and not for the ! purpose of study alone, sonic do not study ; at school at all, the time b&ing occupied : solely in recitation. Out of school they are i kept at their studies frequently until ten or j eleven o'clock at night. I am astonished j every little while at some new reflation re- j specting the extent of these practices. A j few weeks ago I'W<yi informed-that many of; the girls attending the high school; in lirov- ! ideticc?gills who ought to he in bed at 9 o'clock?were u"p habitually jnltil eleven or twelve, getting up their exercises for the next day. ' The number, of youth that break dqwn ' in consequence of excessive cerebral activity j is countless. Tho disease, may pffts under; some other name, even dysentery, as' iti a j case that cauio under my notice only last weeki' A liulv infquned rue that her only ~ ??- .11 i . i V.HIIM, < lidli^lUCi, IUU11CCII U'Min UJU, IUU1 i died in school of dysen'Jery, tlioncjli the (lis- i e;is? seemod light, and l?ur physicians had j declared, an hour or two before she died, j that there was no danger, 1 ascertained, j however, that she was one of those intellec- j tual children. who are fond of study, and ( that she had been encouraged 4o use her brain to tlie utmost extent, with norto of. those exercises and recreations xtfhich might ; have cheeked the ruinous eSeet of suek a 1 course. Iri thft condition, she wassittacked j by a disease whidh, under qther circutn- ' stances, \\TotfKI not havo been serious, aird she wanted the nervous energy to resist it.: .This Case'illuRtr^v3 nn effect of exeepsivc cerebral exorcise too much oyerJuokeJ. I j mean the inability t6 bjarttljeJea^sfiook' I disease in any ^tU^rgrgitn, as i?tHj} Vitft)'' forces Imd alj been ujitf tq> in ?ji|mlying?1he j demands 'of the brflljj^Xho ohlin^y n\jyi.i?l tfestations of tliis^ co^Wtipn are Vo.coiJnipc>W{ urai.nB^naeqiujnae of-lliw ye?y n^fBy'tliav'fail >\o Any \ ob" ifg/~" *T Qr|jffne rft" cbt^o^.a wliilo ta tfoaton;iii? of U,a"Ijitl* . <5|1 WaEBf 'tfuil i^ref(y^oUji'iV?jjfeiti^n with their p.tie and Uiltow f.tccb." iHifiiYmtrifr^'^i r ^^rr-Txnui& - 111?iii i? iinii ! ii ?m ii i iiiwp South Carolina and Mr Everett. After the rest required, by the heals of the summer and a serious illnvn*, wo aie glad to perceive thnt Uon. E?tw?rd. Everett is ayain to resume the repetition of his cfiffc- ' sic address on the character of Washington. Wlu ic-ver this distinguished orator and statesman goe?, he is received with the honors due, not only to his public talents, but to his private worth as a true patriot, a cultivated foholar and a refined gentleman. Warm, howovcr, as have been tho demonstrations of esteem in other States, 110- > where lias lie been i?lfered a more beautiful , tribute of appreciation than in South t.'aioliua. So deeply was she touched by the object of liis misM'-n, that no sootier did he onier her bonlers than he was pieseiitod. liv the I 'resilient of llie Companv, With the tieciloin <>t" lier railroads tor the entire year, and at iier capital tin; committee, prompted by tii.: c.hivalric courtesy belonging to the Palmetto State, welcomed him in the name of the patriotic daughter who had so nobly inaugurated the movement (>ineo extended to one of broad nationality) for the preservation of Mount Vernon, and whose warmest ally the generous Everett had become. This demonstration on the part of South Carolina is all the more to bo appreciated because, politically, she has taken oppositesides with the great stalc*mnn, and we hail with pleasure that nobility of soul that can give its tnoed of praise to private virtue, unbiased by party prejudice:*. The freedom of navel over her roads is also an aet of generous hospitality that we would gladly see emulated ali over the country. The mission to which Mr. Everett has devoted the close of his public life is thiillingly beautiful, and its disinterestedness de.-eives a grateful i . cognition. It ia for a i*..i...... i :-i. i '< - nikiK-, 111 ?iin.-n iic i-iin nave nocareer, inai In; labors, and posterity alone will rertp the benefit of his toil. At the call of the people, the venerated sago leaves the quiet of his hom?>, anil endures the fatigues of extended travel throughout the Union in Older to secure to it Mount Vernon?-tlio j \l\oh-i-noor of our untional diadem,", add-1 itiLj oven a higher value to tho gem, by , showing with an cloijueuce that none but ' he can command how much ol its lustre is j rellected not only from the glory but also from tlio virtue of one whose spotless name has become the palladium of our liberty, and by this means, too, does he quicken the realization of wherein lie our true strength and dkmity as a nation. " . Under these circumstances, not South Carolina alone, but all the States, sliouhl extend a courtesy, merited by an occasion unique to this generation and, throw open their roads from North to South, from East to West, to him who, for the time, should be considered a public guest wlic'revert he may be invited load dross thcjpuoplo. Philadelphia 1'rcss. Good Night, Papa. These are the words whose music has not left our ears since the glooming, and now it is midnight. "Good-night, darling I"' God j bless you ; you will have pleasant dream?, though I loss in fever, haunted by tbe de- , inons of care that harass me through the \ day. ' Good-night!'' the clook on the.I mantle struck twelve, and no sound was j heard in the house save the regular breath ing of these little lungs in the next room. , heard through the door ajar. We dropped ! our pen, folded our arms and sat gazing on the lazy fire, while the whole panorama of j a life passed before us, with its many '-good nights." It is a good thing to Lo rich, but it is a rich thing lo have a good memory? provided that memory beara no unpleasant i fruit, bitter to the taste; and our memory s carries us baek lo many a pleasant scene? . to the little'arjn chair by the fireside ; to ! the trundle bed at the foot of the bed ; to ! tho lawn in front of the house, and the new clover, and the chickens and the swallows, and the birds' nests and the strawberries, and the many things that attract the won deling eyes of childhood, to say nothing of tho mysteries of the starry slcies, and the wearied gloom of the moaning forest. Hut then there were tho "good nights,"' and the little prayer and the downy bed, on which slumber fell as a snow flake, only warmer, and snch dreams aa only visit perfect inno- j cen.ce! The household words "good night!'' t Somebody, in whose brain its rich music j still lingers lias written this: 4,Good night!" A loud clear voice said from j tlio stairs that it was Tommy. "J)ood > night!" murmurs a little something from' the trundle-bod?a little somethi ng that we I call Jenny, that lilled a largh place Jii the j centre of two pretty little hearls. "G^?rJ 1 night!" lisps a little fellow in a plaid rifle j dress, who was named Willie about Six.years.' ngo. "Now I lay ine down to s'ecp, I pi ny the Lord my sbul to keep ' If I should die befm-^I wuk'o"? and the bundle in thetrund|e-bed Ilasdjiop^ ped oil* to sle$p,.blil th<j\.tij-pkep pray$r*tn#? go up sooner thjjo m'Hiiy long petitions tfrht had set 6ut a,geeat wciijle httforifijitr* v*?; , - And so it was ?ro\|i tho bomestjiyd wiu^jp It* made, too,, ii>*Uw f W^ry f IHglydy. of it; for ?^<?hg tmie ago? Hi at T^ii/ini^ Samctyxiy, Esq., AOTM ???**' '',at evur *Vas a ooy, and wpre whRljwe bravest; and richest of us cftnfnarer wear once, if wo try?the fii'sUpair of, boots. "good night" allarountl ltfl%^ourB ^'j'autl tho children had pone jm^^'^'ivwy gHta, always left a littje np^for theuir?through iuto the land of rv Audtlusn the lover's "goo?l nig)it,Honnd tlao pai'ting Lifts! Tliey are nji prtdigal of tho hours us the *pon<Hhrift of his coin, a$i the iviinutcs depart in golden showers, and fall in dying tparlh At theirfeot. ''Good night." ? - Y- ... ... An Interesting Reminiscence. Tlie Savannah News copies m> account of tliu diiiii<rs of an insane man. nnmi-d Win. nnt Strong, who typed procession of Odd bellows at WHsfiiwgTon remarks: "The above calls to our mind *1 thrilling scene v. Iiic.li wo witnessed* on (lip portico of the Capitol, in lb? winter 6^89!4, when an attempt was made by . 'H? jpaane man, by the name of Law re nee. to iiNimssin ate Gen. Jackson. It wairon (lie Occasion of the funeral of Hon. Warren K. Djiyiis, of South Carolinn. The funeral praccreiori*; in wliii-h were the I 'resident and heads'of departments, foreign minist'eis, senatotsjft'ml representative?, was passing from tho.' of Representatives to tho eastern portico. (' en. .laek'-on, leaning on the -. nrm:of Ib>n. Levy Woodbury, then Secretary Ot' Hi"* State, w is near (lie head of tin: proces>i>>n, immediately in the rear of tlieL'inoufn? !>, among whom wvre several ladies of. Mr. Davis's family. When the mourners, had read red the portico, and just as the president passed oitt of the green door leading to u. i.awrenco stepped from behind one of the columns of the portico,- where lib had concealed himself, and instantly, without, a word, presented a large horse pistol within ' tlireo feOt of the 1'resident's breast, >and cx; pluded the cap. Quick as thu tight, Gen. Jackson raised his hickory cane aiid;aimed a blow at the head of the assassin, but missing him, Lawrence snapped the second pistol before he was.seized and bormydown to the ground by tho-e near him. (jloi)j Jack1 son, without retreating an inch. had;r?used his cane for a second blow, when it was seized'by those immediately around him, , who, protecting him from further assault with tfioir persons, urged him to retire into the rotunda, which he vehemently refused to do. (Jn being informed that, it was probably a conspiracy, and that there might be j more than ono assassin, he still refused to : he .led from the portico, and expressed his j determination to maintain his position I where lie stood. The scene presented was most exciting, t Ladies-ftuntirig and screaming?the crowd, ! composed of the distinguished men of tho countiy, hurriedly gathering around the j President,surprise depicted in every countenlance?the rush of the would-be assassin, nnd the exertions of those who had taken j hirii iritb custody to prevent hiin from beting torn to pieces by tlie excited muUitrtde I?the. Babel of voices?altogether made a i most novel and impressive spectacle. Tho sergeant-ht firms having removed thejprison! cr, order was soon restored, and the funeral obsequies were concluded. On investigation it was found that Law{ renco wrts an insane man, who had been seen lurking about jhe Capitol, for several . days. According to his own story* , he was ' laboring under tlni strange hallucination.that j ho was the rightful heir to tho ^crriWjfof ' Great "Britain, and that his object' infillingj Gen. JncksOn was that he might obtain 1 commatttl of the United States anny and t- navv, with which lie intended to force hia ! right la life. -Biit/ish throne. It is singular that Lawrence^ liko'Streugpwasa,- cai penter by trade.',- ^ . Tho pistols; up^d'^tfv thccOCCasion were large horse to be-. heavily Ip^' "** ~?}UHO)r^ftt.?lj;e time* was foggy.rl.* '|?>rf^<j)s:hftvjhjg been loaded qg been kept in his cajp?i. t?;r?Qj?j^|f.^Wrijwas awaitincjii-layorablo oppoYtuuUjr-fortho accomplish menujof hi^.pu^ose^l^-ji^\Vilfcr in the tube* hnd abs<}i;b(j(C' ^fm^ntrflolfrture to prevent iguitioi^^)1rj^fi^j\s;>vlv^> tliat circumstance alon^UGUer^XVoj&fejule, the country owi?d tlii^^csgr yTiti ot i ctf the life of 1'resident Jack8>^^'' ' < * Tiik Sacked wjter gives the fo 11 o w i p^'a"li alySis of - fue boot of books, the lirble t , It is a book 0f,./la\?fj'la rjghk and wrong. " * {.'- * ; It is a book of wisdom," Uia^trjfftee.Ihe foolish wise. 7*?It is a boid; of f lru{h;"W.lfljt^''^6^6ta ?tt I aim it n errors. _V c - It is a shows;kow to avoid overhislii^&*rttlv;3^; . It i:s tho.^n5J,jtiu}iei?t1artnd.criR>t:h?Bing history ever ptibfoh'Odl. ' ' ^ . . It coptjjui^UfeAoup^ ^'p?. the most.r<SmHfl{ahle^6vcntA/.Bi^l^<o?iderf?| , occuruiicufe/ , ,' ' ' ' . . . * * ^ ' It is a comj^^'cetjpibf rawff. 11 H {t peftecf&iyly? of dfvihily. it?ia ?m i ho tfmfve.- 1 It; i4 iWW;^vi01UilpQSor made,; I he ?dBSR> ru>>(ii?r ^tftv 6T \ ,ur^ ^H. .: .-., Tii? in jaiS^yqfo0w cxtcnVrro^akrwa* Hrg^b up ij^o^fcoi <jifrSy3at*rn ctt^jps. Tire , pHrlfca^Aj^fuu' lured Uaittd^WHtfis ?iin>Ml tliVr ho U^eU-Statefc fewjWne*, tyid ^hfoujr1? M? in?trurru:nl?lity'?lNUe ilio fc6iHjtw? fcitera. fiia-erier unM J|*nJwiigg;4 W. lis a gtfulmilly aflopi*?ri h< ono Bignificant of anyttogfldse 'Witiftfatife. . ., : f??v?Many p^opla uwp,< tear at tho *%ht <vf disttc^s who would do better to diop a dime. ....at..,,,' i iMfciiiifiiih ^