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T IH # if Iff H iMrfl iMllf H #'flf! "I xi r #i% & ^j| %' ^ s%S '%< |>^1^ ^| ^ %y ^5P OBTTOTBP TO LITERATURE, THE ARTS, SCIENCE, AGRICULTURE, NEWS, POLITICS, &C., &C. TERMS TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM,] "Lot it be Insttllod into the Hearts of your Children that the Liberty of tho Press is the Palladium of all your Rights."?Junius. [PAYABLE IN ADVANCE VOLUME 6?NO. 47. ABBEVILLE C. II., SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 25, 1859. WHOL NUMBER 207 fFOa Tilt INDEPENDENT PRESS ] INCIDENTS OF THB MEXICAN CAMPAIGN, ST A MEMBER OP THE PALMETTO REGIMENT March to Fuabla (continued.) The morning of the Oth revealed a cluster bf pine pole cabins, in the midst ofseveral costly Gothic churches, another contrast between wealth and extreme poverty, which we find ia Nothing uncommon in this country. Laat night ^he army sustained a severe loss by tlie demise Ufa oumber of fine horses and mules, occasionad by too severe exercise and an abundant use f cold water. From this place we travelled mora upon a level, and over an undulut.ing aountry. The soil is fertile and productive, but sparsely cultivated, and covered anon with tateiy pines. The pensive moaning ot the *riud through their verdant canopies, fell like grateful accents upon my ears, while the log aabinaofthe Datives and vegetable gardens aurrounding them, reminded me of my far distant home. And hero we passed a large canallada of Jacka and Jennies laden with produce for tha Jalapa market. This method of transportation is almost the only one in use in Mexico. All manner of goods, boxes, hardware and groceries are t ransported from the sen coast to tha interior on the backs of animals. The conductor and sometimes owner o f thecaravnn ic aiyied an aerrero. They ore said to be tlie only strictly honest persona >n Mexico. Tiie pack saddles have a wide girth fastened to them, which passes around the hinder pnrts of the animals to prevent their loads from pitching forward. They are sometimes handsomely embroidered with needle work, and having up on them the name of some town or village? the atrrtro'i place of residence ; and often eome rhyming proverb of the master's wandering life. We descended but very little from this point, nd were presented with a view of the tnble lands of Mexico which were spread " it before ue like a colored map. As far as lie vision eonld scan the distance, the plains presented ft thirsty level, with scnrcety on object to relieve the eye, save now and then a solitary steeple. The extensive plantations were enclosed with hedges of the agave americana. They had atleast this advantage about them, that they were frse from the moiotnous look of our common snake fences. The soil though fertile had a most barren aspect from the long continued drought. We observed the laborers were putting their seeds in theground in view of the approaching rains now closc at hand. Still many miles in the distance, the Taint outlines of the 'c&itle of San Carlo* arose to view and near its site the little town of Perote, both f which pointed out our quartern for the night. At this sight the men began to prick up their ars, as did the teams Which set up a constant aeighing at the prospect of food and rest. The whole colutnn now pressed forward at a rapid rate-. I knew that they would not hold out for Perote was fully eight miles distant. Jn this singular climate, objects that areata great distance appear quite near- Two miles further on, I overtook the Brigade completely exhausted and broken down from their over exertion, and still Perote appeared no nearer. Early in the afternoon we brought up at the filthy town of Perote, where we occupied the till more filthy barracks of the Mexican soldiers. the castle is a fortress of gre it strength surrounded with bastioned entrenchments. It hasquarters for 2000 troops, with nlAgnzines and storehouses alloutof danger during a bombardment. It is supplied with the best water I ever drank, which is conveyed from the snow mountains by means of a subterranean aqueduct. This fortress is noted as having been the plaoe where the Santa Fe prison" ere were so long incarcerated, and more recently the dismal abode of the imprisoner himself?that is Gen. Santa Anna. In 1845 Gen. Rincon then in supreme power shut him up hare, to allow him time for meditation, of which La had abundant need. Capt. Sam Walker one of the Texiau prisoners was statioiied here subaequently with four companies of mounted riflemen,(jrtoe scoured the whole country for miles around. The Guerrilla* became as shy of bun, as they would be of tlie D?I sod I learn <ed (hat tie lost no opportunity of revenging himself upon them In retaliation for the crnel treatment he liad formerly received at thoir fcands. 1 * i. On the 9th of May, Gen Worth took qoiet possession of Perote, and hisdivinion were in ^darters her? when we arrived. We was unexpectedly rejoined at this place hy Richard Watson. and W. Z. Bailey. As 1 have previtfnsly stated, they were blown oat to s?a, in an ?P4Q boat, before the conquest of Vera Cruz. Fortunately they were driven on shore, 60miles fbstfc of tii? above plaee, when they were immediately seized upon as prisoners of war.? Jfut having hy some means, mnde their eacape from perote, where they bad b<eea confined, ?hey succeeded in getting with Gen. Worth's division, where we found them on nnr arrival, pailey who was also of Watson's party, wss for a JutkgAim* retaioed a prisoner, while an hospital where he stsUa that be wss kindly (rested and well nursed. He joined the Recipient after the battle of Churubuteo, beinf^feleas^d agreeably -to, an article of th? Arm'iatto. He recovered, and after moatha of intenaa suffering, be died.- W. 9* Raily after flighting gallaatl. in thai battles vaHey ftf Maf'wv died a&tha village ffom tl>a nffa&tt of virnlent ferer U ,tli^n in attractive plaea. Ita appaaranca it utterly ftltby. *nd : tb4*ialufottaate are the piost vagabond looking g* I The country h o^heaHhy, SM^ lo da^rt win^ whi^lfl^fP,.U etfr*b>49? * & doe*. rendering it? *|fi?o?phere 4M?rabl?.. A food many of onr Ra^iraeat <H^fa1aft ??te hi ?bo Ho4p?iW, -1 of M . tl ?S*4ftr -i?N|rm,.tha following spring, *od ) coqn* -Mi'MOO ynma, W thow of oar Armyi who bet* Th? eflrkrfa aaora ioal ,U?M ^a ,wor<* of the Ae?y ?d the wWte^ <wi* aar1 >. ''? n'-'ir' -'"- ' ? - -- . . The principal productions of tliis vicinity are the Agave Americana, commonly known as the Century Plant?and h species of bean called Frigotn, which is cultivated in check*, similar to Indian corn. It constitutes the principal food of the lower classes, and almost wholly that of the American Army. A remarkable feature in the formation of this country, ia the almost total absence of water courses in the plains, aud consequent lack of arij' vegetation, while on the mountains far above them, we met with impervio? a forests, which are traversed by numberless streams. In this cli* mate there are but two seasons, the wet aud the dry. In some sections where streams of water abound, the farming is carried on by menns of irrigation. When this is not the cas?*. the crops Are not planted until the wet season sets in, which generally occurs about the first or middle of May ; aud coutiuues until the last of August. from the Neu> York Ledger. ADDIE'B EXPERIENCE. BY AN OLD CONTRIBUTOR. "O?but ho loves me dearly, Aunt Sarah, and ho will always love me!" cried Addie Lollard, earnestly and with enthusiasm. "I know lie loves you sweet Addie," replied her aunt; and sho spoke seriously, and with a solemn look. "I know he loves you, truly and devotedly, and for that very reason would I have you be careful. And, moreover, his love is worth cherishing. 1 have known Geotgo Worthen ever since he was a child, and I know how good, and generous, and upright he is; and if ever there chines a coldness betwecu you it will not be his fault." "O?don't! Why will you talk eo, aunt? A coldness come between George and me! Impossible?" "Ah, Addie, you" speak now from the impulsive prompting of love; but, mind Villi Intro * J , .W V vaiiuub lung CAISb upon nothing. Slop?hear me through. I know how everything in the future looks to you now. You view it through the rose colored atmosphere that surrounds you, ar.d all the plants that spring up in the path seem to he hearing only roses ; hut, in the time to come, you may not find so. You may find roses enough, but, believe me, you will have to guard them well, and nurture them conlinuallv, or the sweet blossoms may droop and die, and leave only thorns to your touch." "Aunt Sarah, what do you mean ?" exclaimed tho beautiful girl, seemingly at a loss to comprehend the drift of her aged relative's remarks. "One would think, to near you talk, that I did not love George as I ought." "Not so, Ariilie. I know you love him with the whole ardour of your generous, truthful soul, and t knort that he returns your love. But you have the great hill of life before you, and that love ought not to grow dim while you are going up; nor should it be allowed to fade while you are walking down upon the other side towards the evening of your age. Ilave you ever thought of this, AddieT' 44I have thought that I should love George always and I know I shall." "Aye, my child?but the same spirit which begets the ardent passage now, may not always keep it alive. When the battle of life commences in earnest, and the flowers of fanc-y begin to give place to the less ornamental, but more useful, growth of stern farts, then you will find that labor is needed. and that the joys which now seem fo spontaneoua'ift promise will need exceeding oare and cultivation. I haveseen many people ?many a husband and wife?enter upon life with as much love as you now, feel, and I have seen that love all fade away in a few short years." "Ah?but they could not have loved as I love." "I don't know about that," said Aunt Sarah, with a shake of the head. "They loved as fondly as hearts could tore." "Then how could they ever cease to love ?n "Because they loved blindly. They had not entered upon life with anv fixed ideas of the duties that were before them. When clouds come they were not prepared for them. When the chill blast swept over them, they knew not how to shut it ont. Tbe love which had burned so brightly attd so warmly in the morning of life was not sufficient. But, Addle, let tne speak more plainly. Let roe come down to your par* ticular case, and tell you.. what I can see. Of course you can understand that in order to secure a continuance of love, there must be a continuance of respect and esteem." "Certainly," Mid Addie. "And you know that tbe continuance of these must be based upon a mutual sympathy?that the b"?hand and wife roust sympathise with each other in all the leading affairsof life!" ?iA# - W . \fl UtfUTWJ. ' gf, "And?one thing further; you mu*t w? th*t the jxurtjr wfeiob U paucved of tb? rnoflrt adtirt ?nd practical intellect, will j>?UralJy )*d o(? mkJ that tfee other mftftt follow." 1 ? " ' \ ? . . . . .xir?'.i. .. ..r.K.i "And now, my child, just compare your self willi George. lie is a lawyer, and one of the best in the country. He is a scholar of the highest rank, with an intellect of rare power, and an assiduous student. The great aim of his life is, to take a high and commanding position in the world of Mind. Now, if all his energies are bent in that direction, must not those objects which can retain his love and esteem approximate to that standard ?" "Anil (In VAII moon fn cott flint T mnc? ?V * * as intellectual as be is, iu order to retain bis love!" "No, no, my child. Not by any means. I mean only lo say, that you must sympathize with liiin in all his noble undertakings, and stlive to feel an interest in those sub jeots which engross bis attention. If you do this lie will be sure to feel a corresponding interest in your affairs. But this must be mutual; and it will be you who will have to study and labor to keep up. I know that your education in the learning of the world has been neglected ; but thanks to your mother, you have an education ol heart and soul which is good and pure. And, when you become George's wife, you have only to study and labor?study and labor in love?to keep the flowers of joy and peace in perpetual bloom. But, mark >i.:. I..I :II i i me, .mo muui win uu nerueo ; anu it will not be labor in vain ; for, if you cultivate, every upward step of your companion will be an honor and blessing to yourself." Addie received the lessons of her aunt kindly, for she knew that the old lady loved her, and only sought her good ; but. she could not be made to see that any future possibility could arise to cloud the love of herself and George. "Others may have become unhappy," she said ; "but 4hey could not have loved as we love." ******** Addie became the wife of George Worthen, and she was so happy that she thought it almost wicked to think of clouds. But as time rolled on, and the duties of a mother were added to her lot, she began to find that the lamp of love ne&led trimming sometimes, and that the flame would not burn without beincr fed. She had been married fire years wlu-n she received a visit from Aunt Sarah. The old lady spent j?ome time with her, and was not long in discovering the cloud that had arisen?for a cloud there was. "Addie," said Aunt Sarah, as the two sat alone one day, "do you rememl>er a conversation you and I had before you were married ?" "We had a good many," returned Mrs. Worthen, looking up from her work." "But I mean one which you should particularly remember at this time." The j'oung lady bowed her head, and a perceptible tremor bhook her frame. "Don't you remember what I told you then?" the old lady pursued. "And have Villi nnt fnilllil it nn 1 : i ' 171 !? j vv .wmiiu iw no i ram J % L UTglVO HI Aiiilie?for I love von too well not to speak plainly now. There has* come a coldness between you and your husband." "I knew it?I knew you had seen it," and then Addie raised her hands to Ler face, and burst into tears. Ilor aunt moved to her Bide, and took her hands away from her tear-wet face, and held them fast "How could I help seeing it, my child ? I saw it when I 6rst entered your house. I saw that the cloud had come. Addie? this should not be so." "But?aunt?-I cannot help it,** the unhap y wife replied. "George is cold and reserved, and he spends but little time at home; and even when ho i? here he iB no company Por me." "And liow much company do you make for him, Addiu f" "The same as I always did." "But your hut-band fins been advancing? be lias been ascending in fame and honor. How much help have you yielded biro in bis labors!" "I Lav? loved biro always." "Aye?and so ha* be loved you?loved you almost too well Tor his own hnppineM, if you ennnot give him more joy. Bot I will corirfc right to the poibt, and show you where jthe difficulty is. Last evening, when Oeorge came in, be was all wrought up by enthusiasm in the great case which he has now in hand, You know how important the case is, and bow much depends upon his efforts." "I know something about it," replied Addie. "Bat do you not Amlentnnd its merit*!" "No?I can't that I do." MIs it possible! Addie, I could not have believed this bad it been told to roe by another." "But George baa never tdd TO? anything about it/* ? w *H*ve yott ever evinced any wWi to l^poW1 anything about it! A?i?t?ef nte, Addio. Have you eter betrayed Jhy real deaire to understand it I" don't know that I have, 1, fcave enough efc*to attend to witboat aaekto Mi \Mmf> r *. h> "Now, Addie," said the old lady, with startling solemnity, "you have shown the whole secret of your trouble. Just rei-all the word you have spoken, and weigh them well. You cannot bother yourself to feel an interest in your husband's business ! But listen. When he came home in last evening ho was hopeful and happy. He believed ho had fv Und a new point which would help him materially in his case. The book ho wished lo r^fer to happened lo lie in the house. lie pot it, and, upon looking lie found the point he sought. It whs a principle of law, laid down in some old report, or compendium, and when ho found it, I saw his face brighten, and his eye sparkle. He spoke his gladness, and he looked towards you.?lie wanted a word of che< r from your lips. But you gave him not even a smile. You seemed to caro nothing at all for the success ho had met with. I did not wonder when I saw the cloud come upon his brow, nor did I wonder that he should seek elsewhere the sympathy which he cannot find at home." ' But ?aunt Sarah?what interest can I feel in his law questions ? They are all Greek to me." "Aye?there it is 1 You ought to make yourself feel an interest in them by trying to understand them." "But how shall I gain that understanding? lie "xplains nothing to me." "Are you blind, Addie? Will you not 8ee a thing when it is placed directly before you ? Tlie very step by which you would have to seek this understanding would remove the cloud, and bring your joy all back. The moment you evince a desire to understand the different important eases which your husband has to dispose of, that moment will he seek your society, nnd devote himself to the giving of you the information. You freely own that you have never fell any interest in those matters, and it was this that 1 feared ere you became his wife. I saw very plainly that his would be an intellectual battle, and I knew that you would have to follow him with your love and sympathy if you would retain his warmost regards. But it is not yet too late, my daar. You enn Ree the evil, nnd if you will be guided by mo you in ay bo as happy us ever. Will you listen!" Addio was inclined at first to palliate, and excuse herself, but finally she came to see tbe truth, and she promised that she would make tbe trial which her aunt demanded. ******** George Worthen moved back from*the tea-table, and when he reached the sitting room lie took up a book which lie had brought home, and as lie looked it over he marked certain passages, and turned down the corners of the leaves. He looked cold and severe, and his wife hesitated in her plan. She feared to try the experiment then. But something whispered to her that it she could call him out from such a state the result would be still more satisfactory. "George," she said, in a very low tone, but called up a pleasant look as she spoke, ?"what are you marking all over tbatbook for?" "They are only pencil-marks, and will be ensily erased, if I wish," be answered, without looking up. A shadow flitted- across Addie's face, and for the moment she felt like giving up; but she had made up her mind to have a fair trial, and she pefsevered. "But what are you making them for ?" she asked. "I am hunting up points of law a# given in the decisions and charges of various judges.'* "Are von going to use them t" "Yes* Should she try again 1 Yea?once more. Are they points that will be of use to you in this case of the corporation and the land owners on the river ?" "Yes, love," answered the lawyer, speaking more considerately than before, and looking up from his book. The change in her husband's look and lone gave lior cournge. 'George," she proieeJed, MI ana sadly ignorant upon these law questions, and perhaps I am needlessly so. I know I ought to be able at^lenst to understand your labors, if I cannot asisst you with my advioe. I wish you would teaoh me." "Teach you J" dried George, with a brightening eye. HYou don't know what joy it would give roe." "Then why not commence now! Will you explain to me the nature of this cafe you have in hand!" George shut up bis book, and moved lA ki. hon'pi ivun wi(oi??hj*j. xib ioiu uer mat the euit *u brought by Ibe owners of land upon the rivfir to recover heavy damages which they alleged bad been sustained ip consequence of an alteration In- the dan of the manufacturing company, After b9 had stated the case as plainly m he ootlld, be explained to ber.tbe different poiqUof evidence Which bore upon it, and thedtfie?8kppii)M ere Jongl^Jbeg*o fid grtfw really M --- - something novel and curious in tho subtle bearings of facts when she understood them, and it was really entertaining to follow them out in their relations to law and reason. At length she began to a^k questions ?and sho asked for information, too ; for beneath the influence of her husband's zeal nnd ingenuity of opening tlie case sho had caught the spark, nnd beoomo zealous also. And so the evening passed a way; and it was tho happiest Adilie had spent for a long while. She saw where the cloud | had come from, and she snw linw if he banished ; and, moreover, she resolved that it should be bani?bed henceforth and forever. "IIow goes your case, George?" she asked, on the following evening. "Dave you gainpd any further assurance ?" "I have all I want, love. I am eure of carrying the day." "O?I hope you will!" "That hope is worth an extra fee," the husband cried, putting lm arm about his wife's neck, and kissing her. ''Give mo your smile of cheer, sweet Addie, and I'll go on without f?>ar." And he hail had it ever after that. From that time Addie strove to feel an interest in his business, and she was surprised to find how easily slic could comprehend things which naa nereioiore appeared so enigmatical to her. lli-r husband now sought her society more and more; lie gave her nil his confidence ; he revealed lier all his hopes and fears ; lie stated to lier nil the points he meant to establish in tlio eases he had entered on liis docket, nnd in time she was able not only to give liim her sympathy and cheer. hut she could frequently give him words of counsel that were of value. And were her own affairs forgotten during all this time ? By no means. The more interest she manifested in her husband's affairs, the more earnest was he to help her on in her*. She had labored some to attain the perfect joy she sought, but that very labor had become a source of joy in itself, as all labors must become which are of love and duty. Life of a Newspaper Editor in* California.? Hi- rises at 10 o'clock in tlie niornsng ; dresses himself, ukes his liHt, already pierced with three or four bullets, and goes to h restaurant to get his breakfast. After breakfast, he returns to his office to read the morning papers, lie find that he is ?:alle<l a wretch in one, in another, a liar, and in a third, a villain. lie smiles at the thought of having something to do, and signs iiis name to three challenges, which lie always carries ahout him, to bo ready for emergencies. These he despatches and sits down to write an article, when ho is suddenly interrupted bv sums interloper, whom at last he is compelled to ' throw out of the window. At noon, he learn that his challenges have been accepted for the next day. At three o'clock, he goes to fight a duel which had been arranged the day In-fore, kills bis man and returns to dinner. On his way from dinner, he gels mixed up with a riot, and yi;ia MHiiv uruises anu wounu*. v? tien lie reaches-his sanctum, lie Buds ail infernal machine on his table. Without manifesting the slightest surprise, he throws it out of the wimlow. lie llicn writes a leader on moral reform?this done, he goes to the theatre. On his way lack he is atta ked by three men; he kills two, and takes the third to the nearest etution house. When returning to his olfice, at three o'clock at night, he beats a man who tries to rob him ; kills a dog with a stone; is almost run over by a hackney coach, and on the thrfeshold or his door rccievea two more bullets in his hat; then congratulates himself on having passed a quiet day ; write? till two o'clock in the morning; retires to bed, nnd sleeps tranquilly. "I never complained of my condition," says the Persian poet Sadi,' but once when IflV friAl UTAra Kar/i on/1 T lio<l nn mnnao ?a buy shoes ; but I met n man without feet, and was couteuted witli my lot. Florida Turtles.?We hare already noticed the fact that a tirm at Key West. FlaM is largely engaged in catching turtle off that coast, employing not less than ten vessels and fifty men in the business,'?the turtle being prepared at au establishment on shore for transportation to various markets in hermetically sealed cans. Two hundred thousand pounds of this article was manufactured last year, and there is a prospect that the business will be largely increased. An agency has been opened in this city. foMhe supply of hotels, families, shipping, Ac., also for filling orders for foreign markets. We understand that some of our largest public houses re already using from 100 to 200 pounds per week. Turtle in this form ia preferred to that sent In the usual maimer, as lexa expensive and of better quality. A large proportion sent on shipboard ordinarily dieoo the passage, or are received in a sickly condition. Proverbs and cross Proverbs.?Proverb?\1? tliHt runs fastest gains most ground. Cross.?Not so ; for then footmen would posse** more land tlixn their mHBters.? Proverb.?He runs far that never' turns. _Cro?.?Not so ; be inny break his neck in a short course.?Proverb.?No man can I call again yesterday.? Cross.?Yes, he may call till his heart aches, though it never come. ' <i| ' j Trb retort Episcopal.?The Bishop of Oxford met a yotfng curate, wfceri cora-^ ing, anticipalure of rebuke, to express .Up sorrow for so raneb fox-hunting,* pmctioe which he bad beard bis louUhip object to, been utyy ^Wt 'sv.' nariiti^MtMii iii 11111 --- - - Th? Duty of Owning Books.?By Henry Ward Beocher. Wo form judgments of men from little tilings about their house, of wliicli the owner, perhaps, never thinks. 111 earlier years, wheu travelling iu the West, wlieje taverns wero either scarce or iu some places unknown, and every settler's house was ? house of " entertaiuineut," it wus a matter of some importance and some experience to Delect wisely where you would put up. And we always looked for (lowers. If there were no trees for no Iiuli'li of flouim-K ill tliu yard, wo were suspicious of the place. But no mutter how rude the cabin, or rough the surrounding, if we saw that the window hehl a little trough for flowers, und that. Borne vines twined about strings let down frotn the eaves, wo were confident that there was somo taste and carefulness in the log cabin. In a new country, where people have to tug for n living, no one will take j the trouble to rear flowers, unless the love of them is pretty strong?and this taste blossoming out of plain and uncultivated people is, itself, like a clump of hare belts growing out of tlio seams- of a rock. We were seldom misled. A patch of flowers came to signify kind people, clean beds and good bread. But other signs are more significant in other states of society. Flowers about a rich man's house may signify only that he hrts a good gardener, or that he has refined neighbors, and does what he sees them do. But men are not accustomed to buy books unless they want them. If, on visiting tiie dwelling of a man of slender means, I dud the reason why he has cheap carpels, and very plain furniture, to be that he may purchase books, be/iseB at once in my esteem. Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house. The plainest row of books that clpth or paper ever covered is inoie significant of refinement than the most elaborately-carved etagcrc or sideboard. Give mo a houso furnished with books rather than furniture ? Both, if you can, but books at any rate ! To spend several days in a friend's house, and hunger for something to read, while you are treading on costly carpets, and silting upon luxurious chairs, and sleeping on down, is as if one was baibing your body for ibe sake of cheating your mind. Is it not pitiable to sea a man growing rich, and beginning to augment the comforts of home, and lavishing money upon ostentatious upholstery, upon the table, upon everything but what the soul needs I We know of many and many n rich man's house where it would not be safe to ask for the commonest of English classic.". A few galish annuals on the table, a few pictoriid monstrosities, together with the stock religious works of his "persuasion and that is all. No range of poelfl; no es sayists, no selection of bistdi'ians, no travels or biographies?no select fictions or curious legendary lore ; but then the walls have paper on that cost three dollars n roll, and the floors have carpets, vVhlch cost four dollars a yard ! Books are the windows llirougn which tile soul looks out. A house without books i9 like a room without windows. No man lias a right to bring up his children without surrounding them with books, if ho has the means to buy them. Ft is a wrong to his family. He cheats thein ! Children learn to read by being in the presence of books. The love of knowledge comes with reading, and grows upon it. And the love of knowledge, in a young mind, is almost a warrant against the inferior excitement of passions and vices. Let us pity those poor rich men-who live barrenly in great bookless houses 1 Let us congratulate the poor that, in our day? uuuhs ?re su uncnp mat h vuhii limy ruitvi and add every year a hundred volumes lo his library for tbe price of what his tobacco and bear would cost him. Among tbe earliest ambitions to be excitcd in clerks, journeymen, workmen, and, indeed, among all that are struggling up in life from nothing to something, is that of owning, and constantly adding to a library of good books. A little library growing larger every year, is an honorable part of a young man's history. It is a man's duty to have books. A library is not a luxury, but one of the necessities of life.?JV. Y. Ledger. Two passengers were conversing in a railway carriage. Said one to the other, "Do you know the 'Barber of Seville V "? "No" replied tbe latter, **1" jtlwayt shave myself." ? ' .1 ^ 1 ]>. Although the word "ovalion" teems derived from the Latin ovum, an egg,. *6 hardly suppose that a mob which pelt* a poof fellow with eggs can properly be said to gWs him an ovation. .. . . . "What has b6en your busing \n said a jq4ge to a prisoner at the bar. "Wbj, yoyr honor, I used to be a dentist?nowj^rpa pugilist v tbeq I pat teeth tn^ooW 1 fcneek 'em out.'* .1" Ji? ?iin '< rt i<r?iiB*ii^:r.'i i n.v'.* . Thb ifaMMcmAk oi'ibft ftth iBitini oilv IjMkal 6Utbt sfld s bstfWK* W#*? *?*. ? Koasuth at the Fresant Day. It is seven years since Kossuth left the United Slates, but lie looks twenty years older now than he did tlien. Ilis flowing ing beard; then jet black, is now plentifully sprinkled with gray, lie bHs grown very bald, and coueeala his baldness by combing his hair over the top of his head. Ilia face is marked with deep wrinkles, and the impress of care, and grief, and hopes long deferred, is deeply stamped Upon hia features. But his smile is as sweet, his voice is as deep and melodious, and the light of his dark eye is as soft and as tender, as in the days when they so won the heats of our people, nnd made the soul of tliis nation vibrate like the strings of tbo lute to the touch of genious and of skill. For (lie last few years Kossuth has held himself aloof from public affairs. This is the result partly of his pecuniary necessities, and partly becnu?o be saw no way in which he could contribute to the advancement of liberty in bis nstive land. Ever since bis exile he bus been in straitened circumstances. With every opportunity to amass enormous wealth, no man has ever accused him of misusing n single dollar of the public money, or of using bis public position for his private emolument. After bis banishment from Hungary, his wife rescued some ?20,000, which was her private property, from confiscation. A large portion of ibis was invested in railroad stock during his sojourn in the United States, fllhl Iiiiq hoott nftorltr Inal - -? V """ The question has been often asked, what became of the $100,000 collected by Kossuth in tliis country ??and the question implies a distrust of bis honesty and good faith in its appropriation. Nothing could be more unjust. Every dollar of it wa9 used for the furtherence of the political objects which it was contributed to aid. At that time Kossuth believed tbo people of Hungary ready to seize upon the first provocation to renew tbeir rebellion, and be accordingly devoted all his energies to maintaining the organization und discipline of the revolutionary parly there, be sent agent after agent on this perilous and expensive service; two or three of them were detec Usd and executed, and the vigilance of the Austrian government rendered his efforts abortive. But not ono dollar of this money was devoted to his private use. He supported his family upon the little residue rescued from the ruin of his wife's fortune, eked out by his personal labors. For a time, he wrote for the London Atlas and New York Times, and discontinued l}>is only for the more lucrative field of publio lectures, in whioh he has been very successful. In Scotland, especially, he hn? every summer more invitations than he can accept for the coming season, and his dia* courses are alwavs listened to bv preat " O crowds of people wilb the moat cnger nest. Wlien I 8ftw him last full, Kossuth talked with tlie deepest interest of American affairs, and of his visit to (he United States, He spoke freely of the errors into which he had been bottaycd b? his ignorance of our affairs, and by the advice of interested friends ; but be cherishes the profoundesfc admiration for the country and its institutions, and its brightest hopes of its future career.?New York Ledger The young lady who burst into tears bas been put together again, and is now wearing hoops to prevent a recurrence of the acciiicnt. On a recent rainy day a wag was beard lo exclaim ; "Well my jtmbrella is a regu? lar Catholic!" bIIow so?" "Because it ?! ways keeps lent!" Some one, commending Philip of Macedon for drinking freely?"That," said De* mosthenes, Mi* a good quality of sponge, but not in a king." ? > ? ? A roasted onion, bound on the wrist, over the pulse, will * relieve the most inveterate toothache in a few moments. The remedy is simple and is worth trying. 4I sav, pat, what are you about?sweeping out the room ?' 'No,' answers Pat. *1 am nweepin? out the dirt, aud leaving th* t room.' i True Friendship.?4I declare,' osid Brown to Robinson, 'I never knew a flatter companion than yourself.*?'All, my friend,' * said Robinson, 'all tbe world know*, you area flatter-er/* Perfume of the mfttletoe.?Has It any perfume? Why, certainly, tbq moat insinuating, penetrating, aggravating of ajl perfumes! What, then, is it I Why,'the perfume, ro popular amongst young ladtfea, wiled' Kifes-nJe-Qoick.*' , V.vyr A T, ' f> ^ a oread awu uuitsu Beware bow you attempt to butter, yoqr bread on both side*,- feat it ahould haply '?]ip'through your fingers altogether l-./r u Faou our Wild Conthidctor.?V?}jy .doeamman begin to reform when he adopta ? > pro&*aiop r Baca^fogpfa 40 mnd I eg* see (mendicancy.) ^ ^ "' A fUw**k frbw*the* IhttHoK af -TbttL informs the editor of th? 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