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I qpEW?m^I??wysncmmmnamwmmamommmtmKWWKM?^?-?i Mmi^j-mjj^wjjagjiajuixjjjtji. . ,i n m .. ~*xi. ^ ^.. ? un>^?^ H wi'>Mio?rmn m a w.?i i vwrowK. i i 1111 _i wwwpMtt^gMMWij | ^ ^ ^ ^ j^|| < ^ ii' ,^|| i ' ^ \ | ^ ^ ^ DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, THE ARTS, SCIENCE, AGRICULTURE, HEWS, POLITICS, <ScC., &C. TERMS?TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM,] "Let it be InstLllod into the Hearts of your Children that the Liborty of the Press is tho Palladium of all your Rights."?hoiiut. I PAYABLE IN ADV/ NCE BY W. A. LEE AND IIUGII WILSON. ABBEVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 29, 1859. VOLUME VI.?NO. 52. 11 1 r" "i'i I" |||M 1 [fob tub independent press.] My Cottago Home. There is a spot where love iloth dwell, Unknown but to the few, A place where hearts responsive swell, In chords as strong as true. Tis there affection warms the cheek, "Where joy's bright hnlo shines, Tis there, where love in actions speak, And heart its tendrils twines. In a sequestered, distant glenn, Where fairies love to roatn, Separate from the abodes of men. There lies tny cottage home. A purling stream doth ripple near, Whose surface s\v ims the duck. Where children gninhol without fear, And merrily wild flowers pluck. Sweet flowers there in beaut}* prow , And perfumes strew the ground, Both nrt and nature bring their store, To heighten the beauty nround. The ivy climbs the front wall high And Arches o'er the door, The rivnl jo.osnmine doth vie, To 8lia?]e me porcn a nuur. The "guile wife" there in peace presides, j Iler lor J in smiles to greet? j "Witli mother'# tender cnre she g uidea The infant's fultering feet. She meets (he good man at the gate, While children j-iyful reit'rate, O'er him her arm? nre cast. "Now papa's come at Inst." Ab twilight's deep'ning shadow* fall, And stnr.? light up the sky, Tliey circle in the rural hull, To pray to God on high. And soon sleep falls on little eyes, And all arc soon undressed. Each tiny head by sister lies, Steeped in unbroken rest. Me thinks a well-pleased God looks down From heaven *8 9tnrry dome. And blessed and kept it as his own, My own dear cottage home. Greenwood, S. C. LINES TO THE LOST CHILE). DY DARRV GRAY. It is midnight in tlio valley, The sk v is overcast.; Tho ?now i* drifting wildty, And the wind is rising fast, As a little maiden winders Alone amidst the storm. With only summer garments To shield her drooping form. And, weeping, down the valley The little maiden goes? Her loving heart most broken, And her brief life neai its close. tu. : :i 1 .1 mo icy uiobw wnii luuucr? And faster falls the snow, And chillier grows the mniden, While her sobs are faint and low. At lust her footsteps falter, And she sinks upon the ground, "Where her troubles ceaee forever, As another home is found. And when, upon the morrow The sun comes clear and bright, It nowhere in its journey ing Will see a sadder Bight. For o'er the home now darkened Are weary shadows spread ; A mother weeps in bitterness, Her little daughter is dead. But at the gates of paradise An angel form appears. Arrayed in robes of purity, And smiling through her tears. WBITTKN FOR Tnn INDEPENDENT rilESS. A RESPONSE. Latter From "Leila" to "Sue Adelaide. Cokesbuuy, April 10th, '59. Dearest Sue:?We seldom have th pleasure of receiving Rii<;h a letter as your tn franrrht. with cincpritv anil truth, nn from ray inmost heart I thank you for yoi pure and steadfast love. In this world i hypocrisy and pretention a faithful friend ft treasure and their love is sweet perfume I our heart so long as it shall beat. While reading your letter a thousan oft recollections came pressing upon iw and my thoughts went back, far back, to tl time when first we met, and with your ge tleoess and kindess won my heart,?then tbe time when we sat at the ?ame desk at conned our lessons together, or walked u der ibe spreading branches of the sha< trees in the old schoolyard, chatting ni IftUghing in all the abandon of school-gi confidence. Then the heart was light ai free, and the future ? glorious picture wi Dot ft shadow.' We bad not made o tntrt* into society, and knew nothing the Sonified notions and die-away conve tionalilies, that cbill the heart, making worldly and selfish?knew nothing of t " > < cietie* act mould?of deceit, the worli 1 - passport, and many little meannesses ai petty pares that fill up life. Ah ! tlx schooldays were happy, precious momen and nay our friendship begun there, li '"*& sacred lamp.of ^Wta'a Tertple, be 41 t - irigbt, pure and undying. ?:.i; And you are in " tjtia land of flower Ut; ^^wbere the eky ? blue and the ?au is war i wii4H irtry feree* !b 1ad*n, with the ^1 I grnnee of orange groves, and fountains | twinkle all day long. May its balmy ! breezes restore the roses to your cheeks and ; give new life and strength to the invalid i that she may quickly again trend her native soil. I know, you long to see the gentle mother whoso soft and earnest love beamed over all your wants?to feel the welcome of a father's strong quick love, and then the caresses of fond sisters whose love is so , mild, mire and constant, and last, though , not least, friends' warm welcome with their true and trusty friendship. Say, Sue, do you not look eagerly forward to all this, and may wo not soon have the pleasure of welcoming the wanderer home, back to the hearts that lovo her best; and appreciate her many noble qualities more than strangers. We have Spring with us again. Nature has once more bid chill winter farewell,and all is light, bloom and beauty. The birds are sending forth their hymns of gratitude, anil the breeze whispers its tuneful love-tale to the trembling leaflets, and gently kisses the opening (lowers to joyous life. There is a luxury of coolness and fragrance floati ing through the atmosphere, and its soft I hreath could not hurt you. Then make all ready, say, "good-bye" to your kind friends there, and hie ye to the loved ones of home. "Tin* denrest on earth to me is home, sweet home. The fairy land I long to eee is home, sweet home. There where vows are truly plighted, There where hearts are tso uniled, is home, I BWeel home." I know it is pleasant out there. 1 should like to enjoy the beauties of Florida for a ; season, myself, to sit under those tnagnoj lia trees, see its orange groves bending be1 neath the weight of rich, ripe fruit, and on j this I should like to feast the appetite as ; well as the eye,for I was born with a sweet ! tooth, and love good things. But while il | was your longing from a child to visit Flor ida, mine has been for fair, impassioned I Italy?I imagine il must be a second Eder J ?and ever since I first read of its cloudlcs; skies, soft climate, smiling vineyards, it: myriads of flowers, ruined shrines, statue of exquisite perfection, fountains, poetry song and music, it has haunted my dream ing fancy, and to me is a vision half divine There the mind is warmed from earlies 'childhood by all that is beautiful in nature i : i UT:.L i. i | Jirni gionous in aru \v nil micii sin round ings the Italians ought lo be a very reli gious people. Ah! if I could only sei Iialv. Suppose we lake a tour to Europe eh. Sue ? But perchance it is well, all thes beauties are unknown, fur the reality migli not be such a glorious picture after all, am I would not like lo lose what I hav thrown of magic round it. You know was always somewhat fanciful, and built ai castles hut to see them fade away. Would anything concerning our lilt] village of Oaks interest you ? I ween would, lialloweil as it is, willi many pleai ant associations, and being the last pla< where you quafT-d at the fount of learninj The village looks charming now. The ft liage is uncommonly luxuriant for this sen srtn nivinnr tn tlin milt! winter wp hai There was but very little severe weathe but we had rain in abundance. Tlio fa mers predict from ibis fact a dry summc and I reckon they are thinking of the crops being cut short. But to tl point. Tlie Masonic Female Cullej is flourishing, and has made quito s ascendency r.ince I trod its classic hal The Scholarship Plan has gone into oper tion, and there are 120 students now, wi " fair prospects of near 200 next year. Y< know the President, F. A. Connor, and Pri e Rev. J. C. Williams, without any commei s of mine. Tliey happily unite kindne j vviih dignity, and win the love A3 well Jr respect of iheir scholars. There has boi 0f an addition of two to the Faculty, inakii j9 the number six instead of four, Miss A derson, of Laurens C. II., Ornamen Tenchsr, and Miss Carter, of Washing^ (j rity, Assistant Music Teacher. There ha1 [( also two Pianos nnd Chemical Apparat ie been added, which were very much neede n. Really this is a progressive age. Do yi to know that Abbeville is callcd the Athe )(| of South Carolina? Now, considering t refinement and great learning of the Atl t]e nians this is a great compliment. ^ 1(] withal, it is only justice. For in refinemt rl intelligence and social polish no Disti can compete with Abbeville. Do you agi ,1, with me, or has some Floridian gallant i ur duced you f.o think otherwise! None Qf i those old bachelors, I hope ! I have no in. tience with them. Wh<J*want?'a heart jt tcr all its freshness, sympathy and sentim !0. of feeling are gone f Yet somenrgudl c|?g such a heart will only be the stronger 1(j lean on because of the years that h *e gone over their head. I'm afraid the mortal dollar rule* in such oa?es. In th Ite days we are aware that money makes a 1tt tocrfcfiy, honor and manliness. Moi converts the rowdy ipto the elegant distin t,n bat welwow it does not make happit m, where sympathy congepiaiity do *!?*, But (tft tb*4 things prts. We think to day only of pleasant tilings, look only on the bright side of humanity. I'm thinking of the time when I can have you by inv side, and talk with you instead of writing. And then in pleasant companionship wont the time glilo pleasantly along, and we will laugh and talk, read, ping and play together. I have a gem of a poem I want you to see and read. It is a perfect soul?treat. And just to think, too, the author is a Carolinian, born and raised in Laurens District. lie possesses the constituents j of a true poet, a powerful imagination, deep 1 feel in or. n rrond command of laniruatro and a musical utterance. I have the honor and pleasure of his acquaintance and the happy 1 privilege of numbering him among my friends. I have another treat laid up for you ? Poems by Amelia. This is a sweet book and so you will say when you read it. lint for fear it will not be such a pleasure for you to read as it is for me to write, I close with, "Come, come soon." Affectionately, Leila. "A Little moro Leg, Charley.'' The other evening, we chanced to meet J >in old policeman, whose fun is as exhaust j less ns 11is taste for S. O. P. brandy and 1 indubitable "old rye." Wo kindly tool the old stager by the arm, and, after a few preparatory remarks, asked him it he had 1 . anything nt w to tell. Tim sturdy old boj surveyed lis for 60tne moments through ; lens of cut-glass, and I hen smiled blandly "Did I ever tell you about Charlei 11 's fire-rope?'' lie asked, confidenti ally ' Never," said wc. "Then let's lake something/' said he "ami you shall hear all about it." i The ex-policeman did take something and then lie said : "Charley 11 , you know, was . capital fellow, thai hoarded in Amity plact , hut sicli a sleeper I never did see. WI13 1 that chap would go to sleep with a bra? ; band in eaoli ear, and an old woman beal s ing a tin-pan 011 his stomach. Well, Chni ? ley joined a hose company, and had grea , idea* of running to fires; but his slee . tumbled him, and he sat up for two whol . nights, for fear that a fire should break ou t and he not know it. At last he came t , tne, for my beat lay right past his boarding house, and, says lie : " 'Tom, I vvunl you to do me a favor.' e " 'Spit it out,' says I. ., "'Well,' says lie. 'I'll be darned if I'll In e awake any longer, but I'm going to tie t rope to one of my feet, and let it hang 01 rl of the window at night. When there's e fire, you just give the rope a good pull, an 1 I ahant mind standing something hot.' ir "'It's a go, my boy,' says I. 'Just liar out your rope, and youshant sleep after tl e first tap of the bell.' ji "Now, you see, the first night alarm ; s_ that district after that, was on a bitter col e "'gbtt and I made up my mind to war y myself at Charley's expense; so I went his boarding-house, and commenced pe< j. ing about fur that rope. I thought be In j. forgot it, at first; but when I got onto tl stoop, I see it a hanging from a secon story window, about half-way between t ,r uiiu i;i iiiu iiuu?o unu iitt: muuj) riming. ,|r "'IIow does tho natural fool expect i ,e to pull that V says I to myself. re "But I got over the railing, and, with r heels on the edge of the stoop, comment* I,, reaching fur the rope. 1 managed to : a. hold of it, and was just giving it ono sava ,|, pull to relieve my feeling*, when my he )n clipped, and away I swung, like a kite hai of >"g from a roof. The first thing I hea nt was like several claps of small thunder, a lgs then the rope give with a vengeance! aR felt myself going down, until the tips of i &n hoots just touched the airy pavement; a nfT when I looked up, hang it if there was n. Charley, with the longest leg ever I did i Ial a hanging out of the window, and ho str r>n dling the sill lopsided like, and scream lil-n n PnliriirniA mnnl-pv with hin fail ire * ~ - ' u, the fire. "'Oh, murder!?firo! I'm dead !?qui on Let go, you fool!' roared the sleepy fel jns "Now, you fee, that made mo mad, }10 cause IM done it all out of kindness, an |,e. held on like n sticking-plaster. ret "'Murder!" yelled Charley, mt, " 'A liltlo more leg, Charley,' sayt rict and then I let go, for the house was rail ree and a crowd was collecting. They hau in- Charley in, with one leg about a y of longer than the other, and swearing till pa- was blue around thg mouth. I tell you af- didn't leave home for one week, and I 61k ent not wonder if his tailor had to make 1 hat some new pantaloons. He always thou to that I didn't mean it,' concluded ou ave officio friend, with an innocent wink. in?? "Oh, of course you didn't ese Ttmes. ** ris- ' 1 ? *? aey A Frenchman, wi?hinjr to apeak of ipit cream of tbe Engliah poet*, fo i?m the wor<V, and ?aid, m butter of p< not A w*g Mid that he had fairly charted fcwo, U -V. *}??? . Feeding Infants. Tlio following article, interesting to mothers, is copied from (lie Natclu-z Courier: Great mortality prevails among children from injudicious feeding. Some persons Attempt to support them upon articles of food which contain little else than starch ; or gum, neither of which are. capable of] themselves, of sustaining animal lifo. Others j confine them principally to the milk of the J cow, the excess of casein in which they arc unable to digest; and to these, other arti cles are added, which are either indigestible or innutritions. Hence the large amount of sickness niul mortality from disordered stomach and bowels, and which are generally attributed to teething, to worms, and to any and every other cause but the true one, errors in diet, producing indigestion. In the last July number of the American Journal of the Afcclical Sciences, there is a clever article on "natural and artificial lactation," by Dr. Gumming, ft brief abstract of the concluding portion of which I am tempted to publish for the information of young and doubting mothers, lie says, i ...n? .i i .. i. _ i i aim MUijnrmiy proves o> uiu jiij> moiojjh-o and chemical argument, that nothing 1 >nt milk can with propriety he used a?* the food ; of infants; and even this is apt to fail, and . to give rise to fatal maladies, unless it he , made to correspond very closely in its cotiI stiiucnt elements, with human milk. Cows' milk differs from human milk in t some important particulars, as has been ae. curately ascertained by chemical analysis It contains nearly three times as mucl casein as human milk, but somewhat less than twice as much butter; while humai milk contains nearly one-third more sugar and a little more water than cows' milk ' Merely diluting cows' milk by milling wiiler, with the addition of sugar, as i P> 1 " * commonly done, will not fit it for easy ill gestion t>3* llie infant stomach. There wil in this case always he an excess of casein and a deficiency of butter. But the pre ' portions are materially changed by permit ^ ting cows' milk to rest undisturbed until ih lighter particles rise toward the surface t and nearly the same result is obtained b using only the milk last -taken froin tli p o J cow. e ^ Dr. Cumming proposes, therefore, to hav cows' milk at rest for four or five hour o and then to remove thp upper third pai ' for n<sr> * or tr> IiiL-k nnlv 11 if hitter half : furnished by the cow. Ho then advises i to add fur a child not more than ten da] old, two and a half parts of water, and on< fourth part of sugar. This coinbinatio gives almost the exact proportions of huinn ^ milk at that early period of lactution. Tl j exact proportions given are?milk 100( water 2G43, sugar 243. The sugar an water are decreased as the child i^rov ig b cider, unt'l at five months, the proportioi are?milk 1000, water 1000, sugar 10 and at eighteen months, the proponioi , . are?milk 1000, water 500, su?;ar G3. Tl Id . child should take this food at a temperatu of one hundred to one hundred and fo to ?r degrees, and by suction. An eight oun I vial, with a quill rolled in a long strip I Swiss muslin for a stopper, is the best r fj rangement for cleanliness and convenient j Tubes having narrow passages caunot readily cleansed. A child ten days old will take tliirtv-t' lie .... ' ounces daily, in eight meals of four oun< each; and the meals should increase ny I quantity and diminish in number, as t child grows older, so that at three mont seven meals of eight ounces each, may gl9 taken. The milk should bo given at rej lar intervals, except that tho child shot ird ear,y "^customed to pass six to eig j hours at night without feeding. This r< j ularity of feeding, with proper intervals, in nw.nrdnnr.fl with a tillvsiolorripal law mv ; ? 17 ? ini] digestion, applicable to all persons, name (n?t that the stomach should have time fully digest its food before other food is taken Ree n , to it. A. P. MERRILL Eimscourt, March 14, 1859. ,ng in Chime and Whiskey.?The plea i in, behalf of the unfortunate prisoner Clir ok! mas, at Hillsboro' last week, was that lor. was drunk. Two cases of homicide are be- be tried at our Court next week, bath d I the persons implicated being enraged strong drink at the time of committing fatal deeds. Grand Jurors, Attorneys, j i I; Criminalr.under the gallows, all tell us t 5ed, fitrong drink is the cause of nino-tenthi .1,.J tlio ftf vinlpncn Anil blond shod nw IICU " ? ajd r'ng 'n 'he Innd. Not unfrenuentiy yo< he men, who have borne irreproachable cl j)e aoter.% have onca or twice yielded to ' .. jumper, and while under the maddening flnence of liquor, have committed crii '''m that ended in ignominious death to tlx gbt .eelves, and life-long sorrow and shami r ex *H'.witb whom they are connected. These *ro facts, which are daily seen i read by all classes of citizens, and yet r persist in tampering with the Destro and follow to the dungeon and gajl< those of whose fato they heard with si the terror, We <ym say nothing that will sti . the mind more forcibly than these start! y facts. We therefore simply present tj) * ** ask each reader to pbnder them wei 00. hit heart, ajbd a-liktf fi T? . " 1 * "** ' *** ' * ***"<* 4 Je'+m V From the Horn* Journal. Sliakspearo's Tempest. DV FRANCES ANNE KEMI3LE. The "Tempest" iH mv favorite of all Shakspcare's dramas. The remoteness of the scene from all familiar localities allows | a range to the imagination such as no other ; of his plays allords; not even the "Mi?lsumtuer Night's I >ream," in which. though some of the drain" lis persona: are superhuman, the scene is laid in a wood near Athens, and Theseus and llyppolita, though mythological rat er than historical person aires, are vet amon<; the earliest acquaint ! anee of our school-days. But. on that uninhabited island, l?>?t in | unknown seas, tlio wandering fancy finds unfettered scope : ami, while the frone is j remote from ail places with which we hold j acquaintance, the action?simple in the j extreme, and having more reference to past j events than to the development of any ] dramatic plot, through tin; agency of vioi lent or complicated incidents?allows the : imagination to float umliMnrbcd 011 the i smooth and profound stream of poetical in' spiration, which characterizes lliis above all ' other plays. Hut chiefly T delight in the ' Tempest1 j because of the imaU'i which it presents tc. ! my mind of the supremacy of the righteous human soul over all things by which it i; surrounded. l'ro<pcro is to mo the em bodiment of human wisdom and virtue, ii their true relation to the vaiious demon1' of existence, the external world in whicl tlicv arc placed, and the mortal fellow.- hi| bv which tliev are afleoted and itill enccl 1 Of the wonderful chain of being, of whicl I Caliban ii tlicj lowest ami A riel the tiios . | ethereal limit, I'luspero is the main am , j middle link. j Ami first wo have llio cross, nngnitily ( powerful savage, who represents I lie lowe I mi?l nioro ponderous natural elements?tli ' | earth, ami tlie* waters under the earth?am j as the science of the great magician compel 1 i these to his service, so the. lower part < s ! man's nature, its coarse ami fierce proper j sities, (of which Caliban is also the reprr j senlalive.) are held in stern Mihjection b j liim who is the type of that nature's noble: '? j development. Next in the scale, but on i- | "jratb* higher, come the drunken, ribah stupid followers (d' the King of Naple whose ignorance, cowardice, cruelty, an knavery represent the worst aspect of tin ' creat portion of all communities that c:i V only be raised to c ivilization under tl g wholesome restraint of a wise anthorit. and whirli is always found in natural all a nee wilh the rebellion of brute force an e savage ferocity against the powers by whic s? they are controlled. rt These figures are succeeded by the eu is "'"ffi treacherous, selfish worldlings, tl j, | princes?Prospero's peers in station?nr their courtiers, whose villanous and eru r's conspiracy (aided, indeed, by his own der 3" Met ion of right in neglecting the duties n his state for the delights of his study) ov< n throws his fortune, and triumphs, for )t; while, over truth and justice in his perse From these, who represent the baser i J' tellcctual, as tlie former characters "do t i(l baser sensual properties of humanitv, hi ,'s gentle and graceful is the transition, tbronj tlie skillfully interposed figure of the kii old, courtly Lord Gonsalo. to those chari * ing types of youth and bealy, Ferdina ns and Miranda, in whose fervent devoti lie and yielding sweetness we have the imp rc sanation of those sentiments and passir ur which, watched and guided by the paten prudence of Prospero, receive the sancti co of his tender wisdom, and, are pruned ?f their luxuriance, and supported in th ir- weakness, by the temperate restraint tl .e> teaches forbearance anil self-control as i he Pr'ce which these exquisite flowers of i?tenee unlold their tdossoins prosperous and bear their appointed harvest of hap no ness and goodness as well as pleasure. ;es Next in this wonderful scale of bei in governed by the sovereign soul of Prompt he wc ',ave ?',H Spirits of the Masque?heal fill, bright apparitions, fitly representi the air, the fire, the flowery and fruit be seasons, and all the more graceful ? ju- smiling aspects of na.ure, which mini? ,1,1 with prompt 'obedience to the behests pj science; and, when not toiling in appoi ' ed labor for the great task-master, inan, fresh and recreate his senses and his m , is with the ever varying pageant of this be of tiful universe. ,|v Last of all?crowning like a flame lambent brightness this poetic pyramid _ ? existence?flashes and flickers, glitters i ,n" sparkles, the beautiful dtemon, with i whose attendance wo never see the no magician and his grave aspect of comma _i Ariel seems to mo to represent the higli intellect separate from moral responsibil ist- Ilis power and knowled<jf<*f3?re, in some |,e pects, grentcr than tjioso of his mastd*. ^ to lashea up the tempest rouud^Ljbe Tslapd ; saves the King and )>is erewTrom tho si 1?' wreek; ho defeats thtf conspiracy of . l>y tonio and SebasftanV and tho clumsy | the of tho beast Caliban. IIo wields immi ,nrj ate influence over the elements, and c< j prehends, without condemnation or synr thy. (which aio moral resnlls,) the sin ' ?' suffeiing of humanity. Therefore, beef ur- he i? only a spirit of knowledge, ho is m ing subject to the spirit of love ; and the ? jar- beautiful, powerful creature is c rliA pelled to serve, with mutinous wavwardi u,e I1II ,u_ i.: in- n,i" unwilling mjujcuiiuii, 1110 iiiiiiinu i nps that pitied its liarshor slavery to sin? set it free from it; and after compollin j to with a wise and necessary severity to fulfilment of ita duties, yearns after it * ?nd *',e ,eftr^ cyes of tender, human love, w nen its wild wings flash away into its newly ,yer covered region of lawless liberty. jwk 1 1 * ncli A story is related of a person 'jke a Quaker that the silence of a meettn in8 the Society of Friends was enough to Tin devil; to which the Quaker replied,. it was tb? very thing tbe silent assets ; W <fc. ' j k V ' ' Jjw ?< * i-f*p ? m William Wirt. "There is ;i belter world, of which I have thought too little." S<? wrote William Wirt to Judge Catr, in > ! 1831. -Oil the death of one if hi* daughters, Mr. j ; Wirt wrote to .Indue Carr : ? 4*1 owe you several letters. mv dear friend; , hut you arc kind ami run allow for my Mt- 1 nation. I have had such a winter as 1 nev- j or had In-fore. Ile-ivv causes to argue, j I with a hroken heart and exhau-t^'d strength; j when, at every ste|>; I felt far better di-pos- ' ed to lie down in the grave. It w;w not in j ; such a frame that I could address you. j Even now I am unlit to write. K??r to me, ! 1 the heavens are hnn<j with tnourninir and | ! the earth covered with darkness, 'lhecharm J ' of life is L'.me. I look at mv beloved wife ! ami my still remaiuiii<r circle of affection- ; ate children, ;iiul niv livarl |< proachcs me , with ingratitude to heaven. Tins selection | oftlie victim is too striking to bo misundor- I I Stood. "There is a 1 if tier world, of which I have lliou^lit too little. To that world she ! is gone, and thither my alien ion* I- have followed her. This was heaven's design. I see ami feci it as distinctly as if an angel had revealed it. I often imagine I that. I can see her beckoning me to the I happy world to which she has gone. She ] was my companion, my librarian, rnv clerk. I Mv papers now bear her endorsement. She ! pursued her studies in my* office, by my | side?walked with me; was mv ine.x : pressibly sweet and inseparable companion; j never left me but to go and sit. with her i mother. We kn(;>v all her intelligence, all l her pure ami delicate sensibility; the quick, ness and power of her perceptions, her scrj aphic love. She was all iove, and loved (JodV creation, even the animals, trees and plants Hie loved her Goil and Saviour witli an air gels lov<?, am] died ]ik<* a saint." ' Alioul the same time lie writes to hi? r wife: ? uMy sweet angel visits me, by faith, '' many times in tlic course of tiie day ami . night. I want only my blessed Savior's a* '' surenee of pardon and acceptance to be al peace. I wish to Oind no rest short of resl in him." J* "Dearest heart, let us both look up tc *l that heaven where our atig<'| is, and fron lw which she is permitted to observe us will '' interest?up to that heaven where our Sa s' viur dwells,and fiom which he is sliowin; '' j us the attractive faeeof our blessed and hap I pv t-liild, and bidding us prepare lo coin 11 to her, since she can no more visibly conn K' tons." I have no taste now for worldl v*' business. I go to it leluetanlly. I woul< keep company with mv hviviour ami Ins hot book. I ?Jread the world?the strife an contention and emulation of the bar; yet will do my duty?this is part of my rel gion." 10 In December, 1833, another daughtc died, but lie was armed with Christian p: lp' tience and resignation, and writes to Judy Cabell ?' "I look upon life as a drama bearing Ili ;r" same sort, though not the same degree < a relation to eternity, as an hour spent : ,n- the theatre, and the fictions there exhibit*' IU* for our instiuetion, do to the wJmlu of re ',p life. Nor is there anything iu this pass in >w pageant worth the sorrow that we lavis-h r it. Now, w' en my children or fiien< leave me, or I shall be called to leave thou ,n* I consider it as ir.erely parting for the pre "'I ent visit, to'meet under happier circuit l,n stances, when we shall part no more." er ?n> Petticoat Protection*.?Tf ladies wi inl wear crinoline, re-illv something inu*t I on done (o protect tin-in from its consequent of We must either adopt the Russian pla eir and give up burning open fire*, or else pi lat vent the chance of female suicide liirouj lie contact willi them. As it is, we never s ex- a lad}* on tlic hearth rug without fearing s l v, will make an auto da fe of herself. V ipi- have put down, in India, the practice of Si tec ; but in Englnnd, wives and daujrhte ng, are consumed hs well as widows. Cleat iro, if we wish to see advancement in our censt ui- wc must stop thes? female sacrifices on the nc idol, Fash son's altar. Lives enough arch fill through their shoes ami tight-hiring. wit ind out our adding crinoline ns a ilopopulatii iter influence. Unless dresses are made fli i of proof, no one, while tlio present stuck-o int- fashion lasts, can wear them safely. A? re- delerrent from wwle petticoats, wo shou ind pass an Act of Parliament to regulate lb au- sale, nnd should premit none to he wo without heinu tnnrked "Dangerous !" T of cluiuceft of incendiarism arc so numero I of that were a Crinoline Insurance Cnmpa ind established, it could not possible to withsta out the constant claims that would bo ma ihle on in it. Fire-escapes should be provid nd. in 'fill drawing-rooms by which lad tool irhnn ntirvlif nttnlif Kn rntpiuid w'tlln ily. sfeor<?hing. A* an additional prerautii res* jlfiespftHube* Of-'the petticoat nil (Hiff ftlffctl'"wilh water, and fitted with th? men he 'whmr* needful, to eject it> Every lady tl ?ip- 'would, in fa<;t, ho her own fire-engine, n An- could plav upon lier self tlio moment 1 plot, dress caught. At a moderate computaii< edi- a proporlv-spread petticoat contains soi am- thousiind Feet of tubing i and* such ares ipa- voir as this would hold enough to put < and any commonplaceconfligration. The nn inte cold water that is thrown on crinoline I ade better; althugh wo fear the rage for dlil, burns with such a heat that no. cold wn om- we can throw through our columns will ness anguish it.?Punch. soul and Never be so rude tin to say to a mi 9 it "There's the door;" but address him m t,,e politely, thus;?"Elevate your golgo to the summit of your pericianiu and allow me to present to your oo ' re* lar ilemonKtrntion that Rcientifio piecc mechanism which constitutes the egr portion of this department." told g of ' "You would he very pretty, indeed," a kill a gentleman patroniringly to a young la that "if youj.eyea were only n littl* larjp ibly uMy eyes may be very spa all, sir, bat. t) jfccpTo its ycfci ddfl't " ' 1^!? J yVMt . , t, ? u ^ v> ?*-> . - Facts aud Clrcumsiar.ces. Cicero's first "Teat speech in dofonco of Rus. ins was iipulc at. I he ago of twenty?even.? It was at the satin; ago at which Demosthenes ?!i>iiin?ni?}te(i himself in llio nssemhly ?>f I lie Athenians.? Dante puhlishi*i| liis Viht iV?ot'?' when just twentyseven.? Di v.l. n fiiM gnvo testimony to his poetical ijfjiliiN at llio !?<;? of twentv seven. I}.?? <>n tif^an to f?>1111 liis new system of |?!?i! ?si'|>liv into some form when ahont wentv seven.? litirns i-Mietl liis fir-t publication in his t went v-seventh year.? Washington was l>nt tweii'v seven wlien ho cowr-.l I lie retreat of tin; I?ritisli troops at. I t.. UraiMoek s deleat, mm wan i j (?. ..< .. tin: coni:naii 1 in ehi-f of ;i!l the Virginia forces.? John Q'titwv Adams was :?j?|n?int< 1 l>y \Vsi*liin?;!?>n. in 1I, minister resi?!? nt to t !t?* l.iiited Netherlands?thus comtnencin:; his public. 1:1*.; at the age of twenly-evoii.?Nap-Icon, we believe, was only tweiitv-seven \%!i i) In* led the annv into | E?;vpi.?Some of tlie poets that have been ' ill" ptide of Knij'.aihl haws commenced to write carlv in lift*. Some few, however, I have produced their I?? < ! pieces in old age. ?Cow per was iKtv before he attained anv reputation as an author.?Young never ; wro'c auvthing that could be called poelrv ; till he was ov?*r si\tv and he was more than ?-iJi v when In? published h<s poem j on 'Resignation.'? "haucor wrote his best. | poetrv after I was six'v.? I'opc wrote at j twelw vents of age.?Cowlev at fifteen.? Chatterton at eleven.? Samuel Rogers was : fixed in hi< <h-term;nation to become a poet. ] bv the pcinsal of I {cat tie's 'Minstrel,' when only nine wars of age.?Thomas Monro wrote poetrv in his fourteenth vear, which was puUi-hed in the 'I>uhlin Magazine.'? . j Campbell wrote his poem on the 'Pleasures , I of Hope' at twenty one?the same ace at. j which I'ope wrote his essay on 'Criticism.' j ?.Shelh-v wrote at the age ?f fifteen : nt i J eighteen he produced his wild, atheistical ; pot'in, Queen Mah."?Keats published his , i'Kri.lymion' in his twenty-second year, a | cruel criticism on which eav.se.! his death. - j ?Mrs. | ( mans ventured on publication in ! i.... ?\jr4 Norton composed | her 'Sorrows of Rosalie' in lier seventeenth j year.?John Mayne in his sixteenth year | published the fjerin of his 'Siller Gvn.'? I Hannah More published her 'Search after Happiness' in her seventeenth year.?Sir ; E'l\v:t:\| 1 >111 wor Lytton wrote verses at the v ! aire of five or six vents.?Ooj'.he died?in ! 1832, a year which swept awav so many of ! the great men of the European world ? ! aiming others, (.-nvier, Crahhe, ami Sir I Walte Seolt.?Cnvier aii'l Napoleon were horn in the same year. 1709.?Burns ami Schiller were horn in the same year, l7.">9. Mozart am.i K.o^cin'-ko w??re horn in tho year 177G.?Alexander Hamilton nn.T LaI layette were horn in the year 1757.? j Hegel, Wordsworth, ami Chalmers were ' ' 1 ' i \f .r | eacn norn id me v.tr i < iu.?.mwimiv-mom, i- I IIers?jhel, and West wore ail l>orn ill tho r0 j name year, 1738.? Curraii, libber, David ! the painter, and Dr. Mush were each born r? | in 1750. lt Value of Wit.? We take the following ,(| excellent passage from review of t.ljp AutO' j crat, in the Century, the weekly paper re(r ccntly established in New Y?>ik: ^ A ivit is a priceless man for a comjs mniiity, not a scandal monger, n heel j biter, n detrpcter, a cj'iiie, whose own hapH. piness in life being spoilt is bent upon ina king others miserable, but a gonial, henevolertt refornji-r, a wholesome and winning tho' caustic, surveyor of events. iVople 7/ breathe more freely when lli- v know tlieio ,ft is stich a man in I he a?eend'*nt : for wicked _>3. men will be afraid of him, weak men will n, strive to be stronger, and quarks will not e- have it all their own way. Soe.irty is ennr|| tiiitially in ne. d of the exploits of that ee Knight errant, ihe wit. Evils creep in una lie wares ; some but l<><>iisii men perpeIrate a ?;??o> 1 ileal of nonsi-iise which is tolit era ted .'itnl admired l?y virtue of his good rs, nes>, and fixed as an institution before it* |y inconvenience is fully su?pcted. Honest irt. seusimcnts with error sticking l?? them am >ir pradually heaped up into a monstrous a<jgrc>st fft'f of prej n? I ice. Some bloated and over||. fed tnull weighs society down like a hncja :)fr nightmare, till the wit comes along to ticklo re. the sensoriuni and wake us up once jnoro mi into daylight wiili sensations of free honest i a living, or the old moralities of the world get ild 'It'll and common place, worn, trite, and eir battered, the elligics nearly off from thetn. ,r? The wit is a general refnrbisher, recasting |l(> the old coin and presenting it to us aguin, u?t current with the imago of today. ny '"1 The Utii.itv o? Pictcrf.s.?A room <le I with pictures in it and a room without pic? 1 lures differ nearly as much as a room with i<?R windows a room without windows. Noth>ut inj, wo think, is more melancholy, particui>n, larlv to a person who has to pass much bo time in bis room than blank walls with ns. nothing on them; for pictures are loop nfr Iw.li's of visions to tiie soul, lead in or into "<1 oilier scones and other spheres. It is such or inexpressible relief to a person engaged in >n, writing, or oven reading, on looking up not to hwvo his lino of vision chop ed oft' by an er- odious whito wall, but to find his soul es* 3Ut casing, as if it wero, though the frame of nn exquisilo picture to oilier Ivauiifnl and Ll?o perhaps heavenly scenes, whero ihc fancy , for a moment may revel, refreshed and ter delighted. Thus pictures are consolers of ex- loneliness; they are a sweet flattery to tim soul : they are a relief to the jaded mind ; they ar? books ; they are histoiies and sernn, mons,-which we can read without, the ore trouble of turning over the. leaves.?Nash lha Gazette. im, ? ~" cu- Makhers mareth Mak.?Manner* are ? of of more importance than laws. Upon th^m? est in a great fneasure, the laws depend. Tim I 1 ... L..* 1 ?UA.A 1 law lumnifM us uui iivre hiiu inrir. imiw mm then ; njanners are what vex or si|olhe, corrupt or, purify, exalt or debase, bybnrizo or . refine us, by h oonstant, steady, uniform, insenible operation, like that of the air wo >r* breathe. They give onr live* thfeir whole Jf&b for^.#<nd ooloi;. AcctfrcMpgto their quality "" A! >- v'* ? * i ' > * -"i ->* : !<j ? < > i-f.,; ' , ?K .1 <.