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^t n _ i ?M?gs^BBBgsggggggiMgM^???????? <r5rN (^~rFP7 %V ll '"~\ ' \ -\ III /S| ^ Wmff rj N r#1|lT 111 T ?* ;^1| fZ - J/ IrtM^ fjf 3^ DEffOTSO TO LITERATURE, THE ARTS, SCIEKGE, AGRICULTURE, NEWS, POLITICS, &.C., &C. TERMS??TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM,] "Let it bo Instillod into tho Heart!! of your Children that tho Liberty of the Press is tho Palladium of all your Rights."?Jnnin*. IPAYABLL IN AD\/NCE BY' W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, FIUDAY MORNING, MAY G, 1859. VOLUME VII.?XO. 1. THE BLIND BOY. "Dear Mary." said the poor blind boy, "That little bird sings virv long; Say. cnn von see him in hi* joy, "And is lie pretty ns his song t" "Yes Edward, yes" replied Ihe maid, "1 see the bird on yonder tree The poor l>oy fighed, and eenlly said? "Sister, I wish thai I conld see!" ' The flowers yon sny arc very fttir, And bright jjreen leaves are on the trees; And pretty binU are sirri?iin* there? JIow beautiful for our who srrs !" "Yet, 1 the fragrant flowers can sm?-ll, And I can feel the green leaf's shade; And I can hear the notes that swell. From the dear Itirds tlmt (Ju l Iuib made, 'So, sister God to ine is kind : riio' fitilit nln??! lie hn-? not given ; Hut tell m?i?are there nny Mind Among the children up in lleavent "No, dearest Edward, they all see; But, why nsk me a thintr eo odd?" "Oh, Mary, lie's so good to me, I thought I'd like to too!; at God." E'er long disease her lia?d had laid, it.. i..... i ?:u Ili# wii!own] mother knelt, and prayed, That God wfluld spare her siglitless child. He ft-lt lior warm tears on his fare, And f>;;i<l, "Oil! never weep for me, I'm going 'o n height, bright place, Where Mary snys, I God shall see." "And you'll come there, denr Mary, too? lint, mother when you j??*t up there, Tell I'M ward, mother, it is you? You know I never saw you here." lie spoke 110 more, lint sweetly smiled, Until tlie final Mow was given, When God took lip the poor blind boy, And opened first his eyes in Ileaven. From l/ir Hriirrrli/ Mmjitzins. "YOXTisrca- LOVE'S DREAM:. 1JV M A KY I. 1'UniNCTOS. "Shameful, and this is the final winding tip of last summer's romance, eh ? lie Joves me, hut I'm too wild for his bride; and lie never could think of introducing me into tliccircles where hi? stately sister moves. Whew ! so much for the trial of his constancy." As f fifti^lipj speaking I rosc? with the fatal letter iti my hand, and pissing to th? lamp, I ignited the paper, and with stoical indifference watched it crumble to ashes. Ere his letter came I had become wearied of his silence, and had written two sheet; full of sweet adjectives, thickly sprinkled with exclamation marks, and interlardei with "oh dear's" and "alas's," until I im ngined that Jules Ellington mn?t think mi a living inti-ijeelion ; but, thank goodness this had not yet, been sent for his perusal, took up the offending epistle, and marchin; to the grato, I tossed the helpless thing int< the coals, and muttered, by way of a conso lation, "If mine are not thoughts tha breathe. they are worda tliat hum.*' Now, reader, I know you are r>n tip toft < exportation, and I will jrive you a hona fid explanation of tl>? above proceeding. I am exceedingly wild ; I can't bear t liave propriety and proper behariou eternally preached nt nie; J'et let me tf you, by way of consolation, tliat I hid proper noun; but alas! I'm in the noir Dative case independence! Well, one day last summer, T was brir ful of fun, and I called J?-p, and started f< a race in tin*, woods. I could not go alor soberly, but must needs w?lk a stupor tw and then practice a gymnastic. leap across deep puddle, which mode of proceed it pleased iny dog greatly. I saw vines loa cd with Bowers ; and, forgetting ttic c.oi mand, ''Thou shalt not covet, 6traight-wHy leaped up afler ilie blosson and?^generally fell headlong to iho grout the vines swayed Recurely above ine. there had been a fine storm the nijrlit I fore, the reader may well imagine that ti bright |?ink lawn suffered somewhat in the frequent contacts with the soft green turf. Well, after a while, I saw one particula knniiiir.il trlnn t lt^? liliiii.ura/1 /?Kff IruilafC that I did much wish to posset, nn<! for ivith I cointneneed climbing a sleep ro jvliile my (lop, (luring tlie ascent bail gaily at rny heels. At last, after mudi ?l intr, and numerous, proof* of atlaidimwit tKeen my dress and the thorn bushef fout.d myself oil the summit. I sat do to r?M, lor my ascent ?a<i Deen lonanr and in ft degree dangerous*, for many tir I came near being capsized, thereby end (gering tfre beauty of my figure bead. Once, , while furiously fanning my with my log-cabin sun-bonnet, I thougl > heard a snapping of the twig? in the for but I wasn't certain of it. \) 4$fow, Jeppy," I said, (for I talked I hlra as if be could understand mo,) "you j still while I leap through spf.ce, and sec that gloriously beautiful vine." "Bow, wo-o-w r Jep replied, caution mo, doubtless. Away I went, nod luckily, or unlucl IiOAOght the vine firmly in nty hands; wfcvrtb* .cut* w*d I?were alike obttim tbat would no? qait its hold, nor I eith so I ijjoko ihqs to my *1 .. "J<p, ilid you ever expect to your mistress su?[?t*n?l*??J between the heavens and j earth, a v? rital?l?* gnllows bird ?*' "Ow! o-o-h! o-o-o h !" growled Jep, , sympathetically. "Now, Jcppv.'' I continued, "?lo you wish I j to know what brought me to this perilous I position i" I "I I-l-uo o o," he whined, enrr.urn<jin?jly. I "Well, 'tis the same that generally eloj vates people to my uneasy position?sirivi ing for something bej'ond their reach. Hut, ' Mr S\l??*?ifV cut th<? victim flrnvii or ; wait a moment, and I'll break down mv i own aecord." ! "How ? Iiow ? Iio o ow 1" inquired Jep doubt ingly. "Wait and see," T paid. "Sure enough in a moment I did come I down, "all standing," 'twould have been I well for my dignity if I had remained thus; hut as soon as I touched the ground, , I shock tin* vine spitefully, saying?"you ! obstinate thing; I'll " Rut mv senI . I tenee was cut short, for, on turning m v head, I espied a yoi.ng man leaning against a tree. 1 ami iiis laughing face told mi; I lint lio had | heard my previous conversation. Gathering my vines in inv arms, T pre! cipitatelv fle.l, hut alas for my inglorious ? retreat! I didn't get started right, ami mv feet got eni:inI in the underhru?h, anil I | fell striking mv face spat into a dingy look ing mud |>?i<l<ll<*. The clave.y mml, which j ft uck Mincer than a brother, sort of blindj ed me; and, er? I could regain my feet, the I stranger stoorl beside me, proffering his asj sistance. I refused his offt-r, and sprung to ! my f<et with wonderful alacrity. j "Are you liurt, lady !'' ho inquired, j kindly. I.U.. r >; '? r i 1.1.. ; .iiv hits jut", i ?WI>W^I vu, v "I fee! so mortified, that I've literally turned ! Mark in the face;" and pointed nervously at my mud hegrimmed features, then took j to my heels again, ami run for a pond that j sparkled in the sunlight hut a few rods dis i taut. I heard the stranger laughing, am ! this accelerated my already loromotivi J face. I ?ped down the gently sloping haul i and stopping on the sandy beach, I slippei ; off my gaiu-rs; hut I had stained my stork ' i ings so hadly with the mud I thought i 1 fpiiie useless to remove them ; so, tuekiti; j up uiy skirts, L waited off where the vvatei ; was deepest and coolest, and I cnrefulh ! washed my face to remove the veil that con Cfiitrd mv ncaiity. (:) j I splashed round, and spattered Jop wit I ' . water until I was tirej, then prepared t ; walk up avliore ; but what was my hoi rn > when 1 bc'iuM the strauif-r sitiin?x deinurc , j lv on a lo?, wi:li my bonnet in his ham j whit-li 1 had lelt by the rock. " I didn't I'Vcn bludi when I made thi: " I discovery; 1 was too provoked and indie ' nant for i!i.it ; so I merely glanced at him j ami walked to my gliters, which, by tnui* patient pulling, I succeeded 'n coaxing I ; cover my wul, soiled Flocking*. I calle | my do;j, reached my hand fur iny bonne j ?i)'] prepared to start foi homo. ? j "I saw your bonnet," lie said, apologet " callv, "and brought, it to you ; but vol j coo! politeness quite chills me." f | "Of course 1 should be coolly polite, : j I've just come out of the water," was the pr j vokiug reply ; "but you had no busine.'* ! sir. to sit ou the bank and watch ine t ur | the hike." iff i . ? , . . , "iwuse me ; out you appear 10 i>e ' ; much at homo in the water a* a fi*h, hen fl * ] my desire to see your playful sport." p t "To which class of llie finny tribe do y( j think I belong ?" j | ''Really, I cannot tell," he said, musing j At this retort he laughed so merrily tii j I I T"te forgot my angry feeling, and ? ' j ?lown on the log to weave my wreath. : few moment's silence followed, and th >e j tlie stranger said. n- j "When 1 started out sketching this mo i ing, I had no idea <>f finding ere nighlf; a wild wood flower tor a companion." r - "Your mind eh a: ges, sir," I said, gail "a moment ago I was like a fi-di; noi personate a flower; but do ine the favor 1 { tell me which wild flower typifies me m ;?'d | ? I trill v. j He was sure lie couldn't tell whicli ',t*' j liken me to, as there were many beaut ' ^ blossoms, but perhaps I would give him wn idea on the subject, His evident intent ne* was to quiz me. I nodded assent, and lies pli^l, an- "Perhaps, when first von saw me. th might have l>een a vision of flowers, cal self bouncing Bel, brought before yon." lit I He laughed, bu? made no reply. I ai e?t, to go home, and he gave me hi# name, politely aoked mine. I gave it, and t I to Jep aud I run gaily in the direction of sit houoe. " v mre The next dag, with some trifling err for an excuse, Jules Ellington preset ing himself at.Aunt Ellen's and spent sn ii with us in aunt'n pleasant sitting ro :i'y? The next day and tbe next 4)e came, ti butf we came^to look upon him as a regi iter; visitor. He?the accomplished city { ier;" tlemnn?found something novel and pi 7 >. to^ lc .!? soof Ma "wild flower?, / * lie persisted in culling me, much to the ' in?rr?>r of my unromautic nature. One morning we were nil together?my | aunt, .Jules ami myself?when he,somehow, spoke of his fir>t introduction to me, and my aunt said, laughingly. "I never can imagine what Mr. Kilington | cm sc ahuut my wild, romping niece, to ; make him wish to cultivate her acquaint; ance." Jules made some gay reply, and Aunt Ellen turned to mu for my opinion on the I SUt>je<:t. ! "I think," 1 said, glancing queerly at | Jules "that he was pleased with mv agility, '< and intends to send me to the Barrel familv. I to perfect my gymnaslio education." j Oh no! he was charmed with my ingenI tiousness anrl simplicity ; and In* went on i until I laughed in }?is face. and told him, j l>y way of punishment, llial I should leave liiin with Aunt Ellen while I ran down to llie lake. I was away out. on the pleasant sheet of i water. Igisurelv paddling shoreward, when | Jules Ellington appeared on the hank. Mv ! seamanship brought things speedily to a j climax ; for. as soon as my light hoat round; ed into a cove along shore, he caught my hand, led mo to a mo?sy seat, and I old mi all his love ; hut I doubled iiis sincerity ! and told him so. '"You are unju?t," he said, when T told j him his fancy was pleased, and not his lovt awakened. I had read him thoroughly. I * We shall see," I said emphatically. | /\n<i 1 4i!<i sec, re:?ier ; so aiso nave you ; i i for six montlis after liis return to tlie city ) ! received I lie letter of which T gave, you at , J extract at thocommenceincut of this sketch Now, to have l?een fashionable, I slioul< . ! have pined aw;iv, ami never have trie<l t< I look spruce again. I>ut, unromantic, tIiin; tliat I am, after, tin? first shock had passed , ' I don't fiml my appetite for Aunt Eilen" j nice cake ami pies diminished in the leasi - J I have a peculiar faculty of throwiuj 1 ! care and (rouble to the wind. as pjisilv as i can toss my lug-cabin sun-bonnet, in lit air. I can get over difficulties as readil c as I fan leap a deep ditch, and for this far I I ought to be very tliankful. When on - ; vision is ruthlessly swept away by reality t hand, I slint my eyes and?dream again. Z ' Sueh lessons as the above does tin r j strengthen our fail!) in human nature, hi i' | opens our eyes to the fallacy of trusting i i- appearance*. My heart is still beating ii "Young Love's March," and I'll hid yo It 1 adieu, reaJer, to listen to the gay music. Thrilling Incident.?At atemperanr meeting in Philadelphia, some yearH ago j ' learned clergyman spoke in favor of wine i * ! a drink, demoii.-.trating it quite to his ow j s.?ii-factinn ?.o be Scriptural, gentleman! ' and When tin; clercrtftfian ss r. ; > j down, a plain elderly man arose, and a>ki ! tlm liberty of saving a t*iw words. Permi || i f * , sion lieing granted, lie spoke as follows : I "A young friend of mine," said lie, "wh ( j had long be<*n intemperate, was prevail) on, lo the joy of his friends to take tl . pledge of entire abstinence from all th cuuId intoxicate, lie kept his pledge fail fully for some time, though the stnign I with his habit whs fearful till one cvenii is i ^ j in a social party, glasses of wine were han ^ I ed around. They came to a ctlergvmi present, who took a glass, Raying h fe words in vindication of the practice. "Wei | thought the voting man, "If clergymen c ^ i t:?ku wine and justify it so well, why not I So lie look a glass: It instantly rekindl ju his fiery and slumbering appetite, and af a rapid and downward course he died , delirium tremens?a raving madman h\ = iiie out inau paused tor utterance, nut \> ? I able to adil?"That voiinsr man was i sat i " ^ i only son, ami tint cl"rgvrnan was the R I erend Doctor who has just addressed I on ... assembly.?American Presbyterian. rn" The Little Ones at Piiayer.?A li l"' child knelt near lite broken lattice. C: ins ft glance ai the Bleeping form of ' > father,she clasped her wan bands and m N ' j mi tired : to j '0,God. mako n>y father leave his < 081 I ways?make hiin my own dear father o again ! Make mother's sad looks go aw ' and make her old smiles come back; ' U thv will he done.* ii) v . * Just then the mother entered the roc and taking her hubband by the band, re said : ere 'flarken to Minpie; she is praying.' ,. . 'O t'ioil ttihIcm fiuliHr Iovh me as onr.c Ilea ' " , did, and make liim forsake Ills bad wf rose ,nur,m,re'' l',e olie and *>at1'?husband ! ' cried the moi hen '^-v our Past j?yB t,n^ sorrows, by our r the r'n?? vown, our wedded'love, blight not hfe of our little one ! 0, let us git be I and Py?S*inr i Ued ^'ie C0M(!ienM?sirickep roan bo |oar hie head and wept. Then clnsffrtig OI||< band#, he Miid t 'Witb th* hop* of. < intil y?u witl levei*'have eaose to1 orfow ular wy ?COOMnt Aud he kept*fe?. _D. ?N.Y.JSvongelitt. > ' *** TbftOburebes prdposo^tprnioato J? n aa Will ifc -jptmi * Wgtatt-AM OsfjUrfcTn t* l'rom l/ir Saiifriinci*t'v (jitl-Un Era. A SHORT PATENT SEEMON. by dow, .m. 1 shall ti :s morning, give you a seasonale discourse from these words ! ' Swi'clsprinir ! I !< % ? to sit mid hear Th_v nm<!<r f:irnn>J near 1' Ami olt ! I li'vt! to m'fiit tin* jjiiIo Tliut Ix-.u.s sivi'i't ?>'l rs from lite vale. My lleareis : While inter ha*spread his ! white mantle upoti the new-made graves <?t I thousands of our frllow-lufinjis how lucky j it is that you and I are mercifully permit ; teil to remain a Dove grouno, scraooie j about, ami rejoice at the cheering dawn of | another >prii!?r ? Olu Sol lias just now eni tercd the Kant's pasture ; anil, as two artI putting their lieails together, yuu may rest I assnred that ways and means are about beitii; contrived to provide Dame Natim ! with a new frock, ami a bonnet as flowery 1 as the field of rhetoric, husbanded by .1 young collegian affected by a touch of "tin I tender." ' Yes, my brethren, a general renovatiot j of the outward world is about to take place i All damages dune by l>orea?and his jours, i are soon to be repaired ; and in a few day . will this big pile of dirt, from which wc j draw our sustenance, look as fresh and a ! | green and fair as did Eden, when the firs ' I venial sun called forth its emerald glories J and Zephvr, the first born, scented bis vouni I i . 1 S pillions with ncwlv distilled perfume til - I thev smelt stronger than a wounded skunk' I urtbhnge on a de wey morning. I Verily, my brethren. as childhood is* tli ' j morning of life?so tins risinp of the smi i ' , the morning of thedav?so is Spring tli ' 1 morninp of the year. Bring now awakei i cd from the dormancy of Winter, we feel ' ! renovating, renewing change in our system 1 ~ " 5 { without lookiup to outwarfl aspects, as mnc ? j as we do the happy influences of a hrip! ' | morning after a referring night's slee s How peculiarly, unaccountably different ' I the influence of the morning's rising hean i _ & ^ - j from the evening's declininp rays? Wil ' j the fir>t ; we have an intuitive knowledj that a new day is being horn?you iiu y readily recognize it even with your cy 1 | shut ; with the hitter, we have a mysterio e ' presentiment that a day is about to die. E * t-rv heart blossom seems lo be closing i bright petals?an atmosphere of sohernt '' gatheis round the soul as thesha<lows lengt '* ' en along the landscape?and all but obsec , "int?lil-L>ir<l> arc admonished, with the 1 n<weat chickens, of a comfortable roo 11 i The electrical power of a sun in the e: i upon both body and mind is by no men :(. i the same as that exerted by a sun in t a | west. I>n't that astonishing to yon, ! listless alligator?, who neiilier know norc; rn anything about tho qualify of sunshine, v, ! 'on,? as you can get enough of it and ha it : a good loir to lie upon ! Well, so it is wi .1 i i In* :i (> 11 ii.i I mm. WIimii tliut iiilfi-nslimr :i g. j important holy is in a certain part r?f I j heaven?; in aiitnmn ,its power to sustain vi 10 j elation, or calling it anew into life, is st) j weak as goose manure! but when it relu lie ! to the SHme point in tlie Sping, on its lion at t ward journey from Capricorn, its revivi ii- ' '"g powers are. felt and acknowledged rle i **very plant, h'.ig, insect and living creati ijrf : Can you account for this, you mud grui nl. i ing livppnpottoinmussesuorrt? (how do \ ;in J spi'H i*'l tti;it ?} No, nor I either, unless ? i.v j Sol, afl?r distriliutinug a'l liis fertiliz II," I powders at llie North, is resupplied at an ! Antarctic upon liis afintial visit. ??' ! Now, my friends, this mysterious re ed 1 vating influence of I lie vernal nun you : Ice i all tliis part of creation are beginning to I of As all nature is springing anew into I" you experience a rejuvenescence?feel s _ I. r .. raa | <1 new vuai w?ti? iiciimiiy ufiore voil9 ; nv j tliat Mill brighter days nro yet to co re, Bv- alI their loveliness of bloom and fullne? [,1m j fruitage, so wonderful are the renew j?ower?t of spring upon everything that gr< I don't see why you. my brethren, who li ,l'? become prematurely bald, mny not rem ably hope for a luxuriant crop of hair to ',er start from your caputs. T*ke oft'your h lUr* ye barren-polls?sponge your heads'?st for a couple of hours each day in the sp ev*' sunshine?and if that don't coax the d?. nt'e perhaps, the Brother Bigg's llarsute 'ay? courager may fetch it?with the assisti t>ut of a larga quantity of faith and a few dol I oneo spilled a little of the article in s "? ? uusnes, ?nu quite a minuter ot n she ppmng np, where not even bo much lnu?y gray rabbit whs ever seen befi This is no pulpit puff, but gospel-truth, j he vvu-ked unbelievers. , "J?! As yet, rny breihrcn, we have spring its ini-ipienoy. We observe its sympl ther nitua?> i!f? semi-invisible manifestat n*r" but it will not be till when "The Bull huta-down the harrier#of the y ',aP* that we shall see Madam Flora ran ing in, in full feather, wit-fc, the w w 0o?k ofjtittle Floras at her lieels, ftcatt ' * wreaths, garlands and chsplets npon e ^ side ; and with enough violets, pinks ter-cupb and honey-suckles in their h< attract all the bumble-bees in the surro ,ing neighborhopjl, What * glorious tin*; tpy br&thr< ' ^ frTd-Spring for young 1 aclmatfdn ! M< i hens are hu<y as minutes in providing for their callow broods?lutnlikins hop, and jump upon the sunny knolls?jubilant calves race over tlio green carpeted pastures, as if their nil tired leg \ver-? j)crfeet novelties to them?little funny pig* <'.ut their spasmodic i antics in every corner of the farm yard? j swarins of pollywogs wiggle their ecstatic j tails in every pondlet?and a now and joy, i fill generation of hug-', beetles and butterflies seem to have arisen spontaneously ! from the teeming soil. And then ho?v de I i? i .ivi . ... n_ ..? i 1...1 I ll<r|)iitl| lu w:UK aiMUilU ??i1 a w;ihh> muuimjj ,| nud snuff the sweet perfume of lilac, peacl , blossom* nnd the mingled odors that com* borne upon the breeze from '.lie ever fra grant meads! IIow pleascnt, too, it is t( i sit and hear the gay carols of the silve: j tongned minstrels of the grove, as tin-} , | open their ivory beaks and lot tho deini ( J semiquavers come tinkling out, ?s if tliei > ! little souls wore the fountain melody?tin j grand arena of Nature's unwritten music ( j Oh, my friends ! the gentle Spring tim j is a lovely season, but it will soon be ovei ; The searching summer, sombre autumn am . ; chilling winter will rapidly succeed ; an> | then vou will look forward fur the return < p | ' another glad Fprinj;. But ah! when th I pale nutumn of lite shall set in, and lowci | ing clouds and chilly blasts presage the. dar | j December of death, you needn't look for l"j j return of youth's happy spring time. N< , j you will cast a hopful eye to vernal joi j beyond the tomb, and exult in the thougl I thai an eternal Spring will yet "visit tl . *1 iiiouiuenni; urn ?win Dreniue its wan is j * j l?ri*atl) on tlio IVost of the grave. So mo ? I il be! i- m t J Valve of Oiisehvatio.w?In ednentu js it is the same as in business. WhaV.v I, you undertake, let it be a fixed prineip ,1 with you to keep on till you have accoi H ; plished your wishes. Ami hero a habit js I observation will also be of great assistant j I?y observation is meant the p?yi?g atte |, j tion to what isgoinj; on amuml us?itiakii r,, | proper use of our eyes. There are thou ,y j ands of persons who never see anything es | that is, they shut their eyes to everyihii I ? i ! but liic mere im?cnani?m m me?i v. j throe meals a day, dressing and undressii |ls I But observation will show us a thousai ' facts that will add to our knowledge, a ],. | experience. Note well I lie characters rie j 'he people you work with, of those y n. I meet in your daily business, and l?y and st. ; you will find out they arc not all alike, a 1SI | learn to value the beat. Pay attention nR handkerchiefs; how many hints you m |1L, | pick up which otherwise you would lie1 ve j have known ! Are you for a country wal ? ' vihi will finrl in the trees ami hedco-ro' II V ... - O RO j in weeds and stones, many tilings to m:i lV? ! you thoughtful and increase your pleasi it|i ; It is not ail barren ; there is a multitude ml I delights for those who will (::ko the Iron j,e to look for them. Observation lead! man to form correct judgments. If he fts any notion? in his head, he can always I rus their value by ob=ervation?by compuri ?e. with others. And what is not least, by fv. servation at home, you will learn to uw jn, KtHiid ciuirrenees in inc cmiraitier 01 y lre children, ami to train them so as to bi f I out the good that is in their nature, ,ol) thus avoid the error of governing then )|J ''J OIUj bmitud, uncompliant rule. m.? Fi.oqcent Extiiact.?The best thing the writtuu by Edward Everett, in his "Mc Vernon Papers," is an article on tho no* ooi^et. After describing its approacl llu' the earth and the beautiful picture it HentI'd, he says : ,,,l? ILcturn, then, mysterious traveler, 10 iS depths of tho heavens, never again t( nn,l seen hy the eyes of men now living! 'I 'n hast run thy race with glory ! million' is of pygj, have gazed upon thee with wondt ''nK but they Khali never look upon thee aj >ws? Sinc;e thy last appearance i;i the skies, lave piri-s, languages and races of men have i NMi- away?the Macedonian, the Alexandi yet the Augustan, tho Parthian, the Byzan 'igs. |he Saracenic, the Ottoraon dynasties I Hn,l sunk or are sinking into the gulf of i r'n? Since thy last appt-aranee, old contin >wn. j have relapsed into ignoranc, and new w< ?n" lmve coine out from behind the veil of fince The Magian fires are quenchec lars. t|l6 jiill.iopH of Asia ; the Chaldean is bl ome the Egyptian hierogramatitt has lost a'r* cunning, the oracles are dumb. Win n9 a now dwells in the farthest Thule, or in are ! lydiscovered worlds beyond these*. -] you ]Vj wJien wheeling up,again from tbe c tial al>yws, thou art once more seen b) ' m dwellers of earth, the language we s t?ms (.hall bo foigotten, and science phall ions; to .the uttermost corners of the e ftN. Bui even there flit hand, now marks ear*" thy woudrons circuit, shall still gnid< iroh- course;-and theiH^??.now, Hesper wiil< hole at thy f.pproaeh, nod-APiiiL'.rus with hit iriog rejoice at thy coming. very , -. ?** ' i ; i. \ An exchange informs a* that a mi . A the Detroit jail vvfeti** he had the si "Ho , 7 ,17 , ^ pox, so that he could break (MK. "Mother, I'heard ?issy swear." >n, is she said she *raa going to, *?V ^ jther stooldbgs t6 ob\*reb.* I TO- PARENTS. ; I A pound mind in a sound body?a grout j i Messing this, and otio which all parents i ! should try to secure their children. Exi cessivo mental exertion* is had for any j child. The physical system should he the first object. If the order of nature l?o reversed, the mind a> well as the body will suffer. It would often be easy fur a skillful parent to make a child a prodigy, but a judicious parent will never attempt it. j Premature growth of mind will seldom, if lever, bu found to spring from a vigorous j rout. We do not doubt that many have sunk into an early grave through the unnatural development of tlu ir faculties, and the excessive excitement of mental and physical > ... . . sensibility, which is usually the ettect of it. Let it be, then, the care of the parent to 'I l I ! . 1 .1 . . C ... . !. i . i uuuit) aim uireci, rauiur man iu lurcc, imu { i :i riglit channel the immature mental faculj ties of the child. But, by all means, would , | wo earnestly recommend, to go hand ii ; hand with moral training, a health preserv j ing ami vigor-imparting education of tin j i body. To he more explicit, we would say I ' in the first place, if circumstances give th< ,.! freedom of choice, do not scud children o >1 ! j an earlv age to school. The inanv hours c ! * j confinement, the frequent close atmosphere ^ i and the constrained posture connected will ! most schools for voting children,can l>ut bi | injurious to their health. Their time wouh 1 j bo far better employed in requiring, by ?! most constant exercise, the bones and inus cle which they will want in future lit" The above objection, however, does not a 111 i together apply to school-*, which, when proj erly conducted, especially provide for tb physical training of the scholars, combinin ,n I bcalijiy play with learning and are genera er j ly well ventilated. It is a source of rejoii !lI j ing that parents whose time and energu n- | jireso occupied that they cannot attend I of the well-tnaiiiinir of tln-ir children at hom e. j art! enabled so advantageously lo secure u- j abroad. Were all schools for older ehi lg ! dreri conducted on the same principal ( : is- j thi*v miji'it he), so as to carry out a svstui ? ! of thorough physical as well as mental ii ng i str'notion, and to encourage, father ihnu r he j prof-s, bodily activity, the moiul and intclle '? J tual, as well as tho physical results, wou |Jd j he most blessed.?J\r. J'. Ledger. nd ! ^ ? ,1 The Editor signed iiis name to it.OI i ! Tiiero are persons who seem to thii y ^ [ that editors regard it one of lhe greatest i ^ tellectnal luxuries to "pitch into" sonieboi i and they suppose themselves to have co , fired a meat favor by furni*hinsf belli"ere ay j i conti'ihntions, tn which soma persons, c< k'er | _ 1 1 j. , ! porations, or society are sontnliy abused. w<. j Such pecplo may take a hint from the f | lowing:?A noted chap once slipped it j the sanctum of a venerable and highly i spectable editor, and indulged in a lira hp against a citizen wiilt whom he was on h ^ terms. "I wish" 6aiJ he, addressing ( I mail with the pen. "that you would write very severe article against It , a put it in your paper." "Very we oh_ w,ls the reply. Tho next morning ho ca ler- 'nto l'10 ;i violent state of exei out ment. "What did you put in your pap ,jnrr j I have had my nose pulled, and been kid j ; twice." "I wrote a severe article, as \ ^ U j desiteil," calmly replied tho editor, "c signed your name to it. t Happiness.?Now let me tell you a j CM?a secret woitli hearing. This look late ' ^orw'a,(^ 'or enjoyment don't pay l"r I j what ! know of it, I would as soon cli buticifliiT, for a living, or bottle up ino shine for eloudv nights. The only t the wa^ ',,',PI>',l<fSS 's to '"ko tlic drops > be '1HPP,ness ns God gives them tn its ev .| day of our lives, the boy must learn to \ of '"'PPy w',en I'e if plodding uver his less }r the apprentice whilo he is learning rain tra^w ' > l'ie merchant whilo he is mat his fortune. If he fails to learn this art, emJied w'" f,ure lo n*'ss enjoyment whet ,j n gains that lip for. Can a MoTncn's Love be Scppli lave ?No ! a thousand times, no ! By tho d' 'S08- earnest yearning of my spirit for a inotli I love: bv thti wearv. arhinnr void in jrlils heart ; by tlio restless, unsatisfied wan wa* in?r of my affections ever set-king an ' 0,1 jcct to rest on ; by my instinctive disc ind; mei,t 0f (|,0 true material love froin '''8 false?aa I would diFcern between h lif? *'0fn statue and a breathing man ; by the iial new* ed emotions with which I chefish in ^flP" depths of my heart the vision of a g e^8" grown mound in ft quiet grave yard are 1 l,ie ! the mountains, by tho reverence, the ,1 DPflk I I,.**.. ||IA r.uitin.ff nL-in In illi-.lftlfu u/illl in IU?U, IIIO ICDIMI^ W "?UI ? have |Dy thoughts hover about an angel f art^* among the 6era pl*>f Heaven?by nil tl out I answer, no ! ? f^7 Dear reader, have you a mother I 1 >mile on your knees rec.embor the Giver of |B*>D4 greatest earthly good, and as yotr offl Him the incense of a grateful'heart, in is mingle '.he oblation a prayer for t tnall- t0 wh?*B quiyeriog li^ in pressed the ? nlian's titter cbalica 1?ftuth Glennin iVhy, "Scatter the. germs of the beautiful,1 *ed* poet said *4?en he kicked bia wife and dr'f n ?t?t of JO SUGGS AT TILE CANDY STEW. Uovh, did I ever tell voti about Jo's adventure at Molly Dobs'candy stew down on \ 11 ugsins creek ? I Well, if I never did, litre g^es. Jo you know, was a round chunk of n fellow, wore tight pants and a bobtail coat, and was moil* strolls afiaid of tin* gals Tin' gals, though, wnrn't afraid of Jo, if ' ho did own land and niggers?for aic.h liko have no terrors for them. Well, not being . afraid of Jo, of course they didn't fear tho . othel fellows, who were ininm of a'l these^ Well then, J? was axed, along willi a number of them, to come down to Molly Dobs' : maminy's to a candy stew, and down Ja went, with all bis fat and hash fulness, and , when lie tr?>t turn: tlie house was tii!! of gals ' and theca idv had been poured out to cool,, i and was selling all about the room on chaiia and tables. S-> soon as he entered all eyes I were on him?I mean the ga!<, for Jo was i l considered a great catch, and Jo blushed } | but old Mrs. Dubs and Molly rushed to him, .* : seized him bv tins hand and literally ovcr, ' powred him with kind greeting; he became i | ? <>nfu?i d. his legs got weak, ami he looked f , about fur a place to sit down, Molly and 1 ] her mammy kept crowding him. Thoy , ! were right after Jo's trac ks, and be waa i ' streight after a chair, and as he cast his eyo b ! back, thought he saw a soft cushioned one, 1 j and he took a squat at it, and as lie touhced I- j it, you never heard such a yell in your life j ? j be lifted himselfout of it clear into the middle e of ili<* Boor, clapped his hands on his breechI | es and wiggh-d like a worm in hot embers, )- j while the smoking candy trickled dowr. his e ; tegs. ii?e gals all screamed, .Molly tainted, g I seized a bucket of water, Mrs. Dobs tbe 1- ! ?lis!i tub, nnd right at Jo we bo'.h dashed as - I ho rushed out of the room. IJtit luckily ho s j ^tumbled and fi ll hud Mr. Dobs came right o | on top of him, tub ami all. To make things i*, : sure I chugged him v illi tho bucket of wn-. it j ler stboul the scat of agony, lie roared, I il- ; tell you, and when we lifted hiin up. his is i bauds were stuck fast behind him. The m colli water had done the work, nnd there n- was no loosening them without lire and hot e- water. II" begged us not to take him back' < - among the gals, but it was Ho u-e ? there Id was nowhere else to take him?and we pulled him ri^ht. aiming them, and stood him wiih his back to the fire, ntid poured hoi ^ i water where his hands were stuck, while all ! the gals blushed,covered up their faces, and I^ j wondered if lie was much burnt.?"Povyer" | fully damaged" savs I. At this Mollv ill - ** ^ ^ screamed and swooned again, and Jo gave j his hand n sudden wrench, holted out of )!* t | the house, and took down the roiul liko I i forty devil* were after liiin, and about one ^ i minute sifter another fellow followed him,, ! niwl a woman close on to liim with a brooms , i stick. Ttiat, bovs, was nie and old Mr.i ||(? , * j i Dobs, hut she pot no neater me than I did j j Jo. I tell you tlie running was powerful^ | .t?<; I can't to this day, decide which in ' J ; most stimulating?a dish of hot candy, us U ? j Jo took it, or the sight of a broomstick iu 1 tlie hands of an angry woman, lint bdv?^ if you want fun, just say "lases candy'' t<& ; Jo; it will do you good to see hiiu claspK j i his hands and grin. ^ ^ 'on j It is related in old books that a French* ,uc^ j man insetted an advertisement in h Lond..|* I paper as r.n April foo! jok'*, to the eftVi* Re. | that a new discovery had been made bjS jug ! which portraits could he permanently fi.vdB oiu ! npou a mirror by placing the subject befojK nse j it. All who desired to witness tlie opereP on - I tion were invited to cull, on the forcnoo^R rile i of April, at a given place. Tlio crowd w:?v of I immense. LiilileU coaches, freighted witlilfc cry j nubility, and tlie bumble pedeMrian, aliko i l>c j fought to gratify their curio?ity. Tiic aron; | FHiigemthL was such that, ys tlicy cr?tcro<l Jijs tho room, ' y saw thctnsulvcs io h sple^i* in<r ded mirror, and read, at the same tint** ilk' be hirjo capitals, "April fool!" A Frtencly^ i be arti?t, DagilSrre, taki&g the suggestion of portrait on plans, succeeded in ovolving#tjit> priuci]>!?-^ of tho beautiful art of pl^pgra-^. ED- phy. Thus an April fool joko ripened irtta4 **'P' biilliaut discovery. r my An Italian Post-Office.?Tho w?y der- (bey manage the post-oftico at Rome, It?ly<Y ob- if, queer, rather. A comntedinn rci-etittv^ e?'?- applied for a letter at tho post-office, amlt ho WrtS told thero was forty cents to pay for it*' dees can't pay that,' paid he, 'for I know wIihLVlow jn it.' 'Well, how much will you give!* the B<ked the post-master. 'Four sotu? is all.lt [rass worth to me,' said the comedian. 'WelT?* IOM? take it then,' replied the post. ma?te?,. "u,y I've rend it and u'a is only a ]&Vo letter? "thid, orm In Marion connlv, Illinoi?, a young -Lidr iese, offered the following toast: I" he. men of America? Their *rm? our suppose Nien ?our arms tbeir rownfil.**'' s" "' v ** ^ ^ . . -{ / doT thia : . , it (C .y. If in the day of sorrow we ownr. God*14 oh! presence in thp cloud, we *balt hps? ?Iho in the pillar of fire, brightening , or. cheering our wa j n? tbp flight cotifWIion^ ^ When you I'KVelodUCooay in th?'1ilr??t?> 4 the every one i* .wfy to , oLH-; wk?i? you haw?L<o*t-tow ov?fe ue leaves you to recover it u ."X