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The emperor Chnrlcinagne gave instruction, that when lie died he should be buried in a royal position; not prostrate as slumbering dust, but sealed in I lie nti itd<le of a ruling monarch. 11c had the mausoleum erected over the tomb of the Saviour at Jerusalem, and within this chapel he rras placed upon a tmtrhle throne, 1iis crown upon his* head, the gospel upon his Itnees. n royal uiAiitle over his shoulders and liis sford by his side. And thus did he remain for one hundred and eighty years, when Otlio. -r ' " fnerilvSiwr In cph wluit. hllil OIIC Ol III* tumtauin, . ?, - l)ecoine of the monarch's body and tlie riches with which lie was buried, opened the tomb lie found the limbs flesh less, tlie crown si ill on U\e skull and the various ornaments nlL there, liut every appearance of royalty had left the monarch. A monarch sat upon his throne And his crown was on his brow, Yet cold and lifeless as the stone, Ko need of robes or sceptre now. "Bury me tlitis." the monarch said, "For Oh! I would not prostrate lie, But seem to reign e'en o'er the dead As I have ruled in days gone by." "The gospel place upon my knees, Before my dim and sightless eyea, Tho* tliev full soon will fail to please, I'de have mv charter to the wkiea." The monarch died and his request, Bv ?nd and mourning friends was done, And long, 'ong years in dreamless rest lie eat upon that marble throne. At lencth a kingly spoiler cama Intent to know how fared tlie dead, The magic power 01 wimse numc, Once tillud the land with nwe nnd drea* But oh ! that. form had mouldered down, Its Ashless limbs and rob?-s were there, The ghnst!}- skull et ill wore the crown Sparkling with geins and jewels rare. The spoiler and the spoiled are gone, And like some comet's sudden bluze That men astonished look upon But fad^s in dnrkness as they gaze. So their career was brief, was bright. O'er earth they swept as sweeps the bli And nations yielded to their might But conquered, fell themselves at last. In rain may man liis columns raise And build on earth n guilded tomb That all who pee may road ami praise, It canriotjchange his changeless doom; In cold obstruction he must In}*. Nor trumpi-t sound nor "flattery's brea Or ought that eloquence may any Can reach bis "dull cold ear iu death." Abbeville, C. II- S. C. I LOVE THIS GLOWING SOUTHEBN CLE I love this glow ing Southern clime, With skies eo wildly bright; Where reigns one constant sweet spriog ti 80 full of fond delight; Where flowers are blooming all the year, As beautifully fair. As if the floral queen bad made Iler fragrant palace there. I love the Southern songster's note, The balmy renhyr'a breath. Where perfumed strains of music float, From out the forest's depth ; hearts are warm and tri As ever brenthcd a prayer. And where enchanting pleasures woo The soul to linger there. I love the Southern twilight-hour, It breathes n holy spell. While musing 'nenth the orange,bower, Or in some fairy dell; I love its starry heavens by night, Its dewy moonlit eyes. Where Luna's silvery beams of light, Gleam through the orange leaves. Yon apeak to me of happy homes, For in the snowy North ; I know the heart where'er it roams, "Will love its untive hearth : But say. is not this Southern clime, 80 beautifully fair, More lovely in it# sweet spring tima Than aught you clierish there! ? ? The Eye of the Needle.?A traveller to the Iloly Land informs m ther* is at the Hide of the principal f. Jerusalem a small one, which, upon sions of great urgency, was opened I admission of persons after the - great of the city were nil ulosed for the Thin gate, from its small size, was the Eye of the Needle; and to get a -? ??? >.>omull f?at ? tt)rough 11 Bl nil woa HU do.m.. ? loaded camel to pass whs an impassibility. With th? above fact the mind, one can see words of our 6 when f peaking oflhe "htrait gate's **i?ch fflBD," were mora literal that e oppose. And we pee how as the ri passes into the narrow way, the sid the' WW tdp of the strait gato scrape thiog from him in which he had trusted. No one can take anytki hijMelf: through* Far easier is it t a camel of its bbrderJ than to divest mjHfrtf hiv trust'intiches-. , . ' V-'1 ? i*TiHt'M.AtD or AtpHs*b:-7To^da down expecting to find tiie French Hilf. wfeo took a? to ca Mr. Bfack, whote wife was Byron' Of Atbtf^V Mr. B, ^ professor* re^iw?it?- for ?ucep*?but. good ;l?w Bn dark h*|jr and ejesJr with ^retti Tha da^gh^tjaa-mj pwMf :yoii of nineteen. Called 4?>4ato? *'dai %li t>u| Aa.ff a>?, poll,' "Wkyuw* l?rgfli(trrjr? like tre | czaw they bare branchy* "*8 my second wooingIn llie murning appeared another palepink and very tender lettter from Rose; luckily for me, it was brought, up to my room, instead of being laid on t lie breakfast-table. I grew desperate, and forthwith parked my portmanteau, ordered the coach to be stopped at the end of the lane, rushed down the avenue to meet it, got inside, with a vague fear of being seen and stopped if I ventured on the box, and did not feel safe till I arrived at home?for I had slill a home, changed, saddened, humble as it was, 1 and a good dear moihur, and a kind-heart i ' cd, loving sister. "Such fun, Gerald," said mv sister Jane the next morning; "your old friend, Ilestei Dei-ins;, i* going Jo bo married to Uousn John." "What! John Ilnrtland ! I never hear* a word of it" "Yes ; hut listen. They are'all g'>ing i tour to the Rhine? the Hurt lands ami I.)er itigs?and have a*ked me to go with tliotr and you. too. 'I was going to write th: very day, only was afraid von found it s pleasant at tho general's tliat you won I not come away ; and ina inula diu not muo like mv going unless you could accompai us. lint now you will go, won't yon I ne<ded not much persuasion. Tl Rhin>* ??I wi-di it had been the Nile, < the Ganges, t?? have taken me farther aw; from my einhanawrn-'nts. Thus thee.owar ly weakness of mv nature led me always in tresli troubles, rather than look the presc j ones in the face. What a lovely evening it was? IT? the tints of tho sunset l'ng<*red on t heights, ab we btood upon (he "lUien strand!" ITester Deringwas an indefatigable Bket er, ami her fiance. Cousin John, very mi preferred clambering to the highest pu he could see, "to look for a view," to lin, lst hy her side whilst she war. drawing ; so t in*our ramble.*, I was constantly left to cort her, tny sister Jane and Cousin J<taking little excursions here and there, bringing u* word of wonderful "prospet whose picttiresqueitess they generaliv in ured by their extent. Hester hail finished her sketch in l'1 deepening twilight, "Now, Gerald," she, as she put up her pencils, "I shall alile to talk to you. I have been very, * much interested in all you have been HE. ling me. I hope you have nnt thought me indifferent because I went on drawin "No" said I offering my arm, which took directly ? ?No. I like to talk to while you are drawing, because you c look at ine." "An odd reason," said she, laugl 'Have you no better?" "Oh yes ! Because we are such verj friends, Hester, and 1 don't led least afraid of you. You are not sati though you are so clever; and then yo engaged, you know." "The beat reason of all, yon think ; no won er, modest Master Gerald,con ing all the mischief you have done, seriously, Gerald what will you do, we get home again, with these two en incuts of yours? Which of the twc I have tried in vain to discover?dc really love??I can't say, lovo l>est. a would ask a child if it loves its nurse sugar-plum* best, for there cannot I least comparison in a true love." "Well," said I. "you may laugh at you Will, but I solemnly declare I know." "Then, T fear you love neither tl nor the other. Rose May was del your first love." "Oh, as for that, I was desperately went .. < , . . . . i thai 8t 'Cn Jear ' a xv'">'? bolyday, - certain fairv queen of seven, as perhti 0' flutter " orca for ilie "Mesinini; ine, I suppose ! Yeo pales wera l,a^>y G,*r"ld ' Do y< nitrht ,nem*'er l',Hl tool-honae in the j culled we ,n:l''u beliere wns an enr camel nft'Hce? an*' l'l? gardener'* dog vr -for a dr,,Pon <0 Ruar'l when I whs utter c',Hr,tfe,l princess, and you the kii Wore """" (s?iour, ye*' r69*" with a Bort o ind the nes*- "^ou we that Rose May w 1 many- defl,y not m-v firM ,ove?" ? oh man "G?ri?'?U you puzzle nje.'Vfcnd r.Y ea and 'n^ ',er ',eat'" "Tell me pmoerely? r?r Jo v.iu not. wiidi to marrv cither i every- "* J * . before ^'r's' ng but H?*ter Dering had a way of loo' 0 strip 8uddenly 'nt? one'* ? ... Few lier lookn, but ev*rv oiw? * riCD' J.; Lik? nnerfpecUdUKht sdrpriiw Tier eyea were more soft tlian br eame more dre,,rn^g than penetrnting ^ their coloK I petner-;kt)ew whit i( H ""on nev?|iIt*16u?to aboutft; but those i 1 "'Maid ?^'*ierB w*ro ''^e no 6,^er *??1{ plunged into ones jrou! ; and when L intent gam upon you, I defy f teetb.4 j ^jolur ? ?b? Ipokec g my evtfatmk uwdet berr; then thought, fite an electric . jriiock uhifeftg* #e> ?BMitt, why&bft m? fe W%5jjjftqq ffroamly, *of? * * r? :*k KmlfMP | It was liei turn to blush crimson, and to | look down, sideways, any way. to avoid my enger gaze. She did not immediately nnj swer, and her lips seemed forming in I articulate words', none of which were j what she meant lo utter. At last, with a | little pettish gesture, quite unlike her usual quiet manner, she said, "Gerald, von are unkind and unreasonable. Y<>U have talk'*: to me for all these pleasant weeks with tin ' <>|>fimess of an old friend, and now yoi { speak as if my interest in you were inert . ' ciuinsiiv, or impertinent interference." I scarcely knew which astonished me tin inost?iliu unjust accusation, or tlio agitn ? ted maimer in which it was made. 1 kne* r i not how to reply, especially a* she took lit > arm from mine, ami walked on quickly. followed and exclaimed, "Ilesler, dear lie! ' ter, what on earth have I done or said t otlciid you thu"? Ask me what you wil * and I will tell you. I have no idea of an t'.iing but gratitude for your kindliess in ai ' vising me. No one knows me no well | p | you, and I am led to tell you things, at ? i talk to you as I can to no one else in tl '' j wide world." | She had slackened her pace, and I wal I ed on by her side. : | Wliv, then," paid she, softly, "did y i a-k me why mid ho*? I was interested "r j asking you the question I did ?" *-v ' Forgive me, if I for an iiMant, one s '' gle lustaiit, mistook you. "Forgive my i 1,0 Mini presumption?be still my sister a 111 v Ireind." "Von have a sifter," fIic replied, sligli lW j smiling, "and you are, I think, more tl provideo with young-ladv friend ; and 1' "Ye-S yes, you, Ilester, are engaged, 1 -- ?l.. H11.I v??n In ii 11 IS? will) I 11 c; IIIVIV niii'i W. J ? 1tim?! to lliink of m?* at all." " ^ Slie Mnileu sadly, ami again pave me of her sudden, inquiring looks; but win offered my arm, flie did nut take it, and ',Ht spoke no more, l?ut cnti'inued walking eR by side. At a turn of tlie path, a sui] burst of laughter assailed us from June and i, ii , Lousm JoIjii. ts "WliMt exceedingly agreeable comj CU8 you two inusl be!" said lie. "We watched v"u, fur fun behind tliis bu;?h, I'll Iih iuirirrcd if vou have spoken a \ * "" """ o * these ten minutes." ' I felt exceedingly irate, ami Ilester, had quite regniund her composure of i ner, said, "Yolir surrcillance was very timed, and you were fortunate to escap proverbial fate of listeners." ."lIow severe you are, Hester," 6ai 5 0,1 ,.Qf courspt J was only in j<ike !" lie 'OU ' oil her his aim, bul slie did not tal while June and 1 followed at a littlt ling. . b lance. "Poor Cousin John !" said June, in 1 7 of half-soliloquy. "I hardly think e quite suit each cither." "Why uot, Jane!" said I. u 1,,c" f "Oh, I don't know? Hester is so er." ,Bn ,,And John Hartland is not." - ' '"Well," alie replied, "I don't think I but not just in the same way. He most afraid she is not good-tempered. "Dill lie tell you *o ?" "Nut io complain of her, for he b she is devotedly attached to him, and ?.,Ui not for the world make her unhapjv ^ >he certainly is very odd. Now, llartland must be the best creature world not to be annoyed at heralwat menu . Tx , , . , nig to von. Don l you wonder he jealoU> ?*' le one nt,ver thought about it. Ha idedly w',Rl ?'^ friwd* iJester and I are.** "Yes; but still he said that some in love would not like it, and that if he h with a had me to walk about with while ipsyou Hitn drawing, it would have been i thing." , those While my sister ran on thus, I w >u re- during deeply. I had often vaguely l garden, so, but it now came over me with dt banted vic.tton, that Ilester Daring aik an the Ilartland were as opposite an tht the en- Could they love *ach other ? Woi ught-er- marry, after all? Then, with a aching curiosity, I a-ked myself, 1) if bitter- ter love him ? I longed to l?e agai as deci. with her, and wondered I had o served all this before. I . was enti te shak- porbed in watching her. Did nl -do you, neglect me ? Had all her inter** of these early friend ceased ? I thought so grew more and more reserved and king up and now evidently avoided being al ine. As for John Ilartland, I con great change in bun, except thai It iffht and P"lue1' a'"' ^ aometiim* aft " Ag (0 nt?lir,iM?uiiiii ? ic j ^ | inhumane gratification. My *? -are teed ww e9UKn^ ty ?'?a nc . Thev a,wayR roa('e a third in th?ir whII . * Vthachangiv then, only in me I nr one raB^ lW.,lPP??r *> lo^jfcTt llie succession of new image* mid i I at me { "lake ns live months in ?vqryhou *jireei y ? il , thril)e(i wiiqn I W? f&oorM^^p >n wfctt to brtdt opon the>tfme) <rf Bekte^'nts omt foo|"!>]f ^oi h*i t^om-fcy i4*iobiaf now, b* | left it oft". It was an excuse to me to go long, lonely walks and excursions : on one of these I had loft the parly entirely, and was to rejoin them in a few days. During thia solitary journey, communing with my heart, it made me some strange revelations, forever?Hester's questions haunted me Did I or did I not wi>h to marry either Ilo'-e o? I Justina? and tnv heart answered loudly ' and without hesitation. No, no. Th? im i age that filled my every thought and feel ; ing I letter's Wliv had I not tried to so1v< that problem whidi always haunted me J Diil idie love John Ilarlland ? If not tltiu titw*Mi-t;imtV loiKrcl ' UtlitUir ivy iivui kmo ? >>v> ... j p, v I rettirnt*.I to rejoin tlici party a day befor t I intended. They were at Boppart. M I habitual shyness prevailed, and I would m s- go at once to them there. but remained i o the neighborhood ; and then, with inv cam II. stool and sketching materials, I wander* y- on to ? spot where I hnd la'-t watched ?1 |J- artist in pencil of Hester Deling. I scarce a* knew if my vivid fancy deceived tnc, 1? >d there, in the identical spot, sat Hester. S lis was alone; and till I approached lier qu near, she had not seen me. ? hud no r< k- miii to suppose my piesenc.e would be su an overpowering sin prise to her, ami s on was too courageous and self possessed in general for the plea of weak nerves; I when she had started lip with a glow in* pleasure in her face to greet me, she s ttb- .lenly grew pale, and trembled so violent ind she was obliged to sit down again. * /m ?l?u rrrtwJ lilT l*f*r_ H II lllicw linncu ?ni n.v. .. .-T held her ham!. All tnv variously rehear lati >peerhes. by which I shou.d probu her '? cret. All my own confession?, fled ind could say nothing hut? avf "Hester, I could not. stay away nnv 1< er. Vou don't want me?perhaps one never will want me; but you roust let :ii I seG you sometimes, when you are niarri we even you must let me nee yon, though Bide w ll not talk to me as we used. I ca Iden live without that" and All my fine speeches and searching q lions, without committing myself, com lany this. just 1 held her hand to my face, and ro\ and my eyes with it. I did not venture to word at her, as she sat raised just above me < turfy bank. The hand trembled in r who but she did not draw it away, thoi man- waited in vain till she should speak. well "Speak to me, Hester^'said I. "Te e the nnlv that you will forgive this vehemer that you will ha to ine as you were, J In*, counsel me, and let me talk to you as offer- tJiJ long ago ; anil yet not so very Ion, ce it, neither, if one counts by time only. 5 dis- [ have been so miserable since you changed your manner to me. a sort ] promise never again to forget thu tliey are engaged?that you are another's." ' Gerald," she said?"Gerald, look ( look up." 1 clev- I quite star'ed at the pound of her it was no very sweet and gentle. I m eyes bending down upon me, softly an that, idly, not as she had ever looked before is al- idie smiled as I had never seen her "It has indeed seemed long sinc? went away?two days ago." she said elieves she Paid so much has happened that would hav-) been two years. f ' *u,t Gerald, I am free . it is all broke J0'"1 and ought never to have been ! I ai ill tlie t<) tHij. tw y0n a8 l,efore, ami help ; 'stalk- find <,ut which of the two" is not j started to my feet, bewildered wi nnmeaRureable joy of this most uh knows f(J|, jdiange. Slie hud risen, too, a hand was still clasped in mine. people "Free, free ! I gasped out. "Tliei ad not . ter, you are mine, and mine only ! llester j clasped her in my arms, and h another |jj.e n ^covered treasure, never to b? with more. I did not want her t<: as pojl? then ; I was satined to feel her dei thought resting on iny shoulder, and he sep con- heating against niy own ; but bIh 1 John from me, as with nn effort, and sai > poles. ''Ah, Geiald, how can I believe y ulil th?-V ft|l you have twld me of others !" longing, ]3ut 6he dUl believe me, notw oes lies* . , ,nSn alone _____ ever ob- My sister Jane coming out in seare irely ab Jert wa9 t|,e flr?t |0 interrupt us. i?,- then, |,y no means surprised to nee me b it in her ,jj j nol marh disturbed by tti i fi?r *',e tbat bad ootiorred- in my absent** I distant, [larilrtnd hnd left the psirty, and tone with JO England. 11 in father and aunt. Id see no ij?>ntly Mifpected wtrtbtlnflg h b looked wroupr' tbougb it wu not yet er an - in- looked anything but ples?ed tc It a quite ag4in, nor wax my reception m" ter Jafte \y j|r< Mm. During. Tn n\ id almoet Bj,y man to fet-l himself ?o eptfrelj kft. Was . waa orttelly embnrraraingk Notlli Nothing wa8 rigllt. Rn(i ai| the tittle tontr r^iSjffng; eepeptl,)* frojn,traveling, were, mpre^ifiw. mRn*g?ment, with ?tof T* *' l*?eon^fri' thiaga JbetUK Tl^ -wiiiWoa ^ ooflduntiaK hot *11, raj impending ills 1 it life bftd If llllliw: :'-r.-.Tv { Briefly let rne pass over the event* of the next few weeks. I found the general established in his house in Upper Hartleystreet. My interview with him was not so stormy as I ha<] anticipated; even wlien I tol.l him of my determination not to marry his ward, lie said I need not trouble my??-lf ?that I did not deserve her. lie concluded , 1 meant to marry old May's daughter, and - in that case, he should cut me oif with a shilling, not even send me to India. I said ? I" had not th?? least idea of it. So much ? the hotter, he leplicd, for he now had it in - his power to {jive me a capital appoint r. ment in India, but not as a married man. e I took I lie plunge at once, and told of my y engagement lo Hester Dering. This was it too inueli for liis patience, and I must conn fess that, under the circumstances, it was no ip wonder. I will not repeat all the abuses d lie lavished on my adored Hester and myie self, for a couple of jilts, the one as-bad a; ly tiie other. lie said nothing should indue* ut biin to countenance such villainy and suel h?- treachery to my own cousin, John ITartland He I left the bouse uuder his severe displeas 'H- ure. ch My tnotber, to whom I confided my di< lie tres, could give me no consolation. M in uncle, sinc? my father's death and pecuniar tut nt'sfoitunes was the arbiter of our desiini?of Hester's parents would not hear of our ina ml. riage' and exa-peiKted at her giving ti ly, Jolin Hartlaud, whose fortune was consii eiable. I was taunted on all sides with tr uid three proposals, and not allowed even sed see Hester. I wiote to her privatel se- through the medium of my sister Jan 1 :i -i -..i.... hut 111 reply to some uesiiern;eij wim m-n.-i of mine, tending; to Gretna Green livi >ng- in deserts, working for onr bread, el yon .she wrote me a letter, which I thoug me selfish cold mid reasonable. In it. sh^ i ed 1 vi^ed in?? to do the only thing left for i you; which wa?, to conciliate my uncle by i nnot eepting his assistance in the only way woiil1 give it, and trust to time and n ues- stancv for the rest. I was so much h e to by this, as I ' considered, eold-heurted i vice, to leavH her. and go to India, tha' ered would not answer the letter. I took look advice it contained, however, and aceej ">! a the appintment, everything being so s t uine, ily arrange] that I escaped all leave tak '. I. I * ..... * !...? fiiutuP on.l "ti" * nit iikmuo, heart seemed paralized. and I scarcely II me evou curiosity as to the effect ofmy clop K'e? nre on those who had lately, so deeply and lerested me. I felt as if a part of my you waa over?that it was the past, and I [jago not wish ghost or shadow of it to mi with my future. And thus I began m) have reer in India. ^ ? ? Col. Beston's Religious View it yon The Rev. Mr. Cowan made the folio* it me* Rta,en,ent tespecting Col. Denton's relij views in his funeral sermon: Voice ' a n,em^)er?f ^is family, who had et her B^Rent a 'ew "^'i on his relurn, d tiin- Benton said on taking his hajjd : "I : and m'l^e my PeHCa w,t'1 God. I am very hr smile ^ w** l'10 remHr'c' moreover, * of > von I'resl>yterian clergyman who visited "and 'MSl '"ne,;5' an'^ w',OBe church h might at,er,<'et' ^or yoar*' "I do not v'K't hi account of any doubt resting on my i respecting his piety, but for pleasure ' conversation affords me at such ti m now fjja|ast |,otirs were jn accordance will )ou to delightfulinformation respecting hisspi interests. They ware peaceful and ill the |]M Was perfectly conscious to the last looked- #jien j,e could no longer speak audib! nu ner |-,p3 pt*,U moved in prayer, and tne nn hi* God and Saviour were tbo last ?, lies- tj|at re8le<i on |,js tongue. uThe inind of the deceased doubtlt ?ld her |ol.g b?en interested in a greater o i parted degree on the raatter of liis salvatio > speak may nol |)e improper here to menl ?r head circumstance which occurred in the r heart 135^ I was engaged in a protr*cle<] i broke jMg jn Scott county, in the town of B The dec^ssed visited the place du'ri ou, after meeting. 11* attended tlie exercise* took pla?*o during his stay in town ithsand- .listened attentively to the sermon. 3 , wa<*, "Almowt thou persuadest me t? Christ inn." At the clow he came 1 h of lies- took me by the hand, and, plaoii She was mouth close to my car, lie rematl ack. and allusion to my text, 'It is all my ow le events ? it U all my own case,* and burst e. John f]?od of tears." Col Benton's family 1 retnrnetf appear'to have been such through 1 who ev- bave a strong influence in favor < ad gone pnitciple#. His mother exacted froir disclosed, boyhood a pledge of alatinenoe fro ? see me u?e oftntdtfcatiiig drihlw. Mofrate cb better her we do ri&t certainly know. HU 1 lort, for * brought him into'militate relation! 1 if op* distinguished Pre?byterian family ol ng I did reltgioaa principle*?tbe M?L)o? tort* in- *fcWtbridge Vvfgty? $?* ^nftl tcribfdj t? of Mm. Benton iww * paitiv iiiwr contnred publio parties, orpl*c*tof atsasemi <fvH?*eW ?^.wv.| , art > T,? tu. LvH y? *T- 5dft* to pwtt-hliI th? 4nm ? MY SCISBOBS. BT FRANCIS DANE QAOE. O "Good morning, Mr?. Wicks ; I hope I see w yo'i well this morning." ti "WVll, yes, I am pretty well, all but n y bands." "Your band ! wlmt's the matter with your ?? I bands; not been scalding them I hope?" "No! worse than that; I got them all J' i Mistered up by trying to cut out the children's fall clothes, with my old scissors; j I've luul them these ten years, and they are j just a? .lull as n hoe, and overytime T cut ;t I loundahout, shirt or a pair of pants, I've J just such a time of it. Susan Willard is sewing for me now, and I wanted to get mv I cutting done while my hand was in, so I just wanted to see if you would lend m? your large nico tailoi's scissors a day or! \ two. for I won't do anything with mine in a week. , "Really, Mrs. Wicks, I would like to ac, commodate you, hut I am very busy with , mine ju>t now, cutting rags for my carpel, and could not spare tbein without great iu convenience." Well I do not know what I'll do. I can't i cut out my more with mine, and Susan h&s v only two weeks to stay. I)o you know ol y any one who lias a good j)i?ir that I could s. "I could hardly pet along without mint for a sinijle day, without feeling the want . of l hem ?'* 111V "What did yotira coat?"' "Two dollars and a half." to ^ "Two dollars and a half?goodness!? Mr. Wieks would 110 more let me have mon e; ev to huy such a pair of scissors than lie'' lie J 1 fly." p ,.Oil, I think you are mis'aken?T hnv allways thought'Mr. Wicks very indulgent ' "There's where you ar? altogether mi taken. I hardly ever ask him for motie 116 hut what he says something to hurt ni RC feelings, and I often do without things th I really need, rather than have any word "" Why yesterday I asked him for money U'1 get triininiiic* for mine and Rossina's fi fi('* bonnet, anil it was all that I could do ^ ^ get it out of him." ''K* Ilow much did it require to fit your be net for the winter?" e('* "Oidv S5 : it would cost $10, you kno to m-t us both new ones." if * n,-v ''ami you have the money in your feh sesion?" mrt- and we thought we would | trimmings at Grants, That beautiful ri lift* al purple with the orange edge?a love fl'(l a ribbon, and bo cheap?only seventy-l n?lR cents a yard." r ca- "My ?lear Mrs. Wick*, let me give yo new idea. Would your husband c.t plain if vou should trim your bonnet w 8[ ribbon worth half thai sum, nnd appro All,r* ate the balance to the purchase of r g> r10U?4 . - . ' pair of scissors ? "No, of course he would not, hut who, I like to know, is going to make themse the town talk for the Bake of gratifyin husband's whims!" ippy. "Do it to gratify yourself, to add to } l^e own comfort, My bonnet, trimmings all, will not cost one dollar and a half, e ',a* I don't believe the.lown will trouble i in on nne it. Totvn talk or no l rn'nt' you may be sure I'll never run about 5 '''* my fingers in rags w hile I can save the { men. 0f a pa:r Qj- Rc;ss0rs nne bonnet trimrr 1 Now don't he offended. Mis Wicks; I k iritual yoU t|,ink you can't get along any t calm. Way than just as you do; but if you ' an(' make the effort to economize in your ly, his t.|u8 oj- &c., you w ill soon find J me of supplied with all these words j,nusei,0|j ronvenienries, wrhicli you to want, and my word for it, your bus *? has will not make half the objection to fur r les* j?g ni0ney for usefulness that he now ,n- It for the purchasing of non-essentials." .ion a "Now, there is neighbor Pennyt .. ye?' wife, flourishing in a fifteen dollar 1 meet- shawl, but her girls complain that fh enton. to borrow wash tubs weekly, and thai ng th? Pennyman says it is all Mr. Penny which fanlt." i. He "Why, Mrs. Smith, T thought you ly text Woman's Right Woman."' o be a "And so I am; but I assure you urtvnfnie of woman's iniustice and I|# AIIU UW .... ^ ^ . v ng his And while I feel that the law of tlx ;ed, it? and common jtistir^ greatly-oppress n case men, nnd also feel that sho oftentim into* prows herself, and lay# heavier b 'elation* upon her own heart, than she. herself ife as to ling to hertf, and to excuse her own 1 >f rigjlt nefs of purpose, her own foolish love ? him in play, lays all the hlame on her hashai m ..the. would willingly indulge every rea spwrtirtg- deaire, and.only frowns when ung< narriage demands are made upon his means." r> with "Well, I don't know, Mr. Wiifa rdecided more willing to give nip money fc rails, of than anything elue." -. :nfluonco Hfttbal ' tiOt because he does not red ff?m hhe^ jo deqj any personal, gF?lift< t viiiied he feekt th?t he can makey mi, pier thus than id any Qtljlfr 4&t,[1 ' xperimeiit, Mrs. Wu-kti tell him j >TTli?pi foi 'Yti?ib*y 4 holdw^T^i4?ii^*nd)if-b?'*HI w ~kiL. "lX'iiin on uie scis?i?u?, niiu 11 us uinAVK ne word of objection, I will agree to change ith you h wwk, nnd wear ray hand to bluer* 011 your old ones." "Good morning. Mrs. Wicks." "Mrs. Wicks wenl homo, nnd lier hus>and came into dinner; the first tiling hat attracted his attention was a beautiful pair of polished scissors, worth nut lets than two dollar?. "Whose nro these ??been borrowing again, Sarah J" "No." replied Mrs Wicks, "I blistered my hands yesterday with my old ones, and 1 ju>t concluded I would wear my old Inst winter trimmings, and have me a good pair of scissors to do my work with. Don't you | think they are nice ones ? I thought you j would not care how I spent my money." Iler voice was kinder than usual. "Of course not he replied. Nothing further was suit). In the evening instead of going out he drew his chair by the woikstand. "Ain't you going down street!'' said Rosina. "No, I believe net to night; I like the click of your n &* ? new scissors, and if I go down ?treet I am afraid "they will lose tUeir pleasant tone." Mrs Wirks did not look up ; herhcait was t full; for just then a little roll of "royal purple with orange edge," "cheap nt seventyfive cents," fell info her lap. ? i > Seventeen Yeah Locists.? A proph. cry madi', h short time since, that the "sevj seventeen years locusts, would make their appearance the coining summer in a large e number of ilie southern States, lias occasioned some alarm among the people of those las' calities. Farmers naturally infer that the v crops and every green tiling are destined to iv i e destryoed. They will be gratified to learn at that there is no occasion for their apprehenls. sions, even though the locusts shoitld come to upon them is swarms. ill In Jaeger's "Life of North American In to *cctR," a work recently published, id ft brief sketch of I ho history anil habits of this ape>n c-ics of locust in which the assertion that lhey make their appearance only once it? w, seventeen years i* pronounced erroneous, as well as that th'V are destructive to vegetation, 08- the writer states that he has observed them yearly for twenty teven successive years, -c* though there is a great difference in their "J" numbers in different years. The same is true r * ? of other insects, particularly rose bugs. Some lv<" years we are overloaded with them and again in others there are 8c.Hrc.elv any. Yet tl-ere are instances where the locusts have . j been observed in the same place only after an inteiva! of several years, perhaps seventeen, while during this interval theyhave been very abundant in other Jocali^ ties. They are, however seen yearly in one place or another. With regard to the notion' Ives ... ? . Hint iIihrh insects are verv destructive to ? A vegetation, the writer asserta that they are harmless. lie says: our J j '"They cannot he classed among the inju-' and r'OU3 'ns('('t!,? f?r I?ey cannot devour our tself Vt*S,',a','es an<' ^ru't '*ke otlier insects because., talk l'le^' ^aVc 1,0 niol)t'' J fls ',as been said with ^oro ^,ey purk with their snout only the * j i e ?lew of leaven for their nourishment, ducisg, ling the two short months of their existence in' now l',e'r p??"ft-cl form. Even in their subterranean >'her during the condition of lanratv* onl>. I although feeding ?pon the roots 01 several, arti- l',e?r injury to vegetation is very our1 Should these locusts make tlieir nppearancoas predicted, the fanners will have an seem .... , opporlumtv of testing the correctness of the hand , . " . .1 . , latter statement. v " *< * nihil' m m \s does A Queer Machine.? We saw recently a machine that is called a patent hunker. nan's Two roller* revolving in compfes'sion?tliat! crap<> is all. Drop up<?n them at Lhapointof contact" e Iihs a corn car unhtisked and the husk is wlifij)*^ . Mrs. ped off in its wrapper, and it instantly comfe?->. man's forth minus ft wrapper. We don't know^bjftr" aro of the opinion that it might be put tin W** ft nana / lottiiA/1 l\t? |Ka ri?tontWa might, for instance, Rlrip ua of our clothe*, I am tliuii saving the trouble of folly i alwwya tedious but compulsory proceg^i s land niiu-e the huwkeepOT i8 wo- nuircs the frentlemen. to* null' ofif . ttuor.1 eft op- hoolft before going m bed." Th^iv it twightrurdens \vq used to cnt hair. True., in wil- pcab off entirely, but i?o much the bettor we?k- for then the hair would never Wftpi co|.tfn|^| of di?- Hgain. It rould be ihiade, posalblyv U> pfeel' ltd who potatoes, scriur the knives, ' v >onabk> carver, fonle the fl*h, an?i separate the meat. anerou# from thebones wash the c1ojh&,'; cook, and save the necessity of the "felSiilSj i ceema hanging aroumi thefcitchen. We are going if drcM to housekeeping, and shall report ifit oan't>?t. > *-?> made tho? generally tisefoU-* We thtnfc ?it" 1 J?X*\ can be. If itcif,. :at?on? \ recbing chair will bate! ? r/*lrp'-wii u#jil Mu (iKpk n?i", .;? . irr ia iorfintft n 7 bg:o?-.^ r,^ tr#* 1 - I w'will land, eome person told tl** Kiag ofPfum* ant All fr ' U~J ?M^(1fk " --i-' 'hiti ffitnni ' ) W&tfrM?EWg i .... ,*-? - '* .'./ f&v. . ,/it