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DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, THE ARTS, SCIENCE, AGRICULTURE, HEWS, POLITICS, &C., &C. %) TEEMS TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM,] "Let it be Instillod into the Hearts of your Children that the Liberty of the Press ia the Palladium of all your Rights."? Juuiux. (PAYABLE IN ADVANCE BY W, A. LEE AND HUGH WIfiSON. ABBEVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 1, 1859. > ' > VOLUME VII.?NO. 9. TL; tf . ? w PEOTKY. A FAREWELL. dt oronuK n. frextice. I met thee Iti a stranger land, Far from mine own blue stream?, And gloriously the vision shone Upon my spirits dream ; And then my lyre that long lud slept Unvisited, Unheard, unswept, Awoke in Beauty's gleams, A9 erst the harp of Menuion woke When o'er its chords the morning broke. We met and soon my spirit bowed, Unshadowed girl, lutliee, As the.bright bow upon the cloud \ Attend* to the Monarch sen. Thy word#, thy tones, the smiles that played, Upon thy lovely feature Jindo Long hidden thoughts go free; And sweetly in thy manhood's tears Were glassed the tiuU of earlier year*. And now we purl?these simple words May he my last farewell, But often o'er my bosom's chords Thy spirit tones will sw.j'l { The happy hours since first we met Upon my heart and life have set A deep and dint bless spell; And thou will he, although afar. Of memory's heaven the dearest star. Farewell 1 farewell 1 yon moon is bl ight And calm a d t>nr? like tliee ; But lo ! it dark cloud dims its light? The type alas, of ine; Frotn (lie I?1 uo heavens the cloud will go, But the uiifailing moon will glow btill beautiful ami free; And thus tlij life with fadeless ray Will shine when I sun passed away. WRITTEN Fon TIIE INUKl'ESliENT rr.E*S. TRIP TO PALATKA, FLORIDA. Most youths ex|>i*i iuticing disappointment either in love, ambit ion or speculation, rashly resolve to <lo something i!t ri.J .-dl v desperate or indisputably silly. Xotui.iikt tLf-m T ili-ii>rmin?fl to leave for a time im quiet retreat, arul shape my hark tor thai far flowery ciimc, the heauty of which ] had so often heard extolled. My phvsi fuaii gave me the comforting assurance tha my lungs were diseased, and rnv fricndi were quite sorrowful as 'hev tearfully bit me farewell, convinced tliat I would not re turn?in a hour! About the 15th of May I took tlie cars lo Charleston. The scener along the G. & C. It. R. not bring ver diversified or picturesque, I closed the win dow and indulged in a train of refleciion quite characteristic. Going to Florida For what, pray ? to regain your health an make money ! Quite a change has com over you in the past few mouths. 'Twa but a short time when you cried luudl against the young men of our country, wh made gold the grand desideratum of exis cncc, and the pursuit of it the chief end < their lives?and now going to Florida t devote time, talents, and attention to th criminal avocation ! Once your aspiratior were elevated to that proud, gorgeous ten r?lo fclmlfprc the rrrp-iL wood and rrli I"v' ? ? ?-- ? o-~ - rrious. Once the self sacrificing votary, to; ing painfully, but poraeveringly up Wi dom's rugged stepp, gazing eagerly Fame's lofty Pedestal, "Whose puiibrigh1'. summit mingles with t sky." thinking when that proud pinacle sliou be gained, you should he elevated "Above The smoke and stir of this dim spot, Wlwcti men call enrtli." Now, broken in health and dojeeted spirit*, yon have gone to the reality money-making, and think a vast deal bet of the "sordid trash " than formallydecided revolution ! It is astonishing hf stoically you support the fall from the fi< of literature to the field of agriculture. My reverie was her? interrupted by c of our fellow travellers who appeared exc sively annoyed at the frequent stoppages tbe tars; wishing that the railroad co pany would purcd?ase more than one n: Dag, as u was very annoying 10 traven ^ lo wait until the bag was opened and * mail changed. In a short time wo we reached Colum and I took the Charleston trsin, at wh *' place we safely arrived about midnight. *] following day 1 took passage on the Stei ... ?r Carolina, commanded by Capt. Tui who was very polite and attentive to all pafweogers. The Carolina is a well built boat ; rell adapted for the outward passage, Jbad all the accommodations found u the beautiful steamers flying up and d the {3t. John'a river. We quitted Charleston harbor at 3 P. M. on Tuei and soon passed the bar. I began to get sentimentally sorro nd to indulge in a series of " high-fain reflections about that dark blue boun< .world, anfathonried and unfathomable bu denly I felt sucb an np-heaving within I verily thought there was some mael* whirling me in iU rapid coorae?and found myself in my birth, in a some similar plight to Sanobo Panza afte bad swallowed the consecrated oil. next morning the boat touched the FJ< coast at Fernandinf. * This is a thr pUee^and being one of the termini o , Florid* Railroad bids fair to become ft of ooftsiderftblft importance. The roa l Vvl ' V . - 4 M understand, is completed beyond Gainesville. We now entered tbo St. John's river, M st and in point of beauty it exceeds anything we have ever witnessed?n chain of boauti- e ful lakes running directly Noith, and navi- 111 irahle two hundred and fifty miles from its ... le mouth. The water is limpid and contains \ every variety of fish. The scenery on the ! banks mocks description and is of that wild w picturesque beauty which cannot fail to ex- ni cite our highest admiration. We passed several places, but none j worthy of nutc except perhaps Pioolata as " being the entrance to St. Augustine, and arrived in Palatka about 9 at night. The next morning I strolled aronnd to take a bird's-eye view of tho town. At " first siglU Palatka appears to tho stranger, 11 an incongruous mass of old Government '* building* indiscriminately huddled together, regardless of ta?te or ornament, but upon " closer examination one finds it qui'e tastily '' arrancvd and prettily planned out. I visited the "Grove" in Palatka and can 0 only say that it fills my loftiest anticipations of Paradise. Abler pens than mine '* IijiVi' pic;u?e<J it, ?nd any a'tempt woulil be P but an indistinct outline of its beauty, but I 1 won I ! bid or.e and all going to Florida to j visit it and if thuy arc not enraptured with n i'b loveliness they may set it down there *' and then that they have no eye for the beau- v tiful in nature. P?la>ka is a very flourishiuz place of | ' about eight hundred inhabitants, and it is j H destined to I e-ome a business market. The old wharf and several warehouses I ^ ; were burnt down not long since, but a new ; , ' whan has been erected, and large brick , ? houses will soon supply tlie places of the - : old, and in a sliort lime will present an at- j - tractive .appearance from the liver. I The land aUtut Pnla;ka is Generally poor, j f f pine land, but produces cotton as wt-11 as ! 1 - i any of our land. The little pood land j ' t j on the St. John's enhances the value . ' 5 i of that portion which can he cultivated. ' 1 | I pi! diet that ti c sw/unp lands on the St. j ' | John'ss wiil ere long he brought into cnlti- j , | vat ion and planted in lice. It will make \ { t the fortune of the man who has the ntive j v to attempt it. The most lucrative ( i- crop now is the cultivation of the sugar j s cane. It gmws iuxuriirtly on the river ! i ' ' ! hammocks, and the making of RUgar will , ' alvvnys remuncate the planter where trans- j e j puliation is easy. , is 1 II is impossible in this biief sketch to y j give anything but a faibt outline ot what I o ; saw in Florida. Those desiring to remove I , t- | should examine tne country iur tnemseives. i jf j During my stay in Palatku, I was invited j o J tu join a party of young men who were is j going up tlie river on a pleasure excursion, is j We enjoyed ourselves nnieh?everything D- was so novel to me that I cannot soon foro get it. We passed Welaka, ono of the il- prettiest inland towns I ever saw; Volusia, is- Osceola and other places, and went as high at ii|> i he river as Enterprise. During my stay in East Florida, I belie came settled in conviction it was the place to make money, and a most desirable place Id to live. Let who will talk about the sick ness of the country* but il is a decided de lu&ion. The intelligence may startle them, but if any one will examine the last census . they will find that there in less mortality in j. Florida than in any Slate id the Union save one. ler I remained some time in Palatka and be?a came much attached to the place, but busitw r ' jj compelled my return. I returned on board the splendid steamer Everglade, cotnmanded by Capt. Coxetter, and a more peifect gentleman and a finer seaman I never saw. I reached home safely, which rather startled some around our little town, in- m , m iail Gkkat Lawveks.?The London News era thus begins a biographical 6kctch of Lord the Lyndhurst : It is a fact to be remarked that all our bia greatest lawyer?* are long-lired. On examteh ination it will, however, be found that there rile is nothing extraordinary in the matter. In im- order to enable a mnn to go through the rtis, amount of work which alone can constitute the a successful barrister, you roust prpsume f physical constitution of iron, a capability o and adapting his habits to the requirements o and his calling, and an organizatian in whicl pon (lie nervous system is not too predominant Own The demands in one who undertakes t? 'the reach the wool-sack or the bench are per *dfty fectly well understood and have been re duced to pithy phrases, such as Lord Eldon'i wful ''that a barrister must love like a hermit am tin*' work like a horse;*1 or theug^iual sphorisn ile^a that to be a great lawyer or a good judg tsud you must have a bad heart and good dig* tfcat tion. There are a few intances in whic trom successful advocates at the English bar hai soon for a period triumphed l?y the mere for?e < what energy and will over deficiencies of bodil r he organisation ; but it has been almost invari The bly found in these oases that one day th< orida jw?*tpectedly broke down and never reco I " ^ 4. ditmoolt Qukstion.?How tnai j iSrt re^ will make one wilt aerk'* THE SOLDIER'S RETURN. I Seven or eight years ago, I w^s travelling { stween Berwick and Sal lack, and, having art fed at the crowing of tlio cock, I had ft Melrose before four in the afternoon. On ^ riving at Abbotsford, I perceived a lliglind soldier, apparently fatigued as myself, ailing upon a walking stick, and gazing itensely on the fairy palace of the magician hose wand is sinco broken, but whose iagie still remains, I am no particular disple of Lavater's, yet the man carried bis ml upon his face, and we were friends at le first glance. lie wore a plain Highind bonnet and a coarse c^ev great coat, nttoncd to the throat, llis dress bespoke im to belong to the ranks; but there was dignity in his manner, and a fin;, a glow- | ig language in his eves, worthy ol a clnelun. llis height might exceed five feet nine, lid liis age be abuut thirty. The traces of lanly beauty worn still upon liis cheeks; ut the sum of a western i emisphere had inged the.n with a sallow hue and imprintd untimely furrows. Our conversation r?ln?cd entirely to the las^io scenery around us; and we hail leasantly journeyed together for two or | liree miles, when we arrived r.t a little cquestered burial-ground by the way-side, ear which there was neither church or welling. Its low wall was thinly covered mh turf, and we sat down upon it to rest. >Iv companion became silent and inclnnholv, and his eyes, wandered anxiously imoni; the graves. "Here," said he, "sleep some of my athel's children wlio died in infancy." ll?i picked up a small stone from the jround, and throwing it gently about ten ,'arils, "that," added he, "is the very spot. Hut, thank God! no gravestone lias been ai?*i'd during iny alienee! It is a t'dten I iiia'.l find my parents living?and," continued he with a s<gh, "may I also lind their <>\*e. It is hard, sir, when the hunrt of a parent is turned against his own child." lie drooped his head upon his breast ftfr it few moments and wa> silent; then, hastily rai>ing . is fore-finger to bis eyes, seemed to dash awav a solitary tear. Then turning to rr>p, ho continued: "You may think, sir, this is weakness in a soldier; but human hearts beat beneath a red c.oat. My father, whose name is Caiopbyll, and vvlio was brought from Argyllshire, while young, is a wealthy farmer in this neighborhood. Twelve years ago, I loved a being gentle as the light of a summer morn. Wo were children together, and she grew in beauty on my sight, as the star of evening steals into glory through the twilight. Uut slu was poor mid portionless, the daughter of * m?*an shepherd. Our attachment offended my father. lie commanded me to leave hei forever. I could not, and he turned mefroir his house. I wandered, I knew not, an< I cared not, whither. But I will not, de tain you with my history. In my utmos need I met a sergeant of the forty-second who was then upon the recruiting servic* and in a few week* I joined that regimen of proud hearts. I was at Brussels whei the invitations to the wolf and the ravei rang at midnight through the streets. I u>u? 11m hpniUI of a dav of erlorv and deatli I - J a * There were tliree IIij?I?lan?l regiments of u ?three joined in one?joined in rivalry, i love and in purpose; and tliank Fate! was present when the Scots Greys, flying t our aid. raised the elec'rie shout, "Soot Ian forever!" ?"Scotland forever!1' returned ot tnrtaned clansmen ; "Scotia^ forever !" ri verherated as from tho hearts we had le behind us; and "Scotland forever?" r echoed ''Victory!" "Heavens!" added h starting to his feet, and grasping his staff, i the enthusiasm of the p-tst rushed hack up< his soul "to have joined in thai shout wj to live an eternity in the vibration of a pe d ulum 1" In a few moments the animated soul th cravo ploauence to his tongue <lrew itsi j back into the chambers of humanity, hi resuming his seat upon the low wall, I 1 continued, "I left my own regi.-nent wi 1 the prospect of West Indie*; but I ha 1 heard nothing of my father?nothing of i i mother?nothing of her I love." ^ While ho was yet speaking, the grai f digger wjth a pick axe and spade upon 1 ( shoulder, entered trie ground. tin approan ed witMn a few yards of where we sat. ] j measured off a narrow piece of earth?it c circled the atone which the soldier h thrown to mark out the burial place of I familv. Convulsion rusheif over the fl j turea of my companion ; ho shivered? grasped my arm?his lips quivered? ^ breathing became short and loud?the c sweat trickled frona his temples. Hespr/ ^ over the wall, and rushed toward the sf "Man r he exclaimed in agony, 4,wh jjf grave is thatl" l_ ^IIout! awa' wi' ye," said the grave-< ft. ger, starting back at hj| manner; 4,wha iy a way is that to gliff a body!?are ye da f. "gnawer me," cried the soldier, seii bia hand; "whose grave?whoce gra? tb?tr ; 37 "Mercy me T replied tbe mat) of d? "ye are tarely out o* your bead?its aa i . V * , " a ^ * '' ' * . . i. body they ca*d Adam Campbell's grave? et now are ye any the wiser for spierin ?" at "My father?" cried my comrade as I ap- tl proached him, and clasping his hands to- n ^ether, lie bent his head opou my shoulder and wept aloud. e< I will not dwell upon the painful scene. ' During his absence, adversity had given h the fortunes of his father to the wind ; and a he hid died in his humble cottage, unlamenteJ and unnoticed by the friends of his c prosperity. 1 At the request ot my tellow-traveiler, l accompanied liiin to the house of mourning. c Two or three poor cottagers sat around the " fire. The c.oflin, with tlie lid open, lay '' .across a table near the window. A few j 0 white hairs fell over the whiter face of tho j 11 deceased, which seemed to indicate that he | " lied from sorrow rather than from nge. c The son pressed his lips to his father's * cheek. lie groaned .in spirit, and was troubled, lie raised his head in agon}', t and with a voice almost inarticulate with 1 irrtef, exclaimed, imploringly, "my mother !" ' The wandering peasants started to their ( feet, and in silence pointed to a lowly bed. ' lie hastened forward, and fell upon his 1 knees by the hed>ide. 1 "My mother! O, my mother!" he exclaimed, "do not you, too, leave me! Look at me?I am your son?your own Willie?have you, too, forgot me, moth-/ eH" She, too, lay npon her death-bed, and the tide of life was fast ebbing; but the remembered voice of her son drove it back f??r a moment. She opened her eyes?she attempted to raise her feeble hand, ami it fell upon iiis head. She spoke, but he alone knew tho wor^s that she uttered ; they seemed accents of mingled anguish, of j |joy,and of blessing. For several minutes ] lie foe'it over the bed, and wept bitterly. lis lic-1.1 l.er withered band in bis ; be started; and as wo approachd him, the hand be held was stiff and lifeless. lie wept no longer?lie gazed from the dead body of bis father to thai of his mother? his eyes wandered wildly fiom one to the other, he smote bis band upon his brow, and threw himself upon a chair, while misery transfixed him, as if a thunderdolt | had entered his soul. I will not give a description of the melancholy funeral, and tho solitary mourner. The falhet's obsequies were delayed, and the son laid both his parents in the same grave. Several months passed away before I gained information respecting the sequel of my little story. After hi* parents were laid in dust, Wd'.ain Campbell, with a sad anil I anxious heart, made inquiries after Jeafinie Leslie the girl of his early affection, to whom we have alluded. For several weeks I his search proved fruitless ; but at length he learned that considerable property had been left her f.ther by a distant relative, and tlial a'ie now resided somewheie in Drumfriessliire. In the same garb which I have already described, the soldier sat out upon his jour? ney. With little difficulty ho discovered II the house. It resembled such as are occupied by tho highest class of farmers. The front door stood open. lie knocked, but nu one anwered. lie passed along the passage 1 ?he heard voices in an apartment to tl> right?again he knocked, but w?9 unhced 1 ed. He entered uninvited. A group was standing in the middle of the floor, anc among them a minister commencing tlie \ marriage services of the Church of Scotland ft " The bride hung her head sorrowfully, anc 0 tears were staling down her cheeks?it was e' : his own Jeatinie Leslie. The clergyman ,9 j paused. The bride's father stepped forward >n angrily, and inquired, "what do ye want sir?" but instantly recognising his features n he selzod him by tlie breast, and in a voio< half-choked with pansion, continued?liSor nt row lake ye for a scoundrel! what's brougli ye here?an'the mair especially at n tin. 1,1 lik* this? Get out o' my hou^e, sir! I saj le Willie Campbell, get out o' my hou^f, ar never darken my door again wi' your ne'ei do-well oountenance !" ny A sudden sluiek followed th? mention o the name, and Jennnie Leslie fell into th 'e- tlie arms of her bridemaid. "Peace, Mr. Leslie !n said the soldie pushing the old man aside; "since matte are thus, I will only stop to say farewdl!D' for auld lang syne?you cannot deny n Hd that." 1 Hp passed toward the object of his your love. She spoke not?she moved not?I took he band, but she seemed unconsciot j ^ And, as her again gazed upon her beatif countenance, absence became aa a. drea upon her face. The very language ha hi acquired during their separation was la 086 aside, Nature triunv hed over art, and addressed her in tbe accents in which Jighad first breathed lore, and won ber lo> ltn* ' Jeannie T* said he* pressing ber band 1 ^ tween bis, "it Is a sair thing to eay faribt "nK but at present I maun say it. This ia ? ? scene 1 never expected to see; for ob, J*i niel I could have trusted to your truth a atb, to y?wr lora, as tba farmer itttta to m raid thM sad to b?rmt, tod is aot dkappcrf 1. Oli! Jeminie, woman! tliis is like sepating llie flesh from tlic bones and burning ic marrow ! But yo maun bo another's ow?farewell !?farewell !'' "No! no! my niti Willie !" she exclaimJ, recovering from the agony of stnpofacon ; "my hand is still free, and my heart asave been yours-save, Willie ! save me!' lid threw herself into his arms. The bridegroom looked from one to anither imploring them to commeamje an alack upon tlie intruder, but lie looked in ain. The father again seized the ol?l gray oat of the soldier, and almost rending it n twain, discovered underuarth to the asonished company, the richly laced uniform >f a British ollicer. lie dropped the frag nent of the outer garment in wonder, and it. the Siimo time dropping his wrath exlaimcd, "Mr. Cutnpltell !?or what are ye if ?will ye explain yourself?" A few wor's explained all. The biiilejrooin, a wealthy, middle aged man, with>ut heart, l?ft the Iioupo, gnashing liis eetli. Badly as our miltiarv honors are jonferred, merit is not always overlooked ?ven in this country, where money is every thing, and the Scottish soldier had obtained ihe promotion he deserved. Jennie's joys was like a dream of heaven. In a fev. weeks she gave her hand to Captain Camp bell of his Majesty'* regiin -lit ol infantry, to whom long years before she had given her young heart. AN IMMINENT MINISTER'S FIRST SERMON The following anecdote, in relation t( Mr. Jay's early preaching, I had fiom hi: own lips. "Mr. Winter Keing unable, through il health, to comply with an engagement t< nrfiach n f.-w miles in the countrv on tin I - the following day (Sunday), requested in to officiate for him. I told my tutor tha though lie had given mo but little time fo preparation (it then being late in the ever ins), vet I would do the best I couM to at quit myself of tiie duty. On reaching th village where the service was to be perfurir ed quite fatigued, having traveled on foo I inquired for the residence of Winter friend, u wealthy farmer, who was the hea of the religious interest of the place an surrounding neighborhood. On amvin there, I gave a timorous rap at the doo and on its being opened, informed the f male servant that I wished to see the ge tleman of the house. The domestic ask< mo what 1 wanted of her master at so la an hour. My reply wa<?, that Mr. Wint hud sent me in his place to supply the eha el on the Sunday, and desired me personi ly to see her master on the subject. T servant, after bidding nie go into kitcht. said she would deliver my message i w''' she did, with a smile on her coiiutenani telling her master that Mr. Winter had at a farmer's boy, with hobnail shoes a worsted stockings to preach in liis stej Upon the gentleman farmer making his a pearance in the kitchen, he, after eyei nte from head to foot, said : "So, my you friend, Mr. Winter has 6ent you to prcsi here; is it so?" "Yes, sir" was my rep , The gentleman, without without enteri ( into further conversation with me, said ii low tone of voice to his servant, I overhen , *'Who will Winter send here next?"* then after bidding the servant give me so . supper, and get a bed ready for me in I top room of the house, abruptly took , departure. ' The next morning, whilst I was on ] road on foot to the chape) to perforin j duties there, a carriage passed by me c i taining the rich farmer and his lady, v | although they saw, yet would not recogr , me. This slight did not much diecomf ;t me; for my mind was intent upon the | a paration of my discourse, from a text wl . bad occurred to me whilst in bed, as bt it appropriate to the circumstances of my o ception, my appearanoe as to dress, and rf youth. The text was from the sixth cl i? ter of John, ninth verse. "There is a lad I r. who tixtb five barley leaves and two si fishes." In the course of my exlemp ,f neous discourse, which soon riveted e deep attention of the rutnl audience, 1 islaimud, "Did God despise a bid who f r plied the Son of Man will) food fur the g M multitude, in number about five though _ No. Wm it not a lad?a ruddy-faced je ?whQ R'uw Goliaili tho giant, and h wards cut off bis head wiib the great si of that Philistine, thereby giving del ance to Israel? 1?es. And was it t J0 lad by whose lips God reproved the i /| and hoary headed Eli ? Yes. Why, I m de?pise a lad. #(j 44 When I retired to the vestry, the wei farmer, who wm there wailing lor me, t?l l,e roe beafiily by the hand, thanlfed ti j,e the most flattering terms for what.he ?e pleased to style my excellent discourse )e. made me bit guest ontil my departw <H the following day. I need hardly me a that instead of returning from the cbaj in- gentleman1* rdsidenoe on foot, I n(j iuvited joto the carriage, ahd treated m). graataat hospjuHlJ,^? nt-l ... .k ' * *- *' :V v.- V ? a - v. JOY OVEE THE RETURNING. Monday evening of last week, after a hard day's work,.we left the ofliee am] started homeward. In the room below we found Mrs. K. in waiting, and together ?= , started up the sheet. About half way, we met our oldest son, and haw ho had some tidings of evil. lie could only say, "Litile llainy is lost, and we cannot tiud him anywhere." The little one is the lamb of our fold, a bright oyed boy of 2 or 3 years f ago, with fair hair hanging in sunny ringlets. Dear child?li is little feet always patters on the hall when wo ring the hell at noon, his arms have always "a hug'' and his rosy lips a kiss for papa. We started instantly?tho streets, alloys, etc., in ixach, were traversed, but no tidings. N'ight was at hand and evidently our child* was beyond our neighborhood, and that cold night, was lost in the midst of this I r great Babel. Notice wns sent to the police station, and to some of the chinches having service that evening. A fiiend procrucd the crier. We had often heard that bell, and the cry of lost child, but never fell the tones so sadly as we heard them that night, as he cried, j ''Lost child, a litlle boy, not three years old, i lost from 112 Kdina Place?bare-headed, light curly hair, had a red dress, stocking' I and little slippers." Oil. those cries ! We I have heard tiiein ever since. Kind friends came to our aid, strangers came with tear ful sympathy; parties were formed whe patrolled tlie streets rnd alleys in all direc, tions,"but came back with the sad words , "No tidings." The hours wore on and neai midnight the search was given up for th< 1 I nielil. s Sloowlv passed the hours. "Will dayligh P nev -r come ? It came at la>t. Eve we lie e nan our search again, wo went into th j breakfast-room, and I here, lying on (he s<v.v r ing machine, was his Iiitle hat. We turn ed from it, and ir> the corner stood his rock .. ing horse with the reins drawn over hi e horse just as lie left, it, while on the labl was his high chair beside it. Up to th: I moment we maintained our Crintivss, but w ?s could no longer. Friends came to assist us. God Lie: (] them. Never did wo need them mors,g never did we appreciate them more highl The authorities placed the police at 01 e_ service to make the service thorough. n. Still no gjings. Nearly eighteen hou ;(j Had passed, enrh hope had been crushe te and tlie prospect grew darker, pr At this juncture came a German to tl p. house and said that if our child was the o i|. described in the morning papers, it was sa and, on learning the news drove to t ,n place we supposed he designated, hut foui no child. Ilomeward again?he had n ,e come. The friends engaged in the sear mt gohad in part returned, and were awaiting t nfj result of this intelligence, before they shot uj again. The anxiety was too deep for wor _ ! We caw come one comiiiff?how far o IJJn,r can see who looks for a lost child?m?<? and nearer. It was?it was our chil (.|, God he praised, he was safe, ily. Sacred be the mother's emotion?mo iig ers only can imagine them ! i a Our friends gathered with swimming e id. about the child. There was no need to < ind them to "come and rejoice with i me They came unbidden. There were lli the other children who had not been in pei his three who had not wandered *, three wh we loved as well as we loved the four the but oh, there was in our hearts, there ami my our neighbors, more joy over one than c ;on. the three that went not astray ! More, j (.|)0 more ! We did not love them less, but nze wvt.w ivuwwvM . >o*e An honest German had found the 1 pre- wonderer a long distance from home, iit-h saw that he was lost. He took him up :ing carried him to his house, ptawd him in re- crib and rocked hin$;tO<<^loep, Dad1' was my and fed him, and rdtUtfM him to our ai tap- We asked him to accept a pecuniary reo liere pense, but he refused, saying in brc nail English, "I havo children, too ; if oni ora- mine was luftt, I would want some oni the take him up. No, no? no money,"ani ex- buttoned his coat over her Teutonic b< sup- and bid us good byo. ;re?t Will our readers pardon this pere ind ? detail ? It has taught us some les? lad Never before did we fully know the im fter- tance of that word suspense. Never < vord we feel the terrible meaning of the t lost! Never did we so read tbe dec >ot ft tion of joy in heaven over the repent And never did we so appreciate the ' hen, Ruction of friends, whom we thank I the dt^ts-<j(oUr inmost nature, and dei ilthy 4y do we pra^^^we may~nev|^^ra book casion to assist tl enaTfr-i^jinilaf/lria ne in ChicagoJiduocat*. was * V * ' ? . , and A Ct*v*R Dopro*?Tom^wya re on oared a pain'in the headof, navigation, ntion drawn teeth from the mpcwtlh of tbe ] >e1 to sonI He hp aostorai#*d ib* tide was mountain, blistered . a hill mitK Uie pulse of an ari^f'the wjvplasttj] oth$- cot oft -tbe haadyhC; ^ . ^oooptbefihg^f!^, THE ART COMMISSION. A correspondent of tlr? New York Commercial Alv. riiser giv*s the following notice of the tluee Art C minisMoners recently ap- ^ pointed l?v the President, under the net of Concrw-s of the last session : 'Mr. l'rown is a soul|> or of consid?"^>f??^_ distinction. au-I the perfecl'-r, in this countrv, of ca'-tiiiu fi^'ires in bronze. To bittf . . . ^ American ail is indo'>tcd for t!i? first bronze | statue ever made on our side of the Allan j lie. In his youth Mr. Brown went through I the preparatory studies fur a port rail -painj lor, but a lucky chance turned his attention i to sculpture, ami hi* first effort, was received so favorably that ho devoted himself to that branch ot" the tine nrts with which hi?i name is now so honorably indenlified.? After K?m * striiguiiiig he was enabled to | visit Italy and spend several years there.? j lie studied with liis characteristic f.tithful' n"s?, and his energy and perseverance ! brought him profit. When lie had worked | his name up to be worthy of his country,. j ; he came to the laudable determination to live in it. lie canu- bark to America p.nd> 'settled in Brooklyn, New Yoik, where he has until very recently resided. Among , j his works are a statue of 'Hop.;,' has-reliefs .of the 'Hyades,1 'Pleiades,1 'Four Seasons,1' i statues of '1 >?! Witt Clinton,1 and 'Wash> ' ington, (in l*itio:i Place, New York.) and a > i recently-modelled bint of Vice-President i Breckenridg.fi. Mr. Drown is, I hear, at ? present in Chaileston, an<l has some idea of taking up his residence there. , "Mr. Latiibdiu, if not so widely known. , | ... c? IllillJ it IIU HII ; I where lie or any of his work is known.? | For inat?v years ho lias presided over tho t , Philadelphia Academy ; arn] at the oatiotv . j al convention of artists he!>l in this city was e ! first vice president, in which capacity he . j hi-ld the cliair at tho deliberations which - | have resulted in the appointmetit of this i art commission. Mr. Lumluliti is a very is i good painter, chiefly of yenrc. subjects. e i 'Mr. J. F. Kensettis very well knowu to it j the world of art as one of tho most natione al artists, if wo c:in use such a phrase. Ho tins been a faithful transcriber of the beauty, grandeur, and povvor of American moun? tain scenery, and is especially distinguished v. for those glorious masses of rock and wild jr brooks which are to be found in the mountains of New York, M-tine, and New llamp- Mr rs shire. His coloring is bold and quite c.hard, acterUtic of tLe subjects chosen by the arie 'The commissioners in ago average about j^Kir ne forty-five. They are in the vigor of thei?yB? fe. intellect, and their appointment has givegHp _* he ?so far as I can glean from converse witffi?' iid people interested in art matters?very lot eral satisfaction. They are not eh lent artists, but havo the rapu^ of I**" lie just men, who will act withd!^^,^ \ ild important mission intrasted y ^S' A innn named Gait was recenlly^jSllrat^l^ I to a dumb woman. Soma curiosity j t cited by the fact of his marrying who could not speak, and a friend hMKp/55 him the cause of his doing so. Gait 1 swered that lie had had two wives already, and th<\v gave him no rest by reason of their yes talking ceaselessly, and complaining ?ud Wy call , Hcolding from morning till night. Bolb ? I had died; and now, as he*was sixty years K . rC8 old, ami desirous of having a little peacaJT d ; fcr i|)e remainder of his life, be bad deterC 0,n mined to select a tfnmb woman. / Hi; ? * A 0I)O. Household Treasures.?A trensur4^. (Ver a husband?earrieB the bal?v. A IrtC'V of a wife?nqvor asks for money. A jPV ^ ure of a son?has money in the fury treasure of a daughter?looks the^rV ittle as ',er inol'"'r? ?nyl'"Og. a? i A treasure o f a servant?runoff j ofljco in less than half an houlf^. ^ of a cook?is not hysterical wLpn^<^ ">e . bed '8 conlPHn.v to dmner. A treasure of Jitf ' rms hy?-doesn't disturb it* dear papa iiB -v. middle of the night. Mk' am- * m m ?*' 'ken Man is strong?woman is beautiful. Mrs a of is daring and conduct?woman ia a to and unassuming. Man shines abroad?S r] he man at home. .Man talks to convinrH * wwt? woman to persuade and please. Man hfl^ rugged heart?woinann'soft and lender onal Man- prevents misery?woman relieve?'. qos. Man has scitnce?womnn. taste. vMao^ft por- judgment?woman sensibility/- Man did b?hjg of justuje?woman of ineroy.^ Ik vord ' -'M lira-. Phenomena of Utterance.?A trarihir I fl"er writes:?"We started from a littU l kind ,own 'n v'?'n'ly ?f Holstein. I would a prftm not undertake to spell or pronounce th* name; but if you will take Tz?ohucken|rt?<| 00. Kiiionojed, and mix tliem ap wUb Oiioptoflj- '? Ij .p*noQ?be, Scotch an tiff, ami P*wAm?quo<% arid pronounqp the whol? backward*' Wtdb a uneiexc, yon will theo get wtlhTp about ?u gll(j. Learning^ a woa^ao.if