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BY W. A. LEE AND IIUGII WILSON. ABBEVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 30, 1859. VOLUME VII.?NO. 22
NEVER 8AY FAIL.
Keep pushing?'tis wiser
T1iaii Hitting aside,
And dreaming nnd sighing,
And waitiug the tide.
In life's earnest battle
They only prevail,
"Who daily march onward
And i.ever say fuil!
With an eve ever open.
And a tongue that's not dumb,
And a heart that will never
To sorrow succumb,
You'll battle and conqner.
Though thousands assail ;
tlow strong and how mighty
Who never 6ay fail!
The spirit of nngcls
is activc, I know,
As higher and higher
In glory the}' go;
Methinks, on bright pinions,
From heaven they sail,
T? ?! -
X W UUU VilVUUIil^O
Who never say fail!
Ahead, then, keep pushing,
And elbow your way,
Unheeding the envious,
And asses that liray ;
All obstacles vanish,
All enemies quail,
At the might of their wisdom
Who never say fail!
In life's rosy morning.
In manhood's firm pride,
Let this be your motto
Your footsteps to cruide,
In storm and in sunshine,
Whatever assail,
We'll onward end eonqucr,
And never say fail 1
COUSIN DEBORAH'S LEGACY.
Cousin Deborah was an untnaried lady,
who bad do other property than a moderate
life annuity. The furniture of her housn
was faded and antique; the linen was wel!
darned ; the plate was scanty, and worn
thin with use aud frequent scouring ; the
books were few and in no very good condition
She had no jewels or trinkets; her
j days were passed ill a dreary state of tranquility,
stitching, stitching, stitching, forev.
er, with her beloved huge work-box at her
elbow. That wasted nothing ; for it was
abundantly fitted up with worsted,cotton, j
fnno Kiittstnc ItrwlLrinc noiidlnc nn<) utu>lt n
"???? ) ...... -~v,.. ..
multiplicity of reels and hull?, that to enumerate
them would he a tedious task.
Cousin Deborah particularly prided herself
on her darning; carpets, house-linen, stockings,
all bore 'unimpeachable testimony to
this branch of industry.
She was lost without her work.box ; lier
conversation always turned on the subject
of thread papers and needle-cases ; and never
was darning cotton more scientificallv
' ' * *
rolled into neat balls^thtui by the taper fingers
of Cousin Deborah".
As a child. T alwnvs r^f/urdpd t!if- work
box with n species of awe and veneration,
without daring to lay a finger on the treasures
it contained. I have no doubt that
Cousin Deborah first regarded me with
favor in consequence of being asked by my
mother to give me a lesson in darning?a
most ntc^ssary accomplishment in our family,
as lepras the eldest of many brother*
and sisters ; and, though very happv among
ourselves, the circumstances of onr dear
parents rendered the strictest industry and
furgality absolutely indispensable in order
to make "both ends meet."
She was proud of me. on the wholp, as a
pupil, thought she sometimes had occasion
to reprove me for idleness and ski) p ng stifc -lies
; and between us it is almost impossible
to say bow many pairs of stockings we
made in the year. We resided near our
Cousin Deborah ; and may a time I was invited
to take tea with her, and bring my
bag in my hand, as a matter of course, and
sit with her long hours without speaking,
intent on our nee<fles, the si fence unbroken
save bv the ticking of the eiclit-dav
* o - - a *
clock.
I sometimes found it very dull work, I
confess. Not bo with cousin Deborah.
She needed no other society tl>An that of
her work-bo*; and I do not believe Bhe
loved any human being so well. . Hei
whole heart was in it; and the attachment
she evinced toward me, as the time went
on, was fostered and encouraged by out
, mutual zeal in per formig "talks of needle
J. ' * \T * ?L _ ? # t 1 ~ f- 1 J -
wore. hoi inai x snarea id oer aeronon
1 was actuated by a setpe of doty alone
and would far rather, could I have done w
coa^oientlousfy, bate beetf dancing ao<
iMgfaing wt ih companions 6f toy own agt
But ply the ueedfe I did ; and so did Coush
De borate f?d we two beearhe, with a hug
work-txxpetween us, quite a.pair of lovinj
friends; ^jjd at,least two evenings in th
week I w^fit tt> sit with the lone woman
She would bare bad roe every evening tber
were so man* of - us at home, our narebt
could not bear to spare anjr of us out o
their sight oftener than tbey deemed iodn
penaable.
At length Cousin OeborahV quiet? ori
btatnelea* lifoeame to an. wW;, Wh#6 fee
will was openod, U waajptwd that sh+'fei
her hecks DwMture,
thattfoodlfttJi/j*a*e a
we dnd, tot #l? were in -mueb triMM pta
perous ciurcurmtanc.es tlmn wo were. To
me she gave the huge old work-boX, with all
its conteots, iu token of iho high esteem
and affection with which I was regarded by
the deceased, I was to inherit the well
stored work-box, only on condition that it
was to bo used daily by me in preference to
all others. "Evevy ball of darning cotton,
as it diminishes, ehall bring its blessings,'
said Cousin Deborah ;"for Ada Benwell
(that was my name) is a good, girl, and
dams more holes in the stockings of her
uromers ana sisiors inai any otner girl ot
ber age. Therefore, 1 particularly recommend
her to uso them up as soon as she
can, and she will meet with her reward in
due season."
Mother was a little disappointed at the
conclusion of our kinswoman's will, and
expressed her displeasure in a few sharp re-?
marks, for which my father gently reproved
her. The subject of the legacies was never
again discussed. The old work-box was in
constant requisition by my side, and the
balls of darning cotton rapidly diminished.
One day, as [ was sitting beside my mother,
busy with my needle, she remarked :
'Yoti have followed your own cousin's direc
tions, Ada. She particularly recommended
you to use up tlio baljs of darning-cotion
as soon as possible, and look there ia one
just done."
As my mother spoke, I unrolled a long
needleful I, and came to the end of that ball.
A piece of p ?per fell to tho ground, which
had been the nuckels on which the ball
was forn.ed. I stooped to pick it up, und
was just about throwing it into the fire,
when it caught my mother's eye, and she
stretched ogt her hand and seized it. In ,
momenrs she unfolded it to onr astonished
gaze ; it was a hank note for fiftv pounds.
"O, dear Cousin Deborah !" she ex -
claimed. "It's just like her, kind, queer
old soul."
We were not long in using up all the
other halls of cotton yarn in that marvel
ous workhox, and such a reward as I found
for my industry sure was never met with
before or since. No less than ten fifty
pound notes were thus brought to light ;
and my father laughingly declared I had
wrought my own dower with my needle.?
Chambers' Journal.
BLABNEY.
We extract the following from the correspondence
of the Baltimore American:
We were soon roaming through the spacious
ruins of Blarney Castle, which was built
in the year 1449, by Cortnac McCartjv
Earl of Clancartv, who was first summoned
to Parliament as Baron of Blarney in the
year 1G58. The castle was held for James
II., and stood out a severe siege against the
forces of tho Prince of Orange. A battery
was finally placed an elevated position,
which compelled them to surrender the ensile.
The maiijturret and tower is one
hundred and twenty feet, and the 6tone cir
ctilar stairway to its extreme height is still
in an excellent state of preservation. Its
walls, inside nnrl out, are overrun to their
extreme height with woodbine and ivy, adding
interest and beauty to the ruins. Near
the lop of the wall of this castle is the fa
| mous "Diarney stone." A curious tradition
attributes to it tbe power of endowingt!
i IDllrtOUUt* L'ij oo it milli Iia butaaI
.. ..wv . V,. ? ,uu^ ?? "UU IUO o TT CCIf |/UI PUllDIVC
wheedling eloquence bo perceptible in the
language of the people of Cork, and which
is generally termed "blarney?which has
been described by tome ill natured person
4a faculty of deviating from veracity with
an unblushing countenance whenever it may
be convenient." The stone generally pointed
out as the "real stone" is situated on the
top of the building, and b^sidya a sculptured
treefoil bears the date of 1703. Crocker's
favorite song of the "Groves of Blarney"
made this atone famous', and it is annually
viewed by tbotisands of tourists?for, as the
pong sav6:
"There is a atone there,
That whoever kisses.
Oh! he never miaaes
4*" To grow eloquent.
'"^Dcn't hope to hinder him,
Or to bewilder him
Sore he's a pilgrim
' & From the Blarney atone.'1
The grounds arourd the castle are still
very beautiful and romantic, but tbe beauty
if boa been gradually diminishing, and its
__H ! I 1 _ . I - Mat t J -
) vfaiM are cnoK?a up who ruooisn. uiow
j nt hand, however, are the famous "Grove*
^ of Blarney
n "*Tis there'* the daisy,.
e And the sweet caraatioo,
. Xhe blooming pink
% A?nj the fose so Taiir; ^
6 The 4aff dolMiUy,
Likewise tb^iry,
a . . All flowsn thst acent
g The * *. ffstfrniV ir."
f The?fl ooo^rtipoj and
k present a wi(d and pleaejug aeet*, ?tlh tb?
TlrtiSflV *i- -4
- vp.y.-, +m MWUIWIUU HJB MM
j sacrificial offering* were mad*-to the feattol
I Iheee aoeient people.
I ' ^ a '400V& ft.
MANLINESS.
One of the greatest etfils of a city life
llint wo know of is the false conception of
a true and proper manliness of character
which is apt to spring up. The boy of
Fourteen sticks n plug of (obaco in liis>
mouth or a cigar out it, runs after a (ire engine,
and gets up once or twice into the
rooms of a hose company, because he
thinks all this the essence and proof of
manhood. By and ho carries a revolver
and a dirk, and before long, alas! uses them
and expiates his crime on the gallows, all
from having before him a false standard of
manliness, ur eise lie seizes itie sword, tollows
some filibuster like Walker, disgraces
his country, and comes home a mass of diseases,
a wreck and a ruin physically and
morally, to die before ho is thirty, all from
the same mistake.
In other walks of life "the miud's the
standard of the man." To be a valedictorian
in college, and the first writer of the
daj^in I? profession or out of it, the ambitious
student burna the midnight oil,
destroys all his perceptive faculties In cultivating
the reflective, and becomes a physical
pigmy ill hopes of being an intellectual
giant. Ho destroyed his nervous system
in the pursuit of superiority over 6omo
rival more favored of fortune, and drops
down deadjustashe reached the goal. All
this springs, we say, from a^ false conception
of true Manliness The blanched cheek and
sunken jaw and trembling system of the
student, no less than the drinking, fight
ing, swearing and carousing of the soldier
and llie fireman, are indications of a deeply
sunken, false conception. Sometimes it is
not the physical frame alone that 19 injured
by the erroneous standard of the intellectual
man. The moral nature often is the
giealest sufferer. Success becomes the
only lest of what is wise and good. A
shallow smartness saps all principles of
honor, and a man is considered by all
others an unprincipled scoundrel, when he
really supposed he was becoming an ingenious,
and perhaps a wise and a successful
man. Many a lawyer lias thus gained
his cause by losing all conscience, and
many a physician risen in wealth at the
price of bis own self respect, and many a
minister defended and pushed the interest?
of his sect to the neglect and injury of the
general cause of Christianity.
In nearly all these cases, a false and per
vented standard of manliness lies at tlit
bottom and forms the root of Lite evil
The cure for it lies in correcting the notions
of men on this subject. In the Scotcli
Universities, they have professors who lecture
on "Humanities" a subject in regard tc
which many of our beetfifciiltitions of learn
ing are exceedingly deficient, True, \v<
have our professors of Moral Science, am
such works as those of Dr. Way land leac
men to think on sdrae of the points tha
should bo involved in (he course of Btudj
we have in view. But the misfortune is
that so many of the writers on the moral
and even on the intellectual nature of man
have been little acquainted wilh his phys
ical nature,?have little studied physiolygy
Phrenology and Dr. Combe's works hav
done something to counteract this evil ii
the public mind. But most of the writer
and lectures on these subjects have been s
exceedingly superficial, that they have don
mischief in their way, and by infusing i
shallow and self-confident skepticism as t
everything beyond the exceedingly nar
,i.?: i i
?U?? inline Ul IUCII UWU VISIUU, UHVQ uee
chiefly useful in creating the desire in man
persons to form a proper and trite concep
tien of what real manliness is.
All can judge pretty-well of a goo
physical system, and this forms the indici
tion of what is within, so uniformly thi
no wise man who has once mastered tt
outlines of physology will ever treat bodil
culture as a light thing. It seems rathe
the basis of all the rest. Still, there ts n<
ii thought passes through the brain but go<
to form both mind and body too. And a
strong propose, all goods resolutions, e
observances of social morality, and tl
amonities of daily life, go to form the rot
for all the future of bis existence as surel
as the actions of his present coarse are th
result of the whole of his previotp being.
There is no walk of life in which ti
dictates and interests of a true-humanit
may ever be laid aside or suspended for ai
amount of suceaes. But tbe formation of
correct conception of manlineaa.ta in em
one the work of his whole life, Mid it is
each life the result of all former Uvea.
. The,correct formation of tjjfo eoorfeptii
should be ope great daily aim of the pu
' lie school system of education in thiappu
tfrtf Wa hov* in im^tl *h*ranf*n dHMM
iogton, nod Jefferson, and Hamilton, ?o?
She models* But, above all, itr tbatroj
: terious Being Wbooalledbioisalf so oft
' the "Son ef Man," to indicate bfr-peffis
' fcaraanity, we have ttt* type of trued*
b<k)4?-?a standard to ??bktb aH age* and i
racoa code fonrtd at last as the only pwfi
model.?rWfj^gfort it Tufiff
' Mi XJ> . ?? , flfr
I , .TJb# p&Mm
Mid tobebeaboni 11,500.
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JEFFERSON'S WEDDING.
The following scene is from the early days
of Jefferson, in ihe New York Century:
"Belinda,"(Jefferson's first love)liad been
married many years, and her old admirer
was approaching thirty, when bo mot
with a young lady of twenty-two, who
produced a strong impression upon him,
She was a little above the medium height,
slender, but elegantly formed. A fair complection,
with a delicate tint of the roso ;
lariTQ hazel nves. fllll of lif<? nnil fix.linrr ntnl
luxuriant hair of a rich, soft auburn formed
a combination of attractions which wcro
eminently calculated to move tho heart of
youthful Scholar In addition to all (his
the lady was admirably graceful; she rode,
danced and moved with elegant ease and
sancf and played on the harpsicord very
sweetly. Add still to these accomplishments
the possession of excellent good sense, very
considerable cultivation a warm loviug heart
and last, though not least, notable talents
for house-keeping, and it will not l?e difficult
to understand bow the youthful MrJefferson
came to visit very frequently at
the lady's residence, in the county of Charles
City. It was called "jTlte Forest," and
the name of the lady was Mrs. Martha Skelton.
Sho was tho daughter of John
\Vayle8 an eminent lawyer, artd had marrid
in her 17th year, Mr. BathhurstSkelton
who dying in 1700, left his young wife a
widow at nineteen. As the three years of
mourning began to expire, the beautiful
young lady found herself besieged at "The
Forrest" by numerous visitors. Of these
three were favorites with tho fair Mir.
Skelton, of whom Mr. Thomas Jefferson
was one. The tradition runs that the pietensions
of tho rivals were decided either by
the musical accomplishments of the young
consellor, or by the fears of his opponents.
The tale is differently related. One versi on
is, that the two unfortunate gentleman encountered
each other on Mrs, Skelton's
door step, but hearing Mr. Jefferson's violin
and voice accompanying the lady in a
pathetic Fong, gave up the contest thenceforth
and retired without entering, convinced
that the affair was byond their control.
Tiio other slory is, the all three met at
tlie floor, and agreed that they would take
i tlieir turns. Mr. Jefferson entered first,
and the tones of the lady in 6inging with
her companion deprived the listeners of all
hope. However, this may be, it i9 certain
that the beautiful widow consented to be>
come Mrs. Jefferson; atid on the first day
of January, 1772, there wa*agreat festival
at "yvThe Forest." Friends and kindred
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I MIWUIUIUJ If?l <11111 llt'ill UJUIU VI {13 UUIl?:iVlII?r
) and dancing after tlie abundant old fashion
nnd we find from the bridegroom's note
^ book that the servants and fullers received
j fees from his especial pocket. It snowed
j without, but within all was mirth nnd enjoyt
ment, in the light and warmth of the great
^ log fires, roaring in honor of the occasion.
Soon after the performance of the ceremony
' the bridegroom and the bride Bet out in
their carriage for "Monticello," where Mr
* Jefferson had Commenced building inj769,
just before the destruction by fire of his
patrimonial house of "Shad well. Tho journey
e was not to end without adventures.
As they advanced towards the mountains
s the snow inecensed in'i depth, and finalTj
? they were compelled to leave the carriage
e and proceed on their way on hofaehack,
Stopping to rest at 'Blenbeiur,' the seat o
? Col. Carter, where tbey found, however, no
* one but th^orerseer, they left it at sunset,
n reolutely bent upon reaching Monticellc
J belore nigiit. it was eight miles distant
and tlie road, which was rather a mountain
bridle path than an honest highway, was
^ encumbered with snow three feet deep,
a- We may fancy the sensations of tu<
it newly wedded bride at the chill nppearnnet
>e of the desolate landscape, os she passec
! _1 .1. t *
<y aiong iuo enow, uui sue was a woman o
?r courage nnd good sense, and did not can
at for inconvenience. It was late when thoi
,8 arrived, and a cheerless reception awaitec
them?or rather, there was no roception at
' oil TIia flFAH uttn alt nfit itiA Bacnnnln Itn/
mi* a no hi vo "Wiy n?i vuvf mu dv" youwr unv
l" gone to bed, and the place whs as darl
ie and silent as the grave. Conducting bii
kn wife to tbe liUle pavilion, wbieb was tlx
I only part of Ibe-hoose habitable at the tim<
Mr. Jeffbraon D.roceeded t9 do the honors
6 On ashelfbeniod eonoe books, part .of i
hnftla r\( orinn nun /tismVurpH nn/l ihi
)6 formed the supper of tbe bridegroom rdc
v the bride. Far from being' annoyed o
" discomfited by their, reception, however, i|
. only nerved for a topic of jestand laugh
A dr.. ThA vmir? hits ?m an mnrrv' nnc
?b ligbtboarted us a bird, and wot Iter den
in oUft rtofij#J<t>rputf b ti?e deearj. Jiltie.4M
ilion as gall^aa fine had ?v# jdo?> in tb<
cheerful drawing.room of "The Forest."
Tbmtbe loog boara of tie winter nigh
b' fled away like miootee, wing*), with laughte
o- (MrritMpt, Knd song. Tlffc vigil Wat
li. mirthful incident rather than n'triri oftlie?
m- eqtMUMmity. Tbey ??r? young, and they b?<
jpit been marrjeti?Wheo bead*are etaipp
'*1, aoA hearts beat (dose togfether?tb?re is yen
4fg OiUle gloom, in d*ntne?, and th? #fi*
?old., >.This little mow
^ a?miia#tfsrUl wM Iwp?, becrtticiwd ?
.1. verai* is Too rbrtmntie for <J)? ^dignity <
" K?tory5 l^ab?rt>flf?i,
K5t ?youft^h^y ?fed g?ntlerDftfJ, ^^ps^ t
MR. MILBUBIf.S CHAPLAINCY.
We lately noticed tlie ticw work of Mr.
Milburn. Iu the following passage lie tells
us how ho became Chaplain to Congress. ,
lie was traveling on a steamboat from Cincinnati
to Wheeling. He says:
The boat was very .much crowded, nnd
among the passengerei'was ft considerable
number of Congressmen, members of both
houses, on the way to the capital to take
their seats. As several of them were men
known to fame, whose names I had been
familiar with for years, T took great interest
in observing them, and in listening to their
conversation ; when, as is often their manner
in such environment, they talked for the
benefit of the company. I cannot say how
much I was shocked, or how indignant I
l??came nt discovering that not a few of
these representaiives of the sovereign people
of the United States, swore outrageously
played cards day and night, and drank
villianouR whiskey to excess. I expressed
my surprise and chngrin to my friend; but J
the only comfort that I received was, that |
this was the fashion in which many of our j
politicians acted.
The river was low?fogs came on. Sunday
morning arrived, we were yet eighty miles
below Wheeling, and lliere was no place
we could land to spend the Sabbath At
breakfast time a committee of the. passengers
j waited npon me to know if I could preach
to them. Never did I say yes more gladly:
for never had I been so anxious to speak
ruy mind. A congregation of nearly three
hundred persons assembled at half past ten
o,clock, and I look mv stand between the
ladies, iiml gentlemen's cabins; seated in the
place of honor upon my right and left hand
were most of my late ohjocts of interest the
members of Congress. I had never before
spoken under such circumstances, but nevertheless,
preached as well as I could which
is not saying much. At the close of the
discourse proper, however, I could not resist
! the impulse to speak a straightforward word
J to the men on my light and left; turning to
them, therefore, I said something to the
following effect: "I understand that you
are members of the Congress of the United
Stats, and as such you are or should bo the
representatives not only of the political
opinions, but also of the intellectual, moral
nnd religious conditiou of the people of this
eonntrv.
As T ImH rmv'lv noon mnn nf imnr nloca T
v.. .
felt on coming aboard this boat a natural in
terest to bear your conversation and observe
your habits. If I am to judge the nation
bv you, I ran come to no other coichmion
than that it is composed of profane swearers,
card players and drunkards. Suppose there
should be an intelligent foreigner on this
boat, travelling through tlie country with
the intent of forming n well-considered and
unbiased opinion, of the pratical working
of our free institutions?seeing you and
learning your position, what would bo his
conculsion? ?inevitably, that our experiment
is a failure' and our country isbasteninc to
destruction. Consider the influence of your
example upon the young men of tlie nntion
wl^at a school of vice are you establishing!
If you insist upon the right of ruining yourselves,
do not hy your example corrupt and
i debauch those who are the hope of the land.
1 I must tell you, thnl as an American citizen
T * . I -1! I *
: i u-ei disgraced ny your oehavior; as a preacher
of (lie Gospel I am commissioned to
f tell you, that unless you renounce your evil
i courses, repent of youi sine, and believe
upon the Loro Jesus Christ witb hearts
> unto righteousness, you will oertainly be
, damned."
l At the closo of the services, I retired to
, mv State room to cmisuler mc imnrninntn
3 ?J ?
address word by word, and whether, if 1
? were called to a'reckoning for it, I should
a be willing to abide by it and its consequences
] Plain speaking and stern acting are common
f things among the men of th^ West nod
b Southwest, and whosoever starts to run a
1 race of t^iis kind should be prepared to go
' unflinching to the goal. I came to the coo
I elusion the nothing bud beet) said of wbicb
c I ought to be ashamed, nod that T would
i stand by every "Word of it, let the issue be
0 what it might. While cogitating, there
3 was a tap at the door. A gen tleman entered
B who said : "I have been requested to wait
R Upon you by the members of Cougress en
I hoard? who bud a meeting since the close
*, of the religions exerciser. They desire me
^ Jo present you with this purse ormor>eyM?
' hhnding fne between fifty and a hundred
dollars?''as a token of their appreo^atiop
r of your sincerity and fearlessqees m repro,
l* vtrig therrt for tlrefr rt Wionduofj| %; eyjiate
3 also desired roe-tj> jf'you''wiJr n)Fort
1 ^.cljAplaio^r Oongw?*
[ to thi?y *bey jbferetdy Co joo an
* honorable dect?6r?,p stunned ^ith
t 'Ltf
T r??pt?0?? WO rajirjanoc
? He w?rn>lywgadr mjU Waupaca .of lira
C.offar*^Aa th^feowtfceared Wheeling mv
f daefefon a?M. I l#<ent?d to tbei>
ll profxMl. They Vent forward to the capita!
4 1 'fotWf v* W?aeef?grto. fa-each. But tfca
*. ftarwooeo^Wobat wa? far mareremtmeraim
than hU my hjbors at CineioRJiii iu|d'W1#*
* - idop^ tny expense*' to JUtai^^fir,
" *flM so I entered ttpoto my datiea Mt Chaplab
toCotofrwa,
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ttANDOLFH AMONG THE BOYS.
A correspondent of tho Central Presbyterian
furnishes some reminiscences of his ^
school days, nearly fifty years ago, when ^
tho celebrated John Randolph was at the 6
zenith of his power as a leading member of P
Congress. Mr. Randolph bad three wards, ^
who were his nephews, at the school of the n
Rev. Driiry Lacy, Prince Edwards County, ^
Va., and used to be a frequent visitor. The It
wiilnr onru
"It wni Mr. Lucy's custom to hear his '
boys recite their Latin and Greek grain- ^
mar 1es?ons befure breakfast, ami 1 have ^
known Mr. Randolph, moro that once, to
come from Bizarre,(two miles,)and enter
the school house by sun-up. At nine o'
clock the school Was formally opened,
when all the hoys read verses about in tire
Bible, until the chapter or portion was finished.
Mr. Randolph always seemed highly
pleased with this exercise, read his verse in
turn, and with Mr. Lacy, would sometimes
ask questions. On one occasion, whilst
reading one of the books of the Pentateuch,
he stopped a lad with the question.
"Tom Miller, can you tell mo who was
Moses'father?,,
"Jelliro, sir," was Uic prompt answer.
"Why, you liltle aog, Jetlilo was his
father-in-law."
Then putting the question to four or five
others by name, not one of whom could
answer, he berated thein soundly for their
carelessness and inattention in reading
saying,"VVhen you were reading last week,
William Cook read the verso containing
ine name 01 aioses laiucr, nnd Have y?u all
forgotten it already
Just then a young man caught the name
nnd unable to lepeat the verse from tire
Bible, repented part of a line from Milton :
"The potent rod of Amram's son," &c,
"Ah, said Mr. Randolph,"that is the
way you learu your Bible; get it out of
other books, what little you know of it;,'
and with an exceedingly solemn manner
and tone, added, "and so it is with us all;
nnd a terrible proof of our deep depravity i
;? ?i.?i ...? -i- 1 ? I
j a is, mm *vo uu i <211811 <41111 it'llicua^l hi1jthing
belter than The Book."
The very utterance, simple ?s it was,
filled every one with awe, and made him
feel guilty, whilst at the 6aino time it imparted
reverence for the Bible which \va6
never f?lt before, and which, from one
mind at least, will never be ciTriced. Mr.
Randolph was so well pleased, however,
with the young man who quoted fron* his
favorite another, that in a short time as
soon, perhaps, as he could get it from -Richmond,
ho presented him with a beautiful
copyo&Milton's Paradise Lost, with a suitable
inscription in hia own elegant baudwriting.
A SECRET POLICE.
A letter from Italy, written while Louis
Napoleon was there, says;
"It was curious to see the movements of
the gentlemen composing the secret police
of his majesty, ami more curious a^ill to
study the personages. The chief is a
handsomo man, about forty years of age,
and is decorated with the Legion of,Honor.
lie has a large, square built, *powerful
frame, with dark hair and eyes, dark
skin nnd ruddy cheeks. He wears n
small moustache and imperial, and although
he has a military air, might pass for the
rich manufacturer or the huxy agent for
some great company. Without an exaggeration,
lie is as shrewd a looking man as
I ever saw; his small, daik eves are constantly
moving from aid* to 6ide, under the
shade of a hnt with an unfashionable broad
brim ; no rftan near the circle of bis movement
escapes his scrutiny. The confederate*
which the chief has with .him here are
a study on account of their multiform
characters and visages. Not one of them
looks like a rrenciJinap. une, a tall, eleg10
young man, with flaxen haiv and
moustache, would pass for a Russian -or
Northern German. He speaks a variety
of - languages. With hitn thnre .aits ajn
old farmer-looking gentleman, "M, wfyno
he talks, convinces you very, sooiv that you
have /alien in-'wrfh A shrewd politician Apd"
a cunning otd To*,'who is' onjyiq trave^ie
in his simple cdstuthe. tfh?n. there is ao
' oaormously fat .old nan with gray- hair,
' shaves dloae, on *hot>e ?hage the finer
lifun liiurA Iwu^rhA .A^ltlUA frnm Mumi(b oni)
?m?v" 't t' , r.w^4 imiv?
whose nationality w (has obccured.4 H4'i*
owof the most rfctive men of the frartt.
1 Tb'efl the* nre two raeV, of
pal? and clean nlmveq . %6^r"iici0(pt^^'
fiide-wTiipkers, wbo do
The . oorrespondent of tb? Jbondpm Tito**,
at this place, teH???e tliet W MMieeed eoe
or (Din men in peneoi cqihrmbbv mi "nK'HS!r
Hud ' **?' tj&nr'ftw nrtn<t>
hngD?gef but , wilb ?.]0ifcwn acoent,
Tb?re are fltUI-others of itwue men, i?bwe
; ?^awj?nlx . f?jppe?r^i^j|3?4' bsaijxj* air
k ?o?>a louwy 01 uieir
J ?mm tf?- Krwy yfef ih? Emptror,??iu>
' jfia??rfttio? oc^^6^a?igoiB wr>
?atr bow?v?r iiiiJpjil "
WHITFIELD'S FIRST BEKMOJl.
Writing on this subject to a friend from
Jlouoester, on the 30tli of June,*1780, Mr?
Vhilfield tlius refers to the first sermon he
ver preached: "Last Sunday after noon, I
ireaehed my first sermon io the Church of
>t. Marv de Crvnt. where I was hnmUfti
* y I ' - - ? ?I f
nd also first received tlie sacrament of tlie
-ord'a supper. Curiosity nsyou may ensily
;uess, drew a lat-ge congregation together
ipon tlie occasion. The night atfirst awed
ne ; hut I was cpmfortod with the h^art-lelt
(enso of the Divine presence, and soon
found tho unspeakable advantage of having^
been accustomed to public. Speaking when
a boy at school, and of exhorting the prig'
oners and poor people at their private houses
tvhilst at the University. By these means
I was kept from being daunted* over much.
As I proceeded. I perceived the fire kindled
till at last, though so young, and amidst ft
crowd of those who knew me in my infant,
cinKtisti days, i tru^t'J whs enabled 10 speak
with some degree of gospel authority.?
Soma few mocked, but most.fbr the pt*esetit
seemed struck ; ami I have Bince heard that
a complaint has been made to the bishop
that I drove fifteen mad the first sermnffc ?
The worthy prelate, as I am informedj
wished thai the madness might not be forgotten
before next Sunday."
Residence of a Comedian.?Burton
the cmnerlinn. lum h nl?a?iniit Mci/lonno ?
' I au
Glen Cove, New York. A newspaper letter
pays "his garden is worth going miles
lo soe?plants, exotics, flowers of tlie richest,
rarest, and moat costly descriptions here
luxuriate, blossom and bloom; the finest
green velvet is not more soft than his grass
plats, and the nicely boxed borders of bis
flower beds show the exquisite taste of
its owner. Apple, pear, peach, nectarina
and plum trees are here in numbers, and he
has, at a cost of some 81o,000 erected a
hot house that looks more like the Crystal
Palace limn anything I have seen. Ilis
grape ,-Tines are really wonderful, and the
grapes euperb and ns big as the egg of it
pigeon.
_ _ _ -9
Chinese character.?Lieutenant Habersham
relates the following anecdote as
demonstrative of the Chinese character :?
"Some two years since, shortly after the
town baker (a Chinaman) had poisoned the
bread, a merchant called his butler to the
breakfast table, and said, 'Butler I don't
like the looks of this bread ; take it away
away and see if it is not poisoned.' Ad
Thoiir two later he met him, and nsked
'Well, what about the bread ?'?rigl?
| ?no poison.'?'How do you know P qucri*
ed the merchant?'Bottom 6ide Mown
stairs) have got one small boy, one coolie {
be no got father, no got mother ; T give he
ono piece?he cat, no make he sick. Can
secure now." ?
Recipe foii a mappy iIome.?Six
things are requisite to create a "happy
home." Integrity must ba the architect,
and tidiness the uph dsterer. It must be
warmed by affection, and lightened up witll
with cheerfulness, and industry must be the
ventilator,'renewing the atmosphere and
bringing in fres snlubrity day by day}?
while over all, as a protecting canopy and
glory, nothing will eufBce except n blessing
from Above.
? i# I ?
0* J *
Married life.?The affection that links
together man.and wife, is a far holier passion
the enthusiasm of )'oung love. It may
want its georgeousneRs?\t may want its
imaginative character, but it is for richer in
.its tiu?ting attributes. T?lk not to us of
the 'absence' of love in What I.
became a man has censed to "sigh like a
furnace," are we to bejieve that tho fire iseittinct?
No, it burns with a steady - bat
diep flame, shedding a benign influence upon
existHffie, a mllllotl^fimea more precious
iftul deligfitful than tbe'told dreams of "philciopby.
A joke for the ladies.?An editor of
a pajjer lately informed Ilia reader* that the
always poll off the left Btoc.kimge jast.
Tins, as way ^supposed, created sorpe atir
among4m fair reader?, and while ih positive
terms they.denied the statement, l^pty ir*?
fined that lie had no bosiness to know it< even
if snch were the fafct, andproDotmced"
' no gentleman. He prpves if, howevfef^' by *?
short argnment.., "When one stodcing-i?
pulled off, there is anqtbee left,pn pulling;.
| off tbis is-taking the left stocking off J?st.n
/ -1 , 11inf..
lawyers Trre sometime* Very perticnhtr.
Tbe other dav ontf of thnfe fearfied and ami'
nble gentlemen wr# waited upon by ayoaptf
> man .who wjtked his ?dfice. and began hj^
k saying;?"My father died and mad? a-. wiU'
-?^" ^Is-itrpofcibM 3Wer-bear4 of
stfch a' tbthg* awrtfeifcd ifce'lifcafBr,?"f
} thought itfat U happengd every' day," *?id
: wtf M?f* youipg man; ,*% if there m (aty;
~ any diffiootty ab<*t it IW bailer give*<Mh
i pjjpfaj
WM given,, and the* ti* l*wyer o^aerved*f
town tbAt your father
died."?uY?j, jee -r thut most be kP