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she is waspy for such homago, her whims, flirty ways and pouts, assev erate. She repels reluctant submis sion. To be admire!, and in the in-, stances of a few, loved, is the kernel of all her pleasures! Flirts have their origin in self-exaltation, and the consciousness of their secret magic. They are notoriously, persons of overweening vanity; but sometimes they have inducements to become flirts, other than'the cajolery of van ity. Their intellects may put them above the brains of most men, and disclose their policies; and they can not repress a contempt for the cater ing coxcomb. How could she re spect the creature’s sincerity, when he swears “ by Jupiter” to all the rich girls that he meets ! In her cold cruelty, she delights in his discomfi tures. I am certain such a proud mind would love devotedly, were she to meet a man as proud as she—one* who is “ Every inch a King ;” for a touch o£ the hand, do women kneel, and before whom, do men uncovered stand. This same power, yclept Ins telligence, seems to refine another closs—the nobler class. To that de gree, to which tho former becomesan enchantress, she personifies tho god dess. From her eyrie she looks down upon man with tenderness and mer cy. She is his friend and adviser.— If she is mated, her life-pulse will number only pleasures. If she stertis life’s floods alone, she will be a dis penser of good deeds. Women are fascinated with wild, reckless men—why is it? The mag netism is identical with that induced by the etiquette of honor which sub sisted between the Highland clans of Locksley in Ivanhoe, or of the wild, roving freedom of the Arab. These men attract by their passions; they pic', upon woman’s sympathy by the. lottery with fate. They are stirKd with a spirit which she idol-, izes, individuality, intrepidity. They jndieate a power which scorns the opinion of others, so rarely seen, ipso facto. Women idealize such men, and their power is as magic as that of a mesmer. Pope, upon this point, said all women were “ rakes at heart,” but he grossly misconceived them. They are simple dreamers ! led into extra vagancies, alluringly, fancy-ridden jades, unintentionally, but many times badly caparisoned! Women are tho first espousers of anew doc trine. They have an avidity, an ea-> gerness for tho romantic novel, or unreal. They are firmer adherents to a cause. They are tho soonest to laurel the brow of the hero. They are the truest in love, and most mad dened in hate. We have often heard, women when wicked, aro wbrso ntan men. Why? Becauso the the unreal, drunken them. delicateness is displacechby sn^iing THE GEORGIA COLLEGIAN. brazonnoss ; the soft sensibilities be come rigid and frozen. Lady Mac both never repented, nor felt a pang of conscience at her crime! Bancho’s ghost was chased to its charnel, and the sod which received it stamped and spit upon. Women are more su perstitious than men, because of the unrealness of the idea. 1 know a young lady, who entertained the vague notion that a ghost was going to extend his perambulations down her chimney; she mado it a practice to look up it, with a candle , before re tiring. Women, because of the ideal istic propensity, are more chivalric patriots. Madame Roland was the soul of the Girondist party; and tfieir policy made up her pulsations.— Charlotte Corday perpetrated an act in broad sunlight, amidst her ene mies, which no man could have done. As tho saintly victim of liberty, hor heart bore but one sin, which we know not whether to praise or con demn! Hor spirit was exhaled, whose immortal essence will conquer tho grave, and whose approach will ever evoke a silent tear and a burst of cheer! Woman, so full of petulancies and follies, can be a forgiving saint, an im passioned adorer, the purest patriot, and a demoniacal murderess, or a relontloss shrew. Every where she is the slave of her feelings, the helot of her passions! She possesses a na ture delicately strung. The harp of Allan-bane, when the battle’s roar and the warrior’s shout swept o’er it, called back the fleeting breath, and the pale spirits of Roderick Dhn’s gallant band, and their manly throes and uncrying ardor wore captained again, in the dreams of the dying chieftian ! But a softer sound chas ed away the echoes of the trumpet’s blast—’twas a subdued requiem, a nobleman’s masonic lay ! Alter her her life, and she varies with it. If she is in fault, it is that of her ardor, and not \ judgment. In the uni verse of in. cry, the most radiant type of Hope, is a young girl in the dawning peep of first love ! 1 find it notin my heart to revile her; her zeal if it be misguided, I condemn— but cannot reprobate. In marriage, those ties founded in respect, give the wife and husband joy. She must own him as her master. Marital re lations can be bearable only in the submission of tho wife! Slue must idolize ! She loves only that man, who is her most .uncompromising sovereign ! Wemar. ...True, genuine wit is no other than the faculty of seeing rightly; common eenso approaches much nearer to it than exaggerated ideas. The more a man is endued with com mon sense, the more wit he possesses. And genius, what is it, but good sense it)tent upon new ideas ?— Mad. Be Stael. What Young Men Should Do, 1. Every young man should make the most of himself, intellectually, morally and physically. 2. Ho should depend upon his own efforts to accomplish these results. 3. He should be willing to take advice from those competent to give itj and to follow such advice unless his own judgment or conviction, pro perly founded, should otherwise di rect. 4. If he is unfortunate enough to have a rich and indulgent father, he must do the best ho can under the circumstances, which will bo to con duct himself very much as though he had not these obstacles t$ overcome. 5. Ho should never be discouraged by small beginnings, but remember that all great results have been wrought out from apparently slight causes. 6. He should never under any cir cumstances, be idle. If ho cannot find the employment ho prefers, let him come as near his desires as pos sible—he will thus reach the object of his ambition. 7. All young men have “inaliena ble rights,” among which none is greater or more sacred than the pri vilege to bo “ somebody.”— Bunn. A New Religious Order. —The Independent says that anew order has among High Churchmen, called the Brotherhood of thejHoly Cross, the object of which is to unite young men in colleges and elsewhere in defence of the advanced views of the Ritualists—that it not only has branches in the Episcopal institutions, but in Yale, Princeton, Brown and Columbia Colleges. Five Dollar Sewing Machine purchased by me, January, 1866, from thß Family Sewing Machine Company, 86 Nassau street, N. Y., has been in almost constant use ever since. It has not been out of order once. Has cost nothing for repairs, and I find it simple and reliable in operation, and always ready to sew. Those friends of mine who use them with the new improvements are very much pleased. The one I have I would not part with. Mrs. Ann W. Cutiiburt, OclSai 42S West 36th-street, New York. ...Dean Swift had a great aversion to angling. Being asked by a little girl what a fish rod was. he replied, “ It means, my dear, a long polo with a worm at one end and a fool at the other.” ‘ * ...For the antiquity of the practice of tying a thread upon the finger, for the sake of remembering'a thing, see Deuteronomy, vi. *B.—“ And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand.” ..An the Malay language the same word signifietihet*a‘~vroma-n or a flower. _ • COLLEGE NEWS ITEMS. Oglethorpe University.— This ex cellent institution, which is under the charge of the Presbyterian Synod of Georgia, has been suspended for sev eral years, but will bo reopened in Atlanta on tho first Tuesday (4th day) of October next. Rev. David Wills, D. D., formerly Pastor of tho Macon Church, is President of the College. Mr. Benj. T. Hunter, A. M., an alumnus of “ Oglethorpe,” and now President of the University High School, has been called to occu py the chair of Prof, of Physical Sci ences. He will be unable to leave his present position before next Janua ry. Wo are sorry indeed, to lose his services; but congratulate him on his good fortune —and earnestly desire that he and his Alma Mater shall en joy a happy and prosperous future. ...It is said that “The Virginia Female Institute” at Staunton, Va., awarded, at the close of its last ses sion, some eighty medals for excel lent scholarship in tho various branches taught. All, or nearly all, of the students, received at least, one medal; somereceived several. Those young ladies must certainly have been most excellent scholars, since so many obtained such valuable Re wards of Merit. ...Emory College, under the charge of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, still remains quietly and con tentedly at Oxford, near Covington, Ga. Asa seminary of learning, it enjoys an excellent and wide-spread reputation. Many of our zens, and some of the best contribu tors to the Collegian , are graduates and students of Emory. ...The Exercises of the Presbyte rian Theological Seminary, at Colum bia, S. C , began on the 19th inst.— On the 21st, a public Introductory Lecture was delivered by the Rev. Joseph R. Wilson, D. D., who has just entered upon his duties as Pro fessor of Pastoral and Evangelistic Theology and Sacred Rhetoric. Mercer University. —This noble institution, which is conducted under the auspices of the Baptist Church, still holds its sessions at Penfield, Greene Cos., Ga., as it has been im possible, ur yet, to secure grounds and buildings in Macon. For your sakes, friendly “ Merfcerians,” we hope you may before long bo welcom ed, as students, in Macon. ...Abelard was surprised, that uns common as was his passion for Elois sa, ho could express it only in com mon terms, such as the most illite rate boor might use, “ I love you, adorablo Eloisa.” ...The reason why Pennsylvania was settled — Penn refused to pull his bat off and therefore to light pat on. Whore with his hat on. 3