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OllJjH. CHRISTY,) :,.,r und Proprietor. } r olum© ,, T i|i< LVKGK8T AND CHEAPEST 0 nn ! K8 l> THE STATS 11 TERMS. TWO DOLLARS a.year, ■r«*v m advDnw: oihtrwi^ THIllfiE VOL- FinyC,n “ ,Kli>'il>^ < l ,l< ', n 'T7n,'i n 0 ,fntii »t th* iirasl rate*. for snnmmr.maats, [kilted»» (m , r)tw j OB „ c:*iar?w tm forbid-. *»d j .ffor.iinrly- ! business JHircttorn. 7 m. MATTUE'.VS, w*r>**ns£$,S£Z’ t Y K If • K N (i L A X D & F K EL M AN * d-' “ ..... aet*ilB«*l«r*ili DRY GOODS, ATHENS, GA. THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1860. Number 51. aOC BRl E -- SHOES AND BOOTS, Ilroail Sireet.ATH*R<, mhdjhr, JOHN II- CHRISTY, >j,ir s3ou Watchman ami Franklin Job Office.) **° * PU*IXjI.\/> FJt.YCY BOOK and JOB PRINTER, kroad street, Athens. , to him will be neatly, correctly £&~sxr*- w asia? l.»r «»> *" . JAMES A. CARLTON, DEALER IN • Tancv and Staple Dry Goods, if {HI) in ).'A’ A A” D CROCKER 7. ( * N,13, Granite Row, ATHENS “ V. w7lUCAS, fHOUW.F. AND RETAIL DEALER IJf dry goods, 20CENIES, HARDWARE. Ac. Ac. ,. No 2, Broad Street, Athsim, rADY. NICHOLSON & CO. Wbnl*-*1« and Retail Dealer* in Uple and Fancy Goods, Groceries, HARDWARE, CROCKERY, ac. >X«ir Brick Flore, corner Bridge and Broad at*, urf , JiTJiEJTS, G«. c. w. ft H. R. J. LONG, Wholesale and Retail Druggists, A Til EATS, GA MEDICINE AND SURGERY Dr. G. L MeCLESKEY, H AVING removed to Athena, offer, hi* proto, tonal aerrice* to th* citlxen* of the town and conatrv. WIUi an eapertence of twanty year* constant prac tice. ba hope, to merit and ehare a liberal patrooue. •••' «*«> «•>« which was formerly oSa- p»Ml by the late Judre Dongheny, on College Ave nue, whan he may be round. JtnS7 iM 1 TAYLOR & LUMPKIN, f COLLEGE AVENUE, ATHENS, GEORGIA,) Dealers in. QUOAR. ttofllee, MoTsmes, Syrnp,,Salt, Bacon,Eard, hf., W'"*,. brandies. Cigars and Tobacco, nod every FebS 1859** n ' n,,,y hept In the Groceiy lin*. WILLIAM N. WHITE, . WROLRSat.K AHIi UKTA11. Bookseller and Stationer, dsfVmppmif MagathteAg rat. DKAUCk IN HUB 1C and MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS LAMPS.FINE CUTLERY, FANCY OOODS,*C. Lsilleg* Avenne. corner opposite th* Post Ofllrs. Orders promptly filled at Augusta rates. Mar 1 COACH-MAKING AND REPAIRING. J\MES B. BURPEE, . Ai theoldaund of R. S Sehevenell, offer, for sale a lot of superior article* ol hiaown man- nfactore, at reduced prices—cooaiiting of Carriages, Buggies, Rockaways.&c. Orders for any thing in hi* line will be thankfully received and promptly executed. |Cr REPAIRING done at short notice and on reas onable terms. If January 1 A. M. WYNG & CO., DEALER** IN Hardware, Crockery, China and Glass, Jan 1857 Broad Street.ATHENS, Ga. TALMADGE, STARK & HEINS, DEALERS IN WATCHES, nock*. Jewelry, Gun*, Piitnls, Fine ” Cutlery, Musical Instrument*, Sheet Musi*, dec Corner of College Avenue and Clayton sL, Athens, Ga. Oct 27 J. P. MASON & CO., BOOKBINDERS, P A PEH Rulers and Blank Book Manufac turers Whitehall Street, Atlanta. Ga. J. H. CaatsTy, Agent, Athens, Ga. july22 Jan 10 T. BISHOP & SON, Wla.Urale and Retail Dealer* in 3roceries, Hardware and Staple tori 0. Dry Goods, _V„ I, flrwul Street, ATHENS. B. BOMBARD, DENTIST, ATHENS, GEORGIA. i -trick h'uldinsNortbvflhe Fosl Office, \ venue. J«»3 W.M. PHILLIPS, A-TTOftJSrEY -A.T X.A-"W, MARIETTA, ga. Mtcliff in all tlircnanttesafthe Bine Ridge Dir- i.iatUe rt-nntv «i Fulton of the Coweta Circuit, reuiel ouri. and tB IM U 8 Dill. Court, T. \Y. WALKER, attorney at law, Athena, Ga. iffirE <.r*r ibe new Jewelry Store of Meeera ) ilandevilte, Brosd Street. MM J. W. HANCOCK, attorney at law, danikuvim-k. ga. 11 1. practice In Jsrkw.n, Clarke, Madi.ooJHart, Ggleiborpe ami ElbetL Oct2BIy NEW ARRANGEMENT. . REMOVAL OF THE LANIER HOUSE. S M. LANIER would announre to the . public that he 1ms removed from th* old “ Franklin House” (o the “ Newton House.” formerly occupied by W. Crawford, wMoli ill hereafter lie known a* the “ Lanier House.” With facilities superior to any here tofore, f-r tha accommodation of the public, the proprietor hopes that all who favor him with their patronage will be pleased with the new arrangement. |^~ a comfortable omnibus is always ready to convey passengers to and front the depot. Jan. 27.1859.--tf. IPoetfral Sdertioits. (Scnend Utisccllang. SMILES AND TEARS.—A SONG. ' BY C. D. STUART. The smiles that light some kindred face, To cheer us when by sorrow bowed. Are like' the glory beams that chase The darkness from the anmiher cloud; Dear, radiant gleaurn.s pf the soul— The sunshine of affection's aky— They lift the heart from krief a control And wipe the tear from sorrow’s eye. The taar-dropi on some kindred cheek, When joy is mingled with despair, Onr spirits’ gloom can lift and break And leave joy’s light unclouded there; Can lift and thrill tha trembling heart And *oo:he ua in life’s saddest hour*. And sparkle on the soul as clear As dews that sleep on fainting flowers. Love’s holy smile and Pity’s tear. Like angel foot prints from the skies, They lift it* o’er the mortal sphere And give us t-Ieams ef Paradise! O Smiles and T- ars, by these alone, Had we no higher rapture given, The heart might hope for glory’s mne— The soul might wing its way to Heaven. SPEAK >0 ILL. Nay, speak no ill I—a kindly word Can never leave a sting behind. And, oh 1 to breathe each tale we've heard la far beneath a noble mind ; Full of a better seed is sown By choosing thus s kinder plan ; For if but little good be known, Still let.us speak the best we can. Give us the heart that fain would hide— Would tain another’s fault efface; How can it please e’en human pride To prove humanity but base t Nol let us reach a higher mood, A nobler sentiment-of man; Be earnest in the search of good, And speak of all the best we can. Then speak no ill. but lenient be. Be not the first to make it known. For life is but a passing day. No lip may tell how brief its span; Then, oh 1 the little time we nay. Let’s speuk of all the best we can. COUSIN HARRY. Cousin Harry was father’s ward, who had come to him when only about two years obi, long before there were any other children in the household, can you listen to me ? I will do all I may, poor chi Id, to lighten your burdens. If I thought you did not quite dislike me, I would ask you to let me share them with you. I have loved you long in spite of your aver sion. I never loved you so much as Blacksmithing. T HE subscrilicr has commenced the above business at the stand formerly ore- pied by Mr. Monteilh, on Poundry street; where he will be pleased to receive a share of pub lic patronage. Hi* work will be done in good style, at moderate prices. J. C. OUR. Athens, Feb. 8, 1859. WILLIAM L. MARLER, ATTORNEY A.T LAW, JEEEERS0N, JACKSON CO. GA. mn.es. —Messrs McUester. and VV STItomp- r.S< Jff-rMint O W Spence and IV J Peeples l.-vrenreville; John H Newton. (' f’e.ple*anu Christy, K-n*, Athena; Law Clark,Gainesville w . G . D E L 0 N Y, ATTORNEY -A.T X.-A-'Vv’, Atiikns. fknaoiA. Tli.l.».ten.l ivoinotly to all business entrust- » *4 lo In* car© tr-Wce.-n llroait street,over l.M.Kenney'sstore. BENARDO J. ARZE, BARBER AND HAIR-DRESSER, R ETURNS his thanks for |>**t pntmnnge, ami respictfolly solicit* » continuance of the same, at his uew stand, corner of Broad street and College Avenue. Athens, Dec22, 1849 KATIE’S SECRET. The sunlight is besutiful, mother. And sweetly the flowers bloom to-day. And birds in the brandies of nnwtliorn Are caroling ever so gay. And down by the rock in the meadow The rill-ripple* bv with a song, And, mother, I too have been singing, The merriest all the day long Last night I was. weeping, dear mother. Last niriit 1 was weeping alone ; The world was so dark aud m» dreary— My heart, it gtew heavy as stone 1 1 thought ef the lonely and loveless— All lonely and loveless was I— scarce can tell why it was, mother, Rut oh 1 I was wishing to die. Last night I was weeping, desr mother, Bat Willie came down by the gate And whispered “Come out in the moonlight; "’vc something tp *ay to you Kate.” Oh I mother, to him 1 am dearer Than all the wide world lie.ide f He told me so out in ibe moonlight— He called me his darling bride 1 So now I will gather me roses To twine in my long braided hair ; Aud Wtllinwill come in the evening And smile when he sees me so fair; And out in the moonlight we’ll wander. And down by the old hawthorn tree— ^ Oli! mothet, 1 wonder if any Were ever so happy as we f Minnie. J. W. REAVES !f CO. "HOI. F. ft \ |. K AND a *T A I T. E\i«krs in Grocrrie*« Dry Good*, Crockery, lUrJwkre, 4c. So, 15, under Franklin flu«*t, *m*4 Rlrret, Athens. On. II. GII LELAND, DKNTIST, WATKINSVILLE OA., E8PRCTFULLY solicits the patronage «f the surroundingConutry. W* Full satisfaction will be given in their ’fusion. April 22.—tf WHITE ft RITCH, - , WHOLESALE AND RETAIL lotki e rs and Merchant Tailors ilr.Md Street, ATHENS,Ga. PATRICK BARRY, N OW takes occasion to return his thanks to his former liberal palrou*. He re spectfully solicit* u continuance of their cus tom. and invites all to exomine bis new slock of HATS, CAPS, BOOTS and SHOES! Hs lias laid in an ample supply of Su perior Silk Hate, Preach Hats, (» near'article of exquisite texture, ) and fine Woolen Hat8 0f ull shades mid qualities; Velvet, Cloth and Glazed Caps. ALSO—Ad uneqii«ll<Hl selection of (»«nt*\ Ludies, Boys* und Moses* Shoe*. Gaiters, Slippers, Bootees, In every verietyof style, t.» which he would call special attention. Besides his stock of ready made boots and shoes, he is prepared on the shortest notice Jo make a* neat a boot as any manufacturer in the town. Having-experienced workmen always in his shop and a plentiful supply of leather and finding*, inch «a FINE CABF SKIN & SOLE LEATHER, LINING AND BINDINGS, He i* enabled to more than sustain his long established reputation. • REMEMBER There is no excuse Lrr going ill-shod when you can always get a neat fittiug and sub stantial boot or shoe by calling at , ' Athens, April 28. F■ BARRY S D SLOAN & OATMAN, r DKU.cRsin ^ Italian Kyi/pliu,<<fr American STATUARY, MBAST TKNNK88EE MARBLE. jo\i ur.XTS,Tuinh*, l!rn« smt Vase*; StarW* *' band uni tiling Marble. *3rAU.>nUf. ATLAJfTA, GA. t’rane. June I J. R. DAVIS, LAND BROKER, COLT ECTOR AND GENERAL AGENT, B URIITESR attended trm any county of Jhia State ciifica corner of Jackson and Elti* i- O.i30 tv AUGUSTA, GA. ■aptly »rto Mr BOOT AND SHOE MAKING! N. W. IIACDRUP W ‘ OUtD rc*pectfiiHy inform, hi* fnemj* aud tlie pubije awflwj* be.i*- | now roiiDufacturM»F *t j the Northwest corner of Collage'Avenue sn<i i Clayton etreat every description of fine II. S. COLEMAN. I ATTORNEY AT DAW, ^ Clayton street every dcecriptioi bBVELAND WHITK COUNTS). 'GA., Boot*—mch aafine pump-soled Dreas Boot*. ^ krjet.ee „ ,h. „f Whh *. ItolU. [W** Dr ^ l^f Vj^v^sniT^ J Uo^lji, lUtrr.him aait Bank*. I Boots, *c. Mado of tlie very hevt and hues . «•! lu.imjii atientlnn riven »o collecfiax. I material that can be had. ami all y&nrb w *r I I'll- I -Or*«ty, Kicholsoa k. Co. Athens, Ga. ! ranted n> be a» good as any manufactured in ATHENS STEAM COMPANY, |delvor tomerit.^ndWpea tu^eeeivea liber *• NICKERSON. AoauTfcSns’T. iul share of custom. l r ^nuiJUW.AourtDPiJM. |HI WIIW m ru«H*im M 'M'FA.-Tt’nKBSof Circwlar Raw M ,,, a. Athena, Jan. 12. I860.—ly, time.,fortiuss n <1llf ( i M PU.MPtt, I r "'t"** I Will, G'n,amt all oilier t.. ‘ II! 1 \i; I*,,* anil H**», C**ti «os olcv- ... -'MITIIING.Ucpairincardf'iniahiiiy; r—" u,, ' d . Oalect patterns of Iron Paneiog, JJj»«»*n. Jan 8. 1857. I. M. KENNEY, t'OSVTAVTt.T Kmtra 03 H*an - 17? 1Ie 4 Taney Dry Goods, ^ NO CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES, »»teuk.oi to prompt payiai enstomara. Jfaal INDIA HTJBBEB BELTING. RADY. Nicholsrn A Co, keep con.lantly on hand a general assortment of India liiher Belting, which will be sold »t N"e* York prices. ... Jau. -0. DENTISTRY! f* *’ * C. K.UTWER will -visit I’mfield, While I’lains SSS! “»*mgto», Mount Zi<*», ra. „’*■ Dxmelaville, Fort J«n , ' r ?' : ' nrnt "Bee in ■ *9. laco-tf ^lobratetf ^». 0BADy ’ NOTICE. -I7A.YINO a?e <crated with mo. in the Watch JuL and Jewelry Business. >fr. George A Homer, we shall keep eon-Hmtly on bnnd, a fine dejection of gf>oili) of ihe Intest styles.-— The busines* will be conducted under the •«fl 1 j; '* *» *' C ”ak*mt.DS. LADY BYRON’S FAREWELL. Those who are familiar with Byron’s Poems, will very readily see the appropriate beauty of the following lines, which seem to be a reply to those uf the great Bard, com mime iug-. - “ Fare thee or ell / and if forever. Still forever fare thee well /” Yts, farewell 1 fcrewell forever 1 Thou, thyself, hast fix’d our doom 1 Bade Hope's awee'est Blossoms wither, Never more fur me to bloom ! . •• Unforgiving” thoulia*t call’d me: Didst thou ever say “forgive I” For the wretch, whose wiles enthrall’d thee, Thou didst seem alone to live. Short the span which time hath gived, To complete thy love’* decay ; By unhallow'd passions driven, ”Soon thy heart was taught to stray. Liv’d for me that feeling tender. Which so well tliy verse can show 1— From my arms why didst ilia i wander, My endearments why foregot Wrapt in dreams of joy abiding. On my breast thy head hath lain ; In th; love and truth confiding, Bliss I ne’er can know again. When thy heart, by me‘‘‘glanced over," Fiist disclos’d it* guilty stain. Would these eyes lioil clos'd forever, "Ne’er to Weep tliy crime again ! But, by Heaven's recording spirit. May that vow forgotten be!— Life',' though now a load. I’ll bear it. For the babe I’ve borne to tltee ;— H» whose lovely feel ures—let me All jnv weakness here confess. Whilst the straggling Lears' permit All her faiher’s 1 cau trace . Hi*, whose imago never leaves roe. Whose rehitinbrance yet f prize. Who the bilte:eat feeling give* me,— / Still to love where I despise. ~ , - With regret ar.d sorrow, rather, Vt here our child's first aceeul* flow, ; I will teach her Ip any ” father,” , t ; But his guile she neVr shall know. Whilst to morrow sml to morrow 8 . Wake-welo » widow’d bed, , ’ In soother's arms, no sorrow Wilt thou fe«d. no tears wilt shed. . For the world’s applause I sought not, When 1 tore my self fr«in thee; 01 iu praise or Maine 1 thought not— What is_ pniis'e’or blame to met in whom my soul delighted, i- From lii* breastmy image drove; , With cmteinpt my troth requited, And preferr’d a wanton* lovel T1 nc nrt prouti-; snd mark me, Byron! ■ Toe a soul proud as thine own; Soft to love, but hard as-iron, , ' When despite.op me is thrown !- But farewell V—I’ll not uplgaid thee. Never, never. wi*lljhee ill; Wretched though /Aycrimes have madems. If thou cunaf, be happy still 1 - ... and was held there with all thb affec tion due to a son for many a year, until he longed to be off—out into the great world to try his fortune.— At sixteen he went away, and after sixteen more years he was coming back again from some wonderful re gion that was a sort of fairy land to us, his little cousins at home, I being the only one of them that remember ed him. He was coming to find many changes in his old home, and the greatest of all in the absence of “our mother,’’ the sweet, gentle, yet strong, * pre siding genius of th« household. On the evening of the day of Har ry’s expected arrival I sat by the window pleasantly entranced, when suddenly a pair of strong arms were thrown around me, two or threo re sounding kisses were given upon my cheek, a hearty voice called ine‘dear Alice,’ and a brewn face, with deep, dark eyes, brimming with feeling, bent over me iu close proximity to my own. I rose in undignified haste and ex treme confusion. Angry words rose to my lips, inappropriate doubtless, for 1 had no time to recall my facul ties from their wanderings. “ Don’t you know me, Alice ? Is this the welcome ‘little Alice’ gives to cousin Hurry ? Was it for this I hastened hither, the instant the train arrived at tlie station—to be scolded by ‘baby Alice ?’ ’’ His look was half rueful, half mer ry, and I was not appeased. “ I am glad to see you, Cousin Harry,’* I said, with more coldness in my tone than words, as I gave my hand. He looktd at me for a moment, and then lie would have renewed the caress which had been his first greet ing, but I drew haughtily aside. “You forget, Mr. Lester, that I am ‘baby Alice’ no longer. Sixteen years have not left me unchanged any more than yourself.” “-I perceive that they have not,” he answered sadly, lifting his hat and bowing as he offered his arm to con duct me to the house. “They have but changed me outwardly,” he add ed slowly, “and have left my heart untouched. ‘Baby Alice’ loved me.” I was still too vexed to reply kind ly, and the approach of my father saved me from the necessity. From this slight cause of variance flowed years of unhappiness. I loved Harry dearly, but no opportunity of conciliation and explanation offered. He came and went, and went and came—years passed—my younger sister Beulah married and went abroad; my father’s step grew feeble with age—and still Harry’s heart and mine were kept coldly apart, un til a bereavement came that was over whelming and without compensation. Our father was found sitting beside his library table one morning quite dead and cold. In the silent watches of the night his spirit had passed away, leaving upon his pale features the impression of a smile unearthly in its beauty. But for Harry I know not how I could have endured the heavy bur den of cares and sorrows that this melancholy event cast upon me. His presence seemed to bring order and peace to my confused and struggling thoughts. He controlled the house hold revolutionised by this terrible bereavement, and ordered and direct ed-all things as if he had been a son indeed, as he was in the love of him who. was gone from us forever. In expressibly consoling and soothing above all to me was this precious care, and when all was over the new dread came upon mo that I was to lose this also, and be left quite alone with my heavy charge-—the four wild, but generous and thoughtless boys, and Helena, our wayward pet, who needed a stronger hand than mine to guide them aright upon the -path of It was the evening of the day that followed my father’s funeral. We sat alone for hours. Harry was to leave us the next morning. I had nerved myself to calmness and-tried—not vainly—to speak in quiet and measured tones. But at length, as the hour of parting ap proached, and I felt the strong arm that had upheld me through the sor row of the past days receding from me, I could no longer feign. All the passionate grief that I had so long repressed would burst forth. It must have its moan, its one unrestrained outbreak, even if I died the next mo ment, or my heart were frozen ever after. now in your sorrow and desolation. Do you think you could become my wife, and let me care fo£.. you and these children ?” . : 'R I do not know what was my an swer, but he was satisfied, and as soon as our year of mourning expired I became Cousin Ilarry’a wife. I have been very happy, and so I am sure h«3 he, tfche tenderest devotion could make him so. And he, so 1 wise and stvong, and yet so fresh .and genial, has been an inestimable blessing to the dear children who are our joint charge. Only yesterday I found in a pi i- vate drawer, the stained handker chief that was once steeped in my teara—preserved by my dear hus band »s a memento of that hour when my grief opened to him the long guarded portals of the heart he sought. —New York Ledger. Pay Up! HOSE iiMebtril to u*by _ will please to con.e forw»r<l ami pay tip. mid tliein tliat have hail long standi* ac co 'id.* s •nrSTwrss-oSr AtheL«,Feb 2, i860. . ..Why is killing beislike a confe ou unbuzz’um. ... The horror of matrimony—dead latchkey- Regular diet fur married men at home—tongue. Harry had risen and taken his chamber candlestick from the table, and the next moment I knew he would hold my hand' in his and speak the farewell that would leave me deso late. I buried my face upon the arm of the eofa, and a great cry burst from my lips. I knew that Harry was standing near me, but he was si- MY WIFE’S PIANO. The deed is accomplished. My j wife has got a piano, and now fare well the tranquil mind—farewell con tent and the eveuing papers, and the big cigars that make ambition vir tue, oh, farewell! “And, oh! ye mortal engines, whose rude throats the immortal Jove’s dread clamors counterfeit!” But stop, I can’t bid them farewell, for one of them has just arrived. It came on a dray.— Six men carried it into the parlor and it grunted awfully. It weighs a ton, shines like a mirror, and has carved Cupids climbing up its limbs. And such lungs—whew ! My. wife has commenced to practise, and the first time she touched the machine, I thought we were in the midst of a thunderstorm, and the lightning had struck the crockery chest. The cat, with tail erect, took a bee line for a particular friend upon thu back fence, demolishing a six shilling pane of glass. The baby awoke, and the little fellow tried his best to beat the instrument, but he couldn’t do it; it beat him. A teacher has been into the house. He says he is the last of Napoleon’s grand army. He wears a huge moustache, looks at me fiercely, sin -Hs of garlic, and goes by the name of Count.— He played an extract de opera the other night. He run his fingers thro’ his hair twice, then grinned, then he cocked his eyes up at the e'eiling, like a monkey hunting flies and then came down one of his fin gers, and I heard a delightful sound, similar to that produced by a cock roach dancing upon the tenor string of a fiddle. Down came another finger and I was reminded of the wind whistling through a knot hole in a hen coop. lie touched his thumb, and 1 thought that I was in an orchard listening to the distant brayiug of » jackass. Now he ran his fingers along the keys, and I thought of a boy rattling a stick along a picket fence. All of a sud den he stopped and 1 thought some thing had happened. Then down came both fists,* and oh, Lord! such a noise was never heard before.— I thought the house and walls were caving in. I imagined I was in the cellar, and a ton of coal was falling upon my head. I thought the ma chine had bursted, when the infer nal noise stopped, aud I heard my wife ejaculate-*— “Exquisite !” “ What the deuce is the matter The answer was, “Why, dear, that’s LaSomnambula!” “D—nSomnam- bula!” thought I; and the Count rolled up his sheet of paper. He calls it music; but for the life of me, 1 can’t make it look • like anything else than a rail fence with a lot of juvenile niggers climbing over. Be fore that instrument of torture came into the house, I could enjoy myself, but now every darned woman in the neighborhood must be invited to hear the new piano, and every time the blasted thing shrieks out, like a locomotive with the bronchitis, I have to praise its tone, and when the invited guests are playing, I have to say, “Exquisite!’’ Delightful!” “Heavenly !” and all such trash, j^ook while at the same time, I know just as much about music as a blind codfish. There are more tuning hammers than comforts in our house, aiid—and I wish the inventor of the piano was troubled with a ' perpetual nightmare, and obliged to sleep in one of his instruments all his life. As for myself, I had rather put my head under a tin pan and be drummed to sleep with a pair of smoothing irons than hear “La Somnambula,” or any other La thumped out of a piano. Scatter pennies in front of my house, and draw together all the wandering minstrels in the city, hand organs, banjos, fiddles, tamborines, rattling bones, and fish horns; let a juvenile monkey crawl in at my windows in search of three cent pieces —let me bo awakened at midnight by the cry of murder!—ring the bells state that all the pieces of brass, wiri and ivory keys they are welcome to., but the-skeleton I want for a re frigerator. The Smith Famllj. “Gentlemen”, said a candidate for Congress, “ray name is Smith, and! am proud to say I am not ashamed of it. It may be that no person in this crowd owns that very uncom mon name. If, however, there be one such, let . him hold up his head, pull up his dicky, turn out his toes, take courage, and thank his stars that there are a few more of the samesort. ••Smith, gentlemen, is an illustrious name. And stands ever high in the anualsoffaine; Let White, Brown, and Joues increase as they v/UI," Believe me that Smith will outnumber them still.' “Gentlemen, I am proud of being an original Smith; not a Smyth, but a regular S-m-i-t-h Smith. Putting a Y in the middle or an E at the end won’t do, gentlemen. Who ev er heard of a great man by the name of Smyth or Smythe? Echo an swers who, and everybody says wo- hody. But as for Smith, plain S-m-i-t-h, why the pillars of fame arc covered with that honored rever ed name. Who were the most racy, witty, and popular authors of this century ? Horace and Albert Smith. Who the most original, pithy, and humorous preacher ? Rev. Sidney Smith. To go further back—who was the bravest and boldest soldier in Sumter's army in the Revolution? A Smith. Who palavered with Pow hatan, gallivanted with Pocahontas, and became the ancestor of the first families in Virginia? A Smith again. And who 1 ask—and I ask the question more seriously and. bo- ti»e good things which God has giren linger lived, ller voice was clothed you in this world, and to those lie in death, and trembling hands had has promised to his followers in the next; He who goes intoJiis garden to look for cobwebs and spiders, no doubt will find them ; while he who looks for a flower may returrt into his bouse with one blooming in his bosom. For all-fits of doubt, perplexity, and fear, whether they respect the body or the mind, whe; • they are load’ to the shoulders, the head, or the heart, the following is & rat;;o <1 cure, which may be relied on. I bad R from the Great Physician; “Cast thy burden on the Lord, and he will sustain thee." bound Urose truant tresses around her whitt brow. By tlie great white throne, by the iver of eternal gladness, she was st iking her golden harp, and sing ing in the gushing fullness of imper ishable glory !—Arthur t Home Mag- sine, Anecdote. A Washington correspondent of the Cleveland Plaindealer, under date of February 4, notenig a visit to the White House says the President did his full share of joking and telling anecdotes, among which he says- he related an anecdote of an eminent lawyer of Pittsburg, which was well told and will bear repeating. . James Ross was fitted first for the ministry, nnd being about to preach his trial sermon, which he had committed to memory, lie went to the woods alone, as he supposed, for the last rehearsal. A venerable old patriarch of the church, Father McMillan, suspecting Ross’ intention as well as his piety, followed at a safe distance, and creeping up behind the ambitious youth, stood secreted behind a tree. Boss spread himself, and finally wound up with “Amen ! I’ll be dam’ti if that won’t just suit old McMillan,” and wheeling on his heel, old Mc Millan stood before him. “No, James Ross,’’ said the ohl man, “that docs not just suit old McMdlan, nor will berly—who I say, is that man, and' you do for a preacher.” Ross rc- what is his name, who has fought the viewed the evidence of his calling, most battles, made the most speeches, : and concluded that the law was “just preached the most sermons, held the the thing for him.” most offices, sung the most songs,; —w written the most poems, courted the. Singular Fact, most women, and married the most 1 Were the atmosphere at all times widows ? History ‘says, I say, and of a uniform temperature, there never everybody says, John Smith.” would be bail, rain, nor snow. The water absorbed by it in evaporation from the sea and the earth’s surface would descend in an imperceptible ...Traveler dismounts-nt a tavern —Halloa, landlord, can I get lodg ings here to-night ? Landlord—N o, sir. Tra.veler-r-Can’tyou even give mo a blanket, and a bunch of shavings for a pillow in yonr bar-room? , -Landlord—No, sir, thore’s not a square foot of space unoccupied auy- wherc in the house.. Traveler-Then I'll thank you to shove a pole out ofyour second flooi window, and I'll roost on that. Cure for Bone Felon.—Take a piece of rock salt about the size of a butternut—wrnp it in a cabbage leaf, if to be had ; if not, in a piece of wet brown paper, and cover it with coals, as you would to roust an onion, After it has been roasting about twenty minutes take it from the fire and powder it very fine. Mix it with as rnucb common soap as will make a salve. If the soap be not pretty strong of turpentine—which may bo known by the smell—then add a little turpentine. Apply the salve to the part affected. In the course of < a few hours—sometimes in a few minutes—the pain will be relieved. After this, if suppuration take place, it must be treated like a common sore. ...Don’t force a man to take your advice. You can advise him tfl take a bath without pitching him into the river. The Twin Roses. Far down a lonely secluded valley, seldom trod by the foot of man, by vapor, or cease to be absorbed by the the murmuring brook, whose pure air when it was once fully saturated, waters wander through bright green ' The absorbing power of the atmos- fielils and shady lanes, grew side by phere, and consequently its capacity side, two rose bushes. Long had to retain humidity, is proportionate- grown together, nourished by the ly greater in warm than in cold air. passing stream, and holding them-' The air near the surface of the earth ( _ selves from the rude gaze of the world is warmer than it is in the region of she manufactured it.- happy and content in the solitude in the clouds. The higher the ascent which Nature had planted them, j from the earth, the colder does the One bright summer’s morning two air become. Hence the perpetual green buds appeared upon the rose snow on very high mountains in the hottest climate. ...The violet grows low and covers itself with its own tears, and of, all flowers yields the sweetest ranee. Such is liumilitv. ...Women can easily preserve their youth;for she who captivates the heart anti understanding never grows old. Fitrt ...An old lady being asked to sub scribe to a newspaper,decliued,on the ground that when she wanted news tree ; very small they were at first, it is true, but day by day they grew in size and beauty, each day growing lovelier, till one morning they appear ed upon the stems two beautiful white roses. With strange delight they raised their heads and looked trem blingly around, but naught in the green valley resembled themselves; and, with wonder at their new-found existence, step by step they neared each other, and twmed themselves in to one. No longer were they un noticed by all, save by the pearly brook. The other flowers of the field acknowledged their superiority, and bowed their heads before them; but the twin roses heeded them not. A.11 day long their perfume floated through the valley, casting sweet incense on the summer air; and, as night drew A Clerical Anecdote. The Rev. Dr. P , of Brook line, belonged to the old school di vines, arid while attending to his usual Sabbath ministrations, manag ed to discover who of bis congrega tion were absent, his first duty on Monday morning being to call on out the absentees, and to find they were not at church. Among those whose places often vacant, was one man who but little for the sauctity of th** 7 l ...Don't expect to be called a good fellow a moment longer than you consent to do precisely what other people wish you to do. A married woman was telling a staid single lady, ralher on the wrong side of fifty, of some domestic troubles which she in part attributed to the irregularities of her Imsband. “Wei!,” said the oil maid, “you have brought these troubles ou yourself. I told you not to marry him. I was sure he would not make you a good hus- ' “7 band.” “He is not a good one to be sure, madam,’’ replied the woman, ut he is better than none. ,} On tnking his usual Monday morn ing rounds, Dr. P , was sure to visit Mr. C., as we will call him. Said the good man: Why were you not at church nigh, silently they crept together, yesterday closed their pale leaves, and hung their “.Had other busin ess to attend to,” modest heads towards the stream, was the blunt reply. Then the bright stars came forth; “ Mr. C,” said the clergyman Things You must not Do.—Nev- abuse one who was once your bosom friend, however bitter now. Never insult poverty. Never speak contemptuously of wo the pale moon silently performed her solemnly, “there will be no preach- men ' journey on high; the tall trees bowed ing in hell." their green branches as the breeze “ Well, it won’t be for the want of swept through them ; andthejtight ministers, was the quick rejoin lei.’ irds sweetly sang till morning This was a hard cut, and the good old doctor shook his head, and went on his way, ruminating, doubtless, upon the doctrine of total depravity. lent, and believing that he despised! and have a devil of a time generally my weakness I strove to hush my cries and dry my tears. But they not be controlled. Suddenly land that hung by my side in his. I did not withdraw lad was lifted and laid ’s shoulder. Still he but dried my tears with iandkerchief, until my ( grew fainter, id, at last, “Alice, i - ' icikX birds sweetly sang till morning dawned. Once a pebble rolled down the mountain into the brook, causing its pure waters to dance on all sides. Then the dew drops kissed the pale roses; and again the brook flowed on as before. Oh ! then how beauti ful was the valley I But the white roses were not always to deck the stream. One day a rude handpulled one of the flowers and bore it from its companion. Days passed, but the now solitary rose held not up its head as formerly; silently it drooped, and finally withered ; -and the roses were soon forgotten by all save the in the valley. Thus it some times is with man. When those whom we long have loved and cherish ed are torn from our side, we pine for therp till we meet them in an other world. Still the birds sing, the" trees bend and brooks murmur ; but the twin roses will never bloom again. ^ Cure tor Fits. For a fit of passion, walk out into the'open air. You may speak your mind to the winds without hurting any one or proclaiming yourself a simpleton. , _ ... i For a fit of idleness, count the! 8 f a L a ; ticking of a clock. Do this for. one f hour, and you will be glad to pull off! your coat the next and go to work, - [ For a fit of extravagance and folly, [ “Always Sin-ins” While talking with a neighbor, I heard a sweet, plaintive voice sing ing that beautiful hymn: “Jesus, lover of my aoul!" , The child was tip stairs; I knew it was a child’s voice from its silvery softness. I listened awhile, and then said, _ “That child has a sweet voice.” “Yes, she has,” returned my friend, “she is always singing!” Always singing. Sweet, happy child ! Bird of an gel wing! Who would not envy tbee that gushing flood of happiness with in thy souil! A sou! strong to will and to do; a soul lighted with the smile of Jesus and anchored on surest'hope; a soul that wif than a child’s strength shall _ dark waves as it. goes down the sur ging tide of death. Always siuging! I passed that way again. Summer was here in her fullness, strewing the earth with flowers and. the sky with The same ^weet voico was thrilling on the air, Oli had l wings liktt a tlova, I would flj • ;Th:s time the little singer was in the yard. 1 gaztd upon the spiritu- i 7V'\ ”* T v ...When we see a pretty female foot to a beautiful woman, on theprinci that all is well that ends well. Never blow your noso between your thumb and finger. Never eat a hearty supper. st&iBnjtK Never stop to talk in a church aislafeSf after service is over Never smile at tlio expense of yoar religion or your Bible. —.Agriculture is the art of all arts ; without it, man would be a savage, and the World a wilderness. ...A debating club in Worcester lately discussed the important ques tion, “Whether a rooster’s knowl edge of day-break is the result of ob servation or instinct?” ...Mr. Rarey. the-horse-tamer, has gone to Arabia bn a pleasure tour, and to examine the mode of dealing with the hbjMi by the inhabitants oi the desert. - —do all this and I will not complain; but banish the pianos. My piano is hot to go. I am going to launch the infernal machine out of the window' the first dark night, and, my friends, I advise you to sleep with cotton in your ears or when she gives her dying grunt, you’ll think ynu’ve fallen out of bed, or a fallen star has gone to roost upon your housetop. For in formation of Young America, I will convinced go to tlie work-house, and speak with al softness of her features—the sweet the inmates of a jail, and you will be ' eyes like “brown birds flying to the light,” the fine expressive lips, the ; dark silken curls; I felt that she would scon have her Wish answered, ! and “find a refuge in Heaven.” Always singing ! ”«• Autumn came; the wild swan was the leaves :rees, and the gross, tered from tin- shutter of the house where mv little Wlu> maked his b**d of brier and thorn Must b* content to He forlorn. For a fit of ambition, go into tlie church-yard, and read the grave stones : they will t -11 you tlie end of ambition. Tlie grave will soon Le your, bed-chamber, the earth your pillow, corruption your father, and the worm your mother and sister. For a fit of despondency, look on “Iui afraid.” said a. lady to her husband, “that I am going to have a stiff neck.” “Not at all improbable, my dear,” replied the apouse, “I’ve seen strong symptoms of it, ever since we wer e married.’’ ...A young man visiting a prison in Maine, inquired of some of the prisoners the cause of their being in such a place. At last lie asked a small girl the cause of her being in prison. Iler answer was “that she stole a saw-mill, and went back after the pond and was arrested.” The young man left immediately. ortune has been considered th e guardian d of fools; and she is very kind in helping those who cannot help themselves. , £ ...A letter from St Louis says the Reman Catholic; havo by far the most church property there, and are j*. more numerous than any other de nomination. It is said that their church seminary and charity p operty in, that city, which is not in veil, h tv-,<); h S 1 V ’ ” 1 " ’