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t 3THE Will he publish*' l every SATURDAY Morning , In the Brick Building , at the Corner of Cotton Avenue and First Street, IK the cite or MACOS, GA. BY HABKISOX dk MYERS. TERMS: For th* Paper, in Advance, per annum, #4. If not paid in advance, $2 50, per annum. If not paid until the end of the Year $3 00. (£J* Advertisements will be inserted at the uaual rltes and when the number of insertion* de aired i« not specified, they will be continued un til forbid and charged accordingly. Jj* Advertiaers by the Year wilHfce contracted with upon the most favorable terms. ffy Sales of Land by Administrators, Executors or Guardians, are required by Law, to be held on the first Tuesday in the month, between the hours of ten o’clock in the Forenoon and three in the Af ternoon, at the Court House of the county in w Inch the Property is situate. Notice ofthese Sales must be given in a public gazette sixty days previous to the day of sale i£7*S»les of Negroes by Administators, Execu tors or Guardians, must be at Public Auction on, the fi st Tuesday in the month, between the legal hours of sale, before the Court House of the county where the Letters Testamentary, or Administration or Guardianship mav h >ve been granted, first giv ing ndtice thereoffor sixty Days, in one ofthe pub 4ie gazettes of this State, and at the door of the Court House where such sales are to he held. gy Notice for the sale of Personal Property must tie given in like manner forty days previous to the day of sale. Notice to th<- Debtors and Creditorsir'an Es tate must be published lor forty days gy Notice that application will be made to the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell Land or Ne groes must be published in a public gazette in this Sißt.- for Foil ft months, b -tore any order absolute can be given by the Court. ' TCitations for Letters of Administrat on on an Estate, granted by the Court of Ordinary, must \ be published thirty days for Letters of Dismis sion from the a linin str-.tionofan Estate, monthly so six monihs —for Dismission from Guardian ship forty days > Rui.f.i for the foreclosure of a Mortgage, must he published monthly for four months — for establishing lost Papers, for the full space of three months —for compelling Titlesfrom Ex ecutors, Administrators or others, where a Bond has been given by the deceased, the full space of THRF.F. MONTHS. N. II All Business of this kind shall receiv prompt a'temionat *ho SOUTHERN MUSF.U W Office, ail) s rict care will be 'aken tha' all legal Adver; iseinenis are published according to Law. O’All Letters directed to this Office or the Editor on business, mus' be tost-faid, to in sure at ent on. il o c t r 8 . sown. If here is in our “Imil's language," s.iys the I,uuisvilb' JoUtiml, a lovelier sung than his we do no know where o find it. \% ln> will set it to music worthy of ii ? Who can ? All around all above llice is lie hushed ami charmed air, All things woo thee, all things love thee, Maiden fair' .G'-ntle zephyr's perfume hren.liing, Wall to thee llit-ir tributes sweet, And for thee the Spring is wreathing Garlands meet. In tl.eir caverned, cni/l recesses, .Songs for tin elite liitinlnins frame ; Whatso’er lire wave caresses Lisps thy name, Greener verdure, brighter blossom, hereso’er thy footsteps stray, O'er the ea tit's enamored bosom Live alway Whereso'er thy presence lingers, Wltereso'er thy brightness beams, Fancy weaves with cunning fingers, Sweetest dre ms. And the heart forgets thee never, Thy young beauty’s one delight ; Th ere it dwells, and dwells forever, Ever bright. Aine.icaii Girl ■ ,v ong. Oar hearts are with our native land, Our song is for her glory ; Her warrior's wreath is in our hand, Our lips breathe out her story j Her lofu hills and valleys green, Are shitting bright before us, And like a rainbow sign is seen Her proud flag waving o'er us. And there are smiles upon our lips For those who meet the freemen— For glory's star knows no eclipse, When smiled upon by women. For those who brave the iiiiginy deep, And aeortl he threat of and Oget, We’ve smiles to elmer, and teats to weep Fur every ocean ranger. Our hearts are wi h our native land, Our song is for her freedom; Dur prayer is for the g illaot band IV in, strike where honor leads them. VV k love the taintless air * i: brea he, l is freedom’s endless bower ; TVe II twine for him some endless wreath W ho scorns a tj rant's power. They tell „f beauties rare, O' Italy’s proud daughters, Ol .Scotland's lassies, England's fair. And nymphs of Shannon’s waters. We need not boast their hnugbty charms, 1 hough lords arond them hover; Our glory li..* in freedom'* arms— •l f retmn n for a Lover ’ 1 Sr " ""O' WBr "» 'be grass to life, 1 he and w the drooping flower, Ami gf)lw brj(thl , (mt wa|ch , he , jght autumn’s opening hour— »"• works that breath of enderne.s, "and smiles w e know are true, - re warmer than the summer lime, Aud bughwr than the dew. THE SOUTHERN MUSEUM BY HARRISON & MYER.S. From Scott's Philadelphia Dollar Weekly Paper. AMERICAS POETRY. BY A RAMBLER. The present arge lias been productive nl grand developments, and important chan ges. We have seen ’• Decay’s effacing fingers” blasting the fairest hopes of man and the genius of revolution striding 'eat fully among the nations. The vencrahh institutions of centuries and the epheme ral creations of yesterday have alike fallen and billow has succeeded billow u on thi ever-varying ocean of human affairs with tl e most fearful rapidity. Anvdst th< fluctuations of the age—amidst dowjifal and innovation we are gratified to know - that thee is one cause which has beet steadily rogressing—the cause of litera ture. It is not our purpose to n< te tin cause of this gratifying state of things, not yet to dwell upou the present conditi nos liruratuie in g neral; hut to offer a few thoughts on one of its departments only. It has been remarked,and we think vvitl truth, that while poetry is declining in on« quarter it is advancing in another. Tin Tempean vales, and hills 1 classic Greece, so long vocal with the sweetest strains of the lyre, have been si ent fitr two thousand years. The same blue skies still canopy thnt land—its in habitants s ill cherish the love of country —they have often kindled their beacon fires upon a thousand hills, and dared to he free. “ Their car* have drank the woodland strain*, Heard by old poets, and their vein* Swell with the blood of deini-gods, That slumber 'neath their country’* sod*, There nature moulds as fiobly now A* e'er of old, the human brow, And ropies still the martial form, That braved i latca s hnt.le storm ” Yet the inspiration of poetry is no lon ger felt; while our own hills and p airies, hitherto slumbering in the most unbroken silence, are echoing from i eak to peak, and from vale to vale the melody of un dying songs; taly, the land o the Man tnan bard, and in later times f Dante and b’oecacio, is nmv as mute as her own sculp tured marble, and no longer charms us with the magic o her verse. In England, the decline of poetry has been the getter al cry for a number of years. '1 he min strel of the north has song his “last-lay ” and sleeps in his ' oiceless grave, amid-d the barren plains and bleak hills of tha land, over who e scenery he has thed such an unfading effulgence, and around whose martial deeds lie has entwined the ever green of immortality. Childe Harold's “ Pilgrimage is ’er, ’ and he now reposes in the vaults f his haughty line. Ti e author of “ The Course of '! ime,” the opening buds of whose genius gave r m ise of an abundant harvest, was snatche away by early death; and Felicia He mans has sunk “ like a startle! to I er rest."’ n our own count y, were we to judge bom the number of living poe s, we sit uld consider the art in a state o rapid ad vancement. Ihe American poets are for he most part young, and some it is to be confessed, manifest extreme: juvenility in their compositions. Ihe poetry, ho we v e exhibited to the American public, should be regarded’ rather as the of future achievement- than as specimens of real excellence. I he most formidable nhstacle to the ad vancement of poetry in the United States, is the utilitarian character of the age. In a land like ours, where the ratio of capital to labour is so great, it is natural o sup pose that men will be engaged inactive employments, having for their objects some tangible advantage. Hence the cry of a 1 classes is so “ utility, visible, tangi be utility.” This vve all know to be the besetting sin of our country —it is the re proach from abroad that rests upon us— the snare at home that entangles us, and i is a position as false as it is dangerous I‘orgetting the effects of moral causeson national character, we seem to found our country’s glory on her enterprise, hei com merce, the settlemen of her western wilds, and her varied clime and product inns. In the opinion of too many, the hardy adven turer who has removed his log-cabin farth est from the verge of civilization, has done tno e to advance his country’s glory and interest, than the most elegant essayist, or the most sublime poet. The true glory -f a nation, says a beautiful writer, “consists not in the extent of us territory, the pomp of its fores s, the majesty of its rivers, the height of its mountains, and the beauty of its skv, but in the extent of its mental power, tbo majesty of its intellect, the height depth, and purity, of its moral nature.” A second obstacle to the progress of • o etry in the United States is he precocity of our writers. It is natural to a young and gifted mind, animated with hope, and unprepared for failure, to weave golden visions f the "uture, and to he dazzled by the halo of poetical fame. The practice 00, so prevalent of puffiing every nroduc ti n f the least merit, and the ill judged praise of parti 1 friends, ha- e been per ali arly hurt til and unfortunate. Allured by a love f fame, ami persuaded by indis creet commendations, our poets ventme too so ti info the arena. Instead of being contented with hopping from twig to twin while they are yet un edged, they mu-' needs be careering ovei the whole land scupe, caroling tneir brain-sick fancies,and “ airy-nothiogs,” until at last by luckily MACON, FEBRUARY 17, 1549. r alling into the talons of the Eagle, they ire spared from farther disgrace to them selves and the noble ar ! they possess. Im ginaiinn and hope tell them that they will < deem their country’s glory and honor. Already they see their names emblazoned ••n history’s proudest page, and enshrined ■ii rich aud deathless melody—already “ We give in charge Their names to the sweet lyre. The historic muse i’roud of her treasure, marches with it down To latest timet; and sculpture, in her turn iiveg bond in atone and ever during brass, Fo guard them and immortalize her trust ” The last obstacle we shal mention to the 'dvaticernent of American poefi-y. is that pirit of imitation wh ch has always been o prevalent am ng our poets. Hence it is that our poetry abounds in figures and lesciiptions, borrowed from the history and scenery of other lands, all which itte not only highly destructive of that nation ility which should be stamped upon our literature hut ridiculous in the extreme. It would he very absurd for a painter to ntroduce an plephnnt or a white hear in o» a North Carolina landscape; so it is :;q::al|y absurd for an American poet to be continually harping on haunted castles, for orn knights. Dryads, and liama dryads nymphs, and nerciads, and all the et ceter as of political description Moreover, as in all imitation, it is exceedingly difficult to fix upon a proper model, and to dis tinguish the faults and excellencies of that model, so in the present instance. The models of American poets have in general been decidedly bad, and in these hey have f > lowed only the faults. Those for ex ample who have selected Byroti as their model, have tint imitated the higher and nobler characteristics of that unrivalled hard, but c pied his fatal defect'; they fell and wn and worshipped the eclipse, not the effulgence o; his mighty but perverted genius It is an important, and to American ge nius. ati encouraging observati n, confirm ed by undoubted fact, tha poetry, like elo quence, in its bold and lofty efforts can only flourish in free states. The “Iliad of Homer,’ was composed in times of the most primeva simplic.ty, before the acts of tyranny and corruption were invented 1 lie Roman poetry, under the emperors, was degraded from the strength and fire of -firmer days into sycophancy and adu lation. After the palmy era of Augustus we look in vain for the nobler characteris tics of the muse The free and hold geni us of the English nation has been peculi arly favorable to the exertion of poetical talent, and accordingly vve find that the art ha' fl iiirished there in its highest state. In our own < nuntrv, from the comp exion of our political ins itutions. and rom physic al as well as moral causes, there is reason to expect that poetry will rise to a distin guished el vatinn. Thus shall the muse contribute with science, leligion, and lib erty. to the decorations and glory of * the land of the free and the home of the brave.” Thus shall America In* venera ted not only as freedom’s dmosen land, but as lie nurse of poet y, and the mother of many a living lyre, whode inspired and unearthly harmonies like those of vanished centuries, shall float down to dis ant ages, and kindle the fires of patriotism aud de votion in generations to ccme. Eden ton, N. C. Function of the Skin in Man ano Animals —ln a very curious experimen tal ape , i r. Ducrosshows that a coating of gum-lac put on he skin of animals causes them to die, in a longer or shorter time, by producing convulsive movements similar to epilepsy. When the animals coated with gum lac were subjected to electricity, they died in a mu h shorer time. He next tried the effect of metalic coverings, as lie entertained the notion, that, Iretause they had opposite electrical properties, animals so coated would die withsym toms of an opposite nature He therefore cut off the hair from some ani mals and covered them with thin plates of tin. (t n foil,) and mind that they perish ed with symptoms of debili y-tbe reverse of what he had noticed when the coating consisted of a resinous substance. When the tin was covered with a coating of gum lac, the anima s perished still more rapid ly. He then placed under the influence of electricity some of the animals covered with plates of tin, and found that so long as they remained connected with the electri cal current thei vigor ap eared to he re stored ; but that whenever it was arres ed, they appeared ready to perish. The oh ject of these experiments was to ascertain vvhat would he the likely effect of such coverings in certain diseased states of the human fr me,and especially in nervous or neuralgic affecti ns, and in rheumatism. He reasoned that if mefhllicco erings de prived animals of life by producing rapid sinking of the vital nwers, the same me tallic pla es applied to the human body would cure or remove those diseases w hich seemed to de end on an excess of organic life On putting his plan to the test of practice, he was so fortunate as t find that it rem veil some nervous, and a few acute and chronic rheumatic affections. This treatment was of n • avail in any case where the disease was dependent on or connected with organic lesions, or atten ded with fever, or swelling of he par , or with general weakness; on the contiary, in al! these ca-es the meta! ic plates aug mettled the disorder. An Examination tor Admission to tlie Bar In Alabama—A Sketch. BY J. S. HOOPER. Abou* a year ago, during the session of the Circuit Court, Judge Stone appointed a committee, consisting of the So icitor and two other gent emeu, to examine an applicant for a law license, and 1 had the ' happiness t be present w hen the incipi ent b rrister was “ put through ” the or I deal. I “ hat, sir, is law 1" asked the exam ; iner. | “ Law,” replied Snub, “is what they 1 do in the Court House—suin’ and so > n." “ Well . sir, what action would you bring against a man who pulled your nose 1” “ I’d take him ex del ti to or —tx e n trartu - I forget which." “ Can you tell me what pleading is ?’ asked the interrogator. , “ Yes, to be sure.” v . I ” Proceed then.” " A lawyer always pleads the Jury, when he makes a speech to them, l.ke Chilton and Sam. Rice.” “ Admirable ! N vv tell us who pro sides in a Cour of Equity—what is the r 1 1" * Judge f “Judge Stone, I guess; he’s Judge of the big Court." “ No, 1 am speaking of the Court of Equity—what is its presiding officer call ed V ’ “Oh. you're talking about Judge Li gon’s Court—he’s a Chancery; that a vvhat I hear ’em call him.” “ Will you now tel us, sir, vvhat exe cutions are called -the law latin name V’ “ Yes. 1 noticed that in the Digest, be cause it’s so queer. They call ’em Jiery faces." “ Exactly, and now tell us vvhat law yers mean . y criminal • oncersation 1" “ That,” replied Snub with an air i-f great confidence ; " that is any bad talk about a mans family.” “ Right to a hair; and now tell us what sort of a writ you would bring against a j mail for this thing called criminal conver- 1 sation Think over all the latin names, and let’s have it.” Mr. Snub paused and cogitated ; press ed •me hand against the other; pressed both against his right knee; ook a diago nal view of the ceiling; and slowly an swered—“ Detinue.” “ No,’ said the examiner, “ hut an swer it correctly in four more trials, and you shall have 1 cei se ” " Assumpsit 1” jerked out Snub, with a half wild look. “Try again.” “ Trover I” enquiringly. “ Once m re !" “ guessed the applicant. “ W liot sort of trespass I Re careful this ime. Snub reflec ed for some moments and while doing so, scratched his head and finally, as if his life depended upon his correctness, slowly and distinctly enunci ated “Trespass—q are - clvi’sum r.tEGiT,’ and drew a long breath. All p esent acknowledged the ridicu lous appositetiess f the reply, by a shout that awakened father Gomlridge from his dreams sh rse swaps; and. “neminecon tradicente,” Mr. Snub was voted “ learn ed in the law.” Astronomical Discovfrif.s by Lord Roske’s Tel : cure. —At a meeting of the Royal Irish Academy, in Dublin, on the 30th of January, Dr. Robinson announced some interesting sac sin astronomy, which the gigantic telescope of Lord Rosse has recently brought to light. These relate to a remarkable planetary nebula, Hei schel’s figure 45. This looks like an oval disc reminding oneof the planet upiter; hut it appears now to be a combination of two distinct b dies. In both these, the centre consists of a luster of tolerably large stars: in the first, surrounded by a vas globe of much sma ! er ones ;in the other, by a flat disc of very small stars, which when sqen edgeways, had the ap pearance of a ray This nebula, recently observed through Lord Rosse's telescope, has the cen ral cluster, the nanow ray, and the surrounding globe. A remarka- hie proof of t>e defining power of this vast instrument exists in the fact that Dr Robinson saw with it the companion of he well-known Gamma Andromedse, or two blue stars, which lie hail never before seen. It was discovered by the celebra ted Struve, with the great Pulkova refrac tor and is a very severe test. The ring of Saturn, by the help of Rosse’s tele scope, shows irregularities, which are most probably mountains, on its eastern side. It is remarahle that this character of Satu n’s ring was antici. ated by La Place, though no telescope existing in his day was sufficiently powerful to make die discovery. How to be a Man.— When Carlyle was asked by a young person to point out what course of reading he thought best to make him a man, he replied, in his char acteristic manner— ‘ It is not only by books alone, or by bo k chiefly, that a man is in all points a man Study to do faithfully whatsoever thing in your actual situation, there and now, you find either expressly rtacitly laid down at your charge—that is your post, stnnd in it like a Due soldier Silently devour the many chagrins of it— all situations have many—and see vou aim not to quit it without doing all that is your duty.” VOLUME 1-NUMBER U. Destruction or Human Lire in the Mines or Putosi.— This celebrated city formerly be onging to Peru, but is now under the government of Buenos Ayres. It is situated in tire inferior, ab< ut three hundred miles from the Pacific Ocean, be ing built in a narrow glen oa the skirts of an elevated mountain It owes its origin and importance to itssilver mines, the rich est in South America. The mountain of Potosi is the most elevated summit in this quarter, and is always capired Jwith snow. It rises to tire height «f 16,260 feet a bove the level of the sea. aud 4397 feet above the plain on which the city is built. The city must of course l* nearly 11,060 feet high. This great elevation renders he climate cold; the environs are barren, ihe valleys almost destitute of wood, and the sides of tlie hills cove ed with moss. The mountain is of easy ascent, and from is summit presented a grand picturesque view of valleys, lak«s and mountains. The population of Potosi ■ nee amnun* ted to 160,000, but in consequence of the diminised importance of the mines, it l as been reduced to 40,000. The streets are narrow and irregular ; the houses arc built of brick or stone, and a e of only one sto ry—they ate without chimneys, find l* 1 ? apartmen s are kept warm by being closed and covered with alpncha skins, anil by burning pe fumery in them. Un entering a house, the visitor, as the first salutation, is present and with a silver chafing dish of perfumery burning. The mines of Potosi were accidenta'ly discovered by Diego Hualca, an Indian peasant, when pursuing wild goats Ar riving at a steep place, he laid hold of a small shrub to prevent himself falling, but the shrub, being unable to su; port bis weight, was torn up the roots, and disclos ed to the astonished hunter a rich mass of silver, lumps of which adhered to the earth and came away with the plants. Not long afterward the discovery was made known, and the mine was oponed in 1645, From the first discovery of these mines to th • yean 1803, the quantity obtained fr m them amounted to the enormous sum of one housand and fifty millions of dol- 1 lars. The annual quantity thirty years, since was about five raillon dollars. Al-' though their produce is reduced to about one qua er of what it once was, yet they are still the most productive mines in South America. These mines have caused the destruc tion of thousands of human beings in the la er end of the 16th century. Sixteen thousand Indians were constantly com ell cd by the proscription of the meta to work in them. A’ present there are only about tw ■ thousand miners employed who are well paid, and work from choice. Hint to You.no Ladie-. —"Why did V"ti not take the arm of my brother last night ?” said a young lady to her friend, a very intelligent girl, ah ut nineteen, in a large town near Lake Ontario. She repli ed “Because I ‘ now him to 1 e a licentious y ting man. ’ ’Nonsense,’ was the answer of the sister “if you reluse the attentions of all 1 editions men, you will have none, I can ass ire y»u." " Very well,” said her friend, “ then I can dispense with them altogether—sot my resolution on this point is unalterably fixed.” How lung would it take to revolt ionize society, were all young ladies to adopt this resolution i — Vi.Chron. The Art or hating Money. — \ sensi ble writer says that the art of living easily as to money, is to pit h you -scale of iving one degree below your meaus. Comfort and enjoyment are mire dependent up n easiness in the detail of expenditure than upon one degree's difference in the scale. Guard against false associations of pleasure with expenditure—the notion that because pleasure is purchased it brings enjoyment. What a th itig costs a man is no true mea sure of what it is wor h to him ; aud yet how oflen h his appreciation governed by no other standard, as if there were a pleasure in expenditure. Feel a want bes re you provide against it. You are more assured that it is real want; and it is wo th while to feel it a little, in order to feel the relief from it. When you are undecided as o which of two courses you would like best choose he cheapest. This rule will not >nly save mone*, hut save als > a good deal "f trifling indecision.— Too much leisure leads to expence; I>ecause,when a man is in want of ohjec s, it occurs >u him that they are to bn had so • money, ami ho invents expenditures in order to pass the time to do it. Public life in Missouri is attended with inconveniencies not common to elevated stations. Gov. Edwards, in his farewell address, says almost every Governor has fallen before envy, malice and hatred.— I he brief history he gives of his produces srs is quite interes ing. He says: One a good man and a patiiot—re signed and left his post bes re his time ex pired ; the next left before his term was out, and not in good odor; the next com mitted suicide a year in advance of the close of his four years; ami the next has been at all times prepared to meet the assassin, during at least three and a half years out of the fur of his administra tion. ” Gov. Edwards may congra ulate him self on going nr of his uifico without hav ing to be carried. BOOK AND JOB PRINTING, Wi l be txeMU ed itithe most approved style, and on the bat terms, at the Office of the “SOUTHERN MUSEUM.” -BY HARRISON & MYERS. From the .Veto Orleans Delta. The Model Editor.—He is grave and dumb. He has a clock in his office, and his communications go to the compositors by a dumb waiter ; of course they do not “ corrupt good manners.” He is a jewel, yet he uses much paste, and his most cut ting remarks are made with the scissors. He can look steadier at a paragraph, aad remain gaizing at an old paper, longer 'ban would be necessary to count thfe " bricks” in his hat or in the Tower of Babel. Ihe Model Editor has a Spanish dic tionary which he uever looks into—Pah. Doc. that he never opened—a few paint, ings presented by somebody, and a table covered «ith baize. A great many “cards” to concerts and balls grace tlie table ; bul hough they be never enjoyed, not one ia given away. The Model Editor has the prettiest wife, the ugliest dog, and the worst pen, of any man going; he never kisses the one, nor loses lie other, nor mends thfe last, nor his ways. He is the pet of thb telegraph people, and the explainer of all the mistakes of the wires. But for him the world would he in Cimmerian dark ness. He can tell the Mississippi from “ six dollars and a half,” hut people don't get his ultimatum just by asking. He conside s a thing before he says it with out considering. In warm weather the Model Editor wears whiskers; in cold weather he is smooth on the face. “Horatio” has told him something about ” philosophy," se c nd-liand from Hamlet, and thence bis “ perfect dispise” of custom. The Model Editor never commits him self. He follows public opinion, but never leads it. He is not a Democrat, in any sense of the wotd—not even common I sense. His head is in the clouds, where it lias to go, in order to confer the rites of hospitality upon his brains. He never saws wood, nor buys turnips, nor steals peaches : these things he leaves to vulgar minds. He is much opposed to charivaris, but does all the bill-printing for the c üb, and “ glad of the chance” All that he knows about modern mythology, as it is shown “ down town,” is locked in his breast, and the key thrown away. lie is a “ broth of a boy,” ttnd a “ hasty plate” of it at that! Origin ofthe Worship of HyMen.-» The origin of the worship of Hymen is thus related by Lactantius. The story would furnish matter for an excellent pan tomime. Hymen was a beautiful youth of Athens, who, for the love of a y ung virgin, disguised himsc f, and assisted at the Eleusinian rites ; and at this time, he, together with his helo: ed, and and; ers other young ladies of that city, were surprised and carried off by pirates; who, suppos ing him to he what he ap eared lodged him with his mistress, lri the dead of th« night, when the robbers were all asleep, he rose and cut their throats. Thence ma king hasty wav back t • Athens, he bargain ed with the parents that he wou and restore them their daughter, and a 1 her compan ions, if they would consent to her mar rage with him. They did so, and this marriage proving remarkably happy, it became the custom to invoke the name of Hymen at all nuptials. The Mother.— A writer beautifully re marks that a mans mother is the repres entative of his Make. Misfortune, and even crime, set up no bar iers between her and her son. While his mother ives, he will have one friend on earth who will not listen when he is slandered, who will not desert him when he suffers, who will s othe him in his sorrows hnd speak to him of hope when he is ready to despair. Her affecti n flows from a pure fountain, and ceases only at the ocean of eternity. Doctors Easy and Fussy.— There shall be two men, doctors, for example, of equal learning aiid skill. They are on the look-out for a prac ice. Doctor Easy purs his name on a brass plate on the door, and tlien sits down in bis drawing room to wait for patients —Need I say 'ha be has gen erally to wait a long timel But Doctor Fussy does not approve of the passive sys tem. He keeps a horse and a chaise be fore he has a visit to make. He hires people to alatm all the neighborhood with peals o his surgery bell- He is contin ually being called out of church, and has once ventured on having his name shouted as being immediatelv wanted, while atten ding a bowel lecture. Not a firm of ad ve tisement does Doctor Fussy neglect, and the odds are, in the ends, that he is making a thousand dollars a year before Doctor Easy has heard the rat tat at the door of his first patien'. Now, perhaps l)r. F. mav, of the two, be the humbug ; hut I very much question whether he is the fool. What applies to these two doc tors, appHes generally 'o every trade and profession under the sun. Barring a lucky chance now and then an adventurer will find that in the ha tie of life, every man must he his own trumpeter. Sound your own charge, and ride over every body, or somebody else will s«tmd bis charge, sad ride over you. IC7* Eternity was well defined by . Parisian mute thus : Eternity has neither birth, death, youth, infancy, nor old age. it is to-day without either yes terday or to-morrow.”