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_ , , ( Col.N.L. Hutchins, Lamrcnccvil
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6m*
DISStydiTION.
hip heretofore oxistlng be-
"oultornnd Wm-
FARMER’S' EVENING FRAYER.
By'mRI. ELLIS.
It is tho holy hour, of evening prayer—
Deccnd, thou peaceful Dovo in mercy there.
Lo I tho poorsuppllanl ills sorrow brings—
Descend, thou Dove with healing on thy wings.
If weary ladon in a world of grief,
Before ho kneels 1 with tears he asks relief:
Faint ing beneath the burden of the day,
Ho seeks tho shadowy night tojwccp'and pray.
If in pomp of manly power be stand,
Asking a boon, yet seeking to command,—
Descend, thou Dove, hisearth born pride con
trol,
Como, w th tho dews of evening melt his soul.
If ho hath aught against his brother,—come,
Como, heavenly Dovo and lot ono happy homo
Rccolvo thorn both, ono bower of peace bo
tliclrs:
Angel of moroy, listen to their prayers I
If he have wandered from tho ways of truth,
Blighting the promise of his early youth,
Call back tho prodigal, thou gentlo Dovo,
Teach him once moro to trust a father's love I
But ifthiscarthly home be all too fair,
Then, holy Dove, descend, yet spare 1 oh
spare,!
Let tho dim shadow of thy hovering wings
Warn him, but gontiy tell thy tale of tears,
Blast not his hopes, but yet awake bis lbars.
Listen I he prays thee to behold his heart;
Canst thou not purity tho vital part
With loss torture—loss than fiery trial 1
Angel of moroy I then uplift thy phial,—
Four dow the burning flood, so let tho end
Bo glorious—thou the mourners friend.
agritnlinral.
[From the Southern Quarterly lteview.J
Treatment of Staves in the Southern
8tates.
Tho writer of this article, though bora and
raised in a slaveholding country, is free to
confess, that, at an early period of lift, ho had
some conscientious scruples in rotation to
holding a human helngin bondage, and sup
posed tho institution of slavery to have boon
entirely tlio result of a spirit of aggression up
on tho rightsofothors,—a system of human
oppression.
But a moro Ihmillar acquaintance with di
vine record, has tended to remove these
doubts and scruples, demonstrating, as he
thinks, very conclusively, the existence cf
that institution at a very early period of the
world's history. As an evidence of its hav
ing received the divine sanction, tho sacred
volume abounds with instructions and direc
tions for the treatment and management of
slaves. In the 25th. chapter of the book of
Leviticus, we find the following iqjunotion and
instructions given: -'Thou shalt not rale
ovor him with rigor, : bnt shalt fear thy
Cod." "And ye shall take them as nn inheri
tance for your children alter you to inherit
them for a possession. Thoy shall, be your
bondmen forever” Raised, as the writer
has been, among negroes, and bavinga largo
interest in them, the principles of humanity,
as well as interest, induced him to study
closely their nature and disposition; and an
experience of three’ years enables him,, as he
thinks, to bear testimony to tho wisdom of
the sorlpturo Injunction, “Thou shalt not rale
ovor him with rigor, but shalt fear thy God."
According to his lexicon, tho term rigor,
means austerity, severity, strictness; and
this, he presumes to have boon tho Sorlpturo
interpretation. Were this injunction more
generally heeded by masters much of the
turmoil and strife incident to the control and
management of slaves, would, we are sure,
he driven from tho land ; for tho benign influ
ences of that heavenly record, in this day of
gospel light, is operating upon the master's
heart, and has effected a vast change in the
treatment of slaves, compared with what it
was thirty years ago, that causes tho heart of
tho philanthropist and Christian to rejoice, as
tho morals of all aro improved by a knowledge
of its divine truths, which clearly point out
tho duties of both master and servant, Such
are the gospel and social privileges now en
joyed by the people of color dn the South,
that tboy are rapidly improving in civilisa
tion, intelligence and morality, which renders
thorn moro docile, more easily governed, and
that without .coercion.—The writer is ready
to acknowledge that a great change has come
over "the spirit ot his awn dream,” for he, in
his early days, gave in to the common preju
dice, that it would bo impolitic and danger
ous to enlighten the slaves; that they would
be rendered more dissatisfied with their con
dition and more inciinod to revolt against it.
Ho, therefore, was opposed to their learning
to read or having books, but subsequent ex
perience has frilly satisfied him of his great
error. Inpurohasingslave&many years ago,
it was his lot to get saverai who read tho B!
bio, in which they seemed to take great do-
light, for on the Sabbath when not attending,
church, instead of running about, they were
generally found poring over tho sacred page,
reading to and instructing their fellow-ser
vants, especially their own families. These
men believed the divine record, amT squared
theirnctlons and conduct by its holyprecepts.
Thoy have boon truly taithful sorvnnts. Their
oxample and tholr precepts oxorted a happy
influence', not only upon their own children
but upon alltho slaves with whom thoy had
any intercourse. Ho has owned one of these
slavos between thirty and forty years; and he
is proud to say, he nevor knew a more consist
ent, upright man. The writer feels affected
to record tho fact, that ono of thoso aged and
truly faithful servants has been recently call,
cd to his account. Having a presentiment
that his cud was near, on the Sabbath preced
ing his death, he said ho wanted to read his
good old book to his fellow servants once more,
Its precious promises cheered his heart, and
drove the fear of death away. The messen
ger found him clad in the wedding garment,
for ho was ready.
^The writer believes that all men are made
by reading the Word of Life—the
blow man as well as the white man; he
therefore encouraeesSils ncgrooB to learn to
oy can toad tho tasta-
for thoso siayes who are in tho habit of read
ing thoScripturcs, and taking them'for thqlr
guide, have never given him tho least troubio.
It Is a source of gratuiatioii that' tlioro Are
but few, in the present day, of those rigid
disciplinarians, inheriting their notions from
for sympathy and’protection.' Ho tlfen has a
hold .upon their affections, which prompts
them, intuitively,' to mako ids Interests their
own. Aiithomon, if practicable, should be
accommodated with wives at homo. This
leaves them without, nn excuse for gadding
the old colonial selimd of tho English, who about, and rendorstliiun much more valuable. i,ni.«tan"«tarariBto traffl- on tnelr little like the marriageable girl told of by the
ruio and govern tlicirpiautntlons and cs' ftTifcri'tbclr"wives are not M tho plamr.;: r„, crops,They are «Dewcd theTnlhnarket prie* good Lnfijntalns. She was somewhat diffi-
reaily the same solicitude, and learn to feel as
deep an interest in the fate of tho main crop,
as the overseer or master possibly can. The
necessity of quarrelling and cocrtion is thus
superseded, to’ the great gratification of tho
humane master. To prevent the necessity,,!
upon tho princi|des of martial law, allowing
tholr negroes no privileges, no opportunities
ofmaklngor doing anything for themsolvcs;
cutting off all intercourse' with their neigh
bors, end thus driving them into gloom and
desperation. We never now hoar of tho cru
elties whieh disgraced various portions of our
country at a porlod not entirely boyoiid tho
memories of living men. Under tho old sys
tem, which regarded tho negro as well as the
Indian as only a sort of brutal parody on tho
white man—at little ^superior, indeed to the
ape and monkey—* shocking prejudice whloii
we owo to the ignorance of tho European peo
ple, and which our bettor knowledge of negro
and Indian baa onabled usta dissipate—cru
elty was tho rule and iramantty the excep
tion. Under this iron rule, the slave was
broken down equally in body and spirit, and
frequently perished from despair. But there
is no such history now. The Christian senti
ment has probably made a greater advanco
in the Blavo States in the Union than in any
other port of the world’; as may bo reasona
bly gathered from a fair comparison of tho
statu of popular morals in tho South campar :
cd With the North, and compared with those
European countries with whoso statistics we
are most Ihmillar. There 1b, hero, no hostili
ty of fooling between llm wplto uum and the
negro. There is no social collision betwcon
ibc parties by which had feelings aro engen
dered. There are no political issuos between
mem moving tnem to jealous/or hate, as at
the North. Each occupies an unquestioned
place, with which both aro satisfied. The
conscquonco is, thatlndnlgsndeandsympathy
are accorded by the one olassjpgWllon and
scrvico by tho other. Thoiiegro is regarded
as property, it is true, but this docs not ren
der him less an object of regard as a person i
and policy and Chlrstlanlty happily unite to
secure him In ovory right and privilege, as a
human and social being inferior in rank but
most worthy of affection. Tho laws, seconS
ded and enforced by a public opinion which
has rollgiolt for its basis’) secure tho negro in
his placo and guarantee his happiness. Tho
happy influences of Christianity, and the re
finements of the ago In which we live, repudi
ate and condemn those ancient codes that
were formed for tho government of the Afri
can slave, when brought to our shores In his
wild, savage stnto. If there aro stlil suffered
harsh old English laws upon our statute books,
in respect to the negro, they are obsolete,
and remain momoriala only of a blind and bi
goted past.
Under a mild, humano, hut firm system of
treatment, the writer frcls assured that the
slaves of the South are tho most cheorful and
happy loborers to be found upon tho faco’ of
the globo.- In his early agricultural opera
tions, ho was governed in tho management of
his slaves by the customo of the country.—
Not residing on his farm, ho had to depend
upon agenta and overseers; and, although hq
Was always particular In selecting thoso' most
highly recommended, yot ho rarely evor ob
tatned ono, in whom ail tho necessary qiiailfi
cations wore combined to constitute a good
manager. They wore genornlly on oxtremes;
thoso’celebrated for making largo crops were
often too severe, and did everything by coer
cion. Henco turmoil and 'strifo ensued.—
The negroos wore ill-treated and ran away.—
On the other hand, when ho employed a good-
natured, indulgent man, there was a want of
proper disciplino; tho negroes became ungov
ernable, and, as a natural result, tho farm was
brought into debt.
To obviate such difficulties and annoyan
ces, ten years ago he sottled upon his farm
hlniself. and adopted a system of manago-i
ment with which ho has great causo to bo sat
isfied. lie has uniformly made good crops,
and that without strifo and confusion. His
slavos are contented and happy; there is no
running away; ho has not lost ten days’ work
of a slave in this manner during the whole ten
years. His slaves have been generally heal
thy and very prolific; and tholr increase Is no
small matter in the item of profits. His neigh
bors will bear testimony to tho fact that no
Blavcof his,although he pays taxes upon more
than one hundred and fifty, 1ms, within the
last ten years, ever committed the smallest
depredation upon their poultry, their stock
their orchards; at least, ho has noVer yot heard
tho first whisper of a complaint. This he at
tributes Iri an eminent degree, to tho privlto
ges they enjoy, aud the happy influences of tho
gospel; for he has always felt willing to aid
in paying a missionary, to preach to his peo
ple, who seem to appreciate tho boon most
highly. As an evidence of this, they never
fail, themselves, to make a contribution outof
their crops, to pay the preacher, and ovince
liberality far beyond their means, in doing so.
Ho confesses on many occasions, that ho has
frit admonished, rebuked and affected, when
seeing a faithful fellow willing to give.tho half
of the proceeds of his little crop to support
the gospel; while his own sordid heart, out of
his abundance, would never allow him to con
tribute in any such proportion)
Tho writer Is aware that his system is far
from being perfect, ahd that it conflicts with
the opinions of many skillful and oven scien
tific planters. Ho attaches great importance
to certain privileges in which the negroes are
indulged; one of which is that of allowing
each of them to plant and cultivate a crop for
himself. This binds and endears to them their
homes, and lossens their strolling propensities,
Feeling that he has great cause for gratitude
for tho success that has attended l,is opera
tions, which have tar surpassed any of his
ticipatlons, ho begs leave to submit his sys
tem to tho considorptiqnpf ills follow-citizens,
with tho conviction that, if they will give
fair-trial; they will realize similar honefits.
The first groat duty of the master is to
that his slaves are made as comfortable and
happy as tho nature of their condition will ad
mit, and to let them feol that ho cares for
thete asa raan’. They thonregard him as tholr
they are a great deal more exposed to bad
wenthbr, and are not so healthy, having tholr
bedding, clothing, &c., at tho houses ofthclr
wives. Tholr lodging places aro apt to bo un
comfortable, and when sick, they aro fre
quently fbund In a destitute situation, need
ing hew provision ihr their comforts.
Each ftmlly should havoits separate houso.
Two families tagethor are not apt to agreo,
ahd to crowd them, endangers their health.
Their houses should bo dry and cemlhrtabio,
supplied with doors and windows, so ns to bo
easily and freely ventilated, and raised two
two and a half fret from tlio ground, so that
accumulations of filth may bo readily removed
occasional sweopings; cleanliness being
quite as condnclve to health as comfbrt. In
tho rear of their houses, they should hero a
small vegetable garden, fruit or shade trees in
tho front, with a hen-houso near, as all are al
lowed to raise poultry. When. thoy are sick,
addition to tho sugar and coffee supplied
them' from tho house, thoy can havo tholr
chicken soup, and tlicir own vegetables, which
add greatly to their comfbrt and attach them
their domicils.
Supplying them with an abundance: of
wholosome food, is a matter, of great import
ance ; and, in ordor to make tho meat ration
usuallyjrlvan hnld. out. jEreo -of
vegetables, especially turnips and puu««M,
aro cultivated. The latter ia an invaluable
article, and is raised in such quantities as to
last throughout the year. They supply to
some extent, the placo urboth moat and bread;
especialiyamong tho children; as thoy are both
wholesome and nourishing.
As negro tamilios , prefer doing their own
cooking, their rations aro weighed out to
them once a weak. Three and a half lbs. of
bacon are allowed to each hand ovor ten years
old, and p peck of meal or more if required;
though, with a plenty of vegetables, a peck is
qplto sufficient. The children are tad from
tho kitchen; largo quantities of vegetables
are boiled; soup is made, and this, with milk,
and a small quantity of bacon, supplies them
b’ountlfrdly with wholesome Ibod.
On each plantation there Is a largo house
under tho care 'of a faithful woman, who
cooks, provides fbr, and takes care of, the
young children.' Tholr mothers, when leav
ing <br tho field, take them’to this receptacle.
Such a house sorves as a hospltal also; when
any‘of tho flold hands aro sick, they aro pla
ced undor the care of this woman, who nurses
and attends them till they recover.
Throo suits of working, or evory-dny clothes
year, are furnished, so that they may always
mako a decent appcaranco. If allowed to go
ragged and dirty, they soon, lose all solf-re-
spect and pride, and become degraded and
worthless. Time 1? allowed them for wash
ing, and tho women in bad weather do their
mending. During the winter, the little ne-
groes aro clothed In woolen, by which thoy aye
kept warm and rarely got burnt On tho Sab
bath, all the grown negroes are required to
dress up, and attend ahureh, when there is’
preaching In the nolgfiborliood; and undor no
circumstances, are any allowed to go into tho
flold on Monday morning with dirty clothes
on. Cleanliness is, perhaps, one of the first
processes by which to inculcate equally self-
respect and religion.
Thoy are not allowed to ran about the
country, hut when they wish to visit a neigh
bor, and ask permission, they are usually fur
nished with a pass far that purpose. This
should always designate the place to which
thoy are allowed to go.
The duties of the overscor are not always
properly understood' He too commonly thinks
them all dona when he makes a frill cotton
and provision crop. He should attend to all
the duties of a tarm; not only to the labor of
tho hands, and making the crop, hut paying
strict attention to raising stock of all kinds, by
which tho farm is sustained. He also weighs
out tho rations to the slaves and sees that
each gets his fall allowance, attends to their
complaints when sick, and when deemed nec
essary, calls in medical aid. In givingliis
orders and directions, he does so in a mild,
firm tone and manner. Being a man of tem
perance, he is' strict in guarding against dis
sipation, he never allowing the use of intoxi
cating drinks. He is himself cool and dispas
sionate ; indulges ill no blustering, no abusivo
language. When his orders are disobeyed,
or his rules violated, ho chastlses tho offender
In a propor manner, as ho Would his owti son
he makes no unreasonable demands, by over
tasking, nor does he’ require the negroes to
work at night or in had weather. Ho soes
that tlieir houses are supplied with wood du
ring winter, and that all behave in a quiet,
orderly way. Ho allows no brutality, no
swearing, no quarrelling or fighting. He is
tho umpire fbr settling all disputes and dlffi'
culties that may ariso among them, and in
tho absenco of their owner, thoy. aro to refer
ail cases to him.
Tho experience of tho writer satisfies him
that nothing exerts a happier influonco upon
the slave than sunbring hipi to cultivate q lit-
tlo crop for himself. It prompts him to ff
more faithful discharge of his duty. Antici
pating a remuneration at tho end of tho year,
ho is mado clieorftil and happy. A Certain
portion of land is appropriated to his uso,
a largo family, that is, a man with a wife and
several ohildren, an aero and a half; to a
smaller family, ono acre; ahd to & singio band
half an acre.. In order to have ft well culti
vated, and to prevent their working at night,
and’on tlio Sabbath, tho overseer agrees thAt,
if thoy will ho diligent and plant his crop, ho
will in turn plant theirs, ^fhis acts as a pow
erful stimulus to their industry; for, so anx
ious are they to get their own crops planted
in time, that they work with llfo and energy,
and need no coertion. When their crops are
planted, tho overseer says to them, “Now
work over my crop and I will Work yotlrs also."
So much afraid they are that the grass will
take their fields, that thoy are willing to work
pet Into theto. • They hare
for it at homo; and to prevent fraud or pilfer
ing, so soon as tho corn is matured (for that
Is tho crop thoy usually cultivate) the over
seer takes the hands, gathers and measures it,
and givck to each a statement in writing of
tho amount. Instead of paying thorn in mb-
noy, wliloh might tempt them to buy spirits,
and get thorn into bad habits, as well as to
prevent their being cheated abroad, in barter,
he inquires into their wants; and such arti
cles os thoy most need, for their domestlo
comfort, especially Sunday clothing; ho pur.
chasos for them. As thoy generally cultivate
rloh land, tho proceeds of their little crops
add wonderfully to their pleasures, theirprldo,
and opjoymont,—supply them with many lit
tle household resources, and fUrnish tholr
wardroho; so that they havo no oxensofor
not attending church regularly. Theamonnt
of their crop's varies from ten to fifty dollars,
which sums, judiciously laid out, glvo anair
of great cheerfulness to tholr habitations, in
crease their self-respect, and clovato them
above that degraded condition into which ne
groes otherwise will generally fall. Accusto
med, os ho has been, to visiting their houses
on Sunday mornings, his heart has been re-
jolqcd to see their tables spread with dcilca-
cics and comforts that the laborers of many
Hew to Many off Old Maidi.
A young lady in tho neighborhood of Lille
found herself, some seven or eight years
since, arrived at a proper ago to marry, and
as she was both rloh and beaullftil, she did
not want for -.suitors. But Henrietta was a
cult in hef taisies, fomul one too tall,
another too short, this ono too thin, and that
one too tat, with innumerable other deficien
cies just as objectionable as these. Those she
had rejected, mortified at tholr want of suc
cess, deterred others who might havo wished
to try their luck with the young lady, so that
at last she found herself almost deserted and
forced to the extremity of “setting her cap,”
as it is called, for a husband. Boveral years
were thus past, when one day an undo, who
was well acquainted with the subject, and to
whom the troubles of Henrietta had been told,
undertook to got her married. Being suppli
ed with money and frill power. In the proml
ses, he took his niece»«tho aonth of Franco,
and .while on tho way hold with her this little
discourse.
"My dear nleco, tho great point of success
in this world is to seise opportunities when
thoy ariso. Now you havo permitted all
yours to slip by. .This is unfortunate to be
Sure, but whatls to bo done 1 A maiden of
your age finds a husband with difficulty. It
is not so with a young widow. Henceforth
you aro no longor Madcmoisolle Hcnrlette
X , hut Madame 0——,_a widow. Your
husband, who lived only thraa months after
your union, was an officer who died of a fall
C0 ^“ S r 1U,£Urie5 ’ N.B.P. no?liiilfren°—^Dut'my^cSr^’nnite, ^teaSru
it all to mo, and lot nt now purchaso the uu-
Hark, ye Girli.
It is high timo somebody told yon a little
plain truth. You havo boon watobod for u
long time, a certain class of you, and it is plain
enough you aro trying plans to cheat somebo
dy. . You intend to sell chaff for wheat ; and
there is danger that sorao of the foolish gud
geons will be sadly talcon in.
It may not bo yonr fault that you belong to
tho 'one idea party’—that tho singio idea of
getting a husband is the only ono thatch-
grosses much of your timo and attention.—
But it Is your-tault that you pursue this Idea
Ip tho wrong direction. Your vcnorablo mo-
thorof Eden memory waa called a 'help* fora
man, and you are looking for a man to help
you; to help you in the half silly way you
have .commenced. Men who are worth ha
ving, want women for tholr wives. A bundle
of gow-gaws, bound with a string of flats and
quavers, sprinkled with coiogno, and set in a
carmine saucer; this is no help fol'a man
who expects to raise a family of boys and girls
on veritable bread and meat. Tho piano and
tho laco frame are well enough in their places;
and so are ribbons, and tlnsols, but you can't
mako a dinner of tho former, nor a bed blan
ket of tho latter. And awful as tho idea may
seem to you, both dinner and bed blanket aro
necessary to domestic enjoyment. Llfo lias
its realities aswoll as its fancies; hat you
makclt all a matter of decoration; romom-
bering tho tassels and curtains, but forgetting
tho bedstead. Suppose a young man of good
sonse, end of course good prospect*, to bo
looking for a wife, what chanco havo yon to
be chosen 1 .You may cap him, or trap him,
or catch him, but how much hotter to mako it
an object for him to catch you! Bonder your
selves worth catching, and you- will need no
shrewd mother, or managing brothors to holp
you to find a market.
Life la Sweet.
A fomaie under tho escort of two gentle
man,-was taken on board the steamer Ham
burg, yesterday—state-rooms for the three
were engaged, and' all tho preliminaries .ar
ranged for a trip to St. Louis. Tho lady was
taken into tho cabin, and the two gentlemen
went ashore. Inthecoursoofanhouror so,
she began to sigh. From sighs, sbo wore in
to those spasmodic incipients which mark
the approach of hysterics, and sccmod to
straggle to avert that most unpleasant crisis,
and finally got ap, put on her bonnet and
shawl, started ashore, and stopped still npon
the gangway plank, looked down into tho wa
ter. A deck hand approached with a barrel.
“Out of the way thoro, madam,” sald he.
“How deep is the water here, sir,” she in
quired.
“Not mere’n knee deep,”
“It won’t do," said sho, with a sigh, which
she exhausted npon the weather brown taco
of the deck band and the barrel. “It won’t
do.”
"Why 1” asked the deck hand.
. "I want to drown myself. I’m persecuted.”
"Qb 1” exclaimed the deck hand. "Co to
tho stem. Ten foot and a risin.”
Bure enough, she passed aronod the barrel,
walked ashore, and plunged into the water at
the stem of the boat, screeching “help I" sim
ultaneously with tho splash. The deck hand
left tho barrel to its fiite, and rescued the wo
man. Instead of hysteric potions, cough
Candy was last in demand.—Cin. Paper.
Claims of tub Heirs of Lafatette.—Tho
heirs of Gen. Lafayette have brought suit to
recover Several hundred acres of land, having
a front of600 yards boyond tho old fortifica
tions at New Orleans. This is o portion of
The AnMY Speculators,—Wo loam from
Washington that, in viow of tho late abuses
in the army In the matter of officers specula
ting .upon tho govoraUient, in tho purchase of
supplies, &c., tho subject hits bech under the
consideration bf the Committee on Military
Affairs of tho'House of Representatives. The
result is, that they have determined to pre
pare a hill that will effectually put a stop to
such practices in futqre.
The manufacture ot the May State Mills is
exciting attention all over the country, it is
a species ot felt doth, and is said to fully equal
the most rich and elegant Brussels carpets in
the appearance of tabrio, tlio variety of figures
And the spletador of the colors. It is intended
for floor cloths. \
Sir, I say that it is employment tTtat tnakes
the people happy.— Webster',
cessary dresses and tho marriage gifts whieh
your husband would liavo glvon you. Sco I
Madame 0-—-, hero is your marriage ring.
Recollect now you are to put on a mourning
figure And a serious air.”
Arrived at Marsoilies, tho young widow pro
duced a great sensation in the social circles lo
which she was presented. Tho great quet.
tlon .among the young men now was who
should obtain tho hand of Madamo 0—-1
Many proposed, among whom ono was at last
aocopted.
Tho evening before tho marrlsgo,. tho un
do took his future nephow aside and said
“My dear sir, we have deceived you I" “Howl"
exclaimed tho young man. “Am I not then
beloved l" "Oh, far from It." "Have you
deceived me, then, In reapeot to her fortune 1"
“On tho contrary, she is richer than I told
you." "What is It, then 1" “Alas! a little
pleasantry wh made one foolish day—my
nteea ls note widow." “What 1 Is Mods. 0.
still firing 1” "I know not how that may be,
bnt my niece is still a maiden.” At thoso
words tho ihture nephow hastened to protest
that tar from being an obstacle, this news
servod only to Incrcaso bis desire for tho flil-
filmcntnf tho marriage. Tho union was not
delayed. Atrip through Italy was takon as
their wedding tour before tho happy couple,
returned again to tlio paternal roof.
Conjuual Affection.—A woman went In
to an apothecary’s shop tho other , day with
two prescriptions—quo for her husband and
tho othor for hor cow. Sho inquired tho
prlcoof them, and the apothecary replied it
was so much for tho man, and so much for
tho beast. Tho woman, finding sho had not
enough money, reflected a moment and said,
“Glvo mo, at all'events, tho cow’s; I can send
fop my husband’s to-morvow."
Liberation of the Irish Exilea.
The Dublin Freeman’s Journal, of the 20th
March, says:
"It is reported that orders have actually
been issued from the Colonist Office, or will
shortly bo issued, directing tho immediate
release of tho Irish Exiles, subject to the
condition thatthey aro not to return to any
part of tho British Islands. Mr. Whltesido
(now a membor of the Derby administration)
had heen^nacttveintoucssor for tholr liber-
K
The First Newspaper in Viroinia.—Pal
mer’s Register states, that tho first press
Vlrgintawas inserted by tho city of Williams
burg in 1780. Tho prices of advertising and
subscriptions of thoso times, are thus stated
in the following oxtract from tho terms of tho
paper, fttatained in its flrnissuo:
"All poisons may bo supplied with this pa
per at fifty dottars a year, and have advertise
ments (of a^odorato length) insert^ for ten
dollars the first week, and seven £
each week after.”
It should be recollected too, that this was
a weekly paper, making tho cost to subscri
bers about 96 cents a number.
Emigration from China.
The Intelligence just received from China,
by Way of England, represents that tho emi
gration of the Chinese to California is greatly
on tho increase. During the past month
vessels havo sailed; ten are preparing
leave,and more are required. Man^wl
.had previously emigrated havo returned
with substantial proota of their success, and
tho Chinese are not slow ill following tho ex
ample of their countrymen-when money is in
tho inducement.—N. O. Crescent.
A Fronohmqn residing In- London roSonti/
icstvcd an onltfohow ’stylo of solf-dostrac-
tlon. He first bought an egg In tho market,
extracted its contontenta (by "suction") and
filled tho shell with about tlireo ounces of
gunpowder. Then going Into a Very CfUwdcd
thoroughfare—wo presume to give eclat to
his enterprise—ho placed tho infernal ma
chine In his mouth, and “touched It off’ with
a match: Ihste’Ad|ii6*8ver, of blowing his
head to atoms, tn powder, when ignited,
merely poured for" a stream of.flro and
smoko frohl the aperture in the shell, but
without doing any sorious hArto to thetoan,
(f he Astonishment of the pAssors bv At behold
ing a human, raottth silddehly become the
oreater or an active volcano,'may be Imagin
ed. Tho disappointed matt was taken Into
custody by the police and conveyed to the
hospital
From the < 'kattanooga Gazette..
Chattanooga.
We venture tho assert tea that there, is no
place this side of the. Alleghantes, where there
are eo few idle men ae are to ho found in
Chattanooga. Every man seems to have
something to do, and eeems .determined to do
It quickly. Go down about the wharves, and
xou will find hundreds of men encased in
reqclvtog and discharging freights from tlio
boats, and working about tlio largo numbor
of drays and about the warehouses. The
•treots present qbnsy aspect, and in tho stores
and.shopsail sccmtohocngaged' About tho
Depot, work goes on regularly, often unttltho
small hours of the night. Last,hut not least, tho
Mechanics keep time with «U other business
men. There is a plenty for them to do at fair
prices, and they go at it with proper spirit and
energy. The sounds of industry are pleasant
the car and drive dull care away,
"I love the banging hammer,
Tho whirring of tho piano,
The crashing ofiho busy saw,
The croaking of tho crane;
Tho ringing of tho anvfi,
The grating of thedrfil,
The clattering of tlio turning-lathe,
The whirring of tlio mill;
. Tho buzzing of tho spin’dlo,
Tho rattling of the loom,
Tho puffing of the engine,
And tho fan’s continual boom;
The clipping of tlio tailor’s shears,
Tho driving of the awl,
Tlio sound of busy labor—
I love, I lovo them nil."
A young gentleman who had been paying
under protest from lior rich tullicr—his ad
dresses to a young lady, and had almost given
it up as a hopeless case, obtained nn eligible
situation in a foreign mereantfio house, Otf
mooting a lady of ills acquaintance, soon after
ho had arranged to go abroad, ho sqid to
her—
" If you will promlso nover to tell it to
any ono, I’ll confide to you a secret.”
“0, no I of course I’ll nover mention it,"
said tho lady.
He whispered in her ear—
"My fortune is made—l am gotogto Ha
vre,”
"Yon don’t say sol"
"Next week."
They separated, and tho noxtday tho foth-
crof the young lady appeared before our
hero, flourishing a big cano in his right hand,
demanding to know by what authority lie had
proclaimed that ho was about to marry his
daughter 1”
The young man denied the )soft impeach-
mont.
"You did t" roared ho wouldn’t-bo-tHtlicr-In.
law; “you told Mrs.—that you wore going to
have her noxt week."
"And so I am—to rail for tho port of Ha
vre—in tho Humboldt."
Tho old gent sloped.
Habit.
”1 trust everything, under God,” said Lord
Brougham, “to habit, upon which, inail ages
the law-giver as well as tho school-master,
has, mainly placed his reliance; habit, which
makes everything easy, and casts nil difficul
ties upon a deviation from a wonted course,—
Mako sobrloty a habit, and intainpcranco will
be hateful; make prudence ahabit.and reckless
profligacy will ho ns contrary to tlio child,
grown or adult as tlio most atrocious crimes
are to any of your lordships. Glvo a child tliu
habit of sacredly regarding truth; of carefully
respecting the property of others; of scrupul
ously abstaining from ailactsofimprovidencu
which can involve him in distress, ami lie will
just as likely think of rushing into an element
in which he cannot breathe, as of lying, or
cheating or stealing,”
A lad ten years of ago, named Henry Moy
ers, was ran ovor by tho locomotivo, nt Mans
field, Ohio, on Monday week. Both his legs
were nearly cut off. The little fellow had ids
legs amputated, but lived only a few hours
after. When told by his mothor that ho must
die, ho said, “I know it, but I niat afraid, I
wont to Sunday school, mother."
Vine Measure.—Throo spoonfuls of bran
dy mako one .cocktail—three cocktails ono
go—three goes ono spree—three sprees a
muss with tho night police—throo musses
with tho night polico, ono visit to tho Peniten
tiary. Outit out and paste it inyour hat.
Punch says that the daiigor of abolishing
tho property qualification for members ot
Parliament is this—that if somo of our logi?.
inters were to bo without their property
qualification, they would havonoothcrquali.
ficatlon whatever.
Rooms in which, from any causo, there
arises an unpleasant odor, may bo freed oftlie
noxious effluvia by placing n few kernels ot
coffee on a hot shovel, and allowing tho aro
ma, or smoko, to be freely disseminated. 1;
will dispel effectually tho most powerful odor
arising from putrid animal or vcgotahlo mat
ter. It bos been much used and with excel-.
icntsuccess, in locniltits infested with cholera.
(gp April showers fids yqar aro mingled
with April snows. Thoro was quite a sprint.
Unit of snow In this vicinity last Sunday the
18th. On the mountain, wo understand, iliore
Was a storm of hail. The gaylivcryofSprin.'
is retarded in its development by tlio lingering
cold ofslowly receding winter. * Chattunvog,,
Advertiser.
Abolition Excitement in Viboin
Thoro is considerable oxcitemcnt in On
county, Va., growing out of tho
abolitionists.' The citizens hnvo hcl
ing and called upon tlio coramitU
lanoe tor increased activity in for;
ail persons tinctured with nbolltl
county, offered a reward of SlOO
prehension and delivery of i
Roberts to any one of tho commit!
lanco. The clerk o’f tho eoun’ "
tribunal wo presume
the.populace) tender:
first day of the tort
unable t