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LITERARY PENFIELD, GEORGIA. L. LINCOLN YEAZEY, Editor. THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 15, 1858. ~ Our thanks are due Hon. Joshua Hill for a copy of Senator Kennedy’s speech on the admis sion of Kansas. The Atlanta Medical & Surgical Journal takes rank, we think, among the very best publications of this class in our country. It is edited by Drs. Logan and Westmoreland, both of whom are jfrofessors in the Medical College located in that place. Price, $3.00 a year in advance. The Southern Commercial Convention will hold its meeting this year in the City of Mont gomery, Ala. We see Gov. Brown has appointed delegates from each congressional district to rep* resent this State. THERE is no emotion of our natures more strange in its workings than that of sympa thy. So strong in its energy as to be the con necting link that binds together a large portion of the human family, it is yet mysteriously sub tle in its operations. It is capable of kindling into fury the wildest passions; yet, it is in itself the most placid of feelings. With a secret mag ‘netism, it pervades all hearts and draws them to gether by some unseen and incomprehensible power. That enthusiasms which is sometimes seen to pervade a whole assembly, with the rapidity of an electric spark, is the product of this agency. Gentle and wooing in the ordinary intercourse of friendship, it is capable of inciting to deeds of daring or the fury of revolution. It is one of the kindest solaces of life on earth, and will be one of the purest sources of enjoyment in Heaven. THE GIFT BOOK ENTERPRISE is one of the latest forms of swindling that has originated in New York, Philadelphia and other northern cities. Their plan is so remarkably generous in appearance, that it would at once beget a suspi cion btt some fraud. They propose to sell at the very lowest publishers’ prices books of every style and variety, and to give with each book a prize in jewelry ranging in value from 25 cents to fifty dollars. Illured by such tempting offers, many persons in different portions of the country send to them for books; and we do not suppose we place our figures too high, when we say that one such establishment in New Yerk has received be tween one hundred and fifty and two hundred dollars from this place. Now if they act as they profess to do, where, in the name of common sense, can they make a profit ? If they sell their books at the publisher’s price, it cannot be made on these; and how can they afford to sell books at cost and give each pur chaser a valuable present? The idea that the whole affair is other than a fraudulent scheme to cheat all who trust it, is preposterous. We know that some have sent money and received what they considered a fair equivalent in books; but these are exceptions designedly made, in order to render the bait more attractive. We are sur prised that honest, order-loving persons can gain their own consent to bestow patronage or favor on a concern evidently gotten up for the purpose of deceiving and swindling. ? NEVER, at any time in the memory of man, has religious awakenings been so general and wide-spread as at present. From North, East and West we have accounts of stirring revivals and out-pourings of divine grace. So far from ebbing, the feeling of interest seems deepening, widening and progressing in every direction. The secular press, which, as a general thing, ignores such matters, bestows upon this a large share of attention, and we not unfrequently find an ac count of a prayer-meeting by the side of a politi cal tirade. That some good will follow from these awaken ings, no one who believes in the truth of revela tion can doubt. We have never thought, howj ever, that such great excitements were the best methods of propagating religious faith. This is a subject, the nature and importance of which alike demand a calm, deliberate consideration, with the mind free from everything that could interrupt a free exercise of its powers. Amid the excitement naturally attendant on a religious .revival, this cannot be done, and persons the most honest and sincere become the victims of self-deception. With the feelings that the occa sion begets, they make professions which they have not the moral strength to sustain by tl}eir lives. The consequences of all this, though lam *entable, are too plainly seen to be denied. The Church is brought into disrepute by a multitude of unworthy members, notwithstanding the fact that for the six or twelve months immediately succeeding every large revival, every conference lessens the number by frequent expulsions. THE MOUNT VERNON ASSOCIATION has thus far met with success almost commen surate with its zeal. Near half the amount of the proposed subscription has been raised, and, from all we can learn, the prospects for procuring the remainder are in every way flattering. The ladies who have undertaken this noble work, and the men who have come to their aid, are worthy of all commendation. There is, however, one party in this proposed trade upon whom the same meed of praise can not be bestowed. The pro- Ijgpf™. of Mt. Vervon seems actuated by a mer cenary spirit unworthy of the great name which he bears. Some years ago, when first consulted in refer ence to this matter, he agreed to dispose of the ©state at one hundred thousand dollars. That this amount would ever be raised for such an object, seemed at that time very improbable. When, however, a subscription list was begun, and rapidly swelled by liberal contributions from all quarters, Mr. Washington retracted his pro posal and doubled his price. This seems to us ungenerous, and to manifest a disposition to take advantage of the high-toned patriotism of South ern matrons. He has, we learn, been for some years expect ing a proposal of purchase from the General Gov ernment or the State of Virginia. From either of these, he would have been in some degree ex cusable in demanding so enormous a price for a piece of property that is valuable only from its associations. But when his country-women are the negotiators, the spirit of gallantry and a feel ing of respect for their motives should prompt him’ to be generous. . But the property is his, and he has the right to affix to it any price which his Cupidity may suggest. This may boa great moral failing, but it. is one for which society can inflict no punish ment, save an expression of its condemnation. We are pleased to know that the ladies of the Soj*th have not had their resolution shaken by the greatness of the price or the difficulty of rais ing so large an amount. Being now properly organ ized as a corporate body in the forms of law, and much of the money already raised, we look forward confidently to a speedy consummation of their labors. IT is a rare thing for a wealthy criminal to be “brought to justice. Liberal fees will, in nine cases out of ten, clear a man from the most hein ous offences that ever stained a court docket. So long as there is a prospect of reward, the as siduous limbs of the law will ply him with en couragement and advice, in the meantime leaving no effort untried, and many leaving no means unemployed, to procure his deliverance. As his funds decrease, their zeal abates and many a poor wretch, after feeing away all his substance to save his neck from the hangman, has been cooly in formed that his case is hopeless; that they can do no more, and piously recommend him to be resigned to his fate. Such is the mercenary con duct of a large portion of one of the “learned” professions. Their kindness is measured by dol lars and cents, their generosity is called into ac tion by the click of gold, and their tender mer cies are often the most refined cruelty. A fearful proportion of the wickedness which disgraces our country will hang on the skirts of the legal fraternity when brought to the Bar of Eternal Justice. They give an unequivocal en couragement to crime when they strive to screen those whom they honestly believe guilty from deserved punishment. Yet, there are thousands who do this in their practice without a scruple. “ If you will pay me enough I will defend you,” is the first, perhaps the only condition, when the question of guilt or innocence ought to be the prime object of consideration. They will advo cate the cause of the unblushing murderer, while his hands are scarce cleared of the crimson stains of his crime. The highwayman, whose name awakens a thrill of horror throughout a commu nity, can purchase their eloquence and learning with the very gold which he has rifled from the pockets of some welteriftg victim. The midnight assassin, the dark infuser of deadly drugs, the pirate who scours the seas and the base despoiler of female virtue need not fear the threatenings of the law so long as their purses are well filled. Why all this venality in a class of men whose qualifications otherwise fit them eminently to be guardians of the public weal? What plea can they offer for thus prostituting their conscientious Bense of justice to a sordid love of money ? “We must live,” say they, and “we cannot live by de fending only the innocent.” Ah! that decep tive fallacy, “We must live!” To how many hearts does it lay its flattering unction, when harrassed by the criminal nature of their business! This is the excuse which the grocer gives for labelling his foul mixture of poisons for “ French Brandy ;” and the merchant renders the same for selling his goods for three prices, while he solemnly affirms that he is scarce making a living per cent. It is one of the most mischievous lies that the enemy of all good ever put into the mouths of men. Many have read Dickens’ exposure of the Court of Chancery with a feeling of grief that such a piece of mechanism for the production of human misery should ever have been invented. The lingering torture of those who were drawn within the circle of its influence was worse than death. Until the secrets of all hearts are revealed, no one can know the sumless amount of human mis ery which it has produced. What is true of this is true, to a greater or less extent, of every Court everywhere and at all times. He who, tempted by the illuring promises which they hold out, en ters their precincts, may expect a constant com panionship with unhappiness, be his cause just or unjust. But it is not in law alone that “ faults that are rich are fair.” There, this opinion takes a prac tical form, and is enforced in a manner that makes it peculiarly odious to every unbiassed mind. The press, too, puts on mittens of silken softness, when touching the crimes of those whom money has made respectable. How often do we see a paragraph floating around concerning some dark dyed villany, which informs us in conclusion, that owing to the respectability of the family the real names are suppressed. Is not conduct like this characterized by the most flagrant injustice to all parties? By thus plastering over a sin with the name of respectability, it commends it to the admiration and practice of the rising generation, and thus spreads throughout the ranks of society a taint of moral corruption. It shields from dis grace, and often from punishment, the wretch whose crimes have placed him beyond the pale of respect. This is done, not because a hoary headed sire, venerable for years and virtue, would be brought with sorrow to the grave by an une quivocal verdict of public opinion; not because his condemnation would bow with anguish and sorrow one who cherishes for him the deep fulness of a mother’s love; but because he has relatives whom richly filled coffers have dubbed “respect able.” Was there a time when wealth was not honored and worshiped as a healing for every frailty—a covering for every crime ? When Euripides, in one of his plays, made a character say that “wealth was the greatest of blessings, deserving the highest admiration of the gods and men,” his actor was hissed from the stages. This was in the palmiest days of Greece, when her heroes did feats of noblest valor, and her bards dealt in the high sublimities of song, ere the bane of riches had corrupted her virtue and enervated her energies. How differently would the sentence now be received, were each man to speak his real sentiments ! It would be encored with loud thunders of applause by an audience with whom honor, virtue, intelligence, morality and respect ability are all combined in that one word— WEALTH. <!■!> A PURE literature seems to be an impossibility in the northern portion of our confederacy, and must remain so until the present generation of false philanthropists shall have passed away. Scarce a book now ever proceeds from that source that is not polluted by some of the errors that have their birth in the hot-bed of isms. Their moral essays, designed for the instruction of the young, contain some erroneous doctrine concealed in a cloud of sophistical reasoning. Many of the tales which are professedly intended only to please and entertain, are really devoted to the advocacy of some corrupting system of falsehood. It is difficult to find a daily, weekly or monthly journal that is not blackened by some form of fanaticism. Here and there one is found dovoted to the pro pagation of a pure, wholesome literature; but they are few and far between, and growing every day more rare. If the press be a fair exponent of the charac ter of the people, this is a gloomy picture to con template. That there is much sound, conserva tive feeling at the North, we have no doubt: but the people are much too ready to listen to and adopt new-fangled notions. From this cause, they are wafted about by every wind of doctrine, without any settled ground of belief. This enar bles designing demagogues to lead on men of good hearts and correct moral principles until they become furious, reckless fanatics. *4 • Peterson's Magazine, always the earliest of our monthlies in making its appearance, came a few days since with a fresh May look. It is filled with light, readable sketches, and its illustrations aro admirable. Price, $2.00 a year. Serious apprehensions are entertained for the recovery of Col. Benton, who has been suffering for some time past with cancer in the stomach, but who still prosecutes his labor of love—the work with which his fame will be so much identified in times to come—though prostrated and con fined to the bed. [communicated.] LITTLE DORRITI I did not think it of you! Fie! what can the matter be? Don’t show your temper so, my dear! What if Mr. Veazey does grumble a little ? Do let him grumble in peace. Poor little dear! you spread your net with coy fingers; and yet, the bird flew away from its tangled meshes! You toiled arduously and caught —nothing! Don't be in a passion about it! Don’t show your disappointment so plainly to the world ! It places you in an awkward position; and I’m sure you do not like that, my dear. You and I, Little Dorrit, were once teething, squalling babies ourselves—you know w r e were; and very disagreeable babies, too, I dare say. Reflect a moment. We don’t love the noisy little brats, do we? Then why pour out such anathe mas on the poor Editor’s devoted head ? You and I, Little dear, are not mere chicks! We are on the “shady side of thirty,” and we know that many of our Editor’s remarks are true. Have we not seen them verified ? Then, forsooth, when our bachelor friend “makes merry over other men’s woes,” why make you “such ado” about it? Verily, friend, I fear thou wert defeated when thou did’st storm his heart; and thou thyself had’st better “solve the abstruse problem,” “ why Jack couldn’t eat his supper.” Dost speak from experience, friend, when thou callest his heart a “charnel house of joys?” Is thine own heart filled with the “ashes of buried hopes ?” Hast thou quaffed of “ Marali’s waters” till thou thinkest bitterly of all mankind ? Thou should’st rather have lent a helping hand, and rejoiced with him in his freedom. I am not a good equestrian, as you are, my dear Little Dorrit; therefore I had-better not mount Pegasus, for fear I should be flung. Neither am Ia remarkable pedestrian. So I’ll not attempt to climb Parnassus regardless of feel, lest I should grow foot-sore and aweary, and at best accom plish only a dozen lines of spinsterian verse. Leave our Editor in peace. Some great souls can not be mated. DAME DURDEN. CLIPPED ITEMS. A line may be remembered when a chapter is forgotten A little stealing is a dangerous part, but steal ing largely is a noble art: ’tis mean to rob a hen roost of a hen, but stealing millions makes us gentlemen. A man from the country, whose wife had eloped and carried off’the feather bed, was in Louisville in search of them, not that he cared anything about the wife-“But the feathers,” saidhe “them’s worth 48 cents a pound.” Ex-Governor Peters,* of Connecticut, died at Hebron, on the 30th of March. Prof. E. A. Andrews, LLD., widely known for his numerous and valuable text books, died at New Britain, Conn. The key to a mother’s heart is a baby. Keep that well oiled with praise, and you can unlock every pantry in the house. The coinage of the United States mint in Phil adelphia, for the month of March was $250,725,50 in gold, principally in double eagles, $375,000 in silver wholly in half and quarter dollar pieces, and SIB,OOO in cents. Mr. McMicken, who died in Cincinnatti, a few days ago, bequeathed three hundred thousand dollars to fovnd a first class University in that city, and ten thousand dollars for the benefit of the Farmer’s College of Hamilton county, Ohio. During the past month thirty-three vessels were lost at sea. They were valued, with their car goes, at $813,500. The total number lost since the Ist of January is 81, valued at $2,439,300. In the same time last year 26 vessels were lost, and their value was $6,514,800. One hundred and fifty-four newspapers and one hundred and fourteen magazines are pub lished in New York city. 133 periodicals of va rious kinds are now published in Boston. The government has made a contract with a citizen of Texas to purchase twenty-five thou sand dollars jyortli of camels for the use of the army. Twenty-five companies of volunteers have been offered in Kentucky for the Utah regiment. Cincinnatti owes a debt of three million eight hundred and sixty-nine thousand dollars, and owns property valued at about six million five hundred thousand dollars. Mr. Samuel Wright, a farmer, who resides in Washington county, Pa., has eighteen children, one hundred and eleven grand children, and one hundred and seventy-four great grand chil dren. His wife, too, is still living. Among the numerous difficulties which beset a young man’s path on his entrance into life, and sometimes attend the whole of his subsequent career, is the tyranny of opinion. The approval or disapproval of society becomes, either from the constitution of his own nature, or the influence of those around him, a predominant motive of action. He is deterred from duty or compelled to folly by a threatened danger to his social posi tion. The preparation for a second attempt to lay the Atlantic telegraph cable are progressing in England, four hundred additional miles of the ca ble having just been completed and three hun dred more for casualties have been ordered, making in all about three thousand miles of ca ble. It is stated that Louis Napoleon lias exiled thirty-two thousand men. Os these, thirty thou sand have been pardoned. The recent arrests are said to have been made almost entirely from among the pardoned. The prisons of Paris are crowded with political offenders. John, a negro man belonging to the Rev. G. W. Carmichael, near Huntsville, Ala., has been committed to jail, charged with poisoning the family of Mr. Charles Yarborough. Three of the family have died recently, and John’s wife says she poisoned them at his instance. A Western editor thus sums up the peculiar ities of a cotemporary: “He is too lazy to earn a meal and too mean to eat one. He never was generous but once, and that was when he gave the itch to an apprentice boy.” Human nature is noble when it fulfils its des tiny ; it is ignoble when it shrinks from it. It is grand and glorious when it recognizes its origin ; it is degenerate and base when it betrays its trust. One fact, however, is sufficient to establish the inherent dignity of man—his origin and his rightful development are both divine. The Chicago Tribune says: During the last few days we passed over a dozen or more counties of this State (along the Illinois Central) besides the counties of Davies, Knox and Pike, in Indiana, and can speak from personal observation of the favorable appearance of the growing wheat and corn. Among the bills passed by the legislature of Massachusetts is one making two divisions in the crime of murder, the first of which, where it is premeditated, or life taken while in the commis sion of a felony, is made punishable with death. The second degree is punished by imprisonment for life. It is stated that Ex-Mayor Wood is about com mencing a libel suit against the editors of the Tri bune in which seven hundred and fifty libels will be charged! Whew! There are sixty seaports in Cuba, and last year there were three thousand six hundred and eigh ty coastwise arrivals, and three thousand six hun dred and fifty clearances. This will give an idea of the trade of this beautiful island, which is not more than half cultivated under the present regi me. Santa Anna left the port of Carthagenia on the last West India mail steamer for St. Thomas, en route for Vera Cruz and prior to departue sold off publicly all his game cocks, a circumstance of ominous proof to Spaniards of ultimate designs on Mexico. The New York Day Book gives the total number of Congregational churches in the country about 2,093 ; and the total membership is estimated to be not less than 250,000. About four fifths of the churches have been reported 'to the compil ers of the Year Book, and there have been added by profession, the past year, G,870. CHOI SELECTIONS. Cicero’s Villas. The villas of Cp. ro, as he himself informs us, were neither ‘so extensive nor costly as those owned by the wealthier nobles of Rome, and yet it strikes us that there was no deficiency in their number or in their costliness. Notwithstanding all that he may have said of the modesty of his fortune and of his desires, we cannot regard that fortune wdiich would enable a man to support eighteen villas, and keep them up in the style he did, as either very limited or humble. It was a maxim with him that “ every citizen should illus trate the dignity of his position by the splendor of his life ;” and we must do him the justice to say that he did not fail in carrying out to its ful lest extent the maxim he had laid down for him self. The biographers of Cicero have informed us that he was too honest to be rich, ’and that while former governors of Silicia had accumu lated vast wealth by their extortion and oppres sion, he had retired from that office without a stain upon his character. He preferred justice to extortion, and left his dignities and his offices free from any reproach, and with a noble and honorable reputation. We will not enter upon any digression as to the comparative value of money in liis days and our own. The ideas of a Roman as to what con stituted a fortune are incomprehensible to us, for Crasus declared that “no man deserved to be called rich who could not maintain an army.” The wealth possessed by Cicero, he obtained from legitimate sources. “It was derived from public offices, provincial commands, present from kings and foreign States, and legacies.” lie says in one of bis letters that “he obtained from his dying friends legacies to the amount of two hundred thousand pounds!” The house belonging to Cic ero upon the Palatine Ilill cost thirty thousand pounds, and was one of the noblest houses in Rome. “It was situated in a conspicuous position, over look ing the forum and the rostrum, and was the more splendid in being joined to a portico or colonnade built by Catullus, on the proceeds of the Cim bric spoils.” The Villas of Cicero situated at various points from Tusculum to the shores of Baite Pompeii, were the favorite resorts of his leisure hours, and these he visited according to the seasons and the motives which induced him to seek for recreation giving to one or the other such temporary prefer ence as would enable him to accomplish the pur pose he had in view at the time. The patrimo nial estate at Arpinum, where he was born, was one to which he often loved to resort. In the height of summer, Arpinum and the litle island adjoining with its groves and cascades, afforded a pleasant retreat in hot weather, and here he of ten refreshed himself, as he writes to his brother “in the cool stream of his Tribenus.” For this place he had a sincere fondness, for with it were associated the innocent pleasures of his youth, and around it centered the affection of his childhood. It afforded him not only a resort from the cares of state, but it had the power of calling back to him tl ‘°e cherished associations which were eve- dear to 1 is memory and his heart. We may trace to Arpinum his peculiar fondness for these rural situ:, dons which gave him a view of the sea; always with him a necessary addition to the charms of the scenery around him. Many of his villas are represented to have been noble and grand in their structure, and must have required a large expenditure to keep them in a style satisfactory to the taste of the great ora tor. Index endent of his villas, he had a great mimoetr of smaller houses on the road which led from one villa to another, where he would fre quently stay for a night’s rest; and even these, his humbler resorts, or “ baiting places,” as they were termed by himself, were adorned with groves and gardens and contained ampl < H'< ommodations for himself and his retinue of friends and servants. His Tusculan house, about four leagues from Rome, ivas situated on the top ofa hill, from which he had fine views of the country around. This spot, still familiar to travellers, must have pos sessed rare cha-rms'in the time of Cicero. “The view towards Rome, looking from Tusculan citadel, embraces the Campagna—on the left is the sea, and on the other side is the whole Alban valley with beautiful undulations, and covered with a luxuri ance of vendure that renders it a charming scene.” Cicero had two villas at Formise, another on the shores of Baite, between the Lake of Avern us and Puteoli, a fourth on the hills of Cumae, and another at Pompeii. We are told that “ his Puteolan home was built after tlie manner of ancients, and with a portico of marble, and sur rounded by groves and walks.” At that period the neighborhood was covered with noble build ings, both puli lie and private— “A succession of temples and palaces reaching from the hills to the sea and must have presented to the way-farers upon the sea a grand and imposing sight as his bark approached the shores of the classic land.” The furniture of the house of Cicero was suitable to the elegance of his taste and magnificence of his buildings. “ His galleries were adorned with statues and paintings of the best Grecian masters, and all his vessels were of the most beautiful and costly materials. A cedar table belonging to Cic ero—the first ever seen in Rome, and which cost eighty pounds—w'as still in existence in the time of Pliny.” Atticus, who then lived in Athens, pro vided him with books and works of art. He sent to him from the city several cargoes of statuary. His Pentelican marble of the Mercury with the brazen head was a work of art of which ho was very proud. In a letter to Atticus, he writes, “Send me as many as you can, with any other statues and ornaments you think proper for the place and in my taste, but above all, such as will suit my gymnasium and portico, for I am grown very fond of these things.” He sent plans of his walls to Atticus, in order to bespeak pieces of sculpture, or painting for the compartments. When Cicero was in the country, his architect was finishing some additional buildings for his palatine residence, but Atticus found great fault with the small windows. This objection Cicero answered by saying that he had mentioned the same thing to Cyrus, his architect, who told him “ that the prospect of tlie fields did not appear to so great advantage through larger lights.” Stupendous Elements. —What stupendous ele ments are time and space in the scheme of crea tion ! Geology indicates some of Nat ure’s sublimest operations, and shows us the grandeur of her “large style” wffien compared with the Mosaic and Platonic cosmogonies. One is divine, the other is human. We have now a magnificent perspective, where before was a dead wall. We learn what “patient periods” round themselves between one epoch and another of her formations. There is an immeasurable distance between the nebulae and Mercury, between the granite and the trilobite, between the first rock and the first oyster; and further yet from these is it to “Plato and the preaching of the immortality of the soul.” So, too, in the world of humanity, the epochs of History are divided by vast interstices of time and space. It is a long way from us to the first Greeks; and thence to the primitive scenes whence they derived their theogonies is longer still. Divergent as these events seem, their de velopments are controlled by one and the same law. “ The whirling bubble on the surface of a brook repeats the mechanics of the sky.” The chemistry of organic and inorganic matter is re newed in the mental operations of the simple rustic or of a Spinoza. For all these not only one law, but also one “ stuff” only is employed. “The direction is forever onward,”’ but nothing is abandoned or left behind; “ the artist still goes back for materials.” Young man, the enemy that you have to fear is not the one who offers you a manly encounter, is not the one who is determined to test to the uttermost you claim to honor and advancement, is not he even who, by slanderous insinuations, would undermine your tower of strength; it is that keener and more dexterous destroyer, who in alliance with your own feebler and earthly na ture, suggests to you that you cannot succeed; that, however it may be with the great and gif ted, your Maker has failed to furnish you with powers adequate to the issue he has demanded of you. Believe it not. In the manly exercise of your own natural endowments you will find an unchallenged entrance into a lordly domain; na ture invites, and tho God of Nature commune s, you to employ existence in truthful self-aeve oj. - ment; but the appointment of your post is m 0 hands, and the fault and failure will own, if through a mistaken estimate ot dign’ty of duty, you are tempted to misdirect and mis apply your powers. sion a venerable Roman was taunted by another with the remark that he had no need of the bar bor for his head, as ho could trim his hair best with a sponge. LADIES’ OLIO. Much has been written about woman’s love, but we doubt if ever that “glorv of a woman” was ever so for cibly expressed in few words as in the following stanzas, which we take from an English paper: Come from your long, long roving On the seaso wild and rough; Conte to me tender and loving, And I shall be blessed enough.- Where your sails have been unfurling, What winds have blown on your brow, I know not, and ask not, my darling, So that you come tome now. Sorrowful, sinful and lonely, Poor and despised though you be, All are nothing, if only You turn from the tempter to me. Os men though you be unforgiven, # Though priest be unable to shrive, I’ll pray till I weary all heaven, If only you come back alive. I I The Proper Time to Marry. “HAIL—WEDDED LOVE !” We believe that some of the most distinguished philosophers and closest observers of human na ture, have recommended early marriages, as, in the long run, calculated to prove most advanta geous to both parties. There are two sides to this delicate question, and we believe that the great error in this country is in a disposition to marry too young, or before the mind is fully developed or the the judgement sufficiently ripe to make a proper decision. There are, however, various ar guments, both pro and con. We perceive by some si atistics just published, that in the city of Boston, during the last year, three males under twenty-one years of age, chose partners whose ages ranged from twenty-five to thirty years, while four hundred and twenty-two, whose ages varied from twenty-one to forty-five, sought part ners for life under twenty. Os the males, more than thirty-five per cent, married between the ages of twenty-five and thirty, and over thirty four per cent, between the ages of twenty-one and twenty-five. Os the females, more than for ty-five. The general rule seems to be, that males marry between the ages of twenty and thirty, while females enter into the silken bond between the ages of twenty and twenty-five. There are, of course, many exceptions. Hasty and indiscreet marriages cannot be too carefully guarded. They produce nothing but disappointment and misery. That the wedded life, generally speaking, is the condition inten ded for both sexes, is beyond all question; nature has so ordered, and those who with the means, steadily shun matrimony, cannot be said to live up to their duties and obligations. A distin guished journalist of New York used to remark playfully, yet forcibly, that “he seemed to live in the life of every child that was born unto him, while the companionship of his wife was a constant source of calm, sweet and exquisite de light. ” A happy marriage—one of affection, har mony and tase—is indeed a blessing, while a dis cordant union, if we may so speak, is a constant anxiety and curse. The many divorces which take place in the United States show that there is a sad want of forethought and reflection on the part of hun dreds who unite themselves for better or for worse. There are, doubtless, in most of sue h ca ses, faults on both sides, and the man or the wo man who expects to realize all the dreams of youth, and who cannot practice the virtue ‘of foi*- bearance, sadly mistakes poor human nature. While, however, we would deprecate hasty or premature marriages, we believe that in such hallowed contracts, delays are dangerous, espe cially if they be protracted beyond reasonable limits. And yet in our humble judgment, it is never too late to marry, unless the faculties he exhausted, the frame he enfeebled, and age he present with all its infirmities. Dull times exercise a sad influenceupon matri monial affairs. We'fear, too, that the extrava gance of dress and of fashion, in which too ma ny of the fair sex of this country indulge, deters hundreds of active and enterprising young men from encountering all the risks and responsibili ties involved in the selection of a partnerfor life. Far better to begin moderately and economically and thus to save something from year to year, than to enter the world with a dashing and reck less spirit, with the chances of an early fall. Mu tual forbearance is absolutely essential in the marriage state. Nothing is perfect in this world, and w r e should make allowance for the errors and infirmities of each other. This is essential, in deed, in all the relations of life. None are infal lible, and this being the fact, we should not look for infallibility even in those we love best and es teem most.— Phil. Inq. A Woman’s True Life.—To most women how raiely occurs the opportunity of accomplishing great things, and making great conquests, as the on-looking world estimates greatness. But in ev ery relation of life, and in almost every day’s and hour’s experience, there are laid in her path way little crosses to take up and bear, little lessons to learn of patience and forbearance, little sacrifices which may seem as nothing to the looker-on, but which from peculiarity of temperament may in rc ality be costly ones; little victories over nameless developments of selfishness; the culture of many a little hope and feeling and principle, the sup pression of many desires, repinings or exactions, which make the feeble woman sometimes greater and stronger, in the eyes of Him who looks into the soul’s innermost recesses, than the mighty man who takes a city. To most women, the great warfare of this pro bationary life must be a warfare known best by its results —the enemies they would vanquish meet them in the little hidden nooks of every day life, and the victories they gain in the war fare are recorded not on the scroll of earthy fame, but by watching angels in God’s book on high. Then how greatly important is each day’s re sult in this discipline of domestic life, if here it is we are to achieve holy victories and then to re ceive the plaudit, “Well done!” or at the last to find inscribed upon our course, “ Defeat—failure —irretrievable loss.” Influence of Fortune-Telling. Some young persons once applied to an old wo man, who, among the vulgar and ignorant, had gained much celebrity in the art; to each, of course, she had something to say—but to one she did “ a tale unfold,” so much to the purpose, that it caused her very soon to leave this world of trouble. After premising with a deal of non sense, she said she never would be married, but that she would be the mother of three children ; that she would live in great splendor for a period, but, after all, she was “ sorry to say,” she would die poor and miserable. Miss 8., while with her companions, showed very little signs of anxiety ; but the moment she was left to her own reflec tions, one may guess the effect of such an har rangue on a virtuous but weak mind. Mark the consequences 1 She was at the time on the point of marriage with a very worthy and respectable young gentleman ; but such was the hold which the prediction of the fortune-teller had taken on her imagination, that she could never, from that time, receive him with her usual attention. Her lover, quickly perceiving the change, endeavored to learn the cause of it; but, finding his inquiries ineffectual, as also any efforts of his to rouse her to'an explanation of her behavior, which became more and more distant, and, doubting the smcei ity of her affection, he, in the course of a 1 time, discontinued his visits altoget er. young lady, perceiving herself deserted by the only man she’ could o4r love, and £h as Uo fulfilled the prophecy ‘o far. the rMtJmght also bo her an weary existence, ,“j'” “JiriLive dishonor to her fmfbyHmitSa “crime that could never be repented of. One morning, at the usual horn her Ely finding she did not appear, sent to in jure £e cause, when she was found lying dead on her bed, having the night before taken two ounces of laudanum to effect her purpose. On tho toilet was found a note, detailing the particu lars and reasons for committing so shotting an act, of which the preceeding is the outline. Thus perished an innocent and lovely girl, in the flow er of her youth, trheugh the baneful influence of fortune-telling —but giving at the same time the flattest contradictions to the prophecy against her. — American Union. 0 Kind words are looked upon like jewels in the breast, never to be forgotten, and perhaps to cheer, by their memory, a long, sad life; while words of cruelty, or of carelessness, are like swords in the bosom, wounding and leaving scars which will be borne to the grave by their victim. Do you think there is any bruised heart which bears the mark of such a wound from you ? If there is a living one which you have wounded, hasten to heal it; for life is short—to morrow may bo too late. FARMER’S COLUMN. COMMERCIAL. Augusta, April 10, 3 P. M. — COTTON —In conse quence of the firmness of holders, and the small stocks offering, the sales were light. The only transactions we heard were 14bales at 101, 11 at 104, 18 at 11,124 at lli, 53 at lli, 93 at 11§, and 30 at llj cents, and about 60 bales at 12 cents. The rrcei ts were quite light. The market in Charlesto to-day was firm at full prices. Savannah, April 9,4 P. M.— COTTON —There has been but little inquiry to-day, and the sales only 499 bales. The accounts per America are anxiously lookeu for, and until their arrival our market will remain in its present quiet state. Hoi - are offering so sparingly that purchasers find it dini a to operate to any extent. The particulars oftlieday’s s >.es, are asiollows: 6at 104, 63 at Hi, 59 at Ilf, 72 at lli, 254 at Hi, and 45 bales at 12i cents. Augusta, Prices Current. WHOLESALE PRICES. BACON.—Hams, sft 10 @ 104 Canvassed Hams, lb 13 (a) 14 Shoulders, lb 9 @ 10 Western Sides, lb 10i @ 11 Clear Sides, Tenn. ft lb 11 @ 114 Ribbed Sides, sft 11 @ 00 Hog Round, new, ft lb 10 @ 104 FLOUR.—Country ffc bbl 450 @ 600 Tennessee ft bbl 475 @5 60 City Mills ft bbl 550 @7 50 Etowah ft bbl 500 @7 50 Denmead’s ft bbl 500 @ 700 Extra ft bbl 700 @ 750 GRAIN.—Corn in sack ft bush 65 ■ @ 75 Wheat, white ft bush 1 05 (a) 1 10 Red ft lb 95 @ 1 00 Oats ft bush 45 (a) 50 Rye ft bush 70 @ 75 Peas ft bush 75 @ 85 Corn Meal ft bush 70 @ 75 IRON.—Swedes fa lb 5i @ 5f English, Common, ft lb 34 @ “ Refined, ft lb 3| @ LARD.— ft lb 10 @ 11 MOLASSES.—Cuba ft gal 26 @ 28 St. Croix ft gal 40 Sugar House Syrup ft gai 42 @ 45 Chinese Syrup ft gal 40 @ 50 SUGARS.—N. Orleans ft lb 7i @ 9 Porto Rico ft lb 84 @ 9 Muscovado ft lb 8 @ 84 Refined C ft lb 10 @ 11 Refined B ft lb 104 © 11 * Refined A ft lb H @ 114 Powdered ft lb 12 © 13 Crushed ft lb 12 @ 13 SALT.— ft sack 90 ©1 00 COFFEE.—Rio ft lb 12 @ 13 Laguira ft lb 134 @ 14 Java ft lb 18 @ 20 Loaf Cake. —Five pounds of flour, two of sugar, three quarters of a pound of lard, and the same quantity of butter, one pint of yeast, eight eggs, one quart of milk—roll the sugar in the flour, add the raisins and spice after the first rising. Spring Wheat. —Having had some experience in raising this valuable crop, I. will endeavor to throw out a few hints which may be of some in terest to wheat growers. As winter wheat has be come a very uncertain crop in a great many sec tions of our country, it seems to be more necessary that we should give our attention to something that will answer as a substitute. The success of this crop, as well as all others, depends mostly on the preparation of the ground, and the time of sowing. The ground may De broken up m the fall or spring ah ho’ the fall is preferable lor up lands. It generally docs well on corn stubble, but the surest way is to turn over a clover sod in the fall, and harrow well before sowing time, which should be about the first oi May. I have known of some perfect failures this season by the midge, which was caused by sowing too early. The aver age yield per acre is about fifteen bushels. I am aware that in the West spring wheat is one of the great staple crops, but in Pennsylvania little at tention comparatively has been bestowed upon L s branch of agriculture.— Cor. Phi/a. Dollar News paper. Testing Seeds.—lt is a matter of great impor tance to farmers not only to have me seeds for his spring sowing, but to know that he has a gen uine article. The season of sowing is with most crops very short in our climate, and if the first sowing be lost, the second yields but an imperfect crop, or is altogether a failure. Thousands of dol lars are lost through seeds which have lost their vitality through age, or which never had any on account of imperfect ripen i; .". The quality of seeds is easily tested, even n w inter. If one lias a hot bed, plant a sample in in usual%ay under glass and if they are good tbey will germinate in a few days. If there be no hot-bed, they may be planted in a flower pot and set upon the sill of the window in a warm room, fronting South. A few days will show whether they can be trusted in the field and garden. Three or four pots upon the window-sills will test all the seeds the farmer wishes to plant. If tin \ will not come up under these favorable eircun lances, new seeds should be procured at once. — L < Jon Planter and Soil. Cure Shying. If a lady’s horse be .addicted to shying, I will give her a sure ancl simple cure for the same; one which I have never known to fail. Let us, for instance, suppose the existence of a large heap of stones on the near side of the road. The horse sees an indistinct gray object, and prepares to shy at it. The moment he shows such symptoms, let his fair rider turn both her eyes on exactly the opposite side of the read, (i. e. the oft'side) and look steadily away from the offending heap, and I’ll engage that the horse will walk quietly by. For many years I have ridden horses of all tem pers and dispositions, some of them much given to shying and have never yet found this simple rem edy to fail in its effect. Let those who scoff at me trv it. The reason is this. The human eye has doubtletss a great influence on all animals, and there is a strong and secret sympathy between the horse and rider; the horse sees an indis tinct object and looks doubtfully at it; his rider becomes alarmed, imagining that the animal is going to commit some eccentricity; the fear is communicated to the animal, and be starts in terror from the object which has frightened him ; whereas, if he finds that his rider sits unmoved and unconcei’nedly, lie regains confidence and goes on, “in the even tenor of his way.” I be lieve that one-half of our horses are ruined for life by being “hit over head” by grooms to cure them of shying. The Black Martin. Through the columns of your wide-spread and useful paper, allow me to communicate to its readers an important fact in relation to the above named little birds. It is generally known that during their incubation they serve a valuable pur pose in chasing away the hawks from the poultry yard, but I have good reason to believe they are abundantly more valuable m preserving bacon from the skipper fly and all other winged insects that infest our smoke houses during the spring and summer months in this climate. Last year for the amusement of my children, I prepared and fixed upon a pole some gourds for the ac commodation of these little songsters, for which in a few hours they amply paid us with their cheer ful concerts. By accident I placed the pole near the smoke house, and for the want of suitable boxes, I did not pack up my bacon to prevent the flies from troubling it, as I had done before for years. During the spring and summer I heard no complaint about skippers, and hairy-worms, and other pests of the bacon. My wife remarked that she had not been troubled with any of these things during the year, still we did not know how to account for this singular exemption, but in the fall the storm blew down the and gourds, and revealed to me the secret, fcTin each gourd there was from J to a pint of indigestible fly-skins—the excrement of the young. So well convinced am I of their great utility that I ne ver expect to be without them.— Wire Grass lie porter. Peas with Potatoes. —The planting of peas with potatoes, dropping a few in each hill, is be coming a profitable practice in some part of the country. They require no extra cultivation, are hoed with the potatoes, without interfering with the operation, and are easily pulled when ripe. The seed is free from all impurities, and generally much heavier and better matured than when grown in the ordinary way. The large marrow fat is probably the best for this method of cul ture. It grows vigorously, and has an abundance of pods. It is though tjthat, cultivated in this way, the pea is much less liable to be injured by the bug. ‘‘Why did you not pocket some of them pears ?” said one boy to another; “nobodywas there to see.” “ Yes, there was—l was there to see my self, and I don’t ever want to see myself do a mean thing.”