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IT TF.fi ARY - temperance (Erusailer. PENFIELD, GEORGIA. L. LINCOLN A EAZEY, Editor THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 22, 1858, ARE WE A HAPPY PEOPLE? The frequen cy with which this adjective is applied to themselves by Americans, might lead one to re turn a ready affirmative to this query. In fourth of July Orations, Thanksgiving Sermons, lauda tory essays on our power and greatness, and in Buncombe Speeches upon all occasions, nothing is more common than the mention of us as a hap py people. But what of the loose manner in which the expression is used, and the natural inclination of people to .consider their condition better than their neighnor’s we must allow’ a con siderable abatement from what the words would, in their fullest sense, imply. We are possessed of many blessings and sur rounded by many circumstances which should render us contented and happy. We have a fer tile country, wdiere every man is free to earn his bread by labor, untrammelled by the tyranny which monied capitalists impose. Every one can engage in the occupation to which the bent of his genius directs him, in the confident assurance’ that a few years of industrious application to his employment will give him a competency for old age. Enterprising in character and of industri *ous habits, our people have been eminently sue- I eessful in whatever they have undertaken. The unparalelled progress they have made in conquer ing a wilderness and in carrying the refined com forts of civilized life to spots lately occupied by the hut of the savage, has excited the wondering admiration of the world. But these very char acteristics, though essential to success in every enterprise, are among the chief causes of our un happiness. The mastering desire of being en gaged in something that will pay, involves the American in continual speculations, which of course produce endless anxieties and harassing cares. The English gentleman is content to live a life of luxurious idleness, hunting, fishing and ■ playing chess, upon his income of five thousand a j year, accruing from an entailed estate. Not so ‘ our countryman. No amount of wealth, however large, will ever render him satisfied. If the dying j parent leaves his heir a million, five out of ten j will spend their lives in hard labor and comfort denying parsimony to make that million two. ; With a rare aptitude for making money, our peo-, plo seem to have a constitutional aversion to ex- j changing it for anything like real happiness. No people can be liappy who keep their ener- j gies continually bent on the practical business of Hfe. The ancients, deeply sinsible of this fact, had in every city some place of public amuse ment, and oft-recurring festivals relieved them from the tension of their mental and physical systems which their occupations produced. But this the Americans appear to have ignored. Hav ing set themselves to w’ork for the accomplish ment of a certain end, there is no pause, no in termission. When the hqly stillness of the Sab. bath comes, and the bell calls them to the house of worship, they may obey its summons. But not seldom, when the knees bow’ and the lips syllable words of prayer, the mind is far away upon fields and ledgers, briefs and prescriptions. It is to this unremitted application to business that our peo ple are indebted for their recognition everywhere by their clouded brow’s and care-worn countenan- Wealt]i, as gives the means of comfort and ease, ought to produce contentment; yet, ki truth, national wealth is no index of the happi ness of a people. A few centuries since, the mines jo f Peru and Mexico poured into the lap of Spain an unprecedented heap of treasure, which ren dered her of a sudden the richest nation in the world. But this golden stream surely, though slowly, undermined the bulwarks of her power. The sons of the hardy conquerors of Granada, who tpKlelimbpd the heights of the Andes and sounded the tocsin of war amid the palaces of Montfeuma, degenerated under the corrupting influences of luxury, until they became the most slothful, un warlike and unhappy nation of Europe. Such are the effects of a superfluity of wealth upon any country. Accordingly, we find that as our peo ple become richer - they grow more discontented; and we are not surprised when we hear the old lament that the days of primitive simplicity have jqrever past, when poverty was the lot of all, and prudence a necessary virtue. As yet, we have jaot attained a degree of wealth that renders lux ury a national evil, but sufficient to be an impor tant element of unhappiness. Why is this? Not because riches naturally and inevitably produce misery, but because in our eagerness to acquire the art of making money, we have neglected the ’far-more desirable art of converting that into hap piness. Much is undoubtedly owing to constitutional temperament. The lazzaroni of Italy, in the balmiest of climates and amid scenery that in spired the lofty genius of a Raphael and. an An gelo, draws out a life of brutish enjoyment, ignor ant alike of sorrow and shame. Let the Span iard have a guitar in his hand and two pence in his pocket, apd he would not change his condi tion to sit on the throne of the Ctesars, or to revel in the gay pleasures of Cordovan palaces. But make an American poor, and you make him mis erable. It is net the comforts and ease which riches bring that he especially craves. There is pertaining to them some idea ol magic power which is never clothed in words and which never takes a real form, yet, constantly urges him on in the pursuit. A love of novelty, one of the most striking traits qf the American character, is a fruitful source of unhappiness. They seldom remain con tented in one position for a length ol time, even : though at first it gave unmixed satisfaction • This j loudness soy something new keeps them perpet ually changing or anticipating change, and im pels many to adopt a stylo of living beyond their means. The young Miss who has spent a lew v quarters at a boarding school finds the country too dull, and persuades papa to take a house in town, for which his tastes arc as much unsuited as his income is inadequate. The farmer settles in the woods, and after years of hardships, suc ceeds in collecting around him the necessaries and some of the comforts of life, when he hears of some more fertile land a few miles to the west ward, and breaks up and hurries off to fight his battles over again. The merchant, lawyer or physician will break evei’y tie of friendship in order to attain a situation a little more lucrative. Such is the moving and removing that for a man to live in one place for the whole period of a long life, is so rare a thing as to be matter of wonder. free and liberal character of our political institutions seems to render them well calculated to promote the happiness of a people; and so are. Yet, there are some parts of our Gov ernmental Constitution, the practical working pf >yliich pu c|uces effects precisely the reverse. Ths apparent instability qf the whole fabric is a source of uneasy anxiety to every patriot. The frequency of elections upon which important re sults hang, keeps the public mind havrassecl by thq most painful suspense. Scarce has one cloud of political trouble melted harmlessly away, when | another is seen rising in lowering darkness, j With the introduct ion of every important bill in- Ito our National Council, tlie mass of the people i are terrified bytlirea toning rumors of disruption and civil war, industriously spread by the design ing men who manufacture all our cries. The generation which is now transmitting to its sue cessor the noble inheritance of a matchless con stitution, knows not but in less than a year it will be scattered to the winds and the soil drenched with fraternal blood. The throne of Louis Napoleon erected on a slumbering volcano within which the repressed fires roll in seething waves, is scarce more insecure than the fabric of American power in this day of hot-headed, malig nant fanataci-m. From a review of all these facts, one must come to the conclusion that we are not that happy people which our orators and newspaper para graphists claim us to be. Yet, that we are not so, is a fault—not a misfortune. In the means of happiness, we are second to no nation on the globe, while in many important particulars we are far superior to them all. A wide extent of fertile territory, yielding every variety of product necessary for subsistence or comfort, free and lib eral institutions, a government —one of the best which the world can boast—a dissemination of knowledge, which, for thoroughness and univer sality, is elsewhere unknown, religious freedom in its fullest sense, without a reserving clause, are some of the rare, inestimable blessings which we enjoy. Yet, with all these high advantages, we are to-day the most discontented, if not the most unhappy, people on whom the sun shines. A cold snap visited us last week which threat- ; ened very seriously the longer existence of fruits ; and vegetables. It passed off, however, with | material injury, and we have now beautiful and growing weather. Arthur's Home Magazine for May received. This j number completes the charming tale, “ The ‘ Young Governess,’'” by T. S. Arthur, which has : been continued for some six months. Four ! copies of this monthly may be had for Five Dol lars. Mrs. B. M. Sanders, of our village, has sent to our office several stalks of wheat headed out, and measuring three feet in height. Her crop of wheat is very promising and remarkably forward —nearly all being now in head. Mrs. S. has ac quired the reputation of being a most thorough, systematic and energetic farmer, and no one who passes by her beautiful when Mi eld will be ; disposed to dispute her claim to the title. Godey’s Lady s’ Booh for May presents rare and varied attractions. It docs no dishonor to the “excelsior” which he claims for a motto. (Sub scriptions may begin at any time. Price, 53.00 a year. # A native Japanese, Samuel Si there, was J baptised at Madison University, in New York, by j Prof. Harvey, a few days ago. He is to return to Japan as a Missionary. Both houses of the Virginia Legislature have passed a bill providing for the employment at the discretion of the Governor, of free negro convicts in the Penitentiary, on the public works and to make the same disposition of slaves sen tenced to transportation. This bill will relieve the States South of Virginia from the sale into their limits of slaves convicted of felony. Tiif. Public Buildings at Washington.— A cor respondent says— “ It must be remarked that these Government buildings which are in oourso of improvement at such an enormous expense to the country, and which are to be future monuments of our great ness, besides expresions of the advanced taste and architectural skill of our time, will also tend to create a deeper interest among the people in a seat of government which is costing them so much. They also tend to silence the race of greedy, pov- \ erty-stricken brawlers for disunion, who cannot afford to abandon it, and who, I am happy to ob serve, are growing loss numerous, less conspicu ous, and more generally despised with every de monstration they make. Their voico is scarcely even now heard.” ffTMMENSE as is the fame of Washington, we _L arc unwilling that it should be shared with Edward Everett.” This is the concluding sentence of an editorial notice of Hon. Edward Everett in the Savannah Georgian, which is the strangest mixture of pane gyric and abuse we have ever seen. One line is praise which would he extravagant, were it bes towed on someone less deserving, and the next, some unjust and ungenerous censure. This we conceive to be unworthy of any one who lays claim to patriotism or liberality of sentiment. Mr. Everett cannot be expected to have agreed with us of the South upon every question of poli tics, and some of his words and deeds may de servedly meet our disapproval. But is it not a very improper time to express this censure, when he comes among us, not as a politician, but as a private man to lay his stone upon the cairn of one whose memory every American mqst delight to honor? lie who can bring up petty accusa tions against such a man at such a time would not, in point of bigotry, be an unworthy associate of i Sumner, Banks or Greely. But, however unwilling the Georgian may be, j the fame of Edward Everett will be embalmed j and perpetuated with that of the father of his 1 country by this noble effort of genius. It will; rise above the criticisms of those who can sec no j merit in it, because its author may, at some time ! in the past, have spoken something which a Southerner eould not endorse. Mr. Everett’s political career is not a perfect model of consis tency ; his name in history may not be unspot ted ; but his oration on the life and character of Washington coidd cover a much greater mul titude of faults. Disturbance at a Baptism. —The rite of bap- j tism was adminstered on Sunday, at Providence, j to over fifty persons. At Thurbcr’s Pond, where i number of persons from the I ourth Baptist; Church wore immersed, about three thousand per-1 sons were assembled, half of whom were Irish, as Miss < arroll, who was converted from-the Catlio lie to the Protestant faith some time ago, was one j of the persons to bo baptized. On entering the ; water says the Providence Journal, she wasinsui- \ ted with cries of “kill her,” “drown her,” Ac., the crowd being with difficulty kept behind a roue which was drawn to keep them from the shore After the ceremony, the carriage which conveyed Miss Carroll to her residence was fol lowed by a large crowd of Irish Jhc presence of the police, however, prevented any further dis turbances. How disgraceful docs such an exhibition of bigotry appear in this age, which claims to be enlightened. The world seems slow in learning practically that every man should have a right to his own opinion. Religious freedom is vouch safed to every citizen of our land, and the secu lar arm is not raised to bind the schismatic to the stake; but the spirit of Bonner and Beaton burns fiercely in many a breast. jj@KThe Georgia Railroad and Banking Com pany have declared a dividend of three percent, |3P"Many men want wealth —not a competence alone, but a jive-story competence. Everything sub serves this; and religion they would want at a sort of lightning rod to their houses, to ward off, by and by the bolts of divine wrath. MANY persons arc in the habit of supposing that things really arc what they would have them be. This is a prolific source of error. T.hey sometimes work themselves up into, such a state of belief by the intensity of their desires, but more frequently fall into it imperceptibly to them selves. So usual is it, however, for men to see things through the medium of their wishes, that the clause, “ I hope it may not be- so,” often added to some gossipping report, is always un j derstood to man exactly the reverse. A young man meets a lady in society, perhaps I amid the crowded hall where pleasure holds her ; gay revels. His admiration is won by the peer : less beauty that has moulded every feature, and the nymph-like grace that marks her every move ment. In the warm glow of his youthful imagi nation, he pictures forth a soul as lovely as that outward form, and worships her as its possessor. In humble adoration he bows before her, and his heart thrills with an untold joy when he is ac knowledged as her accepted lover. When too late he finds that she, upon whom he lavished j the richest affections of his nature, was but a cre | ation of his fancy. He formed his ideal of what | she should be, and in the fervor of his feelings, imagined she was so. ; A lady forms an attachment for a young man , whose only marks of merit are a fine appearance ; and an easy address. Beyond this, she knows nothing of his antecedents or private character. But a charitable imagination is ready to fill the void of her ignorance, and invests him with every manly virtue. The wonderings of a gossiping public, the admonitions of her friends and the op position of her parents are all disregarded. She weds him, and during years of bittor anguish la ments her fatal error. Men frequently make statements even in the deliberative coolness of Witten composition, which are utterly at variance with truth. This I is not done from any disposition to promulgate ! falsehood; it is done in a spirit of sincere lion; esty, but they allow themselves to be deceived by their prejudices. From this cause some of the grossest errors in politics, morals and religion have been advocated and sustained by those who truly believe what they profess. Thus it is throughout the world that men are continually deceiving and being deceived because of this inveterate pro pensity to think things are what they wish them to be. “ Devils damned firm concord hold, Men only disagree of creatures rational,” SAID Milton in his sublime song. Whatever ! truth the remark may contain, in regard to | the satanic hosts, of whom it was spoken, it is ; eminently true of the dwellers on our sphere. Bad men can be linked together by stronger bands than ever connect the. virtuous. Pirates, smugglers and robbers of every class will stand by each other with a faithfulness which neither threats or bribes can induce them to break. Sometimes they prove false and traitorous, but these arc rare exceptional cases. Honest men often condemn with much severity vices in others of which they are guilty. Act ing as they do in opposition to the dictates of their right judgment, they conceive no prejudice in favor of their own course of conduct. Not so with the wicked. They will defend, extenuato and excuse those who resemble them in moral complexion. They will spare no pains in screen ing each other from justice, and will not scruple to disregard their duties, as citizens, to discharge the obligations which their companionship im poses. “Birds of a feather will Hock together,” is an adage as old as our language. True to the letter is it in its general application to mankind; yet, it always struck us as more true of the vile and worthless than of any other class. There seems to be some mysterious magnetism that draws them together with the most assured certainty, and he who seeks to hold communion with such, needs no credentials to introduce himself to their acquaintance. These he carries in his face, in every word and deed. j&@rA man named Robinson was sent to the penitentiary four years, by the Court in session this week in Atlanta. 4®*Tlie largest room in the world is the great tobacco store at the London docks. It is said to cover six acres, and all under one roof. jggpA terrible storm of rain and wind passed over Auburn, Ala., on Sunday last, destroying property to a great extent. pj&r'Tlie Episcopal Bishopof New York con firmed five hundred and fifteen persons in the week ending Easter Tuesday. Thomas alias Spaulding, has been convicted in New York of kidnapping a free ne gro and selling him as a slave in Richmond, Va. Courier states that the gross receipts of the Washington lecture of Edward Everett in Charleston, amount to one thousand nine hun dred and four dollars. jjgy-The first railway In Turkey, that from Smyrna to Aidin, which will be about 70 miles in length, and which will open out the rich plateau of Asia Minor, has begun under very favorable auspices. gfsgrTlie Columbus Enquirer learns from the Sex ton of that city that there has not been a death within the corporate limits since the Pftli of Feb ruary last. Columbus contains a population of near ten thousand. — fIT*A new Post Office, called Midway, has been established in Jackson county, upon the river road leading from Athens to Jefferson about 9 miles from the former place. John Kinney is Post Master, |WThe Rev. R. L. llreck, pastor of the Pres byterian church in Macon, has been induced by the earnest entreaties of his congregation and a proffer to increase his salary, to withdraw his let ttr resigning the charge. gtgKTwo men named Jones and Cobb luivo been arrested in Atlanta, on suspicion of commit ing the assault on Samuel Landrum, from which lie died. B3F“ Jesse Stowers, a citizen of Columbus, made an attempt to commit suicide, by shooting him self in a tit of delirium tremens lately. The ball pen etrated his left breast, but ho was alive at Inst ac counts. | jgigpTho Boston Post declares that the editor who threatened to write two oolumns a week about Kansas, unless his delinquent subscribers paid up, says that every one has squared up his account, and three hundred and seventy pdid for one year in advance. J3f"A number of Free Masons have formed an association in Philadelphia for the purpose of orecting a monument to the memory of Dr, Kane on some public*gv° und in that oity. It is to be of marble and one hundred feet in height. It is oxpeotedtbat the work will be completed and dedicated with Masonic honors in about three years. Lady Franklin, the widow of Sir John Franklin, has written a letter offerlug to contri bute to the fund. ffWlt is said in Washington that George F. 1 Morris, of New York, the amiable and accom plished poet and song writer, has been presented > by nearly all ?the:delegation of New York as a suitable candidate for the Consulate at London, ■ England. i , learn from the Columbus Sun, that on Saturday evening last, an affray occurred at Mid . way, Barbour county, Ala., between Mr. Beasly and Wm. Pickett, in which Beasly received a i stab at’the hands of Pickett, causing his death in a short time. A man named Lee, charged with abduct ing slaves, has been convicted at Norfolk, Ya, on four indictments and sentenced to receive fifty stripes, publicly laid on, at the rate of five a day, and to be confined in the penitentiary for twenty five years Flora is walking abroad and with lavish hand scattering her rich adornings, varied in thousands of hues, over field and woodland. Appropos of this most lovely season of flowers, we find these little poetic gems in Unssct’s Magazine. LILY, KALMIA AND AZAL.T.A. Not a flower But. hath its moral. Oh ! your Turks were light, Who wrote theirloves in flowers. They have a speech, In hue and form and scejit, which, would we learn, Were all so many lessons for the soul, No less than heart. Now look on yonder fillies— The pictures of complacent vanity, Beautiful idiots swimming with the stream. And for a perfect show of mirth and beauty, Behold the Kalmia, the Azahea ! THE PATAYA. Ah! She seems, t So supercieilious in her gracefulness, So proud in harmony of beauty—like The bine-eyed damsel slender at sixteen. With all love’s roses glowing in her cheeks, And all love’s fires enkindling in her heart, Yet check'd by modesty and prudent fear, Simply erect and,, proud as she appears, Not wanton. JBSUA certain man went to a Dervish and pro posed three question : First—“ Why do they say that, God is omnipresent ? Ido not see Him in any place—show me where lie is. Second—Why is a man punished for crime, since whatever he does proceeds from God ? Man has no free will, for lie cannot do anything contrary to the will ot God, and if he had power he could do everything for his own good. Third—How can God punish Satan in hell fire, lie is formed of that element? and what impression can fire make tin itself? The Dervish took up a large clod of earth and ! struck him on the head with it. The man went j to the Cady and said: j “ I proposed three questions to such a Dervish, i who (lung a clod of earth at my head which ! made my head ache.” ! The Cady having sent for the. Dervish, asked j of him : “ Why did you throw that clod of earth j at his head, instead of answering his question ? ; The Dervish replied : “ The clod of earth was ail answer to his speech, j Ho says lie has a pain in his head—let him show that to me and J will make God visible to him. And who does he exhibit a complaint against ? Whatever I did was the act ol‘God, and I did not strike without the will of God. Wliat power do I possess? And as he is a compound of the : earth, how can he suffer from that element ? ——i Gratuitous. —Most of the ‘advice’ afloat is writ- f ten for wives alone, but tlio following is to the ; other side of the house, and meets with our hearty sanction : “ When your wife begins to , scold,” let her have it out. Put your feet cosily | before the five place, 101 l back in your chair, light j one of your best cigars, and let the storm rage on ! —say nothing, make no reply to anything.” Well a little more advice if you please. Hav ing placed yourself in that position, reflect wheth er you deserve the thunder about your ears, and if so (which is probably the case,) put your feet gently down, cease your lolling, put out your cigar, kiss your little wife, and endeavor to be a better husband. That’s the way we would do if we had one. Wendell Holmes on Controversy—“ If a fel low attacked my opinions in print, would I reply ? Not I. Do you think I don’t understand what my friend, the Professor, long ago called the liy dorstatic paradox of controversy ? Don’t know what that means ? Well I’ll tell you. You know that if you had a bent tube one arm of which was the size of a pipe stem, and the other big enough to hold the ocean, water would stand at the same height in one as in the other. Controversy equal izes fools and wise men in the same way, and the fools know it.” Telegraphing. —lmprovement follows improve ment in this wonderful field of science. Edward Ilighton, Civil Engineer of England, has recently obtained a patent for, first sending telegraphic messages both ways through one and the same wire at the same instant, without in any way in terfering with each other; secondly, for prevent ing the destruction of a wire in the sea or under ground ; and thirdly, for mending a„ telegraphic wire in mid-ocean without l'aising it out of the mud. New telegraphic instruments have also been constructed, intended for the use of railroads, fire arms, and police stations. The instrument is fixed in a small box provided with a dial and pointer. The alphabet is marked on the dial and around the latter keys arc arranged in a circle. A merit claimed for this invention is, that any person, without previous experience, can readily forward and receive messages. On touching a key, the pointer moves to the corresponding let ter on the dial. The power employ eel is electric ity, and all clock work machinery is dispensed with. An ordinary ticket agent, conductor or engineer, or any pei’son who can read*, can ope rate the instrument as i*eadily as an accomplished telegrapher.— Baltimore American. The Leopard’s Attack. —The power of a Leop ard is in proportion to his weight. I have seen a bullock with its neck broken by the Leopard that attacked it. It is the popular belief that the effect is produced by a blow of the paw. This is not the case. Few Leopards rush boldly to the at tack, like a dog. They stalk their game, and ad vance croucbingly, making use of eveiy object that will afford them covei’, until they are within a few bounds of their prey. Then the immense power of muscle is displayed in the concentrated * energy of the spring. He flies through the air and settles on the throat, usually throwing lx is own body over the animal, while his teeth and claws are fixed on the neck ; this is the manner in which the spine of the animal is broken, by a sudden twist, and not by a blow. The blow from the paw is, nevertheless, immensely powerful, and one stroke will rip open a bullock like a knife, but the effects of the wound are still moi’e to be dreaded than the force of the blow. Thei’c is a peculiar poison in the claw, which is highly dan gerous. This is caused by the putrid flesh which they are constantly tearing, and which is apt to cause gangrene by ivioculation. — Burkcr’s Wander ings in Ceylon. The Evil op a Bah Temper. —A bad temper is a curse to tlxe possessor, and its influence is most deadly wherever it isfoxxnd. It is allied to mar tyrdom to be obliged to live with ouo of a com plaining temper. To hear one eternal round of complaint and murmuring—to have every pleas ing thought scared away by their evil spirit—is a sore trial. It is like the sting of a scorpion—a perpetual nettle, destroying your peace, render ing life a burthen. Its influence is deadly; and the purest and sweetest atmosphere is oon lami nated into a deadily miasma wherever this evil genius prevails. It has beou said truly that while wo ought not to lot the bad temper of others in fluence us, it would be as unreasonable to spread a plaster of Spanish flies upon the skin and not expect it to draw, as to think of a family not suf feririg because of the bad temper of any of its in mates. One string out of tune will destroy the music of an instrument, otherwise perfect—so if all the members of a church neigliboi’ood and fam ily do not cultivate a kind and affectionate tem per, there will be discord and every evil work. Ex-President Pierce writes from Madeira that the climato of that Island continues to prov highly beneficial to the health of Mrs. i lerce. It has been estimated, says a paper, that double the quantity of ice has been ou * JJjf year than during any former season.- • of Medford, has housed four hundred and fifty hundred thousand tons at Spot Pond; and othex parties have cut one hundred thousand on. moie. , LADIES’ OLIO. Not at Home. BY MRS. M. A. DENISOV. -*-*•*-- Mrs. G rancor, Mrs. Dr. West, and .Mrs. Leo, all happened to meet at the residence of Lawyer Grand, one morning. They were fashionable women, and of course making fashionable calls. Mrs. Grand’s first impulse was to be “not at home,-’ as she felt somewhat indisposed, but on second thought contrived to infuse a little animation inty her pretty features, and crept down stairs. The ladies, however, were so cordial and so chatty, that Mi’s. Lawyer Grand did not regret having made the effort, i . Conversation for once took an unexpected turn i instead of wasting exclamations upon that Mrs. ! Upham’s extravagant bonnet, of Miss Smith, the little flirt’s new moire antique, the theme was. “Notat home.” Mrs. Granger declared she could see no harm in such a very little white lie, for in one sense people were not at home—to ccmpany! She found it a most convenient thing for bores, and if she had a headache, or wanted a day for herself, she did not scruple to use it. “ I shall remember that 1” said Mrs. Lee, laugh ing. “Oh ! to my intimate friends 1 am, of course, always at home,” replied Mrs. Granger, blushing scarlet—“but now confess, you dear piece of property, that you use this subterfuge occasion ally. You certainly cannot always see your im mense circle of visitors at home.” “I certainly cannot; but I believe I never sent that message to the door but once, and for that once,” she continued, a painful look crossing her sweet face, “ I shall never forgive myself. It was more than three years ago, and when I told my servant that morning to say, ‘ Not at home’to whoever might call, except she knew it was some intimate friend, I felt my cheeks tingle, and the girls look of surprise mortified me exceedingly. But she went about her duties, and I about mine, sometimes pleased that I had adopted a conveni ent fashion by which I could secure more time to myself, sometimes painfullly smitten with the re proaches of my conscience. “The day wore away, and when Mr. Lee came home, he startled me with the news that a very dear and intimate friend was dead. “‘ It cannot be,’ was the reply, ‘for she ex acted of me a solemn promise that I would, alone, sit by her dying pillow, as she had a secret of groat importance to reveal to me. You must be misinformed; no one has been for me’ here suddenly a horrible suspicion crossed my mind. ‘She sent for you, but you were not at home,’ said Mr. Lee. innocently; then he continued, ‘I ain sorry for Charles, her husband; he thinks her j distress was much aggravated by your absence, : from the fact that she called ; your name pite i Olisly. lie would have sought for you, but your servant said she did not know where you had gone. 1 am sorry. You must have been out longer than usual, for Charles sent his man over I here three times.’ “Never in all my life did I experience such ! loathing of myself, such utter humiliation. My | servant had gone further than I, in adding falsc j hood to falsehood, and 1 had placed it out of my power to reprove her by my own equivocation. I felt humbled to the very dust, and the next day 1 resolved over the cold clay of my friend, that I would never under any circumstances say, ‘ Not at home!’ ” “ But did you find out the seerct ?” asked Mrs. Granger. “ Never; it died with her. It was in relation to a little child in the family, and I have always I felt a painful consciousness that I might have re ! ceived information by which the poor little thing ! could be greatly benefitted.” Mrs. Granger untied her delicate bonnet strings i and took to fanning herself with a lace handker ! chief. Mrs. Grand immdeiately arose and offered I her a gorgeous Indian fan that lay on a little ta- I ble near. “ That reminds me,” said Mrs. Dr. West, “of a ! similar circumstance that occurred in my hus ; band’s practice. When wo first moved into the i city, wo wove very intimate with the family of j Justice Allen. They lived in the suberbs in a ! beaut iful mansion. The doctor called there quite | often as a friend and acquaintance. Mrs. Allen had but one child, a son, some five years old, a little angel in appearance and disposition, and as complete an idol as ever Shared the love of two devoted hearts. One day my husband rode by there, and as was his wont stopped a moment. Anew servant who did not know him met him, and told him the mistress was not at home; so he rode off again. Home two hours after he came home, and was surprised when I told him that J udge Allen’s man had been after him long ago; that Mrs. Allen was nearly crazy, and the child dying, having accidentally swallowed poison. He hurried back. The house was thronged with doc tors, and little Eugene lay just breathing bis last. He ascertained what time the accident occurred and found that, had he not been misinformed at the period of his first visit, he could easily have saved his life. When Mrs. Allen learned that he actually stood before her door at the very mo- I ment she discovered that her child was .ill, her reasoft forsook her, and she has never since fully recovered. She li ad given strict orders that morn ing that she was at home to no one; and, unfor tunately,a physician could not be found till nearly an hour too late.” “ Dear me,” said Mrs. Granger, petulantly, “what can one do when one’s visiting list is so large?” and she drew the folds of a magnficent cashmere shawl. “One would not like to send down an excuse; for my part I don’t see how you get along.” “I do very well without resorting to a false hood.” “Oh! dear me; you can’t call it a lie!” ex claimed Mrs. Granger, much mortified. “Then what is it ?” The calm, quiet tone quite nonplussed Mrs. Granger. She pulled at her glove uneasily— “ Why! it is—-why certainly—not exactly a lie!” and then she hesitated. “What else can you call it? Suppose I should tell a friend who might happen to ask me, that I had not visited Mrs. Grand to-day.” “Why! of course it would be false.” Mrs. Granger was growiug fidgety. “Well, and where is the difference if Mrs. Grand has sent word that she was not at home ? Certainly wo should have felt bound to believe the correct ness of the message.” Mrs. Grand made a nice little mental promise that perhaps she never would do so again. “Besides.” chimed in Mrs. Lee, “I think it leads to loss of confidence in one's friends. We cannot tell those who would wantonly deceive us, from others who for worlds would not give us a false impression.” “I must say I” exclamed Mrs. West, resolutely buttoning her gloves, “it is an ugly way of dis playing one’s partiality. For instance, I take particular pains to call on Mrs. Granger to-day. Sho is ‘not at home.’ I regret it, leave my card, and to-morrow meet Mrs. Leo and Mrs. Grand, and understand from them that they spent a de lightful hour with Mrs. Granger. At the very time that lady was not at home to me, they were chatting quite cosily in her parlor.” Mrs. Granger couched slightly, and became very busy fingering her twitching her bonnet strings, and manoeuvring in various ways previous to retiring. 1, meantime, a silent and unseen listener, jotted down the foregoing. Pephaps it will not bo amiss to think of it. Buss-osoriiY—Thojancients counted three kinds of kisses: Basic., that between friends and rela tives. Oscula, the kiss of veneration. Sua.xia, the kiss proper—that between lovers. The monks of the middle ages-- great theorists—divided the kiss into fifteen distinct and separate orders . J. The decorous, or modest kiss. 1 he diplomat ic, or kiss of poUcy. 3. The spying kiss, to as certain if a woman had drunken wine. 4. lfic slave kiss. 5. The kiss infamous-a church pen ance. fi. The slipper kiss, practised tow aids ty rants. 7. The judicial kiss. 8. ‘l ie feuda kiss. 9 The religious kiss, (kissing the cross.) 10. The academical kiss (on joining a solemn broth erhood.) H. The hand kiss. 12. the Judas kiss 13. The medical kiss—for the purpose of healing some sickness. 14. The kiss ot etiquette. 15. The kiss of love—the only veal kiss. But this Weis also to bo variously considered, viz: given by ardent enthusiasm, as by lovers; by matnmo nial affection: or lastly between two men-an awful kiss, tasting like sandwiches without butter or meat. Woman’s soft haud my infant cradle spread, Hor gentle cares bedecked my bridal bed ; By woman let my dying hours bo nurst— Her love tho last fond solace as the first. An editor who has probably suffered some, tells people how to stop a paper. He says: “ call at the office and fork up arrearages and order it stopped like a man, and not refuse to take.it out of the Post Office and sneak away like a puppy. FARMER’S COLUMN* COMMERCIAL. Charleston, April 17, 1 P. M.—COTTON—-Hol ders arc unyielding, and prices aro full with a good de mand. Sales to-day 1,000 bales at 12 to 12Jcent*. Savannah, April 17.—Sales of Cotton 658 bales. The market is quiet, but prices are unchanged. .. Augusta, April 19.—COTTON—The transaction* to-day amounted to only 182 bales: 23 at 105,2 at 11, 35 at 111, 97 at lli, 5 at Ilf, 12 at 12, 6 at 12* cent*. Receipts 921 bales. Remedy for Leaks. —A correspondent of the Lynn News says: “ Some years ago I had a leaking ‘ L.’ Every north-east storm drove the water in. I made a composition of four pounds of rosin, one pint lin seed oil and one ounce red lead ; applied it hot with a brush - to the part where the L joined the main house. It has never leaked since. I then recommended the composition to my neighbor, who had a Lutheran window which leaked badly, lie applied it, and the leak stopped. I made my water cask tight by this composition, and have recommended it for chimneys, windows, &c., and it has always proved a cure for a leak.” Economy in Bread.—Twenty-six pounds and thirteen ounces of good bread have been made from fourteen pounds of flower and one and a halt pounds of rice, by the following method: | feTie up the rice in a thick linen bag, allowing it ample room to swell; boilfor three or four hours, till it becomes a smoothe paste ; mix this while warm with the flour, adding the usual quantity of yeast and salt; allow the dough to rise near the fire, and divide into loaves. It is affirmed on high authority that flour thus treated will yield fifty per cent, more bread than by the ordinary method. Calomel a Remedy for Pear Blight.—A corres pondent of the Country Gentleman, writing from Illinois, says they cure that scourge of the pear tree, ‘fire blight,” as it is called, by carefully rais ing the bark on the body of the tree, inserting a small portion of calomel, and binding the bark in its place; a double dose for a man to be given a good sized tree. He has never known it to fail when applied before more than half of the tree | has been affected. Tree Planting. —Thousands of trees will be lost ! that were planted last month,’ for the want of ■sufficient cutting back. Those who plant shade and ornamental trees are too anxious to have a perfect tree at once, and are loth to cut off beau tiful limbs covered with evergreen foliage. It is utterly impossible to take up a tree of any pre tentions, without mutilating its roots and cutting : its feeders. Each leaf and limb as it originally stood, had its feeding mouths; but in taking it up, those mouths were mostly destroyod, and the leaf and limbs can receive no more nourishment until new ones are formed; cut back the limbs in proportion to the loss of roots, for notwithstand ing the roots may appear to be entire, hundreds of fibres are gone which must be re-formed before the tree can show signs of growing life; out back the limbs, even now it may not be too late to save the tree. Hedges are often lost in the endeavor to make a perfect hedge at once. Don't be afraid to clip hedges, or cut back young trees when you are planting them, you gain more growth than you lose.— Cotton Planter. Spring Chickens. —Spring chickens are edwaya in active demand from May to September, in the vicinity of all our cities, and the larger towns. Qf course they are profitable to the farmers and small landholders and cottagers who breed them. This is a good month to set the hens, and hatch them out. For this purpose, a warm hen-house, and coops in sunny places are required. Let the eggs be kept in a proper temperature, till the hen is ready to sit on them. Thirteen is the proper number for a clutch of chickens. When hatched if milk curds can bo had, this is their best food. If not, soaked bread for the first few days, and after that, Indian meal well cooked, like mush for your own table. Raw meal, wet up in the usual way, is harsh and scourging for their deli cate stomachs. When a few weeks old, chopped cabbage, “sives,” and other tender vegetables, are to be added, and sour milk is the very best drink they can have. We would, by all means, entrust the early chickens to woman's care. She seems to possess the necessary instincts—worth all the boys and men in the country. We have known a Scotch, Dutch, or Irish washerwoman's cottage, surrounded by a close wall, alive with early chickens, when the gentleman’s and far mer’s premises would scarcely supply a fowl for the table before September. Don’t keep the •‘big” breeds for “S2)ring chickens” either. A close, compact, early matured fowl is the thing for this purpose. In most large towns a plump, fat chicken, the size of a quail, will sell for as much in May or June, as a full-grown one will in October; and if they only know you have them, the tavern keepers and “peddlers will be after them every day in the week. To the habit these latter peoplo haveof confining them in close, fil thy coops for days together, we enter our protest. It is cruel to the chickens. It poisons and de files the taste of the flesh. It makes them poor. Exercise, good air, and plenty of good food they should have, till wanted for the table; and every one who keeps them on hand for immediate use, should be well provided with yards, and roosting accommodation. To make chickens edibly per fect they should como upon the table plump, j uicy, and full of their own natural gravy. * * Plump as a partridge,” is the term which should always be truthfully applied to the early chicken; and if they be not so, half their excellence is lost, while, if in perfection of flesh, they are a positive luxury.— American Agriculturist. Religious Instruction of Slaves. One of the most interesting features of the re cent meeting of clergymen and elders in this city, was the statements made by them respec tively, touching the condition of the slaves within the Presbytery which each represented. It has been over and over again charged by abolitionists that planters retained the submissive obedience of their , slaves by denying them all moral and re ligious instruction. This body of respectable gen tleman has given the lie to that. Among other narratives was that of I)r. Gaines, a Virginia planter, the owner of about one hun dred slaves, and a most excellent elder of the Presbyterian church. This gentleman detailed at much length and with interesting minuteness, his mode of instructing his slaves in moral and religious duties. For more than eight years, to assemble every Sunday morning, when he would engage with them in singing and prayer, in read ing and expounding to them the Bible, in teach ing them to read—not neglecting while admon ishing them of their duties as slaves, to inform them what are the obligations upon him as their master and owner. While he thus occupies an hour or two every Sunday morning, his wife in structs the littte negroes under the age of twelve. The consequence of this instruction, according to the testimony of this gentleman has been that his slaves, as they make progress in correct ideas of Christian duty, acquired by reading the Bible or otherwise, improve in industry, obedience, af fection for the master and mistress, Ac., &c Southern ('‘then. - Movkv— Money is a queerinstitution. It buys provender, satisfies justice, and heals wounded honor. Everything resolves itself into cash from stock jobbing to building churches. Childhood craves pennies, youth aspires to dimes, manhood is swayed bv the mighty dollar. The blaoksnnth swings the sledge, the lawyer pleads for his client, and the judgo decides the question for life and death for his salary. Money makes the man, therefore the man must make money, if he would bo respected by fools - T for the eye of the world looks through golden spectacles. It buys Brus sels carpets, lace curtains, gilded cornices and nice furniture, and builds marble mansions. It drives us to church in splendid equipage and pays the rents of the best pew. It buys silks and jewelry for my lady. It commands the reßpeot of gaping crowds, and insures obsequious atten tion . It enables us to be charitable, to send bibles to the heathen, and relieve domestic indigence. It gilds the rugged scenes of life, and spreads over the rugged path of existence a velvet carpet soft toour tread—therude_ scenes of tumoil are en cased in a gilt frame. It bids care vanish, soothes the anguish of the bed of sickness, stops short of nothing save the grim destroyer, whose relentless hand spares none, but levels all mortal dittinc-t. tion, and teaches poor weak humanity that it is. but lust. Thus weath pauses on the birlph Os eter-. nity,the beggar and the millionaire rest side bysido beneath the sod, to rise in equality to. answer tb* final summons. Dr. Boyntom the scientific lecturer, is deliver ing a course of lectures on Geology in Macon.