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I.ITEKAKY 0* f mj) f ran re (Crusiui^r. PENFIELD, GEORGIA, P/Ametltty Q)fekfe m 6t.t J, /\ ] 5 k 11 ' 1 N( ° 1 <N VI ‘A/I ,V • ILIMTOK. *’• ‘*• , Esqr., has retired from the eiliiori al department of tin* Georgia Platform, and is suc ceeded by W. V. Wester. <>overti or Broun offers a reward of One Hun dred Dollars for the apprehension of Jacob Petty john, who murdered (Jlaiborn Vaughn, in Forsytti county on the 7th inst. Mr. Edward Young Hill, dr., having resigned the office of Solicitor General of the Coweta Cir cuit, Thomas L. Cooper, Es<j[. of Atlanta, lias been appointed to fill the vacancy. The Bainbridge Argus anounces the death of Mr. Daniel J. Bruton, a prominent, useful and es teemed citizen of Decatur county. lie died on Saturday night, the 21st inst. i W n The lion. Richard Barrett, the newly elected Member of Congress from the St. Louis District, Mo., is thirty-eight years old, and is said to be one ol the handsomest men in the United States. The Southern Cultivator for September is on mu table. This Agricultural Journal which has now almost attained its sixteenth volume, has long been established in public confidence, of which it is as worthy as in the first j-eat- of its existence. Published hv W. S. Jones, Augusta, Ga. at SI a year. The Aurora has made its welcome appearance with well filled pages. It is published at Nash ville, Tenn. and edited by Mrs. E. M. Eaton. The late publisher, T. M. Hughes, editor of the “ South-western Dollar Week It/,” has disposed of his interest in the Aurora to W. It. Gulley, who will in future conduct its publication. Price, S2 a year; 5 copies, SB. —— We regret to learn, says the LaGrange Reporter, that Rev. J. M. Bonnell has declined to accept the Presidency of the LaGrange Female College. We do not know his reasons for declining. The College course will commence on the 24th proxi mo ; and we suppose suitable and satisfactory ar rangements will be made by that time for the com plete organization of the Faculty. A slaver was captured a fep’ days since off the coast of Cuba by the United States Brig Dolphin, and brought into the port of Charleston. She had on board three hundred and eighteen Afri cans, and was manned by a crew of nineteen, English, Americans and Spaniards. She is now in Charleston, where she will remain until some decision is made as to her disposal by govern ment. We regret to learn, tays the Savannah Jtfeics of the 28th inst. that Dr. W. S. Harden, of Bryan county, was shot on Thursday morning last, by his step-son, George K. a young man between 17 and 18 years of age. The weapon used was a doubled barrelled shot gun, from which a full charge of buck-shot was discharged into the body. Deceased survived about an hour after he was shot, and died calmly, and in the full possession of his mental faculties. Too True. —The Recover of Chicago, 111., in charging the grand jury recently, said: “During the past five years that I have held this court it has been my unpleasant duty to try and sentence to the State prison several hundred persons; and lam sorry to say that, while it is an easy matter to find jurors who are ready and wil ling to punish the poor offenders withoutposition or friends, it is ,vith great difficulty that jurors can be found who appreciate the tact that one bad man of position and wealth can do move harm than one hundred poor men can who ar e in the humble walks of life.” The London <lmrlcrl>/ Review for July opens with an able and interesting paper on Admiral Blake, which carries us back into the days of the Cove nanters and the Commonwealth. There are seven other essays: History of Civilization in England; Iron Bridges; Life of Wycliftc; Professor Blunt and his Works; Shipwrecks; British Museum; British India. This number opens anew volume. Ee-published by L. Scott & Cos. New York, at S3 a-year. Either of the four quarterlies and Black wood’s (monthly) Magazine may be had for 85. All of the four and Blackwood, $lO. • We are happy to welcome to our exchange list “ The Southern Homestead This is a neat eight paged weekly, devoted to Agriculture and Gen eral Literature, published at Nashville, Tenn. The literary department is edited by Mrs. L. Vir ginia French, who is well known throughout the Mouth as an able and graceful writer. Far away in the quiet of “ Forest Home,” amid the peaceful seclusion of her family, she imparts to every drop ping of her pen a grace, freshness and beauty which is truly delightful. Her name entitles and, we hope, will give to the Southern Home, stead a large and extended circulation. THERE has been, for years past, a great deal of talk about the bad children of preachers. The Episcopal Recorder, in an article on the sub ject, takes the biographies of a large number of ministers, and says: “Os the sons of one hundred ministers, oyer one hundred and ten became ministers. Os the remainder, by far the larger portion rose to emi nence as honorable and successful men in busi ness, or in the learned professions. Is there any body of one hundred men, taken at random from any other pursuit in life, of whom the same ,<\an be said?” We have often been surprised at the prevalence .of this idea in regard to ministers’ sons, knowing .that every one who would take the pains to make •the examination might discover its fallacy. It 3 nay, however, be to some extent accounted for on the principle that a circumstance becomes no ted in proportion as it is uncommon. Occasion ally, we see a preach?r\s son who is vicious and corrupt, and then he attracts attention by the strange contrast which he presents to the char acter of his father. But a large proportion of the men who have, been distinguished for their tal ents or moral excellence have been sons of preachers. Many have followed in the footsteps of their fathers, ami confined their labors to the Sacred Desk, while others have adorned and ele vated every vocation in which human genius can exert itself. Run over the names of history and strike out all those who claimed ministers of the Gospel for parents, and you will obliterate .sonic .of its brightest ornaments. - - Preachers, in common with all other men, are at this day too lenient in the matter of family government. A doting fondness winch causes - them to spare the rod, is a great, and we fear, a rapidly increasing evil. Boys begin to think they are men as soon as they leave the nursery, and Imperatively demand a vigorous application of the birch to impress upon them the fact that they are still in an age of pupilage. This is a fault of which all classes are guilty; but so far from preachers being more direlect than others, if we were disposed to make any exception, it would be in their favor. jV M ’ DC READING has for agea hern fcjjju. 11 demited by moralists, utid ranked ill the class ol vices. They reason from the effects to flic cause, and very justly conclude, that if the former are evil, so must-he the latter. To prove that they are so, they point- us to the thousands of the sickly, sentimental romance readers, who are mentally as nimble to comprehend the details of any business as they are physically incapable of its performance. The small share of intellect which they a* Ih,si possessed, has been perverted and wasted by misapplication, and they have be coiue unfit for anything, unless it be to write sen timental nonsense, which none save those like themselves can endure. For these mental abor tions. no other proximate cause Ilian an ill-chosen course of reading can be assigned. iewing it thus, novel reading is certainly a most pernicious vice: but tins view is neither iui partial or does it present the subject in its whole range. All works ol fiction have not the seduc tive licentiousness of Eugene Sue, or the maudlin sentimentality of the love-sick school. This class is very numerous, and we fear, is the one most generally read; but they are perversions of a no ble branch of literature. We should not make a sweeping condemnation of.a whole species of writing merely because it is capable of abuse, and is often abused. We should with books as we do with mon—estimate their respective merits, dis-, card the evil and retain the good. But in every thing human, even the best is commingled with , much of evil. In all, we must cull and select with prudent cure, if wo would derive profit and avoid harm. Those who unreservedly condemn novel read- j ing cannot be wholly consistent, without placing under ban every kind of fictitious writings. The simple little stories designed to please and in- • struct children, the more extended fable for the : illustration of moral truth: nay, even the para- ! files with which the volume of Sacred Writ is filled, j would be interdicted. From this course, there is only one alternative: that is to state definitely i what kinds of fiction arc admissible, and which j are to be proscribed. When this is done, a large j number of works which are now condemned as : pernicious, would be not only permitted, but re- j commended. The truth is, novels have far loss influence than is sometimes supposed. Most persons read books of this class for entertainment merely, not ex pecting either instruction or profit. Should they meet with aught that gives them pleasure, the recollection of it will linger in their memories as do the pleasant incidents of life. A character in whom they take delight may become like a loved and chosen companion, whose visits are always welcome, whose society is always sweet. But one naturally of good sense and sound principles will not have his morals corrupted by reading Tom Jones, nor will the vicious be converted into saints by the stories of good little boys and girls about whom some writers are very fluent. Os course there are some who will he influenced by either, but not to that extent which many imag ine. Some of the grounds taken by the advocates of novel reading, are more untenable than that oc cupied by those who oppose them. One of these most frequently taken, and upon which great stress is laid, is, that they impart a knowledge of human nature. It is true, that a novel, to be valuable, must be an exhibition of life, describing its scenes, incidents and characters. But these are only representations, and the pleasure which we derive from contemplating them arises, in a great degree, from their agreement with what we have known. If a writer describes a character which wc have never found, we pronounce it un natural, although no incongruous elements may be brought together in its formation. We make our own experience the real test by which to judge of works of fiction, and this fact precludes the possibility of our learning anything there from. Equally fallacious is the notion that novels in culcate virtuous sentiments by showing that the wicked arc always punished in this world, and that virtue has its sure reward. It has indeed Become a stereotyped plan with all romance wri ters, after having carried their heroes and hero ines through great trials and Sufferings, to make them realize their fondest hopes and spend their closing days in happiness. But this our observa tion convinces us is untrue, and consequently whatever influence such representations might have, is counteracted. We all know that the world is a scene of toil and tribulation, from which none arc exempt. A kind Providence sends rain and sunshine upon the just and the unjust, and the same inscrutable power dispenses liis blessings alike upon the virtuous and vicious. In another state of existence will the line of dis tinction he drawn, and wickedness and goodness have their rewards. These arc facts which we know, and which no tale of romance can ever re move. A far better plea for novel reading is, that it improves the style, and gives a free use of lan guage. Those who read with a view to the profit of this kind which may he thence derived, will find it to be by no means insignificant. To this department of literature, some of the most mas terly pens that ever wrote our language have been devoted. In their works may be found all that is elegant in thought, beautiful in sentiment and graceful in expression. They have tastefully combined the charms of prose and poetry, uniting the sense and unshackled freedom of the one with the smooth-flowing harmony of the other. 1 hey should, therefore, be studied closely and accurately by all who aspire to excellence in com position. J n their pages the student will find lessons which will enforce by example an l illus tration the bald precepts’ of didactic essays. Wrapt by the beauties which he finds on every page, he forgets the plot and the events of the story. Ue cannot tell at what juncture the hero declared his passion, or who was the object of his love; but he knows that the words were dia monds and the thoughts pure gold. By reading volumes’ in which romance, inspired by the breath of genius, has left an enchanting spell, the philosopher has been enabled to give a vigor to his thoughts, and the orator has imparted a brighter polish to his wit. From a review of the whole ground, we incline to the opinion that those parents are injudicious who arc so desirous of not having works of fiction read by their children. They do not, indeed, thereby withhold from them a source of informa tion, but they do deny them a means of self-im provement. A far better course would be to read and decide for themselves what works they may place in the hands of their children with safety, and not taboo a large class of books upon mere hear.-ay. In this way, a parent can implant a strong love for reading in the mind of the dul lest boy or girl. A few years of this prudent training will enable them to read any book with out hurt, accepting what is profitable and reject ing the wcrthless. In novels, as in everything else, let us try all, hold fast to that which is good. The Fayetteville Journal says there is a little let ter in the Post office at that place addressed to ■‘The Prettiest Lady in Faytevillle,” but the post master, with commendable gallantry, does not feel authorised to decide who shall have the let ter, and refers the decision of the matter to those interested, that lie may deliver the letter to that disl'iiguished lady who shall be declared to be en titled to the possession by a jury of her peers. Who will get the letter? : Miere strongly in the potency bf flfffiigie ft Wc have Du doubt that a jiv< ><t ov ill>ui><l ing name has much to do in deciding a person 8 (lidtinv ; lliat oue wauling in grace ( ,i digitilv will prove a draw -hack which scarce any genius or industry can overcome. But with our notions of this subject—which some Ulink extravagant — we have the -utmost disgust for llmse little chil dish names which are now so common, especially among women. We no longer hear the stately names, Mary. Elizabeth, f-atharimS and others that.have been rendered illustrious by the virllies of t hose who have borne them. They are all now changed for some softer and more endearing - which carry with them an idea of effeminate del icacy. Our female verse and tale-writers have done much toward bringing about this state of thing*. They waste pa pc i and ink in scribbling love sick I noneseose over w hat they esteem very poetical signatures, for which their admirers conceive a j great fancy. Asa consequence, the rising goner- • atiou <>f females will he composed of “ Lillies,” “Daisies,” “Pinkies,” and a multitude of such , names which would suit well enough for kittens ; or birds, but are very ill-applied to staid, sober j matrons. A year or two since, the idea struck one of these literary brilliants of having an allite rated do {tlnnu-. It took like wild lire; and now all our papers ;ue for would be) Hooded with interchanges of compliments between Jennie Jessamines, Nettie Nettlesomes and Uettie Bee- 1 ties, and so forth, ad inhnifum. Female names are much more expressive than the names of males, and those who have dattgh- j tors to christen should, therefore, exercise much care in making a selection. They should not choose those which arc well adapted to the lan guage of the nursery, but will be totally inappro priate when applied to grown women, wives and mothers. This they need have no great difficulty in doing; for our vocabulary of female names is very full, and contains many of great beauty. The histories of all countries have made us ac quainted with a multitude remarkable for their elegance, dignity and ease of pronunciation. With all these before him, we would think one might name a daughter without consulting a cat alogue of cats and dogs. While upon this subject, we will take the oc casion of expressing the regret we have often felt, that the maiden names of women should be so completely lost by marriage, leaving no hint as to who they were previous to that event. This is always a great obstacle to those who attempt to trace family geneaologies. This might, in a very considerable degree, be obviated by the custom, which is prevalent in England and in the north ern portion of this country, of the lady’s retaining her family name as a middle name after mar riage. It would aid much in making this a gen eral custom, if parents would remember to give their daughters only one name at the time of christening. IDLE BOYS. A writer in the Northwestern Christian Advocate has the following sound advice to boys, which all our young readers would do well to consider: lie who is idle and vicious in school is still more so when he leaves it. He who fires squibs, will in time fire pistols. He who plays cards for sport, will, if he not, play ere long for money. He who robs hen roosts and orchards, will probably some day rob safes and pocket-books. He may not do it in the way to expose himself to the penitentia ry ; he may have his wits so sharpened as to rob legally, by setting up a wildcat bank, or betraying the confidence of his employer,’or obtaining the possession of property without the means of pay ing for it, or by getting his hand upon the public coders, that lie may till his own, under the soft apppellation of “breach of trust*” 1 would that you could see with my eyes for a little while: you would then think with me, that he who, when a boy, could not be trusted, cannot now that he is a man. It would not be proper for me to mention names, or I could illustrate this by numerous painful examples. But they are not necessary. Elfeet will follow cause—as a man sows, so shall he reap : boyhood is the seed-time, of which manhood is the harvest. As, therefore, vouj love yourselves, form the habit, while young, of employing all your time usefully. Never be unemployed. The land is full of idlers, striving to live without labor. It is not to l*e supposed that you are never to take re creation; this is useful, it is necessary—but if it conic after hard study or productive labor, it will probably be healthful and moderate. An honor able mind, in the desire of mere relaxation, will not go forth informs of mischievous exertion. It is not to be supposed that a boy is to be a man, much less an old man : but, in the midst of his mirth and hilarity, lie mav be innocent and ami able. •HUS lIEMAXS In the following passage from Miss Jewsbury’s Three Histories, she avowedly describes Mrs. He mans : “Egcria was totally different from any other wo man I had overseen, either in Italy or in England. She did not dazzle; she subdued me. Other wo men might be more commanding, more versatile, more acute, but I never saw one so exquisitely feminine. Her birth, her education, but above all, the genius with which she was gifted, com bined to inspire a passion for the ethereal, the tender, the imaginative, the heroic, in one word the beautiful. It was in her a faculty divine, and of daily life: it touched all things, but, like a sunbeam, touched them with a golden finger. “ Anytlxing abstract or scientific was unintelli gible or distasteful to her. Her knowledge was extensive and various ; but true to the first prin ciple of her nature, it was poetry that she sought in history, scenery, character, and religious belief —poetry that guided all her studies, governed all her thoughts, colored all her imaginative conver sation. Her nature was at once simple and pro found : there was no room in her mind for am bition. The one was filled by imagination, the other engrossed by tenderness. “She had a passive temper but decided tastes: any one might influence, but very few impressed her. Her strength and her weakness lay alike in her affectious; these wonld sometimes make her weep, at others imbue he.t with courage; sO that she was alternately a ‘falcon-hearted dove,’ and a ‘reed broken with the wind/ Her voice was a sweet, sad melody, and her spirits l’eminded me of an old poet’s description of the orange tree, with its “ ‘Golden lamps, hid in a night of green,’ or of those Spanish gardens where the pomegran ate blossoms beside the cypress. Her gladness was like a burst of sunlight; and if in her sadness she resembled night, it was night wearing lier stars. I might describe and describe forever, but I should never succeed in portraying Egeria. She was a Muse, a Grace, a variable child, a de pendent woman, the Italy of human beings.” ■^■£ NEV *~l'ho desire to be rich is not evil of itself.. It is nonsense for a man to stand up and disclaim the desire for wealth, and urge upon the world the idea that it should be poor. Mon ey is neither an evil nor a good of itself; it has not a moral character. It is simply an agent, and whether it be good or evil, depends upon the manner in which it is used. It is like asvvord. \\ hetlicr a sword be in the hands of a Benedict Arnold, bathed in his country’s blood, or in the hands of a Washington, wielded for justiee and it is a word only, and lias not a character. ” hetlier it be an instrument for good, or evil, depends upon the character of him who holds hilt, and not the sword itself. So it is with mon ey. It is an agent; it is a gigantic motive-power that thunders around the world. If the Devil stands engineer, it thunders on, freighted with untold mischief, scattering oppression, and cru elty, and wrong. But iF it is guided by the spirit of love and truth, it is like the sun, shedding I light and summer upon the world. It isan anget ; of mercy and love, when directed by the spirit of I Christ.— lkechcr. Some of the merchants of St. Paul, Minnesota, I arc importing largely from Europe direct, by way ;of Now Orleans and the Mississippi river. The whole cost of transportation from Liverpool to ! St. Paul, by the way of the Mississippi, is little great | er than that of transhipment and charges from i New York. T* j [''rlHen ttcoi jCH Toui| r.uii'<: (’in'.t'l'T.] . * N I A’ . n’t i. a •’ Mt may he defined to be the harmonious combination of sounds, and may lie divided into Iwo kinds; vocal and instrumental. Vocal music, the more natural of the two, I have no doubtAvas piitfctised long before, the latter was known. In nearly all ages of the world, tin* his tory of which has come down to us, vocal music h:ts heen held in high repu.e; hut the eooipara ’ live superiority of vocal and instrumental music still remains a question upon which connoisseurs j are divided. It is said that “the vocal music of • the Imperial < ‘horisters in St. Petersburg, in com- j parablv surpassed, iu sweet ness and effect, the ■ sounds produceo by the combined power of the most exquisite musical instruments.’’ Whether this statement be correct or not, there are, none ! who will not hear testimony l<> the charming in i flueuce of vocal music on tlie mind and besot. Instrumental music is also of very ancient, date, j its invention being ascribed to Tubal, the sixth i descendant from Oiiu. “Music, indeed, is prm j bably nearly coeval with our race, or at least with the first attempts to preserve the memory of . transactions. lAefore the invention of writing, the history of remarkable events was committed to memory, and handed down by oral tradition. ; The knowledge of laws ami useful arts'was pre | served in the same way. Rhythm and song were probably soon found important helps to the ; memory ; and thus the muses became the early j instructors of mankind.” About 1800 year's be fore Christ, vocal and instrumental music arc spoken of as things in general use, aiul you will find, by referring to the 20th and 27th verses of j the ,3 lst chap, of Genesis, where the tabret, harp and songs arc mentioned. By referring to the New Testament, you will find that vocal music only is mentioned in connection with personal and social worship or edification. The. Old Tes tament, however, contains frequent allusions to the use of music, both vocal and instrumental, as part of their religious exercises. - “The ancient Jews insisted on having music at marriages, on anniversary birth-days, at victories and the inauguration of their kings; in their public worship, and when they were coming from afar, to attend the great festivals of their nation.” “ Instrumental music was first introduced into the Jewish service by Moses; and afterwards, by the express command of God, was very much im proved by the addition of several instruments in the reign of David.” When Hezekiah restored the temple service, it is said that “he set the Le vites in the house ot the Lord, with cymbals, with psalteries and with harps, according to the com mandment of David, and of Gad, the king’s ever, and Nathan, the prophet: for so was the com mandment of the Lord by his prophets.” At a very earty day, instrumental music was united with vocal by some denominations of Christians in their devotional exercises. It is not for me to decide on this occasion, in reference to j the propriety or impropriety of employing instru mental music in religious services in our day. 1 leave that to other hinds and wiser heads, with the remark that, like the traveller’s guide-post, something is to be said on both sides. All men are more or less sensible of the charms and power of good music. You may enter the most refined Christian congregations in our land, and you will find that a very important part of the service is that performed by singbuf. Good singing is far preferable to poor preaching, espe cially when the latter happens to contain the essential elements of fatalism, and has no practj- ; cal bearing. Singing properly done, is well cal culated to stimulate the devotion of the good, j and to subdue and melt the sterner nature of the j thoughtless and the bad. You may leave the • walls of the sanctuary and enter the had room, and here again music wield its power and lends ‘ its magic influence to vitalize and enliven the scene. Under the mighty spell of the violin, j youth and beauty seem to catch renewed vigor and activity. It matters not how dull and lazy j the young man or young lady be, just let the fid- j die strings vibrate, and at once every nerve seams > to be supplied with a double portion of India rubber! Indeed, it is said that some young ladies i will stand on their feet all night at a ball. But 1 am not able to say whether they are prevented i from sitting down by the powerful excitement of ; the music, or the vast circumference of the white oak hoops. I leave this-pes/d for, them to settle, j if it needs settling. You may leave the ball room and go to the battle Jldd, and there the influence of the drum and fife is laid under contribution. Bravery is made reckless, and cowardice made brave, by the stimulus of martial music. Where is the man who would not set the sword at defiance, and charge, like (,‘apt. May, on the blazing battery of the enemy, if lie could hear rolling through the air the notes of “ Yankee Doodle,” or the “ .Star spangled Banner?” It is said that the ancient Spartans, when on the battle field, run wild wiitli excitement under the influence of martial music; so much so, that their officers would not all ow the drum and fife to be used when engaged in actual combat. You may leave the battle field and stand by the cradle of infancy, and you will find that even there the mother’s lullaby has its charm. The wildest inmate of a lunatic asylum will cease his ravings for a moment, to listen to the harmony of sweet sounds. Even the savage Indian will drop his club and tomahawk, when the melliflu ous flow of sweet music arrests his ear, and the ferocious wild beasts can be subdued into momen tary gentleness by the magic power of music. Music, sweet music! cheers the heart of the living, encircles a charm around the bed of death, and adds intensity to the raptures of heaven’s joys! Music is impressed on all the beautiful works of Nature. There is music in the gentle flow of the rippling rill, and sublime music in the storm-cloud and thunder of old ocean’s waves: there is music in the lion’s roar, and in the night ingale’s enchanting warble; there is music in the hues of the rainbow, and in the rush of the ca,ta ract; there is music in the mighty spheres which sweep the cycles of immensity, and in beauty s smile. So I fully endorse the language of the immortal Shakspeare: “The man that has no music in himself, nor is not moved with concou of sweet sounds, is fit for stratagems and spoi s , the motions of his spirit are as dull as nig it, am liis affections dark as Erebus. Let no such man be trusted.” In mo.mors S E lme tjeir j spells and their perils. A young O ho * endowed with most delicate neiwg, mentioned o„e evening, to a few friends assembled in her thaw , ing room, that the | intemiptccl by of a Mr IVicml who vvn S™* on bull and wore a rose-bud in her hoad-d e>>. ui tan taMne turfed pole directly, tossed fcvnrmn, W SM KSESy into n syncope “Wliat a strange nervous susceptibility . \\ hat a llclio-tc and impressive organization, crto.il the spectators. “For heaven’s sake, madam go away! Don't von see that you have caused this sivism ?” “J ?” ” Yew, of course: it is the per fume of the rose-bud in your hair,” “ Keiilly, and it is so I-will sacrifice, the. guilty (lower! Bn judge before you sentence.” ’Hie flower, detached from the head-dress, was passed from hand to h ind among the spectators, but their solicitude soon gave way to a different emotion. ’The rose bud was an artificial one ! Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst? and cold. Brigham Young- isthe fatbprof lollv-ei)] lit chil dren - lorlySHfc iirestiil living is Hit’ ilillt'ViMH'o Mwenui ship mid a In n! The hen lavs u,u egg, and the ship toys to. ’ * * The subject of the propriety of admitting te males into the University of Michigan is now be fore the regents. “There, was a lime wlion 1 almost thought that your wife had no tongue at all.-’ 7 “Yes; but tis very long since. - ’ ! <>n I lie marriage of a Miss Wheat, it Was hoped that bev path might be flowery and that she might never be thrashed. The greatest organ in the world, some old bach elor says, is (he organ of speech in a woman—it is an organ without at ops. “1 have turned many a woman’s head,” boasted a, young nobleman of K ranee. ‘‘Yes,” replied Tal leyrand. ■■atrutj from vou, : ’ A gentleman the otherevening objected to play ing cards with a voting lady because she had such a winning way about her.’ There were Seventy-four deaths by yellow fever in New Orleans on Tuesday, the 2 ith inst., and forty-fnr deaths on Wednesday, the 25th. “She is all my fancy ynh-trd her,’’ as the young Indian said of his favorite sduaw, whose face lie had just bedaubed with vermillion ami yellow ochre. The- Jk>ston Pitot, reports the death of John Lawrence Forrest, one of Ireland’s sweetest poets, lie died at Cincinnati, at the age of forty-three \ ears. L<>rd Byron once said. “You never know a man’s temper until you have, been imprisoned on hoard of a ship with him, or a woman’s until you have married her.” 1 luring an examination, a medical student be ing asked the question, “When does mortification ensue?” replied : “When-you pop the question, and are answered. ‘Mo.’ ” The most remarkable instance of indecision we ever heard of was that of the man who sat up all night because lie could not decide which to take oft’first, his coat or his boots. Rev trio. C. Shephard, D. I>. of Boston, has made a donation of SI.OOO towards the sum of 81*1.000, which the graduates resolved to raise to inere se the library of Amherst College. The Jews of London intend to present to Lady Jolin Russell a boudoirsnite, consisting of a table and four chairs, composed of solid silver, as a mark of their sense of the obligation they owo her hus band. “It is very difficult to live.” said a widow, with several girls, all in genteel poverty. “You must husband your time,” said a sage friend. “ I’d rather husband my daughters,” answered the poor lady. Everybody has heard of Buncombe speeches, and therefore they will not be surprised to hear that Samuel A. Buncombe recently made a speech at St. Paul, Minneso a, in honor of the Atlantic Telegraph. A peddler calling out an old lady to dispose of j some goods, inquired of her if she could tell him of any road on which no peddler had traveled. “Yes,’, replied she, “ I know of one, and that’s the road to Heaven.” A large tooth has been found on the banks of j Mongahela ’river. Jt is 14 inches circumference, four and three-quarter inches deep one way, and two and tlire-quarler inches thick the other, and weighs four pounds. Charles Matthews, jr., the son of an actor, was brought up as an architect. The father was once asked by a friend, what profession the young man was to be. ‘Why,’ said the comedian, ‘he is to draw houses, as Iris father does.’ An editor in the far West has bought a race j horse, for which he paid two thousand dollars. | On being asked what an editor had to do with a ; race-horse, lie replied that “lie was to he used in j catching runaway subscribers.’’ Os the 48 Senators who took their seats in the eighteenth Congress in 1824, but two survive— Martin Van Burcn of New York, and John Branch of North Carolina—the latter of whom was a member of Gen. Jackson’s first Cabinet. Cash helps courting along amazingly. Aston- j isliihg what balls and suppers, bracelets and a j “love of a bonnet,” suburban rides and picnics, j will do towards expanding the feminine heart j and getting into the father’s house—as well as the daughter’s ‘good graces.’ A colored clergyman, in New Haven, Conn., ’ has been arrested upon a charge, of stealing loath- j er and hides from the establishment of Messrs. Hilbert, on George street, in that city. The proof is said to be conclusive, and the accused was com mitted to jail in default of 8500 bonds. The Cotfeeville (Miss.) Inldlo/nun calls the edi tress of the Yazoo /turner “Mother Prewitt.” Sim on the supposition that lie means mother of the press, regrets the designation, since in that case says she’ “the (’otteeville editor is our.son, and Sol omon says, ‘a fool is a reproach to liis mother.’ ” Yi x kuar i kom W.vtkrx Ki.oxs. — Acorespondent ol lire Michigan Funner scraped oft” the pulp of wa termelons. strained it through a thick cloth, and boiled it down one half, or, as old cider boilers say, two to one, put it in a cask, and in three weeks “had most excellent vinegar,” which continued to improve with age.” i The oouuly ol Henderson, in North Carolina, I is said to he the only one in the State in which i every” male, save one. over twenty years of age, can reach It is doubtful if the same can be said of any other one in the South, perhaps not even in the New England States, where the system of education is so thorough. The ltith of August, on which the first telegram was sent across the ocean is memorable day in American annals. On that day, in set out on his expedition to Mexico; in 7777 the battle of Bennigton, and in 1780 the battle of Cam den, were fought, and in 182A the Nothern Sea was discovered by Captain Franklin. There was a white, frost at Rochester, New ! York on the 24th inst. In Cataraugus ( aunty. New York, on the 20th, the hills were covered with frost, and there were, signs of it in thevah Uws There was frost in various sections of Mas sachusetts on Thursday morning, 26th nist and at Franklin, N. 11. there was a snow squall of five minutes’ duration. The flowers live hy the tears that fall From the features of the skies : An<l life would have, no joys at all, Were there no watery eyes. Love thy sorrow; grief shall bring Its own excuse in sifter years; The rainbow! see how fair a thing t!od hath built up from tears. \ physician going dovm State-street with a I friend of his, said to him, ‘‘Let us avoid that pret |t*r little woman you see there on the left: she knows me, and casts on mo looks of indignation. I attended her husband—— ’ ’ “Ah ! I understand: you had the misfortune to I dispatch, him.” ■ . “On the contrary,” replied the doctor, T saved I him.” A rich man sent to call a physician for a slight ! disorder. The physician feet his pulse and asked i “l>c you eat well?” “Yes,” said the patient. “ Do you sleep well ?” “1 do” “Then,” said the physician, “I can give you 1 something to take away all thtif, it you think it necessary.” “* How TO CO TO Si.keh —No doubt, there are many j : of our readers who understand tins delightful art j ! to perfection, but there are eerta n conditions oi i animal economy, even in a state of health, when • tired nature’s sweet resort refuses to oloseour lids, an 3 seems pertinaciously to Hy fivrn us, though \voed ever so warmly. One wvitae recommends ‘! a “rolling of the eye balls.” Moir.rid idea! Jhe meet natural and iacilts method is to place the head in a comfortable position, anil then taking 1 a full inspiration, breathe as tnuoli as possible i through ‘the nostrils. The attention nwist now be ! i fixed upon the fact of breathing. Ilm patient must imagine that he seee the breath passing irom his nostrils, and the very moment h<> brings his mind to conooivo this apart froinall other ideas, consciousness and memory depart,—an.d he sleeps. The method is strange but simple, jmd the ex i periment will prove its truth. llimt; WITHOI T A MOTHER, W liat is lionu- williuu) a-mother/ Wjiui aw all I liy se joys wc nu-cl? Wiieu licjr loving smile iio longer. Greets the coininy ofowr feci ; The days seems long, the iJighis are drear, And t une rolls slowly on; And ()! how lew arc childhood's pleasures, When her gentle care is gone. Things we prize an: first to vanish. Hearts wo jovc lo pass away ! And how soon e’en in our childhood, We (K'ludd her turning grey. Her eyes grow dim, her stop is slow, Her joys on earth are passed, And before wc learn to know her. She hath b£eadicd on earth her last. Other hearts may have their sorrows ; Griefs that quickly die away ; Hut a mother lost in childhood, .Grieves the heart from day to day. We miss her kind and willing hand, Her fond and earnest care— And <>! h.nv drear is life around us. What's home without a mother's there f SCATTER Tilt-: OhKIIN Os THE BEAFTI- F(JL. Be;Mer the germs of the beautiful! Ilv the way side let them fall, That the rose may spring up hv the cottagegate, And the vine on the garden wall; Cover the rough and the rude of earth With a veil of leaves and (lowers, And mark with the opening hud and cup The march of summer hours. Scatter the germs of the beautiful In the holy shrine of homo ; Let the pure, and the fair, and the graceful there lit the loveliest come. Leave not a trace of deformity In the temple of the heart. But gather about iis earth the germs Os Nature and of An. Scalier the germs of the beautiful In the temples of our God— The God who starred the uplifted sky, And (lowered the trampled sod. When lie built a temple for himself, And a home for his priestly race, He roared each arch in symmetry, And carved eacli line in grace. Scatter tlie germs of the beautiful In the depth ot the human soul; They shall bud and blossom, and bear their fruit While the endless ages roll. Plant with the flowers of charity The portals of the tomb, And the fair and pure about thy path In paradise shall bloom. SALARIES AND WEALTH OF ACTORS. A New York paper has'been publishing some statistics on the subject of the pay of actors and actresses, which possesses much interest, ami es pecially to some of the young amateurs who form delusive ideas of the splendid incomes their tal ent will secure for them when they come regu larly before the public. From this it appears that Forrest receives 8200 a night, or half the house , but then, this is not a regular salary, and probably no other man on either side of the At lantic could ask or get a similar sum. George Jordan receives the largest regular salary of any man on the stage in the United States, lie gets $125 per week, (good looks will tell). Lester, Brougham, Blake. James Wallack, Walcot, Henry Placide, jEddy, < ’harles Mathews, for self and wife, and Conway, when playing on a salary, re ceive 8100 per week. Jefferson has been re ceiving 875, but intends demanding more next season. C. Wheatleigh, Burnett, 11. A. Perry, Tom Placide, George Holland and T. B. Johnson, SSO. H. B. Phillips, ‘(prompting and playing) C. W. Clarke, (managing and playing,) G. Boni face, G. H. Fox, John Sloan, H. Watkins, 835, and so on down to 4. Supernumeraries arc paid ‘25 cents per night; when they black 50 cents. Os the actresses, Mrs. Iloey receives SSO; Mrs. Vernon, 835 ; Mary Gannon, 830: Mrs. Hughes, Miss Wells, Miss Hathaway, Rosa Cline, Mrs. Par ker, and Ada Clifton, 820 : Mrs. Allen and Sarah Stevens, 820: Ballet girls from 83 to 80 per week each, ’fiic above sums refer to regular salaries, and have no reference to stars, whose incomes vary with the places, in which they act. Taking the best of the above salaries, allowing for lost time between engagments, the expenses of wardrobe (extra wa-lting for the wardrobe is often a con siderable item in :m actor’s expenses) and other drawbacks, and it will be seen that the pav of ac tors is by no means sa’ariesit should also be borne in nund arc wlmt they re ceive in prosperous times. As to wealth, Forrest and Burton sire the richest, both being set down at about 8300,000 each : Barney Williams at 870.- 000: Collins tho Irish actor, Miss J. M. Daven port, and Chau Iran, 830,000 each. Bouricault and C. W. Clarke, 825,000 each ; Xeafie and the Florences about 820,(*00 : Brougham Eddy, Eliza Logan, and Matida Herron about 810,000 each ; Maggie Mitchell about 87,000: Edwin Booth 85,000 and A. 11. Davenport, 82,< *00. HOME WIVES AND FOREIGN 111 SBANDS. Foreigners—that is to say, continental for eigners—do not seek American wives, except for their fortunes. This is tho plainest of all social truths. of course there have been cases'where foreigners, settling in this country and becoming American citizens, have married American girls, and made very good husbands. But foreign visit ors to this country, designing to return and re side in Europe, never many American girls for mere love. Their motives are those of fortune, i or of mere betrayal of virtue, knowing that a pre vious marriage has made the new tie legally im possible. We have never known one of these ; showy foreigners seriously desiring to marry a poor American girl: and we have never heard of ! an American girl, married to a foreigner and re j turning to Europe to reside, who had a happy life. ! Wives in France and Italy, and to some extent | even in Germany, do not occupy the happy and honorable position that they do in America and England: and husbands, in those countries, are often notoriously and shamelessly faithless. A more melancholy position than ol a neglected young American wife of a French husband, in the whirl of Paris, or the dismal splehdorcf any other ! European capital, can hardly be imagined. Many have come home to their parents after sftch wretched existence as this, glad to purchase tjieiy liberty and happiness, even at the sacrifice ot a larce part of their fortunes. There will he at every fashionable watering place, this summer, one or two or more ot these fascinating foreigners, who turn the heads of so many of the young American misses. V> atenng place botch, with their public and promiscuous tables and ball rooms, and their total freedon from the restraint of society at home, are favorite resorts of all kinds of adventurers, and French, German and Italian adventurers often find easy prey among the verdant young women and young men who go there for health and recreation. Let the fathers and mothers quietly keep their daught* ers out of the way of every one of them, and let the recent example of the scoundrel, the seducer and the bigamist, Riviere, be anew warning to them, teaching them that best thing they can do for the happiness of their daughters is to train them well in habits of refinement anti moderation, #nd fit them for good American wives, There will be no trouble in getting for them good American hus bands. Tree. —Every day we live, says an exchange, weave more than ever convinced that nine-tenths of the misfortunes which attend humanity are self-inflicted. People jump off railroad cars while in motion : go bathing in deep water when they cannot swim; imbibe spirituous liquor and meet with accidents; expose themselves regardless of prudence, and suffer all manner of most evil con sequences, rvliicli a little forethought would, in most cases, have averted. People know very well that a violation of the common law involves a penalty, and yet utterly ignore the fact that nature is still more inexorable than the legislature, and visits with correspoding punishments every trans gression of her laws. A witness being called into court to testify in a certain cause there pending, on being asked what he knew of the matter give the following lucid evidence, lie undertakes to relate a con versation between himself and the defendant. “Pat!” said he; “What said I; “Here said he; “Where?” said I; ‘lt’s cold!” Said he; “Faithit is!” said 1: “Olio!” said he; “Ah!” said I; ‘‘The Devil!” said he ; “When (whistling), said I; “And that's all he told me upon the subject.” <!>!> Nebraska isour largest Territory. It will make 70 States as large as X. Hampshire, and is about one sixth the size of Europe. The vineyards about Cincinnati are attacked ! by a species of rot, which will make the grape j crop a perfect failure. ! Two brothers by the name of Rich were lately j married to sisters by the name of Wings, and have since emigrated ; thus showing that riches taka . to themselves wings.