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A Weekly to Home LHecatare, Agpioittltare, Foreign ami Domestic Sews, Wit, Humor, &e.
M X S GJ& L iu A S K 0 US.
To-Morrow.
Did we but know what lies beyond
This varied, shadowy path we tread,
How often would our souls despond.
Our eyes the tears of sorrow shed?.
But Gol, who knows what’s best to do,
Who sees us from Lis starry throne,
Has wisely hidden-from our view
That which had best remain uuknown
Wo Walk to day in conscious pride,
And hang the flag of hope on high;
But ah, to-morrow by our side
Some friend may lay him down and die;
Some early- flftwe r that won our praise,
Some altar where we laid our trust;
Such’flower, eie flit's the evening rays,
May trampled be, and laid in dust.
Youth dreams of many glorious things,
Ar on he hies in pleasure’s track;
Each day some new horn promise brings,
He turns no e) oi sorrow back;
The flowery fields are all bo tore,
His eyes on some bright star are set;
Life is to him siu :. shore,
He’li learn it h... i.ts tkmlvws yet. .
To-morrow ! In its Secret shade,
1 little know wli.u is tor me;
I may he with my fathers laid,
Or wrecked on dire misfoi tune’s sea;
But far beyond life’s boundary lives
The everlasting army bright;
And He alone, who takes or gives,
Can guide mv wandering feet aright.
The Wm Id We Lx- in.
THE iiifi LiL. _T_
A rich old man, who had resided at the
extremity of the camp, quite apart from
tlie rest, had three daughters, the youngest
of whom, named Kookju, was as tuuch
distinguished tor her beauty as for her ex
traordinary wisdom.
One morning, as he was about driving
his cuttle flu sale to the (Jlian’s market
place, he begged his daughters to tell him
what presents they wished him to bring
them on bis return. The two eldest asked
him for trinkets; but the handsome and
wise Kookju said that she wanted no pres
ent, but that she had n request to make
which it would be difficult, and evi'n dan
gerous, for him to execute. Upon which,
herfather, who loved her more than the
two other, swore that he would do lier
wish, though it were at the priee of his
life.
“If it be so,” replied Kookju, “do as
follows : sell all your cattle except the
short-tailed ox ; and ask no other price for
it except the Chan's left eye.”
The old man was startled. However,
remembering his oath, and, confiding in
his daughter’s wisdom ho resolved to do at
she batie him.
Alter having sultl all his cattle, anti be
ing asked for the juice of his si,ort-tailed
ox, lie said he Would sell it for nothing else
but the (Jliau’s left *-.yd. The report of
this singular arid during request’ soou readi
ed the ears ol the Oban’s courtieis. At |
first, they admonished him not to use such j
offensive speech ag-it.st the Sovereign; Lut. |
when they found that he persevered in his i
strange demand, they bound him and ear- ‘
riecl iiiiii as a tiftffd-m'vn before the Chan.— !
The oldmuu t! ;e>y iuwself at the Prince's
ft-el, enu cunfe-s.-eu that the demund had
been made at the request of his daughter,
of whose motive he was j,ert ctly ignorant;
and the Chan, suspecting some secret must
be liiddeu uuder.lids extraordinary- request
dismissed the old man under the condition
that he would bring him tiiat daughter who
had inane it.
Kookjn appeared, : the Oltau asked :
“Why umst Utou instruct thy father to
demand my left eye 1”.
“Because 1 expect, and, my Prince, that:
after so strange curiosity waiuid I
urge thee to sen Sim riio.”
“And wherefore dost thou desire to see :
me?”
“1 wish to tuli the* a truth important to
tin self and thy people.”
“Name it.’’
“Prince. ’ rentalked Kookju. “when two
persons appear helore tiiee in the case, the
wealthy and noble generally stand on the 1
right hand, while the poor and humble
stand on the left. I have heard iu my sol-,
itude that thou most frequently favorcst j
the noble and rich. This is. the reason I
why 1 jiorsuaded my father to disk lor thy
left “eye; it being of no use to tbee, since
thou never seect the pom-and unprotected.”
The Chan, incensed and surprised at
the daring of the triaideu, cominauded his
court lo try her. The court was opened,
and Uie president, who was the eldest
Lama, proposed that they should try
whether her strange proceeding was the
effect of malice cr wisdom.
The first step was to send to Kodhju a
log of wood, cut even on all sides, ordering
| her to find out which was the root and
i which the top. Kookju threw it into the
prater, and soon knew the answer, on see
! ing the root sinking, while the top rose to
J the surface.
After which, they sent her two suakes
|to determine which was the male, and
wbfch was tba female. The Visa’ maiden
iai’j them on eottou, and on seeing that one
codes 4 * RkH in a ring, while the other crept
away k be jodgad that the latter was the
(iftTe Mil ■ few** <he female
GREENESBORO’, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 1,1860.
From these trials the Court was convinc
ed that Kookju had not offended the Chan
from motives of malice, butattlio inspira
tion of wisdom granted ter from above.—
But not so with the Chan j his vanity was
hurt; and he resolved to puzzle her with
questions, in order to prove that site was
not wise. He, therefore, ordered het be
fore him, and asked :
“On seflding a number of maidens iflto
the wood to gather apples, which of them
will bring home the most?’’
“She,” replied Kookju, “who, instead of
climbing up the tree, remains below and
picks tip those which have fallen off from
maturity or the shaking of the branches.”
The Chan then led her to a fen. and ask
ed her which w ould be the read’Ost way to
get over it, and Kookju said, --to cross it
would be farthest, going round nearest.”
Tim (Jliau felt vexed at the readiness anti
propriety of her replies ; and after reflect
ing for some time lie again inquired :
“Which is the safest means of becoming
known to many f”
“By assisting many that are unknown.”
“VV flat, is the surest means or always
leading a virtuous life ?”
“To begin every morning with a good
resolution.”
“Who is truly wise V’
“He who does not believe himself so.”
“Which are, the requisisties of a good
wife ?” j,
“She should he as beautiful as a pea
hop, gentle as a lamb, prudent as a mouse,
just as a faithful mirror, pine as the scale
of a fish ; site must mourn for her deceased
husband like a she camel, and lire m her
widowhood; like a bird w hich has lost its
wings.”
The Chan was astonished at the wisdom
of tlie fair Kookju ; yet enraged at her
for having reproached him with injuries,
lie still wished to destroy her.
After a few days he thought lie had
found the means for attaining his object,
lie sent for her and asked her to determine
the true, worth of all his treasures ; after
which, he promised to absolve her from
malice in questioning his justice, and to
adn.it that she intended as a wise w oman
even to warn him.
The maiden consented, yet-under the
condition that the Chan would promise her
implicit obedience to her commands tor
four days. On the last day she placed a
dish of meat before him, and said, “Con
fess, oli Chan ! that all thy treasures are
not worth as much as this joint of meat.’
The Chan was so struck with the truth of
her remark, that he confessed tlie truth of
it, acknowledged herns wise, married her
to his son, and permitted her constantly to
romindjiim to use his left eye.
Pure rifayaiT.
Religion is rich with glad influences,
for it is a principle infinitely varied—it
presides overt lie different phases of human
life, and sanctions and hallow* them ail./
lii ligiou forbids folly, forbids excess, for- j
bids an empty, frivolous living—and who ;
wishes to live so ? Religion bids us have
a time for all things, and wisely live tor a j
higher and purer destiny than any of this ,
earth. It bidsns not be j/rofane, or indo- ;
lent, or licentious, or w asteful. Who wish- i
es to be so? But it does n<t step-us of!
onetiuejoy. It forbids not one innocent’
amusement. Look up at tiie sky. Is not I
an expression of cheerfulness and joy there, j
blended w ith parity ? Look abroad upon i
the earth—-is not nature-glad 1 lias not
God dimpled'the valleys into smiles and i
thrown sunlight over the water, and crown-!
ed the hills with rejoicing ? It is true, life j
has many and grave duties— different j
spheres in life have different measures of
duty—and the true conscience must al- .
ways consult circumstances without and !
the great law within; but pleasure, amuse- j
ment —Religion forbids them not-—it gives
them a more genuine and delightful minis
try than’anything else can. Lut not only
this. It nows within us the seeds of an
undying joy that fails uot when outward j
means of-happiness fail—when animal spit-- j
its grow feeble and low, when sorrows
darken Arid cares appall This it gives us, !
shedding abroad a holy serenity in the!
heart, and imparting a calm lustre to the |
brow. It is a principle of truth, and there- |
fore ail-, ws us nothing that is treacherous!
and wrong; but all that makes us happy j
and grateful and guoxl it opens for us in !
abundant measure, It reveals new sources !
of happiness. It makes the spire of grass j
and tlio star beautiful ministers of delight, j
“Aud do we think that we must sacrifice j
pleasure by choosing Religion as our guide \
and our end ? it is a sad mistake, as they ,
well know who cling to the chalice of sin.
and drink the bitterness of its dregs. Do
not hesitate to follow Christ, because you
think your pleasures will be less. Every :
real source of enjoyment, every truly j
pleasaut thing, it sanctions, and deprives i
us only of the evil—and even fur this it
j far more than repays us. It may check a J
1 boisterous folly, but it bestows enduring
I peace of mind. It may forbid licentious
excess, but it enkuldles a glorious hope.—
It may put Lack the band that reaches out
! often clustering deceits, but it lights the
jpale cold face with a smile in death. No
thing, that is lawful uow, will be unlawful
j when you join thecburch. No true pleasure
will be less a pleasure then—it will he
deeper and more beneficial.
The (otion-spinning Interest of Eng
land.
The following lemarks on the interest
ing subject suggested in (lie title of this
, article, are from the pen of a Southern
gentleman who is especially will qualified
to write upon them :
‘T ew of your readers are aware of the
immense loss of Southern wealth incident
to the transportation of the cotton crop to
Europe in the present ‘raw’ or ‘lint’ form.
It is sei t forward as a colonial product to
England, where it is spun into yarn (or
thread,) and then re-exported to the conti
nent oi Europe, to India, China, and
South America, in immense quantities,
and with a corresponding enhancement in
value. It is the cotton lint which makes
valuable the coal and iron of Great Brit
ain. The great industry of England is
the cotton-spining industry, and in this
branch of manufacturing, the United
States are vet destined to supplant all
rivals.
“Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, and
| Maryland, are capable of becoming the
j cottou-spinneis ot the world, and we may
yet live to see the day when a bale of‘lint’
cotton otiered (or export to a foreign or
coastwise port’ will be as great a curiosity
as is now a halo of cotton in the seed. If
the American cotton crop were shipped in
the shape of yarn or thread, it would make
a saving to our national wealth iu the
items ot waste and transportation alone,
25 per cent, on the total crop, or say fifty
millions of dollars—a sum sufficient to
construct the Uacilie railroad, and cut a
ship canal across Florida. The Atlantic
.Southern States, from Georgia to Mary
land, would receive an addition to their
wealth, thiough the demand for coal, and
iron, and water-power, and the consequent
activity iu the inland railway interest.
’•The difference between the American
cotton crop in the ‘lint’ and in the ‘thread’
is the difference between a crop of ‘low
: oHlinary’ and ‘strictly good middling,’or
2j; to 3 cents a pound. For some very
interesting data on tins subject we refer
the reader to a calculation made by Mr.
G. G. Henry, of Mobile. While Mr.
Henry’s preliminary data are very im
portant, we have always found that this
plan of making each cotton-grower or
i planter also a cotton-spinner would be
1 iifiieult of accomplishment. But, like all
great improvements, original ideas are
seized liy practical minds'and turned into
account The idea ol shipping the Amer
ican cotton crop in the form of ‘yarn’ or
‘thread’ is now receiving the earnest at
tention of practical msn iu England, Ger
many, and America. It is a great meas
ure, and or:o possessing a vast amount of
interesting detail, which we may take oc
casion hereafter to make the subject of
special attention in this paper. Every
thing calculated to develop American in
dustry possesses an interest for ns, and we
r.to al ways particularly gratified when we
I see the Southern .States turning their at
tention to tlie immense resources so lav
| lshly bestowed upon them by the tsounti
| ful hand of Nature. We, therefore, wish
j the direct trade movement of the South
; that measure of success to which every
! fair commercial enterprise is entitled. If
, the cotton -citrp can he spun into thread
Iby the Atlantic Southern States ,of tbo
| South, and is another stride in power ta
| ken by ‘King Cotton.’
“In this connection we think it proper
’ to allude to the fact, that the Surat or In
| dian cottons aro valueless, except when
! used with the American staple. By yield
j mg tlie monopoly of spinning up our crop
I to England we have enabled her gradual
jly to introduce the Surat cotton into the
: cWitiuental markets, until now wo find
| that over seven hundred thousand bales
!of Surats are placed annually in Europe.
Every tale of‘lndia Surat - cotton which
England succeeds iu forcing into con
sumption through the aid of our good
ci. pied cottons, and by having the exclu
sive monopoly of‘spinning’ for tlie world,
j displaces a bale of our lower or‘inferior’
j grades, The consequence of this policy
jis now manifest at Liverpool. The lower
j grades of American cottons are not asked
i for, the English spinners having worked
iu the. India cotton, and nearly six hun
dred thousand hales are in Europe with
out buyers, and depreciating dailey in
| value. Does any one doubt that if these
six hundred thousand hales had been spun
into thread iu America they would have
i been preferred by the German, Swiss, or
I French weaver to the flimsy ‘Surat’ thread
I they are forced to take from England 1
j This is an exceedingly important matter,
and we trust it will he carefully looked
after, and successfully promoted, to the
end that we may become the spinners of
our own cotton crop, letting the world buy
the ‘thread’ front us.”
The Talent of Succcu. —Every man
! must patiently abide bis time. He must
i vfait. Not in listless idleness, uot in ue-
I less pastime, nut in querulous dejection,
but in constant, steady, cheerful endeavor,
; alwM) s willing, fulfilling and accomplish
j iug his task, “that when the occasion
1 comes he uiay be equal to tbe occasion.”
| The talent of success is nothing more than
I doing what you can do well, without a
I thought of lame. If it comes at all, it
j will come because it is deserved, net be
cause it is to ight after. It is a very
indiscreet and tioublesome ambition which
cares so much about fame, above what
the world says ot us—to he always looking
in the face of others for approval- -to be
always anxious about the effect, of what
we do or say—to he always shouting to
hear the echoes of our own voices.
Washington Irving’s First Love.
When young he became intimately
acquainted with a daughter of one of the
Knickerbockers of the time, sturdy in
family wealth. With the young lady he
pressed his suit successfully ; and in time
the father might have succumbed, despite
the fact that he regarded tLe resources
wirh which Irving proposed to support a
wite too slender to maintain that style of
luxury to which his daughter had been ■
accustomed. Iu an evil hour, as it seem
ed, a Dr. Creighton, a minister of the
Episcopal church, despite his Scottish
parentage, fell iu with the gentleman
whom Irving was desirious to make’ his
father-in-law. The clergyman’s eyes were
dazzled by the beauty of the young lady,
and the eyes of the father had beeu blin
ded to all other considerations hut the
wealth which Creighton offered, together
with Lis heart. Timeand persistency pushed
Trying from the scene, and the girl, obe
dient to her fatlier’surgententreaties, gave
his preference the precedonee of her own,
But the saddest part of the story remains
to be told, When tbo question of the
marriage porlion was under consideration,
the father stated that the family had been
tainted with insanity; and, to guard against
the evils of harsh treatment, should his
daughter he afflicted with the same malady
insisted that a certain sum should he set
aside, which, in the event of such a calam
ity, should tie devoted to her maintenance
on her estate on the banks of the Hudson,
and that in no event should she he
removed Irom the mansion there.
The terms the ardent suitor, hoping for
the best, complied with. It may have
been the result of hereditary disease, or of
the effort to crush out and kill her young
hopes, hut not many years elapsed before
the young wife was a raving maniac. She
became so violent that confinement was
rendered neeessaiy, and the family man
sion was converted into an asylum, Dr.-
Creighton building another heuse on a
distant paitcftlie estate. The unfortunate
woman is still living, and on quiet nights
her shriek may be heard shrilling along
the banka of the river—almost audible, too,
at tlie secluded retreat which Irving occu
pies. No heart but his own knows how
much the sad event may have tinged his
own life, or to what exertions it may have
urged him in attempting to drown all re
membrances of his disappointment. Dr.
Creighton lias for years officiated at the
humble chapel where Irving worshiped;
and, singular enough, read the burial ser
vice for his former rival. To those who
were aware ofiliesetnournful circumstances
the strange coincidence must have been
exceedingly painful. There aro hut few
portraits or busts of Mr. Irving in existence,
as he, in the last years of his life, persis
tently refused to place himself at the
disposal of any artist, however celebrated.
Siiaviug Preached Agalusl.
A theologian of Cambridge University i
(England) has published a sermon ill which
ho declares shaving to ho “a Hindrance to
the spread of the gospel.” lie says :
‘‘While the hells of our churches arc;
pealing their welcome to the house ot j
prayer, whilo thousands of devout, albeit ;
close-shaved Christians, aro wending their ;
way to the sanctuary, lo! iu every by
street a shaving shop stlnds open, and
through the glazed door you see —what ?
A human face soaped and lathered to the
eyes, with another immortal being stand
ing at bis side, one hand grasping Lis vic
tim’s nose, and the other defying the com
mandment of God with the uplifted steel.
Who can doubt that a willful transgression
of the fourth commandment is in process,
and that the histrionic art itself is called
into exercise on the holy day 1 For, look,
the evidence is before you. The opera
tion begins ; the razor is applied. Bit by
hit the lather disappears; and, after winces
and wry faces, and twisting and contor
tions, this serin comic performance is con
cluded. The lip and chin are denuded of
nature’s edifying garb ; and the liberated
subject takes his place—too late, alas!
for church now—in civilized society. He
ia a cleaner (as the effeminate will talk), if
.not a better man. But why cleaner 1 Be
cause a fashion, dating from a licentious
period, has attached a false idea of un
cleanliness to hair upon the mouth and
chin. And, to gratify this false taste, this
arbitAry whim, hours of valuable time
must be wasted, and the bless and Hah hath
desecrated.”
Young Lady Killed by her Beothcr-in-
Low. —Miss Catharine Thom was shot by
her hrotber-iii-law. Wm. D. Totty, at
Uichmand, Vs., on Wednesday morning,
And died about eleven o’clock at night.
It appears that Catharine Thom, some
time# celled vKitty,” was a very beautiful
girl, not quite eighteen of age. Totty.
her brother-in-law, had become desperately
enamored of Kitty, and on more than otic
occasion had begged her to elope with
him. The idea of being instrumental in
rendering her own sister a “grass wd*w“
Terms—sl,so Always in Advance.
Kitty ould riot tolerate, so she invariably
and indignantly spurned all of Totty’s
unholy-propositions.
On Wednesday morning the deceased
was sitting at the breakfast table, when
Totty entered and seated himself in a
chair next to liis sister-in-law. In pre
sence of two other persons—Mrs. Adairs
and a young man named Trea.-cnt Orange
—he drew forth a pistol, laid it upon the
table, and addressing deceased said, “Will
you go V Sbo replied that she would not,
and told him to take away his weapon.—
He then lifted it from the table, and again
demanded, “Will you go 1” Miss Thom
replied, “1 will will not,” wherenpon lie
placed the muzzle of the pistol to her side,
discharged it and fled. He is still at
large. The father of Miss Thom, as will
as the lady herself and Totty ami his wife,
all lived in the same house, where Totty
had lutely gone to keep a drinking place,
though ‘formerly lie had been a sober and
trustworthy policeman.
Archbishop Hughes Ainoug the Ladies—
A Practical Spot ch.
Bishop Hughes distributed the premi
ums at the Mount St. Vincent Academy
of the Visitation, near New York, on Tues
day last, and at the conclusion of the ex
ercises, addressed the young ladies as tol
lows :
“Mv Dear Children and Young La
dies : —1 have witnessed many anniversa
ries in which you received the testimoni
ials of merit to which you wore entitled,-
but 1 do not remember any occasion which
excelled the exercises of to-day. Blit I
will not enlarge upon this ; there are prob
ably a great many in this audience better
able to appreciate the merits of your per
formance than I am. We have the honor
of having many distinguished persons pres
ent with us to-day—not strangers, but
friends. Only one thing has troubled us
during the exercise—your speeches made
us sad—but this was to he expected from
the nature of the occasion, when friend*
and schoolmates were nbo.pt to take leave
of each other. But the cEief thing that
has troubled dip is the dilemma in which
one of the streakers placed the Sisters of
Charity, by quoting a remark from me.—
Tiue it is that they have none to oveidpok
them upon this hallowed ground but angels;
unless, indeed, our Jersey friends on the
other side of the river may look down up
on them. | Laughter.) But the dilemma
iu which they are placed is this ; if the
term angel can be applied to those'good
spirits that look down on the Sisters from
above, why cannot the same term be ap
plied to the young ladies I see before me ?
Here, then, are the Sisters between two
sets of angels ; the one overlooking tliqin
from above, and the other looking up to
them for guidance and instruction.—-
| Laughter.] Isn’t that a dangerous posi
tion to place the sisters in ? May not this
double compliment from earth and lleaven
make them vain ? [Renewed laughter, in
which the Sisters heartily joined.]
“But to return ; although it is of tLe
utmost importance, young ladies, that you
should have a good education, should be
accomplished, cultivated, graceful and
refined, yet there are other things that
cannot be lost sight of. Before another
year rolls around I propose to arrange
witli the Sisters for anew branch of study
in the Academy. ’ That branch of study
is what the French call the science of
et It is the science of keeping house
and that we all know commences with the
kitchen. Every young lady. I don’t care
if slw bo a-queen’s daughter, ought to
undcrstßnd that department of lit#. Even
though she may not have to practice it,
though she inay be able to hire her cook
yet she should understand it herself, for it
may happen some day that the cook will 1
dismiss her. [Great lauglitrr.] What a
predicament she would be in then. Well,
what I was going to say was that the
Sisters should arrange it so that all the
girls over thirteen years of age should be
enabled to spend a portion of the time Its
the kitchen, and become acquainted witfc
cooking and housekeeping. Here will be
anew bureau of education- [Laughter.]
Wc shall then have the theory and some
piacticc toe.
“Another point and I will close. At
the end of another year, if living, and my
purse is long enough, 1 am going to give
a gold medal of not less than 850 in value, ’
to the young lady who will write the best
essay, not exceeding five pages in length,
upon this great new science that I liava
spoken of,” [Laughter and applause.]
Old New*paper*. —Many people take
newspapers, but few preserve them ; the
most interesting reading imaginable, is a
tile of old newspapers. It brings up the
very age with nil its genius, and its spirit
more than the most labored description of
the historian. Who can take a paper dat
ed half a century ago, without the thought
that almost every name there printed, is
now cut upon a tombstone, at the head of
an epitaph ? The doctor (auack or regu
lar,) that there advertised bis medicines,
and their cures, has followed the sable
train of bis patients—the merchant bis
ships—and the actor, who could make
others laugh or weep, can noar only furn
ish a skufl for his successors in Haotiei.
It is easy to preserve newspapers, a*d
they will repay the trouble; for like *tne,
ihsir value increases with the! X ass •
NUMBER 31.