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166 i6c e! I u itc ou a ‘:S ctocti ou S < WALKING LEAVES OF AFSTHALIA. , ~,-vbo'iv hie heard of tli- m<r*3ciful ri i . .act vof tlmt Island many people really bo . , lea ~| a , <rtain tree which flour f)]i , (~,,,1,1 u.,lk about the ground. The .(oi v arose in lids “ay . Some English sailors land ,j. , „and,,iv, and after roaming about .‘ ,i ( ... uc , •,■.,,_ sat down undci u tree to \ j. jr <il wind • nine along and . .. s | l{ .,..•<• leave , which, after turning over (j, .ft-, h.avt generally do, finally . o|i |] u . -iruiiml. \s it .r midsummer and thii ■■ ai>’.cared (inite green, flic- circumstance .j ,|... considerably. Biitnftei Mirjiri.se ~ l( j| ~t-r, i ■ yon may well suppose, when, .. . nfjort tin. thi v saw the h aves crawling along • round towards the trunk of thu tree. They nl . ■ f„. their vc “I, without stopping to ex mi,, th” mutter at all, and set >;iil from the where . ’ ciwthing seemed to lea bewitched.- — , , .ft |, 1! lid that he “expected every moment •, , the Ire fto and -him'. a jig. e„|, ‘•(■in. ii c-. ploi.it inns of Australia have taught ~ (!,,.( t)„- e walking leaves arc insgets. The’, live upon the tic. ■ Their bodit arc very lin and flat, their wings forming large leaf-life or iin When they arc disturbed tlo ir legs are Ibid .l cv 11 id i thc.ir bodies, leaving flu hape exact- Oil ;.)• with its -tetn and all complete, they l";i blight green color in the siinttner, but tlmy i hi.ll v change in tie- fall, with the leaves, to the „of a frost-bitten v egetation. When shaken 1,... (1, |,ve they lie f ( a few minutes upon the i. cl a- thouch thev were dead, hut presently tiny , , ioi . i . low rd? the tree, vvli'eli they , i■, Thev rarely use their wings, although th- i p'vtt v well supplied in this respect. U WKdIOTE OF SHERIDAN, i'.ih.w mg am in iitic itv-. dote in connection i, ;>), |inn v i.aue and Sheridan has not. before, as re \ loigi-nc'd in punt, Holland, the architect, ■ ! 1,.-, ,!• obtain a settlement, or i. ven an intcr c. i the uhje ( with Sheridan. He huntedhiui r ■ks and months at his own house, at the the ai hi usual resold,s, but be was nowhere to be : W last, he tracked him to the st ipe door, rush ,,|in in pile of the opposition of the hurley porter, on,! ~mil the manager on the stage, conversing with v . i-otic men, whom lie had ’invited to show is tin tin. Sheridan saw Holland apjo-eich- Uiio v,. g that e-t ape wa- this time impossi ■ut a bold far eu the matter, i. . inv ih-ar lei'ovv,’ he exclaimed, “you arc the j , i mm t w iied : > see- you have come most 1 1 1 utv nrry you have.liml tht trouble ■> !\en, but now vu arc here, in a - , ite l shall be i,< liheity :v, will then go ct : >milhi ..id • • tile om .iHhiis, Hut >ir * . i uni ..e erie all important qit fion hero c ~ M ... ..hi iiiiui I, ‘. me th i are rnnifiLJnts, t:ii the traosiuisi-irtn <*f ->und i. de i: oiir beautiful theatre: thud, in fact tin . jj, s , urn i tear ! ali, and that is the reason why tiiev ha\i Iwcaine so noisy ol lAte.” “s mill dofi-etwe? not hoar!” reitorated the ns ; I ft ii arclut’ 1 1, tuiniug pale, aud almost staggor :ud -mv it i the most perfect building for -I that i ver was . > cted ; i’ll ch-do mv reputa b. ion it, tin* complaint is most groundless.’’ v, retorted Sheridan: “but now we’l! i ice- the ipie -tint) to . moj definitely, and then have ai e-iupli or two m tdie p.iper,-. I’ ,yo t,llollaml ml jilu• ••* voni’ . lfm the hack of tb.. upper galle tv. whiW 1 land hereon the singe and talk to von.” ■ , ‘iair.lv ” said II . hiland, “with I lie ere :f, ; plea, sure.” \ lantern v :,*- provided, with a trusty guidl', and ’ Ji* ••• ■ V ..| ; e v . ;, |( p ~pp.n p • on! wiiolin;: pus :c ~ ahnoM a day's journev, until ■ rcaclied ids disunt and (derated posh Vow*, Mr. Holland. ii*st Sh : Inn, “are von there and ready ?” \> was thtf immediate answer •■(‘an you hear me ; ” I’s i otlv, perti<*tly, Mr. Sheridan !' ! d’lirii I wish you a very good morning.” i’ 1 ’ . > ‘li an -"* ]>) -ircd, and was two or v oil bitVoo I to.’and could descend. Vn i: r long i rtter vw I oCCUtTi and in’ lit* was alii,'to h, iiiv, o ids lair again. i mt .1(1 Iv 151 Mi \M) THE V • w , cinuo.mims an more siruie.ly imbued with p s i si ‘ uj- iM'-ra. ing than the rood people of . aativi/. New A oik •.••’.is talk ‘Vogel’’ and “on- i giic .i* I’on.- they talk petn,” in Nate he/, they u,l* they believe in quadrupeds nd north -lU|. e'-c idi 1-i. Hip till existing vjifliirent degrees 0!’ • neon ut. Io . v,i ( (he bceti st hoi ein .Xatciiv/. ’ ,c ‘ 1 *’ (>-v -un| e ol un hour m comparison , 01, ~ l u ..... . , . - - 1 ‘ ’“i K> sUihs into mere 1 ‘“ ‘ ‘ 1 1 1 i>>-, v • *J\ place. huil | l <-10 •’ UMIH: ‘|Ulll ty Ol’ l Xfitl'llUMl! j i- 1 ii ‘ Ihe last raoi of the last dav I “" ” 1 1 1,1 !i ’ ‘ M* l ! “pen to ovefv horse that i s'.ini, entrance ” h-.i | vi, to go-in was a Yankee 1 I “ O’ !', Willi a surrol O ‘.i of rather promising pro ‘ i'’ t I- \\ ith tin. |.eg-.; |,y l,is side, lIC lItUS Mad rested one ot the judge,. . ’ ‘•'• ’ ,l '* t *'• 1 ‘’l'l .iU. to go iii tor that no l>u ’ “Vs ha with*” “lliat sorrel cult,” “Is he speedy V* ’ into 1, , | wouldn't wish to rik a 1-mml } <w ini wore on i\hi result ” i l . ‘ 1 ’> ni ‘d entrance (is t ner v k Uie aunts, ‘••• , 1 “ a^ Kl which claimed f >o’ u,ri.;: ‘- ” ,V V “ ,l ■ ‘” st ,u, ’ l 'try, and brought ‘ th, *h *h<> wittMtttd 4 a ,. k I'’” I'’ 1 '’ ‘ Vts * Ja '“ H, nk > of thclWiievtie Horn*. } jht . kl'jwo <re ‘ ‘ K * * hc.it Ji.il* “ue lyht competitor* besides jdm Vankt <• The tatter was u suinr i soi id colt, with ja fine eye, and a lift of the hind leg that indicated j speed and bottom. “Bring up your hoi ea,’ said ihcjudge. The liorei • u cro brought up —the Yankee gather-. ed up his mins and adjusted hi : stirrups. AV hiledo-1 ingtbis, Mi Bink went to the rear of the sorrel colt j and placed a chestnut burr under bis tail. The next j moment tin order to “Go” was given, and away j Went nine hoi , sos all pos-il>le ages and conditions, i The A ankee . sorrel was ahead, and kept there.—- “Tin-wan” was evidently pleased with the way thing vver, working, and- miled a smile that scum cd to ay, “that pU.-'K will be mine in less lime than , it would take a grew , and nigger to slid’ down a map- • ci liberty-pole.” I’one fellow ‘ lie hadn't icckoned on ti>M eiiestmu • burr! The “irritant” that Jack Kink had adminis-J toied not only increased the animal's velocity, but j lii- ugline s. He not only ran like a deer, but he refused ft, do anything else. As the A ankee ap- Ipl eached the jnil.g, ’- stand, lie c-saved to pull up, but it was no go. Ife might ns well have tried to stop a I homier bolt with a yard of log-. The A’ankce rt ,li 1 1 the stand- A ankee passed the -tiiiul - A .111- k< c, in lull career went down the load! AA lien l:iM seen, the A ankee via passing through, the “adjoining county” in old “-John Gilpin” fashion, j and at a speed that mad” the people look a! him as ‘That comet” that wa- to make its appearance in the I fall of 1 “bl 1 Where poor sorrel “gin out” il is im possible to say. .All we know is that A'nnkeo has never been heard of from that day to ihi , while his “v agon load of tin ware” still figures as one of the {giut leading attractions in the museum of Natchez. A letter , f Fisher Aim s, dated May 3d, 1780, : llius de-'ci ibis the inauguration of AA'a-hineton, as I iV-ident of the Fnite 1 Htatcs: “f was present in the pew with the president, and ; must assure you that, after making all deductions for ! the delusion of one’s fancy in regard to character, 1 i still think of liitn vvilh more veneration than any oth • •t- per.-on. Tino I . -made havoc upon Ids face.— ; That, and . soy oilier circumstances not to be rea- ! .-•‘ill'll llh- 11, ( Uisj ii” to k■ 1 ; ll|l th,- nwt ivbil'll !: brought with me. lb addie -cd tin two Houses in the Si mile (1 amber; it was a very solemn scene, I find quilt of the touching kind. His aspect grave, almost lo sadm- his modesty, (actually shaking); his voice deep, a little tremulous, and so low as to call for close attention, added to tin* series of objects pro anii'd to the mind and overwhelming it, produced j emotions ot the mo t atil cting kind upon the ntetn berv. T. I’ilgarlie -at enlranced. It seemed to me > an allegory in which virtue was personified, and ad- 1 j dressing those whom she would make hei votaries., Her power over the heart was never greater, and the i illustration of In 1 doctrine by- her ”vvn example was never uvorc perfect.” babies’ CsUi> r*.-m lli’ K-K’llfylt 1 I* iIK'MMI. i:r u:\ti.i: to Tin nt smi>. ’ -0- i hv Xfiis.n. ii mi lie pun tie to di y husband. lit an ndlcr, nil ility long, Atr.nl the ilia and tumult, lie battle* with the throne. ; No wonder that the uolile Ixvow (irows clouded with the rare i hat foe see- on his heart anil hands While he is struggling there. And when the night has gathered home The loved one to his rest; lie gentle—-if no smile appears, There's sorrow in his breast. I is true, you mis* the welcome voice, \\ lmse tones are always kind, Vml long to raise the cloud that easts \ shadow on his mind. Vet, nevi r fear, that through it all Thy presence is not blest; for like the sunshine, through, the storm. It Inina’ swe: t thoughts of rest 1 ° And many times, when labor-tossed, Thy gentle tones have come. And made glad music in his hi ai t. “Thanks he I >r thee—and home “ He sure, although he xpatl* it not. Thou an the star, whose tax Makes life, and love, and gildvth all In life’s dark, rugged way. And so he ever gentle, Kind words and deeds from thee Ihi more toward making labor light. Than ever thou could’st see - -*<••*- Y\SS I\ tl \l\ V \ ex t tss v. Soon, very si*w, must we leave this heautifnl earth, t with its many shades of joy and grief, love and hate, i hope and disappointment. Kre long we shall close i mu’ vv‘ on the dear familiar scenes around us. —i ‘“sin k hd hands will array n. for the silent grave. \ml,tbe places that know us now wilt know us tto longer And thus,. fondiv loved. - ... ....By us, Will lay ii’ in the grave, while S\\,yt rc't is found from every care, ” here evening brefres gi ntly wave. Their la-quiem sl>o\e the grave, lint, oh, when death calls me,- bury mo in . nne MUfat place, when ibt graaa grown green, and swe, t | Howeis bloom; “ hire bright birds sing their songs wjubl I rest; and perchance some tiny warbler mav 1 hvil.l her ncl above nr lonely resting place; and •here teach her tender fledgling- to spread their lint toring wing- and -n*r *"a> to the bright, blue -kv ; above; fit tv no of the pluming of the spirit's pinions as it leaves it- clayey tenement to return to Nod “ ho ‘ gave it 1 would he when the Autumn leaves, as one b\- ■ or.ot .ey fell (rotn the patent tree, might nestle lov ■neivm, ray In , n sting place ; as thev whisper in {n U * “passing .uvav“— ’ fSMUg .way:” ut. it would be bliss tu no where THE TEMPERANCE BANNER. the winter winds, a-they pri mournfully through j the leafless* tree.-, would never reach my grave, and j where Sj,ring’s warm on might brightly full on the sod neath which I rest, and .-Tweet bird* ing my only , requiem, while I sleep on undisturbed in my long S dreamless slumber; flowers may mark my resting ; place- -tor I would haw No monuuicntal stone, To mark the place I chose so lone, No, none such useless show, Cut the birds sweet notes as they float along, Knougli will tell the careless throng, Os one who klec-ps below. LIGHT AT HOME. The heart that answer- not gushingly to the fol j low ing description ol an LMen-homc, iiiu.-i he dc ; [ii uved indeed: “AA here congenial croatioti* meet here, in a true :holy relation, the children thu- born arc tin flower ing- of kdeii, as John Neal lias said, ‘ the eritoganiia of the skies.” Lovingly the heavens bloom over the roof tree. F.arliest in flic morning, ]l>|>o.*in.s hviiin I ,in golden light through the lattice, ami aslant his {rays glide down the ringers of angels, each sliding with lute-like melody to hlcss the morning dream.— More gladsome and more powerful angeLs use the sharp, warm rays of the sun, coiii'ser-like, and they j enter in and move here and there with groat joy, making glad everything within the precincts, mag netizing all within into happiness, so that the dis cords and turmoil, s of the world without ale forgot ten or unknown. “ All that day they come and go-—thev move in what nun call sunshine athwart the carpet, they dance like a. golden hall through the crevice.- in the j cornice, and adowu the garden walk they march in bright battallions. They stir at the curtain, they pro-x the bud and ii blooms, they ki.-s the fountain I and ii is a rainbow, they • ven touch the harp and it giv,-- out one note so heavenly sweet that you turn round and wonder whence il came; then tin pen dants of the chafid'lier clink, and the bird- give out melody, and the babe smiles in its cradle, all because! of tin- loving angels who came to the household just j as they go to heaven where love i-. “Ah! the garments wax not cold there—the moth j and rust of discontent mar no line of beauty there white doves coo from the cave-tops, and the trees lean away from the roof lest their great branches shut out the sunshine and the blue sky, and the lov ing stars that brood over it. Fair children creep to j the threshold: creeping children look out wondering | yet gladsome, as if they looked first out into the reat world from the heaven of home—they shrink inward ! again, hut. at length they bound over the door-sill,) j leaving the sunlight upon the door, and stealing in | ward to where lies the Bible upon the table, a motli | er’s pure brow lifted in prayer. | “Onward, onward, onward, casting hut few trail-1 sient glances backward, they go,.hut at length sick-1 ness comes, and they long lor the dear old home; ‘or row cotnes, and they s.-c the sunshine streaming ’as of old, through tin open door, and falling upon the ‘acred word, hut the mother is an angel now, and they long to return to the dear old good home. I'hen passion and change, and tumult, shake the’ man mightily, and lie rests not day nor night till lie too, sets up the altar at home, and calls the angels to enter th tabieinaclo lie has built. Woman, thou art the angel of home. Do, look not into thy gild. I |ed glass, but look down into the clear, bright (bun- ! 1 tain which gave hack thy face in childhood. Art’ : thou an angel of light causing sunshine ox er the Mil? ; or of darkness brooding like a raven’’ wing over the holy altar: ’ DARK Vs HOME, In contr.ist to the above, the follow ing is „,t f - ,,,. hatred has its home also. Here it Is: j “The morning star sends down his angels into the! abode, hut it is already filled. Discord is knitting! the cruel nerve, and making deep the harsh wrinkle. lUisy, mischief-loving spirits prompt the hloxr-bwmg! hand and whisper and gibber malicious, envious, and jealous dreams in the sleeping eat The sun glides 1 jubilant into the window, but he is repelled by damp ‘ noisome images lurking within. Moles alK f (, a(s and moths and reptiles, silently destroy. Dark vines! darken the lattice. The raven and the ni'dit-oxrl have occupied the roof. Obscure tappings and mvs terions movements till the place more with terror than with awe. The child in the cradle erics sharply for the holy guardian contends with a black spirit which would force him away. Children creep to the i threshold, and look out into the great unknown world,! hut it looks less terrible than home, and they creep! forth xxilliug to encounter the worst. They look’ backward, but there is no sunshine on the* shl, no brooding Ene-nrteel there. Sickness conies, and the cold charity ot the stranger is welcome. Sorrow comes, and the silver cord that hinds together the great human family, draws him into the circle, and owns him as a brother Passion and crime pluck at the miserable man, and there are tio memories of holy xvi.'dont to remember, no prayer rising like a issil incense betxv.ui the s.vrrehodheart and heaven, and In I tatties the world alone, xveak and unaided, lor home was im home tor the spirit. Woman look t ’ it. Hu* is thy work—this blood is upon thv skirts.” HIXTS, If your tlat-irons are rough and smoky, lay a lit tle tint salt on a flat surface rub them well, it will prevent them bum sticking to anything Marched, and make them smooth Hub your griddle with line salt before you grease it, ; nd your cakes xxill not stick. When walnuts have becu kept until the mostt is j too much dried t,, be good, let them stand in milk, and water eight hour., then dry them, and they nil! lie as fi\ sh as when nbxv. It is a good plan to keep your different kinds of j Pieces, t ine, thread, Ac., in separate bags, and there’s! no time ;''t in look in? for them. Out stiaw is f wst fm fining rtf beds, and it is well’ to change it as olten as once a rear Cedar chests are lust to keep flannels, for cloth moths are- never found in them, lxed cedar chips are good to keep in drawers, ward robes, closets, trunks, ■Vc., to keep out moths, hen cloths have acquired an unpleasant odor by being from tin air, char. .>oi laid in the folds xx ill soon remove it. ll’ black* dresses have been stained, boij ;l handful of tig haves in a quait of water, and reduce it to r, pirn. V sponge, dipped in this liquid and tubbed upon ibem, will • ntitcly remove .tains frr.rn ,Tares, bombazines. ,tc. In laving up furs for summer, lay a tallow < nndie in 01 m ar them, hjuYiio danger from worms will oc cur. C|c Cfmptraitcf PENFIELD, GEORGIA. Saturday Morn inn. October 20. 1855. THE SOri’HER.V LITE KART MESNF.MiEIt. The proprietoif of ihis publication have notified the public, that unless their subscribers pay up punc tually their indebtedness, the existence of this excel lent Southern Monthly will end with this year. AV ill u~ suhscribeis -.land by and see it die, when they have the money in their pockets, justly due its proprietors, which if paid yver, would perpetuate its existence, and establish it on a firm basis'* Where is the boasted chivalry and patriotism of Southern men? But why ask for chivalry and patriotism, in men who manifest a want of common honesty, by withholding from publishers their just dues, aud thus! cripple and destroy the influence of a Journal, that] has never failed to defend the peculiar institutions of j the South, and in point of literary merit has never j fallen below the standard of the very best Ameircan Magazines? Winn men take other tilings, and j agree to pay for them, use them, and then refuse to i pay, they are called th*h but when a man takes j a news)taper, or a magazine, he can refuse to pay i with impunity, and is looked upon aga liberal patron , of letters, while the publisher, whom he defrauds, is i looked upon ns illiberal and ungrateful, if he dares < to demand his just dues. What i- true in one ease, j i is.true in the other: and the man who subscribes i ! for n newspaper, reads it, and refuses to pay for it is i ! just as ilitihonat as the man who refuses to pay his : tailor’s bill, oV his store account. This is our private | Opinion, and we take the lihei ty of expressing it : publicly. The probability now is, thai in a few months the j Southern Literary Messenger, will be added to the long list of literary enterprises that have been under-! taken in the South, and have been left a dead expense j I on the hands of the underbill r The Southern public, i i shedding a few “natural tears, but wiping them .soon,” j j will hold a coroner's inquest over the deceased, and ! render in the same old verdict, “ Died of a natural j death. A natural death indeed! In our estimation i : a most unnatural death ! The proper verdict would j j be, that it was killed—**turred to death by its friends j j —strangled by the hands of its dishonest suhscri- j I hors, who seized upon its vitals with the same death’s j i grasp with which they held hack its dues—perished ■ j out, by the transparent folly and suicidal petiurious i mss of Southern people—whose institutions it de- i : fended, who e literature it nurtured, whose interests j i it adv ocated -who in return Ibi all this have left it a i dog-licked Lazarus, to lyed upon the crumbs of the feast which the}* furnish Northern publications.— i Truly may it he said of Southern people, they take | the children's bread and cast it unto dogs—dogs that I bite the hand that feeds—-dogs that “worry and de i voir” their benefactors! How long shall this state of tilings exist? How hug “ill the failure ot these literary enterprises be a reproach, a shame, a burning disgrace to tho South ern people? How long will we endure the taunts of : tlie North? How long will the land of flowers and i sunbtauis, rely for a literature, upon the land offrost | and fanatics? 1 low long will it he, before Taste, Sei i cuce, -Art, and Literature will prefer the leafy bovvers j of the Sunny South to the ice palaces of the frozen i North, ami make their permanent abode in the homes) iof “beautiful women and brave men How long will. the South-m people pursue the. truckling, suicidal ’ policy rd’ depending upon the North—of patronizing! , In- 1 periodical literature, which abuses our insfito- i turns, and of ueglcting our own which is the only | means by which wc can hope to develop Southern : genius and build up Southern Literature? TRUST NOT APPEARANCES, \ volume of wisdom—a life-time experience, is j contained in the above maxim. How much of sor row, anil trouble, and disappointment would he avoided if we could always act in accordance with its teachings ! llow many life pilgrims, have fatln by the wayside, gasping and thirsting for the mirage jof the tin watered desert! How many a laughing, i joyous youth, buoyant with hope, who made the : morning of life vocal with shouts of joy, hath set j himself down, by the gulden gates of evening, to ’ ; pour forth his lamentations, and mingle with the fall | ing dews the hitter tears of repentance and i emm-.se! I llow many stout-hearted men, who have hauled , courageously in life's warfare, when contemplating j j the devious- track of their past life, in pursuit of; bursting hubbies and fading phantoms, while they have neglected the vital verities of earth, could, with j Shelley, He down “like a tireti child,” and weep , themselves to sleep—the d.-ep, quiet, unconscious rest of a dreamless sleep! Ji>w many true-hearted , women have trusted a 1 been deceived, have been j.pierced by “broken lev■ have made their hearts, the sepulchre of their brightest earthly hopes, and I consigned themselves w ith the resignation 0 f sullen | despair to a life-time of misery aiuulst the crushed , and broken idols of hi art-worship, that I.ove anil Hope had so carefully arranged and setup around i I the hearthstone! The failures, the disappointments, J the blurred paces of life-history, every human wreck that moulders along the highway <>f existence—all teach the same les-oti to the passer-by- ‘trust not np jpiaranccs. Tin whispering bret-*e that -careeiv ’ bends the fragrant (lower on its -lender -tem, aiul , gently toys w ith the curls of beauti, L- freqtumtlv but the prelude of the angry howling storm that des ohtte- th fields, and lays low the “giant monarch of. the forest-. ■’ Hu glorious King of day” that comes “rejoicing in the East,” unshorn a single beam, may set in darknos- ami clouds. The summer sea ■ reflecting from its calm -uefaco, the golden light ol heaven, may in one short hour grow dark and fear ful, Ix-neaUi tile -Inflow of tempest-driven eionds. 1 1 and lashed into fury, “swallow up fleets and navies.” In every vultfrnc of nature, on even page of |;,y , >'• *'• > ’ man’- experience iVlaitght ihi- ],. . ‘ But W, I .eVtr barn Tra,t „„t ,i rl . ( ,n , lfl , TALES to It THE TIMES. Wc arc indebted in t|,,. ,„ u h ol . foi „ . above wuik. This volume ‘Deacon bins mi female hdueation, or Tt,< Kvils of „ p.,,.. System ,fl Lducation, Illustrated hv Alice I ~v , .1 v, and Nc i llamlom,” and “The Fox and the M^'dr a ’* ’ lc :ll,lslrat,n 8 thl ‘OHrsc pursued by the orrm • ( and vicious towards the faithful defenders (lllt v ,and rigliieouciie.--.'-.'’ ‘I he tale ot Alice Ip.si art and Ned Kanrlom i imr-iMy adapted do the purpose of illustrating the bad effects that result from a defective system 0f,,, ucaiion. Ihe ambor of.jects to the present - v . u .„ ol fashionable female education, which sacrilic,- ,! ! useful to the orm,menial, the practical to the roinam tic, and cultivates the head at the expense ~f t| u mart. He portray* in strong colors many evils ft, female education, and weaves in the web id . lVcrv ’ graceful story, many a shining thread of truth. For instance, the following description of Alice I at college, would suit very well, some ,1,.’ Jair< lit it i'll of'; 1 our years had passed away. Alice h-,.1 ,■ an apt scholar, and the institution was reported U ms teachers to lie in a prosperous condition. * /W, were |.laiu mewls, phlii drei.se-, „„i| , . e Gonjpfinions anil books- *“ “ ‘ I The u!■ ! ,eaul -'; M,oh ‘* to t’a* te, Tlie light vocations ol scon* -lie graced.’ ! And it might, with much truth, be added— I si,” k red the tollies of its idle throng, j and -ug%.e> sofwning ~a - Her p. ohdeney was astonishing, to her parents „t ! ‘• ie learned lo crisp and curl her hair ii.iX J,n i AtCS ’ lr hi, '" : loflin in furbelows; ! tones,* liei person wrth a great variety „f uselcs* |ornaments; to multiply, not figures, but liner? (hMdetln* day iißo a number of dressing and .dressing hours; to proportion W cx.,ens c s to th,- oppoi tunities uflorded for contracting them • to ex ! Ct th ” of vil from the pockets of her do :hcPit%a'tl! dm’ r ,!at , 0 - “ SH'at precision and dfi.it>. the chance of captivating the heart of a beau • itlus toi rt mi V < 0, c l!vrs int ” articles of 1 ., ’’. ,ini “°. rk out fractions of time with great , celerity ; to practice progression in fashionable follies ;to compound aq-s of diflerent denominations, and , transfer the airs of others to herself; to barter avvuv the senate habits of an unsophisticated country girl | foi those ol a gay and frivolous flirt. But her at tiinments were various : 1 cannot enumerate the : ha 101 1 ,em -. ,? he learned, among other things, to (ogle most artfully, smile most bevvitchingly, thumb I the piano vvutn a most languishing air, trip it on , light, fantastic toe, (which was called ‘ marc bin” to I music, ) most gracefully. She read the most thrilTin romances, and became mistress of all the arts of nf | fcctation and coquetry 7. ’ She wroe- H billet, a nov. l rend, Vitd witli tier frame h-r vmiitv fed.’ 1 Last of all, she learned to fall desperately in love, j'’ ‘ j 1 ’” 0 ;,s gay and reckless as herself, with whom, ■ just three weeks before the close of her last term at ( college, she ran away, and was married, out of pure, i k* v e O’ uic romantic, for she had never consulted her j patents, and therefore knew not whether thev would ; approve or oppose the match. ‘ O, the hi j y.*4 Os t&icTiim? lettorri t a l>lo>yUn>; ;• • i of those I ales is well known to the j reading* world as an able and bold writer, and a vig erou-', independent thinker. The matter of his book is true, bis style vigorous, and correct, and his meth od of communicating truth decidedly pleasant, and entertaining. Judging from the merits of this littl, vvoik, we predict for it a large sale and extensive usefulness. Ol’H BOOK TABLE. vo'/ or’ the ‘.South—This Monthly Journal, devoted to Southern Agriculture and Horticulture, edited by J. At. Chambers, AV. H. Chambers and C. A. I’ca body, jmblished by; Lomax & Ellis, Columbus, Ga., should lie taken by the farmers. Price only per annum. II aud'i'll rtf/'* Youth'* (hit.'met has been, received, jam! tvve presume) will be found interesting to those who read it. It is a. good work for children. | Hunters Medteal specialist and Journal of Dis eases ot the. Chest, is on our table. The Doctors sav {it is a- good thing. It is published at sf per annum in advance. ! (indci/'x Lady's lined The most punctual of our : Magazines, is always here (except when it is borrow ; edjat the proper time. AVe will .send the Banner land flits “Book” for $3. | Hf \\\- call attention to the “ Mammoth -ale” of jl'rytieod-, at T. Brennan’s, Augusta, to be found | in another column. ! 5S?’ A correspondent says: “In Decatur county, jon Sunday, the 2-Td September last, Mr. Edward if lay. about ! years of age, while under the iiiflu- I ence of intoxicating drink, placed the breech of his ! rifle on the ground, and putting his forehead to its (mouth, tired the gun with his loot, discharging it | content-inn his brain and out through the back | part ol Jjis head, killing him instantly. He left a ; wife and two little children in a helpless condition, j lie was gn habitual drinker, and had frequently, win . intoxicated, threatened to kill himself and wife. I this be a sad w arning to others to abstain from , tlia which kills both body and soul and leaves a i foul stain upon their memory.” + For the Danner. BROWN'S GOLD MINE. , visited, a few daps since, a , gold mini in ! [art county, known as the Brown mine, I and must -ay it surpa--.--- any mine for richness and i extent of ore I have ever seer. The vein is compos ed of granular quart/ and tuica slate; is fourteen feet ;w : de, has been timed eight hundred feel in length, tour shafts have been sunk upon the vein, and the ore taken out to tuc depth of thirtv-eight feet, which ha- proven to be as good at that depth a- upon the surface. There are otlu r veins running parallel with the one above described, w hich the Company think are of a minor consideration—but it is my opinion when they have been fully tested, will prove to be rich arid inexhaustible. The Company have erected, ’ for the purpose of separating the gold from the ore, -ix head of stamp:-, weighing some two hundred and flftv lbs. each, driven by a ten horse power engine, which.<-rushes only one hundred bushels of ore per day, the yield of which is *2OO. Their mill was run three ‘fays and right hours last week, which award ed them for their trouble tif's dwt. of gold, said to be worth at the mint 9do to. per dwt. October