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words with ideas, and ideas, as much as the nature of the subject will allow of, with objects. If we instruct children orally while visiting nature, words, ideas and objects will naturally be more in connection with each other than the school-room lesson can make them. And the teacher should take occasion to instruct in the fields, in ship yards, in the crow de 1 streets, and in tiie pathway ot canals and rail roads. “ He should talk on all these subjects, and elicit from the children their own impressioi s, inquires, and reflections. He should talk and walk, and let the children talk and walk more, in the process of education, than has been the practice with the majority of instructors. [Com. S- Assist. THE EMPEROR ALEXANDER IN PARIS. There was something calm and melancholy in Alexander. He used to go about Paris on horseback or on foot, without attendants and without ostentation. He appeared to be as tonished at his own triumph ; he gazed almost with an air of compassion on a population which he seemed to regard as superior to him self. He seemed to feel that he was a barba rian in the midst of us, just as a Roman might be supposed to have felt ashamed in Athens. Perhaps, too, he thought that these same French soldiers had been in the ill-fatod capital—that his troops in their turn had become masters of Paris, where lie might find some of the torches extinguished bv those who had at once deli vered and destroyed Moscow. This destiny —this changing fortune —this misery, alike common to subjects and kings, could riot fail to make a profound impression on a mind so religi >usly disposed as that of Alexander. Tiie Czar considered himself as merely an in strument in the hands of Providence, and he arrogated no merit to himself. Madame de Stuel complimented him on the happiness which his subjects enjoyed in being governed by him, though deprived of a constitution. Alexander replied, “ 1 am merely a fortunate accident.” j A young man in the streets of Paris expressed his admiration of the Emperor’s demeanor ] even to the humblest persons. “Is it not the duty of Sovereigns to behave so ?” was Alex- j ander’s answer. lie declined residing in the Tuilleries,recollecting that Bonaparte had been pleased to fix his quarters in the palaces of Vienna, Berlin, and Moscow. Looking up to the statue of Bonaparte on the column of the Place Vendotne, he said, “ If I were eleva ted so high, I fear my head would he turned.” j When he vi-sited the Tuilleries he was shown j the Salon of Peace. “What use,” said he, smiling, “ had Bonaparte for such an apart ment ?” Chateaubriand. Colonel Maceroni, who has lately made him self known in England by publishing an ac count of his lif<% has recently inserted a letter in the London Spectator, in which he pretends that he has solved the problem that has puzzled the world since the time ofDadalus. He has invented, he tells the public, the art of flying. It is absurd, according to Colonel Maceroni, to attempt flying by means of wings like a bird. Look at the pigeon, observe the swift and strong motion of its wings. When we come to examine, the source of this power and movement, *e find that it lies in a prodigious apparatus of muscle. The pigeon has muscles for the play of its wings that are seven times Pie mass of a the other muscles in its body. The human arms are comparatively weak, a- I incompetent to sustain the body by means of wings. “ Had we, says Colonel Macaroni, “attempted to cross the Atlantic after the manner of a fish, by plunging into the water and wagging our tails, I fear we should have tired long before getting to New-York. Had we endeavored to construct a machine to carry goods by imitating the reciprocating, jerking, action of an ox’s or a horse’s legs, how far should we have succeeded ?” XVhat then is Colonel Macaroni’s plan? Simply an application of the wheel and axis. After six months assiduous labor he is, he says, ready to convince the world of the fact that he has discovered the art of travelling through the air by pureK mechanical means without the aid of balloons of any description, which can not lie directed against even a breath of wind. All that Colonel Maceroni wants is to “raise the wind.” lie has no money to execute his enterprise and take out a patent, and promises to any one who will advance a couple of thou sand pounds “ a share in the glory and emolu ment ui giving to mankind anew and porten tous facility.” N . y. rost . TIIE SLIDE OF ALPANACII. It is a fact that there is a rail road in Europe where the speed of two hundred and sixteen miles an hour is ordinarily obtained—not in deed for passengers, hut for timber! It is the celebrated .Slide of Alpanach, in the Alps, con structed for the purpose of conveying trees from the mountains to the Lake of Lucerne. The following is a description of the famious Slide. ‘ This rail road, which was completed in the year 1818, is formed entirely of about 250,000 large pine trees, deprived of the bark and uni ted together in a very ingenious manner, with out the aid of iron. It occupied 169 work men during 18 months and the cost 100,000 lanes, or X4,2.>0. It is about 3 leagues, or 44,000 English feet long. It has a trough abeut 6 feet broad and fro n3to G deep. Its bottom is formed of three trees, the middle one of which has a groove cut in the direction ofthe length, for receiving small rills of water which are conducted into it from various places, for the purpose ofdiminishing the friction. The whole Slide is sustained by about two theu sand supporters; and in many places it is at tached in a very ingenious manner to the rug. ged precipices of granite. Tic direction of the slide is sometimes straight, sometimes zig zag, with an inclination of from ten to eighteen degrees. It is often carried along the sides of hills, and flanks of precipitous rocks, and some times over their summits. Occasionally it goes under ground, and at other times it is conducted over the deep gorges by scaffolding 120 feet in height. The large pines which were 100 feet in length, and 10 inches thick at their smaller extremities, ran thro’ the space of three leagues, or nearly nine miles, in two mimiteß and a half.” JOHN BMITH. An industrious explorer after derivatives, and nominal roots, would find in this name a world of ingenious mystery, requiring much research, and curious speculation. An inde fatigable philosogist has endeavored to enligh ten the public, through the Providence Jour nal, on tle subject—yet, as it is exhaustless, we trust he will not rest satisfied with what he has unfolded, but continue his discoveries. The name he contends, is one of great anti quity, and may be found in all the languages of Europe, nay. of the world. 11 is plan, is that each individual who holds this distinguish ed cognomen, shall adopt tlx; ancient method of affixing to his own name, that of his lather. It is not deemed necessary that he should use th ; English word, in all cases ; and say, John son of John Smith, but employ words convey ing the same meaning—all ol which mean son of or of. Thus, the Israelite would «ay, John beti John Smith ; the Dutchman, John von John Smith; the Welshman, John ap John Smith • the irishman, John O’-iohn Smiih ; the Scotchman, John Mac John Smith, Ac.; all of which mean the same. Another plan is suggested, for variety’s sake, which may prove more acceptable to this great formidable fami ly, who are descendants in a direct line from Shorn the son of Noah, called thc*Shemitish tribe : t. e., tribe of Shorn—Shcmit —Shmit— Smith. The second method is to employ the foreign pronunciation of the same name. In Hebrew there were no Christian names, consequently the John did not then form a part. It was then simply. SHEMIT. Latin—Johannes Smithius. Greek—lon Skmiton. Italian—Giovanni Smithi. Spanish—Juan Smithas. Dutch—Hans Schmidt. English—John Smith. French—Jean Smeets. Russian—Jonlotf Schrnittowski. Chinese—Tahn Smim-mit. Icelandic—Tahne Smithson. Welch—Gawn Smyddhhw. Tuscaiora—Ton Qa Smittla. Mexican—Jontli F’Smith. This list might be extended much farther, but it is, perhaps, superfluous. Oir savan ob serves, that among the cartouches, decyphcred by Rassellini.on the temple of Osiris, in Egypt, was found the name of Pharaoh Smithosis, being the 9th in the 18th dynasty of the The ban kings. He was the founder of the cele brated temple at Smithopolis Magna. If, as is conjectured, a learned professor in the exploring expedition, shall turn bis attention to this subject in the South Seas, we may hope to detail to the universe the honors of a dis covery which shall push far into the shade the dwindling lame of Columbus or the Northmen. Philadelphia Gazette. Fit OGRESS OF TEF. WEST. The value of the agricultural products which annually descend the river Mississippi, is esti mated at seventy millions of dollars. It appears from official documents that the value of the property annually transported on the Erie Canal of New York is sixty-seven millions of dollars, paying in tolls to the state treasury $1,614,000 ; but we presume this an ount comprehends the value of all the goods trans ported each way. In the year 1798, when an assessment was made with a view to the levying of direct taxes by the general government, the property west of the Alleghany mountains in states and ter ritories of the American union, was valued at only twenty-six millions ; the same district is estimated at the present day to contain pro perty of the value of twelve hundred millions. The state of Indiana has 6000 men at work on her rail-ways and canals. The works of internal improvement, already begun and pro ceeding towards completion with unexampled rapidity, in the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Michigan, will cost forty eight millions when finished : a wonderful amount, if we re flect on the recent settlement of that part of the union, and the comparatively feeble num ber of the inhabitants. New Orleans Dee. AN ATTEMPT TO EXAMINE THE DEAD SEA. The following is an extract from a letter from Syria, in the Southern Religious Telegraph, dated Beyroot, March 15, 1838 : “ I mentioned on a former occasion, that an attempt had been made by an Irish gentle man to explore the Dead Sea, but he was taken sick and died. The attempt had been renew ed by a Mr. Moore. He applied to the go vernment of Jerusalem for leave and protec tion—not getting what he wished he applied to still higher authority and as I understand to the Viceroy of Egypt. After waiting andt ry ingforsix or eight months, and perhaps more, in vain, he had to abandon the attempt. The Tuiks have a strange unwillingness to grant such requests. They make a kind of merit in refusing permission in such cases. It is much to be regretted that this last effort has failed, as a full account of said sea would have a pe culiar interest to the Christian world at large. MUSICAL TEST OF THE FEMALE VOICE. The influence of the temper upon tone de serves much consideration. Habits of querul ousness or ill-nature will communicate a cat like quality to the singing, as infallibly as they give a peculiar quality to the speaking voice. Thatthere really exist amiable tones is not' an unfounded opinion. In the voice there is" no deception, it is to many the index of the mind, denoting moral qualities ; and it may be re marked, that the slow soft tones of gentle and amiable beings, whatever their musical endow ments may be, seldom fail to please ; besides which, t le singing of ladies indicates the culti vation of their taste generally and the embel lishment of the mind. For an instant com pare tie vulgarity of a ballad singer, her re pulsive tone of voice and hideous graces, to the manner of an equally cultivated singer in good society; or watch the treatment of a pretty melody from the concert room, until it reaches the ears from under the parlor win dow, and observe how it gains something new of vulgarity with every fresh degradation. From th« Southern Patriot. THE DIRECT TRADE. We have endavored to show that a gen erous rivalry between the Southern Cities should alone animate their endeavours to ob tain that portion of the direct trade to which they are respectively entitled. As South Car olina and Georgia mature their plans of inter nal improvements, so will Charleston and Sa vannah enjoy, in friendly competition and not in adverse opposition, as large a portion of that trade as will satisfy the wishes and wants of both. The supply of a boundless interior will be opened to them, and it will depend upon the nature of their arrangements whether their commerce languishes, or is invigorated with new principles of activity. We have alluded to the necessity of organ izing a system of credit for the purpose of ef fecting direct importations. It is by such agency that New York has engrossed the di rect trade. It is by giving activity to this credit that she has been able by borrowing capital in Europe and rendering it immediate ly available, that the current of her trade has never been suffered to stagnate in any one of its various channels. The New York Impor ter obtains a letter of credit on some monied establishment in Liverpool or Manchester, and thence acquires funds with which his pure ha ses are made on the lowest terms for cash. This importation is sold to Western and South ern Merchants, for paper at 6 and 0 months. This does not lie dormant in tl e drawer or chest of the importer or jobber, in the form of unavailable capital, but it is immediately cash ed at one ofthe numerous New-York Banks, and the proceeds, in the shape of a bill, remit ted in payment of the British advance, in less than 90 days from the period of purchase. It will be obvious, therefore, that this operation depends Ist, on the agency of British Capital, obtained through letters ot credit, and 2d on the facility of obtaining Bank credits in the United States by means of advances on long paper. These are the two elements which constitute an organized system of credit. The first would enable the Charleston, to complete with the New-York Importer in purchasing for cash, and the second would permit him in selling, to give the same extent of credit. The quick conversion ofthe notes of country mer chants into active funds by the importers is then essential to the completion of this chain of credit. If the wholesale dealer is compelled to lock up his capital for 6 or 9 months in the year, in the notes of his customers, his credit or command of funds in Europe will be of no advantage to him. If he can make that capi tal immediately available he can keep his busi ness in a state of constant activity. This is the simple magic by which the New York Im porter and. Jobber have worked their miracles of credit and no other. This operation requires, of course, a large capital in banking, in the discount of long pa per. Without this appliance it is useless to attempt to acquire the direct trade. Charles ton has perceived the necessity of increasing its bank capital. A laige part of this will be employed in the purchase of Exchange. This will open a market for the sale of a portion of the bills which have hitherto found their way to New-York The extension of this branch of business with the local discounts of Char leston, will absorb all the bank capital of the place, if we except that of the Rail Road Bank. It is to this source, therefore, we must look for the discount of the pape , at long dates, taken by our wholesale merchants from their coun try correspondents. This is the only means, through credit, of nourishing and vivifying the direct tride of Charleston. The paper given out in exchange for these notes will be kept in circulation at a distance from the source of issue, by the credit and confidence it will ob tain in the South and West, owing to the am ple resources and judicious management of the bank. If it displace the currency of country banks, of various and fluctuating value, in be coming a general medium of circulation, it will have answered one of the beneficial ends of a National Establishment, while by branches or agencies, the standing of parties entitled to credit whose paper is offered for discount at the parent institution, will be ascertained from their neighbourhood to those minor establish, ments. It is by such bank agency, and such alone, we can hope to recover and retain the Direct Trade. We must keep the circulation of credit active in the whole course of its cur rent. If it is allowed to stagnate in any of its channels, it may impoverish, but cannot enrich the country. If it be true that men of strong imaginations are usually dogmatists, and I am inclined to think it is so, it ought to follow that men of weak imaginations are the reverse ; in which case, we should have some compensation for stupidity. But it unfortunately happens that no dogmatist is more obstinate or less open to conviction, than a fool. STATUE OF LOUD BYRON. A petition was presented to the House of Lords, a short time since by Lord Brougham, complaining that a statue of Lord Byron, by Thorwalden. had been refused by the Dean ad mission into Westminster Abbey. The statue is said to be the greater work of that great master, and has been lying for nearly fifteen years unpacked in the Custom House, because the Dean had doubts respecting the orthodoxy of Lord Byron’s religious opinions. But the Dean was obstinate and would not allow the statue to be placed over the ashes of the illus trious dead. The petition asked that the House would take steps to cause the admis sion of the statue. Mayor's Office, {Charleston) Oct. 12. The subscriber acknowledges the receipt from the Hon. Nicholas Biddle, Chairman of the late public meeting in Philadelphia, of the sum of $2,460 47, which, in addition to the sum of $7,000 previously received from the same source, completes the contribution of the citizens of Philadelphia for the relief of the sufferers by the late conflagration in tins city. The whole amount collected in Philadelphia is 80,461 47, which in addition to the munifi. cent donation of $20,000 by the Bank ofthe United States, makes the whole amount receiv ed from Philadelphia, the very handsome and generous donation ot $29,461 47 H. L. PINCKNEY, Mayor. PUBLISH YOUR DISSOLUTIONS. A suit was tried in the N. Y. Circuit Court, recently brought by a Mr. Bugler against Corning & Spence, to recover SI3OO, the amount of a bill of goods sold by plaintiff, to Spence and charged to the firm two months after its dissolution. As no positive evidence was adduced to show the dissolution had been published, the jury gave verdict for plaintiff to the amount claimed with interest and cast. Chronicle &, Sentinel. Expense of thought is the rarest prodigality, and to dare to live alone the rarest courage ; since there are many who had rather meet their bitterest enemy in the field than their own hearts in the closet. He that has no re sources of mind, is more to be pitied than he who is in want of necessaries for the body ; and to be obliged to beg our daily happiness from others, bespeaks a more lamentable po verty than that of him who begs his daily bread. ORIGINAL. For the Southern Post. Mr. Editor : The following is an effusion from the pen of one of the youthful daughters of Parnassus. It was handed me by the authoress, for my inspection, though she modestly refused her assent to its publica tion. But few of either sex, at the tender age of fifteen, has ranged so high the Aonian heights as she has evi dently done. I hope you will publish it as a rare spe cimen of native precocious talent, and one which can but confer the just meed of poetic praise upon its youth ful authoress. A little more experience with men and things, connected with a maturer judgment, will evi dently bring from this fruitful source many a heavenly tone of sweetness, to charm our spirits in this dull waste of life. E. M. P. On the Death of my Father. WRITTEN BV A GIRL OF FIFTEEN. Father ! why have you left me hero To wander thus, all, all alone, Without thy genial voice to cheer My weary steps where’er I roam 7 Oh, thou art gone! oh, thou art gone ! Far, far from all who holds thee dear ; And I, a wanderer here forlorn, Must weep for one I think so near. When sickness siezed that form’of thine I little thought’t was death’s cold hand, Sent by the power of God, divine, To call thee to an unknown land. And when thou saw’st thine end was near, Thou call’st me to thy couch and said : “ Farewell, farewell, my daughter dear, Soon in the cold tomb, I'll be laid. “I leave thee in thy infant years, The youngest of my little band; God will soon dry up all thy tears, And help thee to His happy land. “Trust in Him, he’ll be your friend, And succour you in death’s cold hour ; And when on earth your race shall end, He’ll take you to his resting bower. “O, thou,* who hast so long been dear, When I shall cease to look on thee, I know that thou wilt linger near With pensive soul to weep for me.” Then, Father, did the big tear roll Dawn, down that pallid cheek of thine, Like things of grief, from thy full soul. When thinking of this doom of mine. But, oh ! the wing of death war there. Fanning the soul which I had loved, Into tlu cold and desert air, Far from its happy home removed. 0, God ! it is a fearful thing To gaze upon the fluttering heart, And vL w the human roul take wing. And with it ever, ever part. VaLEUIA. JVurrenlon, October 10,183d. • My Mother. Fcr the Southern Post. Oh ! doubt mc not. --- To Ella. Oh ! doubt me not: I’ll think of thee When pleasure trembles o’er my soul — Or Music in her minstrelsey, Wild o’er the deep blue waters roll. Oh ! doubt me not: I’ll think of thee When mem’ry, with creative pow’r, Recalls again the bird’s sweet glee That carol’d near thy woodbine bow'r. Oh ! doubt me not: I’ll think of thee When dear bewitching beauties smile; And true my soul shall ever be Tho’ tempted e’en by Eden’s guile. Oh ! doubt me not: I’ll think of thee Mid dark Ambition’s wildest trance. Should Fame with her bright destiny Allure me by her meteor glance. Then doubt me not: thou art te me The altar where my spirit flows; And melts in sweet idolatry To all of earth this heart adores! Vineville. October 19, 1838. I'd rather be a toad And feed upon the vapor of a dungeon, Than keep a corner in the thing I love For other’s use. othello. Many persons were promenading up and down our beautiful bay-street, and the most distinguished of no bility, in open carriages were enjoying the gaiety of the summer evening, and the refreshing air that breathed gently from the river. I had seated myself on a rustic bench beneath the spreading branches of a china tree, enjoying the active and cheerful scene, when a friend of mine took a place beside me. He appeared dejected, and looked like one whom adversity had touched with no gentle hand. I requested to know why he appeared so gloomy, and after a momentary pause he began his story: “ Being tired of the noise and bustle of the town, I sailed on board of a small sloop, accompanied by several gentlemen, for one of the Sea Islands in search of plea sure, hunting, fishing, See. It was on a delightful morn ing, the wind was fair, and our little vessel glided swiftly onward to her destined place. “For ten days I enjoyed myself much, but on the eleventh I was irresistibly depressed, and refused to join my companions in any sport whatever ; they de sired to’learn the cause, and in answer I could only tel| that some unaccountable burden weighed upon my spirits and would not be shaken off by any resolution. “,N ight came on and I was lying on the deck ofthe sloop, watching the thousands of stars as they silently pursued their appointed paths through the blue heavens and thinking of my wife and prattling children, when all of a sudden I waa aroused from my deep thoughts by tiie row ing of a boat, and in a few minutea she cams up and anchored quite near us. She contained a jolly set of fellows who after taking a drink or two, lit a cigar and entered into conversation. All was as still as if creation slept upon the bosom of serenity, the sea waa calm, and the winds only breathed gentle zephyrs, sol could distinctly hear every word they said. They described the pleasures of childhood, the many walks they had through the umbrageous vista’s of their fathers gardens, and when not at school how they would roam the woods, with hearts as light and free as the forest stag. They spoke of their many exploits of manhood and among other things, one of them mentioned that the cause of his leaving town, was an intreague in which he had been engaged with a married lady. It had been discovered by her mother, who threatened to .disclose the whole affair to the friends of her paramour. The name of the lady he did not disclose, indeed refused but boasted of his success, and the long time that this guilty intercourse had continued. “This story attracted my particular attention, I could but think of the art and craft of the lady w hich he described, with contempt and derision, as the result of her experience in deception. “The description he gave of her size, shape, &c.,bore a striking similitude to that of my wife and the fact of her mother living with us, caused it suddenly and fear fully to flash across my mind there was something extraordinary at home. In a word I was wounded with a pang of jealousy, and shook for a little time like an aspen, and yet my heart acknowledged that never was a woman more simple in all her ways than Sarah, more pure in heart and spirit—more enthusiastic in her affections. The thoughts crossed my imagination, was as a black demon passing between me and the heavens, eclipsing the unclouded sun ; still I could not reason with myself from the horror of the suspicion, which like an envenomed dart rankled in my bosom. It seem ed as if the augury which had previously darkened my spirit, was confirmed, I arose and traversed the deck in distraction, and abandonsd myself without reason to the wildest imaginations. “When I had for some time given scope to the full force of the dreadful passion which had so demoniacally possessed me, the cloud passed from my understanding and I became more calm. I felt even repugnance at myself for having done such injury to my wife in thoughts and remorse like drops of molten sulpher, from the in justice, dropped in greater anguish than fire upon my heart. I soon after again grew more rational, and com posed myself, and on the next day sailed for home. I was met by a relative on the wharf who informed me that one of my children had been very sick, and much neglected by my wife, as she was seldom at home, and had been seen to visit a house in the neighborhood more than a dozen times in one day, and that the in habitant of said house was an unmarried man by the name of Mr. S , and he was seen repeatedly to visit her at late hours of the night and had attracted no small share of her attention; consequently my child was but little attended to, yet nevertheless was much better, and concluded by saying that Mr. S. had made a very sudden disappearance, as he lived but a few doors from him and had not seen him for the last two or three days. “This sentence was as a shower of bullets in my bosom. Tiie paroxysm of jealousy returned with a hateful possibility. 1 walked up to my house, and the reception I met with by Sarah was with all the flutter andfondnessofpureand fervent affection. Oh heavens) but her blandishments were as the foldings of a serpent, my anguish no idea can convey, but I stifled my dis gust. She spoke of her children with the admiration of a mother; she brought them to me with delight; she told me how sick the youngest had been, and how sha had watched over its pillow with maternal affection. Innocence was in all h r gestures; but once I saw her turn her head to conceal a sudden gush of tears. After this could I doubt 7 I flung my love to the winds. I immediately called for her mother, and told her that I had reason to believe that her daughter had crimina conversation with a certain man of the place, and de. rnanded from her what course of conduct she had pur sued during my absence, and in reply, was informed that a Mr. S , had been detected by her in my bed room twelve o’clock at night. “I then addressed Sarah with a stern voice, but my heart wept blood at every pore. “Madam, answer tne a few questions,” She made no reply, but I coatimted : “ When did you become acquainted with that villain, and how long have X been the dupe of your most dis graceful caprice.” She made no reply. “ Are you not aware that if a woman once overleaps the modesty of nature, once fixes a stain upon her character, that nothing can obliterate it. “ Woman," said I, “your situation is a deplorable one you have lost all the respect and affection that I once cherished for you; you have brought everlastiag dis grace upon yourself. Your children you shall never again behold as long as I live, and I trust that you may be totally blotted out from their memory.” She then threw herself at my feet and exclaimed, “ Oh, forgive me ! by the God of mercy 1 pray you par don me.” “Adulteress !” I said indignantly, “ God may pardon, but it is not in the nature of man to pardon wrongs like mine. “ Woman,” said I, “ you have steeled the heart that loved you, you have turned my humane nature to gall.” She arose and observed, that Mr. S—, was, in her opinion, a very handsome man, that she loved him, and that her feelings for him knew no barrier. “Adulteress!” 1 exclaimed, (interrupting her) in a voice like thunder, “ leave my house and never dare profane it with your hateful presence, or pollute my atmosphere with your contaminated breath, and ifever I forgive you, may heaven’s curses fall upon me.” Thus ended the conversation of this unhappy man. I am told that she now says she is like Eve, having cat of the forbidden fruit, her eyes are opened, and now knows good from evil, and that the contrast between her husband and S——-, seems as that of light and dark ness. She can now understand and appreciate the quiet virtues ofthe one, and detest the heartlessness and vanity of the other. Oh, God! never let the child of integrity be seduced from the plain and undeviating path of sincerity. Oh never let him hope by illicit means to attain a real pleasure; the hope of attaining any good through such means will like a meteor of the night allure but to de ceive. The indulgence of one gulity desire involves ruin. mise»l ,imutating properrui. , S. P. a 'limit" - ll For the Southern Post. “ Cibi, pot us, somni, venus, Omnia moderata sint." Sip not, my friend, the beauteous draught Which sparkles luscious to.the eye; For though the wine is ruby red, ’Tis false as faithless woman's sigh: There is a devil in the bowl—. A poison withering to the soul. Beware the maid’s enchanting smile ! Beware love’s flowery paths of pleasure ! For though as fragrant as the rose, As beauteous as the heavenly azure, They veil the bitterest anguish from the eye, And all their blessings end in disappointment’s sigh ! BLONDEL. Irwinton, Alabama. Orris’ Tooth Wash. A SUPERIOR article for the Teeth apd Gums.— The concurrent testimony ol the most eminent dentists and members of the medical faculty, are united in favor of this article. For sale by /. H. * W. 9. kILIS, Agents,