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106 Sunday dinner-plain and unpretending—always to be partaken of with a modest temperance, to keep op*Mi eyes for the afternoon sermon. As we ! pass through my father’s sitting-room—the front of the house being all barred and bolted—he asks the question, ‘Where’s the text!’ And if some j one cannot produce the text, he concludes we ■ have been to church to very little purpose. “I seldom get out in the afternoon. As seldom ; does my wife stay at home. Whether it rain or I shine, or hail or snow, the performance must be very spirited if it keeps her from the afternoon | service. My father and myself take our usual nap ; but not as long, if possible, on Sundays as on other days. About two o’clock we exchange papers. I give him some church paper ; for which ! by the way, it is easy to see that he has hut : small regard—and receive from him tho New- York . Its readable articles—and they are many—l find maiked by him with red chalk, for my especial benefit in part, and in part for the benefit of friends a long way off, to whom the paper is always sent after it has been thoroughly exhausted at home. “So goes away, with the richness and silent ness of blessing, our Up-country Sunday; and I i then comes twilight—of all its hours, the most serene and holy—and the day is gone. Up into heaven, with the thousands that have gone before, it has ascended, and there sits in glory ! Beauti ful day, thou hast gone home to God : to God and the angels, and the mighty hosts gathered in that blessed land. Gone up to sit in glory for ever ! Beautiful day, farewell !” An Olio of Domestic Vkrses Ry Emily Judson. Lewis Colby, New Vork. We have long regarded Mrs. Judson as one of the most truthfui and natural poets of our coun try. She possesses fancy of a high older, a delicate ear, cor;oct. judgement, and a very con siderable mastery of the arts of versification. The poem called “Watching,” which was published in ihe Gazette some w eeks since, may be regarded as a fair exponent of her powers. In the volume before us, no single piece surpasses it ; still we cannot regard it as more than an average speci men of her abilities, which the reader will at once j perceive are far more than ordinarily command- j ing. The Literary World, discourses of her thus:— ‘‘Feeling—first of all—fancy, cadence, obser vation, and largeness of heart and purpose, de mand and w ill secure to Mrs. Judson a station among the first upon the “heaven kissing hill.” We have written briefly, but with emphasis, be cause the pleasure of applauding poetical publica tions is not the most frequent of critical luxuries ; hut where it is to be had, it should be indulged in i with “a light good will.” ’ Slrebifieg. James T. Fields, the poet, w’as about leaving ■■ Paris, on his return home, after a year’s residence in Italy, Germany, and France. * * The an nual cost of cigars in the U. States is 820,000,000. * * Why is a newspaper like the human frame ? Because it exists by its circulation. * * A Greek servant died* a short time since at Smyrna, at the age of one hundred and seven years. * * j The flag that waved over Fitch’s first steam- ! boat, in 1789, has been presented to the National Institute at Washington. * * Barnutn pays lom 1 humb S2OO a week. * * A proprietor at Louisville, a few days ago, received an invoice of 700,000 tooth-picks, from Rio. * * The | SOUTHERN LITERARY GAZETTE. Metropolitan Hotel, New-York, just finished, is the most splendid on the American continent. * * Water that flows from a spring does not con geal in the winter. * * A coquette is said to be a perfect Cupid, as she keeps her beau in a quiver. * * There is to be held at Baltimore, in December next, one of the largest Conventions ever assembled in the South, for the promotion of Southern commerce. * * It has become fash able in England, to omit the interlude —or play ing between the stanzas by the organ, in singing. * * The aggregate annual manufacture of first quality wine in Ohio, is 3,300,000 bottles. * * The heirs of Robinson Crusoe have instituted a suit to recover the Island of Juan Fernandez. * * The new Car Ventilator not only excludes the dust, but the outward current, so as to enable one to carry on conversation in an ordinary tone of voice. * * The Dolphin is fitting out for a trip to England and the Brazils. * * It is thought the French Spoliation Bill will pass at this ses sion.- * * A lighthouse is to be immediately commenced on Pond Island, near Belfast. * * Kossuth remained in London at the last accounts. He was living in great privacy. * * In Cali fornia, within the last two months, fifty-nine murders have been committed in the mines. * * Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte, a grand-son of Jerome, brother of the Emperor Napoleon, is now an officer in the U. S. Army. * * Mrs. Tay lor, widow of the late President, died at East Pascagoula, La., on Saturday last. * * The population ot San Francisco is estimated at about 30,000. * * Mrs. Elliott, of Jersey city, has just given birth to her twenty-third child. She has been married thirty years. * * The late freshet on the Savannah river, has partly destroyed the bridge between Augusta and Hamburg. Accord ing to the last accounts, the principal streets of the latter were inundated with the tide. * * Mrs. Fanny Kemble will give a reading of “The Midsummer Night’s Dream,” at the approaching Norwich Festival. * * Mr. Rogers, the poet, has been visiting Holland’s Park to witness the Scottish Fete. He is in his ninety-fourth year. * * The first column of the new Crystal Pal ace was erected three weeks ago, at Sydenham. * * M. Victor Hugo, has been on a visit to London from the continent. * * Mrs. Wil son, widow of Mr. John Wilson, the Scottish Vocalist, is dead. * * Lord Brougham, the most indefatigable man in England, seldom quits his study before midnight, and he is always up at four. * * Three steeple chase races are an nounced to come off at Quebec, on the 17th of October next. * * Yellow fever, cholera and small-pox, prevail to a great extent in Cuba. * * Grace Greenwood is having a delightful lime in London. The Earl of Carlisle procured her admission to the House of Lords, to witness the prorogation by the Queen. Choice Poetry.—A very indifferent poet having read to a friend what he deemed the choice parts of a pretty Jong poem, “inquired which were the passages he most approved of?” Those which you have not yet read,’’ replied the other. For the Southern Literary Gazette - * THE FATE SEVERED. I feel thou wilt never forget Whatever thy destiny be ; Oh ! something will speak to thee yet And gently remind thee of me. The gloom thou hast seen me to know Some eve’s growing shadow will tell; Day’s exit, whilst night sinks below, Will whisper of one sad farewell. The zephyr that fans thy pale brow Will answer to sighs thou hast known, And yet be the prelude e’en now To a requiem over them gone. Some eve-drifted mist onward borne, Just seeking tho’ slowly the west, Will emblem my care when forlorn Now lull’d from that anguish to rest. Some faint, struggling beam that appears Far o’er in the orient sky May speak, ’mid the rolling of spheres, Os a destiny favour’d and high- Be it so—and thou wilt not forget Till the space of this being shall close, — Till the star that looks o’er thee shall set, And thy spirit reseek its repose. Nor then shall sweet mein’ry give o’er, For her record will cheer us when gone ; And the spirit that bless’d us before Will hover around the alone ; And hovering bless with a smile Each dawning of happiness here, Or Boothe every sorrow the while With sympathy’s holiest tear. Garden View, S. C. Lesson for Sunday, September 5. THE CHRISTIAN'S PERSECU TIONS. “ And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake.”— Luke xxi. 17. In the context our Lord foretells the destruction of Jerusalem, and endeavours to prepare the minds of his disciples for the perilous times that were approaching. The passage presents us with A prophecy. This refers to the treat ment they were to expect from the world —hatred. The subjects. “Ye,” that is, his disci ples—those who refuse to serve Satan, and boldly acknowledge Christ as their Master; those who dare to be singular, and swim against the tide of evil; those who are dissatisfied with the world for their portion, and desire a better country. The hatred. It is a dislike to their principles rather than their persons—and this is now shown in a thousand ways ot, private, petty persecution by individuals, who, if their power were equal to their inclination, would light afresh the fires of martyrdom, and fill the prisons and dun geons of our land with the faithful fol lowers of Christ. The agents. “All men,” that is, those who are still at enmity with God; and is [<September 4,