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A Test of Christianity. A Christian gentleman who had occa sion to travel through a new and thickly settled part of the western country ; his companion was a man of intelligence, but of infidel principles, who was fond of discussion, and tried to beguile the way by urging arguments against the truth of (*the Christian religion. The thinly peo pled section of country through which they were passing, was inhabited by peo pie of bad reputation, and it had been ru mored that travellers had suffered fatal violence from them when they were with ,in their power. As regular inns were unknown, our ■ travellers were compelled to trust to the § hospitality of those of whom they could J§ not but entertain a secret fear. On one m occasion, as the evening closed in, they I sought a lodging place in a log cabin far f remote from other habitations. They an | ticipated but little comfort; and induced K to believe that it would be a measure of fl safety to watch alternately through the : night. As they were about to retire to their \ rude bed, their host, whose exterior had excited their distrust, proceeded to a shelf, took down an old and much worn Bible, and informing his visitors that it was his custom to worship God in his family, he read and prayed in so simple a manner ns to secure the esteem of the travellers.— They retired to rest, slept soundly, and ■ thought no more of alternate watching. In the morning, the Christian request [ ed his infidel companion to say whether i the religious exercises of the preceding evening had not dispelled every particle of distrust of their host’s character, and had not enabled him to close his eyes in the most confident security. He was ev idently embarra-sed by the question ; but at last he candidly acknowledged that the ? sight of the Bible had secured him a sound night’s rest. Here was a testimo ny extorted from an infidel, in favor of the influence of that religion which he 1 -skeptically assailed. He could not har bor a fear of violence from one who was in the habit of daily bending his knee be .fore God! The very creation of the j family altar, rendered the house a secure a asylum. Who would not be a Christian? m Who can be an infidel ?— Museum. Women, I dislike the man who- deliberately tri [ ties with the affections of woman. I I would rather shake hands with a high s wayman, than a person who has sacrificed i| his own vanity in the life-long happiness lof an inexperienced girl. I fear this sort r of conduct has never been sufficiently reprobated, and females too often betray k the rights of their sex by accepting with 9| pride the homage of a man who has be icome notorious for the conquest and des |truction of their sisters, as if his mercy land love could be depended upon who •.has-been once cruel to an affectionate .woman ! The world laughs, and stores of living proverbs and stupid jests on the briefness of woman’s love are administer j&ted; but you will find, if your heart be K not hardened by selfiishness, that this § will be in vain. Perhaps you had no in. jwtention of being serious, you only flirted, itried to be agreeable, and to please for Ithe moment; but what if, while you are Jmeaning nothing, your trifling created languish. Your sport became death to Jthe object of it. When by exclusive attentions you i ■have excited regard ; by the development ■of talent, or, by the display and devotion ■of personal graces, you have fascinated I Jrthe mind and the heart—when by the i ■melting and speaking eye, the faltering ■voice, the fervid tone, the retained hand, < ■you have awakened the passion you can- I ■not allay; when you have done this in • AUGUSTA, GA. SATURDAY, FEBUARY 3, 1844. 1 the cold blood of vanity, and it suits your convenience or sated coxcombry to finish the scene, by an altered mein, a distant courtesy, or an expression of surprise at the unexpected effects of civility, will you be able to quiet your conscience with a jest? Will you sleep on an adage of | fools, or a lie of your own ? What if the spoor being whose hope you have changed into despair, whose garden you have blasted with mildew and dust, whose hea ven you have darkened forevermore, shall suffer in silence, striving to bear her sor rows ; praying for cheerfulness, pardon ing without forgetting you, til! the worm I has eaten through life, and. the body is emaciated which you have led to the dance ; the voice is broken on which you , have hung with delight; the face wan which you have flattered; and the eyes frightfully bright with funeral lustre, I which used to laugh with radiancy and hope and love, when they gazed upon you. What if a prouder temper, a more ar dent imagination, and a stronger consti tution,should lead to spite and impatience - and recklessness of good or ill—if a hasty and loveless marriage should be the wreck . of her soul, or the provocation of her sin, is there mandragora that could drug you i in sleep while this was on your memory? or does there really live a man who could triumph in such bitter woe. O believe it not, for the sake of your household gods, call it and cause it to be a lie. Be ye sure that coquetts are the . refuse of their sex, and were only ordain t ed to correspond with the coxcomb of I yours. Women have their weaknesses, and plenty of them, but they are seldom vicious like ours, and as to their levity of . heart, who shall compare the worldly, skin-deep, fondness of a man, with the j one rich idolatry of a virtuous girl. A j. thousand thoughts distract, a thousand passions are a substitute for the devo ' tions of a man, but to love is the purpose. r to be loved is the consummation, to be I faithful the religion ofa woman; it is her all in all, and when she gives her heart ’ away, she gives a jewel which, if it does | not make the wearer richer than Croesus, ’ will leave the giver poor indeed. * Kissing Extraordinary. Mr. Horson, or Hoysen, of Dorchester, I brings an action against Lydia Withing-. ton, lor recovery of S3OO, the amount of ■ a promissory note signed by her, and pay ' able to his order, and singular as it may : seem, it is nevertheless true, that the va ! lidity of the note depended in part, upon I the fact whether Maj. Samuel Withing i ton kissed Mrs. Horson or not. The defendent asked exemption from payment of the note on three grounds, to wit: 1. That there was no consideration given for the note. 2. That if there was a consideration, it was illegal. 3. That it was obtained by fraudulent > and false representations. But it appeared on evidence that there : was a consideration, which was nothing - more nor less thar a kiss bestowed upon 1 the plaintiff’s wi\j by the defendant’s brother. Maj. Withington described the kiss as being one of pure friendship, docile in its nature, and perfectly harmless. It seems that the Major, who is about 65, was in a state of peculiar anxiety in re gard to the health of a friend, and as the most feasible way of relieving this anxie ty he called on Mrs. Horson, an entire stranger of about 25, whom he found so interesting and sociable, as to induce him to go in and take a seat, and pass th compliments of the season. Upon a fur ther acquaintance with her, his first im pressions were so much strengthened, that on parting he ventured to kiss her be witching lips, which he said she received with great apparent satisfaction. Counsellor Clark, of Roxbury, who ap peared for the defence and who is a mar ried man, contended that such a kiss might be given and received in a natural way, and without damage to either par ty ; that it neither hurt the person or reputation of Mrs. Horson, nor rendered the Major liable to be sent to the State Prison. 1 But Mrs. Horson described the kiss as ' being rough and uncivil—uncalled for by ‘ the circumstances of the case, unwarran- 1 ted by the usages of society, and a wan- \ ton and aggravated insult and indignity —and Counsellor Wilkinson, who is a bachelor, pronounced it an abominable outrage. ( Mr. Horson, on finding out how matters | stood, went to Withington for satisfac- c tion, which he obtained in the shape ofa r S3OO note, signed by the Major’s sister, < and payable in six months, which she re fused to pay as stated above. , The Jury returned a verdict for the de- l fendant.— Norfolk American. \ [From the American Phrenological Journal.] Washington was a man of great digni- \ ty, and inspired all who beheld him, with ' great awe and deference. His mother . possessed this quality in a pre-eminent ' degree. A writer in the Lady’s Maga- j zine speaks of her as follows : “I was often there with George, his ‘ play-mate, school-mate, and young man’s ( companion. Os the mother T «. as ten J times more afraid, than I was of my own parents# She awed me in the mildest of her kindness, for she was indeed truly kind, and even now, when time has whi- , tened my locks, and I am the grand- i parent of a second generation, I could ' not behold that majestic woman without feelings it is impossible to describe. ] Whoever has seen that awe-inspiring air , and manner so characteristic, in the fa- j ther of his country, will reinember the | matron when she appeared as the presid- i ing genius of her well-ordered household, j commanding and being obeyed. “In her person, the matron was of the , middle size, finely formed, her features pleasing, yet strongly marked. It is not the happiness of the writer to remember her, having only seen her with infant eyes. The sister of the chief, he per fectlv well remembers. She was a most majestic woman, and so strikingly like her brother, that it was a matter of frolic to throw a cloak around her, and place a military hat upon her head, and such was the perfect resemblance, that, had she appeared in her brother’s stead, battal ions would have presented arms, and senators risen to do homage to the chief.” The Blues. Then you have the blues? Foolish man ? What is it that troubles you ! ‘I shall come to want.’ No you never will so long as you have industrious habits. ‘ My friend has greatly prospered in his ■ business.’ What of it? Don’t envy his situation, but be contented with your let. ‘But I leel dull and stupid.’ Rise early and drink the fresh air. • ‘We have so much foggy weather.’ Keep at work and you won’t think of the fog, hut enjoy the sunshine more. ‘You don’t know how bad it is to be afflicted with the headache, and frequent ly I have a pain in my side.’ So do I, but I keep at work and it pass es away. None are tree from pain. ‘ I have a large family to support.’ Fiddlestick ! who has’nt, that has been a father these dozen years ? So much more reason that you should be more dili gent and active. ‘ I have no friends.’ And you never will have, till you leave off whining and look up and exert your self. You don’t deserve to have friends while you pay so little attention to them. You appear like a shadow in the grave , yard more than a human being living in the light and sunshine of heaven. Talk, laugh, act, and you will have friends enough. ‘Mr. spoke against me, and his neighbor has slandered me.’ A snap for their talking and slander ing. If we attend to all that is said against us, we shall have nothing else to do. Live down their lies, if lies they he ; and if truth, go and do better in future. This is the only way. ‘ I don’t think I shall live long.’ I trust you will not, if you eternally; for now you are little better than a living corpse. Thousands are wasting the cream of existence in sorrow and doubt; full of fearful apprehensions and melancholy foreboding. Shame on them, when by studying the philosophy oflife they might become useful citizens, ornaments to so ciety and blessings to the world. A 1 drop of sorrow completely unnerves them. ' A reproof, a harsh word, a suspicious I look, puts them into a world of trouble. Shake off the blues, all ye of little faith - —be men—active—persevering— and the shadows that overhang you will disperse, and the glorious sun of prosperity, life and light shine upon you.— Portland r Tribune. i Beautiful Trait ot Victoria. f The Dutchess of Orleans, after the fc death qf her husband, retired from the h gaities of Paris to total seclusion, at the s chateau d’Eu, and when Victoria on her i recent visit to Treport, arrived at the 1 Chateau d’Eu, the Duchess of Orleans f was there, but did not make her appear- ' ancc, having no taste for the festivities of the occasion. When Victoria learnt i this fact, she, unattended, visited the I apartment of the Duchess several times, < treated her with marked attention and < sympathy, and took particular notice of i the two young children of the Duchess, ; and in this way formed a strong friend- t ship for the mother. We cannot admire t too much this beautiful mark ofsvmpathy i of the young Queen, for one of her own t sex, who was, from the highest pinnacle r of glory, in almost a moment, sunken in- f to sorrow and comparative obscurity. i r~ ' l Hazel Eyes. Major Noah says that a hazel eye in spires at first a Platonic sentiment, which gradually but surely expands, and emer- t ges into love as securely founded as the i Rock of Gibraltar. A woman with a ( hazel eye never elopes from her husband, 1 never chats scandal, never sacrifices her r husband’s comfort to her own; never i fault finds; never talks too much or too J little; always is an entertaining, intel- < lectual, agreeable and loveable creature. \ We never knew but one uninteresting I and unamiable woman with a hazel eye, I and she had a nose which looked, as the i Yankee says, “like the little end of no- | thing, whittled down to a p’int.” Incom- i parable orbs ! There is a depth of ex- i pression, a sparkling glance that appeals < directly to the inner man, a confidential i and affectionate inspiration ; an intellec- ! tuality ; and many other things thine un- i disputed right, which has won our devo- i tion and our admiration. These are the women who makes amends for all the faults of the sex, certain. • ( The Nations without Fire. According to Pliny, fire for a long time was unknown to some of the an cient Egyptians; and when Exodus, the: celebrated astronomer showed it to them, ; they were absolutely in raptures. The Persians, Phoenicians, Greeks, i nn( l several other nations, acknowledged their ancestors were once without the use ot fire, the Chinese confessed the same ot their progenitors. Pomponius, Nela Plutark, and other ancient authors, speak ofnations who, at the time they wrote, knew not the use of fire, or had but just • learned it. Facts of the same kind arc also attested by several modern nations. The inhabitants of the Marian Islands, which were discovered in 1551, had no , idea of fire. Never was astonishment ( greater than theirs, when they saw it, on the descent ofMaghellen in one of their j islands. At first they believed it to be i some kind of animal that fixed itself to, ! and fed upon wood. The inhabitants of the Phillipineand Canary Islands were formerly equally ignorant. Africa pre- , sents even in our day, some nations in j this deplorable state.— Philadelphia Sat. , Courier. ( March of Illustration. Young womanhood ! ‘ the sweet moon on the horizon’s verge’ a thought matured, but not uttered—a conception warm and : glowing, not yet embodied—the rich halo that precedes the rising sun—the rosy down that bespeaks the ripening peach— a flower— A flower which not quite a flower, Yet is no more a bud ! [Exchange paper. Young womanhood ! molasses touched with a little brimstone, spread on bread not buttered! a being all joints and an gles, not filled out—a pailid thing that loves the ripening peach—a young wo man— , 1 A woman which is not quite a woman, Yet something more nor a gal. 1 [Brooklyn News. Young womanhood ! a half moon not yet ris —a cake baked, but not turned— hot corn, all hot and smoking, not yet sold—a rich curdle which precedes the • coming of butter—the thickening down 1 upon a gosling’s back, that bespeaks the ’ future goose; a butterfly— I A butterfly which is not quite a butterfly, £ And yet amt a caterpillar no how you can fix it. 1 [Sunday Morning News. t Rowan Gold Mines! We have in this country the richest n gold mine that has ever been discovered jj in the United States. It is a small vein, t | from four to twelve inches wide; many a bushels of the material taken from it, j, have overgone S4OO to the bushel, and some as high as SSOO. We see it stated in the Mecklenburg Jeffersonian that fi 11,876 dwt., of gold had been taken g from it by 7 hands about a month since, ii [One Dollar a Year. This is probably the amount taken to the Mint at Charlotte; but we think it very certain that the whole amount was great ly more than that. As might be expect ed on so small a vein, the water soon be came unmangeable, and they began again at the surface and struck a vein parrallel to the first, and nearly as rich as that. These veins as also all those in that region, are believed to increase in richness and size as they descend. There are six or eight other mines in the snme region of extraordinary richness and dif ferent in many particulars from the other vein-mines in North Carolina.-—Salis bury Watchman. Important Surgical Opera*lon. A surgical operation of a very impor-. tant character, was performed this morn ing at 10 o’clock, in the Amphi.theatre of the Baltimore Infirmary, by Professor N. R. Smith, assisted by Dr. Theoboldt. The patient was a beautiful and interest ing little boy, aged twenty months, named Jerome, who had some two months ago gotten a water-mellon seed in his wind pipe, from the effects of which he has suf fered much, and in time must inevitably have died. The operation of “ Trackeo tomy, as it is technicaly termed, was performed in the short space of ton min utes. The patient was placed on a table in the centre of the Hall, his head held steadily and an incision made by the op erator, about three-fourths of an inch in length, through the integuments of the throat into the wind-pipe. This being accomplished, by means of other instru ments the orifice was distended, and in a moment subsequent, the professors most intricate operation w«as successfully crowned by the seed being forced out of the wind-pipe. So great was the joy of this happy result, that the largo num ber of the spectators, (among them were some of our most eminent physicians, and all the students of the College,) express ed their feelings by an unanimous burst of applause. The child appeared to en dure the operation with almost stoical fortitude. After the incision in its throat was dressed, it breathed freely, and seem ed to enjoy great ease. It was then given in charge of the Sisters, who have given a great interest. Professor Smith took advantage ofthis occasion to instruct the students and oth ers, in reference to the mode of perform ing such operations, by showing the kind of instruments to be used, and the manner of using them. This is the second operation of the kind, performed by Professor Smith, with in the last two weeks. The former was a child whose parents reside on Fell’s Point. A coffee grain had lodged in its wind-pipe, and it became necessary to operate without delay, to save the child’s life. Accordingly, he was compelled to perform the operation at night, assisted only by the light of two candles. He was eminently successful, and the patient is now perfectly well. These operations entitle Prof. Smith to high credit, not only for his profound skill as a surgeon, but as a benefactor of his species* In these, as in numerous other instances where his professional skill was required, he has proved himself the instrument of alleviating pain and prolonging existenc e.-Baltimorc Patriot. The Botts. An Infallible Cure. —A subscriber of ours, Mr. R. C. Huchison, has informed us of a remedy which he has used with unxvavering success for many years— and he has had much experience on the subject—having been raised in Kentuc ky. His father and himself have been engaged in drover’s business— and nei ther of them never knew the remedy to fail. It is very simple—as follows : Make a strong tea of sage, sweeten it well. When about milk warm, drench your horse w ith it. If he will not open his mouth, pour it down his nostrils. It will do just as well, except that it may give him a little cough—but he will soon get over that. If the horse should have the cholic and not the botts, still the sage tea will be good for that. Mr. H. informs us that he has tried the sage on the living botts, taken from the maw of a horse after * being cut open, and it killed them instantly. Turpentine they can endure. They will even live in iquafortis for a while—but the sa<m is mmediately fatal.— S. 11. Farmer. Honesty. —A country newspaper, pus. sng a new store says, in conclusion, ‘ we ?et a prime pair of boots for putting this Ji.’ That is honesty.