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her father lavished on her the most unbounded love. When Alice was about five years old, Major Laurens received into his lonely household which, since the death of his wife, had consisted only of himself and servants, the orphan child of his only sister, who had resided in a distant city. George Hastings was only two years older than the little Alice, and it will not be surprising when wo remember the friendship of their seni ors, that the children were almost constantly to gether, or that they should become so attached to each other as never to be satisfied when they were apart. CoL Lee and Maj. Laurens were both well pleased with this intimacy between the children, and often spoke of the probability of its result ing in the ultimate union of their families. “ I shall never attempt to influence Alice in the disposal of her affections,” said Col. Lee, “ for I believe mischief is sure to grow out of any such interference. It shall be my constant aim, to hold up to her view all that is good and noble in man, and I doubt not her heart, and intellect, will lead her to choose rightly.” “And I shall spare no effort,” rejoined the Major, “in trying to make George all that is worthy of a woman’s love, so I think there will be no obstacle in the way of realizing our wishes; but, I perfectly agree with you, that the children should bo left entirely to themselves in this mat ter.” “ We must take care, however,” said the Colo nel, “not to make the path too smooth. You know the old adage about true love.” “No danger,” replied Maj. Laurens; “George will have to bo sent to college in a few years, and that separation will add sufficient fuel to the , flame. He is progressing finely in his studies, under tlio preceptor I obtained for him in the city, the last time I was there.” While this conversation, and much more of the samo purport, was transpiring between the two gentlemen on Col. Lee's piazza, George, whose studies for the day were finished, and who had accompanied his uncle, as usual, to spend the evening at Col. Lee’s, had been joined by Alice, now released for the present from the surveillance of her governess, and the two had wandered off together, hand in hand, and now stood in a little bower formed of butternut trees, and wild grape vines, on the bank of the river, watching a boat that was gliding gently along with the current, and seeming to require scarce an effort from its occupaut to keep it moving in the right direction. “I wonder,” said Alice, “if our lives will al ways glide along as smoothly as yonder boat; somehow, it seems to mo that I shall not always be as happy as I am now.” “What an idea,” exclaimed George, “fora girl of ten years old 1 What could have set you to dreaming of unhappiness? Why I am two years older than you are, and I have never thought of such a thing, except ” he added after a pause, “ when my dear mother died; then I was unhappy for a time; but my good uncle here, was so kind, that I soon recovered from that.” “ I don't know why it is,” replied Alice, “ but sometimes I get to looking forward, and wonder ing what kind of a woman I shall be when I grow up, and I will sit thinking and thinking, till Miss Alston will notice me, and ask if I am studying a theme for my next composition; or Aunt Becca will come in, and say, • why bless my soul 1 the chile is dreamin’ with them bright eyes of hern wide open,’ and that will bring mo to myself again.” “Well, I declare,” said George, “I never thought you was such a dreamer before. I try to look into the future sometimes, and I always imagine myself some great man, like our own Washington, but never think of anything sad. For my part, I should rather see some sorrow, than to live such a dull, quiet life, as it would bo which would bear a resemblance to tho progress of that boat. I should rather have some storms, and cataracts, in the way; but come; tho boat is going out of sight around yonder bend, and you just sit down in this grape vine swing, and I will set you flying like tho sweet little bird that you are, swift enough to drive away all dull fancies." Alice complied with the request, and was soon sailing to and fro through the air, laughing as heartily as though she was never troubled with gloomy anticipations. The swing was formed of a wild grape vine, which had ascended a large butternut tree fi>r about thirty feet, and then falling downwards, had struck against another tree, a short distance from it, and twining itself around its branches, had reascended to its very top; over which it spread, and often tempted George, and the little negroes of tho Colonel’s plantation, by its rich purple dusters, to climb the tree, at tho immi nent risk of a cold bath in the river below. The swing, in its vibrations, passed out sev eral feet over the water, but it was so securely fastened, that no one had ever dreamed of dan ger, and it had been for a long time a favorite resort of Alice, who, like most other children, -dearly loved its exhilarating motion. In the present instance, she had giveif herself up to its fullest enjoyment, and with sparkling eyes, and glowing cheeks, was uttering excla mations of delight, as each vigorous push given by George, sent it apparently farther and farther out over tho stream; when suddenly, just as it had reached its greatest altitude over tho water, one end of it gave way, and Alice, with a wild shriek, was precipitated into the river; but still retaining her hold of the vine, was drawn back against the bank, with such force as to render her entirely senseless. She had scarcely touched tho water, before George leaped in after her, and being a good swimmer, succeeded in disengaging her hand from the vine, and had borne her to a olaee where tho bank would permit his ascending with his burden, when he was met by some of the servants, who had seen tho accident from a neighboring field, and ran to his assistance; while a portion of them scampered off to the house, screaming at the top of their voices, “Oh! Lordyl oh! Lordy! Miss Alice’s drowned! Miss Alice’s drowned!” Col. Lee, as the first alarm reached his ears, sprang from tho piazza, and clearing the yard fence at a bound, ran towards the river with a speed which would have seemed almost incredi ble even in his younger days, followed closely by tho Major; and met the servants who had re lieved George Hastings of his dripping burthen, just as they had ascended tho bank. As he saw tho form of his idolized daughter, lying so pale and motionless in the arms of one of the men, a mist seemed to gather before his eyes, and ex claiming “My God! is this the end of all my hopes ?” the brave man, and gallant officer, who had so often faced death on the battle field, and had pressed on against tho enemy while his own blood was freely flowing, regardless of his wounds, would have fallen, overcome by this seeming deprivation of all he loved, had he not been supported by his friend. —[This story, entire, will be published in The Southern Field and Fireside.] OCX SOVXRXXBF VXXX9 XXX XXXXSXXX. [For the Southern Field »nd Fireside.] MY FATHER’S GRAVE. ■T WKXOXAH. Not here, where Georgia’s amber stream. To Ocean slowly winds its way— Not here, where myriad regal flowers Bloom ever in perpetual May! His grave is in our native land. Within her loved and sacred breast— There, in her springing, dewy sod. They made my father's place of rest. There, where the dark blue curling waves, In flashing foam-wreathes brightly leap— O’er pearly rocks and crystal sands— There’s music in their rear and sweep! In the grave-yard, where cedars dim . Still keep their silent, watchful shade— Where golden curls, snd silver tress, Are side by side together laid. He sleeps alone—all, all are gone— No kindred footstep Ungers there; No falling tear, nor stifled sob Breaks ever on the silent air. Death's angel visited our home. And snapp'd the golden household chain; Then lone and drear, we turned away, With eyes of tears, and hearts of pain. Though tom from that dear, sacred spot, From the lov'd land that gave me birth— Thou art the Mecca of my heart. The dearest spot of all the earth— My father's grave! Avgusta, Ga. ———v*» WOMAN AND FLOWERS. Let woman summon around her home all the beauty with which the Creator has endowed this earth. Let her surround herself with a wilderness of sweets, and there amid fragrance and beauty slie will find that tho virtues which are germain to the unpolluted heart w<ll also spring up. Her children will have more tender ness and beauty of character, and will be far less apt to go astray among the briars and bram bles of vice and error. The effect of cultivating beauty around her home will be to cause every sentiment that sweetens her own existence to spring up into newness of life, to bud and to blossom in all its loveliness. She too will come to prefer a display of rich colors in her garden walks to such a display on her own person, and learn to appreciate that habit which covers the form in a profusion of huge and brilliant printed flowers on muslin, and which seems to indicate an absence of the flowers of sentiment, and an absolute want of that taste which shows itself in tho cultivation of the garden. We would have every woman both a lover and a sedulous cultivator of flowers. We are confident that many of those women who grow and expand like weeds in the heated apart ments of gaiety and fashion, and become dried in heart and stale in sentiment, might be rescued by a timely attention to flowers. They would regain tlieir lost freshness, the bloom would re visit their wan and wasted cheeks, and fresh life would circulate its healthful currents through their chilled veins. The effect would be to re clothe the saddened and attenuated victim of fashion with beauty, and to cause flowers of sentiment again to spring up in hearts which had been overrun with weeds. Take a thin and sallow and diseased person from the room in which he has respired the unwholesome and close atmosphere that there prevails, and place him on the mountain side, and how long will it be before the blood in his system, that has' half the time been congealed, and only flowed fast under the impulse of fever, will go merrily on its “ winding way” through arteries and veins, and he will again become strong and vigorous ? So also one who has wasted her beauty and her freshness, the tone of her heart and the refine ments of her sentiments in those saloons in which the atmosphere is full of moral disease, and where fashion and folly dance hand in hand in positive mockery of all those qualities of which men and women have a right to boast, and which ally them to the angelic existences, will, when transplanted like a blighted flower to a garden, and there learns how to worship nature instead of the painted idols she has been accustomed to, soon begin to regain a portion of the original loveliness of her nature, and may by and by become entirely redeemed from the taint that has stolen “ firo from her eye and vigor from her limbs.”— [Louisville Journal. — Building Sites. —We may safely put on re* cord the following rules as worthy of being ob served by that large class of persons who desire go build, and who are not compelled to restrict their selection of an appropriate site within cer tain limits winch they cannot ever pass. For such, the primary conditions of a desirable homestead, are: 1. An undoubtedly healthy situation, and one that is easy of access from the public road. 2. A Southern exposure, backed by a good growth of forest trees to break off the force of the winter winds. 3. A cheerful landscape view, especially to the South and West 4. Perfect drainage on all sides. 5. A dry subsoil, and one that is readily and cheaply excavated. And, lastly, an abundant supply of pure water, so situated that it may be introduced into the house at a comparatively small ex pense. If, in addition to these desidcraUi, the land is naturally of a good quality, and therefore capa ble of being brought into a high state of culti vation; affection, industry.'and good taste, and a sound mind in a sound body, are all that are required to constitute a home that should be pleasant to look upon, and endearing from the associations that, in the course of a few years, will cluster around it Every vine that is planted; every new flower that blooms; every shrub that puts forth its green leaves in the spring, will add an unconscious charm to the new homestead, while they will tend to strengthen that sentiment of local attachment, which springs alike from the pride of posses sion, aud from the consciousness that the com fortable habitation and its surroundings are the product of the owner's taste, aud in part the work, either of his own hands, or of that of his immediate family.—[A’tiraf Register. A Splendid Rose-Show. —It is a very splen did sight in a green-house or conservatory, to to have either the blush or yellow tea-rose bud ded on any of the strong growing sorts, with a stem perfectly straight three or four feet in height ramifying with four or five lateral growths. Where the blush, white and yellow varieties could be, if so desired, inserted upon one stalk, the whole, when in flower, would have an ele gant effect as the weight of the flowers would naturally give the whole plant a pendulous habit. Lemon Pie. —The juice of four lemons, six so da crackers rolled fine, four tea-cups of water, three tea-cups of sugar. PKOSPECTrS OF THE SOUTHERN FIELD AND FIRESIDE, A LITERARY AND AGRICrtTCRAL PAPER, PntiUah«*l Wrrklr. in Angnutn, Georgia. Dr. D. LEE. Agricultural Editor. W. W. MANN. Literary Editor. WM. X. WHITE, Horticultural Editor. Devoted to Agriculture. Literature, and Art It is In quarto form of eight pages, folio size—each issue con taining forty columns of matter. In mechanical execu tion. it is in the best style of the typographical art In utility, it will be all that the best agricultural science and practical knowledge of the Sooth can (Urni&h. A weekly visitor to the homes of Southern Planters and Fanners, it will be more useful and acceptable to them than any monthly journal of equal merit In mental attractions, it will be nil that a spirit of en terprise ou my part and a laudable emulation on the part of others, can evoke fkom Southern intellect and cultiva tion. Too long the Southern people have been content to look to Xurthern periodicals for instruction in agricultural matters, and to Northern literary papers for mental rec reation. There is, however, a growing spirit of inde pendence and of self-reliance at the South. Our people are awaking to the conviction that we have the elements of success in the experience, knowledge, and scientific invest igat ion, of the dwellers in our own Southern homes The truth is gleaming upon us. that we have literary re sources of own worthy to be fostered—that among South ern writers should be divided some portion of that vast stream of Southern money that flows perpetually north ward to sustain Nortbernliteratnre. My aim is to establish n paper that will be a vehicle < f information useful to Southern Planters and Farmers, and a repository of Southern thought, imagination and taste, in the realms of Literature and Art; and to obtain for it such an extent of patronage and success, as will justify the most liberal compensation to all Its contributors. AM* and experienced editors are engages!, and steps are in progress to secure contributions from the most pleasing Southern writers, of both seven. Much latent talent wiil be brought to light, and fUraish some agreeable surprise s to Southern people. “Full many a gem. of purest ray serene,” will flash before their admiring eyes, and cause a gen erous glow of pride in Southern genius The Agricultural Editor is Dr. Daniil Lxt, the dis tinguished Professor of Agriculture in the I'niveritr of Georgia—editor for many years past of the Souther* l\ttirator. ami a leading contributor to many Northern agricultural journals of the highest reputation! The Horticultural Editor is Mg. W a X. Wnrrc. a skill fill and experienced cultivator of fruits, flowers, and vege tables—a writer of repute in these departments, and au thor of that popular work, “Gardening for the South.” The Literary Editor is Mr. W. W. Manx, of this city, an accomplished writer, of fine taste, ami scholarly attainments, who. having retired front the active duties of the legal profession, spent many years in Europe, and was for several years the Paris Correspondent of the A’ll tiomal Intelligencer and Southern literary Mtmenger THE SOUTHERN FIELD AND FIRESIDE will combine the useful and the agreeable. It wiil furnish the Southern Fanner information useful in every field he cultivates, and the Southern family choice literature, the offspring of Southern intellect, worthy of welcome at every fireside. It will be. in all respects, a first class pa per—on a scale of expenditure more libera] than has yet been attempted in the South, ami designed to rival, in its merits, the most distinguished of the North. Terms— 7Vo dollar*per annum, in advance. No club rates allowed. No credit allowed in any case. Bills current in the State from which they are sent, re ceived at par. Postmasters will be allowed fifteen per cent on the amount of subscriptions obtained by them. On all subscriptions exceeding twenty, sent from one office, twenty-five per cent will be allowed. Contribution* solicited from the pens of Southern wri ters. A special appeal is made to the ladies of the South for their patronage ami good wishes. This paper will be entirely silent on politics. On matters pertaining to their respective departments, address the Editors. On matters or business generally. Address. JAMES GARDNER. Av/uetit, (la.. J fay, 1555. Opinions of the Press. The weeha leal and typog-aphlcal execution are beautiful, be n* carefully priitvd In clear type, on paper, and is a large quarto riuwtcf eight pages. with five column-to’he pape. its cent- nts are varied and agreeable, and in fwv w.»v. wr ih’nk it fUlty sustains the character which the promises or the proprietor led the pub Sic to anticipate. Mr. Mann brings to the aid ©f the He rare department, c xtens ve I c amirg. urge experience and a polished pen. The eui oruls, contr buttons and selectors, all Indicate a determina'ion to met it patronage, atdwe are sanguine of l*s popvUrit* and ultimate success. The Idea of combining in the same journal, discussions and essays upon literary. agricultural and n bcef'amou* subeet, is a joed and popular one a©d will lead at once to the mod desirable resu f-. The diversified tastes and tendencies of the reading public demand such a harm* i us cmn hi nation of di - fluent element’* as is here set fortl ,and the result will be most happr and hern fi'ial. l>ur resources of mind and character, of scholarship and acquirement, should receive simultaneous development, with those of our eotl, peculiar labor and civili zation.—[&>« of Temperance, BennettsviUe* 8. C, June t, Is:*. We have received the lira; nun her of this paper, and after a careful examination cf Its contents, we take pleasure in re* commending H. from an agreeable admixture or literary- and agricultural Items, as likely to prove a we’come visitor to every Jv u’.hem hearth, as wt d as a s tgcesttve assistant in the labors of the field. From the trient an 1 taste exhibited In both the editorial departments and from the ability of the correspond ents, as shown in the articles contributed to this number, we Infer that the pub'bher has not lightly entered into the mat ter aud has not commenced this enterprise without a full knowledge of the causvs which have led to so roanv failures of similar enterprises at tbs >outh—failures, which have re sulted not so much from the too bitterly complained of want *f S. uthern pa:ro: age. as from the want of adequate means and ability to conduct such undertakings, and so many cf them true Lithe* to fluid because they tlid not deserve suc cess.-- The South run, Orange* urjh, 8* C- July 10 ISM, Annng the many literirT weeklies which now strew the laud, tb ek as the leaves or Vallambresa, we have met with none which has afforded ns so much entertainment and pleas ureas the “t-outkern Field and Fireside" published at Au m;>ta. Georgia. It has or.ly recently enure i the grest world of weeklies, but has a! read v attained, we believe, an extended popularity, which it fUlly deserves. Free from the mdUfereLt wood-cuts which offend the eye in so many similar | übltca tions. it depends f r its success upon the aUr.ing value of its lite rary and agr cultural contents, which in varietr, excellence and general character, are much above the standard «f the very great maj* ri vof its rivals, A distinctive feature of he piper, and one which w 11 cottnbute largely to its success, ra the Southern tone acd character of its contents. We hive met with nothing, for a long time, so grateful to our sympath es and feeling as this flavor of the S‘uth. if we m.y so speak. It ; s unn istakeable and ho lets The character Stic extends to the entire arraneemen cf the puolkation -to its “nilno” as we;i as ‘‘matter." The courteous and well bred tone of the editorial paragraphs is very in rked and agreeable; it will add largely to the pleasure derived from the paper, by people of refinement everywhere. At another time, wc shall take oocas'on to speak of this tew candidate forSouthern tavor at greater length- 1* steadily <n ndu tee. as It promises to be, in the spirit ct iiseoam.cDomeur. it will have inaugurated a new state of thin sin s*uuthern literature. The nurn trs ?o far arc extremely p easant rearing—the literary porti .m at least. Os the agr'uru turaU which U carefully arranged, we cannot speak. Among the sketches ranting continuously th ough the cumWs. is one of great neat by the author of the famous Georgia Scene*, entitled “Master Mitten, or a Youth of brilliant talents, who was ruined by bad luck." It is full o! the fine humor ard point of the writer, who should Eve to our bou:te»n literature m re of hb lucubrations than ‘has done. William Gilmore Simms, Mrs, Anna Cora R tchie, and other popular Southern authors are regular con tributors to the Fbld and FiroiJe. its editor, W.lliam W. Mann, tsj . isa well known aud popular get t.ernan of letters of the South. The Publication is very handsomely printed, and we need no; say that we wish It every success.—[ I irginia Index* Ju:y t\ This safird rate Southern Weekly. “Its aims arete re fine, to enhven and to instruct in literature—to bring out much of the new hidden wealth of S uthern intellect and cultiva tion—to shed the light of Agricultural science up-m the waste and desert p aces «•» the South, and to cause them to teem w:ta .enewed fl it'iiby—a. dto open up to view, sources of Agricultural wealth hitherto undeveloped and unnoricvNi.” Plant* rs, farmers, literary men, merchants, send for it. (#Yc Dee Times, Georgetown* S. C .August 31,1^9. Perhaps no paper comes to our sanctum more sought after l han the Southern Field ai d Fires de. We are always ar xious to eee i\ for in it, we are *i ways sure ti> find something to in terest and instruct. It is one of the ne dest printed papers in the whole country—North or South. The objects of the South era Field and Fireside being to “refine to enl veit, and to in struct in literature—to bring out much of the now hidden wealth of Pouthern intellect and culuvjiion—to shed the light of Agricultu al science upon the waste and desert places of the South,*' it is hoped that its friends will come manfuli>* up to ils support. Pric- fii a year. Jas. GaaDNCR. Proprietor, Augusta, Ga.— Empire 8 ate* Origin* Ga** August 24,15 J. We are in receipt of the itrrteenth number of this excellent literar» weekly. Its enterprising propnetcr fully deserves the fiatte.ings ccess wh eh has. up to this time, attended hisef xorts. lhe aims of the Field and Fireside, are “to rt flue, to enliven, a* dto instni .-t in literature—to bring cut much i f the now tidden wealth of Southern intellect and cultivation—t • shed the light of agricultural sc ence up »n the waste and desert p’U«of tnebouth, and cause them to team mph renewed fer til.ty—and to open up to riew. soutces of agricultural wealtn hitherto ut.deve.oi ed and unnoticed." We hope to see the day when everv intelligent family, at least in Georgia, shall be sup- Slied with the Sosthm Field aud Firesiie —[Family Fir tier, f Jiisort, G a., Aug. 24.1559. We wbhto say someth ng about the “S uthern Reid aai F.res*de." Po you take it ? If not, subscribe at once, bho m that W E ran hare a Literary paper in the South. Thb cann. t be done without your patronage. Gtreyour two dollars free v and be bent fitted a hundred told.—[Chiylon (Ait ) Dinner, Avg. 2S.ISW. This journal continues to come to hand rgulaily. In Its typographic*, execution it preset ts a neat and handsome ap. pear-ince—and its writers are the be*t and mo*t dbtingu’rhed of the South. Our people, in tead of rending their money ofT for a Family paper to the New \ ork Leger. or sue other Nor hem production. sbodM scud their #2 to the Fireside, and get a paper worthy of their patronage.— Dinner dt Sentinel, Atari a*, .tvy.fit, 155® There la no journal we w* lcoire more cordfal y to cur table i thawhe Southern Reid *twi Rreside. W> learn from the i fcrt number that h Is receiv ng encoumgeme’-t the most flat* ’ taring and gratifying, ah >win. a disposition In the South to sustain a first class southern literary frurnal. The Southern Field ami Rr s;rie, by its« is establishing its* If as a literary r.ecewttv. an l we hope w.ll before long supplant the X'Ttkero sensation trash with which the South is flooded. [StuiM Alabamian* Greenville . Ala. Aug. 27,18 W. Th’s interesting weekly journal es li endure Las I e ome a regular visitor. We cordially we'come it and look with in* t. rest toihe day of its arrival. Writers of the best talent hive been secured to contribute to its columns, among whom we notice Judge Longstre. t. H s name la sufficient to assure any one that each paper will contain some piece of interest. T*>ere are others est qua] ability. The card of the Editor tendering to the Pre*s his thanks for their favora’ le notices has been received. What we I ave said in relation to this w ekly Is t ue, t nd any per-ons desirous of a Literary paper can do no letter South or North, than to sub scribe for “The Southern Reid and Flreri le."—l Standard, t’as*rWe* Ga*S*pt I,ISW. This valuab'e poblicati >n continues to saver us with its weekly writs. In mechanical appearance it is surp sscil by none. Uls just such a publication as the South Hav long need ed. and we hope the day is not fhr distant, when its heaJthful influence will be tell throughout the whole Southern country; and that it will take the place of those sickly Northern publics- Hot a. the influence of which is blighting to the institutions and the iut llectu d well-being of our people. Let these who de sire to read a Uteranr paper, worthy of their confidence and support, send for the Southern Reid and Fireside. —[ Patriot, Marietta Ga-Sk-pt* 1,186#. This excellent family paper, published at Augusta, Ga., by James Gardner. Es j., has been received by us since its first is sue, and been read with a great deal of interest, and we take pleasure in commending it to public patrontge. It lias now reached its thirteenth i umb*r. and fu ly realizes the expecta tion!* of its f» i**nds. Its alms are to refine, to enliven, and to i: struct in literature—to bring out muck of the now hidden wealth of Southern intellect and cultivat on—to shed the l<ght ©f Agricu tural science upon th“ w*ste and desert places of the S utb, and cause them to teem with renewed fertility—and to open unto view vourc s es Agricultural wealth hitherto unde vtlopt a and unn* t ; ced. 1 hi sc aims every heart must approve. [tfeacon, Greensboro* Ala.* Sept. 2, IW9. Am* ng our literary exchanges, th’s publication, which has now had an ex a:enceo! three months, stands in the very front rank. As It aims to be a vehicle for ihe exhibition cf Southern intellect, and a means of refinement and instruction In litera ture, we mo* heartily wish tor it a place at every Southern fireside.— [Southern freibyterian* Charleston Sept. 3,1869. One of the most attractive weeklies we have reen: We take pleasure in saying to any of our readers who may wish to take a first class literary paper cf eight beautifully printed pages, obtaining Ac ugh or the most intetesting literature for any one to digest in a week, and a large amou .t of the choicest agricultural and horticultural matter, that they cannot do bet* ter than to fend two dollars, (the yearly subscription.) to the i of the “Southern Field and Fireside,** Augusta, Ga.— [Banner, Salisbury* AT. C.* Sept. 6,1869. The Southern reading public have now the opportunity of bestowing tbrr patronage upon a journal whi* h in every re epect commends itself to them ; anu of turning the tide of mo ney, which ha* too long been flowing to support Northern Literature, to encourage and sa tain an enterprise which will bring into p!ay Southern talent aud energy. The Field and Fireside is gotten uo in the best style of th • typography art, and shcu d find its way to the ••flresiae*’ of every family in the S* uth. It is almost indispensable to the farmer, and invalua ble to every man of literary’ taste. Subecrite, subscribe for it, friends, and when y< u get It. lend it to your neighbor, then get it back ar d file It away am**ng your literary tn asures [ West Alabamian* Carrolton* Ala., Sept. 7,1869. This valuable addition to the newspaper literature of the South is row in the sec* nd quarter of its existence. The prem ise made by the proprietor, c f furnishing a Southern paper thtt should compare favorably with any published in the country, is amply fulfilled. It is without doubt the best pa per with which we are acquainted trr the use of families, uni ting general news with a deal of valuable matter relating to agriculture and domestic economy generally. Being a use ful pater, it should receive liberal support from toe people. [Southern Champion * C aiborne* Miss * Sept. 9,1859. We wonder there are not a hundred Mibacribers In Oxford to the Field and Fireside, a literary and agricultural weekly pub- Ibhedat Ai guria. Oa., at #2per*nuum. “Master William Mitten, or a youth of brilliant talents who was ruined by bat luck." a humorous and instructive story, by the distinguished author of the “Georgia S-enes," has already run through the first fifteen numbers of the paper, and is worth the 'Ubscrip. tioo tenfold. Over fond mothers are done up to the life. The moral will prove eminently salutary to such ss are capable of making a self-applic itton. Judge Lougstreet has a very hospi table welcome to our town, where he has been sojourning this summer. It hVHT .efreshlng to see him retain all the freeh nets and vivacity of youth at' at age when most men are h rs de combat in the great batt’e of life. May his shadow never grow shorter!—f Mercury* Oxford* Miss., Sept. 9, 1359. The establishment of this weekly journal, inauamrates a new e r a in the htriory of Sou hern Literature. The North has h”d he enttiv field, almost without a rival. We greet this enter prise, as the harbinger of what th- South can, and will do. We heartily commend it to the patronage of our readers. In s’n it resembles the New Ycrk LetLer, and is published at the »iiuc price, #I.OO a year In advance. - [Southern Teacher* Montgomery* Ala * September* 1859. We look with the greatest Interest for the weekly visits of this splendid Southern journal. We must confess that we are astonished to find New York or Boston papers in the hands of so mar y persons who do not take the Reid and Fireside. Now we do not object so much to their taking Northern papers 1 it suits them, but we do think it denotes a want of public (*p , .rit and Southern pr.de t > patronise them, to the exclusion of those publisneu at he Nmth. especially when ours are equal if uot superior in literary merit, typography, AC. Every read in g man la the courtry should take the F*e!d ar.d Fireside; and those who have children line enough to tead, it teemw to u-, are perfectly inexcusable for not doing so. The price is tr fling. Only $2 a year. Address James Gardner, Publisher, Augusta, Ga .—[Express, Eufala* Ala.* Sept. 1,1859. Reader, do you take the “Southern Field and Fireside.” published weekly by J aiues Gardner, of Augusta, Ga., at #2 00 per year—do you. we ask ? If you do not. then are you opera ting agnlnst your real interest, as the story of Master William Mitten itself, from the p*n of Ju fge Lor.gstrect, author of Georgia Scetes, U worth ten times the price ot the paper. Tne points of this tale in the main are based upon matter of fact, and are so practically portrayed as to engage the highest inter est of the reader. It is really a practical tale and shows up the human nature and folli* s of over indulgent mothers to a charm, and if read l*y them will have most wholesome effects. We need not remark that the style of the author is humorous the language the very purest ot English, and the moral elegant and elevating. Take the “h ield and Fiieslde," and our word for it it wi Ibe the b*st ’nvestment that could be made, Asl*e trom the Literary merits of the paper, it hns an emisent Agricultu ral Editor in the rerson of I>r. Lee, and h!s department or the Bper8 per has valuable information for the farmer.—[ri'frcr iscr* attanoog-iy Term.* Sept. 9,1859. This new Agricultural and Literary paper, published at Au gusta. Geo., is growing rapidly iu popular favor, which we are pleased to see and kuow. This fact verifies the assert U n rande by us that the people ot the South w« re by no meat s wedded to Northern journals, to tne exclusion of those of Southern emanation, of* qual merit and interest. Tney have onty acted up n the great Human principle prevailing, that of getting the most you can for the same money, ■ nd when Southern jour nais attain the same standard cf worth asUuse of the North, the preference will be given to our own. This standard has no doubt been reached by the Field and Fireside, and we behold it making the most rapid strid* s into the favor and support of our pe* pl(». The writings of Judge Longstreet continue to add interest and attention to its columns, besides productions from other able and tplcy pens.—[ IFufcAman, Sumter* S. C, Sept. 13* 1569. The eriabllshment of this weekly journal, forms almost an era in the literary enterprises of the South. While very many of a similar character have bceu inaugurated in tne South, none but this has openly avowed a rivalship with the preten tious, flash imtitution* of the North, and none have started under more flattering ausnlcesjior are conduc ed with greater enterprise and ability. T his undertaking then commends it self to the patronige of the Booth, by two very weighty con slderutions—it » ably conducted—it is a home journal. We most heartily commend it to the patronage of our readers. It resembles iu size tnd appearance the New York Ledger, and is pull.shed the same prive $2,00 a year in advance, in Au gusta, Ga.— [Gazette* Union Springs, Ala. Sept. 15,1859, Th s. emphatically the bett faml’y newspaper published In the Fnited Mates, makes its more than welcome appearance !n our samtum. The proprietor, Mr. Jam»s Gardner of Au gusta, Ga., a gentleman or great»xperience in newspaper pub iication, bus spared no pains to make the (xpeiiment whether or no*, the South can produce, ai d sustain a first rate family weekly; and he has succeeded. With a corps of contributors, male and female, of the higheit order of talents and much fame, the Held and Fireride, Is devoted to the portraiture of Southern Life, through the purest literature. None of your Northern wishy-washy, obscene, and highfalutin stulf, witn abolitionism insults for Southern men and women—literary (?) vipers crawling aroued our hearth stones, thence a^sorb ng their vitality, and sliming our altars. No, none of these; hut a piper of exalted literary merits, ard devoted to the interests and improvement of the farm, the gardt u, and the orchard, a* well as to the true exporit.ou of Southern talent, character and institutions. We call upon the true sons of th- South to drive the wretched newspaper literature of the North from their fire sides, and to uphold such valuable exponents of their section and its interests as that or the Reid and Fireside. It is a folio of the neatest mechanical appearance, and i-* published at Au gusta, Ga.. by Jams- Gabon* a. at the low rate of #2,00 per annum.—[Floridian, Jacksonville* Oct. 6, 1859. The “Boutherd Field and Fireside." published at Augusta Ga.. by Jamfs Gardner. Esq .at $2 per annum, istre Inst lit erary paper in the c ut.try. Try it. at d then you will agree with u s.~-\_Keowee Courier * Dickens * S. t\, Oct 8,18!>9. It is an excellent Literary and Agricultural journal, and far superior to the wetkiy. sensation clap-trap concerns gotten up at the North. The South should suppott her home journals before sending to the North tor publications of a literary nature. Terms #2 per annum.— [Advertiser* Lexington* Miss.* Oct. 14, 181-9/ We have before alluded to this tier log Literary and Agri cultural paper, but we feel again disposed to call the attent on of our reader* to its claims as a Southern enterprise. We know of no paper more worthy the united support of the Southern people than the Field and Ftaretide. It is printed rn the very best quality of print ng paper, with new and clear type, of suf ficient s ze to be easily read—fillet! whh the choicest reading m ztter. consisting of Agricultural, Horticultural and Literary. Published wetkiy at Augusta, Ga. Subscription price #2,00 in sAtuhcm.—[Abbeville* S. C.* Banner* Oct. 13,1859. • It is most unquestionably the best family paper In our oplr.- ; on In the Union ; instead of be ng filled with over wrought, ex citing, poisonous, and immoral nonsense, as all the Northern city papers are, it Is partially demoted to ta es by the best Southern authors, giving Southern scenes true to nature, true in history, and of the purest morals; firing et tertalnment and strength to the mind Instead of vitiating and weakening it. We w mid to see every farmer iu the land reading the agri cultural portion, parti ularly, a series of articles on the study of soils, now in course ol publication by the editor; each and either ot which. I* w*rth far more to the farmer than the yearly sut-s'rip ion. Terms #2 p«r rear In advance. Address James Oabpxrb. Augusta. Ga.- [Religious Intelligencer* Morris toxen* Tennessee* Oct. 20,1859. Th'»tew Southern enterprise Is. beyond sdonbr. the mcetsoe cesefui effort of the d»v. It Is all Its proprietor promised for It. To those who take but few papers It Is decideuly the most valuable paper now published, combining, as It does, the vari ous departments of literature, agriculture, and science; thus furnishing its subscribers with the information of all three clas ses of papers for the price ot one. To those who are in the habit of sending North for literature, we advise them, as the time Is now at hand to subscribe for the new year, to give The Fielc and Fireside—a Southern publication, a trial for one year—[Southern Champion, Claiborne, Ala., Nov. 1.1859. It Is a Liters y and Agricultural paper, eoinbired, and has for I'a contributors some of the best minds in the South. It is with pleasure that we recommend litis paper to all our readers, feeling that we risk nothing in asserting that it Is one of the best family papers, if not the best, publish* d in the South, and richly deserves a liberal patronage from the reading public, [' Cherokee Baptist, Nov, 24,1869. In pronouncing th's favorite weekly to be the best family pa per in the Union, we are but reiterating the universal rp nton expressed by all our co'emporarles. Every time wetum to its columns, we experience peculiar pleasure, as a southerner and a Georgian, In perusing emanations furnishing Indisputable evidence of home ttient aid native enterprise. Mr. Gardner determined, at the outset, to establish a press hat would reject honor upon our State, regardless of cost—and most happily has he succeeded. The appearance of the Field and Fireside, too, claims the admiration of all who appreciate the beauties of ty pographical in, as i lsplaycd by our es'eemed trli nd, James N. alls (its worthy superintendent), under whose tuition, years ago, the writer of this notice was initiated into the mysteries of “theart preservative of ail arts.” Long may the. Field and Fireside continue to enioy its prtsent ptneperity—proving profitable alike to publisher and patrons.—[ Washington, Oa., Republican, Nov. 26, 1869. —— FIRST AMERICAN NAVAL COMBATS. BY LIEUT. A. J. PRESCOTT, U. 8. N. Com. Faul Jones and the Serapis. —We are now to consider one of the most sanguinary conflicts that ever occurred upon the sea. It was during the war of the American Revolution. On the 17th of September, 1778, Commodore Paul Jones (who came and settled in this country from Scot land, and who finally died in France,) with two vessels, tho Bon Homme Richard and the Pallas, came in sight of a Meet of British merchantmen near the straits of Dover, escorted by the Serapis and the Countess of Scarborough. At seven in the evening, after a tedious chase, Jones, in the Richard, was hailed by the commander of the Serapis, when within pistol-shot, and immediate ly responded by a whole broadside. Jones then ran his ship across the enemy’s bow, seized the bowsprit with his own hands and lashed both vessels together. Sails, yards, rigging, all be came eventually entangled, and the opposing cannon touched each other's muzzles. In such a position, in the night season, and under the bright shining of a full moon, was fought one of the most renowned of sea conflicts. Immediately after tho vessels were lashed to gether, the batteries of each vessel opened, and the red-hot iron flew through and through the hulls, tearing everything in their maddening course. Tho water broke and dashed around them, and then rolled off in glittering waves, un til lost in the surrounding darkness. Tho ships could be compared to nothing but two opposing thunder clouds that should meet during a terrific storm. Each deck was soon covered with man gled victims, and one by one the American bat teries became useless, until but three were fit for service. Every gun of tho British was in full blast. A less daring spirit than Jones would have yielded. But tho iron-hearted sailor “ had never learned to say die.” Pacing from point to point on the deck, he shouted his men to their duty. Death reigned all around him, and spar after spar went down in crashing ruin. “Yet still, over all that uproar, and over the groans of agony and thunder of battle, his voice pealed like a spectre’s, and sternly bound his men to duty The waves were -rushing in at every seam, until tho pumps were useless, and then one appalling cry of fire told that long resistance was impossible.” Three under officers, overcome by the awful scene, had called to the British commander, who now demanded if Jones had struck. “NoI” was the reply; and the battle raged on. At half-past ft o'clock Jones and his compan ions had a moment’s joy as they saw the Alli ance (a vessel that had deserted from Jones’ squadron,) apprdhebing, for they supposed her to be a repenting prodigal; but their hopes wero speedily dispelled when a broadsido came rush ing over tho waters, splitting the stern of Jones’ vessel. The false one was called upon to for bear, but the response was shot after shot, that pierced the Richard and threatened to complete her destruction. Tho little crew were now in despair, the prisoners were let loose, and the officers prayed Jones to surrender. But with startling energy he stamped on the burning . deck, and ordered each man to his post. With such a commander the sailors, of course, forgot to fear, and hewed the way on to victory. Grad ually the British fire slackened, their maiLmast began to shake, and at half-past ten, or after a direful contest of three and a half hours, they struck. Scarcely was there time to transport the wounded to the prize, when the Bon Homme Richard sank. The Serapis was herself on fire, and had five feet of water in the hold. “ A per son,” says Jones himself, “must have been an eye-witness to form a just idea of the tremendous scene of carnage, wreck and ruin which every where occurred. Humanity cannot but recoil from the prospect of such finished horror, and lament that war should be capable of producing such fatal consequences.” The Serapis was a new ship of forty-four guns, constructed in the most approved manner, with two complete batteries—one of them eighteen pounders. She was commanded by Commodore Richard Pearson. —— —Rosalie Boxhecr, as she is called in her acte de namance, was born in Bordeaux on the sixteenth of March, 1822. Her father, Oscar Raymond Bonheur, was a painter of merit, who had in youth taken the highest honors at the ex hibitions of his native town. He devoted part of his time to giving drawing lessons in fami lies for the support of his aged parents. An at tachment sprung up between him and one of his pupils—Sophie Marques, a lovely and accom plished girl. Her family opposed their union on account of the artist’s poverty; and after the marriage the young people were thrown entirely on their own resources. Rosalie was tho eldest of their four children. Her father was com pelled to give up his dreams of fame and the higher labors of his art, and for eight years maintained his family by teaching drawing.— In person she is small, and rather under the middle height, with a finely-formed head, and broad, rather than high, forehead; small, well defined regular features, and good teeth; hazel eyes, very clear and bright; dark-brown hair, slightly wavy, parted on one side and cut short in the neck; a compact, shapely figure, hands small and delicate, and extremely pretty little , feet. She dresses very plainly, the only colors worn by her being black, brown and gray. The oldest known painting in the world is a Madonna and Child, painted A. D. 885. Tho oldest in England are said to be the portraits of Chaucer, painted in panel, in the early part of the fourteenth century, and o/ Henry IV., done in the beginning of the fifteenth century. My experience makes me an enemy alike to premature marriage and distant engagements. The first adds to our individual cares the respon sibility for the beloved and helpless pledges of ur affections, and tho last are liable to the most uel disappointments.—[Sir Walter Scott. 3