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Pwflekl, Osu, I** 8,1865.
BtWci) to Cmpcnnitc, JEtoare. i&itmtl fntdlignitt, Sttos. fa.
“Silks aad Satins.”
BY MRS. FEDBLEY.
See, MWy, w’hnt a lore of a bonnet,”
said Laura M*’>retrm to her sister, as they
were taking a peep at the spring fashions,
temptingly displayed in the window of a
milliner’ establishment. “I really must
impure the price of it.”
•’Stay,;! ah” said ‘Mary, “you know wo
have decided to get new straws, and 1 don’t
think it prudent to put onrseivt.fi in the
way of temptation.”
“But it surely can d<> no harm just to
step in for a few minutes and take a look
at all the pretty things. I need not buy
any; but if yon do not care about them you
can go on to Mr. Ford’s store, and I will
call there for you.”
The sisters parted, and Laura was soon
gaily laughing and chatting with a bevy of
lively girls, who were engaged in discus
sing the merit.:, of some splendid articles
whicih were spread out before them. In
r.ito ihidst of silks, sarins and gauzes the
idea of l.he ‘'"plain straw''’ began to lie rath
er distasteful to Laura, and after having,.
at the solicitations of her young friends,
tried on that love of a bonnet, it elicited
such warm admiration that she decided on
becoming its purchaser. The purchase
was made, when she remembered that, bei
best dress was getting rather shabby, and
though it could be very well worn with a
pl an bonnet, yet she could not possibly
wear it with a pink eatin bar ornamented
with plumes. So to the milliner’s great
oatioL'i.c: ton she selected handsome silk,
which she requested might hi made in the
newest style.
in the meantime Mary had hou ght a very I
pretty straw bonnet, trimmed with a sim
ple wreath of white jessamine, which gave
it quite an appearance of elegance, and
having chosen a delicate lawn drees, she
quietly awaited her sister’s arrival, very
well satisfied with nor inexpensive purcha-
ses.
Th e bonnets wero sent Lome during the
day, and even Laura could not help con
fessing that Mary’s unpretending bonnet
was tasteful and becoming; bqt then she
added, as she gave an admiring glance to
her own, “it is only straw.”
“I believe,” said Laura, a few days after,
“dial I shall have to borrow a few dollars
oi you r;ntil I get nn next quarter’* allow
ance. * have not a coin left, and I hate to
ask papa, hi is so particular'.”
“I shall be very happy to accommodate
you, ’ replied Mary. “But dear Laura, I
Wish yon would be more careful in yonr
expenditure. It is a Imd phut to anticipate
your allowance, even if papa would permit
it; but you know Low decided he is’on that
point; he told us at first that it would be
quite useless so make such a request, and
really I think ho Avery gtmeroni-; and as
we always paid in advance we never need
be in debt, Winch papa strictly piuidbili,”
“I do not wuridef why you are so miser
ly, Mary, when you always have money by
you. “Why would yon not afford yourself
a nos?, -ilk bon nut and dress like the rest
of the girls? [should like to know what
you intend doing with your, savings.”
• “Do you remember,” replied Mary,
“poor old Mr*. Robm-ls, whom we both
pitied so much fofo- wilder, when she crime
r<> church tb‘Be co-ti days so poorly clad?
Well, I determined to buy her ;t warm
shawl and usefo before anotlhci* winter, and
as papa has &o many demands on his purse
for other charitable purpoecß, I resolved to
retrench my own expenses a little ; anu
would you believe it, the difference oi cost
in cur dresses only will t riable me to sup
ply her with those articles, as well as to
aid her in many other ways. The luxury
of dplng good j§ to (tie tM gteaicst ofilav
nries,”
“I am afraid I shall never be half as
thoughtful as you arc,” rejoined Laura ;
“but could you not supply your protegee
from your own wardrobe, and then you
need not deprive yourself of anything?”
“No,” said'Mary, “Mrs. Roberts has
seen better days, and I Would not insult
her by offering her cast-off garments; be
sides, you forget our poor nurse’s little or
phan, dear mamma used to be very kind to
them, and now that sire is gone I wish to
supply her place us much as possible; be
sides I feel as it they had u claim on me
tor tbs.dr poor mother’s Kike, wh< nursed
us io. kindly during onr ‘ infancy. iSo you
see,” she added, smiling, “u y old ward
rob* U disposed “fi, and I food! be very
glad to res.vive’ t ,iM e-mrl'lOuDon?- iV>an
vours.”
”i can hardiy uivWra tail'd v,->nr-jdvas ot
charity,” observed Laura. “it was but the
other <lav <ii.it veil refuse.. l<> contributefo
the AiVis a. Mfefoon* ”
“Because,” said Marx. “my rm.ins of
being useful are very i inbred, and l prater
selecting objects nearer homo, ami which
appear i-o have a greater- diMnnttd on my
assistance. Not but that i warmly approve
(4 Foreign MisA<<i)~—but 1 should be. glad
to bee more Home Mtesimmry Societies-* ti
tabiishmi—the poor ami ignorant of our
own immediate “neighborhood cry aloud for
help and instruction —axel slmuld they not
receive it at our hands?”
“Well, Mary, you are a good girl and
will make an excellent minister’s wife some
day; but as for uie, as the song says,
PESFIELD, GA., SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1856.
I lovtyrausic-and dancing,
Ami ehayiiag with.the beau*.; *
.To saying, Laura tripped lightly from
the room, leaving the more sober sister to
continue her eiiiplbvmcut of preparing
so bio articles of ctetmnrg fora poor woman
who was tn'great distress through the in
temperav hG.ff- - T her husband.
’ A t'bw morn lugs after the conversation,
t : m fatrhionViLV world of the little, bustling
town of Hastings Was thrown into a state
of great excitement, by the announcement
of a grand pic-nie, to he follo wed by a dance
in the evening on the lawn at Mr. Seaford’s
at whose house his nephew. Lieutenant
Hawthorne, with two .or three naval offi
cers, were staying.
“Only think, Mary,” said Laura, “three
or four officers —how delightful! I think
our Hastings beaux will fall a little in the*
estimation of the young ladies after this.
I shall wear my new bonnet and dress,
they are so exceedingly becoming,” and
Laura gave a glance at her really pretty
face in the glass. “What a pity, you did
not buy anew silk too.”
“Oli,” replied Mary, “my lawn will do
very well. Besides, don’t you think it bad j
taste to Wover-dressed'cm such occasions ]
Rural fetes are not like city balls.”
‘‘That may be,” said her sister, “but the
Harwoods, posters, and Trevors are all'go
ing to he splendidly dressed, and it would
appear odd not to do as others. Ido hope
it won’t rain, as I should hate -to spoil my.
hat; rc mere her it. is the day after to-mor
row; the carriage will call for ns tit t*-Vi in ’
the morning; we are to take our dinner it
the woods nt Berly.-and then return to Mr.
Sea ford’s; dancing is i-:. cuimneuco’ about
live.”
The pic ni<* and dance passed bvgV, asj
such things gcn -.ra-ly do, when n rumber
of goou-uatured .people assemble togelhe”
with the view of enjoy trig 3; nnd
to do she young ladies of Hastings justice,
they were neither jlbnutujvd nor difficult
to he pleased. No gay bonnets having been
spoiled, everything went off harmbuicush',
and the hid it* were in rapt-tiro* wji'h’ Those
delightful oflieera.’ woofie inipar.tiM and
polite attentions to all, left no room for
heart-burcing or jeatousiee.
The young people, gathered round the
breakfast-table at Mr. S'eatbrd’s the next
day, were a joyous group. The proceed
ings of the last evening were being canvas
sed, when Annie Seaforti, a merry girl of
fifteen, exclaimed,
“Now I want you all to tell um who- was
the belle yesterday. Each gentleman will
of course be guided by hia own taste,” and
turning to. her. cousin, she added, “I chal}
begin with you.”
“Rather a serious matter to decide on,”
replied the lieutemim, trying to assume a
demure countenance, “and one which re
quires great- deliberation; but hs I r;m the.
junior of the party von must pormh me to
yield the precedence to my seniors. ’ J
The other gen tie men laughingly bowed
their aeknowiP'fgtperjts, wlu.-n Mr. Seaford
looking up from his newspaper oxclainicu,
“1 protest ngaingt such'inquisitorial pro
ceedings Annie ! Hastings ims at ways
been celebrated for the beauty of the la r
portion of its inhabitants, -and really i
hardly know where you will meet with a
handsomer set. of girls than those who gra
ced the lawn last night, and good-natured
girls too.”
“I dare say they are sir,” robbed his
nephew, “but with all your prepossessions
in their favor, yon'‘must acknowledge
that they displayed very little refinement
of taste; only to think of silks, satins, tis
sues and plumes at a country pic-nie !
They must have ransacked all the stores in
town for their finery. There waft but one
well-dressed girl among them—l forgot her
name—but she had filae eyes auu golden
hair; if was quit® refrtbhing to h'ckalher.’
“Oh! you mean dear, sweet, Marv More
s on,” cried Annie, “how Ido love her ! I
wish she was my eister-aiA* nay cousin,”
she added, looking archly fxt the lieiiten
•arit, who blushed in spite of himself, as the
eyes of all’ present were turned toward
him. Annie mentally resolved that if
should not bo her fault, if her two favorites
did not become better acquainted; wheth
er or not she succeeded, in the plums which
she began to form, time will unveil.
“And so Mary Moreton is ready going
to be married, and to an officer —who would
have thought it!” said Ellen Trevor to her.
sister Julia; “I always fancied her settled
down in a siing little parsonage as n min
ister’s Wife.”
“Why you don’t'fluey,” said Julia, look
ing tu> from her sewing, “that Mr. Ck-v
----ari aired Ik.H” Mr hhffi a yourg
clergyman who had recently Li ken change
of the parish . “1 know bho has beffiu very
nsefnl amung the poor, but { presumg Tidt*
plitofi cai.) be supplied.” (Miss* Julia had
lately taken to visiting the sick, and was
establishing a Dor cat* Society;)
“No,” said Ellen, “1 hardly think ‘ so.
Mary had such a qnidfr, way
of doing good;”* and r.a she gave a glanee
at a iiOftp of lb*unci and calico which lay
before her sister, she added, “she never
paraded her chanty.”
**[f Lieutenant Hh wtliorne had chosen
Laura,” said Juilu, “i shouki not have
been surjxrised: ebo is by far the haxidsom
er of the two.”
“Oh! ves,” said Ellen, “everybody knows
that Laura is good-looking—but sensible
men want sensible wives—women that oas
; think of Bt.unut.hing more than silks and sa
tins. Annie fold rue that her cousin fell
in love with Mary at the pie-isie. So you
see we wore our fimririresses to little pur
pose; and now I suppose all the girls will
be \vearing close-cottsge bonnets and color
gowns.’ Heigh-ho! I wonder, a?aunt Ra
chel would say, if this will teach the belles
of Hustings, that elegance, and simplicity
s>l dres? and manner, are far more.captiva
ting Than as ostentatious display of fine
ry .”— Peterson's Magazine.
Love of Flowers,
Thedave of flowers is universal. There
is no one thing in mutters of taste in which
the world is more agreed than in this. It is
true that we once in a while meet with one
so engrossed with accumulating money,
that this, with every other emotion of a re
fining character, is destroyed. And now
and then, though very rarely, the fanner is
so touch of a churlish • utilitarian, that he
never looks upon his daughter’s flower-beds
without longing to see there beet-tbps of po
tato© vines. With such rare exceptions,
flowers arc objects not merely of admira
tion but of love.
Few and small are these early flowers of
spring. The i railing arbutus is one of them.
Its little white flower, with its delicate pink
tinge—sweet emblem of modesty—peeps
out from the midst of its rude leaves some
times as early as the latter part of March,
•boon, too, you find the wild violets, a-nd the
anemones, those delicate little flowers that
move with e very breath of air. These first
flowets generally have no fragrar.ee. the
warm temperature of sumrpe? seeming to be
necessary to develop that The trailing ar
butus does, indeed, have some fragrance,
but it is slight compared with that of most
summer flowers- It is in mid-summer that
w s have the greatest profusion of flowers,
and men the air is filled with their fragrance.
Through the whole warm season of the
year there’is a succession of them; so that,
although each flower- lasts generally but a
shot grime, there are always serne in bloom
to speak ‘O. us of tha kindness of oitt* Hea
venly Father, and of his love for the beauti
ful.
The universal fondness for flowers rs
shown in the peculiar delight which they
give to all when preserved mid the dreari
ness of winter. It is not merely where the
appliances o.f wealth are brought mto ser
vice in the preservation of plants, that ;ve
have evidence of this affection toy them.—
• There is. oft enless here than there is where
a few common plants are kept in a window,
aud their buds are watched one by one as
they open their pure blossoms to the light
.of heaven. The care sometimes exercised
•by. ihc poor over the few fresh and beauti
ful things of God, which thoir scanty means
enable them to guard again-ft the cold, is of
ten a very tender care. And their sorrow
when, with ail their watchfulness, they have
unwarily jaiieci. some bitter cold night, to
guard their precious oharge sufficiently, is
oStfen truly effecting, ft is a loss different
A m a similar accident coming upon a
green-house stocked with costly plants.—.
This latter loss can bo rnndt up by money;
bin the other can not bo. There is an indi
vidual affection lor eaci) of the few plants
and affect lon is not easily transferred.
Perhaps some child qi the family has had iu
affection .fastened upon someone. o.f the
plants, and i*. has been cherished as one of
her favorite pets; and wher; she sees it do
zen in the m'qruing, she feels as if she had
lost a friend that always smiled upon her.
Earn aid ty True to Itself!
The human race, however featttred and
perverted, has sfili much in it that is lovely,
and which serves to indicate its high origin
and immortal destiny. If vve look on socie
ty with a fault-finding disposition, we cap
discover enough ia deprecate. We shall
find selfishness, jealousy, anger and malice;
but if we look candidly we shall see far
more that will make us love our race. The
child, following* the guidance of its native
“instincts, the very warp of its. being, rushes
into the sunshine, and hunts, i;o; far poison
ous weeds, but for fragrant flowers. The
tear that nature bids him weep, is irradia
ted with a smile before it leaves his cheek;
and when he turns his trusting face up
wards, it is to admire the glories of the gor
geous day or the .brilliant beauty of the star
ry night, not to frown on clouds or to search
for approaching storms. In like manner he
. looks trustingly into the face of humanity,
expecting to find truth, purity and affection.
Nature teachcc him to expect that which
belongs there, and if he finds it no\ t how
keen the ’disappointment.
We. who are children.of larger growth,
hou id imitate his example. We should 1
look for sunshine, .for flower < and smiles—
for truth, benevolence and ju dice in our fol
low-men ; and treat all, however rough and
uncouth the exterior, as if we were dealing
with those who have a yearning for love,
< ighbousness, and immortal blessedness.
The dirty urchin, barefooted and ragged,
that balls us for a penny on the street ‘corn
er a{ night, when the chill wind whistles or
the pelting storm rages, may be a noble bov
struggling heroically to save a giek mother
ai;d starving sisters— or he may have been
sent there hungry and cold by ;t drunken
latijer, to beg far money to buy rum, under
the penalty of a flogging if he goes back
empty-handed. Spurn not the little fellow
rudiy; an angelic nature is his~a diamond
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in the rough it may be, and needs only 10
be polished to shine lustrously. Give him
a bath, a dinner and a smile, and the good
and the beautiful of his nature will -be
brought to the surface, appreciable bv ail.
Human Nature, after ail, is a kindly thing,
and capable of nil sorts of virtues. The ve
ry tact that we blame error and sin, shows
that vve appreciate virtue and goodness. and
expect them from our fellow-man.
As we stroll through the marts of trade,
where all that is selfish in man is. supposed
to prevail, or wander through those pre
cincts of the great city where the poor and
the abandoned are packed into mean and
filthy abodes, we are often reminded that
the spirit of goodness still lives in man, How
ever much it may be obscured from genera!
observation, We saw a wretched, dirlv;
rum-rinned loafer wandering to find a friend
to treat him. or a six-penny job that he
might treat hi ruse! i—we saw this man pars
ing 0 little, sickly, hait-fh-d beggar child -is
she sat crouched by a hatchway. Weil
dressed men had scorned her plaintive sup
plication, and repelled her little skinny hand;
but, this vagabond gazed a moment at the
cnild, and while ms eye** moistened and bis ;
hp quivered, hunted through the etnph
pockets of his tattered garments and at hod.
tounu a solitary penny, which he placed in
the child’s hard, saying: “there”, take that;
itis all I’ve got, 1 wish if wax more.” He
passed on, and vve t hought of the good ‘Sa
maritan and the widow’s two mites.
We saw a lady rich and fashionable!
enough, one Would suppose, to be hear dess,
imperious and utterly* selfish, waiting to
cross Broadway through the crowd of carts
and stages, when a laboring man who \va :
passing with his little daughter, kindly of-
Terad to escort her over; she accepted his
assistance, but while protecting the lady he
received a blow from a passing vehicle
which injured his arm end ruined his coat.
The lady, seeing hoy much lie had risked
and suffered on her account, and the u.ier
dismay with which ho and his little girl re
garded the ruined garment, told him to come
to her house, No. —, street, and she
would not only give him another c :-at or the
means to buy one, but also an entire suit fur
his little daughter, together with an order for
a year’s petition in one of the best select
sqhoolsin the city. .We turned away with
‘swimmingeyes, anti left, the little group ex
pressing to each other their mutual thnnks ;
assured ay these little-incidents, which a
single stroll had brought us to witness, that
hurban nature, whether in rags and wretch
edness* or fluttering in silks and iaces, is,
alter all, God’s own handiwork, and capable
of goodness and happiness.
Let us, th§y. give it the smile- of recogni
tion-—a w ord of hops and encouragement;
and, whenever we can, a strong hand to
help and protect it. God bless humanity,
and lead it to duo sense of its powers and
its worth, of its duty and high destinv.
Extraordinary Bless Dry.
An Englishman. :t a ecu tain time, came |
to Frederick the Great, of Prussia, for the •
express purpose of giving him an exhibition
of his power of recollection. Frederick
went to Voltaire, who read to the King a
pretty long poem which he find just finish
ed. Tho Englishmen was present, and was
\o such a position that he> ecifid hear every
word of the poem, but was concealed from
Voltaire’s notice. Alter the reading of the :
poem wub finished, Frederick observed to
the author that the production could pot be
an original one, as there was a foreign gen
tleman present who couhl recite every word
of it, Yoltafre listened with amazement to
thf stranger-, as he repeated, word for word,
the'poem which he uad been at so-finuah
pains in composing, and, giving way to a
momentary freak of passion, he iow the
rnanusciipt iu pieces. A statement was
then made to him of the circumstances un
der which the Englishman became acquain
ted with his poem, which had the effect to
mitigate his anger, and he. was very willing
to do penance for the suddenness of his pas
sion. by copying down the- work from a se
cond repetition of it by the stranger, who
was able to go through with it hi before.
The Twc Wishes.
i was listening the other day to an address
to a company of Sunday-school children. —
It was at the close of the school for the sea
son. The minister told them interesting
things, and, among others, bespoke of their
future prospects. “Perhaps,” said he, “some
of the tittle boys before me may become
governors, some of them may be judgas or
senators.”
When he was telling that some of them
might be governors, I saw one little bov j
turn his blue eyes up to his companion and
whisper, “I should like to boa governor,
shouldn't you, James?”
1 have since read of a little boy who had
higher ambition than this. He was very
sick. His father and mother were there;
his brothers and ids sister were near. As
thev watched his countenance they saw that
he must die. When so feeble that he could
hardiy speak so as ;.c be understood, he aaffi
to his mother, who was bending her face
close to that of her dear boy, “I 3 hou id love
to be in angel; shall ibe au angel, moth
er ?”
1 would wish that all the children who
read this paper might, by gaining knowledge
while young, be fitted for governors or for
some other useful station when they become
j men, and by being good, and loving and
TERMS: &I.QO IN ADVAiTC
j JAMES TANARUS, BLAH,
V. PKXKIJ.
VOL. XXII.-KUMBEB :if
obeying the Savior, be prepared to beeoml
angels when they die.— The Myrtle .
. Asiatic Mysteries. I
The Arnsterdamshe Gourant contains thJ
following:
•‘lt is well known that East Indians havJ
innn\ i*iVGntions i.ink.novvr* to l^uropt^nnsJ
and that they possess secrets incomprehen
sible to us. Ihe Chinese understood th
art of printing several centuries before*
Western nations, and they also used gun
powder a long time before it was known in
Europe, in Bengal the art of serpent
charming strikes foreigners with astonish
ment. -In Chili the Spaniards instituted a
system of rapid correspondence by means
o! the human voice, which, at that period,
went aheaa ot every other mode of commu
nication. In the knigdom of Montezuma
videttes were established at stated distance#
Vv;:o transmitted the orders6t-Government,
ana tor warded iniurmation with the utmost
rapidity trom one endofthe kingdom to the
other.
*li as a recognised tact in British India,
ddat. m 1815. the Governor of Bengal re
ceived nouce or a sudden revolt of the tribes
o’, the interior. Xlis informants proved that
‘.be natives had obtained information of the
Allies having lost the first day of Waterloo
(ffiaUres Bias.) The rebeis also knew, a
’ bwrt time, subsequently, that the battle
(o’ aterioo) had been gained by tho British
uud their allies. Three- weeks later tho
Governor received official notice of this
event; v. inch news had been immediately
expedited to him by the Guke of Wellington,
by means of couriers despatched from the
baffle field.
A similar circumstance has just taken
place. Letters.renewed lately from'Calcut
ta. announce that the European mail is
awaited with much anxiety, as the people of
tne interior have already received the an-
Ueipatisd news oi the conclusion of peace.
i -hio new ol which, as yet. the European
population knew nothing, and could know
uoaihig, oec.ause no mail had arrived, and
i eactied v.aleutta in advance of steam, had
even distanced the telegraph from Bombay
to Calcutta.’'’
Sight Drinking Families..
The following startling statements are
made by the New dork Cabinet, respecting
eight different iambics in a single town:
Their parents were moderate drinkers.
Can heads of families read these facts with
out concern ?
The first had one child, a daughter. A
great <uia was expended on her education.
■She died from the effects of Strong Drink,
The seeciiu had an only son. He was
educated with great cure and at great ex
pense., but was killed by wine.
The third had four sons and a daughter,
i he daughter is a drunkard, and one son has
gone to a urankard’s grave.
Tiie iouriti had three sons. One died of
intemperance, one was killed in a duel, and
the other-is a drunkard.
The filth had a son who killed himself by
drinking, and two step-sons are drunkards
on wine.
Tho Sixti! had five sons. Four are drunk
ards, and one through the influense of liquor
is-an idiot.
j he eighth ;.ad five sons and three neph
ews. Four of the sons have been killed by
alcohol, and the fifth is ° drunkard; and the
three nephews .we in the drunkard’s grave.
Tvzq Mistaken
An Irish pig merchant, who had more
money hi his pocket, than his appearance
denoted, took an inside passage in one of
our stage coaches during the late severe
frost. A dandy of the first order, who was
a follow passenger, was evidently annoyed
by the pr essence of Pat, and having missed
his handkerchief taxed him with having
picked bis pocket, threatening to have him
taken, before a magistrate at the coach of
fice. Before they arrived there, however,
the exquisite found his handkerchief, which
he had deposited in his hat. He made &
very awkward kind of an apology upon the
occasion; but Pat stopped him short with
this remark : ‘Make vonrselfaisey, my hon
ey. there’s no occasion for any bother about
the matter. You took me for a thief and I
took you for a gentleman; and we are both
mistaken; that’s all, honey.’
Tho Shadows of Childhood.
God bless the little children! We like
their bright eves, their happy faces, their
winning wavs, iheir rosy dreams ! Noth
; iog seems to weigh down their buoyant spir
its long; misfortune may foil to their lot,
but the. shadows it casts upon their life-path
are dee ing as the clouds that come and go
in an April sky. Their future may, per
chance, appear dark to others, but to their
fearless gaze it looms up brilliant and beau
tiful as the walls of a fairy palace. There
is no tear which a mother’s gentle hand can
not wipe away, no wound that a mother’s
kiss cannot heal, no anguish which the sweet
murmuring of her soft, low voice cannot
j scathe. The warm, generous impulses of
| their nature have not been fettered and
cramped by the cold formalities of the
world; they have not yet. learned to veil a
hollo ,v heart with false smiies, or hide the
basest purpose beneath honeyed words.—
Neither are they constantly-on the alert to
search out our faults aud foibles with Argus
eyes; on the contrary, they exercise that
blessed charity which “tbmketh no nrfl,*