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An Amazon,
HRM’” Brown is live feet six inches in
Mglit; is übotH thirty. well proportioned,
Bn'l faced and ruddy; has a u;-w : * penotru-
Hg eye, which the moment it fixes'upon
Hnr fu*e, sees your character, and that
■ii precision. Her stop is more manly
■u! a man's and can cover forty miles a
Hy. He;’ common dress is a man’s hat,
Hat, wit’n a spencer over it, and men’s
Hoes. She is unmarried. She can lift
Hie hundred weight in each hand, and
Hr tv fourteen score; can eevy, knil, and
H.ini but hates them all—and every accom- j
■anirnent of the female ..character, that of
■lodesty excepted. A gentleman at Bath
Had recently treated her ruddy. “Sho
Had.a good mind to knock him down.”
Hbe assured me “she never knew what
’oar was..” She gives ho affront, but offers
o fight any man who gives her one. If
he has never fought, perhaps it is owing
to the iusulter being a coward; for the man
of courage would disdain to offerpm insult
to a woman. Phoebe has strong sense, an
excellent judgment, says smart thingaand
supports an easy freedom in all com pa
rues. Her voice is more ’ban masculine;
it is deep toned. With .he wind in her
favor, she can send it a mao;she Las neith
er beard nor premia., eevd Breast; she un
dertakes any kind ot manual labor, as
holding a plough, driving a team, thatch
ing a barn; using a flail, Ac., but her chief
vocation is breaking horses, for which she
charges a guinea a week each. She always
rides without, a saddle, is thought to.be
the best judge of a horse or cow in the
country, and Is frequently employed to
purchase for others at the neighboring
fairs. She is fond of Milton, Pope and
Sbakspcare : also of music; is self taught,
and performs on several as
the flute, violin, ami harpsichord, and sup
ports the bass violin ki Molloeh Church.
She is a markswoman ami carries r gnu on
her shoulder. She eats no beef or perk,
and but litflo mutton. Her chief food is
milk, which is also her drink, discarding
wine, ale and spirits as unwholesome.—
English MisceUan ?/.
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A Heroic Woman.
A passenger on board the “Northern In
diana” gives an account of the narrow es
cape of Cicero Fowler and t Be wife of Tal
ly. There was but one life-preserver for
Mrs. F. and her husband : he insisted im
peratively that she should put il on ; she
peremptorily refused, saying she - was in
poor health and his Me was worth far more
than hers !” The preserver having no strap.
Mrs. F. tore the hem from her dress, and
fastened it to her husband, whom she con
tinued to encourage, saying she could hold
on to him, and if the preserver could u<d su-.-
t a them both, -he would be- the one !<> !<-,
g- and leave him to save hansel!.
The tire way getting hotter and hotter.
The water was thick; with unman forms
struggling for life: she tore her bonnet, al
ready on tire, from her head, and hand in
fin nil with one she loved better than herself,
tod; the dangerous leap. As the) arose
from the water Mr. Fowler assisted his wife
in procuring a good hold of him on or about
the shoulders. She wiped the water from
hi - mouth and eyes, and encouraged him to
regain his hope of being saved, lie contin
ued to: struggle with the waves. Ha if an
hour elapsed and there were no signs of as
sistance. His strength was rapidly failing:
Hi? wife observing \t. tried to cheer him.—
etc said r.e could not stand it any longer: it
-earned as though he must give up". At
that moment sne heard a steamer corning
rapidly through the water. She says : “Mv
dear husband, a few moments more and we
are sale. Don't you hear a boat coming?’’
He said he did, and immediately revived,
made ail effort in his power, arid struggled
tor himself and heroic wife, until the “Mis
sissippi” crime up and took them, with scores
of others, on her commodious decks.—S’y-j
rtfciise Jour. * !
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The Sublime.
i urn fully prepares toaliow <>t /utioij ;u
----mmmty ’ij Burt'-'* theory <->f the suhiirnv,
us connected with ;mlf There
nr.e -lev tnuige so great, a* . r.'f I.*; and t hero
“• t a ! 1? i nothing wliiCT i anish* - ;>)i lit
ilciieHS of tisought and feeling in an equal
i:(, puu with its contemplation. Kvery
thing, therefore, which in any wav points
to it—and therefore, most fiangors and
powei’B over which we have little control ;
ar *in some degree sublime. But it is nor
tie. tear, observe, but the contemplation of
death; not the instinctive shudder and
struggle of self-preservation, but the de
li her un measurement of the <looni. which
realty groat dr sublime in feeling, it is
while wo shrink, but while we defv,’
tl.y we receive or convey the highest con*;
captions ot To. safe. There :s lie sublimity
*>'■ the agony <*l terror. Whither do we
irace it in< .-i y in the cry to the mountains,
“‘fall on-us!’’ and to the hills, ‘-cow-r u& !”
nr in the calmness of the prophecy--“and
though after my skin worms destroy this
bony, yet in fiesb I shall see Group’ A
in-k. reflection will easily convince any oi.e
tliat, so far from the feelings of <*lf-pre
servation being necessary to'the sublime,
i heir greatest action is totally de-tructj ve
to it; ann that there are few feelings
capable of its perception than those of a
coward. — Rmtiln.
The i ut that Fights itself.
Th e .insects, as 1 have often said, aro
countless; swarm everywhere and every
thing. Th ir tenacity of life is most amu
sing. I have told you of the manner in
which one-half of a ant fights the
other, it cut in two. 1 saw an instance of
it just now, One giant cut one into that
was annoying him. The head i , jsmedial“-
the body with its inaudible, and
the body began.gtinging away manfully :
at Um hoau. Tim fight wen ton for half an
hour Without any diminished-’ *hiii of life •
thisk: what they always do. Instead of
dying, as-they ought .to do, they set and
light away for-hours, if sotno of the other
ants do not e-nu* and carry them away—
whether to eat thorn or bury them we
krv Australia.
The Courtesies of Business Life.
Business men who lay in a fair stock of
civility will find it a8 good an investment
to draw, please and retain custom as they
can make. The small-civilities and cour
tesies oflifii are too often neglected by
them. We have been taunted as a nation
of shopkeepers, who, in our haste to be rich
•forget not only proprieties, but moralities;
we have been charged with idolatry, wor
shipping the almighTv dollar, and the con
duct of some among us has given color to
; the charge. Let mu'the reproach longer
remain w A nation immersed in trade need
not. nec&suiinly, befofgetftd df the require
ments of honor, uprightness and truth. A
mail in trade need not be poor, nor is he,
in anywise, exonerated from extending to
wards his customers the seme suavities lie
would extend to a guest jn his house, to a
stranger he is kit rods] cud to in company.
He need not indulge in formal etiquette
and pompous civilities, for there is no heart
in such a manner; but in the easy, genial
habits which speak a kindly feeding and
reciprocate respect.--- Hunt's Mrrc.hu n{s’
Magazine.
A True Anecdote.
A minister was about to leave his own
congregation for the purpose of visiting
London, on what was by no means a pleas
ant errand —to beg on behalf of his place of
worship. Previous to his departure he call
ed together the principal persons connected
with his charge, and said to them: “Now 1
shall be asked whether we have conscien
tiously done all that we can for the removal
of the debt: what answer am i to give ?
Brothor So-and-so, can you in conscience
say that you have given all you can?”—
“Why, sir,” he replied, “if you come to con
science. 1 do not know that l can.” The
same question he put to a second, and a
third, and so on, and similar answers were
returned, until the whole sum required was
subscribed, and there was no longer any
need for their paster to wear out his soul in
going to Loudon on any such unpleasant
excursion.
A Scene for Abolitionists.
i Though it would m.'t convert, it might
I have instmeted the famulus ot the North
to have witnessed a slight scene in front
of the theatre Thursday night.
Mr. MseulhVter was having cue of his
gift entertainments, and tin; drawing of
some tour.or five pnz.es had proceeded in
the usual way, win n ‘ay elegant gold
vvanen foil To Ihe to. kv i: <r -n black man,
v, ii'.i dc.-ifed to Cl ine <;• e-. ii Ir- m ;le
gal K-ry ano receive fun prize, ibc ut.iu
a ivaheed through th p;- ‘'queue *n the
platterm, where his ticket was uxamitnd
j and the watch delivered. J.lu received ids
j prize and retired to Ids piaeU, amidst the
! victorious chgeva of Hu. larmomu (•itizeius,
i It might Sir ve -011 light* ne-.! smia- < mM*
! rnuhtid Abo. it-uuis-k •.<! Hie North to \vn
j ness tins ic- sadi. •; <*v tden wfd she grim.’
| ei'iU‘liy p:'-,efivOh. ‘ii uttr colored pmuihi-
I tion.
i>iir they would not believm eveu rlieir
.own (‘Vys . —JIMr Abgc.s/, r.
Tale-Bearing.
Ncw-r repeat a story, imieSs you are
cci Hu-n jt is correct,-and even no* then u*t
.i-. stj somethitig is to lie gained, cithe” ,>i
I mV-; i■ - yom ;e!f, or Mr rbc <*-,od of t in*
| person e-.cjt i-ri-ed. laflliug is: 1 lucau and
wicked practice, am! he “, ho in<niii;.vs in
i : . grows, more h.-nd of it in proportion as
In is nticeesMu!. If’voir have n. g. .f r<
-ay of ‘ on}’ jtciglibor, navi r ivpr<his
character by telling that w hich is this .
He who tells yon ihc limits of , Hpsv. •>;-
, tends, to toil othet,- of ‘our limits, and -o
the dish <H news- is handed- from one to
a not her, until ihc talc b comes enurumi!*. !
‘A stm-v never Joses anvTidng,’ i? wisely I
remarked; but on nm yoiitrarv gaum in j
pi’ I "portion as it ss repeate!! Iv those who
have not a very strict regard for ti-uLt . j
Truly, ‘the tongue is an njunly member!
full of deadly poison.’
I X am Discouraged,
Faint not beneath the heat and burning
of the day, for the wise man say- : “If thou
faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is
.small.” Rise, look up! The clouds are
dark, but behind them shines many a star;
the clouds will all disappear. “The darkest
days will all pass away.”” Cheer up. despon
ding heart ! Take courage ! Strive to im
prove thy condition; but it'thou eunst not,
learn to endure with patience and fortitude
thy hard lot. Repine not, for- it wilt only
make thee more wretched. What if the
road of poverty and toil is hard to travel ?
What if the way lie dark'---what if the
thorns and briars lacerate thy unprotected
limbs?—what it the Hints wound thy vvearv
feet?—what if the sun beats on thy head?—
what it thy bones ache?—what if hunger
gnaws thee? Gird on the trusty armor of
hope, faith and contentment, and press on
ward, still onward to thy journey’s end.—
And there a home awaits thee—a home for
which thou mightest well afford to endure
all trouble, all pains and sorrows—a home
where thou shait not experience sickness or
sorrow or death—a home, where the Lord
of glory reigns, where Christ ig, and all of
the redeemed—a home, <d happiness inex
pressible, music divine, where myriads of
angels, with their myriads of harps all tuned
in unison, are singing praise t<> the Lamb.
; Weary pilgrim, faint not, if ilj P way he
; dark: the journey is* short, and at the cud, if
thou he not found wanting, thou wilt receive
thy reward—a crown of glory iuthp realms
above.
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fvC?’ lot; late Dr. Wilson, senior fellow
of the Trinity College, Dublin, though a
i very grave man himself, was very fond of
j quizzing ami puzzling the. country people,
. who came to inquire alter their friends
and relations in the college. One day see-
man standing in tin* court with a let
ter in his hand, gaping and staring about
and not knowing whereto go, lie walked
gravely Up to him ami inquired what he
wanted. The man answered :
“Sir can von tell mo where J may find.
Mr. Dalahunts?”
‘‘Yes,” said the Doctor, **do yon see.
that building before yonif” **
“Yes.” *
“Then crucify this quadning-M, am! trA;
the <iiarnefer of the plot bey*aid it; enter
the opening before y ou, asVend the ligne
ous grades, then turn ticMtir von
will find him either p ripatiiiminn;. in hi?
eubicile. dormitating In Vis lectuaiy, or
prescoponting through his fenestm.”
.1 he poor man, who understood nothing
of this, and remembered not one word hut
the last, said, “and pr-av 3 sir. what Is the
fenestra.” -
To which the Doctor replied, -Mt is an
orifice iu an edifice to idmifTmmnoiiß par
tiele.s.’’
“Ah, thank you,” said the poor fellow,
and he walked off more perplexed than be
fore.
Brandies of Education.
A scrapegrace remarked, that the prin
cipal branch of education in his school was
u willow branch, arid that his master had
used up a whole tree.
“Amid the of her bridal, ami whilst en
eireled by congratalationa, she selected from her per
son a pure w hite flower, and requested a friend to
bear it to me with the assurance, that even at that
hour our intercourse was n pleasant remembrance.”
As the breathiug form of a beautiful dove
To one alone on the boundless sea—
With a starless cloud like a pall above,
Came that sweet flower to my heart ami me.
f or my world was sad, and my drooping hope
Was cold as a living thing could be ;
Hot a pulse was stirred, and a flush gleamed up.
As smiled that llower on my heart and me.
On her bridal day, at her bridal hour,
Tt- seemed like a gem in its purity ;
Oh ! bright as the hour, and pure as the flower,
He the wish that goes hack from my heart and mo.
May the frown from her dream, and the light from
i her hope,
i Like shades from the path of the sunbeam flee ;
: And pictures of beauty engarlan’d her cup,
; Like that which she sent to my heart and me.
B. J.
Petersburg, Dec., 18-lff.
The Heroines of the Fireside.
We have all heard of those heroines who
have so long been embalmed in the world's
memory. Fame will not let them sink into
the Lethean stream; site bears their names
aloft in her eagle soarings, and sets them, a
glorious constellation, among the stars, as
the gods of the old mythology placed there
the lyre of Orpheus and the sword of Orion:
j she causes perennial flowers to blossom
I around their tombs, and charms the listen
| mg ear for the thousandth time, with the
; thrilling story of their -struggles and tri
j umphs.
| \Y ithin a few weeks we have read much
. about some ot them, and they seem to he
i moving before us now m a royal procession,
I statelier tar than that in which England’s
, pi’” id Queen goes to prorogue parliament.
; We- forget for a time that the dust of vears
| has soiled their garments, that the mildew
just he grave has blighted their beauty, and
! gathered cold and damp on their brave
[hearts: they stand before the eye of Fancy,
jas fair and valiant as when they wrought
j out their brilliant destiny. Isabella of Cas
! file, the iriend and patron of Columbus,
! comes torth Irom her lonely resting-place in
the Alhambra, that lost home of the Moor
ish kings ; the young enthusiast of Dorn
Heniv rises like the pheenix from her own
a dies, with sword, and helmet, and banner;
| Maria Theresa leaves “ the pale realms of
| shade.” wearing once more the iron crown.
I the venerable robe and treasured cimetar of
Si. Stephen; .Madam Roland unbars the
door of the sepulchre, and again standing
1 cairn, and dignified, and dauntless among her
enemies, pleads her cause with burning elo
quence, or in the solitude of her gloomy
dungeon, chants a wildly solemn requiem
for her expiring hopes, while the chords of
her iong-ueglected harp breathe a mournful
symphony.
Such are the heroines whose praise the
poet.-sings and the historian records; whose
faces and forms are immortalized in the
sculptor’s marble, and on the painters can
vas. But there are other heroines far more
deserving of real honor than these—hero
ines of whom the world is not worthy.—
They have never girded on the sword and
stood at the head of conquering armies; the
rnon troll's diadem has never pressed heavi
ly on their brows, nor the cares of an em
pire occupied their thoughts. Their path
way lies among secluded by-places, and is
not luminous- with dazzling light. No hu
man historian has recorded their noble
deeds, but they are written oa high in let
ters of gold; and when earthly books and
their authors shall have passed away forev
er, they will he bright and fadeless still.
They <iV<‘ the heroines of the fireside. As
faithful wives, devoted mothers, ns duti-1
tu! daughters-, their course is truly heroic.
They may be fitly called the “angels -of the
household,” for they are akin to those an
gels, who roam through the pleasant valleys
of eternal rest. Nothing, seems to crush
their brave spirits; they may, like the lily,
bend to the storm, but like that sweet flow
er. they will rise too as lovely and pure as
ever.
Death may come with the shroud, the oof
fin, and the pall; a dear one who has been
a guid<\ a comforter, a support, way he ta
ken a way, leaving them to struggle on in
loneliness and sorrow, Want, with her
train of woes, may take possession of the
home where plenty use |o reign; half-fam
ished childhood may cry in vain for bread,
and feeble. old age stretch out its skinny
shaking hand tor the same treasure, and
mutter despairingly, “We shall starve !”
Griefs which gnaw at the heart like a ser
pent's tooth, may waste the bloom of the
check, and put out the light of joy that ogee
danced and revelled in those now sunken
eyes; but through all these trials, they will
hear nobly up, meeting the frowns of For
tune with wondrous courage, doing every
duty in the fear of heaven, sustained only by
unwavering trust in their Creator, cheered
only by the hope of a reward, “where the
wicked cease from troubling and the weary
are at rest.”
Wherever they are toiling and struggling
in this cold world, they deserve respect and
sympathy from ail who reverence purity of
thought and loftiness of purpose. God bless
the heroines of the fireside !
C|c (Temper ante (frusakr. j
PTCXFIEILD, GEORGIA j
Saturday ITlormag;, August 10, IK <>. ]
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Grand Lodge. Knights of Jericho.
iff. foil tar :—Allow me to state through your
columns, that the next annual session of the Grand
Lodge of Knights of Jericho, for the State of Geor
gia will hold its annua! session, on the second Tues
day in next month, September.
It is very desirable that all the Lodges in tin*.
State should be represented, ands earnestly request
of them to proceed to the election of delegates as
provided for by the ‘Constitution, and let not the
interests of the Order suffer, because of the sup-hie
ness and apathy of its members. Yours fraternally.
E. M. PENDLETON, G. W.
Me return thanks to lion. C. J. Paulk tier for
a copy of Gftruther’s Letter.
I laiF* Friends who send us Obituary Notices, wiSl
oblige us by making them as short as possible. A
long train of mournful reflections, however great
their intrinsic merit may be, can seldom pro cot in
terest to tlie general reader, and usually their brevity
increases their truthfulness. As wo publish such
j notices gratuitously, we will exercise the privilege
| of shortening them when wo deem it necessarr
Rather Little.
Some two or three weeks since, we published the
notice of a marriage, said to have taken place in
Lexington, Ga., which we have since learned was
spurious. It was accompanied by a name which
\ye supposed responsible, and were ut no pains to
preserve it. Consequently we are now* unable to
find it, or give any clue for ihe detection of the au
thor. .Such impositions have become quite com
mon oflate, though we must confess we never saw
the point in them. They can show but very little
wit; the) may display a very considerable degree of
meanness. Asa safe-guard against such imposi
tions, wcMufll henceforth publish no marriage no
tice, unless accompanied by a name which we know
to be responsible. *
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Preparatory School.
We would call special attention to the advertise
ment of this School, which will be found in this is
sue. Owing to thy disappointment in procuring a
Teacher, it has been vacant during the lost term,
and hence the necessity of presenting its claims to
the notice of the public The Board have secured
the services of a young man, who brings recommen
dations of accomplished scholarship, and has an en
thusiastic zeal to excel in the profession of his choice.
Barents and guardians, who have to board their sons
and wards could not do better than to place
them at this school, as they here have almost every
advantage which i.s afforded to the Students of the
College classes. In the confident assurance that he
will be able to give general satisfaction, we would
commend Mr. Seals to the notice of the public, and
solicit for him a liberal share of patronage*.
The Weather and Crops.
We traveled recently through a considerable per- ,
tion of the county, and were struck with the dismal
appearance of vegetation everywhere. Although
there has been rain somewhere in the vicinity, al
tnost every day for the last two or three weeks, the
showers have been so partial that they have done
but very little good, even where they have fallen.
We have seen no corn which will make more than
halfa crop, a id some will make scarce anything.
Monroß Female University.
A handsomely printed Catalogue of this popular
Institution has Keen laid on our Table by some* un
known triend. From this we should judge it to be
in a very flourishing condition. The corps of in
structors is larger than that of any similar institu
tion in the State, and include, several gentlemen of
well known ability. The liberal patronage which it
has gained shows that it enjoys in a very high de
gree the confidence of the public.
Lonesome !
Reader, did you ever realize in all its length and
breadth, and heighth, and depth the solemn import
of that word ‘i If you never did, come and spend
with us the season of a College vacation. Razo long
and listlessly down the deserted streets, in eager ex
pectancy of some passing acquaintance. Watch
with vain anxiety the closed doors and windows, to
catch some sign of life. Listen with impatient at
tention for the toljing of the bell, to chime it’s hour
ly notice of the march of Time. nil ajone amid
the solemn stillness of the night, watch the bright
twinkling stars, and the chastened brilliance of the
pale-faced moon, and think of past joys. Think of
seasons when all was not so lonely as now ; when
the tramping of a hurried footstep, or a gay pea! of
laughter might be heard ; when “the merry sound
of music and of dance” fell iu sweet melody upon
the ear. Then ifyou learn not to be lonesome, your
heart reap aids not in notes sympathetic to things
around you.
“Oh for a lodge in ,'Otue vast wilderness!” ex
claims the Hard, who sang in sweet numbers the glo
ries of the Sofa, and the soi*ial en joyment of the Ta
ble. In the way of loneliness, we have all which
his wilderness could have afforded. Our streets
arc almost deserted, save now and then a passer by,
who serves but to increase the lonesomeness of the
scene. Nature herself appears to have caught the
contagious infection. The breezes move with lan
guid sluggishness, and the sored yellow leaf, here
and (hero varies the grew ilvery of the forest, /is if
anticipating autumns reign. It would require a
mind far more buoyant than ours to resist the influ
ence of these circumstances. A desperate fit of the
blucx has been unavoidably and melancholy seems
to have marked us for her own. We love to he alone
sometimes. We often desire to steal away from the (
care-, and tun oil ol business, and spend an hour or j
two in social confab with our inner self Hut when I
forced thus to spend day alter day and week after !
wegk, we tuny well exclaim,
Oh, solitude, where pr the charms
Which sjjtgcs have found in thy face.
Politics in the Pnlpit.
There appears to be a prevailing and rapidly in
creasing disposition in the Northern portion of our
Confederacy to .secularize the Pulpit. Every week,
almost*••very day we ‘bear of long, flaming political
*c"mons, v\ hieli forcibly remind ns of the fanatical
enthusiasm of the Scottish eonveritieh-s. These po
litico-religious fanatics do indeed present ail that
warm glow of zeal which characterized the old Pu
ritans, but they^manifest far less honesty of purpose
or purity of heart than (hat distinguished sect.
There appears to be no length to which this qmd
demvi fury will not carry them. Entirely ignoring
their duty “so preach Christ crucified.' 1 they preach
abolitionism ami sedition, and uublu.diingly let oIV in
demagogue electioneering speuche-c The. truths of
the Bible, the cause of religion, or the salvation of
soul?arc subjects which seldom enter Their addled
brains. ‘Their morbid sensibilities atv keenly alive
to imaginary suffering of which they know nothing,
while they allow their own poor to die in abject want
around them. Such is their- system of l.dse philan
thropy, which wi'ii bring on Its supporters a dread
ful .sentence, froui.au imm-icidate jiulcv.
But aside from the present instance, considered in
: its broadest, most abstract sense, wo consider the
practice of introducing snhj cU of secular interests
into the pulpit wrong in itself and pernicious in its
consequences. By it the Desk loses much of the
dignity and .saeredness oft!:; character, while such
themes are rendered non ■ the more holy by being
introduced there. But though h .-perch from itu
pulpit may be asn plem with falsehood, bigotry, and
deceptive sophisms, as one from the lun>p t yet it
may exert a greater influence. People from ibive of
education consider all preachers mtu of honor and
integrity, and are consequently disposed to attach
great weight to whatever may come from them.
This confidence does well if they really possess this
attributed character. But when the man whom they
have commissioned 10 preach the Gospel, employs
his time m making political speeches, if is evidently
a prolific source of evil. The basest, most, powerful
passions of roan’s nature re aroused, he is hurried
on in the wild current of fanatical zeal, and revolu
tions terrible and irrosistablt* maybe looked for as
inevitable results.
The same, tendencies are to be seen in the religions
Press, anil the. same remarks will equally apply. In
the Northern section of our Union, every species of
journal, Religious, Temperance, and Literary, .ap
pear to have been swallowed up in the political.
Some have indeed coasted clear of this defiling pool,
but they are truly “few and far between.” A large
majority of them fill their columns with political
matter, and soom to take pride in the dirty work
they are doing. These things should not be so. The
prospects of’-.our country arc dark enough already,
and the clergy anil religious press should be a con
servative, rather than a destructive element. They
should be the calming oil upon the surface of the ra
ging billows, rather than with a breath of madness
to increase its fury, hi this manner they might ac
complish something which would entitle them to
tin name of Christians and philanthropist. *
Politics,
An outsider, entirely free from the grea current
| of excitement, cannot fail to he heart-sick cried and
disgusted with the- rant which is now daily poured
forth from the Political Press. It is a matter of won
der how such amounts of vituperation and slander
can be collected i> so short, a time. Men whose char
actors are an honor to the nation, and the glory of
the age, when nominated as candidates for public of
fice, are visited with all the abuse which envy could
dictate, or malice invent. Six months ago, no one
had nughi. to say against either of the prominent
! candidates for the chief magistracy of our Govern
ment. They were both esteemed by the whole conn
try as men of virtue, honor and integrity. Now
each of them is respectively accused by his oppos- j
ing party of cherishing principles and performing
j acts which, if true, would justly consign them to n
j felon’s ceil. Such is human nature, as developed
under our peculiar republican institutions. But it
presents a picture which the mind r.eoivo no pleas
ure from contemplating.
But the effect which this spirit produces upon our
newspapers is provoking. The same stale dish of
political slang is served up u> their readers every
week, with but little improvement or variation, and
but little else can be found in their columns. It us
a continual wrangle between demagogue politicians
about matters which, if rightly presented, would be
too insignificant or too irrelevant to interest the pub-
lie mind for a moment. Each party boasts itself of
being the only true, conservative one, upon whose
immaculate robes not a polluting stain can rest,
while the other is represented as fraught with every
element of misrule ami ruin. These pretensions may
• be made bv either party with the same amount of
truth, or rather with the same amount of falsehood,
as there is very little truth in any thing they may
say or dn. And the “dear people,’* gulled by their
leaders are wrought into a great fever of excitement
about matters in which they have no concern, and
arc thus led entirely astray from subjects in which
their true interests are involved.
What beneficial result can any one hope to arise
from this heated caldron of political confusion'!—
What noble or patriotic end will bo answered? We
arc told that a great ciisis is about to arrive, that the
country is upon the very verge of ruin. Will the
excited state of partisan feeling which i> now exhib
ited throughout the country, have a tendency to
prolong its existence? We cannot believe that it
will. To us there appears ftp be scarce an element
ofeoiikervatisii) in any of the great panics which
now claim precedence in the land. We haw al
ways thought a political meeting a Nazareth from
which no good could proceed; their platforms mere
fabrications of falsehood in which party leaders seek
to cloak their real designs.
\\ e are told that the .times are squally, that the
horizon is shrouded in gloom, and dreadful breakers
lie just ahead. This has been the ominous croak
which has sounded in the public ear for the last
twenty years. Wc cannot bring our mind to think
otherwise than that it is an unnecessary foreboding
of evil. The times aro bad enough wc admit But
we cannot think that public sentiment, in any part
of our country, is so far wrong as some would have
us believe. Everywhere vve see a disposition of
blind, servile devotion to party leaders, and this is
the bane which is working the ruin of the country.
Lett to themselves, the peoply will do right; it is
from (the effects of an undue and dangerous influence
that they act wrong, |Y our country is ever visited
by the untold evi ; s of a civil war, it will be tlm work
of corrupt demagogues, who would wreck the Imp.
pines* of the human race to gain the objects of a
wild, reckless .ambition, *
gagT’ Ladies are like watches—pretty enough to
look at—sweet faces and delicate hand, but some
what difficult to “regulate” when once set “agoing.”
The man who perpetrated this sentence has cer
tainly made great progress in the use of figurative
language, and should be promoted to the chair of
Belle Lettros in the next Female College which is
organized. We consider it the very best compari
son we have seen ; remarkable not only for the beau
ty of its diction, but likewise for the truthfulness
of its sentiment We wonder that this too was not
accredited to some “old ‘ogy bachelor,” but perhaps
the married fraternity would have people believe
that bachelors are such ‘‘old that they know
nothing of watches. ‘There is one point of l eseui
blance however, which our Rhetorician has not
brought out, viz: that ladies, like watches, are valu
ed according to the chocs in which they are placed.
A golden case will conduce very much to a young
lady’s success in life (that is, her matrimonial pros
pects) and is in these degenerate days an indispen
sable requisite. But “all is not gold that glitters,”
we used to hear a long time ago. VV e feat many of
those who reflect such a golden lustre, will he found
to have much of the bmzeh y not only in their .oases,
but fts a constituent element of their natures. *
Editorial Correspondence.
Cotoosa Spki.vos, Aug. S, 1856.
■ My Dear Link —Having seated myself at the win
r dow of my little “pro tern” domicil this pleasant
| morning, I ink mv nib to give you a few disconneet
j ( ft “dots.’*
The rustling w ing of the breeze fresh and rnrified
frmu the summits of surrounding Alpine hills fens
me ‘almost into tin Elysium, and were it not for the.
thundering.* of “ten pin alley” balls beneath me, and
a few profitne “whist” players in an adjoining room I
sh uhi certainly be lapped into a beatific, reverie.—
This is truly a favored spot of creation. It is situa
ted on a ‘slight* eminence, and on all sides giant hills
robed in deep green groves, reminding us of Olym
pus and Ilymettus, where the Grecian Muses breath
ed the spirit of inspiration, or of the groves in which
Orpheus first tuned his lyre and ‘bent the stern oaks,’
imposes upon the sight their eloquent grandeur.-
The Springs are in a beautiful vale covered over
with rich grem sward, and as inviting as ever Teru
pe spread for lo to revel in dream land. The differ
ent mineral springs are fifty-two in number, and
their medicinal virtues are too well known for us to
speak of them no *. The climate here is truly luxu
rious; the mornings are astonishingly cool; Isleep ev
en night under a sheet and blanket, and a few morn
ings, before rising, I have found myself uncomforta
bly chilly, particularly when tny blanket happened
to slip otr during the night.
1 find Messrs. Hickman A Battey the same agree
able, polite and obliging gentlemen, doing ail in their
power to make the sojourn of their visitors pleasant,
lmeit here, as usual, a most elegant, moral and
high-toned party. Ladies unsurpassed in the south
ern country, and Beauty, whether we consider it us
did Aristotle, “a short lived tyranny,” or * Theo
phrastus, “a silent cheat”—as Carneados, “a solitary
kingdom, or in the light of Horner, “* gloriousgift
I of nature,” here, adorned with gorgeous fixtures,
| with all its attraction-. We have some of the
j nir-i-HC ladies hero fr m all portions of the country,
j and from all the adjoining States. Many young L<>-
! tlmrios are badly “moon struck.” Some of them
I ha ve sent up and had thc-ir Tennessee 2.10 tandem
, teams brought down to ride round the “Jewel’’ of
their solicitude, II the custom of purchasing wives
” practiced ui America as it is in the Indian Archi
pelago, and a large portion of Asia, this would be a
line place to Come purchase a consort. The Tam
boulcie women are valued at one ox or two cows ;
the ladies of Yen at as much timber as will build a
canoe ; the African women of the Maudigo tribe at
two tows, two iron bars and 2UQ Kalla nuts; if we
, could buy “better half” so cheap as that, how
min\ would you take; But in view of your old
bachelor proclivities, my impression is, you would
consider a bargain of that nature a bvl one at any
price. Am T not right?
ihe Marietta Owlets have been spending a few
days here, and their military evolutions contributed
much to the programme of divevtisenientK I notice
comparatively very little drinking among the visit
ors, only one or two cases of intoxication have come
under my notice, and if persons are ever excusable
for getting drunk these cases should be considered
with some degree of charity ; they have been very
recently married, and rooms being in such do.
riiiimi here they had to be separated from their young
Wives. One of them swore be hadn’t seen his wife
three minutes since he married her—unable to stand
so early h “separation” the “trumped” bridegrooms
took aboard too much “Red Sulphur” (whisky) to
preserve their equilibrium.
At night, dancing is the order of exercises; and as
angelic virgin maids whirl by in the “giddiness of
the .lance,” in the language of Wm-d* Fudqr. Fu?,id
ty,
w . . “Bear creature*! You’d swear,
”, h ™, { • rd ° icate feet in the <knee twinkle round,
That their steps arc of light, that their home is the
air,
And they only “par complaisance” touch the floor.”
1 he Ball room presents an attracting scene.
“Hearts beat happily ; and when
Music arises with its voluptuous swell,
i e i’ c look love to eyes which speak again
And all goes merry as a marriage bell.”
‘Jhe Evenings here are soft, balmy mid pensive:
the sun, as he sinks behind the hills to the “ocean
isles, gilds the tops of the mountain oaks with
golden color that no mortal pencil cuu paint, and
though vve arc shut in from a view of the crimson
spangles of sunset, wo can look above us and enjov
a sky far purer than any Italian sky. ‘ ‘
You perceive I make 04 Ootoosa’ a celestial spot,
t is certainly a glorious summer retreat, and hunt
deeds ol people will testify to that. There is all the
time a crowd of visitors to bo found here, and none
leave without feeling a consciousness of having been
amply pan! for the visit. With many wishes for
. ‘ -,,r success, I remain
’ our sincere friend,
I JXO. IL SEALS.
“Oh ! What a had Report.”
.1 \ } ZT S r TANARUS” ha * fallcn! Not the glories of
oe battle field, or under the wasting hand of die
crise, Such falls produce sorrow, but never bring
the burning blush of shame. He lows yielded to the
tempting wiles of the Rum fiend, and fallen from
that high estate which virtue had given him. What
a fad was that!
In an evil hour he sought the companionship of the
Wicked and Vicious, lie learned tq mingle familiar
.V >n their obscene and unhallowed revels—he tasted
10 ‘ Tl ” c ** ca P, “bud the bright visions which hope had
created were destroyed. With a rude hand he
broke the golden cords which hound him to friend
ship and happiness, and pushed madly along the
road which takes hold on hell.
Is that young man your friend? Spread not the
report, as if you joyed in proclaiming his disgrace.
Run, Hy to him, and strive with kind words to win
him from his fatal course. Lift him from the pollu
ting m,re* into which he has fallen, point him to the
mgut put 1 of virtue and peace; whisper in his ear
sweet IOWI or iorciooooss, „ ( | bid bin, I,ope
P “ 8 ■* on Hie other side with Lovito in
difference, uor raia* the boastful cry of the Pharisee,
un nut as thou art.” You may encounter the
tempter in an unprepared moment, and fell before