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‘''■".~’ V‘’‘ ‘ * ."'” ‘‘ ‘ .* ■ ‘ ‘ '’ “’ JOHN IIKXRY SEALS, ) 4nd > Editors. L. LiNCOIN YEAZEV. > NEW SERIES. .VOL, 1. TPMPPIH\P’ fRiISHIIM i iiiida iRI) lilltu. ifllill* ;** i'.i . *:! i:p EVKHT SATURDAY, EXCEPT, JHYO, IN THE YEAH. BY JOHN TR S I ,S. SI,OO in :siy;n *-'<;• • or the eml i the ve.it'. KA’l'i ■•’ \* Vi UsmiN's;. 1 square CtWrlvo iiiit--, <>. *.->,) .first insertion,. .isl 00 ’ ftsoVi eosu:ninnrv.. . .Y... £'/. 50 Profossionnl or Business <0 -ti?, not exceeding six lines ; 5 00 Amiuttnefiig Uandi foies for 1 ! *(j ~T VN. fit Ni) A rV f:!ITfS *'M KX i'S. 1 square’ thre* ■ 1 sonar**. sfo r,<wtk “ <6 l s<| taro, w fiVM in niths VI n; o . “ “ 16 *0 sn'tiSros, “ i‘ -01 On A squaisssp, li “ -5 0“ 9CjsF*Ad vertisement- not marked with the- mut'oer of insertions, ■ upll be continued write forltid, •■•■ ■■ ■ cl i ar ere according! y. 5-|{?*Merci--mts, Braggisfs, and others, may con tract for *dvet tising by the y*-u\ on reasonable t,trots. 5 1.A.1, A ON KKTJSKMKVIW.. Sale of Land or Negroes, by A-iminfomitcrs, FlxoCntos-s, anil Guardinns, per square,... *5 ('.<} jjjale of Personal Property, by Administrators, Executors, and *UHnV*Hus, per square,— “-5 Notice to Debtors awl Creditors, . ; J 25 Notice for Leave to Sell v 4 o<"t Citation lor Letters of Administration, 2 75 Citation for Letters of Dismission from Adorn. 5 on Citation for Letters of Dismission from Guardi anship, 5 25 LB; ta l kkqu ir; iv',r r.x vs. Sales of Lend and Negroes, by Administrators, ■ Executors, or Guardians, are required by law to be ; held on the first Tuesday in the month, between the | hours often in the forenoon and threefn the after- j noon, at the Court House in the Comity in which the j property is situate. Notices of these sales must b” 1 given in a public gazette forty days previous to the | day of sale. I Notices for the sale of Personal Property must be given at least ten days previous to the day of sole. °~ x ‘ j Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an Estate must , be published, forty days. Notice that application w ill ho made to the Court ©f Ordinary for leave to sell Land or Negroes, must; be published weekly for two month*. imitations for Letters of Administration must be I published thirty days —for Dismission from Admin- j isr, ration, monthly, six months —for Dismission from , ! 1 aar*ifeost}*ip, yhrfy days. Rules for .-Foreclosure of Mortgage must be pub- | li.-hed monthly for four months —for compelling titles j from Executors or Administrators, where a bond has ; been given by the deceased, the full spare of throe j months. ■ Publications will always be continued accord- j ingto these, the legal requi retries to, unless otherwise j ordered. The Law of Newspapers!. j 1. Subscribers who do not give express notice to j the contrary, are considered as wishing to continue their subscription. 2. If subscribers order the discontinuance’ ol their i newspapers, the publisher may continue to send them until all arrearages are paid. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take their newspapers from the offices to which tiny are di- j reeled, they are held responsible until they have set tled the bills and ordered them discontinued. 4. If subscribers remove to other places without informing tho publishers, and the newspapers are sent to the former direction, they are held responsi ble. 5. The Courts have decided that refusing to take j newspapers from the office, or removing and leaving them uncalled for, is prinmfueit evidence of inten tional fraud. (>. The United States Courts have also repeatedly decided, that a Postmaster who neglects to perform bis duty of giving reasonable-notice, as required by the. Post Office Department, of the neglect of a per son to take from the office newspapers addressed to him, renders tho Postmaster liable to the publisher for the subscription price. JOB PRINTING. of apery description, with neatness and dispatch, at this office, and at reasonable prices for ?*-'. All j •orders, -in this .department, must be addressed to i J. T. BLAiN. I itilm n ■ | mu mm mu] ii - - ■ —nr- ■"* t’ R O S 5* i: C T 5 S OP TUK i UMrfefiAl\i;fji LftsuiViUMi* [quondam] TEMPERANCE. BAN NEB. a CTUATE?) 4>y a feonsdentious desire to further j the cause of Temperance, and experiencing j •threat disadvantage in being too narrow I ,v limited in j space, by the smallness of out paper, for the publica- ; tion of Reform Argu.neuts and Passionate Appeals, .ve. have determined to enlarge it to a more conve- \ mienfc and acceptable size. And being conscious of : the fact that there are existing in the minds of a ; large portion of the present readers of the Banner j and its former patrons, prejudices and difficulties j which can never beremoced so long as it retains the j name, we venture also to make a change in that par* j ticular. Tt wili henceforth be called, “THE lEM- ( PERANOE CRUSADER.*’ Inis oid idoneer of tho Temperance cause is ties-: thied yet to chronicle the trituuph of its principles, j It,has stood the test —passed through the “fiery fur- * nacc,” ravl, like the “Hebrew children,” re-appeared unscorchtsd; Tt has survived the Hetpqtaper fa mine which has caused, and is still causing many excel lent journals and periodicals to sink, like “bright ex halations in the evenin to rise no more, and it has -even'heralded th “death struggles of umnv contem poraries, laboring sot the same great end with itself, ft “still lives,” and “waxing bolder as it grows older,” is notv waging an eternal “Crusade*’ against die “In fernal Liquor Traffic,” standing like the “High Priest” of the Israelites, who stood between the people and the plague that threatened destruction. e entreat the frieud.-, of the Temperance Cause r to give us their influence in extending the usefulness of tbe paper. We intend presenting to the public a sheet worthy of all attention and a liberal patronage; for while It is strictly a Temperance Journal , we shall endeavor to keep its readers posted on all the current events throughout the country. as heretofore, sl, strictly in advance. JOHN a. SEALS, Editor and Proprietor. ; penfWhl, 6au, 000. 8, 1856. Brtraltii to fenptrantt, JUiralitg, ’ Ifitcralm't, (general Intelligence, Jlrtos, fa. Wthi c cl Etm eo • & ts£♦ From tho Nashville Patriot. !: aod’s Wife. ;! -f r Q BY i.. VUKUNJA. f'KKNCH. —o— ’Tivas hitter cold; — Above, the rat’g.Ml clouds went drifting by, Aid s'-ow came si lung dowrq the iilful gust H w!< and round the corners of tl.*e city’s streets Yi’-iib its forsake:i wail—dow, one by one, I’m- first few lamps glint on the icy air; And hr re mid iiuvo a chance f-odestrian, Who hied him homeword, woke dull hollow moms From She dcFerted pavement. With light step A lady passed along. Warm, costly furs, ; And robes of silken sheen enwrap tod the. !'.>•, AY boss grace th. could not hid : mrei legally Ui.-h jc * v b glittered on ono ungloved hand i V’■ ,-c rare “a ifitc Wonder” pres*ing on her heart, | Foe seemed to have forgotten. Her pure brow , t’urn.J upward Jilin a lilly bribe sun, fl.jnsht now and (hen a* snow-flake, which in lore AY ilh irs sweet resting-place forgot to fall, nd straignt bncm*.< a diatmm i-'lrop,—fit mate, ; And fmhiem oft ;e jcovehthoughU within! ; Through lashes coining downwar*! like the dark, Her go 11 ey •••- spar kled astlie evening star, And over and anon a sunny smile Broke o’er the curving lips, like vermeil light Thai ripple* o’er a rose. How well it told That she was hasting home —her heart had gone ■ Re fore he'r there, ’twas it that smiled upon Her fairy children in their warm retreat : And sent ils light into her lovely foot*. ’ She heard them shout to greet her, heard them call The swcel norm: “Mother!” stretching forth her hami She strove to clasp them. Y\ iierefore does she start, And shudder, and recoil? See what her hand; - : Hint foir white hand, has touched! Amass : (If lags upon the pavement shivering stands, A little beggar child. The biiter winds i Pierce through her small attenuated frame, i Her bare and frozen feet meet icy stones, Her lips are blue and bloodless, and the pinched And pallid features shrink as if to hide s Vuthin her tangled hair. Her hands are crossed ’ Meekly upon her bosom, but her eyes, i'hose wild black eyes with all their troubled dee; s Iff starless darkness, hold their steady gaze | F xed on the lighted window of a shop, And shriek their starving cry—“ Bread, bread ! M The warm blood rushed up to the lady’s brow, Then back upon her heart. Old what if e’er Her children thus should stand! Softly she took The little lone one’s bund, and loti her in, And filled her lap with bread, then led her forth And further on she bought the new warm shawl, j And thick, bright dross, and clad the tiny foot. Then bade tho wanderer tearfully, to Beck Her mother and her home. The little one, Pausing a moment, took the lady’s hand, So soft, so white, *> glittering with gems, And turned it o’er upon her purpled pains As wondering at its beauty—then as though A strange thought ntrueh her heart, she glanced from it l ;• to the beaming eye, and angel brow, And while the glad tears gushed into her eyes, I And joyful recognition glowed in every line ! >f her wan face, she whispered breathlessly, I ‘•.lra yon God's wife?” i The “Lamb's wife,” —so we often call the Church-* ! The Church perchance may not be like to him, Lowly and meek, and “given much to prayer,’’ ! Then can she be His “Bride.” The veiled nun | We call the “Bride of Christ,” when from the world ‘ She turns away, to waste the energies I And bloom of life which God himself hath given, ;hi aimless solitude. Wo well may doubt H i claims when He has given us the law, Us “Labor for the Right.” But they who heal Tin- wounded heart, who comfort those that mourn, Who clothe the nuked, who defend the weak, j Who succor tho distressed, who feed the poor, Who give with willing hands, and tearful eyes, ol‘what the Lord has given them, may claim Blest union with the high and Holy One, Who .-aid to His disciples, “IT ye fore j Me, feed my lambs!” Furkst H*.oik, 1 Buffi The Way of the World. \Vr are indebted to the Home Journal tor I die following free translation <>f a surges-j live passage from ‘Les femmes/ a recently published work of Alphonse Karr. It con tains a world of’wisdom, if the reader’s phi losophy can but find it out: ‘1 railed the “ther day upon a pretty wo~ -•nan, whom i found in a state of melan choly.’ “I feel quite sad.’ she said: ‘I had j been rending- some fairy tales yesterday, and 1 dreamt, all last night, of lhose delight- ‘ fill godmothers who overwhelm you with precious gifts—surh us Prince Lut n’s cap j of roses, which made him invisible —Prince ! Loulon’s ring, which made him so charm-j inn tint no woman could resist him; and l j awoke quite discouraged to find myself once ! more fallen into the prose of actual.* ‘1 see/ I was my reply, *vou have not your eyes suf- | ticienth about you. The jirodigies you >]ieak of are constantly being reproduced ; in our own time. You h ive only to tell the people who come to see you that you are niece, cousin?or god-daughter to a man in high office, and you will soon see how much beauty and with the discovery will add to the stock ol those gilts you already possess; you will see how much admiration and flat tery will he lavished upon you. And un like the girls in the fairy talcs, you will have no occasion to be really the god-daughter ; to say that you are, Avill he sufficient. 1 know a man who is a brute and a clown bv birth and education —clumsily made, and as great a ibol as it is possible to be. Well when this fellow puis on his linger a certain ring, decorated with a large pebble, of tbe j species they call diamond, he becomes wit j tv, well-bred, handsome, and an amusing j companion—at least people regard him as | such. Whenever 1 wish to make myself in ’ visible, 1 have a certain old hat, rusty and I napless, -which 1 put onus Prince Lutin put |on his cap of roses. To this I add a certain j seedy paletot. L ! and behold ! I become i immediately invisible. Not a being in tbe j town sees, recognises, or,speaks to me.’ PENFiELD.” GX” SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1856. UN ” OF GEORSIAUBMW Our Country. TilO fe-il’io: A of the Chit to ! Bftifttr* t V rends over an area ol more :.h;m 2,.‘500.0dD square toiler,. Its ..xtr* rn leooth is near ly 2,700 miles, an \ Os yni-Tt.es: breadth 1.- 600 triihs. Its general yhaoo mev he uort- a p-.tmi! logratn *2,401# miUn long, by 1,400 broad. This territory wholly within the t-tr: Iterate zone, an i is bhusoed with qualities of surface, an*.’ ! s>.d! and of climate, with facilities for varied production, n i for and foreign c ujmeri-e, nnsurpasaed by any other muWtnuous ferntury of equal extent •ri the luce of the earth. It affords uvudahlo space, thereLuv, I* >v theudcoin nio iation of liniii hi existence, more than equal to that >l the wh”b* >f Kurope ex elusive f V rat a- and S;*;in, more than one jtnd a hnlf ttmw as iurg*-’ -*• Russia, more tjian tw< su-l a halMimos n'* great as great as cither Chinn or Hindoostan, more than ten times as l.nrye us all the English ami French p*.set*.*don* >n Europe taken together, are! more than thirty-six times greater than (frent ihhtain ami Ireland. AG Hie I. LTPKJv, Tlte vah.Ui of onr tnminl harvests in 18- 50 exceeded the eimnnous sum of .1,000,- 000,000 of dollars. YY\- h>ui then 116,000, 000 acres under cultivation ; and 130,000, 000 more were in -huh-d wi'hin the limits of farms, making in all 203,000.000 acres. This falls short, by only Some 30,000,000 acres of the total amount of improved lands within the limits of the four great European realms, and Britain, France, Austria, and Prussia; while in average fertility, American soils must have a deci ded advantage, Already, though but a small portion of our land has been brought under even the most rude cultivation, the nations look hither for some of their most important supplies. American cotton rules the mar kets of the world. In time ofscarcity Eu rope comes over to America r.o buy corn ; and kings cease to tretnl.de for their thrones forth* impatient multitudes are quieted upon Republican am} Protestant broad. MAMFACTTKK. In most of the useful arts wo hold a high position; and our inventions be ; a wav the palm from the roost skillful UHlioffß rope. The value of otic manufactures is not small In 1850, the capital invested in this department of production was over $5*27.000,000; the raw material and fuel amounted to more than $554,000,000; near ly $230,000,000 were paid as wages; and the total product was eytimated at $1,013,1 836,403, giving a profit on the entire in vestment of 43 per cent. Os this total, the Free State** furnished $845,430,428, and the Slave $167,906,035. In all departments of manufacture, in textile fabrics, in machinery, in cutlery, in glass, in cabinet and carriage work, in books, maps, charts, scientific and optical instruments, the progess already made has placed this nation in the very front rank, and in an attitude that is u preßttgc of hon orable triumphs. In Brussels and Wilton carpets of cliallenge the j world; and England has hut recently sup i plied herself, at. a considerable expense, I with the patent right to an American j loom. In marine architecture no nation equals onrs. Mankind has not touched a j higher point in this art, than we have |reached. wrvr.s. J And here it seems proper that we should j briefly refer to our mineral resources. The store of metal and fuel hiddden in caverns of the earth, is so much capital in vault, the garnered industry of tin* primeval ago. j gloomy reservoirs are so many foun tains of life and gladness. For every lac tory gives rirth to a village; and of every | good mine *core* of manufactorms are ; horn. England would not have frond her ! boast, in “wooden v‘h! !j ,” had it not been | for the wealth of her rocky treasures. Half 1 of her po[ulation has hc-en dug out of the i bowels of the earth. But nature iyis been as lavish to us in mineral wealth, us in that of prairies and fore U. The gold deposits of California are among the richest in the worid; and for the three years ending with l’s-YK aver aged nearly sbf),o-no,ooO p-r un-urn. Rich mines of silver, arid of mercury, arc alrea dy opened. The copper region of Lake Superior is probably unequuled m the ü bundance arid purify of its metal; .and the Northwestern States luridJi exhaustless supplies of lead. But it is in iron and coal of all minerals the most important, and the most efficient, instruments in furthering the processes of civiliz ttion, in developing natural resources, enlarging ami diversify ing industry, promoting intercourse, phy sical comfort; the progress • t flic arts, the discipline of the individual intellect, and the aggrandizement of national power, uu<l in a word, helping on tho victory of man oyer nature —it i* in these, the most valuable deposit* which the earth holds lock id in its treasuries, that onr country is richest, (tod lias given us in store en ough to supply the world. Use annual product of our mines is already counted in millions of tons, and will be reckoned in tens of millions.** •Till* tXMI T!i<* UnlttMl is wsUmqfed m lUT 132 equarw mile*. Tho pfoffiirt of the IVruinylvitnift c.al minw ato rto. amounted in 1856, to 6 C39.51U ion*. The to -1 tal product of th i*oht wine* of <><Ui£ mt;t ij to IS&S. woe i &mjK&!QQd, i x v r: una r. com m i nic vnox . The rnKt am pie resources ur nfiavail : hie. and practicably, non existent, unless they can be reached. Nome has done much for us here, and Art U supplying her wants. 1. The natural fnciiities afforded h\ coasts: of lake arid ocean, and oar unrulier less rivers are remarkable. The great cen tral valley is bound in <re, by tin* Mis-fl* sippi and its tributiiries, which c**rositntivs tin ‘‘inland soa,” into which wide paririv regions u**i rio n-.t headlands. The eas tern -IqK) of the Alleghaniiv. i- furrowed wiih n.tvjg-al*le rivt rs ccunmunicating with the Atlantic, and nuitifig the inferi*r with the -ea board. Along the riortherfi honri darv is that great chain of lak s —the Me diterrauean of North America - r-avigabh for the largest shipe, and thronging w'nfi vessels hurthenet with tin* products of j'.-aiiies, forests utui mim. 2. The artificial facilities are already consideiahlo. Several lines ofocommuni cution across the northern tier of States, from the lakes to the Mississippi, and to the sea. The Allcghanies arc turned at both ends, asnd pierced in the middle. “With tho exception of a few miles in Vir ginia. there are connected lines of railway from Waterville, Maine, to M •ntgoinorv, Alabama; and roads are projected, or in course of construction, tiiat. will probably, ore long, continue the connection from Calais to New Orleans. Lines ot comple ted railroad now collect, more or less, di rectly, the four great cities of the Atlantic seaboard, Boston, New York, Philadel phia, and Baltimore—us well as the na tional capital—with the cities and towns of the upper portion of-the Mississippi at Memphis, while they have extended anoth er of those iron arms to Nashville, eagerly stretching to seize the trade of the Ohio; and t oads are projected and partly comple ted that will unite theUuifof M xico with the hikes.*’ The period i- probably not very distant when the Atlantic and Pacific will ho joined by these iron bands. The government engineers have already pub lished the first volume of their report. An overland mail to California has been es tablished by a recent act or Congress. than 21,000 miles of railroad are iciwm'ota*ration; and some 17,000 are in process of construction.” We, probably, have built a greater length of railroad than all other nations together, and at a cost of nearly $500,000,000. All Germany has but 5,840 miles, and France only 2,480 miles. Canals join the lakes with, the Ohio and the Atlantic, and bring the great coal re gions into cheap communication with the sealwvard. The length of those in use i> 4,798 miles. The first line of telegraph in this ooun try was erected between Washington and Baltimore in 1846. At the beginning of 1854, the number of miles iu use was 4-1,- 392, erected at a cost of $6,571,800, or $l6O a mile. They already connect all the important centers of trade; and every year witnesses an extension of the lines. COMMFJtOB- In commerce our nation has hut one su- j jjerior; :(iui in all probability will ore .ong! have none. No nation builds half as ina j n v vessels as tin* l , h* foreign trade has trebled since 1815, and and übhd since- ’42. The vessels which annually deck to oar shores from foreign ports, measure their tunage in millions; and the uot value of commodities exchanged iu the internal trade, is estimated in billions. The c< munerce of the United States ‘has elements of increase unknown to any ifor tnef period, or in any other nation. A new country, n virgin soil, the precious metals, in unprecedented abundance, <i al, iron, copper, zinc, gypsum, lime and most of the useful metals in profusion, her const indented with bays, her northern border washed by nearly 2,000 miles of inland seas wav gable !v vessels of unv tonnage, her great in tenor traversed by the Missis sippi, receiving tributaries from 1,000 miles to the east and to the west; with nearly .>,OOO miles of canal, and soon to have 30,000 miles of railroad; with a large annua! emigration; with schools and a tee wing pre to spread intelligence and to quicken enterprise; with unbounded lib erty of action to stimulate exertion ; with new regions opened daily to market by iron roads —what is there to set a limit to the extension of commerce, as far beyond present, as t lie present Ijhs gone beyond past conception V’ PoIUtLATION. At a low estimate, the present territory of the United States is able to sustain 300, 000,000 of inhabitants, and it would not. be extravagant to rate its ability as high as 500,000,000. With the density of Russia, we should have 80,000,000. With the density of New Engl-md, we should have 123,000.000. With the density of the Middle States, wo should h.sva 170,000,000. With the den sity of France, we should have 500, OpO, 000. Wilh the density 1 of Brittain, wo should have 060,000,000. With the den sity of Belgium, wo should have 1,150, 000,000. With a rate of Increase decided I v ihfo rior to that of the ten years ending in 18- 60, we should number, in 1000, 110,000,- 000; and with the lowest rate of increase that is at all probable, we shall count not less than 76,000,000. ! If Wc take the last mentioned number a j the basis <if new r-aleniatioris, and allow an j HY?*rfig‘‘ Iru-rei't-se of on! v 10 per cent.,An j each ten years—in place of 34 per cent., j the present rate —then, in one hundred | years from 1900, the population of this I country- wijl hm*o rtfrtched ricsrlv 200.0(H),- • • - | i.nh). ThU C4Hl lot Uii an extrav* grant calctilfltfon. Is it not likely to Ik* -urpassed \ Facts adduced in preceding g'ige d-moriStr<!tc the fnuhuhiiii y of u hig*.b rate a: ir-efonse, • not withstanding a verv <•>>!*,siderablo density *>t’ po|.rolation. Make the Beat of Everything. We once knew a man whom neither cure nor sorrow seemed lo effect ; who at sixty had the digestion and flow of spirits oftwpn ty-one; who had acquired a liege fortune apparently without an effort: who, in short, was the happiest of men. and the envy of all who knew him. “How is it,” we said to him. “that you are so fortunate? What tal isman secures to you a!i the advantages?” He smiled as he answered, “l have nr* talis man. unless it is to moke the bent .* t every thin 7” To make the best of everything! Like a key to a problem, the answer unlocked for us, at once, the whole of the great mystery. Life is too short and happiness too precious to consume the one or throw away the oth er, in idle. unavailing regrets. Evenifili fortune swells into a Hood, threatening to undermine the very ground on which we stand, is it not wiser to strive to bridge the torrent than to wait, bewailing our fate, till the waters swallow us.’ r l he weak and un stable succumb to destiny, and are washed into oblivion. The wise ami brave, accept ing circumstances as they present them selves, plunge, boldly, like Norutio of old, into the stream and win the further shore in safety, and earn immortal guerdon and re nown Pew men, if any, ever succeed in life u ho have not learned to make the best of every thing; and generally, their success is in ex act proportion to their adherance to the rule. Does a debtor fail? Every merchant knows that it is the best, course, if the debtor is honest, to accept his first odor of compro mise, and not. squander money in useless lit igation. Have you become insolvtnt your self? The worst thing you can do is to give up to despair, and say it is folly trying to redeem yourself. Has a friend misjudg ed you or an enemy done you secret harm? Don't lose precious moments in sentimental grief over ingratitude, or passionate threats at your wrong-doer, hut go to work on the instant to shame your friend or disarm your foe. Hod Astor, wtren lie was a. }>oor Ger man emigrant, made up his mind that the attempt to Ire a millionaire was absurd, he might have died a beggar in the almshouse. Hod Washington, when Cornwallis pursued him.across New Jersey with their thirty thousand troops, said it was hopeless to save America with his fragment of an army, his three, thousond tattered* continentals, we might tins day have been in slavery to Great ! Britain; hut he said, “It” the British cross the Delaw ate I will retire to the Aliogha nies, and if they are victorious there 1 will fly to the wilderness beyond,” and this res olution never to give up, but always to make the best of everything, led to th<* vic tory of Trenton and the freedom of the.Kc public. W e are familiar with people who whine continually at fate. To believe them, never was a lot so hard us theirs; yet those who know their history will generally tell you that their life has been one long tale of op portunities disregarded, or misfortunes oth erwise deserved. Perhaps they were horn i poor, In this case they hate the rich, and ! hove always hated them, hut without ever I having emulated their prudence or energy. ! Perhaps they have seen their rivals more th ! vored by accident. In this event t hey for i go : how many have been less lucky than themselves; so they squander their little, because, as they say, they cannot save as much as others. Irritated at life, they grow old prematurely. Dissatisfied with every thing, they never permit themselves to he happy. Because they are not horn at the top of tho wheel of fortune, they refuse to lake hold of the spokes as the latter come around, hut lie stubborn in the dirt crying like spoiled children, neither doing anything themselves, nor permitting others to d# it for them. Make the best <f everything! At home, if wife or husband is cross, if servants are careless, if children are irritating, don’t fly into a passion, for that will do no good, but make the best of the circumstances, fulfill your duty, and wait for happier times.— Abroad, if tilings look unpromisirfjP pre serve a stout heart, keep cool, and play your hand to the best of your ability. Even if fate has the first move, which is not always the case, you have the second ; and the game may still be yours, if you play skill fully and hopefully. Personal Appearance of John Hancock. One who saw John Hancock in June, 1783, relates that he had the appearance of advanced age. He had been repeatedly and severely afflicted with gout, probably owing in part to his drinking punch—a common practice in high circles in those days. As recollected at this time, Hancock was nearly six feet in height and thin in per son, stooping a little, and apparently enfee bled by disease. His tpauners were very ( TERMS: &1 .()0 1N T ADVACE ] . JAMES"T. BLADE ’ PRI.MEn. VOL. XXII.-NlftlßEK 18. gracious, ot the old style, a dignified com plaisance. His face had been very hand some. Dress was adapted quite us much to the ornamental ns useful. Gentlemen wore wigs when abroad land commonly caps when at home- At tins time, about noon, Hancock was dressed : u red velvet cap, within which was one of fine linen. The latter was turned up over the lower edge of tin*, velvet one two or three inches. He wo e a blue damask gown lined with silk, a white embrotdered waistcoat, black -atin small clothes with silk stocking* and red mo rocco slippers. It was a general practice in genteel families to have a punch made in the morning and placed in a cooler w hen the season required it. At this visit Flan cock took from the cooler standing on the hearth a full tankard and drank first himself and then offered it to those present. Mis equipage was splended. a? ;s not customary at this day. His apparel wa* sumptuously embroidered with gold, siiv'yi. lace and oth er decorations fashionable among men of fortune of that period, and he rode, especi ally upon public occasions, with six beauti ful bay horses, attended by servants in liv ery, He wore n scarlet coat, with ruffles on his sleeves which soon became the pre vailing inshion. Be Kind to Your Wife. Be kind to your wife. Think how in the first blush of maiden beauty she turn ed aside from the haunts of pleasure aud the cares of fond parents and brothers and sisters, to follow your fortunes through the world. Think with what blended hope and agony you fallowed her from place to place, watching her every look, ancTpon dering the meaning of her most careless tones, until, won by your importunity, she placed her hand all trustfully in yours and said, ‘1 am all your own.’ Think of the cares and anxieties, and the physical suf fering she has incurred for you, and do not desert her now, when her cheek has faded* her step has lost its elasticity and she sits tin uncomplaining watcher over your best, interests, a self incarcerated prisoner in her own borne. Merrily the music sounds, young feet trip l ghtlv in the mazy dance, and jovou:- laughter along the walls—but she is not there; the curtain rises and t.he far famed article comes forth to charm the listening crowd with the melodious song—bat she is not there. The orator arises before lbs Wrapt audience, his rich deep tone- wt elo quence floating nwav along the crowded passages, and clirling upward as a voiced incense-to tho vaulted* roof, hut she is not there. Art opens her new stores and dis plays her wonderful creations on the glow ing canvass, and in the speaking bust; your wife is a lover of the chaste and beautiful, hut she is not there; literature presents new leaves, from the fascinating pens of genius—the wife and mother has but lit tie time to mad. No; there *ho lingers at home, a God rrmniissioiied watcher over helpless chil dren; singing the babe ty sleep,.betiding to catch the lisping voices us those dear ones, who have a thousand iminaginary wants, encouraging the quip and soothing the fretful. She is weary, hut doe* not com plain, her temple# throb, but she heeds not their throbbing, as ever and anon she turns n wishful glance towards the door, for she ‘ expects her husband. She expects you; and her world of hap pine** will he there wheu you arrive. Will yon enter that room with cold in differenced Will you utter a hasty word in hor presence? Will you sit down with that.frown on your countenance, or com plain of the burdens you are called to bears Will you thoughtlessly remind live ot her tinted Inanity, or manifest surprise at her ignorance of many thing.* now passing in great the world from which she has been excluded by her peculiar duties? Will von suffer the recollection of any more youth ful, or more beautiful, to haunt you in home’s hallowed precincts, or cross the white leaf of conjugal felicity with one un hallowed thought?’ Oh; remember yon r oarlv love, your early promises; think how how faithfully she has kept hers; hve her U 6 you ought, and she is still beautiful— beautiful in her pure motherly affections, hor self sacrificing devotion to you. Re alize that she is all your own; that through out the wide world von are sure of but one heart, whose every cord is linked invisibly to a counterpart in yours; realize that up on her bosom alone you may weep out your sorrows in the day of trial, without the fear of being mocked. Husband love your wife! Gather her to your heart of hearts, as if in her were all your hopes of happiness combined ; bless her daily for her patience, and truth, stand up like a man between her and the rude cold world, ami teach your children to hon or her, that God may honor yon. In all the relations of life there comes a parting hour; and we beseech you so to live, that, if it should be your lot to kiss her clay cold lips, and lay her away in the grave forev er, you may lav your hand on your wid owed heart and say—l have never wrong ed yon— Olive Branch. To the u Lords of Creation —A wife full of truth, innocence and love, is the I>rettU>Bt flower a man oan wear neat to hi* mart.