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itecclliinmts. FOK THE INDEPENDENT PRESS, portraiture. Q U 1 Z- UiINCLUIiF.D, ' Yonr loafer is not an parly riser. W/tat's the vsti—he had nothing to get up for! Tne sun always finds dtim enjoying his second nap; in fact" lie would esteem it disrespectful to rise before that respectable luminary. The day after the party he" will emerge into the open air about ten o’clock and you will find him in the hotel door grace fully paring his linger nails, or else daintily picking Iris tooth. ITe bows with considerable condescension to passers by—brushes his vest and pants to disperse the clinging nail parings, and wonders what he must do with him self. Bye-and-bye you will see him On the street laughing and joking with much complacency, as if the chief enjoyment of life was to hang around favorite , toAvmhaunts and laugh and joke. * ■ llis cl ief concern is lest the source, whence no draws liis one thing needful should lot prove as abundant as he desires--he is ardently desirous always to be aile to keep up the supply of julep, gjn-sling and cocktail and to be able to iig himself out in all the new and extraordinary patterns which mind ful tailap's bring out. He speaks of ray taihr; but never says a word about &ow much he is indebted to the knight of the shears. If he takes a dime’s vorth of brandy to settle his stomachy—he had a horrid unpleasant feeling apwn below —it is his delight to draw forth a handful of change and, after a minute’s search, find a dime.' lie is always on intimate terms with the bar-keeper and calls him by his first name. If a Circus comes he is sure to at tend and sits near the ring with a stick in his hand; laughs very much at the .clown’s jokes and criticises the females very knowingly. Should a company of Ethiopian Serenades give an exhibition lie will certainly hear them; and always ap plauds the smart sayings vigorously with his stick. And for weeks you may hear him saying at every fit op portunity Moses in the bulrushes! or else humming with appropriate ap preciation— ‘■Times are hard and money’s scarce, And very well you know it; All the advice I’ve got to give, Is white you're young to go it." You would be sadly disappointed if you endeavored to find out the source of his funds; as for any occu pation by which tlnw are likely to be derived he is notoriously innocent of any such. lie sometimes speaks of the Governor's being close; or of the success of that last operation. As for books and mental cultivation he rarely troubles himself with them—they are so much lumber: if you chance in his room you may find a copy of Byron alongside of Helen Jewett. He is fond of Don Juan and will sometimes waste his time of a warm afternoon on a yel low or red-backed production of dar ing adventures or the trials and tempta tions of some orphan female. As to reading for improvement he has'nt got time, to say nothing of want of incli nation; besides it requires too much exertion. lie will sometimes quote— /m honest man's (he noblest xvovk of God ■ —as from the Bible. The loafer’s true place is the street; his true sphere is a crowd where he can scatter small gossip and crack his jokes occasionally. lie is delighted to find out a good thing on somebody, and is sure to retail it with additions. In general he is harmless—a sort of •excrescence on Society-—doing little good and possessing no beauty. No one puts much confidence in him; and he is never called , upon, except to act as manager to a fancy ball. His rela tives give him up as hopeless; and his friends prophesy no good for him; but hip is careless of all. Ilis,motto is to i r Mce things easy and not work if he can help it-, and in general you will find him the most sell-complacent being in tlie hole range of society. But as I said—think not that I refer to the loafer; in all conscience we havefenough of them amongst us. I | •" c -' 1 rpfer to a being who holds himself above,feeing a loafer—a, mere loafer; and h# will be- slighted, if you apply that epithet to him. Os the loafer a few; of' whose characteristics I have given, he thinks; with something of You shall find several of them in the Afjlagein my mind’s eye; not many hun dred miles oft; and you shall immediate lyflecognjzc them by - discerning that they If ink more highlit of themselves than they ought to dunk —far more, commonly, than other people think of Ihefjr They labor under the appro-' herisiqn, or rather misapprehension are not appreciated; and aoijHimes you will hear one say that to go where -he -will he gp precimtj&-— il I knpw I ani superior to all liirv " f ! boti.w man j < them, b'tcy -- 1 Hut i you tr mm r lii • kty luh *] \: ii 11 . </ ; J 1: think?■ ’ ■«”•*■* '■ ip; ::U and 0$ ~ : : 1 lie ;■ : ■> ’• ‘ ' » !■•!• I■ ■ 111■ is ; ‘ b r *^' i e-mg aSHM :t ky’f. ‘; hair''m iu- lower urn-' b u - 1 in pivs.Tvm:/ the Us g • trrinr. fie cailnot I'/etio - • nvorsation is languid and stammori.-h: fie omumtbe enterprising, because he never accompllish whether or not Byron wrote Marco Bozzam, rather thinks lie did; and some how or other wonderfully con fuses the’ Burial-of Sir John Moore, with Tom Moore. He never read The Traveller, The Deserted Village, nor the Essay on Mem; but has occasionally read a few of Byron’s miscellaneous poems, or Pope’s. Judging from his conversation you would hold him altogether guiltless of acquaintance with the standard authors; and I doubt whether he can distinguish the American and English writers. 11c is ineffably dull and yet he thinks himself particularly bright and effervescing. In his eve no one but himself is a good conversationalist ; and he is apt to think you a pleasant talker if you let him say everything. There is a melody to him in the tones of his voice; and yet if you try to re collect anything he has said that may be worth remembering the task will be vain. Self is the only subject he has and he is happy in the belief that it is especially interesting to all listeners — wherein lie is egregiously mistaken. True it sometimes affords sport. In fact he is worth hearing sometimes in in order that you may have laughing matter afterwards. His self-compla cency is supreme. Nothing ever dis turbs his good opinion of himself; and as he is remarkably dull and stupid lie rejoices in the reflection that even one esteems him wonderfully fascina ting and intellectual. ' ji * t ‘hfe* & Oh happy swell! He labors under the impression that only one face in the world deserves to be reflected from the mirror and that is his. Inchureli lie imagines every female eye to be regarding him and watching his every movement : he looks very indifferent and lias his hair smoothly brushed and his beard nicely trimmed. Never was It at so glossy as his; for it is with him an object of particular care. Ilis self-conceit is so abpunding that no rebuff ever affects —no exit ever mu tilates—no tjpartee ever takes effect. lie thinks he has only to show pre ference to a young lady , to overpower her and bring her to liis feet. He im agines all of them in love with him— as far as he will let them go. But he is very nice in his distinctions. He would’nt hare cmybody. Indeed he can’t find ary one “good enough for him.” lie lias an idea of marrying and will do so when lie finds a lady who comes up to the mark—in the meantime lie will let the whole sex die for him. Oli ineffable self-conceit! Oh glorious self-conceit! You can make a genius out of a dolt: brilliancy out of stu pidity ; and superior attractiveness out of unbearable dullness. . He thinks himself better than everybody else, smarter than, every body else, and handsomer than every body else; ,and doubts not that lie excites every one’s admiration. He will speak to you condescendingly and thinks he has for ever excited your good-will. He 1 las an exceedingly low opinion of other people, and will quite, amuse you by his disparaging sentiments con cerning people of acknowledged tal ents. He reminds you of the goose’s comment on the nightingale’s singing u he sings pretty well , but nothing to speak of.” Sometimes you will, find one of these characters with a huge gold chain to his watch and pendants thereto ; he he has large studs in his shirt bosom and, maybe, carries a gold-headed cane. If so, he is very proud of it. He' is not vqry old himself and yet lie will give himself all the airs ■ of an older person; and will hardly notice ahy one whose clothes may not be as line as his own, albeit in mind far his superior, lie is not old enough him self to pass for, a regular beau to lisp ing damsels; but to hear him speak of the girls you would think him on the most intimate tefmS with them all. It is libs pride to imitate the manners Ipd ape the" sayimk of 'well-known Bpu-s’ hum and lie will sit with them pnd talk- as if it was* a common and Bak-day matter with him to gallant Igll^psfair. Ho evidently congraln fipHimscff with tiu' idra tint, his hat enormous amount of brains; ■BTtl.m he mistaken, Knough youWit hi not convince him jt to save you, No highey>remark Ran silly commonplaces cyer issues Bom his lips; and yet lie will strut pxmt with never so lofty an air, not |doubting but that nil arc impressed Kith his capabilities. Being above dependent circumstances, lie feels that die can look down upon the com :mon herd; and yet if. you ask mrii who Hannibal was, he will say a Bom an General , or if you enquire -‘Wliowas Newton’ lie Will reply the man xvho xvrotd the Prophecies S He will mutter “to beior not to lie, that’s the question,” toj indicate his exceeding intimacy Avitli Sliakspeare. Another will ever 'assume a most xcise aspect. N o subject is broached— but lie knows more'of it than any one else. If you make an observation he will contradict you with the most com placent, self-satisfied, knowing air, im aginable. He will accidentally attri bute to Seneca the sentence delendccpst Carthago and if you correct him, he quietly and self-assuredly reminds you that you are. mistaken in a manner to give bystanders the idea that you do not know anything about it—that he is not to be disputed. It any one makes the slightest mistake either in word or action, he will snatch it up and become very merry over it; but if he commits a faux pas no one must notice it under his severe displeasure. He prides himself no little on his ca pacity of playing a few" pieces on the violin and flute; and to see hini when he throws his head back and elevates high eye-brows as be attempts to sing, at once convinces you that he esteems his vocal powers of the very highest order — you are glad when he stops singing. As it comports with his dignity to have an occupation lie will pretend to read law, and asksTyou around to his room ; or he, perhaps, has got his diploma and presides over a few half filled vials and Lotties. In either case it is his manner to talk learnedly, so as to give you an exalted idea of his at tainments. He will frequently call himself an extra-ordinary man ; and professes becoming disdain of foppish ness, hence you shall rarely find him dressed with ordinary neatness. If a young lawyer, and has a case; he is certain to let you know it. He will have some paper —ominious look ing paper sticking out of his pocket. If a man comes to consult him on the most trifling matter, he will so arrange as certainly to be seen by all pedes trians in serious and solemn conference and earnestly takes notes the while. Unfortunately the world rates his capacities many—many degrees lower than lie does; but, happy soul! he does not know nor believe that his self-conceit is, to him, an enormous buoy. Oh ye Swell-heads! Happy set ignorant and yet most excellently in formed ; dull and stupid and yet high ly entertaining; unread yet intimately acquainted with the best authors; merest common -pi ace mortals and yet exciting universal admiration; laughed at and mimicked by all your lady ac quaintances, and yet the object, with each, of a sincere, ■ secret passion— as ye think. Oh sublime-self-conceit! What* an amount of happiness dost thou create ! For turn where we will, the com plaisant, aggravating, provoking,n-self satisfied air of a regular swell-head meets our gaze. A seel they are; but without fellow ship. Each one is ever most'ready to de preciate another; both deserve the contempt of sober, sensible people; for they ever pretend to be what they are not and assume more than properly be longs to them. All noble emulation is wanting in them ; all desire to lie what they -would seem. To set himself up for somebody when he is nobody ; to esteem all oth ers but naught as compared to him; and to try to .appear great, learned and talented, when lie is small, ignorant and stupid—sueli is the Swell-head. humph in •Masonic Female College—Stewart Cos., C*a. Messrs. Editors :—Tills is the name of another institution of learning for the daughters of Georgia, which has sprung up, like Jonah’s Gourd, in a night, under the patronage of the Ma sonic Fraternity. -Tt is an imposing edifice, two stories high, containing a chapel, capable of seating five hundred persons, and many large ami cogirno dious study and recitation rooms, and is supplied with a valuable chemical and philosophical apparatus and all the other usual appliances inscrue.- tipu. It went into operation in Januy ary last, under thqsupervision of .I’re silient' 1. 11. Branham, andhlready has over 80' interesting young ladle's in its classes. We had the pleasure'w bf at tending.the first Commencement of the College on the ,12th inst., and were surprised- by the pcf forrnanccs; The examination of the Kbit's I all (he branchcsbs said to have beeif 1 1 ighly satis factory—we did not have She ]fi||si|re fotp attending it, ThmCoihfrt on the night of :th(s Vlth was gntteiwp with taste and went oil brilliantly, lided.as it was by tlie per formances of Mr. Branham on the Flute and 'iolin and of Prof. Sarom off the 1% o and Violoncello. . Cdfnmeßcemojit day was ot course “the gfcutflay of the feast,” The py g grahime ylll give some idea ot the 'rich treat aorvil up and wc therefore attach it. j COMME>|JEMOT DAY,: JUTIY 12, 18!H. “Ilebuke tlu“| if tliou wilt rebuke/ but neither hastily no 1 harshly, ■ , Or if thou wil eoinmeivl, he it honestly, ol right. j PltOt; UA3IMK. The Snug —CtSss. iMi.vyuH. Noeturno-Ph/ Violoncello , Violin undi Piawh eomposed h>| I. S. Saroni. Harriet ]%<Boykin —The World is still deceived with, of'ndmek . Frances A * Williams—“ \ Tis not the whole oj Life to live, nor n\ of Death to die." Cadet’s Hgteat-r-Dolkd 'Jbrnente —C. M. Walton. Martha aU. Ward— Ridicule. Mary L. 3. Thorntoh —The smoothest sea, will Sometimesjnh'e to the confiding hark, untrue. _ . Ann M. Ks id rick— ‘ ‘Men's fancies are more giddy, and. infirm, bore longing, wavering, sooner dost and won, f/umwmien's are." German All, Var., — JTvnten —A. Tope. YlementiiA M. Walton —The Aristocracy of Intel lect. T Arabella Jppc —Fasluonalde lollies. Mountain Single— Glee —Class. _ Y Sarah H. Tiliiot —Levity of manners is prejudicial to every virt'O. Lucy E. Uflrris —Home. - Rebecca IL Oolcman' —Little Things. Florida Schottiscb—lF. E. Boykin! Mary I\ Fannin— What, oivest. thou thy GodT I.Conofa A. Lesseur— The March of Civilization. Martha A. Brown— ‘Never Despair. Home Sweet Houle, Var., — Lee — Flute, accompa niment on I 1 kino. Oghorlue A. Burke— The. Battle of Life. Cavatina, from Ernani— Verdi —A. Pope. . DIPLOMAS CONFERRKD. LucVeeia and Lucia— Concerted piece for three Pi anos, \ioloncello and Violin. \ ‘ , ORATION. I.ulhpy, for four voices'—composed by 11. S. Sa roni. \ ■ id r.ENIIMOTION'. Tliei exercises were protracted but the attention and interest of the audi ence did not fag until the “ Benedic tion” vps pronounced. Maiij of the compositions' read ex liibited not only strong and original though], but great purity of taste and surpristig command of language ; and the melts of all of them were enhanc ed bj r tjie perfect mastery of the fair .young' futhefrs of accent, emphasis and pronunciation/ "VVe heard but a sin gle errer in this regard and that was clearly t lapsus lingv.ee. Misspathcnnc A. Burke Avas the on ly graduate. 1 ler composition combin ed all tic excellencies avo have distrib uted aniong her school mates. Presi dent Branham conferred the diploma and accompanied it AvitlV an address Avhich slowed him to be at once an accomplished scholar, a cultivated gen tleman lid a sincere Christian. Much jof the pleasure afforded by these CofcAmencement exercises is at tributable to Prolessor Sarom, eminent alike as dmusical author arid composer and late editor of Saroni’s Musical Times, published in Ngav York. The Lmnpkij Maspnie Female College is peculiarly fortunate in having secured the services of so accomplished a teach er. We ar; indebted to the citizens of LumpkiQ for a hearty Avclcbnie to their hearts arid homes and take this meth od of re turning our grateful acknowl edgments. ‘ Years, &c. L. FOII TAB INDEPENDENT PRESS.- Profit fa Swearing , *Vr. We have the good fortune of asso ciating much with that portion of So ciety which Is usually considered the most desirabe. An attendance at wa tering places and gay festivities en ables us toi become acquainted, with the visiting vorld. Tile remark is not mi frequent, Hve do things here not practised at iome. That is our morals are more lax and restraints less bind ing. There arc,’some pleasures, we be lieve which should be left to the con science, and not to the arbitrament of the church. The church rules can not embrace the entire catalogue of er ror without becoming as cumbrous as the common law, with its multitu dinous Statutes. Christianity looks to the occult intention; for our Saviour frequentty rebuked the thoughts of the minds.of those around him. Munici pal law can punish only actual theft— the Moral law condemns not only stealing but forbids covetousness. — The latter is the parent of the former. Public opinion is not unfrequeiitly an unsafe guide as, it is conflicting in its views. Conscience must be the test of conduct. But is conscience an unerring guide? Men swear without remorse; but ‘‘thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy Godin vain,” is the mandate of the Decalogue. This matter then, is not left to the decision of conscience; and its strict' prohibition makes it an offence of the first degree. There is something awfully severe in swearing; for there are but two commandments atteiuled with specifications—a reward for obedience and honor to parents, and a curse for the. hallowed name ta ken in vain. QLair.tlie commandments the one quoted above i|j violated with: the ,grossest iilipunitv, w 1 ale .swearing min isters least, to comfort or character. —- it floes not give edge to wit,'for if it did jailors and wagoners woukl be tlic fiiost amusing of mankind. It docs not’ give.dignity, lor if so then pover ty and destitution,, avoulil be crooned .with honor. It is not. a.mark q£cqur* agej forfif it were the ; badge of brave* j'VjCOuld be worn by deserters on the field. It is'iiot a title to favor for if so then we would \vihg female appro bation'in a dialeptuiow' Tbrbiiklcu. It isdiot thc path to wealth, but tljc li cense' to sharne, dishonor and disgrace. * l, i-‘ a habit which gentlemen form, and vagSfehds practise. It is a pltit fijfm, whicli includes all, but tho'chris* {jam* Swearing in familiar common conversation isp without palliation,■ oi excuse*. I ; ndei* the excitement of the moment all men arc liable to make sash expressions, but among a circle of friends, in peace and quiet, the preg nant interspersal of horrid oaths, is a shock upon the morals of the commu nity, degrading to those engaged in it and pernicious to those 'who hear. One of the most profane men I ever knew made it a practice never to swear in the presence of a pious man. This shows that the habit can be controlled, and that people are not so much ac customed to speak without thinking, as many persons suppose. The world often charges the church with coldness and restraint, and makes the assertion too true, by interposing barriers to their society whicli good men arc unwilling to break over. To be thrown into company for weeks at a time where profane swear ing is the habitual custom is as shock ing to the feelings of the good as pray er and worship are offensive to the vicious. AYe are exercising the inde dephhdch.ee of expression which those opposed to us inculcate, by speaking what we think. Yet we do so for the purpose of oil ending none, but ot do in" <rood to all who will heed our ad o c monition. AYe are not of the rigid sect, and are disposed to tolerate many pleasures which are disallowed by religious com munities; but for suck palpable trans gression of the moral law and for such gross offence to Society as swearing is, wc have no compromise. It is one of the concomitants of idleness, and the progeny of dissipation. It never sa ved or made a dollar, procured a friend ship, or administered a gratification. Its devotee may live in a hovel or dwell in a palace, walk in rags or roll in splendor. It is one ol the practices of refined Society we wish to see abol ished. Conscience condemns it in the new beginner, but the veteran is not moved by its appeal. AYhat conscience fails to do, universal public opinion ought to accomplish in the banishment of this practice to the hordes of barbarism. An empty head and empty pocket and depraved nature may regard it as an accomplishment, but even those who engage, in it from thought less habit, con fess it to be a wrong to themselves and their children. Putnam. [■communicated.] White Sulphur Srinxcs, Va.. July 18th, 1854. Mr: Editor : —Having determined to turn aside to the Virginia Springs we left AYashington on the morning of the Gtli hist. Taking the cars at Alexan dria, an ancient city on the western bank of the Potomac, we'arc rapidly borne into the interior of the “Old Dominion.” At a small place called Gordonvillc we connect with the cars from Richmond on the Central Rail Road, Passing the venerable Univer sity of the State at Charlotteville, in a few hours we arc at the terminus of the Road, at a place in the mountains called Staunton. Before arriving here however wc have crossed a range ol the Blue Ridge mountains. Never be fore have I seen or heard of a train of cars crossing a mountain, but in this instance a whole train is actually drawn up a steep grade for the distance ol six miles, by an Engine of tremendous power, kept at the foot of die moun tain expressly for the purpose. AY e were then let down on the other side with nothing to impede our downward course save the reversion of the steam and die brakes attached to’the cars.— Our feelings' of security were a little shaken for we confess that we have often felt more comfortable. At Staunton we took the “good old way” of travelling-—a stage coach, and not withstanding our horrors of the jour ney, wc were greatly relieved by the beautiful scenery through which our travel lay. A smooth turnpike led us through mountain scenery supreme ly beautiful’. 'The Blue Ridge and the Alleghanies were continually pre sented to our view. The high eleva tion to which wc sometimes reached enabled the eye to take in at a glance, estates, farms, and habitations and the azure hue of the mountains in the dis tance rendered the scncc peculiarly en chanting. The traveller forgets the 'tedium of Ill's journey as his thoughts climb the high hills around him and scoop into the valleys below him ; and the peculiar impressions whiclrthcse scenes leave upon the mind arc south ing and pleasing beyond degree.— Surrounded by the “wild pomp of mountain' majesty ” bis thoughts are lilted up to him “who sitteth upon his throne in the clouds, whose pavillion round about him is darkness—who rideth upon the wliiiwind and direct em the storm.” It is said that John J’andolph dneefspeht' the night upon one of the elevated peaks of Otter not many miles below this, with no one but liis' servant,"arid that in the 'morn ing Avlicn he had witnessed the sun vis ing over (ho majestic scene, he turned j to his servant. haVihg noofher to whom tocxiiynS" his" thoughts, and charged him “Never from that time believe any one who told him there was no gotg’ This section Os the State is cclebi a ted for its Mineral Springs. AVitli its healing fountains and bracing Breezes, it scorns intended by nature as a resort, not only from tho heat of summer and the diseases common to other parts, but from the cares and perplexities oi life. Situated as.we arc at thO’“A\ bite Sulphur Springs,” the most fashiona ble of all the watering places, we have the “Hot Springs” thirty-five miles to the north of us— the . “Sweet” seven teen miles to the cast—the “Salt and Red”—tho one twenty-four and the other forty-two miles to the west. 1 o these add tho “AYarm,” the “Alum” and the “Chalybeate” Springs of this region and you have as great a a arid} as can be afforded by any section in the South. In these waters nature seems to have provided remedies for almost all dweasfe. But to the “AYhitc Sulphur Springs” wc desire to call your attention more particularly as we have been here for the two weeks past. Tliis Spring is situated in Green brier county, Va., immediately on the confines of the great AVostern Valley, being only six miles from tbe Alle ghany chain of mountains, which sep arates the waters whicli flow into the Chesapeake Bay from those which run into the gulf of Mexico. Hemmed in by mountains on all sides, it occupies nearly the centre of a beautiful valley, whose grassy plats and venerable shade trees render it exceedingly pic turesque. The Spring bursts forth boldly from rock-lined apertures, yielding about thirty gallons of water a minute, and the longest ot wet or dry weather neither increases or di minishes this quantity. Its elevation above tide water is two thousand feet and its uniform temperature winter and Summer is 62 deg. Fahrenheit. — The diseases for which this water is used arc various, ineluding all chronic, liver and nervous diseases. The first cure effected by it, which we find upon record was as early as the year 1778. This was a case of Rheumatism. The Lady was borne upon a litter ten or fifteen miles to the Spring where a tent was spread to protect her from the weather. A “bathing-tub ” was made by felling and excavating a large tree and here she remained drinking the water from the Spring and bathing in the sulphcr water, previously heated by rocks in the trough, until she was entirely restored. In 1784 and ’BS several log cabins were erected. But now the tent and the cabin have both disappeared, and tire VaJley is adorned with nearly li ve hundred well-construc ted, well ventilated rooms, mostly of. brick. The income of the proprietors during the last season, I have learned was near eighty thousand dollars.— They have refused the sum of seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars for the premises. A'isitors are here from all portions of the country—the lar gest proportion, however, are from the State of Louisiana. If the Asiatic Cholera does not become too ravenous we may yet extend our trip farther north and afterwards, return to the best of all places on eirth—“oir homes.” Yours, &c., B. COMMUNICATED. To the Public. Dr. Dranham—llemarlcable Cure. , dr. Mr. Editor: Hoping to benefit the afflicted, I propose to" publish in your neat and valuable paper, the circum stance of my wife’s extreme bad health, and the almost miraculous cure, by Dr. J. Branham of your town: About the first of last September, and after returning from an unsuccess ful tour in the up country to restore her health, my Avifc avqs violently at tacked with Ague and Fever. This, in connection Avith her general bad health, soon prostrated her Aviiole svs tein, until nearly every vital organ be came the subject of disease. I emplov ed several physicians of superior skill, because I kncAv her case to be a pre carious one; they succeeded in arrest ing the chill fora few days, ay hen it Avould return again. In the mean time every other symptom greAV Avorse. Our physicians all ultimately con curring in the opinion that she* could,, live but a short time to remain then was, I determined about, the last of May, to bring her to’Eaton ion to L)r. Branham. Up to the time we ar rived in Eaton tons she was having an ague eveuy other day, with the spleen onlnigod to a tearful si#oj alsb the stom ach liver and kidneys, most seriously involved. I sent for Dr. r Branham who came and commenced a course of treatment entirely new. And, sir, it is with feelings’of lasting* gratitude' to Dr. Brabham, that I here state to the public, that, from the very first dov she began to take his uipdicino she be jgfin to recover, eveiy symptom of dis ease began to give way ; it was really like a magic, dissolving with a touch, the death sleep: of a mighty incubus. \\ ith the exception of fine'' or two slight occasional syniptoms of minor she lias up to liiit lime-improve! n '„' 1 to4| malignant in flnmatory I>y.pcWa, which I am under DIJ treatment of Urs. Brauhdrrt; Lawren I and A .dal ns, but 1 forbear trcspassi tl „ | I lake,great pleasure in- rccoimnbmj I ing to the hfilicted, the combined anil superior skill of Urs. Branham, h^ v 1 rcnce an(l Adams. xv J. E. Siiailpe, . Eatouton, July 18tli,. 1854. It; it Painful to Piet I According toymy observation, the I mere act dfdyinghsseldom, in the strict I sense of the, word, a.; very painful pr 0 . J cess. It as true that some persons ifo 1 in a state!of bodily torture, as in cases of tetamk ; that the drunkard, dyin.r of delirium tremens, is haunted by ter rific vispus ; and that the victim G that mo* horrible of all diseases ]j\- drophobjn, in addition, to those. icculiar bodily siifierings from which the dis ease hasllerived its name, may he, in « state of /terror front the lupposed pre sence ot frightful objects, which are; presented to him as realities, even to* the last. But these and some other in stances which I might adduce, are ex ceptions to! the general rule—whicli is, that both mental and bodily suffering terminate long before the scene is final ly closed. Then, as to the actual fear of death, it seems to'me tha t the Author of our existence, for the most part, gives it to us when it is intended that, avc should live, and takes it away from us when it is intended that, we should die. Those avlio have been long tor mented by bodily pain are gcnerallv as anxious to' die as they ever were to live. So it often, is with those whose life has been protracted to an extreme old age, beyond the period of mortality, even when they labor under no actual disease.— Psychological-Inquiries. ,1 Scene in liroailivay. Under this head the New York Couri er and Enquirer, of the 3d inst., tells this good story of one of the judges of that city: Oh Saturday afternoon, as a gentle man of portly form, who holds.a minor judicial office, (although he passed his minority full forty years ago.) was proceeding up Broadway with a large box of fire-crackers under his left arm, and a package of torpedoes in his right hand, and his heart full of paternal af fection for his boys avlio Avcrc to be made happy on the Fourth, he met a friend, and with constitutional earnest ness began to expound. Prosont.lv m his ardor lie brought his right hand (Ayhicb for the moment forgot its cun ning) lull of torpedoes forcibly upon the IfoX under his left arnfo-wheij Crack! snap! phiz! bang! went tin torpedoes. Ladies screamed, men sprang, horses jumped, bt^frushed, and policemen gathered—making our ami able and portly friend the center of at traction. Some-of the explosives had fallen upon the) walk, and as the crowd gathered they weijt off under their feet, thereby confounding the confusion.— Ultimately a throng gathered nearly as large as the late policemen’s meet ing, from which our judicial, but inju dicious friend retired* with all his blushing honors thick upon him. lie is now prepared to take the affirmative (and if necessary back it Avtth a bet) of the question whether torpedoes wilt explode. Suicide.— The Louisville Journal relates the facts cbneeming the suicide of a lad thirteen years old, named Hen ry Merriman, ten miles from that city. This is one of the most mysterious as well as one of the most extraordinary cases-of suicide ever committed in this country. Henry was a devout Chris tian. He had lost a little sister who belonged to the church. This sister had given him a prayer'book on her death bed, and desired him to use it. , He had become so interested in the book, and on the subject of meeting with a dear sister, that it was a subject of daily conversation and prayer with him. ITe appeared desirous to be with her. His mother had told him that he would meet his sister in Heaven after death. He prayed nightly and daily to see her, and in his lit of religous in sanity he, upon his knees, cut his throat from ear to ear, severing both jugular veins. This was truly a sorry sight to look upon-—a heart-broken mother, a (dieted father, and distressed relatives—this.was a scene to dissolve a heart of stone. Every one present was in tears —every man became, as it were a child. h. yi'lie verdict of ♦lie jury was that the child came to liis death from the influ ence ot the above tacts, causing relig ious insanity.” Foiice of ll ann\— lt id curious to observe how one’s habits of thought constantly break out and exhibit them ..sgHmrn whatever he doctor says. In one of our colleges it was custom aryiorthe professors to take turns in making the chapel prayers. Once upon an occaasion this duty fell upon the learned professor ot chemistry and the students were astonished to hear ln ™ J’ftfoduep aiy, illustration thus: " thou knowest, O Lordfthat for tip ping lightning-rods silver is better than platinum ; so is the mind, touched by fh 3 f-,i ace, made the most ready to re ceive tliq principles of science!” On ano.tjiey occasion the mathemati cal 'professor asked “Divine goodness to enable us to know its length, its breadth, its depth, and its superficial contents!” v omen aie like horses——the miycr the harness they have the better °they Excepting,virtue and vice, the poiuts hilb-n-iir.- brt vecii men are trifling,