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T'" ' PHELrS AND THRASHER, Attorncys-nt-Law , OrricE on Mils Street, Opposito Chase's Hotol, Jan 23, 1S39. 472-tf W. 0. FORRIST, ATT 0 R NE Y AT LAW TVTOTICE. Tho undersigned, liftving 1 i.,i. .,r. fm.Ti ilm firm of "Dnrloe. Forrist & Halhawiiy," has opened an olfiee in the suitot rooms formerly occupied by ''Forrist & Hatha- wall," immediately over mo oioro oi " ;... Chardon, O , whoro ho may at all times found by his old clients and by all otherBwho may j..,;... i.; ns no Attornev and Solicitor- A eoniinu tuce of former ceufidiMice and business is rnsonctlllllv solicited. W.O I'ORRIST. October23tlt, ia'7. TT. K. SMITH, 408 tf . . . . . .... IT LAW Oiru'Q With W. A 0. Forrist, immediately over the Store Wilkinsdt.Kelley. -Chardon, April il. 1R53. ZlL l. XV. C AFIELD, ATTORNEY AT LAW, will practice in nil tho Courts of Record in this and adjoining counjies. JtfrOilico directly over the Store oi Rextord Can rield, Chardon, tJ "" ! WILKINS & KELLEY, General dealers in t.'roeeries. 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Yi WILKINS & KELLEY. A LARGE Assortment of TRUNKS, VAL 1SIW and FANCY HAT and BONNET BOXES, on hand by Nev. 13. WILKIN'S &. KELLEY. TtrORTQAaE DEEDS' Just printed JJL at this Ollice, Mortgage Durds suitable Attorneys to attach to foreclosures; also, a large quantity of the same of the common size. CORN AND OATS, for Rale by Kov.ia WILKINS 4, KELLEY. HIGHLAND MARY. BY ROBERT BURNS. Ye banks, and braes, and streams around, Tho cnstlo of Montgomery, Green be your woods, and fair your flowers, Your waters never drnmlie ! There simmer first unfauld her robes, And there the longest tnny j For there I took the last farewell ' U' my sweet Highland Mary. How sweetly bloom'd the gay green birk, llow tick the hawthorn's blossom As undomeaih their frngrant shade, I clasped her to my bosom'. The golden hours on angel wings, Flew o'er me and my dearie; For dear to mo ns light and life, Was my tweet Highland Mary. WP mony a vow, and lock'd embrace, Our poriing was fu' tender i And pledging alt to meet again, We toro ourselves tissunder j liutOh ! fell Pi nili'a untimely frost, That nipt my tlowcr so early ! Now green's the sod, and caulit's the clay, That wraps my Highland Mary ! O pale, palo now, those rosy lips, I alt lino kiss'd sao fondly ! And closed for ay, thai sparkling glance, That dwelt on me sao kinJIy I And mouldering now in silent dust, That heart that lo'ed me dearly ! But still within my bosnn.'s core, Shall live my Highland Mary. ' For the Jeffersonian Democrat. Common Schools. -Kollov, of et oi , Old the for Fnir.NT) Co.nvki'.sk : Esteotning'aa I dn, our Common Schools tlio vory nitisorios of vii tuo, mtollignnco and morality, and be lieving tlmt in their healthy action wo Imvo tho best pnssiblo safeguard of liberty, as well os tlio best and only possible moans for olevating tho masses of society, and ad vancing tlio social and moral interests of all Umr citizons, it sooms to mo tnoy aro imi much neglected', and, though I feel mjsolt incompotont to say what should lo said, or sny it ns it should bo said, yot anything bettor than indifference, and, if I do nothing but to call tho attention of ublor minds tlio subject, I shall feel that I liavo not scribhlod in vnin. Our present School Law, dospito tho op position it lias mot, and in somo places still mooting, is, on tho whole, gaining tho confidence nnd affection of tho pooplo. Under its operation, our Bchools, ns a whole, hnvo advancod. It fiivea proof of being, tho main, a good trco, by bearing good fruit Wo, ns a Stnto, liavo bolter Bcliool-housoB, nrgor number of scholars in attendanco, ami more efficient teaoliors, now, than ovor bofore. That wo havo cuusa of gratulation n this respect, tho nblo llopoit of our worthy Stato Commissioner abundantly shows. Still, though wo liavo dono much, tnoro remains to bo done; and, though liavo reason for gratitudo for tho past, and hope for tho futuro, j ot wo ore by no means at tho point whoro it is proper to lay our armor by, and sing tlio songs of nn educa tional iubiloo. Neither our schools nor our teachers aro ts good ns they uvght to bo, as wo hope thoy will, and iutend they ihall bo. This boing so, it becomes us, both teachers and patrons, to find out nnd carry out all thoso plans authorized by our laws, and adapted to incroaso their efficiency nnd extend their usofulnoss. Prominent among the class of moans which aro neglected, it sooms to me, that which provides for our schools being visited and examined somo compotont porson or poi sons, at loast twico (oftoticr if practicable) during each session. IP addition 10 tins, i wouiu recom mend that a full roport of thoso "oxamining visitations" bo made semi-annually to Township Board. A knowledge of tho fuel that they wore to bo Buhjectod to such bu porvlsion, would doter many who aro un qualified, and whoso only aim in teaching is to pass tho timo and got thinr pay, iioin offoring their sorvices, and, at tho same timo, would act as a powerful incentive moro thorough qualification and moro oarnost labor on tlio part of thoso who, view of tho responsibilities as woll ns wagos, ontor tho profoBsion with toal, ergy and carncBtiieBS, Section Sixth of law mukos this Btiporvisiou the duty ot local directors j but, admitting their compo tonce, which, in somo instances at loast, bo doubtful, it is yot unfortunately truo the mass of them do not and will not attond to that duty, and honco, for tbo present, must sock its diichargo from somo other source. Somo have proposed to moot want by creating the effico of County Super intendont ; but, however well this may adaptod to moot the want, it ia liable to sorious objection that, for the presont, it impracticable; nnd tho quoation with practical roformor, is not so much wbat would Iiko to have dooo, aa what can done, and how to do it. Wo find upon animation, that tho only othor passages tho law that can bo applied to this subject, are, that clauso of Sue. 10, which says they (the Board of Education) may appoint one of their oumbor "acting manager," proscribing his dutiea, and making provision to remunerate him for tho discharge of aamo, and that of Boo. 25, providing the Townahip Clerk, or the noting manager, or any member of the Board, may do perform all such dutiea and sarvicos con neetod with the iotoreata of schools, aa Board may direct, report the same them, &o. Those not only authorize, make all noodod provision for, a townahip supervision. Something of tho kind noedod; this haa boen triod Id some local! ties, and haa worked admirably; and I appeal to the friunda of education in Old Geauga, to give it a trial thoro, and to act now upon the subject. Our Spring olections will bo upon ui. Lot tbo Townahip Clerk selected In each township, with roforonoo to his ability and willingness to discharge; this dot; lot tho sovoral Hoards of Education do oil in tlioir power to aid In tlio work j and, abovo all, and in connection with all this, lot tho prople fool and manifest a lively interest in tlioir schools, and it will not long ho truo thnt Gonugtt la not keeping pact) with her sisters counties, in tlio improvo mont Id her educational advantages. H. For the Jeffersonian Democrat. School-Teaching. is is a wo or as is, all by to in tho tho tho may that we this bo tho is a ho bo ex of that &c., Mb. Editor : Not lonjr sinco I anw In jour columns an articlo Cn "Teaching." Being wide awnko to all that pertains to the toucher's vocation, I now ait down te givo you a few addiiional thoughts to what has already boon said ; and, perhaps what I shall communicato, will not partako so much of tho nuturo of " thoughts," as "Jacta." propose giving you somo of my cxperionce ns a school-lonchor, with tho view in mind that it may benefit (it certainly cannot harm) somo, who have hud little, much or no exporienco in this common but vastly important enterprise. If what I may trans fer shall not benefit others, it may draw from thoin romaika und auggestionB that will bo of bonefit to mo. With thia double purpose bofore mo then. I writo. ' Order is 3Ioavons first law," and before wo can teach (not keep) school successfully, wo must havo order, nnd maintain it. It is conceded by nil teachers, I holioro, that whispering is tho ono great canso of confu sion ami disorder in our common schools. This being tho case, somothing should bo dono to avert it. And, let mo ask, what need has otio scholar of whispering trj an other concerning his lessons, or anything that may bo transpiring ? What right has ho to intrudo upon the timo of his tellow scholar by asking questions.to answer which is tho teache's duty alunn I say ho has wo right so to do j and for that reason I havo prohibited whisporing entirely, ( without permission,) endeavoring to perform tho luty of tho teacher myself, by answering inquiries, and imparting information, which so many, if allowed to whisper, sUal from their nuighbiu'-atudunta. Lot thorn whisper at rocoss, and do up their frivolous convers ing ; but in school time let tho whieporing caaso. In laying down this rtilo for tho prohibition of communications, it ia nccossa- ry that much discretion should bocxercisod. Tlio teacher as ho outers his school, should, tho first of nil, strive to gain the good will of his pupils, and win their affections. This dono, ho may reason tho matter with thorn, talk to thorn of tho usclossness of commu nications in study-hours, appeal to their bettor footings, and in nino cases out of ten, thoy will voto to hnvo no whispering; be lieving with thoir teacher, that much of tho success of tho school doponds on its being prohibited. This method I have practiced whorovor I havo taught, nnd whothcr among tho grout or tho small, tho short or tho tall, havo nover failed of succoss. Thus I have rid myself of a disturbance so common, and so dulotorious to tho prosperity of our schools. In regard to that much neglected branch of our oducation, reading, I adhoro to this self-evident principhp ; that scholars must ho able to road one stanza woll, buforo they can read more woll. And to break tip this sing song tono, which wo utmost invariably find in our district schools, I select a pieco of a fiery naturo, or ono, which, would thoy perform it woll, they must ontor into tho spirit of, and adopt tho feelings of tho por sons represented. In my junior classes, havo each one read tho sumo suntenco or voi so, aftor I havo road it, requiring them in overy itistanco to givo tho inflections and emphasis aa I do ; thus avoiding that dull monotony of tono, into which tho youth so ofton full. My advancod classes I havo ex ercised onco a day for two woeks, on "Tho Purting of Marmioh and DougluB," "McGuffoy'a Fifth Itoador," First reading tho pieco mysolf donning words they can not utidorstand ; describing tho old Scottish fCastlo.and tho groat trench which surround- od it; tho iron portcullis, and the mighty draw-bridgo; picturing out as vividly poasiblo to their minds the chnractora thoso individuals, and tho circumstances that surrounded them. Then, asking them to look on the bcoiio aa it ia represented and whon personating Marmion or Douglas, adopt his spirit, and aa " Burned Marmion 'a swarthy cheek like fire, And shook his very frame fur ire," so lot our cbooks burn, and our framoa shake j and lot tho most fiorco angor manifested in word, look and action, ns uso the languugo of Lord Munition In reply to tho old Seer. In this way I have succeodud in brouking up, ( not avoiding) a great extent, tho monotone which was provolant, and pupils aro becoming good readers. But, doubtless, 1 havo fillod space enough. Ergo, I closo, hoping to havo opportunity ere long of furnishing you with anouier article, pel mining to " llow 1 l oach school, in whiuu will bo uoticocl the impart ing of knowledge in aotno othor branchea. Newburgh, Ohio. MORAN. that and tho to but la soon bo Tub Facial Nkiive Tho norva which gives tho physiognomy ita different express ions, and indicates to the outer world emotion ot tho soul, ia called the "facial norve ;" and should one side of this bocomo paralyzed or injurod, the features on one aide the tace remain perleetly immovable. while the other or active part ia capable every contortion, ibis was the case with comic actor, who made money and reputa tion by sotting "tho town in a loar" by unavoidable peculiarly. Sir Charlea Boll firoved thia experimentally. He took ively monkey, and divided iti facial nerve on one side ; oxoitod by pain, the poor an imal made face with redoubled energy, but only with one aide of bia face, tho othor re maining perfectly atill. Au-irniiic American. SPRING. BY ALFRED TENNYSON. Like souls that balance joy and pain, With tears and smilos from Heaven again, The maiden Spring upon tho plain, Came in a sunlit full of rnin, In crystal vapor everywhere. Blue isles of Heaven laughed between And far in forest-docps unseen, The topmost elm-tree gathered green From draught of balmy air. Sometimes tho linnet piped his song ; Sometimes the ihrostlo whistled strong i Sometimes the sparhawk wheeled along, Hushed all the groves from fosr of wrong ; By grassy capes, nnd fuller sound, In cur res the yellow river ran, And drooping chestnut buds began To spread into the perfect fnu Above the teeming ground. Then In the boyhood of tho year, Sir Launcelot and Queen Guinevere Rode through tlio covens of the deer, With blissful treble ringing clear, She seemed a part of joyous Spring ( A gown ofgrnss-greeu silk sho wore, Buckled with golden cbisps before; A lyln green tuft of plumes she bore Closed in a golden ting. Now on some twisty ivy net, Now by somo tinkling rivulet, In mosses mixed with violet, Her Cream-white mule his pastern set ; And fleeter now sho skimmed tho plains Than she whose elfin prnncer springs By night lo merry warbliugs. When nil the glimmering moorland rings Willi jingling bridle reins. As she fled fast through sun nnd shade, The huppy winds upon her played. Blowing the ringlets from the braid ; She looked so lovely ni she swoyed Tho rein wiihdnimy finger-tips, A man had given all other bliss. And all his worldly wealth for this, Td waalo bis wbolo Ik art in one kiss Uwn her perfect lips. CHOICE VARIETY. I rnonioALS are boru of misers and butter flies are born of grubs. Did wo not flatter oursolvoa, tho flattery of othera could not hurt us. He that is choico of his timo, will bochoico of his company and of his nctionB. A mind that is conscious of its integrity, scorns to sny mora than it moans to purfurm. The most dolicato tho most sensible of all pleasures, consists in promoting the plea sures of others. Wiie.v wo record our angry feelings, lot it bo on tho snow, that thu first bourn ol sunshino may obliterate thoin for ovor. Orn tempers are Iiko an opora glass, which makes tho object small or groat, ac cording to the cud oo a look through. CoMi'liTENCY is a sort of financial horizon which recedes as wo advance The word always signifies a little moro than wo possess. Am, pleasures, aaya John Fostor, must bo bouaht at tho expense ot nam. Ihouinor onco between false pleasures and truo, is just this, for truo tho prico is paid before you enjoy it, for fulso afterwards. Tiii'UK aro two things, aaya a contempor ary, which makes us huppy in life. Tho first is, novor to vex ourselves about what wo can't help. And tho second is Iiko uuto it, novor to vex ourstdves about what wo can help. Hope is tho ruddy morning ray of joy recollection is its golden tinge; but tho lat ter is wont to sink amid tho dews nnd dusky shades of twilight ; und tho bright bluo day which tho former promises, breaks indeed, but in another world, and with another sun. It is no small commendation to imtnago little well. Ho is a good wagoner who can turn in a little room. To livo well in abund ance is the pruiso of the porson. I will study moro to give a good account of nit little, than how to make it more. liithop Hall. Du. Johnson used to say that a habit of looking at tho bust sido of every event is fur better than a thousand pounds a year Bishop Hall quaintly remarks, for overy bad thoro might be a worse, and when ono breaks hia log, let him bo thankful that it was not hia nock t When Fenelon'a library wns on fire, " God bo praised," ho exclaimed, " thnt it is not tho dwelling of somo poor mail Thia is the true spirit of submission one tho most beautiful traits tbut cud possess tho human heart. as of ; bo we bis to ao an Beautiful Extract. Lifo beara on like the stream of a mighty river. Our boat at first glides softly down tho narrow channel, through tho playful murmurings of a littlo brook, und winding along its grassy borders. tho trees auou inuir blossoms over our young heads, and tho flowers on tho brink 60.IH to oiler themselves to our young hands ; wo aro in hopo, and wo grasp eagerly at tho beauties n round us, but tho atieam hurries us on, and still our hands are empty Our course in youth and manhood along a wider and deeper flood, and amid objects moro Btriking and magnificent We are auimated by the moving picturo of on joymeut and industry that is passing bofore us; wo aro excitod by Bhort-livud succoss, depressed by eomo short-lived disappoint' mont. But our energy and dependence aro both in vum. Iho stream bears us on, and our joys and griefs are left behind us ; uiuy be shipwrecked, nut wo cannot alienor our vovneo may bo hastened, but wo can not bo duluyod whether rough or smooth, tho river hastens towards its homo; tho routine of tho waves is bonealh our kool and tho land lessons from our eyes, tho floods aro lifted up around us, and wo take our last leave of eailh and its inhabitants, and of our futuro voyage there is no wimess but the infinite aud tho eternal. ISitltop lleber. of a bia a Th Girls of 1778. The following ha6 bcon rescued from a newspapor published during tho revolution Tho following droll affair lately happened at Kindorhook, New York. A young follow, an invetorato onomy to the liberties of America, going a quilting frolic, whnro a numoer ot young women were collocted, and he tho only man in tbo company, began hia aBporsions on Cone-reaa. aa usual, and held forth aome- time on the subject, till the girla, exasper ated at hia impudonco, laid hold of him, atripped bim nuked to the waist, aud In stead of tar, covered h'in with molasses, and for feathers took tho downy topi of flags whiob grew in the meadow, and coated him woll, and tbon let him go. He haa prose cuted evory one of them, and tbo mattor baa been triod before juatiee Bcooonmaxor Wo have notes yet hoard bia worship's judg ment It ia said that Parson Ruel'i daugh ter is concerned iu tbo affair." FUN ITEMS. " I have branded vou. air." snid one indi- vlduul fiercely to another. "You rothor seem to havo hrandied yourself." " Now, Sam, if you don't stop lickinn that mnlusses, I'll toll tho man." "You tell tlio man, and I'll lick you and tho 'lasses too." "Did you say that my brother Jim did not know na much at Smith's yollow dog r" "No, I said that Smith's yellow dog kuow moro than your brother Jim." Baciiri.ors aro not cntiroly lost to tho re finement ol sentiment, for tho following toast wns pivot! by ono of them at a celebration "Tho Ladies Swcotbriors iti tho garden of life." A short man became attachod to a tall woman, und somebody said ho had fallen in love with her. "Do you call it falling in lovo ?" said tho suitor, " it's moro like climbing." ' Paddy," aaid a jokor, " why don't you got your eara cropped thoy aro entirely too long for a man ? " And your's," replied I'at, " ought to bo lungtbonou they are too short for tin ass." Ax awkward man, attompting to carro ft gooso, dropped it on tho floor. " There, now 1" exclaimed his wife, " wo'vo lost our dinner." "Ohl no, my doar l" answered ho, " it's safe ; I have got my foot upon it 1" Saubo bought a patriarchal turkey. " took him homo," says ho, " my wife bile him trco hours, and don him crow I my wife den pep him into do pot wid six pounds of t.itors a ud ho kick 'em all out ; he must a biu as old as dat Ketoosolum. Mr hair is eighteen years older than my whiskors, said a lawyor, and I cannot undor stund why my whUkors should turn groy first ? "Bocauso you havo worked so much more with your jaws than your brains," ro plied Brown. A GLlTTON of a follow who was dining at a hotel, in tho course of tho battle of knivos and forks, accidentally cut bis mouth, which was observed by a Yunkuo opposito, who bawled out "I say. Mister, don't muko that hole in your countenance any larger, or we snail all starve, One of our exchange papers, speaking of the candidates for tho Legislature, iu ono of tno counties ot Wisconsin, says that J. M. Hoot is tho Democratic, Ilobert Hogg tho 1'roo Soil and T. II. Dyo the Whig caudi duto. So with tho voters we suppose it will bo foot, Hogg or liije and uo mistake. ; Edmund Burke's Idea ok a Perfect Wife. Sho is handsome, but it is not a beauty arising from tho font urea, from com plexion or from ahapo. Sho haa all threo in a high degree, but it is not by thoso that sho touches tho heart it is all tho swoet r.oss of temper, benevolence, inuoconco, it is all tbo sensibility which a face can ex press, that forms her beauty. Sho has a face that just arouses ynur attention at eight; it grows upon you every moment, and you wonder It did not rsoru tbut raise attention at first. Her eyes have a mild light, but thoy awo when she pleases ; they command Iiko a good niun out of office, not by au thority, but by vii tuo. Her atuturo is not tall, Blio is not mado to an admiration of every ono. She has the firmness that does not cxcluuo delicacy all tlio Bounces that does not imply weakness. Her voico is soft, low music, not formed to rulo in public as semblies, but to churin thoso who distinguish a company trom a crowd ; it lias its uisad vantage, vou must coino closo to hear it To describe her body, describo her mind ono is the transcript of tho other. Her un derstanding is not shown in tho variety o matters it exerts itselt upon, but tho good noss of the choico bIio makes. Her polito ncss flows rather from a natural disposition to oblige, than any rules on that subject, and tnereloro novor iuils to strike those who understand good bleeding, and those who not. 1" Signers of the Declaration or iIxde pendeni'E. Of tho fifty-six signers of tho immortal "Declaration, nmo wero born in Massachusetts; nino, in Virginia; fivo, in Maryland ; four, in Connecticut ; four, in Pennsylvania; four, in New Jersey; four. in Souih Carolina; three, in New York; threo, iu Deluware ; two, iu Ithodo Island und ono, in Maiuo. Light wero foreign born, and of these, threo were natives Ireland; two, of England ; two, of Scotland and ono, of Wales. Two wero elected the Presidency of the United States; two, to tho v ico Presidency ; flf'.een wore chosen Governors of their respective States ; and the remainder all occupied responsible sta tions of trust. Tweuty four wero promt nont lawyers ; fourtoon, practical furmors; nine, merchants ; lour, physiciuus ; Tour, ed ucated for tho ministry ; one had boon shoemaker in oarly lifo ; one, a printer ; aud ono, a mecnanic. r our lived over ninoty yours ; ten, over eighty ; ten, ovor soventy thirteen, over sixty ; and seven, over forty. ii or we A Kxowino " Colrt." An anecdote related of a court held in a villago not tbousund miles from l'uris during tbo past year, which wo regurd as one of tho richest in lib lino, ot anv that haa boon recorded, and we givo it to our readers aa nearly aa can recollect it. iho case on trial was tliesalo of liquor. Tho principal witness singularly obtuso ; and though confessing have mado a purchaso, could not for tho ot him loll what tho article was. 1 he most ingenious questioning would not bring out. At lust tho attorney askod him, " How it tasted ;" Here " tho court" interposed, alleging that to bo an improper question, und inquired of the attorney why ho put euch an interrogatory. " Well, your honor," replied tho attorney, " I was unablo to muke the witness toll what kind of liquor b.iught; but I thought if ho would loll how it tasted, the court might be able to determine for itself !" The hit was too palpablo ; und nut even tho solemnity of the pluco or cause wub sufficient to repress the mirth tho audience. Oxford Democrat. to Capital Punishment. Whilo aevorul States have mado strenuous efforts, of lute years, to abolish capital punisho'enta alto gothur, tho Legislature of tho Stato uuorgia Is now endeavoring to exteud this penalty to othor Crimea than murder and arson. Two bills have been iutroduced with a view to muko both night burglary and robbery by force capital offences ; but each has failed ia tho Senate. Tboy buvo, howover, been amended so as to make the punishment 20 years in the pouitouliary, the discretion of the court. Amono the unmarked and unhonored graves in the rural cemetery at Camden, Arkanaas, is that of a brother of the illus trious Henry Clay hia only moonment an oak tree, with the initials of bis name rudely, carved in its rough bark. He said to have been an bumble aud devoted minister of the Gospel, DEEDS AND WORDS. Whene'er a noble deed is wrought. Whene'er Is spoken a noblo thought, Our hearts in glad surpriso To higher levels rise. Honor to those whose words or deeds Thus help us in our daily needs, And by thoir overflow Raise us from wbat is low ! Male Flirts. ; ; of ; to a ; is a wo tor to life it ko the of of at ! is It is assorted by somo philosopher, who protends to a certain amount of knowledge of tlio human hwart, that any tnnn ol ordin ary attainments and possessed of a resoluto will, can get any woman's allVciions, if they aro not already bestowed ulsew bore op portunities lor courtship are of course un derstood. The rulo ia probably not entirely universal, and perhaps not near enough to universality to make the exceptions unim portant. I'lioro ia no doubt, howovnr. that tho gentler aex is generally impressible, and men aro ftcqnent'y ast'o'iiished at the sue cobs of those of their acquaintance who seem to thorn particularly dostitutu of per sonal attractions. Tho constant attentions t f a man who professes a degree of sinrori ty, aro always complimentary and if be is really in lovo, ho insensibly acquires a re finement of manner which no other passion can engender, and a refinement of naturo which no hypocrisy can simulate. I (.added to this, bo bus conversational powers, and tho tact to muko himself agreeable, it is quite within tho compass of his ability to creato enough interest in a woman's heart to ren der her uncomfortable when his attentions aro withdrawn. There is a great deal of flirtation which begun, carried en, and ended without any delinilo intentions. A man is thrown, per haps accidentally, into ihu society of an at tractive woman and from more selfishness he devotes himself particularly to her fur timo, only because sho pleases or amuses biin. Ho does not formally lay aiego to bcr liourt ho does not deliberately undertake to muko a conquutrTXuiy to gratify his vani ty ana no uoo.8 not Cream ot manifesting any special " intentions." I'crhnps the lady niay appreciate some particular quality his, tt which bo is a little vain and sho tho more pleasing to him, just in proportion as this appreciation Is fluttering. He may bo heart whole or if ho is capable of genu- ino affections, be may have placed them upon unothor object yot ho does not hesi tate to bo peculiarly devoted to a young and susceptible woman, upon whoso heart ho leaves un indoliblo scar whon ho rudely strikes down tho castles her fancy may have bunded upon biB toriiier dumcanor.by coldly and indifferently transferring his attentions to a new victim. Although the man is only chargoablu with the impropriety of inflict ing a wound thoughtlessly still there is real wound inflicted and ho has added somewhat to Iho unhappiness of a gentle being, whom bo was bound by evory prin ciple of mure manhood lo comfort aud do lond. If this selfish carelessness is rcprchcnsiblo bow much moro is tho conduct of the eny Lothario, who deliberately plunBa conquest wlioeo only mulivo is vanity, and whose only object is the proof of his tascinatiug powers. Ho attaches himself resolutely one young lady, and binds all his cnorgics tho accomplishment of a putty triumph. Ho professes himself happy only when her presence and livos only upon her einiles. It is rather contemptible when pathos is assumed for effect. Ho keops himsoli outside ot actionablo limits ia euro fully non-committal and aa aoon aa bo as certains that ho baa certainly made an im pression, and that tbo withdrawal of marked attentions will Icavo ascar.bis work is finished, and ho socks a new field for display ot his manly prowess. In tho pri vate collections of aucb a mail, will bo lounJ a dozen or two locka of buir bright memo riuls of brilliant victories. Hero, tho sunny curl, from tlio head ot aomo gentle and trusting child of sensibility, who probably boliuvcd li is first fulso whisper; aud tbore, the raven truss of somo passiouuto woman, who loved not wisely, but too well, and whose life has beuu embittered by his t roach Verily, tho sculps that bedeck the girdlo aud fringo tho hunting shirt of tbo Pawnee, though torn from tho heads of un resisting women and helpless children, aro moro glorious trophies than those. There is another kind of male flirt who probublv belongs to the most numorous class of all. Ho is not fulso ho is only ficklo. He is highly inflammable and fulls desperately in lovo at the shortest notice Such a man has uo experiences to profit his life is a succession of accidents. Dur ing tbo week or mouth in which bo is bouud in any particular silken chain, ho is ready climb mountains, awim rivers, fight a score of Hyrcan tigers, and, in fact, to accomplish any impossible task, in order to win the be loved object. Ho is a strong believer runaway matches, and rarely gets entangled in the mushes ot a not cast into smooth ters. If supposod obstacles are removed are proved not to exist, and tnero is noiti ing between bim aud tho fruition rf all ardent hopes, his passion wanes. If ho not gone too far to retreat or whethor bus or not, he ganorally manages to got of tho scrape. Ho lives a lito of torment account el uuruturncd, and, for aught knows, uudestroyod letters letters which were wiitton whilo tho fever wae highest, and which might burn themselves through their onvoIopoB, 80 lorvid are tney, usually haa two or three stringa to his bow, und cannot find tall occupation tor hia rxu bo rant powers if confined to only one affair at a time. It would aeetn that such a man could not do much duniago in the world but ho makes impressions, it only by violence ot his assaults ; and each suliorer in turn fancies herself tho ono ablo lo bis ficklo attentions. If he ever marries.lns wedded lifo must bo a very humdrum sort of ufl'air, for ho ia tho last man in iho world to understand or appreciate connuuiai e-nsB. Tho ovila wrought in aociuty by these butterflies aro neither few nor trivial. wounds uro so long in healing as those in flicted upon the affections, and even if timo cures the positive pain caused by disappoint ment in heart affaire, the result ia a callous ness mure to bo deplored than actual suf fering. In tho majority of cases, heartless woman ia one who haa been heartlessly docoired. It la a woman'a nature to trust implicitly whore she bostowa her love ber trustfulness ia hor moat charming attri bute ; the mora guilty, therefore, ia man who doatroys it. A Binding exterior covera many a deeply scarred heart but day may eome wtieo ciieae wounds win revealed, whoa perhaps the world will astonished to learn how much evil a little thing may do. For of all small things the most diminutive of all " small potatoos" is the malo flirt. Baltimore American. Cod is Love, The Winter of the Heart. is a of is Let it novor come upon you. Live ao that good angida may protect ynu from this ter rible evil tho winter of the hoart. Lot no chilling influonco freeze up the fountuin of aymputhy and happinosa from its depths; no cold burthon aotllo over. Its withered hopes, Iiko anow on the faded flowers ; no rudo blasts of discontont moan and shriek through its desolate chambers. Your lifo path may load you amid trials, which for a timo accm entirely to impede) your progress, and shutout the Tory light ot ncaven irom your anxious gnzo. Petiury may tuke tho placo of ease and plenty; your luxurious home may be ex changed for a single, lowly room tbo soft couch for tho straw pullot the rich viands for the coarse food of the poor. Summer friends may foreuke you, and the unpitying world pasa you with scarcely a word of com passion. You may bo forced to toil wearily, etoadily on, to earn a livelihood ; you may encounter fraud and base ararico, which would extort tho last farthing, till you well nigh turn lo disguet from your fellow-beings. Death may" sovor the dear tics that bind you to eartb, aud leare you iu fearful durk noss. Tbo noblo, manly boy. the solo hope of your declining years, may be taken from you, whilo your spirit clinga to him with a wild tenacity, which oven the shadow of the tomb cannot wholly aubdue. But amid all these Borrows, do not coma to tho conclusion that nobody was ever ao deeply afflicted aa you aro, aud abandon every sweet anticipation of "bettor daya" ia the unknown future. Do not loeo your faith in human excel lence because your confidence haa boon bo trayod, nor believe that friendship is only a delusion, and lovo a bright phantom which glido3 away from your grasp. Do not think you are fated to bo misora bio bocauso you are disappointed In your expectations and bafllod in your pursuits Do not declare that God haa forsaken you when your way ia bodged with thorns, or repine sinfully whon be calls your dear ones to the land beyond the grave. Keep a holy trust in heaven through overy trial; bear adversity with fortitudo, and look upward in houra of temptation and suffering. When your locka are white, your eyes dim, and your limbs weary; when your atepa falter on the verge of death's gloomy vale, atill retain the Ireabnoss and buoyancy of epirit which will shield you. from tho winter of the heart. Independence of the Press. a to to in his his the -ery. Mr. Fornet, of the Philadelphia Press, In discoursing upon "Party Newspapers," aaye: The index of an improving publio taste, and of a spirit of inquiring indopendenoo, on tho part of tho musses, ia to be found in tbo rapid decadenco of more party newspapers. Wo havo known what it is to reflect the sentimontB of moroly mortal men; wo havo known what it is to walk the dull and dis mal routino of mere organization; and we can sympathise with those who groan and sweat undor tho yoke which has been put upon thorn (by party exactions.) ' Mr. Calhoun, iu ono of bia groatest apoeches, aaid "opinion is power" in this hap py country o! ours; and it tbia waa true tur ty years ago, it ia forty times truer to-day ltnaglno, for instance, what would becomo of science in all its abstruse varieties and won derful mysteries, if it were graded and clip ped by aome mere individual authority! and whore ia there a grander acieuco than that of human government, and particularly tbe government of a free people? A newspa per, to bo popular, must excel in evory de partment Lot it be but honest, and ita mistakes will bo forgiven. Lot its tone bo olevated, and even its prejudices will bo res pected. Let ita antagonisms be erect and honest, and tbey will be believed in. Let it dure to do right, and it will prove to be a most terriblo opponent ol wrong. "Ren dering unto Caesar tbe thiugs which belong to Ca'sar," and giving "i.01101 where honor ia duo," applauding un enemy if bia acts are worthy of applause any journal standing upon thia conviction cannot fuil to com mand and bold a wido and increasing influonco. by to in or his has ho on he lie tbo Value of Wit. Wo take the following cxcollent passage from a roviow of "The Autocrat, in "1 he Century, the weekly paper recently established in Now York; "A wit ia a pricolesa man tur a community ; not a scandal-monger, a heel biter, a dotructor, a cynic, whoso own happiness in life being spoilt, is bent upon making othera miserable, but a gonial, benevolent reformer, a whole come aud winuing though caustic surveyor of uveuts. People breathe more freely when they know there is such a man in tbo ascen dant ; for wicked men will bo afraid of bim. weak men will strive to bo stronger, and quacks will not have it all their own way. Society is continually in need of tho exploila ot that knight errant, the wit. Evils creep in unawares ; aome good, but very foolisti man, perpetrates a good deal ot nonsense which is tolorated aud eveu admired by vir tue of his goodness, and fixed as au institu tion before iis inconvenience is fully suspect ed. Honest aontimonts with errors sticking to thorn are gradually heaped up into n monstrous aggregate of prejudice. Some, bloated and ovmfod truth weighs society duwu Iiko a liugo nightmare, till the wit cornea along to tickle tbo aensoriuin and wuke ua up onco more into daylight with a sensation of free honest living, or tbe old moralities of the world get dull and com monplace, worn, trite and battered, tho ctli giea nearly ort' from them. Tho wit ia a general rofurbisher, re-casting the old coin und presenting it to ua again curreut with tbo imago of to-day. fix No and tho a ue be Mrs. Fartinoton on Lonokvitt. " I've always noticed," said Mrs. Far- j tingion, dropping her voice to the key that people adopt when they are disposed to be philosophical or moral, " I've always noticed that every year added to a roan's life has a tendency to make bim older, just aa a man who goea on a jour ney finds, as lie jogs on, that every mile stone brings him nearer to where he is going, and farther from where be started. I haven't got tbe exorbitance of leeling that I once had, and I don't believe I shall ever have it again, if 1 live to the age of Mathusaleb, which, heaven knows, Idon't want to. And, speaking of long life, I haven't any desire to live longer than tbe breath remaius in my body, if it isn't more than eighty years I wouldn't wish to be a centurinn, and the idea of surviving one's factories always gives me a disagreeable eensoricusness. But what ever is to be, will be, and there is no knowing bow a thing will take place till after it turns out."