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) yol; 10. 12 filllOMf W. S.EPPERBO N ,E DITO 11. Public Meeting. According to notice, our citizens met at Hie Court House tins evening at 4 o'clock, to take some action upon I he report of Yell w Fever being at Vicksburg. Whereupon G. W. DoughavLy was culled to the chair, who in a lew very appropriate remoiks explained Ihe objects of the meeting, when the follow ing preamble and resolutions were adopted : Whegeas, WC tire advised of the preva lence of Yellow Fever in ihe Cuy of Yield burg; and whereas, the communication be tween this ptaco aud that is so immediate and direct, that although our Iowa is now blessed with unusual good health, yet we believe precaution is the parent of safety. He it therefore Resolved, That the Town Council be re quested to establish a quarantine at some point not less than two miles below this place and that nrtoat be permitted to enter the port until aier remaining in quarantine ten days and that the crew and passengers of such boat be prevented from entering our City for that space of time. Resolved, That if in the opinion of the Ikiardof Town Council the establishment of a quarantine be unnecessary, that said Board be respectfully requested to consider whe er it would not be prudent to require the health officers of Yazoo City to go ou board of all steamboats coming up to Yazoo City, to ex amine health on board lliesame, and if there be yellow fever on board to notify the cap tain of saul boat not to proceed further under penalty to be fixed by said Board, Resolved, That the Town Coiuicil be re quested to appoiut a Boaid of Heal Ji, com posed of the Pbysicv.ns of the place to ex amine all cases of sickness now in the city and all that may occur fiom day to day and report, if there should be any Yellow Fever casts, to the Mayor, who is hereby requested to publish the same. Roleed, That a Commit tee of six be a' po'uted to wait ou the members foihe Board and fa-nish them w!th a copy of these lieso lut'ons. The following C ommntee were - appointed bv the chair, namely, ' S, M. PbiHipa, J. C Young, M. D. Hayues, James Tharp, C. Hollingsworih, and Futer D. Cook. Resolved, That the proceed :ngs of this meeting be published in the Yazoo Demo crat, Yazoo City Whig and the Spectator. There being no other business, the meet ing adjourned sV die, G. W. DOUG II ARTY, Chabman, Te-'En B. Cook, Secret.'-y. Septem 19, 1S54. Ajxr. .sder HAMlvmaf. Opposed, as in manv instances the constant ioual - views of Mi- Tlpnfon have loen to those of Mr. Ham ilton, that geutleman, in this "Tlri ty years in the United States Senate," pays the follow ing beautiful tribute to his memory: "He was the man most emineutly ami va riously endowed of all the eminent men of his day; at once soldier and statesman, with a hand, to execute: a writer an orator, a ju rist, an organizing mind abte to grasp the greatest system and administrative to execute 1 he smallest details; wholly tinned to the practical business of life with a capacity for application and produc.ion, which teemed with a'gandc labors, each worthy to be the sole pioduct of a single master. Intellect but lavished in litters f om the ever teemmg fecundity of his prolific genius. Hard was his fate when withdrawing i om the public life at the age of thirty-foilr he felt himself constrained to appeal to posteiity for that justice which cotemporaries withheld from him. And the appeal was not in win. Statues rise to his memory, history embalms bisuame; posterity will do no justice to the man who at the age of twenty was "the prin cipal and most confidencial aid of Washing ton," wbo retained the confidence of the Fa ther of his Country to the last, and to whom honorable opponents, while opposing his sys tem of policy, accorded honor and patriot ism, and social affections, and transcendent abilities." The wife of Jackson died just before he entered the White House. Mr. Adams lost a son while there. Gen. Harrison died there. While Mr. Tyler was there, his guest and in tended fatber-in law was kdled on board tne Piinceb ri. Mr. Polk died soon after leaving this House. Gen. Taylor died there, and others of his family died soon after, as above stated. Presiden t Pierce's only cbdd per ished on the eve of his removal thither. The House had nothing to do with any of these deaths; yet the association of it and death seems as striking as- though it were a whited sedulchre." YAZOO Fashionable Mourning. Ttsttikesus that Dickens himself never wrote a more "search mi" satire than the fol lowing upon the practice of Shading Human (. ie as if one could half or gut,''er mourn f jr a dear friend "gone hence, to be no more seen !" The article f.om which it is condens ed was called " The House of Mourning, a JFarcc," which appeared in art Englsh maga zine (now dis sontiuedl some sixteen years since. It should be premised, that "Sauire Hamper" and his wife, persons rather of the i ustic order, who have come up to Loudon f.om the funnily scat in the countiy, in the progress of shopping hi a street at the west end of the metropolis, stop at a dry goods un dertaker's, Mith "juration de J)euil,n or ''House of Mourning," by way of a sign over tle doOft " Mason de Dool i1 exclaims the Squire? responding to his wife's translation, some foreign haberdasher's, I s'pose." The lady, however, coaxes him to go in : for, although she has lost no friends, she longs to see the "improvements in mourning," which she can do by "cheapening a few ai ti des, aud buying a penny-worth of black pins." The worthy pair enter, take an el ny chr:r at the counter, while a clerk in a suit of sables addresses the lady, and in sep ulchral tones inquires if he "can have the melancholy pleasure of serving her." "How deep would you w ish to go, Ma'am ? Do you wish to be very poignant J We have a very e:;teusivo assortment of family and comp'zmentary mourning. Here is one, Ma'am, just impelled ; a widow's silk, water ed as you perceive, to match the sentiment. It is ca'led the 'Inconsolable' and is veiv much in vogue iu Paris for matrimonial be reavements," "Looks lather flimsy, though," interposes the S.t,:ie; "not likely to last long, eh, Sir f" " A litUe slight, pYaps," replies the shop man; "'-ather a delicate texture ; but mour i' lg ought not to hist forever, Sir." "Xo," grumbles the Sqaire; "it seldom does, specially the violent soils." " As to mom iv ng, Ma'am," continues the shopman, add tossing the lady, 'Vaerehas been a great deal, a very great deal, indeed, this lCusou ; and several new iabucs nave been introduced, (o meet the demand for fashiona ble tribulation, and all in the F;encli style ; they of France excel in the fnncbse. Here, . jf instance, is an article for the deeply affl'c ted; a black Crape, expressly adapted to the profound style of mourning; makes up very sombre and interesting. Or, if you prefer to mou-n in velvet, here's a very rich one : real Genoa, aud splendid black; we call it the Luxury of Woe. It's only eighteen shillings a yard, and a superb quality; fit, in short for the handsome style of domestic calamity." Here the Squire wants to know "whether sorrow gets more superfine as it gets upward in life." "Certainly yes, Sit by all means," res ponds t!ie clerk; "at least a finer texttfe. The monvng of poor people is very eoutse, veiy; qute different " om that of persons of quality. Canvass o crape Sir." The lady next asks if he has a variety of half mourning-, to which lie replies: "O, iufimtc the largest slock in town: ff'f, and half, and quarter, and half quaiter mourning, shaded oft om a gric prononce to the slightest nuance of regret." The lady is directed to another counter, aud introduced to "the gent, who superintends the Intermediate Sorrow Department; who inquires: "You wish to inspect some half mourning, M dam? the second stage of dress? As such, Ma'am, allow nie to lecommend this satin intended for grief when it has subsided; al leviated, you see, Ma'am, from a dead black to a dull lead Color; It's a Parisian novelty; Ma'am, called 'Settled Grief and is verv much worn by ladles of a certain age, who do not intend to embrace Hvrocu a second time. 5 "Old women, mayhap, about Seventy," mutters the Squire. "Exactly so, Sir, or thereabout. Not but what some ladies, Ma'am, set in for sorrow much earlier; indeed, in the prime of life; and for such cases it is a very durable wear; bat pr'aps it's too lugubre; now here's another not exactly black, but shot with a warmish tint, to suit a woe moderated bv time. The French call it a 'Gleam of Comfort.' We've sold several pieces of it; it's very attractive; we consider it the happiest pattern of the season." "Yes," once more interposes Che Squire; "some people are very happy in it, no doubt." "No doubt, Sir. There's a charm in mel ancholy, Sir. I'm fond of the pensive myself. Pr'aps, Ma'am, you would prefer something still more in the transition state, as we call it, from grave to gay. In that case, I would re commend this lavender Ducape, with only just a souvenir of sorrow in it; the slightest tinge of mourning, to distinguish it from the garb of pleasure. But possibly you desire to see an appropriate style of costume for the s X 1 1 - ' CITY, MISSISSIPPI, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1854 juvenile branches." when sorrow their young shaded.5 Of course, a milder de grce ot mourning than for nudults. Black would be precocious. This, Ma'am, for in stance a dark pattern on gray; an interest ing dress Ma'am, for a little girl, just initiat ed in the vale of tears, only sighteeti -pence a jard, Ma am, and warranted to wash." The "Intermediate Sorrow Department," however, derives no patronage from the "hard customer;" and we next find her in the "Coif fure Ueparlmeut," lool'ug at caps, a id inter rogating a show woman ;,i dep mourvug, who is in attendance, aud enlarging upon ijie beaty of her Tab; !cs: "Tl :s is the newest style, Ma'am. Affliction is veiy much mod ernized, and admits of more goul than form erly. Some ladies, indeed, for their mornimr f C7 grief wear railier a plainer cap; but for even ing sorrow, this is not at all too or me. French taste has introduced very considerable allevi ations." Failing, however, in "selling her rapt1 for the new customer, the show-woman "tries the handkerchief" enticement; exhibiting one with a fringe of artificial tears worked on the bottle the Larmoyu nle1'1 a sweet, pretty idea. The Squire intimates that as a handker chief to betrscd, it would most likelv be found "rallies scrubby for the eyes." But the show woman removes this objection: "O dear, no Sir if yon mean w iping. The wret style of grief is quite gone out quite! The dry cry is decidedly the genteel tiling." No wonder that the Squire, as he left the establishment with his "belter half," was fain to exclaim: "Humph! And so that's a Mason deDool! Well! if it's all the same to you, Ma'am, I'd rather die in the country, and Iks universally lamented after the old fashion." The philosopher David Hume, of polite writing, thiuks : Women the AcDirr.ATons : "I am of opinion that women that is, women of sense and education (J'or to such alone I address myself ) aie much better judges of all po lite wilting ihau uiou o the ..nie degiee of undeistanding ; and (hat it is a va'n pauic, if they be so far tc" rifled with the common ridicule that is levelled against learned ladies, as Utterly abandon even' kiud of books and study to our sex. Let the dread of that rid icule have no other effect than to make them conceal their know ledg ; before fools, w lk are not woi thy of it, nor of them. Such will still presume upon the vain title of the male sex to effect a superiorly above them ; but my fair renders may be assured, that all men of sense who know the world, have a great difference for their judgment of such books as lie within the compass of their kuowledge, and repose more confidence in the de'lcav of their tiiste, though unatnded bv rttles, than in all the dull labors of ped ants and commentators. In a neighboring nation, equally famous for good taste and gaMantry, the ladles are, in a manner, the sovereigns of the learned wo; Id, as well as of the conversable; and no polite writer pretends to ventnve before the public, with out the approbation of some celebrated judg es of that sc. Their verdict is, indeed, some times complained of ; and iu particular, I find that the admirers of Cornedle, to save that g eat poet's honor, upon the ascendant that Racine began to take over him, always said that it was not to be c peeled that so old a man could dispute ! ho r ize, beV- e such judges, w'.h so young a man as b's liva!.-- Dut th's observation has been found unjust, since posterity seems to have ratified Ihe vcr- d'et of that tribunal, and Racine, though dead, is still the favorite of the fair sex, as w ell as of the best judges among the men." BrAis and Thought. Kichmond men; tions the ease of a woman whose brain was exposed iu consequence of the removal of a considerable portion of its bony covering by disease; He says he repeatedly made pres sure on the brain, and each time suspended all feeling and all intellect, which were in stantly reslored when the pressure was vith drawn. The same writer also relates anoth er case that of man who had been trepan ned, aud who perceived his intellect to aclose, every time the suffered blood collected upon the brain sot,as to produce pressure. Profes sor Champman, of Philade'phia, mentions, in his lectures, that he saw an individual with his skull perforated, and tire brain ex posed, who was accustomed to submit him self to the same experiment of pressure as the above, aBd who was exhibited by the late Professor Webster to his class. His in tellectual and moral faculties disappeared on the application of pressure to the brain ; they were held under the thumb as it were, and restored at will to their full activity by dis continuing the pressure. But the most ex traordinary case of this kind within my knowledge, and one peculiarly interesting to the physiologist and metaphysician, is rela by Si" Asey Coofier in 1. ;s snrgicnnecturesJease and gte in personal deportment s?ems 1 The cIkyi-hi I' Wanner,' or, "Case, .ir:f", ami Courtesy. "To m' re with easy, though w-th measured pace, -d show no p.' t of study but the gvace." " So gcrtUy b'end ng orcur nd art. . nat l3Jom's HpsMCd foioicd of friendship' heart." Tiiere isnodiiug so well calculated lo loucli Oiid win. gleeful mauner. il serves lo em bellish aiul bptuuify the outward mail, end in somede.ee to edora sad dignify, not only ihe socicd bet the intellectual character. What pot ishis lo Ihe diamond, inannerfa lo the individ ual. Il hei-h ens the aluc and Ihe charm. One f ecsy manner. alwvqcrel. .-ccad. and self possec ed lways h'fiid. corp .eous. 0;id copli vc tMtg,. ciuniot fad to secure friends m inai.e a favoipbleiniMession. What indeed ismoiede- ttghifid in youth than a manner which at once acknowledges tesLect for p-e, indieaies modesty and discretion, and at the sa.ne time is free from iheaukwa d and tmeoiUh ait, which loo ofen defaces and disfigures. A polished manner is essen ial toever . ue ipiiI 'email. He must not only endersbiid and he able lo govern himself, but he must appreciate the feelings., thec'.cum- slances. and ibe posit ion ol" others. Ii is, huw ever, quiie an easy task to Ke affable and courie ons, when once the habit is permitted logrow, and thus bcconieB identified with character. In Ihe coi'-e of an address that was lately deliver ed a I die Annivetsnt y ot theS te Normal School at Albany, Dr. Eoratio Toiler con landed that manner should ben leading feature in education. Hedescribeil il as the ' outward exptession of ihetnind. not merely of i is know (edge ot -strength of reitson, but of tie degree lo which it had leen softened and humanized by culture, and of die point which it occupied in the scale between bar barism aud perfect civiliiuiion.' And this is emphatically true, tlow often are we carried away by ihe force of f.rst impressions! A single look will sometimes Ibeer in the soul for vears. We may have heard ol an individual again and again, have become fa mi liar with his heart and character by lelteror through ihe representations of others, and have thus formed sort of friend ship or attachment, and yet much of this may be dissipated at a single interview, through ihe influence of an awkward, n id-apropos, uneasy I and ungraceful maimer. Who cannot poinloul some young gentlemati of hispcquaintance, who is perpetually blundering intodi niculties, dilem mas, and awkward p-edirameais, simply in con sequence ot an abrupt, brusqne, uucomii and in elegant manner. He can neither siaml al ea- walk wiih grace, nor Sie:ik with elegance and this, loo, despite the fact that his heart may he good, his mind may be well in formed, aud his acquaintance with the world may be compara tively extensive. It is either his misfortune ot h& fault lo be awkward in manner.and this will often proven stumbling block in life. and especi ally PUtOJg the fair d.u' , biers of Ke; who in such makers are so ob'-en-lug. so critical, and so Stiiirical. These laLierqoHiiiesare. we a re aware, nojusland ungenerous under I he circumstances, for some of the noblest heans that ever animat ed Ihe human frame, are lo be found within awkward forms, and associated with ungainly figures. Better, loo, have the principle than the manner belter the heart widiin than die form without. Ncverihe'ess, o.'l are desialde. ami hence we argue in favor of a manner thai fpjfi bines ease, grace, couriesy and feelf-posse.sSiOil one that not only wins rejeci. bul that pays it. - -one that er. pieces by i.s very movement a proper appreciation for the taste, ihe feelings, aud even ihe prejodtces and passions of others. Who, for example, ihat is oroprly cultivated can admire ihe coarse, the rude, and ihe violent --the blustering, ihe insolent., the reckless and ihe bold? The manner is in some sense the mir ror of ihe mind. It pictures and represents the thougbtsand emotions within. It indicates not onlv ihe condition of the intellect, but Ibe spirit of courtesy and propriety, it is, says Dr. Pot ter, "through the manner, more than almost in Piiv Other wav, that we con int n'ly impress and influence, favo .'b'y or unfavo aiily, tlic-e iha, are about us. We ran not ahvr vs be engaged in expressive action. Eui even wieti we a resile nt, even wlicn we are not in aclio, there is some. ih'ng in our air and manner which enressej what is elevated or what is low., what is human4 and benignant, or what is c-,.rso aud liarsli.f Let us not be m'sunde stood. We wouUI nr check or restrain Ibeguf-htngso a guileless hear-' or the overflowings ofo joyous spirit. Sliii there is a wide difference bet wj-en the lioisteto and the frank, between iheaflegied and the geni af belweeo the beat I ihat is rlllvaled and ex ults because it is rough. Ai j-clion moreover, should be carefully guarded anst. It is an er ror of little m'nds. I is a wkness rather than nd vet il is loooflet: .itislaken bv those w ho indulge in it for the bt;.-c, The charm of manner consists in its simpi. Uy, lis ease and grae. It not only becomes, hut it adorns. It not only bea Jt'fie?, hut it subdues and wins. Take Iwo persons for example w ho are equal in oilier respecls. Let them be of similar positions in life, equal in fortune, equal in good looks.and like in disposi.ion. But let them differ broadly and distinctly in m?nner, aud the contrast will strike every beholder. There are indeed many wbo cannot enter a room where half a dozen in dividuals, male and female,a re assembled with out displaying some awkwardness, perpetrating someblunder.or utlerlugsome misiimed remark. The difficulty with most of such is, that Ihey cannot commaud or control themrel vis. They become excited and confused, and this excite ment of the mind extends lo the manner and the tongue, and induces them very of' en to ren der themselves ridiculous. Once in such a di lemma tliev go from bad to worse, and in an ef fort lo escape, they pWy get Ihemselves the more iuvolved. How important theu, thestudy of manner! And yet il is neglected, almost niversallv, while some of our teachers are any- ins but models in this respeet. ihe Riea ot . t j -i never lo have entered their minds. They forget ihyl the first impression is of made through .he eye, aud hence an awkward boy may lie ruined belore he has an opfiorlunity todisnlay b's men tal qtia'i ties. According to an okl aphoiigir, manner inakelh (lie man." We a-e not dispo sed lo go so far, but it is ouite cer.aiii, never theless, thai an easy. sr.'cCiul. polished maunc. has often been the pioneer .o position, jiower andforiune. Phllac'e'pUia Ledge. 'Flu? IToangr Mailt He is now out of n.ituie's motec.cct'on, though not yet able to guide himself; hut left loose fo the world and fortwne, .' om which fhe we;ikue?3 of Ira childhood preserved him, and uow his stieng.h exposes h'tn. He is just of ftJe to be miserable; yet, iu his own conceit, hVsl begins to be happy ; and he is f happier iu (bis itn.ig nai.ion, and his misery not 'e!L is less. He see vet hut the ouiK. of the World and men, and ooneeives them according to their appealing- gfistei', and out of this ignoinuce believes them. He ptlfsoea all vani i,ies for h ippincs, and enjovs liu ni best iu this fancy. H's reason . e ves not to curb, but undcisuuid, his nppeate, and juose etite the motion I hereof with a mie eager earnestness; himself is his own teniplaiiou, and needs not S.it.iu ; and ihe will come here- aiier, ue letives iejeutau( e tor g'ay naus, and jievfoims it in being covetous, lie is mingled with the vices of the aje, as the fashion and custom with which be lons to Ixj RCquoiuied, and sin. io better his tind t- $Undtur lie conceives his youth as the se: on of his lust, and the hour wheiein he ought to Ik? bad ; and becatlse he would not lose his lime, spends ii He d'-iustes reli gion as a sad thing-, and is six years elder for n thought of heaven He scorns aud fearsj and yet hoes for old age, but dare not imagine it with wiinkles. He loves, mud hates with the same intlamm aliou ; aud when ihe heat is over, is cool alike to friends and euenves. His friendship is seldom so stead fast, but that Just, d' iuk, or anger, may over turn il. He Outers you his blood to day in kindness, and is ready lo take you s to inoi row. He seldom does anything which he w ishes not to day agahi, and is only wse af or a misfortune. He sufies much for Ids know ledge, and a great deal of folly il is niikes him a wio man. He is free fioin ma ny vices, by being uot grown to the petfotm auee, aud is only more virtuous out of weak ness. Every actiou is his danger, and eveiy man his ambush. He is a ship without pilot or tackling, and only good fortune may steer Iiini. If he escape this age, he has escaped a tempest, and may live to be a mau. Many Tuigs is frxw "VVoims. A poor Bachelor never looks so pitiable cs when ho is lookiuarout his linen to seud to the wrtsh. A violin is an instrument that tortures many for the enjoyment of one. Noue but a F.enchwoman knows how to put ou a shawl. A Lawyer's ;au iage is only a blue bag on whee's A woman's age is a problem of wlreti no Aichimedes has ever yet c. ied ont ';Ei"eka." Eveiy Diamaabt fancies all Irs Geese ate Svva.is of Avon. "YVith a Cabmau (since the Fitzroy Act) mostly all loads lo the Porce Courti The balance of Ea ope is "mostly left on Rothschild's hands. Shoppiuo: is woman's onlv corsotatiou wheu she has no money to spend. D. unl.enuess is a dead wall with a row of broke u bottles at the top. Repeutauce must t avel always with an ck y.c T.aiu, for it so repeated ly arrives too lato! Tnce Couh esy. "This is Heal cou'iesv " sanl Mr. Gi'es, mi his lce.ureon Don Quixote, "that which has -evei-onee for womanlXKl in the ex: Ihe com tesy which has ie.-ject for others than Ihe rich, and the young; ii is distinct iiom the courtesy which bluoms on ly iu the snide of love and beauty, aud with eisand coolwdown in tlie atmosphere Opov cilv. age flild toil. Show ine the man who can quit Ihe bill Haul society of the yoi"g ' 1- ten to the kindly Voice of age; Who can hold cheevful couveisc w'th One whom years has ileptivcd of charms. Show me the man who is willing to help the defo-med who Stands in need of help, as ii (he blush of Hel en mantled on her cheek ) show me the man who wonhl no more look rudely at ihe pooi n'i in ihe village than at the elegant and well dressed 'ady in Inc sr.ldon ; show hie the man who treats unprotected maidenhood : he would the hci ess, surrounded by the pow erful protection erf rank, riches and family ; show me the man who abhors the libeitine'j oibe, who 8hunsas as a blasphemer the tra oucer of his mother's sex ; who scorns as lie would a cowaid the ridiculer of womanly foi bles or the exposer of womanly reputation ; show me the man who never forgets for an in stant the delicacy, the respect that is due to woman as woman iu any condition or class; show me such a man, aud you show me a gentleman nay, you show me better, show me a true chi-istiau." All the family of rne late general Taylor, who occupied the White House, are dead the noble General himself, his wife, his daughter, Mrs. Bliss, and Col. Bliss. Mrs. Fillmore is also deadr and also Iier daughter. Exch. NO. 47. I From the 'W.nfat, MCE1 4?Mf fK4TII. Hie Angels of Sleep and Heath, locked? arm )n at m-, wandered over tno earth. It was evening.- They faid tiein'selveff lown upO.i a loiy hill (hat overlooked tire Imlita- tiori3 el man; A momhirrl stillness rergned around, broken only by the eterrin bells, whose sound eame fain try frofrf the distant hamlet. Silent and speechrexs s w their wont, these beneficent guardian afrgefs of mankiint, lay in Close embrace tilH ftight's dark mantle fell around ( hem. Theft the an gel of Sleep rose froirt his mossy conch, ami sciitlered with noisefes' hand the irrvmible seeds of slumber; The evening wind caiTied them to the silent dwellings of the weaiy husbandmanf .Soon sweet sleep enfolded in its gentle emta-ace tli ittmales of the rural cotiages from the gray haired sire, whose tottering steps a staff sttpporl?, to the infant in its er:Hlle The sick forg.rt Ilia p tins. Ihe mourner his soirow, the poor his cares.- Al eyes were closed His Utfrijf bdng fini-hed, this benevolent Angel ag.tiu lay dow il bv sterner brothe 's side. "Vhen morning breaks,', ciied he, With bftpp) innocence, "all the world will bless me as their biend and benefacton Oh t what .joy, thus to dogood in secret and Unseen, llow happy arc we, invisible messengeif of the good spirit! How beanlin l is oUr qtf ;et office!' Thtls spake 'he ugel of slumber. The Atigfel trf leath gacd Upon him in silent sadness, while tears, such ai immm ta's weep, lool in his large daik eyes, "A !" said he, ' would that I like you, cotdil rejoice in cheerful thanks; but the world calls me il foe and joy-destroyer." Oh ! my brother answered the Angel of Slumber, "will not every good man, upon awakening recognise iu thee his friend, and gratefully bless thee ? A re We not broth ers, and child eel of the Father V1 Ho ho spake. The (oa1 fill eyes of the Angel of Death shofle with a gleam of pleasure, while he pressed his geuiier brother more tenderly to his heart Employment of W v. men in iVaiicc. 1 .-in induced to .say a word, upon the very numerous employin ;'! - opeu o females in France which a'-e not ojx-n to them at home. The books of nine-tenths of the retail shops in Palis are kept by women. I do not re member a cej or cslaminci in the c'ty, the counter of which is not presided at by a wo mail llie bo i offices of the theatres are huuiJ liy wnmpn not nmvtMnfte of Inn even ing, but those open during the day forthe sale of reserved places. The bos openers and au dience seaters are women. And not only do women act as sellers :n such establishments, as are naturally fitled to them, but eveti in groceries, hardware stores, wood yards, fruit sto'-cs, butcheries, etc., etc. In all these pla ces the book keeper is a woman, fenced in aud separated from the rest by a framework of glass. Hie t'eke : "sellers at the railroad stations rtre princip. Hy women. I have tho pleasure of purchasing a seat daily of ft good look'ng young person of about twenty -four years. From apjicarauCt I should say she was engaged lo toe couductor of the four o'clock train. Vorncu even guard the sta tions and Lome of the less f equeu(cd cross ings. Women cM tlie rate of e. chancre, ev e; y a.ernooii, a lolnse ltout? and more, numbers of the V - and the MoUsjUetairo are disK)cd of by women than by men. I never vet saw a newsboy in France. Iu the porters' lodges of the city, there are as many portresses as porters ; aud a landlord would prefer to take, for this ser ice, a wotnau with out a husband, than a man without a wife. Iu stnall houses, wheic oiic person only is re quired, that one person is a woman. Omni bus conductors submit their way bills, at the tranter orHce?, lo women, for inspection and latincatiom W omen book vou for a seat in the dilligence. Women let donkeys for lides at Montmorency, and saddle them too W men undertake the moving of ftnnilmc. agree With 3-oti as topi ice, and yoUflnd them quiet and responsible as men. without mul tiplying instances you will see what a num lcr of avenues are opened to females here, which in .Ameih a aie closed. At home, nearly all the situations attainable by them are either menial or involve subordination. Women are either sevants, clerks, operatives, waiters or typcsetteiSi Tlie foremau is rare ly n woman, If 1 may here be allowed the expression. Here, however, females hold po sition of authority, responsibility and consid eration, in tlie various employments of over- ! seers andloo';keepcns, and even as heads of .111 a Ti t 1 m . a. establishments. Jt nas not ueen toUnd that the we Jcncnt of the sex causes the empire to be any the less energetically asserted, or ol dience to tie promptly rendered.- There are, other capacities in which women are employ ed in France, which I trust and believe would never be accepted by women at home; a bri gade of street sweepers contains an equal number of males and females. Inere are fe male chiffoniers, and old clo' Women. A complete establishment of a fruit vegetable pedlar, consists of a small cart, a man to shout and sell, and a wofnan and a dog har nessed into strops, to drag. In the country, women labor iu the fields, and thresh and winnow in the barns. I might say that frorri a motive of pity, I employ an old grandmo ther to weed an alley, in which I take an un natttral intoeet considering that they grow onlaM notfcry own. American women were not born for such occupations as these; but I think there are many employments yet monopolized by inert, to hich their labor might be useful and conveniently divert- 1,-r Paris CorreHponden Y 1