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AGENTS FOB THE JOU11NAL.
S. M.'PKTTINGILL & CO New York.
JOHN P. HEFNER, Winchester.
T J. CUMMINGS rullahoma.
JOHN B. RHODES, Sheluyville-
C. A. HUNT,.. Salem.
L. I. tHLDERSLEEVE Favottoville.
A. M. TENISON Nashvillo.
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f When credit for the popor is giv
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Clubbing. Wo will supply either
Harper's Magazine, or Graham's, or Go
dey's and the Homo Journal, one year, for
four dollars. Arthur's Home Magazine,
or Potorson's, and the Homo Journal, ono
year, for 3 25.
Tub Lotus. A monthly Magazine
.just commenced in Memphis, Tenn.,
and edited by Annie Chambers Ketch
um. Rev. Dr. Quintard, of Nashville,
gave us tho January number of this
work to examine, and we don't know
when we have been more highly
Entertained than in our perusal of its
contents. Mrs. Krtchum is a bcauti
ful writer, and fast winning fame
jMany able persons botli in Europe and
America, contribute to the "Lotus"
and we hopo to see it attain a tremen
dous circulation. Terms $3.
Unfortunately we lost tho number
given to us, and we must ask the pub
lishers of tho "Lotus" to put us on
their exchange list, and send the Jan
uary number, which contains that
beautiful poem by "Annie Chambers
Ketchum."
The Ciuri.uston Mehcury. This is
certainly ono of tho oldest journals
published, and late has been much
improved. In politics, though not. al
ways exactly with our opinions, it is
high-toned and honest and swerves
not in vindicating whatever it con
ceives to be right. Asa commercial
journal it stands pre-eminent, and we
recommend it to all who want a
Charleston paper. Address II. B. Ilhctt,
Jr., Charleston, S. C.
"Mr. Nate Maroney, formerly a con
ductor on tho Nashville and Chatta
nooga Rail Road, is in custody at Mont
gomery, under a charge of embezzling
30,000 dollars from Adams Express
Company. His trial is in progress,
and much interest is manifested in it.
Mr. Maroney used to live in Nashville.
HOW TO SUSTAIN YOUR LOCAL
PAPER-
1. Lay aside your fears that tho
Editor will get rich faster than his
neighbors. Wo have seldom heard
of a man making more than a decent
living by publishing a country news
paper, oven if ho had ever such a good
business, and nine times out of ten is
in a tight pinch for money to buy his
wite paper with.
2. If the paper agrees with your
way of thinking, subscribe for it, and
pay for it, and persuade your neighbor
of tho samo mind to go and "do like
wise." And if the paper happens to
disagree with your views in some re
spects, don't fly into a passion and
blame the editor without mercy, fail
ing to award him praise where ho re
ally deserves it. And do not tell him
to send his paper to you until you get
to owe him two or three dollars, nnd
then, when your friends speak of it,
say that it is no account, and will
"burst up" ono of these days. The
way, under such a state of the case,
to keep a paper from "bursting up," is
for each subscriber to keep the Edi
tor's books free from all charges
iagalnst himself.- This thing of apply
ing the credit system to the newspa
per business may be likened to a far
mer selling out his crop by a bushel to
a man. The sum each owes for the
;bushel does not seem of much impor
tance to the debtor, but the aggregate
of these bushels may make or break
the poor dealer in the moil. So, these
dollars scattered here and there, an
editor often looks to as the means to
liquidate an expense of thousands per
annum.
3. If you have a father, mother,
brother, sister, or friend of any kind,
residing at a distance, and are able,
subscribe, pay. for, and send" them a
copy. There are many in our town
who might easily do this.
4. If you hav. any 'printing you
wish done, do not "jew" the editor
down to a starvation price, and when
he comes to make a purchase of you,
"spike on the tariff."
5. If you have any advertising or
job work to be done, tako it to your :
'county paper, except, perhaps, you
may want to advertiso in more ,than
ono paper. Do not run off to the city
to get your hand-bills, labels, cards,
etc., printed, because, forsooth, you
can get a reduction of a few eents in
price. Support your own as you wish
to be supportod. A man who is al
ways running away from home with
his business, little deserves tho pat
ronage of the community in which he
lives, and, as far as we are concerned,
such will receive the "cold shoulder."
What would you think of a man who
sends a long distance from home to buy
his sugar, coffee, Sea., only because ho
can savo a few cents?
0. If you have the control of legal
advertising, sond it to your friend.
Advertising will "pay" tho advertiser
any time, and is also beneficial to the
Editor. It incrcasos his receipts, nnd
therefore enables him to make his pa
per useful, amusing nad entertaining
to the community in which it is prin
ted. 1. Do not expect much of a paper
when its Editor is driven to bo his own
compositor, proof-render, pressman
and "devil," and has to run all over
town in the forenoon in tho vain
search of a "dollar or two" to buy pa
per with. And under these adverse
circumstances, if you should see now
and then a little error, don't criticise
too severely, for you might not be able
to do as well yourself.
8. Do not expect tho Editor to
make honorable mention of you or
your business every week or two, for
nothing. The space in a paper and a
man's time arc worth something, and
every notico comes back to tho draw
er of tho recipient, in dollars and
eents.
9. If the Editor owes you a shil
ing,do not chase him from "rosy morn
to balmy eve" for it, and when you
happen to get the balance on the oth
er side, "cut the gentleman's acquain
tance." 10. Do not suppose it is the duty
of the Editor to insert every commu
nication and foolishness you may
bring him. lie is tho best judge him
self of what should go in his paper.
1 1th, and lastly, observe these rules,
and deal justly with all mankind, and
blessings will attend you.
"PASS IT BY."
Pops it by! pussWt by?
Coldness from tho proud and vain,
Let it fall ns harmlessly
As the sparkling summer rnin.
Keep the streamlets of your life
Shaded o'er by honor's trees,
Anil tho hitter storms of strifo
Cold may blow, but never freeze
Puss it by! pass what by?
Laughter from the jeering fool,
Whosils in solemn majesty
Upon the Self elected stool.
What is all tho world to you,
If you know the world's mistaken,
Ami your conscience is truo
To tho iron right, unshaken?
HOME.
It is when the influences at home
are all pure and good, that they are
sublimo and holy -but when they are
impure and vicious, how wretched
and fearful must be the results! The
heart carries out, into the world fond
recollections of kind monitions, encir
cled with a glorious halo of u father
and mother's love, has an inward foun
tain of happiness, as pure and gener
ous as the gushing tide from Ilorcb to
the famished Children. It was this
that gave the inspiration to the author
of "Home, Sweet Home" to indite
those lines so dear to the weary Chil
dren of Toil in this busy work-day
world, although he was a wanderer
upon the broad face of the earth
without a spot which he could dedi
cate as the sanctuary of tho heart
"Home, Sweet Home."
"Tis homo where e'er the heart is,
Wliero e'er its living treasures dwell,
In cabin or in princely hall,
In (oiosl haunt or hermit cell.
"The heart gives life its beauty,
Its warmth, its radianco and its power
'Tis sunlight to the rippling stream
And soft dew to its drooping llower."
How careful, then, should we be
with our Home-Ties, not to rudely
break those golden cords that bind
other hearts to our own.
Drownlow's Knoxvillc Whig states
that Gen. J. G. M. Ramsey, of that
city, will be the democratic candidate
for Congress in that district, at the
next August election. The, same
paper says that Horace Maynard,
Esq., will be tho opposition candidate,
for re-election.
A Fact is Natural IIistorv.-TIio
dark races have less nervous sensibility
than the whites. They are not subject
to nervous diseases. They sleep sound
in every disease, nor does any mental
disturbance keep them awake. They
bear surgical operations much better
than the white people.
"I will lay you a wager,' said one
sportsman to another, 'that I will
shoot more crows to-day than you!
'Ob, yen, you could always beat me
crowing!'
-.oil io niimiiico LI liO. W.
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From tint Now Orleiiw Comnmrclal Ilulotlii,
THE EFFORT TO FOUND A GREAT
UNIVERSITY IN THE SOUTH.
Our readers will recollect that we
have on several occasions referred to
tho effort that was commenced in
1850 to found in the South a Univer
sity that should answer all the purpo
ses for which such an' institution is
wanted; ono that should equal, in its
appointments and apparatus, any U
niversity cither in America or Europe.
It is not all improbable that some of
our readers dismissed the idea at the
time with a smile, as ono of those
meaningless bubbles that sometimes
spring up in tho South; ono of thoso
ephemera that rise with tho exhala
tions of tho morning, bask their but
terlly wings in the meridian sun, ami
expiro with tho setting of the fiery
orb. If any of them so thought, how
ever, they made a mistake. The idea
had nothing to do with tho ephemera
at all. It did not and does not partake
of their nature or attributes in any
respect. It is destined to live and
grow. It partakes rather of tho na
ture of the acorn. It was cast into
fertile soil, and is already up ami put
ting forth vigorous shoots and leaves.
With the blessings usually attendant
upon industrious ami skillful culture,
it bids fair to become a great oak,
whose foliage shall bo pleasant to
look upon, anil its fruit grateful to tho
palate and nourishing to tho body.
Planted upon the elevated and heal
thy table lands of Tennessee, it will
spring up so high and send forth
branches so extensive that every
Southern State will behold it and re
pose beneath its umbrageous shade.
Tho originators and advocates of
this great measure of self-protection,
if we may so express ourselves, did
not undertake it rashlv or unadvised
ly. On the contrary, they fully ap
preciated the nature and magnitude
of what they proposed to do. They
counted the cost, and considered clear
ly an 1 calmly every step I hey took.
We may say that they have felt their
way along from the first hour of the
undertaking to its present compara
tively developed state, slowly and
therefore securely. They havo not
made a single false step, and they have
taken "no step backward." Tho work
has ud'-'anoed steadily and satisfacto
rily since the commencement, and its
success is already placed beyond
question.
Tho location of the institution has
been determined upon, and to the full
and complete satisfaction of the pur
ties interested. This was a matter
of great importance, difficulty ami
delicacy, and the happy settlement ol
the question is a most auspicious au
gury of the future triumph and entire
success of the undertaking. The nil
its contains nine thousand acres of
ground and is a free gift to the insti
tution. A Hoard of Trustees has been
organized, a charier from the Teiines
LcgisliUure, containing everything
that the Hoard desired, has been ob
tained, the land surveyed, and infor
mation with reference to the general
design and construction of the build
ings, laying out of the grounds, nnd
the general plan of the University, its
apparatus and gymnasia, has been
asked for from all the lending Colle
ges and educationists of this country,
and of Europe. The whole matter
has been placed in charge of a com
mittee of distinguished gentlemen who
will report, in the course of the ensu
ing spring c-r simmer, an eclectic pi an
containing whatever there may be of
excellence in existing institutions,
American and European, which will
do adopted and contracts for the work
at once given out. We need not say
that the spot chosen as tho site of the
University is Sewanec, upon the pla
teau of the Cumberland Mountains,
near the Nashville and Chattanooga
Railroad, in the, southeast corner of
Tennessee, and at no great distance
from its intersection with Alabama,
Georgia and North Carolina. Its sur
vey has established the fact that the
region abounds in almost every de
scription ofbuildning material, such
as sandstone, marMe, etc., as well as
coal, timber, and numberless springs
of the purest water. No healthier
place can be found in the United
States, and no one that exceeds it per
haps in tho variety, beauty, and pic
turcsqueuess of its natural scenery.
It is accessible by railroads fom all
points of tho South thirty-six hours
will be abundant time for the student
to reach the University from New
Orleans, ami from all other places in
proportionate periods. Could any
thing more bo desired?
Ten States are interested in this
movement, and this circumstance jus
tifies us in regarding and treating it
as an object worthy of general con
cern. Its Board of Trustees is com
posed of the Bishops of the ten States
of the confederation, ten leading clcr-
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gymen and twenty laymen. Wo know
very well that wo shall at onco hear
the cry raised that this great institu
tion is to be a sectarian affair, and
therefore that none savo the members
of tho particular denomination under
taking it can bo expected to come to
its support. Do none, then, support
Yale or Dartmouth College except
Congregationalists? none Harvard but
Unitarians? none Drown but Baptists?
none Princctoi'but Presbyterians?
Are Oxford and Cambridge, in Eng
land, patronized only by Churchmen?
But the truth lies in a nutshell, and
resolves itself into this, and nothing
but this : Tho effort to found such nn
institution ns the ono in question must
bo made under tho lead of a denom
ination, or not bo made at all. Nei
ther the States nor the denominations
ever would or could agree for such a
ptirpose, while many in all the States,
and belonging to tho respective de
nominations existing in them, will
gladly aid in such a movement when
they see it wisely and thoroughly in
augurated, and under auspices that
insure its final and complete success.
But after all, it is useless to talk to
persons who cannot sec beyond their
own party lines, and who are always
upon the lookout for something to
complain of, unless it tallies exactly
with their own special views in every
particular. To talk of great public
considerations to them would bo about
as sensible us to expatiate upon the
grandeur of some great scene pain
ted by Nature's own band to a blind
man. They cannot comprehend a
word of it. To such people, therefore
we make no appeal. It would bo la
bor in vain.
This University will bo conducted,
we feel fully persuaded, upon the prin
ciples of the largest and broadest lib
erality, so as to bo reasonably offen
sive to nobody, while it will supply a
desideratum now wanting, and which
it is high tune should bo supplied.
There is no good reason why we in
the South and Southwest should not
depend upon ourselves for education
al purposes, when we are abundantly
able in means, both material and men
tal, to do so. Why should Louisiana
and Mississippi, for example, depend
on Connecticut and Massachusetts in
this respect? Would it not be just ns
reasonable for Coiinetieut and Massa
chusetts to depend on Louisiana and
Mississippi? We may not be quite as
old as they are, but are we not old
enough lo take care of ourselves, ed
ucationally, as in other particulars?
We like not thi.s dependence on others
when we can help ourselves. Self
dependence is the road of every man
ly virtue, of every high resolve, of ev
ery noble deed. We place tho sup
port of this Uniccrsilij of the South
upon this broad, high ground, and up
on none other; and this we understand
to be the ground occupied by its ac
tive IViend.i. They do not appeal to
any petty, hide-bound feelings of sec
tional bigotry and fanaticism for the
sustenance of their great object.
They have higher and nobler motives
for their actions, not the least of which
is an expansive, elevating and patri
otic nationality. The (fnieersitij if thr.
Smith will strive to cement the bonds
of union, not tear them nssunder.
It is designed to spend at lease two
millions of dollars in the accomplish
ment of this work. A large sum of
money, certainly; but large as it is; it
will he forthcoming as fast as it is nee
ded. Mark w hat we say, and see if
the results do not verify it. The books
of subscription have not yet been
opened, and yet many very handsome
sums, varying from a thousand, have
already been tendered to the Trustees
by persons from various States from
South Carolina to Texas. Oil every
hand the warmest feelings have been
expressed in lavor of the undertaking
by those whose words mean some
thing. It has been properly com
menced, and will be triumphantly car
ried out. Two thousand dollars from
each of one thousand persons will pro
duce the sum needed. While this is
true, and while it is truo that in all
probabiIilythe.se one thousand, con
tributing their two thousand dollars
each, may be found, it is certain that
there will be quite a number who will
give their tens of thousands, and prob
ably a few large-souled men of wealth
who will pour into tho treasury of
this University their hundreds ol thou
sands. At a meeting of the unmarried
printerswhich convened not long since
the following toast was drank in si
lence: "Woman Heaven reward her, she
is always in favor of a well conducted
PRESS."
In Arkansas, when a man desires to
say that he would like a qrink, he de
clares that if he had a glass of whis
key, he would throw himself outside
of it mighty puick.
(BflittwcwiaL
Nashville Market,
Fromllio Niiilivlllo 1'nlly News.
Wednsduy, Pb'. 10,
Cotton. There was a hotter
jn the Coiton nmrkot to-dny than
WINCHESTER FEMALE SEMI
NARY, 7
Thn late examination of tho nunils
of this flourishing institution reffeeted
much credit upon all concerned. The
friends of the school had a just cause
to feel the gratification and pride they
manifested on tho occasion. The
young ladies gave evidence of close
application to study on their own part
as well as great care and energy on
tho part of their teachers. We have
never attended an examination that
did more honor to teachers, or that
gave better promises for tho future
usefulness ol pupils. Proper disci
pline and moral training wero exhibi
ted in the department of the young
ladies and little misses, as well as a
christian kindness and an indispensi
blo force of character in the conduct
of the Principal and his assistants.
No wonder, then, that tho school is
constantly incneasing in numbers.
The concert by Prof. DuWrrr's
Music Class, at the close of tho exam
ination, was highly entertaining. It
was very largely attended, and nil
present were delighted. We would
like to speak of several pieces of mu
sic we considered very beautiful, and
well executed, but the modesty of the
young ladies forbids it.
The brief and well-t imed address of
Mr. Ciiissiav.oii asking leave of his
pupils, for the vacation, was very im
pressive and nli'ecling especially so
his remarks relative to Miss Lane,
who had been connected with him in
the conduct of the school. She was to
leave tho place soon not to return,
and all felt that they would miss her.
And she will be missed. All who do
so much good as .she has done there
are missed when gone, and none
seemed insensible to her kindness nnd
usefulness. . Shelbyville
True Union.
THE GIRL 1 LOVE.
BY W. J. SI.ATTKU.
Her rich black luiir sho wears In curls,
In wavy ringlets freo,
And sho is one the swootost girls
That over you did see.
Sho does not dress in brocades fino,
Her wardrobo 's scant, maybo,
Nor do her hands with jewels sliiuo,
Yet, sho's tho girl for mo.
Sho is not rich in lands ami gold,
No servants at her call;
Sho docs not iiaint uud faint and flirt
With lovurs one and all.
She docs not try with thoso to vio
Who follow fashion's ways,
And think thoso drcsl in clothing best
Dosorvo tho greatest-praise.
Rut tho' not rich she has in lieu
A mind with knowledge stored, .
And ' is worth fur more, to mo,
Than all (lint misers hoard.
A inl belter still, sho has a heart
A heart that's warm and truo
And oh! I would not from it part
For mines of all Peru.
And sho has said that heart is mine,
"With all its wealth of love,"
And now forever at her shrino
I vow to constant prove.
Some fairer girls perhaps I'll like,
Iiut luce tlieiu oh, no, never!
For while this dark-eyed maiden lives,
My love I cannot sever.
In modest dress to church sho goes
On ev'ry Sabbath day,
Quietly takes her seat and knows
All that tho preachers say.
On other days at home she slays,
Ilelpim; of her mother,
And while I live I will not givo
My love unto another.
Sho's pretty, she's gontlo, she's kind,
From all deceit she's freo,
And though more weabhyyou may find,
Yet, ."lie's the girl for mo.
And whi n at last 1 como to die,
I'll want naiiglil lIso beside,
If sho ho only standing by
My loved, my chosen bride.
Fkiuiuakt 1J,
ECCENTRICITIES OF AUTHORS.
The Boston Tninser'qtl mentions
some interesting eccentricities of au
thors. Goethe, with all his love of
art nnd passion for beauty, wrote in
an undeccoratcd room, on a plain ta
ble, with a few books, and no pictures
or scenery in view, nicliaru .savage
noted down a whole tragedy on scraps
of paper at the counters of shops, into
which he entered an I asked for pen
and ink, as if to make a memoran
dum. Jonathan Edwards meditated
his profound work on "Tho Will," as
he walked in the shade ol an elm, still
standing at Northampton. Burns wove
a stanza ns ho ploughed tho fields.
Johnson delved at his dictionary in a
poor hut in London, with a cat purr
ing near, and orango peel and tea at
hand. Moliere tested tho comic pow
er of his plays ly reading them to an
old servant. Dr. W. E. Channing
used to preainbulato the room while
composing. Bloouifield, the poet, re
lates of himself llint nearly one-half
ofhispucin,"Tlic Frrmer's Boy." was
composed without writing a word ol
it, while he was at work, with other
shoemakers, in a garret. Daniel
Webster's eloquent oration on Bunk
er Hill was, in great part, composed
in a boat in Marsbpee Brook.
What Foreigners Come to the
Country For. A certain political
speaker was addressing a large audi
ence In ireinin. and descantinz ve
hemently upon the usual Fourth of
July, when his eye fell upon a little
uerman Jew, a peddler of reaJy-mauo
c mining, who seemed lo be yery n-
impressed with the arguments of the
orntor, greedily swallowing up every
thing he uttered. This was too good
nn opportunity not to make the most of
and looking tho little peddler fully in
the eye, he exclaimed
"Furriner, didn't you come to this
country to rsenno from tyrannical,
down-trodden and oppressed Europo?
Didn't you flee to these happy shores
to live in aland of freedom, where the
rights of liberty is guaranteed to all?
Didn't you, furriner?
Ho paused for a reply, when the
little peddler skunked out
'No, sir; I comes to dis country to
sell sheap ready-made clothes."
Tho astonishment of the orator, the
shouts and roars of the multitude, can
not be described. The speech was
finished,
F0RC1ETFULNESS.
I will forget thoo! All dour recollections
Pressed in my heart, like flowers within
n book,
Shall he lorn out and scattered to the
wind!
I will forget time! but porhaps hereafter,
When thou shall learn how heartless is
tho Wptld,
A voico within thee will repent my name,
And ihon will say, "Ho was indcod my
friend!"
TO HER WHO W ILL UNDERSTAND
Adieu to thee, whoso winning charms
Onco won my fiml'sh heart;
Adieu, aii.l trust to other arms
That form; but tec must part!
Go seek the honeyed voico of thoso
Whom beauty makes moro dear,
Rut know litis heart, tho sad, still flows
With fomlncs as sincere!
Go, nnduniloin other bonds
That heart untrue to me;
Rut whilo a chord of life responds,
Mine bents unchanged to thee!
Go! weave around some other heart
A web of flattering lies!
And then, should others come, depart,
Like birds lo summer skies.
Adieu! and hear within thy broast
Tho memory of the past;
Remorso shall ever bo thy guest
Thy love is thine at last!
"Is Hi: Ittcii?" Friend Harlow, of
tho Greenville Em, discourses very
lucidly-under this head as follows:
How often has this question been
asked! Has tin acquaintance married
a husband "in he rit'M' is the first
inquiry propounded by her friends.
Nut, "is ho honest, industrious, sober,
and honorable," but, "is he rich?"
Not, has he n mind that distinguishes
him unions Ids fellow men, and calls
forth their homage and adoration, but
"is he rich!" "has lie tho dollars and
cents!" He may havo everything
else a manly heart, a master, intel
lect; be may be upright, steady, and
industrious, but if he lacks the dimes
and dollars, the dollars and dimes,"
he is but "as sounding brass and a
tinkling cymbal." Tho great sin of
our country is nloliilrij an idolatry as
degrading, yet as complete as that of
the Hindoo, or t oe Pharisee; yea more
degrading, lor there is something aw
fully grand and impressive in the ma
jestic river, ever moving onward, yet
silently to the great sea, and in the
gorgeous luminary of the day, as he
comes forth from the chambers of
night, heralded by streaming lire; but
we bow down to the Dollar the dull,
senseless Dollar, uud make it a God.
We work for it by day, we lay it in
our beds and dream ot it by iii'h', we
go to the fauetuary of Christ, and in
stead of meditating upon his amazing
love, we stiller the dollar to come in
and take possession of our thoughts!
Our lives are spent in the service ol
our real god-Dollm ; we bring up our
children in the nurture of tho Dollar;
we teach them that the Dollar is the
main thing to be gained, we leach
by precept uud example. We pro
fess to be charitable, we proless to
feed for the poor, we proles.-, respect
for honest poverty, we spenk of silver
and gold, and this world's goods, as
"Irtish!' and all the while we are hyp
ocrites, and liars, for we think more
of our god-Dollar than of our Saviour
Jesus Christ! We have missionary
enterprises on foot, and we talk pa
thetically of the poor heathen bowing
down to "stocks and stones," and yet
bow much better are we, bowing
down to gold and silver? Willi as
much propriety may they send preach
ers to us, as we to them. The prac
tices of men all around us belie their
prolessions they profess to be the fol
lowers of Christ, and they are the
followers of the Dollar, li the reali
zation of the Dollar involves the sell-
T: ..e i.-lfli,tt''vi fiiilv Itnil. iir tlu
inj ui uiu i. - , .
orphan's last dress, there arc people,
professed Christians too, who would
not hesitate an fusuiut. "1 he rich"
Yes, he is rich, but riches shall take to
themselves wings and fly away, und
when he shall strive to enter heaven,
and shall not bo 'able, then be will
understand how hard it is for a camel
to go through the eye of a needle.
"How to Get Criu." Under this
head, the Cleaveland Plaindealer has
an articlo recommending lo "swap
New England oil' for Cuba. We of
tho West," say tho Plaindealer, "nre
sufficiently Yaak-cixe.l to get along
without any further help from that
"Land of big onioni and whin bean,
Of short but woelci ki
Of maids who era tbey rfb U-eni.
CanmaUil.ebc.ii of pumpkin
The South hw h'l enough of her,
too much in the shape of ubolitlon
lecturers, aiiti-lvery agitators run-
ninir ott her niggers, disturbing her
peace and spoiling her temper. She
is ripe for a trade, and inasmuch as
New England has twice tried to get
out of the Union, once by a Hartford
Valuable 'Town Lois and ihisirublo
Family ItuniJuncus neur iho public squar
for (.ale or exchange for young Negroes,
or in purl lor good .Mulus, Milch Cows-,
Sheep and Jl o;;h. 1'our lots wiih im-
J'fP.Y
umeiits. all ui one mock- mirrouimvii
Number 6.
Convention, and lately by resolution,
'lot 'er slide," wo say. Old Spain
needs her. Sho is in tho last stages
of chronic- consumption, nnd a little
New England yeast would make her
rise, and perhaps leaven the wholo
lump. This is the best disposition
that can he mado of Yankcedoodle
dum. KNOW THE RIGHT MAN.
In a Southern city lived a young,
aspiring youth by the name of Kinson,
who possessed more prido and inso
lence than wealth or sense. Under
standing that there was a farmer liv
ing about sixteen miles from the city,
by the name of McKeever, of immense
wealth and tho father of two daugh
ters, he formed the design of becoming
acquainted with tho family, if not ul
timately one of its member ; conse
quently one lino day ho docked himself
in his gayest externals, nnd started for
the rich farmers's mansion. On tho
way his mind was full of speculations
upon tho prospects before him; upon
the maimer in which ho should con
duct himself, before Mr. McKeever,'
upon the style of ainiiibleness which
he should assume iiel'oro tho Misses
McKeever, and the mode in which ho
should use lolly and entertaining lan
guage generally. Evening had nearly
disposed of the sun in tho West, when
he arrived in sight of Mr. McKcever's.
The scene was expansive and delight
ful; extensive fields and lengthy fences
and Lines covered the landscape as
far as the eye could reach, while tho
dwelling reared its painted front high
among the tall branching oaks, which
grew around it for shade and orna
ment. Kinson's bosom swelled with glow
ing anticipations at the wealthy and
magnificent prospect before him, and
he was anxious to form the acquaint
ance of tho whole McKeever family.
Seeing a shabby-looking man feeding
hors near the road, ho rode up to him,
when the following conversation en
sued :
"llellow, Mr. hog-feeder, is that
Mclvecver's dwelling"
."Yes sir," humbly replied the hog
feeder. "Are you his overseer?"
"No sir."
"What the devil do you do then?"
"Oh, feed hogs, and do other little
things about the farm."
"Well Mr. hog-feeder, old McKeever
has some dame fine-looking daugh
ters, hasn t he
"Ye.?, they are tolerable good look
ing gals.
"They would like to marry, too,
would'nt they!"
"Don t know, hut expect they would
if they had a good chance."
"A good chance! 1 hey can get me.
Don't you think I'd be a good chance?"
"Well, they might think so, go and
try them."
J) nod if I don't too good
evening, Mr. bog-feeder."
Kinson then rode up to the gate and
alighted. Seeing the, old lady in tho
piazza with her daughters, he thus
addressed her:
"Cood evening, madam. It is get
ting late uud I should like to have
permission to stay all night with you."
He was informed that he could do
so, and he very gladly took his seat
till the old gentleman should come in,
as she informed him that he would
soon.
Ho had not been seated but a few
moments when the old hog-feeder
came along looking after the things,
and finally came in and sat down.
The old man then began to make
himself perfectly at home with tho
females. Kinson was astonished at
what he considered the hog-feeder's
insolence; but this astonishment was
much increased when he heard one of
the young ladies call him "pal"
Just as he heard tho hog-fceder af
fectionately called "pa" the boy was
about to take his horse, and he invol
untarily said:
"Roy, don't take that horse, I think
I will ride if it is late good evening
to all."
"Oh, stay all night," said the hog
fceder, "don't bo in a hurry."
"Thank you sir, I must go," mum
bled Kinson, and soon he was
riding away from tho mansion of Mc
Keever, cursing all rich men with
daughters, who did not have the ways
of rich men w ith marriageable daugh
ters.
"Short visits nreferable." as the flv
said when he lit on the stove.
WORDS FOR MUSIC,
nv oEOaoc p. morris.
Fore thee wo'I we part forerer!
All regret are now iu vain!
Fate decrees that w roust sever,
Ne'er to mcclon earth gin.
Other skies will bend above thee,
Uiher hearts mtj seek thy shrine,
Rut no oilier e'er will love ihea
With ihe constancy of niinu..
Yet larowe1 w P"" forever'.
All regrets are now in vain!
Fale decree that we must sever,
No'er to moot on earih again,
Fare theo well!
Like the shadows on the dial
Lingers still our parting kiss!
Lilo has no severer trial,
Death no pang to equal this.
All the world is now before thee.
Every dims to rosin at will.
Hut within the land thai bore thee,
One fond heart will lov thee still.
Yet furcwell we part forever!
All regrets are now in vain)
Fat decrees that we most sever.
No'er to meet on earth again!
Fare the mil
MARRIAGE
Of earthly tooJe the bwi.f0' 1
A bsJ. the biturcfi Cv "" '!