North Carolina Newspapers

LM7sm3 V8v nn nn ci im mi 'kr SB A Family Paper, devoted to State Intelligence, the News of the World, Political Information, Southern Rights, Agriculture, Literature, and Miscellany. ' Qm JOHN I PALMEE, EDITOR .NI,PIIOI'I:IKTOR. $2 PER ANNUM In Advance. CHARLOTTE, MECKLENBURG COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. VOLUME 4. NUMBER 47. Mlctlxx Street, TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 1856. New Seriei ONE DOOR SOUTH OF SADLER'S HOTEL. S of Tin: TERMS OF THE PAPER: f too Dollars a mar. in Intact Having iiicoatlj visited New-York, and se lected from the oM and elegant Foondry of Braee, Esq., A (,'t A NT I I Y tr Ve art' now prepared lo Execute In tlio IOot Stylo, '.Multiply lltt .limns, and you multiply lite Mtt suits," Is one of the established mnxhnsof business. )i:ir.i:s fob PAMPHLETS, HANDBILLS, CARDS. CIRCULARS, LABELS, CLERKS' BLANKS SHERIFF'S do. CONSTABLES' do. MAG ISTR ATES'do. ATTORNEYS' do. on roB Air j rosais Jinn ? yb'H'Ji Required by the business Community, KILL BE EXEl I'TKD WITH KJ Ja t - ft ISIM T C H ANI Various As-ixxcis of BLANKS, lonAl x.Ai latrJulc'vJI -alv). ALWAYS ox HAND. BOOKS jpor Salo AT THE CHARLOTTE BOOK STORE. rpHE NT.W ri b't il SK.or F. ui.v Yi:ns IN TMR Vn WEST By A'.rf CnrlUm. THE ADVENTURES OF HAJJ1 BABA in Tmhey, EVtaia,aad Rusais EdBted by Jimr$ Morirr. STANHOPE BURLEIGH, T JkauaVa in our fjswrs. One of tbr most interesting Novels that has been written in manv years bv Hilm nhu TllF. MI'SI'.I M of Remarkable and Interest in? F.vents, containing Historica Adventures and Incidents. RTENINO TALES bemjr a lection of wond -vnil atd sua natural Store s, translated from the Chinesi', Turkish, miJ German, and compiled bv urn St. Vtmir. LEXICON OF FREE cL MASONRY, V Containins a tlcfiuitiou '7".a3 of all its comssnnicable tersss. The Tm. Mssonir Chart, by J. L. Cross, O. I. Hacker's Ahiaaa Rraeu of South Carolina. The New Masonic Trustfe Board. The Free-Mason's Manual, by Rer'nd K. J. Stewart. THE ODD FELLOW8' MANUAL, by the Ber. A B. Gmsh LOWRIE A FNNISS. Charlotte, Mareb 4, Book-Seller. PIASO bOJlflES. All;. RAMSEY, of e?2 .1 oiumbia, . t. XBSk Piano V.'i lc mmslc Dealer, is constantly reciv iag a food supply of Pianos with the LATEST IMPROVEMENTS, which ha sjtven them the ataaainra or all others. f ami r.l octaves from BS5 TO $300. 6 to 7 3aO to $100. 7 to 7 $t00 to $450. Carved wot. and Grand Pianos itottt $500 to 1900. Mr. R. bcinj a practical Piano Maker can insure to his customers a period instrument. Colurrbia, June 93, Zrt. 401y CARRIAGE SHOP. rpHE SUBSCRIBER IJFt.S leave to inform 1- his frieni'.s and the public general! y,that be is sti 1 carrying on the V arr InR ' liiUinu Baislaisaa ia all its various branches Uriib all the increased facilities af forded by modern improvements. He nas now on iian a bursa aaasbet of BUGGIES, CAR RIAGES, ROCK At AYS. fcc, made on the mot approved sty'es out of the best material, to which he asks the inspection of purchaser . His estabtisiirnei.ts is on College and Det't greets, where La will he giad to see his triends. , JOHN HARTT Chnrlotte, July lS-Vi tf ) - mm Em am I I PRESBYTERIAN XXx. ' PHE si'ci mi session of this -L Institution will ojM-n in tin- nw li 1 1 1 1 itilt on 4th day of August ui-xt. To mnkr sui table ssnusgeaseasS, tin- Trus ters have snared ni-itlu r cost nor pains. A cominodious and bandsosM building, furniture ami apparatus will be ready in due rime ; and our worthy and esteemed Presidi nt will have a number of well qualified Assistants. Our terms are l.nver tban any Othet similar institution with which we are acquainted. Board and tuition to be paid in advance. TERMS per session of five mouths, .. $G0 00 French Language, 5 00 Latin and Gr.k, each, 10 00 Mosie, with use of Piano, 22 56 Oil Painting 13 00 Watef Colours and Ornamental Wax Work, each, 10 00 Embroidery " 00 Contingencies, 1 00 Candles and Towels furnished by the pupils. Uv order of the Hoard. 8. 15. O. WILSON, Pres't. June 3, 1856 tl A Providence Academy. t I 'HE exercises of the -L 14th session of this School, will commence on the 1st Monday, in June. Terms per Session cf 21 W eeks Latin, Greek, Mathematics, 12 r0 English Grammar, Arithmetic, &c.,. (i 00 Students will be charged Brum the day of en trance to the end oi the session, without 1 duc tion tor ahaencc. E. C. KUYKENDAL. May 27, l8fT Iw 1R$. WHEALAM, Dress 3Etli.o2r, Opposite llio lol-Oflice. A LL DRESSES cut and 2m. made by the celebrated A-IB-C method, and war ranted to fit. BONNETS Trimmed in the latest style, at the shortest notice. Charlotte, Feb 12, 1856. tf KlSIIIO.NtBI.E TAILORING. rllE subscriber announces to the public generally, that he is now receiving a large assort ment of new Uoths, Cassimercs AM) for Gentlemen's wear, and will be sold lor Cash at small profit, 'r made to or der nreordinp- to the latest stylos. Shop next door ti F.lm-' Grocery St., re. S, pt. 20, 1851 10-tf D. L. REA. REMOVAL. R. W. Beckwith has removed his Jewelry Store to No. 2, Johnston's Itow, three doors South of Kerr's Hotel. RO II CIST SHAW TAKES this opportunity of informing the public generally, ami ail who intend gohnj to Kansas in particular, that be intends to con tinue the Saddle and Harness Business, At his old stand, in Springs' Corner Building, wbere be intends to keep constantly on hand a snpplv ot Saddles, Bridles, Harncss,fitc 4Pf Every Description. Hi friends are respeesfuSy invited to call and supply themselves, as every article in his line will be afforded on the most reasonable terms. II EPA IRI 0 done at the shortest notice and with neatness and dispatch. Charlotte, Feb. 96, 1856. tf ENCOURAGE TniS KNOt KING. THE undersigned begs leave to return his th.nks to those who favon d him w ith a call dur- hssr tbe last rear : and he wouh reopccttully inform the public that be has r. moved to the Machine Shop ibrascriy occsrjned by Messrs. George A- i siiant, adjoining Mr. J. RnulsilPs Steam Planing Mi!!s, when- he is prepared to execute all work in his line as cheap and as good as can be dor.,' in the State. TarBiag, CatliBg Serens, Hepair iuu; boilers and Knines of all descriptions. Making and Re pairing Mill Spindles, Wood Plainer, Making Ploughs, Iron ing Wagons; and in Horse-Shoeing, &c., we will yield to no one fr neatness, wear, and dispatch. Inter f. ring Shoes SI '-'". common ditto Rl, cast sted toes. tr stee plate. I have also erected an Air Furnace for mend ing Brans, which answers finely. The public can niv get brass and composition castings hy call ing at the above establishment, aud furnishing nattrn3 OM Itrnss melted overal a reduced nriee. ith matin as and despatch. Old Copper and Brass wanted. S J. PERRY. Charlotte, Jan. I, ISM. tf 1PROJ1 SEBASTOPOL. FBI Hi: RE is nothing new from M the Crimen, bv the last ar il rival. nt at Hi b latopol. on Trad-1 Street, there is somethinsf new. i 1 iB rLJftdfcms I'eb. 16, 1855. 30-1 y The undersigned has purchased of James Briant. his grocery and LiouorestahBahannat,and invites the public to srive him a call, assuring them that be will accommodate them with articles of the beat quality, and in a style to suit the most fas tidious tasks. (ive Bebastepol a call, and judge for vor.rsclves. TTM. PHELAN. Feb. s, iser -tf lltfos of Jan. S A T.EM FEMALE SCHOOL. The exercises at the examination of the Salem (X. C.) Female School, a few days ago, attracted a large company. They i proved interesting and highly satisfactory i to the many patrons present. The "Press" states that the whole number of scholars in attendance during the past session was 327. From North Carolina, 142; South Carolina, 55; Alabama, 25; Mississippi, 24 ; Georgia, 23; Tennessee, 22; Virginia, 12; Texas, 5; Louisiana, 3; Florida, California, and Arkansas, each 2; Kentucky, Indian Nation, aud Maryland, each 1. CANDIDATES IN ROWAN COUNTY. At a meeting of the Democratic party of Rowan, at the Court House, on Tuesday, the 27th ult., Martin Iiooe, of Davie, was nominated as a candidate to represent Davie and Rowan in the Senate of the next Leg islature of N. C "Win. A. Walton and Newberry Hall, Esqrs., were nominated as the Democratic candidates for the Commons in Rowan. On Thursday, the 29th, the American party of Rowan, nominated Dr. .1. G. Rain say as candidate for the Sen.vto in tho same district, and D. C. Reid and Robert Harris, as candidates for the Commons in this county. Col. II. L. Robards, was appointed Superior Court Clerk for Rowan county by Judge Ellis, at the last term, vice H. H. Helpher, Esq., resigned. RAILROAD MEETING. On Tuesday the 27th ult., President H. W. Guion addressed the citizens of Ruther ford county in behalf of the interests of the W. C. 6c Rutherford Rail Road. The "RiOherfordton Eagle" says, "the Court House was tilled to overflowing, and the audience listened with great interest to his remarks, describing in appropriate and eloquent terms, the untold advantages that would accrue to this county in a moral and pecuniary point of view by the construction of a single line of railway that will extend from the tide waters of the Atlantic to the Blue Ridge. "We wish every one could have heard this address for it was certainly . one of the best speeches that has ever been addressed to our citizens on the subject." ... THE CENTRAL N. C. AND S. C. RAIL-ROAD. I A correspondent of the Columbia Times, i writing from Richmond, Va., under date of the 31st ult., says : "I beg to avail myself of the columns of your paper to say a word, for the informa I tion of the travelling public, in relation to ! the railroad route via Columbia, Charlotte, i Raleigh and Goldsborongh, on to any point contemplated beyond the latter place. I f und the road from Columbia to Charlotte in admirable running order, having been much improved under the administration of Mr. Wm. Johnson, the courteous President, and his Chief Superintendent, Mr. Sumner, who for dilligence and energy is unsurpassed. As the travelling public are totally igni"--aat of the through connection and advan tage i of this route, permit me to say that it is in every particular decidedly superior at this season of the year to the Wilmington and Manchester. On the Columbia, Char lotte and Raleigh road you pass through a healthy, beautiful and interesting country, with pure air and good water, at all points. It is true that you are delayed at Charlotte twelve hours, one night getting a com fortable sleep which, taking Richmond as a point to arrive at, places you, as com pared with the "Wilmington and Manchester road, about ten hours behind time. This I take to be a small matter with those travel ling for health or pleasure. On the Man chester and Wilmington road, you pass through a swampy and unhealthy region of country, where, should an accident occur to the night train, it would be about as safe I to sleep on board a ship scourged with yellow fever, as bo detained all night there." X. C. Rail Road. We understand the President and board of directors, are de bating the propriety of changing the run ning on the North Carolin Raraiload back to the old schedule, running one train through in the night. - G reensboro' Times. THE SUPREME COURT, Will coinmence its Summer Term in Ral eigh on the second Monday in June. The : "Standard'' states that causes will be called ; as follows: June 12. those from the 1st Circuit. 16. " " 5th " u 03, " " 2d " 30, M " 3d I Juiv 7, " 41 4th M M 14, " " Gth and 7th Cir't Cleavei.and Cor xt y. We learn from the last "Cleaveland Times," that Messrs. Ramsour, Dickson, and Wright, (their full names not given) have announced them- selves as candidates to represent that county in the House of Commons. Maj. Holland declined a re-election, "that his friends may present an undivided front in the all-important election for Governor and President." This step gives Maj. H. a sponger claim than ever to the favor of his party. Such instances of disregard of self for the sake of the .cause should be remembered in all time to come. THE ALABAMA TRAGEDY. We published a few days ago the notice of an aXray in Cahawba, Alabama, which resulted in the death of John R. and John A. Bell. The following particulars of the cause of the difficulty, we copy from the Selma Sentinel : "Some few weeks ago the dwelling house of Dr. Troy was destroyed by fire, and a bout the same time efforts were made to fire Judge Bird's dwelling. No clue could then be had as to who the incendiary was. Dr. Troy, becoming satisfied that John A. Boll had been instrumental in burning his dwell ing, instituted a suit before the Circuit Court for damages against John A. Bell. John A. Bell becoming exasperated at the institution of the suit, went to the doctor's office on Friday evening arrd commenced an assault upon Doctor Troy with a stick and a drawn pistol. About the same time Charles A. Bell ran up, and commenced firing a pistol. Dr. Hunter, Judge Bird and John R. Bell, all coming up about the same time, a general firing of pistols and a shot gun commenced. Judge Bird shoot ing John A. Bell with a pistol, while Dr. Hunter shot John R. Bell, both of whom died almost instantly. Dr. Thomas Hunter and Judge W. E. Bird, were bound over in a bond of $2,5Ul) each, and Charles A. Bell in a bond of $5,000, for their appearance at the next term of the Circuit Court. Columbus (Ga.J Sun. SINGULAR SUICIDES. What is the trouble amongst young wives? The last mad brings us the three following melancholy cases : The New York News says : Coroner Hills held an inquest yesterday upon the body of Rosana Cole, a young married woman residing at Xo. 191 Avenue B, who com mitted suicide by taking laudanum. It ap pears that on Thursday evening she called at the drug store No. 137 Avenue B, and purchased 25 cents worth of the drug, which she immediately poured into a pitcher and then swallowed it in the presence of the clerk. Two physicians were immediately procured, but all their efforts to restore her were unavailing, and death ensued at 12 o'clock the same night. The Philadelphia Ledger says: On Satur day afternoon last, the Coroner of Delaware county, held an Inquest on the dead body of Elizabeth Hunter, wife of Mr. Davis Hunter of Newtown township, who was found dead in her bed on that morning with her throat cut, having severed the wind pipe and principal blood vessels. The parties had been married some three months ago, and apparently seemed to enjoy them selves, and to pass along life's uneven path happily. Her first attempt to destroy her life, was by cutting down to the ribs on the left side of the body, probably with the in tention of opening the heart. Eailing to accomplish her purpose here, she com menced upon her throat, and after several unsuccessful attempts succeeded in cutting her throat about four inches across, which must have caused death instantly. Her husband had left home, for Philadelphia, a few hours before the bloody deed was per petrated. The Richmond (Ya.) Dispatch states that a gloom has been spread over Washington county by the suicide of a young lady of that county. She was about twenty-three years old, and was a daughter of Col. J. L. Davis. She was married only a few mouths since to Mr. Wm. Gray, one of the finest gentlemen and most devoted husbands in the whole county. When found, she had gone into a closet, in a distant part of the house, and closed the door. Placing the muzzle of the gun against her breast, it is supposed that she touched the trigger with a whipstaff, which was lying by her side. After executing its awful mission, the gun passed in through the hole caused by the discharge, und rested against the arm of her dress, holding her up in a reclining position. No motive can be given for her awful course. She had of late grown very melancholy, from having been always wild and joyous. The day before her death she scut to a neighbor's to borrow percussion caps, and that morning bade her husband farewell for a few hours, with a tender and loving kiss. How melancholy must be his reflection, that it came from a heart which had already devised its own destruction! She was the daughter of Col. Davis, one of the most respectable and influential men of the county, and she herself was always be loved and honored by all who knew her. How true is it, "That in the midst of life we are in death." BP A Case of Conscience. An anon ymous letter was reeci'-ed by the Collector of the port of New Y'ork on Thursday morn ing, containing $1500, which the writer said was due to the United States. ST Hon. John M. Niles, formerly Sena tor in Congress from Connecticut, and Post master General under President VanBuren. died on Saturday last, in the 69th year of his age. Dreadful Fire. We learn that two know-nothing councils in Sampson, have lately dissolved and burnt the books, papers, &c, belonging to their respective coun cils. Loss -nothing. No insurance that we hear of. Fayctlcville Carolinian. THE TIMES. Conceal as we may from ourselves the evidences which are every day brought to our notice of an existing truth, yet the mind, in calmly glancing at the state of our country, must naturally be filled with the most gloomy apprehensions. Talk as we may of war with England, it is but a tem porary respite to the foreboding reflections which force themselves upon every patriot who had hoped to see us a great and united popple. Divert ourselves with the gallant Walker and Nicaragua, or the application of the Clayton & Bulwer treaty, the con viction is forced home upon us of the dire animosity which exists between a consider able portion of the northern people and the whole south. We see men whom the com mon ties of interest, not to say those which should be perpetuated by the memory of our glorious Revolution, in virtual, if not actual warlike hostility to each other. We see societies, both lay and ecclesiastic, bro ken into fragment. We see the great lead ing editor of the most hostile and most cor rupt and corrupting journal (Greety) pub licly chastised for vile and filthy abuse, in the streets of Washington. And we see (with sorrow be it saiil ) an honorable member of the House of Representatives caning an honorable Senator in the Senate Chamber, for the most disgusting virtuperation of whole States and particular individuals; and we see a civil war raging in Kansas, the .Pistol and the deadly Rifle brought to bear against members of this hitherto glorious Union. When we see all these things, the South must not blind herself to palpable truths, which however unpalatable, are a sure indication of the portentous storm which has been gathering over our heads for years past. She must remember that what has heretofore been regarded as a contemp tible faction, has this year for the first time, clutched one of tho wands of power. She must recollect that upon the same scale of progression, as has been displayed in tho last five years, the climax of ambition of this faction will be reached in the Presiden tial election of I860. The South must prepare herself with be coming calmness for the issues which may be presented temperate, firm and undaunt-j remain a united people, so certain as the ed. She has loved the Union well, she has j laws of progress which have raised us from conciliated, compromised and yielded for j a handful to a mighty nation, shall continue the sake of the Union, but it is evident that I to govern our action, just so certain are the farther she has receded the more she these events to bo worked out, and you will has been pressed upon. The last great j 6e compelled to extend your protection in thai battle for the Union, and for Equality in direction. the Union, is now be fore the people of A- j merica. The South, true to her devotion I A Know-Nothing and a Do-Nothing to that Union, comes again into the contest J Congress. We published the other day with the enthusiasm which is characteristic . the acts of Congress for the first five months of her people ; believing that if her enemies of the present session. The laws passed and the enemies of the whole country do j are only 1G in number, and none of them a not receive a crushing and stunning defeat, I mount to any thing of a national or benefi she must nrenare for the worst e.onsenuen- i cial character. ces, and blot from history the pages of the unsuccessful Republicanism of eighty years. Gear. Sf Jour. o More than six years ago we told the abolitionists that if they intended to carry out their principles they must fight When the Emigrant Aid Societies began to send i their tools to Kansas, we told them that if j their object was to establish a colony of negro thieves, under the name of "free state men," on the borders of Missouri, for the purpose of keeping out southerners and des troying slavery, they must fight ; and we toll them now if they intend to carry their abolitionism into Congress, and pour forth their disgusting obscenity aud abuse of the South in the Senate Chamber, and force their doctrines down Southerners' throats, they must fight. Greely must fight if he stays in Washington nnd continues to pub lish his blackguardism about southern men; Sumner must fight, or use a civil tongue; Wilson must fight, and Seward must fight, and we all must fight, or let other people's business and family regulations alone.-iYeir York Day-Book. o ee" THE TRUTH BY A PREACHER. The Rev. CharlesVadsworth of Phila delphia is one of the most "eloquent and liberal promulgators of religion in the coun try. He is a Presbyterian by profession and a christian by practice, and he has done as much good for the cause, of civil and re ligious liberty as any man of his age. We commend the following extract from one of his sermons to our readers. It it short and strong too strong for successful refuta tion : "The man who in a land and age like this is honestly declaiming against the tem poral influence of the poor Pope, and earn- estly declaiming against the political arts or rue pour auioc. ougur ro nave uvea in ; the last century, and followed the Spanish ; -i?.e "V..L l a . t ,. Cavalier, in his crusade against windmills. Nor have we any more to fear from, the in flux of Foreign elements into our body poli tic, in the character and habits of the min gled race of the old world. Though foreign emigration were increased a hundred fold it would no more alarm a thoughtful man for the safety of our free institutions, than do the thousand rivers that pour their va ried elements into the sea, alarm a philoso pher for the purity of the mighty and assim ilating ocean. The nation is already in all its grand elements of character, permanent, ly Anglo American, and a wise man would just Ss sincerely fear to dine on a salmon lest he himself should become a great fish ; or to break his fast on a bird, lest he should sprout with feathers and wings, as to have a fear lest this American nationality be es sentially or injuriously modified by any elements- that may flow into it." MANIFEST DESTINY. when Senator Douglas, some three years since, ottered the sentiments wo quote be low from his speech upon tho Clayton-Bul-wer Treaty, the Whig party, supposed to have departed in 1852, was found to be still "alive and kicking," sufficiently alive to denounce him as a demagogue and a madman. Read the extract, and then tell us if events which have since occurred do not show that he uttefeed "words of truth and soberness." It is from his speech of March 10, 1853, in reply to Mr. Clayton : "You may make as many treaties as you please to fetter this giant republic, and she will burst them all from her, and her course will be onward to a limit which I will not venture to prescribe. Why the necessity of pledging your faith that you will never annex any more of Mexico ? Do you not know that you will be compelled to do it ? that you cannot help it ? that your treaty will not prevent it, and that the only effect will be to enable European powers to ac cuse us of bad faith when the act is done, and associate Am erican faith and Punic faith, as syifonymous terms ? What is the use of your guarantee that jrou will never erect any fortifications in Central America, never annex, occupy or colonize any portion of that country ? If you make the canal (across Nicaragua) I ask you if American citizens will not settle along its line; wheth er they will not build up towns at each terminus; whether they will not spread over that country and convert it into an American State ; whether American principles and American institutions will not be firmly planted there ? And I ask you how many years you think will pass away before you find the same necessity to extend your laws over your own kindred that you found in the case of Texas ? How long will it be before that day arrives ? It may not be in the Senator's day nor in mine. But so certain as this Republic exists, so certain as we The National Intelligencer of last week says : "This is the commencement of the twenty-seventh week of the session, and there arc yet many important subjects for consideration. In tho Senate the bill pro viding the preliminary measures for the ad mission of Kansas as a State, the Naval Reform bill, aud tHe Presidential Vetoes are prominent. Upon the disposition of the latter depends the fate of various river and harbor bills now on the calendar. In the House, among the unfinished business may be named the bill for the admission of Kan sas, three contested election cases, several of the annual appropriation bills, and a heavy private calendar, embracing the cases reported from the Court of Claims. There is no reasonable expectation of the session being closed before the middle of August. Neither House was in session on Saturday, and the meeting of each to-day will only be for the purpose of adjournment to Thurs day. Presidential Candidate. The radi cal Abolitionists held a Convention at Sy racuse on Thursday, and nominated Gerrit Smith, of New York, and Samuel McFarlaud, of Pennsylvania, as the candidates for the Presidency and the Vice Presidency. The Convention was a promiscious gathering of whites, blacks, and unscxed women. Z3T The Goldsboro Tribune says: Our respected and popular townsman, John B. Griswold, Esq., a Whig from boyhood, and afterwards a Know-Nothing, has openly repudiated tho know-nothing party and all its train of abominable political heresies, and has given in his adhesion to the Demo cratic party. o Creating a Sensation. Why is it, that when the venerable Gorsuch, an unof fending Southern gentleman, was brutally murdered in Pennsylvania, we never heard of any indignation meetings, even in the South ; but when a foul-mouthed abolition ist is not killed, but merely caned, such a vast sensation should be produced ? Is the hide of a Yankee abolitionist of more value than the life of a Southern gentleman ? Election of a TJ. S. Senatob.-The Connecticut Legislature have elected James Dixon, American Know Nothing Republi can, TJ. S. Senator, in place of Toucoy (Democrat,) the present Senator. K5T Senator Sumner ia said to be about six feet in height and to weigh nearly 200 ; pounds. TRUST IN GOD'S PROVIDENCE. Two men used to work in tho fields to gether. One was cheerful and happy, but the other was always full of fears, and miserable. The fearful one would say to his companion, "What would become of my children if I were to die?" And the other would try and persuade him to be thankful that he was yet able to work, and to earn bread for them; but he could not comfort him. Now, in the field in which they were at work, they spied two nests in one bush, and they used to watch the old birds going in and out all the day long, with food for their little ones. And they ofteu spoke to each other about the care of these birds for their young. But oue day, juot as one of the old birds was flying to his nest, a hawk pounced down upon him, and carried him away. And now the poor man who had been miserable before, became ton times more miserable. He could hardly sleep all night, for thinking first of the poor little birds that had no pu rents to feed them, then of his own children who would have no one to work for them if ho should die. In tho morning he went softly to tho bush, and looked in at the nests, for ho thought he should see the young birdj in one of tho nests dying. But ho was astonished to see that they were alive in both neste, and chirping as merrily as if no hawk had ever come near them. Ho could not tell how it could bo; so he sat down close by to watch them. Presently he saw the old birds, be longing to one of the nests, fly in, and then they went away, and came back with food to the little ones in the other nest; and so they went all the day long. And he called his companion, and almost wept for joy as he showed him this thing. Here was a lesson taught by these little birds, applica ble and useful to all capable of philoso phising. None of us were sent into the world to live for ourselves alone. Those whom death or unavoidable misfortune have rendered unable to help themselves, wo are called upon by every principle of humanity and Christianity to aid. "He that lendcth to tho poor, lendeth to the Lord." HOW MANY NAILS HAVE YOU IN THE POST? A father whose son was addicted to some vicious propensities, bade the boy to drive a nail into a certain post whenever he com irfitted a certain fauil, aud agreed that a nail should bo drawn out whenever he cor rected an error. In tho course of timo the post was completely filled with nails. The youth became alarmed at the extent of his indiscretions, and set about reforming him self. One by ono the nails were drawn out, the delighted father commended him for hid noble, self-denying heroism, in freeing him self from his faults. "They arc all drawn out," said the parent. The boy looked sad, and there was a whole volume of practical wisdom in his sadness. With a heavy heart he replied, "True, father; but the scara are still there." Parents who would h 'e their children grow sound and healthy characters must sow the seed at the fireside. Once bad, although they may reform and become useful members of society, "the scars will still be there." How many have ruined their constitutions nnd health by bad habits, which no reformation can re pair. A WORD TO LITTLE BOYS. Who is respected ? It is tho boy who conducts himself well; who is honest, dili gent, and obedient in all things. It is the boy who is making an effort continually to respect his father, and to obey him in whatever he may direct to be done. It is the boy who is kind to other little boys, who respects age, and who never gets into diffi culties and quarrels with his companions. It is the boy who leaves no effort untried to improve himself in knowledge and wisdom every day; who is busy and active in en deavoring to do good acts towards others. Show me a boy who obeys his parents, who is diligent, who has respect for age; who always has a friendly disposition, and who applies himself diligently to get wisdom, and to do good towards others, and if he is not respected and beloved by every person, then there is no such thing as truth in the world. Remember this, little boys, and you will be respected by others, and you will grow up and become useful men. A WORD TO THE "HARD UP." For goodness sake, don't look so melan choly ! Better times are in store for you, see if there ain't. Why, man, one would suppose you were condemned to the pillory, torture or something like the "pit and the pendulum." Come, now, be cheerful; if you can't pay your debts immediately, do the best you can aud pay them as you are able. "Care killed cat" if you haven't fifty cents to luxuriate on juleps and straw berries with, appropriate half tho amount for something less doiicatc and more whole some. Kiss your wife, if you bavo got one; if you haven't, then kiss somebody else's, or get married immediately for acta of desperation frequently result happily and beneficially in their effects. If you have fot any children, roam with thorn : if you aven't, roam with your neighbors'. Look upon the bright side of every thing wit on a cheerful ocuntenanoe keep your mind in the right trim, and, if yon fin a that your native town won't support you for the ser vices you may render, why, pack off to I Kansas there's plenty of room out thcra tor you. At all events, be cheerful.