North Carolina Newspapers

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JENKINS & TAYLOR WOULD respectfully announce to the inhabi tants of Charlotte and vicinity, that they have removed from their Old Stand, to one ilonr Vr of Kirns Snrau's Crocerv Store. where they have now on exhibition, just re- j ceived from the North, one of the most EXTENSIVE ASSORTMENTS OF I 11 J r jCST T""7 j seemed to show that he fought desperate ly, Kvt-r offered ia North Carolina, among which j and I think he must have killed some of the will be reaad the celebrated devils, from the fact that the fence where Iron Wit ch Cooking- Stove ! j tn.y wcnt ut of the house had the appear whirh Ins gained such a famous reputation i .in,.",. ,,f having had something dragged over in the Southern Country lor the last eighteen months. This Stove we Warrant superior to any Cooking Stove now in use. It is simple in its arrangements, consumes less tu I, and does more work in a given time, than any other Stove now in use. e will put one beside any other Stove of the same size in the United States, and it it does not ilo more work in any given time, we will forf. it the price of the Stove, and quit selling and go our death for the better one. AH Kinds of Parlour and Box STOVES. We have, and constantly keep an extensive anil varied stock of 'I'm. anil Sin i f from, Jitntn and H ri I 'mm ia Wiin. hiss Kettles, Cast run linl- Siimfs, lint Hacks, Cradle &e.. All of which will be sold W holesale and Re tail, cheaper than has ever been before of fered in this vicinity. We would return our thanks to our Iriends ami i ustomers for the very liberal patronage they have bestowed upon us, and they may rexf assured, that we shall endeavor, by close attention to business, together with a deter mination to please, to merit a continuance of the Mate. Our Motto is "Quick Sales and Small Profit." Ladies and Gentle a are particularly in vited to call and examine our Stock. ALL KINDS OF JOB WORK Attended to with dispatch. N. B. Vtt will tell you why we head our advertisement "Wait for thk Waiio.v," it is because we have three wagons constantly traveling through the coin. tiy with Stoves. KT'All orders will be faithlully and prompt ly attended to. Charlotte, Sept. 2r, '55-tf AT THIS SixicLjDlo Word AND yet, simple as it is, you hear a jBa creat rry nude over CLOTHING! 111 You take up the papers and almost the lirst word you see is CLOTHING !! You stroll over the city ami you will see NUU samples of .? t f A little here, a little there, And no assortment anywhere ; Until you get to FI'LdLlNCiS V CO.'s where ever) one runs to get Oood Clotliins ! And why ,lo they run there ? Simply be. cause they ran get Clothing better made, more Fashionable, and at less prices than at any House in North Carolina. We make a busi ness of it manufacture our own Goods, and every article sold by U51s WARRANTED, or money returned. "Competition is the lift of Trade." And we are bound to keep the Largest and Most Fashionable Stock of Clothing in the State. We have a full stock of Childrens', Youths', and Boys' Clothing, at low prices. Also, GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS, TMIEWKS, IWLiCES, CARPET 15A(;s. I MHRELLAS, CASES, Porf-.Tfoiiifs, jpet and Pocket HAIR, TOOTH. AM NATL BKU8HE8, Ac. all of which will be freely shown and prices gnen, at the Emporium of Fashion BY FtJLLINGS & CO. Charlotte, N. C. Nov. 2.f, 1&54. !Ptf 5H (hcnnal ntcllio;tncf. INDIAN ATROCITIES Tin. Oremiii miners r IN OREGON. Ihc Oregon papers received by the last mail bring heart-rending accounts of the Indian atrocities committed in that ter ritory. A letter from Capt. Hewett, pub lished in the Pioneer and Democrat, gives the following account of a massacre by In dians on white River : After two day's hard work, reached the house of Mr. Cox, which we found robbed ; confirming our suspicions that greater mis chief had been don.- to the settlement fur- i ther up the river. We then proceeded to T " . , . tears more tliuu realized, l no noose was burned to ashes, and Mr. Jones (who was at the time sick) was burned in it. Mrs. 1 Jones was found about thirty yards from j the house, shot through the lower part of the lungs face and jaws horribly hroken and ! imitihited. artnarentlv with the heud of an , X axe. The bones of Mr. Jones we found, Che roasted flesh having been eaten off by the hogs. We found Mr. Cooper (who was ; living with Mr. Jones at the time) about one i hundred and rift wards from the house, shot through the lungs, the ball entering the left breast. We buried the bodies and proceed ed to tin- house of W. II. Brown, a mile dis tant. Mrs. Brown and child we found in the well, her head downward; the mother was stabbed f" the heart, the knife entering the left breast, and also in the back and back part of her head. She had apparently started to run with her child (an infant about ten months old) in her arms ; was overtaken and pitched in to the well. The child was below her and had no marks of violence on it. It was not dressed, showing that the mother had taken it from the bed and attempted to flee. Mr. Brown was found in tin- house, cut to pieces. The left hand had two cuts, as though he had grasped a knife, and had it pulled out, cutting the hand to the bone. There were also two stals in the palm of the same hand, as though In- had attempted to ward off the fatal weapon. His arms and legs were bad- ly cut, and I should think there were as ! many as fifteen stabs in his back, mostly a ! little below the left shoulder. Everything it ; and the rails below all smeared with blood. After burying them ns well as circumstan ces would permit, we proceeded to the house of Mr. Killer, or rather when- his house was, which we found burned to ashes, and where the most horrible spectacle of all awaited us. Mr. King and the two little children were burnt in the house, and the body of Mr. King, after being roasted, was eaten al most entirely up by the hogs. Mrs. King was lying about thirty yards from the ruins, almost entirely in a state of nudity. She was shot apparently through the heart the ball entering the left side ; the left breast was entirely cutoff she was cut open from the pit of the stomach to about the centre of the abdomen, and the intestines pulled out on either side. AVc performed the last sad rites and proceeded back to our encamp ment, and the next morning started for Sea file. 4f4? RESULTS OF THE WAKEMAN FANATICISM. The most horrible murders that ever took place in the State of Connecticut, or per haps in the civilized world, was perpetrated on Monday, in the town of Woodbridge, in that State, about eight miles from the city of New Haven. About 104 o'clock on Monday. Mr. Enoch Sperry, of Woodbridge, left his home, and was proceeding through a piece of woods near his house, with his horse and sleigh, and, when near a little brook, in a solitary part of the woods, was attacked by a man named Charles Sanford, and knocked down and most brutally mur dered. Sanford had an uxe in his hand with which he struck Mr. Sperry over the right eve, inflicting a fearful gash, and prostrating him beside the road. He then struck him again with the head of the axe upon the back of his head, and then deliberately at tempted to chop off his head, nearly sever ing it from his body. The horse of Mr. Sperry was allowed to pass on the road, and after proceeding by the house of Mr. Samuel F. Perkins, halted at a shed near by. Mr. Perkins, thinkiiifr all was not right, went in search of Mr. Sperry, and found his body lying beside the road, with every indication that he had been waylaid and murdered. In the evening the murderer wa arrested and taken to jail, and confessed that he had not only murdered Mr. Sperry, but that he had also murdered Mr. Ichabod Umberfield, who lived about a mile east of Mr. Sperry's hous.. Ii i 1 m mm v-.- it seems tnat after murdering Mr. Sperry. he went to the house of Mr. Umberfield and entered it, and while he (Mr. Umberfield) was sitting by the stove in the kitchen, he struck Lim with the same axe with which he murdered Mr. Sperry. and after breaking his Bkttll, nearly severed his head from his body. The family set up the cry of "Mur der."' but he told them to stop their noise, or ho would chop their heads off also. He CHARLOTTE, MECKLENBURG COUNTY, went out of the bouse to wipe the blood off his axe upon the snow, and while he was out the family fastened the door and pre vented his getting in again. He then went into the woods; but was soon pursued by several neighbors, who suc ceeded in arresting him after a bloody fight, in which Mr. Lucius Doolittle came near getting kiJled. This Charles Sanford is a fanatic, who has formerly attended the meetings of the Wakemanites in Hampden. Thk Wakemanites. This tribe of de luded fanatics, now iu jail, spend much of their time in the worship peculiar to them selves, and seem to regard the whole affair of imprisonment as a persecution for righ teousness sake and the old woman keeps up her pretended revelations from Heaven. It seems she has been for many years car rying on her nonsense. A gentleman writes us from Fairfield, that as long ago as 1832, when living in that town, she pretended to be "a prophetess," and went from house to house preaching and proselyting. At that time she charged her husband with being the man of sin, and with "bewitching" all the invalids in that region ! and under this delusion, she mustered a company of fana tics, who seized and bound him, when she made an unnatural and highly criminal as sault upon him with a knife, inflicting dan gerous wounds. The assault might have proved fatal, had not some of her disciples become alamed, and put a stop to the pro ceedings. It is probable that her mission for mischief is about fulfilled. New Haven Register. The Tables Turned ox Spiritualism. A Columbus (Ohio) paper states that Professor Spencer has recently excited a erreat sensation in Cincinnati, with his won derful developments of the phenomena con nected with this mystery. He claims that all this can bo accounted for on scientific and philosophical principles, without refer ence to spirits at all. Professor Spencer perforins all his experiments with persons from the audience, who are sceptics, as well a. himself. He makes the tables tip and dance about, answer questions, spell the names of the spirits invoked, and in short, do all that any medium can do. He denies that tables ever movo without contact, and offered $1,000 in Cincinnati to any one who could move a table. rno offar waaaoorxptftd. and the medium failed before an audience of two thousand persons. Beautiful Phenomenon. Yesterday morning, says the Council Bluffs Bugle of the 11th, whilst the mercury in the thermometer was down to zero, a most beautiful phcuom enon might have been seen in the heavens The sun rose bright, bringing with it two beautiful counterparts, or mock suns, with a bright inverted bow extended above. One could scarcely tell only from their position which was the trusun ; not a cloud was to be seen through the day so cold, howev er, that the snow was not affected by the same. Odi-Feeeow Solemnities. On Sunday last, the members of Old Dominion Hodge, No. 5, I. 0. 0. P., and Wildie Encampment, No. 3, Portsmouth, Ya., assisted by Wash- ignton, Lafayette and Harmony Lodges, and .Jerusalem and Social Encampments, of Norfolk, Ya., paid the last sad tribute of respect to twenty-seven members of Old Dominion Lodge, who fell victims to the late yellow fever epidemic, by a public pro cession and funeral address. The cere monies were all highly appropriate, and con ducted with due solemnity. Death of Rothschild. A letter from Vienna announces the death of the eldest brother of the house of Rothschild, on the (ith ult. Of the five brothers, there remains now only Junius, the chief of the house in Paris. Baron Anselm, the one lately de ceased, was looked upon as the great finan cial Rothschild power, and, though possess ed of less cultivation and education than his brothers, was a decided genius iu money matters ; he died childless and has left to the house a fortune of 30,(K)0,(0b guilders, (81-,0K,((.) A Great Snir. The following are some particulars about the enormous iron steam ship now in course of construc tion on the Thames. Her whole length is 084 feet; breadth of beam 86 feet ; diameter of pad dle wheele 121 feet ; depth of hold 70 feet ; depth of paddle wheels 58 feet : diameter of screw 41 feet. There will be 5 funnels nnd 7 masts two of the latter being square-rigged. The nominal horse-power will be 2, 000, but it will work up to from 0,000 to 10 -000. Her measurement will be 23,640 tons. It is expecte d that her crew will number from 750 to 800 men, including 12 officers. She will have accommodations for 20,000 persous, including 4,000 first-class passen gers ; or, if used as a transport, she can carry 15,000 troops and 5,fKX) horses. She is expected to run at the rate of 10 miles an hour. Something New. A late number of the Collegiate Mirror, published at Holly Springs, Miss., announces that the honora ry degree of "Mistress of Arts" has been conferred upon Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Sigour ney, and publishes the letters of acknow 'edgement written bv these ladies. TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, U. S. District Court. The District Court of the United States for the District of South Carolina, commenced its session in Charleston, on the 7th instant, His Honor Judge Gilchrist, presiding. The case of most importance to be brought before it is that of the United States va. T. J. Eccles, for robbing the mail. Mr. Eccles was mail Agent on the route from Columbia to Char lotte, and during the time of his employment in that office, some letters containing arti cles of value were lost, and the Special A- gent of the Post Office Department finding it necessary to investigate the matter, has instructed proceeding to be issued against the acent above mentioned. The District Attorney, T. C. Evans, Esq., will be assist ed by Mr. Memminger in the prosecution and the prisoner is defended by Messrs. Pet- tigru and Semore. A large number of witnesses in the case are in attendance. Charleston Standard. m North Carolina Banks. The Wil mington Herald savs : The Banks of this town refuse to receive at their counters, the notes of other Banks, in or out of the State, of a less denomination than Three Dollars This is in compliance with the law on the subject as contained ia the new Revised Code, which went into effect on the 1st in stant California Gold. The total amount of treasure landed at New York during the past year from Californii, has been upwards of forty-one and a half millions of dollars, of which nearly twenty-nine millions was brought by the mail steamers via Panama, and nearly thirteen millions came by the Nicaragua routi A Rich Farmer. A largo portion of the rich valley of Gemsee, in New York State, is owned by James Wadswortb. He owns 8,000 acres in one 'own, as many more in Genesee, about G,00(Jmore in the adjoin ing town of Rush, a.OOOor 6,000 in the town of Caledonia, and a gnat many thousands in other towns and canities. His landed possessions exceed 50)00 acres ; it is near ly all good land the best in the State, and constantly increases ii value. A grand Horse Stow. There is to be a grand horse show ac Louisville, Ky., next spring, under the auspices of the Southwes tern Agricultural and Mechanical Associa tion. The exhibition is to begin on Tues day, the 13th of May, and will continue Uaee Oaj s- ln rnUo.jr following the olo.se of the fair, the first resrular auction sale, of stock, &c, is to take place at the fair grounds. Sale of Negroes. Messrs. Pulliam & Davis of Richmond, Ya., on the 4th day of January, sold 33 negroes, amounting to $27,733, being an average of a fraction over $840 each. This sale consisted of men, women and children. Machines. The profits of some patents for mechanical inventions in use in this coun try are enormous. The Scientific American says : The right to a portion of Ward's patent shingle machine was recently sold in Albany for S35,(X)0. A portion of Rob ertson's sewing machine has also been sold for 830,000. This is au invention which can be carried in the pocket, and will enablo a seamstress to do in one day the ordinary labor of a week. Machines of this kind are about to be constructed in New Haven, Conn., by the Messrs. Jerome, at $10 a piece. Somethno New. A gentleman by the name of Lucas, in Demopolis, Alabama, has recently obtained a verdict of $1200 against Miss Lucinda Meiggs, for breach of promise of marriage. Opposed to it. The subject of closing the coffee houses and theatres on Sunday has for some time been before the City Council of New Orleans. The committee to whom the memorial was referred have at length reported adverse to the measure. There are in New Orleans 2,800 grog shops to a population of 80,000 that is, one grogshop to every twenty-nine persons. Drunkenness in New York. The sta tistics of the New York city prisons show that during the eleven months ending No vember 110th. thetotal number of commit ments for intoxication was 12,418, of which 5828 were made under the prohibitory act, and 6500 under the old law. Distressing. Dr. Vm. A. Harding, a member of the Legislature of Virginia, from Northumberland and Lancaster counties, died suddenly on the 4th instant, from the effects of a dose of morphine, taken through mistake for citrate of magnesia. He occu pied rooms at the Powhatan House. Quick Sales. Mrs. Anna Cora Ritchie's (wife of the Editor of the Richmond Enquir er) new work, "Mimic Life," it is stated. has sold at the rate of a thousand copies a day, for the ten days it has been in the market. Death of an Editor. Wn. M. Over- - . .1 " A ton, Esq., tormerly conneciea whh iuc Washington Union, and more recently one of the editors of the Washington Sentinel, died on Tuesdav morning, in Williamsburg, at the residence of Col. Robt. McCaudUVh, his father-in-law. Mr. O. had been, for some time, in a declining state of health, and the sad event of his death was not un expected. NORTH CAROLINA. 1856. Dreadful Rail-Road Accident. On the 31st ult., a passenger train on the Penn sylvania and Ohio Rail-Road, near Pittsburg, came in collision with a freight train coming east, at Darlington Summit. The freight train was out of time, aud the conductor was probably endeavoring to reach a switch within a short distance. The collision oc curred on a heavy curve, and both trains were under full headway, consequently the locomotives and some of the cars were smashed to atoms. Four persons were killed, namely, Mr. Stokes, agent of the Newcastle and Erie Stage Company, a man named Johnston, brother of the Enon Val ley Hotel, an Irishman and another, whose names have not been ascertained. About, sixteen were more or less injured. The en gineer of the passenger truin was badly hurt in the back, and the fireman had one arm shattered. The accident was caused by the watch of the conductor of the freight train being three-quarters of an hour too slow. A B COW-Up. At Columbus, Ohio, a party of Germans were throwing fire crack ers about in sport in a grocery on Friend street, on Christmas day, when one of the crackers fell into a keg of powder standing near the counter. The explosion of the powder blew the house apart, letting the up per floor down upon the inmates in the gro cery. The barrels in the room, however, supported it, and the men, singular to relate, escaped with but slight injuries. Destructive Fire. We learn from the Charleston Courier, that a fire occurred about 1 A. M., on Sunday morning, in a large warehouse on Commercial Wharf, which contained about 000 bales of long cotton, as we learn from the wharfingers and book-keeper of the wharf, and somo of the best grades. The cotton was chiefly stored on the second floor, and about 100 were saved. 30 or 40 barrels of rice were also consumed. The loss is variously esti mated at $70,000 a $80,000, aud by some at a still larger sum. -- A College Burnt. The Cherokee Baptist College, at Cassville, (Ga.) was en tirely destroyed by fire on the 4th instant. Tho building was a new one, not quite fin ished, and had cost tho subscribers about .$14,000. Taking Time by the Forelock. Jacob Mercer, under sentence of death at Colum bus, Ga., committed suicide on Thursday, hy tal-inpr land.-iniim. furnished by his wife. lie was to have been hung on Friday. Loss of an Elephant. The steamship Robert Swan, which arrived at Charleston, from Baltimore, on Monday the 7th instant. experienced heavy gales on tho passage, and was compelled to put into Norfolk to refit. She left Norfolk on Friday, and a- gain encountered a gale which continued up to Saturday evening. She had on board four or five elephants, belonging to the Man- n i i t l -i l I agerie or itootson ana Laarea, wnicn were greatly distressed by the rough weather, and the rolling of the ship ; and one of them, a celebrated animal, known as Montezuma, on Saturday became very violent and un governable, and about midnight fell over board, when thirty miles from land, and was lost. He was valued at $4,000, aud we elieve was insured. Congressional nnb political. TJ. S. SENATE. In the Senato, January 3, the financial report of the Secretary of the Treasury was received. Mr. Mason moved that 10,500 copies be printed by the printer to the Sen ate of the last Congress, at rates not ex ceeding those established by law. A dis cussion ensued as to the power of the Senate to take such action, since it would, as contended on one side, be a violation or vusion of the law of the last session rela tive to the public printing. The resolution was adopted. Mr. Bale, of New Hampshire, (Abolition ist) remarked that he was not iu his seat when the President's Annual Message came in, else he should have objected to its re ception as irregularly sent. The President (continues Mr. Hale,) takes up much of the message in talking about Central Americau affairs, but he. Hale, thought there is a place in the central part f the United States on which the eyes of the people are turned with vastly more at tention namely, Kansas. Mr. Hale stated, the authority of Calhoun, that the Monroe doctrine, so much talked about, was originally suggested by the British Cabinet. It is true, as tho President says, that acts have occurred in Kansas contrary to good order, but they had taken place by instiga tion of the President. It is not the first time the President has delivered a lecture on slaverj-. It was insulting to the majori ty of this nation for tho President to say, in effect, that the men who disagree with him on that subject are enemies to the Consti tution. The Supreme Ruler, for the pun ishment of our national sins or humiliation of our national pride, has permitted Pierce to occupy the Presidential chair, aud he comes down into the arena of the dema gogue, stripped of everything which should clothe him with Executive dignity. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. In the House, Mr. Mace offered a reso lution that the acting Doorkeeper of the House be required to lock all the doors xeading to this Hall, intanter. and keep them securely fastened till a Speaker is elected, unless they are opened for the pur pose of letting in absent members. We had ecclesiastical precedent for this in the election of a Pope, to succeed Clement IV, in 1666. The Cardinals were for nearly three years unable to agree on the choice of a successor, and were on the point of breaking up, when the magistrates of Rome, by the advice of Saint Benjamin, shut the rates of the city, thus locking up the Car dinals till they agreed. He was not so much of a Know-Nothing as not to acknowledge tho binding authority of this precedent. If the. resolution whs adopted ho ventured to say the calls of nature would be such, either for refresh ment or otherwise, as to force the election of a Speaker within ten hours. On the motion of Mr. Boyce, the resolu tion was tabled. Mr. Walker, with the view of uniting the conservative elements of the House, offered a resolution declaring Mr. Boyce Speaker regarding him as eminently qualified, and as having taken no part in tho Democratic caucus. The 'American" party could not carry out their wishes; therefore ho was inclined to surrender Mr. Fuller solely for the purpose of orgunLdng. Mr. Galloway moved to substitute Mr. Banks, aud defended tho "Republicans" from Mr. Walker's charge of sectionalism. On tho contrary, they are national, seeking to carry out the cardinal principles of free dom. Mr. Dunn appealed to the friends of Mr. Banks to accommodate themselves to cir cumstances to secure some degree of har mony in all quarters. Ho suggested the name of Mr. Pennington for Speaker. Mr. Sago moved to lay tho resolution on the table. Before the question was put several gentlemen took occasion to define their positions. The resolution was tabled by a vote of 141 to 75. Mr. Covodo offered a resolution that from and after Suturday night no member bo entitled to receive pay till a Speaker is elected. Tho House then voted again and ad journed. In the House, January 4, Mr. Boyce made a personal explanation. Ho thought, and has frequently expressed the opinion, that circumstances are at work which are hurrying us almost irresistibly to disrup tion. With the most profound regret, ho saw a great pnrt- formed in the North, based on tho single idea of hostility to the South, which party holds that freedom is national, and slavery sectional. The Constitution recognizing slavery, and the formation of that instrument being the result of harmony, conciliation and com promise, if that party shall obtain posses sion of the Government, and ho thought it would, disunion would bo the result. Ho did not desire this God forbid! Mr. Allison replied, saying that he had no disposition to war on slavery in the States, but he opposed its further extension. ONE REPENTANT SINNER. After the Freesoil vote of the factious disorganizes of the House, laying the Mes sage of the President upon the table, Mr . H. Marshall, as if ashamed of the indignity essayed, offered the following resolution: Resolved, That the communication sent by the President of tho United States to the House of Representatives this day bo respectfully received by the House ; and the Clerk is directed to take charge of the same until the House shall have been or ganized by tho election of a Speaker. Mr. Marshall said ho was indisposed to see the House adjourn without having re ceived the Message of the President. In offering the resolution in terms in which it was couched, he had indicated his desiro to treat the Executive with respect, and at the same time preserve what he considered the dignity of the House. He demanded the previous question. Notwithstanding this appeal to the oppo sition, the elements of meanness prevailed, and the House, without taking the question, adjourned. Fusion could not have exhibi ted a more reckless or contemptible as pect. Baltimore Republican. DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS. The following proceedings wero had at the Democratic caucus held in Washington on Saturday night: A democratic caucus was held in the hall of the House. Mr. Taylor of Louisiana opened thi bill. He took no distinct ground. Col. Richardson then withdrew his name as a candidate for Speaker, but it was not ac cepted by the caucus. Mr. Cobb of Georgia followed, and took decided ground in favor of continuing ballotting until a Speaker was chosen. Stephens of Georgia also took the same ground. Shorter of Alabama favored taking a new man, and urged them to sup port Fuller. Cadwallader of Pennsylvania was opposed to all fusion. Orr of South Carolina was for standing by their nominee and platform, and not surrendering one iota. After considerable discussion, the follow ing resolution was unanimously adopted: Resolved, That we will adhere to our platform and nominee, that we recommend that no Democratic member offer any pro position with reference to Speaker without previous consultation in caucus, and that the Chairman be requested to call them together. After thi? they ndjurufd. $2 PER ANNUM In Advance. (VOLUME 4. I NUMBER 25. -KTottkt Scriei GENTLE WORDS. BV LYOlA Mm WHITE. Thv fklT npon the weary ear, Like dew-drop An the flower, And chase away the rising far, And cheer the lonelyxhour. They waken hopes in bliplit. d hearts, And bid them live again. And ward away the cruel dart Of deep dtisigning nieii. They fall upon the wanderer! ear; Like music from on hifjh, And wipe away the bitter tear, And stay the choking sigh ; They strew the darksome ways of lift With flowers that never fade. And smooth the nigged paths of strife, Aud light its dreary shade. Their value gn-ater is by far Than wean's rarest peni, And richer than the richest star In Monarch's diadem. They bring to mind the days of yore, When we were young nnd gay, Ere we the badge of sorrow wore. Or felt our strength decay. They cheer us as we journey on Through this strange world of blight. And gild with hope the rising dawn, And light the shades of night. They point us to a land of love, Where we shall droop no mom. Where we, like ancient Noah's dove, Shall rind a peaceful shore. m mm-a rrjij n.. HOW TO REACH THE HEART. We have found throughout a not very long career, but very extended experience, that kindness is tho surest way to reach the human heart, aud that harshness is a north ern frost, laden blast, hardening a current that should flow as merrily as a brook in spring. Kindness "makes sunshine" wher ever it goes it finds its way into hidden chambers of the heart and brings forth gol den treasures : harshness, on the contrary, seals thorn up for ever. 'What does kind ness do at home ? It makes the mother' lullaby sweeter than tho song of the lark, tho care-laden brows of the father and the man of business, less severe in their expres sion, and the children joyous without being riotous. Abroad, it assists tho fallen, en courages the virtuous, and looks with truo charity on the extremely unfortunate, those in the broad way who perhaps had never been taught that the narrow one was tho best, or had turned from it at the solicita tion of temptation. Kindness is the real law of life, the link that connects earth with heaven, tho true philosopher's stone, for all it touches it turns to virgin gold the truo gold wherewith wo purchase contentment. peace, and love. A MMMMk . Do Good. Thousands of men breathe, move and live pass off the stage of life, and are heard of no more. Why They did not a particle of good in the world ; and none were blessed by them ; none could point to them as the instruments of their redemption; not a word they spoke to be re called, and so they perished; their light went out in darkness, and they were not remembered more than the inseefs of yes terday. Will you thus live and die, O man immortal? Live for something. Do good, and leave behind you a monument of virtue that the storm of time can never destroy. Write your name in kindness, love and mercy, on Itie hearts of thousands you come in contact with year by year, and you will never be forgotten. No, your name, your deeds, will be as legible on tho hearts you leave behind, as the stars on the brow of evening. Good deeds will shine as the stars of Heaven. Dr. Chalmers. WEARING FLANNEL. Put it on at once; winter or summer, nothing better can be worn next the skin than a loose, red, woolen, flannel shirt; "loose," for it has room to move on the skin, thus causing a titillation which draws the blood to the surface and keeps it there; and when that is the case no one can take a cold: "red," for white flannel fulls up, mats together, and beconis tight, stiff, heuvy, and impervious. Cotton wool merely ab sorbs the moisture from the surface ; while woolen flannel conveys it from the skin and deposits it in drops on the outside of the shirt, from which the ordinary cotton shirt absorbs it; and by its nearer exposure to the exterior air, it is soon dried without in jury to the body. Having these properties, red woolen flannel is worn by sailors even in the mid-summer of the hottest countries. Wear a thinner material in simmer.- Hall's Journal of Health. The alove is good advice; but most per sons, we suppofe, would prefer to wear white in preference to red fb nnel, were it possible to prevent it fulling up. Lot white flannel be boiled in clean soft water for an hour, then dried before it is made up into shirts, and it will be found no nion liable to full (thicker) than red flannel.-5.-t'niic American. COB Meal Pudding without Egos. Take six tuble-spoonsful of meal, and stir molasses enough in it to have tho meal all wet, and no more; that will sweeten it enough; then take one quart of milk and boil it; pour it on the meal boiling hot: siii the meal while pouriug the milk on it, sous not to have it lumpy; stir in three table spoonsful of wheat flour; wit with a little cold milk; salt it, arid bake two hours ; add spie s, if you like. This will make au ex cellent pudding. r Rural NVw Yorker.