North Carolina Newspapers

VOLUME l.-s GREENSBOROUGH, NORTH-CARdLINA, JUNE 2, 1849. L'AJ-t PCIUMSHED WEEKLY,, BY SWAIM & SHERWOOD, i- ! i H i , ' i '" i 1 PIIK R MJIO A TEiRi '!. 4km Ai11nrm if Hint nnid within one month -fri. UVMHI f y g,-- arte As date of the subscription. '.... !iKia lha aulMeiiii ion Trar, win : indicative hia ariao to CMitioiM lb - . 9! COMB TO f H I 1 0 PHT1 1 H S ar wittMM waxcctt. :::v;':;.. t " () come to jhe mountains, They're hoary and okl, And tanil up like g iants So stately and bold : ; 1 The dark moss of ages :. Clings fast to the sides, - . , Where storms spend their fury v. And the- hurricane rides. O come to the mountains, They've stood through all time. Have heard ages death-toll 4 And great changes chime ; They tell you long stories . Of earth when 't waa young, And legends unchronicled ; By history's tongue; , O come to the mountains ! Their rocky peaks stand Like faithful night-watchers, ' : To guard the low-land ; -They catch in their strong arms ' ' The chill winter's breath, And break the rough tempest From the valley beneath. Scott, Campbell, and Byron We have listened with admiration to the elo quent strains in which the first in rank and the first in genius have proposed the memory of the ' immortal bard whose genius we are this day as sembled to celebrate ; but I know not whether the toast which I have now to propose has not equal claims to w TrnThusiasmYonr kindness f and that of the committee has intrusted to mh the memory of . three illustrious men -the far fame( succsssors of Burns, who have drunk deep at the fountains of his genius, and proved them selves the worthy inheritors of his inspiration. And Scotland, I rejoice to say, can claim all as her own. For if the Tweed has been immoj-taliicd 1 . Ay the grave of Scott, the Clyde can boast the ' birthplace of Campbell,. and tlie mountains of the ". Dee first inspired, ibc.ntnse of. ByHi. - l rejoice j tit tintHrft! itf rfctftaic'ftfclW.g ' i&tf 1t"a it .... ..prssage,diat as Ayrshire lias raised a fitting won-, umcut to Burns; and Edinburgh has erected a i fitting struciurc to the author of Waverleyj so Glasgow will, ere long, raise a worthy monu ment to the bard whose name will-never die while hope pours its balm through the human heart : and Aberdeen will, worthily csnimcmoratc the far-famed traveller who first inhaled the inspira tion of nature amidst the clouds of Loch-na-Uar, and afterwards poured the light of his genius Over those lands of the sun, where his descending orb -sets " Hoy ii in northern dim obacurely blight, But one unclouded blaxe of living light Scotland, my lord, may well be proud of hav- wg given birth to, or awakened the genius Ai such men ; but she can no longer call these exclusive ly her own their names have become house hold word in e very land. - Mankind claims them as the common inheritance of the human race. Look around us, and we shall see on every side decisive proof how far and wide admiration for A nieir genius nag sun into me hearts oi men. What is it that attracts stranircrs from evcrv Dart rj m o( the world, into this distant land, and has more than compensated for a remote situation and a churlish soil, and given to our own northern isle a splendor unknown to the regions of the sun I What is it which has brought together this mighty assemblage, and united the ardent and the gener ous from every part of the world, from the Ural mountains to the banks of the Mississippi on the shores of an island in the Atlantic f My lord, it is neither the magnificence of our cities, nor the beauty of our valleys, the animation of our har bors, nor the stillness ofour mountains : it is neither our sounding cataracts nor our spreading lakes: neither the wilds of nature we have sub- dued so streifuouslyy-nor-the blue hills-wre hare- loved so well. . These beauties, great as they arc, have been equalled in other lands ; these marvels, wondrous though they be, have parallels in other climes. It is the genius of her sons which has en Scotland her proud pre-eminence : this it s, more even than the shades of Bruce, of Wal lace, and of Mary, which has rendered her scenes classic ground to the whole civilized world, and now brings pilgrims from the most distalfl parts of the earth, as on this day, to worship at the ahrine of genius.' " " " .r"..'- ' I .... Their names now shine in unapproachable splen dor, tar removed, like the fixed stars, from the clouds and the rivalry of a lower world. To the end oi time, iney will maintain their exalted sta ttrr ana. arn.1l .Ka 1 ! a 1 1 ntn ui uic uuiuvaieu traveller travoru the tea of the Archipelago, that "The isles "of u'"i - w"i aoi recur 10 nis recollection t nr. er will he approach the shores of Loch K.trm- that the image of Ellen Douglas will not be prto- mcm ma uiruiury , never win tie gaze on the w" oniam, mat sne will not thrill at the ex ploits of the mariners of England, who euard j-.aai ti.aa . f-"-.;-nrt vui tHtuvo seas. k , nence nas arisen this great, thi universally acknowledged celebritv t - M lord it is hard to say whether we have most to 1 - " a. . a, aumire me nnuianey of their lancy, or the crea: tions of their renins, the beauty of thier verses' or tha magic of thoir language, the elevation of tneir thoughts, or thepathcti of their conceptions. let can each boast a separate trace : and thpir ago has witnessed in every walk the renius of lwirjr eicraicu 10 iw nignesi strain, in Scott it is variety of conception, truth and fidelity ofde- nncauon in cnaractcr, graphic details of the old en time, which is chiefly to be admired. Who can read without transport his glowing descrip tions oi mo age oi cinvairy I its massy xastles and gloomy vaults, its hauehty nobles and beau teous dames, its gorgeous pageantry and pranc ing stecd,s stand forth uuder his maeic Dencil 11 .1 . i. . V. wiui au uie coiors anu Drutuuicy oi reality. We arc present at the shock of artnies. we hear the shouts of mortal combatants, wc see the flames or burning castles, w weep in the dungeon of captive innocence. Yet who has so well and truly delineated the IessXimpressive scenes of liumblo life f LWho las 80faiihhillv bbrtraved the virtues of the cottage ; who has done so much to elevate human nature, by exhibiting its digni ty even in the ahyss oi misfortune Vwho has felt so troly and told so- well the mighWhat slum bers in a peasant' arm f" In Byronitis the fierce contest of thepassions, the yearning of a soul longing for the stern realities of life, amidst the seduction of its frivolty ; the brilliant cone tions of a mind fraught with the imagery and re collections of the past, which chiefly captivates -eveiy-jmnd.- 1 lis pencil . -4ileraJly- -dipt in the orient hues 01 heaven. lie transports us to en chanted ground, where the scenes which speak most powerfully to the heart of man are brought successfully before our eyes. The east, with its deathless scenes and cloudless skies ; its wooded steeps and mouldering fanes, its glassy seas and lovely vales, rises up lke magic before us. The haughty and -et impassioned Turk 5 the crouch ing' nut still gifted Greek; the wandering Arab, tho cruel Tartar, the fanatic Moslem, stand before . "Yet Albyn ! yet the raie be Ihine, ' Thy ecnc with atory to combine ; Tbou bitl'at him who by Koalin atraya, . Urt to the tale of nlliei Jgyn, Mklat Uartlane craga lLou thowcf-t the cave, The refuge of thy cham ion bravo ' llivingeach Tork itnrird tale, y Pouring lay through every dale ; Knitting, aa with a moral hand. Thy alary ' tu iby native land j Combining tbua the intrmt high. Which genius lends to beauty' eye ! int me poet who conceived these beautiful lines, has dohe more than all our ancestors' valor to fcmmoralizc the land of his birth ; for lie has iini ied the ifflcTeet of truth with the charms of fic tion, and peopled the realm "not only with the shadows of time, but the crcaXiojis of genius. 1 n .those brilliant creations, as in the glassy wave, we behold mirrored the lights, the shadows, the forms' of reality ; and yet : 60 pure, to lair, the mirror give, ''' ' ' h )l there lay beneath the wave, " feecure from trouble, toil, and care, A world than earthly world more fnir. ; Years have rolled on, but they have taken noth ing, they, have added much, to the fame of those illustrious men. 'f ' . , '. . Time but the impreeeion deeper makea. At atreama their channels deeper wear. 1 he voice ol age nas spoken : it nas given Campbell "and Byron the highest place, with ll.iH.a an M...I al,.ul1mtil Vitllt Tv rival all Imt Klijkipciirv'a nuluciU'kWr atrd blood." But -riiere i-onew4Mse . reemt tlcatli we all deplore, but who has lighted the torch 6T Hope at nature s funeral pile, who has evinced a yet higher inspiration. In Campbell, it is the moral purposes to which he has directed his mighty powers, which is the real secret of his success ; the lofty objects to which he has devot ed his life, which have proved his passport to im mortality. To whatever quarter he has turned bis mind, wc behold the working of the same el vated spirit. Whether he paints the disastrous day. when, . ' 1 in the Ux Oh bloodiest picture in the book of Time, Sarmatia foil, unwept, without a crime; or portrays witb generous ardor the imaginary paradise on Susquehanna's shore, where The world waa aad, the garden waa a "vild, And man, the hermit, sighed, till woman smiled ; or transports us to thai awAil time when Chris tian f;iiih remains unshaken amidst the dissolution of nature. And ahipe are drifting with their dead To shore where all ladumb, . i . wc discern the same minu, seeing every omcct through its own sublime and lofty vision. Thence has arisen his deathless name. It is because, he has unceasingly contended for the best inter ests of humanity ; because he has ever asserted the dignity of a human soul ; because he has nev er forgotten that amidst all the distinctions of time "The rank is but the guinea stamp, . The man'a Ihe gowd fur a' that ;" because he has regarded himself as the highestof nature, and the world which we inhabit as thd abode not merely of human cares and human joys, but as tho temple of the living God, in which praise is due, and where service is to be perform- .T- arttnns:inxzz;;jnni-i-izr."" 'V 1 v.- "It we onlj had a Piano." BY MRS, HELEN C, JtXIOHT. 4 This is pleasant,' exclaimed the young hus band, taking his scat cosily in the rocking chair, as the tea things were removed. The fire glow ed in the grate, revealing a prettily and neatly finished sitting-room with all the appliances of comfort. The fatiguing business of the day was over and he sat enjoying what (to had been all day anticipating, the delights of his own fireside. His pretty wife Esther took her work and sat down by the tabled It is pleasant to have a home of one's own,' lie said, again taking a satisfactory survey of his snug Jitllc quarters. The, cold rain beat against the windows and he thought ho felt really grate ful for all his present enjoyments. " 1 ' , Now, if we only had a piano! said the witc, Give me the music of your sweet voice before all Uiejnal.03 in creation.' he dEclajcd-Xompli-incntary, despite a certain secret disappointment that JjU wife's ilwjikfulness did hot happily chime tvith his own. 7 . Well, but we want ono for our friends,' said Esther. . ' " Let our friends eomc and sc us, and aoV. to hear a piano !' exclaimed the husband. ' -;- But, (imrgc, everybody has a piano, now-a-nlys; wc dont go' anywhere without scetng a piano,' persisted .the wifip And yet I dont know what 'fee wantonefor;. you will have no time to play one, and 1 don't like to hear it.' ' , ' Wliy, they are so fashionable I think our room, looks testily naked without one ' I think it looks just right.' y I think it looks very naked we want pi ano shockiiigly,' protested Esther emphatically. ' The husband rocked violently. ' . ; -- Y6r lamp snjokes, my dear he laifliTaffcr have told you a dozen times how much we need one,' said Esther pettishly. These will do.' ? But VOu know, everybody, now-a-days, wants ... - Wf .lllXtJ0c ft--.-.- . Those lamps are the prctUest of the kind I ever saw they were bought at Boston.' But, George, I do not think our room is com plete without a solar lamp, .said yie wile, sharp ly they are so fashionable ; why,' the V s, B 1 s, and A s, all have them. . I am sure tee ought to. - ' ' We ought to, if we take pattern by other peo ple's expenses, and I don't see any reason for that. 1 he husband moved uneasily in his chair. We want to live within our means, Esther ex claimed George. ' , ' I am sure I should think we could allord it as well as the B s and L , and many others we might mention ; we do not wish to ap pear mean.' - George s check crimsoned. Mean ! I am not mean !' he cried, angrily. Then you do not wish to appear so, said the wife. 'Jo complete this room, and make it .like others, we want a piano and a solar lamp. We want we want 1' muttered the"' hus band ; there is no satisfying woman's wants, do what you may !' and he abruptly left the room. How many husbands are in a similar uilem- a! How many homes snd husbands are ten- d uncomfortable by the constant dissatisfac tion of a wife with present comforts and present J uruviBiuiis 1 nvw many uiigin iubjulu iur business have ended in bankruptcy, and ruin, in order to-satisfy this secret hankering after fash ionable necessaries ! If the .real cause of many failure could be made known, it would be found to result from useless expenditure at home ex- penses to answer' the demands of fashion, and what will people sajrof us ?' " " My wife has made my fortune,' said a gen tleman of great possessions, by her thrift, pru dence, and cheerfulness, when I was just begin ning.' , t And nunc has lost my fortunev answered his mpnnion, bitterly, by useless extravagance, repining when; wasdoing wcu.W hat a wdrluVdocs thisopeh of the influence which a wife possesses over the future prosperity f her family 1 NIet the wife know her iufluence,nd try to useilwisely and well. 1 K. 11 1, ! I.- oc sausncu 10 commence email. 11 is urn cam mon for young housekeepers to begin where their mothers ended. Uut all that is necessary to wrk skilfully with radoni your house with all that will render it comfortable. Do not look at richer homes, -and covct their rosily- furniture. atcp turtlterfaaa a uie JincftAm ' Trom the Natiokal Era. luiut-iTirr- V BY MISS rilOC BE CAICY. . Earth' to earth, and dust to dust! Here, in calm and Holy trust. We have made her quiet bed With tho pale hosts of the dead, - - And, with hearts that stricken, weep, ' ' Come to lay her down to sleep. From life's weary cares set free, Mother Earth, she comes to thee ! Hiding from its ills and storms 5 In the shelter of thine arms : Peaceful, peaceful, be her rest, . Here upon diey faithful breast. And when sweetly from the dust Heaven's last summons calls the just. Saviour! when the nations rise - - -Up to meet thee in the skies, -Gently, gcnly, by the hand, Lead her to the better land ! and suffering ; behold dark, cheerless apartments, insufficient clothing, an absencp oKthe comforts and refinements of social life ; then return to your own with a jOyful spirit. AC When are-you going toget'a svlar ramp ? I n inknoirn ivorldt English in Jlfric(tit fatal climate, Quite recently, the English have made a set tlement at Aden, near the Kcd Sea. Having once obtained a foothold, they, English-like, began to push about them,, and one of their first discover ies was a river where none was marked upon a chart, and upon this they steamed three hund- reu miles wiuiout nnuing me least onsirucuon. laving now passed round this continent, let us look un in the interior. For half a century tha English k-uvciiimcnt have been expending lives and treasures in " -partial -exploration. They have found that this whole tract ol country is one ol amazing lertuity anu beauty, abounuing in gold and all sorts of tropical vegetation. . here are hundreds of woods, invaluable lor dy? ing and architectural purposes, not found in oth er portions of die world. Through it, for thou sands of miles, sweeps a river, from three to six miles broad, with clear water, and of unsurpass ed depth, flowing on at the rate of two or three miles an hour, without rock, shoal or tmng to in terrupt its navigation. Other rivers pour into this tributary waters of such volumes, as must have required husded of miles to be collected, yet they seem scarcely to enlarge it. This river pours its waters into the Atlantic, through the most magnificent delta in the world, consisting, perhaps, of a hundred mouths, extending proba bly five hundred miles along the coast, and most lyroad, deepand nan Upon this river are scattered cities, some of which axe .estimated to contain a million of inhabitants, and tbc-whole eovntry teems with a dense popu lation.' ' " .c " . Far in the interior, in tiler very .hearff the continent, is a nation in an advancing state of civ ilization. ' The grandeur ajid beauty Of portions of the country through which the Niger makes its sweeping circuity are indescribable. In many places its banks rise boldly a thousand feet, thick ly covered with the richest vegetation of tropical climes. But all this vast and sublime country, this scope of rich fertility and romantic beauty, is apparently shut out forever from the world. It is the negro's sole possession. Ho need not fear the incursions of the white man tber, for over this whole lovely country moves ae dread malady, and to the white man it is the " valley of the shadow of death.',' ' " ' . . In expedition , after expedition, sent out from the English ports on the Island of Ascension, not one man in ten has returned alive ; all liave fall- en -victims miliisseirnTirigly beaulifui oaiifry. It seems impossible for an Englishman to breathe that- air. So dreadful is it so small the chance of life, that criminals in England have been offer ed pardon, on condition of volunteering in this service, more terrible than tliat of gathering the1 poison .from the fabled Upas. This country, tempting as it is, can only be penetrated at the risk of life ; and it is melancholy to think that those wT have given us eveiv ihe meagre info? ination that their lives. we have; .'do so at the sacrifice of Simon's Colonial Magdzinc. ConFersallvD The Home Journal makes what it calls a time ly quotation' of a portion of an Address delivered sevcrali-years, ago by Rev. A, P. Peabody, to a High School of Young Ladies at Iewburyport. We transfer Uie extract to our columns, and com mend it to the careful attention of young gen tlemen as well as young ladies. ' Both, we know. may be benefitted by its perusal s I proposo to offer you a few hints on eon- venation. How largo a portion of life does it fill tip ! How innumerable are its ministries and its uses! It is the most refined species or re creation, the most sparkling source'dT merrfc" menu It interweaves with a never-resting shut tle the bonds of domestic sympathy It fastens the ties of friendship, and runs along the golden inks ol the chain ol love. It enriches chanty, and makes the gift twice blessed. There is per- haps apccnlrar"apprppna tenets m tho selection- of this topic for an address to young ladies ; for 1 ihey do more than any other class in the com munity towards establishing the general tone and standard of social intercourse'. The voices of niaiiy of you already, 1 doubt not, strike. the key note of home conversation; and you arc fast ap proaching an age when you will take prominent places in general society, will be the objects of peculiar regaro', anu win in a grcai mcaeure ue Urmine whether the social converse in your re spective circles shall bo vulgar or refilled, ccn Horimis o kind! v. frivolous or ditmified. talkers:, ""to- form and- hx - how lor yo can m this only now) habits of correct and easy pro nunciation. . The words which you now mis call, it will cost you great pains in after life to proitunce aright, and yqu will always be in dan ger of returning , inadvertently to your old pro nunciation. .There are two extremes, which you ought equally to shun. One is that of careless- ss ; the other, that ol extreme precision, as 11 sound of the words tittered were constantly . . .1 1 rrM 1 t t. I uppermost 111 tne minu. -1 nis ium iauu suinrets the idea of vanity and pedahtry, and is of itsclKenough to add a deep indigo hue to a young ladys reputation. " t)ne gret fault of New England pronuncia tion is, that tlie'ork is performed too much by thei outer organsof speech. The tones of tho voice have but litthdcpth. Instead of a gene rous play of the throat and lungs, the throat al-1 most closes, and the v6icXeems to be formed in the mouth. It is this thatves what is called a 1 nasal tone to tho voice, whiclV when denied free range through its lawful avenues, rushes in part ! through the nose. We notice theNwsal pronuir ciatioii in excess here and there in an individual, while Englishmen and Soul hernerihscTve it as a prevailing characteristic of all classesW peo- 1,115 III IIIC AVUrUiClIl uukoi in end are intwh less careful and accural tlt p, nunciation than we are $ but they more compensate for this deficiency by die full, round tun pa in which thev utter themselves. In our superficial use of the organs of speech, there are some consonants which we are prone to omit al together. This is especially the case with g in words that end with ing. :J Nine persons Out of ten say singin instead of tinging. I know some public sneakers, and many , private ones, whrrLnir-Tot're ''i,& n ieh worde- m 9bj- jeel anu prospect, very icw persona jno mc right sound to r, hnaU tat is generally pro nounced as if it were written fah. Now, 1 would nohave theull Hibernian roll of the r ; but I would have the presence of the letter more dis tincdy recognised tljan it often is, even by persons of refined Bjwl fastidious taste. ' . lift me next beg you to shun all the tingram matical vulgarisms which are often heard, but which never fail to grate harshly on a well-tuned car. If you permit yourselves to use them now, you will never get rid of them. I know a vene rablo nud aceewipiishcd lawyer, who has stood at th head of his profession in this Stole, and has moved in the most refined society for half a century, who trt this day says haint for has not, having acquired the habit wncn a schoolboy I have known persons, who have for years tried unsuccessfully to break themselves of saying done did, and you and 1 ht you and me. rll..lneniwl ncrsons. throuirh the power 4f habit, persist 111 saying sAew'for shoteed. while thev know periecuy weii maw uivy m.s..., with equa'l propriety substitute snew for snowed -f and dicre. i&n'ot far hence a clergyman, marvel lously precise and fastidious in his choice of wortfe, who is very apt to commence his eermftn by saying, I shew you in a rwent dincourse. A false dclicay ha very generally introduced drank a the perfect participle of drink, instead of drvnk, which alonb has any rpspectalde. ain thority in it favor 5 anu ine unpeneci aim pci- ations, oti trivial subjedts. "' Isn't and hasn't are more harsh, yet tolerated by respectable usage. Didn't, couldn't, wouldn't and shouldn't make as unpleasant combinations of consonants as can well be uttered, and fall short, but by one remove' of those unutterable names of Polish gendeinen, which sometimes excite our wonder in the col umns of a newspaper.-, Won't for will not, and aint, for it not or are not, are absolutely vulgar; and ami, for has not or have not, is utterly in tolerable, " '" Nearly akin to these offences against good grammar is another untasteful practice, into which you are probably more in danger of falling, and which is a crvinc sin amone- vmino- ln!lie I u . D , e J o mean the use of exaggerated, extravagant forms of speech, saying splendid for nrettu. masmifi- eent tot hmndsome, horrid tot 'very, horrible for unpleasant, immense for large, thousands or myriads for any number more than two. Were I to write "down, for one day, the conversation of some young ladies of my acquaintance, and then to interpret it literally, it would imply that with in tne compass 01 twelve or rourteen hours, they had met with more marvellous adventures and hair-breadth escapes, had passed through more distressing experiences, had seen more imnnaino spectacles, had endured more fright, and enjoyed more rapture, taan would suffice tor half a doz en common lives. This habit is fittefiUed with maiiv inconveniences. It denrives von of the intelligible use of strong expressions, when you need them. If you use them all the time, no body understands or believes you when you use them in earnest. You are in, the same predica ment with tho boy who cried wolf so often, when there was no wolf, that nobody would go. to his relief when the wolf came. " This hibit has also a vry bad moral bearing. Our words have a reflex inllucnre upon our characters. Exagger ated speech makes' one careless of the truth. 1 he habit of using words without regard to their right ful meaning, often leads one to distort facts, to misreport conversations, and to magnify state ments iri riiatters' lii which the literal truth is im portant to be told. You cart never trust the tes timony of brie whorin comriion corivereaHohris indifferent to the import, ind regardless of the power, of words. 1 am acquainted with persons whose representations of facts always need trans lation and correction, and who have utterly lost their reputation for veracity, solely through this habit of overstrained .and extravagant speech. They do not mean to lie; but they have a dia lect of their own, in which words bear an entire ly different sense from that given them in .the daily intercourse of discreet and sober people. "Jn this connection, it may not be amiss to To lessen the numbcr of things lawful in them selves, brings the consciences of men into slave ry; ami multiplies sju in the vrorXtLWhitecote: It isa food thing to lwgb, at any rate ; artd if a straw eair tickle a man, i is an ietftrpmcnt of MppiiieMtDrydeni ' ' rC . , T44ie4noiJcr light evidence of your n.Montdne, notice va cfrtam class of phrases, often employed I great thV w,hen a cow, directly df nihtttVntefce declare- ThaCt afatt! low- know 1 field, t fatt wunt to know -Jul you ever r-t til, 1 nev er and die like. Alt these forms of speech disfigure conversation, weaken the force of the assertions or statements with which they are con nected, and give unfavorable impressions as to the srood breeding of the person that uses' them. " You will be surprised, young ladies to hear me add to these counsels Above all things, swear not at all. Yet there is a great deal of swearing among those who would shudder at the very thought of being profane. Tho, Jews who were afraid to use the most sacred names in com mon speech were accustomed to swear by the temple, by the altar, and by their own heads; and these oaths were rebuked and forbidden by divine authority, . I know not why the rebuke and prohibition apply riot with full force to the numerous oaths, hy goodness, faith, patience and mercy, which we hear from lips that mean to be neither coarse nor irreverent, in the school room, street and parlor. And a moment's re flection will convince any well-disposed person, that, in the exclamation Lor I the cutting off of a single letter from a consecrated word can hard ly save one from the censure and the penalty written in the third commandment. I do not re gard Uiese expressions as harmless. I believe them inconsistent with Christian laws of speech. ordd tnev accord with tho simple, quiet habit .a "a f i f 1 I .1. 1 oMnind and tone 01 iceiing wnicn are uie most favorable to happiness and usefulness, and which sit as gracefully on gay and buoyant youth as on the Bedatenc8S of maturer years. The frame of mind in whkh a young lady says, in reply to a question, Meriyf no, is very different from that which prompts the simple, modest no. Were there any room forNjoiibt, I should have some doubt of tfioTruth "ofwformeraniniTnfor-tbe unnatural, excited, fluttered state pf mijfdwplied in the use of the oath, might indicate either an unfitness to weigh the truth, dt an un willingness In arltnnwlfnlirn il. In finet transparency is an essential attribute of all graceful and "becoming speech ."Language ouirht to represent the sneaker s ideas, and neith more nor less. Exclamations, needless lives, unincaninir extravagances, are as untaste as the streamers of tattered finery, which y snmctifrtes see fluttering about tho person of a dilapidated hello. Let your thoughts be as strong, as witty, as brilliant, as your can make them ; but .never seek to atone for feeble thought by large words, or to rig out foolish conceits in the epangled robe of genuine wit; . Speak as you think and feel ; and let tho to'nguo always be an honest Interpreter to the heart." slaves, and feel it a relief to Jafl mpany! 1 few individuals, mostly in foreign lands, arrange tins with more wisdom, , v 1 f,4i. If a visitor arrive, themjrtl my btisV to-day t if you wish to read, there are a yariety ofbooks in tho parlori if you want to work, the1 men are raking hay in the' field ; if you -Waul to romp, the children are at play in the-eoufi If you ftafit to talk to frfdj. I pan be with you at such an hour.' Go where yon pteioerafKi wlilli you are here, do as 1 you please. ,;, . ..j. . At some houses in Florence, large parties meet without the slightest preparation. It in an.W J stood, that on some particular evening of the week, a lady or gentleman al way reteive their friends. In one room are books and flowers; in arirjtKer pictures and engravings, in a third music. Coup les, are ensconced in some shaded alcove ot groups dotted about the room, m mirthful PtaefJJ ous conversation! No one is required, to apeak to his host, either on entering. 6'f departingi lemonade-amUbaakets of Truit stand here) and: there on ,the side-Ubles, that all may take wh like, but eating, which constitutes so great part of American entertainment, is a light and almost . unnoticed incident ir these festivals of intellect . and taste, r Would you like to see a social free dom introduced here f Then dd it But i thei first step must be comjpleto indiffcrunce to Mrs Somebody's assertion that you were fflad ehougH to offer only one kind of cake to your company; and put less shortening in the under-cnist of you " pie than the upper.: Let Mrs Somebody talk according to her gifts be thoavsasured that; all living souls love freedom better than Cakes or un. der-crast. -jlr. Child. . A Swarm f Locnsl ' Speaking of natural exhibitions, a. fall of Jo cysts, is beyond all Comparison, the most awful I have ever aeen' ; and. I may be ecd for iu gressing from tlie ihimediate thread oT toy i fi-pt narticinles of many verbs have become "simi larly '-confounded. I know not what grammar you use in this school. I trust that it is an old one; for sriLue of tlie new grammars sanction these vnfgarisms, and, ifffooltmiTflvrr their tables of irregular verbs, I have sometimes half expc-1 cd to have jthc book dashed from my hand by the indigB-t ghost f Ltndlcy .Murray. w Great care and dscrctitS) should be employed iu the use of the. coinmon abbreviation of the negative forms of the substantive and auxiliary 'verbs.:- Can't, Social Intercourse There is a false necessity with which we iur dustriously surround ourslve8-'a restraint of conventional forms. Under this influence, men and women check their best impulses, suppress tho highest thoughts. Each longs for a freo communion with other souls ,but dare's not give utterance to his yearnings. What hinders ! The fear what Mrs. Sotnbody will say i or thb ative to give my readers some account of that dreadful scourge, which is considered in eVcrn and southern countries the most unfailing, mini' festation of the wrath of God. ; Travelling aib'ng the western coast of Africa,-1 once beheld this terrible infliction. These creatures fell in thou. sands and tens of thousands around us and pt on us, along die sands on which we were ri&fig and on the sea that was beating at our feet ' yet wo were removea irom tneir most oppressive in fluence; for a few hundsed yards to"our rurhL' darkening the air, the great mnumLmble' hosf came on slowly and steadily, advw,ning in s di rect line, and in a mighty moving column: The fall of locusts from this central column was. sJ - under tho IilW - 1 1 1 . t . .1 . npurwicutru icr. nwaui w- mer grass -'- rose immediately so dense a swarm, that, het head was for . the moment almost concealed from sight ; and as die moved along, bewilder. cd by this worse than Egyptian plague, elou'ds; of locusts rose up under her feet, visible" etflff at a distance as clouds of dust when set in mo tion by the wind on a stormy day. At the ex tremity of the field I saw the husbandmen bent! ing over their staffs, and faaintf . with hopeless eyes upon Uiat host 6f demthV which' sweot like a destroying angel over the land, and consigned toruin tdl the prospects of the year t for wheiC ever that column winged its flizhU beneath Sits withering influence the golden glories of the ItarJ vest perished, and the leary honors or the forest disappeared. There stood those ruined men, sW lent and motion! ss, overwhelmed with- Sim magnitude of their calamity, yei ctmscou's . of their utter inability to control it; while, farther on, where sonip wootlland lay in the immediate line of the advancing column, heath set on fire, and trees kindling into a blaxp, testified th reif eral horror of a visitation which the iJJ fated iri habitants endeavored to avert-by $a frigniful a' remedy. They brfleved diat the smoke arising from the burning fWrest, and ascending into ths air, would impede the direct marcl) pf the column,' throw it into' Confusion, drive the locusts out to sea, and thus il(liver the country from tVsijr, des. olating presence. Lord Carnarvon' t VrrW gal and Galiria,' ?' ' - - - '.. . . a- : h' J Story of a Back Log i A Our nearest neighbor was Squire Peleg San- ford ; well the old Squire a'tftf m his family was all of them the most lawful passionate folks that) could keep in their temper, and be as cool at otiV er times as cucumbers. One night old Peleg, as' lie was called, told his son Gocum, a by of 14 years old, to go and bring in a back log for the fire. A back w, jou know squire, in a wood fire, Is always die biggesf stick that one Cart fin'dr or carry. It takes a; stout jtfnfe of d Vty tff Hfir mS . " "" -'. Well, as soou as Gocuin goes to fetch the Wi Mhe old Squire drags forward Uie coals, and fixed the lire so as to leave a bed for it, nnd stands by ready to fit, it into its place. Presently in roYnes' (Jocum with a little cat stick, no bigger, tian his leg,- and throws it on the fire. Uncle Peleg was" to mad he never said a word, but seized his rid ing whip and gave him a most awful whipping. He tanned his hide property for him1, you ntoy depend. Now,' said he, 'go, sir, and bring1 ma1 proper back log.' " uocum was clear grit as well as the old man for he was a chip of the old block, and no rtUtt take ; so o.u.t he goes without so much sis sa'mg it word, brt instead of going to the wood pile, ho walks on altogether, and staid away eight Jrears till he was one and twenty, and his own, master. Well as soon as he was a map grown, and lawA fully on his own hook, he took it into his head1 one day he'd go to home and see his old father and mother again, ana snow uiem that he was frown of some sect; or the anathema of some alive and kickin' ; for tfjcy didst,knb'vV whethet .1 ' .L 1 1 ,? .1. , L. -AM U .Ia.,1 nW nmn'. Ii'h.Ih' L..l l- t synod tor the fashionable clique ot thehiugh of some clubjji or the misrepresentation ot some po litical party. ' Thou art afraid of thy neighbor,' and knowest Uiat he is equally atrar 01 tnqe. ,11 were wiser for both to snap the imaginary boml and walk out unshackled. j What is there of joyfnl freedom1 m our social intercourse t We wish to enjoy ourselvsand he was dead tir riofneVcr having jieard from Win., one blessed word nlf that time. ' When? hj aW rived at the old house, daylight was down arts, lie lights lit, and as he passed the kc'epih" roon, winder, he looked; in, ajd thejre Tf a olj Kqiiiref sittin, in the same cha'if he warf eight year aft el? when he ordered in tlie backlog, and gave hint such ah unmerciful whinnin'. what does t m rake vay all oitr own freedom, while we destroy j -Gocuni do but stops il the wood pue. an.i ptcW that of others- If the host wishes to ride or Walk,J up a most rnrgcaconff tog jor no uu grj-y u he dares not, lest it sCcih irVipohle to the guests ; if to be a most a thAnueriu Dig ipiict inxn,; anu ,he giiesV wishes to read or sleep, ho dares no," o'penint the doorliq marches in aiid lay sit dow IttWemnpolkii-to'tle host. fco they remaii 1 ok the ho.irih, a1id.th.eicXiIlup,'t said hw- .4: '- : .. ...... : t .-. sji-; ' : ;. - . - : . -.! .: