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UNION, THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LAWS -THE GUARDIANS OF OUR LIBERTY. Voi.xxxvn." HILLSBOROUGH, ; N. C, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1857. No. 1901. ON tht Sgih of July. betwi-en J. W. Garrard'e tnd (he Kiver, t small i'QCKKT BOOK.conUinlng t mull mm of money and several valuable papere. To tinder may retain a hi reward the money rontafhed iu it, if he will deliver the Pocket Book and the other pa peri t the Printing Olfice. - . ; - JOHN GARRARD. : ' ''Aogoat ft.'.'-'f','.'"' ; 'V'; .'.' .V ,., : v ; 00 3w ' y v. tq purchasers 7; m -( s v w w a, - ut uiaua wi . . . I Front StO Is 30 per cent. Saved- ' ,-' 8oa ihe adveftirement of i ., , -TntT!Tf A T. lit! ; 03 Kowery, New York,. , ': la ill the irriiwijml nevMpapereof WILMINGTON, - KALEIUH, FAYETTEVIU.E.&IS. , I . tV Catahiguce containing Liat of Prices, will ! sent free of pottage, on application. vt 1 Auguet ft.' ,-:.'r",-i. ) , 00 oly ' .A New Treatiae on Trigonometry.,' A M AMA L of Plane and Spherical Trigonometry, with aoiteof it application. By Charle Phil, lip. 1'rufeaaor in the Itniveraily of North Carolina. tOU fp., lima. ' MALLETT A CO., Chapel Hill, ' 'W. L. POMEROY, Kaleigb. June 17. ..,!. . 9j 'F.AfT POWDKRS, Bull' Nareaparilla, ht, ' , ; : rtehneldam Kchnappe, ' ' Colognee axmrtni, at J. C. TURKKNTINE & SON'S. " July IS. . . ; 4 .. . FOR SALE. A LOT in the tow a of Graham, immediately in fron of lb Court llouao, on Month rHrret, lying be tween the tor houaea of Minn V Manner and Al bright Jr. Diion. Terroato roil Ihe purrhaaer. THOMAS WEDIV January 28.-: ' .-. - 21 HOUSE and LOT for Sale. I offer for eat, on accommodating term, that deairalde Hoar and I Ait on Queen (street, no occupied by Mr. Waahinglon. " THOMAS WEBB. October if).' ei March It. 74- n rk i as r rw ? u . ' " - OF TBS -. ', ' . iVorth' Carolina Prc'sb) terian. MlilE PibjUrio CUurcb in North Carolina haa wast of journal toa lrorai ber ctaim and rq rearnt krinterM. It ia animated that only on Ibouaand Preehylettjq M'orkliee ' lakrn in lb bound of otir three Prorf-j'-rftt. We k thirteen tkouwnJ Cora manamnt. and H is taf la iatrr tbal the ai tbirty taoM4 Preoirian ia priacipi in lb tllat. Oar etrnud UnJ firtrt in lb l.oi.in in point of number. Houihx W. Penlvni. Oar ei.iw Matron lhMo.tbe.ii ttonih, a'iibn of whit h b a me mbn. hip a targe ouia, palibah tit Central, ana Ihe fcotliuera Paiytiwa ix Id beotfil of Iboir people. The Urnc ha Mna olieu lb 1'ieahy terian Cburtb in ,nnb Carulin abotild Jiai do brr duty to her eliiUlraii. . v i daeedeil and important lacl, that bun.lrrla of oar member will lake a tilat paper mbn ill uke no Mber. 'i'b Paper ia needed to be ihe organ of 0ir Hynodand Prehytrr-4oleto and nlightea lha party of our inemtwuhip by dilTuning aeangrlKal ka tadgato prniaut Ui caua vf Kducalim to deirl ipa lb Uleiita of oar Muii.lry, and U atrent then Ihe atiacbmrnl of our people la the soil and aanciuaiie of their ooaHuw. If our Chareb ia atbor Slat, and other f ban-be fell ra thM btaia.rn aupplytlwM auaurrsiUi Keligtoaajand west line of your grain fields and of tnt. by any o t Ate -orth Caruho lre. U,)tt. hottM. for vurpme of shelter ever bywriw tntariui in talent, energy and 'ri.M,.ni M . . . - . . . . . Iherr neighbor an tbe Aoitb or Huaih. or to CbrMianaio . ' v- - - '-v.. of oiki donoaiinanonaat hHnt Wnb Uia ar S "H RfowitiE trees a tlK! larch, Kat let batier opportunitit at accootp:i.Mn ibi work, abail , Uowrrrd maple, Illitth elm, bass wood and a it ondoiiet In lha language of one of oar ; vcllow-lorust. The time ia roiniliz when el able and aaeful Mmi.le.a, an a.iopled cm of our , ote), -it ought ia Data tieen an.ien.irn loenty jeatr go, nai it w noi too uie ia Begin to oo rigni. la lb lt ! thre aaoaiba, a fund of almot .1,UO0 baa heea uhrrihrd a a penaonont tapKaL Al Keeling of lb contributor, held a (iteiboretih an lb Uib of May, lie. A. Daker. Chairman, ihe Paper anaotra-niely bxaifcl al Fa)etiille, arHfc-r the nam and litWof I he .V'f Carolina Vrttbftitria. Kef. , ,. Mebtna and Re, (iootga MrNeill am elenej KJiiirat Kee. Meear. Mrorga McMrill, Wai. N.MelMne, A. Baker, and C. II. W iley, and Meagre, fiowg McNeill, Nr., John II. Cook and Oaeid Marpby wr (ppainMl an liecnllea Committee, to aatablwa lb Pap and manage iie baaine efljire. Il iaetarwtaii and deoiga taatak lha Nortkrmlina rrbylna a juarael of lha Irat elao,t,aal I lb beat in lb eouniry in lypographieal ap)earnre and m adapiatioa ta lb want l Our I'burrh. a. lie Column Will atTjrd lb Uleag intrl!ience,b.nh f.ireign and do. meatlo, and apeaial ear will b taken la ia S full and aecarata ananaar of Kiel new a. The nam af In ,9M"Vr...''!:":,"a!roa were made three feet .apart, and the aereiea. anbod.g, old arb'ool dorUine aad arderof ! the Church. j Our Am appaal ia to wrapeH'Wr North Car, j ia Prawbyterian. vVhilM rely ooB.twiy apon their fjr, lrt that thoalie anna of .North Car Im th hate (uind b.-m-a in other Ma'ea, and lha ad ip'ed Htiren of our Kiel not. wrm en .mpi"ti l an riemeiit in onr Minietry and roemhemhip, aill lake a ' deep tnteecat in Ihi taicrjiriaa aad gi il tliek hearty auirrt. . ?;. , . ... . Tsi fl per snaam in aJeanea, or on aVIitary ef lha Aral anmvri ft 60 in . m.uithi $3 al tlx and af t!i year. Ta rluh af larenty At or mure, paring in adeanea and when lha Paper h arnl ta one llr-a, a diaroanl af lea per rent, witl ba allowed, line Minialcr and El ler ara earnestly desired la art a Agonl,and all othera friendly llbeaa aill pleaa aaaiai in preeuting a many aaWriher aa poeaH'U, an I tttarard lha Bmea, If AngnM laf.lolhia (IrTiea. A anon aa LftOO anlwrnbdr ara oMained, the ra irnlt Will h iaaoed. If a faithful S ad aignrnn efferl i malo ia tba netl ta montha hy Ihnaa aba lake lively Internal In Ihie wtrk, twill, without dunht, ha al k la begin h puhliralion al the end of lhal lima With paving nhtipt,m )iat of at tenl t.DOO. ITT A.Ureee. K liinraof th North Ctrultn Prhj lortan, T yltrill, tt, C. . Jnn l. , BLANKS fvriale t this oicc." at '-B-Jf.iS -j. 5 'c ni .-,. --: : " May your rich noil. - -, ExuWaul, naturea' better bieaiiiiga pour ' i: OVrarerj land." i M. , , PRESERVATION OF FORESTS. AVhere will coming; generation get their gnpptie of timber ? How they will lament (lie bleak and nuked hills, and cry out against ua for despotlinsr them of their chief beautr. and leaving behind ua few or no trace of our forest acenerjr, except in the painted landscapes in our parlor ! If our forests1 are so valuable now for timber and fuel, will they not be still more so in the next gene ration ? Then why strip them off. so re morselessly i Rather let them be husbanded. Let them be thinned out, but not utterly de molished. A careful calculation shows that sixty thousand acres of pine wood are cut every year in the State of New York, and that at this rate, in the year 183, these trees will have disappeared from this part of the country. It is said, also, that " the pro duce of tilled lands carried to tide water by the Erie Canal, in one year, amounted to 8,170,000 worth of nronertr: that of farm stock for the same year isiven at 3,230,0l0, that of the forest, in lumber, staves, &c, at 4,rr0,000. Thus the forest yielded more thanlhe stock, and more than half as much as the farm lands." Shall we, then, utterly anil forever exhanst this source of comfort and wealth? Let us beware. lest we kill the goose which lay the golden er; ! Foret trees should be preserved, also, for their beneficial influence upon the climate. It is universally conceded that the winters of the northern States are colder now than they were thirty and forty years ago, and that the weather generally U more windy, fluctuating and disagreeable. - Ve-have greater extreme of heat and cold, and severer drouths. 1'eaches once grew in abundance throughout central New York; now, it is almost impossible to raise them. The heat and ome other crops are more uncertain. These things are ascribable, not ! so mach to any deterioration of the anil, a to the destruction of our forest. Formerly, our farm had belts of wood land, which broke the force of the winter and spring winds; our hill tops were covered with bat talions of trees which defended the slopes and vales.- The anew was not blown on" from the tender (train crop in winter, nor were the field laid bare to the blighting w inds of early spring. One of the greatest drawbacks to farm life on the weetern prairie ia the absence of forest trees. . Wood for lumber and fuel is scarce, and houses and lands are exposed to 1 - ..r . . . , ..' i me ic ui mercuesa minis in wiuier anti !i:rinR- Almost every mail brings account f ol extreme auflering at the West, on the Aiwa tirairifta. I n m.L. f luu. I.n. .-- ' die lor the farmer, they need nothing so much as the kindly shelter of wood lands. Ia conclusion, we earnestly plead with the farmer for a morn considerate e of hi wood. Remove old tree, but touch the young with a sparing hand. Clear up your alirvt, but tin not strip bare vour hill-tops. Iae group and sincle trees here and there ia your pasture, both for the comfort l jour flock and herds and for the beauty of the laliilacane. I'lant belt aloiiBT the north ihey who exert thrmselvea to save the rem ,an r onr r noble woodlands, ami who ulant tree for the benefit of totrritr. will be considered wise men and public lit nefartor. AmmeoH .IgrituUarmlUt. FroM lha Tennewe Farmer. RAMNG 1XHUM f'ORM W ITHOUT TILLAGE APTER I'l.AM I.NO. Minn. Jitor$t Hy exprrimeot I have arried at snme conclusion in retard to t ie culture of Indian corn, which I think of im nntiance to farmers in ihe Southern klate. I I communicate them to the Use of the public ' with great hesitation, because they are in direct variance with the received opinions on ths sulijftt. Idist spring I planted a small piece of pmir grnuml lirst breaking it up well. I he " r,mt P"' ' 'fill, 11c ground had been verv foul the previous year with crab gras. The com waa not well up beiort me grata organ to appear. When the corn had about four blades, the young gra completely covered the ground, and the corn was turning yellow. 1 spread a small quantity of stable manure around tba corn, and covered the whole ground three or four inche deep with leave from the forest, taking care to do this when the ground a wet, and Die leave also, that ihey might not be blown away, and to leave the lop of the young corn uncovered. In ten davt there wat not a particle of living gra tti be foitnd, and the corn had put on that deep bluish green which always denotes a healthy condition of that plant. From'tlio day the corn was planted until after the fodder was pulled and the top cut, nothing more was done with it) and the re sult is a product at the rata of fotly-tna nusiifi to tne acre, I nntrd in the course of the summer the following fact i First. The corn treated i tlid ; as al a at ahead of some planted aloii j- side of it, and treated in the usual way. Second, It ripened at least ten days, sooner than other corn planted at the same time. Third, The ; .hottest and driest daya the blades never twisted up, as did other corn in the neighborhood. lourth, In the driest weather, on removing the leaves, the ground was found to be moist to the surface, and loose as deep as it had been first broken up. Fifth, The heaviest rains hud scarcely any efi'ect in washing away the soil or making tt hard. -yt , ;.t.i ... .( v - .'Sv... N. Carolina Grapks. It give us great pleasure to note the constantly increasing interest manifested in this State in the grape culture and the vintage of wines. Besides the Scuppernong wine, which is made all over the eastern part of the State, we have heretofore mentioned the champagne and stil! wines made in Columbus county, which are in much repute and command', high price. . -,.. ;l i -5;-? : - We have the pleasure of stating "that a company of gentknien of this place fast year bought a suitable tract of land, and have set out some thousands of vines of a vuriety of kinds, and that they intend to give the re ciuisite attention to their cultivation, and to the making of wine, on the most approved systems. ' ' ' ' '. pay. OU. The Wilmington Herald understands that an association of gentlemen for a like pur pose was recently formed there. V ' ' . BRO KEN TIES. BT J MONTGOMERY. t. The broken tie of happier day, . - I!m often do they em ' T come before our mental gar Like a remembered dream ! ArounJ o each diucrered chain " In aparkling ruin lien, And earthly hand ahall ne'er again ' Unite three broken lie. The parent of our youthful horn, . The kiudred that wa loved, .j. Far from our arms perchance may roam, To deeert era removed, . i Or we have watched their parting breath. And doerd their weary eye, . And aighed to think how aadly death Can aotrer human lies. - The friande, the loved ones of onr youth, They, too, have gone or changed, Or aroewo thaw oU, laMe hfo aod bolk Are darkened and eatraaged. Tbey moot aa in the glittering throng. With rold averted cyee, . And worwler that w keep their wrong, Aa J mourn our broken tH-a. . O, who in a world like this CoulJ bear hi lot of pain, Did not on radiant hope of Mis linclotjdej yet rem tin! That Imp the Sovereign Lord baa given ' Wha reign above the ak lee, ' Hup that unite our aou'r to he-seen By faith's enduring tie. Eaea care, each ill of mortal birth, ' I arnl in pitying hive, To lift lha lingering heart from earth And apeed it flight above. And every pang that ring ih breaat And every joy thai dice, Telle na to seek a purer rrat, And Iraat to h.ilier tire. : ,- , . , HARD TIMES; o, THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE. -., - b oLivea optic. " What make you look so dull this morn- iiig, Ellen r" inquired Mr. Chester, a young merchant in a small wav,oi hi wile. ' They had been married about a rear, and thus far not an ill-natured word had been poken by them. At hi marriage, Chester had taken a small, but neat and convenient house, in the upper part of the city. He had been able to furnish it only in a. plain manner but since hi marriage Via business had added many article of luxury to his small establishment. The "times' had begun to tighten up, however, and business wa dull. The note were due, and he had to bestir himself to make his payments. Fortunately for him, however, as "the stringency in the money market be-ran to weigli most heavily, his father's administrator placed him in p"oes sion of two thousand dollars, which had been reserved to await the contingencies of a law suit, and which had now been satisfac torily adiusted. With this sum lie had been able to pay off his more pressing demands, and in lay uv a surplus of five hundred dollar to meet a note vth'u h would fall due snme two month hence. The receipt of this sum aIo in.luceJ him to increase the luxuries of hi house. The parlor had been newly furnished, ami the old parlor furniture placed in the sitting room, ihey nan eveiyimng i.iai wa ne cessary fur comfort, and for creditable ap pearance in the world. You look f ery dull," continued the hut band, a he arose from the breakfast tabic. Ellen looked up at him with a languid smile, but made no reply, W hat ail you ?" , " I wa thinking how lonesome I should be here all day." replied she. , . . , , "leoncsome: nv tion lyou gom, men, and take the air! Walk down Washington attect, and round the Common it w ill ie - titt your spirits." . ' ? Ho mar oriffti1 vaii tillr f'. "Walt f mi ml trie Common in the month of December! Why I ihould freexe to death." - t: - . ; , . : , j"Not so bad as that," replied the young husband, chucking his wife under the t;hin. " Go to the Athenaeum and see the pictures." "I couldn't do that every day, and you tlrn't know how lonesome I am!" -' 'Can't you read?" ' ' ' I don't want to read all the time." ' " Read part of the time, then." ' ' ' Buti Fred, I have been thinking of some thing," and a smile played upon the pretty lips of the voung wife. " 1 ' ' -"What. 'Ellen?" . ' I miss something in our house." ; ' " Do you ?" , Oh, very much indeed." ' Well, Ellen, what ia it ?" ' A piano ; it would be so nice to practice these long dreary days. I should bo as happy a? a princess if I only had a piano.". - ..r Mrs. Chester's father was in affluent cir cumstances, and before she wa married had been' accustomed to many luxuries, which her husband's limited means would not per mit him to provide, f ' ''-. -; 1 . . ; " But, Ellen, I can't afford a piano. The times have not been so hard before for ten yearn."-" '' 1 " Y ou have got five nundrea dollars in thebank.'- ? 1 ; M Hut I have reserved that to pay my note." " Don't you expect to make enougft to pay it?" - ; ' " It is rery doubtful; my business hardly pay expenses." . . . i - " You will be able to do that, I know," continued the eloquent petitioner. " Well, well, my dear, you shall have the piano." - ; . . r" You are a dear husband! You will get me one of (.'nickering' r" " "Any kind you please, my dear." , And 'before dinner time the instrument came home, and Mrs. Chester was a happy as a piano could make her, albeit she liad little idea of the significance of " three per cent, a month, and protested notes. j Men said the times would be better, but the prophecy wag vain. Merchants failed, brokers failed, banks and insurance compa nies failed. Business was duller than it had been for the last twenty years. Poor men lounged at the corners of the streets, vainly waiting for a job, while their wives and children shivered with the cold, and hun gered even for a crust of bread. Ruin and disease were the order of the day, and men wondered w here would be the end of it all. Fred Chester's business did not pay his shop expenses, to say nothing of his house hold, and when that dreadful note fell due, he had not a dollar towards redeeming it. Ruin stared him in the face, and it wag now his turn to look sad. - r . Five hundred dollars was a small sum, yet he could not raise it. Even three per cent, a month without " collateral," would not procure it. Something must be done. Some friend must get him out of the scrape or he must certainly fail. Ilia wife's father was weal tli v, but he had married hi daughter against his wishes, and there was no hope in that quarter. But Ellen' uncle, a blunt, honest, master mason,' had alwav looked kindly upon him, and perhaps he would open i his purse strings. , - i The note was due on the following dar. and he decided to make the application to I'ncle Luke, as he wa familiarly called. In course of the afternoon, however, he hap pened to call at the store, and Fred stated his position. . . Eh i" said the blunt mechanic, " I thought thing were gojng on swimmingly with you." So they were, but tle time are so dtucedly hard that I cannot make enough to pay the expenses," replied Fred with a dolo rous expression of the countenance. Where' the two thousand dollar which jyou received frttm your father estate ?" " I natil mr debt with it." ' " But didn't vou tell me that vou didn't 'owe above three thousand dollar?" " I paid off fifteen hundred.' " Ami the rest t" ' Well, that went in various ways." " And tour stock is all mortgaged ?" " Ves, tor one thousand." " You have done a good business r" "Yea." ' t , "Well, well, I am in a hurry just now, but I will go up and dine with you, and we w ill talk it over," and Uncle Luke went out of the shop. Fred did not like his uncle's innuisitive ness, but he had strong hope that he would tret him out of his present difficulties. Writing a hasty note he dispatched hi boy to inform his wife that I'ncle Luke would dine with them. Dinner came and an did I'ncle Luke. Ellen had a nice dinner ready, and her pretty face wa covered with smiles, when she welcomed the honest old man to partake of the hospitality of her board. Uncle Luke seated himself at the table. Ilia accustomed smile had disappeared, and he looked rather stern. Fred," aaid he suddenly, a the young merchant inserted hi fork in the breast of the nicely browned turkey, "you have not found the' Philosopher' tiine yet." Fred suspended the operation of carving the turkev, and gazed with a look ol aston ishment full in the fare of the speaker. " What do you mean, Uncle Luke t" asked he. " You don't know what the Philosopher's ton is, do vou ?" No." I found it out when I waa unite a young man, and what prosperity ha crowned me, 1 1 owe to mat. j Pray explain, I'ncle Luke? ' j " Alter dinner I will." i Pomr-hovr in anite of the extraordinary preparations Ellen had made for the recep tion of her uncle, the dinner did not pa; off very pleasantly. There was a reserve on his part, which threw cold water on the whole affair. But it waa finished at last to the relief of all. , .', i , " Now, uncle, come into the parlor, and Ellen shall play you a tune or two on her piano," said Fred, leading the way. - " On her what?" said the old man, with a start of surprise. "On her piano, of course." " Then you keep a piano ?" " Certainly, we could not possibly get along without one, could we Ellen ? " Oh, no, it's such a comfort." - " Such a luxury, you mean," gusnv .red Uncle Luke, with a cold nicer, " what did you give for it ?"'... . " Five hundred." ' Is it paid for ?" veriaiiuy it is. "And your note due to-morrow which you cannot meet?" Fred glanced at Ellen, w ho looked aa woe begone as though she had lost every friend she had in the world. "It is not his fault, uncle ; I teased it out of him," said she. . ' " Then he is a bigger fool than I took him to be," replied Uncle Luke contemptuously. " And when he waa not doing business enough to pay expenses, you dine on roast turkey, and all manner of fancy stuff." Uncle Luke, though conscious that he was meddling with that which did not concern him, could not control his indignation at the wanton extravagance of the young people. He felt kindly towards the in, as he always had, and though his words were harsh and cold, he intended to do them a kindness. " Yes, and Ellen,: you wear a silk gown for every day, and to crown all, you have got a piano. Dou you expect to parTour notes in this manner, Fred?" continued he, ;" here ia the secret of hard timesj extrava gancesilk dresses, roast turkeys, ice creams, and pianoes. ,-. , f Things were going on very well with me when I bought the piano,", suggested Fred. . , - , "No matter, you are a fool. Now I will tell you what the Philosopher's stone is." Uncle Luke paused and looked directly into the eves of the young merchant. " Well," Uncle, what is it?" . " Live within your means. If you do not earn but a dollar spend but seventy-five cents," and Uncle Luke put on his great coat and edged toward the door, without even alluding to the important topic in which Fred felt so much interest. " But, Uncle Luke, can you lend me the money I want?" asked Fred, dismayed at the thought of failure. t " No, I cannot." : Then I must fail." " You ought to have thought of that when you bought the piano," replied Uncle Luke sternly. " Do you know Waters?" . " The carpenter ?" Yes. Apply to him, and he will lend you the money." . " But he ia almost a stranger to me." " No matter, go to him ;" and Uncle Luke left the house. "Oh, Fred, this is all my fault," said EI- len, nursling into tears. Fred applied to Waters. " What security can you give r" a.tked the i carpenter. j "I don't know," said Fred, doubtitigly. '" My stock is mortgat'tl." " Household furniture r" " No." . " What have you got ?? " A piano, anil " " That will do; give me a bill of sale of that. If not paid within thirty days, the piano is mine. Fred assented and received the money. The papers were executed, and Fred got out of his difficulties. During the succeeding thirty days he tried hard to raise the money to redeem 'the piano, without success. Maters took it at the appoin'ed time, and seemed perfectly satis lied with his bargain. A few dav after, the vounz couple were 'surprised to receive an invitation to dine with Lncle Luke, and to their astonishment when they arrived, they found their piano in hi little parlor. asm iu utij tins, aaiiii i iiu But Uncle Luke would answer no ques tions, yet he promised to make him a present a IVM .... !,.... .t.tt" ,.t..t l'.l o it a soon as he pant all tii tie his. The dinner consisted of corned beef and baked potatoes, w ith an apple pie for ileert Uncle Luke wa in unusually good pirit, and never once anotngi.etl for the singular fare he had placed before his guest. But they understood the meaning of it. It w as intended a a lesson for tin in, and they profited bv it. They brought home the PU1 tpher'i tone and began to live by a humbler sy stmt. The hired girl was discharged, anil" EH?n had so much to do in attending toher l.ini.e hold duties, that she had no time to be lone some, and they were much happier thin when she moped all d.iy in the pallors and better than this, the times began to mend, and Fred' huaines proMwreU asatn. lie paid off his mortgage, and the piano wa duly returned to them. the Lv of Lv;:. Aant Mary sat at hrr work-taLle, so tmy with her need) and her thought, aa V ft'te ouite for-ntten that there Wa any living thins in the room beside. A fierra " minw, mtow, miow," followed by the quirk bound of a rt arms the room, sttriieu tier, ami turning I .1. ......u.l .ta aaie niur miu ilrtwn nit to her full ih-nity, with bristling bck, and rye which darted vcrterful fire at her ad vrrsarr, while he Li!id hrr aide with her ' lung tail, in tiue lion-like style, llur adver sary wat no other than Aunt Mary's favorite nephew, who sat opposite in his little arm-, r!iair. With one hand fiemly grasped in the: iii her, a j was survey iiif iho outraged animal t from head to foot, and liuiliii(t back her in; dignant glances with looks of defiance and t ti iuiiiiih. . ' . . . v , , , It was some seconds before Annt Mary .- quite comprehended the relations of the par-,' ties; but a the affair began to clear itself to her mind, she w,ely judged that an indignant i attack upon the littia victor would not be the ; .ii.. i . .i course most naeiy iu assuage ms wratn, or, often his heart. So she addressed him in, her usual kind words anil tones t What's the matter with you and ' Chub Johnnie?" . Johnnie did not say, as perhaps some little folks would havedone, " Nothing ;" for John-. nie had been carefully taught to (peak the truth, but he did nut answer in such a' way as not to show how completely passion filled his heart. - ; . ; , . " Shu's a good-for-nothing cat, and ought to be killed." " Why, that's rather hard upon your little pet W hat did she do to you ?" " Why, I had her in my lap, playing with her, tickling her, you know, when all at once , she begjm to bite and scratch so hard that I boxed her ear. But she wouldn't stop then' so I pulled her tail. But she wouldn't let go of my hand, so I twitched it away, and just Hounded her with mr fiat. and aha flew across the room like a mad creature. And just see what she did to ine." So saying, he came up to hia aunt, and held nn the torn hand, which showed marks of teeth and claws, one long -scratch besides, reaching from the forefinger to the wrist, whose edges were sorely bleed, ing. , : " Oh, that is acruel scratch. Did yoa tickle Chub pretty hard?" V ' I didn't at first ; but then I thought I would see now hard I could tickle her, and she clawed me like that." ; Do you think if you had tickled pussy gently all the time, that she would have scratched you at all?" . ' . , . " I dou t know, perhaps she wouldn t. "Do you really think that the first fault was your' or pussy's?" Johnnie did not answer. ; " Don't you think," said his aunt again. " that pussy treated vou pretty much a the found you treated her I" Johnnie nodded. , " Many year ago, Johnnie, there lived a famous people called the Greek. They had among them some very wise men, who gave laws to the nation, and rule by winch they, should govern their daily conduct- The highest, best rule theycould give was, Do unto other as they do unto you. Don't you think Chub has followed that rule pretty faithfully?" - Ye ma'am." , ; " By -and bye, there came a wiser man to the earth, and he gave another rule. .What was it t" Johnnie shook his head. . : , " At you would that men should do onto ...... .1.. i ,u i:i...: tt iru, tiir mau tw uicih iiavwiav. "Oh, that was Jesus Christ." Yes, he gave the Golden Rule. Do you think you kept it just now r" " hy, but but it's for men, not fur cats, and dogs, and such tilings." - "Then, 1 suppose it ia perfectly right to let your heart be filled with angry passiona towards dumb animals, and to ttet and tease them until they get angry too, and then when they try to defend themselves, turn upon them and beat them until they flee from you in pain and hatred r" " No, auntie, 1 don't think that it right. I think it would be very cruel," said Johnnie, w hose feeling wa beginning to right itself. " "Then you think we had better give up the old Greek rule, and follow Jesut's rule of kindness and love towards brutes at well at man V " Yes, ma'am. But, auntie, sometime! they are to crost and ugly, that w e have to strike them, you know, or they would hurt ua." " And sometimes men, and even children, behave to that they have to be punished' or abut up, to keep them from injuring others. And tin, too, when they have reason, a soul, which the pour brute ha not. But to punish, or correct an animal for being ugly, it ono thing, and to whip it because they have put it into a passion, or to abuse it because it don't undrrsUnd you, it quite another. The ; first is just and necessary, and the second is as cruel and wicked as can be. And, my ) little Johnnie, the creature knows it too, not the sin, but the uijutUct God give it an instinct, at he ba given you reason s and whenever you ill-treat it, you wound, yoa outrage, th.it sense, anJ to do violence ta the w uik of God. " A great amountof what you call ugliness in anmai, ha been caused by the ill-treat mrnt they reeeive fmm men. They are very much what meu make them- If a man it kind to his horse, hi horse will be kind and i bcdiciit to him. If a little by it kind to hi di.B" and tat. lltev w ill be nleaaaut cuinnaniona 1..." w ... f - , . I HUM. t ! But it will tie very aay 'o make them crost anil snappish, if he art thrin a different eg ample ; lair, a they cannot learn the Golden Hule, tl.ry will loiluw the Ureek lUlr. I . hair aniiie afurtr I will tell you shunt this, j but tht i i no time this morning. Another day you shall hear them, you had better go j iiuvt 'and make up with pour hub, lor alia , i In 'k.iig qj'te disconsolate," i Jnhniiiv it dou n by her, and gently ttrok ) t il hrr tack. Mte opened and shut her rye as if in grateful aikmiwledineiil, then la d I back her ear, and lifted her hut toward j him, antf finally putting first one paw on hia j knee, and then" another, crept caicfully into 'hit lap, and then, tnuggling down, bfgaa jmiily to purr. " j ou are not a bad cat, titer aur turn 'Johnnie to hiniarlf," and 1 wilt ntvtr treat ijou io ajtiii." "
The Durham Recorder (Durham, N.C.)
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Aug. 12, 1857, edition 1
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