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4 -5. rT i" j i. 1 - s CAROLINA CAROLINA REPUBLICAN.; mm 3 jr.-nnnt? XUtbspaprr: DiVOTTD TO fgiiU.i, Eiartlhn, Irriciltcrr, Dinnlif anJ Ttnit lalrllijfcff. The Iirkrls, Neatly execnted at this " offit n "new typb I r ' and on moderate terxnsy.. V ' ;. , r CircularsV 'Hani-Bills," O S HoreeVBills, ale43ills, v:--'. -Cardsi- ' ? 'Labels,. . . - : Blank Deeds'- ( And ' ail. kinds of v CotTjJTY, and Superior : Gourt and Ma " gistrAtje's and Constables' Blanks. 1 ASK XOTIIINO THAT IS NOT BIQI1T 3fB MIT TO ifOTHlja .THAT IS TTBONCr. Jackson. tai lnnunmf, BT VOLUME I. LINCOLNTON, N C, JJJNEvllS49 NUMBER 25. . - W ' -"""1 ..c , ; if v " - . . . .(t-". ' " - 1 J t HlfscrllanroKS. On the Et1! of Idleness, sr ncxBi ward ccccura. I! Jfvw oioJ'Ieoce incline a man to , nf Bnoa others aou noi upon uiwtcii; (&ir trvo-1 asti not Ln own. iIU rare- IcwneM u oaiebx!j Iocm Lis ucglcct i Mimaol-hf r ? 1 Of T1. ! 1 tit J MvmiiIm urn t wr. : i f - "i t - . . .k Iru K-r-. .i.-uk i , u...l - ifh hT aj kU, it is a. (lis lettini out -of waier oo know when tt will top t; dLuppciu: vour ex - jour mtienc eats up MttiHrritif.U.ft- anJ toar MbsUAot ; W.e4 jour fciai dtd wri!it Mrwi m rart trota tica. , Hiad or foul be meant : but x he j-reaksof A fol bj prc-cra'iicnco, I take it fjr grantt-d , L9 xncaot a Luj nun; &o J I aai tbv morv iacb'ncd t the ojmiJOf fnia antUrr eprc- sxix ef hi ' experience : " As inrpr tu th. tr' tnVi imoke to theeyw, is the idug- 1 to thetn that etJ laui." ,Jo!oace m a great pcIihrift. An in Untij tnc!;nei rocn man, can ndthrr cuale net keep property. I have high au thjrijr fee this: "lie that is lutbful in his work, is Iruthcr tJ him that is a great msUT." . - ; , When 5tan woall pat c-rdinary men to ft CTtp ciaifchJeF, Iic a wise htti!4n !:uan. ' li? clftiri the groua-1 an 1 premn it fr cvl ; "Vit ht ndi the Slc man already prrpirx'-l, aj h3 has scarcvlr th trouble f wiug ; Iar Tiee. I.ku weed, aj a ii lit t Jo tren in . CJC- a eept what th? win-1 rives tneir rti: winfl "3wl., shaking and vattcricg them all itrtxad. . lodced, Xxxx men may ctly be lilcaed to a trortcal prairie, over wh'ch the win! of tctcptaliun perpetually U n, !rift- n cTcrr arrant ocU fnm tL holgy an 4 tiil. aaJ wLicb without a moment' rvt 4b rrrr bt thm- mn.i K.,n.t n in r,n d,, I'T the ui st mrt empty, or a welcome re- : "ig ma: r.i. ?. . -i r i . o i 1 Iml f..rtr.Mrvlrtii ll.r4. 1 Im-n l!rrs vvmild ! the estate. llCIl the ?)ldeU com t.1 Br a fJ! with a ptle, in a 1 ? r.ch; LUt would j fallen, he rules as a prince m a XaorUr with wh. ret will not h, foilr de- te honunble, and Lofinp a di.gr.-.ce For , expectant jurasitcs. All the si . . . . . . . t . :.. k . , . ..I I I. . !.. V ' i lit- 11 pell t.livtatir.-iriTii vi flr-iina II. .1 . . i. k . .I lliu.l. I lie i-V'i'iv nuum ii.it-; i v a- " - v ? throcgh all the jcar waves tU rank bar test of lazuriaot arexxl-i. , Tint, th iraagination will l-c haunted ' with oc lawful rants. Up n the out-kirt of towns arc scattered Loose, ataudoticd by rvpc tabic person.. They are n empty, lvause. all the Jay silent ; thicv.s, vagw beods, and vilbtans haunt tlwm, tn j iut paraes.4oa'''wIta''rali;'laft anl vern-Jn. Saeh are idle mca'a iuiaginaliuus foil tf unlaw ful cocapuy. .-The taairfnathJA is c!lv related to th r.ioas, ani fire thetu with it. bi-ut. Th: day-d.faxuJ v( indolent ya'.h p1w -ah Loca with warmer. color, and Udder adven tartJ. The imainati fahions n of ccchaatment, in whlca the p-oiua revel ; axl it leskUthrtn CKit, in tl.eltadow at rt, to deeds which n th y will !eek in earn est. The Lril'imt ed jt of farwiy el ud are bat the i r n( th: sna ; the salacio i dsy-cfrrataa ft in-J-'i- -nt uko, r.y at firt and di.iunt, Wx-:u rirry -lay, darker and dar ktf. to iLt coI.r cf ictu-'l evil. Then fd 1jt the bl ght of every habit. Ind .h me - rrucul wijhout rvb-emlag th j Mg.-; a uist of fargvtfalnes rbcal up an I otures te memory f vows anl oath. Th negli groce of Uiinc.s breed. mre falchJs lkn lh ewaoing of th sharper. A pover ty wails upon th step of in.bdeneje, , up- 1 on toch porerty, brl ejuivocations ub-terfajw- .jia-denials. FaUsb 1 bvom- th iastrament of every plan. Negligence cf truth, next occasional falehi, then traatoa tan-iacity thethr.? sir. l.s trav- I crws the whole rmJ cf Iks. IoJolence as surely runs to dishonesty, a ( to lyior. Indeed, they are but diff r nt not th same mil, aai r. tar apan. irectia the conduct of th Kph-in ccavcrt, Wul sajs, I-et him that stole, tUal no raore. bat rather let turn Ulr, working with ELs hanis tlw thing which is fped." The men who were thieve, were those who had erased to word. Inla:ry tu the road tack to hocesty. When store Art broken open, the idle are first suspected. Tb. dejrpcral f.geries axI swjn ling of pajt jtars KaTe taught men, upn their oc jxixxxit, to ferret their authors among the aaerapUyeJf or among thxsc vaioly occupt- A in tksout tieasorcs. Tbf terrible pastsioa far stealiug rarely grosrs epco the young, except through the ccceastUc of their 'file tleaaarcs. Business M first xrglctl foraxcujement, and amuse ce&t sooq becocaes the only businc. The appctiU faf ririooj pleaawre outruns the rfcleaCJ fi( proearing it. The theatre, the circus, tlo card-table, the midnight carouse, deesa&d. taoorT When scanty earnings arc po, use ywias o P' " rtr t .til ka hnttM IA RUT. SIM OCIL r . i . ogIt aaothr farm nt teaJin?. Gradually exclodai from retmtaJble jocietr. the vagrant tar all the badges of rice, and b familiar w.'-h hfT taihjt and through them, fat1 tie bread road of crime, Society precipi tatea iu lazy nexabera, as water does its filth; Ka4 they fcrca at the bottom, a pestilent se Lsant, aurred up by every, breeze of evil, Hio nots, robbervce, and murders. - Into it cjita aa tie. t: in, and owt of it, as from a rsaa. Cost all the ttrearu of pollution. cf pollution. fcWs he dpair. of paying- the dis- terfere between parent and child, RT of itealkgua slSiri or ft thousand j to be one where children are start ed in will be the JL9 bat not 0cir respective i life wtth the education of vtce. If Je7 1 . -,i .11- ..V. ;t . mmtm lr thn ihlTOTi should DO pUt tO- " m . . ry F ,nm m i i p mm . a . . .a am ui i.ir. Mi liuu . . 9 i ... ... i a r-i Brutal wivuh. i!it niu !y !iuntcI bj tLc law, cnwliug in human ti'.lU, brood bcre their i!bin mLciiks au l pl.t iiiucliicf to man. Hither rv-rt the truculent tlam.v pie, t xir up the tvtid Cltli a-ainst his mJverarie, cr tu bring up iuoIh uut of tUw to k-3, trhicU cannot rvst, but cais up mrrc an J dirt. The rcsulfi of inJolcncc np-m cnmniuni tic, arc a. market! n upi-n iin!iiJuaI. In a town of m-Iu5tnU' neiPK, the htrects woul J Ic clean : Lou-ch neat ftnJ comforta ble: fences in rviuir; n-h'I-hou.fCj swaruv r 1 111 1 .1 -I 1 in: Willi rV-iaei.ti cimuren, uccvi:uy ciau, 1 an J well-lc-ied. Tlie hw would U lotted, l" twc ju:ly aJministertxI. thurch wotlid b t bronzed with devout The law would be res- Thc wor - . hli-pen. The t.ivini woul 1 be ilcnt, ami .uuth's anvil, and the carpvuters's hammer; and at hme, the hpiuniug-whcel, and girls cheerfully wngrug at th-.-ir work. iL-bts would li? sndd- tu juid, because seldom ma.le; but if ontrueUd, u grim olSeer would In. invited to the ttcttlcmcnt. Town nflievrs would be rej-tctable men, taking efiiee re- and only fr the pubhc g-wM. I'ublic days wonld be full of sport.s without fighting; and eKeti.ns would be as orderly as wei-ling or funerals. In a town of l.izy nu n, I jould cxpett to find craiy-hrues ; htiigli- and wcather-bvjrd- kiKvk-iI fT; d r hing de.s, and all a-ereak ; wiud-iw MulT.-d with r.ig. -hats, or . pi!lw. Initia l f tl wcrs in summer, an 1 ! wjnu'.h in winttr, every side of the" houso would wanu with vermin in hot weather , an 1 with starveling pigs in cold; fences would Le curiosities of laj-y entrivaiice, and gates hung with nps or lying flit in the mud. lank cattle would fallow every load- j ed wag -u, supplicating a morsel, with f.m- inc in thtir l-ks. Children would le rag- j gl, dirty, saucy ; the who . house rnipty ; the jail full ; tb? church ilent ; the grog- , h 'tw noi-v ; and the cannter, the saddler. i and the bbek-smith, would do their principal , work at tavern. lawyers woull reign; otitables tlouriHli, and hunt sneaking crim inaU ; burly justice (as their interests might U.etate) woulJ cunue a ei-mprotnise. or a omiraitm -nt. Ttu peae iv rs would winH at tumult., arn-t rioters in fun, and drink with them in cmh! earnest. (I ooj tnn w nil l k oblicl to keep dark, and bid . mn w uM swear, and rule the town. 1 ul lic days would ! mvik'S of euifusion, and i n 1 in row ; elections would be drunken, , i!Iera!. b"i-.ter-.aH and brutal. The youii abhor the last results of idle nes ; but they do not Hreeivc that tlu first stej leal to the la.:. They arj ia tho open ing of this eanvr; but with them it is geu- , teel kisare, tt t laziness ; it is relaxation, not l-ith : amusement, not indolence. Hut liur.', rciaxa:ton, an I amusement, when . ght t j U uf.dlv engiged. are in do-j A sp-ci-ms iu.la-.trv is the w..r.tT men on ieinv. A si i' lie nes- A voting mm p.-nies tn u me first step lead t that lant, with every bxly but himdf. lie se.s others lxxinie drun kirl ty s -t.tt ttpp?!"- k -ij .;ii-. if UK could not U; adrtMikard. lie s-vs others lvevm di'ionef, by ptty habits of fra il ; but will in dulg silent aU'rration, a if ttr. could not Ue)iu' knavi-li. Ttunh other, by lying. l'e all character, h' d-Hs nt imigin" that hi little dalliances with faWho-.l will mvke HIM a liar. He knows that salieiotts imagination, villan us pic- tare, harlot snuU'xes, and tlliett tamilia- rities, have lot thousands to her d'r, whose b ..I.. i tbrt vir ., hell: vet he never sisrhs r tremble lest these things should take HtM to this inevitable way of damnation ! In reading these strictures upon indolence, y u till aoar ii in outers, wiunm v i t in tinirv'f. While vou read. I fear tn clf ; 'm are supposing vou are excusing voursc that your leisure ha not been lazim-s ; or that, with your di.p.xition, and in your cir- M.mt,r.. JiHlolenee is hirmncs.. He not .lIvl if mu are idle, vou are on the r.iud to ruin ; and there are few stopping places upon it. It is rather a precipice than roal. .1-1 t T . . . 1 l.mKnlmn one i point oui iuc M.-iu'mnu to indolence, serulinixe your course, and pro nounce honestly upon your risk. 1. Sotne are tempted to indolence by their wretched training, or rather, wretch ed want of it. I low many families are the m -t remiss, whose low condition and suffer in" are the strongest inducements to iuduco menU to industry. The children have no inheritance, yet never work; no education, ri are never sent to school. It is hard to tbpir ra?rs around them, none of them - - f - .-! ' will earn better rainment. If ever there " - . n,n,mrnt should in- i - - . rtther, which always work togetner, iue front .would be a grog-snop- iuc -jail the rear a gallows; an infernal tnnity; and the recruits for this threehcaded mons ter, are largely drafted from the lazy child ran of worthless pare fits 2. The children of rich parents are apt to "be reared in indolence. The ordinary motives to industry are wanting, and the temptations to sloth are muupbed. Utner I men labor to pronde ft support; to amass ' j - - i i . wealth; to secure honinge; to obtain' pow. cr; to multiply the clegaut products of art. Tha child of alflaence inherits these things. Why should he labor who may command universal .service, whose money subsidizes the inventions of art, exhausts the luxuries of gociet-, and makes rarities common by thojr abundance? Only the blind would not see that riches and ruin run in one chanel to prodigal children. The most rigorous regimen the most confirmed in diutry, and steadfast mortality, can alone disarm inherited wealth, and reduce it to a blessing. The pntfligate wretch, who fund- 9 ly watches his father's advancing decrepi- j tu Ic, and secretly curses the lingering steps I of death (seldom too slow except to bun- gry heirs), at last is ovcrblesscd in the ti the loitering work h done and shower has court of uiscs by an estate are otKiieu wuie. a lew years complete the ruin. The hopeful heir,. avoided by all iKii m tie lia'l iiclrxxl. trnorant ot useim Iab.r. seorni:i2 a knowledrre of it. fired with an incurable appetite for vicious ex citcmcn, sinks steadily down profligate, a wretch, a villian-scouudrel, a convictetl fjlon. Jct parents who hate their off spring rear thorn to hate labor, and to in herit riches, before long they will be stung by every vice, racked by its poisou, and damn ed by its jtenalty. li. Auothcr cause of idleness is found in the secret effects of youthful indulgence, the purest pleasures lie within the circle of useful occupation. Merc pleasure sought outside of usefulness existing by itself is f rough t with poison. Wheuf its exhila rafiou has thoroughly, kindled the mind, th. passions thenceforth refuse a simple fo-d; they crave and require an excite ment, higher than any occupation can give. After reveling all night in wine-dreams, or amid the fa-einat ions of the dance, or the d captions of the drama, what has the dull store, or the dirty shop, which can continue the pulse at this fever-hcat of delight ? The face of pleasure to the youthful ima imagtnation, is the face ofan angel, a paradise of smiles, a home of .love; while the rugged fice of industry, embrotfned by toil, is dull and repulsive: Lut at the end it is not so. Thcsj are harlot charms which pleasure wears. At last, wheu industry shall put on her beautiful garments, and rest in the pal- ace which her owu hands have built plea- Mire, blotched and diseased with indulgence, shall he djwu and die upon the dung hill. 4. Kxample leads to idleness. The children of industrious parents at the sight of vraiit rovers seeking their snorts wher ever they will, disrelish labor, and envy this unrestrained leisure. At the first re laxation of parental vigilance, they shrink fnj-.u their odious tasks. Idleness i3 begun w.iett Ialwr is a burdjn, and industry a oou- dig1, and only idle relaxation a pleasure. i'ho example of political Men, office-seek er?, and public officers, is not usually con ductive to industry. The idea insensibly fastens upon the mind, that greatness and hard labor arc not companions. The inex perience 6t yoUUlltuagTuca lUat . of groat leisure. They see them much in public, often applauded, and greatly followed. How disgusting in contrast is the mechanic's life ; a tinkering shop dark and gmutty is the only theatre of his exploits; and labor, which covers him with sweat and fills him . i -.1 - i witn weariness, onugs neiiner noiiee nor 1 praise. The ambitious apprentice, sighing over his soiled hands, hates his ignoble j work; neglecting it, he aspires to better J things .lots in a caucus; declaims in a bar-room; fights in a grog-shop; and dies in a dkch. f. Hut the indolence begotten by venal ambition must not be so caily dropped. At those periods of occasional dis: disaster when emoarrassments cioua ue ia ui w um ; and tr.de drags heavily, sturJy laborers : farakc industrial occupations, and petition ! for office; Had I a son able to gain Had I a son able to gain a livelihood by toil, I bad rather bury him, than witness his beggarly supplications for office; sneaking along the path of men's passions to gain his advantage; holding in the breath of his honest opinions; and breath ing feigned words of flattery to hungry ears, popular or official, and crawling, viler than a snake, through all the unmanly courses by which ignoble wretches purloin the votes of the dishonest, the drunken, and the vile. The late reverses of commerce have un settled the habits of thousands. Manhood seems debilitated, and many sturdy yeo men are ashamed of nothing but labor. For a farthing-pittance -of official. salary for the miserable fees of a constable's office for the parings and perquisites of any deputy ship a hundred men in every vil lage rush forward scrambling, jostling, crowding each more obsequious than the other to lick he hand that holds the omni potent vote, or the starveling office. The most sunnle cunning cain the prize. Of the disappointed crowd, a few, rebuked by their sober reflections, go back to their honest trade ashamed and cured of office seeking. But the majority grumble for a day, then prick forth their ears, arrange their feline arts, and mouse again for ano ther office. The general appetite for office A and diarelisli for industrial '.colling,- ? prolific source of idleness;Tand it would bo well for the honor of -younff men if they were bred to regard office , as . fit only for these who have clearly shown themselves able and wilhng to . support their families without it. ao office can make a worth less man .respectable; and a man of inte grity, thrift, ind religion, has name enough without badgo of office. C. Men become indolent "throueh the reverses of . fortune. Surely, despondency is a grievous thing, and a heavy load to bear. To see disaster and wreck m the present, and no light in the future; but only storms, lurid by the contrast of past prosperity, and growing darker, as they ad vance; to wear a constant expectation of woe like a girdle; to see want at the door, m . imperiously knocking, while tliere is no strength to repel, or courane to bear its tyranny; indeed, this is dreadful enough. But there is a thing more dreadful if the man is wrecked with his fortune. Can any thing be more poignant in anticipation, than one s ownself, unnerved, crowed down and slackened to utter pliancy, and helpless ly drifting and driven down the troubled sea of life t Of all things on earth, next to his God, a broken man should cling to a cour ageous industry. If it brings nothing back an.d saves nothing, it will save him. To be pressed down by adversity has no thing in it of-disgrace ; but it is disgraceful to lie down under it like a supple dog. In deed, to 6tand composedly in the storm amidst its rage and wildest devastations ; to let it beat over you, and roar around you, and pass br you, and leave you undismayed this is to bo a max. Adversity is the mint in which God stamps upon us his im age and superscription. In this matter men may learn of insects. The ant .will- repair his dwelling as often as the mischievous foot crushes it ; the spider will exhaust life itself, before he will live without a web ; the bee can be decoyed from his labor neither by plenty nor scarcity. If summer be abun dant it toils none the less ; if it be parsimo nious of flowers, the tiny laborer sweeps a wider circle, and by industry, repairs the frugality cf the season. Man should be ashamed ta be rebuked in vain by the spi der, the ant, and the bee. " Seest thou a man diligent in his busi ness, he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men." THE KUITOirS C1Y. BY THE EDITOR OF Mr. Gojiey. I have copied your pros pectus into the for the last five years, regularly, while you have honorably complied with your part of the contract, and as regu larly sent me your excellent " Lady'sBook," a work to which I have always been partial. But I have pretty well made up my mind not to insert your advertisement again; and when I inforni you of my reason, I think you will not wonuer.-uv me resuiuuuu x have formed. It 1 were permitted to enjoy . i i . i l- i : e t your deligntiui periodical in peace 11 x could even get the quiet reading of every other number I would publish two pros- cUiuata . a yew, if ticvessarjr, but tnat X would obtain it. This pleasure, however, I cannot have ; and Godey's Lady's Book, instead of coming to me a welcome visitor, always brings vexation and disappointment. lou look surprised at such an announce ment, but it is just as 1 say. Let me give you a history of what occurred on the re- ception ot your last number, and you will clearly comprehend my meaning. The boy had just laid the mail on my table, and I, having torn -the wrapper from the March number of vour " Book," was taking my first glance at the plates, when the door of my sanctum was opened quickly, and a young Miss came bounding in. " Has the 'Godey's Lady's Book' come yet?" she asked, with as much assurance as if the work were taken for her particular benefit and regularly paid for. I could not say 4no," even if my con science would have permitted the utte rance of a fasehood, for the number was in my hand, and the young chit's eye fastened on it in a moment. Oh ! y-es, it's come!" she said, before I had time to make any reply " Sister says, will you please let her have it first ?. Now, the young lady who made the appli cation was the daughter of an old sub scriber and advertiser, and to have refused a compliance with her wishes would have been money out of my pocket. So I replied as blandly as I could " Come over Lizzy, in about half an hour, and you shall have it. " Can't you send it now?" inquired the girl, fixing her eyes intently on the "Book." Sister saw the boy go by with the newspa pers, and she sent me right over for fear some body else would get the magazine first, if it had come." " Oh, no; I won't let anyone else have it," I replied. " Do you come over in half an hour." , . " Sister is so impatient -to see it," said the girl as she retired slowly. . I had gained, I thought, half an hour by this unusual act of firmness, and hoped to be able to examine the plates carefullyj glance over the editorial notices, and get a generat idea of what the number" contained before Iizzy came back.' But I was mis taken. Lizzy had. not becn,,out of my office ten minutes ere the door 'opened, and Mrs, L , wife of- niyi very particular friend, Colonel L :: came in." I laid the " Book" down as she entered. "l u Just what ljpame for," said"Mrs. L familiarly as she stepped, forward and seized upon the book. u Is it a good number, Mr. V Yes ma'am T should think it was, from the slight glance I have had of the contents. i Won t you take a chair I - i - " Oh, no, thank you. Good morning. I'll bring this back in a day or two' And the lady was retiring without ceremony." " Mrs. L ," sail I stepping forward," pardon me. But I haye promised that num ber to Miss R. in half an hour." " Oh," never miud ! Miss R- - .can have it in the morning." But" " Oh, none of your ifs, and ands, and buts, with me ; I've got the Book, and you know that possession is nine points in the law, replied the lady, with laughing resolu firm Ni rrrri nrrniprr ' So, crood morning ! Tell Miss R 11VI1 that I've got the number.". " Yes but Mrs. L -" " Good -morning !" And the lady waved me a triumphant adieu, and retired with the Book " Well, that is cool !" said I to myself, a3 I settled back in my arm-chair and raised my feet upon the table. " Cool enough ?" I was not angry at the lady, for she was a very particular friend so was her husband and I liked them both. Uut she had "done me out of my Lady's Book ; there was no mistake in that ; and, moreover, had gotten me into a sort of a scrape. Punctual to the moment, m came Lizzy at the expiration of the half hour. Tell your sister that I am very sorry in deed," said I, in a really serious tone, and with a serious face, " that I cannot send hsr the number. I fully intended that she should have had it ; but Mrs. L came m and carried it off before I could prevent it." Lizzy s countenance fell. "Sister will be so disappointed," she said. " And you promised, positively, that she should have it in half an hour." " I know I did, Lizzy. And I intended that she should have it. Tell her lam very sorry indeed ' and that I will get the number for her to-morrow moraine, and send it over." Lizzy retired with an expression in her eyes and about her lips, which said pretty plainly that she did not believe my story about Mrs. L having carried the num ber off. This worried me ; for I was satisfied that the little minx would, convey that im pression to her sister. In the morning I sent a note to Mrs. L , requesting her to return the Book, as I had promised positively that Miss R should have it. My messenger returnedyin due time, with information that Mrs. L had loaned the number to Mrs. M , and that I must not expect to get it back for a week, and there were ten in the house to read it ; and after they were through, it had to go toJIrs. M 's cousin who had al ready spoken for the number. " Oh dear !" said I, sinking back into my chair. " Isn't this too bad I" What was I to do ? I had promised Miss R the book ; but the promise could not be complied with. If there had been an agent in the place from whom I could have bought a number, there would have been a smooth sea before me. But our town is too small to support a periodical agent. In my dilemma, I sat down and wrote a note, apologetic, to Miss R , and as sured her that the moment I could get pos session of the Book I would send it to her. In about fifteen minutes I had this reply : "Miss R 's compliments to Mr. : It isn't the least matter in the world not the least. If Mr. prefers letting others have the Book, of course no one has a right to complain. It is his property." " My property !" said I, throwing the note of the offended lady aside. " I was not aware of that before ! If it is my property, I should like amazingly to enjoy it some sort of peace and comfort." On the next day, IVJr. R called in, looking very grave. lie asked for his bill ; and, after paying it, desired me to discontinue his paper at the end of the current six months. " Confound Godey's Lady's Book ?" said I, as the door closed on my lost subscriber. "The next time I publish Mr. Goodes prospectus, it will do him good." I saw no more of the number for three weeks, although applications for it came in4 almost every day. hen it at last found its way back, oh ! what a change was there 1 The " Lost Dove" had disappeared altogeth er ; so had the " Oakland Gallopade :" and the lady "Dusting Cupid" had been wound ed in both eyes with a pin you could see day light through them. The design for a " Watch Pocket in crotchet and netting," which I had already discribed to my sister, and which she intended taking for a pattern, had been clipped off with a pair of scissors, leaving the mutilated pages as a pleasing evidenceof the piracy committed by some fair reader of my number of the Lady's Book. As for the fashion plates, they bore many soiling indications of having been in the hands of bread and - butter Misses and the cover besides being torn and worflj vras in &esame cbnditionj I threw the number ; from me' in disgust, vowing to end theanoy-V ance I had j suffered for years by forfeiting . my right to receive the Book, ' '. ... If this Were onlv i a sblitarv easa. ' Tvfr. " Godcy, I xrould not be so impatient about it.' But as it was with the. March number, so has it been: with all the Test. ;: VAU the num bers of your Book issued "for the last, five years have I received, yet lam not the owner.. oi ten oi tnem, ana luose are m a snooting state. , : i fr4i l'f ;'":. Seriouslyi I believe the fact of my getting ' your Book is an injury . to you. Not over two besides mine are taken in this neighbor hood, one' half Of which depends upon read - ing the editor's copy. So for your sake, as well as mine, please stop sending the maga zine ; at least for the present. In thecoursd of six months, I have not the least doubt, you will have twenty subscribers in our vil lage ; for if people cannot borrow your Book they will buy it once enjoyed,1 the luxury cannot be dispensed with.: ; - Of course, Mr Godey, you will consider this communication, explaining my reason for not publishing your prospectus, between our selves; for!ia hint of what I have written should get wind, the village of R would soon be too hot to hold me. - - The editor of the must really forgive uskfbr publishing his communication. The evilW which he complains is not one that he suffers alone. We have had many letters on the subject from oihersof the quill fraternity, and? In the hope of creating a re form for the benefit of all parties, we spread his communication on the pages of the "Book;" but with certain modifications that will throw him beyond the pale of suspicion. Pub. of Ladi Jbook: Froi the Boston Museum. The King-Cup and Clover-Blossom, A4PROSE POEM. " BY J. W. HANSON. A white Clover-blossom modestly lifted her head from the green Earth. Her pale cheek was almost hidden in the long grass. She was scarcely conscious of her-own exis tence, and would have bloomed unseen, but but for the fragrant breath, which filled the air with perfume. High above her head flaunted a brilliant King-Cup. ; As the winds fluttered her broad, yellow petals to and fro, she seemed a golden butterfly, and not a flower. She did not see the white Clover-blossom that slept unconsciously at her feet. And there; was a beautiful brown Bee that the King-Cup loved. His wings were trans parent like silken gauze, and he wore a broad, band of gold about his waist. $ But the Bee cared not for the 'King-Cup. A tattling Zephyr came riding by on her invisible steed and she whispered to tho King-Cup the cause of the Bee's neglect. He loved the unpretending Clover-blossom. Then the King-Cup looked down to her feet, and' behold the Cloves-blossom' slept in the grass.; Her pale cheek was wet with, tears and her head was bowed with sadness. She dreamed of the Bee. " Vain, aspiring creature V cried the King-Cup, ".what ambitious spirit has filled thee, that thou darest raise thy thoughts to him whom Lhave selected ? Dost thou think he will deign to regard thee, thou earth seeking daughter of the Dust ? Will he look as low as.thou art, while I allure his eyes Then the Clover-blossom timidly looked up to reply, but her bosom filled with sad ness, and breathing a prayer for forgiveness, she sunk at the feet of the haughty flower. A musical murmur filled the summer air. Nearer it came, charming the flowers, and hushing the Zephyrs to rest. It was the Bee. Round and round the lofty King-cup he flew, while she delightedly listened to his musical murmurs. But they were not for - her. With a hasty wing he left her, and dropped into the bossom of the sweet Clover blossom. And the proud flower withered and died, hearing nd sound save the voice of the Bee, as he sung the song of -affection to , the unassuming but lovely Flower. Maiden! j'Tis.not the proud, the rich, the beautiful that win the love of others ; 'tis the virtuous and the good. ' False Charity. A negro preacher, speak ing from " What is a man profited if he " gai n the whole world, and lose hisown soul?" -mentioned, among many other -things, that they lost! their souls by being too char itable ! Seeing the congregation astonished V-";; beyond measure at his saying, he very em- V' phatically repeated it, and then prc$eeaed; to v explain his meaning. t . " Many people,'.' said he, ;." attend" meet- ing, hear the sermon, and, when it is over, they prcceedT to divide it among the congre gation this part was for that man, and that part for that Svoman such denunciations for such persons, these threats for you sin- ners and so," continued .the shrewd Afri- can, " they give away the whole sermon and keep none for themselves?' , : f Jy An exchange paper says there have been many definitions of a "gentleman," but the prettiest : and most poetic is that given , by a girl in New - York: "A gentleman," j sad she, " is a humane being combining a nvuiou o iuu;aavo3 nlUft t J4JUl w fUUftge v-' . 1 :! M j O" 'Mr r . ' 1 lm:l:ml. 4. '