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THE SOUTHERN INTELLIGENC
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>|i business einllliililcntiniii addressed to
1IAKRR, MMRIiK'l & I'KKBV.
kaHSMBBBBaBMaSMBBHI
■itraeted fur the Suuthei u Intelligeneer.
PRAY FOR THEM.
I*ray lor them who diaw tin: gluiv#
An bi'flte the fret' Mid tirare.
But to right the wronged, nod save
From oppressor' sway ;
Pray for tlieni who onward trend #
Wic re llie shot-rent banner spread
Li ni" Ihem on lo slaughter red —
Think of them nod pray!
I'ruy for Ihem *ho on tho main
Ope with aiijrry giwits twain,
War and Storm, mid nil the train
Of perils th< se dlsplnyt
l'rny fur them in levered camp,
Where mid leg* f reeking swamp
Feebly gleam* life's waning lamp—
Think of them and pray!
l'ray fur th< m on «hunt shall bent
Fiery ruin, and iron ah et.
'When like lull charged cloud* símil meet
Foe* In stern arr-y ;
Think of ca nons' thuuder crash,
01 the sabres' lightning fl.tsh,
Of the lances' deadly gw-h,
Think of tileM! and pray.
Tlilnk of pangs the fle.-li must reel
fpite the soul's heroic zeal,
When it me ts the home-thrust steel
In the fierce affray ;
True hearts pierced, bright eyes grown dim,
Nuble form, and ftnlwnrt I'nili
Mangled nil di-tort and grim —
Think of those and pray.
*7 ''
R idly nil tlie last farewi II
llreu'tVed by one whose funeral knell
May Ik- loll d io day ¡
Tolled, all lio I a trumpet note,
And n sharp and ringing shut
These the knell of that wild spot
Where none may kneel to pray.
Pray for those nt homo who cast
On the death list g'ance of haste.
While the heart that lieatsso fast
Doth its dread betray;
Pues «mi name there cntcil the eye,
Oh the shr II despairing cry
Of l hat utter agony—
Think of this and pray.
Ye whose heart aro not of atoa*,
Yu who human feelings own, i
«'iw let human lovu be i-howii
Krcn as bjst it may,
(Jive your prayers, fur prayer has worth
In the «aildc-'t lmnr on Earth,
Fot the tinned hosts gone forth,
For their loved ones pray.
Correspondence of the lutelliganccr.
Pai.estixe, Texas, Dec. 15, 1858.
Pub's. I.ntei.ugencer :
Genis —I hope to l>e able to give you
nomo pracficnl suggestions. By-tlic way
our better judgment tenches, since we
have been forced to leuni that the At-
lantic Ocean cuti be spanned, and we
«re enabled to write through her wat-
ers from continent to continent, that nil
intelligence is seeking after light and
knowledge, and the greatest fac'litios
fiat arc calculated to forward business
pecuniarily, and to enhance true hnppi
iicsa, (and nnder these heads we iind
the world in a stir—topsy-tnrvcy, pell
mell, bustle and commotion—seeking
new homes, chungo of place, associa-
tions and circumstances,) form an arena
for the eye to rest upon ; while educa-
tion literary attainments, and tho best
Tactical mode of obtaining them, form
iod for the mind. And tlins we come
to the incontrovertible conclusion, that
the only soutcc of true happiness is to
bo obtained from the Bibi.e As wc
bask in the sunshine of prosperity, and
tlió golden links of healths sanative
chain remains unbroken, our thoughts
rest where?—on tho grand ocean <>l
speculation ! Not apon the intrinsic
worth of situation or locality, that at ali
times we cannot do it justice. Sclf-in-
tcrest or education are flattie or fo>mug
powers that mould us into their own
shape. Stripped or denuded of those
for tho time, I speak—although the hu-
man family is so uncharitublo. Listen
wliat Alter Eoo said a few weeks ago
in your columns: "that the young la lies
made hay upon the walls of the convents
or convent, at San Antonio." Now
not that a crude idea ? Our country in
this scctlon is buoyant with health and
vigor ; farmers housing corn and strip
pfaif ooUnti. Schools are being raised
up all over our glorious Star State.—
Some in this section bid fair to lead the
young mind out Into, and ascend the
highest pinnacles of the great scientific
field of knowledge. Fairfield, in Free-
stone county, has erected female col-
lege, that will, when completed, do
ercdlt to any State in the Union. In
this place are similar erections. The
walls of a Female Collegiate Institute
are looming np to the West of our pub-
lie square. Toe building is to be two
stories high, and capacious in evorv
other respect. While the towns and
country generally, nrc busied in pre
paring the youth for higher colleges
mid I feel assured in hazarding the
opinion, if parents could sec the daugh-
ters of Dr. V., (a Protestant father,)
or.o of which is hero now, and tho other
in a convent, they would be in favor of
open-door institutions, and would pray
tlmt tho learned supervisors would not
bo possessed with such assificd lumps of
prejudice, nor contain such a bundle of
petrified notions as t*J put their daugh-
ters to making hay. or ¡«to abstruse
fields, But tench those unbiased truths
to them, whose dainty fingers, destined
by (¡oil only to cull the (lowers upon the
literary plain, untold the blooming bud
oí mini! to tho. breezes upon the land-
scape of liberty ; and which will inspire
independence, womanly pride and sym-
pathy. Austin, thocapital, is becoming
favorably known, and we hope, as the
nucleus ol tho State, she will set an ex
iple. Truly, CKJEOLA.
For the Southern lutelligeneer.
Agricnltural,
There is but ono way that I know of
for an agriculturalist, in tit's State, who
farms it in tho cactus portion I hereof,
particularly ti be always certain of
growing plenty of the cereals lor man
AUSTIN CITY, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1859.
Condensed fteelsloni of the Supreme Coart.
Austin, Oclob'r Term, 1868.
FOSTER vh SPEARS.
Opinion by Roberts, J.
Where interrogatories were propound-
ed to a party, asking whether tho note
was not given in consideration of the ,n- . VT ,, . „, - —
release of a judgment, and tho party an- <B™ken va No,'11..15tl' «ex. 109).
Muwi'ttfl tlm* u ...... i At . r. r . Whore mi iiihriiiimfruliir finrit. ..
NO. 31.
FLACK va NEILL.
Opinion by Bkm., J.
The right of a party to recover rea-
sonable attorneys fees ns special «lam-
ages ill cases of fraud,'only applies
where a partj is obligated to take the
initiative, in order to redress a wrong
perpetrated through fraud or malice.—
swered that it was, and that "the judg-
ment had been released, the latter mat-
ter was so intimately connected with
the categorical answer as to bo evi-
dence. (Hartley, Art, 737, Graham vs
Stephens, 15th Tex. R. 88, cited and
approved).
Judgment afllrmed with damages.
MERRILL ts SMITH.
Opinion by Rorekts, J.
, Smith sued Merrill on a note as ns
siguoe, but proved no endorsement or
assignment, or that he paid u consider-
ation for it
J lie cases of Marlin vs Manning, 2
lex, K. 351, and Ross vs Smith, IS)
I'ex ,171, cited for the principle ruled.
Judgment reversed.
BROWN adm'r., vs TORREY et al
Opinion by Wheeler, Oh. J.
The party filed affidavits to show d<-
aud boast, during any year, wet or dry. ',<llsit{,° record, that at the time of the
Let such a one divide his field or tilliii" 'tudition of the judgment, one of the
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ground into four parts, and p it each
fourth, severally, in corn, wheat, oats
and barley ; never permitting the same
kind of crop to grow upon the same land
but two yours iu succession. Experience
(wet nnd dry,) has taught me that from
pursuing this course, I can always
raise bread-stuffs und food for stock in
abundance ; for either the one or the
itlier of these will, under all circum-
stances, make u crop. The Spring
wheat, of the hedgerow variety, I prefer
to any other; for, even during the
drouthy your of'57, I gicw 11 bushels,
nnd this (grass hopper) year over 18
bushels to the acre. II, therefore, corn
fails, (from any cause,) Ihit will always
make a half crop, and then it is not as
subject to ruil as the Fall varieties.
Barley is by far the best food for hor-
ses grown anywhere ; for it answers the
double purpose of grain and rmigh ei*,
und is not to be ridiculed even for bread.
In California, where every horse in the
toam is equal to 1,000 lbs. draught, this
grain is tho only food depended upon for
horses But if this crop fails, corn and
oats will answer every purpose.
Again I say to those residing in tho
mountainous or cactus region of Texas,
"have fimr.strings to your bow," and
depend not upon any ono crop for the
living of man or boast. BLANCO.
A New Pocket Revolver—Mr.Sharpe
the inventor of the celebrated Sharpe's
rrfles, is about taking out a patent for a
new pocket revolver. Besides being
much lighter than those which are in
common use, it is made in such conven-
ient form that it can be very safely and
easily carried in the vest pocket. It bus
always been a groat drawback with the
different kinds of revolvers that tlicy nrc
so difficult of loading. This is remedied
in Ihe pistol of which we make mention ;
for in place of capping and loading with
powder and ball, it is loaded by the in-
sertion of a cartridge which contains
the powder, hall, nnd cap. The barrel
is grooved like the rifle, and the cart-
ridge is also grooved, so that it not only
possesses tho advantage of facility in
loading, but of accuracy in aim. This
improved revolver will bo manufactured
and in the market in about four months.
Notwithstanding its'diminntivo size, it
possesses considerable efficiency, having
thrown a ball across the Connecticut ri-
ver, a distance of some throe hundred
yards, and having also penetrated a two
inch board.— Washington Union.
Indian Depredations.—We learn that
an express messenger to Gcn'l. Twiggs
arrived in this city yesterday morning,
asking protection against the Indians,
und stating that on tho night of the 20th
instant, a band of Comanche*, seven or
within
>ti
eight iu number, came down to w
14 miles of San Antonio, at Torry's
Ranch, oil the Camp Verde road, und
drove off nnd killed several horses and
cattle. Among the horses killed were
the "boll Nag" of Philip Dores, and
one belonging to Mr. Hopcville.
When tiiu messenger arrived, Gener-
al Twiggs had not nt his disposal a
single mounted man, but with his ac-
customed energy and promptitude, be
immediately dispatched in pursuit n
porty of Capt., Hills Company "M." 1st
Artillery, stationed at this place mount-
ed in the best way ho could mount
them.— S. A. LeAgtr.
A Tai.b of Hokrors—The following
is from an sxchanue: Two brotl.e sin
law, Hunter and Reed, in Grand Cote
Praire, Randolph co, Illinois, ot into
nil altercation a few days since, while
in a room alone. They went at it. with
knives, and when first discovered, one
of them was lying dead iu a pool of
blood on the floor, and tho other was
sitting near by in intense agony, from
a terrible g sh in his abdomen, from
which his entrails protruded.
Frkstonb.—Tho Pioneer iavs thot
the "Thespian corpse" of Fairfield, will
give an entertainment on tho 28th inst.
We suppose that the overture will be
the " Dead March" or the "Other Side
of Jordan," and that a galvanic battery
will be the principal performer on the
occasion. The whole affair will doubt-
less be very jolly,—Oalent n Newt.
plaintiffs was dead. But this court has
no original jurisdiction, under tho Con-
stitution, to try such a fact. (Harris vs
llopson, 5 Tex., 529).
Judgment affirmed.
STORY et nl, vs NICHOLS.
Opinion by Roberts, J.
The petition is against the parlies
upon a note executed by them ns
"Trustees of the Lockhuit Union Fe-
male Seminary."
Tho defendants plead nnd then with-
drew their plea ; the plaintiff took judg-
ment for ai excessive amount against
the defendants, individually. One of
the trustees had been sued as suc-
cessor to another trustee who signed
the nolo.
The learned Judge reviewed tho Di
gest, Art. 812, Cartwright vs Iloff, 1
Tex. 78; Wheeler vs Pope, 5th Tex. 262;
Burton vs Lawrence, 4 Tex. 373; Little
vs Crittenden, 10 Tex. 192; Montgomery
vs Burnett, 8th Tex. 143; Hopkins vs
Howard, 12 Tex. 7, and Dig. 770, 771 ;
and arrived at tho conclusion that tho
withdrawing the plea is an implied con-
fession of judgment, having reference
to the cause of action stated in the pe-
tition, and is tantamount to a confesión
of judgment only, which does not state
the amount and terms of the judgment,
and is liable to bo partially curtailed
and qualified by fucts in the record
which raise a rebutting presumption.
It was therefore error, even after the
withdrawal of the plea, to render judg-
ment against flic defendants individual
'y- ,
Judgment reformed.
MITCHELL vs RUCKER, adm'r.
Opinion by Roberts, J.
In n suit by au administrator against
a debtor of the estate, au offset may be
pleaded without affidavit, oven to tho
lull amount of tho intestates demand,
though the defendant cannot have judg
incut against the succession for the ex-
cess of his account unless it has been
sworn to and presented. (Smally vs
Trammel!, 11 Tex. 10).
Where pari of the offset is a nolo, the
defendant must have had it in the life-
time of tho deceased.
Judgment reversed.
MARTIN vs THE STATE.
Opinion by Roberts, J.
The indictment was filed at the Full
Term, 185G. On the 11th April, 1857,
the defendant pleaded in abatement the
disqualification of one of tho grand ju-
rors. The court overruled tho plea un-
der the Penal Code, which had gone in-
to onerntion between the timo of finding
the tndrctm nt and tho pica, (final title
187-8). By the new law tho objection
should have been taken while tho grand
jury were being empannellod. (Code of
Procedure, Arts. 304, 309, and 401.) —
Before tho Code went into operation
the only roniody was by plea in abate-
ment. (Stanley vs Tho State, 16 Tex ,
559.) To cut off tho right would bo an
ex fit facto law. (Hart. Dig. 52; Sedg-
wick on Stututes and Constitutional
Law, 190, 687; 1 Kent's Com. 408, 409.)
GREGG vs BANKHEAD.
Opinion by Wheeler, Ch. 3,
It seems from the affidavit for a now
trial, that the party and his counsel
knew of the materiality ot tho newly
discovered evidence, and at most had
forgotten the evidence. But to forget
a fact, which by due diligence might
have been remembered, is no ground for
a new trial (1 Gr. and W. 447).
This case is not distinguishable from
Cook vs Garza, 18 Tex. 431.
McNEALY vs STRAND.
Opinion by Wheeler, Ch. J.
When a deed is admitted In evidence
without objection, it cannot bo assigned
for error, that it was not logally record-
ed so as to prove itself.
Where the plaintiff in his petition re-
ferred to the testimonio as evidence, the
defendant cannot complain of surprise,
by the use of such evidence.
Judgment affirmed.
Whore an administrator finds a suit
pending, there is no mulice in his prose
outing it.
In the absence of fraud or undue iin
position, a party may doubtless bind
himself for tho payment of tho debt of
a third person, even though the debt be
barred by limitation at the time of the
new contract.
If tho question of limitation of tho
contrnct for which tho noto was given
was properly before tho jury, the bur
den of proof was upon the defendant.
The issue of fraud being the material
issue, should have been submitted to the
jury, and they should have been told
what circumstances would constitute
fraud
Judgment reversed and remanded.
UTTLEFIELD vTtIXSLEY et al.
Opinion by Wheeler, Ch J.
The contract was executory ; and it
is well settled that defect of title in the
vendor will entitle tho vendee to relief,
unless it be proved by the vendor that
the defect of title was known at the
sale, and it was understood that the
vendee should take such title as tho ven-
dor could give. (Cooper vs Singleton,
19 Tex. 266; Taylor vs Johnson, id.
351 ; Hays vs Bonner, 20 Tex. 261 ;
Lawrence vs Simonton, id. 595.)
Judgment reversed.
THURMOND vs THURMOND.
Opinion by VYiirelkr, Ch. .T.
Mere hearsay cvidcucc is inadmissi-
ble.
Judgment reversed.
HAM vs TAYLOR
Opinion by Wheeler, Ch J.
A new trial will not be granted be-
cause of newly discovered evidence,
which merely goes in mitigation of
dauiagcs.
Judgment affirmed.
MOORE vs MOORE.
Opinion by Wheeler, Ch. J.
This was a divorce case.
There was no statement of facts.—
The jury found the facts averred in the
petition to lie true. In ordinary casos
the court should have pronounced tho
docrcc iu accordance with the verdict,
if tho facts set forth were sufficient iu
law.
But in divorce cases the marriage can-
not be dissolved by tho consent of the
parties ; no judgment passes by default;
the court makes issues if the defendunt
declines to appear, and every obstacle
is thrown ill tho way to prevent the dis-
solution of the contract. (Page on Di
vorce, 333, 334).
What shall bo deemed sufficient cause
of divorce must, over be matter of law;
and it is the duty of tho Judge to re-
fuse it, unless satisfied of the truth and
sufficiency of tho evidence by which the
causes are established. (Hartley 849).
There must bo full and satisfactory evi-
dence, and the verdict of a jury The
mind of tho Judge must bo couviuced
of the sufficioncy of the causes, and of
the proofs independently of the verdict.
Judgment iifnrmcd.
Note.—There is a great deal of ser
moniziug and dissertation upon tho law
of nature in this case ; but tho conclu-
sion of tho whole matter is, that in di-
vorce cases the jury is a very power-
less institution, and the Judge really
controls the law and the facts. We
shall have to sec a case determined up-
on fuller argument before we shall con-
cede that tills is a precedent overturn
ing our practice act.—En.
HATCH vs GARzTet al.
Opinion by Wheeler, CIi. J.
The suits to foreclose the mortgage
had been instituted before tho passage
of tho act of 5th February, 1840.—
(Hartley, Art. 2,505). The subsequent
proceedings were properly in nccord-
anco with tho new law. Publication
against the absent defendant was made
as required by the statute. The plain-
tiff has failed to prove that he was a
resident of the county uttliu time of the
service by publication, but the proof es
tablishes the contrary. So he lias fail-
ed to prove fraud in obtuiuiug the
judgment.
Upon their faces the judgments nre
valid, having been rendered by a court
of competent jurisdiction, nnd are, of
course, conclusive of ill matters therein
litigated, or which might have been
litigated touching tho cause of ac-
tion. If, therefore, there was fraud
in tho bargain and sale out of which the
mortgages arose, or other nullity or
vice, it should have been plead in the
defence ; and they are as effectually
concluded as if plead Tlicy cannot be
made tho ground of impeaching the
judgmcntco literally. (Foster vs Wells,
4 Tex. 101 Id. 387, 18 id. 753). But
Soing behind the judgments the defen-
ant failed to prove fraud in the origin-
al contract. When land is sold by
metre and bounds, nnd thcro is o > stip-
ulation as to quantity, and it measures
out less than the deed calls for, this is
no ground for rescinding ths contract.
Judgment affirmed.
THE PRINTER'S CONSOLATION.
Tell me, ye winged winds,
That round my pathway lay,
Is there no plnoe on earth,
Where printer get their pay ?
The whispering tire «e went by—
Wlih accents filled with woe;
A voico borne on the sorrroiringair,
Iu snducN) answered •' uo!''
Tell me, ye (lowing stream .
That umootlily glide along.
Is there one chetlshrd place.
Where printers meet no wrong f
The gentle bronk r< plied,
In murmurs «oft and low —
And winding on its verdant way,
It meekly answered, " no I"
Tell me, yo murky cloud , *
Now rising In the west,
Is there upon Ihe globe
One spot bv printer's blest?
The Hashing clouds outspoke
With an indignant glow—
AjVolce that titled Ihe air with awe,
la thunders answered " lio I"
Tell tne. hard-hearted man,
W.thlinlding day by day,
I there no honor in thy brenst
The printer' b'll to pay?
Unnnswerlng tarns he round—
How plulii his actions show ;
An uttered oat-eapt sound is heard,h
11 ii actjons answer " no I''
Tell me, ye gentle nymphs,
Who bless ¡He's hours through,
Is there one saerod shrine
Where printers get the'r due?
A manlliuK blush her cheeks diffused,
1)11 t nfold grarc In p rt—
A so't responsive sigh replied,
'* 'Tis found In woman's heart.'
Tell ine, angelic hosts,
Ye messengers ol love.
Shall suffering printers Irro below
Have no redress above ?
The angel hand feplied -
" To us is knowledge given—
Delinquents oil Ihe printer's book',
Can never enter Heaven ! "
i «ii iiiwniii iianiuunco tutu
icy but represent tho halves of a circle,
nd th it to u perfect whole these should
\ Bride in the Wrong Bed.
Wo linvo the Cincinuatti Enquirer ns
voucher for tho following ; A newly-
married pair put up at tho Spcncer
Uouso—they went out shopping—re
turned—bride had left some things—
alio quietly slipped out, leaving her
spouse asleep—found her lost articles
—returned—mistook Main for Broad
way—got into tho Madison insteud of
tho Spencer House—it looked a little
strungo—asked boy if slio was in the
Spencer--bov said yes, not fully under-
standing her—she told him to lead her
to 48—she partly disrobed and got into
bed—expected her husband momentiui
ly—fell nsleop—tho occupant of 48
Madison, an Indiana merchant, return-
ed from tho theatre a little tight—qui-
etly went to room—to bed—to sleep.
Tho nccount proceeds :
llow long the two reposed thcro side
by side, with only a foot of spaco bo
tweeu them, all unconscious of each
othei's presence, is not exactly known,
but probably about an hour, when a
tremendous noise was heard hi the
apartment, from which femalo screams
issued wildly, piercing, and ceaselessly.
The hotel was In an uproar ; proprie-
tors, clerks, waiters,porters, and guests,
dressed and half-dressed, wcro at the
door of "forty-eight" in a low minutes,
blocking up the entrance, and us ing
each other eagerly, "What is the mat-
ter ?" "For God's sake tell us what is
tho trouble ?"
Tho cuuso ol this outcry may bo ima-
gined. The brido liad awakened about
midnight, and putting her bunds over
her husband, it fell upon the Indianinii's
face, and the soft, warm touch aroused
him at once. He did not understand it
exactly, though ho did not disliko it,
and in a moment inoro Mrs. R. said
"My dearest husband, where have you
boon all this while ?"
"Husband," echoed tho morcUant, be-
fanning to soo, like Lord Tinsel, that he
uitl "made a small mistako here," "I
am nobody's husband. I reckon, my
dear múdame, you're in tho wrong bed.'
In the wrong bed I—horror of horrors,
thought the bride. What would her
liege lord—what would the curioui world
say ? and Mrs. R. screamed terribly,
sprang from the couch just as her com-
panion did tho sumo. Ho was fully as
much alarmed us she, and entreated her
to give hiin time and ho would leave tbp
apartment, although it was the one he
had engaged—he'd make oath to that.
Scream, scream, screum, was the only
reply to this kind proposition.
"My God, madam I don't yell so ;
you'll wake the house. Be resouablo ;
I swear thee its only a mistake, llave
some thought of the consequences. 1
don't want to hurt you, I swear I dou't.
You'll get me shot and yourself—well,
I wont say what,"
Just ut this juncture, the throng out-
side presented itself at the door, and be-
hold Mrs. R. cowering in one corner, ex-
ercising her lungs magnificently, with
a sheet wrapped over her form and
bead, and the Indiauian ill the middle of
the room enveloped in a coverlet, and
ejaculating : "My God, madam, don't I"
Tne junior proprietor, Dr. Cahill, saw
there must bo some mistako, and re-
questing the others to retire, called the
merchant out, went with him into anoth-
er room and there learned tho whole
story. The Doctor then sent ono of the
ladies of the hotel to Mrs R., and the
entire affair was explained,grcatl v- to her
relief, though she was overwhelmed
with confusion at a circumstance that
might have mined her reputation for
srer.
MT An old negro, crossing a river
from a dancing frolic, lost Ills oars, and
came near being swamped. In terror,
he down on bis knees, and exclaimed :
"Oh I maasa Lor, if ebber gwine to
help old Ira, now' de time!"
The Head and tke Heart.
How rarely do wo find a " big heart
ed" man n wise man ; and an intellectu
ul man, if blessed with a " heart," is
looked on as tui generis t It seems al-
most Incompatible in tho eyes of the
world that these two essentials to hu-
manity should bo found in one individu-
al. When speaking of a good, honest,
blufl soul that love its kind, we rarely
associate intellectuality in the descrip
tion, nnd when wo picture a man of
mind, wc never assume that he is over-
flowing with goodness, with love toward
his fellows- In it not possible to culti-
vate tho affections equally with tho in-
tellect ? or, must tve sacrifico tliut which
is lovable for that which is great, or
the groat for the lovablo 7 la it neces-
sary that the inti-llcctunl should be
frigid as tho " ice that circles tho pole,"
or that tho emotional, " the spoi t ineotis
outbursts of tho lieurt." should bo fitful
ns the uphcaviiigs of Etna, and seething
us its luvu t Now, our idea of it true
man or woman rests between the ex-
tremes of intellect nnd uflection. We
would have head und heart cultivated
aliko. Wo dislike to see ono favored
at the expeliFO of tho other. Our sym-
pathies go out not less for the negloct-
ed than tho petted child ; and when we
feel a monster heart or *v a monster
hood, we have au inward assurance that
the.
nti
linve been not united, but blended I—
Tho moral of all this is—wo would liavo
the parent, to whose stewardship is en-
trusted an immortal soul, to so mold,
while yet it is pliable, the mind, that
when it matures it shall, liko the rain-
bow, image forth in harmonious color-
ings ami with equal radiance, tho intel-
lectual of tho head and tho loving emo-
tions of tho heart.
Signs —It is a good sign to soo a man
outer your sanctum with a friendly
greeting : " Hero is tho money to pay
lor. my paper the coming year." It isa
bad sign to hear a man say bo's too
poor to take a paper- -ten to ono be
takes home a ing of" rud oyo" that cost*
him half a dollar.
It is a good sign to see a man doing
an act of charity to hh follows, It is
bad sign to hoar him boast of it.
It is a good sign to seo tho color of
health in a mail's facc. L isa bud sign
to soo it all concentrated in his lioso.
It is n good sign to soo nn honest
man wearing his own clothes. It is a
bad sign to see them filling tho holes In
his windows.
It is u good sign to sec a man wiping
+<he perspiration from his fuco It is n
bad sign to sec a tuan wiping his chops
as lie conies out of a cellar
It is a good sign to seo a woman
dressed with taste and noatness. It is
a bud sign to see her husbuud sued for
finery
It is a good sign for a man to adver
tiso in a paper. It ia a bad aign for
the sheriff to advertise for him.
It is a good sign to sen a man send
ing his children to school. It is bud
sign to seo them educated at evening
schools,on the court houao steps.
The Editor.—Tho Richmond Mail
throws ofi the following capital illustru
tion :
' They liavo a stoambont in the west-
rn waters named 'The Editor.' This is
tho very best name over given to
steamboat. Wo are surprised that it
has never boon thought of before. Tho
editor is a working engine, whoso fires
are going day and night. Now ho sails
against the tide, now with it until sud-
denly he comes up against some hidden
snag, which entirely shivers his tim-
bers to pieces. Whenever lie mores he
puts the wstcrs in agitation, and h lives
a wake of troubled waters bohind him.
Ho servos every one but himself, carries
passengers in any quantity, and goes
off, puff, puffing down tho stream of
life. Often his powers aro overtasked,
and the boiler bursts, but fortunately it
kills uo one but himself—and who cures
for an HHitor.'
An Editor Tioht.—Wo beliovo it is
rare that editors indulge in a row, but
when they do their readers are sure to
find ft out. A syracuso cotemporury
was called upon to record a " molan-
cholly event" at a timo when bis head
was rather heavy, and did it up nftcr
the following manner: " Yesterday
morning, at 4 o'clock P M„ a man
with a heel in the hole of his stocking,
committed arsenic by swallowing a
lose of suicido. The inquest of the vor-
diet reurnod a jury that tho decoased
came to tho ficts in accordance with
his death. Ho leaves i :liild ai d six
small wives to lament the end of his un-
timely loss. ' Iu death wc aro in the
midst of life."'
Davy Crocket happened to lie
present at an exhibition or animals in
the city of Washington, where a mon-
key seemed to attract his particular at-
tention, and ho abstractly observed
If that fellow bud ou a pair of spec-
tacles, he would look like Major Wright,
of Ohio."
Tho Major happoned to be just be-
hind Crocket anil tapped Davy ou the
shoulder. Turning round, Davy vory
formally remarked
" I'll be hanged, Major, if I know
whose pardon to ask, your's or the mon-
key' ."
"Why did Adam bite the appleV
a country schoolmaster of ni
Colleetiag at Pinjr FerCeal.
A gei t'onisn from New York, wfc>
had been iu Boston for the perpoae
of collecting some money due hissiUk
that 61 ty, was about reluming, when he
found that one bill of a hundred ilrllais
had been overlooked, Ills landlord,
who kucw tho doctór, thought it a doubt-
ful caso; but added that if it teas collec-
table at all, a tall, raw boued Ifttnkee,
then dunning a lodger in another part
of the hall, would " worry it oat "alúm
man.
Calling him op, iherefore, he introdja-
ced him to the creditor, who showed
hi in tho account.
" Wal, squire/' said ho," 'taint mttch
u<o o Iry.nM g^sí. 1 kiimc that crit-
ter You might as well try to nurntn
iic out of Bunker Hill Monument as to
e'lect a debt out of him. But any how,
Square, what'll you give, uposfo' I ia
try?"
"Well, sir, the bill is one hundred dol-
urs. Ill givo yon—yea, I'll give yon
hull, if yon collect it."
"Greed," replied tlie collector, then*
ho harm in lryin\ any Way."
Soino weeks after, tlie creditor chan-
ced to be iu Boston, and in walking np
Ircmout Street, encountered hi enter
prising friend:—
"Look o' here, ' said he," Square, 1
hud considerable luck with that bill o'
youi'n. You I sfiek to him like •
dog to a root,' but for the first week er
so 'twnn't no uso—not a bit. If he was
homo, he was 'short ;' if he wasn't home
I could get no satisfaction. By the-by,
says 1, aftor goin, sixteen times,,I'll fix
you" says I. So I sat down on the
door step, an 1 a t •! dty end part of the
evening, and I beuau airly not day; bat
about ten o'clock lio' gin hi.' Ht mU
int my kilf ,and f gin km ftp Htnatti ''
ScAfToj,D Con versions. -^The Fred-
ericksburg Recorder has an article on
the extruodiiiary conversations which
murderers are wont to profess before
the dsy of execution arrives, and whiel
tiro duly paraded by the press before
tho public. "Now, we do not doubt,"
says tho Recorder, "the power of God
to con vert tho most hardened wretch
that ever pnhl tho penalty the law af-
fixed to his crlttie. Nor do wo mean to
intimate tlmt ife is not the dnty of a chrls-
tiun minister to'carry tidings of salva-
tion even into the gloomy cell of the
felon. Yet wc are free to confess that
we h tvo not tho sligiiewt confidence in
tho conversation of on in a thousand
of those who, niidor Che gallows, profesa
that they aro resigning mortality for a
glorious immortality beyond the grave.
Aye, thero is a fearful responsibility
resting upon tho pulpit and the press
fur giving publicity to such scenes.
What is the result uf it? Why, the Ig-
norant are thereby encouraged to tno
commission of tho most atrocious Crimea,
bocanse, if found out, thoy are induced
to believe that boftwe the day of execu-
tion, with the aid of a minister, they
can l>o prepared for an entrance into
Heaven."
tST During tho examination of a
witness as to tho locality of the stain
in n house, tho counscf asked him.—
"Which way did tho stsirs run P—
Tho witnes , a noted wag, replied that,
"Ono way thoy ran up stum, but the
other way thoy ran down stairs." The
cotitisol winked his oyci, and took a
look at tho ceiling.
WST A witty gentloraan, speaking of
a friend who wits prostrated by illness,
remarked that "ho CoWld hardly recov-
er siuco his constitution was all gone."
"If his constitution is all gone," aald a
bystander, "I do not see how he
lives
at all." "Oh," responded the wag, he
lives on the by-laws."
4ST "Mother wants to know if you
won't please to lend Iter your preserv-
ing kettle, l/ceausc as how she want
to preservo V "I would with pleasure,
my boy ; but tho truth is, the last time I
lent it to your mother, she preserved it so
effectually that I have never loen it
since."
An Irishman, who was very
ncur-sighted, about to fight a duel, in-
sisted that ho should stand six paces
nearer Ids antagonist than the other
•lid to hiin, and that thoy were both
lire at the sntnc time.
to
Tho Savannah New dips the
following :
The Atlantic telegraph i« at present
perfectly neutral. As onr friend Pet
would say, " Its divil the word it has to
say on either side."
■ i
Tlie N. York puper clips the foi-
asked a country
pi). "Because he had
he boy.
t
no
pa
knife," said
lowing
Pious gentleman—" My boy J my
boy I you do very wrong to aah on a
Sunday 1" Boy—" It can't be no harm,
sir—1 l in't cateh'd nothing f"
MT Tho happiest man in the world
i tho man with jnst wealth onough to
keep him in spirits, and jnst children
enough to mako him industrious.
Mr It is so dry on the Ohio, that
the people nlong tho shore have to
sprinkle the river to keep the boaie
from k'eking up a dust.
Hff The young lady who wae - lost
in thought" has been found. She wae
•' hugging op idea f it looked Uke a
tana.
The following
at a reoent raili
land, Ohio: ''Our Mo;
faithful tender who
•witch."
sentiment
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