True Democrat. (Paulding, Miss.) 1845-18??, 1846-05-20
CREED OF A PRETTY WOMAN.


woman an object of the first necessity.
believe that marriage is municipal
formality, in which there is nothing en-
barrassing, which is susceptible of modifi-
catious according to the humor of the con-
tracing parties.
believe that the first virtue of a woman
is coquetry-the greatest defect, matrlmo-
ny-and her greatest crime, old age.
believe that Joan of Arc was the grea-
test man the world ever produced, and that
Ninond pEchoIs the greatest women.
believe that paint is more necessary to
the heart of woman than to her complex
ion.
believe that woman should rather want
bread than a gown or hat a la mode.
believe that fashion is the goddess ola
woman and the tyrant ofmen.
believe that an English lord who has
plenty of guineas, and great wiShto spend
them in company, is the most witty, the
most original OF all beings.
believe that devotion is not incompat-
ible with pleasure, and that any reasonable
accommodation may be made with heaven.
believe that love is an act ofstupidlty,
and friendship contract for mutual de-
ception.
| believe it was not rib which the Gre
ator borrowed from Adam TO form Eve, but
his tongue, and that it is not our fault If
we speak too much.
Ibelieve that matrimony is very beau
tifuI thing at distance.
believe that conjugal tolerance, is, IN
domestic affairs, what religious tolerance
is in political ones.
DEATH OF HERoD AGRIPPA.--Having
completed a reign of three years over the
whole of Palestine, Agrippa ordered
splendld festival at C8saria, in honor OF the
Emperor. Multitudes of the highest rank
flocked together fIom all quarters. On the
second day of the spectacle, at early dawn,
the king entered the theatre in robe OF
silver, which glittered with the morning
rays of the sun, so as to dazzle the eyes OF
the whole assembly and excite general
admiration. Some OF his 1attererS set up a
shout--'A present Cod Agrippa did not
repress the impious adulation, which spread
through the theatre. AT that moment he
looked up and saw an owl perched over
his head OH rope. The owl had once {;
been to him bird of good omen. WhlIe
he was i'm chains at Rome, fellow prison.
er, German, had augured from the appear
ance of one of those birds, his future Splen-
did fortune, but he had added this solemn
warning. that when he saw that bird again,
at the height of his fortune, he would die
within five days. The fatal omen, says
JosephuS, pierced the heart of the king;
and with deep melancholy he said: "Your
God will soon suffer the common lot OF
humanity" He was Immediately struck,
in the language of the sacred volume, by
an angel. He was seized with violent
internal pains, and carried TO his palace
There he fingered five days in extreme
agony: being "eaten of worms" the cause
ofhis intestine disorder. He died in the
44lh wear of his age, having reigned seven
wears over part of his dominions three
over the whole of Palestine.
Tur REAL RIcH.--There is no great
or fallacv than the supposition that opu'
lence consists in the enjoyment ola large
income. The man whose expenditure
equals his income, is really poor man,
whatever position he may occupy IN the
eve of the world while person moving
i'm a far lower sphere may in truth be
wealthy, if his income be more than pro-
porlionate TO his preiensions. There IS
no species Of poverty so urgent or DIS
tressng as that which seeks It's conceal
ment in displays Of opulence, nor is there
any which throws so many temptations in
the way Of honesty. The riches rejected
by the virtuous poverty OF the ancient
Greeks and Romans would have bought
balfthe golden satraps Of the east, and II
will generally be profigate. Riches have
little allurement TO those who have no ex-
pensive tastes or habits 20 gratiiy-who
have felt the joys Of temperance and the
consultations Of integrity. However limited
our means may be, we shal be among The
number ofthe truly opulertifwe live with
in them, and live contentedly. The per
petual ambition TO be thought greater than
we are is a source Of contempt 10 those
above Us. Of derision TO those below, and oil
continual discomfort 10 ourselves. Nor
can the mesh thrown over our eircumsian-
ees By the articles Of vanity long deceive
one-excepi, perhaps, a few strangers, who
are hardly worth deceiving. Our means,
as well as our characters, will sooner or
later become known, IN spite OF any DIS
guise with which we may attempt TO invest
r., ard The detection in the use OF The