The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1849-04-25
BLACK Eyes AND BLUE.


Blue eyes most please at evening fall;
The black conquest soonest gain;
The blue conquest most retain;
The black bespeakB lively heart,
Whose soft emotions coon depart;
The blue steadier flame betray,
That burns and lives beyond day;
The black may features best disclose,
IL blss may feelings all repose.
Then let each reign without control;
The black all mind-the blue all soul.
The heart wants something to be kind to;
4 and it consoles us for the loss of society, to
see even an animal derive happiness from the
endearments we bestowed on it
Religion refnes our moral sentiments,
disengages the heart from every vain desire
renders It tranquil under misfortune, humble
in the presence of God, and steady in the So
ciety Of men.-[ Zimmerman ,
Ii nIsERY be the effect of virtue, It ought
TO be reverenced; il of lll-fortune. to be ptied,
and IT Of vice, not be insulted, because it is
perhaps itself a punishment adequate to the
crime by It was produced; and the humanity
OF that man can deserve no panegyric, who is
capable ofreproaching a criminal in the hands
OF the executioncr.-[J Johnson.
ADvERsITY overcome is the brightest elo-
ry, and willingly undergone the greatest vir-
due. Snfarings are but the trials of valiant
spirits -
'EH- |G AcROsTIc
Friendship, tllou'rt falsea Ihate thy flatter-
ing smile! .
r eturn to me those years spent in vain,
In early youth the victim of thy guile,
Z ach JOY took wing meier to return again,
N e'er to return; for, chilled by hopes deceived.
d ully the slow paced hours now. wore along:
s changed the time, whea thoughtless, /
believed
II er honeyed words, andiheupd her syren song.
If e'er, as me, she lure some youth to stray.
+ erhaps, before toolatn, ,'he d listen to nv Law.
.. I E F.. NJ. A.
SOUND ADplcE.
Never do anything that can denote an an.
cry mind; for althoueheverybody is born witt,
certain degree'o of passion, and from unto.
ward circumstances will sometimes feel ts
operation andbe what is called sout of h,,.
mes" yet t;assehsible man or woman will new.
'er allowit to he discovered. Check and re-
strain is never make any determination until
ut has entirely subsidized; and always avoid saw.
sng anything which you may wish unsaid.
CHARLEMAGE studied to bring around him
by liberal donations, all the most learned men
of his age He was less successful, howev-
cr, than he could have wished, and complain.
ed OF this, one day, to the learned Alcuin.-
"Would TO heayen,' said the monarch, .that
had about me twelve such men rs jerome
and Augastn!''
"What, sire!" replied Alcuin, l.hath the
Creator OF heaven and earth but t,oo of such
nesit, and you would have t,celm!"
D- No less than fifty-two boats have been
sunk, burnt, or destroyed on the west and
southwestern waters since the LIST of Janua.
ry last Of these, three were snngged, three
burnt, four collapsed fluss, five were cases Of
collision, and eleven were lost from smuggling,
running on rocks being jammed by ice, sc.
aT Tho. Hon. J. Y. Mason, late Secre-
tary oftha Navy, will resume the practice of
the lawin Richmond Virginia.
T The gates of Canton were to be thrown
open to foreigners on the 9th of April and
trouble is anticipated with the natives. This
Is IN accordance with the English treaty.
U The President has recognized Edward
Guys as Vice Consul Of the french Repub.
lie, for the port Of San Francisco, in Califor-
mia.
Mn. ByRAaT, the poet editor Of the N.
Z. Eve. Post is OF, visit through the
Southern States, and fs writing sketches
of bis tour. We hope he will change his
abolition notions. n /