The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1850-01-30

do moi go on smoothly. Ii seldom hap
pens tl,ut the hopes wo cherish for The fu.
lure IRE renliz"d. The paiI,'of life ap.
pears smooth and eusy; but, when we
como 10 travel it. we find il all uphill,
and generally rough enough. The journ-
cy is lnborious one; md whellcrpoor or
wealthy. high or low, We shall find it to
our disappointment, cheerful Pas posi-
BILE, and 10 allow our way through the
great crowded 'hopng for little, yet
striving for much, !" is.l perhaps, the bes,
plan. Don ! be discouraged, If oucnsion
ally you slip down by the way, nnd your
neighbour lrcnds over you little; or, in
other words, don't lc,a future or two dis.
hcarten you. Accidents will happen, mis-
calculations will sometimes be made;
things will turn Out dlle renlly from our
expectations, aud we may be sufferers.
II is worth willie TO remember. that for.
tune is like The skies III April, sometimes
clear and favourable; and, as il would be
folly TO despair of again seeing the sun,
because TO duy is stormy, so it is unwise
TO sink into dcsPondcncv when fortune
frowns, since, III the common colirse Of
things, she nny surely be expected 10
smile and smile ngain Don't be dis
couragcd if yon are deceived in the peo
pie Of the world. From such sources as
those you may be most unexpectedly de-
ceivcd, and YOU will feel sore under such
deceptions; but 10 these ou may be come
uscd:if you fare as olher people do, they
Will lose their novelty before you grow
grey, and you will learn to trus, more
cautiously, and examine their character
closely, before YOU allow great opporlu
mites 10 iniurc. DON'T be discouraged un-
der any circumstances. Go steadily for
wnrd. Rather consultyonr own consci
ence than the opinion Of men, though the
latter is no, TO be disregnrded. Be in.
industrious. be sober. be honest; dealing
in perfect Kindness with all who come in
your way, exercising ncighbourly and
obliging spiri, in your whole intercourse;
and, ifyou do no, prosper as rapidly now
as some Of your neighbors, depend upon
it you will be a, least as happy.
The PooR AT THE NonTu.--A
Northern man. writing upon the social
position Of the laboring classes of the
North, and the aristocratte castes into
which wealth has divided tho people
says:
"No one who has resided at the
North will be willing to bend the allcdg.
cd ineduality in the rank Of our citizens
1t must be acknowledge that there
has sprung up amongst us that odious
of all species of aristocracy--the aristoc.
racy of gold, Wealth has already
attained power which it must he ad.
mittcd clcvatcs it to rank unap-
proachable to the poor. Already have
we the upper, middle and lower ranks
of society; and on one will presume to
assert that any personal merit will
cntltlc the unfortunate member of the
lower caste to minglc with the higher.
It is the inevitable consequence Of the
revolution which divides society into
ranks that whilcc one rises tue other
sinks. This has been the case at the
North; and while the wealthy have at.
tanned rank and power, the loor have
lost both. True, they still possess tic
elective franchise; but even in the ex.
crcise of this, they are driven in heavy
and unretlecting masses by dema,
gosues, or swaycd by rich patrons and
employers. Any one conversant with
the influence attained by those whose
capitol, places them at the head of
large numbers, will admit that what
ever may be the cant Of the polite
ians of the day, the irresistible force
of circumstances has destroyed forever
the boastcd equality Of the people.
The climate Of your Northern lattl-
tude, and the pursuits Of our people,
have prevented the introduction of
slaves into the North; and we rejoice
that it is is; but had the lower class Of
laobr been porformcdby sirpilc hands,
we would not find the poor of our sec.
ton of the Union occupying their pre-,
sent position.
ntar 'Wno CAN SOLVE THIS Prom.
LEM!'--Fill wine glass to the brin
with water, or if ossblc, raise it in the
glass even higher than the edge, by
letting one drop fall ata time unit! the
water presents convex surface
When this is done, drop into the glass
as many common pins rs will fill it, and
the water will not overflow. This sim
pie experiment may be very easily tri-
ed; but never have seen it explained.
Water is not compressible in wine
glass, and the pins are made Of solid
metal, yet the wafer in the glass ,e.
mains as it was before the pins were
dropped in.
PAINTING AND BUlLDING.--,It WAS
q very just remark of an eminent au.
thor: The work of the person who
builds begin Immediately to decay;
while the works of liimwho plants com,