Southern shield., 1850-12-14

when he continued: Well, stranger, reck- on Pll have to give it up till the grass burns, and if you'll let me ride behind into the set clement, Pll make you deed to a lot front ing on the public square as soon as I get my land warrant squatted on Empire City, Not being the owner of any town property, we accepted the offer''
 
 'Elder Berry wine!' said Mrs. Burlington, as she looked straight at the tea-kettle as it streamed over the fire; has the dear old elder left off preaching and gone to making wine? For the stomach's sake merely, 1 dare say. What powerful preacher he was! 1 never shall forget how he spoke of young Shad that desecrated his neck while riding out on the Lords day. Says he chow dreadful was the young mans latter end. The horse ran away with him, leaped over precipice, and he, instead of saying Lord save my soul, cried out-'D-n the horse!'- Everybody was electerized; and there wasn't dry eye in the whole ordin- ance. Well, well, continued she, I hope he will do well in his new invocation, and be careful and put his new wine in new bottles" She dropped off suddenly with a gentle nnnrnnar oh~ u ] L- l--1r Elder Berry,
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 A BEAUTIFUL lDEA.-That was a beaut- full idea of the wife of an Irish schoolmaster, who, while poor himself, had given gratuit- ous instruction to poor scholars; but when increased in worldly goods began to think that he could not give his services for noth- ing. 'James, don't say the like O that" said the kind-hearted wife, "a poor scholar don't come into the house that don't feel as if he had brought fresh air from heaven with him. l never miss the bite l give him; my heart warns to the soft homely sound of his bare feet on the floor; and the door always opens itself to let him in."
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 George Thomson, the British Abolition ist, having failed making himself heard in Boston, has determined to be read; and ac- cording y we have his speech printed. ts the old story again; only he has the grace to acknowledge that there is room for inn provement and reform in his own country, and that philanthropy there has '.ample space and verge enough" in which to exer- else its powers. He had better have staid there, then, and hel ped the good cause, n- stead of coming over here to foment mis- chief and excite strife.-Aler. Gaz.
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 SINGULAR.-ln the Island of Goa, near Bombay, there is singular vegetable called the sorrowful tree, because it only fourishes in the night. At sunset no flowers are to be seen, and yet half an hour after it is quite full of them. They yield sweet smell, but the sun no sooner begins to shine upon them than some of them fall off, and others close up, and thus it continues flow ering the whole year.
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 CoNNuBIALSHARP PSHooTING.-"Mylo love-" said an amable spouse to her husband, "don't sell that horse, like him, and want to keep him."
 "He's my horse, and Til sell him." re- piled the loving lord; "didn't buy him?"
 "lt was my money that bought him. re- torted the aristocratic lady.
 "Yes, madam," said the husband, "and Jupiter! your money bought me, or you never would have got me''
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 OP It is generally understood that the Delegates to the recent Nashville Conyen- ton, appointed by Gov. Quitman from the neighborhood of Jackson, to protect the slave interest, own between the three, one negro, and that is subject to .fts.-Canton (lNiss) Creole.
 
 The Sacramento Transcript, in speaking of soiree given by the Mayor, says: "lhe Mayor of the city, the ladies, &c., were ap- propriately and elegantly drunk, and the port,y cooorotod in fpa chaaro D
 DP Many people drop tearat the sight of distress, who would do better 10 drop nne-pence.
 Remember the poor-the printer, too