Southern shield., 1851-05-17


 may. So give us Content as Life's channel we steer; If cur pilot be Caution, we've little 10 fear. o, Extravagance saeth mid glitter and show, As if Fortunes rich tide never ebbed in its flow; But her at night when her gold light is spent, When her anchor is gone and her sllken sa!s rent hen the of Destruction her shatterd slde drhhS And the bows-ha hal laugh and shout as she sinks No! give us Content Lilos channel we steer: While pilot Is Caution, thele's little to fear.
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 EAnTnoUAKE IN THE EAsT.-Accounts from Malta announce a asuccesslon oi ear'h- quakes which have been felt, as well al Macri, a town of Natolio, in Aslatlc lur- key as at Samson, seaport in the Black Sea, within the same province, and at the Island of Rhodes, attended at the first men toned place and it's immediate vicinity with great destruction of human life and prop ertv.
 An attorney in Dublin having died ex- ceedingIy poor, shilling subscription was set on foot to pay the expense ot his tuner- aI. Most of the attorneys and barrIsters La.-:~o -L'I ' -f ''.r'.' ~If'iSu :" Toler, afterwards Lord Chief Justice NoR BURY, expressing his hope that he would also subscribe his shilling. "Only shilling" said ToLER: "only shilling to bury an at ltorney Here is a guinea; go and bury one-and-twenty of them" -~~~~-~~o~~~~~-~~~~~~ DowN ON THE LAwYERs-At a meeting of the working men and mechanics of Gin cinnat, on the 9th ult., the following reso- ution was adopted: "ReSolved, That the legal profession can be dispensed with, and to this end we advocate he repeal of all laws for the collection of debts, well know ing that our useless litigation is tax upon the labor of the people of Ohio, amounting to more than $2,O00,00O year. ~~~~o~-~~~~-~-~~~~~
 "NoT ONE JEw"--It is said that not one Jew, during the Revolutionary war, took part against the liberal party, and the Jews have always taken the side of freedom against oppression. That they should love liberty as much as other people, will ap- pear natural enough, when we remember the tyranny and hardships to which the monarchies of the world have subjected their ancestors for so many hundred years. l ~~~~~>~-~~~~~~ | O5:What pair of beautiful black eyes tat young lady has," said Jenks to Cheeks, 'low bright and sparkling" "Yes, very," rped Cheeks; "they would make splendid 6'east pins."
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 OTTimon says that when men marry, now -a-days, they get more whaIebone. than 1 women, and more coffee bags than "tin."- About these days, Timon should avoid broom handles.
 
 The hasty divugers of news generally Bldq9hgg BaBiqE gq u themselves the trouble of contra
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 Thunder and Lightning.-M. Arago say that thunder and lightning are very rare in Egypt and never known in Lima; nor Is there reason to believe in any place where there is no rain. In the ocean, far from land, thunder is very rarely heard.
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 SHORT DREssEs-The new fashion for ladies' dresses is being introduced into our city says the Syracuse Standard. Several ladies have appeared in the streets with dresses of a very laconic pattern, and panta- looms la Turk. The new style looks de- cidedly tidy and neat, and imparts 10 the wearer quite sprghty and youthful ap- pearance."
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 What is beautiful! A good man strug- gllng with misfortune, and preserving un- tainted his reputation. A dutiful child obeying the mandates of parents, and walk ing in the way of righteousness.
 
 i It Is said that pair ot pretty eyes are the best mirrors for man to shave by.- 'Zactly so, and it is unquestlonably the case that many man has been shaved by them. |
 -~~~~~~~~~~~~~>~- A promise is just debt, which you must | take care to pay, for honor and honesty are the security.
 
 Passing through one of our markets, a short time since, says the Brooklyn Eagle, we encountered a meat vender, shouting at the top of his lungs-"Ere's yer cheap meat for boafders."
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 UP"Bill, give me bite of your apple, and will show you my sore toe" Bill did it at once, for such an overture could not be resisted.
 No SINECURH.-Colonel M.- was that from the ignorance and of his officers, he was obliged to do the duty of the regiment. "I am," said he, "my own captain, my own lieuten- ant, my own cornet," ,"-and "trumpeter, 1 said a lady present,
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 A case was brought before the District Court at Pittsburgh, and damages awarded against steamboat for running so near a raft that was tied to the shore, that the waves caused by the boat, broke a part of the raft loose, and caused it to float off.