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The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-02-08
WiNrED-A young man Of industry, abili


WlNrED.-A young man Of industry, abili.
ty and integrity. &c, &c.
This meets our eye daily in the column Of
Wants, and it is true as the Pentateuch.
Wanted? Ofcourse they are-atlcays want
ell. The market can never be overstocked I;
they will always be called for. and never
quoted "dull," or "no sale Wanted for
thinkers-wan.ed for workcrs-in the mart.
on the main, in the field AMI the forest
Tools are lying idle for the want Of a young
man; a pen is waiting TO be nibled a tree
to be felIed a plow to be guided; a village
to be founded a school to be instructed
They talk about staples and great staples.
Honest industrious, able y0ung men are the
great staple in the world Of ours Young
man you are wanted, but not for a Doctor,
No, nor for a Lawyer. There arc enough Of
them for this generation, and one or two to
spare. Don't study " a profession" unless It
be the profession Of brick laying or farming,
or some other Of the nianHak professions.
Don't measure tape if you can help il. It's
honorable aud honest, and all that but then
YOU can do better. OF all things, don't rob
the women. It's their prerogative to handle
silks and laces, tape and thread. Put on your
hat then, like a man, dou an apron, and 20 out
doors Get good glow on your cheek. the
jewelry Of toll upon your brow, and good
set Of developed muscles. We would 60 II
we could, but then we we're young longer ago
than we like to think, and you know, when
ones "old, he can't"
Besides, il you become Doctor, you'll
have to wait" because you haven't expert
ence,"-says an old practitioner; because
you are too young, say all the women. II
you are a Lawyer, and likely to rise, they'll
put a weight on your head, a u Swiss, to
keep you under, or, if you make a good argu-
ment, some old opponent, as gray rs rat,
will kick it all over. By some taunt Or other,
because you were not born in the year one.
Aud 50 It will 90, until you grow tired aud
soured. and wish you had been tinker, per-
haps an immortal" one, or anything but just
what yoa are.
BE farmer, and your troubles are over or
rather, they don't begin You own what you
stand on, " from the centre Of the earth, as
they used to say, up to the sky you are
independent all day, and tired not weary at
night. The more neighbors you have. and
the better farmers they are, the more and the
better for you.
There's one thing more, young man. lou
are wanted. 4 young ac0mGn wants you.
Don't forget her No matter if you are poor.
Don't wait to be rich. If YOU do, ten to one
if YOU are ft TO be married at all. TO anybody
that's fit to Be married. Marry while you are
young. and struggle up together. lest in tue
years TO come. somebody shall advertise
" Young meu wanted" aud none to be had.
N Y. Tribune.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-02-08

TEACHING CHnDREv-0ne Of the ladies
connected with the Methodist Five Points
Mission" who has under her charge some
thirty little boys, called them together on the
morning Of Thanksgiving Day, to perfect them
in their answers TO questions she intended
asking them when before visitors during the
afternoon. Aiser arranging them properly,
the first boy on the right, in answer to the
question "Who made you?" was to say
God The next, "Of what were you
made ?" reply, +" The dust Of the earth," and
50 on, through the Catechism. The all
important moment having arrived, the little
shavers we're told 10 stand up. The little
head boy, it seems. was missing, but the fact
being unnoticed by the teacher, she proceeded
with.the question. " Who made you = which
elected the following laughable answer, : |
was made outof de dirt Of de 'ert but the
little teller what God made has gothic stomach
ache, aud gone home.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-02-08

premium FOR BABIES. ES.-A communication
in Augusta tGeo) Chronicle and Sentinel
announces the fact that the Executive Com
mittee Of the Southern Central Agricultural
Association, have determined to offer some
very handsome premiums on Ba6les at the
next Fair 10 that city. This is new feature
in Agricultural Fairs OF course there will
be great competition, We copy the commu-
nication, as follows:
Appended to Premium List Of the Ladies'
Department are tie following premiums offer
ed by Trivate gentlemen, which will be awar-
ded 1t the next annual Fair
Ist Premium. silver pitcher $50 for the
handsomcst and finest Babe two years old.
2nd Premium. silver pitcher SIS for the
handsomest and finest Babe one year old.
3d Premium, silver goblet, SO for the
handsomest, and finest Babe six months old.
The children to DO clothed in domestic ia
brics-the Premiums to be awarded under
the direction Of the Executive Committee.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-02-08

The SEVEN WONDERS OF MARRIED We.
man. Never having "a gown to put on"
when invited anywhere
Always being down the first TO Breakfast I.
always being dressed for dinner and never
keep the carriage waiting at the door a
minute.
Not always having delicate health. !"
about the autumn. and being recommended
by her medical man, " change o. air" immc-
diately!
Keeping up her playing and singing" the
same after marriage as before
Giving her husband the best cup Of tea
Never making the house uncomfortable By
continually putting it to rights = nor filing
it coke full with number OF things it does
not want, simply because they are bar
gains :"
Never alluling, under the strongest pro-
vocation, to the complete sacrifice she has
made Of herself!' nor regret;ing the two
or three GOOD offers" which she (n common
with every married woman) had before she
was foOisAo enough to accept him. aud
never, BY any accident, calling her husband a
brute
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-02-08

NOVEL READMG.-" Are you fond OF nov
els mar, ?" said an amiable friend Of ours
the other day, desirous Of making himself
agreeable to Young lady. who had just re-
turned from a select boarding-school, having
completed her education. Are you fona q
novels ~ Yes sir. very" responded the
fair damsel, with pertness which Indicated
that She was at home on that subject. Have
Won ever read Ten Thousand a car ! con-
tipued our friend wishing to be a little more more
specific in his inquiries. Mercy on me .
NJ exclaimed the lady. . / never read 50
MANY as that in my lite.' At this state oi
the coIloquy our friend, feeling little taint,
gracefully retired; and I'VE regret 2 oe oollgsg
70 announce that he has not yet recoVeFeu
from his indisposition.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-02-08

LATIN AND GREER Il ii a mistake to
say that nothing but the dead languages are
taught when boy learns Latin and Greek
What he learns IN addition to these--what be
learns even in tile effort to learn languages
lis the power Of reasoning. exercised at the
same time that the memory is disciplined -
aud so impossible is il TO substitute differ
ent system Of education for that which the
experience Of many centuries has approved,
that we have never known a selfeducatel
man who did not exhibit, whatever the origi-
nal powers Of his mind, an incapacity for just
reasoning. What be knows he over-esti-
mates, and makes no allowance at al in bis
calculations for the possibility Of his being
ignorant Of anything and the effect is, that
even when he il hight, the conclusions to
which he hasDcc G 1axiss ia- Bis mind as PREM
dices. which IsSTdde any farther examina-
ton Of such questions as he has made his
mind up on, as it is called and, producing
little influence on others, impede rather than
assist the progress Of truth. From these
faults, Southey's own mind was not altogeth.
er free and we think, so far from the Latin
and Greek which he read at school doing him
any harm, the great misfortune Of his life was
that he neglected such learning North
BRITISH ReUjelU.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-02-08

WoMAN's Rrcurs. .-Kirkwall, in his work
entitled Men and Things as | saw them in
Europe" gives the following account Of the
progress Of woman 5 rights 10 Sardinia -
i" They we're tnnnelling the Appenics for
railway from Turin to Genoa, which, when
completed, viii b a great affair for Sardinia,
and armies Of women we're engaged in making
these tunnels With pannier Of peculiar
construction, made to ft the back they en-.
tered the tunnel at one side and emerged la
den on the other side; beut down like beasts
Of burden, they followed each other in rows
to the end Of the cmbankmont, where each
turned rcund: there man drew pin, which
let the bottom fall out, and the stone, gravel
aud clay fell out Of the basket. And hun
dreds Of women were working il this way At
their bastial employment. Lime-kilns in
great number line the roads, and the women
we're quavryiug the stones, carrying them to
the kilns, and sending away the lime"
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-02-08

nz- This paragraph from the German most
happily hits the attributes Of wife, mistress
and lady. It is Just as true as writ:
"Who marries for love takesa wife, who
marries for consideration takes a lady, Iou
who are loved BY your wife, regarded by your
mistress, tolerated by your ladY-you have a
wife for yourself mistress for your house
and its friends, lady for the world Your
wife viii agree with you, your mistress viii
accommodate you. your lady will manage yoai,
Your. wife will take care Of your household,
your mistress Of your house. your lady OF APP
pearances If you are sick, your wife VIII
nurse you. your mistress will VISIT you your
lady will inquire Of your health. You take
4 walk with your wife, q ride with your mis-
tress, and join parties With your lady,. Your
wife viii STARE your grief-your mistress your
money, and your lady your debts. II you
are dead. your wife will shed ears, your mis-
trcss lanent. ard your ladv ~sax rrcurnine "
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-02-08

SHADE-TREEs AND Flowers - seldom
see two people envy each other seriously
about their flower-beds or shade trees. There
is kind Of religious humanizing; generous
effect in loving tine beautiful things OF nature,
that makes US love to see every body have
them while those who stake their respecta-
biIity on dress or housekeeping. almost uni
versally dislike to see Others approach their
standard. or rival them in their boasted
sphere. This shows that learning to love the
beautiful things Of nature beauties our splr-
its. while priding ourselves on bright tin
pans. well-scoured floors, or costly furniture,
disfcures one immortal part. The country
house that has It's shade-trees, It's shrubbery
aud flowers las hallowed memories to win
back the hearts Of its waniercr'. and brighten
their rloomiest hours. The woman who fails
to have green spot and shade at her door,
fails in one important part Of her domestic
mission Her home will not be 50 endeared
to its inmates as It otherwise would be-
True. the outside decorations chiefly belong
to mans labor; but very many men will not
plant tree or flower. who could be taught to
love them and add to them if some one would
begin So, girls, do not scrub and cook, and
scour, until you have no time TO plant tree,
or vine. or flower Little care will suffice
them when once planted /; and they Will DO
more to beautify and adorn your home than
the contents Of a tin peddler's cart, polished
every Saturday until they dazzle Jon and
outshine the neighborhood.-Ihrs. S1otss-
keLH5.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-02-08

~ II there is anything, says a cotempo-
rary that an American likes better than poll
tics. it is moving. lie is the most restless
person in the world, and is never 50 happy
as when hc is going somewhere else. =
This uneasy disposition runs through all the
various grades Of society. and sticks out
IS prominently in the millionaire as in tire
plouahman. We all want to put out and see
thinss-not 50 much to better our condition,
rs to minister to our love Of excitement aud
novelty. A friend Of ours has emigrated
eight times in four years. lie first came from
Connecticut TO New York; from New York
he went to Ohio; after a six months re-
sidence in Ohio, he pitched his tent IN
Iowa he left Iowa for Wisconsin, and Wis
consin for Oregon. BY next spring we ex-
pect to hear that be has mounted a dug.ont
and set sail for China or japan, while We shall
NOT b. at all surprised to hear Of his ablish-
inc himself IN Central Asia. and opening
restaurant in the principal street n bagdad.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-02-08
Nunnber 25.


~ The Cleveland Free Democrat is a
very knowing paper Il knows of a black
smith in that city who clears SO day at
the anvil, while one Of his neighbors is s'arv-
ing on profession aud Of two young gents,
whose mother could not think Of their learn
Ing trade, one Of whom Is now quar.or
master toe siroiliug music grader. while The
other is boot black az q hotel. Not to put
too fine point upon IT, we know briea-
der who was to have been Governor Of fiue
old State bordering on Massachusetts Bay,
but owing to slight constitutional difficulty,
was compelled 70 settle down a. a village
shoemaker. The best somoimes miss their
vocation
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-02-08

~ On standing on Table Rock, the mind
shows such a tendency to Jump downward
that Curtis say ii Niagara was located in
France, Frenchmen would make suicide pie.
MICS to the cataraet--unhappy lovers would
take express trains, and their ''9aietus make"
where their dirgo would be endless. The
French, Of course, would add the mclo.dra-
matte character Of such an ending to It's in
trinsic charms. John Bull would b. affected
differently lie would plunge like The French
mman, but then it would not be for tie 70.
nance Of the thing, but simply because it
would be easier than throwing himself from
the Duke Of Yorl's column.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-02-08

Enrrvc 4 NEWSPAPER. following
sensible remarks we find in the Aatt0nat
Iutekiieeaccr. and copy them for the benefit
ef whom it may concern -.
MANY people estimate the ability ot a
newspaper and the industry and talent OF
~ editor by the editorial matter It contains
his comparatively an easy task for trothy
writer to pour out daily columns Of words
words upon any and all subjects Ills ideas
NAV flow in one wishy washy everlasting
aood. and his command Of language may en-
able him to string them tog sther like punches
of onions, and yet his paper may be mea.
gre and poor concern. But what IS the toll
of such ! man who displays his loaded mat
ter largely, to that imposed on JudlcIous'
well.informed editor, who exercises his voca-
tion with an hourly consciousness Of his re.
ponsibilties and duties and deyotes himself
to the conducting ofhis paper with the same
care and assiduity that sensible lawyer be-
slows upon suit, or a humane physician
mon patient. without regard to show or dis
piayi Indeed, the mere writing part o. edi-
tinga paper is but a small portion Of the
work The care. the time employed IN Sc
lectins. is far more important; and tact q
oood editor is better known BY his selections
than ANYTHING else. aud that we all know i
half the battle. But. as We have said. an
editor ought to be estimated, and his iaoorS
understood and appreciated BY the general
conduct Of his part. its tone, its temper rs
uniform. consistent course its, principles ana
aims its manliness, its dignity and propriety.
To preserve these as they should be preserv,,
cd is enough to occupy fully the h~e ana
attention Of any man. If to this be- added
the general supervision Of the newspaper es'
tablishmcnt which most editors have 70 ep,
counter. the most wonder is how they hna
time to write at all. !"
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-02-08

BEAUrIruH.-Hcre Is beautiful sentence
from the pen Of Coleridge. Nothing can b.
more eloquent, nothing more true:
T" Call not man wre'ched who, whatever
else be suffers as 10 pain inflicted or pleasure
denied, has ohid for whom he hopes and
on whom be doats Poverty may grind him
to the dust, obscuriiy may be unhceled by
those among whom he dwelis, and Iii, fancy
may be unknown hy his noigbbors-evcn
pain may rack bis joiats, aud sleep fee from
his pillow-but he has q gem with which he
would not part with for the wealth defying
computation. for fame filling worlds ear.
for the highest power for the sweetest sleep
that ever fell on mortal eye"
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-02-08

nr"A prophet is never without honor
save in his own country
One Of the best illustrations oithe truth o.
this Scripiural maxim is afforded BY our
friends of the Bee in their edition Of yestcr-
day morning, which contains the following:
Who has ever met with a more eloquent
tribute than the following TO the Importance
Of The PREss. -. !.
When TamerlaDe had finished building his
nvramid Of seventy thousand skulls, and was
seen standing at the gate Of Damascus gilt
tering with steel, with his battle-axe on his
shoulder. and bis fierce hosts filed ont new
victories and carnage, the pale looker-on might
have ancied that nature was in her death
tbroes-for havoc and despair had taken
possession Of the earth, aud the sun Of man
kind seemed settling in seas Of blood. Yet
Il might be. that on that very gallady Of Tam
erlane, a little boy was playing ninepins IN
the streets Of Mentz, whose history was more
important than twenty Tamerlanes. The
Tartar Kahn. with his shaggy demons Of the
wilderness. passed away like whirWlnd, to
be forgotten /: and that German artisan has
wrought benefit which is yet immeasurably
expanding ITSELF and will continue to expand
itself through al countries and through all
time. What are the conquests and expedi-
tions Of captains from Waller the penniless'
d Napoleon Bonaparte, compared with these
movable types fJohannas Faus !-Fore'gH
ReUieiU.
Now who would imagine that the forego-
inp eloquent tribute to the press, first ap-
peared IN the New Orleans Delta-whlch i
by no means a Boreign Reyiew-and was
o9ynta;ned ~ IS tbe report Of sermon, delivered
by our f.llow-citizen, Of the Rev ID. w. A.
Scott On Thanksgiving Day, two years ago
ITnnoticed at the time it FIRST appeared, this
extract has travelled across the Atlantic, and
elected tne admiration Of foreign journals
comes back with a foreign imPrimatur' and
then our classical and appreciatlye neiga.oor
discovers that il Is the most eloquent tribute
he ever met IN o. Delta.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-02-08

PLEAsANTRY-A comedian went to Ame-
rica. and remained there out two years.
leaving his wife dependant on her relatives.
Mrs F-it expatiatiDg in the gresn-room
on the cruelty Of such conduct, the comcdi-
an found warm advocate in well known
dramatist II have heard" says the latter.
/" that he is the kindest Of men, and know
that he writes to her every packet" Yes.
be writes, replied Mrs. j., "a parcel Of
fummery about tue agony If absence, but
has never remitted her a shilling. Do you
call that kindness?" Decidedly replied
the author, uAremiting kindness"
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-02-08

PRAcTIcALrTIEs.-The New York Dutch
man comments thus "A soiled shirt collar
has ruined many clever fellow; and a care
less dropping Of saliva upon his bosom cut of
the brightest prospects A friend Of ours re-
Gently obtained an angel. with an income Of
$4,000 year. simply BY the aid Of two
dollar frill and another is about to lead to
The altar $4,000 piece Of dalaine, by stu
diously sporting four and sixpenuy wrist
bands Happiness, clean linen. and sperma-
cctti have close connection. Ne
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-02-08

ARREARAGrs or Pension 1t is held at
the Treasury Department. that the grand
child Of deceased pensioner, cannot in any
case, claim TO receive Of the pension agent tho
arrears Of pension due the pensioner at the
time Of bis death If there le no widow or
children surviving the pensioner. to whom the
arrears would 20 under the law Of June 19,
1850. payment can be made only to the cx-
ecutor or administrator Of the deceased PEN
sioner in accordance with the law Of March ?.
1929.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-02-08
Paddle your own Canoe.

=. following has the sparkle Of originality
.ir5ailius some good advice. tits from the pei
I H.. sarah I. Bolton, Of indianapolis.
yoyarer upon liie's sea,
ID yourself be true.
Az Where'er yoni lot may be,
Paddle your own canoe.
Neser, though the winds may rave,
Falier nor look back,
Ba. upon The darkest wave
Leave . shining track.
yobIy dare the widest storm,
stem the hardest gale,
Brave uf heart and strong Of arm,
foa will never fail
When the world Is cold aud dark,
Keep an aim in view,
And toward the beacon-mark
Paddle your own canoe
Every wave that bears you on
~ tie silent shore,
From lts SUNNY source has gone,
To return no more.
Then lcf not al hours delay
Cheat you 81 your due
But while i Is called to-day,
Paddle your own canoe.
II yaur birth denied you wealth,
Lofty state and power
Honest tame aud hardy health
Afe q better dover.
Ha q these wall not suffice,
Golden gain pursue,
Afd town the glitiering prize,
Paddle your own canoe.
Would son wrest the wreath Of fame
From the hand ot Fate
Would yon write deathess name
With the good AID great
Would vnn hles, your iellow-men,
lieal aud soul imbue
With the holy task, and then
Paddle yonF own canoe.
Would you crush The tyrant wrong,
II ths worlds free fight,
With spirit brave aud strong
Iat.ie iUr the right.
And to break the chains that bind
The manly 10 the few
Tneniranchise slavish mind
Paddle your own canoe.
Nothing great is lightly won,
Nothing won is lost
Every good deed. nobly done,
vii. repay the cost.
Leave to Heaven. III humble trust,
An vou will to do;
But. il you succeed, you must
Paddle your own canoe.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-02-08

REPuTED ORTGIN or BLAcK6uAnDrsM
In All great houses, but particularly in roy
al residences, there were a number Of meau
and dirty dependents. whose Office il was TO
attend the wood yard, cullenariss, etc OF
these. llor in the lowest depth there was
lower s;ill,) the most f0rlorn wrctches seem
to have been selected to carry Goals 70 the
kitchen balls, etc. TO this smufty regiment.
who attended the progresses and rods in the
carts with the pots aud kettles, which, with
every other article cf furniture, we're then
moved from place to place, the people. in de.
rision gave them the name Of blackgulrds." :"
term since become sufficiently familiar, aud
never before properly explained.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-02-08
GrNlrs 49, TALrNr.-Tnlont i. sn |

GENUS AED TALENT Talent is, so to
speak. hand to do things with; Genius is an
eye hence the impersonalty Of the one and
the personality Of The other. There arc men
Of talent without genius-adroit, useful, able
men there are also men Of genius without
talent-bungling inartieulate. neglected, wall
ing. unhappy victims, with iuordinate amb-
ton aud little power De Quincey is a man
Of genius who has many talents. but wanting
the one faculty which would render them per.
fecty eficient-Pegassus withouta curb-reiu,
galloping aimlesdy = NgiaR
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-02-08

lr-The man who thinks be is above his
business i really below it, and IN undertaking
Il has shown himself cheat. lie Is in no
sense degraded BY really moral and respec-
table work; but. for the time being, ne
should not expect or desire to be treated as
osher than that which be has undertaken to be.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-02-08

An attorney. about to furnish bill OF
costs ~ was requested BY bis client, baker,
!. d make il as light as he could.
Ahr' replied the attorney, that's what
vou sav 10 your foreman, but it's not the way
make my bread.