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Now the first aud most obvious fault to be
found with such modes OF life, is in the lament
able and destructive waste Of time. lfall this
fashionable dissipation were in itself unobjec
tionable which is far from the truth, yet is it
not sad thing for women to give so much
of the best part other lite to trivial amuse.
mentsl 1t canuot be called recreation, for it
is itself a business which engrosses the thought
occupies nearly all the time and leaves neither
strength nor inclination for anything else. The
young lady under such circumstances may at
first have some vague purpose Of self improve.
nent and some general plan of reading, but
she will soon find it impracticable, and after
a few well intended but spasmodic ettorts,
will defer its execution to the close of the sea.
son, when she expects 10 have more time and
less interruption But unfortunately when the
time comes, the inclination is very likely to be
gone Three or four months spent in con.
tnued round Of company, are bad prePara-
ton for the quiet hours of reading and rehec.
tion. The excitement of the mind *su. sides,
as the outward stimulauts are withdrawn, and
a correspondent lassitude in the inevitable re-
suit. The body itself needs rest generally
steakng in the fashionable world, everal
weeks or months, and sometimes the whole
summer must be devoted to recuperate the en-
ergies and renew the flow Of animal spirits, in
preparation for another season, in which the
same for iollies will be repeated.
Wiliam @. Elliott. Jr.
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words Govern Mankind"

Were Faust living at the present day among
the scenes and circumstances that surround Us,
he would not find it so difficult to reconcile
the word with the power. The maxim which
we have adopted rs the caption of our Article
was one quoted approvingly by Allison, the
greatest of tories, from Napoleon, the greatest
of conquerors; and if such be the sentiment
of men living under the narrow and constraln'
ed influence Of monarchy, how much more
strongly NAV We end,rse that sentiment i'll our
country! From the time when the mask was
torn from the hydra Of liberty, equality and
fraternity, in the French revolution, we might
have had reason to hope that statesmen would
look more to the great practicable idea than
tn the array of words in which it might be
robed, But these hopes have all proved to be
;llnsive. and We must acknowledge, with pain,
that even in the freest government OF the
world, there exists gross misapPrehens'on Of
the, true principles of freedom.
We have been led to make these reflections
trite as they may appear, from the unceas'ng
attack vet made upon the South in regard u
an institution which has protected her IN an
eminent degree from all the host of absurd't'es
sprung from the prolific womb of that coarse
old beldam Ism" and particularly from {,
deliberate attack made in the State of Maine
newspaper of the 18th inst, upon the poicy
of the South in regard to the extension o
slavery. The only view that it is necessary to
take in relation to the subject is, that the re-
copnition of the institution in our supreme
law should shield it from the attacks even o
its enemies, and that the right Of the States to
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an equal participation in tie acquisition of ne*
territory is recognition of the principle OF its
extension.
We are frequently called upon t" depl'rc
the scenes of riot and the triumph Of moi
law in some of the Northern cities. From
these the South are free; aud We have no
doubt that if the question were asked, as it
was once asked of the church hy the .aI"'>,!'s
From whence come wars and fighting among
you," the answer would be that thtyrane from
an absence Of the conservative Influence which
slavery wields over republican government.
The necessity which exists Of panderng I" the
depraved taste of the uneducated mob, must
have its effect even upon the patriotic states.
men of the North.
Radicalism is the result of high state Of
civilization upon a weak and narrow mind, and
where, from the daily emigration of tide OF
breads, eking foreigners, and the dense p"pu
lation of our commercial cities, the weak and
the narrow prevail! over wisdom and conscrva
tsrn, the result is inevitable. Such we believe
to be the natural tendency of the masses when
unchecked by the wholesome influence of afrl-
can slavery. and we have tile hesitation in us.
sertng that this element in our institutions has
often been, and may vet he, the only safeguard
to the success of the great experiment of free
government
But, says the State "f Maine. he (the slav')
seems very happy in the Southern States MS
the advocates of slavery say, but wherever ne
has an opportunity he makes haste t" escape
from those blessings
To this malicious taunt we reply: Fh>t, that
If the slave be impatient of his condition At
the South. it is due not t" the rigor Of the
Southern master, but to the rfficiru ntern'ed
ding of Northern Aholitnnists. Second, that
if Southern slaves do "n,ake haste t" escaP"
from the blessings Of home they are a'lured
by the Juggling gends of abolition, VII" keep
the word of prnmise to the ear, and break it
to the hope: and Third, that It the argument
holds good at nil, it proves the Inferior happi'
hess of the Northern freeman: VIII" is too often
happy to escape from the rut"u- society of
fieesoil to the more genial and quiet retreat of
Southern life.
We leave the subject here, aud end as We
began, by the declaration that the true idea of
happiness may be sacrificed BY the mere breath
of freedom, and that swords govern mankind
Washington SentineL
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to ourselves that We ought "n such and such
uccrSionS to have been sucressful, when it so
happens that we have not been so. Whenever
we fail, we are paying both God and ""rse yes
a suitable compliment, by admitting frankly
and at nnce that we deserve t" fail. This is
philosophy, and it is likewise religion. We
have talrd; well then, the wisdom is to take
care that we do not fail again. To fail. aud
fill, and fill again and again, is not to prove
that we do not deserve success, or that We
shall never obtain it. How often we fail mat
ters not. We have not failed as long rs our
spirit quaIs not, but only grows stronger in the
conflict. Our enthusiasm, if it continue un-
dauu'ed by Obstacles, unsubdued BY defeats, is
itself success, aud he most glorious OF all
success. The blows we receive, however hard,
if we receive them as all true enthusiasts re
ceive them, are ouly preparing US for future
triumphs, for they only more closely incorpo
rate the idea which dominates our whole being
with the affections of our whole being; they
create within an intense and more restless Ell.
thusiasm they make more radiant on our
brow the high title Of prophet, so that the en-
tire world may see it, aud bow to its import.
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SHOP KEEpER.--"Thut's bad fifty cent

SHOP KEEpER.--"Ihuts bad fifty cent
piece, sir; ~ can't take it, it is lead silvered
nver."
" Customer-"Well now, admitting such to
he the fact, I should say the Ingenuity display
d in the deception might induce you To- ac'
ep. it,, Admire sir, The devotion Of the artist
:" the divine idea Of liberty. Liberty,-the
dol of us all! He, hrving wrought her effigy
lead, resorts to the harmless expedient ot
ivering it over! And shall we harsh'y re-.
',diate his works oh, no, sir! you'll take it
know you will
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The ANrI.SLAvERY CoLLEeE.-The Rev.
Professor G"odrich, of Yale College. declares
that the members of the Faculty of that in>ti'
tuiun are unit in opposition to slavery. He
takes occasion. tou, to inform the South that
Yale cares nothing for its patronage. 1t is
evident, from the tone employ ed by this fanat'
ic. that any Southern man who sends his son
to Yale College, will be subjected him to in
fluences that must i"fallibly render him
Southern man with Northern principles
Yale is now hot.b bed of abulitionism nur'
sery of fanaticism. The Professors are all
abolition propagandsts and employ the pow
or which their positions confer in making their
pupils as thoroughly anti.slavery as themselves: ;
In view of this fact, will Southern men hereat'
ter send their children to Yale2 In the Ian
guage of Professor Goodrich, we say to the
South, ''the sooner you withdraw your patron,
aye from Yale, the better."-Riehno"d Va.)
Penny Post
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allies will soon settle that. If Turkey Id
cash, or credit. she has territory; aud |
who defend the rights of a c"untfs~ rrnd|
fair equivalent for its domain. ~rknrkes i
fall. Ii the allies conquer, it is still the :
to Turkey her fate is sealed. If Russia
quers, it is no worse for Turkey. 1t will
curious, at the end Of the game, to zee
the allies will ugree about the ,iviei"
spoil>. They are the two generous AMI ,
unanimous Knights IF modern times "li"
So disinterestedIy for the right Of a'"'Ir'
Ceur DE- Leon revived in an age Of stead
ChevaIier Bayard and Louis XIV. came
again, in an age of gold! No! no! Il
will he no bill to pay. Suh noble mi
knights disdain the idea of "rau>om,'
territory tha, sense Of justice induces
to preserve from the bloody benk of the
eagle. Yet patience may wear "ut-cn"r|
expenses may break down the generous |
nf the allies, should the war lie p' p'otracted
the indefinite tutur. or should Austria
Prussia, distrusttul of the affair IF POI
turn over to the side Of the Gar. NJ wal
ever been more euveloped in mist and uu
taimty. How it is to end n" one can srrl
When, it is impossible to conjecture. D
macy aud the funds--ConSols and Rentes
a voice potential in victory aud defeat. I
Majesty must go to market and look ,o
main chance. The Jew banker must look
Tor his interest. Whether the shock of ,
is to end the war, or financial crisis. {
popular CONJUNCTION in England and Franc
"a comp de etat," or fall of funds, is yet
veoprd in clouds aud darkness, yet ON
about rs probable as another. The pcopl
home can only be kept in good humor viii
war, ny some brilliant aud s,upendous vic
on the part of the allies; aud these m,s
kept up, flash after fash, like display "f r
cts, to amuse the popular eye. English
and French vanity cant live on air, and )
is hard to see how diplomatque war
produce glorious results for National vanit
Mobile Reyistt
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MANNEns.--I make it point Of morality
never to find fault with another for his man
ners. They may be awkward or graceful,
blunt or polite, polished or rusric, care not
what they are, if the man means well and acts
from honest intentions, without eccentricity or
affeclation. All men have not the advantages
Of "good society" as it is called. to school
themselves in al its fantastic rules and ceremo.
nies, and il there is any standard of manpers,
it is one founded in reason and good sense,
aud not upon these artificial regulations. Man
ners, like conversations, should be extempo
raueous, and not studied; always suspect II
man who meets me with the same perpetual
smile on his face, the same prenedtated shake
of the hand. Give me the healty--it may be
rough--grip of the hand-'he careless nod Of
recognition. and when occasion requires, the
homeI y salutaton--"How are you my old
friend p
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Ii,f and opini"n-the A,tber WAS Il false rhetor
iral d, claI,atiun. and Incentive TO rouse the
wors, passions OF the infatuated people otcer.
iai;i lnralilies. Ii the issue was to come, aS
WAS indicated, aud the contest was To be be
,we,l, the North aud the South, let it come
and he d;vid,d ut once. Let it be considered.
argued ,nd disposed OF calmly and without
exciting appeals, without any rhetorical display.
such as was made by the Senator to day. de
would Ike to ask the Senator if Congress re-
pealed The Fugitive Slave Law would Massa.
chusrtls execute the Constitutional reqrenenls s
aud send back to the South the ab>cOndlig
slaves?
Mr.. Sumner--Do you ask me if would
send back slaves
Mr.. Bptler-Why, yes.
: Mr.. S"mn.r-"Is thy servant dog, that ne
shoui d" that thiugG'
Mr.. Bu,i-r--Th.re he Is again. with quo.
taiin already prepared. H.. gets up here aud
spopts it "ut with, as he. doubtless >npposes,
more thar Drm'>,henan elnqence and he; nty;
hut he j. mistaken. (Laugh,er.) What aaue
days 4, do aoih tie Consultation? Laughter
The Sr,,ut," declares that he woulj not exc,
cute he institution, which he has sworn TO
>uppor'. The Svnutor openly declares that il
i, d dogs duty to obey and exeen'e the Con.
stituti'nr. The Senator has sworm to support IL,
and derLares tn do tits q dogs duty.
Mr.. Sumner recognise 10 such obliga-
lions nIan me-.
~. B"ter--WelI, suppose it makes but
little difference what You coii:ider obligatory
ulon yuu.-Newark Eugle.
81 HophD On-HopED EvER"-Thus spoke
one who had reached the peak of victory
Storms had come upon him :; shadows dragged
their heavy skirts over the hills and nl"nn,airs
of bis life; cares and sorrows lashcd their bur
dens u, his shoulders; trials aud vici>sitndes
a>Saied him; b"t amid them all he had kept
his hope, aud now, ere the middle watch was
PASSED, the angels had set their seals upon him,
blessed him forever, and dropped upon his
how The wreath Of triumph. The sl"om was
gone forever. and as he stood with his feet sci
cure, the sunshine from the "Eden hill" ftl.
around him and lar ont in the valley of the
Future he saw the ladeess laurel trees within
whose shade his evening days should ebb away
soft. and gently rs dream "fheaven.
"llope on hope ever!' This is the true
Eh"so, hy. IL life is chilled by woe or dim.
med by care, Hope is song bird in the heart,
breathing h. INNS continually. When Alex
ander. rs he was about to undertake his expe
dtion against Persia distributed the estates Of
his crown ainong his country, he was asked
what b. hnd reserved for himsrlfs He III
a, o.,d H,,,.. n,
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"There will be d Bill to Pay"

So write some of the correspondents from
Paris, touching the expenses OF France and
England in the defence of Tdifkey. (he sick
mnp y from the clutches of his Imperial Maies
ty of Russia. Can Turkey pays No! Then
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FOlIies.


The young lady finishes her school days
with the feeling of one who has escaped FROM
thraldom. She has looked forward to the day
with longing eyes and exaggerated expecta.
tions Her studies have perhaps been pur-
sued more closely, because the time when she
could stop study ing was so near. She has Ia
bored, as If the whole education oi her mind
must lie compressed into few years, at the close
of which she would he done with books, ex.
cept by way of amusement, forever. The
day comes ut last, although deferred by paren.
tai command as long rs possible, at the age
when the mind is just attaining that maturity
of judgment, which would make her studies OF
real use, she passes in months time from the
discipline of girhood to the recognized posi-.
ton of young lady in society. She is now
diligently prepared "tu come out, AS though
the whole work ofin.door education were cum.
plete. The parents are given to understand
that no expense is TO be spared, particularly
for her first season, and that every thing de-
pends upon good impression being now made.
The house is thrown open for company, and
the game OF life fairly begun. Cards and invi
tatinns pour in and afford the principal reading
and dress is the all absorbing subject ofthought.
Day after day is given t" visits of etiquette, to
evening receptions, to prolonged consultations
about the latest fashion, and to the other things
which are us nearly nothing as it is in the ma.
ture of any thing tn he. The night is not spared
but at nine or ten "'cluck-a young persons
proper time for retiring to rest-the elaborate
and studied arrangement Of dress is complete.
and the teverish excitement ofthe ball room he
gun 10 be continued with increasing hilarity un
til the night yields to morning. She returns
home too excited to feel weary, but compelled
to 6nd in the early part Of the next day, the re.
pose needed for a renewal Of the like occuPH'
tons, which grow to..-what shall ! call it but
dissipation3 In this wa! weeks and month";
pass in alternating languor aud excitement; it.
the intense pursuit Of pleasure, which is NOR.
than half the time falsely so called.
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Across the fair plains two chariots rage
6ercely from opposite directions. They meet
the painting coursers checked suddenly in head
long career.
"rhy son. livcth r. is the thrilling reply.
"Snce whenf" gasps the toll Worn father.
yesterday at the seventh hours the fever
left him."
"Ihe same" exclailns the nobleman.. And
without another word, followed BY his retain
or, thu. away to Capernaum.- zndepend,
ant
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The youth wEo follows his appetites, too
soon seizes the cup, before it has received It's
best ingredients, and by anticipating his pleas-
ures, robs the remaining parts of life OF their
share, so that his eagerness only produces q
manhood ofimbecility and an age ofpain.
The man of genius thinks for himself; his
opinions are sometimes contrary to those. com
monty received; he therefore shocks the vanity
"f the greater number. They offend nobody,
we should have no ideas bat those offhcs world;
as man is then without genius and without
epemies
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The Nobleman's Son.

In stately castle overI,augiug the Bay oil
Capernaum, child is dying. Unglazed latti.
crs admitted the chill December air to wave
the gorgeous hanging Of Tyrian dye.
Upon pile of cushions, embroidered and
spung gled with gold, lies boy whose blue ey es
aud locks bright as the spangles on his pillow
proclaim his mother adaugh,er of the Egean
That mother, leaning upon the noble form OF
her husband, gazes upon her child with an eye
of weary terror, aud cries
"AIas, my lord what shall we do Z"
81 know not is the stern reply. "Azrael
approaches
'If Jesus were here" says the little sister
ofthe sufferer, she could cure him--nurse ia
dith says s''."
"And who is Jesus they demand Of the aged
matron who just enters the chamber
"A prophet" is the reply. "He wrought
many mighty works at the Passover. He hss
just to come Cana"
"Ihave heard Of him." exclaims the noble
man. "What, ho make ready my chariolr
and he hastens forth and presently the sudden
ru h Of wheels and the catter Of hoofs ring
through the midnigh streets.
The sounds die away the dash of the water
along the starlit shore is only heard. As dawn
approaches the delirum of the little sufferer in.
creaSes. His mouth is flrred and hlack, the
eye is sunk and surrounded by Il liviI circle,
the skin begin TO be spotted with black, An
omen too well understood. As noon ap.
proarhes, he sinks rapidly. He extremities are
! co Il, bis pulse is gone, the sure tokens of dis.
solution.
The watchers prepare to repeat for the fit
ting spirit the confession of faith for the dying
lsraelite. The mother and sister are led to an
adlourning apartment. The mansion grows
still as the grave, save when breaks forth that
mothers Sub of irrepres>ible anguish.
All wait to hear the loud cry the watch.
er. Hear D Israel, Jehovah, thy Gods one
God j. and The reply, Jehovah, he is (iodT
But that dirge comes not Moment pass
like hours: Anguish heightens to agony
When, hark from the chamber of death, in.
stead OF funeral cry comes forth the musical
voce, "Molber!
She starts-she screams-she rushes toward
the dour when gliding, white-robed, like a
spirit to her embrace, his long black, Jocks
floating back, his cheek, lip, and eye radiant
with health, c'mes the angelic figure of her
son. She clasp to her bosom, cool, nervous,
clinging though weak, her child, her pride!
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STILL LATER,

The Cunard steamer Niagara arrived at Halifax
yesterday with London and Liverpool dates to the
l4th instant The advices by this arrival state
bastopol was completely invested by the troops Of
the Allies the south and east, while the guns Of
their fleets and batteries playing upon the walls
Of the fortresses The fleets, however, according to
one account, were comparatively useless, and the
marines attached to them had been united with the
land forces. Prince Menschikoff was keeping the
field on the north of the city, daily expecting the
arrival Of Gen. Ostensacken and Gen. Gortschakoff
with reinforcements. They were expected to join
him before the 18th. Seven Russian ships -of-the-
line had been sunk at the mouth Of the harbor Of
Sebastopol and the remainder Of the Russian feet
was held ready for sinking.
1t is supposed that the siege artillery Of the Allies
was mounted in battery around Sebastopol on the
4th instant. The bombardment commenced on the
9Th, and the assault was expected on the 8th The
Allied trenches were within sixteen hundred yards
Of the walls, and mounted about fifty guns. A
private despatch says that two breaches were made
in the walls on the 9th, and another says that no
bombardment had taken place as late as the 9Th.
The whole country north Of Sebsstopol had been
evacuated by the Allies.
The Allies had destroyed the aqueduct which
supplied the fortress and had landed 5000 cavalry
on the Crimea.
The inhabitants of Odessa have given pledge to
burn that place rather than to allow it to fall into
the hands Of the Allies.
The town of Memel was nearly destroyed by fire,
involving loss of 100000.
The Paris "Debats" estimates the Russian force
in the Crimea at eighty-fve thousand men, and the
Allies at ninety thousand, including the seamen.
The news Of the loss of the American steamer
Arctic had caused a profound sensation among all
classes in England.
The London "Globe" says that the conference Of
American Ministers and Ambassadors on the Con-
tinent is without precedent, and that it is under
stood to be acting under the directions Of the Pre-
sident Of the United States. These Ministers have
been assembled, it adds, to exchange information
and consult upon report on the state Of affairs on
the Continent of Europe as regards American
trade which is carried to every part of the world,
and the conference has in view the protection and
advancement of American interests in any new
treaties that may be made in Europe
At Liverpool there had been slight decline in
the price Of cotton and an advance in breadstuffs
The advance in -four during the week was Is. Cd.
per barrel.