The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-01-02
vealed such sweet and welcome visions! Only

for such as they.
That night returned this angel boy to the
bleak house filled with happiness, and lighted
with Joy, but he was not alone-his mother was
with him. Blessed boy! He passed the whole
of new years day in making others happy.
And how much happier was he himself? How
much his little heart warmed and glowed to see
the child uncover the basket he had brought
with him, and take out one by one, the gifts
which were bestowed there, and how overioyed
was he to see his mother offer the sick woman
work and new home, and to see the sick wo-
man suddenly strong and almost well under the
influence Of kind offices. He wondered iftheir
happiness could possibly be as deep as his own
If their new year was as bright to them as his
was to him. He knew not how any one could
be happier than he was at that moment.
Years have rolled away into the silent past
The little girl-Elsie Gray-is lady. Not a
lady alone in name, but in very deed, in her
heart and conduct. She dwells in a suburban
cottage, and her husband is alone devoted to her.
The husband is no other than the generous boy
who on new years festival, accosted her SO ten
derly in the street, and went home with her.
Her poor mother sleeps quietly in the church
yard, yet she lived to know that God had pro-
videl for htr child. She died resigned and
happy.
Are there coins, either of gold or silver, that
must be locked away from sight at the begin
ming of the New Year?
CALIFORNIA CoTToN-The editor of the Mo
bic Advertiser has received half dozen bolls
of new cotton from correspondent at Sacra-
mento, respecting which he says:
As might have been anticipated in a first
consi gnment, we were anxious to try the mar
ket, and so lost no time in submitting our sam
pie to the inspection of the brokers. The
judgment pronounced upon it was SO f1atter-
ing that we rather regretted our supply was
limited
The cotton came in the boIls as it was pick
ed, is pronounced of excellent quality, is long
staple, of very strong texture and of silky ap-
pearance, and properly ginned, we are assur-
ed, would be worth fifteen cents pound-as
cotton now rates-in the Mobile market. So
pleased, indeed, were the cotton men with its
opportunities for samples and seed of it and re-
tain sufficient to bring back for the inspection
of our other friends. 1t was grown as our
correspondent informs u.s. on small lot own
ed by Louisiana planter, now resident near
Sacramento, who has strong confidence that
cotton can be raised in the Golden State, ;"
and will become very important article of ex-
port. The sample sent us is certainly Of very
superior quality, and resembles closely spe-
cimen Of Brazil cotton received by us two or
three years since through an American gen.
tleman for time resident in that country.
II California is capable of producing much of
such cotton, the Importance of that fact can
hardly be over estimated.
Aruthian Abovion relates the following sto-
ry:-"Once in my YOUTH" said he, Il went tc
Bayazid, in Asia Minor While saunterine
about the bazaar, my attention was arrested
by man of a wrctched and melancholy ap
pearance restessly wandering about and trem
bling necessarily. On inquiring the cause o
his miserable condition, the following story wa
told me. He was once linen weaver and re-
sided at a village at the foot of mount Ararat
Falling in love with his masters wife he indu
ced her to fly with him; they betook them
selves to the mountains, and at evening reach.
ed a cave, where the woman rested while he
went to seek provisions. After a short alb
sence he returned; but great was his horror al
beholding the woman in the Jaws of a mon
strous snake, which had already swallowed
half her person, and was only prevented from
completing its repast by her sutstretched arms
Cut the snake with your sabre, cried she to
the man, .or slit its jaws on each side!' But
the man was petrlied with fear. Eat least,
she entreated, hand me the sabre, and let me
rescue myself Her cries were in vain, for he
had lost all power Of exertion.-'Ahp she then
exclaimed in despair, L sss you are a cow
ard will live no longer and closing her
arms above her head, she instantly sank into
the monsters stomach. Then the man saw the
snake coil round pillar of baysalt to crush
the bones of its victim, and he heard the long
smothered shrieks of the woman within it. Half
insane with terror and remorse, he rushed from
the cave, and ever after wandered about, the
wretched being whom saw" g.. r
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The sermon trade in England has elected
the following notice from the Athenaum: A
correspondent tells us that having been annoy
ed by nonsensical sermon in his own parish on
the late thanksgiving Sunday morning, he
oouS III Ill Ine efCHllS VI IHt odiIC udy iOl III
proved spiritual food in the church of an ad-
joining parish There in due time to his hor-
ror and amazement he reheard the same text
given out, and was condemned to sit through
the same Identical sermon delivered over again,
word for word, by another clergyman. He was
first inclined to believe that this was mere evil
dence of good understanding between those
reverend worthless, by which one set of sermons
was made to do duty for two preachers But
CHANGING the following morning to take up one
of the clerical newspapers, his attention was
arrested by the following advertisement: ITO
the clergy: Sebastopol sermons ready for Sun
day next, being the day appointed for offering
up prayer and thanksgiving for the capture Of
Sebastopol.' Curiosity led our correspondent
to expend half a crown in the purchase of one
of the ready made ecclesiastical articles. On
looking at it, he found that it was merely Mon
sieur Tonson come again, the very same iden-
teal thing, without religion and patriotism,
that had been twice entrapped into listening to
on the day before - ...
The GRAVE OF MADIsoN.-A correspondent
ofthe Fredericksburg News, in Culpepper coun-
tv Virrinia erivas a mechanically Dicture of the