The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1857-01-14


society OF that city, when he related the fol
lowing story among others, Illustrative Oh &c
male herolsm:
aAmona those" he observesd, "Who form
ed a part Of the settlement during the refolu
tionary struggle, was poor widow, who nav
ing buried her husband was left in poverty
with the task upon her hands OF raising three
sons. or these, the two eldest ere long, Tel
in the cause Of their country, and she strug
gled on with the youngest, asabest she could
After the fall OF Charleston and the disastrous
defeat of colonel Buford, Of Virginia, b. Tarl
ton, permission was gisen TO some tour or hEe
American females to carry necessarles and ad'
minister some relief to the prisoners confined
on board the prison ship and in The IaIls al
Charleston. THIS widow was one Of the Fo-
Iunteers upon this errand of mercy. She was
admitted within the city, and braved the hor-
rors OF pestilence. employed herself to the ex-
tent of her humble means in alternating the de-
p.orabIe suFerngs of her countrymen. She
knew what she had to encounter. but notwIth-
standing. went bravely on. Her mission OF
humanity having beeu fulfilled, she left Charles
ton on her return, but alasi her exposure TO the
pestilentiai atmosphere, she had been Obliged
TO breathe, had planted I'm her system the seeds
Of fatal disease; and ere she reached herho
she sunk under an attack OF prison fever,
brave martyr to the cause OF humanity and
patriotism. The dying mother, who now rests
in an unknown grave, thus left her only son the
sole survivor of his family, to the worlds cold
charity; but little did she dream, as death
closed her eyes, The future OF that orphan boy.
That son became president Of this free repub-
lie, for that widow was the mother OF Andrew
Jackson
Speaking one day Of the early Romans. Mr..
Webster said he could almost believe every
thing related by historians Of their extraordlna
ry virtues, public and domestic, when he dwelt
upon the fact that, though their laws authors
ed divorce, yet, for the first FIVE hundred years,
no individual ever awaited himself of such
license! 1T was the domestic training he |
said, 1T was the mother who made PubllcO |
Ia, Camillus and Coriolanus. Women, pro-
tected By the nvioabty of the nuptua bond, |
were invested with dignity that gave author
ny to instruction, and made the domestic hearth |
the nursery of heroes. Public yrtue,' he
said, "fell with private morality" Under i'm
perial Rome, divorces were sought for and OBJ
tanned upon the most frivolous pretexts, and
all domestic confidence was destroyed. The
inevitable consequence was the loss of public
morality. Men who had been false to their
private obligations would not be true to their
public duties. Caesar divorced his wife and
betrayed his country. The sanctity OF the nup-
tual bond is in my opinion, the principal, if not
the chief cause of the superior refinement,
freedom and prosperity, enjoyed at the present
time by christian nations.
When Carlyle was asked by young friend /
10 point out what course Of reading he thought
best to make him man, he replied in his usual
manner: "It is not by books r
chiefly, that a man becomes in all points a man. +
Study 10 do whatsoever thing in your actual stu d
alton, then and now, you find either expressly
Or tacltly laid down to your charge; that is.
stand to your post; stand in it like a true SOL
Her. Silently derour the many chagrins Of
tall situations have maryland see you do
lot quit it without doing all that is your duty
Nature will be reported. All things are en-
jagged in writing her history The planet, the
oebble, goes attended by its shadow The
olng rock leaves its scratches on the noun
ain, the river, its channels in the SOIL the ami
nal, its bones in the stratum the fearn and a
eat, their modest epitaph in the coal. The g
alIng drop makes its euIpture in sand stone;
ot a foot but prints in characters more or less =
asting map of its march, every act Of the
IAN nscribes itself on the memory Of its fell 4.
'ws and in its own face. The air is full OF
ounds-ihe sky of tokens, the ground is all
Memoranda and signatures, and every object is
overed over with hints, which speak 10 the
ltelIcct.
Read what captain Job Prest, in bis "Won-
erful adventures" says Of the vegetable king
ON: .s...
The term yegetable-sometlmes pronounced
egetables-s probably derived from the pc i
liiar long and pointed form of this dcscrip- =
On OF escuIents, hence originally called wedge
stables, then vegetables, and now refined i1to -
e present term.
Annual Towering plants resemble whales as 4
icy come up to blow
Flowers are very warke in their disposition, G
I'd ever armed with pistils. an
They are migratory in their habits, for wher- M
er they may winter, they are sure to leave
the spring, most Of them very polite and full D
boughs. .
Like handles, the coating Of many trees is =
cir most valuable portion. Cork trees and -
ot trees, Tor instance. RI
GraIn and seeds are not considered danger j
s except when about to shoot wh
Several trees, like watch dogs, are valued an
ostly for their bark.
A little bark will make a rope, but it takes
arge pile Of wood for cord. II
Though there are no vegetable beaux, there -,
? number of spruce trees. Ten
1t is considered only right and proper to az Pei
es before you fell them. tina
Fruit trees have military characteristics. =
hen young they are trainted; they have many
rnels and their shoots are straight. 4
Grain must be treated like infants: when tie ~
ad bends must be Graded; and threshro t,u
70, to it it for use. pla
Iares are mostly found with smaller grains; lar
lch require sowing. .-s-=.
dreat indulgence in fruit is dangerous-ard A
free use OF melons produce melon cole II
ct. 90
II you are in hurry, never get behind A ''' :
lple that are counting. They want to make --
much OF each other, that they wouldn't move -,
OK II they were going to funeral. Get |
llnd your jolly married folks, who have lois $
children AT home, if you wish to ret along VI
!. But 1t Is much the best to be a little ahead A
hem. \
young man lately offered his services to a -
ing adyfor party. On their way he cud-