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frankDess.

Frankness is supposed TO be a common
virtue. 1t is most uncommon Itis indeed
an uncommon thing. 1t requires truth,
simplicity, love, and genuine goodness
Men speak plainly when they do speak, but
they are not open aud free Many speak
truth very plainly, when angry; man. speak
pleasing truth-trankly. But few there are
whose souls are so nicely balanced in the
atmosphere of love, that they speak what
ever needs to be said, to each and all, plain
ly, gently, fully. The dearest frien6s live
together fo! ysars, without daring to speak
things which they know, and which each
party knows that the other knsws. Parents
live with a reserve, years long, towards
their children. Children carry untouched,
unsyllabled thoughts and feelings which
take ho.d of their being. Friends meet and
part, day BY day, friends so true that they
would almost die for each other. or what is
harder than that live fer each other-and
never speak Of what each knows is passing
in the others mind. II is very strange to
see people cone up in conversation to topics
that, by kind of tscit freemssonry, are sa-
cred, and without word or look, one glides
on one side, and the other upon the other
side, and meet beyond, coming down the
common channel again. Was there ever a
thoughtful, sensitive person, that dared to
be open, transparent and frank!
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| WHOLE NO 900.

but steamer can soon pass through the
swamps to an open and rocky country, sim.
liar to that which we now occupy in Yomba.
Laird and OldhelG, intsnt on buying livery
remained fsr too long in the low country,
and the mortality of these men is plainly
attributable TO other causes beside malaria
The Chadda expedition in 1854 returned to
the coast without the loss Of a single man
BY disease or accident.
Neither Laird and Oldied nor the late
Chadda expedition, were able to make money
by the adventure The reason Of their fail
ure in this respect is very obvious. The
centers of trade where the valuable commod-
tiles of the country are accumulated are not
on the Niger, but at various distances from
it, in the large cities which are sustained
by the caravan traffic across the desert, and
to .he Western coast. The navigation of
the Niger would create new centres ui trade,
which would call the productions of the
country TO the banks of this stream, and the
caravan trade to Tripoli and Guina woLld be
broken up. Every year would add to the
civilization of the country and the develop
ment of its resources, until finally the traffic
with the millions of people in Central
Africa would be worth millions Of dollars
per aunum.
Truly yours, T. J. BOWEN.
Hon. Z. B. WAsHEURSE.
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The Influence Of Woman.

II is better Tor you to pass an evening
once or twice a week in lady's crawing-
room, even though the conversation is rather
slow, ard you know the girls Songs all by
heart, than in club, tavern, or in the pit
Of theater. Ali amusements of youth TO
which women are not admitted. rely on il.
are deleterious in their nature. All men who
avoid female society, have perceptions, AID
are stupid, or have gross tastes. and revolt
against what is pure. Your club swagglers.
who are sucking The butts of billiard, cues
all night, call female society insipid- Poetry
is insipid to joke; beauty has no charms
for blind man: music does not please a
poor beast who does not know one tune
from another; as true epicure Is hardly
ever tired OF water anchovy and brown
bread and butter. protest ! can sit all
night talking to a well regulated, kindly
woman, about her girl coming out. or hsr
ooy at Eton, and ike tie evenings enter
tainment. One of the great benefits men
may derive from a woman's society is, that
be is bound 20 be respectful to them. The
habit is great good tc your moral man.
depeHd spon it. Our educitio makes u
the most eminently selfish men in the
world. We fight for ourselves, We yawn
for ourselves, We light our pipes and say ws
went go out. We prefer ourselves and eur
ease, and the greatest good that comes ts =
man from a woman's society is. that be has
to think Of somebody besides himself, U
whom he is bound to be constantly atten-
tive and respectful .-Tadckeray's LriE,c.
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Is there a Maels:rom?

This question has again been raised by q
correspondent ofthe Scientific American.
Every schoo.boy Ct the last century has
been taught to believe tha, there is Won
derful vortex On the coast Of Norway, with
an eddy several miles in diameter, and tina,
ships, and even huge whales we're some
times dragged within its terrible liquid col $.
and buried forever in OCEANS awful depths. -
The correspondent of the Scientific Amer
lean says:
al have been informed by European as
quaintance that the Mselstrom, that great
whirlpool on the coast of Norway, laid duwn
in all Biographies, and OF which we have
heard such wonderful stories. has no exist.
ence. He told me that 3 nautical and scien-
lific commission, composed of Several gem
tlemeu appointed BY the King OF Denmark.
was sent TO approach Us near as possible to
the edge of the whirlpool, soil around il,
measure its circumference, observe its ac-
ton, and make report. They went out.
and sailed all around and all over where the
Maelstrom.was said to be, but could not
find it; the sea wps ss smooth where the
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The Dead Sea.

Though IN breadth MT exceeding ten
miles the Dead Sea seems boundless TO ,hs
eye when looking from north 10 south, and
the murmur OF waves, as thsJ break on its
flin;-strewn shore, together with the lines
Of drilt wood and fragments Uf h;tumen ca
thr beach, give to its waters 8 resemSlsncs
to the ocean. Curious 10 experience the
sensations Of swimming in 50 strange q sea,
| put TO the test the accounts OF the extreme
bloyancy felt in it, and | was quickly con-
WINGED tbst there was no exsggerstion in
what heard. found the water almos, ;s-
pid, and 50 strong that the chief difficulty
was TO keep sufficiently su5morged, the fees
starting mp is the ak AZ every vigorous
stroke. When floating. half the body rose
above The surface, sr,!, with pillow, one
nigh, have slep. upon the water. A:ts,
sumo time, the strangeness OF the sensation
in some measure disappeared and on sp-
proschin5 the shore, carclessN dropped
INV feet 10 walk out. when, 10. as II 4 bladte.
had been attached 10 each heel, they few
upward .,he struggle TO recover myself sent
NV head down the vileis bitter and brny
water, from which had hitherto gurded nv
head. uow rushed into my mouth. eyes, ears
and nose, snd for ole' horrible moment the
only doubt hsd was whether | was 10 b
d:ownedor poisoned. Coming to the sur
face, however, | swan TO land. making ~
further attempt to walk ia deep water, which
am inclined 20 believe is almost impossi-
bic .--EsS'sra Tfdrsl.
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Times Soliloquy.

Old. call you me! Aye. when the A.
mighty spoke creation int birth was there.
Then was born. Amid the bloom and
verdurs of paradise, gazed upon the young
world radiant with celestial smiles. rose
upon the pinions of the first morn, and
caught the sweet cew-drops as they fell and
sparkled Oh the boughs OF the garden. Ere
the foot of man was heard sounding in this
wilderness. gazed on it's thousands Of
rivers, fsshing in the light and rejecting
the broad sun, like thousand jewels upon
their bosom5.
The cataracts sent up their anthems in
these solitudes, and none was here but | TO
listen to the newborn melody. The fawns
bounded over the hills, and drank at the lim-
pid streams, ages before an arm was raised
to iniure or make them afraid For thous-
ands of years the morning starrose in beauty
upon these unpeopled shores, and its twin
sister of eve famed IN the forehead of the
sky, with no eye TO admire their rays but
mine.
Aye. call me old! Babylon and Assyr:a,
Palmyra and Thebes rose, furnished and
fell, and | behe.d them in their glory and
their decline. Scarce melancholy ruin
marks the place of their Existence; but
when their first stones were laid in the earth
| was thereI Amid all their splendor, glory
and wickedness, was in their busy streets,
and crumblrg their magnificent palaces TO
the earth. My books viii show long and
feerfnl eccount against them. control the
fale Of empires; gave them their PERIOD of
glory and splendor; bu, in their birth con-
cealed in them the seeds of death and decay
They go down and are humbed in the dust;
their heads bow down before the rising
glories of young nations, to whose prosper
ity there will also cunle dste, anI dag
of decline.
poise my wings eyer the earth, and
watch the course and doings of lis inhabit-
ants. call up the vioets upon the hill,
and crumble the gray ruins TO the ground.
am the agent of higher Power, to give
life and take it away. spread silken tresses
upon the brow Of the young. and plant gray
hairs on the lead of the aged man. Dim
pies and smiles, at my bidding lurk around
the bps of the innocent child, and furrow
the brow of the aged with wrinkles.
Old! cell you mel Aye! bat when will
my days be numberedi When shall time
end, and eternity begin7 When will the
earth and It's aters, and the universe be
rolled, and new world commence IT'S rev.
olutions! Not till He who FIRST bid me be-
gin my flight SO orders it. When His pur-
pos es who called me into being are accom-
plished, then, and not till then-and no one
can proc lairs the hour-I 200 shall go to the
place of all living 20 OSgood's Miiestones.
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The Female Form.

Here is paragraph from Headley's Let
ters from Italy, which we commend to the
attention of our lady readers:
In form the Italians excel US. Larger,
fuller-they naturally acquire finer gait
and bearing. 1t is astonishing that our la
dies should persist in that ridiculous notion
that small waist is, and, per nscessita, must
be beautiful. Why. many an Italian woman
would cry for vexation, if she possessed such
a waist as some of our ladies' acquire, only
by the longest, painfulest process. / have
sought the reason Of this difference, and can
see no other than that the Italians have
their glorious ststuary continually before
them as models; and hence endeavor to as
similste themselves to them; whereas our
fashionables have no models except those
French stuffed figures in the windows of the
milliner's shops. Why, fan artist should
presume to make statue with the shape
thst seems to be regarded with us as the
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whirlpool ought to be as any other par. Of
the German ocean,"
We presume the above is correct. The
latest biographies and gazetteers barely al
lude to the maelstrom. Cotton, in his large
atlas. gives the site upon his map, but does
not alluGe to it in his description of Nor
war. HarPsr's Gazetteer, in its article On
NORWAY, says that "smong the numerous
islands on the West coast there are violent
and irregular currents, which render the
coast navigation dangerous. Among these
is The celebrated Mal-S.roR, or Meskenes-
Strom, the danger from which has been
greatly exaggerated, since it can, at nearly
all times, be passed over, even BY boats
The ruman~e Of the maelstrom has been
pretty effectually destroyed.
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Crmean Anecdotes.

The Cummander-;n-C Chiei at Insernxn.
as some one said, rather liked being under
fire lie was sitting en- horseback, in the
midst Of a bIttery of sr ti!lcry, watching our
men working the guns. A very heavy ere
was being directed against this par, OF ihs
field, both from the enem5's cannon, and al
so from small-arms. One OF Tie stsff sus.
gested the propriety of his nct putting him.
selfin quite 50 dangerous and conspicuous
place, especially as i. appeared, from the
number Of bullets which came singing bv Us,
that he was a marx for the enemy's riaemeD.
Lord Raglan, however, merely said. les,
they seem firing al US little, but ] think
get better view here than in most places
So there he continued for some time, ana
then. turning his horse, rode along the full
length Of the ridge at a foo;'s pace, aud, coz
seguently, exposed himself as much SIS eser.
As a contrast, take this specimen Of tie
coolness Of a sergeant o: the gallant sesen,h-
1t was towards the close of the battle, sad
Lord Raglan was returning from tasisg
leave of poor General S,rancwsys. and was
going up towards the ridge. A sergeant ap-
preached us, carrying csnteens Of water, to
take up for the wounded, and. as Lord Ra-
CLAN passed. he drew himst Il up to make the
usual salute. when round shot csme boun-
ding over the Hill and knocked his forage
CAP off his head. The man calmly picked
up his cap, busted it on his knee, placed it
carefully on his head, and then made the
military salute, ana all without moving
muscle OF his countenapce. Lord Raglsn
was delighted with the man cOolness, and
said TO him, "A near thing, that, my man"
AYES, my lord" replied the man, with ano-
ther salute; but miss is as good ,s
mile Prom Staf 0sicsrs Lsiisrs.
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Not Alone.

= These lines, by ssClarissa," have yer
delicate melody:--N. Y. Home Journal
.raa. Sitting by the solemn sea,
Listening to its moan;
Thinking, may be mourniuliy,
- And thinking-all IL alone
All alone No! not a II aionei
rs-s For still the sea
....-.H Has songs for me
AS mourniul as my own
f Pa, Gazing at the summer sky,
4tE Watching in the night,
Is the tear-Grop N my eye
80 - That makes the stars less Drlgnt!
Not sionsl no, not aione
They dimy shine,
Those eyes divine,
As fearful as my own.
- Fading on my throbbing breast,
- FAILING all about, -a--s 2
Have my burning kisses prest
It's fragrant being outl
81 -. Not alone . no, not sione
Thy heart, poor flower,
Z - - In one short hour.
Was withered like mine own.
Thinking-oh! SO seurily-
Brooding DER my pain
- tITTosld the world go cheerily
=i5n- III should smile agsinl
aset sai Not alone! no, not alone
-a s=.af "a For If smile,
Allearih the while
Has JOY to meet mine own
-fsd Sitting BY the solemn sea,
-'-fg ID sa- Feeding on our woe
sTs ssisr Ali the world is misery,
ea Alas, we make it so.
sz.risf aa Net alone! no. neper ione!
II ;lere y. For every mood
The world is hued,
- FZEE-s And shaded from our own
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Gbaitt Mli MlistelInlg.
The Young Preacher and the
Skeptic


: The preacher was a young man, scarcely
twenty, and not through his theological
course. But. being a liceniiate, agreeable
to the custom of his denomination, be was
at liberty to preach as occasion offered.
Inavillsge of few hundred population,
some of whom were persons OF much intel
Iieence, the young man had acqnaintances
whishs:igssst visited during seasons OF vaea-
-jdo6. f.-.,
On she delivey of his first sermon in the
!. places il was, at once, all astir. The juve-
nileappearance of the preacher, his slen-
der form, clear voice ,,and speaking, always,
without notes, and not unfrequently. for an
hour at time, without faltering in a mat
I. ter OF manner, drew from many the .excla-
mation:-'A remarkable young man.
In this village, resided gentleman in
the prime of life, who was possessed oil
: more than ordinary intellectual acunen,
and literary achievements, of bland man.
= pers, and whose influence with community
was surpassed by none. Though strictly
moral, he was, nevertheless. strictly skePtical
and fond of disseminating his views, partic-
ularly among the young. He was talerted
and wiihal, gifted public speaker, and Of
ten showed his power and skill in political
and literary speeches.
He listened a few times, to sthe boy preach
2 er,, as he was frequently designated, ant
seemed puzzled ia regard to his apparent ca
= pebilities as minister. acknowledging tha
he was gratifed and instructed.
Night after night, for two weeks or more
fbe house of God was crowded, till deel
:, feeling Of religious seriousness took firm
hold of the people, generally.
I Our skeptical friend became much inter
ested, and remarked to some of his associ
ates, that he could, he thought, decipher tn
entire matter. The sermons of the yonn!
preacher were doubtless, committed TO mem
iorv, and were such as he had been assiste
to, in part, or wholly, by his theologiea
teachers; and this, if he were allowed, h
could soon show. He proposed that even
inp. as there was to be service, that b
should present the preacher with text, an
81. request him to expound it then.
+. This was arranged, Accordingly, havin
q made preparation. be placed himself at tn
pulpit Stairs, to await the approach of tn
young divine. The bouse was densely nj
cd. Presently the preacher was seen pas
ling up the aisle, preceded by a Kew an
40, We perable Brother The latter walked d
;ssetly into the desk, while the other was d
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perfection of harmonious proportion, Le
would be laughed ou, of the city. 1t is a
standing objection against the taste of our
women the world over, that they would prac-
tically assert that French mil!iner under
stands how they should be made better than
natu:e herself
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obtained employment, the little brother
found work p do in an Office, and the girl
obtained the favorable notice of celebrated
pianist, whs saw that she possessed musical
gifts of high order, so that by his culti-
yation she became enabled to support her
SELF So, you sea, ten dollars made whole
family happy. grateful and useful, and bought
me this beautiful instrument.
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He came to the grave in full age, like
On his name may be, in all truthfulness,
inscribed-'The memory of the just is bless
ed
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HEvery lie, great or small, is the brink
of precipice, the depth Of which nothing
but Omniscienoe can fathom.
@A witty doctor says that tight lacing
is public benefit, inasmuch as /, kills all
the foolish girls, and leaves the wise ones
to grow up to be women.
0rIt is said that a Yankee baby will
crawl out of his cradle, take survey of it,
invent an improvement, and apply for n
patent, before he is six months old.
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The Outcast's Complaint

e They sag that I'm sinner foul,
- Beyond the pale Of Christian love,
: Thst must no affection claim T..
= Prom earth beneath, nor heaven above;
- No more can mingle in the throng
.iHsE 4Oftbo.e who once did cali me friend,
So .sagcr ess, my hesrt in cheerful song,
: q Nor e,er st mercy foot-stooI bend. -
And shall then, tor one false step ~.
Endure this fearful tide ofwoe' ..--
And through the lapse of coming time
Nor happiness, nor peaee. e'er knowi
No i,sd friends 70 share my grief
And shed their sympashisins sesrsi
For this sad heart finds norelief
sNa-joy. nor hope. in future yearst
Gotfriepdssip's socisi company,
- oh. must / bid a hast farewell, p.
rs And IN flae depths of ruin drown
90 The cares that nos my bosom swellf
Ne,er taste the bliss Of parton free
- From shose whoers were won't to bless
And never hope with joy tosee
The days Of gdileles happInessf
All YES. tnts Is my oeSltiru ""hf
sosi 9 My'crimes are far 100 foul and dark
Humanity must never stoop
a. I, To fan the faint. the elimmeriag spark
- Dfvirsue. that remains to me-
Nor Christian chariiy's kind hands
49,, Ever strive TO raise me up to fee 4
Mv sims. and break their slayish bands.
T'' Bot where is he, the false aad vile'
1H That robbed me o fmy virtue dear,
"a Whose 90 !. address and winnI-g smile y
~ o. Have led me in this pathway drearf
81, Il his scared conscience 80 depraved
t,-a; Thtxno rernorse row haunfs his breastt
-1Eeesehosss Of fallen innocence - ~
- At midnight hours disturb his resii
f,oe. his false heart no sorrow feel
For his 50 ,annic treacheryi
De his old friends their bosoms steel
Against his claims for sympathy
An mo- around his blsckest crimes
The mantle ofsweet love they throw,
Ind fold in friendships fond embrace
This fend disguised,-this voman's foe.
= No fou disgrace sttains hisname
Twas but an act of erring youth;
No blasted hopes sball mar his tame
Twas but trifing deed, torsoothi
Thus do they hide his hellish guile
= - And all mis- vileness cover Ger,
Ano gree, him with their blandest smile'
EAnd love and cherish him the more
whilst I, his victim, lost, forlorn,
Vile out-cast from the good and pure,
n With heart all broken, bleeding, torn,
- And wounded ssul beyond all cure
Must ever quail beneath the frown
OF those who planned my ruin deep,
From my high station brought me down,
Forever in the dust 10 weep. .la
R.xsEsvIILE, March 7th, 1857. lIko.
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Growth is the nature Of habit, no, cf ens
sort or another, but ofsll, even Of snunast-
ural habit.
hTThe things which ore remembered
are few 4 nimpOrtaut,compared with thoss
which arc !orsn;tem
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-06-18
A CESTENARIAN IN AuBuRN PRIso

A CENTENARIAN IN AUBURN Prison.
"A gentleman OF Albany, who re-
Gently visited Auburn Prison, states
that there is confined within its walls,
a man who will have attained to bis
Tooth year in July next. The cause
which led to his incarceration Is said
to be that nearly two years ago, his
children induced him 10 make over
all his property to them; aud then
turned him out of doors. Indignant
at such treatment he set fire to the
house, was arrested for arson, and
sent to Auburn for two years. What
base ingratitude was this to an aged
parent!
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-06-18

HEAVY CHAINs.--A chain has been
manufactured in England for moor
ing the new Collins steamship Adri-
attic, whichis four hundred yards long,
and each link weighs fifty pounds.
While proving it, one Of the links
gave way under a pressure of nine
ty-seven tons; new link was substi-
tuted, and the cable withstood a
strain of one hundred and FIVE tons.
Each link Of the cables for the new
iron steamer the Great Eastern will
" eigh seventy pounds.