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Village Aristocracy.

Many are the follies and Weaknesses of
human nature but none are more con.
tempuble than those acted ont by the scrub
aristocrats of our towns and villages. These
are TO be found in all the relations of life. A
young man, whose father was a hard work
ing mechanic, either has moderate fortune
left him, or he marries thousand dollars.
and forthwith puts on airs, perfectly disgus.-
ing to all who are acquainted with his rise
and progress " in the world. Such Young
men regard as beneath their dignity, the vo
cation of their parents, and not unfreouenty
avoid letting it be known that they spranc
from such sources. We have even met with
some who looked upon the vocation of an
humble mechanic as beneath the dignity of
a gentleman, forgetting, meanwhile, that the
tant of the father attaches to the son !!
Pride of this kind never finds resting place
save in weak brain, and manifests itself in
pcrverse temper.
There are many Young men in our towns
and villages, (and some young ladies, too y
who seem to be proud of the wealth of their
parents-while their own reputation would
be soiIed by assocatiag with the sons Of
mechanics. In their strange infatuation. il
"''S' oSSuIS W tHcIH LiliC l!lelf fathers made
all their property by downright stealing,
cheating, and lying-whiIc their grandfatil
ers were sold at public auction, in our sea-
ports, to pay their passage across the ocean .
See the number of young men in our coun
try, who, endowed with scarcely common
sense, and no sort of love for genuine re-
pubhcanism, resort to the study of learned
professions, such as law and medicine, Willie
every mark about them declares, in terms
which cannot be misunderstood, that the
God Of Nature intended them brcklayers
housecarpenters, and backsmiths. Many of
these ought now to abandon their profes
sions for the more profitable and equally
honorable fields of labor, where their faith.
ers made money enough to educate them,
and thus elevate them to stations in which
they never can move with ease and grace.
God deliver US from the bastard aristocracv
OF our little villages, and Goldfish aristocracy
OF our lower towns Among these hateful
tungeses of society, respectability is based
upon the nature of mans vocation, instead
of the manner in which his duties are per
formed. The only sentiment which well
regulated society recognizes, is in the sound
maxim" Act well thy part-there all the
honor lies"
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Orisinal purtrg.
WRITTEN FOR TuE ENTERPRISE.
&. LINES
On the Opening Spring.

Come, gentle Spring! thy soothing hours i'm
part;
Give incense, raro and heavenly, to the care
worn heart;
Speak words of peace upon thy gentlest
breeze
Soft murmuring echoes thro' the lofty trees :;
Blend harmony, unspeakable, with contri.e
love,
And gather freshness from the ;e:heral
realms above;
Sing peace, in accents lovely to the car;
Stamp freedom Oh each heart from worldly
care;
Cool fevered brows with waving zcphyrs gay,
And cause birds to sing the live.long day,
In melody SO wild, so full Of endless JOY,
Which frowning clouds and boisterous winds
cannot destroy.
Thro' sunny climes let every creature sing:
4 welcome, thrice 2 welcome, to returning
Spring. ..
Come, floral Spring! with scented breezes soft
Enhancing scenes where poets unused alott,
And, soaring swiftly on imaginative power,
Reclines, enchanted, in some Persian bower,
Gazing in wondrous admiration on the beau
a,r ty rare, ....,
And instinct whispers softly-Spring is here.
Too, gently soft the streamlets, murmuring
low, .. .........
Fall on his ear, like gathering heaps Of snow,
Only to melt the senses and invite the heart
That clings to Natufe when alured by Ma
tures art
For when they ripple DER the hard and rocky
sod, ....
Each murmuring sound points up 10 NJ,
ture's God.
Then come, sweet Spring! burst Winters icy
-. band
Come, and stretch forth thy ever bounteous
hand
Let every leaf spring forth, and every bud
- shall tell ~.....
That Spring has come, while Winter bids
farewell a'
OLINA.
'Furman University, GreenviIle, S. c. 1.
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Position in Sleeping.

1t is better TO go to sleep on the right
side, for then the stomach is very much in
the position Of q bottle turned upside down,
and the contents are aided in passing out by
graVitation. If one goes to sleeep on the
left side, the operation of emptving the
stomach of its contents is more like draw
ing water from the well. After going 10
sleep, let the body take its own position. If
you sleep on your back, especially soon after
hearty meal, the weight Of the digestive
organs, and that of the food, resting on the
great veins of the body, near the back bone,
congresses it, and arrests the flow Of blood
more or less. If the arrest is partial, the
sleep is disturbed, and there are unpleasant
dreams IL the meal has been recent or
hearty, the arrest is more decided, and the
various sensations, such as falling over a
PTectpice, or the pursuit Of wild beast or
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The Drunkard's Death.

What spectacle is this What lesson
does it teach The destruction of mans cor.
porea frame is not pleasant under any cir.
cumstances. The taking down his "clay
tabernacle" even when the hopes to enter a
building not made with hands," in the up
per skies, has something melancholy in it.
But when we SEQ a mortal stretched upon
his dying couch whose life has been spent in
debauehery and revelry, what is there con-
nected with him or his, either past or pre-
sent. or future, that does not present the most
horrible and forbidding aspect Life is
gone--property wasted character blasted
wife and children begsared--there he lies
upon his bed Of straw, with parched lips,
bloated countensnce and blocd,shot eyes
the very personifca,ion of ruin. Tossing
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[From the Waverly Magnzine.]
A Life Sketch.
BY ANNA MORSE.

1t was an humble room there was neith-
or birds, flowers or music and the cold De-
cember wind blew through the crevices and
famed an infants check. But though eve
rything around bore the unmistaken impress
of poverty, yet there was the air of Reatness
and taste which is seldom seen in that un-
healthy street, crowded with foreign popula-
ton. The young girl who was busiy en-
ployed at her needle, watching the flashed
cheeks and fitful starts Of her young sister
at her side, was very pale and carew orn, and
now and then tear would roll down her
cheek. She was dressed in deep mourning.
which contrasted strangely with the bright
sunny hair which fell in ringlets over her
neck. 1t is late at night, very late; but
weary and fatigued rs she is, she cannot vet
retire TO rest, for it ia q cold, severe winter
and there is food and clothing to provide for
the wee thing at her side, and no sacrifice is
considered too great that can procure her
comfort; and so Mary ,Prentiss toiled un
complaining on; though she did, at times,
find it hard, when disappointed in the pay
ment OF some work, the proceeds of which
went 10 pay the tent of her attic room, or
furnish bread for herself and little Carrie.
"Oh, Mary, do come here, my head aches
so bad. There, how nice and cool your
hand is--and my throat so sore, please, sis.
ter Mary, can you not give me something to
make it well and now, am so cold again
ali bat my head. Oh, Mary, l am so
sick" .. ...
Mary Prentss took her sister in her arms
and carried her to the fire, after having put
all her remaining coal in the stove, and af.
te seati lg herself, laid her head on her bo-
som t,uI strove to calm her 20 sleep, but it
was ell in vain her mind was soon wander
ing in all the deirium Of fever.
, "Mother, dear mother" she murmured
and she would reach forth her tiny arms as
though they would clasp some loved object,
and then they would drop powerless at her
side. and then again she would raise them
to her aching head, moaning pi;eously. ..
.aH" oh, it is so hard to be poor and can
one be poorer than We are Dear Carrie;
what will become Of her she needs ply
sician, but how am to procure onei I
know of no one in all this street to whom I
can apply, aud the inhabitants Of this house
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hearts are bad let me see them now take
them in your hands aud let me see that they
are dark with bad blood, but do not, like a
dog, bite inc SO soon as you turn Your backs
1t fCoacoochee is to die, he can die like a
man. 1t is not nv heart that shakes no
1t never trembles but feel for those now
III the woods. pursued night and day bv the
soldier; for those who fought with ms until
we were weak. The sun shines bright to-
day. the day is clear, so let our hearts be !;
the Great Spirit will guide you. A, night,
when you camp, take these pipes and toTac,
co, build fire, when the moon is ND and
bright dance around it. then let the fire go
out, and just before the break of lay. when
the deer sleeps and the moon whispers to
the dead, you will hear the voices Of those
who have gone to the Great Spirit; thew
will give you strong hearts and heads to
carry the talk Of Coacoochee. Saw TO INV
band that my feet are chained. T cannot
walk, yet send them my word as true from
my heart as if was on the war path or in
the deer hunt. | am not bov: Coacoo.
chez can die, not with shivering hand but
as when grasping the rifle with my warriors
around me. ...
My feet are chai1ed, but the head and
heart OF Coacoochee reaches You. The great
white Chief (Pocar ger,) will be kind to us.
lie says when my band come in 1 shall
walk my land free, with my band around
me. lie has given you forty days to do
this business in; ifyou want more, say 80 :
| will ask for more; if not, be true to the
time. Take these sticks, here are thirty
nine, one for each day; this, much longer
than the rest, with blood upon it, is the for
tieth. When the others are thrown away.
and this only remains, say TO my peopie
that with the setting sun Coacoochee hangs
like dog, with none but white men to hear
his last words. Come, then; come by the
stars, as l have led you to battle! Come.
for the voice OF Coacoochee speaks to YOU !"
Say this to my wife and child. lie could
not continue. Sobs choked his utterance as
he thought of those loved ones, and he turn.
ed away to hide the tears that coursed down
his cheeks Not a sound disturbed the ST.
lence, the chains were removed from the
hive messengers, and they prepared 10 de-
part. AS the last one was going over the
side, he removed from his person hand!
kerch'ef and breast pin, and giving them to
bm, told him to hand them 10 his wife and
child. .......
Forty days and nights were passed by
the chleftain, as well as by the officers, in
the most intense anxiety, and it was nearly
as much to their relief as to that of Coacoo.
chez and his fellow prisoners, when the sun
rose on The fortieth day and found the en-
tire number, seventy-eight warriors, sixty
four women, and forty-seven children, en-
camped within the bounds of Fort Brooke.
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TIE WHOLE BUSINESS OF I1FE,-Tte
amiable and gifted Jane Taylor, the last
time she took up her pen--it was on the
day preceding her death-wrote as follows
80, my dear friends, if YOU knew what
thoughts have now, you would see as do.
that the whole business Of life is preparing
for DEATH"
How much time is spent in preparing to
live How little in preparing to die!
One who had lived more than fiftv years
SAID, rs ihe hand Of death was upon him
" have all my days been getting ready to
live, and now must die"
Would men but spend as much time IN
preparing to die as they spend preparing TO-
live, the physical agonies of death would not
SO frequently be heightened by the agonies
Of despair.
"The whole business Of life is to prepare
tor DEATH Thousands of death beds
death-beds of rejoicing and death beds Of
despair-have borne w..ness to this truth.
The reader will bear witness to it perhaps at
an early day.
In Wow Of this truth, this very day should
be spent IN preparing to d,%. Dur chief at.
tenlion should this day be given to things
which shall prepare us for the closing day
of life. In the same way should all our
coming days be spent.
Such course would not render life a
dreary waste. Far from it. That man best
enjoys life who is best prepared to leave it.
1t is monrnful thought, that in all prob
ability, some reader of these lines will meet
death without beng prepared for its dread
realities.
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A QUAKER NIsIT-A friend saws that
gong once To visit some Quaker relations
VINO lived IN an old fashioned country Louse
he was shown to his bed. room. and adv;soS
TO prepare for an immediate gathering of
Friends" who were coming to tea in hon.
or of his arrival.
Cousin Johns apartment was 80 s;,p,tod
.nat IL was frequently used as passage into
'he garden; OF this, however, he was not
aware, and he had already commenced a
toilet, intending to be irresistible to some
blooming Quakeress, when the hum of VOL
ces and rtstling of silks warned him Of a
VISIT from the already assembled guests,
What could he do? The other door was
securely fastened on the outside, and every
moment brought the catastronhe nearey
With the energy Of despair he sprang into
bed and closed his eyes.
They came pouring in; bot, at the siobt
OF his reclining figure, their faces assumed
various expressions of coincidence.
why, what's the matter with cousin
John = and "poor cousin John must be
sick 4" greeted his ears on all sides.
But one old lad y, more curious than the
rest came close up 10 the bedside, and peep
ing at him over her spectacle, said
Cousin John, hadn't thee better try n
little bone.set tea"
He opeaed his eyes to encounter nair ar
the end Of the room that were "darklv
deeply, beautifully blue" and fairly dancing
with mirth.
Inc blue eyes understood his predica
meht' and john could not contain himself
any longer. lie laughed out, and his aston
ished guests dispersed.
When John told us this story there was
par OF eyes, not far from him, answering TO-
his description exactly, that bcamed with nm
expression which seemed to say their owner
knew something about it.
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NUMBER 4s.

0aner impending danger, and the desperate
effort to get rid of it, arouses us tha, ,cnds
on the s,agnating blood. and we wake in !
fright, or trembling. or perspiration. or feel.
ing OF exhaustion, according to the degree of
stagnat'on, aud the length and strength Of
the danger. But when we are po, abra "
escape the danger when we do fall er,ta
precipice, when the tumbling buidino c,nsL,
es us, what thenl That IS Deeth? That
Is the death of those Of whom i; is said
when found lifeless in their bed in the morn,
ing, They were as well as they ever were
the day before" and often it is added and
ate heorf'cr than usual! This last. as n
frequent case Of death to those who have
gone to bed well 10 wake no more. we Give
merely as private opinion. The possi6il;.
ty OF its truth is enough to deter anv ration
al man from late and hearty meal. This
we do know with certainty. that waking nm
in the night with painful diarrhoa, or ebof,
era, or bilious colo, ending in death in =
very short time, is properly traceaLIe to a
late large meal. The truly wise will take
the safer side. For persons who eat tbree
times day, it is amply sufficient to make
the last mea' of cold bread and butter and a
cup OF some warm drink. No one can
starve OH it, while a perseverance in the bab.
1t soon begets vigorous appetite for break
fast SO promising Of day Of comfort. =
Halls Journal of Health
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CivILIrY is FoRTUNE.-Civility is a for
tune in itself, for courteous man always
succeeds well in life. and that even when
persons Of ability sometimes fail. The "a
nous Duke of Marlborough is case in point.
IT was said Of him by one contemporary,
that his agreeable manners often converted
an enemy into friend; and, by another,
that 1t was more pleasing TO be denied ia
vor by his Grace, than to receive one from
other men. The gracious manner of Charles
James Fox preserved him from personal dis
like, even at a time when he WAS politically
the most unpopula. man in the kingdom.
The history Of our country is full Of exam.
pies OF success obtained by civility. The
experience OF every man furnishes, IL We but
recall the past, frequent instances where con.
cihatory manners have made the fortune of
physicians, lawyers, divines, politicians, mer.
chaEts, and, indeed, individuals of ali pur.
suits. -
:, In being introduced to stranger, bis af.
fabihty or the reverse, creates instantaneous.
Iva prepossession in his behalf, or awakens
unconsciously a prejudice against him. To
men, civiiity Is, 10 fact, what beauty Is to a
woman--it Is general passport to favor; a
letter Of Recommendation written in Ian.
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EENVILE SOUTH MORNING. APRIL g. 1857

guage that every stranger understands. The
best of men have often injured themselves
by irritability and consequent rudeness, as
the greatest scoundrels have frequently size
ceeded by their plausible manners. OF two
men equal in all other respects, the eourte-
Gus one has twice the chance for fortune.
... ..... ..-. .. 2. "a, EPhilddeiphia Ledger.
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MOCK SPONGE CAKE.-One quarter of
pound of butter, one Of sugar, three eggs,
one half pint Of milk, one even teaspoon
fui Of soda, three coffee cups Of -four, one
heaping teaspoonfu Of cream tartar, little
salt, adolescence Of lemon. This will make
two loaves. Bake in a quick but not too
lot cyen.-E Country Gentleman.
Indiana American., 1857-01-09
HARRrsoN. O., Dec. 30th


Mr.. EpIroR:-Some half dozen citi-
zens Of Harrison visited one Of the rum
holes and gambling hells" of this place,
last week, to which young lads had been
admitted, made drunk, and permitted to
engage in gaming-and informed the gen
aemanly proprietor II such things again oc-
CURED, that acting on the principle ofself-
defense, they would "clean out" his es-
tablishment for him, IL no law Of the
State could be made to reach him.
We are no advocate Of mob law, or Of
"squatter sovereignty" but we honestly
believe that such anusanco as the liquor
traffic and its attendant horrors, demands
Of us as parents, as patriots, and as philan-
thropists that we see to II, that they are
not permitted to degrade our sons, our
neighbors, and our neighbors families, and
il through the trickery Of rum-loving and
rum fearing Legislators and judicial officers
laws cannot be made to reach such cases,
then are we, in view Of the danger to
which we, and ours, are exposed, and
the sacrifices we are called upon to make,
in consequence Of the traffic, called upon
to rise in the majesty Of our inherent
rights and blot out these sinks of iniquity,
these breathing holes Of hell God
speed the day when the people shall be
properly aroused to see the Importance Of
Of this subject, and when the moral sense
Of every community shall be such that tho
business will not be tolerated.
O.P.O.
Indiana American., 1857-01-09

0-If the Republicans are simply op
posed to the "ertension Of Slavery and IN
favor Of Kansas as free State, why lei
them say so at once, and we are with them
Let them repudiate those who hold TO the
extreme and impfacticable doctrines we
have been quoting, and, as a party, they
will at once strengthen their stakes and
lengthen their cords.-N. A. Tribune.
We wish somebody would say SO, JUS
so emphatic that friend GREGG could moi
possibly misunderstood. We have never
heard one say otherwise. We never saw
any thing in any responsible platform 9TH
erwise, we never read any thing in an ac
knowledgcd Republican paper otherwise
yet friend GREGG is not convinced. Thu
quotations which he has made from GREE.
LY and BEEcuER do not say otherwise ex,
cept by the kind of criticism by which ht
makes us say that God will stir up the
negroes Of the South to avenge the mur
ders in Kansas. On the contrary all rea
Republicans have repeatedly acknowledg
ed the right Of the South to do as they
please in their own borders. As we have
repeatedly said Gregg's method of reason.
ing would convict the Americans" ol
most horrid intentions against foreigners
Indiana American., 1857-01-09
SEC. 3.


MR. Wo0tom ana Drs 0oecnors
The Boston 7Fanscript relates good
story Of these two veterans: The vener-
able Dr.. Boecher attended the lecture OF
Mr.. Benton on the Union. before the Mer-
camille Library Association, aud was intro
duced to the distinguished politician in the
ante-room of the fremont Temple. The
ex-senator, in the course Of his lecture,
depicted the dissolution of the Union by
the figure of conAagration that consum-
cd every thing in its path. Now Dr. Bee
cher is one of the most hopeful old gen.
tlemen of the age; he has seen the Union
at the very verge of dissolution at least
eight times since he has preached the Cos
pei; and from his well-known character
and opinions, 1t Is safe to infer that he saw
through the weakness Of Mr.. Benton's
logic, and did not assent to his views.
After the lecture the two worthless who
have "come down to us from former gen.
sration," had some conversation, during
which Mr.. Beecher expressed desire to
read Mr.. Benton's lecture in print, that he
might better understand its arguments
Mr.. Benton replied that he should not
publishis at present. as he had 50 many
invitations to repeat it. "well," said Mr.
Beecher, with characteristic keenncss, u
hope you will give II to us in print bef0r'
.oe are all burned up." This hit Of the
old doctors, tits said, was highly relished
by the bystanders.
Indiana American., 1857-01-09
OBITUARY.

ANNA SYLVIA, died at the residence OF
Mr.. ID. Eskcra, her son-in-law, near Ever
ton, Fayette county, Ind, Dec. 3lst 1856.
She was born in Virginia, Aug. q, l7T4,
married in the ninteenth year Of her age
to Thomas Silvey, and in the year 1901,
moved to North Carolina. Here they
Joined the Methodist =. Church. They
both heartily engaged in seeking salvation,
and in few months God spake peace to
their souls. They lived very happily to-
gether In the year 1914, they moved to
Indiana, then in wilderness condition, at
which timeIthey found Rev. John Strange
travelling up the east and down the west
fork of White Water, collecting the scat
tered sheep Of the house Of Jss,rael. Her
companion formed class. known in ali
this country by the Tame of Mount Zion,
in which they both lived until the year
'35, when Rev. Thomas Silvey bid her
farewell, and went to Mount Zion above.
Thus, for upwards Of twenty-one years,
she endured the privations Of widows
life; but in all she lived the life of the
righteous; and the word Of God is true for
she died his death.
A few days before her death, she told
her daughter, Mrs. Eskera, that she had
been long time from her Thomas, but she
would soon be with him, and never part
again. She has left our earthly Mount
Zion, in the triumphs ofa living faith, and
joined the citizens Of the Mount Zion
above.
Her funeral will be preached at Mount
Zion, Sunday, March goth, by Rev. T. A.
Goodwin.
On the 9th inst, at the residence Of Mrs.
Sophia Lanneus, in Brookville, after lin
gering illness, Mr.. LEWIS MURPHY, in the
45th year Of his age. The deceased was
native Of Butler county, Ohio, and has
for seventeen years past been resident Of
Cincinnati.