The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1857-04-22


They lead no creature. wrong;
So heavily fall the hammer strokel
Merrily sound the song
Without these twain, the poor complain
OF evils hard to bear,
But with them poverty grows rich, sF
And finds loaf to sparel aa
Their looks are fire-their words inspire .=
Their deeds give courage high;
About their knees the children run,
Or climb, they know not why, ssg
Who sails or ride or walks with them,
Neer finds the Journey long,
So heavily fall the hammer stroke
Merrily sound the songl
Coored ministers often excel in those quail
ties in which many Of their white brethren arr
specially deticient--pungency and directness
The following sketch of a sermon, for whose
accuracy the editor of an exchange gives hi
personal voucher, is good Illustration Of these
important qualities 5sma...s a..
Dropping into AN African meeting house in
the outskirts Of the city, we found the sermon
just commenced. The topic seemed to be the
depravty Of the human heart, and the sable
divine thus illustrated his argument:
"Bredren, when / was in Virginia one day
de ole woman's kitchen table got broke, an
| was sent into de woods to cut a tree to make
new leg for it. So | took de ak on de Shout
der, and | wander into de depth Of de forest.
All nature was beautiful as lady going to
de wedding. De leaves gssened ON de ma
pie trees like new quarter dollars in de mis-
sionary box; de sun shone as brilliant, and ma
ture looked as gay as buck rabbit in pars-
ley garden, and de little bell round de old
sleeps neck tinkled softly and unsteady in the
distance. a@ s. ..-a...4 rlas.. v. tz
Il spied tree suitable for the purpose, and
do q ont into do ly
was beautiful tree De branches reached to
high in de air above, an de squirl's hop about
in de limbs like little angels Topping tbeis wings
in de kingdom OBJ heaven Dat tree was full of
promise, my friends, jest like great many OBJ
you. I'LL .~E
''Den cut into de trunk, and make de chips
fly like de mighty scales dropping from Paul's
eyes. Two, three cut gave dat tree, and
alas, it was holler in the butt ..f .s
., "Dat tree was much like you, my friends
full of promise outside, but holler in de butt"
The groans from the amen corner of the
room were truly contrite and affecting; but we
will venture small wager that that was the
most practical sermon preached in the city, on
that day at least.
Self-respect is the safest preventive against
quarreling. The man who is sure of his po-
sition is the slowest to suspect another of any
design to question it; and hence the art ofavod
ing alteration has generally been deemed one
of the peculiar characteristics of the gentle
man. Few men can have mingled even in the
slightest degree, in society, without noticing
that one prominent feature in the character Of
of parvenu, is his proness to take offence
His ankles are sharper, his corns more tender
than those of other people. There is really no
knowing where to be safe with him. The best
plan, of course, is to leave such men alone
We should do our best to avoid infringing on
their ramifed irrtability. 3 stE.SE
Fanny Fern gives the following recipe 'to
win a simple woman's c:"-Let your hair
hang in superfuous rnglets over your neck and
shoulders; never suffer a razor to touch your
face; squeeze yourself into coat of mulberry
cloth; put on vest striped with green, yellow
and red-pants checked with blue, crimson,
and purple; shove your feet into pair Of boots
with the heels at least three inches high; dan
gle q little black cane, tipped with brass; a
huge brass ring upon your little finger, and you
will be the lion of the day, and win the heart
Of any simple firt you meet will"
very interesting inquirer writes to know
whether the Powder Magazine is published
monthly, and is considered safe magazine for
quiet families? Also. whether mint juleps will
be any cheaper if branch of the U. States
mint is located in New York. Also, whether
dead letters are ever known to revive after they
reach the dead letter office, and If not, what
is the use Of sending them there. Also, whether
navigators have to double their capes in all
ATTITUDES, OF only cold regions. Also, whether
a sehoolmaster can be said to have no scholars
when he has two pupils in his eyes. &
It happened some years ago, in one Of the
northern counties of Vermont, that the then
states attorney, though a man of great legal
ability, was rather too fond of the "critter,'
and with a perversity Of habit, which we have
often seen in others, was pretty sure to drink
too deep at the very time when it was most ne
cessary that he should be sober On one oc-
casion, an important criminal case was called
by the clerk, but the attorney, with owllike
gravity, kept his chair, being, in fact not fairly
able to stand on his feet. ras
"Mr. Attorney, is the State ready to pro-
ceed?" said the Judge. 80. -2....@
tYes-hic-no, your HONOR stammered
the lawyer, 'sthe State--hic--is not in a state
to try this case to day-the State your honor,
is drunk et
If were talking, says sensible writer to my
own daughter, would entreat her never to al
low herself to dwell upon marriage as an OBJ
ject of life. Dignity and delicacy sink, / can
not say how rapidly, when once the idea takes
possession Of the mind; and as for happiness
there is no more miserable being in existence
than woman, past the excitement Of youth,
aiming TO be married for. the sake Of bengl
married. She becomes more dissatisfied and
envions, and neglectful OF present duties. May
you never become what have seen many 9TH
ers solely from the influence of the one false,
degrading principle. 5e s4tas yEsE
The love that survives the tomb. says r.
wing, is one ofthe noblest attributes of the soul
If it has its woes. it has also its delights; and
when the overwhelming burst Of grief is calm
cd into the gentle tear of recollection, then The
sudden anguish and conyulsed agony overthe
present ruin Of all that we most loved are soft
ened away into pensive medtations on all that