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WHAT rs RESPECTABLE SOCIETY.

We heard man, otherwise intelligent e.
nough, lately sneer at another, "because," :"
said he, one never meets him in respectable
society! The speaker did not mean, howev.
er, that the person he affected to look down
upon was immoral, but merely that his circle
of intimates were not composed of the fash
ionable or the rich.
This notion of what constitutes respectable
society, is quite favorite one with that class
of individuals whom Thackeray has so signif-
cantly called "snobs." Empty pretence al
ways making its own characteristics q stand
ard by which it strives to measure the res
pectability of persons at large. In a commu-
nifty of mere money getters, wealth is the
test Of respectability. Among the proud,
narrow-m minded, effete nobility Of the Fau-
bourg St. German, respectability depends
upon being descendants from ancestors who
have married their cousins for SO many Gen.
turies, that neither muscles nor brains are
left any longer to degenerate descendants
With the dandy officers who constitute con-
siderable portion of the American Navy, res
pectability consists in having sponged on
'Uncle Sam" in wearing gilt buttons, and
in iilting tailors. Every conceited fool thinks
himself, in like way, the only man really
weighty, the only person who is respectable.
But true responsibility depends on no such
adventurous circumstances. To be respect
able is to be worthy of respect; and he de-
serves respect who has most virture. The
humblest man who bravely does his duty, is
more worthy of respect is more truly respect
able, than the covetous millionaire among
his money bags, or the arrogant monarch
upon his throne. The fine, lady who back
bites her neighbor, is less worthy of respect
than an honest wash-woman. The proaigate
noble, though he may wear dozen orders
at his button-hole, is not often really as res
pectable as the shoe-black who cleans his
boots. That which is called 'the world" ex-
ats the one and despises the other, but it
does not make them respectable according to
the real meaning of that word. Their res
pectability is but hollow sham, as they
themselves frequently feel; and those who
worship them bow down to Fetish, thing
of feathers ndtinsel. The selfish idle drone,
who wastes life in his own qualification, and
dissipates the fortune of his progeny, is not
and cannot be respectable; but the hard
working, self.denying father, who wears out
his life to bring up his children is, even
though he be but day-laborcr. Nothing
can make Dives fit to lie on Abraham's bos-
som while Lazarus is welcomed there, even
with the sores the dogs have licked.
This false view Of life, which would mea-
sure, respectability by conventional stand
ard, is totally at variance with our republi-
can institutions. It creates an emporium in
imperio," for while the law declares all cltl-
zens equal, it erects social standard which
epdeavors to more that great truth. The
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Stlett Aeaoing.
RESPECT OLD AGE.


There, give him all the path. Tread
slowly and reverentlyin his presence. Hush
that rude laughter; check that idle jest.
See you not upon his temples the snow Of
many winters? See you not the sunken eye,
the bowed form, the thin hand uron whose
surface the blue veins stand out like cords |?
Gone are the beauty and the strength of
manhood; and in that faded eye but little
light is left, save that of love and kindness.
That voice has lost its music, save the soft
undertone of affection.
Sit down, young friend, and hear that sto-
ry of the olden time; and if, in looking
backwards into the mists of the past, he
sometimes forgets-sometimes confounds
dates, and incidents, or tells the same old tale
for the twentieth-time think, over what
vast, vast field his laboring memory wanders.
Think, over what checkered web Of events,
thought takes her beaten track down into
the depths of years. Oh, the joys and sor-
rows, the hopes and disappointmcnts, the
anxieties, and wrongs, and sufferings he
rouses from their dreamy beds, as he fights
life's "battle DER again."
"And scenes long lost, of joy and pain,
Come wildering DER his aged brain."
Standing upon the boundary line between
life and the untried future, his feet would
fain turn backward into the paths of the
past. One moment he longs for rest-the
next come back the mocking memories of
departed joys. The thorns have dropped
silently away amidst the leaves of the roses
he gathered in childhood and youth-their
beauty and fragrance alone remain.
Oh, you in whose bounding veins young
life yet fingers; and you in the full beauty
and vigor of manhood, respect the aged !!
Speak gently, hush the rude laugh, check
the idle jest, listen to the wisdom which is
the voice of experience. Cheer him with
kindly words; cucircle with your strong arm,
and lead him as he descends the Western hill
of life, the shadows deepening into night
the white hairs upon his temple already
drifting in the cool breeze which comes up
from the valley Of death. ..
Honor the aged, that he may leave you
his blessing on the threshold of the unknown
land. Honor him, and God will raise up
for you friends to remove the thorus from
the last league of your own life7journey; for
the sake of the weary one of the long ago,
who never wept for your iugratitudc, whose
bowed form never struggled with weight
of care Or grief which you might have car
ried, while you walked carelessly along, in
tent upon your own ease and pleasure.
. Honor the aged, for His sake who was aid
before the world was-whose life is from
everlasting to everlasting.
Honor him that feebly walkcth
With his staff, the white haired sage,
God will curse the wretch that mockcth
lToary hairs, with sighted oge.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-02-19
THE VAsTNEss OF LONDON.

We Americans are so accustomed to expi-
ating on the growth of our cities, that the
most of us are surprised to hear that the capi-
tails of Europe increase nearly as fast. The
growth of Paris, Vienna and Berlin on the
continent, and of London, Liverpool, Glas-
gov and Manchester, in England, have been
especially rapid. But no city in the world
has thrivcn like the great British metropolis.
In 1901, for example, the population was
nine hundred and fifty eight thousand, eight
hundred and sixty-three; now, it is two mil
lions and half; in other words, at the be-.
ginning Of the century, it was hardly more
than third as large as it is at present. We
think Philadelphia, with its halfa million
of inhabitants, Ii large town; but London is
five times as large. In fact, the latter city
contains nearly as many inhabitants as the
State of Pennsylvania, and more than all the
great cities of the United States together
Nor does there seem at present any likcli-
hood of this enormous metropolis decreasing
in size. On the contrary, there is every in
dication of its continued growth. The sew
erage commissioners, in view of its probable
necessities in future, are already projecting
drainage for six millions of Inhabitants, a
population which London will yet contain, if
the increase goes on at the present ratio. 1t
is curious to examine the statistics in detail
of such a metropolis. Every year there are
eight thousand children born in London, ac-
cording to the Edinburg Review-a compe-
tent authority. Yet the majority of the adult
population, in spite of this, is country born,
there having been at the last census, out of
one million three hundred and ninety-fve
persons twenty years old and upwards, only
six hundred and forty-fve thousand born in
London. Every sixteenth person of full age
is native of Ireland.
There is always permanent stock on hand,
so to speak, of three hundred and fifty thou
sand manageable, but unmarried women
There are six hundred thousand scholars,
six thousand schools, twelve hundred places
of worship, and million church-going peo-
pie.
Fifty thousand persons are always resident
in poor houses, prisons and other institutions,
where they are fed out of public or private
resources. Twenty thousand persons are en-
gagged constantly in killing and selling ami
NAL food; thirty thousand in making and
vending beverages; and twenty-five thousand
in doctoring, preaching and managing law
suits. To complete the catalogue, there are
thirty thousand clerks, two hundred thou
sand domestic servants, thirty thousand tail
ors, forty thousand chair makers, and one
hundred thousand needle women. In Hor-
ace Mayhew's work and in others of simi:
lar character, may be found statistics as to
how this enormous population is to be fed
London has the richest as we'll as the poorest
people in the world, among its inhabitants.
Thousands of persons get up every morning
without knowing how they may be enabled
to buy breakfast. On the other hand, there
are, during the, fashionable season, seventy
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not vet been reached lie in turn started
up, but Brady was too quick, his knife reach
ed his heart and the tomahawk his brain
almost at the same instant.
All were slain by the three spies, except
one. He started to fee, but rifle shot by
Biggs rang mcrrily out upon the night air
and closed his career. The woman and chill
drcn, alarmed by the contest, fled wildly to
the woods; but when all had grown still and
they were called, they returned, recognizing
amid their fright the tones of their own pco-
ple The whole party took up their march
for Mcintosh at once. About sunrise next
morning the sentries Of the fort were sur
priscd to see the caTai@saic of horses, men,
women and children, approaching the fort.
When they recognized Brady, they at once
admitted him and the whole party.
In the relation of the circumstances af-
terward, Bcviugton claimed to have killed
three and Gray three. Thus Brady, who
claimed nothing, must have slain at least six,
whilst the other two slew as many. The
thirteenth Biggs shot.
From that hour to this, the spring is call
ed the "Bloody Spring." and the small run
is called, "Brady's Run" Few, even of
the most curious of the people living in the
ncighborhood, know aught of the circum-
stances which conferred these names which
will be preserved by tradition forever. Thus
ended one of the very many hand-to-hand
fights which the great spy had with the sava-
ges. His history is fuller of daring incident,
sanguinary, close, hard contests, perlious ex-
plorations and adventurous escapes, than
that of either of the Hetzels, of Boone or
Kenton. He saw more service than any of
them, and his name was known as bye
word of terror among the Indian tribes, from
the Susquehanna to Lake Michigan.
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END OF FOUR GREAT MEN.

Cast your eye upon printed page of mini
ature portraits, and it will be perceived that
the four pcrsonages who occupy the four
most conspicuous, places, were Alexander,
Hannibal, Caesar and Bonaparte.
Alexander, after having climbed the dizzy
heights of his ambition, and with his temples
bound with chaplets dipped with the blood of
countless millions, looked down upon con-
quered world, and wept that there was not
another for him to conqner, set city on
fire, and died in a scene of debauch.
Hannibal, after having, to the astonish-
ment and CONSERVATION of Rome, passed
the Alps, and after having put to flight the
the armies of the mistress of the world, and
stripped "three bushels of golden rings, from
the fingers of her murdered knights" and
made her foundations quake, fed from his
country, being hated by those who once ex-
ultingly united his name to that of their God,
and called him Hamli Baal, died at last by
poison, administered with his own hands,
unlamented and unwept, in foreign land.
Caesar, after having conquered eight hun
dred cities, and dyed his garments in the
blood of one million of his foes, after having
pursued to death the only rival he had on
earth, was miserably assassinated by those
whom he had considered his nearest friends;
and in that very place, the attainment of
which had been his greatest ambition.
Bonaparte, whose mandates kings and
popes obeyed, after having filled the earth
with the terror of his name-after having de-
luged Europe with tears and blood, and cloth
ed the world in sackcloth, closed his days in
lonely banishment, being literally exiled from
the world, yet where he could sometimes see
his country's banner waving Ger the deep,
but which did not and could not bring him
aid .......... .... ....-
Thus these fourmen, who from the peculiar
situation of their portraits, seem to stand the
representatives of all those whom the world
calls GREAT-these four, who each in turn,
made the earth tremble to its very centre,
by their simple tread, scverally died-one by
intoxication, as supposed, by poison mingled
with his wine-one suicide-one murder
ed by his friends-and one a lonely exile
How are the mighty fallen.
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THE YOUTH OF OUR DAY.

Where is now our youth ? where our old
men? We have men boys and boymen.--
But where are the yeritable boys-the boys
with eager hearts, throbbing pulses, buoyapts
spirits, gay hopes, GLOWING fancies, uureason7
ing beliefs, and ready faith-the boys with
the young thoughts and the young feelings
gushing through them like the juices Of
young life-the boys who hail tiiefr stage Of
existence joyfully, gathering its pleasures,
battling its sorrows, and venting its impul-
ses, not striving and straining afteran, nm
ripe knowledge and forced maturity p
Where are now our veritable grey boards
the old men who calmly and of course enter
on their stage of life, assuming its dignities,
claiming its privileges, and fulfilling its fnae-
tions separating themselves from the tur-
bid action, the toll and strife of the world,
and reposing honorably in the retirement.of
experience and council not cliDging to the,
semblance of foregone periods, not enyying
the energies of youth or the prime Of man
hood, but keeping alive the memories and
feelings of both to ray their declipingday
with mellow light-the old men who rejoiced
to wear their grey hairs as crown Of glory,
and stood amid their fellows with their hoary
heads, their wise hearts, and their brows en-
craven with the lines of thought like. ~
"The white almond trees full Of good day." -
Such men may still exist, scattered like
-
old pollards over the levelled face Of society;
but they are the products, not the result of
thy materialism. o Agel The youth which,
open under my auspices, and run BY their
creeds, cannot SOW the seeds Of such har-
vest. The youth formed under thy.infu:
ences and action will have no growth, will
not know the natural process of fmaturition-
"First the blade, then the ear, after that the
full corn in the ear" The youth will 'beput
up and fashioned like piece Of mechanism,
set to work like a steam engine, moving ever
by the same hard heavy material laws-so
much speed from so much pressure.
'..-:..- Black4cood.
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THE WATER OF THE NILE.

Bruce, in his "Scenes and Sights in the
East" says: The waters of the East, wheth.
er good or bad, are all soft. About the ana
lysis of the water of the Nile I have no Gu.
Tiosity, aud+w'U,suiisi mot be pleased to re-
ceive information. To be made acquainted
with the chemical elements which compose
our food or our drink, is enough to destroy
all pleasure in eating and drinking, and 70
subject the substance of the venerable good
Nilus to the torture of scientific analysis looks
like impiety. The Nile water is particular.
ly soft it fills the mouth with rich creamy
taste; and in drinking it, in order to enjoy
it, it is well to spread it over every part Of
the palate. 1t should be drank, not to
quench thirst, but to create high pleasure, It
should not, therefore, be swalloewd in large
draughts at time, but taken at short inter-
vals, every hour so. In the house, the water
jar-the admirable Egyptian water jar, which
is SO much more porus than the Indian jar
should be at handday and night continually.
Much refreshment Of soul would be obtained
by your rising from bed during the night and
taking repeated draughts-allowing them TO
remain some little time in your9mouth, 50 as
to keep up an abiding sense Of pleasure on
your palate. The passion Of Nile water like
the love Of every thing that is intensely ex-
quisite in its way, increases with its enjoy
mcnt. No one who has once or twice tasted
Nile water, and has a capacity for pleasure,
will ever after consent to drink oft poisoned
with the infusion of any other liquid. Jeal-
ous Of its own honor, it appears to be the
most averse Of all waters to join in harmony
with wine. Indeed, mixed with wine, it: is
most nauseous compound. The illustrious
river seems opposed toall alliance with igno-
bier fluids, andto court admiration and love
in its own character, "without the foreign
aid of ornament" At the hotels the water
undergoes filtration. In the cottages through
the country, it is kept in largcvessels which.
allow the sedimentto fall to the bottom. The
small clay jars in which it is placed before
you in the hotels, are very graceful in form
and finely adapted to keep the'liquid cool.
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NO. q.

coarse, british knavish, proaigate criminal
in short, all who fall short of their duty: to
themselves and their fellow.men-are those
who are not ssrespectable;" and this, wheth-
er they are rich or poor. While those who:
live honestly and strive to dowhat good they
can, constitutes in reality the respectable
class, irrespective or the fact whether they
eat with silver forks or steel ones.
Philadelphia Ledger.
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GRoilte / Doettp.

THE COTTAGE By THE GLEN.
Many years have glided by me,
Since I stood beside the stream,
Which went bubbling Ger the pebbles,
Happy in my boyish dream.
My heart was light aud joyous
1t had felt no sorrow then,
And each day came fraught with pleasure,
To the cottage by the glen.
/ remember we'll the school-mates,
Who were happy with me there;
How we roamed the field together,
And pluckedthe flowers fair.
Every hillside we had clambered,
- Yet we climed them Ger again,
And CT night our laugh was merry,
- In the cottage by the glen.
Il remember well the grave yard,
Z With its briar.wo wall;
And the church that stood close by it,
With its spire, grim and tall. :
Oft we sported on the yerdure,
Mid the graves of buried men;
Never dreaming time was 1eetlng,
In the cottage by the glen.
remember well the duck pond,
And the rushes by its side; -.
Where the croaking frog pelted,
Cruel in my boyish pride.
remember too, planted -,
By its side willow, then;
It's now a towering giant,
) Near the cottage by the glen.
I remember too, the sisters
And the brothers with me there;
How We gatheredin circle,
At the evening hour of prayer.
But that circle now is broken,
Broken, ne'erto meet again;
One, alas! in death is sleeping,
Near the cottage by the glen. -.
I have suffered many changes,
Since-I left that happy spot;
Many scenes of joy I've numbered,
: Yet can forget it not.
And often mid the hustle,
And the strife of busy men,
My heart turns sadly, fondly,
To the cottage by the glen.
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psg. sTintion p exclaimed an Irish SER
geant to his platoon; front face, and tind to
rowl call! As many Of ye as is presint will
say sHere p and as many Of ye as is not pres
int will say sAbsint p 49,. ,
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Medicines,
c0UG Hs-C0LDs-HOA ABSENCES
.-. DR.. TYLER,S
COMPOUND SYRUP OF GUM ARABIC;


The most Pleasant, Safe and Speedy Cure
for Whooping Cough, Group, Asthma,
Diseased Lungs, and Consumption.
Exfs,sd according to Act of Congr.ss, A. d 1887.
TNA6AIN Pr ESENTING TO THE NOTICE.
Il Of the public the above remedy, we feel that
little apology is needed Vast numbers In all
sections Of the Union obliged to have recourse
to other sources Of relief than the Immediate pre-
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return Of the winter season brings out-a host of
professedly new specifics, some good, others use
less, ard many decidedly dangerous, IL becomes
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this TO be a remedy, combining the greatest ed.
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In use, 10 make II as extensively known as plac-
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proved by the fact, that It has been extensively
used the last twenty years with unparalleled sue
cess; that Its reputation has continued to spread
and it, sale increase, with little cid from edver.
Using or published lists Of certificates, (Which
all know can easily be had for a worthless
preparation as for meritorious one, that by Its
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persons benefited by !ts use, IL has gained its
present popularity; II is not trumpeted to the
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to afford relief where most others have been tried
without material benefit AS such, II Is recog-
missed by numbers Of our leading physicians, who
know its composition, and have been eye wit
nesses Of its superior efficacy, as well as by thou
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by MARIN & PALMER, and CHAS. STOTT,
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Also, "TYLER GUM ARABIC COUGH
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Medicines.
PERUVIAN &yuup

For sSs esrs Of Dyspspsta, Livsv COMPLAIN,
Dropsy, Neuralgia, Iacipieat Diseases of tAs
Lsss; a.d B'osekiat Passages, Bilss, &c.
TSa i si sScslLfE lent MEDIoNE, WHICH
Il has attained q high reputation and been ex-
tenslve!y used In Boston and other cities Of the
East, has been received and Is now offered for
sale by ID GILMAN, special agent, $50 Penn
ner Of l. and I'D streets, Navy Yard
The proofs Of Its efficacy are SO numerous, SO
we'll authenticated and OF such peculiar chaTac-
ter, that sufferers cannot reasonably hesitate to re-
ceive the proYered aid.
The Peruvian Syrup does not profess to be a
exrs-alI, but Its range is extensive because many
diseases, appa,satfy unlike, are intimately re-
lated, and proceeding from one cause, may be
cured by one remedy.
The class Of diseases for which the syrup pro-
vides cure, II precisely that which has so often
bafaed the highest order Of medical skill. The
facts are tangible, the witnesses accessible and
the safety and sfacaoy Of the Syrup inoontrovert-
ibie.
have analy1ed the medical preparation called
the Peruvian Syrup, with reference to the number
and kind Of active substances contained In IT, and
the durability Of the compound as pharmaceuti
cal article. The metallic compounds Of arsenic,
antimeny, mercury aud zinc are net present, nor
is It possible to detect in the slightest indica
ton of any metallic and mineral poison Its or
gsnic constituents do not include opium, or any
Of the drugs yielding poisonous principles The
to the taste. 1t is preparation scientifically and
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sble qualities and the activity Of its leading
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been FREQ uently and unsuccessfully sought after
by pharmaceutists. Respectfully,
A. A.HAYES, MD.
Assaver TO State OF Massachusetts.
No 70 Boylston street. Boston, I'd Nov 1855.
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