The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1858-12-29
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give Heoster true Qennltlon OF the above cap
ton. Well / believe, he defines friendship as
intimacy based on mutual esteem. No treatise
could, presume, be formed on a more pleas
ing and important subject than friendship. L
is one of the most brilliant and attractive Jew.
els that person can possess. Beauty, wit
opulence and accomplishments pass for nothing
IN person, unless accompanied by this charm,
friendship Some people. call display Of
friendship afectation, or false show. Why ii
is, we cannot tell. Surely our Creator did not
Use partaity in giving them their hearts; it
must be a cultivation of their taste and inclina-
ton What sweetness there is in the name
frlend--at It's mere mention rich stream of
sweet emotions issues forth, filing every nook
and corner OF our heart with gladness. The
time may come when 'tsummer friends" may
tail, then we can say, as did the poet:
''By wind and waves
We're tossed and dryen!"
How pure, precious and eevatng are the joys
of friendship. The meteor is strkingly beau
tiful, and like dream it yanisheth; but one
kind and gentle word, dropped from the lips of
true friend, often leaves impressions as per-
nanent as eternity. We know not how much
good we can accomplish by speaking gently to
sad heart. Oh! if We can have true friends,
IN whom we'can Eepose confidence of heart, the
moaning winds may sing their melancholy
dlrge, the high-toned thHuders send forth their
harsh notes to the remotes, corner of the earth,
the vivid lightning flash furiously around us;
yet life will be pleasant. rendered SO by friend
ships sweetest tie. Friendship is real senti-
ment and feeling of the heart, dignifymg and
elevating in its nature. 1t is immutable, benev-
oient, perpetual and distinguishing. The
amorous and the kind are soon Disseminated
from the petulent and naughty. Some admire
pungent sarcasm, but they love genteness and
amlablllty. Friendship is universally adapted
to the female sex; but is categorically indis-
pensable to the opposite. Our Maker did not
design that we should live distant and formal
toward our fellow creatures; but that "we
"our enemy thirst we should give him drink; if
he hunger we should feed hin; by SO doing
we would heap Goals Of fire upon his =
How sublime to see friendship persevering for
the exalted purpose Of promoting happiness on
all who comes within the limits of its circle If
we would live piously devoted, friendly and af
tectonateIy toward each and every one, this
earth would prove paradise while here we re-
main. Here we can behold the face of physi-
cal nature, here harmony and order reign. The
beautiful, the magnificent and the grand may
be gazed upon at every turn, and many other
beauties and facilities, to render US happy
Oh! may the golden chain OF friendship ever
bind our hearts together, and rosebuds of love
never cease to bloom within our bosom, is the
prayer OF friend. Ida.
Near Mooring's Port La, December, 1858
SUSTAINED BY IT'S MOTHERS BLooD-The
following painful narrative is from the Cincin-
matt Enquirer: We yesterday heard of a case
of destitution which we believe to be unparal-
leled in the annals of want and misery. A
servant girl in the employ of Mr.. McGrew, of
the firm of McGrew d Co., the well known
jewellers, who resides in Eighth street, between
Cutter and Linn On Wednesday afternoon last
threw some garbage into an alley in the rear
Of the house. She observed couple of little
girls, the eldest not over twelve years
old, rush at the pile of refuse, and selecting
portions of it, put it to their mouths and eat it
most ravenously. Struck with this exhibition |
of extreme hunger or the part of the children,
she asked them if they would like to have some
bread, to which they eagerly replied in the /
affirmative, at the time intmatlng that they (
would be glad to take anything that would
keep them from starving. She then took them
nto the kitchen and gave to each a portion of
A loaf When the children left, she watched
hem, and saw them enter an old and quite
lllapidated stable on the opposite side of the
alley. The servant girl informed Mr.. McGrew
If what had happened, and that gentleman, in
with neighbor, visited the stable,
md there witnessed a scene which almost beg
,ars description. Stretched upon the floor on
ome damp and mouldy straw were number
If children huddled together, seeking warmth
" contact with each other, and some clothed
With but single garment, and that of the
hlnnest texture. In corner was seated a
Voman, ''clothed in unwomanly rags" bud
ling to her bosom a child apparently about
wo months old, and vainly endeavoring to
i've it sustenance, bu. instead it drew nothing
ut blood from her exhausted breasts. :
The woman was apparently not more than :
lirty five years old, although the mother of J
even children, all of whom were with her in
1e miserable hove! where she was found. Her ,
ory was soon told She had been well raised :
nd had seen better days-much better-she +
ould not have seen worse days, and until !,
eriod of two years after her marriage had :,
nown no want. But her husband yielded to '
n appetite for liquor, became first drunkard, ,
len sot, and finally abandoned her Three +
: four days previous to being found by Mr.. 9
cGrew her landlord had turned her out of \
ouse and home for non payment of rent. She n
zen, with her little ones, wandered about the
reefs until she found the deserted stable, and
I'd remained there ever since absolutely with Il
1T food. Her babe had soon exhausted the o
aternal nourshment which nature supplied. q
A New LIGHT.-The London correspondent O
the New York Commercial Advertiser, in a
$ letter of November 1e, says: 4
A new discovery in light is about to be in n
oduced, which, if it realizes the averments of ID
e patentees, will reyolutionize all our exist el
3 methods of illumination. 1t was first pub e.
ly exhibited during the visit of the queen to b.
lerbourg, while her majesty was passing at al
5ht from her own ship to that of the emperor W
The raw material may be cheap gas made m
I'M the commonest materials, and the increase, hi
brilliancy is obtained by passing it through tn
1ew medium which is alleged to have all the W
vantages of lime without its destructiblity. en-
r. A. ~ hI