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or Calharine Schuyler, who burned
over her wheat fields that the grain
might not feed the enemies Of her coun-
try; and Of Lucy Knox, wife of General
Knox. who left alone her r, yalist family.
Lydia Gates, young Quaker girl, had
saved Wasbingtonand his army at White
Marsh. Rachel Martin If South Caro-
lima had nine children, and seven sons
were in The army.
Next 10 the ifuence of women in the
Revolution was that OF the clerGymen.
Washington had declared in lis letters
that if the clergyman had not thrown
their inhuenc in its favor, the cause
would have been ruined. If a wife op-
posed her husband from joining the ranks,
the clergymen interfered in favor of him
going. If MAIDEN desired to retain
her loyerat home, the clergymen dcclar-
I'd he would not marry them it he 1i'
not go, and nobody else in the country
would dare 10 do it. 1t was customary
when company of men we're raised.
aud were about 10 march against the
enemy, to draw up before the house of
the dominic and get his blessing. One
OF the Boston clergymen had prayed
after this fashion
% Lord, if our enemies will fight let
them fight and have fighting enough
If more troops come over, Lord, sink
Item
And the congregation responded
Yea, Lord, let the them all be suRk'
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Dromgoole, and roasted him before a
slow fire of sarcasm, when he told him
that giving color to an idea was not a
Northern but a Southern practice, one
of the peculiar domestic institutions of
Virginia with which he had no desire TO
interfere how the house screamed with
laughter as Dromgoole essayed a grim
smile in acknowledgement of this deli
cate allusion to the bleaching chemistry
employed by the South to eradicate the
dark iints in their variegated population
how he wourd up his triumphant phil
ippic by warning his young adversaries
never again to run on an errand till they
knew wEiher they were gOing'-and
how the house firmly refused to lay The
resolutions on the table, but brought
their authors to direct vote, and finally
trampled them down TO decided ma
jority:-are not all these things writ.
ten in the Chronicles of the Old Hall Of
the House of REPRESENTATIVES.
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MY WIFE SAVED 1T FOR ME.

OAe hot July afternoon, where the air
scorched the lungs as it WAS breathed
10, and no business was stirring to keep
the brain from going to sleep, L lay and
dozed quietly and shadily in my room.
which overlooked the street. Presently
there came voices. Two men appeared
10 be in confab on my door step. The
windows were wide open, but the shut
ters were closed, and their voices came
up with great clesrness, SO that l had
no choice but TO hear. The tenor of
their conversation was curious. One, it
seemed. had found life CHEEKY and pleas
ant, and Fortunes wheel had reyolyed
with touch of his fingers. tuning all
into gold. The other was at the foot OF
the hill, and gray headed. as I alter
waids discovered. Both were TO all ap-
pearance, hearty and of long lived stock.
Each had gone his way through life,
and chance meeting had led them both
to sit down on my door step 10 cool
themselves in the shade, and they into an
earnest talk. Evidently schoolmates
once, of later years they had seen little
of each other. 1t was favorable op-
portunity this, of my door step, to com.
pare notes, TELL me. John, said the
more poorly clad of the two. how have
you come to get along SO well, and make
money until you have got rich Johns
voice fell into a tender tone as he an
swered, i will tell you; it was my wife
who did ii!' 'Your wife, Jobn-how,
simply in this way, replied John.
'Oue day, when l had been in business
for four or five years, l wanted money
badly; and did not know where TO raise
twenty pounds that needed TO pay
note falling due next day. L told my
wife that night. See made no reply, but
rose and went to n closet handy, and
came back TO me holding out a stocking
well filled. Handing it 10 me. and said,
There, John, is FIVE and twenty pounds
which | have saved up in sixpeuces and
shillings; take them and do what you
please with them had not a word to
say; but that taught me lesson. 1 re-.
solved to be careful of the small ont
goinss after that, Peter. and l was; and
now. after ten years, I am worth enough
to keep me and mine above want. l
found that the way to make money was
10 be careful of the small things-s six
pence here and a shilling there. And,
above all. that an economical and low
ing wife may make man instead Of
breaking him. My wife put new no.
lion into nay head, and have never
forgotten it. She has made ME what l
should have never made of myself.
l heard Peter heave sigh, as he ac
inowledged that has wife did not consult
lis interest. but always spent up to her
ncome. And then l could not help
linking that il women would only rea-
ize the powor they have of making
mans home happy, by adapting them
elves to circumstances, how many more
,enial, steady husbands and fathers
here would be, and how much good it |
would do every man to say, as John
aid. My wife saved it for me. She
Iad made me what 1 uncomfortable
nd happy and contented.'
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w no slps tnc POISONOUS ooWls
Who seeks in utter ruin,
To drown his noble soul
''Oh. Nettie, never, no never, ask me
again to look with The least allowance up
on Edgar Cary"
"Why Fannie, contrast his immense
wealth, with the extreme poverty of Fred
Ray obliged 10 work for old DIR. Put
nam for his board, do the Doctors collec.
ting, 10 pay for his clothes and tuition;
then shut himself up, month in and month
out, poring overrusiy Anatomies, picking
dry skeletons, and molding out pills;
while Edgar Cary drives an elegant span
OF dapPle grsys, visits all places of a.
-musement, and is perfect gentleman"
Nettie, just take away Eds wealth,
place him on The same platform with Fred;
ami what would be lefi2 An imperial,
moustache and a few jeuy ringlels; the
mere form OF man, not an original idea,
not one talent improved; in fact, The poor
fellow would not know a single bone,
muscle, or nerve, which composed his
(should be noble structure. An exquis-
lie appearance he would make in The
world then. OH the woman who was
SO unfortunate as to be Mrs. Cary, and
poor, might start with her basket for cold
bits 10 apPease hungry stomach, for all
he could know what to do. Then il
would be sacrilege 10 soil those lilly-
white hands, evon with The ingredients of
pills. Oh! if he knew you ever busted
the Parlor, or answered 10 the ring of the
door-bell, dare say he would never deign
10 give you glance of recognition
"Well. Fannie, he has been nursed in
the lap of luxury aud ease; his parents
idolize him. and why should he be differ
eni?n 50 Hl
"Nettie.- had he good common sense, he
would not be made childish pet, by any
one, but would be desirous of knowing
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Al INTERESTING INCIDENT.

During the services ofthe Union Pray
er Meeting list night, at the Town street
Methodist Episcopal Church, DR.. Awl
showed a pocket bible, and related an in
cident connected with it. He stated that
i! belonged to a gentleman who was a
soldier in the English army in the wars
against Napoleon; who was a praying
man., and who was much exercised in
mind respecting bis situation. His mind
was directed in the verse of one of the
psalms, which reads:-"A thousand
shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand
at thy right hand, but is shall not come
nigh thee" This made great impres-
on him. On the morning of the battle
of Waterloo, he read his bible, as was
his custom, and instead of placing it in
his knapsack, he placed it in his haver-
sack. The division 10 which he was at
tsched was not called into action uaiil
three o'clock in the afternoon. He went
into the battle, and during the fight the
book was pierced with two bullets, which
protected him from their force, and
doubtless saved his life. At the conclu-
sion of his remarks he returned the book
to the owner, who was sitting in one Of
The pews. He is now an old man, and
still continues in the service of the Cap
tain of our Salvation. He resides in this
city, and his name is Ross.-O. S. Jour
nnl
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THE CR0AKERs OF SOCIETY.

One of the most melancholy produe-
tions of this condition Of life is the sniv-
eler--a biped that infesls all classes of
society, and prastles from the catechism
of despair, on all subjects of human con-
cern. Tie spring Of his mind is broken.
A babyish nerveless fear has driven the
sentiment OF hope from his soul. He
obeys the impulses of cowardice as tho
they were the laws of existence. He il
the very jeremiah of convenlionalism,
and his life one long and lazy laments.
tion. In connection with his maudlin
brotherhood, his humble aim in life is 10
superadd the Snirelizat;on of society to its
civilization. He shivels in the cradle, at
the school, at the altar, in the market,
on the death bed. His existence is the
embodiment of whine. Passion in him
is merely whimper. He clings to what
is established, as snail to a rock. He
sees nothing in the future bu, evil, moth.
ing in the past but good. His speech is
the dialect of sorrow; he revels in the
rhetoric of lamentation. His mind, or
the thing he calls his mind, is full OF
forebodings, premonitions and al the
fooleries Of pusillanimity.
He mistakes the trembling of his
nerves for the instructions of his reason.
Of all bores he is the most intolerable
and meTciless. He draws misery TO you
through his nose on all occasions. He
is the master of all the varieties Of the
art of petty tormenting. He tells you
his fears, his anx;eties, his opinions OF
men and things, his misforlunes and his
dreams, as though they were the most
edifying and delightful Of topics for dis
courses. Over every hope of your own
he throws the gloom Of his dependency.
He is living treatise to. ennui, which
sanctuaries TO which no mere book could
possibly cain adnittance.
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I CANNOT FORGET.

''0h. thy dark eye gitaneth brightly,
And thy footstep sprnSeth lighly,
When it comes 20 meet ne here:
And thy low, soft Shisper falle:h,
As the gentle dew .iescenieih,
To the dropping flower; il bringeth
Sweet music to nv ear
The pleading ,oTe light dancing,
In thy dark eye sadly glancing,
Would melt my heart of stone:
And thy proud form bowed before me,
Asking only that love thee,
Had its labor nearly done;
But pale face ever gieameth.
Ard blue eye ever streSmeth,
With holy rain Of tears.
And low, sad voice is breathing
Ever in my ears.
Thou didst pledge thy faith urdying
Through all coming years.
And that pale face ever rising
Between thy>elfa and ne,
And those blue eyes ever beaming
With their holJ rain drops streaming.
Draw away my heart from thee;
Go! thy love with thee remaining.
Ask not love OF mel
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NATIVE AND FoREIGS TREzs
are not insensible to the superior beauty
ani value of some foreign ornamental
trees. Our spleasure grounds could III
spare the Norway spruce. Siberian
ar6oFvile, SStedish juniper. Scotch
laIch, English linden, mountain ash, DC,
&c. But We fear that the richness of
our forests is unappreciated By many
planters; to some. perhaps, it is unknown.
Let it not be forgotten that we have
fifty species of oaks in North America;
all Europe has only thirty. North
America has forty species of pines and
frs-lhe United States over twenty
while Europe has only fourteen species.
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The triumph of woman lies not in the
admiration of her lover, but in the re-
spect of her husband, and that can only
be gained by cultivation of those quail
tiles which she knows he most values.
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nOetrp.
NJ
From the Londcn Critic
2 THE VOICE OF OUR YEARS.
BY francis BROWNE.


They 60 not in silence from nations men,
The years that bear glory ana valor away;
Bat utter their warnings to city ard plain.
Like the trumpet that startled old It3ly's day.
And thus from into history;s bounds.
The shades of the numbered and finished depart:
They speak to thee England. 4 warming that sounds
Through he sleep of the church and the din Of the
mart.
Behold. thou art rich and increased in the goods
or art and dominion-of commerce and power;
Nor tyr 'nt ner foe on thy freedom intru,les,
And within thee th- hut is IS safe as the tower.
The empire Of the ocean-the wealth OF the East,
Thy heart hath won, and thy strong hand will
hold.
But the stranger turns weary away from thy feast.
And the days Of Thy children cherries and cold.
For poverty lies on the soul of the land,
Il bends to the reckoner-i. sinks to the till;
There II sioxness of heart-there is swftness of hand
And the price is the garland of courage and skill.
Thine xltars are many, thy priests host,
- In forms and in phrases thy Sahbaths find scope;
But the DAYS Of thy millions creep in the dust
With the ledger their faith. and the market their hope
Itis'not the man. hut his fortunes, they praise
1t isnet the work, but the sale and the show,
As II satncfinG sucn nusks were the only SUCCESS
And the muse had no laurel to lend or bestow.
Thy youth hath no dream tme-thine age hath rest
For liI and for traffic, for business and banks;
1nd genius Sith ;hee is a stranger 1t best,
Without name in thy records place in thy ranks.
And ye. thoa hast names neither feeble nor few.
And graves on which gers The long light of lame;
The sage and the poet hath lived for thee, too,
And the fields OF far nations thy vaor proclaim.
On liSerty's mantle thy hold hath defed,
The farce of the seeItEe, the crosier and spear;
And safe in thy shadow earth's exiles abide
They without question and Dwell without fear.
But how have thy gaining and getting forgot
That life hath windows that look to the sky
Iha. the strength and the OF nations is that
Which the steel win and the gold cannotJuy-
That man inay not live TO the outward alone
Is this what the wide esrh must learn by the fal7
When it sees thee make all but the noest thine own.
And thy wealth grow great and thy wisdom SO
small.
Arise and remember the hopes Of thy youth-
Thy dead that to greatness and glory belong
Thy pledges to freedOuI-thy martyrs for truth
The pride OF thy s.ory-the power Of try song.
Shall these have heirs in the prime of thy strength.
Is the trader thy Trusts the engine thy goai7
S-v hat sfa IL nro6t nation At length
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TowN girls have the advantage of more
high polished manners and greater ac.
complishments; but country girls have
infinitely more to recommend them as
rivals for their fair city sisters. They
have more true household knowledge and
economy, health, and consequently beau
ty, simplicity, affection, and freshness of
impulse and thought. When they have
cultivated minds there are more chances
in their favor for good sense and real
ability, because SO much is not demanded
by the frivolties of society. The added
lustre of foreign accomplishments could
easily be caught by such mind from n
very little contact with the music.
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gar came for dinner; the nee ting, the
VOWS, all. all we leave for your imagina-
tion TO fancy. God bless, and lei every
woman learn 10 chonse self made man.
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As Jonah's gourd-having done him
no service in the night, when he needed
ii not-withered in the morning, when he
hoped for most benefit by it against the
ensuing heats Of the day; soihe blessings
Of this world frequently wither a, such
times as we looked to ind the mos, fresh.
ness in and refreshmeni from them.
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There is a great difference between
talking and acting. The men who prom
ise the mos; and lald the loudest, are the
men who finch at the moment of need.
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THE WOMEN OF THE REVOLUTION.


The ravages OF the war fell not so hea-
w on any other class of persons as upon
the women. Many of them were from
the best families cf tie old world; nur-
tured under all the influences of positit n
and wealth, but they knew what would
be expected Of them in their new home,
and were willing TO bear their part; laese
women threw round the struggle Of the
Revolution The charms of home; they
woye the banner their husbands or broth
ers bore. Who has not heard of widow
Anderson, who, in her old age and in
her poverty, sent her only son TO join the
army; Margret Garburn who. when her
husband fell at Fort Scott, took his place
at the guns and served duling the cam,
paign; Mrs. Hayward, who was ordered
by British officers to have her house
illuminated, but by her frmness preven-
ted it, declaring ii could only be done,
by walking over her dead body; Eliza
beth Danvers, who rose from her bed,
as her quick ear heard the first sound
from the guns at Bunker Hill, rushed in
her night dress 10 the quarters of some
militia men, who were about sitting
down 10 lheir refreshments, and crying
out
why on earth don't you march
don't you hear the guns at Charles
town.
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The diamond fallen into duugbill. is
not the less precious; and The dust raised
by high winds to heaven, is not the less
vile.
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WHEN DOES EDUCATION CoMMENcE?--
Education does not commence with the al
phabei. 1t begins with mothers look /;
with fathers nod of appreciation, or
his sign of reproOf: with a sisters gentle
pressure of the hand, or brothers. noble
act of forbearanee; with a handful of
flowers in green and daisy meadows;
with a birds nest admired, but not
touched; with pleasant. walks in shady
lanes; and with thoughts directed, in
sweet and kindly tones and words, to
nature, to beauty, to acts of benevclence,
to deeds of virtue, and TO the source OF
all good-to God Biqckwooi
FIcTIoNs are revelations not Of truth,
for they are most unreal, but of that
which the soul longs to be true; they are
mirrors NO. of actual human experience,
but of human dreams and aspirations of
the eternal desires Of the heart.
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Mfstellaneous.
For the Chronicle.
THE WISECHOICE
BY ARMENIA B. HORTON.

Woman, spura the man,
Who sips the poisonous bowl;
Who seeks in utter ruin,
To drown his noble soul.
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1858-10-27
REAL & PERSONAL ESTATE.
SALE OF VALUABLE COTTON PLANTA
TIONS, AND BLOODED STOCKl

TlONS, AND FLOODED STOCkS
TT WILL SELL on accommodating terms several valua-
j BILE Cotton Plantations in Dallas and Perry c,unies
Alabama all of which in high cultivation
Also, small tracts of from two hundred aud fifty to
four hundred each portions of every in cuva.
tiOn. .t'-. fNi - 'seHR
Possession will be given the purchasers on the 1st Of
January next.
These lands all situated the Selma and Mssis-
land in the world.
Also several improved and unmproved town lots and
small of land in and adjoining Selma including sew
eral handsomely improved and situated pr-
vaie residences, with large lots attached to them
The race track tract dUinng Selma of 20 acres will
be laid off into and onehaf and five lots lot
fronting upon broad street This will enable purchasers
to purchase for residences gardens large small lots
they may desire -.
racing Stock of the best blood among which sever
fine Stallions brood Mares Flies and Colts the ce
brated Stallion Brown Dick, the best horse the
South. ...-..,., ..-. .... -, -
The above stock will be exhibited for sale at the races at
Montgomery, Ala, in November next.
Persons wishing to purchase will find their interest
to ccme and see Immediately. .--- .. ssts -
Any debts or liabilities of the late Colonel Thornton b.
Godsby. will be received in payment for the purchase of
any of the above property.
Gerge Go'dsby ESQ., will show this property to all who
may desire to purchase. ~ IN.
For information, refer to Messrs Il I'd Moryan of Sell
If this property shall BE- disposed of at pri.
vate sae it WILL together with rge amount of other
personal property be sold at auction to the highest bidder
in the city of Selma the first dav of January next
BEN EDWARDS GREY. Trurter, &c
Selma, Ala, Sept. II, 1853. 7s-2m
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NOSES LETTERS.

NEW BOOK
THE EDITORS OF THE LIVE GIRAFFE
have in contemplation the publ'shig of book. the
title OF which will be LIFE IS THE WRITINGS
OUR MosE which book will only contain all the
letters which have appeared id the G;rae the sigma
of "MosE, but many Others rich rare, and spicy
that have never been read.
The Editors deem it useless anything relative to
the character of the proposed New Book need they
that will be the most amusing work that has been issued
in half century, for it need only be known that NOSE
wrote it, to satisfy all these points. While will be
amusing work. illustrated with proper des gns and cuts
show and things in their true light it will be
flee from Fuar and will have for its chief object the
correction of the many absurdtes prevalent the
sent day.
It will be book Of over loo pages, printed good
teral and bound in paper We propose to to
press sufficient number of is received
to justify the expenses of publishing.
Price Fifty cents for single copies Five copies to
address, for g. No money required until the work is
published but those who wish copy Of this work
should send in their orders once that the publishers
determine whether they it's pubca-
ton Let the orders at once wish put the
book to press early in July.
~ All our friends are requested to act as Agents.
Address, WHITAKER 4 BUNTING,
Editors Lice G ru6s"
Raleigh n C.
May co. 1858. Al
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.

Cures Guaranteed.
RR. CLOPTON HAS DISCOVERED WITHIN
u the last year remedy for CANCER-purely
vegetable and perfectly harmless Persons visiting him
will be required 10 anything unit. effected
unless that have been rendered ncurabie
doubtful, BY the of Mineral poisOns lie also treats
scr,na umors disease Of the throat rheumatism
affections. &c.
Pamphlets containing testimonials Of the highest char
.cer forwarded to any tina, may wish them.
Address, J. A. CLOPTON,
Huntsville, Ala.
March Is. 1888. 22-
CANCERS, ULCERS, TUMORS, SCROFU-
u La and all other Diseases OF the Skin cured by the
use of DR.. Cl"pton's remedies
Pamphlets containing testimonials Of the highest charac-
ter forwarded any that may wish them.
Copons Remedies must CORRECTLY describe their disease
giving all the particulars from its encemen location
extent &c" Medicines sent by mail.
Address J. A. CLOPTON, N. D.
Huntsville Ala.
Januarys. 8