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GREENvILLE SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY MORNING. JANUARY 49, 1860

is" said poor Mary. Whom God hath Joined
together, let no man put asauder' she took up
the glass Of spirits. ''.t sFfa a' ssiss5 5c' .
| (r Surely you are not going TO drink that r
jasked Tim, in huge astonishment. i= la 5
"Why1,noti You say you drink to forget sor
row, and if brandy has the effect, I am sure no
living creature has so good nm excuse for drink
ing ssL Besides, have not eaten mouthful
to-day, and really need something to support
% strength ~
Womanl woman you nre not going to give
the children such stuff as that r'-cried Tim, as
she handed each of them. q glass, OF, liquor. ,
b4" Why notf Can children have a better ex.
ample than their fatbersT Is not what Is good
for him good for them also 2 Il will put them
70 sleep, and they will forget that they are cold
and hungry. Drink, my children this is fire,
and bed, and food, and clothing Drink-you
can see how much good Il does your father"
With seening Feluctance, Mary suffered her
husband to conduct her home, and that night he
prayed long ana fervently, which he had not
done before for years. q. :. 81
The next evening, as he returned homeward
with steady step, he saw his Oldest boy run in
to the house, and heard him exclaim, "oh, moth.
er, here comes father--he is not drunk I" Tears
eoursed down the parents cheek, and from that
hour he has not tasted strong drink. He has
never been vicious or unfeeling, aud as soon as
his emancipation from the thraldom Of ,debas.
ing appetite became known. friends, employment
and prosperity returned to him. As for Mrs.
Truesdell. she is the happiest Of women, and
never thinks without joy and gratitude, Of her
frat and last visit TO the dram shop. .....
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A HERorSE--Mrs Mary H. Richardson, of
Hampton, Texas, writes to her brotherin waynes-
boro, Tenn, as follows: o..
"On the 4th of September last, the Indians
came in among us, and after doing some other
mischief paid me visit. My husband was from
home on business, and was alone with nv FIVE
little children, two miles from any other house.
sent my two Oldest (Mary and john to drive
up the cows and did not suspect that the Indians
were lurking near. They espied the children
about three hundred yards from the house, and
chased them towarks home, where they fled, for
protection and little was the protection that 1,
alone timid woman, was able to give, against
eight savages thirsting for blood and plunder.
Mary (the oldesD made good her retreat, but OH
imagine my feelings when saw them overhaul
little John and begin to stab him with lance.
l was much frightened, and expected to be mas
sacred together with my children. thought of
my gun at that critical moment took it down
and fired, and kept firing until assistance came
to my relief The Indians (as suppose thought
there were men in the house prepared to receive
them, and fled, and left my child alive, but sc.
verely stabbed in the arm, and in the right side.
He has recovered from his wounds"
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PRETTY WoNES.-A pretty woman is one
ofthe fnstitutions'o of the country-an angel in dry
goods ana glory. She makes sunshine, the blue
sky and happiness wherever she goes Her path
is one of delicious roses, perfumes and beauty
She is poem, written in rare curls and choice
calico, and good principles Her words float
around the ear like music birds of paradise, or
the chime of Sabbath bells Without her, society
would lose her truest attraction the church its
hrmest reliance, and young men the very best of
comforts and company. Her influence and gem
erosity restrain the vicious, strengthen the weak
raise the lowly, flannel shirt the heather, and
strengthen the faint heart Wherever YOU find
the virtuous woman, you also find preside, Jo-
quets, clean clothes, order, good living, gentle
hearts, music. light. and model institutions gene
rally. She is the flower of humanity, a very
Venus in dimity, and her Inspiration is the
breath Of Heaven.
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MARRIAGE FOR PRoFT-Mrs. Childs il is, we
believe, who said she never saw a marriage ex-
pressly for money that did not end unhappily.
This is, we fancy, the experience of all close Oh
servers Of life and its ways Yet managing moth
ers and heartless daughters are continually play
ing the same unlucky game. Mrs. Childs thinks
that men more frequently marry for love than
women, perhaps The former have q free choice
the latter have not mostly, How large por.
tion of women marry only becnuse they think
they will never have better chance, and dread
becoming dependent The nuthoress we have
quoted is right when she says. "If may Judge
by observation, marrying for home is n most
tiresome way of getting living"
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No MAN ever became suddenly debased and
corrupted; as, in the moderate drinkcr, habits Of
tipping beget an almost unconquerabIe desire
Tor deeper draughts. so does periodical assoeia-
tion with vice infa,uate with its spcie
ty, that he becomes uneasy and restless when
even temporarily removed from the sphere Of its
influence. Like some tale half,told, vice excites
the curiosity Of its votaries, but to feed and ill.,
fame the desire for more complete knowledge Of
its devious and winding paths, as they loom up
like some distant ignus fatuus, beaming with the
seeming light Of mans true interest and enio,.
ment Beware then, of its first VISIT since it but
comes to fix a vaiae upon your soul and to r,r "
its net around your feet Candea JournaL
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Misfrllaufulta Rrahinq.
First and Last Visit 60 Dram shop.

&hos uuu 1uot toit W u OI8m 6uSU.
Timothy Truesdell Is the name we shall assign
to very worthy. industrious and thriving me-
chanic Of New York. who became burden to
himself a curse to his family. and a nuisance to
society at large. A writer, In strong language
says Of him, that during his devotion to strong
drink, he would have uncorked the bottle amid
the quakings and thunders of Mount Sinai, and
drained It by the crater of exploding vesuvius" T"
Yet this miserable and abandoned drunkard was
cured-cured by n woman's love mingled with
woman's Independence ]"
Timothy Truesdoll had 8 wife and Eve beauti-
ful children; yet he neglected his work, squan-
dered his earnings which daily grew smaller,
and spent his time at the pot-house, TIL the night
prostrated ell his faculties. or the distasteful
words no more trust 7" warned him to seek the
shelter OF his wifes care and protection. His
children could not 60 to school because learning
was dear and rum was cheap; the landlord
dnnned for his rent MIRA Truesdell was Obliged
to keep at home. rs she had no dress fit to an
pear In, having pawned the last to pay fine
imposed upon her spouse by the police court
Misery's destitution and famine, stared the
unhappy family in the face tits impossible to
exaggerate the picture. even II we had room and
inclination Mrs T. was q heroine, though not
OF rouaahee,. She loved her worthless husband,
and hsd borne his neglect, the tears of her chill.
dren. the gripe Of famine, and the railing Of the
drunkard, without repining. Never had her ex-
ertions slackened--never had a harsh word ca.
capped her lips AZ night when she put her chill.
dren TO sleep. she wept and watched for his com.
Ing. and when he did come, drunk, rs usual. she
undressea and assisted him to bed without A
mnrfIuT of fsPFvssh. At length, her courage
well nigh exhausted, she received upon one last
desperate effort. ~ ~, "a ,f5g.,,. ~. = a.
Atpight. having disposed Of her three eldest
children, she took the two youngest by the hand,
and bent bss steps 10 The groggery her husband
was accustomed 10 frequent She looked into
the window, and there he sat, in the midst os
his boon companions, with his pipe in bis mouth
and bss glass In his hand. Hs was evidently ex.
cited, though not yet drunk. Great was the rs
tonishment Of that bad company, and enormous
Mr.. T's 'Aismay and confnsIon, when his wife,
pale as marble, leading two tattered and bare.
footed babes stepped up to the bar, called for
three glssss Of brandy soddy. and then sat down
2~xSsssrIss. you here, Mary e ..ls IL, mo.
rosely. 49, 90 hfN3
"Ithvsry lonesome at home, and yonr busi
nessseldom allows you TO be there" replied N.
meek wife |" There IL no company like your,
=.As Fcu cannot come 70 me, must come to you
hsysefight ta share your pleasures as well a,
your scxrowSr S8sH I'd ag
"sos Z. . come 70 saeha place as shisi' ezpos
tuiatsd Tim. -
"No place can beimpropsr where my husband
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NUMBER So.

BEAUTIFUL NATURAL LAw.--No finer proof OF
Provident legislation and benevolent design. in
the arrangement of the laws Of Nature, can be
named, says inc Boston Transcript, than is nf-
iorded by the method by which ice is formed. -
by law OF the physical universe, water con-
denses and grows heavier, and as it becomes
ehiied at the surface, sinks to the bottom under
influence Of cold. Whenever the Temperatures il
not below 40 degrees the coolest water is found
at the bottom part of vessel or stream. Mum
berless good effects are produced by this conden-
sation. But If this law was not modified. IL ia
plain tha. freezing would begin nj the bottom
ut ponds, streams and lakes. Iu this case the
summers heat would not do away with the effects
OF the winter air, and in process Of time every
northern river would become CONCEALED and use-
less Tor navigation-the polar waters would be-
come solid fields of ice, and the temperature OF
the world suffer a disastrous change H.n ..
But, as If to remedy this evil, and make the
skill Of infinite benevoIence more exquisite and
suggest TO us palpably the Creators wisdom this
law is modified. We find that when woter
reaches few degrees Of the freezing point. in
stead OF continuing to condense, il the cold in
creases It suddenly expands. even beyond its tenn
Perate density. The heavy cold strata which
had sunk to the bottom, rise again to the surface
and expand still further when they freeze, 20 that
ice is lighter than its element, and must ALWAYS
float In this way, though oil the beneficial re-
suits OF contraction are preserved, every bad eff
feet is obviated. Thus, by the sudden reversal
OF law, at a certain point, in favor Of the inte
rests and comfort of mankind, dangers that might
prove final barrier against commerce, are avert
ed, and the temperature Of the globe is distribut-
ed in its present moderate alterations and health
full variety. .... .-
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YouR MOTHER WAS My FRrEND.-N. p. Willis
writes as follows, from Boston. to the Home
Journal:
81 could not but feel yesterday, as walked
the streets of Boston-a stranger on the thorough.
fare which, in former days, had trodden daily
that some provision should have been made, in
the well considered laws of civilized politeness,
for the claiming, from the present bearer Of any
recognized type Of beauty or expression, even
when a generation has passed away, the ac-
quaintance one had enjoyed with the previous
possessor of that face and that expression. To
meet a fair young creature-as you would walk
along. after years absence the streets of the city
you have never before seen, who is advancing
towards YOU, to know well from what heart
(now still in death, perhAps) the Hfe-blood Of
her loveliness was drawn, TO see in the chld's
face the mother once known--yet be compelled
to pass by as n stranger! Should there not be
entail Of life's tender memoriesi Might it not
be consistent with good breeding-an etiquette
of the heart-to approach with offered hand, and
claim greeting (even from fair one whose
own eyes have never before rested on you) with
the brief introduction
Your mother was my friendl"
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Hate Not.

Hate not II Is not worth while. Your life
is not long enough to make It pay to cherish i'll
viii or hard thoughts toward any one. What if
that man has cheated you, or that woman has
played you false ? What II this friend has for
saken you in your utmost confidence, your
warmest love has concluded that he prefers 10
consider aud treat you rs q stranger9 Let Il all
Pass What difference will It make 10 YOU in
few years. when you go hence to the "undiscov-
cred countryi" AL who ilktreat you now will
be more sorry for 1t then, than you, even in your
deepest disappointment and grief. can be. ..e
Do not commit the folly of hating, of feeling
revenRefnl toward the frail beings for whom, II
you are true child of God, yoar soul is vet to
yearn in agonizing pity, or to burn with quench-
less love . ..H.. -.....-..
A little while, and all MISUNDERSTANDING, diff
ferences, and heart. burnngs, are 10 be over for
ever; and how You will then regret that YOU
had an unkind thought Of any human being
when one, who is your enemy, or worse, your
ungenerous and untractable foe, refuses TO favor
you, or makes thrust at your interest o. your
feelings, II you feel the motions of that revenge
fnl tiger that has bis lair in every heart; if he
lif himself up and shake his fierce head and say.
" Beware have It in my power to bring YOU
fOrcibly to terms. or at least sorely to punish
you," hold that tiger down He is a child of the
devil, and his business is to tease you, and to
drive you to rend and destroy Listen not TO
him, bnt look upon the one he asks for his vic
tim, and say: "He is but dust and ashes as
am. His heart has its own burdens and sorrows
though hiS1yes now have that hard and steely
light, and though their glances are cold as ice
when they turn on me, yet they have went tears
of anguish. and they viii weep again before
they close forever. He will have enough To
bear let not me torment him. When we stand
in Judgment before God if his doom is to go in
to banishment how thankful shall be that |
forgave the wrong he did me- or that did not
add feather to the trouble Of his life; and IL
he and are welcomed to the Holy City, surely.
then, shall rejoice that / avenged not myself
against him. II may be hard now to love when
l am not loved, it may be a struggle freely TO
forgive, but it Is not worth while to do aught
else for the dying should never contend with
the dying, nor be anything but patient and pitt
ful with each other. And verify, we are all
worms together, and soon we shall be hidden to-
gether in the earth"
few more smiles, n few more tears. some
pleasure. much pain; little longer hurrying
and worrying through the world, some hasty
greetings, and abrupt farewells, and our play
will be played out" and the injurer and injured
will be led away, and ere long forgotten. Is it
worth while to hate each other s-Neto York
Evangelist
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"Ohl wouldn't you like to marryi"


SUppES DEANs-Dr Hall. in his journal of
Health, says that very few of the sudden deaths
which said to arise from diseases of the heart.
do really arise from that cause. Toascertain the
real origin of sudden deaths, the Doctor says the
experiment has been tried in Europe and report
ed to a scientific congress held at Strasbnrgh-
Sixty-six cases of sudden death were made the
subjects Of post 'nortem examination. In these
cases only two were found who died from disease
Of the heart. Nine out of the thirty.six died
from apoplexy. while there were forty-six cases
Of congestion Of the lungs-that is, the lungs
were so full of blood they could not work, there
not being room enough for sufficient quantity Of
air to enter TO support life The Doctor goes on
to enumerate the causes that may produce con-
gestion Of the lungs They are cold feet tight
shoes; tight clothing; costive bowels; sitting
still until chilled through after being warmed by
labor or rapid walk; going too suddenly from
q close heated room into the cold air, especially
after speaking, and sudden depressing news ope-
rating on the blood. These causes of sudden
death being known, an avoidance Of them may
serve to lengthen out valuable lives, which
would Otherwise be lost under the verdict of a
heart complaint The disease is supposed to be
inevitable and incurable, and hence, men may not
take the pains they would to avoid sudden death,
II they knew it lay in their power.
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thoughts and our concerns should be for the pres
ent world, to know what it Is, and improve its
condition. Let her have an intelligent converse
tion concerning the mental, moral political, and
religions improvements Of our times Let the
gilded annals and poems ON the centre table be
Kept part Of the time covered with journals.
Let the family--men. women and chiidren-read
the newspapers. i,5r'5 = ra, = " ..'.
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Salsrtra Yurtr4. z.
Suffering.
= yHon THE GERMAN OF HARTMAN

s-srEoH THE GERMAN OF HARTMAN. 7hal
Trial when IL weighs severely, .aI .-sslr,
Stamps the saviour's image clearly '.'..'.''s
On The hearts Of oil his friends ~ .--
in the frame his hands have moulded,
II the future life unfoulded Wv Wv
Through the suffering which ne sendsa
suffsring eurbslo our hayward passions. :, - .,.
Child,like tempers in US fashions H,v -BN
And our will to Him subdues; -
Thus his hand, so soft and healing, Il, .,,s. 80
Each disordered powerand feeling sls ,es
BY blessed change renews. aa"Hit 7a,'1a
Suffering keeps the thoughts eonipacted, g.
That the soul be not distracted p .'..a'e
by the worlds beguiing art -. a,..
Tis'like some angelic warder,
Ever keeping sacred order .'. ,e..'z...-t =
In the chambers of the heart. ....-....
Suffering tunes the hearts emotion ...
To eternity % devotion, p u Z, =. Xxx
And awakes fond desire s -sa5a ra.H
For the land where psalms are ringing,
And with psahns the martyrs singing ~ ;
sweetly to che hsrper's choir. 1
Suffering gives our faith assurance, aa- ~
Makes ns patient in endurance. ,.eaa H
Suffering ! who Is worth thy painsi
Here they only call thee torment -, -.
There they call thee preferment, .
Wlish not every one attaina
Though in health, with powers unwasted,
And with willing hearts We hssted
To take MP oar ssviour's Gross, fas
IL through trial our good Master "
Should refine these powers the faster,
Whatgcod Christian eounts Il Iossi
In the depth Of its distresses, .E. .. ,r-
Each true heart the closer presses ..s,
To his heart with ardent love; ~ b'
Ever longing, ever crying, hA1.'st~
o. conform TO me thy dying,
.Tbat i live with thee abovel s..
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Two KINDS OF PREAcnING.--There Is one kind
Of preaching which draws attention almost ex.
clusively to the preacher himself and, with n
certain class OF hearers, comprising generally n
large majority, he is held in very high admira-
lion. Their recollection, indeed, Of his sermon,
10 very vague and indistinct, and less have they
any defnabie purpose to obey the truth neither
do they get any vivid conception of Christ
somehow he is kept in the background. being
overshadowed BY the towering form OF his en-
bassador.
When the people retire, It is not to weep and
pray, but to talk Of the preacher. "Magnifi-
cent mani" A "renl Beecheri" "Chapin him.
self cannot surpnss him!" =" Lofty thoughts I"
Burning eloqaencei" Such are the commend
ations that fall alike from Univ ersalists, Spirit.
ualists Journalists. halfalive professors Of reli
gion, and men of the world. One class alone are
silent and sad---the praying members Of the
Churcb--the burden bearers before the Lord
There is another kind, in which the preacher
10 almost entirely lost sight of The congrega
tion are arraigned at the bar of conscience, and
confronted with God. For the time being. they
are in the midst Of the realities OF eternity
Each unconverted henrer is searched by the
TRUTH in the secret chambers Of the SOUL and many
are led to inquire, with deepest concern, "what
shall we do to be savedr Christ is most con.
spiouous walking among the golden candIesticks
His voice. full Of sweetest encouragement, is
heard saying unto the believing. "Peace be unto
you." and to the fearful, 'It is ], be not afraid
In tones of mercy it falls upon the ear Of re.
penting sinner saying, THY sins are all iorgiv.
en- thee" The skeptieal and proud are startled
into fear or rage by the swfol words "Excep.
ye repent, ye shnll all likewise perish"
.-wg III. [Erchange
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4" Your mother was my friend I"

NOBLE SENTIMENr.-Some true heart gives
expression to its generous nature in the following
beautiful sentiment:
Never desert friend when enemies gather
around him when sickness falls on the heart
when the world is dark and ehecrless is the
time to try friend. They who turn from the
scene of distress, betray their hypocrisy and
prove that interest moves them. II you have q
friend who loves you. and studies your interest
and happiness, be sure to sustain him in adversi-
ty. Let him feel that his former kindness is ap.
preciated, that his love is not thrown away
Real fidelity may be rare, but it exists in the
heart. Who has not seen and felt its powere-
They deny its worth who never loved a friend
or labored TO make friend happy"
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MISUNDERSTANDING is defined as the joint
ing of one man aud the same quantity of fenal-
ity for life, for better or worse, "for ever and
ever" till death do them part--Amen. l..
Who. to attend wedding party, would, for
even one second, suppose that the happy bride
and ecstatic groom would be into each others
hair and eyes before the expiration Of quarters Z
Who could imagine that loving, blooming moth
erinlaw, would be stirring mp the most ioutra-
geous family quarrels, and unmakeupable domes-
tic fights in less than a.monthr And vino would
dream that the "happy couple" might possibly
be fighting over the children, and sueing for di-
vorces by tine end, Of two years, hating eacl.
other like cat and rat, and attempting the one to
ruin the reputation of the otherl What causes
such astonishing and confoundng changess-
Well. they do cay the mother-inlaw is a curse to
the marriage state. She, on the sons side, "does
up" the jealousy for the husband and she, on that
of the daughter, stirs up the idea of neglect in
the wife. Then comes the demand for explana-
tions; the grand exhibition Of independence and
scorn; coldness from the head of the house, and
sulkiness from the other side, TO which succeed
mufiied Uaths from him, oceans of tenrs and re-
grets from her slamming of doors ferociousness
Of looks slnpping, hair pulling, tea cup throwing,
furniture smashing, and q general hula balloo
that .-..
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TRUE EcoSoNr.-Check no man who ,rl,.s
castles in the air. The keep Of such q ..s,,,
nothing.
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A PRE- is like a pretty womsn--neglect it in
the least, and your reliance upon 1t Is gone.
TnE same fire thot softens the wax hardens the
clay.
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/" Beats the Dutch"

Happiness and peace have departed and mis-.
cry and mothers in law have arrived and the
only hope remaining, is that these personages will
fight themselves and kill each other, or get mar
ried again, and move to the city of Jericho.
Independent Of these causes, late hours on the
part Of the husband, and neglect of home by the
wife, tend greatly to make it unhappy; and
where there is distrust and cruelty from him,
Joined to ha;efulness and gabble in her, there
will always be sufficient racket and bang kept
up TO cause the of the uninitiated to hum till
the crack Of doom.
"Oh wouldn't you like to marryi"
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LIVE for purpose. aud be ever Giligcnt.