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PntcrlInI Duty.

The father who plunges into business SO
deeply that he has no leisure for domestic
duties and pleasures, and whose only inter-
course with his children consists in a brief
word of authority, or surly lamentation
over their intolerable expensiVeness, is equal
" to be piticd and 10 be blamed. What right
has lie to devote to other pursuits the time
which God has allotted to lis children Nor
is it an excuse to say that he cannot support
his family in their present style of living with.
out this effort. ask by what right can his
family demand to live in a mauner which re-
quires him to neglect his most solemn and
important duties? Nor is it an excuse to say
that he wishes to leave them competence.
Is lie under obligation to leave them that
competence which lie desires Is it an ad-
vantage to be relieved from the necessity Of
labor? Besides, is money the only desirable
bequest which y fnthcr can leave to his chill
drer? Surely, cultivated intellccts; hearts
sensible to domestic affection; the love of pa
rents and brethren and sisters; q taste for
home pleasures; habits Of order, regularity,
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Amusing Love Affair.

The London correspondent of the New Orr
leans Delta relates the following:
a good sell is related Of wealthy banker
here, who is very good natured, but is in
clined t. be a trillc fast in his views of life.
lie had favorite clerk, young man, about
twcnty-onc remarkably handsome, modest
and highly intellectual. For these qualities,
he was liked by every one, and the banker
did not escape the general feeling OF good will.
The banker, on Sunday afternoon, when no
one was expected, would occasionally ask the
young man to visit his young family at his
suburban villa, as the conversation Of the
young man was SO correct and so clever, it
could not but be of advantage to his children.
This was q mistake evidently, but it was
good natured error, and we can only wish, all
of US, that there were more committed. l
have not mentioned that there was beauti-
full daughter, Of nineteen summers; but that
may always be understood. There were, OF
course no attentions on the part of the young
man, other than extremely delicate, reserved
and proper The youth in spite Cf two or
three days invitation to the bankers scat to
breathe fresh air and clear his lungs Of Lon
don smoke, was evidently veryill and though
he declared himself well and robust the ban.
ker shook Lis head.
81 cannot make out what is the matter
with my young clerk" said the banker TO
confreyr, who was in his back office with him,
after the youth had just brought in some pa
pers.
"Well, you are rather green, should say,
fora man OF your time Of lie and experience,
said banker number two. Don't you know
what's the matter? He's in love-"
"In love lie is molcstly and propriety
itself"
81 tell you it is fact, and with a rich Old
fellows daughter, who would no more think
of having him for 4 sor-ils-law than you
would"
"Oh, the l.aushty old fool +! My clerk il
as good as his daughter, and be hanged to
him! Thank you for the iiint."
As soon as the banker number two had
disappeared, the clerk was called IN.
$50, sir, you are in love, aud pIning away
for the object Of your ailection-tlat'S your
sacrpt i ;t2 Nlr ,i;.l ".t '"'' 800 10
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Borrowing Trouble.

A vast difference is made in the sum of
happiness one enjoys, by the spirit with
which he meets the events of life. You may
take two individuals whose condition and Cir
cumstances are very much alike /; one ofwhom
is of cheerful, the other of o melancholy
temperament. One hopes for the best, and
makes the best of whatever comes along.
The other is filled with fearful apprehensions
of the future, looks on the dark side Of the
present, and broods over the ills of the past.
The consequence is that the former is almost
always happy, the other as uniformly wretch
ed. One makes those around him happy, and
thereby contributes much to their welfare,
while the other greatly detracts from the
pleasure of his associates.
Trouble We all have, and must expect to
have. 1t is the human lot. "Man is born
to trouble as the sparks fly upward. In the
world, ye shall have tribulation." 1t is Incl
dental to our condition in this fallen state.
And the question is, shall we make the most
or the least of it? This is a question very
much for our own choice. True, constitu-
tional temperament has much to do with it,
but not near so much as the habits which we
voluntarily form. Our disposition in this as
in other respects may be greatly affected,
even completely changed, by our own course
Consider, then, that great part of the ills
of life are imaginary. Persons worry about
multitude Of events that never transpire.
They fear that they will come, but they do
not SO all that trouble was useless. Can we
not trust God2 If we do our duty We are
not responsible for results. Our lives and
the lives of our friends, our property, all our
various circumstances, are under His Provi-
dence. We ought to rest with confidence on
this assurance.
Consider again, that much Of what we es-
tccm evil is but apparent. 1t may be resl
positive good, though at the time misappre-
hcndcd. 1t may be necessary and whole,
some discipline, through which we are pass,
ing, and so light and transient attliction
opening the way 10 IN unspcakable weight o
glory. The little child grievcs over many
things in his lot which he afterwards sees
were most juliciUus and salutary. So, too
with children Of larger growth. Few have
o..,,".crcd more trial th"r D.
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We brood over it, magnify its evils, disregard
It's allcviaions, We greatly enhance the evil.
But if We put the most favorable construction
upon it, think how ,nuci, worse it might have
been, what there is yet left fur us and es-
pccially make it the OCCASION Of leading us TO
our true refuge, what otherwise might have
been SAVIOR of death unto death, may become
Il savol Of life unto life.
Not that we are to be inscn>ible to caIanl.
tv and a!llictiou; this would be doing vic.
cncc to the nature Gnl has given us. 1t is
our duty 20 exercise prudence and forecast, ;
the Heart may be melted untcr the allotments
oc Providence, ard we may be kcenly scnsi.
bic ofthc losses we sustain. All this is con-
sistent with Christian ma illness, and was il
lustrated in the life Of Jesus. Yet, in the
midst of all, it is cur privilege and duty to
maintain cheerful confidence IN Gud, have
thai hope which is an anchor Of the soul sure
and ,teadiast, and sulIer no essential harm.-
Morning Star.
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TIE" "KASsAs FAMINE HORROR A SwlN-
p,g.-It appears, by the I.r:.v:"s orth (kan.
sas) Herald, Of February 10th, TIA, the heart
rendng stories of fifty thousand starving
people in Kansas" cattle and hogs starving
to death" women and children perishing for
want of money and means ETC., etc., is
i gigantic swindlc," and the Herald, in a
column Of facts aud specifications, argues that
the real object Of the money and provisions
obtained from the East is to influence votes
in favor Of Gen. Poncroy, the leader in this
movements who i'd up for olcc. Such is the
HeralTs statement, and that paper repeats it
and challenges denial.
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Cold Comfort.

The owners of one of the vessels seized at
Savannah, by Gov. Brown, having applied to
the Governor Of New York, asking what they
were to do in the premises, that functionary
replied as follows:
STATE OF New YORK, EXECUTIVE DrrST,
ALBASr, Feb. 9, 1861.
GENTLEMEN: I received this morning a
telegraphic despatch from you, stating that
your bark 4iliuster had been seized III sa-
vannsh by order of the Government of Geor-
gia, on account of arms detained in New
York;" and asking to be informed "how to
proceed under the circumstances, in order to
avoid loss and detention" at once replied
that would write you by mail. In answer
to your inquiry, I can only say that your
remedy is through the United States Courts,
or, if you so elect, through the Courts of the
State of Georgia, within whose limits the
offence of which you complain ID stated to
have been committed. In case of this kind
the Executive authority Of New York can
render you no assistance, for the obvious
reason that no law of this State has been in
fringed, and because the wrong was not perpe.
trated within its jurisdiction. II, as you
state, officials or citizens of Georgia have de-
tanned your vessel as q measure of retaliation
for the alleged seizure Of certain arms by the
officers of the Police Of New York, the tri-
bunals of that State, or Of the United States,
it must be presumed, will determine the act as
entirely unjustiRable, and will afford you am
pie redress for any loss by detention or other.
wise which you may suffer. If your vessel is
delayed for any other reason than the one
suspected by you, it is but fair 10 assume that
the Courts Of Savannah will examine into the
facts with that impartiality which should
characterize all judicial proceedings. 1t is
but proper to add, that if the detention Of
the Adiuster is the deliberate act of the con.
stituted authorities of Georgia, it is equally
unjugtiGablc, and there can be no doubt that,
no distant day, the Federal authorities will
obtain full reparatlon for you for any damages
you may snstain; if not, then the General
Government itself, which owes you protection
in return for your allegiance, is thereby under
the fullest obligation to indemnify you.
Very respectfully, yours,
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SOUTHERN NAvY.-Among the subjects
which will engage the early attention Of the
Southern ConfedeEacy is the establishment Of
q Navy. 1t is fortunate for them that in ma.
king this start, they have before them the
experience of the world SIS 10 the best mode
Of construction, equipment and armament of
ships-of-wsr. Great Britain has been put to
enormous expense, first, in changing her sail
ing vessels to steam vessels, and next, in the
adoption Of u defensive armor for ships which
the inventive genius of Louis Napoleon has
ust accomplished, and which renders one
ship cnnal to dozen Of the same size not
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GoOtl IIul,lUr,

Keep in good hunlor 1t is not great Gu
lamities that cmLilter existence; it is the
petty vrxations, the small jcalousies, the lit
tie disappontment<, the minor mi>eries, that
make tue heart heavy and the temper sour.
Don't let item. Anger is a lure waste ol
vitality it is always foolish, and always dis
graceful, except in some very rare cases,
wien i, is kindled by seeing wrong done to
another; and even that :.ohlc rage seldom
mcnds tho matter. Keep in good humor |!
No man does his best except when he 's
cheerful. A light heart makes nimble limbs,
and keeps tie mind free and alert. No mis-
fortune is SO great as one that sours the ten-
per. Until checrlGlncsS is lost, nothing is
lost !! Keep in good Aumor!
The company Of good.natnred man is 8
perpetual feast he is welcomed verywhere-
eyes glisten at lis approach, and difficulties
vanish in his presence. Franklin's indomita-
bic good humor did as much for bis country
in the old Congress as Adams fire or Jciler-
sons wisdom; lie clothed wisdom with smiles,
and softencd contentious minds into acques'
cence. Keep in good hunor
A good conscience, sound stomach, clean
skin, are the clements of good humor. Get
them, and keep them, snd-be sure to keep
in good humor.
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The young King Francis Second, is by no
means a coward, but seems TO possess quail.
tics that have invested the old knight-errantry
with its charms. Walking in tie streets OF
Gsets, unattended, he WINS met By man who
presented u pistol aud ANNOUNCED his inten-
ton of shooting him. 9" Be careful Of your
aim, friend" said the King, folding bio arms,
{" for if sou miss fire, will have you shot in
tho morning" Overcome by such bravery,
the man threw himself OF the feet of Francis,
and craved pardon, which was granted.
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TmE CENTRAL. REprEIlC.S CUKMrTTEE CRY
FOR Bl.ooD.-Judge Edmonds delivered u
lecture lust night, Lefure the Central Republl-
can Committee, at Hope Chapel. II $ theme
was the present difficulties of the American
people, and he concluded that it was better
that the two sections should separate. lie
would not cocrce the South, but let it 60 in
peace.
At the conclusion Of his rem arSs, The Pres.
iIent of the meeting, Mr.. L. Delsii.ld Smith,
took occasion to rcpudiate such concillatory
sentiments. lie said:
"Ifthis Government had been truly hon
est and PATRIOTIC secession would have been
confined to South Carolina. The border States
we're for the Union. He believed i'll taking
back those forts necessary for our foreign de-
fences [cherrs and leaving the others ulone,
collecting the revenue under the systen Of
Gen. Jackson. Loud cheers. Let the Gov
ernmeut mind its own business, and sustain
the flag of the country. Repeated cheers.
II ,cas disgrace to separate the Union gih-
ont ,rar. If the worst should come to the
worst, he would unfurl the stars and stripe:
and make the Southern States do as our fore.
fathers did-gaim their independence by shed.
dina their Jlood. Tremendous and repeated
cheers. Three cheers for the star spangle
banner.
Smith is tue bloodiest-minded fellow the
Republicans have yet produced. He ought to
20 down and relieve Fort Sumter.-N. I.
Day Book.
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A TRUTH TIE COUNTRY Is REAL1sIEG.-
Howard Paul, just before he last went to Eu'
rope, being asked by a soci' ty Of young m"
il. sew York to contribute money toward "a
fund for promoting premed,atci or e1tempo.
raneous speaainy," declined, ard among his
reasons for 20 doing 5: ID, "G"b is the fatal
epidemic of Republics. What distracted
Greece? Cab! What fctionised Rome? Cab!
AuarcLised France? Cab! The e!er:a pro-
rensity of Cabling upon all occasions ard at
all times is the curse Of the country"
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TIE REAL SurPERERs.-The New York
correspondent of the Philadelphia Letiser. in
speaking .f the crisis, says =
1.-THE severest sufferers are those who al
tract the least attention and make the least
noise in the world. mean the poor work.
ns girls, employed in book binderies, prin-
ting establishments, type fornderies, straw
goods manufactures and Wholesale and ready
mad. clothing shops. Thousands and thous-
auds OF these during the past fortnight, have
been working on half time; now they have
no work at ALL
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A Desperate Burnt.

We learn from the Hamilton (Ga.) Enter.
prise, that on the morning Of the 4th inst.
about three hours before day the dwelling OF
Mr.. Isaac N. Middlebrooks in Harris county,
was entered in his absence by an unknown
person by battering down the door with an
axe. Mrs. Middlebrooks and three small
children were alnna in tho house. The noise
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So you arc gon, to teach school"
said a young lady to her old maiden aunt.
Well, for my part, sooner than do that, |
would marry widower with nine children"
II should prefer that life myself" was the
quiet reply "but-whcre is the widower 2"
G There is, living in the city Of phila-
dclphia, widow woman who has twenty-onc
children. She h:.s never lost one. They are
all unmarried aud not one ever spent night
away from home. She says, if one of them
is absent at meal, she misses him terribly.
;.s.. Fra,.k, where have yoa been? You
are in perfect glow"
.pye been playing at an old gamc-cAa,
siug a hoop to Chestnut Street
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Jus; kissed the lake, just stirred the trees
And the please lake, like maiden coy,
T.c.njlcl, but dmp!e'l not for joy
LADY OF TIE LAKE.
II was midsummer when we reached the
Highlands. Three hours riding from Stirling
brought us to the borders of that sylvan lake
of which the Scottish bard ias given such in
immtabIe descriptions. lla"ing spent an
hour on its calm, sunny waters, our party
landed and proceeded to Loeb lomond ! some
in carriages, while others preferred to walk
through the country which was o"cr the abode
of those proud lmountainccrs, the Maczrcgors.
Along the pastoral slopes aad MOUNTAINOUS
ridges of Benvcnue deserted the wild goats
graphing the fresh lerbage, while here and
there, along the base Of the ravine, half hid
Iy the toliage Of the OAK and the birch, stood
,b. hamlcts Of the Highland shepherds From
the lips Of those simple hcrdsman ihc stranger
NAV gather, if he choose, many incidents OF
local aud ,rul,ionary interest, and which
serve, also, to throw light on the ehnosraphi-
cal history Of the people. The following mar,
rativc shows the truth of the remark applied
By German author to the Scotchman He
is as grave as Spaniard, as sly as fox, and
as slippery as an eel.
Several years ago, a brave, hardy Highland.
or, whom we will call Duncan, left his home
among the hills and slens Of .lrgyleshirc with
large herd of cattle, destined for the sum
.ncr fields and more fertile meadows Of York
shire.
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A rather bold scheme has lstely been oriI

A rather bold scheme has lstely been orig.
mated in England. The project is no less
than that of replacing the nine thousand tons
of coal now consumed daily in London, by gas,
which is to be made at the coalGeld, and con-
veyed in an enormous main, three hundred
miles, to the great metropolis. The practical
bility and advantages of using gas for cook
ing and other domestic purposes are now full
ly established:
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Softly into Heaven She Faded.

Softly into Heaven she faded,
As the star when muln appears,
While we stood ia silence round her,
Gazing at her through our tiers.
Death, she said, had hot II shadow;
All the vnle was full Of light,
And sh. left US. smiling swcst'y,
Bidding US last good night!
Saying, as she kissed US foGdly,
"Do not drop for mo one tear
Jesus. Jesus stands Le.idc me
am safe while he is n :ar
She is gone, and I am lingering
In this weary world Of ours,
Bearing on my heart the ashes
OF aii. ction's broken flowers;
Ever longing to be with her,
In that better !oEc above,
Where the hear; re. .o:ces ever
In the deathlcSs bonds Of love.
For n moment death divides W.,
Bu, wien have crossed its gloom.
Shall then be resting with her,
Ever. ever III re At home.
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same class unprovlueu u....~., ------
1t would he more than equal to the largest
squadron the United States ever had in the
Gulf. One or two Of these iron-plated fri
.ates, AID few ro"-plated guuboats, ought
to Jc Luilt by the new Government as soon
=. Richmond Dispatch.
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and industry; hatred of vice and vicious men;
and lively sensibility to their excellence OF
Virtue, are as valuable legacy as all inheri-
tancc of property-simple property, purchased
by the loss of every habit which would rem
der that property blessing.
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He who is passionate and hasty is general
ly honest. 1t is your old, assembling hypo'
critic of whom you should be ware. There S
no deception in q bulldog; it is only the cur
that sneaks up and bites you when your back
is tn.nc0.
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CopYwRloH7--Somo enterprising individual
might make fortune by reprinting Northern
copyrighted works at the South. We depend
almost wholly upon the North for our
books, and there is nothing now to prevent
Southern publishers from pirating Northern
works, as the Northern publishers have pira,
ted from the English. Any one disposed to
embark in the business should do so immedi-
ately, in advance of sny copyright law.
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The following note, says the Marion Ala.l
Commonwealth, Was lately received by gen
man in this place. from his ovcrsecr;
Dear Doctor: Please send me by the boy,
\ pair of trace chairs, and two door hinges,
Jane had twins last night-also two padlocks.
Yours, &c.
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MONTGOMERY, THE PRoglsIoEAL CAPITAL
OF THE New CoNrEDERAcY.-The city of Mont
gomcry, the capital of Alabama, has assumed
such sudden importance as the provisional
capital of the Southern Confederacy, and the
seat of the federal operations of the new gov
that brief sketch ofit will naturally
be interesting ut the present moment. 1t is
situated on the left bank OF the Alabama river,
33l miles by water from Mobile, and is s3s
miles from Washington, D. c. 1t is the Sec
oud city in the State in respect to trade and
population, and is one Of the most fourishing
inland towns of the Southern States, possess
ing great facilities for communication With
the surrounding country. For steamboat nav
igation, the Alabama river IL one of the best
in the Union, the largest steamers ascending
to the city from Mobile. The city is also the
western termination of the Montgomery and
West Point Railroad. it contains several OK
tensive iron foundrrs, mills, factories, large
nnd nri-
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CREpITABLE TO PRISTERs.-The Missouri
Legislature recently adopted q resolution that
the public printing be done by convicts, but
the resolution fell stil-born from the table,
because it was ascertained that Of all the
criminals in the penitentisry not one was
printer.
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TIE POWER OF HEARTY LarGiTEE.-Tbe
following incident comes 10 Us thoroughly
authenticated, although we are not at liberty
to publish any names: y short time since,
two individuals in this city were lying in one
room very sick. one with brain fever aid the
ether with all aggravated case OF mu'nPs'
'rLcy we're so low tl.at watchers were needed
every night, and it was thought doubtful if
the one sick with fever recovered. a gentle
man was engaged to watch one night, bis du'
ty being to wake ;Lc %ursc whenever it be-
cainc necessary to administer medicine. In
tie course Of the .li.l.t both watcher and
MUSE fell asleep. The man with the mumps
lay watching the cleck: and sa" that it Was
time 10 give the lever-patient his potion. lie
Was unable to speak aloud or to move any
portion Of his body except his arms, but, seiz
ing pillow, hc managed 10 strike the watch
or in the face with it. THUS suddenly AVA
kcncd, the watcher, slrang from his seat fal-
ling to the floor, and awakening both the
nurse and tie fever latcnt. The incident
struck both the sick men rs very ludcrous,
and they laughed most heartily at it for tii-
teen o. twenty minutes. Vixen the doctor
came in the morning, he found his patients
vastly improved lie had never known
80 sudden Il turn for the bctttr-and they are
now both out and wcll. Who says laughter
i, not the best Of medicines New Haven
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