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Casualties.

We regret that We nave no complete and
reliable port Of the casutties in the Laucas.
ter Companies in the late battles in Mar, land
Lieut. j. X. Wade, ID Company !, 18th Kcgi.
ment, was painfully, but not seriously woun
dcd i'll the hip, in the battle OF Sharpsburg
and rea,h he'd home few days ago. We learn
tli.; T.. Fra.er, OF the same Company, was
killed II Is reported that --- Taylor was
also killed. aud that Lieut.. W ). Slower, com.
manding Company I. was mortaliy wounied
and irl into the hands u the etien,y.
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SOUTH CAROLINA.
LANCASTER DISTRICT.

RYP. T. Hammond, Esquire, Ordinary
ID for said District.
WHEREAS, JOHN SINGS has ap.
piled to me for Letters OF Adminis,ra-
lion on all and singular the Goods and
Cbattl.s. Rights aud Credits of James w.
Sings late Of the District aforesaid, de-
ceased
these are, therefore, to cite and admon-
ish all md singular, the kindred and credi-
,ors Of the said deceased, to be and appear
before me at our next Ordinary's Court for
the said district, 10 be holden a: Lancaster
Cour' house on the 7th day of October
next. TO show cause, if any why the said
administration should not be granted.
{ ~) Given under my hand and seal.
: LIS. this the 23d day of Sept. in
(~~ the year of our Lord one thou
sand eight hundred and Sixty-two, and in
the etghty-seventh year OF the Independence
of the State of South Carolina.
p. Il. HAMMOND. o. L. d.
Sept "a, 1862. 33-2t-p 3 81.
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TBS HARPsR's fEKSr PRIsosgRs,--A Wash.
ington despatch in the New York Herald says
that the prisoners psroled q, Hsrper's Ferry
are TO be sent Immediately to the Northwest 70
suppress the Indian insurrection. This dispo-
sition Of the soldiers indicated cannot affect
their parole. and !, will enable ;he Government
70 place sigh, thousand veil drilled troops In q
hsla where their services are much needed
WI osr GoSvspmsnt supuit 70 tbsf
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Attention 1st Corps Reserves.

The menbrr- "f the 1t Corps Of Re
SERVES ia the Lower Battalion are ordered
/" appear Mt Hanging Rock Mineral Springs
al ! O'clock on "Wednesday Tie Sth
"i Dct"b~r, 1862. for drill mud instruction
F"i~ order includes al wi.i.e mnir- between
the agea of 80 and 30 Years not exempt Dy
law.
By order OF Col II Wiih.r-roon.
JOHN n. SOWE l.. Capt.
Sept. 81, 1862, 34-Il
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Attention 1st Corps Reserves

The m -nb RS at lhr lst Corps uf Re
srrve- IN the Upper Brttail are "rierrd to
appear at Lancaster T. u. on Monday the
6'h at Octob-r next ut II o'clock A. NJ for
drill and instruction. Thi- order inc,u,irs
all white males between the ages of IS and
So vear- net exempt bv law
By order Of Col. J. II Witherspoon.
II. w. CAMPBELL, Capt.
Sept ~, lsG2 34-l.
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TT II TT
Sept. "a. 1862,

Notice il hereby given TO all whom it
may concern, that /, hargai ett Langley, wife
Of R"b;. Lam :l-v, of Lancaster District.
have Lren made and constituted free deal.
rr and sole trnder, aud will deal and trad.
in nv own right and name, nj the residence
Of my husband Roht Langley.
MhRGARErT LANGLEY.
Sept. II, 1862, 32-4t.
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SOUTH CAROLINA.
LANCASTER DISTRICT

RY p. T. Hammond, Esquire, Ordinary
- for said District.
WHEREAS. T. II. Latham ha. ,rplisd
to me for Letters Of Administration on nj,
and singular the Goods aud Chattles, Right.
and tteolts of = VI Latham late of IN.
District aforesaid, deceased
THESE are, therefore, to cite md nd
m"nlsh al and singular. the kindr.d and
creditors Of ;hc sa;,! deceased, to be and
appear before ne at our next Ordinary's
Court Tor Tie" said district, to be holden II,
Lancaster Court House on tue 18Th day of
oc'"ber'nrx', I" show cause, if any, VIII,
the said Administration should not be
granted.
- Given under my hand and seal.
: l.. >. this 23d day of S-pt-mber in
~~ The year of our Lord one thou.
s'ni eight hundred and sixtytwo, and in
the eighty sr,rnrh year Of the Independence
of thh State Of South Carolina.
p. Il. HAMMOND,
O. l.. D.
Sept ~ 1869. -33-2t. p 81 SO.
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S . u J ii ROL ! h A.
LANCASTER DISTRICT.

In Ordinary. In matters of Probate of Mi.
c5a-i LOTIONS VIII.
Whereas, Andrew Johnson, Executor Of
Michael Horton, deceased, has filed his Pc,
ution Ia this "iiice praying to be permitted
to swear and examine Witnesses upon the
Probate ia due form Of Law of the said viii
aud Codici: for the publishing aud confirm.
ing thereof.
rhis is thereforeto notify ana ci:e the chill.
dren aud the next of kin Of tho said Mi
| chael Horton, deceased, who reside out Of
tue limits of The State of South Carolina,
aforesaid, to Wit: Joanah Moore, Patrick
N. Horton, son of Narcisser Horton, decd,
| Children of Martha Jane Horton. decd -
their naiiies not known--and Sanford Hor.
| ton. 10 bs aud appear pers onaily. or by their
lawful Attorney, in the Ordinxry's Court TO
lie holden ut Lancaster Court House for the
District of Lancaster Oh Thursday The 9th
day of N"venGer next, and fail not under
the Penallie, that may fall Il ereon.
T. Il. llAMNOND, y. l.. d.
Angus, IS, 1862, 29-om3m 90. pf 8
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letter from WINCHESTER states that General
jackson allowed all the Yankee ,ficers cap.
tured at Haiprr's Ferry 10 retain their horses,
,dde arms, and other personal effects, aud also
gave them several wagons to haul away their
baggage.
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Gss. J'sKIss We are glad to learn from
the Yo'kve Enquirer that Gen. 81. Jenkins
Is improving rapidly he has still ht,le use Of
his arm, but expects before many days 70 re.
sumo his command His general health 10 much
improved. though his forced inactivity sits
heavily OIL him.
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Ala, Col. Stevens Of the IIolcvmbe Legion,
Nlnj"r SorreIi, Longstrept's Adjutant Gen.
eral, Major Walton, I.ongstreets aid, and
Capt. A. Coward, Of Jones' staff, are among
the wounded
The epemy's loss is estimated at 10000.
5000 The hg.t began ut daylight aud ias-
ted until dark. The enemy attacked, first
our lett, then our centre, and lastly, in the
afternoon, our right. The locality of th.
battle was betaern Sharp,burg aud the
Blue Ridge across the An'ierau, River
The FeGerals occupied The base of the
mountnin-, aud consequently could not Le
driven back, but the battle was decidedly y
IN our favor Mcclellan comma"drd the
right, Burnside The l.f, and Suu,ner the
cenire Of tie eneuys line Our rgnt MAS
c"mm"nded 10y Lunsstreet, our left b, Jack
son "nd our centre by ID. Ii. Hid. The cn-
emy's f"rce Is SUPPOSED ~ have been 2O0,-
UOO We to"k but few prisoners
We had u he&r" tight at Bo"ns boro' Gap
"n Sunday, resulting in drawn battle
the enemy hflrd 10 break through our lines
to reach liarpe''s Ferry. We thwarted his
purpose ano he'd him in creek
Jackson's Victory at shepherdstown. i.
\IChM NJ. orp,vmUcr ~ -Ine L.ncn.
burg y pere to day say thai the Yankee COLI
umn, rece"Iiy rooted 5y Jackson f!u.r Snep
hcrls'"wn, was c"niBnnded Gy Burnside.
HE enemy rushed across tie ri,er, " h.I.
Jathson pecIpi,ared lis whole force upon
tncm. 1ne lan"ers were literally uuwed
down. SO ma"y were killed, that the river
Was almost damned up by ireir bodies -
AUout l5UU pri,unrrs were taken; and, OF
the " hole iUIce-c>lImutcd To have ro,ss
ted oi ~ OOJ men--Il Is thought that moi
m"re Tan 1000 escaped. The casualties vr
OR side amount 10 25U, killed, Wound, :,
and mi >siup
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First Corps of Reserves.

1t will be seen hy the State advertisement
published elsewhere, that Governor Pickens has
view The eighth Regiment tCol Withe's spoon)
will be reviewed ON Tuesday, the 2lst instant.
The place Of review, we understood, will be
Camden.
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The experiment has been made, says the Pc
tersburg Express. and the result, we think,
should bsnish from our minds the idea that
Maryland is disposed at present to unite her
destinies with the South. II she had been, her
people, upon the appearance of our army upon
by tens of thousands into its ranks. We speak
only of the majority Of them, for we doubt not
that there is respectable minority who sym.
pa;hze warmly with the South. The State
Government, moreover, is decidedly aud in.
tenseiy devoted TO the Union (so cnll.d) and
the press there, with scarcely an exception, is
oi the same character
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The Negro Conspiracy in Darlington.

The Darlington Southerner ot last week, says:
"> ext week We will try and give some account
of the developments in refe'e,'ce to.the negro
pot lately discovered in this District. We think
Il but just that the public should know all the
facts Ihat have been obtained, To induce the
people to organize vigilamt system OF Police
throughout their neighborhoodS. We have
from time to time warned the people of this
distiiet to 0e OF, the ac't; if they fail TO heed
the disclosures recently m"de, peither will they
be pursuadcd iho''one rose ON the dead"
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Gen. Beaurrgard assumed command at Char
that Gen. Pembe,ton has been transferred To
al active command in the field. ! he people
OF south Carolina will hail the return OF Gen.
Bclurrgaid to Charleston with great sa,isiac-
ton.
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HEAD QUARTERS.

9th Regiment, lst Corps Reserves.
Lancaster. G.. H.. Srrt ~, 1852
GENERAL ORDER NO I.
The iolin"ing named p-r-ous ar" appoin
Zen aud will cons i,dte the R-gim"nt:
Staff Of This Regimen. "nd will be obeyed
and r--p~e'cd accordingly:
Roh-r: .ohhsrn, AdJntnnt.
DR. Robert = McDnw. Surgeon.
DR. !" VI D"S"ussur., Ass sInnt Surgeon.
Thomas B Fraser Quarter Muster
Hugh II Wilson, Quarter Master Sergt
Malcolm A Sh-l'on, Conmi.~nrv.
Robert III Miller. Sergeant Major.
Samuel B Massey, Ordnance Sergeant.
Rev. WA II iInnckel. Chnplnin
JAMES II. WITiIERSPOON,
Col s'h Reet LIST Corp, Reserves.
Oct. ], 1862. 3l-3t
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w AT NEWS.
Further Accounts from our Aimy on
the Potomac-More Fighting &c. &c

kIcnaosD, S-pt-mber 23.-The n Y.
Herald Uf Saturday last, the Goth inst, has
been received here. II contains de-paich..
from Louisville announcing the surrender,
at Munfordsrile, Ky, "f six lndinna rrri-
ments, numbering five thousand men.
The published official dispatches from
General Mcclellan, dated on Friday. claim
the hght u, Sharp-o"rg, or Wednesday. ~
= Yankee victory but il is evideat that his
army had fallen back. lie strIes that /. Q
rebel army had crossed the Potomac into
Virginia, and that he had sent u Column,
under Gen. Alfred PIcassni"n, in pursuit.
An "tfvill despatch, received nj the War
Office til. morning, Announces that another
battle took Mace, on last Saturday, near
8 iephefdsIown, Oh the Potomac. Tue for
ces engaged we're General SI"nrwalI Jack
sna's corps OF our array and n column OF
the enemy, ten thousand strong, which had
c. Ossed the river Ia attack the rear guard
Of our array. The enenny WIS srOn routed,
with heavy loss. Our Ioss was slight
Quite II large number of arms were tUken
ia the engagement. Jackson, after the light,
had re Gro .ned III. river INTO Mary land.
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NOTICE.

ALI. persons having claims against Mrs
Eliza X Cureton, deceased, will please no.
iify Williams a. Allison ne required by law
T. X. CURETON, Ex'r
Lancaster, C. H., s. Z.
Sept. 8, 1882, 3o-im.
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NOTICE.

Application will be made To the Lepi.la.
tnre AT lis next session tor sn incorporation
of the Morinh Baptist Association.
August 9Th i8dA ao-an
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EXeoutors Notioa.

A LII persons having any claims against
"A the Estate, Of William Duncan, deed,
are hereby notified TO come forward and
present the same, to the undersigned 40 the
Law directs and all who are indebted to
the said Estate, are requested TO make pay
msnt Of The sams.
IA. ri. DUNCAN, lp
G. L. DUNCAN, Ns'
July 23, 1909. 24-3m.
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Adjutant aud eight Captains were woun.
ded
a correspondent Of the New York 7Tmss
says the slaughter was awful. particularly
among officers.
In New York, on the 22d, exchange was
firm. Mt 1874 goht ll7f; cotton Sd cents
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A FRESH supply OF Garden Seed, en-
"A bracipg ali the varieties usually soli
ia .his market, jad received cod for sale h1
Jones' CklckeTE.
Pcb II iA0i.
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The Battle Of sbarpsburg.

SHAhP. BUgG, ND, September IS-(ria
ki'hmond, SrpIemb.r "a. Tue following
are the names or some Of the prominent OF.
tieers killed and wounded in yesterdays
battle:
Major Dingle. Captains Tompkins and
ES"m' Of the hampton Legion, killed Tue
hrst named fell with tie coiors In his hand
-sd 'hs words Ia his lips Legion, fpIlow
your AHg r Cshain smi,h, Of IN, Legion,
is wounded-iti Is supposed u,ss,aIly. Gems
S,arke and Branch killed. Major G,nersl
r II. Anderson, Btigad.r Generals Ripley.
ToomLs, Wright Of Ga, CoIoa~I Aiken,
Col. Barnes Of he I2th 80. Ca, Colone,
Gordon, Lieut. Co 1gaucoi Of tho Oh
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From Gen. Lees ARMY.

FROM zen. Lees Army.
lhc he"a received ycsIerda, iuliy sctis
he' us that Tie army under Conceal Lee
re crossed the Potomac, on FRIDAY last, and
II now Oh the South bank uf IA. river.-
he irpV'ts hereiufure received, and which
ne We're inciiuvL To credit, that Only pur
lion of The army had r-crossed. prove 10
have been not we'll founded FROM geutIy
men who arrived l"-t evening from the i'm
mediate prrscnce Of the urmv, we nre ns
surcd that the whole column crossed aud
The crossing "ss effected without Tia. slight.
est attempt Of :he enemy to ob,truct our
passage.
or the desperate and bloody battle of
"Wednesday, in the vicinity OF s>hurp- burg,
We have very lew additional p%rtrcuurs.-
Hon. A. X. B"t-i"r. h" participated in the
iigt, as mn aid Of Gcmcrl Jackson, arrived
here last night lie represents III. engage
mr"t ns resulting d,ciI,dv in our favor.
aud the victory obtninrd by our forces. if
not complete. at least g:e"; aaa ,a;i,fa..
tory. lie lett the amy on Friday, after thc
larger portion Of it lad crossed tae rirrr-
lie SPEAKS III The most huprful and cheer
lrg m"hner Of the Operations of our forces
III Mary lai,d and L e Lower Valley, a,d en-
;rriains the belief that III. enemy will mo-,
make any serious attempt ut invasion for
some time TO come. Our troops were buoy
ant in spirits, und ready and eager to meet
The foe "g"in
the BATTLE OF sArURpAV
An official Dispatch, dated S,auntun Sep
irinbrr 23I "as received early in thc duy
Yesterday, communicating the intelligence
"f another fght aud another decided and
brilliant victory on SATURDAY. hi, dis
patch was received BY Gen. g. w. Smith,
aud was read in tho House "f Representa-
lives YESTERDAY morning The folio ing !,
n copy at the dispatch
General: a Dispatch has just been re-
ceNrd from Ninche-ter, dated 2ist Tn.
eucmy cr"s~rd 10 600 men over the river
at cphrrd,l"wn, aud were immediately
attacked BY Jackson, corps nrd routed -
J"eir loss very heavy ours slight. Quite
number OF arms taken. Jack son has re
cros,ed into Mary land.
H. B DAVIDSON,
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a GARD.

NHE UNDERSIGNED HAS JUST
l. received fresh supply OF Groceriss
va: Old Port Wine, P,ckeis, Je.liss aud
Preserves, SnlmOnd and Lob,tsr. in cans !,
Dbl at MoIasses and 1900 lbs OF Sugar,
Tobacco, &c, which We will sell as low for
Cash as can be- bought any where.
NcLARNON g. BRUMMITTE.
July l, 1864, 2l-tf
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Announcements.

MR EprTpR-Y"u will please announce
Capt Jane. L. Mngill candita'" for the
Legislature and obligr, MARY VorEKs
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The friend. of J. l. Reed announce him
a candidate t" Represent the people "f Ian
caster Ia Irict in lhe lower Branch of In.
next Legislature.
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Battle at Bottler's Mill.
II. B DAVIDSON,

Col = a T.. =.
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The friends of Da II. l.. JoHxSroN an
nounre him candidate To represent Ian
caster District in the lower truuch Of the
next Legislature.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1862-06-06
THE BARRIERS RAZOR,

Mr.. Dickson, colored barber in large
New England town, was shaving one of
Of his customers, a respectable citizen,
one morning, when conversation occur
red between them respecting Mr.. Dick
sons former connection with the colored
church of that place
81 believe you are connected with the
church i'll Elm street, are you no., Mr..
Dickson 90 said the customer.
mo, sab, not at all.''
''What, are You not member of the
African Church %
''Not dis year, sah.''
"Why did you leave your connection
Mr.. Dickson if may be permitted to
ask"
"Well, I'll tell you," said Mr.. Dickson,
sharpening a concave razor on the palm
Of his hand, ct was just like dis: jined
de church in good fait' l gave ten dol
lars toward de stated Gospel de fust year,
and de church people called me Brudde,
Dickson; de second year my business was
not so good, and l glib only FIVE dollars.
Dat year de people called NE Nr. Dick
son. Dis razor hurt you, sab 90
mo, the razor goes tolerably we'll"
"Well, sab, de third year 1 feel berry
poor; had sickness in my family, and
didn't glib nothin for preachin' Well,
sab, after dat they called me DAT OLE
NIGER Dickson'-and l left en- ~
Y. 1iIion.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1862-06-06
CERISTI&E.ILKE.
Y. Ihbion.

1t is refreshing in these wicked and
selfish days, when the devil lrisks about
over creation, like a young pig running
around beside himself with joy in a big
clover pasture, to find one liberal good
man. We are told that Union lady
called on the agent of the Southern Meth
odist Publishing House for some Testa-
ments to distribute among some wounded
Union soldiers. "What kind of soldiers
are they" inquired the godly agent
Union soldiers replied the lady. "Can't
give you any, madam" was the response
of the holy book peddler. The agent was
right. We are told the Gospel is intend
ed to call sinners to repentance, and as
the Rebels are much nearer to the devil
than the Union soldiers, they certainly
are entitled to the first supply of any
spiritual food which the Publishing House
has stored away. Walk up, you Rebe
sinners.-Aashy1le Union.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1862-06-06
1al1nasnms.
BROWNLOW AND YANCEY.

In in his speech in New York city OH
Thursday of last week, Parson Brownlow
said: "But a few weeks prior to the last
election, they announced that the great
bellweather of the rebellion, the first two
letters of whose name were w. L. Yam
cey, laughter, would speak in Vicks-
burg. This Yancey was pardoned out of a
South Carolina prison, ,.where he was in
carcerated for numbering his uncle
When Yancey got upon the stand, he
asked, is Parson Brownlow here %
Yes, he is here i hope, said he, that
the Parson will have nerve enough to
come upon the platform. No, no. said
the Secessonists-the Breckenridge fel-
lers. [Applause.] We had four tickets
during the lust presidential election. The
Bell and Everett ticket was the kangaroo
ticket, with all the strength in the hind
legs. Applause. The Breckenridge
ticket was the meanest ticket he ever saw.
Applause. lie opposed ..Lincoln, but
when Lincoln was fairly elected, it was
the duty of every patriot and true man to
bow to the will of the people. Well, he
went on the stage and the following dia.
logue took place between him and Yam
cey:
'Yancey-Are you Parson Brownlow
| 'Brownlow-I am the only man on
earth, sir, that sleeps in his bed Laugh
teri
'Yancey-Don't you think, sir, that
you are badly employed as preacher
man of your cloth tc be dabbling in pol
itics
'Brownlow-We,ll sir, distinguished
member of the party you are acting with,
once took Jesus Christ up into mount
ain, roars of laughter, and said: Look
at the kingdoms of the world /; all this
will give thee, if thou wilt fall down
and worship me- The answer in reply
to the devil, is my reply to you: Get
thee behind me, Satan.'" [Roars of
laughter.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1862-06-06
Stran Eeares.
PLEASANT NEIGHBoRHooDs,

Ones pleasure, after all, is much af-
fected by the quality of ones neighbors,
even though one may not be on speaking
terms with them. A pleasant, bright face
at window, is surely better than dis
contented, cross one and house that
has the air of being inhabited, is prefera-
excluding every ray of sunlight and SYM
pathy. We like to see the glancing cheer
full light through the windows on cold
night, or watching them az. evening deep
ems, gradually creeping from the parlor
to the upper stories of the houses near
US. We like to watch the little children
go in and out the door to play or to
school. We like to see whiterobed ba-
by dancing up and down at the window in
its mothers arms, or the father reading
his newspaper there at evening, or any of
these cheerful, impromptu home glimpses,
which, though we are no Paul Pry, go to
make pleasant neighborhood to those
who live for comfort instead of show
Sad, indeed, some morning on waking to
see the blinds down and the shutters clos
ed, and know that deaths angel, though
it spared our threshold, has crossed that
of our cheerful neighbor. Sad to miss too
the white-robed baby from the win
dow, and see the little coffin at nightfall
borne into the house. Sad to see the in :
nocent little faces pressed at eventide
against the window pane, watching for
the ''dear papa who has gone to his long
home.
INDErENDENcE.--No, my son, a life OF
independence is generally life Of virtue.
1t is that which fits the soul for every
generous flight of humanity, freedom and
friendship. To give should be our pleas
ure, to receive our shame. Serenity,
health and aff1uence attend the desire Of
rising by labor; misery. repentance and
disrespect that Of exceeding by extorted
benevolence. The man who can thank
himself a4>e aa44=s>se for the happiness he enjoys,
is truly blesl; and lovely, far more lovely
the sturdy gloom of laborious indigence,
than the fawning simper of thriving adu
lation.