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Vol. IX.
G-eorgetewn, S^ C, Wednesday, September 19, 1849i
[No. 481.
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i 1)- age, and is said to have suffered much '
' during his youth from the negligence of
his guardians.    He made his first Studies
i at the Lyceum of Presburg, after which
he entered the Tulner military  school,
where he was distinguished for   his tal
yeai-sof care, toil, and anxiety between. ;! his cushion chair, and in her loisure Yet how tenderly does the mother's heart; hours amuses his wnndering mind wilh yearn over  this little being!    IIow its
brisiilens the future—thoy hnve little to regret in the p&st and hastening on their w.iy  iejoifcing;    When, however;
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vance one hall the cb,irge for adveriising, without |j ceived into the army, first in a regiment ^ her happiness, and sits down  for many j his no contract will be   made.    For  announcing
books or p.npers, or her own version  ofi
first feeble wail   thrills  upon her weary J some intcie.sling  topic.    She bears  his |  they reacli iiiidiJle-life or a point beyond,
lear!    How earnestly she scans   its fra  |j little humors wiihout parading her pity) and pause for a  moment,  ui !i the ob-
I gile form, beautiful  only to her  loving 1 for his weaknes,s, and is untiring in her ;'ject of ascertoitiitig their real position
I eyes!    How gladly sh'o now  renounces    thousand offices of love. || anri prospects, they bo,c;in io realise thnt
the   liberty   which   has    hitherto been
O what were  age without  Woltibh-:— | woman in her triic sphere.—the Home? i
Candidate QZ in adeancc. Hymenial and Obitua¬ ry noticesnoi cccccding six lines will be Inserted Irec of charg.'.
Georgey Ihe Hungarian General.
Most ofthe Gener.ils iBfthe  Hunga¬ rian army, with thc exception of a few
of infantry, and subsequently in one of   months at the side of ihe unconscious lit-jl Not woman abroad, engaged in labor of
there is mucii of shadow as well as of sunshine in unman existence—thnt men are false, corrupt anil treacheri^us. thtit cavalry, which he had left, as I have said, jl tie being ; while her heart thrills with a 'i| business ; not woman engrossed in pub- jj tho evil princii le still prevails to a fare- in 1845, tb devote his attention to the ¦ strange joy during all Ihese days and !| He afliiirs, canvassing elections, holding jj ful extent—and thiis a feeling of sadness sciences. He seems to have had the de-I "'ghts of vigilj mingled with pain only j courts, making law.s, or buying and sel-;,'iml diss.alisfution steals into their sign to devote himself to the  movement | when suffering sils upon   her infant's .j iing goods on 'change or elsewhere ; but j hearts.    When, trio, as it often happens,
then some time started in   Hungary,  in reference to establishing domestic man- Polish veterans,  have sprung suddenly^ ufactures.
from inferior ranks to those    they   now |     We see   him first at Rruan, making occupy.    Their history therefore,  ante¬ rior to the present war, affords fevv mate- ' rials for thc biographer.    Georgey, now
the favorite leader of her armies, was in 1845, only a lieutenant in the Austrian service, and at the beginning of the Hun¬ garian struggle ihe past year, a volun¬ teer in the ranks ofthe Honveds, or na¬ tional militia. Al the battle of Schwe- chat beneath ihe walls of Vienna, when the Hungarians were betrayed by ihe treachery of Maga, Georgy was but a simple major; but the sharp eye of Kos¬ suth was fixed upon him, and in the re¬ moval of Maga, he was immediately j raised to the vacant place of Commander ft a young lady without fortune,   to whom
himself acquainted with the principles of the various manufacturing arts, and af¬ terward at Prague, studying   chemistry
brow, or death hovers over its coucli.        !'woman, shut away from   the  clamor of i they find themselves deceived  and  be
A father schemes for his own aggran-i'''o world, at the clean and social fireside j[ trayed   by  tlioge they   had  trusted; or j
dizement.    True, he looks transiriitling his w-ealih an honors to his children when he shall havu enjoyed them.    But  with i; him this is a  secondary   object.-   With i the true woman itis ihe Alpha and Ome- I
the pride ofthe Hungarian nation, and | under Professor Rettenbacher, who sub
sequently took him into his laboratory, and pi*()cured him a little salary as he was at the time very poor. After a couple of years study here he delivered a successful course of lectures, as candi¬ date for the Professorship of Chemistry at the University of Demberg, but about this time, being left a small estate by the death ofan aunt in Hungary, he gave up in consequence ihe idea ofa professor¬ ship, resolving to return to his native land.    In February of 1848, he ma
presiding over the well-ordered house- ji ,w-heii after having toiled for years to sc- li()!d—cherishing with pious care ihc ' cure some darling object, lliey awake chilled and frame with the solicitude of i| in disiippoinlment and mortification, we true affection, supplying the unuttered 'J cannot wonder that for the mome.nt they wants ofher reversed charge, and by her J should grou- misanlhropic and view w-i(h I ga. 'I'hroiu'h life, if need be, she will' presence arid gentle voice pouring light j| distrust all ihieir fellow meni toil for'her child, and spend her last far- ,' '*'^-' melody into the dull sense of age and ;i     It is at such seasons that a kind, art
decrepitude!    These are holy privileges, j'encouraging word—is   ail-important.— ani their  very necessity 's one   ofthe; They should then be taught   tliat  life is prav Heaven in  his behalf,  though  she    '""=*''^^¦'^''<^''schools of virtue, well adap-ji full of change—that the brightest morn- invr^kconly blasphemous cui.ses on every Jl '<^'-' and designed fo prepare the daughter j ing is preceded  by the darkest night— , other being.    There is no cr-me she will ji '"'" '"^'' vocation and duties as a mother, l' that time, faith and  chcigy should nev- not forgive in hiin, no d'vsgracc she  will ll '^^'^^^ncieni tale which the Poet   Artist j: er be inculcated and  practised witii a not share.    If all the world proclaim him ll ''^^^ embodied in thc   inimitable  stanzas    sjiirit of more deteitiiination than   vvhen . a dishonored wretch, she remembers on- 'I ifiat describe the fair, fresh daughter, re- |; the heart appears disposed to shrink and Iy that she bore fiim, and opens her arms ¦ turning to her sire from her own breast,; cower before the tempe-ils of the woild; ['to receive him.    Her most ardent hopes 5'^^'''"-^ ^"^ S**^''^' isone ofthe loveliest'¦     Look through    society,     Mark   tho
thing,to   proiTi6to  its  comfort,  though famine sits upon her own lips.    She will
'   .   , ,1 and wishes follow him ihrough life, and '| pictures on which the  heart can  dwell. , changes that have taken place within a ,       ii hover over his nathwav like a smile from ¦! ^-^'cn if a fable, it illust>-ates with touch- , few years—ten, fifteen or twenty.    Yon-
in Chief.
His conduct  afterward  fully proved the wisdom of thc choice.    He extrica-
he had become attached while studying at Pragiie, and started immediately for Hungary, when soon after the revolution ted ihe Hungarian army from a position I broke out. In the war against the Ser¬ in which his pri'decessot had designed it vians, while ihe Archduke Stephen was should be obliged to surrender to the '| siilf in power as Palatine of Hungary he enemy or be driven inlo the waters of jj vvas appointed by the lalter as captain of the Danube; and he conducted the cavalry, but on ihe accession of Kossuth Hungarian retreat before the overwhelm-j and the revolutionary government, he' ing lorces of Wiiidischgrats and Jella- foundhimself without a commission, and chich, flushed with the conquest of Vien- ji therefore oflered his services. Kossuth na, until the favorable inoment arrived j| wished to give him charge of aminuni- for making a stand, and assuming the of- ; tion, ashe was a scientific man as well as fensive. For this his characterevident-ii soldier, but Messaros. the minister of JyfittedJiim. Though so young a gen- war, ihriught it better to send him into eral, (only about 30 years old) he is dis- the field. While waiting for the decis- tinguished for uncommon prudence, jon, he made his own choice by entering. This has earned him the appellation of,: assaid above, volunleei in the Honvede. the Hungarian Fabius. j| Here he had risien to the rank of   major
Georgey is most noted as an oflScer of ^^ ^vhen appointed at once' commander in cavalry. At the head of thti Hungarian ;| chief by Kossuth, on the field of Schwe- Hussars, he finds his favorite place.' The I chat plains ofthe Theiss region, where Win
a-better world. Death alone can quench a mother's love. I     The sister is another of tho beautiful offices which it is given to woman to fill. If her affection is less ardent  and cxclu-j sive than that of tlu; mother, it is equal- j
ing   slr.?ngth  and beauty a daughter's ; d-i' passes a citizen who five years ago iove. ! was   a   bankrupt—oversVheiined    with
debt, and as is too often the case under like circumstaces, without Credit, and a character .sullied by susjjicion. His creditors had lost by, and hence suspec¬ ted him.    Nay some cf them went fur-
Tlie Ciiaugcs of Life.
HOPE—.ACTIVITY ENERGY.
The relations of life are full of admo- ly wide-shrcad.    She  is guardian spirit ij nition.    The events that pass before our I, ofher brothers, Ihe teacher and fi-iend of j eves  fn  the course  ofa fcw years, the ! ^'^^'" ""^ liarshly and bitterly  accused horsisters, second in both these relation.s | changes that take place, flie characters ' '"'" "f"*'"^"^-    F^^ra lime he was strung lo the mother alone.    She must be  af-ji that are developed, will, if read rightly, fectionate,   obliging,   persuasive.
must   acquire    knowledge,   accomplish
herself, refine her sentiments,  discipline
her feelings,   and   enrich  thc paternal
, home with every  charm that may bind
She    be found full of practical knowledge, and
cilculaied not only to warn but to di¬ rect. We are loo apt to, overlook the extraordinary circumstances of exis¬ tence, to be startled by results, without
the wavering brother there, before his Ij tracing out the causes. Most human characteris ripened, and his principles | beings hurry on from day to day, with- fi.sed so as to resist temptation. She is .j out glancing at the past, reflecting ! the companion of the brother  abroad. i| upon the prsent, or regarding the future.
dischgrats and Jellachich suffered their signal defeat, witnessed the most daring and heroic deeds performed by Georgey with his flying cavalry. But his talents are not limited to this particular sphere, ' as is amply proved by his taking of the fortress of Ofen, and the lale battles be
Wcmin's Administration.
The Mother, Sister, and Daughter.
BY   MRS. E. W. FARNHAM.
As the moiher ofher race, woman has certain physical functions todischargj in which she is necessarily exclusive.    No
, Her youth enables her to sympathise I with him, while her strong affection and I purity should in the absence of ihe moih- l! er, make her daughter  the  representa¬ tive to strengthen his integrity, to exalt his sense of truth and honor, and   by  a lively but onostentatious care   preserve h'm from temptation.    She may  aid the moiher likewise, in cultivating a love ol knowledge.    By means of her own in¬ telligence, she may do much during the
foreComorn against the Austrians, and   other can be her  agent, or  act  to  the [j ^^''*7 ^'^"'"^ "' ''^f , ^';'-^'' '° .^'^^V^ '^'"
at Waitzen against the Russians.    It is   smallest extent in her stead. These func-
nowperfectly clear that in both the latter 1 tions engross  most of her energies—
cases only the forces of Georgey were en-   they occupy a considerable portion of
gaged, and that Dembinski with  whom,; her life, and are of vital imp_ortance to
Georgey is now united, was not at all on ; the whole tamily of man. She is exprcss-
the ground.    In   person   and   bearing   ly designed for their discharge, and her
Georgey is said to be very accomplished   adaptation to them in structure is as per-
and chivalrous.    He is ofthe  middle   feet as omnipotent power and wisdom
size, with dark brown hair and blue eyes,   could make it.    Her maternal duties, too,
and manners that win all that approach    areof a peculiar and very arduous char-
him.    Inthe army, particularly among   acter.    Theydo not require the strength
the hussars, he has unbounded influence,   of a^man, but the quickness, tact, sensi-
both by,reason of his chivalric character   bility; tenderness and  patience, which
! for intercourse with the.world. She may enrich his mind by her industry, and at the same titne preserve him in his weak¬ est hours from the evil to which the world invites him. W'hat a noble being is a pure minded, high-souled, generous and affectionate sister! Whose heart does not warm under her influence? What a beautiful opportunity does her jj
We are all, loa certain extent, creatures ; ofthe hour.    We live,  move and have ¦ our being in the scenes and excilements ¦ immedialely around us.    If we hear of, the fall, llie wreck, the ruin of a friend or acquaintance,  we commen!, hn.stily, ' and  in most cases rashly—seldom look i back with the object of a,scertaining the real source of the calamity, and   rarely perceive that at least some of the  errors which precipitated  the downfall of the , victim are among our  weaknesses and I infirmities!
to the quick. To be unfortunate, ho thought, was bad enough; but to be as¬ sailed and reviled, because ofhis misfor¬ tune—he felt to be cruel. But what should he do? Should he yield to the storm-—abandon the cumnieroial walks, become ah idler and a pnuper—or should he nel-ve his heiU't nlid his mind for the trial, and by living down Calumnators, endeavor to regnin his character, and thus a new fooilioH in s icBiy ? The lat¬ ter colirse WMsad<i[)tcd and pursued with active and untiring energy. No op- poflunity was lost to convince the sus¬ pecting and defanil'ig thatthey wero wrong—and althnugh fora time the ef- ft)rt was nnsucces,^ful, it iriu!ii[)hed in the end. Nay, in orle instance, a lead- iiigcapitalist whohad been sadly embit-' tered. Was convinced that he had dona the Unfortunate gross injustice. He was a high-minded and genercus-hear- ted rnan—and ns soon as the conviction was forced upon him ;   that he had been
changes of life ! In whal wide contra Let an individual who has attained the
How    numerous—we   repeat—thti ,      .   .
,    assisiing to crush s'lll further a really
honest but unfcriuiiate fellow-creature,
crc^ r ,     A , a reaction took plnce in h's feelings.   He
age of fiftv, pause for a moment and gaze .; ;      i      . i
around himi    He will discover that" the ', ^^'^' '«¦• "^^, debior-apb'ogized for his
children who long after he had attained ¦ f "d"Ctand prt-fferred liberal assistance.
., r        I     J   „i       1    u    .   I-   i It was accepted.    A n.nv start wns thus
the years of manhood, played about  his'   ,.,,<,,. ,      ,
¦ .1     r .1 1 i obtained—the C Ouds  disappeared—the
knees, are now among the fathers and ,! . ' *      .   . .
station present, to plant with her own || mothers of mankind, while those fo i s""-f»i"f «*" P'-^f'^fity grew brighter hand, flowers that shall bud and blossom i ,vhom he looked up in boyhood, are eilh- ': ^""^ •^''^^^^er, and noW the bankrupt of on her tomb!
,     • ;,  „„i . .,    •,       -.u , only five vears back, is fully dn his feet
er decripit and tottering with age,  or i      •;        -. , ,       ,-'   ,
.    ,1    J      1. '   s .    • V t. 1.    «.u   -tr 11       c.u   C'l    1   'again—with a resuscitated character—
As the daughter, woman sduty isun- t have passed to " the Valley ot the Shad-,: , ? , , , .,, ,   ,
and of his, powers of oratory which   are , exist only in the sacred relalipn of moth-[ failing kindness and   reverence.    It is | ow of Death."    The span of human life jj   '"'   "^P"^    ^"    a sini ing pa       e oio
very great.    Many anecdotes  are told   er.    These qualities her physical struc ofhis personal prowess on the  field of   ture prepares her to exhibit;   and her
battle, and of the effect a few   elegant   strong maternal love, like a radiant  at- j love and fidelity, but by the thousand lit- ,; nearest ofthe beings with whom our ex
not by great deeds of sacrifice and hero¬ ism, that she will  best prove her filial
—how narrow! A few  years,  we ap¬ pear, struggle, and are gone! Even the
Again.    The three men standing to¬ gether before yonder edifice, each now
much minister tothe sober happiness of the meridian and evening of life.    No
words have often worked there upon his mosphere, surrounds them all, and gives
hesitating men.    He is also a man of con- life and beauty to each.    Let the mind
siderable learning,   particularly i'n me- dwell for a moment on the love of a
chanical and the natural scierces, which moiher towards her child, and %ve shall
he left the army to study in 1845,  think- see that such an  one  subsists between
ing he   could   thus be  more   useful to no other  beings.    Earth hath nothing
mankind than by carrying a   sword in more beautiful, nor can mortal imagina-
lime of peace.    He speaks fluently it  is tion attribute to Heaven anything more
said, in six languages—Magyar, Sclavo- holy.    It is kindled into being amid mor-
nian, Latin, (which until a  few weeks tal agony and peril.    Its  object is the jj his pride reposes, is abroad, breasting the
since was thc official language ofthe dif. ,} feeblest   of animated   beings, with no | surges of a selfish  world, the daughter
ferentcountries ofthe Hungarian king- * qualities to animate the mind, nocapac-
dom,) German, French and English.
Born in the year 1819, of a poor but noble family hc lost his father at an car-
tie attentions which   in a daughter so \ istence is   intertwined, fiass away, and ; worth   an   hundred thousand tlollars
are speedily forgotten, or if not  forgot¬ ten,   are   temembered so scarcely,  as
were len j'Cars age not worth as many iients.    They at that time hit upon   a
voice .so gentle as hers, in the sick cham- |i scarcely to excite a momentary  feeling. J bappy thouglu—ventured upon a new
ber of the mother. No ear so keenly open to the wants^f the aged father, no step so light in his service. She is the link between his bright morning and his fading twilight. While the son on whom
as well as in the life to come—hut in most cases, for ihe gratification of mo¬ mentary wishe.s, desires* appefitds and objects. The young, when they start upward and onward on the hill-side of j existence, are naturally buoyant, gay pect of arriving at such a  state, with 1 blanched and wasted locks, sho adjusts | and cheerful.    Imagination colors and
whom hc loves, remain by his side, to ity to appreciate and return the aflection |! bless and beautify his quiet homr. She lavished upon it, and only a far-off pros- li stays his tottering steps she smoothes his
The "philosophy of life is understood j enterprise, pro.secuted il day and  night by few—it is practiced by  still fewer, jj with indefatigable zeal, and   the results We do not live so as best to provide for i ai'e before you. our general and life-long happiness here, ij     And these arc not rare cases.    The
chances arc as iiumerour, as ever. Life is full of changes. Bijt in order to take advantage of them, the anxious and ad¬ venturous mu^l have Jicir thoughts about them. They must v,-atch—think —calculate—and having at last deter¬ mined, they must be prepared to act, and