Miscellany

{L7 [We are quite uncertain whether the following story - if story it rnay be called- will please any one of our readers, lt certainly culs two ways, and we insert it because we like il - and because we know nobody can read it and not have thoughts calculated to make them better -itnless, íbrsooth, they are already - in these respects, as good as need be. Tlie wish to appear above one's condition is not confined to the South - and it is one ofthe most serious drawbacks on prosperity and bappiness existing among us. Respect ought to be rendered to character - conduct - not to mere conditio."í -