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* y* &Je< r w? ..'?&* 4* . V*? ?U?WII I . mmmmmmmmm ADDRESS OF MU. MKAIMLNCJER. with * A public school, ou a new system, was inaugurated inCharleston oa tho4th instant. j!U^ Speeches were made by l)r. Di&on and whel Judge Magralk-?also by Col. C. G. Moui- scho< luinger, pno of the School Commissioners. j" The remarks of tho~hiUor gentleman wo ^on giro, aa explaining the advantages of tho uf J u phso. We ere glad that at least ono attempt claro< has been tnado at enlightened reform on work this subject, and shall watch its progress with earnest hopo that this commencement anj j will expand its influences over tho whole f0?, j State, so that tho well founded complain# that of the people shall no longer bo heard at l>eon the door of the Legislature. in'wd Jdr. Moniminger came beforo tho audi- a n)a * ? ence as tho exponent of the Board of Com- 'Was'v mlssiouers of Jjohoola for Charleston i >is- pj,,r| trict?tho agents of the people, appointed 8'?<> by their Ueprcsoutntivcs to the responsible ?cr duty of educating, tho children of tho com- I J*4j. rauujty. They used tho money of the peo- j a'Uel, nle. and llrey were thero to satisfv them I > . , , ? -- j uirec that it was well expendod. lie asked tho CISj c judgment of LU audiouce, and would shrink j>rofc froiu tlio exposure of uo part of tho schemo cortjf thoy proposed. They had visited Now |eg03 York and Philadelphia for tho purpose, |jc 6C and had examined thoroughly what they ftj found thoro, and if like others they wcro uf subject to errors, tho criticism of tho com- ?y 0 niuuily would correct them. Thero could tcacli not be found thoso who had more at slake whds than they iu this enterprise, for they, liko (mini others, wore falhors?they had childron, t|10 r mid brolhors and sisters, wlioso welfare was lV) a involved iu it, and whoso fato was linked ( togot with South (Jaioliua, and who were to bo- oiftl come its futuro citizens and legislators. pii vs In entering upon the expo lion of tho j,0yr scheme proposed, Mr. Meminingor said it or jn was too late in the day to speak of *' o colloj value of education. His honorable friends j grati who preceded him had spoken sufficiently 1 seivc upon that point, and there is not a being i Kvcn who does not realizo the difi'oroticc between (0 bo tho educated and tho uneducated man? on w who, in the story of Franklin, doe~ not rocognise the ditlbrcnce between the printer ,j j at his press and the philosopher who drew re.)K the lightning from tho heavens. Tho j;,L0 diirercnco between inan aud man is not ex- A tcrnal, for tho rich man of to-day may bo su tho poor mau of to morrow. witiu Tuo objection to the system which herotoforo existed?that of 1811?-was that it did not proceed upon tho great principle j-(to n of publio education. If it bad been so, tbo }X ' principlo would have worked as well hero s?,aa aa elsewhore. But the proviso l>y which 8^.|lcK the childron of the poor wcro porfcrred, had ^olio' the effect that the inonoy appropriated being small, tho schools wcro filled with tho chit jrcs8 dron of tho poor, while the childion of tho <roofj rich were ontiroly oxcludcd. The natural t consequence was to depreciate the charac- j n t iV ft* rvf (Kit ^ ^ ^ ? * ?V. VM iug ovnuuis. IJOIUTti UIO paiClU COUUI auc0 obtain otitranco for bis children, bo must -|lfV | make a confession of poverty. Supposo our .UlCT'] other oducational institutions proceeded up- ^reg8 ou tbia principle?supposo that before a ? youth could bo allowed to enter South Caro- gj,ov lina College, bis parents were obliged to say w;w ( ibat thoy could not support liiin. It would jn|-or deprive it of that which gives it tone and ^0j0, character. It leaves the poor to thoinsolves, tj10 c nud not tho industrious poor, hut thoso who ,.,j are willing to acknowledge themselves pau , pels? For an honest uran, who is ablo to n'u.c. give bis children an educnlion, would ho ! the Inst to ask tho nssistance which could ^n'u only bo obtained by such au acknowledg- r'1 vana xnent. . Tho original appropriations continued 1,1 for a considerable time?two years ago it 'V" .1 whs dopbled, and siuco thousand dol- " " l.us was the portion of the City of Charles- 1 ors too. Tho door was thus opeucd wider, but 111 ,r0 ilio very men who paid the inoncy wore fNXoel still excluded from its benefits. The poor H child is admitted, but tho children of the lax payer could find no entrance. In the new system it is proposed that those who pay tho taxes shall receive the benefits of them?that there shall bo no necessity for j the signing of a declaration of poverty, but ' . lliat all shall stand equal. Two points arc jim)_ gained Dy lim?lirst, that every man lias ' tho right to havo his children educated, nin^ \ V 1 secondly, ibo better element of society is MVl!r thrown into the schools. Wo send our ^1 children there aud we go thcio to look after ani.,,1 them?to seo that they nro properly cared a!", for, to watch over thero?to sco that tho ^Sl' teachers aro just in the performance of their lil ^ ' duty. Mr. Mcinininger, however, did not lay j ^ ' it down to tbochnrgo of tho teachers that tho institution had been inellicient. Tho | system did not allow it to bo otherwiso. . Take an intelligent teacher, nnd put him ' into ono of tho frco schools. There aro, perhaps, sixty scholars, and of these, it may f be, one third cannot road, and another third . aro jnst able to read and spell, llow can u^ lie accommodate himself to such scholars. He has live hours or two hundred and scv- ,ac.V enty minutes for instruction, and thero will thus bo but four and a half minutes to each l',M c scholar! Ho is found fault with because 'oW* they do not improve, while tho fact is, it is co1 'I a physical impossibility. Tho ovils arc still ! ;ns 111 greater with iho ladies?tho fcmalo loach- | J,i c0 e;s, whero the scholars aro still younger, and where tho larger ones must bo neglect- long* od for those who aro small. g,im Tlio school which whs now inaugurated commenced on yesterday, with (00scholar*. I ' ' 'I hero will soon bo Accommodations for 700, ' 'I" and those, according to present applications, ! "h !' would coitainly bo secured. In a Hold so ] '"j"'1 enlarged it is easy to classify and arrange j ? , (bom, and there nre nlso the child of the | .' primary School, whiclt is also classified into fu'" ( llnee or four schools. Now, thirty chil- 'u dreii in the multiplication table can as easi> c'c;u ly learn it together as separately, and even ",a"' moro readily, for reason of tho emulation iH0 that will be aroused, and thorO may be a I' single leacber to each class. It is most ob * l("' \io\n then that this thing is a necessity, and therefore in tho now building which has ,4f' , hoeti crocted there have been put four or , ,, five schoolj, while there is blill loom loft 1 " for moro, Toacher* have been selected ,H ,ml perfectly coinpcteut to what will ho requir* I'1'1** c<l of them, and the objection that lin y are )*'v from tho North might as icasonably bo seen I urged against tlio biingiug with it an eirgi for th liter, if, for the first liirio. we had biought ?l la. a locomoti-o from Ilia North. Thoso touch, than ora have perfectly lent nod the art of teach- sious mg?they are acquainted with tlio system slinet it is proposed to inaugurate?they have di ,,,a" plomoa to roilify to their ability?they by pu have lieen fiftoou years teaching. Mr. Mem- Rchuo minger said, thenrgo to the school and look Therr at it for what it is. v hoo Another great evil is iomodi?d by the i achod new system, in (he biingiiig together of j with different class*:* of society in Accordance wome 111 L1L1I?U.l LJtl the genius of our republican inalUu- 1 They must be brought tngellier as i and wliy not iw children, It in at i but a question of polilicul economy, : lior we will build penitentiaries or ' >ls. The Illustration of this was found I gland, where the schools are behind * go?ami in Prussia, where they have i established the longest. On tho 4th | ly, 1770, for tho first tituo, it was do- I j that all men are oquai. It took tho I 1 from tho days of tho Spartans todis this, and it is tho same with tho pnb- 1 hools. Thoro havo becu academics I nstitulions for tho instruction of tho i but it was not until tho 19th century | tho syctora of public education has . discovered, and that, singularly enough, r a government not frco?in Prussyt, jose army, it is said, cannot be found ' u who cannot read aud write. A man i >wiit from tho UuivcYsily of Oxford, and, to examine into tho cducnlioual I in of this country, and Mr. Moniniiuroad extracts from his report, which i lluit in 1811 there wcro 23,040 schools, i ded daily by 328,140 childron, and ? led by 29,039 highly educated teach- I >f whom ncai ly 28,000 were young 1 ssors, who had obtained diplomas and icat^s of character in \ho several col. Tho oducalion given in all the pub- I hools of Prussia is gratuitous and open l I classes of society. All tho cbilJrcu : o small shopkocpurs and artisans, ma- i f tho boys who afterward onter tho I icrs, colleges, as well r.s many others 1 d* par on Is are to be found in tho very i Most walks of life, and even children of loblos and of tho richest clns ? of socio- 1 ro to bo found pursuing their studies licr thcm in ?ho sanio class-rooms and ic sarno benches. Tho sons of counts, icinns, clergymen, shopkeepers and laborers, may be seen working togotli- 1 ono of those classes. Tho classical called gymnasia, arc also open litously to all who wish to avail them* s of the education which they atford. in these, children of j>oor laborors arc i found studying on the sanio benches < liich sit the sons of tho rich. < hat is the rosult of this? Lot us hear ' mprcbsion of this llrit'sh witness?the 1 sonlulivo of a nation which is never ' >sed to givo to others inoro credit than I served, and who, thcreforo, may not ' ipposed to have seen what ho saw >ut prejudice. Ho says: "I do not j ate to say, that at tho jieriod of my 1 Lo Prussia, I had never before soon so po- 1 lid civilized, and seemingly intelligent ' isantry as that of Prussia. Were a ' ger introduced intct some of the lowest 1 >ls, I am quite convinced ho would not { vo ho saw peasant's children before him. nro generally so clean and neatly, cd, and their mautiers are always so J , that 1 was sevornl times obhgod to 1 lie toachoars if I really saw tho cliil- * of tho poor before inc. Tho appear* ' of tho girls was particularly gratify- 1 [ro in ember, said Mr. Memminger, it is Englishman who is speaking;) their ' was so respectable, their manners so , their way of droning their hair , ed so much taste, and their cleanliness , >o great, that nooue who had not boon | uicu Doumii'ina 10 wnut class they igcd, would have believed them to be ! hildreu of ibe poorest o( the people. . le lowest orders of Germany are so < ? more refh.cd than our poor, that the I ren of the rich very often attend the < ary schools, while the children of the I s-pcoplo and middle classes almost in- | bly do so. The richer pnreiits kuow j their children will not cot no in con- i with any coarseness. Tlio mingling 1 e children of the higher and lower or- ! tends to civilize the peasantry still 1 , and to produce a kindly feeling bo- j 11 the difl'erent ranks of society." This < i testimony of a prejudiced witness. \ r. Momimnger confessed to have i of this common prejudice against the * mixture of the children, but not be- i i they were rich or poor, for ho had jrgolteu the time when ho was a poor i iiiuiself; but he looked at the matter iu ier n>pect, as a christian man, who \ ;d to tlio everlasting welfaro of his ( ren, and did not wish to ha\o them < o<l by contact, not with poverty, but I vice. But the commissioners had ex- i cd closely the schools of New York i Philadelphia, and he took the occasion I y, had been received with exceeding 1 lion and kindness. They were told 1 0 should bo glad to spare you our j 1 ers, though tlio demand for them is ; We find difficulty in procuring all 1 cod for ourselves, but you are iuaugu- ' g a now system of education, and go us through our bchools, select those ti you prefer,and tako whom you wish. Uominissioners hud mado tho sclec- 1 , and only said now to tho community, ' :uo llierc for your examination. ' id if wo cxnmino this question of con ' vy shall find it is nothing. For tho ' nu testimony ot, all tcaehora is that ' vil coiuus from above rather than leAsk any young gentleman the roof hU experience, ami if there are not any to whom it is not proper to como ulact in tlie higher clause, as in thy UufoiInnately for humanity vico boi to every class, ami wo may therefore nothing by sopmating them. It must moved by tlie teachings of morality, mingling of ela-se., too, biing.. each to ro|K)i level, fur the bov who frmn I I - j o? ""7 other willi all the expectations which ' less lifts cuge'tidercd, linds other hoys ' are wiliing to challenge his positions. 1 Mcinuiingcr thought that the ohjee ) <f contact wotiM under the new ystein i argument in favor of the scl oc'.i, ' iso it will have a good inllnence t.(#ou icih and upon morals. The children ' night bettor habits and 1k U< v princi- 1 If you will send you cbildron to thin ' I, the Comumsiotiora cay to you is the testimony, not only of 1'iussia ' Sew York, and Philadelphia, but of > uropo?f* " in Franco and Belgium the I ien aro all taught in OoliTmoti, and it ! f t thought to injuio them ia any resery man of observation must have that Cud had eminently fitted females , e business of instruction. Their morlos, their instinct of right is higher ? in men. Man arrives at lii.r concl it - ( by reasoning, hut llioy by moral in, and coino to the conclusion while is debating with himself. Therefore, tiling a few men nt tiro head, lite , I may bo filled with female teachers. c i in from livo to twenty tCftchuni in a 4 1 in New Yoik, and tlwrs is nut a j I wheiu tlieio arc not female toachcrs ; , a male head. It la also cheaper, for I c in nic ..but out from all competition > t with men. The boy in llio middle class of ociety is given h good oducation, bdcause it is necessary to bis employment. This ! qrstcm \n ill open a now employment by which females can benefit themselves ami die country. Thoy can impart thoir influance aud do an immense good. It does not at tho same timo detract from the legitimate employments of men. There will he still private schools. It is not proposed to teach the classics, but only English. To the objection which is thrown up lioro that after thoy had learned their English, scholars would have to go elsewhere Lo complete their education, Mr. Mcmmjngor spoko lo show that it was well that the Kuglish education should be finished first. Tho President of the liigh School at New York invited him in to examine a boy who had proceeded in this way. Ho examined him in Caisar'a Commentaries, ami was surprised to find that this boy, who had boon but seven months at study, was more advanced than his own children, with c nil their opportunities, nil thoir teachers 1 and himself besides; and he could solvo a I quodratic equation in three unknown quan- r Lilies; ho was familiar with radicals and I tho ltinonical theorem. c Mr. Moinminger submitted if this scheme ; I was not one worthy of confidence and trial. : t Should it not at least hnvo a fair cxperi- ' c ment. I lo appealed to thoso who wore f ablo lo sond their children olsowhero to s send them hero and contribute to its olova- i lion. It was intended lo ask the Legisla- \ lure for aid for tho erection of a normal s school in this city, whore teachers would i t ho prepared to ho sent out into every part ; t of the State. This will especially commond c itself to young ladk , whoso service? will * ho wanted in every portion of tho State. I Ho asked of his audience not only tho ma i leiial aid of taxes, but tho moral aid of i their children. These aro no longer "free I i schools," thoy aro paid f >r by tho comma- j t nity. The Com missioners wore authorized i r Lo levy an additional tax of 10 per cent., ' 1 but if the community disapproved, thoy must j t StOD. Thosn Rrlirt.d? will aiIucaIa nil flirt ! 1 shildren in Charleston. The oxpousos hero ; J avon for niuo hundred scholars will ho not 1 \ aver $8,000, or loss than Iwelvo dollars to 'J [ho scholar. In Now York, tbo cost to j :ach scholar is $10.50, and in IMiiladol- r phi a $9.50. Tho census says that there I ?ro four thousand children in Charleston t District, bu1 ! Ir. Metnraingcr had no doubt i .hero wcro moro than that in tho city. \ suppose that ono thousand of these attend \ private schools, and there are threo thou- t >and roniaining, and there arc firo schools i 'or them. No man pajs moro than $15 n .ax, and he pays moro than this for tho s nlucation of his child. i Let it ho as in Now York, whero tho L x?st house is tho school house. Go to any t ward, tho forty fourth, for instance, and n nek for tiio school itouso, and after tho I diurcli, it is the bent houso. Let it ho in t south Carolina as in the army of l'russia, v hat there is no citizen who cannot road lis Hiblo, and sign his name at tho ballot v xix. j. * . i i Our friend Judge W , cf Broome, i-? I mt only an American patriot in feeling, j j who loves his country, hut n wag of tho ' Q irst water; and ill betides the man who en- t jages in a badinage encounter with him: t is a certain pompous Englishman, who was ' i fellow passenger with liiui recently on tho j Jeutrnl Railroad cam, found out somewhat |, o his cost. Ho had tho had taste to do j* :!aim, in a loud voice, against tho bcautirul country through which ho was passing; ,o criticize our manners, customs, etc.. in a , <mblic railroad car. lie presently cmhroig ' W himself with our friend. 'It is most j jastonishing. Sir, ton I English gentleman, ^ .o tind tho pronunciation of tho lling'.ish ^ engwidgso defoctivo in this kentry. [loven ptonaw names, as of pur r sons, j e laces, ^ mm me iiko, you invariably pronounce 8 long: for example: Vou mentioned a mo- Q lient ago lo your friend, speaking of iho n aar in the Kast, the Crimc-nb. Now, it is ^ tot tho (Jri-rac ah, but the Crim-eah.' n Ah! well,'said the Judge, 'after all, the jinmo of a place is variously pronounce*!. 1 We have just passed through tho lovely j t lillsgo of Canandaigua. It is variously | 8 railed Canandargun, Canandawgn, and ; Jau-an </rt-gua. And so of Onondago conn- t ^ V, upon which wo are about to enter. 15ut t t is dilVercnt with you. It is not only the ( names of places which you mispronounce.) In tliis country we call a horse a A but y you call it a 'Xvrst? and you think that a ^ nan w ho don't know what a Xorsc is, must . L?o a JfassP A laugh 'like the neighing of y ill TatleninHV at this sally rang tlirough j iho car#; and our llinglishman suddonlv jdried up,' and never opened his lip# until ^ the train arrived, late at night, at Albany. As Anecdote ok SrcAiiT.?Incidents ;l illustrative of tbo character and peculiarities i A eminent men are always read within- v lerest. Gilbert Stuart, the famous portrait [rainier, upon ono occasion, was engaged ! upon the portrait of a young man, a great j s ulruirer of the distinguished artist. Tho ' utter, unfortunately, was endowed by na- 1 Lure with an unusual fund of curiosity, and 1 was dosirous to peep bchin 1 the forbidden r Hysterics of tlio easel and watch the process of the painter's work. Ono morning io arrived earlier than usual, and found the ' room unoccupied. Hero was an opportunity .o gratify his longings, and ho resolved not :o neglect it. lie rummaged among the v ?aiutor's canvass until ho discovered tho , R picturo which ho sougld It was a capital 1 ikeiies.;. Tho traces of gonitis uero visible [ " jpon every lineament; tho colors wero true 4 .o lif. ; and tho painting seemed poifect 1 .villi a single excepliou. It had no eyes. 1 I ho places which they should have occupi.:.. i i i ii ' wtiii) u.uk ?ui:?cK?ana vacant. Our hero wn.s nut ??v?r? tl,*t it \.u?* <>,, 0 irt's custom to paint tho eyes last, and ho 1 bought be had made n discovery. NVhilo \ tandiiig, lost in won lor, before the picture, 1 uminaliog upon the .subject, SlumL him *ilf entered. The painter was somewhat roxed to find an intruder tlam invading tho eerosy of his sanctum. The young man *' ook no notice of hi . vetali.n, however, 1 jut remarked with a patronizing air: "I think it's a voiy good painting, Mr. 1 itiurt, a very good painting indued ?and Iocs you credit; but wh v havn'l you painted ! ho eyes?" ' l!1 "Oh," said Stuart, in Inn awoelcst voice, 'puppies novor got llioir eyes pen until tho , l' irnlh dar, and you know this is only the 1 lighlli."" H aid he, "this whole transaction appears to I l' no to ho a fraudulent one. Upon every 11 iv?nt in its whole course 1 see written the ( h void fraud. Ay, gentlemen, and upon that l' rlaintiff's brow, (pointing fiurccly at that , I1 nee I; lor.king gentleman) eh ar as the light " f noonday I see written, in <linrnctero of 11 ho blackest dye?F r <? a <//' " * 'i'tio l)n?<rt ?lio?>l<l to Maty* g<>, Tlio Ik ?bica alt to bicHly, Tik? Ranker* all to 1U? Friendly lalu*. Tlio Furrier* tc? Ch;ti. Tbe tittle kimiTmg, caioluijj Italics, Il?al break our nightly rial, t>li'?uKl bo packed off to Uaby-Jou, To Lap-Land or to lir ?t. From Spit-boad Cook* go orcr (Jrceco, And while tho Miner wait.? Ili* pa?su;'u to tlio Guinea c<*t, Spendthrift* at o in the Straits. Spinster* ahould to tlio Noodle* g?>, Wine-bibber* to Hutgundy, Gourmand* tihoulJ lunch at Sandwich !*k* Wag* at tli? liay irf Fun-dy? liaclielurs floe to tlio United State*, Maid* t ? :I.o lbie of M.ui, Lot Gardener* go to lb it any Hay, And Slioo-blaeks to Jupnn. Tlit'* emigrate?and mis-placed men Will then no longer vex us, And all who ain't provided for Had better go to Texas. A Laud-Travelling Fish. In ll?o fourteenth numbor of tlio Zooloyiill Journal thoro is :tn nocount of n necuiar species of mniled lish called tbo boras jostata, which. frequents the fresh water >ools, lakes, and river* of llrilish Guayana. t lives chietly on aquatio insects, and is mo of thoso fishes w hich possess thosiuguar proporty of deserting tho water and ravelling overland. In thoso terrestrial excursions, largo droves of tho species are requontly met with during very dry seaons; for it is only at such periods that they trc compelled to this dangerous march, vhich exposes theni to bo preyod upon by o many and such various oneniios. When ho water is leaving tho pools in which hoy commonly reside, the t/arraws (a spo:ies of AW, Linn.,) as troll as tho second pocios of liassar, to which we shall prosenty refer, bury themselves in the mud, while ill the other fishes poridi for want of their latural element, or nro picked up by birds, be. Tho tlat-headcd hussars, on tho conrary, simultaneously quit the place and narch overland in soaicli of water, traveling for a whole night, :u* is asserted by ho Indians, in search of.their object. It las certainly been ascertained by cxperiuont that they will live many hours out of valor even when exposed to tho sun's rays. I'heir motion is described n* in somo rcslects resembling that of the two-footed liz ird. They project themselves forward on heir bony arms by tho elastic spring of ho tail exerted sideways. Their progress R nearly as fust as a man will loisurclv talk. The strong scuta or bauds which en oi??j?o titoir bodies must greatly facilitate heir niarcli, in the satno way as tlie plates uulor the Lollies ofserpents, which are raismd depressed at tho will of tlio reptile, in otno tneasuro perfortu tlio otlieo of feet. It s said that tho other species, tho roiindteads, kaa not been known to attempt such excursions, although it is capable of living i long time out of its element; hut, as has ecu already observed, it buries it.solf in ho mud after the manner of tho yarrows vhen tho water is drying up. The Indians say that those fishes carry rater with them for a supply on their uurney. There appears to bo some truth n this statement; lor tho writer in tl.o Cuoloyicul Journal remarked that the b< lies of the hassar, do tact get dry like tim e f other fishes when taken out of (ho wa or; and if tho moisture bo absorbed, or if hey bo wiped dry with a cloth, they have uch a power of secretion that they become iiatan'ly moist again. Indeed, it is scarce\ possible to dry the surface wbilo tho lisli i living. Tho hussar, like some other species of shea, make a regular nest, in which they ly their eggs in a flattened cluster, and over them over with gieat care. X.?r ocs their solicitude end licro: they remain y the side of the nest until tho spawn is alclted with as much assiduity as a lion uards her eggs, both the male and the smale?for the hussars are monogamous? toadily watching the spawn, and couragously at tacking any assailant, llenco the no;ioes frequently take tliem by putting their muds into the water closo to the nest, on gitatincr which the inula h.issnr hiiriixr^ v~? o I ""O" uri.>u*ly Hi litem, and is captuied. Tho roundhead forms its nest of grass, lie tfatlicad of leaves; both al certain seaons burrow in iho bank. They lay their ggs only in wet weather. Observes* have icon surprised at the sudden appearance of iumelons nosls in a m truing after rain has alien, tho.spots being indicated by ip:i.-*os f froth which appear on the surface of the rater over tho nest*, ltelow the froth are ho eggs, deposited on branch** of fallen caves, or grass, if it bo the littoral species, vliich they somehow or other cut and col ect. 1 ?y what means, however, this is cfL'Cted is a mystery, as tho species is destiute of cutting-teeth. The flt-sli of the hassar is yellow, firm, ind very savory, and is nse<l by tho Crotles in making soup; which they prepare villi the addition of several vegetables, such 18 the okra, calabao, and fow-fow, avam ,ud plantains, boiled and pouiulod into a oit of plain pudding, 'liio wholo is seaoiied with pepper, salt, and lime juice, and orm*, in reality, one of the best dishes in he country, although it is not at first genoally relished by Europeans. Many erroneous notions prevail respecting tho u*e and properties <>t tho warm taili. To many person*, the idea of subnorgiug in warm water on a summer's day vould appear preposterous; but if it is conidcred from the proper medical stand siint, it will bo found thai the warm bath nay bo taken witli espial, orporhaps greatr, benefit in (ho summer than in the wilier. Inning hot weather, tho secretions in ho skin are much increased iu quantity, nd, consequently, a greater necessity exists hat it should he kept perfectly free from ballactions. Another prevailing error in hat tho warm bath lends to relax and cd rvate Hit? bill experience h:is proves, lie fallacy of il<t? opinion, ami many phyi' i.iioi liavc j<iu. ciilt I its u*u to palienli iboring un lor debility fiuin diseases. homo f whom experience uch oiled*, l?ul liavo li loll mi i 'orated, an 1 mostly loitered to ? .'?1111 arnl strength. These arc facts lo bo i-iiivmU.rc<l. . i:;i.i i in Invocation.?"Ami, O Lord! nvo niorcy on our legislators. Ho with luin and Mox-i lliom even if thoy know hoe not. Sparo their lives ami teach thorn i glorify thy name. Hasten them to their elites, ivhero they til ty direct tlioir alien ion to good woiks and general usefulness tuong tlioir families and neighbors. May tie people icsolvo to keep them there, and i future elect men of sound morals and L-iiiperato habits, so that good niav hereaf<r result from legislation. Save the good coj> 1? t>l the .Stale from the disgrace which nut follow if this itamo crowd should again mo htio to make law.i. Hear us, Lord, ud giant our prayer.?Aureti." 'I send yett,' writes a York (Pennsylvania) coiio.spondont, Mho following 'rare n? gem,' which may aid iti controverting tho self evident axiom of Dogberry, that 'reading and writing come by uaturo.' It is a PR I; copy of n remonstrance presented to our j3 L, County Court n abort timo since. The 'document will speak (or itself.' It is giv- r|"Ml] eu verbatim el litem turn :' A ot 4york Countey 'Paradise township Hj*rta 'A Pew Lines to tlio Honorable tho Jug- supply es of tho Court of york Countey that I scan fi'RR in the News paper as Dauiel Myers has po- eml)ra) tition for a Licou [licouse| to koap tavern or poplick IIous in Paradise Tp. wich I Mr. sink it wood He Roun'w if the Court Wood entire grand him a Licon I hall" nosing A janst Myers Hut it is Kite on pichon hill vearo he Lifs it is a Hat PIhro for young Hoys and nn al.tj it will Mak it vorst yod if ho gits Lison, I, accord am a Near Naber to Myers & I Das Not Phnro gif My Nanio, a Long for fear he wood find w}'*h it out Hut I vont you to Require how ho is situait for tavern <fc sea vether you Dunt enable fint it this way that Myers Litf Hey himself very l< Ac has onloy ono Had to Slcapain Ac a Lit- cluinta tie Hit of ono storey llous With one Hum au''1" in 6i A Small kichcn keaps A Little Hit of *' a store that A Man Cut Carrey all the goods on his Hack an 1 we Must pay that Myers is ME Not sober two Days out of tho scvou and tho way ho got Ilis siiiors [signorsj ho Liff oii?s in Hringham llous Ac Uudysil he Cant Kite or Koado and tho orthers ar Man that Licks Lickor varry well Ac Dunt kcar woth tlia Sine if tha ouloy Can git A Dram Now b then tho Cort Can ask Sam:1 Hays Daputy 1 sharf or Mart oster tha no vonr llo lills So 1 Hope the Cort Will llequiro A Hout ?j?qq Meyers careonistanccs Ho foro tha grand him A Lison N. P. Sor I cut gif you fifty Niuns A jnnst Myers Petition Hut if lie I gits Doxicntit lie, is So s.ifigo that Nabors '"j'di liats him. yours A Plicht,(obliged.)' Well, we do candidly admit, with our gj.j correspondent, that this specimen of VPenn i sylvania Dutch' out-tops every thing in its kind which wo have ever eucounlcrod. Development oy tiik Tkeiii.? It has boon satisfactorily ascertained, by invottiga- pf'li 1 tion, that the fonnalion of the deciduous, j or primary teeth, commences about soron x j HU<] a half months boforo birth, and at the . C | end of six months from that period the . I germs of many of tho teoth of tho upper j F A jaw become apparent. Osseous matter is ' W? then deposited, till eventually tho requisite | .shape and hardness are attained. The torn- I i porary teeth, consistingof ton in tho upper : (>|' jaw and ten in tho lower, make their up- 1 sat;.,!* ; pcaranco at the ago of three years. At the t anJ <i , ago of seven tho fangs of these become ab- j j aorbod, they fall out, ami are replaced by | i iiuuiiier stu cancu permanent tooth. At i about tlio ago of twenty nro added tho j "wisdom" teeth. A Kauc.it.?A young uian onco picked i up a sovereign lying in tlio rond. Kver ! afterwards, as lie walkoJ along, ho kept his eyes fixed steadily upon tlio ground, in hopes to liud another. And in the course of a i | long life he did pick up, at different limes, try. tli a goodly number of c?>ins, gold and sliver. JJOO} | Hut all these years, while ho was looking <?|?|kw? j for them, he saw not that the honretis were "."j*1 " ; bright above liiro, and nature beautiful ' around, lie never onco allowed his eyes M to look up frotn the mud and filth in which : ,.,nl>ra he sought the treasure; and when ho died j OK< ! ?a rich old man?he only know this fair Musio earth of ours as a dirty road iu which to , ,s"l" pick up money as you walk along! jVt\[ ' What are you digging there for?" "I iuhVi am digging for money 1" The news lluw ; Christ ?tlio idlers col looted. "We are told you j are digging for money." Well, I ain't dig r*r> O - t O MJ'hVS ging for anything oUe." "Have you had ;,<> Cen any luck ?" "First rate luck; pays well; trom ti you had better take hold." All doffed at vari their coats, ami laid hold iu->-.t vigorously ^ for a while. A ter throwing out some cart- , loads, the question arose: "When did you \?lc i get any money l;x*i 1" "Saturday night." j styles. Why, how much did you get.'" "Four J [ dollars and a half."' "Why, that's rather j -nia'!." "h's pietty w. !!; six shilling-) a j Nj i day is the regular price for digging cellars, ' TV n 1 all over town." Tlio spades dropped, and sno,fr , tho loafers vanished. I ',V'r " t 1( 'luu Dream ok Live.?How few of us at or.,j;, ' tho close of life can say, "1 have filled an S York, occupied the position to which 1 looked forward when a boy!" In tho onward pro gross of life, how often, in some stray iuo ! al rnent of thought and reflection, do wo not > ' ' s; find ourselves innuiriii",? ' ill ISuii 44u this su? I hoped?hare I enacted my ' ;ash \ dream?" my, I The answer is invariably?No ! I took* Wo look forward in childhood?and on- "')>? ly look forward?without reflection. Wo build up gorgeous palaces, wo sketch a career of life all gold and sunshine?what are C tf they, and whore are thev, when vears so- *' 1 her'us? ' * ! \'"?\9 m | d? r tb Tiie Truth.?The less you leave your i children when you die, the more they will U;|, nt have twenty years afterwards. Wealth in- ' Ma herilod should bo the incentive to exertion. Instead of that "it is the title deed to sloth.'' 1 Tlio only money that docs a man good J i is what ho earns himself. A ready-made (-1IU., fortune is liko ready-mado clothes, seldom j5ror?a I tits the man who comes into possession. Api Ambition, stimulated by bono and a half filled pocket book, lias a power that will g^y triumph over all difficulties, beginning with \ g the rich man's contumely, and leaving off IamI I with the envious man's malice. j -M" Good Toast.?That was a good scnti- ; . I meut given by Geo. W. Rcnlly, at the cdi- ; _/\ tor's and printer's supper given at Worees- d<>w ( tor, on the 17th of January last: j c?iv?.i 'Franklin?today making lights for j . Boston's lamploss lanterns to-morrow en , lightening the world; ono day stirring the 1^1? 1 cauldron of tlio tallow chandler, the next ' < day rocking the iron cradle of the mightiest democracy of the globe; tho apprentice boy to day, tho revered of Kings to-morrow, ; tho poor Ron. of his mother to-day, the iin j a mortal Franklin forever! " j / \ * A Western poet gets oil" tlio following Ai?i explosion: Tlio engine groaned, j . v Tlio wheels <li?l crwjc, i ,\ Tho stoniii did whistle, Tlio bailor did leak; ' The boiler was examined, They f.-iin<l it was mated, I T When all of a sadden, \ V < Tho old thine bulled. '1 he man who spoils God with a small g lor **' is a iiioinbor of the Wisconsin bar. Ho is a man of superior natural abilities, and an rlo.pntnt speaker; l?ut very deficient in early \ \ 1 education, ho occasionally makes tho litdi- * * . i rous blunders which have rendered hiiu "J iainotu. llo was accusing hia opponent oi' 'itl> i"i acting fraudulently. " Yui, gonlloottli,"' A|n * .fjk I Iimau J ? J L1LLJ? J SPAKTANHUIiG'B I POTHECARY'S HALL". THE tfJKW MEDICINAL, U AND MIMICAL STORE, [>CATKL> IV bi'AKTAWUVHO Ol'I'OSlTK T1IK COVET HOUSE. B subscribers rcspectftiby call the attention the citizen* of Spartanburg, and of thu ut districts, to their NEW DRUG AND IICAL STORK, located in the r?l?ftKcof nburg, where will always be found a full SHANDCNUINE MEDICINES, uing uourly every article usually kept iu Drug 1IENRY E. IIEINITJI will have the management of the store, and all 1*11A ItBUTICAL PREPARATION will be made nscif, or under hi* immediate *u|>crvi?iuu. ives to the community tin* (insurance that clc* Irom their store are genuiue, and In aucu with the prescribed rules ofclhc U. S. incopeia. y dueire also to state that their connection the WIIOLKSALK AND RETAIL li EST A LLINHMKNT at Columbia will tlicm to receive and supply lar^o orders at i\v price*. Physicians, Planters and Mer i, will do well to call and examine the stock ices, and judyo for theuiaulves. I KIR STOCK WILL CONSIST OF DFLUOS, DICINES <fc CHEMICALS, DIE WOODS, ASD DYE-STUFFS, , PAINTS ifc PAINTERS' ARTICLES, V AliNIS II E S , clow Qlass and Fatty, Glassware FRENCH, ENGLISH H AmKniril03im lPoirfffflmiftjry, IE TOILET AND SIIAMNO SOAPS, FINK HAIR AND Til BRUSHES, PAINTBRUSHES, JUDICAL AND DENTAL INSTRUMENTS, S DDPiPvDt&lFJSasS O F A L L KINDS, ICES, SNI I FS, MAN! FACTORED TOBACCO. All the Patent or Proprietary MDICINE S OF THE DAY. iuporior Inlta, IE WINES ANI.H IRAN DIES FOR mkpicin*a i. rrnroHKS. ELKMtATKD OAKDKN SEEDS. CHOICE TOILET ANI) l N C Y ARTICLED. } make our purchases for cash, oik] offer equally its low as llioy can he obtained from inllar establishment in thin section. irranltd (u he t'reeh, Pure and Genuine. lor* from the country promptly filled, nnd K'lioii Kurautwd, with regard both to price unlily. FISIIEK tV li HI NITS II, I'hannaccutittUi and Dispensing Chemists. i :i 45 tf it O OK S IMS O OKsTl U subecribcrUikosthis method toinforni the iti/.eiiB of the Village and surrounding counr.t he in now n<j a gooil stock of N KW vS, at his IhxVSture, No. 0, Main-street, [? the Court I Luse, such ns are generally i College, Academic* and common English Is. A large variety cf ISCELLANEOUS BOOKS, uing HISTORICAL. HIOfSR A I'lIJCAL, .OdC A J.. M ECU A N IC A I., 1'oviicul and d works, ol various sixes and prices, ic light rending fin the way ?>f Novels.)? I II ALL, Fanny Fern's writing* : TOM is* cuehtsiup, &e. \?. \NK 1MJOKS. A number of II Y MX kS, ux-1 by tho different denominations of iaus, '.her with a large assortment ul FAMILY BIBLES. from $2.MO t<? $10 00; miuiI! IllItLKS, from t? to $1,50 and >J.0O; TESTAMENTS ft ecu cents to ?J.0U. I'll A VKU llOUKb, "u prices. i a vara ty of binall religious books, toy hoeks rimers. in id hit Of I'mlliiOAn t J"?. r l^Arnmi ... .1 1 \ipcr. bluvclft|x? from common lu the iiiust Hack, Blue and Rid Ink. SW MUSIC FOIt THE PIANO. ween r?*K? niul l,tJ?>0 nnv ph-ces fur the Pi mi the he.it on nip-eK"!*, the greatest variety iV.-iclin the up c<ainfry, (\Vo hope thelaiII call nml supply themselves.) w mn<lc permanent arrangement* withsevr/c Uo?k Jlnu*es in Philadelphia and New t'> exchange tny Minlc Work?tbo SOUTHERN HARMONY, SlI 1'IUCE, for their Rooks, Jet., at cash , ocu. i w 'li, therefore, l?e able to sell Hook* nunnery lower than they have over been "hi rlunburg; anil m? 1 dvs re to <io an entire mines*, if the people will call with their mothink they wlilbe satisfied thnltbcy enn buy . Ac., from me, aa cheap an they can (at rcColumbia or Charleston. X'.rCA LL A XI) SEE.J& WILLIAM WALKER, A S. II. ".School teachers* supplied on ItUral terms. S. If any jN-rson ahnuhl <all for a Ihmk or , that I have net get, 1 will immediately oreni if they desire it. 15. 'i'lio NeW Edition of the SoUTtlKRN II\Rkept constantly on bund, wholesale and rothcCASll liOOK STORE, y 17 lt? tf SHOES. DIES' C. tilers, I to 'tits. Kid Slipper*, Walking Shoes, Children's Shoe*. Men's ilf llixiti, Cuncrinii Roots, Calf Shin's ami n*. all of a Mnjierior quality. .lust received by .1 10 7 3m FOSTER k .7COD. IIATS. NTLEMEN'S and Youth's fine Silk, Soft, Eur, T*chern, Panama, Straw ami Palm hits, some lieW Mvli ? .?n<? nwoin J t.v. ?1 10 7 ;m ' FOSTfcB A JUDIK Iarclwarc, cl?c. 'I'LL aMurtinvnt ot Carpenter's Tools I'unner'it Tiioli, l>??or Ixx*ks, Hinges, Wiu Haas, l*utty, Liiiiwoj Oil, \'o., ikc. >1 Uft ro t.y FOSTER ?& JI DD. ril 10 7 3m IBoiiiicta, cfco. ? K Straw, Neapolitan, Lace, Tummii, and .titer Itonncts. Ahiu, Chililrtu'x ami Mi.-vt.ca 1 'lunnct K.tjboii*, Jto. Juat r?TH?| l?\ .110 7:540 KuSTKll & .11 > ?|Y Ni'H l)r?'ss iitMids. rr?-at variety *?f I-'ASIIH ?N A t'.LK DRKK8 iS<?01>S,of l!iv lnlc>l Htyl' 5, at low |.ncvij. ii ivcd by FOSTER & J U 1 > 1 >. nl 10 7 3m ?iAvrn,i,vs. i rb'Kiint sssoftuunt of Summer M A NTIIr I. AS, ?f f liable style*. .1 ust rco? ived l?y ril 10 7 3in FlttTKR & JUIH?. UouH'stir <iiOO(IN, llll'K itn.l striped Oattahurgs Ibr servants' wear, wido Shi-chugs, Ticking*, Cli.uu1 trills, and a great variety of otte r goods inly use. J ust received by i 10 7 Jin FOSTER A J HDD. NEW ?0P99. K invite the cilbtona of lite to?l anil district to call and examine our largo stock of I>RY I ?S, which we oro ni?w receiving nt U<> new Store, op|Kwit< the Court House, which wi it very low prico*. til 10 7 snx FOSTER Jc JL lth % 3f Auiy \rt ; JLV ^ 'i.* Vetvberry Court Mtonfe, IN li/UtofaSSf iJOW GLASS. GROCERIES GEN UKALLY, DRY GOODS HATS, SHOES, AND CLOTH "?> *%& BUYER OF COTTON * AND OTHER COUNTRY PRODUCE has now in store ooe of the largest, ond moat varied Block of Goods in South Carolina, and ia prepared to offer to iiia numerous friends and oadoat al"a, Ubecai inducements which cannot tail to |titt to their interest. 1 am always in tint market lor Ike purchase of COTTON ond COUNTRY PBODUCK generally, am) planters will find it general* ly to their interest, by calling on mo before making their arrangements elsewhere. 6. T. AGNEW, Importer of English Hardware. Oct. IB as if ODD FELLOWS' SCHOOL, ON Monday next, agreeably to notice, the Odd yellows will open their SCHOOL in the Old Male Academy, under tlie control of DAVID R. DUNCAN, A. B. Mr Dnnonn is n son of Professor Dnnoan; of Wofferd College, and a graduate of Randolph Macon Cohere, Virginia. His tesiiinoalMls of schohtrrhip and moral character arc full and ewtiafacmry. In atirting on enlerpi ise of the kind by the 1/odge, it is indeed gratifying that one no thoroughly prepared for the oHiec of teuchrr aa Mr. Duncan has been selected and consents to talus charge of the school. The established rates of tuition have heretofore excluded many from tlio advantages of education. With n view to benefit such, and all who may avail themselves of the facilities of a cheap and thorough education, we append the following table of charges, so reduced as to make it available. Primary Detriment?including Spelling, ({coding, Writing, Arithmetic, and Primary Geography, per session of fivw months $o.oo Second I >cpsrttnent?Philosophy, Orammar, Algebm, and all the higher branches of English education, per term of firo months, with a continuation of any of the pre-enurncrntcd studies...... 8.00 Third Department?Glassies, with a review of nny o( the previous studies, per term of five months 14.00 Contingent foe, per term 1.00 THOS. O. P. VERNON, Chairman Board Trustees, dun 10 4fi S . W~G rt L I L AND. GENERAL (OMMSSION AGENT. N K\S UKKRYy B. C. ? ? i'-si'u.i^il' UL.LX offers Lis services to all v\i those who trade at Newberry, as their General Commission Agent, tor the disposal of their Cotton atul other produce. Wilt give his personal attention to Receiving, Selling, Storing or Shipping of Cottou and all kinds of produce iutrusted to his car?*. Having math-arrangements with different Iloulcs, he is now prepared to inako liberal advances on Cotton shipped to Charleston. Will also pay the highest market cash prices ?>n delivery for all the Wheat, Flour, Corn and other produce that can be brought to this market lor sale. An experience of several years business at this place, in all its various forms, induces"liiin to believe that he can promote the interest of planters, ami hopes by prompt attention to merit a libera) share of patronage. Charges for selling or chipping Cot toil 25 cents per Uilc, all other transactions in accordance with custom. The best of references given. Until the first of January next he may be found alaiut the Store Koom formerly occupied by Messrs. W.O. iV .1. F. Glen. 4 Nov 15 39 tf Fisk's Patent Burial Case? ! r|->l i K cull I il* r ,h age lit ! Ill- hai? of f-'lx/s 1 l'AT EST HI? RIAL, CASES? Ch.th-?ov, red or Kroused? in wliieh a body can he kept or lr.nisjHirted any distance, without danger from decunipoeitiuti or vermin. Cabinet Making. IIK is also a CAttlNET M.VKKR, and prepared to Cm nidi New Cabinet Ware at shot I n?. lice, and al?<? to repair old furniture uu reasonable terms, and solicits a call at his rooms on Main s!., ; Spartanburg, bwlow the Court House. Al.-o :i tine assortment of i'.YKI.Oll CHAIRS, constantly on hand. Sept 20 .11 tf S. V. GENTRY. ~$500 REWARD I\\ I I.I. pay the above reward to any one who will lodge my negro ntani KAMI' in the Jail | 42 .... I ' .. '* ' ' I ... ; nr union. eaiU iH.y lias been absent from my plantation n?ir three yeyis. lie i fi.rmniy belonged to Sarah llurnett, ?fSpartaobaru I I trict. 1 !. i- wv.l set, about forty yearsi>M, 5 feet 10 Inches hiyh, Mind in one eye and n blneksniilli by trade. RoflBST HKATY. Col J well, l*ui..n Diitrirl, Pvt. 20 44 tf, MUSIC! VVKUY lar^c selection of the li"~ . boot nu.l uU-trt improved 1*1- JMKW' AN03 of all kinds can he-had at tf J If KAtf SAY'S jriANO FOKTE AND MUSIC STORK, COLUMBIA, S C. lie invites a special examination of the late pa I tented improvements in llallet. Davis Co's.celebrat. .1 1'ianoe. Kv cry piano i s gnurunlit ?J. June 28 18 ly Commissioner's Notice. \I.R Guardians, Trustee*, Reoeiviog C?m. mitl.-c* ami other Pcnom authorized to make annnnl return#, are hereby notified to make up no<l rep. <rt their annual Account* to mo on or by th? titst c ( March next. 'Hie items of expenditure mast bo Vouched. RuVw will be iwu. d apnuist all Defaulter*. THO. t>. P. VKUNON,c. k. s. n. Cunir'i Oflieo, Jan. 3 45 tf. R. I). OWEN, TAILOR, | IIAS RETURNED TO SI'ART Ah KVHG, w urn it iik nrrENM to LOCATE PERMANENTLY 1 I o may bo found at So. * Uriek Range, I 1. on Church street, where he wiW be very I hrppy to tea bis old friends, and rendy , TO BKKVK Til KM CI1KAP FOR C A8B. Nov I .17 tf IN EQUITY Spartanburg. NVm. A. Young. Vt llv c Parhnm, an<l otheni, ti, I.ncinda Parham and other*. Hi'.! h r account, See. ITT ni>;H-;irintt to the satisfaction ofthi* Coay' thn* A Luondu I'orboin, (widow of William r?wliiin?,) > mi'l flc .rgi Pnrhtun, Richard Parhain, and Jtwejili I'.ir! am, minors, resident beyond the limits c?f this ; State; It is, on motion of Hobo,Com|dainor.is' Soi licitor, order? 1, Unit they appear ami plead, answer or demur, to GnnphtiinnU* Hill, within three, months froiu the dale hereof, or tho same will bo taken pro omiftssn again*! th< in. THO O. P. VEPvNO.V, c. e. r?. Conor's. Office, April 27 Hm India Cliologogue* | A N unfailing remedy lor Fever and Agttc and J.A. other llilioua 1 'tw .vea. Hie speedy and ( pcrmamnt reliefafh-rtUd by the CHOI.OGOGC K . arises l<i?m thv prompt and hcalthv action upon the Hivaj, ehilaing it from bile and restoring it to : pnrity. Thus rlrikiug at tho r??>t, its tendency is not simply to suspend disease, hut to remove tho i cause on which it deprnd*. Hold by F1SHKR A llRtNlTBH, May 1 lb tf. llruggists. r. ntitoinr.it u:s \ i l^1" N K Worked C> ,'iiars. Chemise ttes, I'nd e?I Slaves, KJ^jp, lm>ertmga, Financings I Bands, Infanta Oct;*,* . ?Vc dust rescued by | April 10 *i 3n\ FOSTER Se JVl>F>