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BY A. S. JOHNSTON.
NEC DEESSE, NEC SUPERESSE REIPUBLlCiE.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
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COLUMBIA* S. C. APRIL 1, 183?.
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Four dollars at the end of the year.
Advertisements conspicuously inserted at 75 i
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for every subsequent insertion. All advertisements
ordered in the inside every publication ? or inserted
otherwise than regularly, to be charged as new for ,
every insertion. Advertisements not having the
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ued till ordered out, and charged accordingly. All
accounts for advertising, above $25 and under $50, ;
?per cent, deduction ? above $50, 40 per cent, de
duction.
"BUST
9P grain.
JPotatoe oats.
received a few bushels of* this valuable
v grain, from Thorburn of .Vew York, weighing 50
R? per bushel. Also three bushels of the eight that
Mr rots of Chester raised from one quart of the
Potato Oats, weighing 45 lbs to the busheL
At the Garden ? Appie Trees, Pear Trees, Green
Gage Plumb Trees, Damson ditto. Peach do. Some
very rare Fig Trees; Ornamental Trees and Shrub
bery ; 1000 Giant Asparagus Roots ; Chinese Olian
thua or free of Heaven, with leaves 4 feet long ;
Willow leaved Catalbe, beautiful flowers ; Stercula
PhladbSa or varnish tree, leaves 'ike a lady's para
sol ; Moss Roses ; Lady Banks ea Roses ; Velvet do.
X.B. The subscriber can always be found at the
Seed Store or at the Garden.
R. E. RUSSELL,
jan 13 2 Seedsman and Florist.
Flower Roots.
JUST received irom Sinclair of Baltimore,| and
Thorburn of New- York,
100 splendid Dalia Roots, all colors, Paeony Roots, ail
colors, among them are,
PScta Fofnadaama, orange and red.
Widnais Grants, dark clarret.
lfing of Dalias, pure white edged with pink.
Lord John Russell's Scarlet.
Bbck Hawk, most black.
Fair Ellen, pink.
King of the Yellows.
Zota Perfecta, orange.
Doobte Tulips in fufl bloom.
.IfyiMintha, a& colors.
Camelia Juponicas, in blossom, splendid.
Pofianthus, in pots, now in flower.
Pinks, all sorts and colors.
? A few ounces of the true Chinese Mulberry seed
left, warranted to produce the true sort for making
silk. Samples of the silk may be seen at my Seed
Store. Clover seed and Pots toe Oats.
R. RUSSELL.
Narch 25, 1837. 12tf
Columbia, February 11, 1837.
Saluda Manufacturing Co -
Resolved, by the Board of Directors of
Saluda Manufacturing1 Company, That the
Books shall be opened on the 1st day of March
next, at the counting house of D. & J. Ewart
& Co.* for an additional subscription of one
i iwiiifcl ilnHa I ? firth* capital Stock
of the Company. New subscribers will be
admitted into the Company on the same terms
and on the same conditions of original sub
scribers. Ten dollars a share on each share
of one hundred dollars, will be required at time
of subscribing, and ten dollars a share at the
end of each and every sixty days thereafter,
until the whole will be paid. A failure to com
ply with these terms, will inure in a forfeiture ;
of the stock for the benefit of the Company.
The Company having one fourth of the mill i
filled with machinery, and now i.i operation, i
and another fourth in progress of setting up, i
are able to calculate to a reasonable degree of j
certainty, the value of their undertaking. To j
make the establishment available to the full 1
extent cf which it is capable, they have come |
to the determination, provided they can sell j
the st?ds> to fill the mill from the basement to !
the attic Sto."v The citizens of our State, and i
ioartictilarlv the prebC1*^ stockholders, are called i
mpoa to aid in an undertaking which will be a
acredit to our State, and will most unQ!1fistion* I
ably exceed in profitable or pecuniary results
*ny joint stock companv within the State.
DAVID EWART, President. \
FITZ JJLMES.
WILL make his present m eason at Mr. J. C- j
Singleton's plantation, 14 miles below Co- i
lumbia, and will be let to mares at $8 each single
leap, $15 tie season, which may be discharged by
the payment of $ 12, if paid by the first of July,
$25 to insure a mare with foal, and 25 cents to the
groom. The insurance to be paid as soon as the
<mare is ascertained to be with foal or parted with.
Every attention will be paid to prevent accidents or
-escapes but no responsibility for either if they occur.
RMturage furnished gratis, grain fed at $3 per week.
Boys found gratis, for further particulars, see hand
bills.
V. V. TAYLOR, Manager.
March 11 10
Sooth Carolina.
RICHLAND DISTRICT.
IN THE COURT OF ORDINARY.
Watam Brown and wife Mar-"
^garet, Applicant*,
V8.
?Randeli Grantand Sally his wife, ,
John Miller and Mary Ms wife, 1
Jordon Lee and Letty his wife, ^jamin Hodge, d<
John Sims and Lucy his wife, | ceased.
DanL Martin & Rachel his wife,
Reuben Cusad & Anne his wife,
Trinity Martin, Tade Hodge, &
* yan<T Martin, Defendants. y
YT-appearing to my satisfaction that Randel Grant
1 and Sally his wife, John Miller and Mary his
wife, Jordon Lee and Lettey his wife, and Reuben
Cusad, four of the defendants, reside without this
State ; it is therefore ordered that they do appear and
object to the division or sale of the real estate of
Benjamin Hodge, onor before the first day of May
next, or their eonseai to she same will be entered on
record
JAMES S. GUIGNARD, O. R. D.
March 3, 1837 10 8t
THE undersigned respectfully makes known the
following arrangement for his public DANCING
SCHOOL :
Time of attendance for Misses, 1 o'clock, on Mon
days and Tuesdays, and 3 o'clock on Saturdays.
Ditto for Masters, 7 o'clock, P.M. Mondays, Tues
day* and Fridays.
should these hours not suit, alterations can be
made so as to accommodate all persons.
If the grown young gentlemen of the town will
form a Cass, they will be attended to with pleasure.
nov 19 3t 47 E. C. BREEDLN.
Jjatc Notice.
GREGG & ADDISON.
HAVE renewed their Partnership, in the prac
tice of Law for Lexington District.
Xwch 11th 10 ?_
exchange.
CHECKSaI by
Agent Bank of Charleston.
Nov 33 tf
Heirs and Repre
sentatives ol Jen
PROSPECTUS.
or THE
Southern Christian Advo
cate.
AT the late General Conferrence of the Metho
dist Episcopal Church resolutions were passedi
authorizing the publication oOvveekly religious papers,
on the same footing with the Christian Advocate
and Journal (otNew York,) and the Western Cris
tian Advocate (Cincinnati,) at Richmond, Nashville,
and Charleston. At Nashville, the paper thus au
thorized, has already been issued. - The one intended
for Richmond, will, we doubt not, soon be put forth.
And the Georgia and South Carolina Annual Confe
rences, for whose districts the paper at Charleston
is especially intended, have each taken measures
for its early publication.
The Act of the General Conference authorizing
these publications, was called for by the Southern
Delegates, on the ground of its being necessary to
an equal distribution of the Church's press to all
parts of her co/hmunion ; and especially, in view of
the peculiar political aspect of the times. Within
the range contemplated for the paper at Charles
ton, leaving equal scope for those at Richmond
and Nashville, there are about fifty thousand whites
in the membership of the Church. Here then are,
probably, ten tnoosand Methodist families, and a
much greater number attached to the Methodists who
have no weekly paper published among them. ?
This, under any circumstances, might be held a
sufficient reason lor the publication we propose ;
i but considered in connexion with the feeling which
is known to perv ade all classes of men on the sub
ject of our domestic institutions, it not only justifies
onr undertaking as one that is expedient, but strong
ly urges it as necessary to the Chnrch.
We propose, therefore, to publish at the city of
Charleston, as soon as the subscription list shall war
rant it, a weekly religous paper, to be entitled the
Southern Christian Advocate, which shall be zeal
ously devoted to the promotion of good morals and
religion to give exprsession to the views and feelings
of our people, kindly, but firmly, on all subjects of
bearing on the Church ? and in particular, to set for
ward the cause Christian benevolence, as embodiedin
the Bible, Missionary, Sunday-Scool, Tract and
Temperance Societies.
This paper shall be printed on an imperial sheet
of the same size and quality with that of the Chris
tian Advocate of New York with, new type, long
primer; and the typography in all respects, shall
closely resemble the New \orkpaper.
The price will be three dollars, to be paid in ad-'|
vance.
Subscriptions paid within one month after recei
ving the first number, either to the publisher or an
authorized Agent, will be considered as in advance.
In any case of discontinuance during the year, the
subscription for the year must be paid, and postage
of the order to discontinue.
All communications, whether of business or matter
for publication, unless remitting money or subscrip
tions, to the amount of ten dollars, must be post
paid.
Communications involving facta, or respecting
persons, as accounts of revivals of religious meetings,
obituary notices, biographies, &c. must be accompa
nied with the writer's name.
Communications may be addresed to the Rev.
William Cape rs,Charles ton, or to either of the Pasto
ral Ministers of the Methoidst Episcopal Church in
this city, who are members of the Publishing Com
mittee.
The Itinerant Ministers and Preachers of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, are all authorized
Agents of the Southern Christian Advocate, to
whom payments may be made.
The proceeds of this paper, as a part of the General
Book Concern, will be equally divided among all
the Annual Conferences, to be applied in spreading
the Gospel, and aiding distressed and superannuated
Ministers, and the Widows and Orphans of those
who have died in the week.
WILLIAM CAPERS. Editor.
Publishing Committee ? Nicholas Talley, George F.
Pierce, Bond English, Whiteford Smith jun. James
Sewel, John N. Davis.
Feb 24 8 tf
Beat this who Can.
W'E do challenge the world to simplify or im
prove the principle of Cooper s Tumbling
Shaft horse power.
It has only 2 small cast wheels, one with 29 cogs
and the other 9, with which any motion or power
that's required for Cotton Gins, horse Mills, turning
Laythes, Wheat or Rice Machines, can be obtained.
The cost is not half that of any of the old plans,
is much easier propelled, and more durable.
The said power is now in operation, in the lot of
William W. Purse, Cabinet Maker, near the Com
mercial Batik, where it can be seen at any time.
Auy person or persons wishing to purchase the right
for Machines or Districts, will apply to Dr. Frede
rick W. Green, our agent, just below the Branch
Bank, who will make conveyances for the same.
ROBERT M. MAUPIN,
JOHN W. LANGHORNE.
EATER TAIWJflEJYT.
r^HHE Subscriber bess leave to inform his friends
Jl. and the public generally ; that l^e has taken tue
well known Public House, south of the Court House,
Congress Street, YORKV1LLE, So. Ca. (formerly
conducted by J. McNeel,) and solicits a share of
public patronage.
This Establishment is in every way calculated to
render comfort both to the traveller and permanent
boarder ; every exertion will be given on the part
of the proprietor to accommodate those who may
favor him with a call.
A. S. WILLIAMSON.
Yorkville, S.C. Jan. 1st, 1837. 3m 2
3^ The Charleston Courier will publish the
above, weekly, for th-ee months, and forward the
account to me at Yorkville.
TO RENT.
T H E extensive Store House opposite the Branch
Bank, at present occupied by Mr. Ke?r. Pos
session given on the first aay of February next
Enquire of
F. W. GREEN.
January 21 3
Committed.
TO the Jail of Richland, as a Runawayi a negro
man who calls his name WINSTON, and says
he belongs to George Daniels of Chester district,
So. Ca. Winston is about 37 years of age, five eet
four inches high, has lost all the fingers from the left
hand and several of his front teeth. The owner is
requested to come forwardv prove his property, pay
charges and take him away.
JESSE DEBRUHL, S. R. D.
February 22d, 1837 8
South Carolina .
UNION DISTRICT.
?T08hua Wilburn, Applicant.
vs.
Mrs. Anna Alexander, & others Def ts.
r1 appearing to my satisfaction that Randolph
Alexander, Simpson Alexander, John Alexander,
Lewis Alexander, WJliam Alexander, A Flinn and
| his wife Charlotte, B. Powers, and his wife Sally,
J. Williamson and his wife Polly, Sampoon Alexan
j der, and Wm. Butler and his wife Elizabeth, all de
| fendants in this case, reside without the state, It is
therefore ordered, that thfey appear and object to the
sale or division of the real estate of John Alexander,
dee'd., on or before the first day of May next, or
! their consent will be entered of record.
J. J. PRATT, O. U. D.
Ordinary's Office. ?
February 12th, 1837. \
{ March 18 11 8t
To Contractors.
THE Commissioners of Public Buildings for
Laurens district, will contract for the building
i of a Court House for said District on Monday the
j 10th f"ay of April next, persons wishing to undertake
I the work, can see a plan of the House, by calling on
' the Commissioners at Laurens Court House. By
i order of the Board.
THOS. F. JONES, Chairman.
I March 13, 1837 . 11 3t
Ague and Fever,
And every Symptom of General Debility ,
SPEEDILY AND PERMANENTLY CURED BY
COSTER COXE'S
Original
SOUTHERJV TOJVIC ,
COSTER & COXE, the inventors of this cele
brated medicine, from a lone residence in the
South, and from the nature of their vocation, have
been brought immediately into contact with the
Ague and Fever in its most obstinate forms, and
have frequently been compelled to witness the en
tire want of success in the practice of the most
skillful Physicians. The usual and popular mode
of treating this disease has been, first to evacuate
the stomach and bowels, and then resort to the use
of Tonics ? of which class of Medicines a very great
variety have been recommended to the Public ?
all of which have had their advocates, and that
which has been by far the most popular one, has
been Peruvian Bark aod its preparations, particu
larly that of Quinine. There are insurmountable
objections to the administration of Quinine, as to
most individuals, r when carried to a salutary point,)
it produces a roaring in the ears, nausea, and a
headach, very similar to a billious headach ; and
when it effects a cure it is seldom permanent. ^It
was the hope of avoiding this state of things that
induced us to try "the Southern Tonic," and we
are happy to say that its success has surprised even
us. As there is no Arsenic, Mercury, or any thing
in the least hurtful to the human constitution in it,
there can be no objection to the administration of
the Southern Tonic to the most tender infant : in
deed it will be found the most delicate and effective
Medicine known in those cases of Disorganized
Stomach and Bowels, and of general debility, which
so frequently present themselves in children.
We subjoin the opinions of a few Individuals.
From Col. JNO B. HOGAN, Collector of the Port
of Mobile ? formerly Senator from the counties of
Mobile, Baldwin. &c. Acting Adj. and Inspector
General of the Army in the recent Creek Cam
paign, &c.
Mobile, Aug. 18, 1836.
Gentlemen ? During the late Creek Campaign, I
was attacked violently with Bilious Intermittent Fe
ver, which for several days confined me to my quar
ters at Tallassee. Your "Southern Tonic" was re
commended to me, and my friend Dr Bussey, actu
ally rode from Tallassee to Montgomery and back in
one day to procure me a bottle, which entirely re
lieved me, and enabled me, before I had taken half
the quantity, to proceed on and join the army on
Hatchachubba. Since my return home my son was
attacked, and I sent into the city for your Tonic,
and regretted to learn there was none for sale in
Mobile. Cannot you send some to this place, so
that our citizens may enjoy the benefits of the best
medicine of the sort I have ever tried ? Your at
tention to this request will confer a favour on the
afflicted, and oblige one who has already experienced
its beneficial effects. Your obd't. serv't.
JNO. B. HOGAN.
From J. R. M'LEOD, M. D.
Montgomery, Nov. 1835.
Messrs. Coster & Cox e :
Gentlemen ? 1 have used your Southern Tonic
in a number of cases, and I have no hesitation in
saying, that I have found it decidedly more effica
cious in Ague and Fever than the remedies in gen
eral use. Its great merit is its judicious combina
tion of Stimulant, Purgative, Tonic and Diaphoretic
qualities. Respectfully,
J. R. M'LEOD.
Extract from a letter from Capt. STRINGER, of the
U. S. Army. .
Tallassee, June 13, 1836.
Governor Clay of this State is with us, and has
frequently introduced the mention of the great re
lief he received from the use of your Southern
Tonic in my presence. Tt is evident he is assured
that he is indebted to your medicine for his speedy
recovery from his recent severe indisposition. His
good opinion of it is certainly a high compliment.
Yours, truly,
THOMAS STRINGER.
Montgomery, June 30, 1836.
Messrs. Coster <fc Coxe :
Gentlemen? I have used your Southern Tonic
with unparalleled success. I cured four cases of
Ague and Fever permanently with one bottle of tnis
invaluable mndicme.
JESSE H. MOSELY.
FROM AGENTS.
Cahawba, August 5, 1836.
Messrs Coster <fe Coxe :
Gentlemen ? It affords us pleasure to add our
testimony, founded on experimental knowledge, to
prove the efficacy, and establish the reputation, of
your invaluable Southern Tonic. We have sold all
you sent us except two bottles, which were brokeri,
and we have not heard of its foiling in the first
instance. You will please send us 10 dozen bot
tles by the first opportunity, without fail, and
oblige yours, <fec.
HARVEY & CREIG.
From our representative to the Legislature, Col.
Jno. A. Campbell.
GENTLEMEN? No medicine stands so high in my
estimation as your Southern Tonic, for the cure of
Ague and Fever- I used it at first by the advice of
my family Physician, with success, and its effects
upon more recent cases have been equal y gratify
ing. " Your's, truly, I
JNO. A. CAMPBELL.
From Wm. M'Lemore, Esq. a member of the Legis
lature, Alabama.
Montgomery County, Dec. 1, 1835.
Messrs. Coster & Coxe :
Dear Sirs ? I feel gratified by this opportunity of
testifying to the merits of your "Southern Tonic."
I have used it in many cases in ray white and color
ed family, and not one case failed. In short, I assure
the public that it b in my op nioa, the best medicine
for the cure of Fever and Ague now in use.
Very respectfully, yours,
WM. M'LEMORE.
From Major J. B. MORSE.
Dear Sirs ? I have been afflicted with Ague and
Fever for a long time, and although the remedies
which were prescribed gave me temporary relief,
yet none removed the cause of the disease, and
thereby permanently cured me till I used your South-N
ern Tonic. It did so. This gave me great confi- I
dence, and as I saw that you had recommended it in
cases of debility, general weakness, and inactivity
of the digestive organs, I induced my wife, who had
been laboring under these symptoms for a year or
more, to try it. She used one bottle with some evi
dences of an increase of health, and a few bottles
more taken in moderate doses entirely cured her.
Respectfully, yours,
J. B. MORSE.
Prepared only by COSTER & COXE, at their
Laboratory, Montgomery, Alabama, and sold by their
Agents in every part of the United States, &c.
Sold by D. & J. EWART, & CO-, of this town,
Agents for the sale of the Southern Tonic.
Pried1, $1 50 per bottle, or S 12 per Doz.
January 14 ?? 2
Selling off at Cost .
THE Subscriber intending to close his Drug and
Apothecary business as speedily as possible,
will commence selling off his stock on the first d?y
of April next, at Cost, for Cash only. The stoclt
consists of a genetai assortment of fresh and genu
ine Drugs and Medicines, Patent Medicines,. Sur
geon's Instruments, Paints, Varnishds, Shop Furni
ture &c. Physicians, Merchants and Apothecaries,
have nbw an opportunity of obtainining their Sum
mer supplies at lower rates than they can btiy at
the North. Tb an approved purchaser, the entire
stock will be sold on accommodating terms.
S. PERCIVAL.
March 22, 1857 12
Law Notice.
REGG & HALL, have formed a partnership,
in the Practice of Law, for Fairfield district.
J. G. HALL resides at Winnsborough.
Janaary 2 1 tlM
G
Fromt he Token, for 1837.
TO A NAMELESS ONE
Lady, we never before,
Within the world's wide space ;
And yet the more I gaze, the more,
I recollect thy face !
Ea< h feature to my mind recalls
An image of the past,
Which, where the shade of memory falls,
Is sacred to the last.
But she, whose charms in thine I tracc,
Was not, alas ! of earth ;
And yet of more than human grace,
For Fancy gave herbirih ;
She haunted me by sunlit streams,^
And burst upon my sight,
When through the pleasant land of dreams,
My spirit roved at night.
Lost idol ! why didst thou depart ?
O, let thine earnest eyes ?
Abstraction ! vision ! though thou art?
Once more my soul surprise !
She comes ! a fair and laughing girl ?
Whom happy does she seek ?
A And raven curls their hnks unlurl
Adown her blushing cheek.
Her Grecian lineaments are bright
With beauty half divine ;
She is 'a phantom of delight,'
Her dark eyes are ? like thine !
Like her thy form ? thy voice of glee,
Which happy ihoughts attune,
S^eet as th4 enthralling melody
Of singing birds in June !
I clasp her hands in mine once more ?
I am again a boy !
The past shows nolhing to deplore,
The future all is joy.
We wander through deserted halls, *
We climb the wooded height,
TVe hear the roar of waterfalls,
And watch the eagle's flight.
We stand where sunset colors lie
Upon a lake at rest;
And oh ! what cloud? of Tyrian dye
Are sloping down the west !
And close above the purple pile,
The evening star appears,
While she who cheered me with her smile,
Row tries to hide her tears.
Enongh ! the spell is at n n end,
The pageant floats away,
And I?o more may idly bend
At memory's shrine to-day.
I turn to thee, whose bpauty first
That shape of love renewed,
Waking emotions there were nurst
Long ance in solitude.
I turn to thee, and start to see
Again :hat face and mien.
Thine eyes' oppressive brilliancy,
Tho8ecurl8 of glossy sheen.
Two visions have waylaid my heart ?
A false one and a true ;
And? by the light of truth ! thou art
The fairer of the two.
REMARKABLE DISCOVERY.
From the Hamilton ( Term .) Observer.
It is well known to our readers that among
tbe many natural curiosities found in the ex
teusive caves and grottoes in the vicinity of
the Great Laurel Ridge, (Cumberland Moun
tains,) many human skeletons and bones of
animals hav? been discovered, some of them
in a petrified etate. These caves abound in
prodigioffe vaulted apartments and chambers,
exhibiting scenes of gloomy grandeur which
astonish t:>e beholder. Several petrified trees
have also been discovered on the banks of the
river near this ridge, as also bones of mam
moths, and oth^r animals whose races are now
extinct.
But the most remarkable discovery that has
ever been made in this part of the country ?
if not the greatest natural curiosity in the
world, was brought to light on Sunday, 24th
Jan. by two scientific gentlemen with whom
we are acquainted and who are not now in
town. They have been for several weeks
exploring the caves above alluded to, and
gathering such curiosities as they wished to
carry awiy with them.
The wonderful discovery which will now
shortly be presented to the publicr is three
petrified bodies entire, one of a dog and two
human bodies, one of them holding a spear.
It is believed by these gentlemen that all
three of the bodies may be removed from
their position in a perfect slate ; though the
dog being in a laying posture upon a flat rock,
it will undoubtedly be a difficult task to remove
it uninjured. The human bodies appear to be
those of men ? probably hunters. Their cloth
ing can hardly be distinguished ? but still it
is evident that too was in a measure turned
to stone. They are described thus ? one sit
ting', with the head leaned asit were on a pro
jecting rock, and the other standing, with a
spear balanced in his hand, as though he was
surprised, and had just started on a quick
walk. The dog lies as if couched in terror,
or about to make a spring ? but the features or
body are not distinct enough to determine
which position.
This wonderful formation cannot be accoun
ted for in any other way than that these per
sons were buried by some convulsion of nature.
The cave in which they were found is full 125
feet into the mountain, and is situated about a
mile and a half beyond what is called Mam
moth Grotto, in a direct line. The entrance
to the place is difficult, and it is thought that
it was never before attempted at all. At the
foot of the entrance of the cave is a conside
rable brook of water, which appears to gather
from all parts of it. There is also a valley
thence to the river. The gentlemen who have
made this interesting discovery are making
active prepara ions to bring away the bodies,
which they intend to have forwarded to New
York.
A FORTUNE MADE BY ACCIDENT. ? I OI1CC I
knew a man who died immens- lv rich, who I
traced all his good fortune to a rusty naiAwhich
he preserved with a sort of pious ren ration. |
The Jinks between what he was and what he
had been he concatenated thus:
*'He had been a smal] carpenter, and bein?
employed upon a small job at a gentleman's
houee^ when he had completed it, he received
his money, and .vent about his businrp, But
he had not proceeded far on his way hom \ere
he recollected that he had forgotten to draw a
large crookcd nail which protruded very awk
wardly, and he returned to remove it. Juet
as he was approaching the door he heard a
loud scream. Looking up, he saw the infant
and only child of the gentleman falling from
one of the attic windows, where the nursery
maid hnd been playing with it* when, by a sud
den spring, it escaped from her grasp. With
equal presence of mind and dexterity he re
ceived the child in his arms, broke the shock
of its decent, and saved it from being rloshed
to pieces. The grateful farther requited the
invaluable service (for he doated on the babe,
because it was the sole memorial of the dead I
mo'her who bore it) by a munificent sum of!
money, which enabled him to embark largely
in his business, and thus lay the found ition of
the great wealth which he afterwards accum
ulated. But he always maintained .hat jt was
the rusty nail in reality that made his for
tune."
Ojte Story is good till Another is
told ? A gentleman of Cons'ant nople, with
magnifying powers, was relating in company
how a military friend of his having his loft
cheek sliced off bv a sabre cut at the battle of
Waterloo, had cooliy picked it up, replaced,
and bandaged with his handkerchief the stray
regiment, which, after a few days was recon
ciled toits parent face, t hat is to say, the cheek
was cured by inoculation, as it is termed. ?
After tilis 'good thing' had passed current, with
the addition, of course, of a fo.v obvious com
ments from the wag of the company, as the
right cheek having been off a moment, the left
one, &c, an old gentleman quietly took the
lead, and observed that a far more remarkable
occurence had happened to a friend of his, a
cavalry officer, at the same battle, and who,
failed to parry a cut aimed at his face, had his
nose clean shaved off. "Thereupon," contin
ued the elderly narrator, "my friend stopped
and repossessed himself of the deficient feature,
which he clapped on his face, bound it with
his handkerchief, and then went pugnaciously
on, as if nothing had happened. In I he sequel,
he found the nose firmly united to his face,
with this irregularity, however, that it was
reversed, or turned upside down, owing to the
haste with which he put it on a^pain. 'This
circumstance did not much disturb him, f>r
being a great snuff taker, he was thus enabled
to apply the powder to his hostrils without the
usual waste; but one consequence of the
change he would sometimes complain of, as
rather inconvenient, namely, whenever he
wanted to blow nis nose, he was obliged to
stand on his head !"
THE SPEAR-HEAD.
fThe folllowing singular rhapsody ? half essay,
half poem ? is given in the last Fraser s Magizine' as
a translation ofanjold Latin manuscript iin the library
of St. Benet's College, Cambridge, England. The
reader will perceive that it assumes to be about 800
years old. The translator fears that he may not have
preserved the rude simplicity of the original.]
The morning sun is shining fresh and bright,
in our old forest of Thomey, Beowulf, and we
must go to the forge. More than half an hour
since, Earl Leofric and his train aroused me
in my hut. His lady Editha accompanied him,
with her tire maidens and pages, and hisspears>
men and archers fo lowed. It was a fine sight
to see them gleaming in the early light among
the green trees. She is fair to behold; and
he, you know, is strong, and manly, and brave.
Handsome are the faces of the girls, and the
men are of the flower of the land. So it was
good to look upon them, while the echoes of
the wood rang with the clank of their armor,
the tramp of their 6teeds, and the merry laugh
ing of the- lady, cheerily conversing with her
women. The Earl came to bid me forge him
two hundred and fifty spearheads before to
morrow noon, as they could wait no longer,
and here are we to do it. The fire is glowing,
the iron as hand, and the bellows ready, and
in the loneliness of the forest of Thomey, we
begin our appointed work. Batter we the
head of the spear.
To whom is this spear-head intended to
convey the message of death ? Perhaps to
many. The piece of iron over which we toil,
may run through body after body, and looie
soul after soul from the confining clay, as its
point, crimsoned with gore, passes, with vehe^
ment stroke, through nesh and bone. Are we
then, ministering to slaughter 1 No more than
the delving miner, who digged the metal from
the bowels of earth. No more than be who
framed the sledges we are wciluing, or he
who set the acorn in the ground which grew
into the oak, whose branches are supplying
us with fuel for the fire. We are, in an un
forbidden calling, doing the behests of the Earl
Leofric. That must suffice for us. And whose
behests is the Earl doing 1 If you asked him
he would answer, his own ; ? and he would
five as answer the thing that is not true. ?
'or, as we are, in this matter of spear-making,
but instruments of his will, so is he, in the
impulse which made him give the order, but
an instrument of a power which lies not in
him to control. Yea! the hammer in my hand,
is not more completely subservient to the
mottion of my wrist, than are he and all my
men, subservient to the motions of their minds,
which, when passion rides over reason, renders
them tools as powerless. He who laid the
ribs of iron in the mine or brought the tower*
in g oak, in its strength and its beauty,
Irom the acorn? He it was who implanted
those passions in the mind of man. If,
then, of such arise tumult* and contest, and
war, well knows He that they were the
consequences appointed for reasons right ;
and, seeing motive as well as act, will judge
not as men judge. But whatje this to you,
Beowulf, and me. Batter we the head of the
spear.
And into whose hand will the epear be first
set ? Perhaps into that of a trained veteran,
who will look upon it with critical eye, but
with utter indifference beyond its aptitude as
an instrument of his trade. It may however,
recall to his mind former days, when, with
similar instruments in his hand, he did brave
deeds, and won what is called glory. Sc. nes
of slaughter and joviality, of (amino and festi
val, of peril and victory,, may flash across his
eyes. There may arise before him the woody
mountain, or the green plain on which he
urged on the conquering attack, or fl d in the
desperate retreat. He sees the river which
he forded, the wall which he scaled* the town
which he burnt. What sees he beside ? He
sees, with corporeal eye* the young soldier
standing by hun, who for the first time Ins
handled a weapon ofwar. The youth is glad
some and elated : new thoughts, new aspira
tions are swelling in his bosom. All be ore
him is brighi and golden. The deeds which
he is to do with t hat spear are to open the
career of honor, fame, and happiness. The
foe lies prostrate before him, the thronging
hosts resound his name* his countrymen call
him to head them in fight. If his mind reverts
to the father and mother whom he has left, it
is to suggest, how he, now unknown, is to
return famous, making them glad of their son.
See, a gentler emotion arises. Has he woo2d
and won ? Then will not she be proud of
her own brave lover, coming to claun her,
before all the world, as his own. I Uve his eyes
I gazed, in silent adoration, upon one whom he
dare not address ? Then does not his bosom
swell when lie thinks that his giliant bearing
a id his proud renown, will enable htm to offer
himself as a fitting suitor for the hand of her for
whom he would set hisli?e asasacrifice. Hope
is swelling in full tide through bis heart : and
the imaginary stream glitters in fresher splen
dor as it flows a^o ig. And leaning upon his
lance, the lon<r trained soldier views the glis
tening eye and glowing cheek of the youths
and looking into his h^art, beholds all within.
Bitter is his smile as he shakes his grisly locks;
and, meditating on the career of bis own
life, mutters, Alas, poor boy, , how thou art
deceived! Cut what is ihis to thee, Beowulf,
or to me ? Batter we the_ head of the spear.
And he for whom we are laboring, whither
is he bound ? I heard, last week, when at
the guild of ham-nerinen, in the neighboring
city of Ifondon, that William the Norman
was sailing over ihe sea with & mighty host,
and a banner blessed by the Pope himself; and
that Harold, the son of Godwin^ was hastening
through the Isnd of Kent, to meet him, upon
his arrival. Fierce will be the battle* I doubt
not ; for the Rattles of men of their brood have
ever been fierce, and the commanders are men
of undoubted skili an^l valor* Thousands upo-;
thousands of men who will look upon the
morning of the fight will never see morning
more. T > join Harold is Bar! Leofric pro
ceeding; and it is for the approaching battle
we are forging these spear-heads. VThe Earl
has too often looked upon death irtv various
shapes to p' rmit any unworthy fear of tba%
our invitable end, to trouble his courageoos
soul. He well knows that, whether he fol
lows the standard of Harold in the thickest
part of the combat, "or slays quietly at home
tilling the lands of his father in ease aid peace,
he is equally destined to die. Plate and mail
may keep off sword and arrow ;but no armor
has yet been forged to resist fever and pals? <
But has he nothing else to fear t Ja Harold
defeated, and VVi!l:am the Bastard seated on
the throne of the Confessor? Th2 sway of
the Saxons isover, neverto return; a?d Loofric*
if he survives the fight, survives it to be hunted
down, wandering as a landlets man despoiled
of honors, of titles, and of fame ; a beggar
where his sues were lords and dependant Upon
the chnritv of those upon whom now he would
scarcely deign to look. Perhaps bis lot may
be a dungeon or a scaffold, leaving his wife a
prey to poverty or dishonor ? his chUdren,tbfaUs
? and Ins house blotted out forever. If I were
to say this to him now, I know that he<wQOld
proudly reply, the battle is in the hands ofth**
Lord, and if H ? wills that we be defeated I
peril the consequences. But he thinks, not
that he has also to peril the consequences
victory. Should the hand of the Saxon bel?c
stronger, and the knights of Normandy be
driven into the sea, and Harold return back
triumphant, victorious lord of the seven king
doms of England, and that for the success he
is mainly indebted to the banners of Leofric* is
the R-irl secure that the prizes of the victory
will be h.s ? Let him be secure of the con
trary. He "who does important service is
sowing seeds that will bear the deadly nigty"
shade of ingratitude. Some laggard in war?'
some coward, who would faint at the drawing
of a sword ? some silken coated parasite, use
less in camp or council, but sychophant in
bower and hall,? to him, and snch as he, will
fall the hono'8 and emoluments obtained by
the valor of the soldier and the counsels of the*
sage. A whisper from Edith of the swan neck
will plead more eloquently than a thousand
gashes received on the battle-field. That
King Harold will do this J know not ; but I
know such things have been done in days
past, and such will be done again in days to*
come. And it may come to pass that, in not
many years, the Earl may travel care-worn
through this forest, leaving the court n dts
gust. He may say ? YVhat hast thou been
doing, Willfrid the Smith, sioce l ^nve thee
the order for the ppear-headsf . And I shall
answer, [ have been doing what I was then
doing, and what I am now doing? ^hammering
in fire ? earning my daily bread by daily labor
? stationary in my lot ? wishing riot to rise,
fearing not to sink. And thou, fiarl Leofric,
what Mast thou been doing 1 Peradventure,
it will be his answer, Laboring in thankless
toil ? setting up those who fling me down ?
winning prizes that other men enjoy, sad ex
periencing ingratitude such as never was beard
of. And Ishail say, it has always been heard
of, and it always will be heard of ; and if its
having happened to others be any comrort to
you, griat is your comfort. But what is this
to you or mer Beowulf! Batter we tiie head
of the 6pear.
Fair was the lady that I looked Upon in the
light of the morning, and fair be her career.
She is happy in the love of ner husband, and
her maternal heart dwells with delight upon
her beautiful children* Wealth ana pleasare
are at command ; and Heaven forbid that her
soul should be troubled by any thought of an
adverse future. Yet the hand of calamity may
yet be heavy upon her, ere those sunny eyes
are closed in their last slumber. I speak not
of such calamities as those which the defeat,
the downfall, or death of h r husband might
bring. But even if all runs smoothly in her
fortunes, hers it may be to grieve for the loss
of ihe Earl's love ? for estrangement and cold
ness where now exist confidence and affection
? for smiles bestowed upon a ri"al which now
are solelely her own ? for the bereavement, or,
what is wor.se, the alienation or the disgrace
of children much beloved : for these she may
sorrow, and wrinkles come over that beaute*
ous countenance ; and she will ask, looking
into the mirror, Am I what I was ? Vanity
may say Yes ; but conscience will say No.
I see that your eye, Beowulf, looks gazinglv
in thought on the tire maidens. Glad be their
souls. But in ten years* time they and tbeir
mistress will not again sweep through the
forest as g ily as they swept through this
morning. She will say, Wilfred Smith, I
nrreet you well. What dost thou now? And
T shall reply, I do what I did, and what men
like me have done since the world was out of
swaddling clothes ; and you, lady ? She may
reply to the question, Miserable woman that
1 am ! I am wretched beyond example. And
1 shall answer, it may not be,? for examples
there are many. And she shall shake her
head in disbelief ; but what I shall say is true.
And her maidens in ten years 1 Some may
be prosperous, some in adversity. But tlw
prosperity and the happiness will be to those
who have least caught your eye, or pleased
your ear. Sne whose beauty dazzles, or
whose wit enchants, will ever be a mark for
the wo-breeding rivalry of men, and tbs fata]