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?BBB--_ i j 'i ?? . .-i...'jr. ? ?, ! i "? ,. ,. .,,, ,i i i ri- -.. . Un. '.i i i i '' ' VOL. XXI WEDNESDAY MORNING, J?NE L 1870. .ur. DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, MORALITY ANDL GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. - wfit j*?rr .iii j Se SSitM^ (ESTABLISHED IN ISM.) . If lUAIIltl ft AT SUMTER, 8. O f BT (?ILBERT ? FLOWERS. Os? 7-.?.?.j* Sis mont?t.J tv Tor?? myoit?.,....-...r^M.^>..'.....^.?. 1 ADVBRT?HB*BNT8 in.orud at tb? mt? of OMB DOLLAR AND FIFTY OINTS par Mun for th? tnt, ORS DOLLAR for th? lecond, ?nd FIFTY CUNTS for ?uh subsequent Insertion, tor t*y periodtest tb?? ?hr?? moothi 0BIT?ARlBS,^RIB?tB8 OF RESPECT and all eom?nu?le??iont which subserre privat? intorettt. will bt paid lor ?tj?dv?rtte?m?ntt. 18TO. ~ IStO.' HATES VILLE, 8. C. j. A: WMW?)., WILL CONTINUE DURING THE YEAR TO I KEEP, ON HAND A FULL, SUPPLY OF 000DS IN THEIR XINB.* CONSISTING OF DRUGS, MEDICINES, GROG ERIES, & B 8 P&QilSIOBS. ?nd hopa to merit a continuance of the liberal patronage they have bern receiving. Wo deaire to oalt particular atteotlon to our trade ia . . FLOUR. It it our aim to keep fojr tale only good quali? ties of FLOUR, and families may rely upon our | ?tock at affording tb? bett gradea of Extra and Family Flour, to be bad in the markets. Our grooeriot generally are all FIRST-CLASS GOODS, sud our DRUGS and MEDICINES are war? ranted to be pure and genuino. Besides the ?tuai etock of DRUGS and MED. ICINES. we keepalwayt on hand, we offer two | invaluable preparations of eur owi> manufacture. Anti-Malarial Specific, FOR TH B PERMANENT CURE OF Chills and Fevers. TONIC BITTERS, in admirable combination of TONICS adapted] to all oases neediug Tonio Medicines. COUNTRY PRODUCE of all kinde taken in BaRTER for gooda at fair prlcet. J. A. MAYES A CO. Jan 1,1870_ ly Manufacturcd|?by Harbeck, Conklin & Willis,) Manufacturer*, of Stoves, Tin and Japaned "Ware, And Agenta for Kaoline aud Enameled Ware? For sale by L. P. LOBING, Agent, June 9- Sumter S. C. O. F. HOYT. SUCCESSOR TO P. HOYT, SUMTER, SO. CA. -yyoiILD respectfully inform his friends end the public of Su ni to r, and adjoining oountlcs, that be has recently received a ohoico selec? tion of LADIES' AND GENTLEMENS* mSJS7 ches, JEWELRY, SILVERWARE, SPECTACLES, &c, &c, Hit atook embraces all ?tho latest styles, and | will be told at reasonable rates. Sept 29_ SUMTER THE undersigned would most resp*ctfully announce to tho people of Sumter and sur? rounding country bae?be lia?? Just received a | SPLENDID LOT OF Ma o ? snd ls now prepared to receive and ozeoute or der? of all kinds in his lino, with neatness and ?Upa tab, IRON RAILING FURNISHED TO ORDER. | W. P. SMITH, SUMTER, S. 0. Jivo- IT_tf General Life and Fire I INSURANCE AGENCY. SUMTER, S. C. X HE following Companies having Qomplled ?Uh the Law, ?nd deposited $20,000 each with the Comptroller Genera), offer protection to households against lott or damage by Are: Security Fire Insurance Company of New York, Assette, $2.017,869 81. German Fire Insurance Company of New York, Asaette, 1.058.054 61. Georgia Hom* laurance Company, Columbus, Ga? Arnotts, 468i78l 10. Riohm?od Banking Insurance Co., of Virginia, Aase tte, 270.540 24, rf:* ^Mareh 80 '^?^ffiTAgnot. , J?Tl?t claim? against th? Ea MoCatehoa, deceased, will "hfmtob FrP"?V Ami all per. will please make paym.nt to I . <A H. C. MeOUTCHEN, Adra'or. Jan 19-tf *' 100 yearn a secret Cures aa by tnagio XsJ?r 1,000 persoos testify (S, Pains, wounds, and sufferings cease tar Physicians use and recommend it weir 85.00 pots ordered daily for ho8pitaIa and public institutions in all parts of the U. 8. JpHOBE JJAKER ^ALVE all Cute, Burne, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Cancers, Sore Nipples, end Br ken Brensts, Chappell Lips and Hands. Eruptions, Chil? blains, Bites or Stings of Insects, Ac A WONDERFUL CURE FOR PILES. Put up in 60o. sises (and $1 pots for ramilles.) All Druggists everywhere sell it. DON'T BE ONE DAV Without it in the House. TOSTAR'S" Standard Preparations ARI "Costar's" Rat, Roach, &o. Extermina? tors. "Coster's" (liquid) Bed Bug Exter. "CostarV (only pure) Insect Powder. "Costor's" (only sure remedy) Corn Solvent. SOLD everywhere. Ask for "COSTA E'S" (tnko.no other.) $1, $2, $3, and $5 sites, 'order frQin COSTAR CO., 13 Hnward.St., N. Y. GOODRICH, WIN EM AN & CO , Wholesale Agents, CHARLESTON, S. C. May 4_ _ly DRTTUTT'S Golden Eagle Bitters. The Best Tonic Ever Invented. Recommended by tho best Physicians in thc country for thc ouro of Dyspepsia, Dysentery,. Diseases of the Liver and Kidneys, Sick Headache, Loss of Appetite, Female Weaknesses, And General Debility. IT HAS NO* EQUAL,. It is a sure PREVENTIVE OF CHILLS AND FEVER, and is a GREAT STRENGTHENER IT EXIIlLERATES WITHOUT BEING FOLLOWED BY DEPRESSION, and on that account is the best bevorngo. IT IS A MOST DELIGHTFUL COltDIAL The most delega^ Females (uko it. NO FAMILY SHOULD BE WITHOUT IT. ^ir Sold by tho Principal Druggists and Grocers. April 13_3m SCHOOLBOOKS. The undersigned hove rocontly published n series of NEW PICTORIAL READERS AND SPELLERS, adapted to tho Instes of both sexos in tho family ns well ns tho sehool room. Thoy bavo been prepared hy tho Rev. Prof. J. L. REYNOLDS, D. D" of tho South Carolina University. Tho sorios consists of six volumes. Reynold's New Pictorial Spoiler,.' 'je4 Reynold's New Pictorial Primary Ruuder,.2oo. Reynold's New Pictorial First Reader,.40e. Roynol.i's Now Pictorial Second Reader,.??o. oynohl's New Pict..rial Third Rcndor.80e. Reynold's Now Fourth Reider,.$1.25o. SCH0 L HISTORY OF SOUTH CAROLINA. Told in a fniniliar stylo. Ky Professor JAME? WOOD DAVIDSON, A. M. Price 90 cents. Prof. REYNOLDS' WRITING BOOKS, io a serios of numbers-20 conts cacti A SCHOOL REGISTER to last six months, 10 c. A TABLE BOOK for young children,-50e. por doz. The above i ublicntinns aro being oxtonslvely used in this Stnto, North Carolina, and Georgia, and wo are encouraged to go on mid publish a wholo series of Sehool Dunks in all departments. Duffie & Chapman, Hitbliihera and liooktcttera, COLUMBIA, S. 0. Also for sale nt the SUMTER BOOK STORE. April 20_Cm GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE. ? WITWINOTON A MANCIIKSTKK R. It. Co. >* WILMINGTON. N. C., March 12, 1870. J ON AND AFTER SUNDAY, the 13th inst., Pas son gs rs for til o W. A M. R. B. will take-the- ftain at-Ao W. ? iv.lt R. Depot and tho following schedule will bo run : DAY EXPRESS TRAIN (Daily.) Leavo Wilmington (W A W R R Dopot) 4:00 A M Arrivo nt Florence.11(03 A M Arrive,*! .Kingsville.".3:00 P M Leave Krng?ville..11 >40 A M Arrive at Florenoe.3:14 P M Arrivoat Wilmington.0:00 P M N?U1IT EXPRESS TRAIN (Daily.) ! save Wilmington (W A W R R Depot) fl:15 P M rarlve at Florence. 1:43 A M Arrive nt Kingsville.9.00 A M Leave Kingsvill.8:46 PM Arrive at Florenoe.11 OS PM General Superintendent. JgSgSwi&i ui -? JVM GUNS AND PISTOLS T> BP A I R K D BY /AN EXPERIENCED WORKMEN, If lefts,? Marth? ??T*%B<>M'?i?felrjr?ure.' New Hardware Store, Main-st. under Sumter Hotel. L. P. LORIN G, -AOSNT ron Messrs. King & Huppman, BA liX i mOR Bf H. D. Would respectfully announce to hie frieuds end tho public, that he bee received end opened, et the above establishment a Stock of Hardware and Family Utensils, om bracing orury article In this line of bueinoss, whi?h he intends to sell at the LOWEST k?HICKS, FOB CASH. Ile will koop always in store, a complote, assort? ment of Collin's Axes, A mea' Shovels and Spadoe, Trace Chains, Hues, Rakes. Pitob Forks, Crain Cradles, Soythe Blades, Quano Solves, Pooket nnd Table Cutlery, Brass Preserving Kettle?, Tin Wnre, Window Gla>8-all lites. Persons In want of tho most convenient and economical Stores, can ho supplied with the latest improved patterns at prices which cannot fall to give on tire satisfaction. May 26 . C T. MASON * WATCH MAKUK AND JEWELER SUM TSR, S. C. Has just received and keeps always OB hand New und Beautiful Styles of JEWELRY, FYE GLASSES, &C. WATCH BS, CLOCKS and JEWELRY RE? PAIRED WITH DISPATCH. MarchSl JAMES CALDWELL. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN Boots, Shoes, Hats, Trvinlis cfco. Opposite J. T. SOLOMONS, Sumter, So. Ca. Feb 1ft Hort. NEW BLACKSMITH SHOP, On tho Cor. of SUMTER and CANAL-STS. Where nil kinds of Work in the Blacksmithing Line will ho finis-hod in a workmanlike manner, ami at tho shortest possible notice. Tho undersigned feels confident, from a sonse of his experience, (in tho business for tho Inst thirty years) that ho can givo satisfaction, both in prices nnil in tho execution of nil work en? trusted to him. W. C. STANSILL. April 20 3m WOFFORD COLLEGE. SPAIITANBUItO C. H., SO. CA. FACULTY: REV. A. M. SH HM', D. D.. President and Professor Mon tut and Moral Sci nee. I DAVID DUNCAN, A. M., Professor Ancient Lnnguugos and Literature. REV. WHITEFOORD SMITH, D.D., Professor English Literature. WARREN DU PRE, A. M., Professor Natural Science. JAS. H. CARLISLE, A. M., Professor Mathe? matics. REV. A. II. Ii EST ER, A. M., Professor History and Biblical Literature. The Preparatory Sch >ol, undor tho immediate supervision of tho Faculty, Jno. W. SHIPP, A. ii., Principal. Divinity School-Rov. A. M. Shipp, IL D. Rov. Whitefoord Smith, D. D. ; Rev. A. H Lester, A. M. Tho first Session of tho Sixteenth Collegiate Year begins on tho first Monday in October, 18ft9, tho second Session begins on the first Mon? day in Junnary, 1870. Tho course of studios end the standard of j scholarship remain unchanged, but the Fnoulty now rt tl in i t Irregular students or those wiro witJj to pursuo particular studies only. Tho Schools also opon at th. samo time. Tuition per year, in Cnllego Classes, inoludin contingent fee, $54 in Spocio, or its equivalent ii Currency. Tuition per your, in Preparatory Sohool, inclue ng contingent fcc, $41 in currency. Bills payable ono half in advance. Board, pe Month, from $10 tn $15 In currency. For further particulars address A. M. SHIPP, Prosldonr. May 10_U_ St. Joseph's Academy. CIINDUCTEn BY TliR Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy, SUMTER, S. 0. THE Collrglnto Exercises of this First Class Institute, will be resumed Son tho 1st of Septembor. A prompt ~attendance is requostod In order to facilitate the prugross and arrange mont of tho classes. The now buildings are spacious and elegantly finishod, furnishing ac? commodations for ono hundred boarders. The ox tensivo grounds and piazza.! aro ample for open air oxcrclse, and young Indios are thoroughly instructed in English Mathemstics, 1'ronch, Ita linn, Muslo, Drawing. Painting, Ac, Ac Looation healthy, air puro, wa'er good, and terms reason? able. For particulars apply to the Superioress of I St. Joseph's Acadomy, Sumter, or lo the Supo rioress of tho Sisters of Mercy, Charleston, who will endeavor to moot tho pressure ot the timo*. Nov. 10 _ , MUSIC LKSSONSe I Vocal and Instrumental. he undersigned having taken hie residence at ter, will give lessons In Singing and on the PIANO ind VIOLIN. He will likewise give In. . tn.ci l,ns in FRENCH, GERM AN ami ARITH. METIO. TUNING OF PIANOS ATTENDED TOL For further particulara, apply to hint at bil residence In Harv lo Street. H. 0, M. KOPFF. Feb2-tf [For th? Su mt*r Watchman.J The Sideboard and Decanters, ---OR A TRUE HISTORY OP HARRY C. H, you must holp me off to night, tbe ease lias gone against me. I will be expelled to morrow and I cannot stand the mortification. I have never told a lie beforo ia my life, but I thought if I eould get olear by a positive dooial of the charges agaiust mo, aud olear my? self, tbat I would make a desperate ef? fort at reforming my life ; but tbe proof was positive, I have been convicted, md must get away to-night." Th?se* words were spoken by Harry C. to bis bosom friend H. as he returned from the President's room where be had just undergone a trial under the charge -of "habitual inebriation," before the Trus? tees of tho A. collego. Harry C. was as noble a youth as ever entered tho doors of a college. A little below tho medium size, with erect statue, jet black eyes and hair, and tbe swarthy complexion usual to our low country, with a high forehead, open and generous countenance, he at oaoe impressed you as a person of unusual brilliancy, manliness, and refinement, and bis character was true to the model which his countenance presented. Though not in the graduating class, yet the Professors agreed in saying, that for hts advancement, ho was the best educated youth in the college, and decidedly the best orator and what was a little strange, with the most graceful gestures, ho invariably used the I Tc hand. H. whom ho addressed, was about h:s own age, ia the same class, and his most intimate friend and com? panion. Harry 0. had been at college a year aud hud won tho respect of the students anti Professors, and had gained many warra friends and admirers. The College was under tho patronage of the Metho? dist Church, and the whole community were Methodists. Hurry C had a few weeks before entering college, taken upon himself the vows of religiou, and though not himself a Methodist, had preferred this institution and com? munity ns best suited to assist him in a religions course. As soon us he arrived, he reported himself as a professor of religion, and was at onco received into thc band sf religious students, as one of them, and though of a difforoot de? nomination, neither he nor they know any difference, forming truly a band of brothers. Hurry C. atteuded punctually the services of tho church, always at? tended tho prayer meetings, had an interesting class in the Sabbath School, and for one year, amidst all tho entice? ments of College life, main tu i ned a pure aud consistent Christian deport? ment, and uncontaminated, returned home to spend tho. summer vacation, about ten weeks, with brothel's, sisters, and parents. On his return to College, Harry C. at once showed a marked change in his conduct, declared he had abandoned tho idea of graduating, gavo up tho classics, in which ho was especially proficient, took up only a few English studies, seemed not to enjoy the companionship of his former religious associates, and was found constantly in the company of tho smaller students. Every body was astonished, nono could divine thc reason of the extraordinary change. H. stuck to his friend and tho intimacy botween them continued ns before. Every one had his own solution for the problem exhibited in Harry C's conduct, when the difficult question was suddenly unraveled by Harry C's coming into II 's room very much intoxicated. He had a troop of the Freshmen with bira, for whose amusement he sang, danced and gesticulated amidst the most vooifcr ous laughter of the crowd. H. tried to quiet him, but all to no purpose. Thc next night he came again, and tho next, and the next, until it becatno his place of constant resort, where he remained until a Into hour in tho night. H. was at a great loss what to do. Argument and persuasion were all lost on him, and finally ono night the President who came round to inspeot tho rooms, found him with his morry orowd in H.'s room very much intoxicated. He was a man of unusual discret ion and dign i ty, and he used no severity of language, but in tho most paternal and affectionate strains, addressed the company, espe? cially those in whoso room the disorder wus found, and begged them to offer no inducement to students, to visit their room during study hours, as it encourag? ed a violation of the order of tho institu? tion. H. was at a great loss what to do. For more than two weeks, Harry C. had been coming into bia room,. violating the order ofthe institution, and1 prevent? ing him and bis roommates from study. Ho could not think of reporting Harry 0. and yet to tolerate it, waa to injure bia own reputation for order and pro prioty. In a ?hort tine however ba 1 ' ?pg i in . asm ??'it. WU reheved from. his embarrassing situajioDj The President wat an obaerv- ! tag mao, bad taken in the. whole ease, understood the embarrassing position of H. and saw that nothing bat prompt action oould answer. He had tried pri? vately to reaoh Harry 0. but he was always so under the influence of spiritu? ous liquors that he oould not impress him. Harry. C.- was finally summoned be* fore the Trustees o? the College to answer for his conduct. His case, to the Presideot was inexplicable.- He stood so high, and his fall was so low and ouddtm* that no one oould under? stand it. A religious young man with unusual prudenoe, stability, and in a village where there wore not the usual temptations to vice, the case was one that puzzled every one and no one more than the President, who in private had done everything to aavo the young man, and only summoned him before the Trus? tees, whon he became satisfied that he was irretrievably lost. Hairy 0. was just returning from his trial when he ac? costed his friend H. and requested assis? tance to get away, that at least in part, he might esoape the mortification of feeling which a public expulsion would bring upon him. He was now sober, perfectly Bobor, and felt in his sensitive soul, all the degradation of his condi? tion. He had just made a masterly, but ineffectual defence of himself on the grounds of innocence, hoped to esoape expulsion, and determined to retrieve his reputation by an attempt at refor? mation, but the proof was positive, and he must pay tho penalty. His friend H. sympathized with him deeply, and at once determined to give him the needed assistance The plan was ar? ranged to wait until aller the hour for the usual visit around to the rooms, and when students and Faculty wore all locked in the arms of sleep, quietly to steal away .to a stage office four miles distant. A small cart and shabby horse were engaged to take the baggage, and Harry C. his friend H. and two other students, started on the journey of four miles on foot. Tho road was good, the night bright, tho atmosphere balmy and tho little stars twinkled on tho little company, as though they said "we see you. These young friends were to make the journey andreturn before bell-ring next morning, so as to esoape being detected in absence from their rooms. While walking along, Harry 0. narrated his history as follows: Said he "I was born of wealthy, creditable, and religious pareuts, who resided ia the lower part of the State of South Caroli? na, having their rice plantation on tho Savannah river. My father was a thrifty plauter, and though a man of large fortune, determined to raise bis sons industriously. Being the oldest son, I was required' to arise quite early every morning, take the keys out of my father') bcd room where they were kept, and seo that the stock wore properly fed. My father and mother wero both pious members of the-church. My father never drank. His habits and opinions were all against the use of intoxicating drinks ; but he had some brothers and brothers-in-law, who were very fond of spirituous liquors and for their pleasure und that of other compa? ny, my father yielded to the reigning oustom of keeping docanters with ohoice liquors on the sideboard, and whenever company caine in they were invited to have something to drink and frequent? ly my father would pour it out himself and invite them to drink. This I saw so often that I thought all fashionable gentlemen drank-that it was manly and genteel to drink, and when I was quite a little boy I used to wish I wore a man that I might drink too. Every morning I pussed through the dining room whoro the decanters were, and it is not surprising that with these childish views they should prove a source of temp? tation to me. They did, and I began by pouring a few drops iu a wine glass and sipping it. My fondness (or it grew rap? idly, so that in a little timo I oould knock off a glass in as manly a way as any of my uncles. This practice I con? tinued regularly every morning, thon began to slip a glass during 'he day un? til in a comparatively short time I had formed tho tastes, habits and disposi? tions of an inebriate I craved stim? ulating drinks, and waa perfectly mis? erable without them. This formidable habit was formed without tho knowledge or even suspicion of roy parents, who had porfeot confidence in my integrity, sud before I was sixteen years old I was a drunkard-under the infiuenoe of liquor all tho time. The horrible habit had grown so rapidly, and my appetite was so powerful and ungovernable, that X became alarmed, and saw that unless I did something to arrest the progress of the vioe, that I would be ruined son) and body. I now do term in ed to quit drinking, and belie vs I should have suo* -!-J-i-i-1 - ? ??--ea (beded, bat for tb? bewitching power of I those decanters, glittering and lo tit i og ootha sidaboard. Borne ti mea two weeks would pass without my touching a glass and the? the appetite would .become in? controllable, as I would see them arrang? ed on tho side board. No ona knew these fearful conflicts, none on the plant? atiou suspeoted I drank, I had learned to neutralize the odor of my breath, and never staggered, unless after my last drink upon going to bed, and this waa the time for my heaviest potion. My case now began to grow desperate. I saw before me a drunkards gra^e and a drunkard's hell, and it seemed to me that this must prove my in?vitable doom. About this timo a meeting was held at our neighborhood ohuroh, and I attend ed with the family. I there determined upon a change of life-gave my hand to the Minister and united myself with the people of God and enjoyed the sweet pesos of pardon. Loaming through a friend of the religious character of the College at A. and the many pious stu? dents there, I determined to enter, that I might have a safeguard against the perils which beset mo. I entered, and for ono year my life was happy, virtuous and religious-during this whole poriod I draak not a drop, and felt I was safe and secure. I had no desire for liquor, no taste for it, 1 really detested the idea of ever tasting it again-the victory was complete, I thought. I returned home ?o spend the vaca? tion, and never once thought of the peril of coming in contact with the de? oanters. My father kept some fine blooded horses, and there wore some favorite oolts I had not seen for a year, and having arrived home at night, I had the painful suspense of waiting un? til the morning to see the favorite youag horses. My sleep was broken, and quite carly I arose to see the fine blooded oolts. I ran down tho stairs and never thought of the deoanters until they faced me in all their bewitching power. I stopped 1 unfortunate pause t they seemed, to draw me with magnetic power, and the first thing I knew, I was at the side? board with my hand upon a decanter. I thought, I will not drink, I will only tanto a drop and pass on, I knew not my own weakness. As soon asl tasted a drop, rn; appetite with the powor of a demon seized me. I was shorn of my strength, all power was gone, and I drank, and continued to drink. It seemed to me as though I had fallen into a fearful abyss from which it was impossible for me to escape, and I yielded to my fate and drank on." Then raising his voice, as he was wont to do upon tho stage in the College chapel, and with that peculiar but graceful gesture of his left hand, he said, "Boys some men say they do not drink for tho taste, and others say, that they oan quit it when they please, but I drink for the taste and the feeling, and I cannot quit. I am lost to ray pa? rents, to myself, to my oountry, to my churoh, and to my God. I expect to live and die a drunkard, and fill a drunkards grave. Reform with me is impossible." I shall never try again. I imbibed the taste so young, it has grown so steadily, and developed itself with suoh extraordinary power, that I am its eternal victim. As a terrible serpent, it holds me in its raassivo folds, and I am powerless, osoape is impossible. The tears flowed from his eyes in a torrent, and his young companions wept with him. They tried to inspire him with hope, but their words only seemed to cost a pall of blackened gloom over bis face. His friend H. asked, what were his plans for tho future. Ile said, ?1 expeot to go to Charleston and got aboard some vessel of war in the Uuitod States ser? vice, and shall never see my parents and friends again. They are all look? ing forward to my graduation with tho most pleasing hopes. They havo uo idea of my condition, and it will break my mother's heart, and bring down the gray hairs of roy father with sorrow to tho grave." Then handing a letter to his special friond il , he begged him to retain il until ho should reuoivo in? telligence, that ho hud succeeded in getting a pluoe aboard a ve?sol, and then this lotter was to bo given to Pres? ident B. "Ile sure said be to retain it until you hour from mo." The three young friends saw him start and returned before day. Weeks passed away and nothing was heard from Harry. C. and when two and a half months had gone by, II oonsolted with the two other friends, to know what was to bo done with the letter. Tho opin? ion prevailed, that probably he had got? ten off suddonly, and had no opportunity to write, or that tho letter, if written, was miscarried, so H. gave the lotter to the Prosident It was a letter of thanks to him especially, and to tho other officer* of the College, for their kind noaa to him. It stated that they had done right in the course .bey had pur? sued. That his bad habit? had boen con? tracted before be ?ntered oollege, and he designed to go^lo ihAiy ?od 5frc employment ?board l?mo vessel in Ai? i United Stat?? service, ?nd tie ver expect? ed to SM his h6me ?nd parents again.T-^ As Hoon as President B. had read the .letter, ha wrote to Harry C'a fa thor, informing him of his purpose. 1 The father h m t? ned to the city/ .od found bim ta the most pitiable ' destitution, ?bout to embark on ? V?jsel of war and brought him hom?. There he made . feeble effort at reform, add finally aban? doned himself to his appotite, in a few month! 'ho' Wae taken with delirium tremens, became a raving mariiao, was taken to the Asylum at Col1>mbia, whore he ended his own existence one might by hanging himself with his suspenders from his bed post; Thin ended tho life of one of the most brilliant young men that South Carolina ha? ?Ter produoed but who fell a victim to the greatest ourse whioh hhs ev?r visited Our earth. .. n ' ? ?di /..i'H; TUB LITE DUCHESS IIB BBBBI-A . BOBIA N VIO HISl?BV. The Duchess de Berri, who died with? in the past fow days at the advanced age of seventy-two, was ono of the moat re? markable individuals in recent events of 1 French history. She was the daughter of Franoisoo I., King of Naples, and io 1816 was married to the Duke de Berri, the heir presumptive to the Frenoh throne. The union promised to be a happy ono, but it soon terminated by* the death of the Duke, who was mortally stabbed while leading the Duchess to her carriage at the door of the opera. The assassin was a fanatical Bonupartiat, and avowed that he wished to destroy the Bourbon dynasty in the person of the only member who oould perpetuate the race. In this he was disappointed, as some months after the Duchess was delivered of a son, who was baptized with great oeremony, and was regarded as destined to be the future King of Franco. During the revolution of July she had resolved to go to the head? quarter of the insurgents and present the olaims of her soo. The old King prevented this step by plaoing her under arrest, and confining her to her 1 own apartments. The revolution tri? 1 umphed, and she followed the Bourbon ' family into exile. From the moment of 1 leaving Franee she was resolved to re- 1 turn and attempt all means of restoring 1 her son to the throne. This impelled 1 her to causo a rising in La Vendee, dur- 1 ing whioh she beoaine tho heroine u of 1 many adventurous seen es. Driven from * place to place by the columns of troops 1 on her footsteps in every direction, she J took refuge in th? oity of Nantes, whioh she entered as ? eouotry woman, bare? footed, and oarrying a basket of eggs 1 and vegetables. A safo asylum had been ' prepared for her in that oity; ? but she 1 was betrayed by Dents, a man w.bo pro- ' fessed great devotion to her interests. ( M. Thiers and the other members of the Cabinet had stipulated to give him, it is 1 supposed, 1,000,000 fiancs for the information which led to her arrest.- 1 Her imprisonment gave rise to great ooramotion in France, whioh was intensi* 1 fled by the admission that sho had con traoted a secret marriage with the Count of Luohessi'Palli, an Italian nobleman. Upon her release sha left France, and from that time she lived retired from the politioal arena. She resided at intervals at Venice, where she owned the beautiful Veodramin Palace, and iu her princely castle of Bruosee, in Sty ria. A concourse of friends visited her constantly, and showed that she was still popular among many of the French people. Her son, Count Chamboard, is the head of the eldest braneh of the Bourbon line, and is regarded by his followers as the legitimate inheritor of the Frenoh throne. B?&, It is one of tho most depressing ' things in tho world to be with those who habitually speak evil of others. Oue fools in a oharmod oirole of hope? less iniquity, if it be not ono of delusive appoarauoos. Everything is bud throughout, and there is not a square inch of virtue left for our weary soul to rest on. People whom we have loved since we wero children, aro shown us as scamed and scarred with iniquities, and unworthy our most tepid regard ; names that wo have venerated are stripped of their laurels, and crowned with weeds and straw, or made out to be the more shadow of names, if indeed they are not the shadows of foul substances ; doo* trines wo have hold reverently, are no longer golden songs of poaco and truth hut sounding brass and tinkling oyra- [ bals ; everything is sneered at; every uno decried; and all the poetry of life is is vulgarized, and brought down from the roseate glory of the upper uir, where our loving faith and I'm ey plaood it, to the I (?wost stratum of mephitio vapors. There ix no hoavon above-only tho narrow roof of a stifling vault, whioh is the tomb of ali that makes lifo worth the living. And when we objoot to this reading of things, we aro laughed at for our ignorance, bid? den to take warning by experience, ?nd told that skepticism and unbelief are emphatically the produots of knowledge of the world. BgU A Chinese dootor is en route for New York, for th? purpose of ooring every diseste known to Gotham. He is said to he? most learned man, ?nd the way ho will administer rnodioinc will astonish native- practitioners. Let tn whfoh rats have been bolled, or Vlf astringent fro?, th? bark *f a' puppy dog- Gotham bids th? Celestial physi? cians a hearty webwtae. ?Vf* i Highest Style of - decided unanimously again?i jeuuitiog with th? - Northern' bhjBoh ?? jTHIra' ^e-.t i ter mi osti?n will be les? 'db^>p6lrmug,' tp tho ,Nftfberp .MetbodUtV' jllM? ?KA an opposite couran had been ^excepted . by theta. The proposition mad? by tho ' Northern Conferenoo -was of a bhnfeet?r M that evidently anticipated rejection^* "h it wv* not pot forward exprenaly to Bo rejected..,f?dg?,by, thoa? tulpaof -ott ; ; quetta f M?lfppD?f aa"fu%i?o.(ra,^|loi?a ( aa to secular tuatters, tua 4offer Qt. ?MO ,^ Northern Commissioners' pould not Wre been aooeptod wttbbu^eVrae*humjft?>f tion and loa? of aolf-rcspoolf*tipoia'v^Ke ? part of the, ?out b erneta. ; Io deel tain g - ii they but aoted a? the aUgoiuriea of auy Church io thc world would. aol uu; dcr like circumstances. The jrj(^rua? tions given to tbe Coramis.Vibue'ira -from j tboNorthern Conference directed them firut to "coufer with tho late--liCommis sion from th,e African Mt?tIi?d?8t,JBp?BQO. pal Zion Churoh" whth a ..view ' union, and afterwards to negotiate with, "simular ?ommtfeiops from auy Meijip? dist Churoh that may desire *V. ftaie 00100." Tbcoolored-MeVhodlstOburoh gg is here mentioned by ttiame e?d pue 1 Brat as the principal object., of Nq^bcr? solicitude,, while thc Great 8ontherO Ch ur oh of tho same denomination ia only hinted at in language which could uot fail to be construed in the "Sooth aa ./' an intentional alight. Had tho North- ' om branch intended their overtures to bo rejected, they could not have phrased a ?ct of instructions more directly .oalt oulated for that end." Tho Memphis Conference could not but regard it evon as something more than a breaoh of eti? que tte. They could not but I feel ag* ' grieved, thai, the Northern : Churoh ; ? should seem to, desire IQ effect a np iqn., with th? colored! Church South to ibo j exolusion of tho great Southern branoh. To the latter it appeared, aa a matter of course, as if the Nr-'horn Methodist? ' wera tryjng to break up tba fraterna.! relation* wjtioh'unite the whito: and colored Methodist organizations of; tbe South, and they could not ba , expected to do otherwise tbau resont suoh an ef- -. fort by the unanimoua aotion tiiey have ? taken.' If a re-union of. the. tWO; great- j seotiona of the M. K. Church ia over to , be effected, it eau only be done through the Southerners' in terms sufficiently ieftnite and courteous, and' free -' from 1 my Bomblanoe of pol i ti oal pu posea. The recant attempt was so awkward- and tho ' failure so baa ead the.feeling t left bo bind in tbe,South BO very, noploasant . that we do not cherish the expectation ? that the broken Churoh will be rejoined . for years to come. B*3u Tbe Greek philosophers hold (bat a thick neck indicates a strong sharacter. A well-sized neok^?ot too i< thick, shows high mindedness ; a long il e n der n eek, co wa r d ico ; a very short. soe, cunning. Tbe animal types these . follow.are respectively the lion, tbe. stag, nod the wolf. Thin lips, looso at the ends, and the. upper overfaping, also shows high nt in dean ess ; und . thia - too, belongs to tho Hon type and to high ' spirited dogs. Thick lips, the upper projeotiog, show folly, and belong to the type of the ass and the monkey. People with projecting upper -lips, and V prominent gums are apt to he abusive. A nose with thick extremities shows .-? indolence-the povine type. An aqua lino nose, well cleared from tile ' fore* bead sKow? highmindedness. Thbehnio indication is offered by^a. sound nose) t> flattened at tho end. -A noaa turning up rapidly from the forehead shows im? pudence. Nostrils wide open chow passionate character. Fleshy laoo shows indolenoe and cowardice; lean faoes, diligence ; little faoes, small minded? ness ; large faoes, slowness and stupidity. . - The middle size is the best. If .there are baggy formations) nb o nf tbe eyes the tubjcot is fond of drink. Little* eyes aro a sign of little mind ; great ot permanent eyes, of stupidity: copgraye eyes, of a misobievious . disposition. As to their oolor, very black eyes ?hows cowardice, ab also gray and . the pulo colored oyes, those of the blonde typo, and bright gleaming eyes, indicate oou rage; glittering eyes * sensual oharac- * ?'' ter. Tho forehead, if little, shows in? aptitude to learning, if very large, stu ? pidity ; if round, insensibility; if square And symmetrical, ?olLwill. A largo head shows insensibility ; a little hoad, livoly perception ; a peaked head, im? pudence. Little ears belong to the monkey typo, and great ears to the donkey. . One may observe that tho best kind of dogs have moderate. ears, -Mr. Marie Twaiu hos had his . fbr^ tune told. He remembers os much as follows : "fours was not, in the beginning, a criminal nature but circumstances changed it?, At thc agc JS^.V.t?nfi you stoic sugar ; at fiftoeu y^fCf^loT^'pioncy ; at twenty you stole hottl&f&?lp OflSVOoty flvo you committed''isriotr; afc thirty -hardened in crimo-you bCcum* an editor. SioCe then your '?dxocot haa been rapid You a?e now n publto lecturer. Worse things ave in ' storo for you-yon will be a?nt *> Gongro** ; ?eitt to tho Penitentiary j abd' then '?' finally,.bappinoss will ooma to jon again -?lf^^woll--ryoo will be hrtg*&'v . .^4lie Detroit Pren auggests . these new reading? in the primer: ?The goose is on har roost. She ta a fina quadruped, and baa a tenor voice. Can \ the gdose fty fer? No? neither 'the j foose nor the rbinoeoroe can fly far. [er? ia tho gas -works. It is u high building. AU our eoogiaasmeo Ave.boni tkjsjm,,<Di> onngraanaao ever ateal? b't*w>'