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BY FEATHE11ST0N & HOYT. ANDERSON COURT HOUSE, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 8, 4360. VOLUME 1.?NUMBER 13. Bill Wilson and the Ghost. by maj. joseph jones. 'Bout two years ago, tkepeoplein Pine ville was almost larmed out of their sen ises by a ghost what made its appearance every night in the graveyard.^; The nig? gers seed it fust, and they told sich ter? rible tales about it that the wimmin and children was 'fraid to <ro to bed in the dark for a month, and you couldn't git a nigger ?o go outside the door after dark hot foi4 all Geor^y. It made a monstrous talk forjnore'n ten miles round the settle? ment, and everybody was anxious to find out whose ghost it was, and what it want? ed. Old Mr. Walker, what had been cheat? ed out of all his property by the lawyers, hadn't been ded a great while, and as he was a monstrous curious old chap' any how, the general opinion was that he had cum back for something. Sammy Stonestrcet seed it. and Bob Moreland seed it, and old Miss Curloo seed it when she was cumin'to town to see her daughter "Nancy, the night she had her baby, and they.all gave the same account, the niggers did, 'bout its beiu' dressed in white and talking to itself, and eryin and walkin about among the toom stones. Bob Moreland scd he heard it sneeze two or three times, jest as natural as any hu? man, and cry ever so pitiful. A good, many of the boj-s sed they was gwine to watch for it sum night and .speak to it; but sumhow ther hsnrts always failed 'cm 'bout dark, and nodody didn't go' One day Bill Wilson cum to town, and was but half corned down to Mr. Hurley's store, when they got to bantcriu him 'bout the ghost. ' Dinjj'd if I don't sec who it is,' ses "Bill; 'I ain't afraid of no ghost that ever walk o' nights.' With that some of them offered to bot him five dollars that ho dasent go inside * of the graveyard alone, after dark. 1 Dun,' ses Bill, ' plank up ycr mono}-. But I'm to go jest as I have a mind to!' *' Yes,' says the boys. 1?And'shoot the ghost if I sec it?' ses he?_ ?To be sure.' {?And I'm to have a bottle of old Jim maky to keep me company V 1 Yes,' ses all of 'em. -Agreed/ ses Bill. 'Put up the stakes in Mr. Harly's hand. The money was staked and tho bisncss* all fixed in no time. ' !Now,' ses Bill, 1 give me a par of pis? tols and let me load 'em myself, and I'll show you whether I'm afraid of ghosts or not.' Captain Skinner's big horse pistols was sent for, and Bill loaded one of 'em up to tho muzzle, and after gitting a bottle of licker in his pocket, and takin two or three more horns, to raise his courage, he wait? ed till it was dark. Every body in town was wide awake to see how tho thing would turn out, and some of the wimmin was monstrous consumed for Bill, for fear he'd git carried off by the ghost shore enuif. Jest about dark Bill set out for the graveyard, with a whole heap of fellers, who went to see him.to tho gate. ?Look out now, Bill?you know ghosts is mostrous dangerous things,' sed the boys, as they was bout leaving him. ?2f ever you mind,'ses Bill. 'But re? member, I'm to shoot-' ' Yes,' ses all of 'em. Bill marched into the middle of the graveyard, singing ? Shiny 2s ight' as loud as he could, monstrous out of tune, and tuck a seat on one of the grave stones. The grave yard in Pineville stands on the side of a hill bout a quarter of a mile from town. The fence is a monstrous high post-and-rail fence, and the lot is a tolera? ble big one, extending a good ways down in the boiler on tother side, whar there is a pine thicket of bout a acre whar ther aint no graves. The night was pretty dark, and Bill thought it was vciy cold ; so he kep tak? in drinks cvry now and thou to keep him? self warm, and singin all the songs sam times he know'd to keen -r. Sometimes he thought he heard somei king and then his hair would sort o' crawl up. at/i he_would grab hold of his pistol, what he had c7~*A^-4pUus lap, fnu. it was so dark he could't sec nothin^r^stepTolf^ Two or three times he fett like b?ckin out, but .he knowd that would'nt never do ; so he'd take another drink and strike up an? other tune. Binieby ho got so sleepy that ho could'nt tell whether ho was singing ? Lucy Xeal' or ' The Promised Land,' and bimeby he only sung a word here and thar, thout bein veryperticuler what song it belongod to. ? He was so bominablo sleepy and corned, together, that he could'nt keep awako, and in spite of his fears ho began to nod a little. . Just then something sneezed! ' Ugh !' ses Bill, 'what's that?' , But ho soon cum to the conclusion that ho must been sneezing in his sleep, and af? ter seeing that his pistol was safe and tak? ing another drink, he was soon in the land of JSTod agin. Bout this time old Mr. Jenkins' gang of gotes cum out of the thichet, whar |hey had cum thro' the gap in the foncc,*and with old white Bellshazor in the lead, cum smollin bout whar Bill was watching for the ghost. Old Bellshazar is one of the oudaeiouscst old rascals to but in all Georgy, and see'n Bill settin thar all alone by himself, he goes up and smells at him. Bill nodded to him in his sleep, Old Bellshazar step ped'back a little ways, and Bill nodded again. The old feller tuck it for a banter shore enuff, and back he went a few steps, and raisin up on his hind legs a little he tuck deliberate aim, and spang he tuck Bill right between the cycz, nockingAim and his pistol both off at the same frmc! Bang goes the pistol, roaring out on the still night air like a young five-pound er, so every body heard it, and the next minit you might have hearn Bill holler murder! murder! Lord preserve me ? for moro'n a mile. The whole town was out of bed in a minit, and cvry body that could go was out to the graveyard as quick as they could git thar. Thai' was Bill, laying sprawled out on the ground, with his nose nocked as^flat ns-a pancake, and both his eyes bunged up so he couldn't tell daylight from dark. The gotes was scared as bad as he was at the pistol, and was gone fore he fairly touched tho ground ; and Bob Moreland and Tom Stall ins, what had gone out thar to scare Bill, und had seed his encounter with Bellshazor, was standing by ITim rapped up in ther white sheets, langhin like they would bust ther sides. Bill swore that he was wideawake, and that when the ghost cum up to hiiu, he tuck a fair crack at it, when all at once he was struck with a clap of thunder and lightning; Bob Moreland tried to explain it to him. But it WOB all no use. Ho swore the ghost ?\TT5 ?ix loOT"j?lgIi.iiuctLi?u!?_La_secd*th lightning jest as plain as he ever seei lightning in his life. Bill claimed the stakes and every body sed he ought"to have the money. But you may depend he wouldn't have sich another ghost fight for all the money it Georgy. The fence was mended whar it was broke in the thicket, and ther was nover any moro ghosts seed in that grave? yard sense. Tue Universal Metamorphosis.?If a wafer bo laid on a surface of polished met? al, which is then breathed upon, and if, when the moisture of the breath has evap? orated, t!;io wafer be shaken oft", wo shall find that the whole polished surface is not as it was before, although breathe again upon it, the surface will be moist every? where, except on the spot previously shel? tered by tho wafer, which will now ap? pear as a spectral image on the surface. Again and again we breathe, and tho moisture evaporates, but still the spectral wafer rc-appcarf. This experiment suc? ceeds after lapso of many months, if the metal be carefully put aside where its sur? face cannot be disturbed. If a sheet of paper on which-a key has boon laid bo ex? posed some minutes to the sunshine, and then instantaneously viewed in the dark, the key being removed, a fading spectre of the key will bo visible. Let this paper be put aside for many mouths, where nothing can disturb it, and then in dark? ness be laid on a plate of hot metal?the spectre of the key will again appear. In the case of bodies more highly phosphore? scent than paper, the spectres of many different objects which may have been laid on it in succession will, on warminc, emerge in their proper order. This is equally true of our bodies and our minds. Wo are involved in the universal meta? morphosis. Nothing leaves us wholly as it found'us. Every man we ?meet, every book we read, every picture of landscape we see. every word of tone wo hear, min? gles .with oiir being and modifies it. There : ?. ? .iscs on record of ignorant wo? men, in scales of insanity, uttering Greek and Hebrew phrases, which in past yeara *JMi$a]|avc hear I their masters utter, wkh outorS^, comprehending them. These tones luvl long been forgotten the traces was so f?int that, under ordinary conditions, they" were invisible: but these traces woro there, and in the intense light of cerebral excitement 'they started inio prominence, just as the spectral image of | tho key stalled into sight on the applica? tion of heat.' It thus with all tho influen? ces to which ve are subjected.?Corn-hill Magazine. -?-?. Tho miser live* poor to die rich, and is the jailor of his house, and the turnkey of | his wealth. * \. * Faculties of Insects. Man, considering himself the lord "of creation, plumes himself the powers ofnis invention, and is proud to enumerate the various useful arts and machines to which it has given birth; not aware that "He who teacheth man knowledge " has in? structed insects to anticipate him in many of them. The builders of Babel doubtless thought their invention of turning earth into an artificial stone, a very happy dis-' covery; yet a bee had practiced this art, using indeed a different process on a smaller scale, and the white ants on a large one, ever since the world began! Man thinks he sfands unrivalled as an ar? chitect, and that his buildings are without a paralcl among the works of the inferior orders of animals. He would be of a dif? ferent opinion did he attend to the histo? ry of insects; he would find that many of them have been architects from time im? memorial, and that they have had their houses divided into various apartments, and containing staircases, gigantic arches, domes, colonades. and flielikc; 'nay, tjiat even tunnels arc excavated by them, so immense, compared with their own size, as to ho twelve. ;imcs bigger than that projected by Mr. Dodd to be carried under the Thames at Gravesend! The modern lady who prides herself on the lustre, and h/jauty of the scarlet -hangings which adorn the stately walls of her drawing room, or the carpets that cover its floor, fancying that nothing so rich and^spjen did was ever seen before, and pitying her vulgar ancestors who were doomed to un? sightly whitewash and rushes; is ignorant all the while that before she or her nnces cestors were in existence, and even before the boasted Tyrian dye was discovered, .1 little insect had known how to hang the walls oi'.if* cr>11 lvjtWopjaiay of a scarlet mor< brilliant than any of her roortts-osn exhibit; and that others daily weave silk? en carpets, both in tissue and texture, in? finitely superior to those she so much ad? mires. Other arts have also been equalled and forestalled by these creatures. What vast importance is attached to the inven? tion of paper! For near six thousand years one of our commonest insects has jtilOWjijKp^^^ako^ it to-uini poses; and even pastcboardTsupcrior in" substance and polish to any we can pro? duce, is manufactured by another. We imagine that nothing short of intellect can be equal to the construction of a div? ing-bell, or an air-pump; yet a spider is in the daily habit of using the one, and what is more, one exactly similar to ours, but more ingeniously contrived; by means of which, she resides unwetted in the bosom of the water, and procures the necessary supplies of air by a much more simple pro? cess than our alternating buckets. And the caterpillar of a little mo|i knows how to imitate the other, by producing a va? cuum when ncccssaiy for its purposes, without any air pump besides its own body. If we think with wonder of the populous cities which have employed the united labors of man for many ages to bring them to their full extent, what shall we say to the white ants, which require only a few months to build a metropolis capable of containing an infinitely greater number of inhabitants than even imperial Ninevah, Babylon, Rome, or Pekin, in all their glory? Can we consider the curious history of the bees without adoring that divine wis? dom which teaches these diminutive crea? tures to provide in so wonderful a manner for the security and sustenance of their ypung ? Who is it that instructs them to bore a fistular passage under ground, or in tho trunk of a tree, for the reception of their nests. What rule do they take witlii them to the shrub from which they bor? row their materials to assist them in met? ing out their work, and by which they cut some pieces into portions of ovals, oth? ers into accurate circles, and likewise to suit the dimensions of the several pieces of each figure so exactly to each other? Where is the architect that can carry im? pressed on the tablet of his memory tho entire idea of the edifice he means to erect; and without rule, square, plumb-line, or compass, Can cut out all his materials in their exact dimensions without making a single mistake, or* a single false stroke? And yet this is what these little insects invariably do, and thus teach us how much mure wonderful and certain instinct is than all .the efforts of.our boasted reason; which, after many painful processes, in? terrupted by numerous errors and failures, and by a long train of deductions, can not arrive at that expertness and certainty which these creatures manifest, spontane? ously working at all times with unerring precision. What is this instinct but the teaching of the Almighty, the manifestation of his eternal wisdom, infinitely diversified, sus? taining, directing, impelling all things, and making all things work together for the good of the whole: which like its great emblem and instrument, the light acts ev? ery where, and upon all; and while it guides th? planets in their courses, directs the minutest animalcule to do those things that are necessary to its preservation, and the continuation of its kind. " ' -- # The Counsel of Woman.t-Di\ Board man, in his admirable work, " Hinti&on Domestic nappiness," inculcates this doctrine, wliich we cordially endorse : " In n conversation I once held with an eminent minister of our church, he made tho fine observation : " We will say noth? ing of the manner in which that sex usu? ally conduct an argument: but the intui? tive judgment of women are often more to be relied upon than the conclusions which we reach by an elaborate process of reasoning." 2so man that has an intel? ligent wife, or who is accustomed to tho society of educated women, will dispute this. Times without number you must have known them to decide questions on the in: staut, and with unerring accuracy, which you had been poring over for hours perhaps with no other result than to find yourself getting deeper and deeper into^ tho tan? gled maze of doubts and difficulties. It were hardly generous toalledgothat they achieve these feats less by reasoning thar. by a sort of sagacity which approximates to i;he sure instinct of the animal races; and yet there seems to be ground for tho remark of a witty French writer, that, when a man has toiled step by step, up a flight of stairs, he will bo sure to find a woman at the top; but she will not be able to tell how she got there." " How she got there, however, is of lit? tle moment. If the conclusions a woman hs,s reached are sound, that is all that con? cerns us. And that they are very apt ;o bo sound pnthe practical matters of do? mestic and secuiar life, nothing but preju? dice or self conceit can prevent us A'Qjn acknowledging. The inference therefore, is unavoidable that the man who thinks it beneath his dignity to take counsel with an intelligent wife, stands in his own light, and betrays that lack of judgment which he tacitly attributes to her. -H> _ . ~ T)EATn of the Good.?Had .Jesus rc~ rnained on earth, the minds of tho apos? tles* would not have been directed heaven? ward ; and so it may be with us. The presence of those who are endeared to us by the possession of every- Christian grace, may only fix our hearts more strongly on this passing sccrfc. True, they may first havo taught us to love virtue. Their hal? lowed tones may first have carried to our hearts the conviction of a God and a Providence. Their bright examples may have shown us the possibility of excel? lence. Their firm constancy to duty may have convinced us that the just are strong. Their gentle cheerfulness may have led us to sec that piety is not austerity; that tho ways of wisdom are the ways of pleas? antness, and that its paths arc peace. Their teachings may have peserved us in integrity; or, if we have departed from it, their solenm warnings may have awaken? ed us from our dream; or their winning virtues may have invited us back from pleasures which were too unsubstantial to last, and which were already bringing forth their harvest or corruption! What a blessing are hoi)- friends and kindred ! With what earnestness should we utter our thanksgivings at the throne of grace, that their path and ouz-s havo lain side by side ; that they have ministered to us of their spiritual gifts, and led us heaven? ward l We know that it is well for those who have fascinated us, and gained our hearts, to be removed, if they walk not aright with God; for thoy were taking our thoughts from Him to whom they should bo given. But is this the case with the good?- Yes: it is expedient that they should go a^ay ? Whore is our virtue, if it depended upon them ? Where is our wisdom, if always we applied to them for advice ? Whero is our constan- ' cy, if it was they who kept us, a,nd not we ourseives, in the right path ? Every man must bear his own burden. They taught us how to carry it;?it was well. Thoy'soo.thed us under its pressure; let us thank God that it was so.?Re,). R. L. Carpenter. -o Two gentlemen were walking together in Paris: " I will engage, said one to the other, (i to give the man before me a good kick? ing, and yet he shall not be angry." He did as he had undertaken to do. The stranger turned round and looked aston? ished. "I beg your pardon," said the kicker, "I took you for the Duke de la Tramonile." The Duke was very handsome?the man., was very plain; he was gratifie d by the mistakes under which he behoved he had. suffered, shook himself, smiled, bowed,and went on his way. ^ * ? A Good Wife. j?1 The good \vifo is One, who,, ever mind-' i'ul of the solemn contract*which she has entered into, is strictly and'conscientious? ly, virtuous, constant, and faithful jo her lausband; chaste, pure and unblemished :.n every thought, word and deed ; she is humble and modest from reason and con? viction, submissive from choice, and obedi^ cnt from inclination ; whatever she ac? quires by love and tenderness, she pre? serves by prudence and discretion* she makes it her business to serve, and her pleasure to oblige her husband; as consci? ous, that?* everything which promotes his happiness?must in the end contribute to her own; her tenderness relieves his cares, -her affections soften his distress ) her good humor and complacency lessen alSd subdue his afflictions; "she openeth her mouth," as Solomon says, "with wisdom, and in her tongue, is the law of kindness; she looketh well to trie ways of her household. and she catcth not the bread of idleness; her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.' Lastly, as a good and pious Christian, she looks up with an eye of gratitude to the Great Dispenser and Disposer of all things, to tho Husband of the widow, and the Father to the ^fatherless, entreating His divine favor and assistance in*feus and ev? ery other moral and religous duty; well satisfied, that if she:duly and punctually discharges her several offices and relations in this life, slfe shall be blessed and re? warded for it in another. ?-+-_ A Good Father. The good father is ever humane, tender and affectionate to his children ; ho treats them, therefore, with lenity and kindness; corrects with prudence, rebukes with tem? per, and chastises with reluctance; he nev? er suffers his influence to degenerate into weakness, his affections to be biassed by partiality; as he rejoices in their joy, and "participates in their afflictions, ho never suffers them to waliTa" hl-sai^^h ?VT? h o can bestow, or to lament an evil which he can prevent; whilelie continues with them, he administers to their present happiness, and provides for their future felicity when he shall be removed from them; he is doiihLv fruitions in m-osf-winf Iuk own character, because theirs depands upon it; ho is prudent, therefore, that they may j bo happy, industrious that they may be I rich, good and virtuous and they may be repected; ho instructs by his life and teaches by his example; as he is thorough? ly satisfied, that piety is the source and foundation of every virtue, he takes care to " bring them up in the nurture and ad? monition of the Lord;" and they may be goocPmen, he endeavors to make them good Christians; . and after" having done everything in his power to make them oasy and happy here, points out to them the only infallible means of securing eter? nal bliss and tranquility hereafter -* A Good Son. The good and dutiful son is one who honors his parents, by paying the utmost deference and respect; by a reverential awe and veneration for them; a filial af? fection of their persons, and a tender re? gard for their safety and preservation; a preservation; a constant and cheerful at? tendance to their advice, and a ready and implicit obedience to their commands. As he becomes ever}*day more sensible o?his obligations to them, he grows every day more willing and more solicitous to pay them. He employs his youth to support their age ; his abundance to relievo.thcir wants; his knowledge and strength to support their infirmities and decay. He j is more careful of his character and repu? tation in the world because theirs depends upon it. Every anxious for their happi? ness, he endeavors, by every method nf] his power to prolong their days, that his own may be long in the laud. He rests' assured, that God will not only bless obe? dient children here, but will reward them with the blessings of heaven, whore it shall be well with him forever; where WS shall fall join, son and father, daughter and mother, wife and husband, servant and master; ail the relations and conncx ions of this life, to honor one great Parent, Protector, Lord and Master of all. . A Good Husband. The good husband is one, who, wedded nett by interest but by chgice, is constant as'well as from inclination as from princi? ple ; he treats his wiJ^with delicacy as a woman, with tenderness as a.friend; he attributes hor follies to her weakness, her imprudence to herinadvertancy; he passes them over therefore with good nature, and pardons them with indulgence; all his care and, industry are employed for her welfare; all his strength and power are ex? erted for her' support and her protection; he is more 4anxious to preserve his own character and reputation, because hers is blended with it; lastly, the good husband I is pious and religious, that he may an ? ? imate her * faith by his practice, and en? force precepts of Christianity by his own example ; th?H^as they join to promote each others's happiness in this world, ?they may untie to insure eternal joy and felicity in that which is to come. / -:-* Mind What Yon Say. It 1s always well to avoid saying every? thing that is improper. But it is especi? ally so before children. And hero par? ents, as welhas others, are often in faults Children have as many ears as grown per? sons, and they are generally more atten? tive to what is said befrre them. What i they hoar they are very apt to repeat, and as they have not discretion and knowl? edge of theVorld enough to disguise any? thing, it is generally, found that "children and fools speakthe truth." See that little boy's eyes glisten while you are speaking of a neighbor, in language you would not wish to have repeated. He does not fully understand what you mean, hut he will remember every word; and it will be strange if he does not cause you to blush by its repetition. A gentleman was in the habit of calling at .a neighbor's house, and the lady had always expressed pleasure at ? his calls. One, day, just after she.had expressed to him, as usual, her happiness from his visit, her little boy entered the room. The gentleman took him on his knee, and asked, "Arc you not glad .to see me, George V "No sir," replied the boy. " Why not, my little man," he contin? ued. ? "Because mother don't want you to come," said George ?" "Indeed? How do you know that, George ?" ' Here the mother was crimson, and look? ed-daggers at the little son. But-he saw nothing, and therefore replied? "Because she said yesterday, that she wished ttiat^hj^^ jcplLhcrc That was enough. Tho gentleman's hat was soon in requisition, and he lef:, with the impression that "great is truth and will prevail.'* , Another little child, looking sharply in? tho .face. of_ a visitor, and being asked what she meant by it, replied? "I wanted to see whether you had a dopin in your eye; I heard mother say you had frequently." A boy once asked one of his fathers guests, who lived next door to him ; andS when he heard his name, he asked if he > was not a fool ? "'No, my little friend," replied the guest, "he is not a fool, but a very-sensible man. But why did you ask that question ?" "Because," replied the boy, "mother said the other day, that you were next door to a fool, and I wanted to Show who lived next door to you." These-are^tmt" ^pyqmens of what are constantly occurring. Shildren are not to be forgotten, "when one is conversing; and those who think that they are not "mediums," may find they are fully equal to the rapping spirits, for telling the truth. l?r-? - Tho?hgtlessness of Mankind.?Astor ishing fact, that all' that mankind ac- : knowledge greaest they care about least jj^ as, first, on the summit of all. greatness, tho Deity. ' Tis acknowledged He reigns over all, His presence always here, pre? vails in d?ch star, observes us as an awful Judge, claims infinite regard as supreme? ly good?what then? ? Why, think noth? ing at all about him ! There is?Eternity [ You havo lived perhaps thirty years : you are by no means entitled to expect so much more life; at the utmost you will soon, very soon, die! What .follows ? Eternity?a boundless region; inextin? guishable life, myriads of mighty and strange spirits-; visions of God; glories, horrors. Well, what then? Why, think nothing at all about it! There is the greai: affair, moral and religious improve? ment. What is the true business of life ? To grow wiser, more pious, moro benevo? lent, more ardent, more elevated in every noble purpose and action?to resemble the Divinity. It is acknowledged. Who de? nies or doubts it? What then? Why care nothing at all about it. Sacrifice to trifles the energies of the heart and the short and fleeting time allotted for divine attainments ! Such is tho actual course of the world. What a thing is man? kind ! "What do you know of the defendant, Mr. Thomson ?" asked the eounsel of a witness, "Do you confiuier him a good musician ?" "On that point I wish to be particular,-' replied Thomson. "I don't wish to insin? uate that Mr. Slopes is not a good music: an; not at all. But could not help observ? ing that after he commenced playing on the claronet, a saw-filer, who lived next door, left home, and has never since beat heard of!"