Poetry lit Sight.
A remarkably ?itcb??ai?l op?ration has
inst been performed on the eyes of an
elderly lady, who bad been blind and deaf
from her birth. The following letter to her
niece has been sont to us by her friends, to
show tM rapidity of her literary acquire?
ments, immediately on her attainment of
the power of vision; and such of our readers
M ctn fancy themselves deaf, will certainly !
see il to consist of capital rhymes:
Dear Dolly, Til thank you to sand tho cocoa,
And Susan, who brings it, shall take back
your boa.
Pray teH Doctor Bleod'em I've got a sad
cough; .
I caught it while watching young Hodge at
the plough;
I thought the day fine, and was simple
.dough
My umbrella to leave, so got wet through
and through,
For it came down in torrents; your poor
aunt was caught
In the rain, and I afterwards sat in the
draught.
This mide me inneh worse, but experience
I bought,
And Til never more t?ust it? the sunshine
and drought!
Well, I made myself dry, and I sat down to
tea:
Of the good that it did me you'd form no
idea.
But I quito hate the country, the weather's
so rough,
Bo you'll soe me, dear, soon in yohr little
borough.
I hopo, after all, that my cold will bo tri?
vial
But still you may send me that stuff in the
vial
In the kitchen you'll find it, just over the
trough,
Oh, ray cough! oh, my cough! it all comes
of the plough. [ Comic Almanac.
AN ARABIAN Crrr.-The .-.un was
yet two hours' distance above the
Western horizon, when we trod the
narrow and winding defile, till we
arrived at its farther end. Here wo
found ourselves on the verge of a large
plain, many miles in length and
breadth, ana girt on every side by a
high mountain rampart, while right
in iront of us, at scarce a quarter of
an hour's march, lay the town of
Havel, surrounded by fortifications of
about twenty feet in height, with
bastion towers, some round, some
square, and large folding gates at in?
tervals; it offered the same show of
refreshness, and even of something
like irregular elegance, that had be?
fore struck us in the villages on our
way. But this was a full grown town,
and its area might readily hold thi e 3
hundred thousand inhabitant? or
more, were its struts and honsAo?inHfl
packed, like those of Brussels or Paris.
But the number of citizens does not,
in fact, exceed twenty or twenty-two j
thousand, thanks to the many large I
gardens, open spaces and even planta
tiona included within the outer walls, I
while the immense palaces of tho
monarch alone, with the pleasure
grounds annexed, occupy about one
tenth of the entire city. Our atten?
tion was attracted by a lofty tower,
some seventy feet in height, of recent
construction and oval form, belonging
to the royal residence. The plain all
around the town is studded with insu?
lated houses and gardens, the property
of wealthy citizens, or of members of
the kingly family, and on thc far-off
skirts of the plain appear the groves
belonging to Kafar, Adwah and other
villages, placed at the openings of the
mountain gorges that conduct to tho
capital.
The town walls and buildings shone
yellow in the evening sun, and the
whole prospect was one of thriving
security, delightful to view, though
wanting in the peculiar luxuriance of
vegetation offered by the valley of
Djowf. A few Bedouin tents lay clus?
tered close by the ramparts, and the
great number of horsemen, footmen,
camels, asses, peasants, townsmen,
boys, women and other like, all pass?
ing to and on their various avocation?,
gave cheerful iess and animation to
the scene.-London Specif dor.
BEATTTIFUT. WOMEN-WHY SONORA
WAS so NAMED.-The women of the
Yaquiz tribe are generally very beau?
tiful, short, with slightly brownish
skin, long hair, large eyes, elegant
waists and fine forms. Also, they
jnstljsjbtast of having given the name
of Soq|pitothe. State, und are fond of
relating4)ow it happens that the beau?
ty of crae' of their sex was thc origin
of that appellation. In 1580, when
the Spaniards explored, for the first
time, their rich and wealthy country,
they were well received by the chief
of a tribe of Coyotas, whose wife,
young and handsome, was related to
the ancient Yaquiz priests. This wo?
man and her husband treated the
Spaniards with great hospitality.
When, on their return, they spoke of
the regions they had visited, they
called it the country of the handsome
Senora-the handsome lady. This
name was, by euphony, changed inte
tho name of Sonora, which has been
officially adopted since 1710.
There is a cat in Sweden that weighs
twenty-four pounds.
*
ROBBED BY CHLOROFORM.-At Louis?
ville, Kentucky, recently, a colored
regiment waa paid off. The Democrat
says: No sooner had the paymaster
gone than thc news of the payment
reached the ears of a posse of negro
females' in the neighborhood, and they
soon resolved to "go for dem niggas."
Night came on and the females came
out, each the possessor of enough
chloloform to put a mule to sleep so
sound that they could steal his teeth
without hurting him. The work was
going.bravely on, when some of th?
officers discovered that something had
broken loose among thc negroes.
One of the negroes, who was on duty
at the gate, was found curled up in a
hard knot, with his gun under him,
his eyes and mouth shut so tight that
tliey could not have been blown open
with gunpowder. His pockets were
turned inside out, and his money
gone. He was brought to his senses
in an hour, and said ' 'he didn't know
how it cum, but de gal was kivered
wid pitrolum ile, or sumfin." At a
later hour another was found in the
commons near by, apparently dcaa,
and half hidden by the grass and dog
fennel. He was dosed good. His
breath couldn't have been drawn with
a cork-screw. His hair curled grace?
fully. His pockets were turned inside
out beautifully, and his money gone
"intirely." He was rolled over and
rubbed until "hfe's fitful fever" was
shaken out of him, and he mustered
strength enough to softly murmur,
"Gen'lmeu, is I all heah? Is I bin
sleepin' in bed with a polecat?" An?
other darkey curled over in tho prison
yard and shouted, "Dey's ile in dis
prison, sho." He woke up with his
money gone.
RAILROAD REFRESHMENTS-A No- |
VEiiTY.-A gentleman traveling on the
continent sends to the London Times
a note regarding a plan adopted at
Vesoul, a railway station in France,
which he recommends to thc restau?
rants in British stations, and which
might, perhaps, be copied with ad?
vantage in this country. Trains do
not stop long at Vesoul, but 4 'M. M.
the travelers" are informed, by plen?
tiful advertisements, that if they wish
either to breakfast or dine they will
find hot meals in baskets at the buffet.
The meals are composed of three i
dishes, half a bottle <>f wine, bread
and desert. The nassinw?" b?av?
empty basket and dishes half an hour
later at the next station, and pay two
fruncs fifty centimes, or about fifty
cents in American currency, for their
leisurely and comfortable repast. The
number of cases of dyspepsia which
would be avoided by the adoption of
some such plan in this country, can
scarcely be computed. On through
trains on a few of our railroads there
are refreshment cars, in which edible
travelers satisfy their appetites with
i/ut frantic haste; but such institutions
cannot always be made to ' 'pay. " On
a few great lines, such as the Pennsyl?
vania Central Railroad, ample time is
given for meals', and every traveler j
who has stopped at Altoona, remem?
bers the fact with gratitude; but as a
general thing, the eating arrangements
on most of our great routes of travel
are wofully deficient,
j [Philadelphia North American.
A THEATRICAL REMINISCENCE.-The
New Orleans correspondent of the
Boston Post gives the following inter?
esting reminiscence of elder Booth :
M. Lamothe, long connected with
the opera and theatres here, has just
shown me a curious reminder of olden
times. It is the programme of the
second and third appearance of the
elder Booth, at the Theatre d'Orleans,
February 21, 1828, thirty-seven years
ago. Tue play was "Andromaque, "
Mr. Booth, of course, having the part
of Orestes, fils d'Agamemnon; M. Le?
blanc, killed afterwards in a duel, was
Pyrrhus; Labary was Pylade; Rochc
! fort was Phomix; Madame Chollet
j was Andromaque; Madame Clozelwas
Hermione. All are dead, except Ma?
dame Clozel, who is still living in
New Orleans. Madame Clozel says
Booth spoke French perfectly, and
was enthusiastically received. Ho also
say the contemporary writers. The
representation at that early day was,
of course, in French, as also the pro?
gramme. It has, however, an Eng?
lish advertisement. Mr. Booth also
played Racine here the same season.
In style, the programme puts to the
blush those of to-day.
I AN EXCHANGE OF COMPLIMENTS.
Two men of fashion, meeting a hand?
some lady in a narrow street in Glas?
gow, her oar caught the following ob
i servations: "I protest, Jack, this
? place is as narrow as Balaam's pas
\ sage," (the lane so called in Glasgow.)
"Yes," said his companion, "and like
Balaam, I'm stopped by an angel."
; "Andi," retorted the lady, "by the
ass!"
It is customary in some churches for
the men to be placed on one side, and
the women on the other. A clergy?
man, in the millst of his sermon,
found himself interrupted by the
talking of some if the congregation,
of which he was obliged to take notice.
A woman immediately rose, and wish?
ing to clear her own sex from the as?
persion, said: "Observe, at least,
your reverence, it is not on our side."
"So much the letter, good woman, so
much the bettei," said the clergyman,
"it will be the sooner over."
Coleridge wai a remarkably* awk?
ward horseman-so much so as gene?
rally to attract notice. He was once
riding along a turnpike road, when a
wag approaching noticed his peculi?
arity, and thought thc rider a flue
subject for a little sport, when, as he
drew near, he this accosted the poet:
"I say, young nim, did you meet a
tailor on the roid?" "Yes," replied
Coleridge, "I dil!, and he told me if I
went ?i little further I should meet his
goose. "
Daniel Crawford,'
GEM COMMISSION MERCHANT,
Office Main Street, Cotton 'Jhifn,
COLUMBIA, S. C.,
"VT7*1 BB give hit? prompt and personal
VT attention to Bah: and purchase of
COTTON. MERCHANDIZE and all kinds of
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Ho is prepared to receive and store cot?
ton, and also to repack cotton that may be
in unmerchantable oidor. Sept 7 -1
CHARLESTON TO NE\V~ YORK.
ATLANTIC COAST
Mail Line!
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?S&Z!A^ZI LN class steamer MO
T'^f^te^lKx NEK A. Charles P
jjjfja ?RVMS\^ ^AR NI'IN' Cow
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Will leave Charleston, S. C.. direct to
New York, alternately, THURSDAYS ead
wtv.k.
For freight or passage-having handsom
Stato Room accommodations-apply to
F. A. WILCOXSON. Agent,
Orangeburg, S. C.
ARCHIBALD GETTY & CO.,
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LIVINGSTON, FOX .t CO.. Agents.
Aug 15 2mo New York.
Office Gen. SupT W". and M. R. H.,
WILMINGTON. N. C.. .VITO. 24. 18<;.->.
CHANGE OF SCH EU CU-:.
ON and after SUNDAY, '27th, daily trait
will run over the Wilmington and Mai
chester Railroad, between Kingsville ar
Wilmington, as follows:
Leave Ringville daily at.7.35 p. I
" Wilmington at.?.00 a. r
Arrive Kingsville " at.1.25 a. i
1 " Wilmington" at.3.05 p. I
Them is daily communication North I
rail from Wilmington, and semi-weekly 1
steamer. These trains connect with trail
on the North-eastern Railroad, Cberaw ai
Darlington Railroad and Wilmington ai
Weldon Railroad. There is a line of stajj
between Sumter and Camden connect ii
with these trains.
HENRY M. DRAKE,
aug 28 16 General Superintendent.
W. B. JOHNSTON,
Magistrate,
O flirr, on Pickens sf net East end of Lac
"VTTTLL attend to all official businr
VT brought before him: will also atte
? to drawing up Deads, Conveyances, Mo
gages, Contracts, and other ordinary le;,
instruments of writing. Fair copies of a
document executed with neatness and (
spatch. _ August 1
DAVIDSON G0LL?6I
CHARLOTTE, .V. C.
rriHE exorcises of the College, and of t
JL Preparatory Department connect
with it, will be resumed on the 28th of SI
TEMPER. ?
As n measure necessary to the support
the Institution in the existing derangem?
of its finances, the Board of Trustees lu
suspended, for twelve months, the privih
of using Scholarships in the payment
tuition.
Tuition i"20 for the session of five mont
and Board $10 per month-payable in
vance, in specie, or its equivalent in curr
cy or provisions.
lt is desirable that Students should br
with them such books as they may requ
also such articles of furniture for tl
rooms as they may be able to transport.
For other particulars address the subs
ber, to the care (for the present) of Dr.
Nve Hutchison, Charlotte.
J. L. KIRKPATRICK,
Aug 22 lino Presiden)
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Sept 4 JAMIES COKNEB? SONS.
By lUc Provisional Governor of the
?tate or South Carolina.
A PROCLAMATION r
"\TTKEEEA3 His Excellency President,
TT Johnson has issued his proclama?
tion, appointing me (Benjamin Jt. Perry)
Provisional <J corner in and for the State o?
South Carolina, with power to prescribe
such ruies and regulations as may be neces?
sary and proper for cenvening a Convention
of the State, composed c^f delegates to be
chosen by that portion of the people of said
State who are4oyal to the United States,
for the purpose ot oiterins or amending the
Constitution thereof; and with authority to
exorcise vrifcjiin thc limits of the State all
the powers necessary and .proper to enable
such loyal people to lestoreTsaid State to its
eoitstit?tioHnl relations to thc Federal Gov?
ernment, and to present such a Republican
form ot State Government aa will entitle the
htate tu the guarantee of the United State?
therefor, and its people to protection by the*
b nited State? against invasion, insurrection
and domestic violence.
Now, tia r fui e, in obedience to the pro?
clamation of bis Excellency Andrew John?
son, President of thc United States, I,.
BENJAMiN F. PERRY, Provisional Gover?
nor of the State of South Carolina, for the
purpose of organizing a Provisional Gov?
ernment in South Carolina, reforming the
State Constitution and restoring civil au?
thority in said State under the Constitution
and li.ws of thc United States, do hereby
proclaim and declare that a ll civil officers in
South Carolina, who were in office when the
Civil Government of thc State was suspend?
ed, in May last, (except those arrested or
under prosecution for treason,) shall, on
taking thc oath of allegiance prescribed in
the President's Amnesty Proclamation ot
the 29th day of May, 18C5, resume tho
duties of their dtlk-i.s "and continue to dis?
charge them under the Provisional Govern?
ment till further appointments arc made.
And I do further proclaim, declare and
make known, that it bi the duty ot all loyal
citizens of the State of South Carolina to
promptly go forward and take the oath ol'
allegiance to the United States, before some
magistrate or military officer of the Federal
Government, who may be qualified for ad?
ministering oaths: aiid such are hereby
authorized to give certified copies thereof
to the persons respectively by whom they
were made. And such magistrates or
e thiers arc hereby required to transmit the
originals of such oaths, at as ?'arly u day as
may be convenient, to tho Department of
State, in the city of Washington, D. C.
And I do fuit her proclaim, declare and
I make known, that the Managers of Elec
! lions throughout the State of South Caroh
j na will hold an election for members of a
State Convention, ?it their respective pre?
cincts, on the FIRST MONDAY. IN SEP
TEMBF.R NEXT,, according to me laws of
i South Carolina in force before the secession
j of the Stute: and that each Election Dis
I trict in tht State shab elect as many mcm
I hers of thc Convention as the said District
lias members ol' the House ol Representa?
tives-tili: basis of repieseutatioii being
population and taxation. This will give
I ono hundred and twenty-four members to
! the Convention-a number sufficiently large
! to represent t-vcrv portion of the state most
j fully.
Every loyal citizen who has taken the
Amnesty oath and not within th? excepted
classes ni the President's Proclamation,
will be untitled to vote, provided he was rt,
legal veter under the Constitution as it
stood prior tu the secession of South Caro?
lina. And all who are within the excepted
classes must take the oath and apply for a
pardon, in order to entitle them to vote or
become members of ibo Convention.
The iiii'ir.hors of the Convention th;;*
elected on the first Monday in September
nuxt. are hereby reqiliieJ to" convene ir* the
city of- Columbia, on WEDNESDAY, the 13th
day of September, 18(55. ior the purpose of
altering and amending the present Consti?
tution ol' South Carolina, or remodelling
and making a new om-, which will conform
to thc great changes j which have taken
pla re in the State, and be more In accord?
ance with Republican principles and equali?
ty of representation.
And I do further proclaim and make
known, that the Constitution and all laws of
force in South Cand?na prior to the si ces?
sion of the State, arc hereby mude of force
under the Provisional Government, except
wherein they may conllict with th? provi?
sions of this proclamation. And the Judges
and Chancellors of the State are hereby
required to exercise all thc pow i rs and per?
form all thc duties which appertain to their
respectivo offices, and especially in criminal
case?. It will be expected of the Federal
military authorities now in South Carolina,
to lend their authority to thr civil officers
of the Provisional Government, for the pur?
pose of enforcing the law- and preserving
the peace sud good order of the State.
And I do further command and enjoin sll
good and lawful citizen* of the Stale to
unit* in enforcing the laws and bringing to
justice all disorde rly persons, all plunder?
ers, robbers and marauders, all vagrants
and idle persons who are wandering about
without employment or any visible means
of supporting themselves.
It is also expected that all former owners
of freed persons will bc kind to them, and
not turn off the children or aged to perish;
and thc freed men and women are earnestly
enjoined to make contracts, jm t and fair,
for remaining with their fourier owner.
In order to facilitate as ninth as possible,
the application for pardons under the ex?
cepted sections of the President's Amnesty
Proclamation, it is stated for information
that all applications must bc by petition,
stating thu exception, and accompanied
with the oath prescribed. This petition'
must bc fret approved by the Provisional
Governor, ard then forwarded to the Presi
i dent. Thc headquarters of the Provisional
i Governor will be at Greenville, where all
j communications to him must bei addressed.
: The. newspapers of thif. State ? ill pwtdish
this proclamation till thc el>cticn>for mem?
bers of the Convention.
In testituouywherccf. I have hereunto pet
my hand and seal. Done at the
[L. S.] town of Greenville, thir^ 20th day ot'
July, in the year of cur Lord, UC?,
and of thc " independence of tho
United Bt?'.tes> th', "ninetieth.
E. F. PERRY.
By tho Provisional Governor:
WILLIAM H. PERRI*, Private Secretary.
July 26