i jl " LIKKHTY AND MY NATIVE SOIL." VOLUME IV. ? ??? I NUMBER 40. : ABBEVILLE C. II., S. C? DECEMBER 1, 1847. | Published every WrtliirsiJiiy Morninsr by CI1ARLKS 1L ALLEN, KD1TOH AM) l'KOI'HIKTOU. tkr^es.? ?1.50 if paid within throe months from the tinio of subscribing, or JJjJ.UO if paid within six months, and if not paid until the end of tho year. No subscription received fr>r less than six months, and no paper discontinued until all arrearages are paid. Subscriptions will bo continued unless notice bo given otherwise, previous to the close of volume.. 03" No paper will he sent out of the Slate unless payment is made in advance. ADVERTISEMENTS, inserted at ?."> cts. per j square of twelve lines for the first insertion, and | IT i n ?i . r. l. 'Pi... ? i... I o i lur ?,iii n nun i iih.v.i iiim rillving tlio desired number of insertions marked upon them, will he continued until ordered out and charged accordingly. ITJ' Est rays Tolled, Jjji-'.OU, to be: paid by the Magistrate. t?j* For announcing a Candidate, $9.00, in advanco. Kj" The Postage mus-t be paid upon all letters and communications to secureT.ttentiou. (ron tiik AitiiKviM.i: baxnkb.) INC ID E N Td OF T R& V EL. vi. Rut the most popular and attracting curiosity of this county is the fur-Aimed Natural Bridge, from which it derives its name ; and truly it is and object of thrilling interest." A view of it is worth many miles travel. And accordingly we find ii resorted lo, from every point of our National Confedracy, an 1 many portions of Europe. Incompetency on the part of the writer; and the fact you have seen pcihnps a dozen of graphic descriptions will prevent me from at tempting anything of this order at present. A few facts, however, may be not inappropriately submitted. The awful chasm over-spanned by the massive arch is about 90 feet wide und 213 deep. The arch is 80 feet wide and 55 thick. The walls of the stately pillars are neatly perpendicular, and are hyeroglyphiced with innumerable, names from various portions of the globe. Perhaps you will be more agreeably entert 1!m>rl urifti n four "L - ......... .v.., lUSJ.Ul.UIIg U1U origin of this marvellous and stupenduous fabric of nature. You know that Jeflerson, in his notes on Virginia, expressed the opinion that all Western Virginia was oncc an inland sea. The lSIue Ridge had for ages indeterminable opposed an insurmountable barrier to the passage of the waters of this territory to the Atlantic; but at length the mighty accumulation of floods forced a passage through the heart nf ?1? mountain of rocks. Anil by a parity of reasoning, an English visitor, in his enthusiastic description has given publicity to a similar sentiment respecting the formation of the Natur vl Bridge. As the idea was borrowed from Jefferson, and as ho belonged to a sect of Philosophers, whose dogmas it would not be always entirely safe to adopt without investigation, we are constrained by caution and prudcnce to examine the phys ical structure of the vicinity, before we admit the infallibility of the opinion. Anil research will not progress very far until it will appear that for a considerable distance above, and some space below the Bridge, the ridge was actually solid dense limestone rock. It is a notorious fact if nature had not furnished this accommodation for transition, Cedar Creek could not have been crossed for miles above or below. Now it seems quite improbab e, if not unreasonable that so small a stream could force roclcs from the base of this everlasting hill, and leave the superincumbent cap, or upper cnptum unmoved. Besides the Bridge is about midway between the upper and lower extremity of a considerable acclivity. Now upon the principles of human reason, and experience, we would be strongly inclined to conclude the water would force its way through the narrowest and lowest part of the barrier. Not very distant from the Bridge the surface of the earth does not lack a great deal of being ae low as the concave surface of the arch. The water could then, more naturally have made its escape over this depression. You have, doubtless, seen in the Book of the United States and else where a thrilling account of James H. Piper, a student of Washington College, ascending the Eastern pillar of the Bridge to inscribe his name higher in the rock than General Washington, and not being able to return, wafc obliged to force his way 213 feet up the precipitous rock, and on reaching n j m*> . m\i jixt: ?wry n?ii' . r ? j'ii i .nmum. iii | the summit was so exhausted thai he fell to the ground almost lifeless, and his hair was soon entirely gray. This was all a hoax. U<; ascended from choice or thorough curiosity, and although it was an exceedingly ha'/Z:i.rd. Land Ofilee at Washington. The same perilous journey has been performed twice by an other individual ; but who declares ho can never be induced to attempt it again. The route of these bold adventurous men was specifically pointed out to mo ; and to stand below and cast your eyes up, it seems a physical impos-ibilitv; but a passage. down in the car shows that it is not entirely j perpendicular. My cicerone also pointed out the American Kagle of gigantic stature, which hasalways been reported to be visibly delineated, by the moss on the concavity of the arch. l?y his minute cxpaliations, and a giant effort of the imagination, 1 saw his aerial majesty; but hi.s portraiture was very grotesque, and the outlines very imperfect. But after laying under contribution all the energies of fancy's prolific powers I could not reach the height nccessary to discover the Lion's head, which is said to be crouched beneath his majesty's wing.? This efTurl. strongly reminded me of the re mark uf Dr. Reid, an Englishman, who visited this county on ecclesiastical business. When his cicerone was describing the out" lines of the E;tgle and taxing his oratorical powers to elucidate the point; the Doctor in despair gave up the effort as abortive, exclaiming ' The Amcrirans can see Eagles every where." Neither was it possible for me to discover the head ol Washington, which is also said to be there. We saw an individual perform what was termed a feat of dexterity. He cast three stones up to the arch, a performance few have been ul;le lo accomplish. In this as well as mnny other things Washington excelled. Ele cast a silver dollar on the top. An aged silver dollar was recently found there, supposed the General's, as his could not he found. Whilst here we were entertained with a practical application of the Baconian system of Philosophising. A gentleman observed he hud cut many antics on the trunk of a small tree, which once projected over the awful precipice. A stranger in amazement inquired u Is it possible j " Yes.? ? ! Ill III III ? HI IWMMpMPItIWK Till: WOOD ENGRAVER; I OH, j T!s?' 4*<1?3 F<:t!?tvN Claim. 11Y J. II. IMJllAllAM. u Where this evening, Charles ?' asked :i lovely married woman of her husband. The lone was slightly sneering, though she. smiled as she spoke. " 1 am on a visiting committee, and have, to make a call or. a sick brother," answered : Mr. Preston, as he, put 011 his gloves. The lady pouted. lie tonic up his hat, and approached In r with a playful smile. " Ah, Mary, I fear you will never overcome your hostility?it is no longer prejudice but hostility to the Lodge." u And I do not wish to. Here y? u were away from me on Tuesday night until nine o'clock, and now on Thursday you arc off again !" ' 1?ut I have duties I owe to others as well as to yourself, Mary ! I jjive you five evenings and often six in every week, and you have a threat portion of my time, during the day. We must sacralicc something for others. As members of the great community, we have duties external to those due to our immediate families." But you had no such duties until you bccaine an Odd Fellow." "Idid not till 1 became an Odd Follow sec so plainly the duty 1 owed to my fellow creatures as 1 now do. Becoming an Odd Fellow has enlarged my views of benevolence, and opened to me a field for its exercise. "A young married man by the name of Pcllon, who joined the Lodge a year ago, 1 learn by a note I received from the Noble Grand while L was at tea, is discovered to be quite ill. He has been absent from the Lodge for several meetings, but as no one rr n ; was ported, I was not aware of it till just nr As hii livffS ill tln> nnvt I ?v?n*? go and see him." ' Who is he?" "An Odd Fellow." u I mean his^trade !" "That you mean how respectable is he? Wc Odd Fellows, Mary, know no distinction of trades within the Lodge. Wc are all brothers and friends. lie is a mechanic?a wood-engraver, [ believe 1 have several times spoken with him and like him. He is quite unassuming, and quite interesting in conversation. I have heard him fpeak in the Lodge with great fluency and eloquence, [-lis health has been delicate of late. tc You seem to feel very much for such a sort of person, it seems to me! Well, go! I'll try to pass the evening as well as I can, as I do those when you are at the Lodge !" And the lady pouted and looked ill-pleased. il Why not let me call and ask lively Amy Otis to drop in and pass the even ing ?" ' I had rather not have her," " Why not go to your liithor's? I will see you there and call for you when 1 come back." " No." " Then pass the time in re/ding Fredrica Bremer's last." " I shall go to hod." This was said so very positively and angry that her husband said no more exeunt ' good evening." She wailed till she heard him shut the street dour, and then she sprang up and began to pace the room The cricket was in her way, and she kicked it out of her way. The piano was an obsiaele to the free exercise of her limbs, and she tilled it over. For full five minutes she continued in this amiable mood, during which, annuals strewed the floor, chairs were laid upon their backr, and the poker and shovel louk a turn or two ol cachucha about the room. At length she threw herself upon a sofa and played the divil's tatoo with her little' left foot upo-n the carpet until she was tired. She then pulled a feather fan to pieces and cast the fragments around her ; took up a book and glanced into it and flung it to the other side of the room, greatly to the peril of a splendid French mirror, and to the utter demolition of a cologne bottle that unluckily lay in its progres. The fragrance of the spilled culogne, or perhaps exhaustion, calmed her, and after _ C . 1 M . -1 ?l a lew germe epitneis at tne uau f eiiows in general and her husband in particular, she rung for an ice cream to be brought her from the next confectioner's ; a very excellent cooler in such cases. Mrs. Preston was not a simpleton, nor a vixen nor a fool. She had good sense, a cultivated mind, and knew a great deal beter than to act as she did. But she was jealtous ; jealous of the Lodge, not of woman ; for she had too just appreciations of her own beauty, if not of Chales's constancy, to be jealous of any lady. No The lodge was her rival. It robbed her of a part of his society, all of which she felt it was her right to monopolize. She was like a stingy u kmt .o?r*> u: r-? i - duiii vi iiiiiu) >u ui.v) iu1usui, sue would rcj~ k>rt? " You pretend to friendship, love, and trniii! Where is your friendship for vie. i Where is your love for me ? Where is your l utli, when you refuse this to my love, after you solemnly pledged yourself when you married mo, Charles, to love and honor me ? i.s this honoring- or loving me? If you think so, L do not." While Mrs. Preston was eating her ice, Amy Cits came in ; and being now in better humor, (ices are an unfailing prescription in these matters.) she managed to receive her husband very amiably, when at hall-past nine he returned. He looked gratified at the change in her but made no remark before Miss Otis. lie was grave and thoughtful. At length he said, smiling-, as he looked at%is wife? "Miss Amy, my wife has scolded me a little far being an Odd Fellow, you know. She tried to have me stay in to-night. But as I was on the siek committee I could not, very well. I am thankful I did not." he* said impressively. " Would you like to hear," he added, addressing the young lady, " where I have been'?" " Yes," she answered, laughing. Let us hear, sir, of some of your great benevolent doings 1" "After I had walked five minutes from my door, I turned into Lane, and with some difficulty I found the house I sought. It was small and of humble exterior. I knocked, and a thin, pale young woman came to the door. I asked if Mr. Pellen lived there? She said that he did. I tolil linr I Vinrl enmn. tn onn hiiw ..w. A WWW Having JUOl heard of his illness." ' He is indeed ill, sir. I am glad j'ou have come to see him, sir. Are you an Odd Fellow?" she asked with an eager look. "Yes." ' 11 Then all is well for us!" she answered, gratefully. 11 He is my husband, sir. He has not been well for this six months. And the last six weeks he has'nt been able to work for the dengue in his fingers. This worried him and wore upon him, and made hiin right sick at last. Well, sir, as his daily earnings were cat up by the four children and us two as fast as it came in, if he lost a day it was robbing the mouths that depended on him ; and he has been paid low of late, there is so many engravers that are not married that work for very little. So he grew sick and took to bed with a bad fever." "And how long has lie been ill?" " Four weeks, sir." " And why lias he not made it known to the Lodge ?" " So I told him ; but he said no. lie said he would keep from the funds of the Lodge till the very last minute. So he made me sell this and that for food and to buy medicine." " The sensitiveness was all wrong," I said to her. "The fund was in part his own contribution. lie was entitled to it as a right. It is never regarded in the light of alms." <{ But he felt it was, sir ; and lie is proud. Well, sir, we struggled on till to-day, when he proving worse, and nothing to sell and nothing to eat, l.made him tell ine who was the 'Grandee* of the Lodge ; and I put on my bonnet when he was asleep and goes straight to his store. lie received me kindly and said my husbann should at once be attended to; and that's only an hour since, and here you are already, sir, come to see mc !'' She pressed my hand, with tears and expressions of the deepest gratitude. I entered the sick man's room. IIo turned his large glazing eye upon me, and smiled as he rocognized me. 4( You have come to a poor man's house sir," lie said, as if mortified at his poverty. "I did not expect I should so soon call on the charity of the Lodge." u You are claiming of mc only your right, and my due," I said. {,No Odd Fellow can be regarded as an object of charity. He is )A/\lrA/l lliiAn no o /I ialvAPca/1 or?/l IUVMVUU u JJUII uo U unil UCOCU UlWlIU'/l J CI 11VI the duties extended to him are those of l >ve. We owe each other only love. It is that has brought mo here." He smiled gratefully and pressed my hand with his skeleton fingers, which were hot to the touch. I found that he and his family were perfectly destitute. There was no cooling medicine for them. His wife told me that the children had eaten nothing since dinner, and were gone to bed crying for food, and she had for their s:ikes eaten nothing since the night before." J I-"""1,-- !-'? "Oh horror! Dreadful I" exclaimed both Amy and Mrs. Preston, in tones of pity and sympathy. "I instantly wont out atid hastened to tho next grocery. There 1 filled my handkerchief with bread, cheese, cakes, oranges for tho sick man, a pnper of tea and sugar; under my arm I placed a bottle of wine, and in my hand bore a quart of fresh milk. With these treasures 1 hastened back to the scene of adliction and wretchedness. My presence soon cast sunshine upon tho gloom. In less than half an hour things bore a new face. 1 despatched a note to two of my fellow committee men, with inclrtlft inrie In lll'Inn' n ?vr i/liug u pUJIOil/IUll) 1 i\nu umy iiuuiit wiiuh mu ucan iiuiu D1CU? Time! the corrector when our judgments err, The test of truth, love?sole philosopher, For all the rest are sophists.?Byron. If the above word, time, be artificially transposed or metagrammised, it will form the following words:?meti, emit, and item. Now if the before named words and its anagrams be placed in the following quadratic position, then it will form what may be termed an anagramatic palindromo :? TIME ITEM MET I E M I T This word, Time, is the only word in the English language which can be thus arranged, and the different transpositions thereof are all the same time Latin words. These words in English, as well as in La. tin, may be read upwards or downwards. The English words, time, item, meti and emit (to send forth,) are mentioned above; and ol'the Latin ones, (1) Time, signifies? learthou; (2) Item?likewise; (3) Meti ?to be measured ; and (4) Emit?he buys. l I have known," says Cicero, " many sins by speaking, few by keeping silence ; it is therefore more difficult to know how to be silent than to speak." And there is a Spanish proverb to the same effect:? " Any fool may babble, but it take a wise man to hold his tongue." Fmt\t ? T?*mnTtn j n Atir noa/1 1 An liiiswv xtuuDiiii ia uouu ivi oauuico-to which its elasticity, durability and other qualities peculiarly adapt it. ^ v|||ju " What do you think of whiskey, Dr. Johnson V* hiccupped 60s well, af|re5^ptying a sixth tumbler of toddy. " 3ft,* said the doctor, " It penetrates tily very soul like the small still voice of conscience; and and doubtless the^Drm of the,$ill is the [ worm that het^dies." it * " ? & %