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% S _ . . _L j_ ..Jl J . - Vu A *.*i! M1M MART PLfC. p( Subject to thy loving sway, 1 succeed imperir.l May, purely nous c.iu mouru her flight, Gazing oi. my brow of light. | :>.ine thst K'.nnj mellow glow, i Sprtug's young nymph? can uewr know, ! * Cold aie all their brightest rays i To the light that rouuJ me plays. i Hh\ , ye gazed upon the moor, In the aaphire sky of J urn- f i With what goddess step? ?h?? moves, I Qucin of 'venin^ starry *ivws JULY. Mis? dAltir WAhHIl. St. tcr I thinv empire share, Summer's baud-maid? trio fair, lune, July, August hold Dominion ou a throne of gold. But 1, July, claim superior glory, Famous iu my country's story, 1 beheld the blazing scroll Of freedom's patriot sous unroll, \nd Columbia hails my name, First upon the list of fame. AUGUST. MISS AS'NIC J. JORlM.V. J l',v ,"v"?he sultry hours, when pmcWjiuuer's jI00.,ii,.r flowers hall upon^r languid head; * iJJ^oii-tide ilndow? sprea 1, thunder's spiiits call covwed hall, / bi(J wf loV> tb?y jfixig from tlie 1 r sounding wing, S^nj^Vo'cr my bounteous cooling .-bowers, they make earth's dying poWei?; ^K^^^^ireenuees, fresh less, they restore, Faded summer blooms once more, And the fond eye lingering turns To where my native planet bur us. SUMMER CALLS AUTUMN. MISS MARY 9. BRYAN. Fare ye well, h rustling sound, Steals across the rustling ground, ft Midst the sere and changing leaves, tl Autumn comes with goldtu sheaves. is AUTUMN. V Oi MISS MART BUCHANAN. t| Spring, a gay and light hearted maid, U Thinks of nothiug but dressing nnd llowcrs; l? 1 admit that she has quite a sensation made, o< By displaying her beautiful power?. It b Summer speaks of her gentle, genial ray, o That 'tis she th:t gives plenty and peace; c, But Autumn usurps her conquering sway, c, And bids all her praises to cease. J< To Autumn, to Autumn, the world i? in debt, For her houuties so lavishly given ; She bestows to the needy without a regret, ^ The choicest blessings of heaven. 9 Ql These aro my offerings, rosy cheeked peachca, ^ and apples for you, ?' You cannot refuse to accept I pray, Quite a treat, I should think, j* In this bright month of iMay. le Then do not detract from Autumn's fair fame bi For she holds that her honor is dear; si She delights in her own familiar nnmc, ?| And that is the "Fall of the year." ni SEPTEMBER. in MISS FELICIA I.ONG. in Th&/wild tutor aaa the golden r.i I, lis lti lleir beauty uifti their prime, |V< WitCjtho sunllghtVu their mingled leave?, bi 1q the bright Septembei tinn-. 01 In copse and gien by the wood-path green, ^ And in every lonely place, The as tors bloom aud the golden rod, Like smiles on nature's face- ^ OCTOBEii. 01 MISS ANNIE WESTKUVKI.T. >'i< Now brown October comes o'er hill nnd dale, Miata curl upwards from the sheltered stream. 4 1'ipes through the chilly woods the rising gale, j: And all the plain glows with the suuset. )o The grapes iu the clusters, hang down upon the vine, ! The rudy apples in the oichatd glow, By every sound aud every sign, But autumn's mfctrous of the vcurs we kuow. c,) AUTUMN GALLS WINTER. w sit MIsS MART BlCflAXAV. XI But here comes V inter, she is lmiled every where, 'jc Her Ghrisluias gives pleasure and joy ; DoasiB, 100, im un^ui, ?"i'|'} I,v* J*UI? To tboso who their time well employ. an WINTER. W W MISS U WESTERVELT. 1 have no flowers of spring, W No sheaf of summer for my gailaml gay, Ai Not e'eu the brown leaves of auiumu is seen, Ai A heart's case perfume iu their soft decay. W Ai But here are my offerings Winter's evergreen covered with snow, And though 'tis received with the same smiling #u face, . I boldly coufess it looks out of place. But who caa dispute ! in trulli 1 may say, Tis a very strange gift for our fair llueeti of May; ou Buds, fliwers, and fruii all look well together, ''f But snow should not come iu snoh bright sunny *9' .weather. j * l'El'LMBl.!'.. jeli VISS MARY L. TOWLLU I " J . . . Es The whispering foliage song no more y? Aloug the air is sweeping, U, But hush, 'twill chorus us before [j, The spirit leaves are sleeping ; Decembei's breath awhile shall bo The cradle of their melody. [)? # p J? The flowers no more their varied hues j.( In charmed union mingle. Yet hook the eye more richly views The flowers in beauty single. And old December's breath shall be The perfutnest tints light blazonry. JANUARY. MISS ELLA HILL. 1 The iponth of January would drop a word or } two, And hopes to bring her claims to everybody's ' view. Although my reign is cold, 1 give to all good j cheer, The first day of ray being is the happy, bright j New Year. The world is glad to see me, I set all plans anew, | And claim from houest debtors, whatever uiav be due. And sure I am all present will give me ample praise, Kor wholesome,cheetful weather, and very pleasant days. FLiliKUARY. MISS ELLA ELLKUBE, February! February ! I know you'll call me line, Without 1 came to bcc you, theit'd U no Yultu* t:cc. alfthe luf my embrace would dffdore, or I always bniDg inex?::toes to rich bs well n3 poor. onetimes n.v days are plra.*&nt?sometimes my I days nre cold, et my reign is very ei.ort, bs has always been of I old ; 'iaFebruuy that prepares the way for happy | spring, ! doubt if any other month more pleasant hopes i can brini'. i ADDRESi TO THE AL'DIENCF. trom '.s IJORam wapswomii. Our thanks we would gratefully tendo:, i To the ladies and irentleaieu too, Aud their patience we'll ever remember I So long us rerncnibruuee is due. Since morning n-st pee pea in u?e snutier, j And our faces first fell the cool air, We pupils have been in u flutter ? Our hearts all pitputling with fear. Don't say we are dull an J we're prosing j But praise us a little we pray, For who'd ever think of proposing, Aught else in this bright inontii of May. Then join in our mirth giving measure ? j Drive dull cure und sorrow uwny. Let nothing but gladness and pleasure He heard on this merry May day. Do you see all our fair maidens of Honor, Our Crownliearer, Flora and Queen, And our Seaons so snug in each cornel I They're the lovliest ever were secu. 7! JCow do pot go home irt a putter V! B???ru?'r thet-rV m rfiiHret: ami meat; t We offer not biscuit and butter. Hut have yon not had a tine treat i Still n de&rt we have on the table An address, (and a pretty one too,) As we are taught to give place to the able, We bid you a kindly adieu. ORATOR'S SI lilX'lI. TllEOllOr.E MAI.LoV. Agaiu has Flora's birth day arrived, and again e have assembled to lay our yearly tribute on ; le shrine of the Goddess of Flowers?a tribute J tat is paid with joy and gtaduess?a tribute that attended with smiling faces and li.-htened hearts. I i'e have collected here to day, to commemorate an ccasion tliat has been long observed l?y all, fioni j to haughty, rich arid proud to the humble and 1 lie poor. The crown of Flora has decked the j row of the Virgin Queen of England's Isle, who j coupied her throne of gold ; and has set more ! ghtly on the bio of the ru.-tic maiden, as ?he | lushed ou uuture's own throne?a bank of violets 1 nd waving grass. This day was welcomed and ! debrated long before '.he Roman Empire glitter- J J on the flowery fields of Italy ; and the Saliincs, >ng before llomulus traced with his iron shall I le confines of mighty Rome, worshipped the j oddess of Spring in their own rnstjc simplicity ; j ud for near two thousand years, tin- custom has j een strictly guarded and observed by all who J in forget their troubles and toils, and pluck right flowers on this weary path of life. Vca! bserved by those occupying every station in life, ir, in olden time, the same breeze that lifted the icks of a little girl, rustled the robe of a Roman cnator; and even on this occasion, the darkened aves of winter float geutly among the curly raided daisies ol spring, and the tender bud is | aided by the bloom of manhood. From ullages .? ? ?w? ltaia liArti! liailii.1 vvilli luiiiuliul* .1-vli tilt nn.l I .lltJjj VVVU ore especially during llio present j ?-rio?l. for the irk clouds that float forever over the mind of ortal nmn, ntnl cast a troubled shadow over his lure existence are banished by the May morn- I ? sun; and to him, on that day, n'l is fair, all bright again '!"!? r \ . 1 ; a;art, ; lives t*e hiV^?>'on dayd^jf ypnili ,-i .1 - T" ight blue eye and the nTusTiing cheek of one he 1 ice loved, appears to hi n in all their freshness I id purity, lie feels again the soft pressure of! at hand that lay confidingly in his, a- they ! meed atouttd the "Metric May 1'olc" of Ins jungcr days, though she has long lain with tlio j ( icetcd dead, and the grey moss of) ears has crept |, rer her cold an! lon-ly toinh. At ull times this celebration destroys tlie bar- I er that t-xbts between old age and youth, and ings the eradle und the grave into close com- I union. Flowers have, iroin all age-1, been es emed witli peculiarity by all classes and con- . tions of men, and have been a| plied by them far different uses among the isles of the blue nian Sen; they ar?* made the conveyance of , ought, aud iniud holds communion with mind j i its means, and a bc?jmt of (lowers i- as cure- j My studied and perused as the most cbtruse 1 assies. 'Tis tlie language of nature, 'tis the Ian- I ingo of love. The Idoss-ims of spnng are scat-I ] red sorrowfully upon the new-made grave, and i is lightly upon the bio.v ol the blu.-hing hiide. icy compose the utciithe that decks the lore- 1 nd ol the victorious warrior and the exalted! atcsuian, while they bring joy ami Minkhitu- into i <? CUptl VC8 Celt. tllCI] li t li:> I>:l!ll!l-h OUT sorrow id enjoy . the spring as she parses along, ith ber eye of liglit, air! her lip of song, bile she steels in pence o'er the green earth's ' breast, bile the streams spring out from their iey rest, ( lid the buds heud low to the breeze's sigh, id their breath gives forlli in the scented sky ; j ben the fields look fresh in their sweet repose, I nd the young dews sleep 011 the new born rose. ! Yee, my young comrades, let lis pass opr spring | life 6o, tiiat tbo' the parching glare ?>l liie mid- I mmer'ssun may blind lis?ilio' the cold and | [charitable blast of uutuinn's wine may chill lis, | t when our winter conies, and the frosty snow* kes of old age whiten out heads, we can turn's r thoughts back wood, and rejoice that ourspring ( e was darkened by no impure cloud, or I lasted J ( no dishonor. Let us s.? net, iliut when our j liter comes we can fearlessly app'.oaeh our I ives, and cj'.j.-r. it .-nly ^ tie tl.r? .-bold of an it :rnal spitug. j* Life is before you 1?and as now ye stand, j t iger to spring upon the promised land, ir smiles the way where yet your feet have trod i it few light steps upon a tlowcry sod ; ji ouud you are youth's green bowers, and to your t eyes, ) horizon's line but joints the earth and skies, iring and triumph, pleasure, fame and joy ; iendship's unwavering, love without allov, j ave thoughts of noble deeds and glory won j ( ke angels, beckon you to venture on." QUEEN'S KEI'LV. it MISS ELEANOR It. UUtCO. I ' Welcome, thrice welcome to this band, j' Who came to us from fairy lanJ, if \dorued in all the beauties rare, j t From winter's frost to summer's air. llow bright, how joyous is this Jay, ' t That waits your happy Queen of May, \ | May?decked in t'owers and verdure green, | May?clothed in nature'* loveliest hotii. 1? Fragrant witli many a solt perfume, , Whcte lilltcs droop and roses bloom, i. Where birds an 1 brooks and waving trees, I Proclaim their sweetest melodic. I Welcome friends, ay< ! welcome nil, Who meet us in our study hall, Maidens fair, and youths so gay, AuJ children foud of holiday. I And ye of uge and prime of life, Alike averse to angry strife. ! Leave awhile each toil and care, j With us our mirth aud pleasures share. i Give Ua ill om round' lav, Aud uoite ot: thiu piep'.ti-.'io ' j i 4 ijpuug hi** lent us her sweetest flowers, llei garlands form oar mystic bower*. The offerings he beneath our feet, **" ^ Above the rose anil cypress sweet, And every thine in tuneful measure, Adds to our joyful share of pleasure. -t For you who twined this'wroulh for me i Culled over each flower, blade aud ti And yon who placed it on my brow, T I iek (or biasings on you now. J May joys like these forever rest In every heart, and all be bleescd ^'\a In every path and everv way, Atf As you have rn tde your Queen ?>t VALEDICTORY . MI'S CLARA MOAIK. Your Floral Majesty will permit'thc tnost '#'e ol your subjects to congratulate you on tins ybui coronation tve, and also to express llie ardent de sire, that it may be the beginning of a joyful mi ture both to your Majesty und eaeli one of }h< throng which surround you. May your whole fife so to spoilt, he one continuous May-day; and ?t.<v< all, tnny it be your happiness to dwell in tJ.a spirit lauJ, where the winter of time comesTfot hut spring is ever blooming, and spring zephyr ever blow. And may each one of this youtSfu band evtr bask in the sunshine nndsmih sof apjuo bation. May their life bestrewn*] with uimllojei pleasures, and he it the aim of oneh ore, wl.ih she lives, to know no bliss than that winch gives; and when t-l.w dies, to leave a lofts rain'! "A light, a hand marked on the el lbs of And now, by your permission, fair Queen, lliet leave to tender thanks to the ladies and j^kc men present, for their polite nttcntion^ri^^Pj ing, and especially the gentlem^^Mri^H^^B address just dj Ii '"leu i or to pTiTfll TV TTIe TTnths so ably pronounced, "'fie our Queen's gracious pre*?.that the Orator should be crowned. Thoug>|W'. bring thee no glittering gems Iroin the hallo some mighty monarch, knee] and recei ve 11d lauicl crown from the hands of tlii- -hildi-h !?*.' who will ever wish you success in whateivrsb. tion in life you may a-pire to. And now lalioi and gentlemen, I have one more task to pciftim and a very pleasing one Uo, and that is to iny.rt you that we have saved the best wine tor tln-hist, Hoping that whutever imperfection you may |ivi discovered, during the exercise of the eve?w.'j may, in some uegiec, lie obliterated by its vilifying (iYcN; for while our Queen I.as bc< n receiunt the honors due to this bright ami glorious y'.y her royal household has been preparing u b.u.ia.i of which our invited gue.-t- are cordially ing;' to partake; and if your ant'cipntion? of the <-v oiug Imve not been realized by this feast of rcu i and flow of s'-ul, we hope they will, t?y p-ntak^ of the more substantial to he found 'his .-vT^P in our liumpicttiiig llall where . I Cakes, e.indusaiid custards, every thing Inviting you warmly to step in and ?ai, W With this iii vital ion I hope you'll comply, \f I'll make ion my congi-e and Lid you good i?j. The Mover Sirevver, Miss Mary C. Steele, Jio scendcd from the throne, walking before li t ( tllpi II fill 1 iivvcii l.v ! In. wI,h!p iifirtv in nriu*. Jn marehini; thruui;l. several sticets Jn tho ow. ing, theic was<|uitc a pleasant party at tin- Act- . inv, where nineh hilarity prevailed. "CIIEUAW GAZETTJST < iii:ic.\ \v, s. . WEDNESDAY. JUNE 3rd, 1057. Ico Cream Saloon. It is quite refreshing, these hot da}-, to <i into IIii.utt's loo Cream Saloon, and take a gl;?[ ll any one doubt* our word, let him st 't y in* iitjnnl if ^ | od: jtf I r..o*e<i, wiirn < ncme oio.ir JWim - ? ~ f Kansas ( We have the gratifying intelligence from :i? far off Territory, that all the prosecutions ag.i.til the lawless traitors and murderers, w ho rioto. in hlood there about ii year ago, ure vol j.ros. I. ink and his free-hooters are let loose to a,-.in ile v.istatc the Territory, without tho h at ful it drami of the law. Texas Item. The 1'emocrutie State Convention of Te.\iis net it Won, on tho ttii nit, and nominated lion. T, II. lit nm::> for (loveinor, and lion. Tiiank !w IK-I K for l.iout. Governor. These nomination. i I [icing in ennsonnneo villi the wishes of lion. Si * IIoImtov, lie lias conic out on liis own hook, n 1 [uoelnims liis intention lo canvass everj ccig n llio Slato. Treason en a Small Scale. The I nitoil Stal<s Marshal for the Sou'.i .a District of Ohio, while attempting to arrest a j r ion on the charge of harboring a fugitive bice, was himsell arrested by the Hiciif!", ami earn ! lo Springfield, where a writ of h iLt.ix corpus vas seucd hv a I ailed States Judge, However be use may tcrmiirite, there is one tiling | rett \ nr lain, and that is, that the obstructors of the >li jxecutioa of the laws of Congress will go unj nsited. Great Doings. To judge by our Chailestoti exchanges, n. nit-water fi ion Is have had a great lime i f it <liring the past week. Ail the Western World (icon down np<>n tln-m, and also a Misd.--ippi lh [K?U I ed ill ?> the dock. Ki oto all account* it '! ti 'I ive i.. on . i a it e I i Hfii'S IVnnessec promenading the .-treels, womb rn /r his, that, and the other thing, We wasn't tin. <. jut we wish we had have been, at the ri-h.o; latehintr the " l>iir head." a.- manv no doubt dii dtlrough father Yu.U'on ib ?-iI?*nt u|k?ij that ?* - * ? Cheraw and Coal Fields Railroad. Mr. McDi'kkik, who lias l>een employcJ I ;.' lie Commissioners at Carthago, to make a prelimit.i y survey of the above I toad, completed the l';e o this place, ou Satuiday last. On Monday If vas in town ; but we were absent, and con incnlly had not the pleasure of meeting him, aid ;athering from him some interesting facts, whi. !, 10 doubt, he would have furnished us. We lean, lowever, that he run an air !i:io froUJ (!artha?e 0 this place, reaching the river about J of a i. jeloVY ltie- bliJge, aild about 2* miles below v. . lie load iiiu-l cro.-s the liver. This Jin.- ; ihuUt tT miles of lb'cl?IMgllU'.i, SO thai ?'f 1 line is run in a proper direction, that tn? r ?e found near uiough to an air line. The oi l ough ground par < d over in the survey, wasi' j:sl live or ?i\ miles Eisi (,f the river. With 'i xccptioii, (which tlie proper line will aeon" here will be no obstruction to prevent the ?n> itruction of a road upon the rnsi-st gl ad. < hrough its entire length. The distar.ee f Jhcraw to Carthaget is found to he hi miles, an' o the Sliflft at Egypt, 07 miles. Thus, k? fa: ,i< ,ve could lca"tt, the most sanguine expectations he friends of the uttcrpii.e, to the rout. , > ' e fully teal:..-. !. Tin tuu wa?South 2: Death of Senator Butler. ilost of our readeie are already aware of the death of Senator BruER, They too feel, in all its intensity, the sa 1 bereavement our beloved State had sustained in his death, ' V,*e ahull offer no eulogy upon the merits of the great departed. The history of his worth is writ ten upon the hoar's of his whole people- It is not B within his family circle alone, this great bereavefj nient has fuller.; but throughout the length ra and breadth of our whole country, the sable hahj^irueut of mourning is spread. Among the inucy lyjrutifviiiu tributes to Ids memory, we select the |?[ following from 'he Washington Shir, us one not the least pleasing: " Outside of his family circle none will feel this bereavement more keenly than the peopls of Washington City, to nil of whom he was well known, and by all of whom he was as ardently beloved as any of this Capitol's permanent residents. JIis heart was ever in his hand. High and low, itcli and poor, white and black?for all ?he always had a kind word in store, and in familiar intercourse with those around him, here his impulsive and generous nature never failed to ' I run in the mood of overflowing kindness of l.eart, , | He was, in season and out of season, without the 1 | slightest regard to polities, the ardent friend ot'H 5B all who deserved the friendship of a gentleman of I | his nnmrkuble mind, attainments and character. I > 8 Tlicre was less seltishuess in his nature than in ' K that of almost any other man ever in public life. , 1 Hence, in a measure, his so great peisonal popu I larity here. So far as the material interests of AjL'A usiiingtoii City are concerned, as well as the in ^ diiencc of h - bright genius. extensive leai i.ingnnd ^^^2^ cubist,. J social qni^iliis i pun u?jicty in i^B^^-V-.ei a, metropolis, II, > vacuum en ated by jx lii- death e.iiiuol he tilled, from ins own or tiny ' 6 other State, in our day and generation." < I Scarcity and High Prices of Provisions. We have, on several occasions, referred to the , great scarcity of provisions in this section of country. And do so now, for the purpose of directing 1 the attention of the humane and charitable to the | condition of many of the poor of the town and f district, by eons- qutnee of said scarcity. While the ncecs-aries of life arc thus scarce, and lu l l at I such exhorbitant prices, the poor mu?t sutler, for ilicir labor yields no more now than when every thing wa- plenty and cheap. Indeed, the pittance now earned by the most untiring toil, will scarce' ly secure bread to ninny poor families in our midst. f 1 hey mu-t ?they do suller, and if relief, by some no.ins, is not a (ford ed, almost, if not quite, starva^ J ion inns' , rs.m frnm in :d at ON I! I'Ol.L.Ml AND A IIA I.FA UUSIIMI.! and bacon ;,t F-IGI1'l lill.N I'KXIN A l'OL'ND! fan the ens, le.-s la bor of a feeble mother, keep herself and throe or , four helpless little children from starvation,at .-uch , prices as these f A nl ilia' theie are tueh mothers and children among us, nnd in such a condition, thcie can be not doubt. Shall they be pet nutted to perish in a civilized and christian community ? Is there no one who will step for ward and suggest a mode of relief? Mcst of our sister towns have their charitable I organizations lor the relict of the indigent, and why should not oursr I.et us suggest, then, the formation of such a society at once. When organized, its committees would soon trace out the suf brers, and relieve their wants. It is well known, that charity fails of its nolde ends, when misdi reeled, which is often the case. when guided by the impulse <>l the moment. Hence the value of xJk A^e LaTe^W"^*^iese^erude t-mrg stioiis, | with the hope that wiser heads mil more active I hands than ours, will he enlisted in the nobh-1 cause of relieving the suffering's of suffering Ins-1 I inanity. Stop Him. We hope tlint brother Mai.lov of lh? l\n Thr II' in! l lias lint been guilty < ! sun ide, although we fear, I?v llie annexed extract c>| ied fmni tlie (llieraw (Inr.c'lc, that lie ha? l?en lia-lly frightened, ainl being seen in iha possession "f an iii.-tnnneiil of death in rapid nintinii on the l.'ail* i'?1, it is possible his inten'ien was In lake a swim;. We In pe the ' 'a-itlo will ascertain the late of our young friend ami report, that our an Metv may he relieved.?Curoliioi 'J'imcx, 'I'.'ih "'/ It atl'nrda us the most extulir pleasuie, d> ar friend of tin Tinir.i, to lie aide to relieve your diativssiu ' anxiety for the safety of our mutual friend, tin Junior of the ]hfull. lie h returned, lie i H nt his post, lie is rii?l?t sine u;, as you will LAnu-Iily iciude, when you read the bllowiii J| u it<-, found ;.| "i| our labl ; g Most atieient patriarch t?f tlie linr.-tfc, permit 0 he Junior ot the JJrrahl to tender thee his mod (J profound 1 espeets, and to solicit the pi ustire t 1 fhy veiierahh: presence in the .-nudum of the //</ u ii / /, on I he i veiling oil he i list., to pai lie; pate v. ill, him in the < njnymeiil of a dishot itailroad eootei so up. lie hens to remind you that the soup is to he made from a dulling eooter wliieh came up on the llailroad, by Adams' K.v press Co., and only co-l a dollar and a ( juarUr. liighl gladly do we accept the kind invitation Sand beg to add, that tin* enjoyment of the hast would be gie.llv enhanced by the presence of oui friend of the Jiiin*. y Sale Day at Bennettsvillo. ^ On Monday la-t we visited our neighboring t'nuil Iloiin?it being sale day. We found very B few people jo j,| l lidaiiv. It Was Clill'clltly let! at Ti i Iia-T T ig"i most id Q < the planters ol Hi" l?i ti;cf. There was wry litItie property .-old. ; J'y lh" way, the crops are yn-rully a lvanced enough for the pa-?? r hv to see that coin lias been planted here, and cotton there, and that is about ..II ...III. .. (..... 1 1.1.. I.U.I *' lllll ill S""? """ " " '' vlv r | sober truth, tin crops arc at 1 en-t a mouth behind ordinary season*. Go.ano is in policial use in Marlborough, and it has a decided effect t!i? lands, so that with air seasons the crops may yet turn out well. Massachusetts. The Traitorous Legislature of this abolition State has, it appears, t>een toiled in their last attempt at treason against the lights of the South. Ile.-olutioiis were parsed to aid bleeding Jvan.-as, to the tune of jylOO.OnO. Tnc Veto of the goVer / W;|? ! te'-| , , 1 lily .llritatol> ll IV failed Jj : "ai ry the ii.. a-iii:: oi er ilia! Veto. >n hr so H g.. , 1. I:t will fanaticism he thus Lailled ' Time 1 w ill .Inelo.-e. "Westward the coulee of Lmpire takes its way." 8 The following despatch was received la.-t even iug by liis Honor Mayor l>ouglas, and has been kindly furnished us for publicath n: ' "Mmtriits, May 80.?Track-laying has began on ih. Memphis and Little lined: llaihoad, Westward." I' will be recti by tire above, that Charleston I aill soon 1 e enniuited with u point far bey on 1 the M:. i ;;i. Tl-t Little Lock i_ the M-.iuplu., Kott! the fa.:lie -.V A Melancholy Spectacle. j On Saturday lad, we 9aw a tailor who has worked for some months in this place, suffering the drendlul horrors of delirium tremens. He is a stout robust good looking uian about forty yenis of the a.'e. His countenance did not exhibit in any degree the foot-prints of protracted intemper- j once. Early in the day, lie was moving about i the streets, occasionally accosting those he met in j I very incoherent language In the afternoon he {attempted suicide by jumping out of a two story j window,and when that failed, by running with his : bare head against u brick chimney. While at this j he was taken in charge by the Town Marshal, and | carried into the Drug Store of Dr. J. W. G click. i When brought in. he appeared calm and collected,! took a seut and readily answered such questions' as were asked him. When asked if lie eoul-J see: the blue devils which surrounded him, he replied that any oue in his condition, by looking on a curtain of variegated color-, or other similar arti cles, could easily conjure lip the most fantastic | forms of men, devils and demons. But lie appear j ed not to be haunted by these at this time. Iu answer to the question why he hud made the attempt upon his own lite, lie answered that lie had been tried for an offence of which ho was not guilty, lie euid lie had never committed a robbery or a murder, although ho had been tried three times, and eaeli time found guilty. That twice the Governor had sirred him, hut that on his last conviction, whichlhud just taken place, | the sentence of death hndatecn passed upon him,' whi'-h was that he should, on that evening, he burned hv pitce-menl. lie said that his head, from his lower jaw, was to be skinned and the skin burned fust; then lie was to be cut up into small bits, and burned a hit at a time; and that it was to escape so dreadful a fate, he had attempted suicide. 1 >r. G luck's assurances that he was mistaken?that no such sentence rested upon him, were received with contempt. Indeed, he seemed impatient at the expression of a doubt as to the truth of the terrible delusion which weighed him down, lie repeatedly Legged for a knife or' a pistol, by which to escape the dreadful doom which awaited him. By direction of the lloclor, i lie was con lined and put under a couise of treatment. What an awful warning to the inebriate 1 And ; yet none of them regard it. This same man, a 1 mouth hence, 'n all piobabili'y, will he found in j the same condition again. But cultivate the nior | hid appetite till it mnstcis reason, and hope for the unfortunate passes away as a baseless dream. ?-? If all men would pay as much attention to their own business as they do to other people's, we should seldom hear the crv of hard times. COMMUNICATIONS. [For the Chcrnw Gazette. ciitptitr.ni-i.d Court 11 oust;, S. C, | May Ulith, 1607, ) My l>i:\r. Sir.:?Pursuant to previous notice, 1 visited Chesterfield C. 11, and presented the .-hums of the Bible cause iu the Methodist. Kpi.-eopn! Church, on Sabbath morning ami afternoon of the 2llh inst. Immediately succeeding the utternoon sermon, (ami in the absence and sickness of u.v -i ii.e Clo-Ai lii hi RusWicl i).ole Society, l)t. Alexander W/liams,) the Rev. Simp son Jones, of the Methodist Fpiseopal Church, called the Society In older, when the constitution was read, and the names of t?cv<-ra! persons mi rolled us new lurmbrrx of the Society. A collection was then taken up, and the amount remitted ! through mo for the payment ot hooks, to tin: National Bible Society. The Rev. Mr. Jotme being invited, gave an in-j tefesliiig aeconnt of his labors in the distribution | of lhe it ord of' >od among Ili! poor and distitute, i K-tU;,t the hounds of his circuit. The Rev. Mr. j David, of the Baptist church, has also bocti en-: gaged iii the work of distribution in Chesterfield! I iialriet. We lojoiec at the ouceess of these broth-' r.-ti in tin if Vuliiiifiit'V t tli'l'N to SDl'i'iit I t! a* * Word ! I of Lite atnoiii; the destitute, nml the Society will! i e litioiie to prove ;i 1 I i11_r to the ? urronndintr' country. The Soeii.ce, however, . <"</.? the -7""'.' co of t i\ifhut of the Cli-'niw llible Society, to innj I'. i1 :>! >! nif.'ii io hi" i on tin- i/r-itl i"-rh t>!; j HH'/ruistii'nitim), in t'lit-slvilicM District. I 1 lie Society l < solved to meet soon iummi, to ' hear a sermon from Itrv. Mr. Jones, nml to make; I further arrangements to carry on the woik coir 1.1>i|tj-tl -<! I?v the Society. | Tlie following ofliei rs were tln n clio#< n for the . ensuing year : Dr. Alexander Williams, I'resi-] ' nt; W. A. Mullov Secretnry and Tiva?uer.? ' hrfiiiitt < ' mui itl'C, llev. Mr. Jones, (Jliuirniiih ;! Dr. \. Williams, T. \\. kobeson, W. I.. Craig, j W. A. Mullov, Jon. C. Chapman 'I he meeting was elost'l with prayer anil the] A| o?to!ie helleiliotioll. I am, 1 'our Sir, Yours Ti uly, LI) WIN A. Itul.I.rs, SajH-i iii'i ii.htiit Hihtr orl-tirx, .S, < SnrrtMitltr of tValktr. 1 lie following is ;sd official Copy of the i agrecine: t between (jolt. Walker and Coin*! manlier Davis. I, S. N., by xWiicli the former torminaled his meteor-like career in t Nicaragua; j lli: \i?ut'.\i(Ti:its ot Tttt: Akmv, Anj'r (1 i:m.'s OrriiK, Rivas, .May 1, J Sol. j (leiieral Outer, No. fi'J. '1'he Commander-in-chief, in communicating to the army the following agreement, thinks proper to state that lie entered into it on solemn assurances from Capt, Davis, j that Colonel Lock ridge, with his whole ! command, had left the .San Juan River for tho United Stales. In parting, for the present, with the ( brave comrades who have adhered to our, cause through evil as well as good report,!i the Commaii !er-i;i chi'd desires to return 1 ina deep and henrle it thanks to the ollicers and soldiers under his command. I i Keduced to our present position by the i cowardice of some, the incapacity of oth- i I cis, and the treachery ol many, tho army j; has yet written a page of American history which it is impossible to forget or erase, i from the future, if not from tho present,! * wo mav expect just judgment. Ktv AS, May 1,1857. ,1 An agreement is hereby entered into be- ? Uuen(iei) William Walker, on tho one I part, and Co umunder C'has. II. Davis, oil liie 1 oiled .-tatts Navy, on tho nthei will,I I find of which the stipulHtious are as fol- I lows: Firstly. General Walker, with sixteen fl officers of his staff, shall march out of Ri- fl vas, with their side arms, pistols, horses> and persona! bnggaee, under the gunrran- I tee of said Captain Davis, of the U. S. Na? g vy, that they shall not he molested by tho ' enemy, and shall be allowed to embark on the T. S. vessel of war St. Mary's, in the harbor of San Juan del Sud, the said Capt. Da *is undertaking to transport them safely on the St. Mary's to Panama. Secondly. Tho officers of Gen^ .al Walk* ' er's army shall march out of Kivas with their side arms, under the guarrantoe and protection of Capt. Davis, who undertakes to see them safely transported to Panama,, in charge of a United States officer. Thirdly. The privates and non commissioned officers, citizens and employees of A departments, wounded or unn ?unde'V^^I shall he surrendered, with their arms, to Captain Davis or one of his officers, and plac d under his protection ana coniroi; he pledging himself to have them safely transported to Panama, in charge uf a United States officer, in seperate vessels from the deserters from the ranks, and without being brought into contact with them. Fourthly. Captain Davis undertakes to ohtni" guarrnntops, and hereby -does guarrnntce t?at all natives of Nicaragua, or of Ccnlral4.\rnurica, now intDlvas, and 6iir* ? rendered to die protection <>f Captain Davis, shall no allowed to rcsitu in Nienragna and he protected in life and property. Fifthly. It is agreed that such oflicers as have wives and families in San Juan del Sud, shall be allowed to remain there under protection of the United States Consul, till an opportunity offers of embarking for Panama or San Francisco General Walker and Captain Davis mutually pledge themselves to each other that this agreement shall be executed in good ?. faith. (Signed) WILLIAM WALK Lit w CIIAItLLS ULNItV DAVIS, < Commander U. S. Navy. Present and Acting. (Signed) C. I'. IIknmnuskn, J .no. P. Watkus, J. Wi nth hop Tayi.or. Hv command of William W alker, Genorc.l Comiuander-iii Chief PII. P. THOMPSON, Adjutant General, N. A. Gun Ri sk on the Si.wkuy Qykstion. | ?We have been permitted to publish the following extract from a letter written by our Senator, Gen. Ku?lc, to a distinguished citizen of Texas, and dated Nacogdoches, Ap il 1857. The gentleman to whom the letter was addressed, permits the publication, because he h lieves 'it important i that the opinion of nicli a man as Gen. ! Rusk, on a question of such vital importI ance, should be known. While we are glad to give this brief extract, vve trust ! our distinguished representative will tako ! an i-nily olnortuni'v to umbo his lvi?^v^^^^ more fully known to-Ids cnnstituenylj^^^^^* to the people of the South generally. Our readers are aware that it has long been our opinion that a great crisis in the country is rapidly approaching?a crisi? that cannot tie met by our oidinary party organizations, lull ?nli- I... uninn nl' -ill llio iwimiln nfltlu South, irrespective of party, for the common seciititv, es nsuiust a common enemy. Hut to the extract: ' Mi. (hichn'ian'a Cabinet gives pretty general satisfaction. They were very much pressed white I remained, t ml 1 could not vet v well judge. Irom what little I saw, how tlipy will wotk, The Abolition party are becoming more formidable every day, ami unless they are boldly and promptly met, we have much mischief to apprehend. If .McLean lives, I think they will run him for President in 1800. The rapid increase 'n> n Tivi holding Stalo is hi inking in a dangerous cbmieet, and I think the slave* holding Slates should I mo no time nor ex* ertions in strengthening themselves, to meet promptly any encroachments upon their constitutional rights and equality. Verv trulv yours. Til OS. .1. Kl'SK." [(ialre.'lon Xcics. Km iimo.mi, V.t., May i!N.?The election ret in i s for tins State show Democratic gains, with the exc ption of i t I ho eighth district. I.itlrr from Hiiro pp. Ni:\v Vokk, May *JS. ?The Koy.il mail steamship Arabia, ('opinio James lias arrived at this port with Liverpool dates to the 1 titIj inst. <?kxkk vr. lvn:i.i,n;i:\ri;.?Lord Pal* merston has introduced a hii 1 for the ad* mission of Jews into the lloaso of Parlia' ment as members of that body. 'i'l . i i i i . * i r / < i t do opamsu .\rmaoa, ues.meu loruuoa, was still at Cadiz. Tlic .Mexican ambassador had had an interview with tho Spanish Cabinet. It was reported that the lving had been discovered as engaged in a conspiracy to dethrone the Queen of Spain, and is threatened with trial for treason. Spain aid Russia will send envoys to China. Commi:k< iai. Inti.?,i.iiji:m-e?Livrupool Cottox Makkim'.?Cotton advanced 1-8 per lb. in tho earlier part of the week, hut lhe advance was aflerw ards lost?the market closing steady but unchanged. Tiio sales of the week were 50,000 bales, of which speculators took 70O0 hales, and exporters 55000 bales, leaving IJ7.U0U bales of all descriptions to the trade, lair Uplands was quoted at SJ., Middling Uplands it 7 5 8d; Fair Orleans at 8 U-Sd, and Middling Orleans at 7 10 10 per lb. Some circulars say that the market is unchanged, with the exception of Fair Orleans and Fair Uplands, which are quoted at an ad/ ranee of 1 SI per lb. J'ue stock in port comprised 500,000 bales, of \\ liicll 1170,000 talcs were American. ItvKltfoot. Jllii: \l?ol II IS M.vKKt.r.?Oieadjtutr. ait unchanged.