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!j?S ..- s^WPr ;y ^, ;^% C>>.V/.?3?^*v<%*M . ' # M - 1 - ' ' * * -. .v:,/r. s -"7 . ' jg'-, Jp - fei'vjjB '> ' "- * ' v * T*' " ?,"<'-vt9 * :1?lijr. ;* * .sSl niBEur J^IJRIVAIj "fivEW SERIES.] VOL. II. CAUPE>, SOUII CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER I, 1841. SO. 8^ B?B?B??BIM1 g Published every Wednesday Morning, THOMAS W. PEGUES, At three dollars in advance, three dollars and fifty cents in six months; or four dollars at the expiration of the year. Advertisements tHsertod at 75 cents per square for Iho first, and 37 l-~ lor eacn suosequum. nuuuun,? tTlie number of insertions to bo noted on all advertise tnonts, or they will be published until ordered to be discontinued, and charged accordingly. One dollar per square w'H bo charged for a single insertion. N Semi-monthly, Monthly and Quarterly advertisements will be charged the same as now ones caejltintcrtion. All Obituary Noticoa excoeding six lines, and Communications recommending Candidates for pub. lie Offices of profit or trust?or puffing exhibitions, will be charged as advertisements. Accounts for Advertising and Job Work will be presented for payment quarterly. Ij* All Letters by mail must be post paid to ineuro punctual attention. MISCELLANEOUS. [We dislike to desSeminate tlie common slang of the market, even of a country village, but we are tempted to publish the following dialogue which took place in the New-Orleans market* Our old acquaintance Daniels, of Camden, must be there; or the Editor of the Picayune, is aided bv Bennct, and Webb?and possibly assisted with theearlier wit of Judge Noah. Here's the dialogue.? Winyato Observer. LIFE IN TIIE VEGETABLE MARKET. 'Alt Mrs. Spriggins, how's your little baby?' He's dead, I thank you marm,' answered Mrs. S. - 'And how did he die, Mrs. Spnggins?' ' *? "_it?i?. ?? hoLTUAr rcjoinea sirs. nunuuiKiu, ?io j..v, ?~Vj. ..... face over her market basket, in the corner where the *ingiins were located. Mrs. Hollow-hart,' said Mrs. S. the " '"poor babe hat! a huwful time of it; but he's - gone to a better? 'What's the price of your cabbages?' 'Picayune a head, Misses.' Why, gracious me! a picayune a pad? Why I'm astonished! As 1 was saying, Mrs. Hollowhart, the poor infant suffered i' severely, but he's gone now to rest in Abraham's?heggs! they look fresh and clear, don't they, Mrs. H. What's your 'heggs a dozen*' 'Tree bit, Misses, and Creole eggs dcy is too." . t "Three bits! why mercy save us! what's this ere world cotnin to? Three bits for ' heggs, and sich heggs as them too! Why they look like they was layed by hens witb'tbe fever and linger.' *? 'W.pn, Missus, if you want's em, you can - . have 'em for two bill and a haf, said the old negro market man. 'Say two bitts, and I'll take 'em, sa^l Mrs. Spriggins. Well den, since it's you, you kin have <cm for dat. Missus. 'Ijrnplt,! they don't look so wery fresh after all; vott can give me a quater of a - I L ..... > dozen on iriiti, nowsmnKvci, The three eggs were carefully counted and after being held up to the eye towards the sun several times, Mrs. S. gives a five cent piece to the negro, and resumes her walk through the market with Mrs. Hollowliart. 'Cauks me? but that was a great bargain, Mrs. Springins. You can do tilings so nice, I -do de clar! exclaimed the amiable Iiollo whart. Well yes, Mrs. H. I acknowledge I has a nack that way, but as I was saying about my blessed infant, he suffered severely afore death, andjist afore he closed his precious hies, he looks around to me with such an hexpression of sweetness, and ojienin his little mouth in a low voice he says?look at them ere catfish? Did you ever see such fat catfish in all your born ' 1 ~- ?'" I mm what fines von tfiays: a ?a j ill y gyuu ^ a* for catfish?' 'Ten bit a dozen, Senora,' replied the Spanish fisherman. 'Ten hilts! why ten bilfs would buy a fcaKco gown; would you take no less, my good man? Nada menos, Senoro,?nosing.' 'Well, come, let's go, Mrs. IF, Only think of ten bills for catfish! What's this ere world comin tod?and sich catfish too Did you observe that they was ivory lean and quite yaller under the gills? But as I was sayin, Mrs. II. my snflVrin cherub was j actily in a hagony afire he died. Jist as the darlin critter was f,t|lin into that sleep ivhich is rid by the white boss, he turns tip his little face, and in a low voice says he?D?n your hies what are you stealin my carrots for you cussed old hag you? exclaimed thenoW enraged Mrs. Sprig'gius as she detected her neighbor ilollowliart's hand drawing forth those savory vegeta hies from her market basket. *1 was'nt stealin your wegetables. If f wanted to steal I'd steal from some one F thought more of than F do of you, I can tell you that now!' said, o rather shriek,ed.amiable Hollnwhart. \ifayJe now I'm as good a woman as you'is you nasty old drab. I would'nt use you for a dishclout, that I would'nl, rejoined Mrs. Spriggins. *No, nor I wouJd^nt take you for .an ^iron holder. I would'nt make nn under *: petticoat of your character* and you think because you'r allowed'? [ 'TAar! I knowed you'd cnst that up to me! Now I'll give you a piece of advice. If ever your children comes a playin at my cellar door again, I'll scald in' with hot bilin water! wish I may drap dead if I don't! was the exclamation of Mrs. Spriggins, ns she cut short her friend Hollow hart in the middle of her dialogue: 'Yes,^narm, said Mrs. H. 'you kin do all that, I know, but if ever I ketches your dod Tarrier a tryin to ketch my rats, may I be cussed if I don't chop offhis tail, and put ashes in both his heys! Uph, if the truth was known, that jist as soon as your husband went to jail, yon,? 'You're a liar, I did'nt no such thing. 'I say you're anothei. for I seed you open the door, and let Jim'? 'Take that you she-villain exclaimed M" Silt irrnrt no as ckp.tTnVfi Mrs. H. fl hll)W | ?no. - jin ihe nose with a squash. Down went I Mrs H, in a basket of tomatoes?the mob shouted?dogs barked?geese cackled? butchers swore?niggers laughed? bells rung?steamboats puffed?and finally the police officers restored peace to the community of the Vegetable Market, by arresting the belligerent Amazons. I From the N. Y. Sunday Mercury. SHOUT PATENT SEItMONS. Atihfi reouest of "Henrietta" I will preach, upon this occasion, from the following text: A wife, liko an echo should bo true To speak when sho is spoken to; But not, liko echo, stili be heard Contending for the final word. My hearers ?A wife is not only a choice piece of household furniture, but a useful article for domestic purposes. She can, besides darning her stockings, mending breeches, keep all the apartments of man's 1 heart in order, nnd entwine for him gar- 1 lands of tenderness to bedeck his connu- 1 bial bower. She is the very morrow ol comfort?the principal tributary to the silvery stream of happiness?the fountain of joy?a lump of the pure gold of love; refined in the crucible of Hy men. I|' would earnestly advise oil my young male friends, who wander along the dark avenues of celibacy, with no such bright star as woman to guide their erring steps, to enter immediately upon the blooming lawn of matrimony, and bask in the sun- 1 shine of a fond wife's affection?even as j snakes quit their lenebrious dens; and lie out to warm beneath the congenial rays of a vernal sun. But, my friends, }rou must analyze well the component parts of a female you amalgamate. You mus'ni let your better judgment be kidnapped by the allurement of beauty; it is but a flower that fades in the noontide of life, and blossoms no mure. The brightest jewel pertaining to a woman is not worn upon i her finger?neither does it glitter upon her bracelet. No, it lies beneath the whole cargo of silks, satins, and laces, in the casket of her mind. It is there that you should seek for those precious gems which : adorn the female charac'er, and give to a woman ail the attributes that belong to angels?minus the wings anil diadem of perfect holiness. ) My dear young friends! 1 hope you will not be misguided in your search after | those qualifications and natural dispostion which a wife ought to possess. She should, of course, be submissive to the husband, inasmuch as the husband ought to be as mild towards her as is the balmy breath of May to the tender rose. Her bosom should be a peaceful lake of love, surrounded by the high hills of forbearance, over which the gales of passion \ may blow and ruffle its placid surface.? She should like an echo, always be ready to speak when spoken to by her bigger and more substantial half; and yet she should nqi. like an echo, be ever contending for the rfhal word, for she ought to i know that nerverseness in a wife ahvavsl presents a worse appearance than it does in the husband, even as a fly speck marreth the beauty of white cambric more than doth an ink spot the comliness of a black broad-cloth cloak. She ought to be aware that the obstinacy of the man genus is likened unto the bristles upor. a hog's back which being- stroked from the head towards the tail, appear smooth and delicate; but, when manipulated from the tail towards the head, are found to be as rough and obtrusive as the pickets that surround the prison house of endless torment. O, my beloved hearers! I hope and trust that all yon masculines who hear the conjugal yoke have made good selections from the female creation, to help von drag the plough of cure over the stubbles of such a barren existence as is allotted to man. 1MIUW 3UIIIC \V I VCS \V nose IIIUCI I IgiWItlltPO I is enough to worry the patience of a mile ' stone; whose indefatigable exertions in the cause of mischief are worthy of a scholas- ; tic monkey?and whose gunpowder temper a little to explode with a fearful concussion when touched with the least spark of reproof. They draw their social tea al? together too strong tor weak constitutions, and throw too much salt into their husband's porridge. They want to wear the breeches whether tbej will fit or. not? They set their lords to pealing potatoes while they go out and chop wood, which the GotLflif nMur^ nsier inteoded should be subjected to the control of a person in t< petticoats. Oh, this dose'nt any more n accord with my ideas of what female f worth should consist than does the lulling t< if a funeral knell with the nterry notes of n Yankee Doodle! A wife who assumes too r much?who will have her own notions gratified always?who will raise a flame of l< dispute upon trifling occasions, and per- A sist in heaping oo fuel to the last, is worse a than no wife at all. When heaven first p saw fit to work us some of its choicest ma- o terials into ihft delicate figure of woman, li placed her u\ ine nermttage ot loneiy o man, it was intended that she should be s to him a helpmate?a cheerfnl companion u ?a solace in his desolate hours?a turtle g dove that he should press to his bosom in e the fondness of affection, and shelter tl from the cold storms of want: that she v should dres3 the garden of his heart with the perennial flowers of peace?water d them with tenderness, and strew his bed E will) the roses of reciprocal love. For all n which she should be, ir, a degree submis- r sive, and never let the tongue do damage a to those fine-spun qualities which should v ever be her boast. ii My friends?to find n good wife in these u days of foolery and fashion is like seek- o ing for pearls in an ocean of oyster shells;! fi but if you are lucky enough to find one, li hang on to her like hemp?for she is as l rir*h A trPDcnrp nc nvnr oviofp/1 in ffiP imn- ii gination of an enthusiast.- Cherish her, it proieet her and lovelier; and you will j li find but few barren spots between the altar I and the grave. And my female friends, j h who are now delighting in joyful anticipa- j it linns of one day becoming happy brides! d I warn you to conduct yourselves properly lest your blooming hopes be suddenly overspread with the moss of mortification, and you be destined to g>> sighing down t< to the tomb unwoncd, uncourted and un- h wed. Way you all, whether single orj married, endeavour, to live on such terms ^ with one another that the triune joys of l friendship, love and happiness m iy wail: on you to the confines of eternity. So * mote it be!. DOW, Jr. 0 GOING TO TEXAS. ^ Not long since might have been seen J on the Vicksburg road a staid looking old ^ gentleman on horseback, with his coatjO buttoned tight around him and an umbrel- j h la hoisted ?>ver his head, protecting him from a drizzling rain that had that evening ' c "set in" with every indication ofa continu- .d if a 1 i I l _ 1 ' ance. ins nurse moved sju<rgismy #i??g. s as though jaded by a long journey. The a rider seemed anxiously looking for a f, whereabouts to pass the night, when a ^ fire a short distance from the road attract- a ed his attention. Me rode to the spot, and beheld, what is very common in this section of the country, an encampment of a family ''a-moving." By the fire, with logs of wood for pillows ami each wrap-1 1 ped in a blanket, were lying two females P ?near tliem a small child. Leaning a-|j? gainst the fore-wheel of the wagon was aj" lad of about ten or eleven years of ?ge; Sl he wore a pair of linsey-woolsey trows- n era, too short for him, a round-about thai r; readied down half way from his shoulders to his waist, and possessing one of those i] tow-heads of hair so frequently to be met v with among the pinev wood nondescripts h of Alabama. There he stood crying most v vociferously. e "Ba!?a?a?a?Ba!?a?a!" roared pi- jt ney wood j The old gentleman rode up to him, and i( in a tone of voice calculated to soothe the ^ lad's distress addressed him:? "What's the matler, my son?" ^ Matter! Fire and d n, stranger!? ( Don't you see mammy there shaking with n the ager!?Daddy's gone a fishing!?Jim's a got every cent of money there is, playing poker at a hit antee!?Bob Stokes is gone tl on ahead with Nance!?Sal's so corned she n djn't know that stick of wood from seven F dollars and a half!?Every one of the hor- n ses is loose!?There's no meal in the wag- c on!?The skillet's broke !t?The baby's n in a bad fix' and it's half a mile to the jj creek!?and I don't care a d n if I v never see Texas!!!" n "Ba!?a?a?a?Ba!?a?a!" t| The old gentleman gave spur to his ^ horse and again moved forward, not having any desire to prolong his chance visit to a family going to Texas. Yazoo Whig. " A Melancholy Warning for Boys.?A few days since the only son of Mr. Jesse DeBruiil, of this place, in company with " some other boys, was shooting bats, and ft while chasing one that was wounded, the lc (run of one of them was accidentalv dis- v b" " j charged. Young DeBruhl was only a few y pares in advance, and received the load n in the side of his head and face. He is now lying in a most critical stale; what the p result will be, is known only to Him, a whose grace we trust may comfort the 2 deeply afflicted family. Temperance Advocate.' ? The Uljrjj^ep States Bank.?There is something.in, the management of this in- a stitution, which the 'pnbiic seema unobk a fully (q. understand. It is suspected', ll raap-y,)thatlhe risignation of Mr. Dray on and Mr, Kempton, and the appoint- t< lent of Mr. Jatwlnn as the agent of the y lank in England, indicates a'disposition < a return to the reign of the Biddle dy: a asty, and to drop the suits against the ? e.il or nppparent defaulters. The public have an interest i;i this mat- ^ 2rns well as the stockholders of the Bulk, kn enon..otis crime has been committed ^ gainst the purity of our government, or , ropertv of the widow and the orphan, r both, which it is necesary for the pub- ? c weal ami for a future warning should e ferreted out. And if the directors ant) n tockholders should fail to do it, such fail- " re will not c/insiitutfra ver? powerful, ar- e ument with the public, nor with an -Hon- b sL Legislature, for granting the Bank n hose favors and changes of its charter, k rhich it is to ask next winter. fi It is said, by some, that the new presi- tl ent, Mr. Robertson, is a friend of Mr. iiddle. If this be so, we think it does (| ot furnish a suflirient reason for the ^ esignation of Mr. /ifemptnn; and we hope v 11 directors who wish an honest course. j| 'ill persevere in retaining their seats,-dud u keeping things as straight as posihle. ntil the stockholders can elect a Board ^ f Directors with that full knowledge of icts which was wanting at the last clec- . ion. Those who wish to do right, be ray in some measure the trust imposed e i them, by the stockholders, by resign- * i at a time when their places may be kely to be filled by the unfaithful. The changes in the Bank appear not to p ave had a favorable influence either on v :s stock or its notes, as both continue to a epreciule.?Pennsylvanian. li REVOLUTIONARY ANECDOTE. r In a lonely house that seperaied Lexing- o an from Woburn, sat two females each j olding an infant in their arms. o Mrs, K. the mistress of the mansion, ti ad two children besides her babe. She s ad within a few days, witnessed the de- v arture of her husband, who had shoulder- s d his gun, and gone forth, in the defence f f his country, p The husband of Mrs. V. was in a far listant clime, and her only brother on the ield of battle. She with her infant son, lad fled from Boston, then in possession f aI D i-v ?? nnirtf isit root with I 1 'I Lilt: DMLIdll, IU accn a ijuivsk ivbiwai <* % ? ^ ier friend in Lexington. c It was a dreary night, the roar of the ^ annon, which had been heard through the j lay, had ceased; and all was hushed in j. ilence. The clock had struck eleven, nd the two women were sitting over a r 2w dying ember , talking of the.perils of he town, and the much loved ones far j, way- - r "Hark!" said Mrs. K,"I hear foot steps. e "It was only the rustling of the trees, t nd we will not be needlessly alarmed, ^ eplied the other, turning deadly pale, and s ressing ncr infant more closely to herjs reast, as if afraid it might be wrested jj om her, and trying to assume a compo- j n ure which she did not feel. At that mo- ^ lent,the latch was lifted, and a gentle I ^ ap was heard. ! e ./Tin .1 it ?K- in > r "YV'PO IS mere: asatu mi a. xv. u ^ remulftus tone. "A friend,"replied a low e oiee, speaking through the key hole, "lor j. eaven's sake let us enter." The door ^ fas immediately opened, and three men p ntered in profound silence, each muffled, r I a long cloak. "Do not be alarmed la- v ies,"said one, in the same tone of voice, we are Iriends to our country, and are jr ursued by the enemy; we have hid in the food althrough the day, and have come js d seek your bounty, and a shelter for this p ight." "And these you shall have, with u II my heart," said Mrs. K. whose coun- tj jnance brightened up, when she found ^ lat instead of the dreaded enemy, her ^ oble guests were none other than John ^ lancock, Samuel Adams, and one whose a arne is not now exactly known; but she ontinued, you would not be safe here a loment. Why, the red coats are prowl- r ig around us in every direction, they fere here only yesterday, eating up all ly pies, bread and cheese, and because c icy could not find enough at my neigh- P or's to satisfy their hunger, they must ^ eed rip open their beds, and leave their j ider running out. Oh, sir, these are readful times." "They are indeed madam,"said Mr. II., " stening with painful interest to her sad ' lie. But gentlemen," he continued turn- v ig to his companions, 'what shall we do, a jr it is certain we are not safe here?' They e. joked at each other, but spoke not."Ha\e v ou any neighbors, asked Mr. H., "at fhose house we might find safety for the s ight?' "None except my father's, replied Mrs." 0 I. and it would be dangci ous for you to P o the main road, and you would never nd the way through the woodland we' ! ave neither man nor boy to,show you f ut what have gone to fight the red coats. ir Mrs. V, now turned to hec friend an i = sked her "jf she would $tay alone nd nurse Her babe, while she went with :1 he gentlemen to show them the way." ) be alone in such dangerous time?.{&&&M ou must not go, you are not >bfe, you~ , who are lame, and never walked a mile t once in ail your lifty will not" think: of . oingso far on this wet night/'' - I. . /!? Mrs, V. made lib reply, for she Itnercr- . lere.was not a moment to be,, lost}. 7' o, laying her jnfant in the arms of *iend, she wrapt her rid^pg hood about **'" er; a garment much worn in those day* nd desired the gentlemen to follow .be*. xti .1 *u:?. i:.<u t iicu uicjr aa\* una ntut;. uciurjuou ynu* ian in the dead of night prepared towajlt ie distance of nearly four miles, they look- ? d at each other in mute astonishment, ut they Uad no.time to.wastein wordifr ,-Y{ )r the case was desperate, and she- taing the offered arm of Mr. H. they went jrward, the two gentlemen bringing op he rear. ' A' ? The rains which had faljea foF^ some ays previously, had so swollen the " creek ver which they had to pass, that they rere often ancle deep in water, and jone of he gentlemen was obliged in many places, i row (Ttiirlo in- Km Sm,a * V.UI J ?<vu w 111 Hlg; WlfUOl "V^rKyiy . ry ~* r - J* irith walking and w ding tlie^/i^u^gd ^ he farm house about three in the morning; nd no sooner had they arroused the farm/, and made known their situation, than " very individual was in motion; and even he dog tried to show them by his gestures, lat they should find protection., A blazing fire soon shone forth and; a, lentiful repast was provided, and.;'not withstanding the gloominess of the degree of cheerfulness pervaded the %; ttle company. / :r Early in the morning a carriage was in ?Vs)!3E eadiness to convey Mrs. V. back to her iwn house. As she.was about todepartr f_ rr i i j i j nr. 11. iuuiv ucr iiauu, anu saiu, luuuaui ur first meeting has-been in troublesome imes: Heaven grant that we may live do ee brighter clays. But God only knows vhen these scenes will end; should we urvive the struggle, and you ever need a riend, think of me.?Saying, this they >arted, and never again met. , 1 Boston Evening Gazette MOST HORRIBLE. Three Children murdered by their otm % * Mother.?We copy the following account >f the most distressing and revolting infanicide that has ever come withinour inowledge, from the Louisville, Miss/Ta- : ilet.ofthe 24th ult. "Oneof the most awful deeds that lia5< lerhaps ever come within the know!- ;~ .4B dge of the human race, was perpetrated1 n the vicinity of' this place, on Sunday; norning last, by a Mrs. Roper. She telfd three of her own children by cutting lipir hnnds off with an aw. From the in >rmation which we have received cn tfijec ubject, it seems to have been done while ^ li^ was in a fit of mental deran?et|nenu~ t was her intention to have kiltled two*' riore in the same manner, and afterward^ ang herself with a hank of yarn-, butdter usband waking up, discovered something xtraord nary in her actions and ' seized er around the waist. After a strong ffbrt on her part to escape from him, da-' ing which she tried to draw one of three nives from the ceiling, which she h?fi ireviously sharpened and put there, they; cached the door jWhen he discovered: /hat she had been doing. "She is the mother of eleven children;^ ~ icluding the three which she killed. \ She- < ppears now to be restored to reason, anjT. ta pitiable spectacle of the deepest anal iaoI kiHon onnrtiioh Sko ootro that wKiIa l??OI. fc/ittwi oujg %im? fffnav^ nder the influence of a distorted imagina*on, sh? thought she was doing*a.eharita- , le action in ridding her hushand of the * urthen of supporting herself and their* ve youngest children; as he is poor and! very hard working man." ????? Baggage?A. corresspondent of. the^ loston Post relates the following*?-; As] was lately travelling irra; ?tage* oach, not fifty miles from . Boston, the* assengers were remarking on the obliing disposition of the drtveir. One of ,iem related the following. \ "As Mr. J , the driver, was proeeding from Boston not long since, a wo^ lan called to him tb take a bedstead on* ip without uncordmg it\ He told her he* tou Id oblige her the next time he came* long, but he could not then, as he had! nrrntrpr) tn folro nn a wind-mill Z little* "r ?~v ? - . /ay.? ahead, and as he had a large cradle? n the top at the time, he was afraid he* hould not haveroom!1' The relation of the above reminded n)<j* f a driver who said he was once request* d by a woman to wait til] she finished1 cr washing and ironing? He told her e often had to wait for tne women to do leir ironing, but he could not stand wash-- jj ig and ironing, both! are authorjzedJ^^^B nnomice WILLIAM CARLTSLJ^^^^H ndi