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A western peddler, who had sold, out < Ins load and was on bis way home gives tho following incident of his journey. The 4.1. w'aL aL. -11 / W ! utic uuuiwcusva wim me uiscovcry 01 i*ir. Dick Hardhead, the robber, auugly ?towod away in his wagon. H? said: I "X had entered lb* woods, sod had gone about a half a mile when mj wagon wheels settled with a bump and a jerk into a deep hole. I ottered an exclamation of astonishment: bat that was not all. I heard another exclamation from another source! What eonld it be? I looked quiokly around, but could see nothing. Yet I j knew the sound that I heard was very clone 1 tome. Ad the hind wheels came up, I felt something besides the jerk of the hole. I heard something tumble about fVoro one side to the other of n.y wagou, j and I oould at mod feel the jar occasioned < by the movement. It was simply a man iin my cart! I knew this on the instant. Of oourse I felt puuled. At first I imag. fined some poor fellow h?d taken this method to obtain a e: but 1 soon gave this up, for I knew any decent man would have asked me for a ride. My next idea was that somebody bad got in to sleep; hut this passed away as soon as it came, for no man would have broken into my cart for that purpose. And the' 'bought opened my eyes. WhooVftf was in there had broken in, My next thought was of Mr. I)iok Hardhead. < He bad heard rue say that my load was ail sold out, and of oourse be supposed I had some money with ine. In this he was right, for I had over two thousand dollars. I also thought that he had meant to leave the cart when he supposed I had reached a safe plane, sad tboa either 1 creep over and shoot me, or knock me t down. All this passed through toj imud I by toe time I had got a rod from the hole. 1 Now, I never make it a point to brag of I myself, bat I have seen a great deal of the i world, and I aas pretty eool end clear- 1 beaded auder dMeaKy. In k very few t moments my resehttioo wss formed. My t horse was now deep in the mod, and I t knew I oould slip ad without noise. Sol < drew my revolver?I never travel in that | country without cue ! drew this, end having twined Ute reins about the whip < stock, I oerefelly slipped down the i mod, sad se the oart passed on 1 went i behind it aod examined the heap. j The door of the ear* lets down end is \ fsmsusd by a hoop, whieb slips over a | * stepU, and is than secured by a padlock. < The padlock wee gone, and the hasp was < sssurpf in, ite ploee by a hit of pine oo i thiM slight fersc feoa wUhie ertld break < ?V My fUl wrensh hnng on Ike aide of the and I tjuiokly took it df and \\ flipped thn staple?the iron fc?e? . jost sHipieg down* 30-1 y a Iu i HAT DEPARTETH, SPEECH IS CHERAW, S. \ . .. . J ! .. L.-LJ .! ' ! !. . . Now I h?d him. My cart wan almost new; made in a stoat frame of white oak, < lud made on purpose for hard usage. I i lid not bolieve any ordinary man could breakout. I got on my cart m noiselessly | is I got off, and then urged my horse, atill Keeping my pistol handy. I knew that at the distance of half a mile further 1 should ; jome to a good hard road, and so my horse i was allowed to pick his way through the i mud. About ten minutes after thin I heard a moti^" in the cart, followed by a i grinding noise, as though some heavy i Fbrco were being applied to the door; I j mid nnf?i5r?Km* *K?a i.Ka n#- ?ak-a v. wu? miv tuvn oviui/A I'lo iimo | I :hc villain might judgo whttr j I sat and j ihoot up through the top of the oart at me, |< M [ sat down on the foot board. Of course 1 knew that my unexpected 1 < passenger was a villain, for he must have ' boon awake ejrer since wo startod, and ' nothing in the world but absolute villainy ] would have caused him to remain quiet so I long, and then start up in this particular i place. The thumping and pushing grew i louder and loader, and pretty ooon I beard i \ human voice. i me out of this," be cried, and he ! yelled pretty loud. i 1 lifted up my head bo ax to make him i think my seat was in its usual plaoe, and < inked him what he was doing there. I "Let me out and 1 will tell you," he i replied* "Toll me what you are in there for," \ laid I. I "I got in here to sleop on your rags," ( ho answered. i How did you get in?" 1 asked. I "Let me out; or I uillaUoot you through the head," he yelled. ] Jut ( that moment my horse's foot j truck the hard road, and the rest of the t road to Jackson would b? geod going. i The distance was twelro miles. I slipped i jack on the foot board and took the whip, i j [ had the same home then I have now? J i tall, stout, powerful bay mare?and you \ nay believe there is some go in her. At j my rate cue struck into a gait that even \ uttonishcd me. She had received a good ] new of oats, the air was coot, and sbo felt ike going. In fifteen minutes we cleared ! \ ho woods, and away we went at a keen < lump. Tho chap kept yelling to be let i >ut- v i Finally he stopped, and in a few minutes j rame the report of a pistol?one?two? 1 th'oe?four, ono right after the other, ] ind I heaitf the balls wbiaover my head, [f I had been on my seat ono of those halls, if not two of them, would have gone through me. I popped up my head again, i knd gave a tremendous yell, then a groan, uid then I aaid?"0! God, save me. I'm 1 ?dead man!' Then I made a shuffling noise, aa though I were falling off, and , EinalW settled down on the foot board , kgain. I nfiw urgod np the old mare by i' giving her an ooeasional poke with the , hutt of my whip stick, and she peeled it Taster than ever. ^ ^ The man called out to me twice more, , pretty soon after this, and as he got no eply he made some tremendous endeavors ( to break the door open, and as this failed ^ jirn. h* mtifo UM?I ? iL - I ? - ?~?V W*V?IM incuipM UJA/ll IUV ^ op. Bat I bad no fear of bis doing any- ( .hlng there, for the top of the eart h Yomcd tn with dorer rr*!s and each sleeper xvlted to the post with iron bolts. I hod 1 node it so that I could carry beery loads bare. By end by, after all else bad foiled, he seaeop eommenoed to boltow wboi to 1 be bone, end kept it np rill be become ' |aite boerte. All this tiude I kept perfectly |uiet, hoidiug the reins drmly and kept ' >oking the beast with the stock. We wen not ortr an hone in geing that i lease mi too-not a bit ofit. I hadn't < necb fear, perhaps I might tell the truth I tad any that 1 bad noon, for X bed * goed ?ioe>l, and mete than that, my primmer < ires seio, yetl was glad whee 1 canoe b? 1 4m ffewr barrel fhetorylhnl stands at the i odge of Jsekfloe village, and In tee mine- , Im MMrrI ImM up >b frost ofthotav?r?, 1 isd fossa a oBspU of mm is tilt imra i tlaaaUg as#? afcigo bus ? ?W:t\ ?M frlW ?y? I, M got 1 lows ft?4 #MS mo4 IB tU book of tbo >1 sBjor,''youWo Wi fOodiM^btWl ^Mt>aNW",'Ar? Latei -: - ? * FLEETING A8 THE WIND?RE 0? TI ESIIAY MOl "Who are you," he oried, and he kind d' swore a little, too, as he aekcd the qucs- , tion. ' | "I'm the man you triod to shoot," was i the reply. ;' 'Where ant I? Lot mo out!" lio yelled. , "Look here, we'vo corno to h safe rtop- t ping place, and mind ye, my revolver is ready for ye the moment von show vonr. i lolf. Now be quiet." By 4hi.i time the two oatlera had come ' op to see what wab the matter, and I ' t explained it all to thetn. After this 1 got o.no of thcra to run and rout out the j; sheriff and tell him what I believed I'd ' got for him. The first streak of daylight was just cowing op, and in half an hoar it wonld be broad daylight. It? leas tbau that time the sheriff came, and two won with him. 1 told him tho whole in a few i words?exhibited the handbills I had for i hiuif and then ho madofor the oart. Ho bold tho ohap who he was, and if he , made tho least resistance, ho was a dead , man. Then I slipped the wrench out, , , iud as I let the door down the fellow wade , a spring. I caught him by the ankle and ] he came down on his face, and in a mo- , ment more the officers had him. It was j j dow daylight and the momont I saw the | shap I know him. lie was marched off , to the look up, and I told the sheriff I < should remain in town all day. I ] After breakfast the sherff came down 1 i to the tavern and told me that I dad caught | tho very bird, and that if I would remain , until the next morning, I should have the j reward of two hundred dollars which had !., been offered. T found my goods all safe, paid the ex- 1 ( proas agent for bringing them from In- < r , ? ._V ??u> ?v? WVIk 1*1 SHOW ' | them away in my cart. The bullet bolea ! i were found in the top of my vehicle just' is I expected. They wero in a linn about Stc inches apart, and had I been whore , [ usually sat, two of them would have hit ( toe somewhere about the small of the baok i in4 passed upward, for they wero sent , with a heavy charge of powder and his I pistol was a heavyjone. On the next mcroing the sheriff called j ipon me and paid me the two hnndred ' lollare in gold, for he had made himself | rare that he had got the villain. I af- 1 terwards found a letter in the poet ofliee it Portsmouth for me, from the sheriff of Ffanoook county, and he informed me that j' Mr. Diok Hardhead ie in prison for life." j' SYMPTOMS OP FIRST LOVE. j1 When you find Master Jaok ebddfcn'y 1 refuse on^ morning to play marbles forever 1 ?be sure that Master Jaok ia seised with bis first love. Whon you find in Master Jack's bed , room sundry greasy looking bottles with n , yellow bear in a bins force! on the label? which, (the label, uot the benr,) informs jrou that the oontents of the bottle is an unguent, whioh makes the "loustaohss 5row?you may be sure Motor Jaok is mixed with his first lore. It you find Master Jaok no longer pays , the attention to the solids of the dinner, ; which he wm wont to do, and there ii no ] other cause, be sure it ie an attack of hie . 9 I S a un KIT8 UhAl OOOMiOO* it. I If Jack become* wtinoal and alludes In I Kjornf it term* to the world, be rare Jaok's I ir*t lore hu jaet ?p routed. 1 If you fled a pooket edition of Byron 1 anywhere about Jaok'e jiothee, be rare ' Jaek'a far gone in hla first lore. 1 If you lied a pair of patent leather* craning home from your shoemaker'* on* Saturiajr afieimm, and eaa't rmaunibar order- f1 lag them, ml they don't fit anybody bit l eek?don't blame him. Vint lore'e re- i yonsibl*. If yon eee jaok'e finger end* rather inky, ' led romps of an Ihwnatfr aaywhere .round, he aeenrad that Intitfebat mill Dm < rpoiSag of aome good matfonary. WraWy, IfJrakh raferlag fWm fint Lrf. V. v?? VT'I ? " WW W P** fallow, I **i *?, d~'t tot* ?Im *Ufc bo^'fkttm rww/Uto*. U* it Mvti li, n4 JmI Mrik? Ml (hi 'pMvtii ?m- *| tkorlty. lWl<*? k UU th. fcW?g QoogWw* MM ?fi lm W, Jk?i U b t?* to J* ! ? (.?X K Pirwgv*' I >4wL '.J I tt I IADING IS AM UN REMEMBER IINING, SEPTEM I NTEHESTI NO V A RIETIKS. Eaiu.y RlsiNO.?I>r. Wilson Phillip, in his ''Treatise on Indigestion," says:?"Although it isof consoquenco to the debilitated U> go early to bed, there are few things more hurtful to them than remaining in it too long. Getting op an hour or two ear* tier often gives a degree of vigor which nothing else can procure. For those who re not much debilitated and sleep well, the the best rales is to get put of bed soon after waiting in fclio morning. This, at first, may appear too early, for tho debilitated require more sleep than the healthy; but rising early will gradually prolong the sleep on the SMenwdincr ni?tf till ??,!l b XIV IJUUIlUiy the patient enjoys is equal to his demand for it. Lying lata is not only hurtful,by tho relaxation it occasions, but also by occupying that part of the day at which exercise is roost beneficial." Kindness its own Beward.?Good and friendly oonduct may meet with an unworthy, with an ungrateful return, but the abaenco of grntitude on tho part of the receiver cannot destroy the self approbation which recompense the giver. And wc may scntter tho seeds of courtesy and kindness around us at little expenso. Some of thein wilt inevitably fall on good ground, Mid grow up into benevolence in the minds af others, and all of them will bear fruit of happiness in theboeom whence they spring. Once blest aro all tho virtues always ; twice blest sometimes. Industry.?All oxortion is in itself delightful, and active nuiwisomont seldom tires ua. Helvetia* owns that he could hardly listen to a oonoert for two hoars, though he could play on an instrument all day long. In all pursuits, efforts, it must not be for gotten, are as indispensable an desires. Tho globe is not to be circumnavigated by one wind. Wo should never do nothing. "It is better to wear out than to rust out," lays Bishop Cumberland. ''There will bo time enough for repoae in the grave," said Arnauld to tfioole. In truth, the proper rest for man is change ofooounatinn." j Richard Sharp*. Sleet.- -There is no better description given of the approach of sleep than that which we find in one of Leigh Hunt's peers in the Indicator :?" It is a delicious moment, certainly, that of being well nestled in bed, and feeling that you shall drop gentlV to sleep. The good is to como?not past; the limbshavo been just tired onough 10 render the remaining in one posture delightful ; the labor of the day is done. A gentle failure of t?e perceptions comes orceping over ono; the spirit of oonsoiouancsa disengages itself more and more with ilow aod hushing degrees, like a mother detaching her hand from that of her sleeping child; tho mind a^ouis to have a balm) lid olossd over it, like tba eye?'tis eiosiug ?'tie more closing?'tis closed. The mys Lirioua spirit has goo* to take its Airy rounds. A ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE. A A abort time ego & eoeoe took place in the Champa Eljseos, almost unrivalled in the annals of romance. The tonur, Boreari, who has had a most magnificent inccea*, -nd in Italy in particular, has taken advantage of a conge to visit Paris. Doe evening he was walking under the trees in the Champs Ely seen, near the a I t Aa -i_La .4 ? a Midi, wiien no osugas ngoi or an oia nu, Mail)' drimed, dragging forth from in old f * die lome faint sounds, to which none listened. Ooraari started, struok bis band upon his forehead to eolloot hit thought#, sad than, leaving the ladies, ruahsd ap to the poor musician. "Ecoo mi?it's me!" said be, in a ringing voice. The old man raised his bead in anionishmeot. "Don't jrou recognise see, Giaeomof % aas Kawri, jen* pnpU?he to whom jou opened n sand sal earner' -he the oWen to you hie reputation and his fortune!" "Tloranri!" said the vioiiaiet "Ah! new k remember. ftmhpre Miled my pirtfolhin ifw? Wn ?? mi pMud t ft? yliiori alII la Mi# mid* of my .WUwfc*/' "H* W ?**p! wk* Uc rtfUftd jc* lBiMl?KtNM;r ??. j&kK y Lerali * ED PASTIME; BUT A WRIT I N't BER 9, 1856. Then the old nun told his story. He had become an irnproanrio. He had, ot fheheadof a troop of singers, gone through 1 the i*loft of Greece; but misfortune had every where been his fato. After a miraculous escape from shipwreck, ho got an attack of paralysis. Incompletely cured, ho camo to Paris to an old pupil?a lady ?who war kind to him, but who suddenly died in childbirth. Giacomo then went into the orchestra of a little theatre; bui at lust reduced to tho last extremity, he came to play in tho Champe Elysees. While the old man spoko, llorsari was fooling his pocketp. All he found wat a | couple or pounds. Suddenly he took u i bold resolution. "Oiacotno, do you racollcot the great air of ?La Calonjnia?' " "Yea." "Can you execute the accompaniment?" "Somehow." "Begin." At once, in a ringing, splendid voice, Borsari commenced this magnificent piece. , A crowd collocted?the singing ra/rt wero deserted, carriages drew np, and a fash. ! ionable audience descended from tbew. i At the sight of such an audience^ tho old man roused himself; his bow, (Prcted by a firm hand, drew forth delicious sounds, i The audience were struck with admiration, and the setting sun seemed to trans* j port every one to Italy. When ho endod, ' the teuor took round hia hat. No one refused. Gold poured in as well as silver; and when he had emptied his own purse amongst the heap of gold, he gave it to I thn old man I ? ''Giaconio, thia is od account. I shall ' see ycu again." A HUSBANDS SOLILOQUY. ''Oh, it is not much matter, I sLal! be back in a few dayr. I Lave nothing par. tioular to say. It is no use writing just to tell her 1 am well.*' This was a busbands soliloquy, j My dear Bir, have yon lived with her : so long, and not learned that "your smile is dearer to her than thelight of heaven?" , If yon will ait down and say: "Dearest I am well and will noon be baolc again/' it would be more than any cpd to support her?more than any staff to comfort her. Y<.ur affection is more than meat to her, your presenoe more than raiment. ?he is alone now. She hu fah m u)Mir? ?)>?? you were there, abe baa alept ao sweetly by your aide, that you cannot know bow abe starts at every sound when you aro absent; Lor/ timidly she moves about, fueling in evory nerve that aha is without protection.?Yon are strong, and know not what it is to rely upon another, but she has never learned to rely upon herself lie member, you have taught ber that this clinging Dependence, this love and trust, are the beauty and glory of woman. This is what attracted you. This was what you professed to love her for. When you oeaao to love ber, she will dto, but though she dots not yet doub> it, the sweatee* of ell inoense is to beer it from your lipe. "No letter," you have been abeent three days; end she soliloquise* ,itt- i. V. n. : ?i ? WV. uv tm v?*0J. UU t? WOtl wrwaij, or he would let me know, 1 shall hear tomorrow." But she hi sad 'She does not know the eauae. She would not for a thousand worlds aekovvledgu that aha foared you loved her leas, hut there ia an ioouhus upon be* spirits. She has written every day, almoet every hour; not Hosuselt ww her duty, not beoauae you expqpted it, or requested K; but beeaave she oculd not help it. Her heart was full to oversowing. Every breath wee soma expression of bar gushing love. You eesndt leva. You , > cannot love her as she loves you, hut yen 1 earn manifest the love you have. I Write?tell her you have ne| prospered it you in ?kfe,*ojOy thai jon ir? iKiprieoned; but odd tboi JUUf loro friU not) M>d would thai you oould bo ihmro to mo ifcov the boar* H|Mom, and tho lb00 brighlouo. Toil bar that though booat, your kourt b etttl with her, dbd , uMMbiUdf iwo m Pm 1. J _.1 1 L i-UJM i IS ETERNAL."?Tup prr. No. 14. - -J - i- ? -i jJiJV DIVISIBILITY OF MATTBR. . DiviHibility is susceptibility of being divided. To the divisibility of matter there ; is no known limit, nor can we conceive of I anything ho small that it is not made up j of two halves or four quarters. It is indeed true that our sonscs aro quite limited in I their operation, and that we oannot perceive or take cognisance, by mean* of our tepee*, of many ohjocts of the existence of whioh wo are convinced without their immediate or direct testimony. Sir Isaac Newton has shown that the thickest part of a soap bubble does not exceed the two iniilioncth part of an inoh. The Microscopic observations of Ehaenberg have proved that there are many species of little creatures called infusoria, so small that millions of thom collected in a single mass would not exceed the bulk cf a grain of sand, and thousands of them might swim 1 side by side through tho oye of a small needle. In the slatp formations in Bohe' mia those little crcatuscs are found in a fossil state, so small that it would require a hundred and eighty-seven millions of them to weigh a single grain. A single thread of a spider's web has been found to bo composed of six thousand . filaments. ? A single grain of gold may be hammered by a'gold-beater until it will cower fifty i e'juarc indues; eacu square iiica may do divided into two hundred stripe; and each strip into two hundred parts. One of these parts is only one two-millioneth part of ft grain of gold, and yet ma* oe aeen with the nakud dye. The partiolee which escape from odorfi ferous objeots also afford inatancea of ex1 treme divisibility. J'arkrr l Philotophy. PRECEPT AND EXAMPLE; ? GIVH THE PABOLE." A laughable illuatration of praetioe following theory; and precept carried iraiaodiJ ately into example, occurred a few night* I since in one of the royal dookyarda. The i? . . . . . . I OUDWIIllgPafllll fl mild Ml' anfti^sew ciplinsrian who is admitted to be thoroughly acquainted with th? most i osignifioant details of his nobis sod gallant profession, from the duties of the energetic boatswain to fhmfe of the dignified commander-in-chiof-?was briskly pasaing a sea* r f tioc), on his way to his official rcridenon, when he tnrnod upon the MarWartgnardUa of the royal establishment, and demanded the reason why he did nfo4 challenge hiss. In vain the sentry deolsred that he knew him to bo the Saperitftandent; he was *mphatically told his doty wss to challenge every one who spproaohed him, and, warming with excitement, the gallant Superintendent exclaimed, "Challonge all 1 CUallonfFft ma mim '* -W.ll ?? ? : J >..{,? ?h? --?????, tucu, hiv HiarJy pupil, loweriog his musket, and bringing it to the charge, "I do challenge you; give the psrolo, sir," end the hasty r Superintendent baring, in the coarse of his practical instruction, allowed the parole to slip his memory, was forthwith made a prisoner, and driven into the sentry-box. 80 situated, the worth preceptor was soon M J allowed an >tber opportunity of estimating the effect of his teaohing. A polioeman paariogdeitianded why the sentry had imprisoned the gentleman. "You foolish fellow," said he, "why, it is the Superintendent;" but the only reply from the sentry was the vociferous demand, "Git- the parole.* The polioeman, damning hin uniform to be a snftelent authority for pasting^ the sentry, had also forgotten to learn theparole, and be, too, was ordered into the sontry bot, from whioh he and his ?etis* #_?? J: leuow pn*oo#MFwM^iylr35jj53fJv when tbo matty vm r?wed from bis post * r .?? QnattU' v: II ? Mid tba? at tba oo!?bc*lion of tho' Poortb of J*ly, is Bin?bampton, tk? Hon. $ Dar.M 8. Diflbinaoo, tbo prc*id?ot of tba' ^ day, introduced tha following toaat: \ ' ' '? Ttu Wfmm fa R*r>4vtiom- Moth- . ?t> of u?n and patriotr Tba woman Of f-Mfc to- day-^-H'tep ! boop! Uop! u?u*?fe ?"