THE INDEPENDENT PRESS 18 l'UBLISHED KVKRY SATURDAY MORNING, BY PUOKETT & PANT. * TERMS. C3?~$ 1 per annum, invariably in advance. Advertisements will he inserted conspicuously at the following very low rates: 1 square of 12 lines or less, 1 insertion, 76 Every following insertion, - - - - 87 1 square 3 months, - ------$400 1 " 6 " 6 00 1 " 1 year, 10 00 Announcing a Candidate, (in advance,) 3 00 Liberal deductions will be made to persons advertising largely. All obi uary notices er ding twelve lines will be charged as ndverli 'iiente. ?5?"All communications and lett?r6 on business with this oftic ist be addressed to Thk Independent Past .jocville C. II. B. C., riiEpaid, to insure attciu.on. POETRY. From tho New York Pick. Courtship and Marriage. by nolzo* (Tlic following lines were suggested upon s?cing tho tableaux?"ConiiDg to be Married.") All fellers as wants to get married, I s'poso. But na hasn't said so to their gal, Fed like a darned fool when they goes to propose, So I'll tell you just how I axed Sal. I hadn't thought znctly what question to "pop," Aud I doesn't know yet what's the right, For my head it whirled round nnd round like " a top, But I coined the first time to the p'int. I felt, at the time, so brim full of joy, That her hands I took hold by the tips ; Thought I to myself, where's a luckier boy f And I gave her a kiss on the lips. Says I, "You and me, for two yenrs and a half, Have been goin together about." "I know what you're at," said she, with a laugh, Whilo I felt moat acucedly out * ' The parson lives near, so to him let us go; m love yer and allers be true; The old folks, I'm anr$ wouldn't dare to say no. Says she, "I don't care if they do." She die.n't say "Yea," but the laugh in her eye Told mo all that I wanted to know, So I axed if we'd better wait till bimohvJ But 8ays she, "I'm all ready now." I thought to mysel( I must bo better dressed, For Sal looked so purty and neat, [vest, So I ran home and stole dad's white coat and And then I commenced my retreat. The coat woe too Ion? but it Jit very well, And dad never locked better in it But what do you think, when I got back to Sal, She had stolen the old woman's bonnet 1 The parson was just about taking his tea, When we openod the door and went in ; But the way that he looked at Sally and me, Made us wish ourselves out of doors ag'in. Said ho, "I should like to know why you've come, ^ To disturb me while taking my tea!" Why, parson, says1^ "wo'to just come from - - hum- '% Why, don't yoti know Sally and me! "We come here to be married, Sally and mo, And we're both infi !?urry to go, 'Cause we come away slyly, just arter ten, For we don't want the old folks to know." 'So you've both run ?#iy I now I see how it is; If your folks are unwilling I can't" When I heard him Bay that, my dander vrnsriz, And says I, 'I'll be shot if you shan't." His wife and his daugh&r stood near his chair, >: And had heard eveiy word we had said ; But when I looked up aud saw 'cm stand there, I felt kinder dsweared. , ? ? ? - "jxow, l'a," said the gal, "do just aa they say, And let them both have one another; Young people, in sucjuhings, -will havo their own -way? I're heard youafysoto my mother." "Well, Mary, "said he, "go get me my hook, For from it there's no getting rid." As be said so, the took from bis daughter he s- -took, And in fire minat?tnore we was wed So I paid liim rkjjjjr^lf for what he had donej '< Four shillin' w^all ^jat I had ; The <>H feller Uki le-it, and then we went home, And 1 told=ttk?/wholo on it to dad. happier cOt3pl Adgpn ufaS Eve had a fall ; pot ttoe^offit was, thgtarterhu tea, went a yS^a^t^AtrEovs. ; fumqaof ofcjParson Brownlow. " \--'^N"ifr'aniG9 heard a& anecdote told of tlu if true, clearly shows thai vrhtifonfr he thinks is rigtilvhe will endeavor to maintun. It is said thalfchewas once jttdttfljB by one of Che greatestf^^kts and btagfcdoeios in Tennessee, that lfKe at >.?v^^:4ed^4ei to preach again at a certain place, ^SgtM|9!mUi? t^?n from the pulpit and put> in the presence of hiscongregiThe persons present knowing the mm who had thus threatened the Parson y t&be a desperate fellow, advised him not tc jij -fir ^^preach^^ They were requested not to give ;;?OOT0Beive8 any~ trouble, as he would attend ;to the matter hiinaeUi - . yy Sunday morning cam?, and so did the Pai*on at the appointed hour and took hu with him, and it is said that no set of men over got such a a scorching as did some of his c ngrogation upon that occasion. A fashionable Dinner Party. A writer in the last number of the Westminster Iicviov, in a well-written article on "Manners and Fashions," thus hits oft' a fashionable stupid Dinner Party : "CK> now and dress for some half-past oirrlif f 1 lous talk, you turn to tho table, and find | tbat tli? book of engravings and the portfolio of photographs are as flat as the conversation. You fond of music. Yet tho singing, goo^ . it is, you hear with utter indifference, and say "thank you," with a senso of being a profound hypocrite.? Wholly at ease thougbtarou could bo, for your own part, you fitMIYlbat your sympathies will not let you. You see young gentlemen feeling whether their tics are properly adjusted, looking vacantly round, and considering what they shall do next. You see ladies sitting disconsolately, waiting for some one to speak to them, and wishing they had the wherewith to occupy their fingers. You see the hostess standing about the door-way, keeping a factitious smile on her face, and racking her brain to find tho requisite nothings with which to greet her guests as they en> ter. You see numberless traits of weariness and embarrassment; and if }*ou have any fellow feeling, these cannot fail to produce a Bense of discomfort. Tho disorder is catching ; it spreads from one to antther ; do what you will, you cannot resist the general infection. You struggle against it; you make spasmodic efforts to be lively ; but none of your sallies or your good stories do more than raise a simper or a forced lang'\. Everything falls dead. Intellect and feeling arc alike asphyxiated, and when at length, yielding to your disgust, you rush afrry, how great is the relief when you get into the fresli air, and see the stars ? liow you "thank God that's over 1" and half resolve to avoid such boredom for the future! "What, now, is the secret of this perpetual , miscarriage and disappointment? Docs not the fault lie with all these needless adjuncts, these elaborate dressings, these set t forms, these expensive preparations, these many devices and arrangements, that imply trouble and raise expectation ?" The Man who Kiased the Three Girls. A young man who boarded at a house in the country, where several coy damsels who seemed to regard men as terrible creatures whom it was an unpardonable sin to look at, was one afternoon accostcd by an acquaintance, and asked what he thought of the young ladies with whom he boarded ? He replied that they were very shy and reserved. "So they are," returned the other, "and so much so that no gentleman could get near enough to tell the color of their eyes." "That they may be," said the boarder, "yet I will stake a million that I can kiss , all three without any trouble." "That you cannot do," cried his friend ; "it is an achievement which neither you nor any other man can accomplish." The other was positive, and invited his friend to his house to witness his triumph. > They entered the room together, and the three girls were all at home, sitting beside their mother, and they looked prim and , demure as John Rogers at the stake. ' Our hero assumed a very grave aspect, oven to dejection, and having looked wist' fully at the clock, breathed a sigh as deep as Algebra, and as long as a female dialogue at a street door. Ilis singular deportment now attracted the attention of the girls, who cast their slow opening eyes up to his countenance. Perceiving the inv ' pression he had made, he turned to his companion and said: "It wants throe minutes of the time P* "Do you appak of the dinner?" said the > old lady, laying down her sewing work. ; "Dinner V said he, with bewildered as t>ecL and^vjintinnf. if iin VUU,J) "" ** > curled fore-finger. 1 A silence ensued, during which the fe male part of the household glared at the , young man with irrepressible curiosity. ?, - "You will see me decently interred," said he, again turning to his friend. > Ilia friend was as much puzzled as any i body present, and his cmbarrassment^addea to the intended effect: but the old lately be> ingf finable to contain herself, cried: i "Mr. C? pray what do you speak of I" j . "Nothing," answered he in a lugubrious I tone. "but. Iflflt nirrVif o orari* .? i , - h nujiwliau ULW i me F Here the girls rose to tceir feet and i drew near. "And the spirit gave me warni ing that I should die exactly at twelve i o'clock to-day. Andypusee it wants but y half minute of "that time.* . J llK girls turned pale, and their hidden i sympathies were at once awakened for the r doomed youth. He then walked to the 1 eldest of the girls, and taking Jtier by the i hand Sade heara solemn farewell. He also | which she did not ^attempt to- resist?" He 1 V--J ? J? ? " "Who would have believed that an apparition would tell such a lio ? It was probably the ghost of Annanias or Sapphira." It was somo time before, the sober maidens understood the joke, and when thev did, they evinced no resentmont. The first kiss broke the ice, and thanks to the ghost they discovered there was some pleasure in a bearded check. A Grasshopper Roast. , Amongst tho choice delicacies with which the Digger Indians regale them- J selves during the summer season, says the , Empire County Argus, is the grasshopper ] roast. Having been an eye witness to the < preparation and discussion of one of their I .feasts of grasshoppers, we can describe it ' truthfully. There arc districts in Califor- , nih, as well as portions of the plains be- . tween the Sierra Nevada and the llocky i Mountains, that literally swarm with grasshoppers, and in such astonishing numbers that a man cannot place his foot to the j ground while walking thcro without crushing gscat numbers. To tho Indian ihey arc a great delicacy, and arc caught and cooked in the following manner : A piecc of ground is so-"lit wliere they most abound, in the cei " which an cxcavation i:: made, large mid enough to prevent tl.e insect from Lop, ig out when once in. The entire party of diggers, old and young, male and female, then surround as much of the surrounding grounds as they can, and with each a green bough in hand, whipping and thrashing on every side, gradually approach the ccntre driving the insects before them in countlcss :,udes, till a* last all, or nearly all, are 1 in 'he ! pit. In the meantime sin;1 arc made, answering the pu.t o.in which fires are kindled and kept up .m?til the surrounding earth, for a short distance, becomes sufficiently heated, together with a fiat stone large enough to cover the oven. The grasshoppers are now taken in coarse bags, and, after being thoroughly soaked in water for a few moments, aro emptied into the oven and closed in. Ten or fifteen minutes suffices to roast them, when they are taken out aud eaten without further preparation, with much apparent relish, or as is sometimes the case, reduced to powder and made into soup. And having from curiosity tasted, not of the soup, but of the roast, really if one could divest himself of the idea of eating an insect, as wc do an oyster or shrimp, with other preparation than simply roasting, they would not be considered very bad eating, even by more refined epicures than the Digger Indians. The Celestial State. Old Rickets was a mau of labor, and had little or no time to'devote to speculations on the future. IIo was withal rather saving in the use of language. One day, while engaged in stopping up hog-holes about his place, he was approached by a colporteur and presented with a tract. "What is all this about?" demanded "That, sir, is a book describing the celestial State," was the reply. "Celestial state ?" said Rickets, "where is that ?" "My worthy friend, I fear that you have not?" "Well, never mind," interrupted Rickets, "I don't want to hear about any better State than old Pennsylvania. I intend to live right here, if I can only keep them troublesome hogs out." An Ingenious Riddle.?It was done when it was begun ; it was dope when it was half done; and yet it wasn't done when it was finished. Now what was it ? Answer: Abney Johnson courts Susannah Dunn. It was Dunn when it was begun ; it was Dunn when it was half-done ; and yet it wasn't Dunn when it was finished ?for it was Johnson. CHARLESTON ADVERTISEMENTS7 CHARLESTON CARPET WAREHOUSE. William Calder TT^ always on hand the largest and best | t JL-.M- eeicciea siock ot UAKl'Jffi'lIlO to be | found in thp city, viz:?Fine Ingrains, low ?riced; superfine Ingrains, Tapestry Velvet, apestry Brussels, low priccd Brussels, Three Ply Carpetings, Green and Printed Baize, Hearth Rugs and Door Malts, Stair Carpeting and Stair Rods, Bindings, Ac., Ac. Matting, all widths. ' With a large assortment of FLOOR OIL CLOTH, from 3 to.24 feot in width, for Rooms, Lobbies, ?fcc., without team.' Kos. 246 and 243 Ring-at-, corner HaseL Cameron, Webb & Co., (Successors to G. it IL Cameron,) imfortees of CHINA, GLASS AND EARTHENWARE,' > No. 145 Meeting street, * Charleston, Sooth Carolina, pff* Will supply Country Merchants with Goods in their line at as low rates as they can buy in New York, or elsewhere. , n. f. cameron, ) w. l. webb, > w. m. rage. ) . nhj!5. ? LEONARD OHAPIN, MAMUFACrijttEtt AND T)EALXR IN < . CARRIAGES ABD HARNESS, Next door North of Pavilion Hotel, 124 Meeting street and 88 Wentworth street, , .CHARLESTON, S. C. * N. B.?An immense stock of VEHICLES and HARNESS constantly oa' hand. Great inducements now offered in extreme low prices. Every article warranted. . . ' *i, 29, 2fi f_., ;ly g BAXLEYf DOUGLAS i-ANDEfifiON.' i~ j ' WHOLESALE JUtd BET AIL Jt3?? / A. BAiiJ:fHASl"iBTON? &* When the It. It. R. Theory was first declared io the world, skeptical persons doubted its correctness, and looked with distrust on the rcmeJics it possessed. Others, however, struck with the originality of its views and conceeding merit to the theory, were induced to try if tlio remoJies bore out in practice what was claimed for * them in theory. A third class differing from the others and r>erhans more numerous, without :onsideing for a moment any merit they might be entitled to, tried them, merely as a venture, jjrowing out of a desire for something now. We are satisfied with the result, for the public lias received tho benefit and It. R. R. Tneory lins triumphed. Not a day passes that wo do not have admission from some hitherto unbelievor that their skepticism was unfounded and convinced by rending our Family Friond, have proved by their own experience, the infallibility uf our medicines. Not a day passes that wc do not rcccive grateful testimonials of cures effect- i ed by these Medicines. " I was seized with cramps and spasms Inst night says one, and lind it not been for Radaway's Ready Relief I should have died with the pain." Another says, " my 1 wife was slowly sinking with an affection of the Lungs and my neighbor was suffering from Scrofula,?I have Been them both restored to *1 health by Rndwny's Renovating IteBolveut J A third sny, " Radway's Regulators have curod g me of habitual costiveness that was tho burden s of my life." Such are the characteristic testi- r iiiumuis we uauy rccive ot tbo ?. it. U. llcrae- J dies. b Radway's Ready Relief, the first of the R. ' R. R. remedies, is the most quick and safe rem- * ody that has ever yet been discovered for the ' instant relief of afl ACUTE OR CHRONIC 1 PAINS. It is a certain discnfcctant and will c neutralize the most violent poisons of Malignant j Epidemics. If the human system is seized with the virulence of Cholera, Small-Pox, Ship Fever, Pneumonia, or other fatal poisons, Rnd- ^ v y's I? ,-ady Relief used in connection with li' .i . Regulators, will check the violence of >"a- , icutralize the infection, and will i; I j-. 'ect the system against sudden t wi restore Uie body to health and \V make this assertion boldly, and j or Chemist doubts the great j wo claim for our Ready Relief, ^ ?tit pains, let them examine it and j * siil bear the test. RHEUMATISM. J Pains stopped in a few minutes. The moment Railway's Ready Relief is applied to the parts alllicted with i-lioiimnt.ii> tiainn u lmtlm- ? tlic knee joint, the arms, legs, feet or loins ull, J pain ami anguish ceases. Criiti.f.d for twescty years. Mr. Charles M. i] Johnston, Nashville, was crippled with a chronic j rheumatism for twenty years. He purchased t from J. M. Zimmerman one bottle of Ready lie- ) lief, and one box of Regulators. The Ready Relief vns applied as soon as it was obtained. In twenty minute* he was free from pain; 1 In twenty-four hours lie could stana alone; * In four day* he could walk alone. ' By the use of the Resolvent, Relief and Regu- 1 lators, iu ono month he was entirely cured. ' A lady aged 85, had been crippled for years, could not raise her hand to her head. One bottle of 11. R. Relief removed all pain and stiffness, created new life within her disabled body, ' restored each limb and joint to a strong vigor- 1 ous and healthy condition. The lady is well known in Asheville, N. C. Thomas W. Atkin, Esq., editor of the Aslieville News, published the , case in his paper on the 18th of October 1853. ] Sudden Attacks. Cramps and Spasms. For ! all internal difficulties, where the patientis sud- I denly seized with Cramps, Spasms, Diarrhoea, . Cholera Morbus, one teaspoonful of Radway's ] Ready Ilelief will in fifteen minutes allay the i most distressing pains. i Fever and Ague. Let those afflicted with this distressing malady take Radway's Ready Relief internal!}*, a teaspoonful every fifteen minutes three hours before the chills come on, and a dose of Regulators every night; also, rub the spine of tho back down with Ready Relief. It will entirely cure and prevent the system against Ague and Fever. In cases of Burns, Scalds, Bruises, Strains, Sprains, Bad Swellings, Heart Burn, Sour Stomach, Sick Headache, Radway's Ready Relief will remove all pain in a few minutes. For sale by "Wardlaw Lyon, Abbeville; Boatwright ii Barkuloo, Columbia; Dr. F. G. Parks. Greenwood: Beach A: BrownRon. N . berry; J. w TTirarw-w a?ti ? ?. * *j M* iu< uu?vii) ageuk S ? ? i Hemlock and Oak Tanned Sole 1 Leather. ) QAA/\ LBS. Hemlock and Oak Tanned i OlyvjU' Bole Leather, for sale at leas than c Augusta prices, by . HENRY S. KERR. t a March 25 v ? ^ 46 . tf Salt! Sail! *? SACKS Liverpool Salt'in store and for " t)U. sale by f* ?? IL S. KE11R. " March 26 46 J tf * y vmun uuu B&HU TT UMICU - HIDES and Skins of all kinda.will be taken ? in Exchange for Grocriea, by * < i_ EL B? BiBttR. '' ?May 6? . A ; 62 - V * tf * Scytlies and Cradles* A. few of the beat Cradles overseen, for sal o ' by 4- H. S. KERR , May 6 *. 52' A - ^tf - I . 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L>r. .Hose's celebrated Expectorant or 2ongh Syrup, not only relieves the worst cougli, >ut it allays all irritation of the Lungs or rhrout, subdues any Bronchial affection, cures ' he Asthma, and is dccidedly the best prepara- . .ion for Consumption nnd all Lung diseases. In mottles at 50 cents and $1. j Foil Wuooriua Coucjii.?This distressing and ( 'rcquentlj' dangerous complaint, yields, and is . mred by Dr. Rose's celebrated "Whooping Cough Syrup. It allays the cough and prevents in- lamination nnd dropsy on the sheat It fre- r jucntlj' cures in one week, and gives instant j relief. 60 cents per bottle. A Certain Cube for Choup.?Children are always liable to the croup, which dangerous com plaiut yields immediately to Dr. J. B. Rose's never-failing Croup Syrup. Price 25 cents. Do you Suffer with any Pain? Tf ?Ml C.l 1*.. 1* ?' ii juu uv, vuu win iinu uumcuinte rcuei oy using Dr. J. b. lioae's Pain Curer. It is the only preparation which cnrca, almost instantly, iore Throat, Rheumatism, from Colds, Pains in the Side, Back, or Limbs; Face, Ear, or Tooth Ache; Stomach or Bowels, Side or Back; Stiff Neck, Bruises, Corns and Chilblains. Wherev:ryou have pain, use tho Pain Curer. Safe to ill age. Price, 12|, 25 and 50 cent bottles. The Only Cure for Dyspepsia, Liver Complaint and Indigestion. ' Thousands have been cured of the above ' ;omplaints, and tens of thousands more can be lured if they will take Dr. J. 8. Rote's Dyspeptic Compoutid and his Anti-Bilious or Jlailroad Pills. The Dyspeptic Compound acta directly sn the liver and stomach, Whilst the Pills carry aff all secretions, keeping the bowels open and regular, also giving strength and appetite, riiese medicines contain no calomel or mercury in any form, but possess great tonic, alterative, ,i J i!?_ ?3. ?i ? < Hwiiiiini uuu nvcr vuuipvunus, which never injure but always improve the constitution, as thousands can testify. All of the <4>ove preparations, with Dr. Rose's Medical adviser to Persons in Sickness and in Health, to bo had of Wardlaw & Lyon, Abbeville. Dr. Felix G. Parks, Greenwood. Dr. F. F. Gorey, Cokesbury. G. L. Peun, Edgefield C. H. Wm. F. Pratt & Co., Newberry C. II. And of Dealers generally throughout the State. 10-ly DRY GOODS IN CHARLESTON, S. C. Browning & Leman, IMPOKTXttS or Wo*. 209 and 211 Klng-aC, pomtr vf 'XafJcetJt?,. Charlertoa,; g-, C. Plantation Woolens, Blankets, ut believing the warrantee to be sufficient, they Till say, send on your orders through the mail >r their agents, who will visit the moat* if not ill the Planters in reasonable bounds. ? ., r & H. ?S WM. 0GLE8BY, | Elberton, Elbert county, Oa. ! Feb. 4 80 ly ! HSHRY S. K8HR, 1 W BOXES AXE * RETAIL DBAXBB IK / !Dnn?DrDB nnmrrornvo l n(iimn/minrii>niB iBvvunuia) I nuuoivno OVllFISIjllUIlAKlJiO) ABBE VHA23, OB- B. O. May 10, 1858. 1-tf \ * . IVotice, EHE Notos of the Eetato of D F. Cleoklt, deceased, are now due, and haye boon >laeed in 0or hands for'paypient. Porsone < triag the Estate, "will make payment before he 16th of Febrotafy. Those holding domands the Atat^ will present the tarn* to itc, 3 Lj, -- - ".J W . ,^. v ^msL