- * p-W* V , ** . *?* '"* y(>Jc ' * II . V- ,. , , __- USTTOTSD TO LITIEATURH, THIS ARTS, ^GliEENCIl, AGHICM?T*raE, NEWS, PONTICS, &C., ?2. ^ TERMS?ONE DOLLAR PER ANHUM)] ,. "Ii6t it bs In|^|td into tho Houti of your. Children that tho tiberty*6f thej^geaa igj^^Palfadiniii of all your Rights."?-Jiinlu*. ' ^-> < |~p A V j^HT.TSj ^~F3T- ATVyA V0LUME2-N0.il. : ABBEVILLE C. II., #fril CABOLINAySATUUDAf^ltfOMING, JfrLY 22, 1854. > ? - WHOLE NUMBER 63. . -H'i >.-. I . ?.-. . v.,v.- - . - v: , '* * * ; - POETR-% v The Withered Wreath. BY II. J. SARGENT. I found it by the way aide, A weeping elm beneath ; A wreck on Love's capricious tide, A faded, sceutlcss wreath. There seemed a depth of meaning In tlmt faded wreath concealed ; There was treasure fop thn And a story unrepealed. * ? There were tiny buds half opened, Like ruby hps, half seen, Beneath the tantalising veil Of some coy village queen. And there were gorgeous flowers full blown Of every ?h?de and hue. Have these frail elnblemB drooped alone? Has young Hope withered toof The more I viewed that withered wreath, I was curious the more To question of the dvincr flowers Its gad historic lore. "Whose was the white and dainty hand, Arranged with so much art, This Litany responding' To the. Priest within her Jtiarl? ? Were joy and faith Uotlnd tip in thee Or mingled doubts and fears ? Say! wast thou woven out of smiles, Or wast etobnlmed ih tears T f One dying flower responded, . "Tlius be the riddle read: The buds are dreams half realized, The floioers are bright hopes dead." I leftlt by the way side, That weeping elm beneath, A wreck on Lovc'b capricious tide; A faded, scentless wreath. COMMTTfflCATIONS, [fob the Tndepen dent rnEss.] A Bird's-Eye View of Texas. The following letter, written by ftn Abbcvillnn now in Texas, to a friend in this District, will be found interesting to our readers: " Rusk Co., Texas, June 5, 1864. In Texas as elsewhere, we have some good and some poor land; some places heal thy and pome not. It is not exactly a second Eden as has bv some been represented. No silver trees. or fritter trees either. The three different and most common soilB arc white sandy, black sandy and red land.? The white sandy land in very productive, generally level enough fty cultivation aud some entirely level; timbered with black-jack, liickory, post oak and pine,; though where the pine grows is rather a different soil?whiter, with less sand. Where the blackjack grows there arc poast-oak runners in abundance. These are very disacrecable to work with. It is a common saying that thuT.or that is enough to mnke n preacher swear. If he does not swear nt working in post-oak runners, there is no danger in driving oxen or anything of the kind; in short,. ho would-be a very good man, or he would think very bad things if he did not say them. The black sandy laud is timbered with red-oak, hickory, poast-oak, white-oak, walnut and occasionally a black-jack. It has tlie appearance of a second bottom, and produces finely. The red-llmdjs timbered in tho same way. It has a very singular appearancc, being bo rea. roe cowon raisca on inia jana, n it falls out, Lb stained badly, though it docs not affect the sale, (notwithstanding tho merchant* in New Orleans can tell the difference;) it carries the stain with it as far as we can hear of it These are tho soils of Eastern Texas. On all the creek* there is fino bottom land, wliich bears the resemblance of all bottom land. In the West, they have prairie and timber l?nds; V?o loff/kt* ViAiher rfflnprnllr AAnrlr ftiA black And stiff, or a black sandy soil??opio of which is very rich. I do not know what to tell you* about tlib amount of oottou/or eorn raised per acre, ex-, ccpt the amount stated by people'here, which correspond very.yellwitli the-talesiold there ?sueh as l,00tf, l.ljpO, $,000 and 2,500, pounds of ootton per . and o# oorn, .15, 20, 26, 30 and 35 bushehfjier o^re. v Oats, potatoes, melons, pampkins^fe,, in OOT wheat yon will readily conclude tha^ we';drtlit /am -V? -w /" iw. The great objection to moving to Texn namely, the want of schools, is being remove Collegea and schools arc now springing up i every town, village, and neighborhood. Tliei is now no necessity for our youth to grow u in ignorance. Far from it. Education has ui folded her glittering banner, and spreads li< golden wings from north to south, from east t west, over near the entire lund. So slron are the desires of parents that their oflfsprin should enjoy Iter blessings, that notwithstan< ing the prices of tuition are much liigh< here than in older States, and the great nccess A... 1.1 " - mere is lor a great ninny of tlicir children t aid them in the accumulation of worldly wenltl our schools and academies are 'well representee and our teachers looked to as men engaged i the most noble profession?as men who love 6 well the improvement of the rising generatio as to devote their time and talents to that pui pose; not from mercenary,-hut purely philar thropic motives. The prices of land hero vary, not so much i proportion to the quality of the land, as to tli "ripen cm" of the owner. Texas bangs all pin ten wr inuring jou ever saw. in tne mi I nin winter, tlicy arc sean going to and from al quarters. Some, if they can, will soil; if thei cannot, tlicy will swap ; if tlicy can ncitlie sell or swap, tliey will move out of their oh houses and build new ones. Moving has be come habitual, and move the}- will. The high est price for land in the woods is $3 per aero but more commonly ?1 50 and $2, and some times $1 per acre. Improved lands vary more There have been some sold at $10 per acre, ii this county, nothing extra nt that; six, seven eight, and nine, is occasionally paid for ini proved lauds, but more commonly three, four and five. Find a man thoroughly rinc. he wil soil at $2 or $2 50. What we term improve* lands, lmvc from 150, 100, and even down t< 20 acres cleared, Texan cabin*, cribs, stables and so forth. I must tell you something of the game of out forests. We have here doer, turkeys, and ii winter ducks till you can't rest. We had fin< sport killing ducks in the winter, and since deer and turkeys. We have killed abouttwen ty deer?I mean our crowd have. It may bi you would like to know how many I htivi killed. Well, I will Icll you of one day's ad venture, from which you may judge, as 1 assur< you similar success has followed mo on ever] occasion. I need not give you the start, sucl as bustling about for ammunition, and so forth Suffice it to say, while walking.leisurely along I egpied at some hundred n mile ly, "butyou'kqow business men seldom "iok money > Withorit' adequate ji$cni>it.y?otherVii ^"^San'^vbu no V' ' > f : ' I ir noticing tlicac interruptions, Mr. j.. Barton Raid: " Young Strosscr is desirous of establishing goi himself in a small retail business in Washing- Ro. ?> ton street, and called this,morning to secure a hoi d. loan of two thousand doUprs for that purpose." ult. n "Indeed," said Mr. Ha'wlev. evidontlv ?nr- < prised at this annoucemcnt; " but you do not ?:f e think of loaning that sum, do you?" Boi !P "I do not know," replied Sir. Barton, "Mr. to 1 l- Strosser is a young man of business talent and of )r strict integrity, and will be likely to succeed in tha whatever lie undertakes." is tl ? " Perhaps so," said Mr. Hawloy. " but I am pus g heartily tired of helping these young aspirants iim !g of commcrcial honors." iafa j. ' Haw you ever sufTered from such a coursc?" abl inquired Mr. Barton, at the same time casting 1 f ft roguish glanio at Mr. H. atel i* "No," replied the latter, "for I never felt Dir ,o inclined to make an investment of that kind." 'I j "Tlicu here is a fine opportunity to.do so. To ' It may prove better than stock in tlio' bank. / As for nij-self, I have concluded that if you will 1 n advance him one thousand dollars, I will con- Con o tribute an equal sum." sine n "Not a single farthing would I advance for bor such a foolish purpose ; and if you make an ad- tion r" vance of that kind 1 shall consider - you Very tial, i- foolish." ' Mr. Barton observed a silence of several mo- this menU aiul then arose to depart. gre; "If you do not feel disposed to share with seas c mo in this enterprise, I Bhall advance the whole imu i- sum myself." J So 8nying he left the store. chai I Ten years have passed away since the occur- fron rencc of the conversation recorded in Jhc pre- Rid; f ceding chapter, and Mr. Barton, palo and ngi- the r tated, is standing at the same desk; as when elmi ] first introduced to the reader's attention. As by i page nfter pago of his ponderous ledger was eudi examined, his despair tgypamc deeper and deep- tent er until at length he exclaimed: T " I am ruined, utterly ruined I " ton >. "How so," inquired Hiram Stressor, who en- the \ , tered the counting-room in season to hear Mr. pari Barton's remark. to t! II "The last European steamer broucrlit news Cow , of tlic failure of the liouac of Pelerb, Jackson Koa - it Co., London, -who arc indebted to ine in the on t sum of $25,000. News of the failure has be- stoc ! come general, and my creditors, panic stricken, its c arc pressing my paper to be cashed. -The this 1 bnnks refuse me credit, and I have not the trac j means to meet my liabilities. If I could pass the the crisis, perhaps I could rally again, but it is ftnd ' impossible; my creditors nre importunate, and fron I cannot much longer keep above tlio tide," re- ness r plied Mr. Barton. ity 1 i "What is the extent of your liabilities?" in- see , quired Mr. Strosser. unit "Seventy-five thousand dollars," rcpliodMr. Cart - Barton. ?; "Would that sum be sufficient to relievo Ban 1 you?" T "It would." jiay "TlieD, air, you shull have it," eaid Stros9er, of t " as he stepped up to the deals and drew a cheek othc 2 for seventy five thousand dollars. "Here, take com ! this, and when j-ou need more, do not hesit&tc four to call on me. Remember that it was from wor you I received .money to establish myself in Nov business." - * nicn , "But the debt was cancelled several years Tl j ago," replied Mr. Barton, aa a ray of hope shot men across his troubled mind. in H "True," replied Strosser, "but the debt of scrij 1 gratitude I owe you has never been cancelled, its e t nnd now that, flin */>nln lm> t ? !l * ?~ ?'i?o vuiu^u, iuccia xb iore e my duty to come to the rescue." . : pose I At this aingulnr turn in thcttide of fortune, T1 . Mr. Barton fuirly wept for joy. Dire llis paper was taken up as fast ns it was sent dam i in, and in lc&a than n month he had paused the won [i crisis, and stood perfectly safe and secure; his wlii< credit increased, and business improved, while and . several other firms sank under the blow and popi 1 could not rally, among whom was Mr. Hawley, that the merchant introduced to the render in the to lc ^ preceding chapter. ' * mor e " How did you manage to keep above the tho tide ? " enquired Mr. Hawley of Mr. Barton, proj V one morning, several months after the event* beln IT last recorded, dm he met the latter upon the thoi ! street on his way to his place of business. on c " Very easily indeed, I can assure J'ou," re- nski i plied Mr. Barton. ' tliat " Well, do tell me how," continued Mr. Haw- 01, u a ley, "I lay claim t^great deal of. alirawdligl^i judg c but the strongefltT^eJcercise of mv^Bnwrdid>not A save me; and vet "you, wlj^. jP?T?T by far the und greatest euffefer, and whofg liabilities were Hon 5 twice as heavy as my own, haire stood the shock, tire and have come off even better by the shock." <|er - "Tho truth Is,* replied Mr. Barton, "I cashed Mot r my paper as soon as it was sent in." the "I suppose so/' said, Mr. Haw ley, regarding And 0 Mr. B. with n look of surpi^e, "but how did ndjfl you obtain funds ?" As fdi^njy part, I could viev ' not obtain a dollar credit?the banks refused its i 1 tot^e my paper, and my friends oven desert- r0pt ^ ed me." ; Knc "A little investment that I made some ten R0a ^ years ago," replied Sfh Barton, smiling, " has the pwou ^Ab?cuiuKijf jnuumuju * Wltl "Investment! -' echoed Mifcllawloy,?" what Cflte investment?"-- _*.* . m t " Why, do you'llot remember how I 'cftt&b- Car1 lishod young Strossor in'business some ;teri ,or port ? twelve years ago!" ; " Ob, yes, yes," replied Mr. Hawloy, ,08 a>i*y :rnta of suspicion lighted up his countenance ;?."Aafe ? ""! ?* * 5 ' ;y': ... ** ' >'*< - A-*. . .. # V . . The Blue Ridge Rail Ho?d. iVc place before our readers the able i t or tho President of the Blue Ridge R; nd Company, rend at the meeting of btoc ders held at Clayton, Georgia, ott'thc 27 The business of the mooting was confin the election of Directors, 'and the locatii ll,? fli?? - 1 - I ? lumi ub yjiuyvun ; anu wo learn tjiat tl *rd of Directors passed a resolution leavii :he citizens of Clayton tlio selection of oi three lines that- have been rim adjacent t place. The nearest line to Clayton, ^hi< be longest by four thousand six hundred foi sIb through lauds adjacent to the corpora its, and heing, we understand, entirely sc ctory to the citizens of the town, will pro v uc uie ono auopted. he President niov for the conot.ructio equipment of the entwpjino of Rail Roa 1 Anderson C. II. to the State line: if Tei ec; the lion. W. ii. Thomas (under autlio Lo him as President) acting for tb<{ Tenne River Rail Road Company, agreeing t e his Company with the cbnipanv in Sout ilina and to plncc the construction of tl 1 under the contract made with Mcssr gs tion on the part of the State in adi^tion t ndorsement of the Company's bonds as hi granted. The bill introduced for this pui i passed the Senate, but failed iriitlie Honst be hopes and expectations of the Board c ictors, however, tferc, and are by no mean pened by this disappointment/ n3 thcr s causes which contributed to this -c^eul ill they are assured 'iwill uot exist. again it must not be inferred thaC.tho'votq in tt> liar branch of the Legislature is"conclusiv the people of South Carolina are oppose* igiglutivc (lid-to this great enterpise, in sorii e substantial form than the endorsement c Company's bonds. Thtro ^?re seven ccts opposed to trs last*session, which it i SVed Will not ODDOS6 tli^/irrnin Man ight that we should enter more thdrodfehl mr work, and make, .mora^, progress vbefor iig for further legislatives^,. and othei our surveys and eaUmdi&gitfsrQ too gene: nr!tir ,%a L IU - ? .w j/vuwi.vj no iu w?r uwii uuuur. jt, T-ct every man, therefore, contribute to its a. support by hiB unerasing efforts?by aid to the ,j. extent of hi* means, and by his sympathy.? n And tliose to -whom you have entrusted the lc management of this great and magnificent en-. I, torprise will, before many years, bo enabled to congratulate you on its triumphant achievelC ment, as they do now on its auspicious comia mencemcnt IIENltY GOURDIN, ft; ' PiWf nii.? 1> r> r> lt} . WW w A^IUV M4U(jV IV. i\. . a ** 1 ^ vj'-to observe the laws of the United States in a- "general, and especially aq act in addition to )f the act for, the punishment of certain crimes e against the United States, and to repeal the 0 acts therein named, approved April 20th, 1818, h commonly callcd the ffeutralitv law. for t.he il term of nine months from the first of July, inst." d The {penalty of the bond is f8,000, with two ,e sureties at $1,600 each. ;? ' >f Tiie sureties on the bond of Gen. Quitman sr were Robt Estlin and Gen. Miles; on the bond i- of Mr: Thrasher, Emile Lnsere, and S. R: Walk>f er, Esnrs., and tiie bond, of^Pr. "Saunders, S. F. n Slattcr, and . ' d The parties made and sighed protests against i- the right to exac^ these bands^-ftom. them, and r- alleging that they signed "under duress." Mr. s- Thrasher gnd Geij. Quitman made separate pro,o tests, and Dr. S&uiiders concurred with that of ,h Gen. Quitman. We give them below.' The ie Commissioner declined receiving them officially, a. and they were accordingly verified by (ne signature of witnesses: ' i UWIBT OK JMK. JOHN a. THRASHES. ?t; I, John S. Thrasher,.citizcn of New Orleans, ie now in duress tinder n mittimus issued by the ?1 Hon. Jno. A Campbell, Judge of the Circuit J- Court of the United States for the Eastern X)isie trict of Louisiana, for the purpose of compell>f ing me against my free will and consent to ens' ter into a recognizancc to observe the laws of t- the United Stages in general, and especially " an n act in addition to tlic act for the punishment n of certain crimfee against the United States, and' >- to repeal the acts theroin named, approved P, 20th April, 1818," being' liaw atJout to enter J- the recognizance demanded by His Honor the r- Judge of the Circuit Court, do hereby- most 5. solemnly protest: That I commit this $ot >f Against my owa free will, under the pressure is of imprisonment under the order of said Judge, e which order I hold to have been indued through It an ArBpfary,. illegal,. and unconstitutional ; stretch if jndicinl power, in open violation of fe. the rights of the citizen and stipulations of the e constitution of the^United States of America; I .and I ngnin protest against this act, which I am c forced to do in order to obtain my freedom, rc>f serving to myBelf att*> my full and complete rigaw to proceca Against, the parties concerned, is together or severally, in this ray illegal depriy vation of personal liberty, in such time, place, y or mnnnor as may be granted me by law, and e requisite for.me to.obtain justice. "8 Presented in-Now Orieans, on the 8rd day of r- JuTy, before J. "W. Gurley, cferk o?, th5 Copjrt, in tbe'ipresencc of the~ undersignr ed-witneattr, ;V>.*" ? Witness Tny Unga : *. Jjfjtr/. J. S. Thrasher. P Bead in presence of Ch??T Eetlin, L." J; Segur. l" ..PnonsT or &en. Quitman. < [j In the ijfanerof the witnesses whose names [i .are hereunto signed, tho'following*declaration P.l .? J ?... J- i.i.> m f -?' - Iiuu Iiiubcoi/ nMjuuua lir "uu ?T*# un^ricy% Clertr, previously to signing the bond required D by Judge.(5ftmpbd!I: " . >. ft' y I regard,the .orderfof Judge Campbcitrone of - ^o- Justj.wffif the Supremo Court of^he Uni? tod!^WteifSH^iring> 9,88t Ireland, 901,719 Turkey, _ , IOC Scotland, 70,650 Austria, 1 964 Wales, 29,868 Switzerland,13,858 Germany, 578,225 Norway, 12,678 France, '54,069 Denmark, 1,888 Portugal, * 1,274 llalf; \ :? ,*$,645 Belgium, t1,213 Spam,- 8;112 "YEiticact ok Cold Wateu.?On Wednesday, the 13tli ult., the house * of W~H..,Moody, of Standish, Maine, was struck by lightning, which demolished the chimney, burnt ftjirgo hole in the ceiling of the sitting room, smashed tho : stove and broke tho door. ~It struck a dough| ter of Mr. Moody's, six years old, on the back of the neck, the side and leg to the foot, leaving a mark half an inch wide the whole distance. Cold water was at once copiously applied to the apparently doad girl, who in tw^n- , ty minutes from the time she was struck, revived and is expected to recover. We understand that the native nonUr^wn East, are organizing "Know-Nothing Societies, designed to exclude all future importations of Shanghais from tho privileges of'the barn % yard. The liens especially are Indignant and utterly refuse to appear aV any tables whore foreign fowls are served up,.while tlTe*,-" biddies complain that, tbe hug? mon/tefs from abroad steal all the b'g. grains of ^negt ' about the threshing 'fldora. Feathers* will fly\ before the affair is settled.?ChAtUat/iii Cnxufimr. A Nashville physician declares, in a pajbJUij^A. .. letter,, that cholera will become exthj(f?"if persons will avoid spring, well or rirarwater sod confine themselves to oist?rn(riUQ)jfj?te|ji- The Nashville Union,cautions citizens there against: drinking w'atetfrom the springs, which aire all limestono. It says^"that thre6ifbnrths.^f*iha deaths from oholera are among fbbse Wfio drinK the spring wat^r, while those who u#o the-* hy- drnnt water are safe unless grossljrimptqdent Nation Aii Division 8. of T? At the lata mooting in Navr^Bmniwiok;-til* iiext mjBfticg wa? fixed for C^arlwton^na' the Allowing omoera elected: . " " P. G. W. P., S. L. Tillcy,..of St Jojras," If. B., M. W. P.. and P. G. V. P. Chiles Eginton, of Kentucky, M. "W. A. Article lixth of the conatitutiojj,kfor Subordinate DLvsicpa has been stricken out, -and article ten amended. ?Females are to be admitted'tp;JMviaiona as visitors, and pro forma degrees p3t$i}tted. . Death o^a '.miiuoxahtx.?Colombia, (Penti) Spy sayr: Dr. Peter ShoeubergeV" one of the wealthiest men of the Statoadied at the , . residence of-his son, at Marietta, ou^the 20th ult., in tbVMventy-sMQnd year of his age. -, .fie - has been long ktfown ar." the. kinij"jroi)taaater, an& his property is estimated' io be worth over ' > fire millions. Religious 31 kktiyo. ?The Carol to inn states thnt a protraotod meeting has beerr held at the Washington street JL E. church for ths p/urt two been favorod^wlth the Berriee^f^atie divinea from abroad. "W#* aire grAtiffed to team ttat quite a number &ave made a .profession of religion, arid that k deep intercut seems to per vtiue mo lurvu aiwuiuiRiiai .yniBfl nwcna me toeotings. Suicide on a Gjuvk.?On Wedn??day last, in New York, Andrew Qoetii ? Gerrillb, committedM8uioid^by ^wIng"but hg^fna with ? wifo, and^a short time pt$vio?? his only child. Thia >o