: . * == '' ? ==--===-- -- -^- "' =?-? : . DBVOTBD TO UTKKATORX, THB ARTS, SCIENCE, AGRICULTURE, HBWS, POLITICS, *C., &C. " r -.1. , i i i.i.i ' ' ?1 - "i ^ '*?*-- *.. + -> ni &&? : * , TEBM8?OHE DOLLAR PER AMWX,] ?I*t It * a*taud tato \k?U*xU? r*?r Liberty of iha9ic?U th?ffall*littm of ^ ^0* Rlfhtt."W??i*?. ~~ ... ~ {PAYABLE tK: " '" ?jf% .... .- " "? " I*!/? VOLUME 2?NO. }7. ABBEVILLE C. H., SOUTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 2, 1854. . WHOLE NUMBER 11 'I 111 " POETRY. Where Beet mmf be found. Tell me, ye winged winds, That round jmy pathway roar, Do ye not know some spot Where mortals weep no more! "Some lone and pleasant dell, Some valley in the West, ' ytfbff. -free from toll and pain, ?Wk;jreftry soul may rc*tf ' **i)o w wiads softened in a whisper low, And sighed for pity, U they answered?"No T Tell me, thati mighty -deep, Whose billows round me play, uvivmid (unj aro uicoocu, Where grief may find a balm, And weariness a reet I Faith", Hope, and Love, b?et boons to mortals given, "Waved their bright wings and whispered? , , - "Reetin bearsn 1" . ~ ? tV MIBOraJiANT. My Fizvt Visit to an Ouera Mm ** ""w' ; quera.de. " '" if the reader will pjromiaeuot to laugh I will give him the story of my first viet to no opera masquerade. I had came to London from Manchester by coach, having several orders to take, and wishing personally, to see f^ter our agents, besides muring aboS^tWO thousand pounds to receive on aocajmt-of our firm.? Well, yon must know fcbat-we hadonly one inside passenger beft&fc'tpydir, who appeared a discreet, proper faan, and rather gave me to underte was a clergy man.?Somehow &?* *?bj, i!?e-oottver.^turood on my affairs, when I told him exactfe what, I was coming up about; and inft|a7 to meet that evening at the opera masquerade. Nay, don't start?I merely conftentd to go there to receive a considerable, order the gentleman offered to procure forjne, and give me there. I accordingly fi up about twelve o'clock at night, for I nt bed directly I arrived in Charing?*, and walked from ray hotel to the opehouae.. Oh 1 Midi * scene, such a confbaioci, ?ueh a hurfey-burk?y, I never beheld. fikoD-bovt aoincr the lediur (uhinnahW nf SfwJedJ"punhing, Jmeering, joet. All, inehort, seenicd to haveforay clegBint looking femwle came .v SUe mm eloftely mwked, but Mimcr of he* htads I i**r the Mjjfi***** of her domino, ^^^^yetsta lose to Jicwant. It was about twelve o'clock the following day when I awoke. I found myself in a very handsome room, my bead still confused from ray orgi of the preoeoding night, and ? l J --- T T il iViK R1U1 UUUIIU U|/. iniUJVUU IA3II, Mill learned to my great surprise that I was still in the hotel where I had supped; and that just as I had apparently coucluded that meal, 1 had be?n taken with a fit or somniferous attack of such determined obstinacy thrft, theagfc a snrgoon had been sent for and hied me, it had been deemed advisable toTiave me removed instantly to bed. The waiter now congratulated me on my recovery. "" And the lady f demanded I, Teraembering my companion of the Inst eveuing. tt0h, sir, 8k c was in great distress.?8he 1.1J L. L tuiu uoone wjp your niece; and said she would call before nine this morning to ask after your health." "Did-dhe'flo so "Oh "Lord, yes, sir. She was here by eight o'clock, and took away a bundle with her; and then she came again about an hour ago, and brought some things back with her. She said it was linen, and as she was so nearly related to you we allowed her to do BO." My first thought was that I had been robbed. I jutnj r directly, but found ray tilings just as 1 had left them the night before. My pocket book still remained in my breastpocket} my purse was untouched in my waistcoat. So I dismissed the waiter and began to dress myself?sorely puzzled at the charming creature who had evidently r_u? t- i? ?? j Miiicu in iwtj wiui me. I now desoended, pud my bill, and, leaving my address in -case she should call, repaired to my hotdl ia Charing-croes. A rrived at the bar, though I felt foolish at having slept out, 1 Wdly asked for my key. M Your key, sir I" M Yea, the key of my "room, No. 16." "Ha, sir" said the landlady," we have given it to a family since you left this morning." I stared with astonishment, rsnd began to think every one in London out of their senses. w What then have you done with my port nytntfcau and my luggage?" fttio woman seemed surprised in her turn. M You look 'ein with you,didn't you!" "Not L" M Here, Jolin,H cried the landlady, u didn't this gentleman take his luggage away with him this morning when he left the house ! " The husband came forward, and glancing susnectingly at me, as if I were come to make a claim for goods I already possessed, replied rather angrily in tie affirmative, it ua.t j- ?_ ?? um uu you mean my good man!" | ?id L M V\'Z EC* heen in 70ar tot??9 ??uee last night." " Ah, ah sir; that's a good un, however. You are joking, air." - *Not L? , " Well, thatpasoesall. Why, Jim,"turning to a waiter, "you called a coach for this gentleman about niqe o'clock this morning, didn't you! And you, Silly, received bis bilL Why, air, what a abort memory you must have. Don*t you remember you told e* ?-t ? uk> your name was oiduq omiui, ana tost you were going down to Manchester by the Higflyer?" u My name is certainly Smith Smith, but yon are dreaming when you say I have conversed with you this morning. " Deuce a bit; it's you ti^t are dreaming. Why, Td know the cut of your coat out of a thousand. You showed me your pocketbook; it's an old black morocco one. You carried it in your breast-pocket; and paid me out of your purse, wbich by-tbe-by, I remember as being made of blue and pearl. Do look and see if I am right or not!* It was ttanecessary. He had but too well described the contents of rojr pockets. "Besides, sir, your face, your squint, your stiff arm: I couldn't be mistaken; and the bills yon showed me 700 were going to receive at Count's, Drummond's and other bank*." P" I instantly pulled oat my pocket-book. The biQs were gone: and I rushed from the bouse, and jumping into a hackney ooaeh. Every bill had been presented, and paid; and whst wnratSU worse, ever* cashier sod clerk had solemnly declared that they bad paid ] ummoaajiomm. Aiasi alas! wbat was lobe done! I went to the polioe. They promised to look out for the thievsa, and laughed at tny simplicity when I ventured to assert that I thought it could not be so gentlemanly a man as he with whom I had traveled ; cor could so etniable a lady as the one I had met at the opera-borise hate had, any hand in H. To tbe?e two persons ha*-, ' ' f i-. 7 i ' 'V . * IjT- ? Strange Lif? of a Mnrderer. A writer in the Thomasville Watchma fives the following singular biography t ainea Hightower, recently convicted c manslaughter in that county. Three yeai I in A Hunoann i? ?1?* 1 - " ?, ? -uvuu.g w nuu ue ou ec dured: u About twenty-one yean hco a younj lady of this section of country, belonging t a respectable family, became the victim c a vile seducer; the fruit was a boy, who i thesubjsct.of our narrative. Her tnothei as is the case usually, married a man ofkr* breeding, and in adverse circumstanoet consequently l>er?on was destined to re ceive but a limited share of education or o moral training. At a tender age^ his char acter was peculiar, and in aotiSe respect W'*"* v.Uav>uiimi}. ?iion uuijr seven years olt he was attending a sugar-cane mill; b\ some means his left hand and arm wen crushed, by which incident he forever los the use of his hand. At the age of tet years he was bitten by a ratle-snake; being nearly alone on the place, he had to call tc aid all the presence of mind of which )u was master. Fortunately he used the prop er antidote, and thereby saved bis life, lr the short space of a few months he wat again bitten by one of the same species o reptiles; by pursuing the same course a; heretofore he was again rescued from tin jaws of death. Between the age of twelve and fourteer be made several attempts to take the life ol bis step-fatlier, which shows that ho would not be imposed on. About that age he alsc snapped, several times, a loaded musket at f neighbor. When fourteen years old, he was knocked down by lightning, and did not recover for some time. At the age of sixteen he was attacked while hunting in the woods by a very large panther. The panther soon tore him down, lie exhibited great presence of mind by feigning death. The panther then carried him into the swamp, covered him ud with sticks and otam nftoi which he took bis leave in search of more prey. Our hero, after the panther's departure, arose and made his escape homo. He was badly torn?two of his jaw teeth were bitten out, and many wounds were inflicted, But be was not thus to die, for he soon recovered, and very soon after his recovery gave his step-father a severe whipping and left him. Excepting another slight shock by lightning, his path was smooth, until nineteen, wTicn he became enamored of a young lady. Though figuring in a higher sphere, bis superior'in intellect and family, yet she was smitten by the boy of misfor tune, and resolved to marry him, notwithstanding the opposition of her relatives, who mode severo tureats against c'J* hero. Bui what cared ue, wl?9 successfully battled against rattlesnakes, panthers, and even the high power of heaven, for the threats ol man? Nothing dauuted, he continued to urge his claims, and after finding all his efforts tor a compromise unavailing, he com menoed a determined course. Re procured his license/pUttjOl * magistrate ate convenient point 10 the woods, sad proceeded him' self on foot, to the bouse that sheltered liei whom he loved, secretly forced the door o her chamber, and conducted her about fiw miles through the woods to the plaoe ci rendezvous. Before arriving at the place upon whicl the bymenial altar had been temporarily erected, illuminated by the blaze of light wood knots and die pale rays'of the moot _1 L * It - I f- # oiune, our iiero leu idio ms lonner pmuro bad luck, for be was bitten by a moocaair snake; but be was too well used to tnak< bites to suffer that occurrence to retard bt progress at such a momentous orins, aw like a brave a*d undaunted boy pursued hi course, and, in accordance with fab antici patbns, was lawfully married, about twelr. or one o'clock at night. His moooasin bit did not keep him long in bed, for 1m tfaei poesemed a nnree of unceasing attention.? After final recovery, he carried hk wife t* the home he had provided for tor, bopinj that hU cap of misfortune ?f Randolph, of Roanoke, died in the year >f 1796 at "Biiarre," the name of the large s estate bequeathed him by his father, John i- Randolph, Sr., and lying on the head waters of the Appomattox river, near the town of ? Farmville, Va. He is represented to have D lw>?n a mm of - r?* ? ...... v. uncuio ncurueiy Ulterior 10 ?f those of lii? celebrated brother, and of extraa ordinary goodness of character. Entertain"? ing the opinion, then general in the South, f and especially in Virginia, that slavery was i, a curse alike to master and to servant, Mr. !- R. liberated his slaves by will, and made f ample provision of their maintenance. Owing to pecuniary embarrassments, the proB visious of the will were not carried into 1 execution, until fifteen years afterwards, and f not until many of the slaves had been sold s to liquidate the heavy mortgages which rcstt ed'lipon the estate. About 1811, John ? Randolp. who had assumed the rnanagemcnt of his brother's affaire, removed to the > county of Charlotte, and the negroes, van ' ousiy estimated at trom one hundred to one hundred and thirty in number, entered upon the enjoyment of their freedom. > A portion of the Bizarre estate, consisting f of 1'iree hundred and fifty, (some say five > hundred) acres, partially cleared, well tim5 bored, afid well watered, was divided into sections of fifty and twenty-five acres, and > upon these sections the various fumilie*, nef cording to the number and age of the indiI viduals composing them, were settled?those > having aged and' infirm parents to support, > rec?iveu more, ana tnose not having these ? encumbrances, less land. All were provided with means to build themselves bouses, and witb agricultural implements to till the soil. > Fairly settled in the land of promise?the i Canaan to which they had looked so long ingly for fifteen years?they gave it the name of " Israel Hill"?an appellation which - explains the sanguine anticipations and re' ligious tone which guided them to its choice. No doultt'iiicy looked forward to the time 1 - when Israel Hill should be a thriving and > populous village?city set upon an hill" ? ?shining gloriously to the eyes of their . brethren in bondage, as did the Delectable i mountains to Bunyau's Pilgrim. Here, then, they were loft to work out I llieir dostinv. nnd (horo !n<1nn^ if ??? J , ? VJ MIMVVU) It W?CI, 11 : was to have been expected that the African ! would thrive and prosper, and fulfil the ex> pcctations which prompted his noble master to set them free. The conditions of the exi periment were pre-eminently favorable for the manumitted?and the elements of success surrounding them numerous,?and such > as can never again be brought to bear upon ; them in any future experiments. They were 11 the choice servants of one of the most arisi toeffitre, 'iUHJanc, and cultivated families in f the State?reserved from sale because of > the excellence of their dispositions, their fi delity and their industry. They had onioyed the advantage of association with inteuiirent [ whites; they were taught the principles of > ft?Ohtinim B?H|hii. >'Hwy wn Iwuned to habits of labor, sod were settled upon ferr tilHand in atemperate climate. Fuel and ' f water were abundant They were surround> ed by kindly disposed neighbors, who gaYe f them employment at harvest and at many other times during the year, whe ministered k to their wants in sickness, and who gave r them advice in matters of business. And more than all, they were not brought into i competition with white labor?the bane of f the African who settles in the free States. 1 Under these propitious circumstances it was reasonable to expect that the little coloI' no WntlM kfiva mama a?v 4a at- ? a I ..j ..v_n> iniiv VII %V JJ11WJIW-"UHIl I this miniature Liberia would have become 8 richvjW>pulou8, fertile?the parent of other - coKrnie* to the free States?that the ayatem s of jx>rcol culture would have made every 8 incn of the soil productive?-that Israel Hill ? would Wo beooroo a handsome village, r surrounded with orchards and gardens, aud J sheltered by luxuriant shade trees. The X philanthropist who shared the opinions and I* the hopes of Richard Randolph would - have expected to bear in this village the sound of the hammer, the saw, (he f plane, the church going bell?the evidences e of thrift, of industry, and of good morals. J tbe <>Tperim?-? ,* 4 " * ?" . :j< TmrnmnniTiVi i of number, tlicy lmvo decreased; and it is 1 tlie opifii a few Potatoes and Peas; these scauty crop* * maintain a doubtful contest with the crab c grass, carrot weed, briars, and other ill-fa- < vored products 'of an impoverished soil. ' These spring luxuriantly around their cabiu ^ doore. Wheat they never grow. The idea * of planting an orchard, a vegetable or flow- r er garden, seems never to have entered their 1 heads. Nothing like a system, order, pru- t dence, economy or forecast is perceptible ' among them. It would be silly to talk of J refinement in connectiou with such a nno- r pie. a Idle, dishonest, drunken, profligate, it is r not to be wondered tlint this community r should be the theatre of scenes of destitu- u tion, disorder, immorality, and crime, suffi- v eient to cause the bones of the good Randolph to turn iu his grave, and such as to . call for the frequent interposition of the neighboring planters, and not unfrequcntly c that of the country authorities. Thus we n hear in one case of two sisters, one of whom v makes a midnight foray into tho corn patch Id of the other, and pulls up the entire crop by the roots. In another, we are told of an fi old woman starving to death, and in anoth- f -f - .!.LI_ - - ci ui u HicKiy, poor creature placed under " tlie charge of a drunken woman who goes c to town to buy whisky, leaving her charge 11 to die of sheer neglect Reports of broils " and battles are common; scarcely a day 0 E asses without some of the adjacent farmers * eing.called in to interfere in oehajfof some : of the oppressed inhabitants of this wretch- " ed community. But yesterday two of the ? IsraelitisU women came to the house where the writer of lbi? Wticte fe sojourning, to 8 lodge a complaint against a fugitive slave ? who wa# harbored in the Hill,- and who had '! suddenly nubed upon them, threatening to 1 cut off their heads with a scythe blade * which he held in his uplifted hand. Such is a familiarly drawn picture of Is- b rael Hill in 1854, after more than forty years of freedom, and such are $ome of the % disastrous consequences of an impolitic and " unwise philanthropy. Had these people v remained slave*, who can doubt but that 0-1 their destiny in this life, and perhaps in the ? life to come, would have been far different, " far happier? The humiliating results of ? the well intended benevolence of Kichard " Randolph, arc fraught with no salutary les- * son for the negrophilist; but they may " serve to confirm the intelligent slaveholder ; ? to warn the inexperienced advocates of emancipation; and to rebuke the many who c hake with laughter at the idea of a repub- ? lie in France, yet believe in the capacity of jj the negro for the enjoyment of republican freedom. ^ J I Oan% wnfl m Try. a 44Icau't!?it is impossible!" said a foiled ( t; i ? ? 1 u'*? - ? jieuwnantio Alexander. -xvegonej snouiea o the conquering Macedonian, in reply? t! " there is notb i ng i mpossi b!e to bimwho will a try:" and to mate good bis words, the e haughty warrior, nOt yet come to weep bo- < cause there were 110 more worlds to subdue, I charged with a phalanx the rock-crested ( fortress that had defied his timid subaltern, 1 and the foe Were swept down as with the ? besom of destruction. eanf said a ] daring scalptiofrto the same warrior, "hew t Mount AtJioa into a statue of Alexander;" l and so, doubtless he oould,.bpt the Mace- t doo?Mu aati?fied with h? faith and will, put i him not further to the test, ' ? ' Th?re irabeauUfbl and instructive story f . - - I Sis , *; leap Instinctively, at every obj^cle,'i?idk [>eril, the battle is already tnottJ thanb&if ?ron. Fortune smiles on snob, for they coto- . lei her. " I'll try t"?that motto has spurted ho discoverers of hemisphere#, and the foup* lerR ftf nofinna Tlio* ",A"~ 1 ~ 1UVHV UIA vrun IO0 r victory on the tented field, gathered nam in he desert, plucked down laurel Wl bay's, rom the close grasp of fame, and ho all paths , hat are travelled by heroism, civilization iad freedom, made memorable conquest#; Che adventureiAjiroling lhe gloW, likfe the. ontestant for the poorest smile of beauty, accomplishes trinmpli only by trial. Trial* i the crumble from whence all things beauiful and brave issue. We have no patiefice "with dan% partieklirly the " I" sort. It is a cheap, shuffling rc.iisfl for vrmnmlnitiir nnit <1ninnf nntlii../. --- {-,??ftj ?- -?"6 t all. 44 I'll try is the model man, accomplishing everything. Even if he fails at imes, attempting too much, he loses _no onor. What can bo done he'll dp?c-Ut iordion knob?, and solve the riddles of the Iphynx. 44 I'll try 1"?make that the earnst motto, and no man shtdl lack triumph. ' There arc just two-classes of mankind ?the 441 can'ts" and the 44 I'll tfys." The ?ne lead, rule, possess?-the other, follow, ibey, and possess not. The one are timid, die, shiftlefcs?the other brave, active, vig mm., una energetic, l no one liaVe their ield choked with weeds and tares?tbe >ther harvest the fairest fruit arid grain. The me wish?the other win. Tile one expect ortune?the other deserve and have it. riie "I Cfku'ts" are abundant. Your gay kliss is one of them ; she can't do what ner nother has done; foK some reason of diglity* pride or sloth. Your young, fastMaser, is une of thein; he can't do as his utlier hns done; for he scorns old industry md prudence, and the virtues generally. The nan of vice can't reform because he woftt, ,nd the cheat can't bur honest for the same eason. A false, knavish, or miserable whi ling " I can't," lies at tbe bottom of most failires. Men can do very nearly What they rill, if tliey only try.?N. x. Miroor. New Cure for StamiMxfaig. Tho last number of the Scientific Amerian contains quite a long artHjU on Batefe pMratue consisting of14 aoelt, intended to be voirn around tho neck after the manner of a lock, with a view to orefiftura on thn orfoitio. J5j,he ac-fit of the difficulty With respect to guttural sounds." By means of 4 screw md a pad, the glottis is acted oil bo as to al- . ow a free passage for the air. Ji. thin tube ?f gold or silver, attached to th'tftoof of the uouth by a gun^elastie spring, is atsb worn ?one end opening against thq 'tefetn And .the ither extending Dack\Vard&. The usepf thia ube is to "carry off the breath* whidi would K5 converted in ita absence^ into & ephsmod3 lingual sound." There 1*3 yot another intruinent?"a Bra all ttibfaftHc disk, Convex oh ^. V. mlA*.o o?J I.?I1 T_ vvu uiv*v? muv4 uyuuwi Hi Of QUO f the expired breath to it* caVity, irb^ln ja periphery ^. there is another aperture for he egress of the .breath from itfcavity into little ?lraighfc tube* which o rorst cases of it that we haveever seenjpave ?ftn greatly improved by the pitfflftt'; lodgement of the breath.. At one * Jomstock, of Philadeljij^ was fify . earful in elocationizingvmitiinerere into lever spea*#* A j^^y.^o^nly e done toleaaen the ?ril; aodjffe f>oeerely rhicli friepfo eaggc^ , ? . J T'ff fcndaraeptf the spiritual supren^^ of dh i Jhprt itia afeo at varktrt&tiot ootf "irftfe'ths toman Catholic but \rtth the Frii^ftjUlot * Churches. Tim tArifttfatl'oosAfaib^flrwe den that the Holy 8pWtproo6ed# W