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* .jjjSrofe ,,. .*& ?.r v*. ,j * '"v '&*J?>if<* "' ' ' ' k 'V- ' * * U$M a,\ r \ -#*21 *- V - ? ? .1* .& V. V 1 fta- -^> ^ .:. ! v''' : >; u? X' ">c ' > -.""v .-V . .'v^V v .. 7 ~ " ^ . - ;.. s. ^ ^ % / ^ t ^ : f* ^ . l| ^ _ ~ , ^ ^ ^5^'',^ |?| !|v- !y^^' DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, THE ARTS, SCIENCE, AGRICULTURE, HEWS, POLITICS, &C., 4rC. TERMS?ONE DOLLAR PER ANNUM,] "Let it be Instilled into the Hearts of your Children that the Liberty of the Press is the Palladium of all your Rights."?Junius. [PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. VOLUME 2?NO. 36. ABBEVILLE C. II., SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 12, 1855. W1I0L12 NUMBER 87. , _ ' > _ POETRY. I wait for Thee. Thxj hearth is swept?the fire is bright, The kettle sings for ten, The cloth is spread, the lumps are light, " The hot cakes smoke in napkins white, And now I wait for thcc. Come home, love, come, thy task is done; The clock ticks listcningly ; The blinds are shut, the curtains ilown, The warm chair to the fireside drawn, The bo}* is on mv knee. Come home, love, come, bis deep, fond eye, Looks round him wistfully; And when the whispering winds go by, As if thy welcome step was nigh, lie crows esultingly. xii \uiu?iic iimis uic weicumc vain, And turns his ^lauee 011 mine, So earnestly, that j*ot niraiu His form unto my heart I strain, That glance is so like thine. Thy task is done?xve miss thee here ; AYherc'er tliv footsteps roam, No lintul will spread such kindly cheer, Xo beating heart, no listening ear, l.ikc these will wait tliec home. Aim! along the crisp walks fast, That well-known st.cl> cloth conic? The bolt is drawn, the gate is past, The babe i? wild with joy at last; A thousand "Welcomes home! MISCELLANY. [for tiib i.ni?i:i*kni?ent rni>:d. j unanges in Jjite. Wiikx wo contemplate tlie various changes in life, anil compare the present period with the days of our boyhood, and reflect for a moment upon the circumstances that surrounded us but little more than a quarter of a century ago, ami retrospectively view tlieni in connexion with tlieo pportuuities that are offered to the rising generation at 1 lie present day, we are struck with astonishment. at the results thus realized. I remember (when n boy) many a respectable family, whose highest ambition did not. reach beyond the point of being comfortably clad, without paying much regard to the fashions of the day, and the posession of a b:ire competency to sustain life, without ever seeming to thirst after any of its vain luxuries; and who, by their own industry and frugality, could impart to their offspring the common every day education, usually obtained-in tli? rustic pine-pole cabin of the forest, consisting, principally, of reading, writing, and perhaps a smattering knowledge of arithmetic. In many of these rural institutions, the science of our language, or in other words an English grammar, was considered by the parent and pedagogue as superfluous trasli. If in "those days" we had chanced to say anything about an academy in presence of a student of the old fashioned school, mcthinks he would have started &<? though the name ol some hideous monster, which his native instinct had tawght him to dread, had been pronounced in his hearing. For I venture the assertion, that a many a "copperas breeches" boy, who had ciphered as far as the Rule of Three, would not have known thirty years ago what you meant by bc hard a word. And if in" our childhood rambles, we had happened to fall in with nnn wllOSA inovliiiiHtililn str?rf>a nf sliininn dust bad placed him above the trying scenes of the indigent, and afforded him? what we can now readily understand?col legiate opportunities, and hear him speak o ilic preparatory department, the junior ant senior classes, and the professors "of the va rious branches taught in college, we migli! at once cOme to tLie conclusion that he wai but little short of a supernatural being "Great Gulliver!" "Granny" would havi been nowhere with her antiquated stories o witchoej wizzards, and ghosta, had we darec venture to ask this man to impart to us j knowledge of these thingB. It is not 60 much our object, however, t< notice the rapid improvement in our insti tutiona of lenming, as to mark the differ ence in disposition, manifested in both pare?) and pupil to avail themselvieK of the advan tage8 theyafford; or the changes that nav foVah mIa ii' !#* - lltA A/74i a /I HIW/II pW30 '4U WiO "W1* M,'w*p teaching, ftnd receiving instruction, in w brief ajjeriod. Twenty-five"y?irs ago i was not considered amiss for the teacher.-1 yoke 'ujfr a boy of jyowe foarteen or ^fiffee Bommefs who had witfally malicious^ violated tho i^los that werewobfc to gover inita proper direction/ It '#* aidered essentially wtoe&trf t6'-annoy uh **' ' */?. 9' * * " 1 ' 'jJ-ej V.i-kd trustees of the school, or consult the parents in relation to every little difficulty' that chanced to arise between two juvenile specimens of "Young America." It was not then thought, by many at least, that "chewing tobacco, drinking liquor, and cursing" were necessary prerequisites to constitute a man. But the sole object to be attained in these humble seminaries, wassimi ply to prepare the head and heart, for a respectable and useful position in society. We can recollect well when each student, or to iisu the homely phrase of those snperanuatcd schools, when each scholar, would, at least, eiuleavoi to vie with others in the ; accumulation of useful knowledge; and when most of us would have considered it a disgrace to have been found groping hehind, and following in the wake of the more industrious. It was then, too, that the innncent and unsuspecting traveller could pass the streets of our little towns ami villages, without being subjected to the pusilaniinous insults of the school boys; something like the following: "Are you travelling, or going about just so ?" "Move him up a little, I think he'll pace." "I say! I say!" with various other savings, too contcmptahlc in their character to be uttered by the smallest school boy, without producing on t'" cheek of everv lnv?>r of froorl ! order in s.? ioty tlic crimson lingo of shame. | Then it was, that we could go to church, and j listen to tho ministration of (mkI's word, without being in momentary expectation of seeing the minister subject, to the hiimill iatinp- insults of tho vnim<r lioiwfnls nf tlm O " ? D | v,,v Iniul. V>ut, alas, how changed! Notwithstanding, we have at the present day, in almost every (own and village, in lieu of those rude pine-log cabins, large I and commodious academies, well endowed, and furnished with all the necessary aparatus, yet, whether the system of teaching lias been improved or not, with many, relimine o innttnf / !*-*?* 1.4 ???/! *1.? I* uiukvvi VI uuuui , mm uiit'iilCI IIIU pupil really realizes the substantial benefits of education under modern instruction, that he was accustomed to receive in former days is, (with the writer at leask) equally uncertain. If we were disposed to discuss the <1 * ??.? < 'juv^biv/11 i?l UUIUlll Ul LIIU SVSIUIU Ol instruc.ting youth, we would not consider the history of the past calculated to strengthen our position much. For it is certain, that some of the greatest men that have ever lived, whose memory still adorns the . pages of history, and who have left behind . them a fame that can only be obliterated by the all-destroying end of time, received . the rudiments of their education in the coni, mon school of the forest, and by their own . untiring exertions reared thereon the super structure themselves. j As we have already observed that the r sole object to be attained in the romantic schools of antiquity was substantial, useful practical knowledge; and while we shall , not attempt to deny, that the same object . actuates many at the present day, to send ( their children to school; yet, we cannot help noting as remarked in the outset, the , difference in disposition both in parent and [ child to acquire such knowledge. Let a boy, "now a days," violate with impunity the rules of decorum in his school, or rath. cr his academy, and though he may not . have passed the age of ten or twelve years the only alternative is expulsion, or. Ui{ f teacher must knock under; he is of courw I (oo big to be flogged a little; and jn nine eases . .out of ten,vthe consequences are the young I hopeful is suffered to go uneducated, and in 3 some instances, I will venture to add, thej ; ure Drougnt up a nuisance to society, and 5 a curse to the rising generation. f Time has been when he, who could ao 1 quire the greatest amount of useful knowl * edge in the shortest time, was considered the pa ttcrn of the school. But alas, how , changed^ At this enlightened age o( tlx y world, the youth who can use the most lu L dicrous sayings, he who is best versed ir t ..blackguardism, he who can insult a strangei the archest manner, he who can swegi 'I the biggest oaths, and sport the prettiest mils ,'f tache, is (in many parts of the country) t^i } model student. * r* r?/>> * , ' ? . -X 7 if. Thftf AW OAfiih flvn/mhAna *A *!?? r> rule, may, p$rbapaj?frith some degree of pro a pri&y, be admitted. But daily, obeervatioi jr teaches every observer of facU^htt there i n mord truth than speculation ih these dedud . .A , iA ' * "& ? ^ * ";;V ' <: >" > ;; # ^ ' . jflr. * * v> K 'i-* ^ * briefily spoken. Then, instead of preparing the head for naught but a luxurious bush of wool and hair, many, no doubt, who are now only fit for the midnight revel, the levity of the grogshop, and the society of blacklogs and blackguards, would, by the acquisition of useful, practical knowledge, be far better prepared to tread in the footsteps of the illustrious dead. Ouachita. [From the Carolina Times.] I Erskine College. Education Cheap. Messrs. Editors :?I have been engaged for some time in attempting to secure an endowment for Erskine College, on the scholarship plan.?During a recent visit to your city I called the attentinu of one of your leading citizens to the plan, who suggested the propriety of presenting its advantages to the public through some of the papers of tin: city. Will you be kind enough to allow mc a little space in your valuable paper for that purpose 1 I desiro to be brief. Erskine College is located at I>ue West. a pleasant, healthy village, in Abbeville District, four miles from Donald's Depot, on the Columbia <fc Greenville Railroad. The College commenced its operations as an Academy, in 1836.?It assumed the Collegiate form in a few years, and graduated its first class in 18-12. It \v:is nliarlnred In- tin* Legislature in 1H40, under I lie name of Krskitic College. Otic article in the charter prohibits the opening of any shop or store lor the retail ot ardent spirits within two j miles ot* the College?thus guarding the : pupils against the degrading vice of iiiteinj puraiicc. | ' The College is under the supervision of a Hoard of Trustees, subject, to the control of the Associate Reformed j'resbyterian Synod of the South. It has been, and continues to be, patronized l?y the ..christian community at large. The Board of Trustees is composed of Metbodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, and members of the A. R. Church, and its faculty, six in number, arc of the A. li. Church, with the exception of one, who is an Episcopalian. The above may be items of interest to some, and for that reason they are given. Many of the friends of the Institution live out, ot tne State ot South Uarolmn, and altogether sotne have been liberal towards it, yet as a general thing, they do not manifest the same (loop intei'e?t in its welfare that they would, if it was located in their own State or vitinity. For this and other reasons, the College has always lacked funds. In order to furnish it with funds and enlarge its sphere of usefulness, the Board of ^Trustees, in 1853, resolved to endow it on the scholarship plan. To this scheme of, cheap education, I will call the attention of your readers in another article. Yours, <bc.^ ? ' ' In a former article I gave some items of information touching the location, origin, and government of Erskine College,?its demand for funds and the plan adopted by tlio Board of Trustees to secure the requisite endowment I now call the attention of vour readers especially, to the "plan of endowment," and ask them to aid in its completion and enjoy its advantages. The plan is similar to the scheme adoptee by Colleges in other States. The object is to secure a permanent fund, the interest o! which will be sufficient to sustain tho Pro feasors, purchase books and npparatu^vytKout depending on tuition and the senpHocCa sional and scanty contribution of friends. In order to raise a permanent J ftrhd foi Erskino of one hundred ^thousand* dollars the Board of Trustees adopted a plan, som< of the loading articles of which wo.-.subjoin, , omitting the preamble: Resolved, That the following plan of en' dowment bo adopted by the Board of Trus L tees for Erskjne College, vjii . >? An endowment Fnnd of . a Hundred |j thousand Dollars shall. l>o created by th( sale of Scholarships; whieli Scholarship: shall bo oficred.pn the follcwingifirma^ and eonditiortt:" Jf>- > 1. Th3jpa^)nVM forty dolI^^K)' ' shall cng6\v a single scholar 8 ktfj&fanibl I shall entitle the'Siib&riber to^hejfyjfltiim o one student during J.h'6 term of siXsyears;' < 2. The payment of sixty,?W(rfmre^i(tffP^ ' shall endow a Scholarship %vlifcK.ehall entitl* - the subscriber to Uf&titftion ofditioor mow [ of his own sons, QrVJf*;ifftiy student ho ritoj f select, amounting m. the aggregate, t< twelva*years. , 3. person securing to* the Trusteci of said College^ the sum of ono^'hunrtrec i dollars, .^$100,) shall beentitled tot he educu r tioui'freo, of tuition expens^g, of one son o: . nominee, for the term'of twenty five years or of two or more pupils",at the sametim< ^ amounting i^tbe aggregateVto tweato&rf 6. The purchaser <Jf a limited sc1iolra*R B &ay^enjoy>the advantages of 2 such* tihic, and ^at such interval^, as ^ I " ' : ?h : >%? .'V *#.* '; .' rt * ;* V v \ i* , v ^ .* 1 . ... " ~ <*. * scholarships shall be invested in bonds or stock of the State, or of the United States, the Banks of the State of South Carolina, or well secured individual bonds, and the interest or income only arising from such investment shall be appropiatad to increase the advantages of education in said College. 9. All scholarships created by these proceedings, both limited and perpetual, may be transferred by bargain or sale, or assigned or devised by Will: and in caso of intestacy, they shall pass to the administrators as other property. 11. All students sent to sakl College on Sinv r?f tlioeo wliiilofcKnw csltull l.? the regulations and discipline of the Institution. 12. Subscriptions to perpetual scholarships shall, in all cases, be binding; but the subscriber will not be required to make payment until one year after the date of their subscriptions :and whenever the money is paid, they shall receive certificates securing to them the benefit of their scholarship. This last section says that "subscriptions to the perpetual scholarships shall, in all cases, be binding." Other subscriptions were not to be binding unless ?50,000 could be raised by subscription. That amount and something more has been subscribed, aild now all snhsf.rintinnR nro liiiuliiwr lmtl> _ i 8' limited and perpetual. In fact, subscriptions arc 110 longer taken, but scholarships su e now sold for cash, or note with approved security. Not to be tedious, or to occupy too much space, I will call attention to the above "1'lan'Viri another article. In a previous article I gave some of the principal sections of the "Man of Kudowi nient" for Erskine College. I 1 lu* intut. pnininMiil WcoH* ??c fl*/* j IVWVM * fcMV j choapcst ami the best on that account, that ! Ii:is< v<-r boon presented to the citizens of : Sou ill Carolina. It is adapted to the hard ! times and to men of moderate means. The scheme is in successful operation, and about | ninety-six students are enjoying the ndvanI tages of the scholarships. lJoarding is the ' principle item in the expenses of an education. At Due West, boarding, including washing and room rent, can be had for eight or ten dollars per month. What the student saves in tuition, on the scholarship plan, will pay his boarding for three months yearly. A man has three sons or pupils; he enters them in the Freshman Class and keeps them in College four years each?twelve years in all. lie procures a sixty dollar scholarship, entitling liiui to twelve years, and in the operation he saves enough to pay more than twelve mouths boarding for each nf IT,. I.:.. ?t w I'VJ .T, AAV i^VTWO Ills LUIUUII (it tilt' liliv i ot' live dollars per annum, and the education, when it is obtained, at this cheap.rate, > is just as sound and as thorough as it would have been at fifty dollars per annum elsewhere. * " ' The scholarships may be transferred by bargain or *ale, like .Other property ; they may be .enjoyed at anytime ittnay suit the ! convenience of the purchaser to send a^tu' dent. Jf a .man is not. ready to send a son immediately, all the better for the son, as ' the College, if. fully endowed, will be worth ' more to .the son, five or ten years hence, | than at tlie present time. JBofc there are, uo <ioubt, many men in the I Stafebf large hearts and large means, who . would take pleasure in aiding an Institution p in the Stato to complete its endowmenl without regard to the advantages whicli tlic ' scholarships would aft'ord them. Soiuc twenty thousand dollars have been subscribed to the endowrfielatr'- in North Carolina, . Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia and 'other Southern States- and while thertfridnds j of "education andreligioW, oitlof the State, are spending..,their substance to^build dp/a ' College in South Carolina*/ will not the friends of education in the State . letad, a i j _i t? i-!_. n-?i- ^ ' muni iu piiicw xtskiiio v^oiiege on a permanent mopey; basis I . /' [ . ThejStato needs suqIi Institutions, and 5 Erskin^ 'Cdllegc hsi^proved itself worthy ol j tho^confidenccand' patronage of thepublic ;It8'professors have been trying to Subsist foi yeara' oh yery short1* allowance, in or^eir; tc i k'eep.ltho College up until more propitious I timefc But;thc tynes art becoming mow f M?mcutt,r ^b^ Expense of living is greatei thap fonperlyf And1 tHc salaries of the 3?ro ) feasors hi\isi' '^ inoreA8^3 and btber ad vani tages obtainedj br tlie Gollej^mnst go down s or lag behind its fellowa^;wbo' hnve more friend| and funds. Wilhtfie frionds bf ed, 'ucmoffiin the State suffer a Collegc4<(> <dc dine or$ie?for want of sutf)x>tt wHjSiliroths State,'^re fctnving?$?'?U* i tain^fspecially when that. Institution Is of ? ferine; tif pay back in tuition, fivetupba tfti r wonli of ijhjftljaonev contributed lt ^hnt, Ht^sfEclitors, are $100, or$50C j to ibany OjKjour readers? A drof^ifir tht ^ r bucket, .<^fciprfred ,. witii their wealth* A I t-hat tlu'yciiqld give without detriinenl [ >youtd ^e a great advantage to the College. \ and'through it to iiie State. t jfiojh^"%^ynot be abb or^willing to'takc jfchbtoEp, tai <*jj . a. * i*?V . r citizens of Columbia and to many in the Stale, is authorized to act as agent in selling scholarships anil in collecting funds for Erskiue. Will not a generous public make his agency a delightful one by furnishing a large amount of "material aid I " Yours truly, W. It. Uemi'Iiili.. An Act to Raise Supplies For the Year commencing in October, one thousand cir/ht hundred and fifty-four. Sec. 1. Ik it cnuctcd by the Senate and House of Representatives, now met and sittinit in General Assembly and by the authority of the same, That a tax for the sums, and in the manner herein after mentioned, shall be raised and paid into the public treasury of the State, for the use and service thereof, that is to say: fifty cents ad valorem on every hundred dollars of the value of all the lands granted in this state, according to the existing classification as heretofore established ; one half cent per acre on all lands lying within the Oatawalm Indian lands, until otherwise directed by law ; sixty cents per head on all slaves; two dollars on each free negro, mulatto or mestizo, between the ages of fifteen and fifty years, except such as - 1 II 1- .1.-1 "? * sii.iii u? cieany proved, ioiihj sausmcuon or the collectors, to lie incapable, from maims or otherwise, of procuring a livelihood: twenty cents ad valorem on every hundred dollars of the value of all lots, lauds and buildings within any city, town, village or borough in the State; sixty cents per hundred dollar's on factorage employments, faculties and profession of dentistry, (whether in the profession . of the law the profits to be derived from the costs of suit, fees or other sources of professional iucome,) excepting clergymen, school-masters, school-mistresses and mechanics, and on the amount of commissions received by vendue masters and commission merchants: thirty cents per hundred dollars on the capital stock paid in on the first of October, one thousand eight hundred mid fifty-four, of all banks which, for their present charters, have not paid a bonus to the Stato; twenty cents per hundred dollars on the capitol stock of all incorporated gas-light companies ; one per cent on all premiums taken in this State by in corporated Insurance Companies, and by the agencies of Insurance Companies, and underwriters without the limits of the State ; ten cents upon every hundred dollars of the amount, of sales of goods, wares and merchandize, embracing all the articles of trade for s:de, barter or exchange, (the products of the State ,and the unmanufactured pro ducts of any of the United States or Territories thereof excepted.) which any person shall have made from the first day of January of the present year, to the first day ol January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-live, either on his, her or their capital, borrowed capital, 01 ; on . account of any person or persons a> Agent, attorney or consignee; twenty cents upon qvery hundred dollars of the amount of sales goods, ware* and merchandize what. ever, which any transient porson, not resident in this Slate, sl'iall make in any house stall or public place; ten dollars per day for representing publicly, for gain and reward, any play, comedy, tragedy, interlude or farce, or other employment of the stage, or any part therein "or for exhibiting was figures orv other shows of any kind whatso . feVer^to he paid into the hands of the Clerk> D of the Court respectively, who shall he ' bound to pay the same.,into the public | treasury, except in case's1 'where thtf same is now required by law to be paid to corpora tions or otherwise. . | Sec. 2.:TbatAflUI:tnxes levied on property . as-prescri^^i*^10 ^rst 8ut,t'OI> of this act shall bp pai^To-Uje tax collector for thodis ' &ictorVpaJ-ish in which said proper^ is lo | cat<ed. r <v y* *,. Sjfc. 3. In making Assessments for taxes ' on thevalue of taxable property used ir manufacturing or for failroad purposes with in this State, tli<e value of the machiner} ' used'therehv shall not be included, butfipnlj ' the value of the lots and bui^dijigs^ prop er]ty merely. v ? y| * ! ^.-Sec. 4./Xhat the tar eollectQra in the sev ' eraT dist^ct$'anct panali?f> in this State, it 1 tfteir retains hoijjpafter to be mfld^be anc 1 they are hereby]* required and "Enjoined tc outLts mu jjrcciso amount 01 taxes couectct by them, for the purpose of supporting th( police of tho said several districts and par ; ishes aforesaid, Btating the rates per centup: ! on the ninbunta (jf tho State tax collected for said district and parish police purposes and the Comptroller Ge'nenu shall return th< eajpne^ his report. . , > ttcgro*8! m umttoes, niu? ' Mite* b6- an^d tliey are hereby required U 1 Iitho twenty-first ilaj ! ? the year of our Lord ; o^ltoqSnfl^igtit htffidred and fifty-four ' arid i f^tBeseventy-nintb^y^ar of i?e Sp ver ? : ejjinty a^. Independehey of t^jjpnitec I -4 t {Sty v.v. "i Vresident of the Sendte? ???????* The Monster Lump of Gold. An immense lump of quartz gold has been found in Calaveras county, weighing 101 pounds, or '2,570 ounces avoirdupois. Estimating it '.v.contain '2U pounds of quartz rock, which is a large allowance, in the opinion of experienced persons who examined it, the actual weight of the gold in it will be 141 pounds, or 1,250 ounces avoirdupois, ? the value of which, at ?17.25 per ounce,would bo $38,910. This is the largest nugget of pure gold ever found in California _ jfli I or in the world ! It was brought down to this city yesterday by Adams & Co. and will be shipped to the Atlantic States in tho steamer of to-day. The proprietors of it were so excited by their good luck tbat tlicy sat up beside llieir treasure niglit and day on its way here.?Mr. Perkins, one of the Company to whom it belongs, states that it was taken out in Calaveras comity, on * Wednesday evening, November 22d, just as the Company were about quitting work for the day. lie would not give any particulars in regard to where the claim is located, except, that it is it: th?.* county above named. ?The o?.i'] :;nv roii.-.i-ts of four Americans and ? ! iv.v:>s. M;-. l'oskins belongs to Lexiii'^l'.:!, i\\\, ::i: i t'jr ;-ast two years, | althoi:-;!' !io !;as hnr i, was not verv-:. succeas'i;!. i! *\ >t having more titan &200 at any one on:iu^r I'.at period. The length of thi- inur.' u-t,* mass is about fifteen inches, and its width from five and 011c half to six inches. As one sidfe is extremely irregular and uneven in its forma- f tion, it is dificult to arrive at the exact thickness, but it will probably average four inches. jllie otlier side is almost Mat and presents a solid mass of pure gold; the only quartz perceivable is on the upper or ragged side, and some pieces are soloosely imbedded in i the precious metal that they might be easily j removed. The whole mass, at some period, I has apparently been in a fused state.?San Francisco paper. Aktkci. Fxpediknt.?A laborer in Italy, employed in throwing down rubbish from a . house, called to the passengers to takecarc; , but one of them' paying no attentiori to the warning, A\as wounded by a stono. He cited ! the man at the court of justice, and deniand. cd damages. A celebrated advocate under ;! took the defence of the laborer; but lie found . 1 it impossible 10 prove that bis client had .! really warned the piissenger to take care, lie . J had recourse to an expedient to gain his ! object. i When the case therefore came to be tried, . I and the defendant was asked why he had i j thrown down the stones so heedlesly, he A . i stood mute and motionless. The Judge f repeated his question, but he maintained an . ' obstinate silence ; and when the Jndge cxi' pressed his surprise at it, the advocate said * | that his client was, unfortunately, dcafcnud i dumb. x* v* ; "No, no," exclaimed the plaintiff, off bis , guard, " it is false, it is an evasion; I myself heard him very plainly say, 'Takp care!" ' I "And why, then, did yon not' follow his ! j warnings?" said the Judge, smiling, as ( he dismissed the case. I A vmiiirr tmui /-vf n /?n i by trade, recently fell heir to a fortune of !j ninp ^thousand dollars, by tho death of his ' j linde^nrlio resided in Baltimore, lie imme. j diately gave up his situation, and going to , [ the Monumental (Jity; finding that he couldj | iu>t obtain possession of the mon'ey for six .j months, in his 'overweening anxiety, he '' sold his claim for eiirlit thousand dollars. With.this sum he rctunicd to Cincinnati, rented a fine house, bought fiue furniture, ( ' lived sumptuously, treated his friends, vis[ ited the, g-.iiwling saloons, and before ho awoke froinjfris'deliriiim ho had sp&t. six thousand dollars of the fortune. It may . truly .be said "a fool and his money is. soon <2?cd" ... ?. ' ^Railroad So pkkintende^t.?W are ^ informed that Mr. H. T.I'oake, late Superintendent of the Gt^pvnle and Columbia l?nilrn:id,fy>K been elected Superintendent of tlie South" faroliti&'Railroad. -fllis vacancy has been filled b^fohie appointment of Mr. j^Edwd. F. Roath. 7<Mr. Peak is an excellent Sfncer, anu unaer nis cmcieut management 10 a&tirs of the transportation department i of tlic Greenville and Columbia Railroad have been well conducted. lioath is a^yery fit successor, in everjfa way qualified for the*-.! laborious dutiSl^gf his office.?Carolina \ Thnes^** jgv; ^ "*' s Xiic nowanHtasotf ntion of New Orleaha have pul>li)|lxe<t?^5j|)W of their transactions dnriug \lic.* of (h8 yellow fever > the pnst.si'.njwf), o^jEffich we learn that they extended relief to 1,240 case& o^Vellow fever, of which 110 wore American, 42 En' glis]f>,' -4G0. luish, 541 Germanjp^fand 54 I Fnjjjch.' 177.of these cases died, and the , r^at were ^discharged, cured/; "^fn. addition, - th'c.Association reliofed 8 i6 'distressed faml i 1 i e$." ' Their expend itutWfe'thp cjtf^iFew . Oneana dmoiuited to $lV,683 60,a3R th^jr ' ^donations to o'tb^r afllioted Sonthem wWnB anjqjanted to $4,021^ ? '%'*. exMmnation, one, of tho vis, itin# m? ?W the \ meaning . well untjLfae &AV? ?^cJkbi^r/'> JtWGDt down tte etas umil^t.ci^to:&eiiripk little ur"v . Wfc. v " .. ' *>;.. .-. .* ; J