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VOLUME 2?NO. 45. ABBEVILLE C. II., SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 16, 1855. WHOLE NUMBER 97. ^
j MISCELLANY. |
[Klin TIIK INDKl'K.MiKNT PRKSS.]
Some Things not Comely.
Messrs. Editors :?FinsT.?The first an-1
comely thing we mention is, a man listening '
to a sermon with liis head between his knees.;
It is indicative of pain, or some great dis-!
satisfaction. Ut.uU i/ii '
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most becoming posture, and indicates inter- I
est on tlic part of a listener. A downcast
look indicates guilt.
Second.?To see a youny man pairing his i
linger nails, whitling sticks, and sm li like, in !
?ime of divine service, is disgusting in the 1
extreme, atul indicates great want of home
culture, reverence for the sanctuary, and u
chaste mind. It is decidedly a vulgar eni- i
ployjuent f<>r the time and place.
Third.?A practice no less becoming the
place of divine service, and the services of
Ciod's house is, the wV.ispering and laughing
sometimes to be seen in the sanctuary, and
sometimes by persons we should otherwise \
think yraccful. We think a person may \
whisper with great propriety at the proper j
time, jnul proper place, !>ut never in jtrcach- j
iny, nor ;ii time of pleaching.
Fourth.?Itis not comely to see u young I
lady or gentleman come into the church j
after the services have commenced, especially I
the sermon. It has the appearance of wishing
to he scon, if not a desire to he looked
at. Early to church, rain or shine, should
be the motto of a church-going people.
Fifth.? It is not comely in church, to see!
people, after the benediction is pronounced, I
crowding into the aisles, tailcinir and lauirh-t
ing, and exchanging the common,civilities J
of life in merry glee?it savors too much of;
a vacant mind, or a mind unimpressed by |
the services just concluded. Tins best plan |
is to be out and off, as soon as convenient, |
and not make a court green of the church, j
Sixth.?It is not a comely sight to see j
nt a country church grouped together in
various places in the church grove, or yard, S
conversing upon common worldly topics, as|
a preparation for the services they have pro-!
iessedly assembled to engage in. Ilad they j
lot. Iu>!lu? in
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pastor, or singing the heaven inspiring songs
of Zion, or meditating upon divine truth ?
So, the same uncomely sight is not un frequently
seen in some of our village churches;
crowd at the door, until they hear the voice
of the minister, if he docs nut whisper, raiding
the first hymn.
Seventh.?Another vcrry uncomely thing
to bo noticed is?that tho sound of the
church going bell is not regarded by many.
Just as the last bell commences ringing, a
majority have but just taken their seats at j
the supper table, as though the bell's tollings
were a summons to come to supper, and not
.to church. We should not cause the time !
of divine service to serve our appetites, but;
our appetites to accommodate the hour of I
religions worship. |
Eighth.?Another and not the least un-j
1 ? il.! * 1
comciy uuug 10 ue seen is, a man or woman
sleeping in church, instead of deliberately I
sleeping at home upon their beds. There'
is great 'ease and refreshment in sleeping
upon a g'iod bed, it is an approrpriate place
for such exercise, but this sleeping in a pew,
and especially without a cushion, as is often
lhc case, and more especially surrounded by
a crowd to look at us, and observe how very
interesting we appear, marking time with
our head instead of our feet, is not as comely
a sight as beholding the ship, Amcric%
coming into port under a full canvass. This
latter is beautiful.
Ninth.?Another uncomejy thing is, to
sec two thirds of the congregation sitting or
sianajng, as tue case may be, with sealed
Hips and still tongues, while the other third
engage in celibating God's prafeo jn Zions
'* $: a.--in i
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teel without thou.?Hut. some luav say
these are small and insignificant things, why
do you not strike at some great evil ? Hecause,
mv friends, thrro arc a sufficient number
striking at the Goliahs, with their hroad
swords, and hut few that use the sling and
the stone. <!et the little feeders of great
sins out of the way, and the great ones
must perish. Bkaokouij.
[koi: tiu: i.n*i>i:i>i:m>ent press.]
The Credit System.
Sirs: The evils of tin- credit system in
this country UN; bpjriiming seriously to manifest
themselves in the development of the
va?t extreme to which over-trading has been
carried. Thy vivid impersonation of wolves
and hyena?, in all tli<: wild ferocity of their
brutal nature, can he seen at any collection
nI the public places here ; am] no earthly
allowance Seems to l>e made for t !i:? ?carcit y
of money, no matter wliat may bo tin.* uvailil?:Iity
in all <?t 1 i?-r respects. The wail
is money! Xo other sound disturbs the
stillness,-no other e-lio lianas upon the
breeze, l>nt the distracting cry for money !
The scarcity of money is the all-engrossing
topic. Everybody is talking, with some
pretensions to eloquence, ab ait the tendency
of tilings, of the distressful consequences of
present indications. Xo body seems to
know what can be done to avert the im-j
pending hurricane. A sijualid gloom seems
hung upon the face of ev -ry one except the
nabobs of tin* country, and the general ap- j
pearances do really indicate cause for alarming
apprehensions.
\\ ell, wli.il is to be done ? lias every
fanner sold bis cotton? I should rather
ask, /ms (tn>/ farmer sold? What man is
that who don't know that the money for
which his coilon sells, turned loose into
circulation, doe* something to remedy the
evils of the times ? Sell your cotton, farmers,
and let the country have the benefits
of the money. One hundred dollars will,
in the rounds, extinguish a hundred thoy
sand dollars of debt. Don't hokl your cotton
for better prices, when there is no such
prospect, until properly tumbles down to nothing,
and it will require both your cotton
and property to pay what you owe.
If every man wouhl sell his cr-.'p, I don't
care at what price, and pay as far as it will
go. to all his creditors, and make a bold
rush in preparations for another crop, instead
of holding on to it, with the nonsensical
view to better prices, the times would
certainly improve. No creditor, except lie
diets on flesh, would refuse to indulge you
A... _ *1 ?- 111 r 11 ? ..!
iui uiiouicr year, snouiu you lau a mile
short. And in the event of your having to
! sell property, there would be something to
buy it with in the country. I must repeat
that the great scarcity of money is to be
accounted for in the fact that no cotton lias
been sold here, and were property exposed
to sale at the present moment, it. could
bring nothing at all comparatively. It is
now ascertained* to nacvm pence, that there
is but two thousand dollars in Elbert conn
Iv, and that has no earthly inclination to
i circulate. Well, if I wanted to buy prop!
crty for music?at a song?I would urge it
j on the people to hold on to their cotton, un
til the capture of Sevastopol, when, as Pi'xcii
Kays, we will be favored with tlie recipe foi
' taking Grease put of maps. I would ring
| tlic changes on the glorious prospects of a
beatific mutation in the character of the
j times, an epoch of such stupendous rnagni,
tude that the riclvest scenes Californian will
I be laid in the shade. But, my .friends, il
I my conjectures are wojth anything to you
I must force it on your reflections that il
r^will be just two hundred years, to a day
I before voil 'will nr*r<u>iva llirt nnrl r>f tlw
present Eastern scramble.
Well, now, if tlio country go to ruin, it is
not'thy fault. They have been fairly warned
B* bulging tbe hope that my very moij
jest article may address itself to the. go<x
of a ^ u<
V'ii
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Tho Bouuty Land Bill.
Wegi veplaec below to tin; act granting'
i additional compensation to soldiers ami
! other.-*, which passed Congress before its
, adjournment:
j An act in addition to certain acts granting
bounty land to certain ollicers and soldiers
who have been engaged in the military
service of the United States,
i P?e it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of tin- United States of
' America iii Congress assembled, That
i each of tlie surviving commissioned and
lioncommissioned oilicers, musicians, and
privates, whether of regulars, volunteers.
I rangers,'or militia. wlu? were regularly mustered
into the scrvlee of the United States,
| and every ollicer, commissioned and 11011-!
! commissioned, seamen, ordinary seamen,;
i marine, cleric, mid landsmen in the navy, in ;
; any of the wars in which this country has
been engaged since seventeen hundred and I
ninety, and each of the survivors of the mi- 1
litia, or volunteers, or State troops of anv
] State or Territory, called into military ser;
vice, and regularly mustered therein, and
whose services have been paid by the l.'niI
ted States .subsequent to the eighteenth
I clay of June, eighteen hundred ami twelve,]
shall l?o entitled to receive a certificate or]
I warrant from the Department, of the Int?*ril
or fur one hundred an<l sixty aerese. of land;1
: and where any of those who have so been
mustered int?? service and paid shall have
] received a certificate or warrant he shall le
> entitled to a cetificate or warrant for such
I quantity of land as will make the whole,
with what, he may have heretofore received,
one hundred and sixty acres to each such
i persons having served as aforesaid: Provided.
The person so having heen in service
shall not receive said hint I warrant if it. shall
appear by the muster rolls of his regini'-nt
1 or corns that lie deserted or w:is disboii..i-:i
j bly di.-'charged from service: And provided,
fu;i!".<t\ That no oilicer, non-comniissioiH.il
olficer, orpiivute, of the militia or
vuluntcoi'B, who was called out lor the service
of the Slate and refused l?y the autlioritiesof
such State to be placed in the
service of the United States, shall he enti:
tied to the benefits of this act.
Sue. 2. And be it further enacted, That,
in the ease of the death of any person who,
j if living, would hi; entitled to a certificate
; or warrant as aforesaid under this act, leavj
ing a widow, or if no widow, ;i minor child
i or children, shall be entitled to receive, a
i certificate or warrant for the satne quantity
; of land that such deceased person would
[ be entitled to receive under the provisions
I of this act if now living: Provided, That a
, subsequent, marriage shall not impair the
I right of any such widow to such warrant,
i if she be a widow at tin; time of makin?
, her application; And provided, further,
i That those shall bo considered minors who
are so at the time this art shall take effect.
I Sue. 3. And be it further enacted, That
i in no case shall any such, certificate or war!
rant be issued for any service less than
{fourteen days, except where thf person
; shall actually have been engaged in battle,
i and unless tin-party claiming such certificate
or warrant shall establish his or her right
' thereto by record evidence of said service.
| Skc. 4. And be it further enacted, That
i said certificates or warrants may be assigned,
' tfiinsffi refl. mill 1?it-n* * ? 1 l>v tl?r? Wiiri'finloM
or their hcifs at law, according to tlie provisions
of existing laws regulating the asi
signmeut, transfer, and location of bounty!
land warrants.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That
; no warrant issued under the provisions of
I this ayt shall be located on any public, lands,
except such as shall at the time be subject
! to sale at either the minimum or lower
; graduated prices.
| Skc. 0. And be it further enacted, That
; the registers and receivers of the several
! land offices shall be severally authorized to
; | charga.and receive for their services in loJ
coating "nil warrants under the provisions of
,' this act the same compensation or per cent
? age tu which nicy aru uiiuueu uy mw ior
salco oi' the public lands for cash, at tlio rate
I of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acrc {
f; the .Raicl compensation to be paid by the
I assignees or holders qf such warrants.
' j * Skc. 7. And be it further enacted, That
from and after the passage, of this act" all
; persons now enrolled upoo?|f)e invalid peuJ;
sion Hat whoso pension's*. hWe been allowed
! under any general law or laws shall be
J entitled to receive, if a commissioned officer
; twenty-one per centum upon the amonnl
' i now allowed, and non-commissioned officers
" and privates forty-two per centum on tlx
1 i amount now allowed or paid under existing
- j laws. *
Sbc. 8. And be it further enacted, Thai
the provisions of this act and all the bount)
J Mud h\wa heretofore passed by Congress
extcnted to Indians, in the saux
^Uufflier, and to the same extent as if th<
rtfewKiIndians had been white men.
And be it further enactod, Tha
.of officers and soldiers of tin
j ijcvOlutioiiary war bo entitled to the benefit
And b jit further enacted, Tlia
this act shall - be applied t<
.tlioie who served jus volun
'iM^ib^^nvasipn of Phitt.sburg, in Sep
hundred and fourt?en.
? ? am i 11 niiiw j u Ml
jjchaplains \n j served with the army in the
'several w:i: of the country.
Skc. 12.-Ami beWurtlierenacted, That
the provisions of this act shall be applied to
i t^hose who served as volunteers at the attack
I on Lewistown, in Delaware, by the British
! licet, in the war of eighteen bundled and !
twelve, and fifteen.
Sec. T-\. And be it further enacted, That
' each of the surviving officers and privates j
who ill anv of tlin \v;ii< ill wliii.il ........
? - vwuu- j
i try has been engaged jw:rformcd military ,
i sefVicc against the public enemy, though!
' not regularly en!led or mustered into service i
of tin: United Stales, and tlic widows and j
children of Mich officers and privates as are
lead, shall be entitled to all the benefits of!
the lirat and second sections of this act. j
. ~ ** *
Nrfw Schemes of Disunion.
San Fuaxcisco, Feb. 0, 1855.?1 hast-;
!>? lrty5 fore von, in advance'of all pub- j
lieity, a scheme which is now advancing,;
under proround secrecy, among a goodly j
j number of our most respectable and iullnentinl
citizens: I have no time to comment,
i but give you the plan, as it has been revealj
ed tome without :my injunction of coni
cealinent.
A new republic is to be formed, consist
! ing at. first of ten States, three to be com-j
pri.-H'd w ithin the present limits of the State I
of California, three in Oregon Territory,!
t wo in Washington Territory, and two from 1
tiie western portions of Utah and Now Alex-!
| ico. The basis is the confederated govern-)
incut, similar to yours on the Atlantic side, j
| The great railroad is to he abandoned, and j
Lev.-ry obstacle thrown in the way of its con-J
! stnirsion; while the argument at the htist-l
j ings i.-, to lie mad'- to the people that the j
| (iovenmiftitof Washington have rfusud the1
i road t?? the people of the Pacific. The :
[question of slavery is to be abjured anddis-j
claiined until the plan is so far executed j
! that th'-tv can be no retraction, after which j
j the Sou'Ik-id four or five States will adopt
! slavery. The first convention is to be im1
posing in numbers, and especially so in the
! diMingtiisl?<-d talent of its members. You
! nn.ofl tin oo t/\ hta nnmlini' '.*
Senators, ex-Congressmen, ex-fJovernors, and j
ex-judg?i& who swarm in our midst, panting |
j for one more good old-fashioned political
ehnsc. >
The president, senators, representatives,
and cabinet ministry arc all to bo chosen
j bv the direct vole of the people. The nat|
uralization laws are to be fixed on a severe
basis. The act of independence to be simultaneous
with a well plain od and decisive
seizure of tlie United States reserves, with j
whatever of movables or live stock tliey
may contain. The Sandwich Islands are to
be guaranteed their independence, and the
United States are to be appealed to in a tone
of friendly good-bve.
Here you perceive an opening for all the
prominent politicians?a field for the milirary
and naval aspirants?a cell for powder
mills and ordnance foundries. You may
also guess how readily such a severance will
be graciously received by England, France
and !>i>:r.n. I leave the subject with you,
I without comment. Visionary as it may
J seem, it is not a fancy sketch ; fail it may,
, but it is now a purpose of deep interest
: with the parties concerned. The first pub,
lie movement will be either a society or a
'convention, for the purpose of forming a
new party, to be called the Pacific Railroad
party, to draw olf citizens from all old party
alliances/" Through tnis medium the Washington
government is to be proscribed, and
proved to be practically inadequate to our
necessities. It is to be shown that we send
our gold awayj and receive no governmental
protection in return, and that as wo now
virtually govern ourselves, we might as well
have the credit of it abroad.
tjpsCor. jV. Y. Herald.
The "PRAfiE "PimHPKf'T.?Th UTt?lliav*nt
Paris coft&pondent of tlio National Intollii
goncer writes 1'
j Despatches from Br'lin and Vienna inj
form us that the J?u*pcrorof Russia, in view
j of tlic probable exigencies of the war, has
! just ordered "a general arming throughout
the whole extent of his empire."
Thisvdoes not look mucli like an expuctai
tion on his part that peace will grow out of
. the late and coming coufercnees at Vienna.
[ In fact nobody now looks for tliis ; and the
, datq of the opening the conferences, and
oven the opening oi them at all, is considered
astKoro Umii'&ven problematical. Tlie inturI
prctatiod^of the tJiirc^point is understood
, to bo-the 'glint stumbling-block which nei^
ther of the parties belligerent and negotiating
' can get past in order to meet the other
t upon acceptable terms. Carthayo delenda
est, is the irrevocable sentence pronounced
' by the allies agaiust the Russian stronghold
, in the'liliick.Sea, Sevastopol. French wri*
tors pretehd to^believo and strive topereuade
Austria that tqo levy eri masse said to have
t been just ordered by the Czar can onljr be
} intended for the invasion .of Germany^ and
'tWas'ia is incontinently ndviseu to fysh
fVlA nvmu fl in
'm? *?iw i-i?u Miuig ui uiv> auivot
* - Tiio immense - prepir&tltffls of the allies
nnco and contingents againts tlie Cjpir. In
addition to the second ami tl?rd rate States!
mentioned in my hint, Tuscany and even
Parma and Modena are now enumerated as
likely to ^oin tliia lloly Alliance as it is |
represented t" he. I slinll probably in my
next have to inform you tlint the Republic
of San Marino, and the ex-sovereign of Monaco,
and perhaps his Majesty Soulouque of
St. Domingo, have been called on for their
contingents. "Every little helps" is evidently
the motto upon which the Western powers
arc proceeding. It must he gratifying
as well as amusing to the Czar to sec the
importunity of the allies with regard to the
small powers of Europe in order to make the
campaign of 1855 more successful! than that
of 1854.
A Xf.w Iti'llet Extractoii.?An Englishman
by the name of Miles has constructed
an instrument which, it is thought, will
insure comparative ease, rapidity and safety,
in the process of extracting bullets from
wounds.?It is thus described:
"The contrivance consist of a small airpump
and cylinder, to which a tap is affixed.
To this taji is attached a suitable length of
flexible tubing about a quarter of an inch
iii diameter, lined inside with silver wire, to
prevent its collapsing.?At the other end
of this tube there is a small globe, from
which a tube sufficiently minute to pass into
a bullet wound is fixed, the end terminating
with an India rubber collar. On the top
of the globe there is a small tap, in order
to admit a probe to pass down the tube, to
sound when 011 the bullet. The mode of
operating is this:?A vacuum is created in
the cylinder, the tube before alluded to is
ascertained to be on the ball, the lap in the
cylinder is opened, when the bullet becomes
Used to the tube by the vacuum thus erected,
and is thus withdrawn. The great merit of
tins invention consists in its obviating the
necessity for the painful and dangerous operation
of c utting out bullets, ami by its means
a medical man, with the aid of an assistant
to work out the uir.-.bump, would be able to
accomplish the work which now occupies
many surgeons. When the cylinder is' oncc
exhausted, it would extract several bullets
without the necessity of again working the
air-pump. The Medical Hoard has given
directions to an eminent instrument maker
to lit up the apparatus."
A. Cure foii dysentery.?A friend has
kindly provided us with the following recipe
for alleviating, if not curing, dysentery. Of
the efficacy of the recipe we can say nothing
not having tried it, but we publish it for the
benefit of those who may be iifllicted with
the dangerous disease:
Take *2 oz. Hay berry, 1 (|t. Xo. 0, 1 pt.
molasses, shake well before using.
I tvnpivt fl?/? ?<rw1
jl nou, it(ii tn iiuv |'iiiii;ii(1 juiu cuiiLi: aijcnuirti
perspiration, by giving Composition tea, and
keep.the skin quite moist. Gitu to an adult
1 tnble spoonful of the above-syrup weakened
with tlio Composition tea, 4 or 5 times a
day. If the patient bo feverish orbilious
give him a table spoonful of No. G., or
near the same of spirits turpentine, keep
ing up the use of the'syrup all the time.
\ If the patient be very low, add to each dose
of syrup about a table spoonful of good
spirits camphor, (to enervate the system.)
Never give any other purgative than the
above, and give that only to keep the bilious
matteiv passing off. "When the patient's
bowels are sore or painful, keep a poultice
over telmi, and give 2 or 3 injections per
day of 1 tenspoonfnl of No. 0, to which add
a sufficiency of Composition tea, and if the
bowels arc very bad oft' have about one-thud
of the injection of the,mucilago of the slippery
elm bark.
On the rcooverv of the patient, 'do not
discontinue too suddenly, but taper ou by
degrees. A tenspoonful of syrup to a child
7 years old ; vary the dose according to the
age of the patient
"Go it, Bob Tail."?Recently, says the
Texan, tbet-e were Indian alarms about Fredericksburg.
Ono German in the vicinity
panned big. .horses a^night for safety. lie
! wns.qroused.jri. tlic "dark silent hour" by the
i jingling of bells, bounced up and .out a la
I gans miotic discovered Messrs; Red. Skin
were driving ofl' his cavallndo in a hurry.
Hans, greatly excited, mounted his fleet bobtail
pony, without gun, pistol or knife?
pantiesr, coatless, shoeless, and liatless, and
111 1 f 1 I (llA n^rl !r\n fif l\ IO Iva rtlnnSnM in
"??* "'V ?VUI JA/IVIVil V/l 1113 Utrl* pmjlllg 'III
graceful horizontal position, made pursuit
shouting'rtiost lustily in liisruotlier'a^ouguc
to tliQ Messrs. lied Skin to stop, or ^<^011 Id
scalp aud ro-.'ist every mother's son or them.
The Indians, who were ten or fifteen in number,
supposing they wer<j pursued by a regit
met of Texan llang'efs^took a flight, regard:
Ies3 of booty, leaving not only the horses
thoy had taken, but two very fine on%s o|
their own, together with any . number, 61
bows and Spears, knives, guns and
other ''^^$f|rwero found the next
for about amilo; anc
frora^l^^lst^pfen their horses must havi
tal^^pte^liMdes, and no doiibt itej
thought theii' end hba come. " ^ ^
f- "
Apples vrrrllot't ftaitt>s or Ccrt?8,?A
correspondent of the Memphis Whig give*
the following recipe for obtaining apples
without seed or cores:
Take the ends of the limbs of an apple*
tree where they hang low, so as to reach
the ground, dig a small hole for each end
under the tree, bend it down and bury it in
tho hole, confining1 it down so tlint it. ??>!
remain. I)o this in the winter or beginning
of spring. The end of the limbs tbus buried
will take root and put up sprouts, or scions,
whieli, when they become sufficiently larger
to set out, dig lip at the proper season, and
transplant them in the orchard where you
wish them to remain. When they get largeenough
to bear, they will bear apples a&
above.
Planting Corn.?The Augusta Constitutionalist
reiterates the sound advice so
often urged upon farmers, to put in large
crops of Corn. The Constitutionalst saysr
'The high price it bears, and most probably
will command for a long time, offers
stroll!* inducements tr? nlnnt. Inrrrolo T+
o t i """% ?;6vv*
is impossible to err in this direetieo, even
if planters should make double as much as
they consume. A superabundant crop makes
everything prosper upon a plantation-, and
; the surplus can be readily couverted into
; money at better paying prices than cotton.
! And as the production of the latter is di* '
: mitii.shcd, the chances of its rising from it?
present point of depression is necessarily
increased."
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A Novel Language.'?In North Caro~
lina, it is frequent, among her forests of fat
pine, for a lover in distress to send the fair
object of his affection a bite of its staple vegetable
productions, with an eye painted upon:
it. This signifies, "I pine." If favorable to*
j him, (lie young lady selects from the wood1
! pile the best and smoothest specimen of a
I knot?this signifies, "pine not." But, if oq
j the other hand, she detests him, (there f?
nu middle ground between detestation ancT
[ adoration, with young women,) she burns
I one end of his message, and this generally
J throws tlie young man into despair, for it
uT l-_ i
x mahi; hi/;u 01 your pining.^.
Three IT'xdred and Sixtt P'erso-n?
! Frozen to Death.? General report gives
out that on the 22d, and not far from Odessa,
more than 360 foot soldiers and several
Jewish carters perished in a snow storm'.
I The causes of death were the want of ade!
quate warm clothing, and the sudden set in
of a frost; and it is also said that the wagons
and teams had gone on before the roeuy '
who were thus left behind, and as the soldi
cms had on wet clothes from the previews
rain, tlicy froze into a crust of ice when tha -t*'
frost began. They looked about for a
bridge but could not find any. The day
after, groups of frozen dead bodies were
found, and between 20 aud 30 men lay ia
each heao.?Erin. Paver.
"A very unfortunate event has Just oocurred
at the Hague?an event of so Jib- v k
; tressing a nature that I should hesitate to narrate
it, but that it comes to mo from unquestionable
authority. The Kingof Holland lately
went to visit one of his mistresses, and
found one of his aides decamp closeted with
I her. The king rushed upon the officer and
J stabbed him. The wound, it is said, has V
proved fatal, and great exertions are being
| made in high places to keepthis horrible
: tragedy"from the public." We bare not
I seen this or any similar statement elsewhere.
New wav of Dodoing the Law.?On
credible information, we are allowed to state
that liquor has been solp of late in the suburbs
of Edgefield village in the, stftipe of
eggs. The dealer, it appears, had saved a
number of egg-shells nearly whole, tbey being
only slightly punctured to let out the
original-contents. Through the same aper- ?,
tare whiskey was introduced and the tigg
I then reclos^d, how we are unable to Btate.
I tlma in aninta tUa or?n? nronl
? WMVf'VU ? ? VMV ?? < WtJ
ftt a dollar per dozen.?Edgefield^eLvcrtiter.
n \ "? "ij y s
Susan, stand up and let the gentleman
see what you have learned. "What does v
o-h-a-i-r spell?" ' " .
"I don't ktiow, marm.'n>
"Why, you Jgnorant critter^vWhat do
you always sit on t"
"Oh, inarnij!|jQri*t like to tell^j.
'( ?. "What on fllrth is the matter with . the
gal? what is it 1>
"I don't litco to tell/v It was Bill Cross'
I knee, but Jie never, kireed roe hut tpnjig,*
, :> ""Airthquakes and "apples 1M exclniu^ithe
schoolmistress, and then fainted. .
A oal has sent us; the following mory
ceau:? . ' .
f v - "This lok of hare - '
* Tooee did toffe, " ^vl? f
But now T trust it to yfttr caf i
2' >Andif nomor*,?aBb/otfc?r. W?,
I Then look at this and thinjt on me."
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