v.. _ T.. , . w.y man " ?g:?mm?3RRE""&& W&t&ZSSSBSZR?iro?p?r-.--? I . ssr .* v . ?v' * \ & ^ * -' ' " ' y - *?* ' afj - ) " ' '' ** ?? - *> :v %' ' ?. 4 * ' ,* . ? . I . * ' . \ ? 4 .< :- V- ' . f v n-.. - s . " 4 ' ' ? . ' ^ -r V ^ ^ , "* *s " v ?V" . * ' . . ? ' f . ' ' . .? Jv ' - ' * ;! / ' r * ^ ty $ T I %! | el" gj^ jg? t BEVOTEP T? LITERATURE, THE ARTS, SCIENCE, AGRICULTURE, HEWS, PGMTICS, & ., ?J. TERMS??ONE DOLLAR PER ANNUM,] "Let it be Instilled into tho Hearts of your Children that tho Liberty of the ProsB is tho Palladium of all your Righto."?Junius. [PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. VOLUME 2?NO. 50. ABBEVILLE C. II., SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 20, 1855. WHOLE NUMBER 102, MISCELLANY. WRITTEN TOR TIIK INDEPENDENT PltEdS. More Uncomely Things. Messrs. Editors: Your correspondent "C. 13." has taken some thunder I might haVo used in pointing out and exposing uncomely things in church, and has done it so well and forcibly that for me to attempt greater force would only be weakening the castigation so deservedly given the filthy practice and practitioner. The only remark I make is a hearty assent to the truth of all your correspondent says about the filth}' nrnft/if nliRwinir (nliiinpn in juiil \ * b ? - adding a proposition that provision b<* made in our churches for such as cannot and will not quit the odious practice, viz: that troughs be furnished a sufficient number of pews for the tobacco squirtcrs, ami that they be led up to the trough as they come into church, and that these troughs be placcd in every instance under the galleries, that the devotional feelings and nerves of those whose duties call them to sit above may not he disturbed by seeing the productions of the <[uid emptied into the troughs. It is a very disgusting operation, and should be performed as much in secret as the nature of the case will permit. Young men, and our young clergy, should be very cautious where they spit in church. But to proceed with our text, and to show from it a few uncomely things. And . 1st, Unc ot the most uncomely, ill-shapen bipeds ever seen in our land is the talebearer. "A person," ns Webster defines the character, "who officiously tells tales ? one who impertinently communicates intelligence or anecdotes, and makes mischief in society by his offioiousncss." Solomon says: " Where there is no tale-bearer the mm., ?_ i. airtjc ccuoct/6. xiivy aiu iv;?iiiiii iu society, and have not, as the Mastadon, hecome extinct since the days of Solomon, inasmuch as the strife lias not and does not cease. This is at least prima facie evidence to all of the existence of the talc-bcarcr.? And they are awful jiests to our society, in- j tfirrnnto.rs to our ncacc and eniovmt>:if..? 1 i You hear the muttering of their thunder ff?>! c* | where you will, and their slimy footsteps: are to be seen 'upon the side-walks of every j village, and upon the highway of every) neighborhood. Atone point you hear of; the double-dealing of such and such mer-! chants?the want of honesty in mechanics j ?the duplicity, extravagance, pride, and want of purity of such and such ludics, piarried and unmanned?such and such ministers grind the face of the poor by charging five or ten dollars for each funeral they attend?such and such lawyers charge double fees?and the poor doctohs and ed itors aro nearly all extortioners. But when you come to hear the truth in all these eases, all is false, without the slightest foundation to raise an ill report upon, and they dare not face any of them. Such bipeds live?no, they stay?in society deservedly the scorn and the contempt of the vir tuous, yet tolerated and even courted by aristocratic sixpence-lovers. This is an uncomely thing, and as filthy as tobacco chewing in church, both detestable in church or out of church, and alike should be forthwith-abandoned. "When there is no talebearer the strife ceaseth." Let clerical gentlemen be on their guard in certain locations, for it is no evidence because the sun ; shines to-day that it will be fair on to-mor ro?v. it mere was no countenance to laic-: ^ t 1 bearers and slnnderers, they would soon dio out,'or cease to breathe, or somehow oeaae to exist, - , .^d,. Another uncomely articlo is the slanderer?second, yea, first cousin to the talebearer. And if 1 should speak on this as one has spoken, what wo say will be no less true, and yet more to the points. Scandal is one of those sins which seldom, by chance, getaltf full desert of condemnation. . It is usably, when mentioned at all, tacked on to &%16tigf.Trat 6f other sins, and i3 lost in'the nm uril 'flirt' wnrlrTs nnininn niita iter. ~r" r-~ --y ^0 spale of iniquity, .that the cdnacfeofceis easily persuaded to- let it rest secure-from the l;ish that wh'tpa offencearejnsnJed moro flagrant- It is like a subtle j^ipexV^in^'lvitK ita. jptfdtous j}$Wer evetj part and portion of society. It is found foand jn the/Chubby in thef yfc !ager?n(Hnrtto farm house. Tie pajace SQWtt, H:(?? ftnonjf^ .pastimes' of tbyatty ?the cottage hails;iitto'snpply the lack of tisefal JpfjcA ot conversation ;f having discovered that otli iiiv, ii nut wuiw:, lit ieasi as i>a neighbors had bet-j . ter ?-i*- than he had. lue i'ldli.ii I.?'.f I.I . < vnwit i? ti.? itlld j aixl when oli'ered in market a less I 1 price than that obtained by others?lie j thought (he worM was against him. > At la>t ho cotieluded to s<-ll oil'and buy ; I lower down the river, a imu-.h better plant- j i ation. The old worn down premises were I bought by a young man who bv hard work' in the two or three years'lie had been do-i itig bu.-iness for himself, laid up some five! I hundred dollars. He was to pay tor the . place in three annual instalments, and must; rai.>e the money by planting. Some laugh' ed at him, others said he would come out, tor there was come out in him, and lie set tied the question by paying it^!! up in two' years instead of three, lie soon bought a! . '^/k woman, then a man to help him ; his j crops were elegant, lie had the right kind of; 1 seasons, tho land seemed much better, at) any rate produced better than it had done under the old tenant. Hut the whole secret was deep icintdr plowing, and mixing a good . deal of compost from liis lot and stables. lie continued to prosper, and in twenty! | years from the purchase he had the reputa- j tion ot being tlte best planter in tlie conn-1 i try, an'l was worth a good fortune. The! i other planter found his ?ood plantation was ; a cheat, had been exhausted just before he ' ' got it, and lie still went on selling one or two slaves every year to pay expenses?the ! prosperous planter generally hutt^lit them, s Tins led me to enquire more than I had . done, if tho difference was not more in the ? planters than the plantations ? And I became convinced of its truth fully. Years ' of observation, and some experience have only confirmed this conviction. A good , crop is in tlie planter, more than in the soil. Proper culture, industry, and economy will make a living on almost any lands we have in this country. MatcriumsupKrubat opus ; such at least ! iu fliA /oiininn /\t* U IU tiiv VJ'IUIVU VI i^U'lVI.MAl I K. |Tho way to got on in the World. A working man, some time ago, published his own biography, one of the most interesting little volumes that has appeared j during the present century. It is as fol-1 lows:?"It may to some appear like vanity in me to write what 1 now do, but I should not give my life truly, if I omitted it. When filling a cart with earth on the farm, I never stopped work because my side of the cart might be heaped up before the other side, i at which was another workman. 1 pushed ' over what 1 had heaped up, to help him ; so doubtless he did to me* when I was last j 5 and he first. When I have filled my col-! F| unin or columns of n newspaper with rriatj tor for which I was to be paid, I have never stopped, if I thought the subject required , more explanation, because there was no con- j trnct for more payment, or no possibility of obtaining more. When I have lived in a i bar rack-room, I have stopped my work, and . taken a baby from a soldier's wife, when . she had to work, and nursed it for her, or gone for water for her, or cleaned another ' man's accoutrement*, though it was 110 part > of my duty to do so. When I havo been . n,i:>w...i ...wi 1 I in j/unntai niv;iaiiiiu ?* ways the attendant of sense; folly alone is proud. A wise divine, when preaching to the youths of his congregation, was wont to say, "Beware of being golden apprentices, silver journeymen, and copper masters." The only cure for pride, is sense; and the oath to oromotioil- is ?nnrli?9 s?iilr?r muiv? ?? < ?#! T 7/ < ^ o,?w?. <* louylny to see my mother ! It is many years since we last met, and I wanted so much to see Iter once more !'' "And so yon shall," answered Napoleon, quickly, "?ueh a loving and brave son must have had agood mother." Then giving the sailor a piece of gold, lie commanded that he should be put on board a vessel sailing to old England, and carried back to his native land. So the dutiful and affectionate young sailor was restored to his aged widowed mother. They lived happily together, although they were very poor; and the grateful sailor never parted with the coin which Napoleon, had given him. Hoys! do you love and honor your mother? m~~m The Miller and his Ass. A miller and his son were driving their ass to a neighboring fair to sell him. They had not gone far when they met with a troop of rude girls returning from the town, talking and laughing. "Look there ! cried one of them, did you ever see such fools, to bo trudging along the road on foot, when they might be riding!" The old man, liearing.this, quietly bade his son get on the ass, and walked along merrily by the side of him. Presently (hey came up to ;t group of old men in earnest debate. "There! said one of tliein, it proves what I was a-sayitig. What respect is shown to old age in these days? Dq you see that idle rogue riding, while his old father has to walk i (Jet down, you scape grace ! and let the old man rest his weary limbs." Upon this the father made his son dismount, and got up himself. In this manner they bad not proceeded far when they met a company of women and children. ' W W llfT ?A1> lu'?rf rt!/l fi?l 1/Aftl t n ? ?ij j j wu kuij viu ui ivu ocvtJJfll tongues at once, how canyon ride upon the beast, while that poor little fad can hardly Keep pace by tho side of yon ? " The good natured miller stood corrected, and immediately took his boU up behind him. They had now almost reached, tho town. '? "Pray, honest friends, said a townsman, "is that ass your" owb ?" ' "Yes", says the old man. " v "Oh!- one wonld not liavo thought fcd,*by tho way:you load him. You tWo fellows are better ablo to carry the pdor boast thai* L> ..... ID - uu yuu t . . ? . "Any-ibing to please ycfa aaidtbe old man ; We can- but try. So, alighting 1 w^tfehia son, they tied the na's legs together, and by the help of a bote endeavored tfbicarr^ him on th'eir BhotUderft over a Bridge that ledto the' to*& . ThU *u? bo ^*ftoiftin? a sight Upon this, the old man, vexed and ashamed, made the best of liis way homo again, convinced that by endeavoring to please every body, he had pleased nobody, and lost his ass in the bargain. Printers. Printers, it is said, die at an early age.? This is doubtless caused by the noxious effluvia rising from the types, the want of exercise, constant employment, utid the lute i hours to which their worlc is prolonged. There is no other class of human beings whose privileges are so few, whose labor is : so continuous, whose wages nre so inadequate, as Printers. If a "typo" be a man jot* family, he is debarred, the pi iviloge of en-1 joying their society at all times, because his j hours of labor are almost endles?, and his moments of leisure so few that they must I be spent to recruit his exhausted energies, j and prepare him for the renewal of his toils. Poor follow ! he knows nothing of! sociability, and is shut out from the world I as a convict in a prison cell. Truly he is in the world, yet knows not of it. Toil, : toii, toil, by night and by day, is his fate, i until premature.old age ends his existence. For tJie advancement of science, morality i and virtue, the cords of his heart are snnj itio crave uncaml for and unknown,! though his existence h:is hccn sacrificed lorj I Ik* benefit of his race. When we hear mechanics crying out against oppression, and demanding certain I hours for labor and for rest, we can but reflect upon this situation of our own craft ; how every moment of their lives is forced into service to earn a bare subsistence, and how uncomplaining the}' devote themselves to the good of that same public, who wear them as a loose garment, to be donned when convenient, and dotted when no longer needed. Printers are universally poor men, and for two reasons. The first is?they rarely receive a fair compensation for their service*. Ami the second is?that inured to continual suffering, privation, and toil, their purse-strings are never united at the bidding of charity, and the hard earned 'Mimes* are freely distributed for the relief of their fellow men. Thus it is that they live poor and die poor, and if a suitable reward docs not await them after death, sad indeed must be the beginning, the existence, and the end of poor "tvpos." Petersburg Express. Characteristics of Great Men. rn i ' . ? i asso s conversation was ncitncr gay nor brilliant. Dante was cither taciturn or satirical. Butler was sullen or .biting. Gray seldom talked or smiled. Hogarth and Swift were very absent-minded in company. Milton whs unsociable1 and even irritable when pressed into conversation. , . Mirvyin, though copious and eloquent in public addresses, was meagre and dull in discourse. Virgil was heavy in.conversation. La Fontaine appeared heavy, coarso and stupid : lie could not speak and describe what he hail just seen, but then he was the model of poetry. cilonon tvoa " mnvA nm-nftol-L than nis conversation. . Dryden's conversation was slow and dull, his humor saturnine and reserved. Do^corte was reserved in mixed company. Corneiile, in conversation, w:is so insipid that lie never failed in wehryitig; lie did' not oven speak correctly that language of which lie was such a master. Ben. Johnson used tositsilpnt in company .and suck his wine aiid their humors. Southfty was stiff, and wrapped np in asceticism. Addison was good company with his intimate friendty, hut in mixed company ho preserved his dignity by a stiff .aud.reserved silence. . V 7 V ?? 1 (i uuiun ??|io nu uiuuwt likil nutumu ounci;* !y speak upon the- most common 6iibjcct without a suffusionof blushes. Fox, in conversation, never flagged; bis j animation and "variety were inexhaustible. Dr. Bently \>as lorjuacious. Grotius was talkative. Goldsmith wrote like nn angel, and talked like a poor. poll. , Burke was eminently interesting; in con vcnjmiou. . . f # . . r Curran was a convivial doity; ho soared into every region, and was at home ib fljfc ( Dr. Birch dreaded a'Yicn as lie did tor podo; but lielconld ulajikerunding^trafor; , Dr. JohnsQti wrote .-nionOtonousjg'jaijd; ponderously^ hut, in conver^ti;m Jlis w,pi(Js ' \vere c1o$o and/, sinewy, and /pistol mis&edfire, lio'Jcnock'ed down his Antagonist < with th6 butted of II; 'r ? "***.? P 1 Gdleridgo in conversation tta? full of ecutor ne?s and orgfinality. .. ' vUiglt $upt. ityu^b^n w# ^ro<$ th"e i1 philosopher of Hope, and Jinked to. atte'ns- < Zi\ ad .f'?:dw i\?\ v* ' '1*. - 4 .'t '. T . r '** " *! *r > ' ?^l*l | ? - ia?? Khosref Pacha. Turkey lias lost the strongest of her old statesmen during the present month, Khosref Pacha. He was 97 years old and has been a prominent man in the councils of thft Porte ever since the day6 of Catherine of Russia. As he was the oldest bo he waa the richest of the notables of Turkey. Hi# history is as thoroughly Turkish as were his honors and habilaments. When George Washington* was surveying .lands on the branches ot' the Ohio, and Seth Pomeroy was boring out the spiked caunon on the ions 01 j.ouisuurg, ivnosret was a lame and deformed orphan in the mountains of the Caucasus, obtaining a precarious existence by little services among the cottagers. Before the British red coats had marched back to Boston from Lexington common to the tune of Yankee Doodle, the humpbacked beggar boy had stood as a slave in the Stamboul slave mart, had been installed as a servant in the place of Abdul ITan*d, and had found his way to the favor of young Mahmoud, the then heir to the throne. In a country and a position where the passport to success is a line figure and engaging manners, young Khosref, destitute of both, possessed some faculty of gaining aiid retaining good will which enabled him to. conquer nature. When Mahinoud succeeded to the throne the fortunes of the orphan boy rose, and being shortly afterwards made secretary to Capiulan Pacha, lie laid the foundation of his enormous wealth, lie has outlived all his friends and all his foes, but his prosperity never left him. Like Tallyrand he has been ready to acquiesce in every change, and has generally succeeded in obtaining something from every revolution. But he was always a slave. -Frpm the servitude of the imperial house there is no manumission. Though he leaves nearly ?2,000,000 sterling in money, every farthing of it goes to the present Sultin. Meohanics. St. Paul was a mechanic?a maker of tents from goat's hair; ami in the lecturer's opinion, he was n model mechanic. He was not only a thorough workman at his trade, hut was" a scholar, a perfect master, not only; of his native Hebrew, but of three foreigntongues, a knowledge of- which he obtained? by close ' application ' to study during his leisure hours while serving his apprenticeship. It was custom among the Jews to learn tlieir sons some trade?a cusotm not confined to the poor classes, but was' also practiced by the wealthy; and it was a c'oramon proverb among them,, that if a father ,i;,i ?ni i.:= .T 1?t?i ----- m.v. yb tvauii. &ii? cuii a luLXiittiJiuai uw:upalion, lie taught him to steal. This custom was a wise one; and if the fathers of the present day would imitate their example, their wrinkled, cheeks would :not so often blush for the helplessness, .and not unfre-; quently criminal conduct of their offspringEven if a father intended his son for one of the professions, it would be an -incalculable' benefit to that son to .instruct;bim in somebranch of meebaiiUm.' Jlis education would not only be more complete and healthy,.T>ufc he might at some future- time, 'in case of failure in his'profession, find his trade very convenient as a means of earning his bread';: and ho must necesarily be more competent in mechanical from his professional education. - An educated mechanic was a models mechanic working under the superintendence of another man's brain. Lettherioh and the proud no longer look upon mechanism ns degrading to him yjho ..adopts a branch of it 'as his calling. .It is a noblo calling?as noble as the indolence and;inactivity of xtealth is ignoble. " Lectarq by Rev. Dr. Adarits* ? , A Spe'bcii uy Gen. Bumcom.?The following is ftn extract from a speech of Gen. iMincom in lavoroi 04 w: . y r Mr. Speaker?When I- open my eyes, find look over tho. vast expanse of thiscoun- ** try?when I see. how the yeast of freedom . lias caused it to rise in the scale of civilian tion and expanded on every 'side?whenvI see it growing, swelling, roaring likeaspring freshet?Io&o.not resist the idea, sir, the day will come when .this, great natioii^ lik$, young, school boy, will burst its straps, and become entirely too big for its bow. s we want elbow room?the <*ontin?nt, tho: i /vl.? AAn?!nM,? Villi A/tnfir >Y IJUIO CUIAllIIUUI^ (Mm livuiiug WUH uw vufiwneut?-and we will have.,/it, Then aball: Uncle Sam, placing {lia bat updQ tne Caunda-s. rest .liis rig|it afm oi) the Oregon aucf California coast, Ins left cm the eastern seaboard, and whittle away the British power,' while r6po?ing:*hi* leg-like ? freenjan, upon, Capp Upru^^i'V *th?f d?y. will?tie day. must come. . . +?'*. r r.?f, , A new Methodisffihtpcb, said to - be one af.the best in^Cfilifbm la,'Vaa-'dedicated in 1 TahflHfy At-'GrittS VaH?ry.v ,6# t&eTtba'dedic?fo%fcBrti>^ V fert'tb' bet tt la^ nmita4aii i*A. .^gt^ ^ ' *//"' * - '-:* . , * h . r .'"