University of South Carolina Libraries
?rel <^lf V ! v Si dill# Ifte "Pi if Iff H ff'fIT BC'gTOTBB *0 MTIRATUSRE, THI 'ARTS, SCIHNGB, AGiUCUMUIVS, HEWS, PGMTXCS, <kC., &C. TERMS-?TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM,] "Lot it bo Instilled into tho Hearts of your Children that tho Liberty of the Press is the Palladium of all your Rights."?Junius. VOLUME5--NO.ll. ABBEVILLE C. If., SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 17, 1857. RATES OF ADVERTISING. The Proprietors of the Abbeville Jhtun'r nn?l fndfpctnlcilt J'rexs, have established the following rates of Advertising to he charged in both papers: u Every Advertisement inserted for a less time than three monthly will be charged by the insertion at OilC Doll.ir per Square, (1 i inch f?the Bpaeo of 1'2 solid lines or less,) for the first insertion, and Fifty Cdlt* for each (subsequent insertion. The Commissioner's, Sheriff's, Clerk's hud Ordinary'* Advertisements will be inserted in both papers, each charging half price. '< ?35?"" Sheriff's Levies, Oiu; I>oll;ti* each. Anuouneinga Candidate, Five I>ol? 1 (i rs. Advertising an Eslrav, Two DalI Ill's, to be paid by the Magistrate. Advertisements inserted for three months, or longer, at the following rates : 1 square 3 months ...... ?5 01) 1 square 0 months 8 <??J 1 square 9 months 10 Oil 1 square 12 months 12 no 2 squares 3 months - 8 On 2 squares (> motillis - 11 00 2 squares 0 months is no 2 squares 12 months 20 on 3 squares 3 months It) On 3 squares 0 months - -- -- - 10 no 3 .square.) 9 months 21 on o squares 12 months 25 ? 4 squares 3 months ------ 12 00 | 4 squares t> months ...... 'jn nu 4 squares 9 months - 2t> M'? ! 4 squares 12 months - on j fi squares 3 niontlis - l'> nu f> squares 6 months ...... 25 no i 5 squares 'J months I nu 6 squares 12 months ...... 3"> nu j l> squares 3 months 2n On (' squares 0 months :;u tut 6 squares 9 months ----.. :t?i no G squares 12 months ...... -in en V squares 3 months ...... jfj nu 7 squares tt months on 7 squares ? months - 41 on i 7 squares l'i months ...... .J;", <iu , H squares 3 months ...... :ju <-,i? 8 squares t> months ...... .ju Oi) 1 S squares mouths ...... .((; <,o 8 squares 12 months - fio u<> Fractions of Squares will be charged in proportion to the nl>ov? rates. ?5?" linsiness Cards l'or the term of one year, will ho charged in proportion to the t-piice they occupy, at One iJullur per line i-paee. i W?~ For all advertisements set in <hnthl'' column, Fifty per Cent, extra will he added to the i a hove rates. DAVIS A- CREWS, J-'ur liumirr ; li:E ?L WILSON, For 1'rcss. ??a??a? ???a???ro , Tufronnr T A *TTT ^.ixitjvciijjuxxn x The Clothing Trade of New York. A history of tlio march of trade in this city during the last twenty years, would form a striking illustration of tlio originality and force of tlie American mercantile character. The rapidity with which new busiuess ideas are generated in our midst, the vast, scale on which they arc carried out and the success which usually attend their development, are unparallelled in tfic commercial world, aud excite the surprise of nrnr>rc tA ? if .vvguvo! w u utgl gu 111 till <111 y oiuer characteristic of this busy metopolis. Let us take, as a case in point, the ready made clothing trade. In the hands of a tew men of rare energy and sagacity, it has been changed within fifteen years, from an obscure occupation, to a manufacturing and commercial business of the highest class. New York is to-day the greatest clothing mart in the world. The cause of this vast expansion is easily explained. The garments of the "slop seller" of fifteen years ago, have.bcen superseded by ready, made fabrics unsurpassed in elegance and excellence by any in the world, and actually j cheaper than the uncouth clothing they j have displaced. The men who revolution-j ized the business understood the value of time, in the American market. In minis- ' tering to the instant supply of a general i want, aud doing so in a manner that left. ! nothing to be desired on the part of pur- j chasers, tliev disidnvwd n nmf. L-.. i I J?Pledge of the requirements of their countrvmen. Wo can well recollect when the "slopshops" were thy only clothing emporiums, and laboring meu their only customers. Now it is au ascertained fact the clothing j business j^ives einploymeut to a greater nutn- j ber of hands than any other branch of our ! manufactures. The house of Devlin A: Co., ! which ranks first in magnitude and reputa- ! tion, and is therefore apropos to purposes [ of illustration, employs 2,000 persons, i What other manufactory of any description, } in Sew York, gives occupation to an equal I number? We remember wlr'n the finn j onnnml tlio.ir *?- > - . w?v?w nviwiuiwc III l^roau'"Way, how con6dently it was predicted, by shallow reasoners who looked at the expenses, but kuew nothing of tlic business or of the men, that the enterprise would,fail. Mr. Devlin calculated differently, he looted to the whole continent as his field, and felt, we presume, that, to cover the ground, it ; was only necessary to produce clothing of the very highest grade of excellence, and eell it at the most moderate price. This idea he seems to have reduced to nracti<;e. and tbe j^sulls be anticipated have followed with the exactitude of tbe solution of a problem. Tbe clothing of the concern is a staple of fashion iu every city of the Union, and tbe name of the house Hppears to be sis good a guaranty of the superiority of its garments as is tbe bank bill. Strange as as it may seem, too, the celebrity of their ready-made s^bek is reflected on the custom department, and vice vena. Cheapness and superiority appear to the Alpha and Omega of all departments of the establish ment?in fact, they are the cabalistic words tbat have^raised the clothing trade Jf> its present remarkable position among the business interests of New York. 'A There are many other extensive clothing houses in the city, all flourishing and likely to flourish, to which we should be glad to refey)f space permitted ; but as' our only objeot was t<^ give the uninitiated some idea of "the vast amount of industry, enterprise and capital employed in a branch of trade which is of only some fifteen yoars growth among us, we^selocled the leading house, by way of example. ....?.ul ^ir *r III II Tho Shadow of a Hand. It is a question that has often been debated whether man or woman possesses most moral courage. I shall not pretend to enter into a discussion of the matter here, but simply relate an incident which camo to knowlege some years since, proving, I think, iucontcstibly, that some of the fairer portion of creation are endowed in an eminent degree with this virtue. In the autumn of 1810 circumstances called me to Dieppe. To tell the truth, I j was by no means sorry to visit this fash ion ; able watering place. The change is a wry ! agreeable ono after a long scjourn in l'aiis. ! It was late in the evening of the 14th of ! Aii"tisf wlir-ti 1 nrrivori :il tho otnl / ><" j journey, I proceeded at once to ilio Hotel : (.Ins Ihiins, (which, by the l>ye. I can rej commend to those of my readers who may ! happen to visit Dieppe,) and alter a light ! supper retired to rest. | I have alwavs been an early riser. It : makes no ditleleiice what time I go to bed at night, 1 am suro to get up early iu the , morning. I suppose this is habit more : than anything el.?e. However that may ; be, the morning a tier my arrival at Dieppe I I was ui> by cock-crow. 1 looked at my watch, and found it wanted a few minutes to four. I determined I would go and explore the town, When 1 arrived in the street T was very much surprised to find it full of people. 1 jiavc the inhabitants of Di< i?i>e credit for being very industrious beating their Parisian brethren to nothing, in the exercise of the virtue of early rising, and expected to discover upon iinpiirv, a practical illustration of the truth of the adage, by finding the citizens of that pretty, but rather, slow town, noted for their health, renowned for tlwir wealth, and courted for their wisdom. I was disturbed from these rellections by observing that the people were all going in one direction, and they hurried forward as if stimulated bv some extraordinary curiosity. I addressed inquiries to some of them, but they were too breathless, and in lrw-? iTfj.of ?? l.ii 1-- * II Iiiiiiw; iUiy Ii-JJIY IU IIIC*. All they did was to point before thein and nod their hc.'.ds. Not bt-iuir able to obtain any satisfao- ! tion from tlicm, I determined to follow j thi ir footsteps, as I was now convinced there must be something to be seen. We advanced at a very quick pace down a handsome street, which I afterwards learned was the chief street in the. street in the town, called the Grande line ? the crowd becoming more dense, so as lo render it very dillicult lo proceed. We might have gone a mile , perhaps when the street suddenly opened into a large square ! this square was densely packed with a great mob. The most distracting noise T ....v wiuuoivii v, uui k. oaw auiuu* tiling there, raised upon a platform at the further end of the square, which engaged my whole attention, and made my blood feel as if it were turned into ice. It was a guillotine ! Yes, there was the hideous frame work painted black, which I had seen once before at the l'alace du Trone in Paris. At the moment I turned my eyes on this instrument of death, a man was engaged oiling the groves, and to enable him to doit more conveniently, the knife lowered half way down between the two posts, and the morning sun made the blade glitter, rendering it quite distiuct to the whole multitude. Although I had before seen an execution and was well aware of the painful ef feet it had upon iny miiul for mouths af- j terwards, morbid curiosity impelled mo to remain, and see the conclusion of the tragedy. I had not to wait long, h neigh- ; boring bc-11 began to toil and cart made its | ap; carancc bearing the criminal, lie ap- i peared to take matters very easily, and j when I first taw him, ho was conversing | gaily with the two gendarmes who accom- ! pauied him. lie was smoking a cigar, ' and glanced around at the multitude with j the most perfect nonchalance. The popu- i lance when they saw him raised a yell of ; execration ; a pulpuble sneer was the only j reply he deigned to make. lie ascended the steps loading to the ! scaffold wilh an easy gait, and turning I sharply round to the inol>, stood for a inin- j utc or two with his arin folded, and a foot ; advanced as if defying them, lie glanced I at them a look of unutterable scorn, and I muttered between his teeth the word "Canaille." It was during this minute or two that I had time to make a note of his appearance.' lie seemed to bdlnbout thirty-five years of age. lie was tall and powerfully buiit, but his features were the very epitome of villany. llis eyes were daik and large, sur mounted i>y busliy eyebrows. Jlo wore a long moustache which extended far beyond his cheeks. Every had passion seemed to he expressed in his face ; in fact^his countenance might he called perfectly devilish. An involuntary shudder ran through me as I gazed upon it. Ho resigned himself into tlto hands w the executor, and fti, a few minutes all Wa^ over. When the time caipe for ihfij&'yir to descend,-T^iad nbt tMfe courage tSrTjwra bijt turned my head'away, and^ by a shout from ttyp rtioh that^-'io^i#^ tiro | tragedy wavfiniStiul.- , _.W' I inquired ?f a' BpeataJfcf' near ifce," the name of the criming *and ffie crime 'for. which ho JUad suffered. The mau stared at me wilh^tetonifihment, Baying. ~ , "Wiry, it's Jacques lteynnuld 1" * The name struck me as being somewhat familiar, and 1 endeavored to remember where 1 bad heard ir&fore. '1 suddenly recollected - the Paris newspapers some months back bad hppn filial UI i Ko l?io. 1 tory of. several-awful 'murders committed Dieppe, and this man's name was in some.way connected with them, but in wlyrt. manner I could qot remember. However my curiosity waa-n?w thoroughly excited, 1 immediately made the most minute inquires into the matter, and before 1 left Dieppe had learned the following particulars : In tlie line des Armcs, about four ' months previous to tho timo 1 write, lived j a worthy haberdasher of the name of Man rice. 11 is family consisted of himself, his! , wife, one child, and a servant. They were i > quiet, respectable people and very much respected by all their neighbors. M. Maurice did a good business ami frequency had a considerable sum of money I in his house, lie had an extraordinary j run of custom on Saturday, and when the i . labors of the day were over he felt very i j much fatigued. He shut up his shop ami J ' | proceeded to a small room, where his wife i I and servant were laving the cloth for sup- i < | per. j j ''My dear," said his wife, as soon as he j I i entered the room. "I should very much i ( | like some oysters for supper to-night.'. J ; ' I am afraid it is too late," replied the i husband looking at his watch. It was a ' t | quarter past eleven. j > ' 'Oil llO. .lustilli! KflVS fliiirn ;= .. i . " " , open nunc I corner." { j "J ft hat lie case let Justine get some at : ! onee, for 1 atn as hungry as a hunter." j Thereupon Justine put 011 her bonnet j i ami shawl, an<] went tor the oysters ; lean- i j ht</ l/iv door ajar, that she might not dis; turh her master or mistress when she reI tunixl. i Now it so happened that the place i where she expected to be able to obtain t ' the oysters was closed ; but not wishing to i ! disappoint her employers, she determined ! she would go and 6etk them elsewhere. ; j In pursuance of this object. she entered ' ! the (Irande line, but. had to walk a consid' durable distance before she could obtain ; what she sought. She hurried home a-j { gain, and noticed when she arrived at the j I door of her master's house that the chimes | of a neighboring church struck a quarter : I In l\vi?lv#? Jsln* * ** * , . - v. .^..V tiuvi) Wivivi\'iu, UUUU tlLT^l'llL j n just three quarters of an hour. j Z ; Slie was surprised to find the door shut, j i hut supposing that the wind had blown it f i to, blio raised the latch. The door was \fastened on the inside. Site thought this u | rather strange, but then again she relleetod ;t j tliat it was <Ioublless only a necessary pre- ^ caution on thepatt of her master, tilie c rang the bell, and was very much concern- n ed when, after waiting a few minutes, no > |; i i- - ... i n |ii\ uiauc. "j in*}- nave gone ip ueil, y she said to herself, and felt rather angry ], with thetn for having lucked her out* She ti again rang the bell much more violently a than before?still no answer. She now tj became alarmed, and rang lung and vio- h leutly?no answer! Iler fears were thoroughly aroused, and the related the cir- 3 cuinstances to some persons passing along j the street. The presence of two or three t, gendarmes were soon procured, and they w proceeded at once to break in the door. g The passage into which the door opened a was perfectly dark ; but one of the gen- ^ darnifts stiimlil?*rl ? ' ?- ?- w? VI UVIUVIUIII^J UI1U j'Ut* Q ting out bis hand to save himself, it came M in contact with something wet on the j, ground. A light was immediately obtain- ,, ed, and a horrible sight presented itself. p Laying aeross the passage was the dead t] body of Monsieur Maurice, with his throat p cut from ear to ear. The lloor was swim- j] ming in blood. In the little room was the dead body of his wife, presenting the same a ghastly wound. Even the little child in t< the cradle had not escaped, for tber.merci- 0 less assassin had taken its life by the same t( horrible means. The house was ransacked from top to bottom ; and everything of a value stolen. ? 1 shall not attempt to depict the horror of the persons who witnessed this shocking ,r sight ; it can bo more easily imagined than j ? described, and to tell the truth" I dont like dealing in the horrible ; it is pandering to a morbid taste, and if I have transgressed c my only usual mode of narration iu this ,, sketch, my only excuse is?it is true. ri The moat strenuous efforts were made to delect the murderer, but without any success. All that could be learned was, that j a man had been seen to look intently in ; ^ the shop windows about the time Mr. Maurice was counting out his day,s receipts. The whole town of Dieppe was horrified, s III/) U'lu.ri 1. 1 ?- ' ?iu 11411,11 ijigui. viuiiu many ji ueari ireru- ^ bled. After a few days the feeling of fear (j began to decrease, when they were again ^ awakened in a ten-fuld manner by another shocking tnurder. About ten days after the catastrophe in the Rue des Annus, some belated pedes- 11 trains were making the best of their way home about 2 o'clock in the morning. Sl They were walking very rapidly down line (Jreiiaid, when thev were astonished^ bv Km-iiur !I limn "!? >- ' - I*1 -J ....... v.. nivi I UUI IIIU IIUIIMI', | * with nothing oit but his shirt, crying out 1 with all his strength "muider !" "murder !" li "murder !" lie held a youug child in his e arms. TheJ^immediatcly called to him, but all J tliey could gather I'rom him was that mur- e der was being committed in tho house. Tbey directly made for tho door, nnrl frtun.1 v it fastened On the inside. They burst the ? door opeu with a few rigorous kicks*; and s' penet^itcd into the house. They rushed ^upstpira; and on the tirst lauding they footid the body of a man with his throat v He was dead. They entered a bed ? ^r&rtxr-?hanging half out of bed tho body a #4 woman, mutilated in the same horri- t< bits manner, and Btono dead, But they u 'had not yet discovered all the horrors of n tliat Bouse of blood. IiiJ'hS kitchen" was e "discovered the inanimate form of tho Ber- I vanf'girl, who had been killed by the same ? mi moans, mo assassin was evidently tho \ same who committed th^j border in the 1 ltuedes Amies. Th* wounds inflicted ti were exactly of tho same character, and it p was evident? the same instrument had been v used. v The young man seen on tho roof of the. I liouue was nairied Pierre Dulon ; he depo- p Bed j>efore the P&curer du ltoi+/ the next k morning, as follows : a "My name is Pierre Dulon I am twen- I ty-two years of age,-and a watch-maker by t trade. For tho last two yoars 1 hAvo been * living as assistant with the late Monsieur ? Mouton. 116 resided in Ru6 Grenard. s liis family consisted of hioitclf, wife, child f and servant girl. On the night of the 21st of April, 1840, we all of us retired to bed early. 1 was accustomed to sleep in one of tlio attics. In the room next to mine, the servant girl and child slept. Aout halfpast 1 o'clock in tho morning I awoke. I felt thirsty and rose to get some water? my pitcher was empty. I went down stairs Lo (ill it. I had nearly reached the fir.st landing, when I saw a man stealthily assending the stairs. lama very nervous man, and the recent murder had preyed my much on mv minil, I had been living in continual dread ever since. The sight .>f this man completely paralyzed me ; and I stood looking, not able to move hand or foot, lie had nearly reached master's Joor, when Mr. Moutou opened the door ttid came out on the landing. The assa.?sn immediately rushed upon him, and pitting his hand over my master's mouth, presuming him from calling out. 1 noticed nil one tliui?4, that the murderer had tmlu '/tree Jinycrs on his left hand. I could see inure, but ran up stairs again, and buried into the servant's loom : the child ,vas lying on the bed asleep, but tho servant girl was not in the room. I took up lie child in my arms and got out on the 'oof* Tliis is 1 know about the matter." The excitement in Dieppe was now raised o the highest pitch. No trace of the asessin couldt be discovered. It was evident hat tliline murders were the work of oije nan?and that he must have been conceal d in tlie houses before they were closed or the night. Government, ottered a large eward for the discovery of the murderer, Hid the vigilance of the police was tho;inglily aroused. There lived on the outskirts of Dieppe a i ndow lady of the name of lieaumuurice. die had no family ; but with one servant j ;irl, lived in a very retired manner. The ullage in which she resided was situated lioni. Ii?lf <> ...it ...... ?? liiiivf IIVII? Iiiv: V/IIJ?"il J1LLIU Ull : ruin 1110 public road. j Madame IJeaumauriee had been tlic wife >f an old ollic?r of tlie (Guards. She was ii extraordinary woman in every particular; nit especially so in respect to a certain outness of character she possessed, in the uidst ot' danger,?which, together with a irge amount ot moral courage?made Iter very notable person. The recent murders ad, perhaps, made less impression on her ! lindthan upon any one else in Dieppe,? (though it was naturally supposed the reired situation in which she lived would ave caused her to be more fearful. About ten o'clock on the night of the Uth of April, just ten days after the murorc in - 1 i? * ? ... .uv uibiiiuu, iiiiiuiiiiiu ijcaulaiuieo went up to her bed-room. She as suffering from a nervous headache, lie fell very sleepy, ami seated herself in large arm-chair previous to undressing erself. The lamp was placed on :i chest f drawers behind her. Opposite to her ras a toilet-table, with a cloth on it reach>g to the ground. She had. already couilenced taking ofl" her clothes, when Impelling to look around her, she saw someliing which for a moment chilled her blood. I was the shadow of a man's hand on the oor. The hand had only three Jijiycrs/ She divined the truth in * mnin,.i.i? ssassin was there, in her house?under that jilet-table. She made not the IcaStnmotion r sign, but reflected two or three minutes as ) tlie best course to he pursued. She made up her mind what to do, and dvancing to the door, called licr servant laid. "Oh Mary 1" cxeluiincd she, when the irl entered the room. "Do you know 'hero Monsieur Beruard lives 1" ' Yes, Madam." "1 have to pay 5,000 francs away^jrery ally in the morning. Thu fact slipped my lemory till just now. You will have to un to his house and get the money for me." ' Yerv wall. Msiflnm" y J' * ? # f 1 "I will write you a nolo which you will ] eliver to him, and he will give you-bauk ills to the amount." She wrote as follows: "3/y Dear Monsieur Bernard: The nsitssin of the Hue des Armes and the liue ' reiiard is now in my house. Come imineiately with some gendarmes and take him efore he escapes. "1Ie1.EXE 13K AUM AVIt ICE." . And without entering into any Copland- [ ion with her 6crva.nLshe dispatched heron lie errand. She then quietly re-seated her- i bit' and waited. Yes, she sat in the room with that man ' indcr the tabic fur a wlmlit lump Situ> tnt ' Iiere calm, cool, and collected* She saw lie shadow of the Land shi.it,about several lines; but the murderer did not attempt to scape $Spm his place of concealment. In duo time tlio gendarrties arrived, and acq ties lieynauld was arrested?not, howver, without a violenfc.&truggle. '<* I need scarcely add that the most conincing proof as to his guilt was found, nd in due lime lie was guillotined as 1 have liown iu the former part of this sketch. "That is a Boy I can Thhst."?"T nnw isited," says a gentleman, "a large public uhool. At recess, a litxjo felloy came up nd spoke to the master^ and as lie turned 5 go down the platform, the master said That is a boy 1 can trust, lie never failed le." I.followed him with my eye, and lookd at him when he toefc his seat after recess, le had a fine, open, manly face. I thought good'deal about the master's remark.] Vhat a charapteftad that littlo boy earned, le had already got what would be worth o him more than a fortune. It woyld be a lassport to the best office in- the city, and, ?liat is better, to the confidence of the kholo community. I wonder if tluj.boys ;now how soon t?ey are rated by elder peoilri. Kv?ru Imu in n?irrlil?nrlir><vl in -vy ? " mown opinion? aro formed of him, nnd has i character cither favorable or unfavorable. V. boy of whom the "blaster can say, "I can rust him; bo never failed ine;" will neV&fc. vnnt employment. The fidelity, promptless, and industry, which ho. has shown jxt chool, aro prized everywhere. "Ho aithfcrt-in little, will bo faithful in mUcKT " i Musings by tho Ocean. The waves eame dashing o,or the sea, In bright and flittering banda. Like little children, wild with glee, They linked their dimpled hands? They linked their hands, but ere I ca uglit, Their sprinkled drops of dew, They kissed my feet, nnd quiek as thought, Away the ripples llew. The twilight hours, like birds (lew by, As lightly and as free : Ten thousand stars were in the sky, Tell thousand in the sea ; For every wave with dimpled faee, | That leaped upon the air, ! Had caught a star in its embrace, And held it trembling there. How the Price of Broad is Managed in Paris. Every bag of wheat, llour, or tneal that comes to the city must be brought to the | | hall an ble, or grain hall. This is an im j . mense area, enclosed with a circular wall, j and covered with a huge dome; so that it presents a vast, unbroken hall, of grand j and beautiful proportions, lighted from the top. Various stalls, with desks, from the j oiliccs of the clerks and employers. On the j floor of this hall are piled up, cobhouse fasli! ion, in large piles, ten to twenty live feet high, the bag* of grain, presenting to the visitor a striking panorama ofsoihl plenty. The city of l'aris is surrounded by a wall, not fur nc i? ? > .... <. v,ulll|r<H UllVeiy Sllgill, ' but simply tor police, revenue, ami oilier j municipal purposes, of which is ihc ivgula| tiou of the bread market. Harriers, that i.s gates, with police attendants and revenue ollicers from the only entrances to the city except tlie river Seine, which has al.-o its { ! guards. Every bushel of wheat or grain brought to the city for sale must bo registered and stored at the grain hall, under I heavy penalties. This regulation is rigidly ! : enforced, which is easy to do at the barriers, | j with so bulky a aiticle ; feppecially as the ; j bags must be of uniform size. j i'rom the register of the daily supply the \ <mjyui iiiiiuui oi in? ciiy Know at any hour ' just liuw many pounds or peaks of grain of any kind there arc in l'aris. Froui accurate statistics required to bo furnished, they know how much flour or meal is baked daily at each bakery, and how much bread of all kinds is consumed. They are therefore able to fix the weight and price of loaves, each size and shape of which has its appropriate name, according to the ratio between supply and demand, allowing a fair and just prulii to producers, traders and'bakers; no more, Dor less. This pi ice, thus fairly graduated, at short intervals, is fully proclaimed to the public, dealers, the bakers and the police. The police arc authorized to drop in at any time into any bakery, or bread shop, wherever bread is exposed for sale, and weigh the loaves. There is also a special inspecting ollicer appointed for the express purpose. I lis visits are not stated, that he may not have things got ready for exhibition instead of inspection, according to the English and American fashion ot doing such things. If the inspector finds the < weight delieicnt, or the price of a particular kind of loaf too high for the grade, all the bread in the shop is swept off at once, and distributed to the hosnitnls : nnil *.?! ?. eleemosynary establishments of tlie cit}'. Thus are the public protected against pri- 1 vate cupidity speculating in the means of ' existence. " 1 The Mudekx Pci.i'1t.?The oraoular 1 power and virtue which once dwelt in the 1 pulpit hay;e departed to tiie printing press ] on the other side of the street. The par- 1 ish church which once lorded it over the ' landscape and pointed itflfe steeple, like a 1 still linger of hushing awe'overtho landscape, and even the minister, which lifted ' up a broader hand of more imperative 1 power, have found formidable rivals not only ' in the Dftsonting chapel, but in the private school, nay, in the public house of the village, wla-re men talk, and think, and form passionato purposes over newspapers. Sermons are now criticised, not obeyed; and when our modern Pauls preach, o\ir Felixes vawn' insiead of trembling. Ministers have become a timid and apologetic class ; the fearlessness of Knox is seldom met with, save among the fanatics of their number, in whom it looks simply ludicrous. The tlmndcra-of the pulpit'Kave died away, or, when they, are awakei.ed, it is through the preacher's determination to be popular, or through the agitation of his despair ; he in General consults;--not commands, the liis audieucj)^'vand his word, unlike his prufcssed Master's, i^wiihput authority, and therefore as that of tha Siiribo^i nay, less powerful than them. ^Kpnq&owecould preach six hours to unweariedjturongs; 20 years ago Edward Irving could protract his speech till midnight; but a sermon of three quarters of an hour, oven from eloquent lips, is thought sufficiently exhaustive, both of tho subject and of the audience.?Gifillan. An Important Motive Tower.?We learn through the Cheraw Qizetto that Prof. Salmon who has becu- engaged for more than ten yearo, endeavoring to construct a sulph oil carbonic acid engine, to supercede steam, has at last 'sncceeded. Ills' engine has a piston of twelve inches stroke with a crunk six inches. It does the service of ten horse power, under tho break of a wheel 3 feet in diameter, 0 , feet in circumference, pressed between two iron bars, and a friction block on each bar of 7 1-2 in/.li/iD tn J O 1 n I 1 !- Uit.4 " HIIU ?* lUCUUrt III WlUUIf. on an iron rim 2 1-2 inches, under a woight of 112 pounds, making 80 evolutions per minute. The fluid, or gas, constituting the motive power, ik used over and ovqfr ag"'n> with scarcely any diminution or waste. Tbo cost of this fluid is 10 cents per gallon,and it fs estimated that 18 gallons, by careful aff^nti&nv^Hll run an" engine of the above l^gp^city for one yfear. . ' , j*;) '. ' 4 ?1 '. ?' J&ttero's to internal ifn pavement," as Dobbs said when, he- wnWowed a dose of . salts.'!'' >. * ' * ffc ' ' . / 4 * * . Sunday. One more week of care ami labor Has lazily crept away ; T<> the weary world rest an J quiet Are sent down from Heaven Um Tlio sun shines with holy splendor The wind in little and mild, The trees to and fro heave as gent As the breast of a sleeping chile Scattered cloud i are pacing slowh Over glittering fields of blue, And often they seem to turn and x As church going people do. The bells arc at morning service In the churches all around; They riny not tlieir week <lay elai ]?uta softened, Sunday sound, Ah, ring they sadly or merrity, King they loud or ever slow, They cannot stiil (he struggle That the living spirit miutkno' In sunshine and stormy weather, ]?y night as well as by day, The soul must still be striving, Striving, laboring alway : Never feel the noisy passions The peace of a Sabbath day. Yet shall tllere cotnu in the futui A Sabbath for the foul ; The hells shall not ring in its mor Slowly, sadly, slinll thoy loll, In the grave so dark and silent^ Is the sabbath of the soul. General Cass at Home?Inl ?!... Correspondence. A public dinner lias been, tern Ik'troit to (Jfii. Lewis Cass, U. fc tary of State, by a large and high enlial body of his lellow-citizor grounds of personal respect, and it eiation of his public services. * Tli ofattaclnneiit was offered entirely i political distinction or design, and troit Advertiser says that the list turesailixed to thecorrcj-pondeucc the names of many who liavo ac will continue to act, in open oppij , ; some of the principles of public^ avowed l>y Lien. Cass. ' (jen. Cass responded as follows Detroit, June 19 Gentlemen?I return yon 1 thanks tor your kind cotninu such a testimonial of confidence a will from my friends and ucighboi . whom I have lived for many years of the most precious tcstimonia gard which I have received dniin ! itcourse of public life, first ccmmu der an appointmcnl by Mr.Jefiel now drawing towards its close. For almost half a century this m been my home. I saw it wltdfri -\ v-: a small ex nosed village unon thu v< i . ^ t " ? o" rrr**; -- civilization. And I have lived .. . . become a populous and llourishiu ,: !y, the midst of a beautiful and country, abounding in tliouoluinci ! i purity, and I anj attached to it b tics of recollection aud asaociatioi . : joy and some of sorrow, wjiitfh I/tid gether the past and th6'..prc?e? J>i:" have been required by,tfijpbffttiv' < ations to leave this sceiie otmy < my later exertions, and Jt>r?ak tofl tion bo dear to;jne/ I nava'beei ii,t;d the President of die United Stat rqin'; _1. . < . i'V unqj-ge 01 one 01 mo axccuih ;" par: meats of the Government at sis I was culled thereby one of ]>tvd cessors twenty-sis years ago iip< a ???' > . tluly. I recognize among thos . given me the assurance of- their 011 the present occasion, the nai . r> u cral of our fellow-citizens, whq m me a like farewell!?' Rarely d< li c lot of any man to be able s< . 1 friends as 1 thank mine now, grateful and renewed Icslimou i Jcllce. under eiremnstnnccs so i .u:!. Inr, but so long separated by ti: varied even Is, both in our own abroad, which have marked tl itig years of my life. During the few days I shall it will be out of my power to acvitation to a public dinner, with have honored me. Hut thougl to decline it, I shall ever bear recollection this mark of you trusting by the favor of Provi : .. when this, my last public dut terminated, 1 mav be permittee s ? and pass the few days that may ret me, in the midst of a corn mm i?v have lived so long and so hap| I am, gentlemen, with inu your obedient servant^. LEW > i-V A 1 LUG UGLY. A COir the I^oston Courier thusdcsciil ter somewhat notorious in ll history of Baltimore: Have you ever seen a fcP';ii; lie is of Baltimore origin, an f* ciesof the ''Killer," known ii. IV i and "Short Boy" of New Y . have nothing iu your city \vh<c'.ij.l semblcs the the Killer ! Boy. The "Pug" or *4Plv ? sometimes called, derives Inwiifrom anything expressed in )iwo*? i y;-ignom)', but from tlie etfecta^Rijich >' :* duces upon tho countenanc? pi an : Bary. Every timo ho ?t? he ugJy,'' and, as a consequent. bi "'tyjt ug', 'J follows, Ho is of limited stn'.uro, It. /. i compjessed face, close cropped hair, ana .s 11 generally Arm built. Alone, he is a cow- t ard but like all bullies, is brave when there t is a crowd at Ins back, lie likes to" talk ] vulgar decent people are withio hear- i ing; always has a ruffianly epithet- at hi? j tongues end. - lie can be enlisted ?i cause for money, wbicb be nrizbe only as k i means of gratifying tho most bruti&^appQ- .1 titcs. lie is usually to be found- *n? ili'e. ! neighborhood of an engine or porter house# b and ho.understands the mertet wink. Theclass lo which the "Plug Ugliea" bfttoog, had its origin in the New York, where they, j were generated for-the j>urpwwj .o?vaitAing 1 eeblo politicks to "carry -j?oint$.'?' . * 4-. . Tv ,<* > |V ' ' ' v ,i. ,C-.: ~?*> " "* y'.-' -r:. .. * ???? I* .iu .'^ia -> ntivo of l'iukenv District L'ne present * rovwiwr of Tenil-iSsuj is. . >o?*\h C.Molini ?u, as is i. so M.o prenen' r >pnor of Florida. Tina & m uadi>v muo... .ion of liberal and generous Bonljment'Which ihould ever characterize the several States. Let merit, irrespective of birth place, be the neaaure in fiiling oar offices of tnist. It is ^narrow, illiberal and.anti-republican- spiribtbat can find no merit worthy of hofibr ipd'confidence beyonU-our own State KmIHl The ' same spirit wbioh- tbe ' other 5tale8 of tbo Union manifested for South Cim}na abroad will*wa hope, alwaya meet irHha cordial reciprooation. Since, writing the above, we hare received"/** copy of the Charleston Courier with a umiliar airtide^ &ntitkd "Carolinians in Honor.? Wiimsboro' R?gi*tcr. % i jw , J xA 'J r