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t~ 1 <*S?f %\ V - JL ~s #" I flrt 11 #"tli #Hf il #'tf i 14 ir#i? m% $J? V- J|>/ J|i ^? \ll * li?*J ?DEVOTED TO MTEKATURE, THE ARTS, SCIENCE, AGRICULTURE, NEWS, P0MTXCS, &C., &C. TEEMS?TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM,] "Let it bo Instilled into the Hearts of your Children that the Liberty of the Press is the Palladium of all your Rights."?Junitt*. [PAYABLE IN ADViNCE BY W. A. LEE AND IIUGII WILSON. J . ' ABBEVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 3, 1859. VOLUME VII.?NO. 5. TIIE VOICE OF OLD TIME; OR, THE FOUR PILES OF GOLD BINGS FOR BRIDES. It was with mingled feelings that Mnrion Ellesmere retired to lier room the night before her wedding. A light cloud of selfreproach rested on hei inind ; a cloud so light that she scarcely knew whence it rose, or would have been aware of it* presence? but for the shadow which it cast over her spirits. Iler sistei's smile, as she bade her rr,?w1 oil hri,.l.ln.uo POETRY. From the Southern Field and Fir aide. BALLAD AT SEA. BY W. OILMonK SIMMS, ESQ. I. ?The jewel'd breast of night Swells calm beyond tlie breeze? While, like a bird, we take our flight 0'?r wild and lonely seas 1 Yet many a prayer is given, To ward the tempest's wrath; And hearts laid bare to Ileaven, (Dear hearts! sweet hearts I) Send blessings on our path 1 II. One home, I know, in sleeping: One dear, sweet cottage home ! Ah 1 there, one henrt is weeping Within a silent room ! Her fancies follow fast my flight? Shestrains her eyes throughout the dark, And shuddering, fears, in storm und night, (Sweet heart 1 fond heart!) That wild seas wreck my barque 1 hi. Ah, me! liow still we doubt, Even of the hope pos?ossM ; As ruby lips will perk and pout. Though nlea?ed to be caressed ! A sudden doubt, if weeping now, That loved one watches snd and lone; A jealous fancy racks my lirow? (Frail heart! false heart I) Am I forgot as soon as gone t IV. We vex our henrts witli idle f^ars ; For, all 1 too well we know how soon The smile will chase away the tenrs, To loving memories such a boon? And thus we doubt if they are sad. The distant dear ones whom we fly; We fancy that each fane i? glad, (Vain hearts! falso hearts !) With thoughtless joy in every eye! V. That. through the guy saloon they rove. While mirth and music glad the sense Ilear other lip* ill speech of love. To other hearts make recompense ; That, circled hy a stranger's arm*, The faithless loved 0110, shaming both, To other words of pleading warms? (Frail heart! false heart!) And all forgets her plighted troth ! VI. Let me not doubt the maid I love : Yet, ah! what hours of true delight, Would 1 to fortune now forgive. To know she sorrows through the night ! lltfnrs rising winds with rising tears,Watches <jach cloud-wreath through the day. And in her chamber, pale with fears, (Sweet heartT dear heart!) Weeps the slow, weary night aw 113*! Orr IIATTEiias, May, 18U-. WRITTEN FOR TIIE INDEPENDENT PRESS. THE DBUNKABD'B HOME. Tune?" Old Folks at Home.1' Sad, ?ad! it my poor-heart, and weary Lonely am I, How sll>w the cheerless /lays and dreary, Mournfully they pass by ; Always thinking of the s?d to morrow, Bitter tears will flow. Still sitting in my home of sorrow Thinking of my da}-* of woe. Chobua.?Once I hod a home of gladness But now, lost to me, Now, 'tis filled, with grief and sadness, Ohl how I mourn for thee. Once happy in the cheerful dwelling Edwin was kind. Bat now, my heart with anguish swelling, Frays for a better time; Once how I dearly loved to meet him, At the cottage dooV, But now, my wretched heart is beating? For me, be smiles do more Chores.?Once I had a home of gladness, <?c. One hope within my heart is swelling God is kind He will hear me, in my humble dwelling, Happiness. may yet be mine. All my hope is in the blessed Saviour, lie it my trust. And ill who pray and seek his loving Savour purely will be blest. Cbobus.?Once I had a home of gladness, &o. Human Life.?Ab ! this beautiful world. Indeed, I know Dot what to think of it Sometimes it is all gladness and sunshine, and heaven is not far off; and then it changes suddenly and it is dark and sorrowful, and the clouds shut out the sky. In the lives of the saddest of us there arc bright days like this, when we feel as if wc oobld take this great world in our anna.? Then com? the gloomy hours, when the fire .will neither burn in our hearts or on the hearths, and all without atid within !s dismal, cold and dark. Believe,, every heart has its secret sorrows which the world Icdows not; and oftentimes we call a mat] Cold :when ho ia only and.?Longfellow. Why ih4? man eating soup with a CotIi f" jfker another kissing bis sweetheaftrt -Jtayou give it up? Becanae it takes so long to get enoogl Of- it' rvlbe first petticoat mentioned^n history frsi iforit bf a hoy. It is recorded that S^m oalV Mother * made him a little cool" anc 'tori t>etier8 ^,.gene?jfr,^tya-Bpe ? e. I 6""" ? ? nn VI ijjunit " should there ho less joy in heart of the bride of Atherton? With her long, fair hair over her shoulders, and her eyes shaded by her hand, Marion sat in her own arm chair, and gave herself up to thought. " To-morrow ? day long hoped for, and yet half'dreaded. I am at last indeed on i the eve of that great change which must alter the whole current of my life! What new duties! what responsibilities! Hut he ever will be near to guide, to encourage, to make the path of duty delightful to me. T shall lean on him and trust him. I am indeed the. most blest of women in his love. I would not change my lot, no not to be empress of the world. And yet"?Marion heaved a deen si?rh. nluiiH as she was. with | the still night mound licr ; the color ro-e | to her cheeks, as if in indignation at Iter* j self?"and yet I am not worthy to bo his wife ! lie, whose spirit is so pure, so lofty, so far above the world and all its vanities, could title or riches, or anything raise ! hiji ? When I am beside him, how deep| ly I feel this; I seem to breathe a purer at* ! mosphere, see tilings as they really are ; but i when I am surrounded bv olhcts, then?I ! know not how it is?but there is an influence I which tliey exercise, an almost insensible I power?trifles move me. I know them to be folly and vanity, yet I cannot despise ' thorn as I ought to oil. Oh ! how weak I J am, how worldly ; how unworthy of him !" | Million sank on her chair and her long I lashes were wet with tears. i She sat long, her liplit burned low, every j sound in the liutise was stilled. Presently thvi walls of tier Apartment seemed to recede around her with the same indistinctness of a dissolving view ; marble pillars arose on ! everv side, gradually assuming form and size, while tho cm pet on which Marion's fent had rested spread into a wide pavement of Mosaic. And Mai ion was no lutigfrr I j alone ; a strange form was beside ber, of I more than human stature and mien, unlike i .. . /. . .... .. - . inatoi mortal man. His long silver hair gave to him the appearance of age, l?nt an unearthly fire glowed in his deepest eves, from beneath the while eye-brows which overhung them. I113 dress was dim and instinct, ever changing in form and hue; now dark as the lowering thunder-cloud, now like the while mist which curls around the mountain anon tinged with the dying tints of the rainbow. In his hand the old man erasped a scythe, dark and glittering. Marion felt that she was in the presence of Old Time. " Look, lliere !" ho exclaimed ; and the strange tones of his voice sounded like the wind through the articles of a ruin. Marion beheld before her what appeared to be an altar of white marble, sculptured and festooned with many colored flowers, of a fragrance not like those of earth. " What see you ln-foro you ?" said Time, what glitters on yonder marble ?" "I see nothing but pilan of bright golden rings, like that which I shall wear to-morrow," replied Marion. It was strange that in the presence of such a companion she felt neither wonder nor fear. " And are they all alike ?" said Old Time "AH are alike, savothat ihey are divided into four different heaps." The old man laughed?how wild and unearthly sounded that laugh. ' They have been framed by different makers," said ho; ' I oairy the touch-stono to prove then).? See the first heap?a goodly array T trow ; they are Folly's workmanship ; while pas 1 -i - r>iuiinio luvern cuonw irom mence, who would barter life for a bower or r stnilo ?? Flatterers and tho flattered draw from the pile. Folly gives and vanity receives.? Poets string their fancies on rings like these, 1 and lay them at the fe<?t of romantic, loving damsels, who look upon life as a drums, of which they themselves are the heroines Stand back?Althea approaches?she must ' have a ring from that pile." Then Marion beheld ndvanrin<* termor A. - fe> w???| them a youthful couple, radiant with happiness and love. The maiden was sutpassing fair, her white veil half concealed lier blushing countenance, but her soft eves : were fixed upOn her companion, whose every look and tone expressed the most ardent love. He kissed tj^e whito trembling i hand upon which he placed the rin<?, and Marion watched the pair aa they etowly retired to a remote part of the temple. " Sute? ly they are l^ppy," thought she, She was u aroused by the voice of Old Time: 4 " ' I Mark you -the seoond heap," said ha p^fl'ng'tf ith his scythe. M.Th<Jso rings - haire been fa*bi6n?d by worldinetia ever eiuce i?y (WBjrad^'Ae earth, I Those who seek money, those who seek j rank, who sell themselves f??r a tillo or an i estate; maidens who dread to become | maids, the fortune hunter, the ambitious, ' the proud?these choose from the second > heap. Of such is Julin, whose bridal pro cession is drawing near. Jewels upon her | brow, no love within her heart, she gives I herself away to a carriage and a mansion. aim .?inves id lorgei a 1001 is wieir master. Marion sighed as (lie procession passed ; ' it is a sieketiing sight to behold beauty ' sacrifice*! lo mammon. "And who framed the rings that shine in j the third heap?" said Marion, lo her inys| teriou* companion. " They are framed by Self-will, and the j Evil One breathed a spell over them.? 1 When the fifth commandment is broken, I | when a parent's will is despised, when there | is clandestine wooing, and the wedded ones ilare not ask God's blessing upon them, then these rings are worn. Kven as he spoke with fearful, hesitating step, a maiden approached the pile, led, half reluctant, bv one of graceful form, who was whispering soft words in her ear. Oh ! could it be love that led him to act tin; part of temptation to the woman who j trusted him, or did he fondly hope to find ; the faithful wife in their 1 "iti .iijhter! " And what is the n luster o? I lings which no finger lias m. .ied ?" said ! Marion. The voice of Time sank to the soft wliis j per ot lIn* western breeze, and milder light J shone in his eyes as he replied? j " They arc fur those whose marriages 1 have been made in heaven, every circlet of ! gold has been formed by E-teem. When I two devoted to one service meet, heirs to one j hope, followers of one Lord, when, loving ! and beloved, thev would share each other's i i jovs, nor shrink from each other's sorrow. | when helping1 each other on a heavenward j road, ihev press on to the same bright goal . above, then those rings unite th?*m here, j emblems of that eternity which will unite them in bliss never ending!" A voice behind Marion seemed to echo the last words; she knew that voice. It ; thrilled to her heart; she knew that the j hand that pressed upon her the. pledge of | connubial love. Could all the diamonds [ of C/oleonda have made it more precious to ! the youthful bride ? Then again the voice of Old Time rose, as the lushing sound of the angry blast.? "I come?I come.!'' lie cried. "Thrones ii . .. - i i- - .1 1 < - - j uit-it inmiuu ihmuhj sue? j uic; jujopicu i'liy, j llit! obscurc village, the home of I lie peasant, | tin: palace of thu monarch, b".'ir the marks i uf the deep foot-prints of Time! Ami is the touchstone that tries the gold ; it is my hand that draws hack the veil of Truth ; I touch the bubbles of Fully, and they break and leave but a tear behind." Marion watched,as with stuathly but rapid step Time approached Alt Ilea and her husband. Now lines appear on the smooth brow; the glossy ringlets were streaken with gray, the faiiy form had lost all its grace. A nd tho ardent lover how ltnl/1 umic hie liAin ..li(in<vn<] ?I*j* r* 4 'llt l,,r bridegroom whs tlie hu?band ! Titne laid his hand on the ring which still glittered on the finger of Alt lien; at once the circlet lost all its brightness, the gilding vanished ; naught remained but the dull worthless mvtal beneath ; the ring had never been gold. Haughty Julia! amid thy wealth and thy slate, Time is also creeping on thee, liars of gold will not bolt him out?he tramples earth's treasures beneath ids feet, lie touches tho worldling's hand, and the 'lull heavy fall of iron is heard. Man may see naught but tho loop of gold, but the wearer feels the galling chain. Hopeless and uupiLied must she drag its weight; she has chosen her fate and she must bear it; her ring has never been gold. ' With mounrful interest Marion watched the wedded pair, who had sacrificed duty to love. There wefe'looks of suspicion, the words of reproach, as the shadows of Time fell across the path ; but when his cold hand touched a fatal ring a faint cry escaped from the pallid lips,a viper, was coming where the circlet had rested ; her ring bud never been gold. - And now Marion felt Time approaching \ herself, yot still she clung to tho husband beside her with deeper and more confiding love. Time held out his hand ; she did ?~V ..i... f i. i ? t_ . i.I i i nww oiiiiuh, nnu iuu ii ib iuuuii, irtmiuivu nut. The ring fcho wore grew brighter than ever, it whs formed of the gold tbat changes not in flie furnnce of life, or bctieath the grasp of Time. And tho voice which she loved was s#unded in her ears like toft musiofrom i tho pphere above. "For richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish till death us do part." "Till death Ul "do part," r& peate<l the bride ; fuoiled m life aodbe1 yomd it." Even aft tW-words burst frqm .his lips, the whole scene appeared to tneli befifat the imago of Time h*d vAfiish'ed. she ad'jfdtfjjly opened iter eyes and wonderdd al'jh^ dhntieraaroirrrW TbeJjrfhtjhtftfbafYT ' e4^u?jp\ it" oham&r, jMf-aod dytog, like .he lore tchreh mm*torth ?y at traction inspired ; but h suit rosy glow was tinging the East; blight harbinger of a brighter radiance; it was the dawn of Ma- 1 lion's wedding day. And so our little wreath w?9 finished and presented with a suitable speech by the bride. And what shall I aild, but that on J the following morning the Sun slionu so gaily on the wedding tliat it seemed as though November were assuming the style of May in compliment to the joyous occasion. EXTRA CAUTIOUS. The unfortunate peoplo of Columbia, Alabama, who are suffering from small pox, have called on their neighbors of Abbeville for provisions suitable for the nourishment of the sick. The plea has been heard, and the provisions are to be furnished under the f II : . . 1*1 n 1 louowmg sirinjjcni reunions, wnicii wo iiuu published in the Abbeville Advertiser: Mr. Thomas Matthews, who liiis had the disease, and of course is free from all liability to it hereafter, was employed to convey I lie articles sent, under the following regulations, which we think promise perfect security, especially as those to whom the ^lii-f is sent have been informed thatany violation will cause a wilhdarwal of correspondence, and on Mr. Matthews part will forfeit his pay : The Messenger is not to approach within a mile and a quarter of the place, and if the disease should appear there the point will be removed to another equally distant from tlie disease. The provision is to be there deposited on regular days by the messenger, who is to place it wlrcre it can be obtained, and leave it in charge of a well person who has not been with the sick; the Columbia committee will then receive and dispose of it among their si<.-k. The messenger will not approach williip j ten feet of any person after passing the j 11-mile post from Columbia ; will not wait more than lialf an hour to see that the committee receive the supplies, and upon the arrival of their messenger will remain 110 longer than is necessary to affect the delivery of the articles, ami receive of health and wants and then return without entering any house or coining in contact with any person below the 11-mile post. No correspondence will ho carried from Columbia, except the report of health, to he niade be some person who is not d iseased, and has not waited on or been with the sick. Mr. li. L. McCarter, dru<rgir-t. is the cor- I respondent; his letters will ho laid down ten feet from Matthews, who on the reli- j ring of the Columbia messenger, will wrap the letter in paper carried hv him for that purpose, and bring it to within five miles of this place, where he will be met by a party expressly selected, to whom the letter will brt delivered, received wiili gloves to he used only for that purpose, and opened with pincers, read, and, if necessary, copied and tlien destroyed. As soon as the messenger leaves the neighborhood of the infected district, he will throw away and destroy the clothe* worn down and put on others. Under these regulations we think we have perfe.-.l safety against communication of the disease, and may relieve much suffering, and probably save valuable lives. As no money will be received from the sufferers while the sickness is among them, those who desire to aid in this object bv donations or by forwarding suitable supplies, will confer with either of the committees or with J. W. Stokes, Esq., treaurer of the relief committee. Swearing in thk Pulpit.?Above all things, my young friend, do not swear in | ihe pulpit! I have heard the sacred name i used in a manner that left a doubt whether i the preacher had ever read the Ten Commandments. Your brother. Gubbl^gurchins, is given to the bad habit of denouncing certain crimes as "damning villainy without a parallel on God's Earth or, once in a while, for the sake of harsher emphasis, he wilt say, " God Almighty's earthNow I havo disliked to give you this specimen. for the repetition ot such language is like handling pitch, it leaves a defilement and stench upon the mind. I have given it* however, that you may know just what I mean. A clergyman who rants at litis rate ought first to bo advised by a friend, and if he show no sign of repentence, he ought then *Mo bu dealt with as in other cases of imiporalily that is, set aside as a profane fellow, dangerous to gooll morals.' It may . perhaps, give some force to this counsel, 'when I tell you, tbpt not lorig'ftgo<6 preacher used this style 6f reproof-toward a noisy drunkard who hnd strayed into cjburcb;-? He was not so drunk, however,' at.lo be forsaken of his wits, for be shutpfy mtorted, by ?*ytng that he would have no,fpeb ivretring there!?National Maguttojg; You, have, a very imkiogli?*nt?D4nce, a* the donkey said to the elephant; when be \ ^ " P^h ! pooft l11 a t? "'er . ^ 0 THE SEAT OF WAB. The follwing detail* respecting the probible theatre of hostilities in Italy are interjsting at this moment : If AllessanJrin, which was dismantled by Lhe Austrians in 1835, when they gave it up to Piedmont, but which lias recently lieen fortified, were made tlie basis of operations of an invading army against Milan, I lie army would have two routes to follow : the first, in which tlierc are a number of torrents, up to the Ticino, which separates Lombardy from Piedmont; and the second, the easier one, presenting an obstacle in the Po, which is the southern limit of Lonibardo-Venetia. Now Austria, which occupies Piacenza, on the right bank of that river, has established at) entrenched camp at that place. Lower down nre Cremona, mid on the left batik Mantau, to defend the Pas sage against an army which should leave Piacenza in its rear. On the first road tc Milan, behind the Ticino, is Pavia, which seems to have been lately fortified ir order to be made a base of oper. ions against Alh-ssandria, if beseijjed ; on th? north are Bergamo and Bicsc.in, strong places, but not impregnable, and able tc disquiet an army passing them to attacl Verona and Mantau, which are the kej of the country. The territory was the theatre of the cam paigti of l7f\G,^itid Austria has accumulate! defences there in the belief that in a futun war the same plan of attack would be fol lowed ; but that is perhaps, doubtful. Oi the Mincio, which is only ten leagues lon^ from the lake of Gardo, in which it rises, t< to the marshes which surround Mantua where it falls into the Po, and which cat bo forded in several place, means of defenc have been accumulated, and Peschicrs ntu Mantua protects its two extremities Th Adige id in the rear, and flows parallel l> the Po for a certain distance. Tt is perpen dicular to it behind the Lake of Gard from Verona Legrano, a length of fit'tee leagues. It can nowhere be forded, and it banks, on the side of Verona, are eovere with gardens and vineyards, and these o the side of Mantua with ricu fields an marshes". The-road from Verona to Legrano run between the Adige and a canal, and a army placed within the square formed b Peschicra, Mantua, Verona and Legram protected by the water which is found o tin: East and West, by mountains to th i North, and by marshes to the South, is frc in its movements, and can march on an point that may be menaced. Peschiera, < which the defences are somewhat scatters tlwi r<?fnrr*> /?f t In* ~ ...W V. ",l' ?\j?.U*J5 VJ llie Lake of Gardu, would menace a corj. d'armee desiring to cross the Minico, an protect the locks which enable the bant of the lower part of the river to be imindi ted. By an inundation the flying bridg constructed by the eryuiy would be carric away. Mantua is like Peschiera, on a island in the Minico, surrounded by a lak which should be drained in order I allow the town to be taken, and draii ing would leave a pestilential marsh whit: would render the place uninhabitable. I'll fortress is reached by raised causeways pri tected by forts. It is very difficult to tak but can be easily blockaded. As this plat appears to A'ltsria too unhealthy and tc far from the Tyrol, she has established hi head quarters at Verona. and has disburse a large sum in fortifying the place. Veron like nil the positions fortified by Austria engineers, comprises, in addition to nurne ou? fortifications, an entrenched camp, ci pable of containing an army. It isbeJieve that the fate of the place will bo decide rauier oy a dhiiio man ov a seige, wliio last would requiro a vast force. Lt'grano is a tete-de-pont fortified b Napoleon, which would enable the army < Verona to proceed to Mantua, as Peschiei on the north would gire U an issue c Brescia and the northern part of tl Milanais. Moreover, an Austrian arm defeated and obliged to remain at Veron could*be relieved by troops arriving froi the Tyrol on the front nnd rear of tho bi siegers. The numerous roads in the Tyr< Ivtr ? i If..i . imu j7iuw\,v?itu iui in mnwii a unnviiui * men would be capable of defendm ngainst a victorious army. If, liowevc Verona were to be taken, the conquest < Venelia would not be difficult. As to tli Adiintic, Austria bas taken the precautio of protecting fytrself against an attack on il coasU. From Lhe bank of the Po to th frontiers of Istrin, the shores of the Adriati re very insalubrious. In some places it i impossible to pass a night without bein attacked by fever, and th^saa is shallow t a consldfehible"dintantt frofn tho com Venice, in fact, is ihe only place which ca receive vessels even of n secontfary aire, an tljey 4?u*t enter by panes which, are pre teeted -by strong forte. If the city we'r taken,'Fort Malghcra JMfJ cannot be approached either by land ' o . watth Irt 1848, tH* totflVrthW itftfrat for resisted tbe besfegrng rT?tfa^my,"ti frtl men j?n<l atpmHftitipn.^LgjyHHtri J V*,*,vSfl *? ? 1 .bai>.*<< :} tv. I AN INCIDENT OF REVOLUTIONAEY HISTORY. A correspondent of the Southern Christian Advocate relates the following interesting incident in South Carolim Revolutionary Ilistory. The heroine, Mrs. Trammel, died several years since, in Alabama. Mre^sTrammel was old enough to .have been fainilinr with many of the bloody J events which occurred near the close of the ! Revolutionary War, in the immediate nei'di- i i boihoodof her home, which was near King's ' ' Mountain, in South Carolina. Her husband ! . I Thomas TiatuiiK-l, had unhesitatingly iden- j tilled his fortunes with those of llie " Lib- j ertv Parly," as they were familiarly called, ! and beit.g a good shot and of unflinching ) courage, he was a terror to all iIih friends j i of the King, as far his niunc was known. ! IV . . i At tho time of which w<: write, that see- . ( tion of country was overrun by a band of . ( Tories, encamped in large numbers at | King's Mountain. under Gen. Ferguson.? ; There whh in this command a noted Toiv, i by the name of John Towns, who ha?l long la-en tho neighbor and professed friend of Trammel. At this time, Towns was a sergeant, and constantly upon the scout f?>r tin; purpose of capturing tnen, lioisc, e'?*. ^ Young Trainmel could not feel much afraid somehow of Towns. lie thought, surely he will not injure me ; but in tlii? he whs j mistaken, as he afterwards had occasion ? i painfully to learn, lie had been for some _ ! time hiding and keeping out of the way :?s ( I best ho could, tinlil One night he ventured r j to sleep in his own house. Jusl before day, ' | he was aroused bv the heavv irnmn ?>f Imp. ? I ' .... J ...... r ~ j ses, and on rising ho found the house Mirt i rounded by a troop, which proved to be ? ! serjeant Towns and his band. Trammel " j ! was at once seized and bound, and carried e ! out into tho yard for execution. Towns j produced bis authority, executed in due j form, and flourishing it over Trammel's u 1 liead pompously offered to free him if he I would take the oalli of allegiance to the j King, and take up arms against his own j j countrymen. This proposition Trammel met with merited scorn, ami said in reply, j j " You can carry me bound to the King's army, but you can never make mo light against my countrymen. * " , , j Atler some consultation, they com aided ? J tO try to CCt llCild of Some of Tranmio!'. ^ J horses, knowing that be owned sonic very n j fine ones which were hid out, and they I knew not how to-find them without usiui; 1 * , | iiun as a guide. v | So very anxious wore they to yet them, that they proposed to relieve Trammel I upon condition that ho would go and drive them up. IIo went and Rjund litem, but /s roue and <lrove*Micu) another way. (| After wailing until nil hopes of hi* roturn had vanished, drinking and pillaging x everything they could turn to Recount, and feeling no little chagrin at their disappointtj ment.serageant Towns called on Mrs. Tramn inel for somo clothing for his men, or goods (, out of which to make some. She replied. "Sir, you have already stripped mc of nil. 1_ I have nothing more for you, except your nephew there," pointing to his sister's son an orphan boy, whom they in charity had 3 taken some time before to keep from suffer'"g? " 'ie a clothes, which I made for him ; you can take them if you will." But they did not suit. ar About this time, his eyes rested upon a |fi strong box, which sat near the fire place, and he said, " What have you in that box ? n She replied, indignantly, " Sir, it is none r. of your business." " Well," said he, " it is a. mv business, and I'll see what it contains." id " No, sir," said she. " you shall not look into , I...- '? > ?i .um w*, Mini MJizmjj a neavy iron poker, I) she placed herself between Towns and the box, and planted herself firmly, resolved to y defend her ILtle trenf-ure. The box conaf tained a few quilts and counterpanes, the a work of her own hands. Towns advanced >n and drew bis sword to intimidate Iter, but ip she maintained her position without mov5*. ins a muscle. He presented his sword, and n, sneeritigly said, " Now would you hit a n fellow ?" She paid, " Do you advance a b- step further, and you will sew." He looked ->i tier in me eye, and i?nw plainly what licr if determination was, and retired and left her g in possession of her little treasure. ... r' "Come, Bill, it is ten o'clock: I think we had heller bo going, for it's time ..honest folks were at home." ^ " Well, yes," was the reply " I must be e off, but you needn't go on that account." c " You would be very prelty indeed," said is a gentleman patronizingly to a young lady, g 14 if your eyes were only A little larger." 0 ' u My eyes mhy be Very pretty, sir? but t. such people as you don't fill them J" Sfie a chawed hiin that tirue, didu't she? 1 t ; * zz . h ,.A teacher wishing to explain io a little e girl the manner-<in which a lobster oast his j, shell whefi4he hai-outgrown it, said, "What r do yon do when "you've outgrown ^our . .i ! ' - - - i ?.iuhi?; iuu iurow uiem asine, don.t V y?,u l" l;Oh,.n<>," replied tho little cuet ^u>e let out . I, JOU will pa*8 for somebody. 65na , JOHN BANDOLPH. Doctor Miller who still lives in all the earnestness of a life that has denied lest or quiet to itself fur almost four score years and ttfti, was state 1 in the gallery of ibu House of Representatives, when his ntter.tion was given to the occurrence of a young person engaged in conversation with tho Speaker. Fioni his hovHi look ho prtptiiiied hint to he one <>f the pag->s of the House. The interview was a brief one, hut it was historic in the annals of Congress. 'I lliif. ?!!< f 11A Iwitir irlw.n I, .... - ...? v?? ?M?vu *j *?1111 n.\iiuy:j'U appeared to present himself before tlio speaker to take the constitutional , ami when that presiding officer silked iiim, of course in whether he was of the age defined l?y llm Constitution, and when Randolph gave him such an answer as Pitt would have made?Ask my ct>nstituentn. Long hinted heuealh the dust of his native State, the buy grown (o be a man, ami j mind and body decaying?coming to a | premature grave, has been this wonderful | Virginian, while he, who saw the start! in_r point of i is extraordinary cajeer. has ! lived until ntiovc the Koanoke'a death-bed, I no laurel like unto his own has grown on l Virginia's soil. The orator who could talk ' . . > of nothing for hour*, and talk so Well, so ; beautifully, that over the memory it passed : as quick glittering water, pmus over th?i j aga'e strewn bed of Minnesota's! streams. I limicauug me precious slime, tmt not tearing it on?the statesman who almost l?v inI stinct know tlie n Hairs over whoso, elaborate workingother men must toil lung before thev j obtained an analysis who w:is an cyclopaedia j in variety, who had the eye that saw tho j lovdv, and tongue thai talked it, is of Viri giilia's I'ast, and no man of her Present re| new shis memories. There was an earnest intimacy existing ! between Randolph and the late Hermann* | Iileetiker ; of Albany, commencing during ! the latter gentleman's term in Con 21 ess, and 1.7 . j enduring into the last years of life. One ot ; the occasions in the statesman's latest year*, ; when he renewed his intellectual vigor, and ! blazed at his dinner-table with that variety ' of knowledge, gracing all he touched and glowing in all departments of conversation, ; was when lie entertained Mr. IMeeckcr and j Mr. l>e Witt, of Albany. No two men could possibly he more unlike than were j these two gentlemen. Mr. Bleeckor was the philosopher of the calm, Mr. Randolph of j the storm, but both were earnest men in I their way, and they were linked by mind, j and consequently never disagreed. A portrait of the Virginian was a cherI i>hed possession of Rleeckor. At his death i it was acquired by a gentleman of Albany, i who. with full appreciation of its worth, re thins ir. ^Vnd \v!io has Virginia like him ? i . .. . who of all (lie men that yet answer when her roll of statesmen is called can respond in tones <?f h ue oratory, can kindle the thought and biighten the brain, by their voice of l eloquence? When that great Constitutional Convention held its session, what wealth of response might have been made ! But the Past is Virginia's* only treasure, and when, in its enumeration, the record of the men j wonderfjjl in intellect is made?lie whoso name heads this article, will he among tho highest written.?JVt'w Xork Courier. " MAY, SW-EET'MAY." May is 41 tliu happiest month of all llio grand New Year," says tho ballad wlrffah Dempster has rendered immortal in song. Tt surely ought to be, for it is the season of loves of the bilds, of tliu bursting forth of Inula and flowers, of the growing of. tho grasses, of tho awakening of Endymion Summer to full and passionate life. Good reason, then, why the poets have laid rbyme* innumerable upon the May Queen's altar. If wo had a port's pen, it should ihaprodifco din month, Ibr our fancy is away to the "fields and woods, and social solitudes" where dear Mother Nature is "at home," ready to welcome every willing visitor. Oh, ; this pent-up city is drying up yhb very | springs of bein<j, and if it wore not "that ! the old sea is near wo verily believo- wo ! should ptjike for very want of soul nutriment. God made the country, man made the t6wn! and they are just as far apart iu their glories and beauties and holiness ?s God and man. Tho citv for* don't tliinlr or?? I ? ? eily, 10 liim.m ilie only place fit lo HVbtIIi That's a fact?only fit for him lo live in, wiili his mind given up to his neek?li?*7 -Tho confirmed city parson is rather inettTtcd lo think the city the best place to*pr.eaeh Doubt le** it is ! but it is so hard a plave to practice a good life in that we could winh tome of thy llonsesfrwere miles apart anfitVi;. with n few meadows and flbWeVs and o]r3? ' between. A city is simply a necessity of 'money getting, whioU God has little aymr pathy wiilu lie mada (lie oountry to yield: IK* IrAntitltMk lln IA utl miili""' 1.:<U JM iyo, vviuiy out n?king any return except wlt?|t ?pringj from a hnffjpy life and peacetul i^autli. very few people really understandaright I Let our preacHert- expound tntft-b froiu the great book;of N?turtf frpta the book*1#. " the chutch*'? talk more of Gad, a* ho lie i? koown to bq through hi* infinitude of good workay rathe? than ha n sttfpoud to be by torr in Divirtify, iirtd the pedpW WIP fj, il tp enJertalo a 116blfl?,vdea ,of lif^jLits tfjjkftfefeg1!W WMfc,i?EnR# Mav, evree't M?y! * t**? $"