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1 \ K ' 1 ^?YKS ' _ o I ^ tA /(I -fKY rl il rt V,\ ^ - V>Cr .- j ^ -A.-Cv^^"7 i : -'K^rf\?i? ^ |'| I I .' V^ I, I i .' il I ! ,' i' > ' II- I I i V I ! I : ' / * I ^?' I ,. . \/ -I / ; ; 1 / IxP ' r)y ii t r 'Ir i- i I i " ! I ji. * !if .k}&\ l VTI ^ ^ 3-'J v S '^-y- - X 4 r X~y ^ A>- j y^:J ^'J.-> DEMOTED TO MTEHA^?!, THE ARTS, SCIEXCE, AGRICULTURE, JJEWS, POUTXCS, &.C., &C. TERMS?-TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM, 1 'Let it be Instilled into the Hearts of your Children that the Liberty of the Press is the Palladium of all your Rights."?Junins. |PAYABLE IN ADVANCE' by W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON'. AliliKVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, rill DAY MO I! XING, AUGUST 10, 1850. VOLUME VII.?NO. 10 POETRY. THE OLD CATHEDRAL BELL. j 1 The old cathedral bell, In its lofty dusty tower, For aces lins its solemn knell I . " i Proclaimed the parsing liour, With its steady song, "Ding dong," i Ivehoing the vaulted aisles along. i ' | I On massive oaken beams ! _ Doth the iniglity monster swing, Jtiut each * bending osier seems "When the boll Logins to ring, And its echoing song, | i "Ding (long," ' \ ^Shakes the old tower that had licld it long. 'Twas 1110113* ft year ago !l The ancient bell was young. And with solemn rite and priestly show s lu its lonely dwelling hung, j; Since then its song, "Ding dong," Hath inonarehs' deaths and victories sung. ; 1' }' "War, has its voice procliiitned, : (| And discord's fiery brand, And battle, rout, and carnage named, Wide-spreading o'er the land, "When its bellowing song, ' ' "Ding dong,'* j ti lias blanched the weak an J nerved t lie strong. ; ! j Kow tolled in iniilniglit deep, Kow rung in noontide ray, j " Ushering a king to death's long sleep, ! w A new-horn prince io-day, | ;i Still clear and strong, "Ding dong," Unchanged its voice throU"li centuries Iiiiil'. b c ; f: The old cathcdrull bell, , o It laughs at pomp and power; i fl Oft has it struck their pas.-ing knell? i j Vain erentnres of an hour? ' t! Obtain oil by wrong, i "Ding Jong " . All full of cure, nor lasting long 1 ?1 The boggnr in the dur.t, i It raise* bv its voice: i ' "In God tby Maker trust ; Kejoice in linn, rejoice? li lie linn and strong, I: "Ding ?K:iig," w Trial in short, ami victory long!" A lesson loud anil clear, '1 It teachcs all its days: "Do steadily tby <luiy h<-re, s] And send to Heaven thy praise! So shall tliv son" , , : ? Like my ' Ding uong, At Inst be long, mill clear, hikI lonij !" CI1<111<I1< rs Journal. j ! t< From the Line of Baltic &!<<j<. | SMALL SAVINGS. DY JIOKATIO ALUF.lt, JU. 'I don't see how Holmes docs it,' said ^ John Stetson, willi a puzzled expression. 1 'Does what?' asked iiis wifo looking up | j( from her sewing. 4Why, save so much money from his j salary to be 6ure.' , 'Then lif? dnp? caiio <ln<io l'<> 2' ' 'You know the half acre lot aJioiuins hi. J =* i it liouse V tYeS-' . . itl 'Well, lie has just bought it for n hundred i dollars, and what ia more, paid for it out of i (j money saved from his salary lliis year.' j 'IIow does his salary compare with ,j yours?' " j 'He has only seven hundred dollars a ! . ' c'( year while I havo eight. Then our fami- ! lies are the same; each of us has two chil- ' dren.' ! S] 'Yet I am afruid you don't save near that I amount.' j 'No. I guess not. The fact is, if I find j muw?ir Cnliora ai *!?/ ? a.? 1 At-- T *' ' 1 ?.vjumv <? IIIV UIIU ui iiiu year, i mime myself lucky.' ^ 'And yet, John,' said liis wife, gravely, iit seems to me as if we might lay by some- r; thing.' 'It's easy enough to say that, but the y question is, how are wo going to do it ? There's Mary's music lessons, at ten dollars a quarter. That's the only way I can think of, and I shouldn't want to stop them.' " 'No, to bo suro not; but isn't there any g othel- way ?' .. ft Not that I know of.' jv Don't you think the little incidental ex jjenses cosljpore than you think for?' ! Such as what?' ^Cigars, ice cream, oysters, tho theatre, and so on.* John Stetson winded a little. 4They are mere trifles,' said he carelessly, n) Ja few cents each time. Pooh! they would make precious little difference at the end a of the year.' 'You know there's an old proverb, 'Many ^ a little makes a mickle.' 'Pshaw 1 I hate proverbs. Besides, these V( little things are really of very little account. A man doesn't feel the sum ho pays out, ^ and if it didn't go in one way it would in another.' e o How many cigars do you smoke daily pursued bis wife. , , li Three.' ^ 'And liow much doj^oji pay for thorn?1 'Four cents-apiece.' . That would ina^e twelve cents.' ; 111 Tffot much in itself, but multiplied by a w <t|?rge'oumber it amounts to something.! a ' 'What are you driving at Wife V ? 'I am going to make 1 propositbn to you.', i-1 - *> , ? Tff am aTl attention.' i? >T|')|- *' ZV? . S*' V, - You say you do not mind a few cents a lay.' '< >f course not.' 'Then I propose that a small hox he ohaiued, with a slit in the lid, just lifco ehil1 rcn's tin savings hoxes in short, onlv 1 argor. and that for overv cent yon spend or cigars, ice cream, theatres or any such ! itile luxury, you deposit an equal sum in ; he hov.' j .lolin Stetson laughed. 'I darn say,' he remarked, 'il would bring j r.e out a perfect Clonus at the end ot* the ear.' 'Doyou agree?' asked hi* wife with some. ijjjH-ar.-im-o oi anxiety. 'Yes I have no jfroat ohjnr.lion, if you deire it, though I acknowletljjo il scorns a ill!? fooli-h at:<l rhiMi.-h. 'Never iniml nhnul tint. I have your >romi?*\ an'1 wo'il try the experiment olio ( car. If it doesn't amount to enough to j iinke il ;m ohj<;cl then it w ;il l?: lime t<> ;iv<- it up.' , 'Vou must al! the trnnMft of it. I ati't e!i-,'!i:;o to i! > ntivlhhi!; :d?'>ut it iva-pj-t o furnish lli-s in.?ii'.'v when it i- <*:i!! ?1 tor.* i 'I hut is all ! !i : i! ! t-*|uiio of you. lStil i liali vxp'Cl von to jjive an ji-wunl eveiv : .1 ? _r _ it -1 ? ? 1 * * :^;n <1! it 11 Ii:;u Villi liHVP ?! - l?nr?0( I !;i 11: <? nys I mk*u1c of, niwl i<> ho pivprnv.l with > n * ?iii.il amount of flum^ f<>r d -pfi-ito.' V.-ry ?. !!, Tl! f v.' Tlii- iMiivi i-:i t??;>lc pi arc* :i! !h?j 1.scale- t ? i-t Having .!ra::; mI lii-sc:<'i: i crip t'coll'-c. Jnli:i S:<;t-on p;:' on his ivcrcoat in! to<;lc his way (o 11is pluco of hu^iii< -~. may as wvl! i;;- nfi-.Ti in Ihi- cov.M. oii.iii iat. h<* wns ca-hior of a bank. :iii ! :i- hi-> niirs occupi'.-I him i?n!vfa foiv hours in the .iy h" was iMuio lik.-iy tVom t!i? leisure iii.-h hi? fiijyctl, to in<!si!g'j in >:ii:;I! \ 'Mv wife is ;ui dithu.-iaM,'lliccght !. e v.:;s walking down town. 'However or hobby won't <:o>t much so I u?i"ht its ' I el! in lu I go her iii it. lie stepped ititi") a stoic aiul obtained l.is ailv allowanei- of fi'j.nx. Meanwhile Mis. Stet> >n proceeded to the ' b<?j> ? !" :i oabinM un'cer. 'T want you,1 said she Ho nmlco mo a maogany box twelve inches l":ig ; the other imensions beinjj.foiir inchescaeh. In tin.utitro of llie top is to he a slit, largo enough 1 > admit the largest silver- coin.' 'A money box,' said the cabinet mater. ,\r j 1 I r . i . ? icujruufje u?r liiai isn I 11 r 'llaihor,' said Mrs. Stetson smiling, 'but J . iter too large than too small.' John Stetson fell in with a companion j i the afternoon, with whom he had a so- j ial chat. As they were walking leisurely long, they passed an oyster saloon. Stetson was particularly fond of the hival- t us, ami he proposed that tliey should go ' 1 and take some. io this his friend did not demur, and i icy accordingly entered. Two plates of vsters came to twenty-five cents. I'esides j lis, they to?<k a glass of ale each, which ! ?ade twelve ccnts more. Ti.i- brought up 1 k- lull to thiity seven whi li .Stetson aid. Accordingly, adding to this twelve I tuts fur cigars, lie d.-podtcd forty-nino L'tits in his wifuV liunds ihatevciiiii''. I might as well make it filly,' said ho niling. 'Xu,1 said she, 'not a cent over. I want ie savings to represent exactly what yon vsnd on thuso little luxuries and no more. ' Tlie next evening he had nothing to de- j obit except the usual amount for cigar?. j 'It.won't amount up very fast at that | ite,' said he triumphantly, 'Never mind,' said his wife, 'I don't want! I on to increase your expenditures on my j ^cotiut. I arn inclined to think llicy will J at often be as small n>s tljis.1 She was ri;;ht. The next day being Wedm-sdny, John lelson brought homo a couple of tickets j ir the theatre. It was a benefit night and e was anxious that his wife should go. j 'Certainly,' said he. 'I snail be glad to j a, but you must rotnetnber our compact.1. 'What?' 'How much did you paj for the tickets V Fifty cents n piece.' That will make a dollar. Please hand ic that amount for our fund.' "Waa the theatre included V Said John nine reluctantly. 'Certainly. That was expressly mentionV O well thcu, so let it be. Here is 'a f>iltr dollar.' The dolTatStofggg ondbdropped into tho | :>x. Tho next day, in passing a shop window tetson noticed somo fino oranges. Just what Mary and, tho children would J kc,' thought he. 'I'll go iu aud inquire le price.' They were fofir.cents a.jtf($e.'- IIo bought' ulf a dozen, at cost of a^ quarter, yjhich ith his oigar money loft him thirty - even jnta to deposit. ' v' The succeeding day liespent nothing' ex.-, fc^. cigftf*.. On Saturday ho stepped ito a confcctionnry MUfadMhmcut with a' friend ami liud :i lunch. 'l itis brought that day's account up to foily ccuts. When 11is wife added up the daily sums she found, to her own surprise even, that six- [ had received from her husband two dollars and sixty-two ccuts. lie would have been astonished to hoar it. hut she thought it bo.->t not to say anything about it. I If would have allied that it was a special ease, as tlmy did not go to the theatre < very week. This was trw, hut tlien something else was sure to come of equivalent cost, sueh as a ride or concert. >0 turn? slipped away. Ttic necessity according to the compact of *;iviii?; his wife as niucli as lie spent for incidental expense*,' no doubt contributed to clieck liim somewhat, so that probably ho did not spend mow than two thiols as much in this way as he had done before ths agreement.?Still he lent ?ti?11? the average of the first week. W e will now snppoe the Year to l.av I ??x*. John KteNon came into the ;;it li'. r rm.in wiiii a pre-ocerpieil air. \\ hat arc y>n thinking abui'l J' asked his wife. About tin* half a?Te lot adjoining tl:e on> Holm. ; I .(!i-.'ht h?: vi-ir. 1 >; I voii v.Mi !.i j?:ss !.:;? i: V 'Y??, I .It.mM lik t > bn: ,.?f corns.- I can't not havMi^f tie- nu rev.' J low much ?lo tlicv ad< for it V 'Holmes paid a hundred dollar for hi-. This i< on ?< !! account< orc-:'ct:i!>!e. and li'.'-v Ik.M it at one I?:xti??ainl Iwtily fiv..h.llars.' 'i' iyon n?nM r the mow y. John.' s.ii ! lti- wife . l'.y hollowing. I v atil Um1?> t|.?it .* Y'<u mnemhor our fun-1 V 'I'slriw! That mnv nosVihlv ainounl. thirty or forty !? liars.1 Suppose we count it; as the year i? up to ii:iy. 'Wry well.' The box was opc-ricJ, ??n?l <he hn.shaml aii'l w ife roiniiicncil romum". 'i iii-v mioii ? roadir."'1 atxl forty <lol!ars. 'JHess inv soul!' sai'l John Stetson, '1 had no idea there was so itiucli.1 What was Ita>t"iiis!inu.*!it when the i.?Vil proved ti> l>o r>iio hundred and twenty nine dollars and forty oont?. 'Vdu you can buy the lot.' 'l?nl haven't you swelled the amount from ' your own-ailowancc ?' he Uskeu somewhat , bewildered. 'Not. by a cent; and don't you see, J.din if you liml refrained from oven half of tin.-; little expenses wo spoke of wo might have J had in (ho neighborhood of two hundred dollars V John Stetson did see, and he determined that tli.s lesson should be a serviceable one. The half aero lot wa? bought, and now, ;.t ' the end of five years it is worth double what' he paid for it. lie has also laid aside two hundred dollars a year daring this periud. and nil by smill savings. SIANUFACTTJItE OF^OSTAGE STAMPS. j in; \\ ar-iimgivn UftustiUUion again re ! ft-r?, ami morn4at length, under the head of 'I> partnKM't Xew>," to the absurd story of lh?: forgery of postage stamp*. In tin; co!iivi> of its argument showing the improbability <>f Mich a tiling being carried on to , any great extent, it furui^mU tho following faeis: The stamp combines the most perfect protection* known1 to modern art, ami is, stW*j<?eted, during its manufacture to many i JitTeroiit proee.-scs which leoiiire tho. best ' I - artistic skill and mechanical ingenuity. The Hist artists in the country are employe! to prepare the original dies; and there are; several distinct branches of the engraving( art exercised on every separate stamp. Tlio paper whereon in is printed requirji'it nice ' adjustment of weight, density, sizing, cal-1 cndcring and absorbing qualities in .prdcr that the various operations which it undergoes may not work inharmoniously to the disadvantage of the stamp. Tlio simple1 item of gum alone has caused much earnest t inquiry and repeated experiments, that at suitable articlo might bo procured; and, the printing is done by rw-n of tried expe-1 riencv in flcel ttnd connr-mljife 1 ' ' ? *. The durable and again tho fleeting natures* of (lie inks have each a special object, j while perforation is not only a great con-! veftience, but a most valuable additional j1 protection. Tlio machines used for this;' nurposo aro superior improvements over J thoso owned by tho .1 British Governments,! aro so delicate in their adjustment, pun- j ches, A'c ,as to require continual supervision l1 and outlay of'mouev,. while a special ma-1 chinist superintend llieir operation and' them in repair. In short, all tho ob-' stacles to the Buooessful counterfeit of a , bank note are to bo found in the-stamp, 1 and iu connection with others of equal and ' novel importance. ~ * No more can photography bo profitably 1 applied to the stamp counterfeit.?-The va- ' rjous cQloura .aro aq insuperable ohjoctip.n to i this process, jpr hi la, at a great risk, * there , would result from it,' if possible, but an insigififtcant gain-?The Constitution also 1 thinks that thb alleged'losp "from- reftsed ' stanaW as^tio. r^ of with- 1 out foundation. \ t-M .in iinwawtnoB / i'''iit til* /!>ttsrfjy! .h'tit II///. WELI.INGT')H AND HAPOLEON. i:i*('<>1.1.1:1'! !<ins or Tin; i-ukt kch;i:i:s. j In the ** IT <?o? ! !r*ft by S itnnel I lowers, ! jilr-l ] tlltli-1 M-tl il! I.Mli'loli, wo flii<l Ft;V('inl vr-iy s'.atoni' nts concrninjl j 1 M>napa; tc, in the chapters hea?lol **I ' I)!' \\ \\ <: inal:'* sever:.1 extracts . therel'iotn, am] ?11o reader will bear in lititi< 1 ! thai. lh" wnrils rjnoteil a re th<>-?o r?t" tin; i I >ukc hitu-ell". In "-pe.-jliin^ to Mr. l.'-.^crs 1 ofhis i^Kjat an!.e^oiiic<t. a' Waterloo, Wellington i visvn " tJuii"ji tij W ri r .suir; 111?i li'li tlus bat tic <'! W alcrluu wo ivore once, I lunlor.-tooil, within a jnarter of a ini!?! of ach other. I rcjjrt?t it ninch; tor lie w a TMo?t. exHaor.'inary man. To mo lit* sooin* to have Ihom :?t his nciin' :it j tin; I V-ici' <>f ainl jjuvlna!!}* to have | ?! 5i!:1 al"l< nvar !?."Tiio I >nlc*i thus ctniiinlutfj hi- ciMiinictiis <iii N;i|u?!? ?.ii ; 4'.\! V. atviI'>o !? * !ia>I iho iiui'-t army In* evi-r * ???s?iii:i?? I 1; sui'i t'vi'rytiiiuj; up t<> i!i<livi-' Iiavo turno'l ?.i*it as li?? \v>!n*<l. It|i 1 1, I:< V.ii' l'.lW <-\'j >' < ! im] to hat I *i :? !' (';;! :i! I.'^uy, in four ifiiiis. 1.:.; :iini< as ?11 at \> i'ci"on liavir if 1 m.iv iV.>ui w!. i! y .!' ! oil th:i* il-tv. !' w.-i- a h:iM ot . Hi' ? ! 'I ! i-:!r .!' \>iaill-i ! MatlV ni' r.v trn'-ps v.. : ; 1 :tj; (In1 m-'.v fi,i ,% < !!, t hi Hl'jli t": V liltillifllVlvJ ill; luttlT I>i-i iinr.v w':11 haw fi.'i^ht :tr> ] hlc-d. At'?th?jW iy i:i v. !.;rli soum-of our eii^it;i!?s :;!. ! ht:iv< :] ilany-r?lh<? hovs Ml-t I'|. II) ? ll'H ! ? it CXCWih :ill 1. ! Tin V I ill :l- sit i'-ki't.' 1 i t j) the I >n1;?* , ' llotiaparte, in my opinion ,eomniitled one of h;< ?jreaN -t errors when ho meddled with S: i':i : for t?? ; ;i:t*in ?~itv of tlx; people was nmrcii jiii-r.iMo, and it was jilmost impossible to g. l us out of that corner, I have oil - ii said it \vuul<! be his ruin: though I might 11M live !'> see i!. -V eonnueror, like a cannon iiall, must ?j.> on. li' he rebounds, hi* career is over. | I onaparte was eertain'y as clover a man as ever lived, j but lie appears to me to have wanted sense : on many occasions. | At one time I expect him tli^e | in Si.-iinj in person, ami him by himself I should have regarded at least as an acccVion of 40,000 men." The following statements sliows how the j diplomatists were at fault on an important | occasion : '"\Vhcn lljuapartu left I'.lba for 1 France, I was at Vienna, and received the Hewn from l.ord Ihil^hersh, ottr Mini-tor at ! Florence. Tito instant it carno I communicated it to every member of the Cun- j Stress, and all laughed; the Kmperor of i Itu-sii mo?t of all 'What was in your let-' ter to bis Majesty this morning V said his 1 physician;'for when lie broke the pea I, he <-lapped bis hands and burst out a laughing.' ( Various were the conjcet tires as to whither i lie had gone; but none would hear of France. I All were sure that itt France lie would be j massacred bv the- people when lie appear- j ed there. 1 remember Tallevrnnd's ui.r.!? so well;'1'our la J>'ruhr.c?JYor./' " 'I'll.' meoiiiig of Wellington and T'dncher 4)n tliu iiclil of Waterloo, when t!ic shock of i battle had cea<ed, and the hack and carnage I 11ail begun, ha-Ik (-n described and painted. i Here is the 1 >uke\s account, which differs very much from the pictorial r?M>resei>tation of tlm scene: "When all was over, liluch- j er and I me.tat La Muison Itougo. It ..was | midnight when lie came; and riding up, he ! threw his arms round me, and kissed vie ; on uoin ciiec-ks as 1 sat in llio saddle. I 1 was then in pursuit; but, as bis troops were , fresh, 1 halted mine, and left the business i to him. [In the day I was for somo timo I encumbered with the corps diplomulir/uc. They would not leave mo,- say what I would.] Wo supped afterwards together between night and morning, in a spacious tout erected in the valley for that purpose, l'ozzo di Dorgo whs there among others; anil at my request, he seUt o.f a messenger with the news to Ghent; where Louis the Eighteenth breakfasted every morning in a bow-window to the street, and where every morning the citizen* assembled nnrl.-r it to gazo on him. When the messenger, J a Russian, entered the room with t!;o news, the King embraced him; and all embraced him, and ono another, all over the house. An emissary of Rothschilds was in the street; and no sooner did lie see these demonstrations than ho took wing for London. Not a syllable escaped from his lips at Uruges, at Ostend, or at Margete; HOT till liolllS/'llll.l ]..>,! #<. Iran I.la ? - M|*v? Vimv 1J? IIIO UllJAOIiK't} I on iho change, was tho intellTgonece comluunicatod to Lord Liverpool." From the lips of Lord IJardinge, Mr. Upgcrs set down a good story of the previous fight, in which tho.<Prussians had been so torribly cu? up.: "Buforo the battle of Ligny, [said Lord llardinge,] in which. I lost my :irm, about noon, Blucber, thinEtftg that ' the jlwench. woro gaijiering more aud more igAinst hhn, requested that I would go"?nd solicit, the Duke for some ossistauco. I let out; but I hod not proceeded for for the 1 purpose, when I saw a party,,of liorwT coining toward* and observing that. :hcy iiad alrort-taity J know twice-* that. ^ itfcy wert *6<Jto dt$(jngtiWie<l i llir. Duke. IIu wqs on ? is way to tlic l*ru?>ian iic;ul<|Uattc'i.x, thinking that tlicy migiit want p??me assistance; ami lie instantly g-**vc <lirc*ct:on for a supply of cavalry. 'How an* iIk-v fortniii^t In: in jtiircil. 'In column not in lino,* I roplicii. 'The Prussian sol !i< r, savs U'iu lior, will no'- stauil ill Uue%' * lli.-n tins aililli.-rv will plav Hpgjg* ami they will I"! heaton itomnHjJjfi 80 tln-v vn i'i'. At tlio l.i-t \V itcrlopr dinner, when tny licallli was drunk as usual, ami as usual I ro~o to l ot in n thanks, I .stat< <1 l>ii? fly this oi iium tici', anil (lie I Mike, when 1 allii.lcl t<> !t,?'ri"<l 4 ili-ar, liesir!' " J'lom th<> J'rincrt ?Ks Talloynuio, Mr. IiMgcfs loartH'il a fact or iw?? about tin* Kniperor, which wc may as well throw in iivic: ''That ilcspatch which l'.oiiaparto psiblUhod.on liis retival from Miwm, was it wri'li'D !?v liini-cli' I ?y cortai:il\\ W liit'li i< tl?t? Ih->{. portrait ot'him ? That which r-'pr- --oil's him at Malmaisots. Ii i< <!i>iiu 1>\ i-al>v. The l?ii-t. 1 Ljavf Aif\aiiiU-r Uarinjj, ilonc l?y Caiiova, i-. I'S'n-Ih'iit. It <?tatiil< t<?? low at present. I >i<l In; shave liim-fU* Always; though lift was too lone .iln.it! it, r-!;avi::^ a !!' (! : an-l 'Inn ?*<?ii:>ir, ifain!.<>i?y was with him. A l;iii^l>y birth. :-aM ho, ?-miI:??LT. f-li'ivcil l?v another. 11" ,vl.o I-...- i " * ' ' ... .ix--- ji'n xiaves nim>elt. M ii.\ - :ti* i> ' i!"i] of the privations of a w?!.ii.-i\ life. The 1 >uke stateil that for many years in the l\n;n>u!a- !?? undiesx.] very m-Moii! ? never for tint lit>t lour years. ? ?t I rum Ih //mil' TTir m.AKD OF SACRIFICE. I:V MAMAMK I F. VEUr. From l'adiia v.o <:oulititic<1 our journey otnvanl to Venice. 'i lie railway passes through a vve!! cnltiyatol country, cmheliUlioil with villas of the nobility, half hi<l.h-n aini.l large trees. Along tho green fields wore lines of crimson poppies ami i'hie lakes, as it v. ere, of some ;iz'ire lme<l lli iwer. . ..vi i;i,i|n.-tiiio wore 1101 named upon arbors of trellises, but permitted to climb t!ii! trees, from which they hung in graceful lc-toons. For miles am! miles the country was planted with trees and vines, linked together. They reminded us of some of the dances of the \ iennoise children, when they advanced up tho stage, bound together by wn aths of green, and all moving as by one impulse. Thu?, when the wind touched the long, waving limbs, tliev seemed to advance towards n<, as though impelled by luiinic It was a beautiful afternoon when wt e.rossed tlin vi;iiln/>? u-rt 1 ? ? . ...mmvv. n?v iinicn ill ICU1TIM # P which connects the mainland with Venice Mil!way is :i small island, which rnav b< justly called "The Island of Sacrifice." Ii was there the Venetians bravely repel led the Austrians for long and weary mouths An Italian who was our cumptuiuou lie l'Of/ayr, related to us many touching incident? of tho*e terriMo days of siego, sorrow and sufiV-rincr. Th" records of history have never chronicled noblcY sacrifices of human lift for the love of cowitry. Within the city, il was wen Known Uio defenders of that little inland were doomed to almost curtain death. Still the very flower of the Venetian no bility volunteered each morning foK' 'flu perilous post, and each night brought "weeping and wailing" to the once happy homes, now desolated and darkened by the tidings of their death. Their places were quickly supplied by others equally as brave, and thus wore on the gloomy months until they numbered eighteen. Although famine . i .1-- - ? ? >ivt niiuu 111 mi: city, mere was DO lllOUgllt of yielding. J?nt tho cholera comes as the ally of the Austrians, and then tho "sea-girt city*' succumbed to their united power, Ah ! was there not a clear evidence in this long and fearful struggle of that same noble spirit which animated the Venetians in the glorious days of tho republic, when her ships were on all the seas, and tho name of Veiiico was never mentioned savo with the words "great and rich" proceeding it. Sadly wo gazed upon that Island of Sacrifice, as though it were a holy altar, mado sacred by tho blood of martyrs gushing froip young and loya! hearts. Like a dark cloud over tho brightness of European powers, must ever linger the bitter certainty, that calmly they looked on and saw tho snirit of freedom f.rnshful ?n<l down l>y the remorseless Austrians.Wividly to my memory enmo those lines of Byron:? ' Thy lot Ik sbamcfa! to the nations; most of all, Albion/to lh#e. Thcocenn queen should not Abandon ocean's children." <lT am going to write a book on popular ignorance," said a conceited young man to ?)r, D-<???s-. "I know: of no . one" said tbo Doctor, i'mora. competent to prepare bnefr a w$rk.n" w "SftOi* bad ybti got a sister?" rt Y es, str." * Hit y - . # J ' ."Well, den, you roust lub and cberi?b bor.'1 V . , ?JtiHus, lmb yo? got a sitter!" "No, Sam, I bubn't." don, all I got t6 say is, go attd lub iomebcxly oTrc 8 dialer, . . ' ' '> ' 4 * wrawan t m\t .jm.inmmhi mm j. . ? nini THE CHARLESTON FREE SCHOOLS. j Tin; fourth of July was celebrated in j 5 ! Charleston. in part by the third Anniver- , j sary exorcists of tlio Frc? Schools. As ( I these promise to sueeoed admirably it' , i t^iviujj true itisti notion to all cla>s<s oi'.?oc:i- | cly, rich and poor tonetlnT. aii'l as the , | people ol'Si.utii Carolina at lar^e aic iiiler-^t- i , j o<l in one branch of these Schools, soino acjcount of tlicin will ho interest in:*. I* or a j , long time tilt 10 have littn isolated Krec j I schools in the ci!y,Mippoitcil hy tho School- ' ! I'kikI a'.l.nvil l>v the Stat", hut tin v tli"? i j to I h'Si than was nocded for gvtieiai cdiica- ; i tioti. Tiio commt-Muiicis thought some thi??<_C tuoro should be done and m-1. ahonl i ; doiiiy it. Two lsiryo buildings have h<-rii . i...I ?I.: -i- ' , v.wn i, ?iiiv~11 lojjciifr will aoeoiniao- I i tlate loOO pupil.*; ami (wo'inoru will pro !>al?ly In; built. In each ? { thens ! three ilepaMmouts, in each wliii.li tin; pupils ; a if ?li.^i i ilmliMi into fi??m Itvo !< .-.vvii <-l:i??, a? i-n'tlinjj tu their at'.uiitni-ii'I he classes sir? taught apart; ati'l :it I exce'ih tit sy-t?'in has been ;uh>pt<-<\ which keeps all tln'ptip'.'- on the aU.it iluiiii-j; iccTtatioii. ' ! j 0:n: of the Schools has bi oiKtied only a few wveks--llie other lias li.;? n i.i opera Iion j I wo Years. Aui"ii'.; the |tm><ls are chil-h-Mi : 1 if our infi^t i.ioiuii: n! ci:i;vns. A tax ??t* : *? ... . ! p?*r cent oil the Sta! lax ievietl to-Ustjiin lhe>c School-in a<!iii:i>-n to tin; Slate fun 1 ! !.y wiiiili al-o !|ui ?-ii?:*'!?*r Schools arc vet !:?-pt up milil tlio larM -r buiMiag-i can.l t* c<l. Into thc-u School-al-o, tii-s new ; methods an* introduced a- far a- po-sibic | ami a in w vijfor has I iuip-tit< 1 to tlicm j i ISuoks an; fiiriii-ln'.l, an-! tin: avna^i ro-t ; : of tuiiiun anil hook* fur wli j: ipi 1 lor the past year has been ? aii>l tlu.-r?; arc now all tlio Schools near 'J-.'imi j.iij.'ls. We attended the examinations reccii'ly.an.! confess that wi! never witnessed better, nor | indeed, so ^ooil iii the elementary sl'alie?. In : rea<linpr. f*"oj;ran!iy. grammar an.l arithme tic?the jirolici-ney was highly j?rali!\ inu". ! ; It wnii!.1 ha\*o puzzled the examiners to have I ! I ' , ...v.u^iii ui.-iiiv ??i me arithmetical questions. , ' tlifit were work. 1 out in the head, and ox- j plained step l?y step. This people should , prize the-e Schools, f"r what liiey aic doing i lor the ri?iiij? {feneration hundreds of whom ; ! would without them receivo little or no e<lu- ; ! cation, 'lhey are illustrious examples of the ] ! efli cieiiey of the 1'roe School system. , j lint free education here does not slop at j . j them. Those whowi-h to <40 fart her can enter j > most excellent Iliirh School forhovs. lonir 'ie?<fal>Ii<luMl ami |?:n ti v sustained liy I lie city . , ! and partly by moderate tuition fc.s?ami, 1 ' I , i ! prepare for college. The girlsjmav cuter the . trie Normal School just finish<-<] and open- i ^ cd, partly isVmled tor training teachers j L this being llie "lu.il advantage the School , - offers. The Slate appropriates to this School if necersary, $5000 per annum, the city pay. j ing halt' tlie expense, Fifteen pupils are ali lowed from each Concessional District and | ; it would he well for.those who wish special . , training as teachers, to avail themselves of . j its advantages. The Course of Sltttly in Iil?l | oral, as may he expected in a 1 Li??h School , j for gills. It?is already a popular School, and ' exceedingly well managed. We find Algebra, j . ! (Jeometrv, Uhetorie, Natural Sciedce. Astro- \ i 1 j noiny, I rcuch, Spanish ;n><i Music in tlio j | Coin so of Study. it would bo well worth ! i while, for teacherc from abroad to vi-.it, the j ' Schools, own if tlioy came to (lie city for no 1 other purpose. There is very much in Uicir , 1 system, that nnv bn adapted to anv School ; I . * ' and we are fully persuaded that primary ami , . ; preparatory schools conM with profit hor- | , ( row largely from the incthod^of instruction. ' i | If we were j;oingto begin again a teacher, j ; j wo would spund a week in them, not. iner- j ! ely as n spectator hut as a learner.? Snutl* i cr/i Christian Admenfe. j Ministerial Wit.?A renowned gonflej man, not a thousand r?i!os from Columbus, , Wisconsin, lately preached rather a long sermon from tlio text: "Thou art weighed and found wanting." After the congregation had listened about an hour, some began to g^-t weary, and went out- Others soon followed, greatly to the annoyance of the" minister. Another person 6t?fted, whoreupon the parson stopped in his sermon, and said : "That's right, gentlemey, as fast as you are weighed, pass out." Du>7rcci.TiKs.j-\Vait not for yonr difficulties to ccaso?there is no soldier's glory .to bo won on pyicoful fields, no sailor's daring to be shown on sunny seas, no trust or friendship to be proved when all go well. Faith, patience, heroic love,devout courage, gentleness, are ?ot to bo?formed when there are no doubts, no pain9, no 'irritations, no difficulties. The highly favored are thoy who, amid tribulations, are .patient ; ainid ' rebuffs are meek ; art)id chastisements are resigned ; amid pains aw.courageous ; amid provocations are gentfd J amid enemies are full of love; amid c^oubta hold fast to .faith ; ' amid sorrows find joy in God. 1 -? ? , I flofr very Reldom- it happens,' said one | friend to anothdt 'that wo find editors who are bred to theK&osinesn.' 1 'Very woll replied the other, 'and have you notremarft^cl bow seldom Uie business Is bread W tVtfftfor,1- ' i : % ?JW ax?ifprti" i m<wi3WWBWjMMnMMP I'iikknoi.tmhoai..? A navy whs accidentillv struck on tIk: organ of mirthfuhiess with a j?i? k, t!i<: result of which blow waa o set him laughing so immoderately, lliat when he was canied to the hospital it wan 'otind neces-ary to cram a bolster into his mouth to slop ]lis lisihility. llccnnxj near 1\i!slt with laughter. ? ?o- - 'Ir i-: ai.t. titi: Same."?('hi louche, tho French rohl t:r, wa> once requested hy a voihilt man to he ei'jragod in his band. l\\ 1 n-r?* have you seived T asked Cartouche. ?Two j ears with an attorney, and six months with an in-pector of police.'? Well,' answAie 1 ilw c.hii.t'. 'that whole tiniu shall 1"? reckoned a> if jou had served iti in v troop.' ? - -<v- * 1111 i"i?nIan'.? Aii liish ?:lci<iynuin luiviill* li??n?i !i? visit the portraits. nf the s.-uttish kin^-i in ! In!vitioil house, obsctved oiio . I' liu- !>! >!i;ir?'lis of a verv youthful appearand.', vhi!?* his son was with a long 1 n11. an 1 wore (In- trails of extreme old 'Saneta .Maria !' t-sclainii'd the gonil i 1 iln iniaii,'is i'. possible that this gentleman was :t.i old man when his father was born!' of Mini*.?llrown wroto to .Jkii.-.s :?"1 iiavi: kit my s-iiufl'box on your table ? |>! a-e to return it by the hearer.' ii<: was about to si-al the. uo'e, when ho 1 iveil*i! his sniifi' ln>\ in his poeket, and thi-r. !' re add>d a po-Jseript?41 have just found it, m do not trouble yourself to look tor it." A n?h lie de-patched the let tor. -o- o? " A w ag said of a woman who hud obtained ;i div.ucc from !n:r hii-band because he had .'t bald head, which hi: concealed by a wig duiing tin: period ?if urging bis matrimonial snii aii<l t!u' <*on> mil it i:>t i< >11 lit' the bargain, that slio w igyled out of wedlock on a bald assumption. 'My gracioussaid Ike, *if some fairy would give me win?s. wouldn't I go round among tin- planets, though; I'd go to and Venus, and Jupiter, and all of tlietn.' 'Satan.' said Mrs. Partington, striking in, 'and I'm afraid you will go there whether you get wings or not. Ike whirled and turned the subject I<? a bunch of grapes thai the old lady had laid by to ripen. A* the same sunlight tints the ilower ami colors '.In: rock?as iL alternately sparkles in llio .dew-drop ami shines in the broad 0( ran?so the true religious spirit is present in the iiuinbk-.st bargain, the smallest net, and tint lowliest word of kindness, as much as in I he grand sor'gs of Hebrew hards and the profound teachings of St. I'aul, tho Apostle, those ancient headlands of Christian thought. A fast man.?Then? is ii man at Oxford, England, who lives so fast that ho is now ah-ohiUdy older than his father ; and it is thought ho will soon overtake his grandfather. 1 lis mother?arjuilc, elderly ladyhe has left behind long ago, as well as two old maiden mints. A teacher wishing lo explain to a litllo <jiij tho manner in which a-, lohster cast ils shell when* it hits outgrown it,Raid,"\Vhat.do y< u . do -W&SnL.V'ui' -Iwe 'outerown^your lliefo aside, don't von! "Oil, no!Vj*Jfijd.Uie little one,"wo let out the tucks!'' ' 9 "Tis strange,' uttered young Verdant Orecn, as lie staggered back to liis room.", after liis first initiation into the mysteries ofn college wipper party ; ''tis strange how cvif communications corrupt good manners, I've been surrounded by tumblers nil the evening, and now I'm a tumbler myself.4 'Why do you always walk with a stick?' said Smith to Robinson, on meeting him in tho streets; 'except the infirm, I regard those who use wnlkiinr-stwdc* as iillers iviili nothing to do.' '(Jnite the reverse,' replied Robinson. 'I look upon them ns active and industrious persons, who always have something in hand? When some one was lamenting Foote'a unlucky falo in being kicked in Dublin, Johnson said ho was glad of it. "He is I rising in the world," added lis; "when he * was in England, no ono thought it frorth while to kick him." A young lady was cured of palpitation of the heart, the other evening, by a young man, in the Amplest and most natural man- , ner imaginable, ile merely held one of her bands in his, put his arm aroond ber waist, and whisperod something it) ber ear, t i Moiikki.i. ?fc Randall, have made a largo contract with ' the French Government, for Cumberland coal, to ba shipped rora Baltimore to the Mediterranean, and jatffc chartered sovoral vessels for the ser-r nee, * I 9 . U There is a nqgro in Philadelphia whoa# bot are twehty^no inches loog, .1*- \ - jf