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J ^ '' '' - I __ ___ _ '^' * '^' ' **1' ' ^ ^ ;V^ ^ ^ ( ^ ^ '' ' **' BSIOTIB TO MTEJiATQiUi, VJBLB AATsTsUMOi,^l@@^i^BF.tidPOKH?7jtoir*& ~T~~ . ' '" ' ft* ? : ; ^ - - _- . = : g , ; TERMS-?TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM,] - "Lot it be Instilled Into the Hearts of your Children that the Iiib&rtv of the Pfgss is the Palladium of all your'Rights.*?./>??{?*. IPAYABLE IN Al)V^NOE. ^" BY W. A; LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY^ MORNING,, MARCH 9, v!8G0. ; *-..*V0LUMK V1I.-N0.45 FOIUM, ?S? i CO., GMmEMS? AND COTTON FACTORS, AUC3-USTA, OA., y^nwrvirn ?i ?- - if ^ *? (iic.*11 ic. t i v.??inn and oiikt vl/ Produce in their AVw Fir<proof H'urf" houtt, 'Ccrner Jackson & Reynolds Sts. 1ST Cash advanct'.o niniie when ?lci>irtl. ANTOINE POULIjaix, THOMAS J. .1KN N IN US, ISA I All rUHSK. Sept. 8, 1859-19-tf. j o. m. gwijhoun, X\T 'A DVIIATTQT^ ! IVltJJ LIU u UiLi | AND GENERAL COMISSIOX MEIICIIUT, j Reynold's St., between Jncksmi nn-1 Mcintosh : ^ugrusta, G?-a.; " will nitcri(Vi.-lly to tin; suit' of rOOTTON, %'lCOi?, rbRAIN, i And'i'll otlier prodflce consigned to liiin. Per i eoriftl attention fcSrrtig to tin* filling ?>f ull or?.n ?..,i r :i?. i:.~ I ..gt, ...... ......... r.ivr. , Liberal Cueli advances inune ?ll produce in Store. , ?> -v June 24, 1859. 6 If THE MARSHALL HOUSE.; i ABBEVILLE C, II., S- C. i j 'rTMlE UNDKRSir.Nl-P wnnl.1 respectfully 1 L inform I lie public t lint lie bus taken the I l-, . .n,l ...... 111ITP1 l- ; the j MARSHALL HOUSE," I i situated on the Nortli-Eust corner of I lie Fuhlic ' Square. Having had ninny yenrs experience as n ; F!otel Keeper, hefhitters hiin.-eif tlint lie will j he ali'e to please those who niny favor liiin with 1 their pntronHffe. Hi* tulile will alwavs be piovidcd-with -tin* J hfpt the market affords. i Every effort will lie intide torcnBcrMiis'Tlciiai'l a home for the weary traveller. JOlJNsiOX RAMEY. I Dee. 1R. 18.r>7 33 If HOWARD ASSOCIATION. PIIILADliLrillJ. _1 Benevolent innlitution ctJahli*h''d !i.;i'tprcinl etidvtrmeiit. for l/te relb-f of the s ck mt'l lh* j trr.intd. nfflicted icilh Viruleiit -mid Epidemic j MEDICAL A J vice given griltti 1>V t.I?e Act - i ing Surgeon to all who apply l?y letter; with * description of ilieir eonilit ion, (age, oi-cn j patioti, habits of life, Jus.;) nnd iti caim-* of ? x i ir?-m* poverty. Medicine fnriiishcd frefr'of charge j Valuable It.-jioris on I lie Sew H?incili>'n i-iii j plovd in the Dinpensnry.^ent in the ntRictf-<l in *?nle<l leiter envelop.-*, 'free -rtf i-h;iryv. Two op three Stai?p-> for po*:iii;e will lie acceptiMe. A.Mrew. I>It. :'J. SKII,LIN HOUGHTON*, Acting Surgeon, Association, No. i? j ftouili M intli Street, I'o. Hy ?>rJ?r ?>f tlir Director*. , 'I KZltA l>. IIK AI IT \V ELLff.Presi?li-t:t Geo. Faihciiild, Secretary. 'uf.Iwn. IS-i.12m ! TO SELL O n RE KTT. XIIE STORE HOUSE and LOT at Ho.le.-s Depot, recently occupied by. UOBKIITS <t ADAMS. The House is conv?-nieutiy situated, containing Grocery and Dry Woods rooms, neatly finished, u cmiiitim; 'rout!!, t?:td n very commodious rouin upstairs. To ptTsorm wishing to engage in tnercnnlile 'life, we 6*y tliis is one of the best country | utonds inutile iitute. Tliir'y Thi:ii*iind Dollars I worth of gooju may be eold here miiiiiuliy, | f 'iuto good IihuiIs. J.N. COCHRAN. J?p.r., I860 87, 3in. ^Professional Card. DR. D. S. BENSON * -* ^*7OUfiD respectful}# inform? the citizen* of 11 Abbeville VitjgB* nod vicinity. Hia' fhe lias rc-nxived tit? reiiilei.cc to the dwelling adjoining'the K|>rsea?sl*,Piiil*Ujniiir?\ where lie iXpect# to he |M?inHnnrt.lv'li>?:Wtc<l in the .firmTtic?j of his Pri/ruiim. ftis 'Olfiitf will 'lie nl the Drtig Store of Mr. D. SIcL.u.viilis, where be 'wiy generally he found during the <lav. * Abbeville, S. (J., Dec. 24th, 1859, H-f. ?it? +T-m L. OT i | RKPA1KER ^ATHCHRS,'CLflCIS ^ND JEWtfftfr, ! * ' TBK)D?B6' DEPOT. B. O., j flt"^"prepare3 with all ftecewnry tor.ln nn.l inaS-V' UrimCo'ilS Anything hi llw lint* <?f b?wi tfess ?t the -li'tretiirttte*. All ty.<'rL warrniitoil ** 'tf& Ho WelMfdr 'twere Iflnrtthi*. if not Heml it 'bftck #ri?] I it wlll'btfdone free oPchnrgc. Oj??f 'tna Ariri a"<I sai iafy 'yourselves. T?*rma cu'eli. W59,'7'-l4ii|, * VlRfetL & JACKSON. B0tt8B??AJNTEBB, OBAQffiJDI, MABBLEBS A AND * ?* V^pNliU <?"'. ., 'CALEB -JMIKSON. ?" wfc' '* r- !<? ^ A UL QiUrdUn*. ?n3 tJWmin'TUeeH,, 4 "rt I / . ' " " - * . ?* ;V> . * JTIE lMIEFEMAT l'RESS. BY LEE & WILSON. ABBEVILLE S. C. Two Dollars In Advance, or Two, Dollars and Fifty Cents at the Expiration of the Year. All subscriptions not. limit*.! nt. 1 li?- } /im? of iliinjr, will li? ( uyiricrril n | fundi in iv, ii ii < i win no eoni imicil "tiii lil iinvftr- j aires are pai?l. or at the optimiof 11??- I'roiirie- | tors. Orders from otherStntcs inu-i invariably he accompanied with 1 lief C A N 3D I -DAaT T E S . The frends of G-. "M. MATTISON re-'' speelfnlly atiKfcurtce'-liifn "as a caudidu'e for Tux Collvc7t<:"jil- 'tlie nbxt election. ! The friends of .IAMF-S A. MrCOl'D rospivt- j fully u till ounce l.'risi as ? Candidate for Tax ; OiMv^or'ct tli^'next eleetion. I The fr'eniU of I*r. J. F. MeCOMM res peel-j fullv announce liiin as a CundidnU- for Tax t Collectorul the n?-xt election ?"55?" We are nulliorir.-il to 'iiiui..ini<... si a ' HODGES as n Candidate for Tux Collector, :it . the ensuing election. 1 j The frieruls of C jit. W. S. IIA I! IMS ! respect fully announce h ill) una Candidate fo t ihe olHoe of Taj- Collector of Abbeville Didtri at the next election. i Til.- nuin fx of WESI.KY A. i BLACK K-q., rest announce him ns n \ Candidate tor Tux x^ouccUm* ul the next, eltc- I thin. j The friend* of I1KNRY S. CASttN reaper! | ullv iinnnounee liiin ns a Candidate for Tux , iwivcUii, niiie ensuing election. i E5>" 'Hie friends of .IOIIN A. IIUXTKK re fully Announce hirn <t 0Hn'<li<hit>: for tlie oflice of < ):'?linniy. ill tlie next elect ion. Tlie friend* of Col. J. f!. IiASKIN rc- j ?<* !fully uiiiioiiiHie 11i111 n candidate tor llie I oltiue of < Irdinary, at the next election -iM! K OM.V AHTICT.K UNEIVALLBD IN MARKET WITH. 1M MHNSF. HOMO-] A!sri) tl'KOl'EAX j r|"M!E Ti-n#i>n wliv, in lliat t>y Xntur?**8own ; jL ipr-.x-ess it restores Hie nrititral eolor per- j mnnentl\ after tli^totir'hifcotiiri* univ ; supplies , * lie natural finiik,'Tinil i!tU< Indies is. t t-dw uu liald heads. V?int>vrs ??li daiidrtlff." nud 1 heut- from tli* ecnlp, quiets and lonrs np tin- j noi vt?. and t lius uuivs n'l nci-vi>ihrliMllHtlic. ami i may I y re!i?-d.,Mpo!i to I'urt nil <1 tin-j mi'l liaif: it will stop and keep it'from fiiiiint! oil'; makrM It xuf't, lunlihii nioi : firnnlij'itf, wild if used l?y I lie Voting two or three i titnos .'t \ve<-fc, it will never fall or Imiiiii? irrav ' then reader, read the following and judge for j yourselves: NKW Yohk. .Ian. 8 I8.*>8. Mew*. O. J. Wuml ?t ('??? fifi?tl<-meii : j llnvmir heard .i dBSl'fthiuit l'mf Who,IV , llnir IC.j'toj-nt ive. and my liair limine quite irrav, | I Kind? up iif\* tuitiii'lo lj?y mode the pnijiitlirps | >\vliieli>l. iirc*<??im?irwi?li a great uitltfy pei'smiA i lout against ?lj'rliiunOHi"or }>:ltt;itt litedieili< s, i and a short- tStn^'airo 1 i-oiuiniii.wll Using your : id t ide, lo tost, it for iny.n-lt'. Tin. re^uit lms lieeii .-o v?;i,y?:tts4|*:ii'tnry tliat. I a:n \ <-r\ glad I did m?. and in jiiftiee to yon, ' :|* Weil 11$ ti>|- I <MiCi>liragi-tli.-ll! <.| ntliiTS Who ' iray :h gray us 1 vviiu'liljt. who having n?v prejudice w ifliont my reasons for-settiuif it ! :?.sh!p, 'irp m-xviilmtr give y??ir Restorative n j trial til! tii?-\ further proof, mid tin; | proof heitig ?n,i,uln*j^lfiiM>iiHtiation. I wrlte'you ! tliis" letter, uliicli you hmv nhnw 1 <> nnv smell, i atut also ilii-i'ci i'iciii to mt* f--r fmlher proof, who .mi in uikJ itsil'uf tin; N. Y. Wife Hailing j K.-rtalili-liiiienL every ?h?v. ! -M v hair is imw its natural color mnl muoli I improved in appcaaix-e every way Wing ?~|(log- j ni?-r and llui-kcr n?i 1 iiiiicli'it<ora:pij;Altliy look- i iiig I am."Vours llfcp^ciltillv. ro llENKY .*E$KINS. I Cor. Columliia and Citrrtdl Sts.,'Brooklyn j c I.IVlNOSToS, AltC*. Felt. '14. 1 So8. j Prof. Woob?1 li'ar Sir.: Yonr'llnii RisIihjilive luts ilmiu liilli:li irooil in Tlii.? purl of the country. My linir lta* lit-cn s!"Lfliily iliiiiitiisliinj; for wvcriil year*, ciiimcii, 1 iMlp^jose, 'front a clitrltt. Iiurn when I was rpiin? ?n 'int'inf, I liuvp liei-ti n.-inii yytlr Hair Kentoni!ive for uhc I ? d ks uihi I fin<! "that 1 Itavp it lin?- lieud of j liiiir now growing, after litviiig'l'Mvd-iiU other I remedies known to no eflcct. 1 'fiitilk ll. "?li?- I i i ... 1 iim?m \ ill 'i*i uic i '111c311 v mnv i'aiai.i-, iiimi ; nil ulio are u filleted tliui way to u-e your I remedy. You cau publfelt illicit you tliiiik proper. Your*, S. W.^llDrtl^ON. ti: yuii-M'f U'"1*- Sept. 9. 1H&7. Prof.": Vuttr llair Restora- j live in ;prfl?vii?^r (hdf tieiieficllil *t<i me. 'L'lie i from, and also llie back pari-"fluy head almost ' lust it? covering?wim in fuel uai.d. 1 have ' 1 1 ... .> 1. if .:. . 1 ..1 ? 1> iibwi mil ^ iinu j *i 11 u otM 'ifn ui ^uui hwi.?io live, and now ilie t?j> of my head is well stiiililt'il willi a promising crop of young hair hiiiI tJie front is also io?:eiving iis l<enetit. I liftvo triei! <tilit-r preparations Without imy lifiu-tit whatever. I th'iikTfotn -my own per soiihI recoinuiumlHtioii, I cmi'Attluff many others to iry it. You in. mpriiinQy, ft. it. TlIoJU.* M. ft. No 46* Vine Street. T^e Restorative is put up'-in Imlllf" of three | sizes, viz: largo, medium, and small; ih?* enmll I IiuMk ^ a pint, ami retails fur on?i .lorPtr per luitlle: ilie medium holds at lest twenty per ui inure in proportion tlmn the small, retails f.ir t-wo dollars per bottle-; lip) large lydds a quHi-t^4ii per ceiijL^tfgu'o'iti'pro|'ortion, and re- j tails^f?r,$5 fi O. J. Wool) & CO. Proprietor*. 444 Brnhdway, New York, and Ufc&larket St., at. Loois Mo- - ~ q-.fy n And sold l>v all good Druggists and Fancy* Goods fteaUfa. "J ' ^ , SOCniERN bp llOtSE, ". SPE A HSR* fll QTlLL occupy th?h-o)8 O* Planter?' Ilotiil, N<>. 81 Adhere thi-y wjfiS sUntlyJfjtfpvrifcftml'ohci of^Jp L?r^?f?tStocits in lite S#Ti"l!Country,com^j^njperwry ?rtic)efe?lie Dfug ntid Fnniv .Qooda.'Praila.i.{ All arll#Jf pjpfe? PriceWfcire yoti buy. a!&3?,,880> 40j*f ui nwu-i^wjo * 88eb t weo ?4.k <-. . * j. - ??" ^ 1 ,. -p? -g-j n' <& - . t *v ONE ANGEL UOEE. I n Beneath tlie stone there pjccpeth una I ^ Who was our joy, our pride; A flower tlirt wns liut lent lo u?, ' Thnt budded, bloomed, and died ; " She wns too fair and beautiful " For n dark world like tlii*; f She has become an niiirel now, Within the r'nhiis'of bli^e. v We know that God hntf'btif rtfttallcd '' 'Pi... ,i.?, i... " s^... .....i ..u.i. S.v.:n ; Ami iliotigli tIn- c?f>k ;t moulders Iicri*, Tliw j-vv?;l is in ' Honvvn ; ( Anil I'rolll Unit Inlitl of Ulltold blios, l'ree from nil worldly Alain. * J " * We unuld not, if we hud tlie jwwer, Upi nil il back ul?uiii. r ^ Finlev Johnson. i f From i/ic Home Circle, REMINISCENCES OF COKESBURY, S. C. ; / MANUAL-LABOR SCHOOL. liv \ kicuknt of 1837. i Tlie r?'H?l?Tof I>r. Oliu's Lil?* -finds llmt he strU'-k into that Southern which de- t veloped him. ?t Cuke.>hiiry. A yonntr man, r broken in health, without tn?>nev or I'riencU. j v In* pit-ki'il up :? ni'WiipHpfr iti Augusta, j il Georgia, an<l 'ji?i*leil by hii ,A(lvcrlisHini'nt,< j r wont lo a lit I le village in Abbeville Diw- ! t triwf. (I ilo not reim-mlMr tlit- in me it bore | n then.) to apply lor a plaee in ihis-ftchoul. j'"? Ah 11u approached. a man in hip i o sliiit-luoves whs hewing lojrs. He was one of the trustees?Rev. James E. Glenn. | li Olin was n skeptic, but soonjbwame relijr- !"t nuf., I hen wns Hecnscil to preach. I 11 havo Iwn shown tlie ohl Church where a that brilliant unnisUrirtl career bogan, and ti even the oh I oak tree nn?ler jivhich, it wn8?\p !?:ii<l, the awakened sinner wreStta'd for par li jSljWl. ' j JI Tim school grew into a inanunl-lnbor j <1 institution, and wh< taken under the patron i / H?r(? iif I life (luivilitiu I T?? - honorfif Coke ;m<] A'-lmrv, it was called ! n Cokrsburv. January, 1837, witnessed a! \ great coining in of boys, large :in<! small, at j v Coke-bury. From the upper and lower ; t districts tliey came, ?nJ a ft?w from over'lie J Georgia line. The manual labor expuri- s mcnt was n<>w, and popular, as it deserved to e la*. It mixed physical with mental <xerci*e ; ' I developed ilie muscles and the brain, i n Pity ii is'fJiHi suili institution* liave pom- > nut of vogue. TJ;?*v liad l?ut a kIioh *C tun. Il<>rs dolfj'l like to work ; Mini ^ whiinjpurt'nlh Consult 'Ihftn as to wliertt t!n?y ( Igo^be mru'fliat, iifttr a fvw trials of C i:, wiien uie none ol l;tl>or 19 worn oil.bovs ; a will 'not -choose manual Irtlmr schools, j t Three hours every day of honest sweat and ; H dust kills ofT dandyism ; the keen appetite ( makes plain,?"oodxtvOi,y ; and the liilerrn j tion of indoor and out, of book and plough, j ? keeps /he faculties from stagnating. 'Ks- i f pceially for Southern boys were manual-la ! J bur schools needful. There is a tendency in j } slave toil to degree labor in its popuhtr I , estimation. Even those sensible parents v who wouldTarsa their sons to industrious ! . I * habits, :lud secure for th(*rn tllat'blessing, ; . *" I nlen's xana in corjjore sunn, reluctate to ex- j j pope them to servile companionship in the field. By tl ie manual-labor schools, the j ( stigma of toil was removed, for ihejsons of j ( rich ami poor met in the sarne'fieH, and j , hehl rows together. Tint litis feature in J , Cokeshitrv, South Carolina, and Collins- ; i worth ami 'Covington,'Georgia, and Emory, j < > ii<tiiuii, ling ' Ioiijj wgn rcjisi'il. 1 .-[teak of i lio*f <lifv? wlion we reilH.'ClC^r ami Virjjil hi flic mi-riling ; mix) in I lie afternoon, ^ from two to five o'clock, mustered into j j rank, willi nx?-s, rakes, and iinndi>pike?t and ! drove ihe learn ;? fiidd. Those wt-r#? good j , ilny*. I wUh tliat my hoys might have ; ; Midi, lint I ain g?;Uiiiif ahmj; l??o fiiM. I j Among Tlie rc-l, a father from tl?e low I ^ | rountiy brought up I?o sons,of twelve | | Mild thirteen and a hull' veais old,and small j , for their ago. In the ijijj, he f^*i 1 one ai j hi* tide,'file hair-lrtiiifc strapped on j the other rode roim Hector. at hii ea?y pat e , kccjiiii^ np wiili his nuilch, Whitcfoot, in , the shafts. Every Mage of that irip, almost every mile of it, do I remember. | IWk?, wonderful things to a hoy from the , mjiiiiI p-jyyns; nomo as Bijj a* your fi-i t others as ftig-asydur head. < 'Fathej, what are these ? Are these the , j things that make the mountains we sec on the in?pi? V j 'That is what I ?m taking you to Coke* "j hdry-s ?jy son-^-to learn all Wbou^t, anjH j the Ifke'cfMt.' j < . ' * .Higher up the rounty^the wonders grew. < A <*he*a'it Irt-e I m very ffoe the delitiiotf* , mellow nut* grew oil f Wei!, the Ehfdffc' | do must be ntrHfj. ' *| At "Erl^VfieHr'Court-Hon^e, jhe>tave#? j keeper FlipWIfti - us a room w hich the great ] oooupied when rending lnw called- , jifDuffiv^ rooto. ft i? name whs then/Kml $ BKirifc,, tfftyr, bqiif^iold * word jfic South ( ?? '3?*- 'rt^ll'lecftirpyfi'On the ad- -j education, life pn&t'df knoWl edge, tj(0 imporljW,? of r^i^rmg ear]^ p\ o$>ortuniliei?,-d.id nrnt t'mirtl toflWi nnd thq j hr*i ory who had -c^feltoen an obsen- < T6 Rfdd^t in a^.r fur' 'tia two'alon# tigg | *way1 In and by evary ^ t&tf lewoo <G# plied^tb /*ut%^i^on.\ die borp,, * m*fa < W) will education ca<rdo fofN r- : ,/??>?-' *./" uy ~ imi, Nothing ?'?> ket*n linn "l?a?*k. Think .hat M'Duflie was then. And if* now. Tm?V.' rove your tninds"tt,<?!l,'ft'nd, "though von miy liavo ' nothing-t'Ise, ;in education is nore th^rtv'a 'foifime. Wealth may h? lost liat stays hv you,' tie. Clav, And 'truire clay, and har'ly any vliite sand ? Strange count rj\ No long f?af pine trees. IIow do the folks kindle ires in these parts ! What hills ! A fittWr must not betray any weakness, j > no ! Hut? j 'My sons yon know your motlicr will be ! nxiutift about von ; therefore yon tnuft t mte home very often. Your mother will j el uneasy if she does n:?t get a letter from I on every week. So take it turn about, | nd write.' Of course he felt no particular inteiert j u the weekly bulletins! i 'Now you must behave well, liernem- ! >fr lo be [mlile to everybody. If, however j tide boys try to run over von and abuse i on .don't whine or back out. Fight, even , f you .get vihifiTtcd. Stand up t<> your ! itilit*:'use nt> 'bail '"words, though. NYou j wo litttlefellows ate by j'our.sflves?no kin j iO acquaintances, and far from home, j lti?lk dose together'; take tip for one an- j ther.' | A sad, lone feelingr came ovr the two ! ttle follows as they Mood under the Tiifkoiy : ree 'Upon which the hell was swung in j hose days. 'Father hail turned homeward t ml Hector's jail wastjusftliftlppearing in a | nrn of theroad, bs he trolled loose after the ! ;ig. A stern Kut hiving parent, doubtless | ,e breathed to Heaven, as he left us, that j lutiiarchal 'prayer-: 'The Angel that re- j eetued me from all evil, bless th<* lads.' j {nd the tads were 'blessed?how, [ shall : i-ll. One only is'nov left The other is j ot ; and he, the father, haw passed ovci loo. j \? stoou gazing wMJimy itit* way tlie m?_/ent.too full tu talk. But there is relief? lie bi'll'rnns; lo duty. 'C'?ke.sbury had, at the opening of that j Lesion, the finest body ?if young men I ; ver caw. Lei ine see how innnv oft linn | now can mention a* preachers : Zim- j net man, Barnes, Whitby, Cojljer. "Mnod, ' il'Carty,-Denton. Bass, Kilgore," and Conner , )ne of tlie'Guilintn.s lias since become n i readier. - ihe last South Carolina. 1 Conference, the RcjKirt of ilio Education Committee -stated that forty-seven of its ; ictive incmh-.-rs revived theii^ early edlJCa- ' ion at that institution. 'Jacob Nipper was j i'<7Tf(ttt.piipil. :He also taught tlie smaller ! W Or^pr?y^? nine of his pray* j rs solum in my ii<*ari to tins ?|:iy. L.ong igo([ rea?l it in my paper-) he went up J rotn H cirjiijil or swatitp mission to heaven i klootl (sweet spirit') was the Only hiUtocial i n labor hours. Knowing something of i rnnstniihery, lie his little hoard shop vitb lorge, attvil, atid'vice'; ami Uiere lie j vnuld hammer am! file, in thes-hade, bis , hmj'hotus. while, the rest of us were in the j lot fUn. fluw'l used to envy hi* lot ! 'Of 'Denton lean relate a striking coin ;i<k'?ee in the beginning and close of his Jhristijin 'lift*, 'linl lliia brings mo to the evival, Which was the turning-point with nany of u? for timw mid eternity. The Id wooden-lngjciJ tfiul '-wdiulerfnl maOjfames 'Danncllj*, was preacher in charge. I low man-was his roileiigup. :Bt.*sidt'$ Wi^hfrnan, "Spain, -rallt^ ot'l'itsionally preached in the chapel for us. Soma time II Frthruarv, tlio,pious students, observing ind taking advHiftage'of seridua impresi'mnit in lliw Sflmril odli'd a rirnv?*r-inpi?Iinrr_? It war'held o?r8unday night, after preaching,in t II i; of the largest rooms. IIow opportune is <i good prayer-meeting ! It is like tdiakiii*; the tree when the fruit is ready lo fall. It presents to the sinn?-r? fu*t wliHt lie need*?an opportunity to pass from convict ion to action. Such a well limed pBHjermeeting was this. -It had got ivell nnder before 1 tvfl* 'aHviiro ?>f it. Iii*11 room above, I wbs'tyritrng one of those letters that had t>een bespoken fur my mother.* A noise, as of .praise irri<] erring Following the sound, *1 entered a balfopen-^ wl door. AVhat W seene ! One of the youngest boys line) just prv/essed eOnvejsiof? All round the room others were "kneeling, Sj^iinyrman was in 1?rs glorv, ami so the retft. The steward, Gabriel l/odges,'(blessitirva liim if '(in *d^I lit/ita H ? af?"ka in 1 ...?~ v.. .....r .. ?.w - ?.-? .J v.M.,v ... imoiig tbo -siuh)'^T t'ho Lord, Samarltrtn, "pouring in oil and fin?/ ' Qi owid work Hie. ln?y& equally well in'afoufaygt' meetiflgor a culfon-pat<-li. Joint ^Tuoker, Vugl^o preacher, whs the greatest of all in ova* Hi* urnvnrA Inrilf hold on TWf' -J-- "pr>.r-v-"- ? \ fieaven. Gloomy inspiritBOin*timea, apd witb a deep, md|?P?Voice brvricd out as tie pYbfundit. Irt %ie ^grov^at.defid of i?igbt,*l.bavve?often ^bisard 4?im, wber# bp l#d 'reared fdr Mrfirtt fljjt^-T^omplMinr <nd dcaire getting Willi Nipper, ' his friend, I tiflcn ?ivi t In-Hid ! him in long talks telling of the doiihts he | was tempted to. Ambitions and capable, and of a truly*tiol>le soul, that insiiinctive1y spumed meanness and aspired to greatness, Tucker, by his temperament, was Such a one ;>s litis : I linve ? s?in of fear, that when I've spun My Inst thread, I shnil periah"or? the shore.' Last year I rend in the papers that J" .. c .1 n r . . * u< Mi( ii oviimur III me vjcuryia L.<'glsllufc, atitl h Judgo will) prospects of higher promotion, committed suicide, leaving an affeeling" iioli^fetHtiiig thhl lio was mifcefAble Was it my early fiiend or not ? Tnekvrwas in the thickest of that pr'aytf-r" meeting. Anil M'Carty wept with those who wept, and rejoiced with them thai re- i joit-ed. As I entered licit ?iru"?r, the S<v?h ' dngiierreot vped itself on my mind fur ever j ?ihn persons, the position, the employ- 1 infills. I lint whoh this penitent, the fir-t, nijoni- 1 zhig as if all'hi* hones \v?re broken? I w;t>?iow hi ln iii'viii<T my eyes. If, among ! all our young itit'n, tlxTtt uHSone most . wu-kfd, I Iiiul, in my own mind, sot liim ! lowu its William I.)eiiton. His scorn of! |iii-ly was witIn-riiiff. Iwas ainonsf tin* I'fw'ilVj.t could play: a fiddle?an instru- ! meiit of devilish nsMxnitions, nccoidiiijr to I 1 HiV nx vious ttfHcllill"'- TI.Kt vnrv Ssil.l.t.il. I afternoon I heard hiin'ridicnling the se.rupies of some who would not study ordinarylessons On Mtiil d;iy; and ho 'professed i to have memorized his Gr.u k grammar willi peculiar facility while a chu-s-meeting was truing'on'near him : 'the better day. the j bettor deed,' andso on. Tins penitent so I J broken- .lieiti ted'was ntlne other than l>en- i ion. The pains of he 11-gat: hold'upon Mm. | He was poured Out like Water. Ilis poMiie v'as indeedibable, 'fur. he neither kneeb-d ' nor sat, n?>r lay down, but wrii'.icd. And as I Muod. beheld a iniraele of grace ! IIis trann* ivhtoct-il, his fare beamed, he ro?e straight ?!>, iind. looking s??- into heaven, i;xcl;ii ihvJ, -0. mis ! 'Jesus ! JfStis !' The I<iiie of'voice *vas suppressed, v<-l s! rsn?ij?-!y emphntic?? linked Hvith 'emotion. I aU>n?* heard il. From ihnt Out, his t'hrtn?n* W.-It appaietil to all. "Soon hy whs :? elassdi-ader ; then a prCacln'r. Flo-gradftntrd at llan i dolph Macon Collejre in FS I1, and, fuli of promise ami I tor usefulness, returned t to South Carolina. I arrived at?lheculie?j?: a few days after lie had I wit it, greatly to | my >orrow, for I wanted to sge liir> face again. I : i JBS&&'-. .1 I .v?j SMVI Mfti-* JIMM Mu:in;o,i lilti llt'WS I'Diiiv 11rrtL !i?! was dead. f rcV.qlli?ct nij' fel' ill"s fi<r||U*Cll V?N?I< ?!*'), Oil llis IrtRt ! tiirce Tins obituary dcFSPrihinj; liis sirktiess, ami resignation, find hope in death, a ided that hi* la<t woriMi won,* "Jfsus ! je<us! Jesus!' This uojiicidfriee, whs known only to myself So ti n! is testis ihe fiol and ihe last, Alpha and tli? Omega, the beginning and the end i?f our salvation ! I pansi d oil round the room, not 'irreverently but.wonni'ring, iike an oUuj-a'ftll wiser dinner otfce'diH, how these tilings could In*. | Grown persons I hud seen in th<> altar at | old liinimkes cainp g?ound. but never little | boys like myself. Sinners in tears of penilienlinl grief, and new-converts In tlieir'first bad lset'n there too, but their antecedents were unknown to me; and the contrast betVeeg^dtit of Christ' and 'i^Clirtst' hud nt'ver^5een so sharply presented. Religion I bad tak' n for granted as a mat-, ter of course?;<ll of Us must ba'concerted some dar. But tliat neini<:i<>ualT&#aerue idea^tf 'old enough to be cmivcrie^^WHii in my way, rtS in lias been in flio^vny ofthiusnnds. Who w?s to lw blamed? Not mv dear parents: tliev only believed and talked as other people and^j^preat-bers talked and believed about childhood and the Church. A* yet, I not old enough to bo i ouvi-rUttb! No oyejn partijjjjlhr Was to be blamed for this error; only the idea of the age aftil of the Chtirc.h had ho far g?(l behimlv almost iiiil of sight of, the Men Christ. Six ?ir seven years before, one'Sun <4*V aftt.tix.ofl* my mother, slowly recovering .from sirktHra^pvas lying upon her*bed, and J&rfHng to me out of the biography KF*a religious ladv. Wy heart was strangely iin'pressed. I Mt tnynu|f a sinner, atid yet on tlJ& >oore of no particularly remembered sins. Tears came, and were wipud away witli the curtains behind whiyh I hid ipy head. I was moved to pray?for ri^ai, I roiild nctdmlincsily Ne?r the garden paring* was a eci-ret plneq; so it camo -to my mind. I started there to TPIte >j?irit thai niuved prayer would doubtless have helped ma ta 'prtff. *%rn? v?d at lite spot, a tnamfUj^ant whJ standing { olofe hy, aftd JJjoke tjf>. "Some talk flprang,..tip^H|fWuiid'wM diverted, and half asb^iiun) <^4^?purjfoss^(md t wvnt with e....4 *1.1. ^.u-ihr ^tIih convictions co* ri(fif ty wc?i. ni? a ^ % ^ cleRij.Ro pongenr, ?o (neliingV ?nd tending in?tiDCti??fy in thiaYifljWt direction,* paw J imdy.' . Nor wer? tbese my first. {ifcifcunt, -as I ng>w am convinced) ft-eliiM^oCtty^cwi j th^Jreretlie ? -fa c/Vmpnrrttim^ fo* ftctnal' * > ?T. K.; and iIkiI one, mourning n'ljj siu-li a plaintive ton*;, wa< J. L.?;i nieekn an.I quiet fellow, who never ?litl anybody j any harm. They wore nil about. I had gono nearly round thn room, (ii i was a l.ngecne?wit is impressed on inv memory!) inteiested but not involved; or. its the philosophers tiould sav, I was in a ' wholly objective state; not ?l allsubjective. Well enough for titot-o engiiged; hut the 'lh?Vujrht had not occurred about tni/ pari I or lot in t.he mallei. H. 1'. C. stood by the j wall, in his natural manner, pleasant and ! 6inilin'?. iJetWiicn1 uh there Was a close ]...< ? : . uiiv-(|Uiii imimauy. 110 was at>o(U grown, nu J brou??lil his'ClVureli letter with liitu on coming to t'okesbnry. His father ! Mini mine lived in adjoining districts, ;?n*l were |?irtic-ul?i friend*. l'rcsnmingoii this and healing of the-good eiiarucler of the young man, my faih?r, on leaving. had in' Itodticedus to hiin, and asked, I>. F. C. to look after lis. This he did, and so gentle was he, that I took a loving refuge under his stronger arm. Seuing him in pravermeeting made it reality. Not more gratified was Kneas, in the land of slia des, on coining tip with l'alinurus. Drawing me to his side, and calling my name? 'Don't you want to be Christian? You ought to pray toe.' 1 hadn't a won] to say. fie placed a .hair before me, and I kneeled down once oti mv knees, I bc^an to think, and then to pray. Thank God ! I have been praying ever situ:-', ami lope to con I iiiue till piayr is lost in prai-e. ! have a mini) to tell here how I was converted, as lliat is the most impoitaut passage in every wile's life; but mine is not a very angular ^experience, tint] might not ititei?-st. (lO BE COSMM'ED.) I A RECEPTION AT THE AMEBiCAN CONSULATE. j A Palis correspondent of tlie Herald given 1 lie following account-of a reception ! giv?*n Iiy our consul, ir? Americans 111 that | i-i; v :?'Some five hundred invitations were ! sent out l.y the consul, unji th? r? were rn<">i? | than foui hundred persons present. ' cnil-nintiir representatives from i??*si? t very Stata itirtttdtng diMxiit Calilomiii 1 Bet wen iiiim ;int! ten o - l?n k tin* llironjOfFti to edine,stnil by ihelattii l.our lit* room* I wurc ?-row.tlf?| with danrer-, u:xl it certainly ! wa> refresliltrj*, iiftdi*1 lirivintr wen" for so lot.j; I a time duly tl\*k petite ladies .of Patif, in see I l<i<r?llii*r sueh a collection of Hiicdonkiiijr i !i;iII<]<oi:h; wotnOll, to feel j were lioim 'our country.'-' Tlte.liOtu'ls were loiiii l?v Mrs.-Spencer in elegant sly 1?-. .'hid nothing waJr\l)tnilU'd which cnul.l lend ?? fiu'r. a?u tlu? corn to it and happiness of the iniosts. Anions (lie ?li?iitig?iflnVl ladies . ! present, and who attracted con?id<-raMe aT= terition-thiviii'jlilfic untiic evening, were Mr* : (iciu'ial \Yinfield Scott. who (Mine ill ah,, t J ten o'clm k; lea'iiiig tin"ii ilie arm of j eily Tucker, Ks<j. Mrs. Scull has been for i -oru? time raiding in J*aris. American i lit led nobility wa~ represented by theCoufi' l?^s I")is<y. a daughter of (?eneral Harney, i of Our armv, wlio whs married in I'aiis about I five years airice. and^vlHi. Witli Iicr^Risti'i j Miss Marnev,'added much to the liveliness i and inleceijl of tlio rcvcpiion. Among surli j an array of beauty and -gra'r-e ;<nd vivacity j and fine drcsMs, it may appear invidious to select any ladies for particifljfr notice; but tlierfe were some who, as there always ar* oHrVuch occasions, attraqipd greater, alien lion limn any others. Ainyngnihese was ! Mi>s Procter, of. Boston, drci#?ti in a robe I of simple white, with no jexVeU but her ; bright black eyes and needing no othf^tp j set off her beauty. Mi^ Fieldj ^T N#w j Yoik, dfessod in white, witijtfclaboralu trim! tilings of blue, was thought to be the best j dressed, and one of ff?e finett-Ibtiking ladies (in lliu room. Miss Thorpo of Larnamoa drt-.-sed in pink, was very jjurftut/le and ! graceful. The MiWw'TItiuhiiiPon, of New | Jersey, sisters. Miss McLean, of. WashingI ton, a very beautiful, and highly intidiigeHt j lady, drew a crowtffttf iidri)lrert. -^Misa.Ali len of "PliilHdj.'Iphia, Miss Wolf, Mfc-DodjI* lass, Madame "Fanvnni, an American lady, wife of an attirt of considertA'to repute; Mesdamcs Person i,.Lesieur Miioicfl. Townsej(d hjkJ tyetl, Were ntfsKjfry 'J'ho diplunpnfic cgrpt'vvaA rufm-ftent^ihy Mr. CajhoOit^ (3^ixrjie d^AP frtires, rffdWie uh-rfto HI ivill?ur, Secretary., ^nSg^'lpn. Us/nr YVit^nrlpi) 'T %Au?SMvft#l w?P Limit eimnta II use ?n?j ' in i/Tiift>rmf the butt otto proving aa ?Fr<-6**9|P^HpPpP^p Ii is ratberftn unpoliLe tp$^j|jg?Kwy 00 menus nu uni'oiBHiQirotie,'mn^iuivcuri* | osity, qr tliatnrefe $te of uflifc wliwe'fltoy goiiw !o do, In tjie flwt *pfi^^fjh^v !?ave po^itiv?.l> deuidi^^'tfiBot prfWfeoWfy ?Uh lo irt?y 'the^c'tail; *p(to|K? lOj *wit? J&* V , ? ? i J -g5*b? a '.? "& > >-, ji -." f ' h '* 'V * mm HIM I ?fi |S|&\: 0"P- IDLE BEAUTIES. Eh^Ii-Ii livelier writes thus 6f tl> t-rr I '* ' ? I can HSsuie you lliat, liavinir lived ?'n litf.-ivrit rustles and manop-lioustts of Groat " if ... IVitaifr, nn?l lu'cn iiecustomod to the industrious linl.its of dtli hos-(_'H and ronil^fSSL'S.T' was utterly astonished nt the idleness of American fiiu* ladies ! N<? English-woratn <f rank. (with iIi?? exception of a few parveKua.) fior? the'Qiiowi downward*, would remain for ot:o half-hour unemployed, or nt in a ioi-I;ii.^fli;:ir, unless seriously ill; they almost all_(with V.nvdly an exception) I copy the letters of business of ilieir husbands i fathers, ur brothers; attend minutely to the ! poor around tln-ui, and even take port in their ajnii^meiit, and'sympathise with their | soitow*-; *.iiii and superintend the schools'! wo'!: in their own ^miens'; see to | their house concerns'; think about their visitors look ov'er the weekly accounts not btily of domestic expenses, i but of.eu i,b?>8u of 'the farm ntfd !tho estate"; manage penny clubs in con j junction with the working-classes, to<help j I hem-ekes and with 'ail tjiese occupy i ii.?'ts 1-y curly hours,'they keep up their i iicQiiiiiniKnci* ?ith the liiciritiue ami ' clivalI lie a<.Toni|.li>iime:jis of ni'Jbjo.nnd I lit.1 wincr. and often a'vjuiic'd, Usulcs soma | UVtiv.lt..f{" sviciilifit: |.ur*nilJ. , The lata I Maivhiom of Litisdovwie was so Well ao I (jiia.nlvl v\nii the cottages Til I'ler'neighliurlotj.i.!, that >!??; used to \ i>it alia look at the to'tisc:-. of the dead, lieeatifto *ho found ilial liei tluin^ s3>o(iihcl and iuorn| oiled llit* lieie:i\!td. 1 have known her"fihiit i hi-i" up Willi a mad \w.<umi> in her poor ! dwelling, 'who t!?e<l to lock ihe door, and i ch'ulij lust !." iii'Iurcl lo'mi id it anyone else; { La<ly 'La*; downe'* only daughter u?eiToriQ ' hundred guinea* (given her bv her fatherJ fr * * in-law, Lord Suffolk. : litiv j>'liru?-??l.?*:V /? i vw" build pijisiii-s, with Ins permission, at bar ; liu?.l>and\> little country K'sidciVve... S^io ! educated l:u'* jtiVvn children wiihoiU bfsirj i t:iuc?r?teaching thu hoys Latin, ami nil the ; ustrd hiaiioltV* of education. Tiio lale I Dii. li^ul Ik'dfunl. 1 ai-cidi'iitlv discovtred j 'when o(i a'yisit to tW.tun l^iir^T I y.ciia of her manage lif?\' fisen j o'clock, snnmitVniid win:?-r, lit her ownrfir*. ; Hindu *ome teft 'for ,tin: diiktt {and aR In.* wrotp his "o\\;tV letters of ; btiMttiM5. :lit* < < [>it-d iju-in, uiiii-thyy CfttfVn 1 down to a l?rj?i- purtv of <j!<$oi;k 1 to di>piMif>^.|.i<akfasi.t vvuliyUtilfiiyiiig poo word of Mii-ir .rti)i*'?itiiiary avocations \f ao j that you ttii^l.t have bn-'n a visitor In tl^? ' house without, finditijr out" 11:jtt the.duko nnd .d'.ti ln^s hud.. ?i aiW.Htfi .'ilie .n^sary burfiiteftc'?>f dti-iluv ? belo?V, ^ei-hap^ydU had fisi'n ! I mfhcr in/a'iorPtliose lliatare j j?on? to 11h ir reward, than wril^/'womeh ; mi:i jtuj'ihjjyi ii< : but fr'ii unijjji^rrdve mo : wIkmi I >:tv il.iit I inn <*ongUf|)j&-Luit^gst I tlipseAvlW) Iiv(; liv?s u&fnl.ness | l>ul t!t<:v so ju-in>fclvufi witlfbut j uslunlafton, ?r-|iOj|ft]va ard.iomg. | inuio tliuu !heir^Ritn|??e 1^11?tv - ' ? , a c I *>?. *-i>? c f ' ?... i^^i* ^ 1 LADItS^ Sg^l'LD IgttiD 'NK V^SP APBRS!?It is one mistulfii 1 j lion, lo kerp n hn$J ?it eni'tion Ht-voicil to oiify jtufcof-t^e J?y. j for ootj^iffi}>tTon, you must c5ve<|f<^bftieJ tiling* toapqunittirth^iJ villi j liirihg fev.-uts," U\J^tTr?r to rt^i^ewppaj pt4fe,^hp^bQc<ilH0ifj?ift|iiifar j clHirfceWr 'fliut^-iirfprovphionr r^ice. [.Sj^tor'v is I world Is <l? :nl. \MiVt'tioV vompnr&v livtfy. ' i <K) ? (i.>n;. .-Let "her^iii^ s;\! ioM-!coiicef[?iri^llic poli^i* and ,? irelfciutia ^ ij^oy iifehtffi*f^air? times. -Eet^ihe gildefT ??inai4t^AD|.r,poerxj? on . ihlbliv^ k?-|H ^ ^a>U?f..t;li|i tinio cow-red wjfli j?urnMU. i lie Jniml^^-'A'h,. w^fw-n. m S0T ?li i Id ren'r^' *' wlierfc*; put it is :uhii*m??t<>^idjrA, whoflo i ^hony l'^?i)Uii<hiiit ty yjt li sjN'fer be is roawHs>*tjft)ai)f,3 H wfcosaJtfeMd disTpiityw. frnin *iuWr.tk .... i JT Ltb -VX^ JtiSP' - or @* who, pj?Tttf>fjif^liW s?H'ni?i?g ^eetli f ir> tlift init i or, , jw rocumnjea^g. a naw set, $? '* few let?* poor~(X who wT f^o^ietWrny loaJ,.tfcu <& Jpff . fyv<? dwiniVed v b? ueaily.int^ible, ,*': 1 - A^sa'A-1? yf ? fklace uut wvM^'ift-i^' 1 ' . vvV?Of? hqm?s ?*y*. tfcM' -t>trf?'vV'^wifrid^ ,! iifc, "fcnrl fl the ffVfr-'n 'rtg?-r, ye?. if* i\ grViu blowing, fejMfo <*?* o^-^riu^j^tak*. W? " " : .u-m; t . K n^^iwMWtvO ."infill? * ? i i * ? *? - . .#???