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- . ?<VT? -'Wj ' * ' 7"-' I III ll| I | I|IPWI % - ** m ^^Ha*Bgqeafal 1 \ ^ail^<tl^8' ' ^ "** ' B^gg ^ y''^'l>PMI'BJW!iitg!'l'g^^^!~BI|B^!a8^^ '^' JJLL-Lt^ DEVOTED TO MTBHATBHE, THE ARTS, SCIENCE, AGRICULTURE, HEWS, POLITICS irC., &C, ~~ ~ ~ ~ ' * " ; ?? ss^=.^s=.-. ' ' *- ' 1 ~ ? ' " TERMS-'-TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM,] "Let it bo Instillod into tho Hearts of your Children that the Liberty of the Press in the Palladium of all your Rights."?Juniut. "\J* i IP AY ABLE IN ADV/NCfi. BY W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY MORNING. JULY 6, I860.. . VOLUME * P|iLL\[\', JEWIXGS & CO., ' AK5iL ' A ? UU11 UN rAUTunSj AtJa-USTA, GI-j3l., CONTINlj W the sale, of CoHon nnd oilier produce in their ".ATe?0 Firtproof Warehouse, Corner Jackson & Reynolds Sta. Cash advuncc* mnd<* when desird. ANTOl&E POUI.LA1N, THOMAS J. JENNINGS, ISA I All PURSE. Sept. 8, 1859?19?t f. G-. M. CALIIOUN, WAREHOUSE AND GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANT, Heynold'a St, between Jackson an<! Mcintosh Augusta, Oa.j will attend strictly to thfe sale of COTTON, BACON, GRAIN, And all other produce consigned to liiin. Per sonnl attention giving to tin- fillinp of nil orders for Bnpginir, Itope and Fniiiilv Supplii-.,. Liberal Cush advances made on produce in Store. June 24. I860, 8 tf THE GREAT ENGLISH REMEDY SIR JAMES CLAKICE'S Celebrated Female Pills. PROTECTED LETTERS BY ROYAL PATENT. This invaluable medicine is unfailing in the mimnrnll fl.noo nni.Jnl nn.t .Ho I - eases incident to tlie fcinule constitution. It moderates nil exuessts and removes nil obstructions, from whatever cause, nnd a speedy cure mny lip r?*li>*'l on. TO !>14RRirD LADIES it is peculiarly suited. It will, in a short time bring on the ninutlily period with r^ctilurity CAUTION?These Tills should not be tnknn j by females that are pregnant, during the first three months, n* they iire sure to britiiron Mi.-icarriage ; hut nt every other time, and in every other cose thev ar>- peifeetly safe. In all eases of Nervous and Spinal Affection* Pain in the Back and Limbs, Heaviness Fatigue on slight exertion, I'alpitation of the Heart. I.owness of Hnirita. llvslories. Siek Headache, Whites niiil all the painful diseases occasioned !?} a disordered system, 'hoc IMIp will effect a cure when nil other mean* have fail ?<1. Full directions in the pamphlet around each package, which ehould he carefully preierved A hottle containing 50 pill?, and encircled ! with the Government Stamp of Great Britain, can be sent, post free for ?1 and fi postnercstamps General aiient tor U. S., Jolt Muses. Rochester Sold in Ahherillo liy Pmir.ld Mi-Lauclilin, Dr. I. Branch, atid C. 11. Allen, ami till Druu?;J(? I,..? v.... i. n..: I V?v?j T?iir?v. T <111 ucnuvrv u. VJI Charleston, Wholesale Agents. 7, 13t HOWARD ASSOCIATION. PIIILADULPIIIA. A Benevolent inxlititlinu estaUi*hvd />>/ npeeial etidmcment. for the reliif of lh? tick and J)ix trenxtd. affiieled with Virulent and Ejtidcmte lit s> ana. MEDICAL Advice given gratis l>y the Acting Surgeon t<> aJl.wliii apply l>3" letter with a description of thafroonditioii, (nge, occupation, habits of life, ?fce.,) and in cases of extreme poverty,Medicine furnished free of charge vuiuaiiie Kcporia on uii* ftcw Kernel im em I plovt:d in the Dispensary, scut to ilie afflicted in B^ufed loiter envelopes, free of charge. Two | Of tfiree Stamp* for postage will lie iieceptiMe. j Address. DR. J. SK1LLIN HOUGHTON. I Acting Surg'-on, Howard Association, No. 2 I South Ninth Street, I'hiladelpeiu, l'a. By order of the Directors. EZRA D. HF.ARTWELL, President c.~ c............. r i ^fflARLES COC^ ykbbcT^illo, te?. o., WOULD respectfully inform tlie public tlint lie lias OPENED A SJIO FOR THE IftaUing aud: Repairing of ^ rmounifo p, nnmiM liiiiUMULk) Ob DllUUlLtVj "% o. Tt is opp-?site (but not oppoteS) to Mr. Taylor's Establishment. lie hopes t1?lftM?y doing good vrork, and ranking reasonablecharges, lo receive a share of public patronage. lie hason^iiana ot this time, several SEVERAL NEW AND NEAT BUGGIES, * AZiSO, Second-Hand Buggies, wliiob he will sell very low and on the most reasonable tetmi. Nov. 4, 1&59. 21 tf. TUB WASHINGTON IXIIDftPFAnOT Published at WASHINGTON, GA. BY WX. HBJTBY WILSON, Editor * Proprietor At Tw> Dollar* Per Annum in Advance. THE Independent it strictly speaking a Family Kkwbpapkr?Independent in politic* ?-devoted to Domeelio and Eoreipn News, Lit PAtHM ifl'A AHM A ~v ? ?.R<.vu.?uir, mochunks and Education, end looks strictly to the Doihgjtice intereoyi of jHtejfiputh ip the en-, coiirageiaenl of Homo a word, it will advocate wMSHflMwK'lQtereets of A Southern People, April 27, 1860, 08. tf 4 ? ViT OB. MlfrES F. HABHflb WOULD inform the paUio tffat he hft* ? -tamed to the village, and wi!l; contirftae the praetfee of medicine. He may hjgajouud at - he MARSHALL HOpSE, unless prefefcaionallj tngatfW. " . * * Mar eh 1,^1860 44 it ' * * THE "RDEPEXDEXT" PRESS. BY LEE & WILSON. ABBEVILLE S. C. Two Dollars in Advance, or Two Dollars and Fifty Cents at the Expiration of the YearAll subscriptions not limited at (lie fim? of eubscr ibintr, will be considered n indefinite. and will lie continued until arrearages are paid, or at the option of the Proprietors. Orders from otherStates must in variably be accompanied with Ihc Cash.^gFJ CANDIDATE S. For the Legislature. The friends of W. JAMES LOMAX announce liitn a cnmlidute for llie Legislature al the ensuing election. TIip friVnri. nf WM t'. 1 ?A-V IK hint n candidate fur the Legittlalurc at the enailing flection. For Tax Collecter. Mr. Eiutor.?Please announce W. R. IIilron as ii candidate fur the offi''<* of Tax collector ns the ensuing election ami nlili^e. MANY VOTERS. The fr'enda of Cnpt. G. M. MATTISON respectfully nnnounce him aa i candidate for Tax Collector at llic next election. i lie ilieiius 01 .1 i\ Jl l!?v> A. IUU?AJK1J respectfully announce him n.s a Candidate for Tux Collector at the next election. The fr<en<ls of Dr. J. F. McCOMB respectfully announce him as a Candidate for Tax Collector at the next clectiou ty We are authorized to announce S. A. IIODGES as a Candidate for Tax Collector, at the ensuing election. -M The friends of C pt. WT S. IIA KRIS respectfully announce him as a Candidate for the office oV Tax Collector of Abbeville District m me next election. pg~ The numerous friend* of WESLEY A. BLACK Esq., respect fully announce him as a Candidate for Tax Collector at tlie next election. The friends of HENRY Sa<JASON respect lilly annnouiice him as u Candidate for Tax Collector, athe ensuing election. '< ;* i For Ordinary. tJT The friends of JOHN A. HUNTER re spcetfully announce hiin a candidate for the odicc of Ordinary, at the next election. The friends of Col. J. O. RASKIN respectfully nniiounce him a candidate for tinoflice of Ordinary, utthe next election The friends of IiOIiERT JONES respectfuilv uiiiiuuiii.-.- nun as it cuiiuiu:iie lor cneriK a I I lie ftiFiiin^r election. notIceT r|^BE OI,I) ADAGE is when you are doing X well to l?}_. pnliKtiei). Hut I lin 'e taken up n notion of going West, mid now offer my Land, Mills, &c., for Sale. I offer my Home I'lnce in Abbeville Dietriet, nenr Greenwood, eontainini; SEVEN IJUNDUED AND SIXTY ACKER. li?Jf cleared and the other half in wood#. Very healthy l?cnlion. Eine improvements?a hirye coniformble Dwelling. Rarns, Stables, Gin House, excellent Negro Cabins, Ac. On litis Trncl is n Tine F.ouring Mill, With three Sets of RlfNN ERS?imil a CIRCULAR SAW MILL?all driven by 6tc?nt power. This Mill is in eleuant condition, nnd hax been running eight, jvar?, clearing Irom twenty Jive to thirty p>r cciit atmuallf/. Also, a valuable Tract, of Pine Land in Edgefield District, containing ONE THOUSAND AND FIFTY ACRES, and on it ia a first intu Saw Mill, Grist Mill, Shingle Machine. This Mill han been in operation seven yenre, |"<ying from thirty to thirty-Xhrte per cent, an i anally. Ali-o, one oilier Traetof land in Edgefield District, situate on the Martin Town Rond ami on Horse iVn Civek, containing TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY ACRES. Also, one oilier Tract of land in Piek.-nn WI!H ni'i, couiniliing 1 11 It ILK II U IV J JIC |?: I? /\.N1> FIFTY ACHKS, finely tiinhered, nnd the Blue | Hidge Unit Hoiici running through it. A RARE OPPORTUNITY! This i* an t^ppoituintv for persons wishing'to invest iheir money in something timt. will p?y. Ami such opportunities are rarely ottered. Look out all who feel interested of you will cer-inuuv mae fmr^uuiF. I dial 1 lie iilisent in April nnil Mny. luitnftertlint tiine will bent home. nixl will Ink*ploHfliire in ftliuwini; the Lauds, MilU. Ac,, to nny one wishing to purchase. J. Y. L. PARTLOW. New Market, S. C., Apr. 13 3m JAMES D. CHALMERS. ABBEVILLE C. H., S. C., DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF IHHil (Jlftlllltl MARBLE, HAS Just received three hundred new pieces together with the old. n\pkiti? one of the Urgent Stockn in tli* 8 late which will be sold as low as cau be bought in any other place. , MA PUT.T. AT ADO . 6 feet l>; 3, from |26 to (>40 HEAD STONES from fr3|QHg. MONUMmTB And Fane* Head Stones alweiH^ hand % gether wiflfr>a largf quantity ora&igos, tfhicn can Iip made to order at short notice. All Marble Cutting and Carving neatly done J. D. Ctf*LMER& * ^p.26. 1800 40 tf "* HfBtJfc* m>, j&mf&mT'* f "V'"* [ Front the New York Mercury ] THE VILLAGE COQUETTE. IIY R. KMMKTT FISK. 'When I forsook tbe college walls of W? some year* ago, I was possessed of?of?' Immense knowledge?' 'No such thing, my friend.' 'Learning??lore??old as musty?' 'Nothing of the kind, I dc assure you.' 'Acquaintance*, thorough, vast, varied, with men and things?' 'Far from it. If any thing, rather the reverse of j?I1 this.' 'Shad08 of theCnmpus! You but joke, m? P..11-.,., P,. ? wl prav ? ' Of a dtmon!' 'A demon V A demon!' 'And tlint demon ?' lA desire!' My friend interested me?his story was making me curious; but I exhibited a - aim exterior, and unperturbed countenance, lie was dealing in enigmas; I would show liirn the virtue of laconics. I simply said : 'Inileed !' 'Yes,' said lie, 'I was was possessed of it continually. It hxunted me all (lint night and all tlio clay. I strove with it, but puissant effort and superhuman exertion were alike puerile and inefficient.' I Finiled a little, partly, to encourage my friend, and partly to cover the growing in? teicst I felt in his story. (I consider that nn ni-rsnn rmnrbf nu-r In irut iiv..ii-il \ --- i ?&- / 'Proceed 1' said I. 'The demon I said, was a desire! That desire to encounter a coquette; to humble Iht haughty spirit, and subdue ber obdurate heart !' I nodded three times. Each nod was given with deliberation. I eyed him atlen lively as he continued : lT,nnk ?t llint nprson t nnt #oll I.e. turn ? r ruMii but well knit, full cf grate, and Adonis like.' * As lie PaiiJ thi?, herose suddenly from bis chair, and drawing bis coal tight about biui stood crecl, and turned quite around. 'And those #*yos! note theni large, dark luminous. Jut imagin bow they shone and spaikk-don that night on the occasion !' I imagined. 'I was the heir of my rich baloholor uncle; and scarcely bad I entered upon the possession of the wealth bis demise had left for my sole enjoyment, and bad lime to arrange some businexs matters in the little village which was honored by his name, before the intelligence was conveyed to tne that one of the most beautiful girls, yet one of the most arriut and firUe of co'4 queues was a resident of the place, and lived in the white house just across the way. 'I don't begin to tell you how this nrws d lighted me. I was superlatively elated edified. 'She appeared to be the theme of every Intitrtii) \Ta nno cr?r*L-/> r\f I lm ?? W www I'j'vnv VI HIV/ rvvioj' vi llie town without giving her nnme the perference of first mention. Her beauty, her voire, her eloquence, her education and accomplishments her standing,"And above all her desperate flirtation*, her audacious cou quests her cruolty, her.'? 'Slop a moment?take breath,' said I, interrupting what was like to be an endless chnin of substantive*. 'According to rumor,' said by friend, 'nt>; sueb tyrant was ever before Been. No man ever approached her but be went away wiili a deadly arrow cleaving to hia side, and she laughed at bis anguish. 'This was quite enough. I desired to know no more. It was bliss to me ecstatip bliss. It sank down into Llie well of mv heart, and then, gu.*bing up, it meandered every vein, nerve, fibre, muscle. It permeated my whole being. I felt nice ! 'Then I drew myself up, every feature beaming witb the one thought?Vast, illimitable it xeemed. I swore of the ashea of my sires and my dearest bachelor uncle, and by tb* gardian genius that never deserted me in an emergency, that I would tcr.eh tbis hanghty and cruel tyrant w rtut it is to maltreat Bex?what il is to flout my kind ? what it is to mnke hermits and mib* r.:s thrones oriny fc!lowmen, and what, consequently, it is to cheat the census-roll of its legitimate increase! 'The night of the fete came. I drew on my low, patent leathers, orej^^Qr of im IllltCUIIflC MIX. MUCKlugB, BUfMBJ^igiOrOSial fragrance inttfMiiy snowy kerchief, ?nd was oC to meet and subdue tbe all-dangerous syren. < I passed along tbf*wsy, f thpuglit of no tiling save the coquetfc, and the triymgh I hid ilri antieipJuk>n. '/$Hrgued to myiljfri 'A%fcel country dunrea fipve?en swelNvig her triumphs' with a list of unmeaning and dishonorable captive*, una nence tier tnroe. Daubtl6M?'fibe js tome little, ??n6otb-f*o*?d forward mjw, full of boarding I nnd b^H^tnd batter. Proud w bright cotnpmcTap, *od * little rootoy, spoiled by flitUry wfe 00 p*tt ? ... \ ? A* of competition, a creature that would be eclipsed, burnt up in the blaze of a city soiree.' 'And you resolved to have revenge for i the wrongs done her victims: to attack her and teach her a salutary lesson?' 'Right. And as I ranj; the bill at my friend's door I murmured?'Rtml hidla nuaht = not to be too confident?too saucy.' 4A few moments more found mo silting by I ho side, of a sweet, modest girl, to whom ; iu tlio confusion of a crowd much more | numerous and dazzling than I expected, I some one had introduced me in so hurried J a manner as to leave each one it) ignorance I ..?* .1 ui me uiuvr r* uaiuu. 41 looked at her?she was a Venus ! 'I danced with her she was n sylph! 'I heard her sing?she was an angel! 'Absolutely the village coqun te was quite forgot; she had utterly passed from mind.; in the seducing loveliness?the simple, modest grace?the exquisitn air of elegance and propriety which my charming acquaintance exhibited. 'At length I remembered. I took my gaze from her countenace, and looked around for tho ol'j'-ct of my former curiosty. A M?perblj- dressed girl waa<lanring near us, nil feathers?flounces, jewels?blazing? rustling?laughing aloud?smiling on this gentleman?whimpering to that one?suffering n third to hold her hand, and a fourth, to tie her shoe. 'This is her,' said I to myself. 'This in t.llfi tprr?ir fif nnr iinnnlm ???tno ...If.. mistaken ideas of beauty ! Ab ! what coarse uncultivated taste. But'tia plain?they havo - never seen painting and statuary. They have never read poetry. They are ignorant of true beaut)'.' 'Then I withdrew my gaze. My eyes "ngiiin rusted on the face of my charming friend. No decorations were I here?no tinned?no gaud}*, vulgar solicitations for the crowd's attention ; but rather ? studied reserve, a classic simplicity, a natural graco and refinement of soul had taught Iter those true elements of beauty which painters spend their lives in learning. Her rich hair whs | parted with a severe absence of ornament | on a head by far the most chastely beaut ii ful in the room. TI<t m.limit I with a tender feeling which made the heart tremble, and tlie subdued Htid tlinugtful expression visible in her countenance resembled the melancholy smile of :in autumnal morning, which falls upon the still earth through a silver mist, at once as pleasing as happiness and as sad as sorrow. A erealura oa Kflonl!fi?l T k??/1 *w.? k~t ?u.u sv uvnuiitui X. Iiau Iicvci rucu uciurv* From tluit moment, I, too, believed in brojfken hearts. ll?*re whs Sbaksphenru's Juli?t, but where the Romeo ? 'The thought made me turn asifn revelation divine had dawned upon my soul. 4A moment afterward l was called to the dance. 'Danre with me? SRid I 'There was an arch himle on her plump, ro?y Hps, as he replied : I have refused three already. I said I was engaged.' ' 'Our "yes met. If love ever flas'. ed in a fflance. I had kilHlIerl in flin hnsnm nf tlilo angelic creature a flame like that which was every moment burning more ardent in mine. 'Our eyes met again. Wonderful, weni derful tirbB to be tfce source of such delight! ' to be the windows through which so much heavenly bliss can be Doured. in unon th? It - * " ?r vr~\" " eoui ! 1 v' f 'I took her band j(6 it rested cotily upon her kne?. Jt wan small, and wbue^Apd soft, like nothing elseonf nature. Nov^to press it slightly whs gb impossible as for the thirsty pilgriRJ not todririk. *Tbe pressure was returned !*a Hood ok ra'flore rolled along my nerves. Surely some heavenly power led my steps o*cr enchanted ground. Every look was language. Every motion delight-^ewry touch efcfquence, happiness, li?ve 1 'Yotr lrtll not refuse me\ c> " 'I said ,tbis in a tune soft and low. ] ft] tirfew Aft ?AnliPi>a Hoc ll<A l??lf I -jagppwKfSP*??r"J " v*,w """ opened And even a* I hey, with .bashful reluctwpe, unfold their leaves and ' blusb. 4o u^eet tlio light, so this modest croature^widett to my impulse, and I ledTier throucrh a danc!a.th?t a ?lraam only it was too delicious. The opp&Hunily was not neglected. I whispered ? > her ear. * I grew bojd and sauoy,- and her fine eye* flashed up to mine with a pAfect satisfac* tion which told me my conquest was com* p'ete. 'The dance wad .over. An engagement with a friend hurried me away. * J 'I frill see yeu again, soon,' I wlaspered, as I left her side. *\w > - - ? w i siroue aiong wesoor (Tk An emperor, and in the height of my triumph encoun* 4 Hered the gentleman who had given meso flaming an account of t&e village coquette. 1 'Well, m/%ove I exot4ftped<with great ?o*rity of nMsoer, 4I bd^ibus far neglected to he introduced to your wonderful eo~ quelle, couldmeet bcf ? <m4mg*r} ^ "4? ' f 'A r-'r 1 1 ^ ???? 'Meet !ioi !' with a lookV-Of Hunk bui> prise, 'meet her why, follow, ybu hnve t>$eh bending over her, entranced an hour by my chronometer. A dozen persona have been watching you all the time 1* ; 'The tiutli flushed npon me. T was seized with fear and trembling. I looker! around me. Twenty grinning faces were bent upon me with tho malice of fiends. 'Look here,' said my friend a little afterward. 'You came lieio to teach a lesson. As the ohiect for which that Inpson wn? intended 1ms not profited by it, leHrn one yourself.' 'lie gui-ied me to Another apnrtment. 'I went liko a lamb to tlio sacrifice. There, before my eyes, sitting beside nnd gayly chatting with another fellow?Handsome, liks myself?was llio coquette. 'lie's from the citv,' said my friend. Then all the rascals around laughed*. ? 'lie's just ont of college! said another. Then they all laughed again. 1 heard the gentleman ask to dance. 'I have refused six/onid she, with ihe sam sweet smilo she had given me. 'But you will dance with vie ! 'Ami off the}' went sure enough ! All the evening until I left them they were together. They were one and in^ebarable?so tlioy seemed. The next day I learned they were engaged. 'A week later an<! thev were married P Management of horses in England. In the management of horses in England the condition-of the case are different. Tied to mangers, in which they feast on dry oats, beans, and hay, no sooner do they leave their stables than the very sight of creation animates them; every carriage thai trots by, and ami every rider that passes, exctes ihein. When brought into condition, their physical strength, though artifi dally raised to ttfe maximum, remains far it...;.- ..... .....j .1: t'VOIO'i IUVM llimillV/UTV I VUltl^W ??UU VIIposition to go till tbey die, in almost nny service in which ttyey m;iy l?e employed. Under these circmnstauces, the use of the spur is to enable man to maintain his supremacy, and, whenever necessary, promptly and efficiently to suppress mutiny in whatever form it may break out. If a rest iff horse objects to pass a particular post, be moat be forced to do so. If he refuses to jump water, he must be conquered. Dut 1! -t Ill nrij i#fc UI nun iiiillirn, a flllllUlIIJllI' D OI cool determination, plenty of time, anil a little punishment, invariably form a more permanent cure than a presciplion com posed only of the last ingredient; for as anger, in a horse as in a man, is a short madness, an animal under its influence is not in so gooJ^etate to learn and remember the lesson of obediejM$.V*hiuh man is entitled to impart, as. f^hcti he has time given to him to oMmByliat the just sentence to which liens sternly required to submit, is tempered with mercy.' Lord Brougham on Washington*.? 'In tlie address delivered by Lord Brougham, on the occasion of his installation as Chancellor of the University of Kdinburg. which took place on the 18th of May, he spoke with severity of the selfishness of the fiist Napoleon, and, alluding lo Wellington with meagre praise, spoke thus of George Washington : But in Washington we may contemplate every excellence, .military and civil, applied to the service of his country and of mankind a triumphant warrior unshaken iu con fi<lence when the most snnguine'^iad a right to. despair, n successful ruler in all'lhe difficulties of a course wholly untried?directing the formation of a new Government for a great people, the Bret time no vast aft experiment bad ever been tried by man?v voluntarily and unostentatiously r^jjring^ from supreme^power with the venerntii$ <rf all parties} of all nations, of all mankind. x . . that the rights of men may bo conserved, and thiit Iris example might never he appealed to by WHgar tyrants. It will be the duty of the historian and tho sage, in all apes, to omit no bccasion pf commemorating this illustrious man ; and utftil time slmlRheno more will m test of the pro-, . , . . . . *? gress wmcp our race has made 10 wisdom and in vir'tu4?be derived from tbe veneration |}ai J to llie immortal name of Washington.*' v Lord Brougli^^ fag *3>e{Sro similar <>cotiund6u$?jU ly the views Wdh tbCTg> tP'ightened clasps of-; Englishmen wjB' Entertain of George Washington!"* will come when England will proud of Tnmmw rlnlnr* there with yotfr in th^water f ''faapg to catdh c?M, ma, so thai? t may \ffie ftotne offtWjw oouffc Jojser.ges you gtfte The Dutte doJDurasvobfcfnring Descartes eated or?^day?tjg?tan]rioua labia, cried Wit, JK>*opbar* indulge to f *Why%otV u |illi il ^p|>imltf| ?o you think that nature produced air bar fry.- ' TV j J' /^-^S A LIST OF WONDEBB. Among the thousands of marvellous inventions which Americap genius has produced, within tho last few years, nro tlic following, compiled in an abstract from tb? Patent Office Report. "Read them over, and then nay, if you cho, that there is noti:* | in^new under the sun : Tlio report explains the principle <Sf the celebrated Ilobl) lock. Its 'unplckability' depends upon a secondary or false set of tumblers, which prevent instruments used t-:? .i-- ? '-k_ in |!iiivii>g iiuiii iciu-inujj inu real one?. Moreover, the lock is powder-proof, and may be loader] through the kej'-hoio and fired off till the burgler is tired of bis fruit! less WOlk. or fiiar tluit tl'.ri prnWmna will ; " ?' . bring to view his experiments more witnesses than lio desires. Doors an J shutters liavo been patented that cannot be broken through willi either pick or sledge-hammer. The burglar's 'occupation's gone.' A harpoon is described which makes the whale kill himself. The more be pulls the line the deeper goes the hurpooft. An ice making machine has been patented which is worked by a steam engine. In an experimental trial, it froze several bottles of sherry, and produced blocks of ice the size of ft cubic foot, when the thermometer was tip to eighty degrees. It is calculated that for every ton of coal put into tbo furntico it. tvill mulro a fnn aP ?/?? "'""w " Vl ,vw' < From Dr. Dale's examiner's report,- we gailicr some idea of llio valuo of patent?. A man who made a Blight improvement in straw-cutters, took a model of tiis machine through the Western Slates, and after a tour of eight months, returned with forty thousand dollars. Another man had a machine to thresh end clean grain, which in fifteen months he sold for sixty thousand dollars. There are ordinary casex?whilfc such inventions as llio telegraph, the planing machine, the India Rubber patents, are worth millions each. Examiner I.nnn'a runnit ilo?J>rili(ic nntx electrical inventions. Among these there is an electrical whaling apparatus, by which tlie whale is literally Shocked f6 ileal h.' Another is an electro-magnetic alarm, which j rings bells and displays signals in ca*e of | firo and burglars. Another is an electik; cluck, which wakes you up, tells you what | tunc u is, and lights a bomb for you at any hour you please. There is a'sound gatherer,' a sort of huge ear trumpet, to bo placed in front of a locomotive, bringing to the engineer's ears all noise ahead, perfectly distinct, notwithstanding the noise of the train. There is an invention that picks up pins from a confused lienp, turns them around with tlieir heads up, nnd sticks them in paDcrs in rpfriilnr rnwj r - - o ,v" Another goes through the whole process of cigar making, taking in leaves aud turning out finished cigars. One machine cut9 cheese; another scours 1 | knives.and foiks; another rocks the era , die; and 6even or tight tike in washing and ironing. There is n parlor chair patented that canlint Hp 1 innnr) r?#? ? ?"? l??? ' ? ? . f/j/vvi iMivn UII iwv irwji, JII1U ? Fftll' way chair that can be^tippvd back in any position, without nny.&gs at all. Another pa'ent is for a marhino that counts passengers in an jj^ibus and takes their fare. When a very fat gentleman gets in, it counts, two, and charges double. " There ale a variety of guns patented that load themgelvfes; a fishing-line that adjusts its own bait, anil a rat.lf?nilionliMir? the rat, and then baits itself and stands in the corner for another. There is a machine, also, hy whiob a fflan print?y instead of ?rite?, his thought*. Jt'is played like a piano-forte. Andspeakin^'of piano?, it is estimated that ninethonsand are made every year in the United States, givihg cohstntil employment to ono thousand nine bund ml persons, and costing over two millions ofNdollars. Cultivation temper.?;If happily we are born of a nntnret if a lit^a) education lias foria^d" in us a generous (?n nftf nnrl f^i?nrwc5l!rih . i ^rr? " and \r<Hiby inclinations,Vi^jvell for us1, and bo indeed we esteem it. fiut who is there 'endeavors to give' these to bimse^or to gpdvance bis portion of happihess in jjiin Tiind | Who thinks of improving, or so mucti of parting Ms share, in a world where it*itf|K?,of necessity run -so great a Ja*ard, and where *e krioW an hdihest na7*re is so Q^ity corrupted f Allfctber things relatitfg to us are presepred with care arj^ have >^ge su? or econoopy belonging't? : tlicin ; ibis wbteh is nenrest related to us, and on wbigfti o}?V*L hapjih?e? ^e.pdnds, is alone commilt?rd?c^hance; and t?|ftipef k .'the only thiVfgi4fc?qV{i,ft*dt i^gOYerff II die reM.^Jflmvimrt't CiJwacttrlt- , tic. . . . .. Ml, An Irobnuin went fc> live iirtiootUm) for a abevMime, but didn't lijrft'-tkn country. 'I wm sick all the titfel Trmgirittiyfi/-*iwJfc4y ant) if I bad l&ed tbfce Uft Utb twHV been dead ?yenr Ago.' L- VOI?E Oli, Ocean ! tell^nic, how.greHt^ arift thy richest Did you see that proud vessel launched forth*- destined for some far-off elinie? Upon its Heck two fair children payed, who were the merriment of the passenger. 'Flie parent*,- cheered and made* happy by their frolics in eilent satisfaction. Now I clasp thera irt my eminence, far away fionj those who had gladly been their earthly Watchers. A maiden was tlieie also, jjoiug home to meet her lover. AViih hopo Ke waited ? with bright anticipation she looked f.Twajd-'' to the union. Parents, brothers, and sisters, too, oft repent 1113 echo, "Soon sire will be beret" Now my sparkling drops lie above her, and tho lover looks or, jealous of the prize I liold. A mother's hope, the eldest born, was there. For years he had been in the New World, where by the stfeat of bis brow, bo had earned a handKome home among the forest trees. Oh, the future! how it sparkled in hi? eyes as> lie pictured ^the brother, from whom be bad beeii 80 long Separated, presiding over his inral mansion, and brothera and sisters gay among the flowers natu o had scattered around ! My pnlhless watefs waVe over him now ar.J the bereaved ones have wended their way ftlonotothe now sad residence which ia the fruit of his love ? A father and three li'tie one were among the saved whefi, ploughing the greHt deep, that bark was consumed by angry flames; hot a near kin. the wife and mother, found a bed among tlie coral and si'rt-weed ! and long will the babes' lament ascend on high for the treasure 1 have deprived them of! "the husband still walks llio earth n business man. Oft the zephyrs bear a nigh from him. for in my depths Iiis darling sleeps ! An aged grands-ire, whose silver locks glistened in the setting-fiun, Rnd whoRe . -" knees had climed, again ahd again, lisping children, begging grandpa to tell them a story of olden limes, and sank calmly among my raging waves, holding tightly in his embrace,;cven then, one of Iiis prat Icrs ne lotod so well i There they re t?r his arms, which hail been weak with infancy, llitn strong with manhood find again Weak with ago, above her who had opened her eyes scarce to learn anything of i\ chafizeful woi-Kl. .aud the close them j again. .frThese riches I hold?childhood, youth, manhood, and old ago. Man stands unon the banks I wash with,my waters, and envies what he once possessed, but has no power to restore to himself. I, exulting proudly, roll on, u&mindful, of the angdiidi I cause, just as soqfe persons, who have attained sonie'seltish el?d through the Suffering* of others, hold t^eir head erect, proud of the exhibition of -power which | they hate made, "fts, 1 havo riches.? King, prince and pauper^ alike I .value.? TlinQi* fnrti n lm liat;a , W?..~ { IJ MVVVJ becJ, weary of earth,, atid those who have come reluctantly,because they saw theritaelves jA-'crj^utf' pictures in the future.? Greednyl hold them, and I am not to give tljerh Up Until One tfiightier than I, blows hia''trumpet at the resurrection morn. YV EDSTER'S APOSTROPHE TO THE UNION ?The sublime and eloquent words of Daniel Webster, iti his famous-reply to Uayne, are familiar to most of r"'an readers ; .. .i4._ i .1 # " yei uioy are wormy 01 ueing reprinted n thousand t.me?, and' are especially appro* priate at the present jugj-ture. lie naye: "When my eyes shall le turned to behold for theJast time (ho sun in heaven, * . may I not'ctie him shining -on the broken and dishonored fragments of a onco glorious Union \ on States dissevered, discordant belisterent 'j^n a luud rent with civil feuds, Ot-d^n^bec^il may be, iiyfraternal blood ! Let their last feeble apd^E^fering Mance rather behold tb^.g&ogJHBP^nsiifn, -r a., b. ?? !..?? VI IDC urpM^iiW'i ?ivn IVIIUYVU HIIU OOllOVQ tbfoogliout^nitf earth,' stilt full high Ad tranced; its'tfrnw and trophies Rlre|iping in thsir oiigiipf Cfratr^, not A stripe Awse'ii ,o?-'J& polluted,siiigle^ir ot>?cured, bea^iog^ for its motto no tory as, "What .1^11 J&U worth those OtbeV wortla of tlehfaipn R?d folk,-. "Liberty fit ft dfcrfl but.!-every where spr*d^TO^^^^^*rActef? 6# living light, blazjjig on ? I rr^B 1 p. a? they float over sea and over^nS^tfcfclj and in #e*y wjiyl undtr tfeo?>4iole boavers, that other serdlinen^dcsr-to every American heart?Liberty and Uuion, now and forever, ono agrt|gfcparpfrft T.. . any Iff lv*l<jit)*,.'aird ?oss, and w'retebt&i 1>ul tfeey 4p, not tely bate one another oV I ifcQtentA ,jic-. count, unW she um been ift- w)<he -d^MH^ '* to blame. While free, regd sbo*ing-5te-' ^weferenoe, no fne can well lightabdfct . ajre an equal chance^ Wbep ?be tot* Sj|pr^erenfc^r though, she might not openly , ^feowit toward lOTbbject, aba, certainly would never tbink of atoning it toward any. .body elae. At leaat, that la my tbeo!?y!*-J/Sw AWoch. t' y,. ... . . ' ^ ? ? . j' If you vanlllo keep your bffllib, fofy ?eop awollowing down rt> cd i?