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^yL^l^i, J>^ jf,3^ I JlkC?Jk'-J^Uk J^JK'^p-^J# BEVGT29 TO MTlRATOniS, Taa AaTS.^CIlHCS. AGmGOlTURl, JIEWS, POLITICS &fc, &?''''* "_== ?.. TERMS X' 1.0 DOLLARS PER ANNUM,] "Let it bo Instillod into the Hearts of your Children that the Liberty of the Press is the Palladium of all your Bights."?Junius. [PAYABLE* IN ADVANCE BY W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON, JR. ABBEVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 10, I860. VOLUME VIII.---N0. 15. ?BY <J<30?Se KEAN & CLARK, At No. 258, Broad Street, ? Augusta, O-ft. Arc now reccivincan entire New Stock of SPRING DRY GOODS, bf every description, and are selling at prices that. defy competition. ('all and see the Oooils, and learn the prices liefore purchasing elsewhere. Don't forget the [ place, :?58 Iirbnd Street., two doors above fflol.e ! Hotel Corner, at the old stnud of llaviland tfc I Chichcster. fMaroh ua. ISiJO. fini I G. M. CATJIOUN, WAREHOUSE AND GENERAL C0MISSI0X MERCIIAXT, j Reynold's St., between Jackson and Mcintosh i ^Lixgrusta, G-a.; will attend strietlj* to the sale of COTTON, BACON, GRAIN, And all oilier produce consigned to bim. Per Boii.il Attention giving to tlu- tilling oCmvII orders for Iingging, Rope and Family Supplies. Liberal Cash advances made on produce in Store. June 24, 1SC0, 8 tf THE GREAT ENGLISH REMEDY Silt JAMES CLARKE'S Celebrated Female Pills. PROTECTED LETTERS yT^ BY ROYAL PATENT. This invaluable medicine is unfailing in tlie J euro of nil those painful and dangerous dU- j cases incident to the female constitution. It moderates all cxccssik and removes all obstructions. from whatever cause, and a speedy cure may be relied on. TO HI AlStifi:!* Z,AMF,S it is peculiarly suited. It will, in a short time bring on the Monthly period with recti lurity CAUTION?'rinse l'ills should not be taken ! l-.y femolcR that are pregnant, during the first.! three "v>nth?, a? tiny arc sure to briny ?>n Mis- j carriage ; hut ntevery other time, and in eve ry other case l';ev r%v?* perfectly safe. In nil cans of Nervous nnd Spinal Affections Pnin in tin- Ihu-k mi J I .i i 1 ?s. Heaviness Fatigue on slight ' x?,ii!o.!i, Palpitation of the II.Milt, Lowncss of >nii-jtai Hysterics, 5biek Heartache, Wl?il?*.? nn.l all tlic painful disease? occasion e*l by a disordered system, thtse Pi Hp ; will effect n cure when all other means have fail j e<l. Full directions in the pamphlet around each ! package, which t-liould he carefully preserved. { A bottle ConUiiiliiitr f<0 r.ill#. ntnl cneir.-l<-<l I will) the Government Stamp of Great Britain, | can be rent pr>st free fur *1 and G postageetamps General nircnt. for U. S., .Iol> Mi.'Ses.Koohcster Sold in Abbeville by Donald Mt-Lauehlin, Dr. I. Branch, nndf. 11. Alb-n, nr.d all Druggists everywhere. Van Schack ?t Grierson, Charleston, Wholesale Agents. 7, 18t TT/M<r I TMt ? ? JtlUWAKU AbbULlATlUN.; PiflLADULPIIIA. A Benevolent iiiMntiun 'Ftablisfnd by special cndotcinrtil, for the rvt'r f of the nick anil Dlxtresxrd. ojj!irtcd irith Virulent and Epidemic liixc tines. MEDICAL Advice given gratis l>v the Acting Surgeon.??> all who apply by letter with u description of their eorulit.lun, (ago, occupation, habits of life, ?kc.,) and in eases of extreme poverty, Medicine furnished free of charge Valuable Reports on th* New Remedies employed in the Dispensary, went to thenfllicted in eenled loiter envelope?, Jree of charge. Two ur mi rue aiainps lor poFTfl^e \v;ll lie accept llile. A.ldr.:??, I)lt. J. SKILLIN HOUGHTON. Acting Surg, on, l!owr>r<J Association, No. 2 South Niiilli Street, I'liila.lt.-lpcia, 1'a. Uj- order of the Directors. fcZUA I). HEARTWELL, VresMent Gko. Faihciiii.li, Secretary. [Jon. 2l), 12m CHARLES COX, Alil>oviIlo, S. O., m/m/ vuhf resjiocuuiiy lDiorm uie public that V? he hns 4 OPENED A SHOP- ] FOB THB making anil Repairing- of1 CARRIAGES & BUGGIES, It is opposite (hutnot onnoxed) to Mr.Tavlor's Establishment, lie hopes that by doing good work, and making reasonable charges, to receive a share of public pntrnnoge.. He has on liana at this time, several SEVERAL NEW AND NEAT BUGGIES, A T iSO, S?f>Ani'.Won<1 i ? ? ? V. - ... mt JJUgglOI, which ho will sell very low and on the moat ^ reasonable teims. .Nov. 4,186X?. 27 tf. . - -a JAMES D. CHALMERS. ABBEVILLE i..H., k CM. Mmr ^ . , IK KINDS OF MWfillBJWilJAS "MARBLE, XT*AS Jnt* rpeetVArl thro# hnndr/wl ? ><? ?!???? XjL. together with the old, mating one of the largest Stocks in the Stufo which will be aoisi m low aa eau be bought in any other-place. ' ' V )JT] k ' % * THE INDEPENDENT PRESS. BY LEE & WILSON. A13J3EVII.LK S. G. Two Dollars. Advance, or Two uoliars ana .riity Uents at tne Expiration of the Year&T" All subscriptions not limited nt the | fimc of subscribing, will be considered a indefinite, nnd will be continued until arrearages are paid, or nt the option of the Proprietors. Orders from other States must invariably he accoinpanicd with the Cosh._JJ3 CANDIDATES. For tho Legislature. The friends of W. JAMKS l.OMAX an- j nmtiwiA tk n nniwlwlotn fi\v I li A T r>ir lul n 111 rn of 1 ??? ? vu..uiu?i? ?..v- ^.vb. the ensuing election. The friends of \VM. C. DAVIS announce him n candidate for the Legislature at the ensuing election. The friends of Col. H IT IIAHPETl pectfully nominate him as a candidate for reelection to the Dext Legislature. The friends of Capt. J. N. COCHRAN respect fully announce liim ns n candidate for reelection to the next Legislature. The frienjls of THOMAS THOMSON, lu>q., announce him a candidate for re-clection to the Legislature at the ensuing election. The friends of Oen. SAMUEL McGOWAN announce him a candidate for re-election to the Legislature at the ensuing election. For State Senate. Th? friemls of Hon. J. FOSTER MARSHALL, fooling Fnt.isfictl with his |>n?t services in the State Sonute, ni^ain nominate him as n car di<lutc for re-election. For Tax Collecter. Mr. r.i-iTOR.?Please nnnoBnce \V. R. Hilton ! as n on.ii<li<!nt? for the offieo of Tax collector as the ensiling election tit;<l ohlice. fj' MANY VOTERS. The frienda of Oi.pt. 3. M. MATTISON respectfully announce him as a candidate for Tax Collector at the next election. The friends of JAMES A. McCOUD respectfully announce lii:n as a Candidate for Tax Collector at the next election. The friends of Dr. J. F. MeCOMli respectfully announce'him a? a Candidate for Tax Collector at the next election vsr Xh'c are authorize! to announces. A. IlODGF-S as a OandiJute for Tax Collector, nt Hie ensiling election. ES* Tt)o friends of C-f.t, W. P. HAliP.lS rc<jiev.tfnil3'AiiiHiiinee liiui as u Candidate f?>r 1 lie office of Tax Collector of Abbeville District at. the next cleetion. The tiutuqroux friend* of WKSLK Y A. BLACK lC?q., respect "fully unnonuoc him as o Candidate for Tax Collector ut tlie next elcc The frit-mis of/JJENIlY F. CASON roapect ulty niiiinounce lrjtn'na a Candidate for Tux Collector, atlie ensuing election. For Ordinary. The friends of JOHN A. liUNTKlt re i spcclfully nnnounce him n candidate for the office of Ordinary, ut the next election. Eg>" The friends of Col. J. G. 11 ASK IN respectfully announce him n candidate for the oHice of Ordinary, at the next electioD. The friends^of J011N W. LESLKY resjtectfuliy announce him ni a candidate for Ordina ry at the ensuing election. "\Ve are authorized to announce XA1UAN iftij MnLJAJVl^, ft candidate for Ordij nary at Ihe ensuing election. For Sheriff. The friends of ROBERT JOjfES respectfully announce liini as a candidato for Sheriff at the entiling election. w. n. merhwetherT Wholesale aad/aSetail Druggist, S. Q. J?j?gAVI (L:^jfer rf?3' his Stock of Drugs ,jEI.v?jind It^fifipes, would respectfully call the RtJ^tl^tffcPlTi^frieqds and the public genWKJb slock ?f the eaine, ai?d solicit ' ^.:^outiiuUn<$a thfLj klild patronage and libf ^ < * Ho pro-podflfceelling Drugs*5low bb any first olaseDrug S?oVe in the tip couptry. His slock ia ^nmnlota ???1 ' 1?1 1 '? wv.m|..v?v, piiu ctci juiinig duiu uy mill is warranted to be fresh and genuine. At his .store way be found DYE STUFFS, PAINTS, OILS + * VorcisheB, Varnish and Paint Brushes, Spices, Mace, Cloves, Pepper, Teas of all kinds, Buggy aud Carriage Grease, Also, a fine lot of CHEWING TOBACCO, and SEGARS of the best brands. A large and varied stock of excellent ; Jr'l^Jrl^'AJJVl-ERYi He also offers Confectionaneft, ? BH-A-KTIDIES,' Pure Old Port, Madeira nnd Maliaga - \ - W^WKSS ' At exceedingly low figores. Also, a, good article of Apple Vinegar, Kerosene, Oil* jfcnd fiuius. l.nmpB oi.ail km<I?? Wiclre for any kind of Lamps, and everything utnally kept in a first elfws Drug Store. " . >? Frompt attention be given to *11. May 96, 18?(>?1-tf ? D. HEALONE, BB.IOK. L AYB H. I V- AND K "B&GK MASON, ?. - *"lnety . f-i .<v.< I'M GROWING OLD. 11V J. V. 8AXE* My days pass pleasantly away; My nights are blest will) sweetest sleep, I feel no symptoms of decay? I have no cause to mourn nor weep; My foes are impotent nnd shy, , My friends are neither false nor cold, And j-et, of late I often sigh? I'm growing old. My growing talk of olden times; My growing thirst for early ne^s; My growing apathy to rhymes; My growing love of easy shoes; My growingIintc of crowds and noise; My growing fuar of taking cold, All whisper in the plainest voice? I'm growing old. I'm growing fonder of my stuff; I'm growing dimmer in the eyes ; I'm growing fuinter ill my laugh ; I'm growing deeper in my sighs; I'm growing careless of my dress; I'm growing frugal of my gold I'm growiug wise; I'm growing?yes? I'm growing old. I set it in my changing taste: i see il in ruy changing hair ; I see it in my growing waist; I see it in my growing lieir ; A thousand signs proclaim the truth, As plain as truth was ever told, That even in my vaunted youth, I'm growing old. Ah, me! my very lain els breathe, The tnle in my reluctant ears, And every boon the hours bequeath, ])ut makes me debtor to the years. E'en flattery's honeyed word* declare " The eccret she would fain withhold. Ana tell me in "Jlow young you are!" I'm growing old. Thanks for tlie }-oa.rs! wlio.se rapid flight. My sombre mu*c loo sn<*ly sings; Thanks for the gleams of go'Jvii light That tint the darkness of their wings; The light, tl.ut beams from out the sky, Those heavenly mansions to unfold, Where all are ble.it, and none may sigh, "Tin growing old !'* front the Abbeville Jlntiuer. The Old Block Houss Biid tlie " Old Reed's Hoad." Jin. Editor : While engaged on those pages or my I)is?iory of Upper Carolina, which relate to the ancient Keowt-e Truil and tho old Heed's lloud of this District, there were two manuscript pages1, of son:o intercut, belonging to the history of tli? liit tec in iny possession, which I hud stored j so carefully away, that whou the moment came ! to consult and nee th?in, llicy could not he found. ; For all the benefit ihcy afforded me, except so ' f-ir aa I was enabled to exercise my memory j with tolerable accuracy, in regard to ihcir con- i tents, they might as well have lain under the | ashes of Herculuncum, or been btuflTcd away in a leaky cranny ?f some gray old convent of tlie father*. " Cj The papers have since, however, ccmo nnex pectedly to light, both to vindicate my carefuliieHS of tho least important, even, of the precious records of our past history, and to afford ine tlia opportunity of complying with a promise made yon, that when found and properly digested, they should occupy a portion of your space.? Yet (lirp in littla :Mr - ? "V"' T7* vpiwuilijjl IIIC in this workf 6eyo'u4 ap pro, Platonic love of it. Mtuikiud, gcnnrally, have long since ceased to tliink of, muclrleas UwjvenemU, the past. They wilfully ignore the glorious history of their fathers, not only because its study would too much interrupt their busy schemes of gam aud selfaggrandisemeal, but because the very least of its memorable.events, Us entire spirit, is an everlasting rt-bulie to their narrowness and cunwlitv. I J " They remind me of Sydnpy^mith'a old family horse, which he himself feu humorously describes aa tugging in the iiluifis of the Immortal, ?an old-fanhioned but most venearble vehicle? whil?*|he chief motive of all hi* energy was a basket of corn, ingeniously tied just iu (rout, but out of reach, of his nose. The Immortal well represents Jha past, and the basket of corn the present. But it is im possible that the present, orany generation,can wholly shako off the genius of their history? they must drug il along with them; yet like Sydney's horse, they may turn their backs upon the latter, and their noses to the corn. What has become of Punch I Nevertheless, Mr. Editor, you, as well as myself, havo good seasons for knowifeg that .all have nut yet bowed the knee in thta idulatry There are uiuuy noble exceptions iu our midst, who?e devotion to literature is only limited by their means. Your own village may justly l?y claim to a large Bhnre of tliu^ adtnirnble spirit, which, while it neglets not the present, loves to cheerish all that is venerable and beautiful in the pa*t. I set out, howevff,. to prepare you a bri^paper from tbe contest* of a couple 6( old document*? which, though meuger, may not provfr altogether uninteresting?and here I am myself ignoring history, aud runuing into an essay ,pn the dull present. The scene, associated at ah early period with the event* and nfw to whom J would particu-, Isrly refer, wtH.Jtaphaps, In some respects, be more interesting to the Dative resideuts of Abbeville village, and Yjeijtfty, thau, the events aud actors themselves. /!* ; Then picture to yonraelfa ?pRrc?, though unbroken forest of oaks and hickorf? with a dense undergrowth of waving- cane,ron Ufe spot where now stand the Marshall Souse* the new Court Hp use, tb# imposing range of brick stoves, and , the entire Tillage of AWwtitie. Down-in the it??h ml?. nni!?r ill* nn^nn >M> ?'*! ? LIn ?r ? " *-jug curbed]and fretted by no hewtdlltop^ gjr few* fed wttUMte 4|W old Spring of babbling up Iht&jgfatM p?bb!ed Wd ; aj>d tfce huge br>ocbe? completely shut ihem, oeeaaf>n?lly, an ?4?enubrtf u? ' , "' |,. ,i'-'< i-JgpP Tossing some two hundred and fifty ynnls lower down tlie ravine, just at tlio Axil of Magazino Hill, nnd under tlic oun-set shadows of the group of tall poplars that so picturesquely crown its brow, ovei looking more than half the village, there, in imagination, reconstruct tho quaint old colonial dwelling, nnd the Iudian Block House of (Jen. Andrew Pickens, the noblest Roman of them all. The dwelling stood on the western aide of the rivulet, deep, like the homes of all our ScotchIrish pioneer nncesters, in tho valley of the surrounding hills, in hearing, as well as sight, of tho streams of pure water that rippled or dallied headlong through it; seemingly the last sites in the poimtrv to Iio clmoon litt ? nnnxtn ??? j ... ? r"","" " ?" >?v-?c coust-iiitly exposed to the attacks of lurking savages. Tlie Block House was situated on the opposite tide, n stones throw from the dwelling, in a low, most uninililiiry position, save <hat it must needs have been in easy reach of the family for whose safetv il lind Iippii rliit-fK' mn?trin-toil I linve among my papers a sketch of this old relic of our primitive and revolutionary history, which, with ninny others relating^? similar subjects fur more interesting, I yet hope the liberality of the people will enable me to put in a popular and more permanent form. The whole sitiiaiiou, though low, aud in the main covered by hills, was of easy access in every direction, except from the South west, where the present Magazine Ilill, already described, rose beetlebiowcd ahovo it; and from whose top, if the Block House had been an open redoubt, an enemy armed with the rifle might have succeed* ed in giving serious annoyance to its inmate?. In defensive warfare against savages, tlio ingenuity of no people ever invented a more admirable structure for its uses than the block house, so often mentioned in the history of the Amciicun pioneers. It appears to have been pecuiittr to tlicm. If onco strongly and properly built, accessablo to water, it mattered litlio where it was situated. It was equally safe and effective in the swamp3,oti tlio mountain summit or precipitous ravine. Tlio balls of thu heaviest ginia ill the pospcssion of Ihe Indian*, or of their pale-fuced allies, fell battered and harm lees from the sides of its huge lofjs. It was only when the enemy could reach its doors and foundation limbers, armed with clubs or firebrands, thai the danger became seriuuti to the besiged; und even then, such was the peculiarity of its structure, in a projecting upper Ktory or loft, that every experienced JuHiau knew well that he actcd in a forlorn hope if lie approached to stand under its eve. I am wandering, however, again from my mum subject. It dues nut carry mc a? far buck an the lime of the Indian struggles, or even In the Revolution. The old Block 11-juhc, however, w ivs still standing, surrounded I'}" ecenery almost primitive ; the name of Abbeville hud just been given to this portion of the ancient Ninety-Six lerritotv, a di-lieiito and most generous coinpli ment, yielded by the mors numerous ScotchIrishry to their less hardy fellow pioneers of the Huguenot colony, in their deep sympathy witli the misfortunes and magnanimous struggles ol the Refugees. Tuesday morning, fifth day of July, 1785, in the tenth year of the Independence of llie Uni ted States uf America?1 quote the old papei literally?at a court held for Abbeville countj-i ut Gen. Pieken's plantation ?iuobI probably ir the Blocjc House) preaent as Enquires Justice! Andrew Piplfens, Patrick .Cajfioun, William Moore and Robert jVnderson it-was ordered thai a road be laid out, opened and. kept in good re pair from Mr. Wm. llngcod's house, near th< town of .Ninety-six, tlie nearest and best way u Col. George Heed's house, on Loug Cane; ant that Copt, lluiih Waidlaw. Cunt. John Wilson. Capt. Jobu Irwin, Mr. John LogaD and Sir. Join Wnrdlaw, or any three of them, be appoiuted tc lay out the name. t Whether the commissioners went immediately to work laying out (he sito of the future road, followed closely by the laborers whose duty ij was to open And put it id Iraveliug order, or de' ferred, at least the latterpart ofil, till tho period of the following rccord, the second of the oh papers rcierred to, is perlmpsjiot now to be ascertained ; nor does it mutter seriously. Tlii record, ot all events, gives ui the names of thoti who, if not the fir*t, were among the first to toi on this old publio highway, thus iucidentallj affording a passnge in our local history far more important than the Reed's Ninety-six Road?i list of ancient names, once attached to the soi and its busy Fccneo, but now .sounding, the great er part of them, as strangely in our ears as i read from .the mouldering catalogues of Dooms day Dook: / , " December 20th, 178R " Sir : ou will warn the undernamed person to work on the road leading from Ninety aix U Col. Reed'? Mill on Long Cane. Vou Wilt wart them to meet atUich. Norrell'e, near John I<ogan'i Mill, on Friday the 23-1 inat., aud come in orde to work two days with axea and hoes, and al their male negroea! S 'Godfrey ibbuls, Wm, MoMnchau, Wm Forlma, Jamea Tbompaon, John Fpater, Ilicliarc Norrell, George Forbas, John McMacl^D,.Jjune Moore, Henry Orauan, John Gotheri, JohVPar ker, James Parker,. James Lomajc, Ha it wm. liorney, Adam Barney. Sam. Borney, Johi Wilkaon, .William Wedgwortli, Robert Parker Daw Id Parker, Robert Thompson, Wm. Buchan ?n,r Jamea Irwifc,: John Ivlmoneton, John Jack An fo-V t??iU*Si--?J H J ? ? ? ?A w. t/no, uvijuni u -viuauawRjr, oain >-ethera, and. bis negro, Bam. Porter, John for lor, Charles Davenport, and his lhra? negroei Edam ^fajl,'John Pitt, Edam Lackey, widov Edin's negroes, John Lomboa." This note is in tho handwriting oLCaol. Jobi Irwin, who deaigoataa himself aa overaaer of th handa ordered ouU i&. . * It la quita^obvioua that the. nrgroea did not j tltta p?ri<>4 MtttmnaW tha wlritaa along lha Iowa portion of tha fceadVR^td- King Cotton bai *nol ttofe-Mk iinKit ampira, nor bad tfca Yanko* begun to b\jid "thfise greaV^anafActuripg e? Ubr?hm?nU thAtjyrpbim hifl power, after com 4of t^.b# witji. toe vaiieya 01 um voxymm*# lad MttriipM, "* ' " ? 4 * ? \ ' " >r , , Fox on tho appearance of his hardier ivd conted cousin from Virginia, the poor but honest men, who oponcd Heed's Road, yen, and who had aided jJObly in rearing the tree of Liberty, grndunllyTftired to the unoccupied frontiers of the Stale, or to the wilds of the fur West. Nevertheless, it could be easily shown that slavery must not bo charged wilh being the logical cause of this exodus of the finest yeomanry Hint over wielded the nze or rifle in any country. It ia suflicir-iil to remnrk that the Red Fox cuine among us bccnusc the country began to bo open, nnd the Gray left us, not fo much from fear of the Red, us from n constitutional love nf solitude nnd untrnmmelcd rnnees. Fioin 17K.1 to llio present niomenl, New England, compared with Upper CnrolinH, has lost in tlio smno manner, more llian five to one of the eaine clues of her people. Now, however, that our tonitory is covered with extended cotton plantations, no inoro perhaps forever to be subdivided, us of old, among a virtuous yeomanry, cultivated and refined hy au ndvuncing civilization, is the profound regret of the christian uhilosooher and sociologist. But what human institution is perfect f The exact site of Rich aid Norrcll's house I am not prepared to point out. Ii must have stood, however, not fur from the situation now occupied by James Pert, for qld John LogunV, my great-grniidfnthe r's MUJ^p3< situated 011 Little Wilson's Creek, Perl's place, on the plantation fjfrt^tfAtled-by^klrft; before the Revolution, und TVlerriman. One of tlie mill 8toich pro\?b ly belonged to llm ever contented'dld Scpth-lrishmau, is Btill * to bp seen on tlie Fpot. * lticlitud Xorrell, however, lived and died at a later period on or near the situnlion now known as tlio Dozier place, in, if we mistake i' ;liot, John Pur I low *0 plantation. He married an own mint of my father. Unity Foster, daughler of Henry Foster, and 6ister of the lute Joseph F. Foster, and was the great grand father of the Norrells, of Greenwood. I hud much more to tell you, Mr. Editor, ubotit the old settlers, and may recur to the same subject in another paper; but this is already too long. J?H. LOGAN. HOW SHE' MISSED IT. A remarkable instance of tbo diversion info " ? J Wf/ftV VIIUIIIIOIO VI 4111 1IIVUKJI13U fortune is givetwn a scrap of secret history respecting Thcs. Grey, tho *fbunder of ihe hospital at. Southwark, Eng., bearing bis name. We are told that Grey had formed a matrimonial engagement with bis servant girl, and just previous to tho wedding day i bad ordered the pavement before his door to be mended, marking a particular atone " as the furthest limit of tho proposed repairs, Ilis finnncee, noticing a portion of thepa^e. mcnt left unrepaired, called tho attenlipfc of the workmen to it, and was told^H$m 1 Mr. Grey had forbidden them to exten? r their operations eo far. The girl, pTesui i? 1 - | ... < ? upuii no Bupjjusou pojyur over ner . lover, ordered tbo workmen -to continue their ltbors, and added, 'tell biqi I bade > you, and b&^il not get Eut 8b? 1 had reckoiYod<>Uhout her host; for Grey, s on perceiving thai a change bad been made in his positive orders, involving an additional outlay of a few shillings, renounced bis t intention of marrying the girl, and at tbo > nge of Eeventy-six years formed the design 111 -f L..M 1! .1 - - " - uj uuuaiDg me Hospital referred to: In erecting the structure ho expended nearly ( one hundred thousand dollars, and to endow it he left the further and munificent t sura of eleven hundred thousand dollars, , An idea of his wealth may be obtained from ? pjie fact that, besides making many of hia ' relatives happy with annunitrcs, and giving i? - -i ? 2 ouuo iv vaiiuut cunriucB uuung nis .. Hfc, ho bequeathed nearly half ^ million of ? dollars to* be divided among all who coulJ ^ prove themselves in any degree related to * him. History is mute respecting' the roano?lr in which the almost bride bore ber dis> ? { appointment- There is no cvidenco, how1 ever, of her having played the heroine'a - part in an Effie Carstang melo drama, nor f , arA ma tnlA tuliAl !*? ?? * ...V .. V ?um ?? uuiuui tut? lUUiKllltllU UIU gem left her the least legacy afl ?balm for ller wounded pride. Allwe know 'fe, lhat the .flsaumptioir of iniaM-ess-shipv^.; few. hours >' hours t'oo aoon, seen red-ft* England one of 1 her finest hospitals, and placed the name ol 9 TIFos. Grey on-record iwtbe largest private ft contributor to benevolent objects known tc English history, or euf own.?Boston Post * Training.?Francis Quarles, an oid wrf 8 ter -who in,: the 3ay? of Chfcrlea the Flretj s?^8 to * parerrt*! 'Be very.vigilafcl 1 . : i .. . . - - - - - a overmj cmia m tne'Apru of bis. jfttder, standing, lest the froeto .0/ Mftoy oip^tii blodrojB*. tybile 'lie.'it a t^erjj*ig * straighten him ; whilst lie is<n&r*< reisol ' season him; 6Uc1i rb thou msfceet'-hjm, ?im| ^ commonly Shalt thoa And fifajwr tet , first lessoq be ol^dlence, and his second BUVIt DO WllBv lu^JU Will. UIF6 flHW ?auca1 tion in goodj&tqjfr to wie- at most of^by * ability and bf^oapaoity. Seuq^t.jroaih v with- the JoVa'-wfbt* Creatofc^&mnVe jtbe * four of bu know. I ledge. If hd have at* active spirit, rathei Jwctifc reckon idlenes* V among, bi* chief feoR*. An hi* judgmenl r' Iriproi, ihiiWK liia inplinatioti, and lendei ??BMC?hi?a?aaM??an?? ?wmpM PREPARATION ?0R PUBLIC 8PEAKXNG. I dwell upon tlio subject at present in order to illustrate tlio necessity of full preparation and of written composition to those who would attain real excellence in the rhetorical art. In truth, a certnin prodcieney in public speaking may be acquired j by any one who chooses often to try it, and 1 can harden himself against the pain of frequent failures. If he is a person of no ca-' | pacity liis speeches will bo very bad ; but even though lie be n man of jjenius they will Dot bo eloqtfcnr&r A sensible remark or a fine image may occur; but the loose, and slovenly, and poor diction, the want of art in-combining nnd disposing of his ideas, the inability to bring out many of his thoughts, at.d the incompetency to present any of them in the best and most c*01oient form, will reduce the nnpnt-pr fn ih? of an ordinary talker, llis diction is sure to be clumsy, incorrect, unlimited in quantity, and of no value. Such a speaker is never in want of a word, and hardly ever has one that is worth hearing, 'Sine licec quidem conscientia, (says Quintilian, Hpeaking of written composition,) 'ipsa ilia cx tetnj)ore diccndi facullas inancm morto log unci tat em dabit ct verba in tubris n asccntia. (xliii.) Tt is a common errof to call this natural elonuonro r it i? ?lm rntwen -J , . , it is neither natural or eloquent. A person under llie influence of strong feelings or passions, pouring forth all that fills his mind, produces a powerful effect on his hearers, and often attains without any art the highest beauties of rhotoric. The language of the passions flows easily, but is rAnrlftft nnrl cimr\1n ?r?#1 ?1.a WW ..?M nu\l klig UJJJiUDIlU of the wordiness just described. The untrained speaker who is also unpracticed, and utters according to tho dictates of his feelings, now and then succeeds perfectly ; but in these rare instances ho would not bo the less successful for having studied tho art, while that study would enable biin to havethe same control over the feelings of otbflfft wllflfor/kp mirrlit I n #1 n <-.f KJ? ? *? ? ""d"" vv M'w Ul "W UWU. Herein, trideaJj consists llie value of- the study ; it ena^^Jiim to do at all -times what nature omyHeaebes on rare occasion?. Nor iartbere a better corrective of the faults complained $Fin the eloquence of modern times than Ibc habitual contemplation of ancient models, mere especially the chaste ? beauties of the Greek composition, and the diligent practice of severe written prestations. It ia the greatest of all mis4 stakes to fancy that even a carefully prepared passage cannot be delivered before a modern assembly. I once contended on tbis point with an accomplished classical echolnr^otl no inconsiderable speaker himself, Lord'Melbourne, who at once undertook to point oufc the passages which had beer! n'ronardd. nnillhrisfi wliir?b wnr? nirnn I? I ?I "* " " *"v'v off-hand and at iho inspiration of the moment. "He was wrong in almdst overy guess lie made. Lord Brenman on a more remarkable occasion * at the bar of the Ve House of Lords, in the Queen's case made the same mistake upcJ'n the passage delivered before the adioummenL in ilia midrllft ol the clay of the defencc. The objection , made that prepared passages are artificial and disclose the preparation is wholly groundless. In the first place, nothing can be moro artificial than a speech must in almost allxases necessarily be that is anything bayond mere conversation. Next, it is tlie manner, not the substance which ia prepared; and finally, if the art used is 6bowb and not concealed, the artist alone is r??w _ t?j ? iii inuiw x/V/U J->> VUJIlll/ll. A Thrilliso Romance.?'Ttvas at the clows of a glorious summer day?the sur was sinking to rest behind the distant hog pen?the chickens wero 'going to roost? > the-hull frogs, were^jmmencingtheir even >i ing .song'the polly-wogfj, ^Qjtbeir nativ< mud puddles, were prepil'^j^bemselvci v* duuuo ui u ig (I l*~~*^IIUr uanHDQ ITiy1 self sntwvpon ad old and** anuquated bacl * log listening to the.music of nature*, sucli > as tree toads, and now and tben the nieilow mult? of a dirtaobgackoss was wnfU^fTc a our eatt by geotle wphyrs thai aiglfed j araopg-.t^e raullinatalka aod .cajne heavy \ laden vrith delicious ojJVr. >.- W8 . of the setting son,'glancing frtoxn Itie brass , button# of j? solitary Eo'recjnan, "ftfrone f through * l$ffot holeijr the hog pen full in SalWactf, dying her nkir with an orange ^4 pe?i nvar.mna snowing on my tnj|ttU^t? & coat (o bad ndva^go. One of my Artoi P was round my hand resting on . - thfr small of ffer baSk-^bfe wastoying wi.^h ray auburn locks of jet' black .baa?ehe I io?k(?U>k? a grass hopper dfttig wit|r the v and ! f?lt likea mod tortl?^M . with a cold codfish balk 'Snl. sarsT^n I * V ?i ADVICE TO EQUESTRIANS. *Ih tub Fihst Place ?T?ie size of the horse should be suitvd to the sizo of tbo lady, but in no case should a pony or very Binnll horse bo used ; because the drapery of the habit, always sufficiently flowing to dimmish the apparent size of the animal, causes a small Jlorse to look too diminutive ?vide, for instance, the old picture of "Josoph Leading Mary into Egypt," mounted on an ase. Sannvn?? bm?a uvuju ouio iu iiisiai ujjuu yuur bridle's being clean and neat, (for the bridle is to the horse what tho head-gear is to man and womankind,) let your seat in tho saddle be firm and erect?yotlr eyes looking straight forward between the horse's ears, which it is to be hoped, will be pricked forward. Tuird?Do take a Grra hold of both of your reins, both cuib and snaffle, (if your I linrci/o mrwilli !o trAKn I .1 1 1 uv. IV X .uv?juiM 10 lVijr IVIIUCI, KllUt your curb-rein, 60 that you can catch it at any instant, if you wish to check him suddenly,) and let him know that his mouth i? "p* under your control. When you have an opportunity on the clear road, check, urge, 'urn him this way and that, in snch manner that you may have confidence in your ability to manage him. Do not think that, be cause vou do not tumble off at a canter, you can necessarily ride; and that, as a matter of course, when your horse sidles to one side of the rond or the oilier, it is a vagary over which you have no c9ntrol, and in which he is to be indulgflj^;trfake sure thai his mouth is under your^pritrdj^undfcr. such circumstances, and then .give; him a a sharp cut with the w.hip?it will effectually cure him of such nonsense. You will have no safety nor pleasure in riding until you have perfect confidence in your ability to manage hu . Foo: 'n?L/o insist 4.that your cavalier, in all oases, take your right. So far a? you consider his pre$cnco any protection, it is your only safety. In that position tbo gentleman can aljwaya seize your rein near tho bit if your horse is restive or unruly; and if lliero is any cause that may induco him to think that the animal may be frightened, he can pass his hand down your rein, if it is necessary that he should bo led.? Besides it allows a much greater Bphero for a tele alele. rOn the othor side, on your left, the gentleman can alTord you no^hssiatance. His horse, necessarily )9 constantly pressing against your stirrup-foot, and his voice must be elevated in everything he has to Bay to you?which, even in conversation devoid of sentiment, is not particularlv desirable. Besides his spurs (which no gentleman should ride without) are not unlikely get entangled in your habit. Fifth?Make up your mind that you do not know what Exhilaration of spirits? what independence of feeling?^Vvbat.-jayousness of freedom is, until .you ride od - horseback. Make up yo\? mind that, un der any circumstances, except to guard you from insult, a gentleman is very little protectipn, and that your dependence must be mainly upon yourself. Sixth?That a woman never looks so I beautiful as, when handsomely seated and gracefully dressed, with heightened color, i on the back of a spirited horse"; and' that, with a little practice attention to the rules of horsemanship, she can always make ber, *elf mistress of the art. And, LA^jj-Tliat the only dress for the bead, , combining ulegnnqe and gentility, is a ( brond-brimmed, low-crowned, dark^beover. Some few fa<$?^fo look welf^in'caps, but they would' look well ai^Avhere-r-tbey would bo divine bfjj^eath .a: black beaver, wilti its long black"veil fiojviugrljehind on u ' the.breeze. ' The discovery of cjiloitiibfb.?At tha _i?- -r .t._ i--? & ? is_i. uiuse ui^wiu mat ueuiury mo oweuibii -cue* s mist Sclieele made a seriM'^of experiments on the blaok oiido^of manganese. To some (.liio Tnigiit bav?jjjattoed, &q?. unprofitable wftaffc of time L^bu^ iviiat waa the result f livftt iSAklV I a mDB ^UhlAlrAj A nlinUnA. it A viwyyw yi^WWUVQ Wl IUO '^rUlce *n th^arto' Barth^llel <' $$8%" fh'at t|i*w gas changed the .color ef^ ; | he-cu^a ofth$ boltles in which it was c6ning agent. TUis led to a ,total rev<?lufeiot/ in the art j>f blenching1, *horter5&g the ? $Wocett.from s<^^} month* to > fewJjpurB. 1 lag# edit<f?fO*/*8^B>ry desirous of ^gaining1 thegood gr?pe? of the new minister > arMl'In ^cfjlbling RU ftrst entrance into thj 'Ijlfc sample of aoji1 B; 'A 4fli%Jdy reaaoo rte^ifa a, paraaoV w*tbat the sutMa ^ribftjcQ^riulige ' gender, and she cannot withstand hi?nr<iept glances. -3fc. _ .I : ; tti filS^ ? gf^i JraanyVnya ofecfftting m* af<* V-Vltbink, J. hut!?antl, thai you have a great many ways \ of toiag ba?i' HT?/te? 'f * ilf .J < J .1 I riifiw.-.! ' l1?.l*-?-W J r.. ' > r 30 e*c^7e'7 om*t ' -^^'iwS.r" - < ' ^ > - * r ' ? i3i