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IS * r , " " ' gg!g!gBM!^ g* I 1 I I HeSife 1 lj' ' ill ..) |a I 1. 1 /'J_, >^ Ji^j: l" "I" 1^1^ ' . ^j ^^1 DBff?TEO~TO LITERATURE, THH ARTS, SCIEHCiS, AGHICUMUHB, RSWS, POLITICS 4tC., drC. ?? = ,1m. % *.. ; . . * ' ?? 1 ' i i i . | j aeaaegai TERMS TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM,] "Let it be In a tillod into the Hearts of your Children that the Liberty of the Press is the Palladium of all your Rights."?Junius. [PAYABLE IN ADVANCE BY W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON, JR. ABBEVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, FllIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 21, 18C0. . , -VOLUME VIII.?NO. 21. . . . - *55' . . . II ????? ' 30BY <x<M33BSc MAN & CLARK, | ? At No. 2f>8, Broad Street, Augusta, Grft. Are now receiving nn entire Now Stock of SPRING DRY GOODS, j of every description, nnd nre 6elling nt prices ! that defy competition. Coll and pee the Good?, nnd learn the priccs before |)*ii-?-tm?inir ekewberc. I)on!t forget tlie ; imito, 0.7o uroim ctireei, i.wo Ooors alfovc (Jlolto Jlotel Corner, at the old rI;ui.1 of Iiaviland it ' Chichester. [Mnrvli "-'a, 1800, Oni G. M. CATjTTOUN, \ WAREHOUSE AND GENERAL C0M1HSSI0X MEBCIIAXT, lJoj'nold'a St., between Jackson bii<1 Mcintosh j9Liigustn, Oa.; will attend strictly to tlie fnle of COTTON, BAOON, GRAIN, 1 And nil other produce consigned to him. Per. noriiil attention giving to the filling of nil orders for Bnpging, Rope and Family Supplies. Liberal Oaeli advaucus made on produce in Store. .Hine 24, ISfiO, 8 If J THE GREAT ENGLISH"REMEDY Si It .1 AM liS <;LARKE'S Celebrated Female P'lls. PROTECTED OTTERS BY ROYAL PATENT. This invaluable medicine in unfailing in the cure of nil tlmso painful ami dangerous diseases incident to the female constitution. It moderates all exvcests and removes all ohetnietioiis, from'whatever cause, and u speedy curc may he relied on. TO IQAKKIFD LAD1IS it is peculiarlj' suited. It. will, in a short time bring on.lhe monthly period with regularity CAUTION?These Tills should not be taken by females tlint are pregnant, 4?'ing the first three month?, as they are sure to bring on Miscarriage-; hut at every other time, and iu eve rv oilier case thev r.re jxifWtly pafo. ! t In nil oaii-s 01 Nervous andSpu.al AtTcstion-* j e I'tiin in the Buck end Limbs llvn\ Iiim", Fu- j :l tigue on slight exortion, Palpitation of tin* j ? Heart, Lo-xness of Spirits, Iljsteries, Sick c - Headache, Whites and all the painful disease* j it occasioned hy a disordered system, ih?se P'lli* j v will effect a cure wlii-n nil other means hove fail j frl ed. Full directions in Hip pamphlet around each [ J package, which should ly? carefully preserved. ! A bottle continuing 50 pill.", and encircled willi the Government Stamp of Great l.ritain, can be sent, po.st free for $1 and f< postagcslnnips , General au'cnt for U. .lob M"S?a*,ItneitP*lcr * Sold in Alibeville l>y DoraM MeLouelilin, I a I)r. I. branch, and C. II. Allen, anil all Drug- | gists everywhere. Van Behuck ?fc Grieraonf Charleston, \\ holesale AgenUs. 7, 13t HOWARD ASSOCIATION, r PHILADELPHIA. A Benevolent institution e*tubli*hfd by special A endowment, for the relief of the sick and Din- ti tressed. ojflictcd tcith Virulent and Epidemtc ! ' ' JJisfiixes. fc MEDICAL Advice given gratis by the Act- u ing Surgeon t>> al! who apply by let ter with ft description of the'r condition, (age, occupation, hubit#of life, Ac.,) and in ',-ascs of extreme poverty.Medicine fnrni^lo'd free of ehnrirp : i Valuuhle Reports on th? Kcw Remedies em- I plovcd in the lliapensary, sent to the atllicled in sealed loiter envelopes, free of jcharge. Two or three Stamps for postage will be acceptildc. Address, DU. J. 8KILUX HOUGHTON, . Acting Surgeon, Howard Association, No. 2 South Ninth Street, Philadelphia, l'n. . By ordsr of the Directors. EZRA D. IIJiARTWELL, President" t Geo. Fairciiilp. Secretary. [Jan. 20,12m i CHARLES COXT" ! JW"5U? V . MFtt W ^toTaovJlle, S. C? WOULD rccpcctfully inform the public that he hns ( OPENED A SHOP KOR THE , making and Repairing of a CARRIAGES & BUGGIES, i It is opposite (but not oppoteit) to Mr. Taj-lorV ' RfttAhlisiiment. Ho hnnpn tlint. Ill) nnml I work, And making reasonable charges, to receive 1 a share of public patronage. He bason band at this lime, several SEVERAL NEW AND NEAT BU9GIES, . .AXiSO, Second-Hand Buggies, ? ?% wbiob be will sell very low juid on tbft roe;! reasonable terms. i Pw i, w*- 21 tr. i i JAMES B. CUALMBKS. ABBEVILLE C, H? 6, P,, ' DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF (?#0mI All MEMOS MARBLE', * ** IQ ] riot MAdSlf2><1 Illin^rA/l tlAOT niMM tl together with the old, mskii?g one of the I largest .Stocks in tft-> State which will be sold pa l^w as can be-bought in any other place* MARBLE SLABS, ? fept by 3, fporo ii<S to $#,V J1EAD STONES from ts to $25. v , , MONXJMEKrri^> i Xoa Fancv UeflfeStoaM ?lw._r? on Ti.nil Ifl. f etherwith larifA quantity pf ides Igor, which AWMerbla Cutting If. done J?a. 2fl, 1800 40 tfJ' I THE IADEPEXDEXT PRESS, BY LEE & "WILSON. abbeville s. c. Tv/o Dollars in Advance, or Two Dollars 8iid Fifty Cents at the Expiration of the Year. est All subscriptions not limited at the i lime of 6ul)Si-ril<inc, will ho considered a tii'ii'fiiiile. and will In: continued until arrearages nve paid, or nt the option of the Proprietor*. Order.* from other Stales munt invariably be accompanied with the Cash. AM C A N St DATES. For tha Legislature. W. JAMHS JOMAX, " v WM, c. DAVIS. raW Col. II. H. 11ARKPER, ff^kC?pfc.J. N. COCHRAN, ^ ffllOMAS T1IC . SON. Esq, SAMUEL-SlcGOWXK, _ ? * Senate ^ II^HU^fcTKIt MARSUAIfT^ For?^W)r Geuoral. Maj. Sl'AKTAN D. GOODLETT, ilnj. EMMET SKI BELS, For Tax Collector. AV. R IIILTON, G. M. MATTISON. JAMES A. McCORD, 8. A. IIODHKS, WKSl/lfiY A. BLACK, Esq. ^ 11EN lt>)f S.^^SON, For Ordinary. .lOllN A. HUNTEIt, C<d. .J. G. BA'SKk\. JOHN W. LEjgpY, RATH A KIEL McCANTS, l>q. ^ For Sheriff. t ROBERT JONES. j WILLiflWI G. NEAL, ^ . W. N. MERIWETHER, ; Wholesale and Eetail Druggist, ( NINETY-SIX, S. C. t HAVING enlarged his Stuck of Drugs J and Medicines, would respectfully call lie attention of his* ft iviids Hnd the public jjen 4 rally to It is fin it stock of tiie same, mid solicit i t coiilinuuiice of tlteir kind patronage atid librality. f lit; proposes selling Drmjs as low as any first >??t? - " .mo el up euiiiitry. lit* sioc? j , > i*of;ipictov nnd #r<*rything told by liiin ie. .-nrrnnteii to lie fresh nud gcouiue. At his r lore may In* found r)YE STUFFS, PAINTS, OILS j Vnriii-.he.?,, Varnish, and Puiut Iirnshee, , Spices, Mace. Cloves, Pepper, Te.is t ot' ull kinds, Bujru:y ami Cor- 1 *\ xiaee Grease, it Iso, a One' lot of CHEWING TOBACCO^" ntl SKOAltS of the h^pl. tirnndB. <3 r A large and varied btock of exegllent ~ [ PE^TJIVIEJIY. i lie aiso oners uiniiecuun^rieA, . branijies; ^ f 'ure Old Tort. Madeira and Maliftgo" 8 wsisr'ffcsi. 1 t exceedingly low figures. Also, a good ar- y n:le of Apple Yinegur, Kerosene, Oils and luids.*'Lamps of nil kinds. Wicks for any s in<l of Lamps, and everything usually kept t i a first class Drug Store. Prompt attention will be given to all. 1 May 25, 18ftt>?1?tf [ in lima a a a r?i. v M. WM. A. ALLtN, . \ j * SiaiGEON DENTIST. J ?fc*??aS2s^ HAVING graduated .in the { Jp?^^3yt'poiJU>l ' fcollfgo of Philadelphia. j J_ir ofTt n? his enr-vices fo the public. Sciajg thoroughly posted in all the departments f Lifi profession, lie flutters himself that he \ rilH>e enabled lo' give entire satisfaction to hose. who may favor hiui with their patronage. tSflloom?Over the new Book and Drag j Aorcof Mr. C. H. Allec,, in White's Building. April 4, 1300 50 ly ' UNTotice of Election. i STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. ABBEVILLE DISTRICT: > , IjJicc Court of Otn l Session and Coffimon Picas | MATTUEW McDONALD. C'.erk of said 1 a- y uuuri, in pursuance 01 me uirecuons ?>i lie Act of the Legislature, in such case made | md provided, do hereby give public notice, hat an election lor Tax Collector for Abbeville District will be held on ; Monday, the Eighth Day of October ; lext, nt the usual [daces of election throughout 1 lie said District. A'itneea my hand at Abbeville, this twenty-first 1 day of August, eighteen hundred and sixty. One day tmltj MATTHEW MoDONALD, a o. p. Aug. 21, 1800. 18, 9t l FRESH DRUGS,: ? Warranted of the best Quality. < C. H ALLEN , T^AKES thin method of informing hisfriend A ami ih<* pultlic that It is Siocfc of DRUGS AND MEJDIC1NES is uoor. quite* complete, < every article having Wen selected with great 2are aa to purity. Physician*' proscription# serefully put up ut any lour of the day or | night. -Or H. ALLEN. June 1, I860, ? tf ; " V Turliip Seed. TUST Received, a ?tipp!y of LW ?l ofrolce rariettee; L*?"ge wWe<?K(irt Large Engl i?h Norfolk; White Flodj^ch. Skirving's Yowow Rnwiart, AmerifflR^ ntjt* Ragiv Whi^ SMJoe Jurnip, Abertl**!/ Torvi,. Fdr.-ele by * 0. Hi "ALLEN. Augq*t fl, 1860, 14. tf|x JJ '. NOTICE. A PPUoATIOX iiill^ ? '??? ?% frewoa of 4&4|^LtttWfctar? ?o amend th Charter of the Masonio Pea?aWXi>?titi?e?,fioke? yy - ' ?Ani(u?t 8?o._ j. tt, vmtw**! * a4A*? U&C&X, Jap. 27, IteO, I9zb Tlic following beautiful poem, written for the Home Journal, is from the pen of the Hon. A. J. Rcquier, of Mobile. In the entire range of poetic literature few, if any, verses, of a like character, will be found that surpass it. It ia entitled. MARGARET. ,Twas on the broad, blue Chesapeake, Before (he sun had net: The wind blew,'-but it was not bleak? Blew soft nud cool and fanned her cheek When, one brief moon ago, I met The gentle Margaret I Oli' slie was fair that summer eve, Ere yel the sun had set.? Kre yet the twilight times could weave Carnationcd thoughts to make us grieve? That pearl-drop Moon when first I met The pensive Margaret! She stood upon the dashing deck? The deck spray showered and wet, A gem without a flaw or fleck, Kot eveu the soilure of a epock? That bride like Mood when first 1 met .. The beauteous Margaret! gift stood and gazed upon the sea, ^ ?I?ust in ilo foain and fret? She stood, and, gazing, seemed to mo The sweete^_being born to be? That lorrid Moon when first I met The thrilling Marguret! Oh I hnzy hair with brownish dyes, Caught in n silken net; JL And tenaS*glenmy, shadowy eyes, i\Iy8terioiis as those evening ekies? ' That fitted Moon when first Itinet * The lovrly Margaret 1 KITTY CLYDE. Clatter! clatter, wen. thn <?lri mill, nicrhf ? ? ind day,yet nobody, in the little cottage , list beyond seemed to disturbud by it. ["he old bouse dog lay cozily on the door-* tej), with one eye open, while on the win- ( low-sill pussy reposed in comfort. The icai wmie curtains looped up eo lancitolly ; | he prelt}' jossamines and roses climbing up >y the porch, spoke of the taste of its oe:upants. Just within the door in neat j vhite cap, sits the good dame, at the pre- ] eut moment, with her brow clouded. 'Wbere can Kitty stay so?' exclaimcd ( Dame Clyde; 'here it's almost dinner,.and 10 signs of her. Kitty! Kitty!' i - But'no RUtyearue. What keeps Miss S,Uty? Come with me,-gentle reader,"just 6treara4^ltf1e way. There, on a | urge rock, over wliicb the weeping, willow >endfc, with rod and iitfb in^^r bmid, every i low and tl en tbi%w?bg her w^ilib of?fcu[rl? ligh in the^iir, eita- feweejk K*j?jr Glyd^r. f< 3ut why'ddes ebe fariy 1 b?i or the fisb-lo bits? Ajb, Ji Oj.foi^ thtawbS ^ ide ber sits Uarry Jones, ope afjir'around ? ....... . * . '1'rr.LL- -ti-z. jer waist; me other playing wlfhipfei^pfiVls. I 7ery pleasant is tlfeir talk, for^iliy'?'mi^icaHaugh lings out every moment. Nev- < ;r dreaming of tlie time, never thinking of i >oor fntherV dinner, fche fits listening to f ler iover's talk* But "jitotnow ibe sun- \ tfams kiss Kittv'6 (ace. and remind her of ho time and of Ger duties. ] 'Good gracious!' she exclaimed, starting < jp suddenly, upsetting her basket and its ! iontepts, 'its iioon ! Oh ! how mother will i icotdl It's'too bad you kept me ao long.' i 4I kept you, Kitty?' asked Harry; 1 ather think it is your fault.' i 'Well, my fault or youis, I'll get a 6Cold- < rig, that's certain;' and gathering up line, 1 od, and basket, aho turned towards home, I 'Stop Kitty, you have forgotten some- I .hing!' H?nrry cried. Kilty turned to see what''she had left, I when her lover caught her it bis arms' and gave her a hearty kiss. 'Shame!' said Kilty, 'you dare not do < hat again !' and again she scampered. i Noon in the cottnge, and from the mill i tAmai'.O Ink* rw a a*s%lttie< + m n n n. ilk il?n MMM juuiuo-n migo, ii/uuob luau, will! IKJO ring' ng step of one of nature's noble-wen. i tyith qniek tread he soon reaobe* the cot- ; '.age, and entering, looks curiously around. 'How now, wife ; ain I too fast lo day ?' I 'That wild Kitty has been gone all the I morning, and I dou't know when she will < joine home. That girl will surely come to no good end, sBo is so wild,' replied to good, < Jame. 'Nay, w ifa, sho is young yet. When she jets older she will be wiw' Just then Miss Kitty is seen walking very . jemurely towards thfe Jjpuse. Wnor? U?Vj8 you been, you wild, wild y\r\ ?' 3 'To tbe brook, to catch trout,' mother.' 'And what kept you so long!' Why, I sat thiuking, and thinking'--?' i Just think of home a little rooi*e, Mfes. . You'll surely break yxror father's and mother's hear^ifyou keep oh in this helter-skelter way.' Kilt/*' eyes fBted with fearfc / A < % . 'I'm sore, mother, if I.badrthou^-*~f; jj gbe^wjM tay oo nJort, bat -wCefn^, ; turned TY. \T ' ^ r 'Cotne here, girl, and kisa your fb4W. , "With a bofcnd >befluhg ha? actna around her fatbefV nctky -and tb?o lief aotb- ' enjoyed tbt-taeiMn sitawt* . Kitly Clyde was tlie belle of the village tbe dream of the young men, tbe epvy ol the giils, people said?and we all know that people will talk?that Harry Jones wns Kilty's beau, nn insinuation which Kitty indignantly denied. Be matters as they were, the truth was Kitty was a little inclined to coquette. Free and open-hearted, of good disposition^ pretty, fuco and figure, Kitty liked to be admired. To be sure, away down in heart, something whispered?'you love Harry Jones;' but then kI.O ...m. ? 1 . ?uv vvuiu uw sniioucu WIIU uuu biriUg lO hor 'beau.' Supper came, nnd Kity was missing again. In vaiu Dame Clydo called 'Kilty, Kitty !' \Vbr?re was Kitty now ? Just in tbe same place where we found her this morning, this time, howo?er, alone. There 6he sat, her eyes fixed vncnntly on the waves, luojtfft^like a picture. I wonder who loves mo best,?' she raurmered. 'Juhn is a fine fellow, but he is too polite. Tom loves mo, too, but then he's too poor. Then there is Harry Jones, who?' 'Is here to answer for himself;' and that iudividua) emerged from a dumb of trees. 'For shame, Harry Jones, to piny the eavesdropper!' exclaimed Kitty. V/ Never minding her words, he asked: Shall I tell you, Kitty, who loves you best?' Kitty as a little flurried at Lis sudden appearance, so she answered : 'Idon'tknow, and what's more, I don't care.1 'Well, I'll answ^f it anyhow.' Kitty put both her hands up to her ears, saying, 'I won't hear.' 'Kitty,' and Harry]s.voice tool^a deeper tone, *1 love you. I have watched for u long time. I have seen you bestow many bright smiles on others, but now, Kilty, I i*k theiu all for myself. Do you love me, Kittv ?! 'What nonsense is this?' cxclaimed Kitty iretily smiling. Nonsensii? No, it is not nonsense. Do pou love mo, Kitty V "'No !' The word was hastily spoken, and Harry urneiPto ?ide his emotion. -'good-by, Kitty Clyde. I never hooglit you a flirt till now?nev?;r ! Harry turned on bis heel and quickly ivaikcd away. For a moment Kilty Bat iiraplute,then, warned by the coming darklens, she hastened homeward. 'Child, child,' said her mother, 'where liave you been V Kilty rnwde na reply, but seeking her 3\vn little chamber, she threw herself on iho bed" and wept. For almost an Lour 1 ;be cobbed there, and then said, 'he will :ome agnin, tomorrow.' That night wild dream9^flitted through Kitty, Clyde's Lead. She drentned she ivas n bride, but there was no bridegroom. 3o overpowered was sho by her emotions [bat she awoke, just as the sun came peeping in the litte window. Kilty was more tban usually brisk that morninc. for she lonnrpd M- tl?? t!mn in joroe for her to meet Harry again. Taking down ber basket from its perch, and tier rod from bebind the.door, she wandered lb rough the meado^, toward the rock, rhere she si?, waiting' till noon, and Harry bad not come. 'Well, he'll be here at sunset,' tlirought Kilty, as she sauntered toward borne. Sunaertrought no Harry, but on the rock lay % note which Kitty hastily opened. Il was short and precise,' 'Kitty?-You do not lovarae. Fain going away to-morrow. Farejpoll! God bless jrou. . 'Harrt.' Hushing back A sob, she quickly folded the note and placed it in her bosom. It was bard work to keep back the tears, but pride same to her aid. 'What ails tbee, Kilty!' asked her molhv sr; /art sick, child !* No, Mother.' Just then Mr. Clyde-entered. 'Have you heard the news!' he asked of...... . 'News, what news, father t* 'Why, Hurr^ Jones te'goingtoabip-r-' He said no afore, butsprang forward to catch the feinting'form of Kitty. 'Is he gone, fatter, ft bis gone V eagerly asked Kitty. ' v? ; \ . 'Nolytft^hi ?tar|a tomorrow.* ?lrf : Vp stairs nba flew. Tbe old couple looked at each other significantly. Kitty sood fonnd pen, ink auAjmpAf, and wrote tbis note 'Harry :?Meet me at tha rock to morrow at sunset, Jlriwr,' ' Folded and'd?4^tcH?d^Kiliy 4090 went to reifciVrbe^M* 4?wi%? lUfSjfti^ber ej# jn,? bin* roetfi* wfcb the reacbed'tlie ?flk. ^"feoon M afafl vrtk, Hitrfy A JOUR PRINTER ON A TRAMP. r Seldom does a live Dutchman gut credit of more smart things than are set down to liiin in this catechism that he puts to n journeyman printer: A Dutchman siting at th|ft door of bis tavern in thenar West 16 approached, by a tall, him Yankeo, who is emigrating westward, od foot, with a bundle on acano over his shoulder. 'Veil Mister Yalking Stbick, vat you want ?' 'licst and refreshment,' replied the printer. if 'Supper and lotchin, I reckon?' 'Yes, supper and lodging, if you please.' To 3'ou a Yankeo beddler, mit cbewelry in your pack, to steal to gal ?' 4No sir, I am no Yankee peddler.' 'A sinirinor master too lazv to work ! O J ~~ " 'No ?ir.' 'A shouted shoemaker, vat loves to meneuro te gabs feet and hankies potter tan to make to shoe* ?' 'No sir, or I should have uieuded my own shoes.' 'A boob acbent, vat boeders the school committees until dy do vat you visli, clioost to gut rid of you ? 'Guess again, sir. I am no book agent.' 'A dentist, preaking the people's jaws at a dollar a snag, and running off mit my daughter ?' 'No, sir, I am no tooth puller.' 'Phrenologist, ten, feeling te young folks' heads liks so many cobbitch?' 4No, I am no phrenologist.4 'Veil deu vat te tyfles can you be? Choost tell, and you shall have to bn?* ? = sago for supper, and Btliey all night, free gratis milout, a sent, nnd a chill of whiskey to start rnit in to niornin.' 'I am un humble disciple of Faust?a professor of tho art that preserves all arts? a typographer, nt your service.' 'Vatch dat?' A printer, sir; a man that prints both books and newspapers.' 'A man vat prints newspapers? Ob; yaw ! yaw! ay, dat ish it. A man votch prmtsh newrpapers! Yaw! yaw. Valknp! a man votch printsh newspapers! I visb I may be shot if I did not link you was a poor teyfle of a district tchoolmaster, who verks for | nottin. and boards, nrnnnd T , , b.,* J \JU ves him.' First Babjks.?A somewhat extended observation and a solitary experience liave convinced us that first babies have a hard time. Parents must have two or three children. before they know what a baf>y is know how to trettfc;itr*an^HpquirG pntienfce sufficient tOijyfeflt-te pr$peVly. The poor little fello^U^itfe t&e' "misfortune to come along nm'uave io educate-parents to their taafc : and in tb6 process th?>y get spanked and shaken and abused. After a roan has three or four children.hp. !p?m? ?!.?> I ping,or striking a child less than t^o years df^go,-is barbarism. We know one 'paternal head' who struck his first child, when only six weeks old, the ass actually believing that the child knew belter than to cry, and that he stopped crying at ibat particular time because he struek him. We carry certain of children and of family govern ment into married life, and the*first child,is always the victim of these nolions. And* not alone?)f these, for the parents have, not learned self-control, and a baby is'whipped quite as often bccause the parent ?9 impatient or angry, as because it is vicious or intractable. We inflict on out first children the Hoggings we ought to have for our own impatience or fretfulness,? This pounding children before they become in God'b eye morally responsible beings, is very strange business. Patience, good people?unwearying patience ! Don'j^. wait to learn iturttil one of your little o'fcv^-jih&n be hidden nuder the daises 1?Springjttril Republican. _ & Spirtual Joke.?At a*recedt trial of a liquor case, which occurred rot a thousand miles from Worcester connty, the witness on the stand was'- tinder examination as to wbal be bad seen at the defendant's dorticil, wbiob- he; iad said he had visited 'a o umbelsof^i^aes.' . 4Did,yoii ever-see any spirits there, or i t . . wiyiuiug you ragaraea M spirit*!' asked' the presiding justice. ;** -,k ' Wbj, ye??I doo't lcoow but I h*To,' was tlie reply of tbe witness, 'Do ?oii lcoow wbat'kfnd' of spirit* t' . - m * 'How do you know P ?I Wpdon smelt K:' '!$*% & >?*, II ... ?. - n<wr,'*aW tiiejudge, Btrftig&toniog : hiro?eifot>:fcr tbeoonvtyoing ana***r, w.htob ' yohpfcMe - ^h*^Mi<^j^inb'^fo)!o4v?d U?fa .^ ^o'<^H suU|ded^the witno?? ?r*? 4^ ffiffin ttoil ^p the point!* . > jv Vi y-; / * - .. * < sssssssssesssf TELLING BECBETS. * I must relate my first and last expert- ] ments in truing my oldest boy to keep i family secrets. IIo wns a chatter box, and i as he often visited among strangers without i me, 1 was fearful he would tell more than s he should. So taking him on my knee I , said? . 'My dear, you must never tell anything ( wo say, or let out any plans to any one? t especially to Mrs. Jones 1' / * \ llis quick mind comprehended roe in 1 an instant, and with a vory confirmed look, > he promised obedience. A few dayB after, 1 bo entered my room with an air of triumph \ aud said? e 'Mamma, I minded you. Mrs. Jones j asked me when you were going to New t York, and I 6aid, 'I can't tell you, for my v m?mma don't wish you to know any oflier [ plans!' ? In my consternation I was tempted to "?j rorirriVM ill/1 Jnn?%nant !> ?* -_r .....^vuv uw; . u.u.1, ujjuii a JIIOV H nienl's thought, I let tbo matter pass knowV.h ing that it could not bo explained or ex t'j tenuated, and preferring to lose tbo friendship of Mrs. Jones, rather than 8uIIy his pure, trusting spirit with a lesson of worldly a policy. \Ylieu has younger brother, a more |j quiet boy, but equally fond of visiting, and j( a great pet and darling with nil wbo knew 0 him, because ol4,enough to betray family ti secrets, I gave bim uo oaution, futtrusted 't to his common sense. One d?r. r>n rpinm. ... J' - <? ing frcrn an errand at a neighboring house A he stood a while absorbed in thought, and tl then said? B 'Mamma, jvhat shall I say when people w ask me. 'What is your mother doing?' /< and, 'Whal did vou have for dinner 1' 'What did you say, my dear?' said I. L Why,' said ho, looking bashfully *ftside, ci 'I 6ay, 'I guess it is time for me to go V a POPULATION OF CITIES. The population of Cincinnati, a3 asrer- " tained bv (be census enumeration, is 158,- ^ 851. In 1850, it was 115,435, increase in w ten years, 43,410. w Complete census returns show the pro- 11 sent population of Detroit, Mich., numbers ^ 46,884. Those who fancied that the fisr ures would bo 75,000 are much disappointed. Tbe population of the city of Cleveland, g Ohio, is 43,570?an increase of 27,23G v since lo50. r< The population.of Washington city ex- a ceeds 60,000. u TIIA nnnnlotiAn C?n -- v ^Mtivu vi kjau nauuocu in 1 Oj* 083. , w - Mobile claims to have in the city 28,000 a and in the county, 40,000. g Tbo population' of Newport" is reported p to be 10,517. In 1850 it was 9,562 being b an increseof 955. The population of Newburyport, by the a present census, is 13,406?a gain of 52 n lor.t -' Oiuuo XOiJU* VI ^ v. Young America YVondeks.?Wonder e, what mama keeps Bridget at homo from oburcb to work all day, and says it is wick- n ed for me to build my rabbit house on Sun- , j day ? j, Woniler ??by our minister bought that g pretty caae with* yellow lion's head "on the K< top, and t)ien ask roe for roy cent to pnt in y the missoDftry box f Don't I want a jews- b harp iust as ranch es be wants a oane. v Wonder what ro"8kes pa tell ?ucb nice ti stories to visitors about his biding tho mas- e] ter's ratan when be werf^-to school, auSy1 about bis tuning away froaj^tfhe schbolmistress when ebe was going to'wtiip him, an 1 then shuts me up ali day in a dark rocm . because I tried, just once to be as smart as i' lie wa*i t Wondef'wby mama Jells pa lie is cross when become# borne at oigbt and says bis Q tea is woak, aud ties a handkerchief over niy mouth so that I can neither speak or breathe, because I happen to say she is a cross! ' ' V Wonder what made pa say that nicked n word wben i5?t9y upset the ink all over n bis papers, and then slapped my ears because I said tbe same tliiqg when my kite' t| string broke! ?. , ^ Ob dear I there are lota of things that I want to know! How I wish J was a man ? 3- # a finnufarirw ?-Trial* nnf WVMWIVMVMI?VVH IVH? M9 CWUV " borne. Mr.. Peabody ope day came in from a walk. Bis wife said to bi^'I bave q been tbioktog of ^our eitnation, ahd have t] deMfend t0 b? submissive nnd pnticnt,' ^Kr s?id-he, Hbat U a good resolution; let "oa see what we have to submit to. . J wit! malw * liitojf dUf trials. First, we have a- borne,?we will submit to that. Seoorfd , w<i bar^l^S corafbrtr offtfc,?we-- -*r Jwifl submit to that. -Sbirdly, wtf baVe each a1 friend., Fififal* we J??rt Gad rare ^..J. -y ' ' * '^h ^ 'Nonir, he's oat.' p raitomt ' ' 'V ^ 5 ' 1 ' . V 1 M; V ^ . . . ,- . ..' . ,' r .-*7. .. . AHIlfa fd^FTJTUEE BI0QBAPHEE8. [ have just finished reading a very ioteres? tig 'Life' of a celebrated mat). Reading l wiih a vromaa's eyes, it seemed to me, is I laid dowu the volume, that its title ihould bave been not the Life of John Iones, but the Life of Mr. and Afrs. John lones. I follow the fortunes of this man rora infiincy, tbrougb the perils of youth o manhood. Standing upon its threshold, [ see hi in seleot for the companion of hit ife-vova?yfl a J 0 - - WVHI bVU| JVTillg, miiuiui votnai), not faultless, no more than bo is limsulf, but whose smile is bis talisman, vhuso caress is bis reward through all bis lartli-toils and privations, and to whoso ?ure light iu his homo he is indebted for he nvoidanco of those quicksands, on fhicb so many single men get wrecked. . bug tier cunuren climbing liis knee, frealbing, their aims about his neck, and ^yinguiiseervbut mighty chords between Jin and Heaven. The morning sun looks $upon the happy group at the .-breakfast able, and evening finds the unbrdken band ranquil ns its first bright star. Death may indeed step in and beckon way some little one; and who that has ved long and Buffered rouch would recall ; if be could ? The tears that are mingled ver it only draw the surviving heart chords ghter, as year after year glides by, and he children' who remain are men and wo* ien, but only outside the firesido circle, it last the father's place is vacant, and :ie beloved wife and mother sits weeping lone. What?I ask his biographer ?'ouid that man's life have' been without er ? Where the continuous motives to onstant and honorable eudeavor . which avo developed his better nature dbd yield- _ d up to ihe Great.-Rfinnor an *;?*<? ?s?i? f sheaf? Who $bair$py in all th^se 'lives' f great, and gdod.ritod celeb&.t^'^bb, ow much is ennobling in their characters, ov much that is elevated even in their 'orldly position, is in each case due to her, ;bose iuflueuce, noi.elesa as the dew, connues to freshen and to brighten, though je ernrisb sun. like the mralMo ivrn-lfi , thanklessly up as a thing of course. Fanny Febn* The Gkeat Elevator.?A Southern entleraafr, $.t one of the hotels in PensyU nnia last week, perceiving that the diningoom servant, a negro,*was bestowing hit i 1 * ' - - - kiomiuuB oiHcwaere 10 uis neglect)- called p John, and accosted him Ibis wise: 'John, I have servants at borne, and an* raited upon as a gentleman should be. I m neglected here, and am tired of it. I ive you fair notice that~I shall Inform tha ropriutors of jour conduct unless .you heave better.' Jhe consequence was John became very ttontive during the few days the gentlelan remained. AOn going away, the geneman called John up' and .presented him 'ith a dollar or two, which he thus acknowlJged: Tbank'e, mas9a; Southern gentlemen lways so?reprimand us if don't tend'em ight, but dey always gives us a dollar or ^9"'fore dey leave. But deae Abolisfijfh emmen mighty hard to sujt, and require 3 much 'teniion, an' when tjey leave shake our band, look up to de sky, say : 'God less you; my-unfortunate friend, and ele^> ate you in the scale of humanity,' or some* ling like dat, but never give as a thing to tevale us.' i tie man who 'dropped a mark' bad betr >r advertise fdtejt. A- life of full and constant employment i tho only safe and happy pne. Why is a horse the most miserable. pf nimalsf Because hia thoughts aTO always n the rack. ' ** ~ '' t* * A pin. has as much head as a good many uthors, and a great deal more point." ' 'What have you to remark, madam aboot iy pinging!' 'Nothing, Bir?itis not relarkable.' Men of th% nchlest dispositions tMntc i^mselves happiest when others share their appincsa with them. ' '<3, tbat my father was seized ??th a relittent fever T sigbod a young spendthrift t college. We don't like promising men,* said an Oxford tradeflhe6tifh day; *w??d rather bey'd pay. Who was the first whistler! The wind*. ?Tjit|onrnid they whittle t Orer the ~ThAdtt4 n^w society spoken of iitCalifoN ia P<$ Nothing . It ia 'Sfctcl-to be ! a roily prosperous. The -pasa-word ja jMid mat iIaIIm.' il *- " * .vow ) wo iBIJIUUW W) -JOrOXB. The debt of American Board h mm holly rtiaov*d,ib* hut$?090havla*fcata Hid by Mverti N?w Twtw*, and il*' feud *!f! ao* ent*r onit* new ud wf* ^ df Wtiag )te ?wmtolvmM C Jo?epl? Cuddebaofc, * wpectftWa foraMf^ ^