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flp t* mmmmmmmmmmmmm?mm ? ?B*M ni(k the Shalt." Written Imt Uwi* C. U?ia, cm., and sung by Rir. John Sloinan, at the Concert g1vva.h* tlio Ladies of tht Calhoun Mouument Associativa. liuild hifth the abaft! till it reach thcsklci Aj>d glowt la the setting son, Tire cynosure ol all honmu eyes, For U?s work hos just begun. Muttrh t#r tit sfatesmnn?so great and true; rA state!man without alloy, Whesa eloquent thoughts like lightning Hew, danlc but not destroy. Tho lessons he taught oro remembered now, On our hearts Uls accents full, let all rejoioe who have heard that voloe In our Country's Senate Hall. 'Gainst our holy hopes let factions rage, "Constitution, Justice, Truth" Shall triumph yet?tho Patriot sage Revered thciu from his youth. Wouli ysa this L' nioa long preserve, Finn its "the Palmetto lree." lb Calhoun's name, the groat troth proclaim, "Let Sovereign States be free." Mourn now for Calik>uji?his dcuthlcss fame, '? ail liaastA cllllll hlsklDI. au mi it vviiiuu * i?vw* w "?? For mothers and daughters blcas the name, And weep o'er bia honored tomb. Build high the shaft! for 'tis woman's power That hath laid its marble birtso, Nosunbentn toft,or fragrantahowcr, WiM dim or over cfliice. The grateful '.vcrdc that shall cluster there, Aa they gusli from hearts that love, For with woniau's tenr ahull ascend a pray'f To Ilia home in Heaven above, Whers t^rnarc tlicaotia of noble aires? Ia it woman's task to bring, From Carolina'." neglected fire#, Your patriot offering? Build high thvshaftl for mothers now apeak, Aa they a|>okeii) days of yore, When they arm'd the strong, and nerv'd the weak, J To battle on sea or shore. Now, our gnllnntsona, awake from sleep, A and duty to fulfill . ,! * While woman'# blessing, not loud, but deep, Ia urging them onward still. The aluift ia up?with prayers on high Let all now help who etui; Hit name's Immortal? ii cannot d^o, While there's gratitude in mnu. The shaft is raised, and lightnings play Around its summit holy. As If to wuko to brightening day, The statesman sleeping lowly; Let patriots gather here to weep, Young or old, with trembling staff, Ju glory he's awnk'd from sleep, IIo who needs no epitnph. The storms ol ll'e are pa.-t and gone, No blood-stain'd flag's unfnrl'd, His principles ore marching on, Tht horizon of the world. OUT OF WORK. BV STLVASffl COBD, JR. "It'suouse,Marin, I've tried everywhere." "But yott are not going to give it up, Peter!" " Give up? llow can I help it! Within four days I have beeu to every book bindery in tbe city, and not n bit of work esn I nuil " "But have you tried anything else?" "What else can I try?" -"Why, anything that you can do." "Ves, I've tried other things. I have been to moro than a dozen of my friends, and offered to help them if they would hire ine." "And what did you moan to do for tkem?" "{ offered cither to post their accounts, tunkc out hills, or attend to tho counter." lira. Stan wood smiled as her husband thus spoke. "What makes you smile?" ho asked. "To think you should have imagined that you would find work in such a place. But'how is Mark Leeds?" "lie is worse off than I am." "IIow so!'' "He has nothing in his house to eat." j A shudder crept over his wife's frame ; hotr. ."Why do you tremble, wife?" "Because, when we shall have eaten our , breakfast to-morrow morning, wo shall i hnvfc nothing." "What!" cried Peter Standwood, halfstarting from his chair, "do \ou mean that?" I do." "But our Bollr 1" "All gone. I b:;ked tho hut this afternoon." "Bui wo l|avc ."You ale tho last this noon." "Then wc must starve'.'' groaned the stricken man, starting across the room. Peter 8tanwood was a book-binder by trade, and had now been out of employment about a month, lie was one of those . wlio generally calculate to keep about square with the world, and who consider themselves particularly fortunate if they ; keep out of debt. Ho was now thirty years of ago, and bad three children to j provide lor, bondea himself and wife, and this, together with house rent, was a heavy i draught upon his purse, eveu when work was plenty, but now?there was nothing, j Maria," said he, stopping and gazing ! his wife in the face, "wo must starve. 1 i havo not a single penny in the world." "Hut do not despair, Peter. Try again to-morrow for woik. You may find some- j thing to do, Anything that is honest is honorable. Should you niako but a skill ing a day, we should not starve." 'But our bouse re.itP* "Trust to me for that. The landlord shall not turn us out. If you will engngo to find something to do, I will see that we \ have house room." I'll make one more trial,' utteroJ Peter plli ri ugly. 'But you must go prepared to do any- i thing.' Anythine reasonable. Maria.* What do you call reasonable!' 'Why?any thing decent.' Tho wife f :11 inclined to smile, but tlie matter v;?? too serious for that, and a cloud parsed over licr face. Sho know liei h\isj.'?u. 1's disposition, and she felt sure lie would find no work. She knew he would I look for sotno kind of work which would I not lower him in tho social scale, as ho had oiico or twire expressed it. However, she knew it would he of no use to say anything | to him now. and sho let tho matter pate. I On the following mottling, tho last hit of food in the house was put upon tho UtLle. Slap wood could hardly realize that he was penniless juul without food. For years he had been gay, thoughtless, and fortunate, I making the most of tho present, forgetting the past, and leaving the future to take care >f itself. Yet the truth was naked and I clear, and when lie left the house, hesaid? 'Something umst be dono.' NViiOonCr had the husband gone, than Mrs. Sum wood put on her bonnet and ahgwh Jlcr eldest child was a gul seven yiears old, ami her youugosL four. She nAked Iior next door neighbor if she would take care of her children until noon. These children were known to bo good and rjniet, nn<t they wore taken cheerfully. 1'heti Mr*. Stan wood locked up her houso and went away. She returned at noou, bringing eoin.? ilia tier !'?>r her children, and then AS* L 1m went away *g?ta. She came home in t the evening before b?r liusbendf carrying ? a heavy basket upon her arm. 1 'VYvell. Peter,' she a*kcd, after her hueband had entered and eat down, 'what i luck I' 'Nothing! nothing!'he groaned. 'I made 1 out to get a dinner from an old chum, but ? I could uot find work.' I And where have you looked io-dny!' O?everywhere. I've been to a hundred places, but it's the same blory in every placo. It's nothing but one eternal no?no ?no! I'm ?ick and tired of it.' What have you offorod to do!' Why, I even, went so far a* to offer to tend a liquor sloro down town.' ? The wile smiled. Now what shall wo do!' ottered Peter, t spasmodically. 'Why, we will eat supper first, and talk the matter over.' Supper! Have you got any!' Yes?plenty of it.' I I Hut you told mo you had none.' 'Neither had wo this morning, but I've t been after work to day, ami found some.' 'Yon! Yon been after work?'uttered the * husband in sfirpiiae. Yes.' I Put how?where?what?' I 'Why, first I went to Mrs. Snow's. I f knew her girl was sick, and I hoped she a might have work to he done. 1 went to c her and told her my story, and sho ret me i at work at once doing her washing. She I gave me food to bring homo to my child- t ren, and paid mo three shillings when I fl i got through.' t What!?you been out washing for our ) butcher's wife?' said Peter, looking very i much surprised. r 'Of course I have, and have thereby 9 earned enough to keep us in food through 1 to morrow, at any rate; so to morrow you 1 may come homo to dinner.' jiut how about the rent?' ' 'O, 1 have seen Mr. Simpson, told him ' f jmt how wo were situated, and offered him [ my watch as a pledeo for the payment of I 1 our rent within two months, with the in- ' tcrcst on arrearages up to dale. 1 tohl ltini t I did tho business because you were awnv 1 hunting up woik.' ' 'So lie's got your gold watch?' 1 'No?lie wouldn't take it. Ho said if I ' would become responsible for the rent, he I would let it rest.' ' 'Then we'vo got a roof to cover us, and food for to mortow. But what next? What ' a curso theso hard times are!' I 'Don't despair, I'eter, for wo shall not * starve. I've got woik enough engaged to I keep us alive.' I 'Ah?what is that?'" 1 'Why, Mr. Snow has engaged mo to car- 1 1 ry small packages, baskets, bundles, and so j forth, to his rich customers. IJo has had to give tip one of his horses.' What do you mean, Maria?' I 'Just what I say. When Mr. Snow | came homo to dinner, I was there, and ^ asked ?iim if ho ever had liglit articles f which ho wished to send around to hiscus- i tomers. Never mind all that was said. He i did happen to want just such work done, I though he had meant to call upon the idlers v that lounge about the market. He prom- I iscd to give mo all the work he could, and I ' I am to bo there in good season in the i morning.' I 'Well, this is a pretty go. My wife \ turned butcher's boy! You will not do any i such tiling.' S 'And why not?' t 'Becauso?because?' v 'Say bccauso it will lower me in the so- <] cial scale.' ) 'Well, so it will.' s 'Then it is moio honorable to lay still j and starve, and see one's children starve, i too, tiinn to earn honest broad by hOlioil g woik. I toll you, Peter, if you cannot find v work, I must. We sbouid li ive been i> without bread to-night, bad not I found ] t work to day. You know that till kinds of .1 light, agreeable business are 8cized upon ' i by those w ho have particular friends, and j [ engaged in them. At ?nch a time as this t it. is lint for us In poiivi.t.ir ?vt...i i.f work wo will do, so long a* it is honest. | ? Oh, give ine liberty of living upon my own ' r desert, and the independence to be gov- i erned by my own convictions of right.' fi 'But, my wife,only think?you carrying I out butcher's stuff. Why, I would sooner i go and do it myself.' n 'If you will go,' said the wife with a smile, 'I will stay at homo and lake caio of e the cliiIdi en.' : I It was hard for IVder Stanwood, but tho t a mote ho thought upon the matter, the inoie j ,1 hesaw the justice ftiu! right of the path into tl which his wife had thus led him. Uef<>ie n ho went to bed, he promised that lie would k go to tho butcher's iu tho morning. <> And Peter Stanwood went upon his new t, business. Mr. Snow greeted him waimly, j] praised his faithful w:fe, and sent him oil a with two baskets, one to a Mrs. Smith's p and the other to a Mrs. Dixall's. And the |, new carrier worked all day, and when it .v canto night he had earned ninety-seven c cents. It had been a day of trial*, but no one sneeied at him, and all his acqiutin- n tanccs whom he met greeted him the same ? as usual, lie was tar happier now than M l:o was when lie went liomu the night be fore, for now be was independent. I ti On tho next day be earned over a dol- | !:u; and thus he continued to woik for a i, week, at the end of which he had live dol (, lars and seventy-five cents in his pocket, ! i besides basing paid for all the food for his j, family, save some few pieces of meat Snow p had given litem. Ralurdny evening he H met Mark Leeds, another binder, who had v been discharged from work with himself, p I^eds looked care worn and rusty. , t. 'How goes it?' asked Peter. n pori'l ask me,' groaned Mark. 'My f, family are hall starved.' ; s Ihtt, can't you find anything to do?' Nothing.' a 11! u t' n ir/tn htAiir 1 4 AH V V 1 VH hi IVU1 . \ Kverywheie, but it's 110 use. I have i <> pawned all my clothes save tin-be I have |, on. I've been to the bindery to day, and j( what do you suppose he offered me!' n 'What was ill' ! 'J Why, he offered to let nie do his hand- \ carliinj! IIo lind just tinned off his nigger | 0 for tirnukennoss, and offered me the place! f'( The old cannudgeotil I had a great mind I c to pitch him into the hand-cart, and run ^ him to the ?j 0 Well,' said Peter, 'if Iliad been in your j | place I should have taken up with the offer.' i v Mark mentioned the name of the same '] individual again. ! 'Whv,' resumed Peter, 'I have been do- ,, ing the work of a butcher's hoy for a whole ^ week.' : f Mark was incredulous, but his cotnpan g ion convinced liim, and then they separated, f one goh.g h.ome happy and contented, and | j ho olhtff going away from homo to find I / oiuo tort of excitement in which to drown lis misery. One day Peter had a basket of provis- ^ on* to carry to Mr. W . It was bis ? ortner employer. Ho took the load upon ,, lit arm, mid united off*, and just us lie was b uttering the yard of the customer ho met j t dr. W - coming out. 1 t] 4'Ah, Stan wood, is this you!' asked his v Id employer, kindly. n Yea, sir.' c What are you up to, now I' i| 'I'm a butcher's hoy, sir.'' k 4A whai t' r 'You see I've brought provisions for you, i ir. I'm a regular butcher's boy.' j 4And how long have you been at work v bus?' m I, 'This is tho tenth day,' I, 4Hut don't it come hard?' M 'Nothing comes haul so long as it is t{ lonest, and will furnish my family with j] iread.' C And how much can you make a day at j, hisf x 'Sometimes over a dollar, and sometimes n lot over fifty cents.' j 0 4 Well, look here. Stan wood, there has j ^ ?ecn no less than a dozen of my old hands v tanging around my counting-room for a ; 0 nrtniglit whining for work. They are [, lout, able men, and yet they lie still he- j !au*o I have no woik f'-r them. Last Sat- j s inlay I took pity on Leeds, and oflorad v lirn the job of doing my hand-carting. I s old him that I wou'd give him a dollar ; , ind a quarter a day, but he turned up his | l lose, nnd asked me not to insult him! and i v 'et ho owned that his family were suffer- i i ng. Hut do you come to my place to- s uorrow morning, and you shall have ! omcthing to do, if it is ouly to hold your j ronch. I honor you for your manly iiulc rendence.' I, Peter grasped tho old man's hand with , i joyous, gralelul grip, and blessed him ervently. v That night lie gavo Mr. Snow notice v hat he must quit, ami on tho following v vtorning lie went to the bindery. For wo days he had litllo to do, but on the j bird day a heavy job onnio in, and Peter stanwood had steady woik. lie was hap ^ >y?more happy than ever, for he had earned two things: first, what a noble wife [ to bad; and second, how much resource. r or good he held within his own energies. Our rimplu pictuio has two points to its | noral. One is?no man can he lowered j j *y any kind of honest labor. The 6ccon 1 : ?while you are enjoying the fruits of the j s Present, forgot not to provide for the future, 1 , or no man is so secure but that tho day 1 nay come when ho will want the squnn- I , lerings of the past. | Mistakes of a Night. ? 4'W!iat ladvl Whv. whom have von 1 lid yourself, not to know that celebrity? " 7air, fat And forty. Hint is Madame li . I foil should 6ee her at night, when slio | lashes out in diamonds. Old well do I l emombcr the time when first we met? t low many, many years ago?years that lave thinned my locks end added to her I (-eight. The first were thick, daik and j ustioua?the other slender and sylph like, j ['his was my lirst entrance into fa-liouablu life, at one of Monsieur Ihslisco'* lirlh night balls. The world saw then a f 'Oiilh, fresh from college. Oh! ever me- ! ,| nornblc niglu! I was under the care of ; .. Icnator . As we entered the lionse. I ^ wo tall specimens of humanity, drested J cry like militia generals, met us nt the ( v loor. Thinking tiujm distinguished peo ( ?le, I bowed Tow and solemnly. They tailed, and bowed. The scene was iui- j iressivo. "(Jo on," said my companion. t he Senator before mentioned; "don't be alaaming to these fellows, they aio seranta?give them your clonk."' The iidbr ' nation was useful, but unpleasant. 1 hui ie<i on. pulling oil my clo.il; as 1 went. | list within the first door of tlio drawing . 1 ooin stood a f.it liulo oily gentleman, lowing nUo, but not as magnificently got i'U up a* my first Acquaintances. Certain f my game now, I, in the most superb j tyIt-, throw over liiiu my cloak, and Iiur- ; ( ed on. Senator?pulled me back, and, to ho astonished little follow, now struggling , rotn under my broadcloth,! was presented. had neatly smothered the Russian Mm .tor, who, however, laughed liieinlv at the uistnke. "My endorser, the grave Senator, became \idenlly alarmed, lie hardly knew what j. would accomplish next, and lett tuo, soon j s he possibly could, to my fate. I wanered about rather disconsolate. The lights, ujsic. dancing, fun nnd langhter, wore all j" ovcities and ciiartuing for a while; but I , new no one, and alter ail hours looking ( a, hunted up my friend the Senator, and ' j egged him to introduce mo to some of j lie young ladies, lie hesitated a moment r.d then consented, and I was led up and , resented to a magnificent creature I had ^ nig looked upon with silent admiration. liss W was seated in an en>v iron j Indent manner, conversing with a circle of entlcmeri, and favored ino w ith a gracious oil. As 1 stood wondering whether this , as to be the end of mv introduction, a tottslarhed dandy came between i.s and lid, 'Miss W peiinmt mo to relate ' iu jok e of the season.' To my horror lie J egan the story of the cloak. My fitst iin ' iiUc was to knock him down; mi second , s| run away; on uty thiol I i otod. Inter- g tipting the exquisite, I said, 'Meggingyour ll irdon, sir, lint Miss W I am the on g c irerson who can do iiistico to that i d.. -' i> * ; ; j '-m > | " ini continuing, I related it, without in any tl ay sparing myself. She Unshed hearii- ; <1 i, ns ilnl llio circle. ?nd rising from her h hair, took my arm, Having kindly, tliat I c lust he cared for, f->r I should murder a runo one. With a grace and kindness I o hall never forgot, site placed me at ease, tl "I convalesced rapidly. I oven grow \\ mu>ing as vet danceJ and promenaded. ' h Vlien supper was announced 1 was her cs oit. 1 hastened to supply my hello of the 1 mil with refreshment*. She wishe<l an co cream, and I attacked n pyiamid. With c' broad silver knife 1 cut away valorously. ? lie frozen substance gave slowly at fust; | ' hen, while my entire strength whs exerted, ^ ;avo way suddenly. I was not prcpnied ! s nr this, and, to my horror, about a p und , w f that refreshing substance flew past Mi-s '' Y and hit an aged lady full in tho \ ye. Now, ioe cream iraed as a hot lotion w s not pleasant, especially when applied ' villi the unexpected foico of a bombshell. v ho elderly female gave a fearful scream, ml, falling l ack, upset a tablo on which lood a bowl of slowed oysters. Deforo his ag?'d guest could l?c fished out ol the * rightful wreck, and while the crnsh and ^ creams were ringing in my cars, I fled ? led tho city, h was iny first und last np * loamnce at a birth-night bull." lN ENGLISH HUNTING SKETCH. I Did I erer seo old Prupper out wi' ill* ^ oundsf All, that I did, surely! Darn V ?e 'twero ns good as a piny?ah, and a '( ro.it deal bettor, 'cos no play as I ever sec B liowed a man a* horseback in audi a right ( traigbl down fright as were old Prupper liut day! 1 l*i* about three years ago, now,1 11 dien tho "old Hall" were like a noble-1 nan's or squire's hall, not like a darned j 1 otion-spinuer's place as it is now; it were s lien tho Morrittchlt was lie-in* there, and 11 eepin' "up mansion at a beautiful old ale," as song says, nud thero whs always iie first o' company, and 6uch cotui', ^ rilikiu', and siiigiti' as none of you j c wi could biiug to mind. Old Prupper, j ^ o were some trade iu London oust, a * alter, 1 think, leastways his velvet cap's j llays uncommon neat and natty, and the j ile lie went to church in had such a gloss I hat it shone like a piece of lookin' glass. j 1 )ld I'iupper he'd come into our neighborood lately, ami taken Oruft Cottage, and ebuilt the stablin', and brought down two ' i.lgs, and gave out that he was loud of Id EugliJi sport, and iiiteudcd goin' a ustor, and no mistake. Squire MerriHeld, ' rho were just oho o' the right sort, he calls n old l'ruppcr, and makeshimself ngreea- I ' tie, and asks the old boy over to dinner; ' nd he comes and is so jolly, and turns so till'into the Squire's port, and gets oti so * veil with Miss Ellen, and finds Captain < iilvcrlop (who was sweet on Miss Klleu at lie time, being her cousin), all so pleasant,! hat uothin' could go wrong with liiin. .So.; f vlieli the ladies lias gone, and hunliu's alked about alter dinner, when the Squire ; s ays? ' s "Arc you any good across country, Propter?" bays lie. "Good," says lie. "I bclievo you," says ' ie. "ll there's n tiling I'm fond of, its the ' nusic of the pack," says he. 1 "All light, old boy," says tho Squire, v lio was get tin' a little ahead in the wine ray, "the hounds meet to morrow, I'll give on a mount." "I've got a mount myself, at homo," says 1 'rupper. "Not one of them old screws I see in ( our stable to day?" says the Squire. 1 "No, no, you sleep hero, Pi tipper, my >ov, and we'll trivo you a mount o' the ' iglit sort." | ' So old l'ruppcr stopped, worse luck for 1 iim, and slept in the bachelor's room, and ' n the moinin' got up lookin' fishy and ' lightened, but lie forced his pluck and put over for his loathcis and tops and tho laity velvet cap. And tho Squire, who was as fresh mint?I don't believe thirty bottles would , ako tho sliino out of him?says to me: "Tom," says he, "I'll rido Ncls> n, as usu- i il, and take old Brooksido over for Mr. 1 i Crupper; ho can be depended on," says he. ' 'and knows every inch of ground for miles; ' lo'll carry him steady." I > So I goes round to the stable and has ' he saddle put on Brooksido, when in comes ' .'apt. Silverlop. i < "What's that for?" says he. "Miss El- ' '< en's going to lido Brooksido; why don't ' on put a side saddle on.'" "Bog pardon, Captain," says I; "Gitv'ncr I aid sad do Brooksido for Mr. Puippci." ' "Prupper!" says the Cap aiu, a griuniu' ' rotn ear to ear. "N<>! no! lu-'s a young lare devil, he is a pertirk Nimiod; put the 1 ido saddle on Brook-ide, and take over 1 Jardtnal for Mr. l'rttpper." When I see him grin, [ knowed what ] i as meant, but I knowed mv place too, ! .nd so said nothing. Well, to in ike a urg story short, we liied Shipton Wood, . ilaiik; l.'av. son's Plantation, blank; and it as not until we g->l to Sunh-v 111II, that f Id T.uni.sli, the staiicliost hound of the' ( ack, to|?l us Keynaid was at home. With ' >ne crash, head up, stents down, tho wh- !e > u k broke cover, and away w e \v tit lnougli Tlioiutoli Grove, down IXibiuson A ltiii", Forestall wood, down at a tattling . nice to the Ewchui-t Koalffiom liicie l<> he Briek kiln, crossing the stream to C"i.* r.au's Folly, and away to Broad Oak. The .'. plain and MUs Kllcn kept neck and ieek the whole way. s'ae look in' fn>t iate , it her Inlet, and ridin'as tca.lv as a i >ck; . nt IM little lime to look nl tlioni?nil my >oks was taken up with old Pi upper. S.i >ng as it was stiuighl iiHinin', lie sat nn ? oniinon well, knees a !i:t! * shaky, nn?l j i>es a little poinlin' outwards, l>nt n aliin' ( ailicttlar. "Cardinal," lie worn in full reel 1 sec Isilit a pullili' at the cinb. illicit I hi Prtippor hutlg oti to like Iliad, tid all lie wanted was to settle into his , dlop. which old Prnpper wouldn't have. 10 were all safe so long as we was li 'in own flic lanes, l?nt on tlie fi>-t hit <>' open, j lie Cardinal, A Jin' the turf under In- ^ oof. !- g in id ' *> out, and <>' ! l'ruppi P* ; noes gut queerer liiAii Cv> r. A coin j ivoat seemed hieakin' out over h:s hide as ( e -en what was a head; there was certain j( ; a stilli-h rasper, and a five-bar in the liddlo, foi which the Cardinal scented ma | in* straight. Ono jam he gis?s to hi- ] attv ?el vol cap, cornea the uiilliutary style x f dropjiin' his lice's, and liies to hold the j 'ardinal in. | ( "Won!"' says ho slioatin' like a carter. ,, Won, horse! w>>a! l'> thermion! <1 n't 011 sen it's a gate!'' Them was the hi-t words I heard him ] [>oak lliat day. Ju droppia' liis heel-, lo-'d iven Cardinal a touch of the steel?a ling lie never could hear; he was at the > ale like n gond'uu, and cleared in style; ; til poor old Pruppor, he flew, ah! like ( tern rockets the boys let ofifaCuv Fawkes' av?. He went clean over Cardinal's' | Pad. and fo> three ilavs after never di.ov il. lie wore then shaded by every olio j > met him, but bo bore it first rale; and x ren now I bear whon lie's in company toy can always mm tin* laugh upon him, lien they Ibink lie's g?>in' a head, by just ' ollorin', "Wen, lun.se! woa!"' s Tub Pt'Mii:n Irishman.?During the otillici with firer.t I'ritain, a number of nr troops were engaged in repairing the r ntificntions of Niagara; ami wbil?t su en I aged tbo enemy commenced a pretty * liarp fire, so that >t occupied noarlv the t iliole of the timo of our forces to k' ?-p tho ' s >ok out for the shots of tlio enemy. t Finding '.lie) did not make much bead- s >nr, tliey stationed a son of the Kmernhl do to give warning when a shot or shell 1 ras coming. ' t This the sentinel faithfully performed, al- ? ornately singing out Shot,' Shell,' shot,' hell,' until finally the enemy started a 'ongreve rocket, which Put had never seen ( I laforo. t Ho hesitated, and seeing it elevate, bo \ honied: < Shot, and by .'alters the gun with it.' i Takimo Down a Oookkrt.?Our friend Job Crundell visited Holland last summer. Vitile stopping in the metropolis, he haprcned to drop into u coffee bouse whore u at of cockneys were ajrenking about the wimming powers of different individuals. )no old gentleman said his (rioiid Wil? iams could swim five miles iu forty ininites. Another showed that Tibials could lo more than this. Tibbets, in some fiftyhree minutes, having swam forty miles in even hours. Just here Hob asked if he i.ight "offer a remark." The answer wns, Yes, certainly." On this Hob opened : "Your fnciid Tibbets is some swimmer, reullemen, but his performance would l?e onsidered nothing in America. On the Mississippi men swim with such rapidity hat they go ahead and pilot steamboats." "Nonsense." "No nonsense at all. To show you that 'm not joking in this matter, I'm will.ny o make a bet with any perion present." "What is it?" "That I can outswim any man in ling and ami give him an hour's start." "For wlmt sum, sir?" "Any thing from fifty pounds lo a Cali ornia gold inirc." "We'll lake that bet, air, and put up r in ml red pounds that you cannot treat Mul ins and give him that start." "Very good. I take the bet. There i: wenty sovereigns to bind the bargain." "When shall the swim come off?" "Now?this very instant." "That's preposlorous. Tho day is toe ar spent." "Day! Why, my dear sir, I intend tc Will) n IVitfl.' In tin* TTni?A/l C?n?Ao -? - - .... -- * W.?. HIV V_ III IV.U ?% ? wim is nothing." ''Possible V "Yes, sir. Hurry Slocuni, of New Or cans, onco swam from Charleston to Cuba [Jut this is wasting time. Let us proccec 0 business." "Where do vou wish to start from?" "Lauds End." "Why there?" "Uccauso I intend to swim around tin sland, and wish lots of sea-room." The idea of swimming around the Islam )f Crent Britain was something that Cock icydoui had never heard of. Mnllins said 'Mich a pull would kiil a'orse," persisted lowcvcr, in his refusal to undertake any hing so "habsurd." In consequence c which Mnllins' friend had to como on tvith a forfeit in the shape of a basket c lb iddeck. During the remainder of L?ol?' <tay in England he was looked upon a the '.Merican prodigy?the man who talk m! of swimming from Lunnun to Nov Scotia." Ir m a ok Mi: Peki. I ndcitsdent.?j nan named Porter said lie had onco a clci cal friend between wliom and hiinsei here existed great int:ir.ncy. Every Sat unlay night, as Porter w is sitting balanc ng his cash, a note would come requestinj 'the loan of a five dollar bill!" The mono; ivas always returned punctually at 8o'clocl >ri the Monday morning. Put what puz sled tho lender was, the Parson always 10 ui iied the vei v identical note he borrowed since he had discovered this fact ho mud< irivato tnmks on t!ie note, still the sann was handed hack ??n Monday morning J lie Saturday nfternoon. Porter sent bacl 1 five dollar instead of a note, am narked i?. Still the very s nno coin w:v \tinned on tin! Monday. Porter got norrous And bilious about it; he could no le< p at night f->r thinking of it; lie wouU v.ike his wife in the middle of the nigh .lid a-k her what she thought ?.?f such ai Ktctiirence. 11 o was fast boiling over will uri.witv, when a note came fioin the iov M?rul borrower, one Chii-tuins eve, askiin ">r the I ?an of ten dollai*. A biiilian Iionght Mrin k oin liieiul. lie put on hi ;ieal coat, resolving to eali and demaru in expl matiou of il e in\ stc?y. "M . s.ii-l our ft tend, "if voti ??il insvver one question, I will let you have he tell <I-il..l!S. 11 iW < il li-nio..r? tliot II on always repay me the money \??t? bor owed i it ill" > itui ! iv in t!io ?ay 6atn< oiii or n *to on Mondavi" The T ir <.ii rui.-ed his head, and nflor ? i'dont slioggle, as though lie **< re ahou o un*eil the hoarded mystery of liw 60ul a:d in labeling tones, * Porter, you are i tenth-man, a scholar, a Christian, and i Vew Voikci; 1 know I can relv on voni nviolahle secresy. Listen to the secret o iiv eloquence. Von know that I am poor 111 I when 1 liavo bought my Sunday din ?er I have -eld >111 i te l cert in my pocket *?o*v, I maintain that no in in can preach he tio-pel. and hlotv up his congregation iroperiy, unless he has got something in lis pocket to inspire him with confidence, ha*e tin refine boi mvved five dollars ol on every Sundae, that I might feel it oe a-iorial \ as I preached. You know how ndepC dently I do preaeh?how I make lie licit shako in 'heir tdi >os. Well, it is II owing to my knowing ilia! I have ali* c lollar hill in in* pocket. ''fcouise, f.Cvp| laving to u-e it for any other purpose, it is iot changed, hat invariably returned tn on the next morning. Now, as Mr, icorge La** is coming to hear me preach o nvrrow, 1 thought I wouhl liy the cH'ect >1 a tell dollar hill oil him!" Ji m So.?''When 1 have a cold in inv lead," said a gentleman in company, "I am i*\ i* rcmaikahlv dull and stupid." ^'ori ,re to he pitied, then, sir," replied another, for I don't remember ever to have seen uu without a cold in your head." Thero arc, according to medical writers, no lar^o nuuii'cr o! seven million pore* in lie body of a man of ordinary size; ami f tlu-e vv.ro joined lengthwise, a tube vouIU bo formed tvventy-oight miles long! W'o arc curious to know how manv feel u female arithmetic go to a nillo, because vc never inet with a lady's foot yet whoso hoe was not, to say the very least,'"a mile oo big for her."?Punch. Lkatiif.r from I'ouroiHK Skins.? At r ecent industrial exhibition of one of tlx ?ondon societies, among the olhor novelties vas soino curried leailior fioin the skin o lie wbito porpoise. A report says "il eerns to posse** tho ossentinl requisites o nughness and softness, anil has been cor. idercd superior to the skins of land nui mils; the puce is the same as that of th< est cnlfskin; but a sample pair of booti hown are btated to have worn out scvet dc." '1 ho definition of a physician, as givoi >y Voltaire, doubtless comes nearer tin ruth than that given in any dictionary iz; "An iinfotlunate gentleman, cxpcctei vvery day to perform a miracle?reconcil ng health with intcinpernnce." ?I??J-U-LULL- .1' .1 |LCJLL'iX.i J f .lit m* Wm A%, JYewberry Court House, Importer and Beaioi ? IN HARDWARE, PAINTS, OILS, WIR DOW GLASS. O HOVER I EH GENERALLY. DRY GOODS, HATS, SHOES, AND CLOTHING, .><?.,AC., fC. A A* D BUYER OF COTTON AND OTHER COUNTRY PRODUCE, ; j has now in More one of Uiu largest, and moat vnriv I Stock of Goods in Sootli Carolina, ami is prepare ' } to oiler to his numerous fr:ond? ond customer liberal inducements cannot fail to prat* 1 . i their interest. I nm nlwiivn in the market for th ' purchase of COTTON and COT NTKY PRC l>UCK generally, and planters will find it genera lv to their imerest, by caning on me before wak in their arrangements elsewhere. 8. T. AO NEW, Importer of English Hardware. Oct. 18 35 tf_ U. W. EVTIIKWnon. IVK II S?IITIJ BYTHWOOD & SMira, Brokers, Auction and Commission MERCHANTS, FOK THE SALE OF I RE AL ESTATE, i\ EG ROES, COTTOIS FLOUR, GRAIN, AND A LI, MANNER OF !j PRODUCE AND MERCHANDISE, i 204 EXCHANGE HOW, ItlCIIAtlDSON BTRRE" i | Oolumtoia, S. OUCFCIILIVCE^ SlcnliooHO All;-.. <Si Co. J Cljark,(mj \> nue 6c < xixMiwin, ) J,.hu A Crawford, j Co,umUL| g Q Kkmi.ikI Ann* ra?mf ) 11 raw Icy ft Alexander, Chester C. II. ) Col. S. N. Siowe. Yoikvillc.8 C. 4 1 Springs <fc Me Led, Charlotte, N. C. Michael llrmvn, Salisbury, N. C. It. C Cooke, Concord. N. C. J>r. \V. It Holt, Lexington, N. C. Whitfield Walker, Newberry, S. C. T. lirown, Anderson, S. C. | (lower, Oex ft M.-fkley, Greenville, 8. C. Inn. Kyle, I.nurer.s, S. C. Feb 21 58 3m ODD FELLOWS' SCHOOL. f \N Monday next, agreeably to notice, the Od v r i* ciiuu n win open iiiiir cv>iu/ui.iii inv u ! Male Ar.nlc.My, under the contiolof DAVID I 1 ; DHNCAN, A. M. i Mr. Dunenn Is a mn of Professor Duncan, ; Woffbrd College, and a grsdualo of Hand .1 j , ' Macon College, Virginia. Ilia testimonials , M-liolairliip and moral character arc full and sati . ! factory. In starting an entcrp: ise of the kind I t \ the la?dgc, it is indeed gratifying that one so th roughly prepared for the ofbec of teacher as M 1 I biiicnu has been selected and consents to tal if charge of the school. s The established ran* of tuition bars heretofo , excluded many from the advantages of educatiu With a vieiv to benefit Mich, and all who nu avail themselves of the facilities of a cheap ai ^ thorough education, we append the following tab i of cfiaiget, so reduced as to make it available, rr.mary Department?including Spelling, . Heading, Writing, Arithmetic, and Prl* i marv Geography, per session of five '* j months, $?.( f j Second Department?Philosophy, Grammar, Algebra, and all the higher branch, es of Krtgbsh educntion, per term of five months, wiUi a continuation of auy of the ! pre-enumcrated studies 6.C t' ' Third Department?Class tea, with a rot ' view of any ol the previous studies, per term of five months H.C Contingent fee, per term I tl THUS. O. P. VKltNON, Chairman Hoard Trustees. B 1 .Tun 10 40 S. W. G I LLI LAND. < I general commission agent. ' i XRWHBIlUY. H C. I) KSPKC TKLJ I.I, Y offers Ins s. rviecs to a 1 these who trade at New berry,as their Gcner ^ ! Coinni ??ion Agent, lor the disposal of tlu-ir Cottc i ! an 1 other produi c. NN'ill give his |H*r?oual attx i lion to Io-eeiviig, Selling, Storing or Shipping 1 (' t'oii and all lends of produce intrusted to h ? ' care. i Having made arrangement* with different Ho . j ses, he is now prepared to make liberal n.iranc >n C..t: ,ii strnind to Charl*stun. W.II also pay (lie highest market 03"h prices < ' I .hi v.ry f"r all tl>*< Wheat, Flour, Corn and ?>th< * produce lli.it an ho brought to lh;? in.uk el fi i; >.iio. An experience of am oral year* Lusiu.M.al ih . i place, in all ik ririoqpfornii isdnm him tobriln 1 that lie ran promote the int. rent i?t" planter", at In pen by prompt attention to merit a liberal thn of pa! n in age Charges for veiling or shippit . , Cotton 0.*? rent* prr hale, all other transact mas , ne a ;i!.'ac* with custom. '1 lie bot of rviereoc 1 g von Cntil the first of January next ho may be four * ah ait "lie Store Room formerly occupied by Mess; t W. Ci .V J. F. (licit. Nov l.-| 30 tf Fisk's Patent Burial Cases! : ; r |MI K subscriber is agent for the sale r?i F1SK' 1 PATEST HUlilAl. CASES?Clnth-ci 1 verod or Itron/rd? III vvllit h n body can be kept r i ; transported any distance, w ithout danger fr< m di composition . r vermin. Cabinet Making. HE is also a CAT. I NET MAKER, and pri pared to famuli New Cabinet Ware at short n# i tiec, and also to repair old furniture on reasonab 'crins,and solicitsn call at his rooms on Main-st Spartanburg, below the Court House. Also i tiiic- a.-ortnieut ?I l'AULOU CIIAIR:* e mstantlv t>n hand. S.-pt 20 31 tf S. V. GENTRY. $500 REWAED. 1' W ILL pay the Above reward to any one wli . will lodge my negro mam J1AMI* in the Ja at Spartanburg or 1'nion. Said boy has been ah sent ir< in my plantation near three years. II ( fi i tii' i!y belonged to Sarah liurnctt.ofSpartanbor District IIe s w. II si t, about forty yearsold. 5 fe? I lO inches high, blind in one o\e and a blncksmit , hytiM i.- ikOBERr BKATY. (' oi.ee. 1. ITnion District. 1 >ec. 20 11 If MUSIC! VVEUY largo selection of the f^T . <X ? .1 PI- jWWpW ANOSof all kiwi* can be bad nt ti J 1 E A M S AY'S llano forte ani) music stow COLUMBIA, S. C Tie invito aapcoinl examination of the late pr toned improvements in llalhi, l>avis A Co's.eclt , brated Pianos. livery piano i* guarantied. June 28 13 ly (oiuwi? loner's Notice. Vhh < 1 unmans, Trustees, Receiving Corr milteca and oilier Persona nut horned to mak ' annu il return*, are hereby notified to mnkn np nti 5 , report ?h<?ir annual nceuunta to ma on or bv tl ; first ol March next. The items of czpenditui r in list be vouched. Rules will bo issued against .1 IK't.mhci*. TII?>. O. r. VERNON,c. c. a. t>. Coinr's Ollice, Jan. S 4"? tf. R. I). () W EN, Till.OK, * HAS RETURNKD TO SPARTAMU RO ffntll MK INTSNOS TO l.OCATi: PKHMANKNTLY. I 1 ?e may lie found sit No. "" Briek Rang j 1 1. on Ciiureb street, where he wiM bo vei happy to see his old friends, and ready TO RttUVK 1 111. M CBKiP FO* CASH, j Nov I 37 tf lllaHKM i for sale at this office. (./ I ? (E*fV 3 If A* K? ' Qif Lii - ^ i-JH? fflii?gKi^^PPBft r. fS NOW UKCKlVUtC ANlf OpWCfcU I IflH HTOCK giPKlSSS ABU) I GOODS, : consisting or , Frcneh Cloth*. Cassi meres, an4 Dtl# '! Italian Cloth*. Black Satin and Manudltrs Vesting*, Lin*u C-sting, lienvy Twilh <f artd Buck "? LiiH.ii. Bareges ??d Tissues, Printed Orgsndki, ? b?rw and Jaconet Muslin*. ,e Fmu Ginghams, Kreflcli. Ame-lcvr: and PnjtI liah Prints, Fine lilack nnd colored Silk MuhuL las. ?U of the Intcti i!>'? on J fresh from Ne* R Y ork. Ladies nnd Gentlemen's Colored Silk, Kitf find Thread Gloves, Hosiery, &e. aubo ? Indies' Grass and Corded Skirts. Black and Colored Bilk Gingham PnrsapN and 1 Umbrellas. Fancy Paper. Feather, nnflTnlm-lcnf Fan*. Irish Linens, Linen Cambric I'oeket ITdkfs. Hollands, Brown nnd Bleached Bhirling and Sheetings. [, Fashionable Summer llat?, Bool* and Shoe*. FOR UKNTLKMK.N ANU SOTO. i j. Black nnd Colored Kid Top Gailcrs sud Bootees of various kinds for T.-idics, Misses and r Child reu. , * ' ** FASHIONABLE BONNTS. Ribbons of various styles. * i Dress Trimmings, dtc. &o. ^CIJTLKR? _ ? ? -- - ^ vawv>tlJI?l^ Hliimmarc, Ac. AH of which will be sold on the most reasonable tcimsfor Cash or to pr-mpt-pnyuig customerr. April A G tf SPARTANBURG'S ~ "APOTHEC\IIY'S HALL." TUK NEW MKDICIKAL, ' DRlti AND IHAIICAI. STORE, ld IS LOCATED IN SPARTANBURG OPI'OHITK |,1 TUB COURT IIOURIT. 1 UTM1E luUcriberi mprctlvll; c*U tin* attention 1. ol iho citizens of Spartanburg, nod of the of adjacent districts, fo their NEW DRUG AND ill CHEMICAL STORK. located in die village of of Spartanburg, where will always be found n full a. supply of j Fit EMI AND GENUINE MEDICINES, r embracing nearly every article nvrally kept fit Priig ' Stores. Mr. HENRY E IIEIMTII will bare the e rnlirr toauasrcinent of the store, mid ail J'llARn M A CELTIC A E PREP A U ATR?N wi'l .e made ,y by liiinscK. or under hie Immediate !?npei vitim. Thin gives to the coonnunity tlm semnre that je nil articles from their store ore gens'ue. and In J accordance with the prescribed rules of tuc U. b Pharmacopeia. They desire nl*o to state that tftc'r c-? " "t* with the WHOLESALE AND RK'PAdf >0 DUrG ESTABLISIIMBNT at fV4?wbia wHl cnnhle them to receive and supply large enters ot very low price*. Physicians, Plan'or- pi ? Mer chants, will do well to irll nnd e*nmiir'*hr rt? V au?l prices, and judge for ik"aa*ivts. 0 THEIR STOCK WILL CLNPIHT OP DRUGtS, ,o MEDICINES it* CHEMICALS, ?0 in -WWW, A\[) DV-MLITS. OILS, PAINTS A* PAINTERS' ARTICT.EP, VARNISHES, , Window Glass and Putty, Glassware FRENCH. ENGLISH | T.n I Ara usury, I FINK TOILET AND SHAVING SOAPS, ill FINK II AIR AND "I TOOTII BRUSHES, PAINT BRIVIIFS, I SURGICAL AND DENTAL - INSTRUMENTS, " "/]&T33S253 h U- O F A L L KINDS, w Si'Il E-S. SMI'k'hVi M iviiniwenev1 ? av i i> i\r.i/ | TOBACCO. c? All the Patent or Proprietary MEDICINES OF THE DAY. * Snporlor InltLe, [J 1TKE WINES AND BRANDIES FOR ... MKTjioisai. rn:i I^KS, ,B jr. a -?v: dxieth'E1,u CELEBRATED DARDKN SEEDS. e? CHuICIi ToilACT ANI> j F A N C V A 11 T 1 C L K 8 . Wo make our pnrcha*<? for en*-h, and offir Cj'xxN equally a? low as tin-y can lie obta.ctd item ] any f>iini'ar c*tabli?hincut in tlj* *vctM?t. I Warranted hi h: Fresh, Pi.re and (Senuint. Order* from the country promptly filed, and i snt.kfaefon guaranteed, ?:tli regard both to priew I and quality. FISHER & 1IEINITSII, PI in rata cent sts an.I Di*pcn*;;i? Chemist*. J-1" " ^ ji| f B O O JOS : Mi BOtkS 12 v ..... 1 v , 'ClIE mib?crib*rtakc?ll??* method tolnform the |* ' citizen* of the Village and surrounding conn? 1 try, that he is now rc en. itig n good ?.(..< k 01 N KW *? BOOKS, at hi* Bo<>k Store, No. f!. Main stru t, . | opposite the Court llmwf, recli sa arc generally H" used in Colleges, Academies and common English ! School*. A large variety of MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS, J r nihraeing HISTORIC AI., BIOOR A PMCAl, i GlX)hOUlCAL, MECHANICAL, Poetical and 0 Musical work*, of various *!*eg and price*. Some light reading (in the way of Novel*.)? ' RUTH IIAEI.. Fnnnr Fcrn'a writing;* ; TOM ' JONES' COURTSHIP, Ac. *:*. ? ' RLANK BOOKS. A number of lit Mfl * BOOKS, used by the differ* nt denomination* a1 Christian*, together with a large assortment ot r .WILY bibles, pr.ecafroia $'2.00 to $10 00; atnall BIBLES,from SOcenu to $1,50 and $2.00 ; TESTAMENTS; (rem fifteen cents ?o $1.00. 1'E A \ EH HOOKS J | At variou* pricc?. ^ Also a variety of amall religious book a, toy boo"*^ and Primers, j A good lot of Foolscap, I.etier, Commercial aik< ; Noto Paper. Envelop, ? from common 10 the fine** i Black, Blue .and Red Ink. new music for the PIANO. Between 500 and 1 ,(100 new piecee frr the Pi nno, from the bo?t oompoeera, the grenteat variety over offer.-din the Mp-o-iunlr), (We hope the ladie* will call and supply themaelwa.) I have made permaneii^irrangemcnta withaev'l ernl large liook House? in Philadelphia and Neia York, to exchange my Music Work?the SOUTHERN HARMONY, 1 at CASH PRICK, for their Rookn, Ac , at cash prices, nott. i will, therefore, bo able to sell Book* : and Stationery lower that* th? y have evor bean eold j in Spnrtanborg and a? I do* re to do nn entire OA?h I nsineca, if the people will call with their ?? ' ney, 1 think tliey wlilbe autisfud thnttkev ean boy Books, Ac., from mo. as cheap a* they ean (at re? ! tail) in Columbia or Charleston. CALL AND SEK.jtff WILLIAM WALK KB, A. 9. TT. ' ' fW^ebool tenober* supplied ?>n liberal termes r* ' I'. S. If any person ah. uld call for a Rook oa Hooka, that I have not got, I will immediately order them if thoy deeirc X. B The New Edition of the Soctiika* Ifa*. uokt , kept constantly on hand, * hoi. sale and retail. at the CASH book store. 1 May 1? 15 If