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II nil ' ? 1 11-JgH . . [For th* Carolina Spartan.] r. ON HOPE. IJnp? dwell* within tho iniud of mtn ? It live# eternal there; Though life be long or like ft sp?D, H-pe saves u* from despair. I lope is of inure than rainbow hue, 'Til seen without n cloud, i No lowering dreams obstruct tho view Fron ijlory or front God. Hop? is an mtohor to the soul, Hoth sure nod stead lust loo; 'Tis thnt which elinipi within the veil, And ntakiti our prospect! new. Hope is enr polar star through lite, To uu do us midst it storm; Th?' winds should howl and all bo rife, Hope safely guiJ<s us home. Hope is our teleseope, to view God'a loft)' spires and throne; To lead us on, thro' prospects ttcw, To our eternal home. . Hope is our aobico here below, In hours o( sad distress. When sickness eontes and pulse beat low Hope points 'o glorious rest. still* tbc throbbing, aching heart, it dries the wnt'ry eye, Disrobes death of his iron dart, Secures a homo on hi gh. Williout this hope I could llot live? This hope of bliss to oome? A hope that God nt I >st w i I give A erown beyond the tomb. ILL A ICK.Y. The Way to Collect a Bill. Old Squire Tubin was a slow walker but slower pay. Blessed with abundant means, he tvas he was of comso considered ultimately good for any little debt. IIu contracted a habit of holding on to his money until forced hy extra importunity to foik over. ' There goes the old Squire," said Brown, the merchant. "I've had a bill of five dol lars and fifty cents against him for eight months, and if 1 have asked him for it once, I have done so twenty times; but lie has either not got it with him or lie will call lo-monow, or, if not in good humor, he will a wear like a trooper at my impudence in dunning him at unseasonable times." Now lliero was one Joe IJarkins, a waggish suit of a fellow, who heard the complaint of merchant Blown, and resolved upon some fun. "Come, now, Brown," said Joe, "what will you bet 1 can't get the money frotn tbo old Squire, beforc ho gets home?" "A now hat," said Blown. "Enough said," said Joe. W hile Brown was hunting the bill. Joe disguised himself in n striped blanket and slouched hat. Thus equipped, with the bill in his hand, he took after the Squire. "Hallo, is your name Tobin?" "Yes," answered the Squire, with a snarl, 41 what is that to you?" "I have a little b II, sir?collecting for merchant Brown, sir." "Merchant lirown can go to thunder, sir," said the Squire, "I've no money for him, you must call again." Joe bowed politely, slipped down the alley just in lime to head the old Squire at the next coiner. "Oh, sir," said J.?o. stopping suddenly, "Is vour name Tobin!" "Tobir., sir, is my name." 4 llcrc is a little bill, sir, from aicichaut Brown." "Z >un B! sir." replied the Squire. "Didn't I meet youjust around the corner?" "Meet ine?" leplied Joe, "guess it was B another ol Brown's collectors." ' Then 1 suppose merchant Brown has two n d striped colleclois dogging my stop*; 1 won't pay it, sir, today?begone!' The ftl?l .Qnmi'ii ??c l?i? cMt.) * - ' * 1 I.o ..V f.liM mis, uruuglll HOW I) his slick haul upon the pavement and tod died on. Joe, nothing daunted, took advantage <>f another alley, and l?y a rapid movement,in a few minutes placed him?ell once mote in front of the Squiio. The old man's bile was making him mutter and cowl as he walked along, now and then giving point to his anger by very emphatic knocks of Iris cane upon the sidewalk. When within about twenty leet of each oilier, the old ] Squire espied his striped friend once mote j in front. Squire Tobin slopped ? and rais ing his cane, exclaimed: "You infernal insolent puppy, what do j you mean?" Joe, a tied ing great astonishment, cheek- ; cd up witliiu a safe distance, and replied: "Mean, sir! You suiptjse me, sit; I don't : know you sir." "Ain't you merchant Brown's collector, that dunned me live minutes ago! ' "Me, sir"' replied Joe. "I am one of tner chant Brown's collectors, to be sure; but I don't know you, sir." "My name is Tobin, sir," rejoined the irritated Sqttito, and you look like the fellow that stopped mo twico before." "Impossible, sii!" replied Joe. "It must have been some other of merchant Brown's collectors. You see, sir, there are forty of us, all wrapped in red stiiped blankets? and, by the by, Mr. Tobin, I think I have a .small hill against you." "Forty red striped collectors, and each 0110 after me!" ejaculated the Squire. "Darn nie, 1 must put a stop to this; ihev will all overtako mo before I reach homo." Saving which he pulled out his wallet and qui etly settled merchant Brown's bill of $5 50. Joe thanked the Squire, and moved <>ti; but as the Squire had another square to tiave! before leaching htune, JiO could not r?sist the inclination " head him just once more. 11o accordingly made another circuit, and came in collision with tho angry old man ere ho tvas noticed. "Zounds! zottnd-!! stranger," vociferated the Squire. "What ? " Here he caught sight of the red striped blanket, as Joe, disengaging himself froin the old man, took to his heels. Squire Tobin's cudgel was fiercely burled alter Joo, accompanied with a beany curse upon merchant Brown and his forty collectors in red striped blankets. It is unnecessary to say that Joe ilurkin* was seen next day topped ulT with a bran splinter new I.at. Cam;: of Chance.? A new gamo o" chance has been invented to elude the vigi* lance of the authorities. The young peo* pie place themselves together in a corner of the saloon, and het on tho color of the habiliments or hair of the persons expected next to enter, "black or fair?" "1 Louis d'or on black. 2 on fair," and tho next who enters decides which has won or lost. One son of n mother who had forbidden hiin to enter a club lost in this manner 200 louis d'or in one evening in a house where only the rpest sober-minded pcoplo meet. A Model Regiment. Among the Regiments of llie nnny of 1 Siam one, in particular, attracts llio alien- ly r lion of tiro stranger; it is tlio battalion of casi women, which hums the body guard of on the King. This battalion consists of four oral hundred women, carefully chosen from at I among the handsomest and brave girls of font the country. They are well paid and ro- ven markahly disciplined. When thirteen year seer old they enter active service, until their her twenty-filth, when they are placed in reserve ma, to take charge until their deaths of the royal neij palaces and the estate* of the crown. ly I On being admitted to this Regiment the they pledge themselves to celibacy, which bus promise they cannot break, unless chosen ove by the King him-elf to enhance the num- pro her of his wives, which happens now and out then, (n that case, however, he has not so his much regard to beauty as to valor and tun skill in the exercise of weapons. The hope abu to obtain such an honorable distinction cie- sinr atos an extraordinary anxiety and priJo rifle among tlio members, whose war like ap "in t pearancc and preciseness of manceuvics slai reallv astonish eveiy European beholder. rea< The uniform of these women is very rich, oxp When in full dress, they have on a fine boo white woolen dress, bordered with gold, ly i which reaches to their knees, besides a No light and pliant coat of mail and a "ilt cui as I ras.s, leaving their arms, however, entirely bin free. A little gilt helmet covers the head cioi of theso young warrior*. When in this cap uniform their only weapon is a lance, which ket they know how to handle with extraordi- qui nary skill. edj In their every day uniform, which is haj much plainer hut still very neat, they ate con armed with a rifle, with which they serve ten themselves with equal ability, rinj This battalion is divided into four com cor patties, each of 100 women. Each com pa a b n v lias one leader chosen from among thein, .?ud who has the rank of Captain. When the qui latter dies, the company assembles and per oft forms, in tlio presence of the King, three t!o( long military exercises, so he may choose ! tiot from among them the most skillful and capa i ^til hie as their future leader. i rail The battalion is commanded since five | the years by a woman, who, when in 1851 she full accompanied the king on a iigci's limit, am was fortunate enough to save his life hy her the courage and dexteiity. She is vety much . 011, liked at the court, and enjoys a great in- pai tluence among her fellow-soldiers. The yoi house wherein she dwells is filled p as if ?I belonging to a member of the royal family, mo and ten elephants are at her disposal. call The king never undertakes an expedition tak or even a hunt without his usual escort ma from among these biavc warriors, who have dis in return an inexpressible affection and at- left taohinent for him. ser Every member of this regiment has five wit negro slaves at her service. Being entirely all above want and care, slio can devote her- tifii self with all her energies to her glorious occupation. It is but very seldom necessary to ad- dat minister punishment, but wlien it happens am it consign in banishment from the regi- iny inent for a certain period, not exceeding Ch three months. Mh 1 >uels, however, are more frequent and trn must be approved of bv the captain of the 1 me company, who invites them to witness the ; vie performance. j val Should one of the duelists die, she is lion- jus ored with a magnificent funeral, and the , ?11> high priest prai>es her valor and proclaims her worthy of entering everlasting liappi j rec nes.?. b!e Tiie winner receives the good wishes of bef her fellow soldieis, but is releasod from no- I trn tual service for two months to devote her- j <feself to praying and fasting. Tit Notwithstanding all these particulaiilie-, in one is astonished bv the wonderful orgaui- lur zalion of this regiment, which has nowhere vi us equal. u serves as an example t<> the the whole army of Siam, which acknowledge tin however its superiority, honors its courage co> and tries to imitate it. hk - Tl. Carnival in Paris. j e'n thr A Paris correspondent gives tho follow- .,ai tug incidents of tho Carnival in that city: nm ' Paris seems to have delivered itself up Ch to gaiety during tho closing days of the !l,i' Cainival, and, us tho weather was warm, h'o the people were wild in tho enjoyment of 1 fun their pleasures. In the political and aiis- Cot tocralic worlds it was a struggle who should display the most riches in tln-ir soirees, or unite the most people of distinction in their is saloons. In the streets and at the masked [i halls it was a contest who should offer the ?h most oiigmiilily in his or Iter costume, or fur attract the most attention hy noise. Their the Majesties themselves, inspiied hy the gen- the eral feelings of gaiety, attended two Cos- see tinned balls, where they appeared in rose hy and Ldue dominos. One was at the Minis- sin try of Foteign A (Tails, tho other at the mil Princess Mathilda's. The comet which has tia been announced as about to destroy the soi world on the 13th of June, although an ;uu alarming prospect for some people, doe# go not seem to have produced a veiv profound ieg effect on the spirits of a great majority of sp( Parisians. Tho annual procession of the st>c Fat Ox, a ceremony two ccntmies old, was he more brilliant this year than usual, because hat the butchers wlu? form the cavalcade ha I a tieated themselves to new dresses and new 1 am decorations. The heathen gods and go 1- fr?| desses, the mousquetaires, and the cxectt- soi lioners?in all about two hundred | ersons ? were clothed in ?lres-es of historic fide '> that would have done honor to the hoards in of the grand opera. 1 his singular proces al?, sion had thus an attraction for tho behold a s ers it does not ordinarily possess.'' 1 do a Political Phkac'Iitr Denounced.? "tl The New Yi?rk Observer (Presb) terian, Old ",n School,) note* Rev. Dr. (Jlieover's Sunday 'be nullification discourses about the Died Scott to 1 decision, and says: dy> "This preacher ha* taken more atrocious cat and treasonable ground than the most radi I'd Ciil nowspaper of tho day. Whether we ' a regard the decision of the Supreme Court En a* sound or not, we should bo recreant to |?11' the plainest principle of the New Testa- l,P ment, we should bo false to tho govern j w'h ment of God, and tho civil government tin- *mi der which wo live, if we did not express |"c our unmiiigled abhorrence of the doctrine s?'x of resistance in this discourse. It is a disgrace to the city and to tho nation, it is a disgrace to the pulpit and to tho religion of i of Christ, that a man professing the spirit I the of the gospel should thus prostitute the *a- Iris c.ed desk, the ministerial character, and the iuq house of God." VTft, When Mr. Alexander Gun was dismissed " from tho Edinburgh Custom*, the following toiv entry was made in the books; "A Gun, doc discharged for making a false report.'* sue Sleeping on & Rail. a l young merchant, who with his fatni *" . esides in Newport, Kentucky, had ocon, a few weeks since, to visit Dayton ? M business. As lie was to he absent sev- ^u?1 days, his lady resolved to pass the time In r! ior mother's?the old homestead?about 1 r miles sooth of the Ohio river. The 0.nMl erable old lady, from her numerous do- |? idants, is called by every one who knows ,l ,0. , and is familiar in the family. Grand- '^ju even bv tlie servants of families in tlio J jhborbood. Our friend's wife according- '|"n eft lier homo with her babe to make \ "l proposed visit at the same time her ou baud left for Dayton. llis business ^ r there, lie relumed homo,forgetting the )'ou raise ho had made to his wife to diive to Grandma's, instead of stopping nt ,l,!" house in Newport. But, by an unfor v'"'( ate accident, on reaching Cincinnati, ut 9 o'clock, p. hi , ho fell in with a " d1 patty of his young friends, with whom. ' ir an iiululgcmont of live or six hours, yi*HI lie excesses of Iincchannlinn luxuries, he mal 'led for homo. Toward morning he 'n**' llied his house, and fearing to face an mi" ected cuitain lecture, lie withdrew his ^ its, and taking them in his hand, silent- l',e is po 8 hie a-cended to his bed chamber. A t a sound was heard, or a snoring note, hoti lie cautiously dWoibed, cnngiatiilating ?>r I iself tiiat his wife was enjoying a deli sup| is sleep, and ho would consequently es- laid e a lecture. So softly raising the Man the s, linen, etc., of the bed, he, creeping linn etly up, laid himself out on tlio very aho ;e of the rail. Li?tening awhile, and the >py in the thought that his wife was un- t<> scious of the lateness of the hour of his boa ir nliome, lie fell into a sound sle<-p. Du- sir,' g the night he was awakened by a sound van responding to the fall of a person from I \ ed, and fearing it win his little babe. lie edit denly and nervously sprang up. nn<l We ekly discovered it was himself, instead rem he child, that had tumbled out upon tin- edit >r. Again lie listened for an exchimn- Ail i and a lecture from his wife, hut all was JU,d I; so quietly resuming his repose on the to I , lie fell off into another sleep. Just as and opening day came he awoke, and cart- |ea\ y gatheiing up his clothes, proceeded to tli:ti ilhcr loom to dress, lest he should awake chit madam. On going down to the kitch he fottn 1 a black giil making a fiie, pieatorv to breakfast, and said to her: Jane, j ir mistress was liot well during the night et her sleep as long as she will tlii- | ^i( ruing; tell her that I have business, which i w;s Is me to Cincinnati early, and llial I will ( e breakfast over there. Why de Lor. |^|)( ster, misses done been out to Grandma's ^^ tree days. Our young friend forthwith 0|(j the promises, leaving Jane?a favorite vant?rolling over the floor, convulsed ^ ' li laughter at her master having slept night alone, and yet believing her beau- ' , d mi-tress was lying by his side. ^ "1 r Death in the Giiken Room.?On Satur- ' f overling, while one of the most brilliant .. ? . . . i r <) liences over seen in America was enjoy ; the splendid performance of Linda di , ^ amount in the Philadelphia Academy of isic, there was a scene of startling const behind the curtain. A very worthy 'J" tuber of tliu fern do chorus, whose ser- ' " es, from her long experience, were very me< uable, died suddenly in the Green Koom, -v"u t as the opera was about to begin, of ' ease of the heart. It was some time bef >re the singers could l>,c over their composure sufficiently to ena C them to go on. lint the vast audience pla ore the curtain knew nothing of the R;ui ten gedv that had occuire>l, and it was not the mod advisable to inform them of it. j *ai< ero was a delay of ten or lilteen minutes j ant the c unmencement of the j>eifoimance; I j> L tlien the curtain rose, and the | 4 lag- is npper.rerl, smiling ami gay in vi,h ir rustic costume, and no one thought d< c it within a few yards of them lay the |v | pso of one fiom their number, arrayed (i,:i e them in the bright dress of the canton. Ju> e prima donna an 1 all forced down the "pj,. olions that the tragedy excited, and went j otigh with their parts with all ap ?(|1 ient composure. The audience were j | () ire than usually enthusiastic and gav. ] (|)(, oers and Uravas greeted the prima donna, j ( 1 bright bouquets were showered at her |( i( t. It is not often that a festival and a leral scene are brought into such close ttact.?Philadelphia Bulletin. j ( ,, m i Mignionette.? In it* native country this p a s .rub, and not an annual, as with us. w., diotil ! be sown in a light sail ly s.d', f ,r en it is grown in a Miff soil it lo^os its w ' giance. When it is wished to obtain i tree mignionette, a vigorous plant < f ' common kind should he chosen from diings sow n in April, and put into a pot it>? lf, and in the autumn the lower siderots slrotll I be taken oil, so as to f >rm a milnre tree. It should afterward* he nsplarited into a larger pot. with fresh I, formed of turf Inoken into small piece* C;ir 1 sand. 1 he plant should be kept in a Wl>l en house, or warm loom, all w inter, and ^,r tilarly watered every day, an 1 in the ',ut ing the stem will nppear woody. The l:" ond summer the >ame treatment should observed, anil lire following spring it will l-M re baik on its trunk, aid be completely ibo hrub. It may now be suffered to lb .wet, sau 1 its blossoms, wbielr will be delightfully to grant, will continue to be produced every wit inner for many years. ; A French traveller is amusing bis Pari*i ;l p friends though one of the pnhhc jotir j ..j^ , with accounts of what he see*, dining ! ,(| < oj >iirn in London. The Knglish editors i not relish his descripticiis, and are very ' Vii ( ere upon liim. The Fn nclnnnii si\>: pV( ae raigusn eat at every liour, evri \ w hrie. |Uii I incessantly. Tlie iron constitution of ir complaisant stomach* enable* tliein feed in a manner which would give the pep-ia to wolves ami lions. The deli 0 repast of a fair and sentimental voting ' x y would he too much for a couple of ' 1 risian street porters. At midnight the ' glisli leave the Invent*, the theatre*, the in~ Ldic gardens and open air balls, and fill l>u'' the supper saloons and oyster room*, '?l,: ero they eat until morning. After the I 1 rises, tho policemen are occupied in aim king tip, in the gutters, drunkards of both fall es, and all conditions." hi I I iih Sound of Son'sei*.?On the arrival dan in emigrant ship some years ago, ivhen he's North Carolina laid oil' tho Ilatlery, an Jim in hearing llio gnu fired nl sunset uired of one of llio sailors what that wad j,;ll| 'What's that I Why, that's sunset!" , i the contemptuous reply. 'Sun*et!" exclaimed Paddy, with di* | ded eves; "sunset! Holy Moses, and is the sun go down in tins country with h a clnp as that!"?Porttr a Spirit. rn J chap in Albany recently advertised infallible method to detect a counterfeit E< ? note," which ho proposed to impart pi II who chose to learn it for #2 each. A ve 1 many "green ones" paid the amount, nc Bturn for which they received tho fol- at; ng inMruction.-i, which, though good co igh in thoir way, wero hardly worth ar money: "Whenever you lake a bill jo it whieli you entertain tho slightest tri [>t, lit once proceed to tho hanker in in you place the most confidence, offer fir the bill, with the request that ho will in igo it; if ho declines no to do, make up cl< r mind that the nolo is bad." le cbkb in Cockt.? Lawyer. You say arc acquainted with the defendant, iisoii, and call him "an even tempered l'' i." Now, in fact, isn't ho an ill-natured, ai ant man f one who is often angry for c< B or no reason ? 'fitness. Why, yrs. that i- his disposition. d? ive known him intimately lor seveial ?l t, and I call him "an oven-tempered j i" because lie is always in a passion ; ?r saw hiin yet when ho wasn't a stor- j, ' about suthin * w ,awyer. That'll do. The gentlemen on ^ other side can have the witness. U l tliief went into the hall of a hoarding se, in Barclay street. New York, a night wo since, while tho boarders weio at 1 w per, and gatheied up all the hats on tho e. IIo was making his way out with p, booty, when a hoarder, a little heh'.ud ,,] p, came in. and H-,ked him what he was |H ut. "Oh," 6i?)8 tho thief, "I'm taking gentlemen's hats round to Leary's j ,, get smoothed." "Well," le plied the I ol ider, "take my hat, too." "Certainly. ; ? said the accommodating loafer, and i^hed. Ve clip from an exchange the following mini notice, which ii decidedly cool. [ wonder to how many editors tin* same 1' i-rks would *p| I\ t "Aiiskni.? The * or has gone up the river for a few dnvs. ' good ailiclus, facetious remarks, puns, l typographical errors may Imj atlrilitiled t d us aliscnce. In order to give variety *' vigor to the lie will freouentlv ! ' re it (or :i week or so. It i- to be Imped h I the readers of this journal will appro n e 1)is endeavors." V fellow who is considered ratlior 'soft," -j akmg of the many inventions which ^ e been tnn<Je by the pie^cnt generation, Itingly w.iiuul up willi?' For my part. * above every generation grown wiser ami ur; for there's my father, lie know'd ' re'u my grandfather, and I believe I j >w a little inore'n my father did." "My r sir," lemarkod a bystander, "what an f ol yonr grandfather must have been." I* \t the Criminal Court, in Albany, a few 1 s since, a learned gentleman, dissatisfied <J lis success with an Irish witness, coin- 1' ined to the Comt. Paddy exclaimed, Ij n no lawyer, yer honor, and lm wants uzzle ine." Counsel: "Come, now, do i swear you are no law veil" nth and I do; and you may swear that '! ie about yourself, without fear of being " ?le for perjury." ' First class in sacred music stand up. w many kinds of metre are there?" 1 iree, sir?long metre, short in?'tre, and t'er by moonlight alone!" "Who told |, i that, you boobv?" "Iliil Jones, sir." ,j to your seat. When school is over wo i I try and establish the key-note of a ^ kled cow-hide." Colonel M , of itio cavalry, was comining that from the ignorance and inattion of his officers lie was obliged to do j whole duty of llie regiment. "1 am," 1 lie, "my own captain, my own liouten, my own comet ." "And trumpeter, resume," said a lady present. \ Vclgauism.?It has recently been deed. in the com is of cthpu-lte, that it is id- dly vulgar to tell a fiictid who humh J( lows to the inand ito of his bellei-half. : ? t he is under "petticoat government." v t inform him that ho irears the hoops. I it's the word n v.? Che raw Gazette. \ ,n the days of the Inuo laws of New c 4I uid, a shoemaker was condemned to ' hang'-d; but, on the day of execution, " y discovered that lie was the onlv kIhks ker in the place; so, tliev concluded to I ig a weaver in Iim stead, f >r thev had I re weavers than lliey wanted! Won't \on takf my word, sir, when I | you I will call rnd liquidate your de i ml on Saturday mottling next)" said a inqiieiit debtor to a dunning creditor, 1 h whom he had sharp w?>rj?. "No, ( replied the other, "I had rather you : old keep your woid." "l'lay. Mrs. Zabriska, whv do you whip | ir children So oftenl" ' I.i, Mrs. Wur- u ! I do it for their enlightenment. I ?l er whipjied one of thent in mv life, that v didn't acknowledge that it mado him art!" I Fkmai.e Stacks.?A German wiiter 11 nparcs the different stages in the lives of man to milk, butter, and cheese. "A v I," he says, "is like milk, a woman li o , ter, and an old woman like cheese?all li ee mav be excellent in tlu-ir kind." _ (J We read in a Sin tin I paper, that "the polish to a piece of cutlery i? gi*en l?v hand f a woman." Tin* ?atne ina\ he I 1 ol hum in cutiery, that "the las' polish ^ a young blade is given l>y his mixing h female society." v 'Beautiful is the love and sweet the ki*s c i sister.Old P'lprr. Kxactlv, and of rettv coudn. too. If }oit have not a ( er or a cousin, try soiiieliody else's sister j cousin; it's all the same, dis. Opie said, talking of Bvron, "IIis (1 ce was such a xoico as the devil tempted * with: you feared its fascinu.ioiis the ineiit you lieaul it." t has often licen remarked that children tl I frequently ask questions which even wisest are puzzled t<? answer. "Mother,"' tainted holey, "how lug was I when * i was a little girll" j \n Irishman, who lived in an attic, be a nsked what part of I lie home lie occu- l< I. answered: "If the home were turned j sy-turvy, I'd he livin' on tile tit>t flure." I' \ our motion's mother was iny tn ither's it, what relation would your great ginnd* ' ler's m-phew he to iny elder bioiher'stson- | ^ i " awf ^ | j Keep your dog away from me!" said a < I dy to a hotelier's hoy. "I).?ni the dog; '* i always after puppies," said the bov. j(' Nat, what are you leaning over that h ?tv ca*k foil" "I'm mourning over deted */>i'ri7.?," was the answer, tn Kineialder, in writing his life, says; j i ran away early from Ins father, hecausc ! *, liscovered lie was only liis unclo." I S Vhat color does flogging give to an un i boyt It makes him yell oh! (yellow.) | jr * i ? vt ???????? Plurality or Worlds.?A writer in the liulntrgh Review &ar> that the idea of s uralily of wurlde has been gradually de loped till men have come to believe thai t oniy t'ue planets, but also the shining tra of the boundless firinainent in all theii -unties* myriads unut be seats both of life id of sensicnt intelligence, capable of enying and employing its faculties and at ibules. Modern astronomy hasnUo gotu it far beyond the boundary of tho stai inament, and there it has descried, Iviny immeasurable distance, faint definite ouds of filmy light, which, oven to good lescopos, look, as they float in the chasm? darkness, likowhi-ps of pale phosphore ent mist. At first these were taken to b? e vaporous comets of the remote universe id they were called "nebulae" by their dis iverers. In process of time, however, a< le construction of the lele&cope was ren ?rcd more perfect, ii was found that som< these light clouds were reallv clouds o a is. Cultivation ok tiik Reach Tree.? each stones, in falling from the trees, al ays bury themselves alike, point down nrdh, and this ouuht to be imitate* 10 id end Upwards, the fro?t opens then ul water enters. The peach tiee mu?t ( < >t an itch higher titan in the nursery fron hioh it is taken. Tho new growth shouh e taker, in early in the next spring. If i -a< h he botne on the end of a long, sting ling, dependent branch, its death is no ir distant. Pench trees eighteen years oh lay be rendered fruitful by proper treat lent. The soil must be disturbed early r there will be no crop. A very large hoi tight to be made in planting. Spiritualists Bi-.at by tiik Heathens A correspondent of the Portsmouth (N I ) Journal calls attention to the fact ths ie heathen of Western Africa are in ad at ice of our Spiritualists in one parliculat r they not only have mediums betweei ic living and the dead, but they have mc turns who communicate with the spirits c hildreti who are not old enough to talk;* .at by these mediums patents are madut now what the child is crying for, whs re its wants, and what are its ailments. I>k(> a l Tender.?-The following item fror hompson's Hank Note Reporter may h ew to some *?f our readers. America old c<>in in any amounts, American silvc a the amount of five dollars, three cei lieces to the amount of thirty cents, an ne cent pieces to amount of ten cents, ar rgal tenders. A Fat Salary.?The pay of tho Co eclor of this port, for the first quarter i 8.r>7, was 1)'2 cents. This is one of tl fticcs to which the rotation principle migl ? ! applied without much dam ige to an? lody but tho person who was rotated. [ Xeicburyi>ort (A fa St.) Herald. An 1 rial)man meeting n countryman, it [uired his name: "Walsh" said the gentl. nun. "Walsh," responded Pnddy, "are \ mm I>uh!in? I know two ouM maids lliei f that name; was either of 'em your m? her?" An author of a love story in describin lis heroine says: "Innocence dwells in tl laik clusters of her liair." A waggish eil or suggests that a line tooth comt? won ring it out. " What is the reason," said an Iiishmr o another, " that you ami your wile ai Iways disagreeing ?"' " Because," rejtlU '.it, " we a?e both of one mind" she wan o be master, and so do I." Heaven lies about us in our infancy. | WortUtcorlk. Parisian Wivrs ami IIcmbinok.?Tlie list w f inakinp money 111 Par s is said to be by mrnn* , fomnle prot- s?i..ii unknown t > us?ili.it of "ti fuir,"ur|i'ili(|f of v gilance to look after huvbau vine Awny from home The best ku"\vii of tl M ofesaioii is a respectable widow of about foi ears of nge, who goes by the nam?* of Mad n iirfocq. sin- r< ?..le? in ibe Roe Monunartra, mil M .r\ front; niui for n lepulitrd puce ?iieg t u each in iruing a re|wirt of the (Joints so 1 whn itiout- of nil) p- ntlenian? something in theloUowi iry I : "Monsieur X weuiout.it nisin He walk nthe R.i Pi pa I e No. lie made n c^'.l on Ml t , mid pissed there three qw?rtcrs"nf nit fiui riienee ' e went to the Ofier i and etlpiped n b or I c even up. He went to the U>ur*e ut I'clovk, but did not rcinain. At 3? lie mount s li.irse and rode to 11 its Iio A de iidoupile. awi.up along tiic HouU-viir Is l.e left In ticki I So ?, an i returned to d.ne at At It) he w* 0 the opera, wliete he met Mhe. R . . At in l.pi t he supprd w til fier at the mansion d'Or. n it 2 returned home." The price of thai.tile bu! u (dad) ) is only twenty franee! Not Had.?Thnt was a pi. try fnir j-ike \ lenrd the >t 1 n r .i .y.of one of ur darkies rind I 1 l ite ordinance ot the Town Couiieil in r g rd lops fol oAilip liepii-ea. The patrol nirt 'met U villi h m on vjundii) rind required li s 'pa**,1 win ie piomptly sis 1 v.-i i .1 over tor inspevt'oii. ! v.is then about to leave, win n one of die piti a?u illy nqU'led "what budpet that was hell 11> it 11 a b ek " W illi n cunning leer of 11 ump "utT e good liumorcdly replied : " lie, be, uiiM.1 ; its il s nippvr's dog. Y vhi'.e i 'lks, ? 1 1h.?s Feb. N efn. * as 'trndin II ke de l.i V 'bout llipp ir leltlll' dog fuller 'll 'in > -.i ?? ? ?-? 9*j nut i ii ij'iut ii (nim Vti*l I>? went on lis way rejoicing.? LJgrJie hertiter. A Rkm tnK.ini.E l o\v ?A correspondent of tl n?!. ?r i njt I ram Whitby, of du >1 ircli Si):, sivs: V"U publ shed last year ?n a miiit ill in\ t'uvv having lour calves Th r ye lit- Mint* cow lia.i three enlvea. Tbo cow is ditii i I. mid l' ? 111.1 goisl port on of milk S aired ii few >ii n s a a, >, The above pnrlicol ira y< in .iisi rt for the entertainment of your riadn "lie account tlio o >w y >ii w .11 see in the \\ liitl open. St veil ca'vt s from one cow about in ear." Strikp tor Hniiua I'kicks?The ttewspap iiblisliei* I Miss.ssippi have dts-ideii to hold a m I II! 11 at Jackson, dui the ln inlli t)l .1 Ulle llei r thi purptist' ri po lluting the action nl tile la / ii - aline upon lln r fees lor legal notices, nml es no not lo publ ?l at the reduced price*, but lie or oilier more remunerative prices. ^ The PALUI OLiRiNnoN Tsesty?A ?1 p.11 to the llulniii.'P Suit ?i)?: Tli* Cabin i(?t ug y itcrdiiy li.nl under consideration tl ,ii t'i.n niioii tif.iH lit amended by tin* Sennl till approved it iii that form It will be oonveyr our hi limit r at the court of St. .lames by Ales ?r II. Kvans, K?q , i?t Washington, who is to lea' loaton f<>r Kuinpe this day. - Fugitive Stavi Sentenced to Van Pieman . \ n i>?Samuel W W in!, formerly resident yraeus . Neiv ^nrk, an.I a fugitive slave ln? ie South, w.m Ntiiii'iieiti to transportation ho am.i .-a, i tveiitly, lor fi?rgery. Ho hail been lowland, an.l w as <jn |? a hoii there, but h id sa '< i Jam lii-a to purchase a plantation, it was in th anwivtioil that he eominited the forgery. II ud figured cons derably m New York and Eo| n.I aa an unti slavery orator. Death or Pn Butler ?The Rev. El *ur Bu t, M D, the m ?>n?nitry union 2 the Chemkei hos imprisonment in (>i 01 gin, sufT lings and sol ijoent release after a decision in his lavor by tl uprirne Omrt of the lTnited States, made h ame an well known, died of phcumonin, on tl ih day of February last, at Van Buren, Arkantit i the f>2d year of Ma age 1 . | L 9 % " I?LJ II I PRBSKNTIBRT OK GIAHP JURY, i Sumo Tgass, 1867. The Qrsnd Jury l?eg lesvs to report, that they L have examined the Poor House and pnuptri, pud r are |il<iiw?l U mm iW) find ins psupers comlor'i' hi? and well cared (or. The booses ar? generally in good soudiliOU", with the rxccplim of some of the 1 cabins, which thojr recommend should be provided H willi floors overhead. J They h ive also examined the Jail, aad find it tr1 , well kept, nnd the inmales well provided for. The/ ll' r?-<iniiinend tliut ?iieof the doors of the lower stoiy op he repaired, or a new one he made; and tluu the m, [ rooms be whitewHshed on the inside; that the stove g, I n?w used he removed, unless it can be so arranged | as not to smoke the inside rooms, and tint some small rep irs be made upon the jail fence and Ihe ?? j hi I will. O They turtle r recommend that the steps of the M ' now Court House lie taken down, mid run on the ou si e of the building, under the poreh. R The Grand Jury would further present the pro- J1 priely o< erecting a penitentiary in the State, as % they arc impressed with the belief that, could one B he established upon proper principles,it would not C ? only relieve the State from a In avy burd n consef qui nt upon the sup|H?rt ol offenders, but, what is ol much more importance, would hare a tendency to pi ri foi m criminals and suppress or me. And in ilns connection they would also recommend that some lr stringent law be enacted ? the provisions of which at they leave to the wisdom o! the lycginlature?with a view of -upp <-Mti!iif I lie practice of carrying con at I ?i aled and deadly weapons, which prcvads to an ; a arming < xl?nt in the country. IS I Tl.cy would further recommend that the I^egis- st 1 Isture provide for the levying a poll tax, to Ik* paid ' j liy evi ry free man of the State. The tax of each I , district, when collected, to be under the control of t the Comm ssioners of Free Schools, nnd by them to be Used and appropriated for educational purposes in -aid districts. at They further recommend, that the Statute I*tws c' ' of the State he revised and codified. d Tlicy also recommend, that all cases of malicious trespass to property, real or personal, be made In- ?i e dictablo, md pun -bed by fine and imprisonment. All of which is icspectfully submitted. GOV AN MILI.&, Foreman. I. " 0 Rogers' Livorworth & Tar p 1 Oil THE COMPLETE CURE OF COUQIIS, COLDS, h INFLUENZA, ART!!MA, BRONCHITIS, SPIT- j 0 " I TINO OF BI.OOO, A ALL OTHER LUNO COM- ! n " PLAINTS TENDING TO CONSUMPTION. l] if* f* n r? f* ?? f* r* fi vv ' ;f*j a, o Tbis preparation is getting into use ull over our 0 country. The numerous letters we receive from our various agents, informing us of cures effected in tln-ir immediate neighborhoods, warrant us in ] saying it i? one of the best, if Lot the very belt, 1 ( IC -ugh Medicine now before the public. It almoit i xnrarinbhj reltere*, itntl not unfreijutnt'y cmrei the ! 3 very icorit casei \V lien ull other Congh prcptirft- | \ ! ..?. 1. .v.. full,*! ih 1. .- !.. ? I ii - - - - ?- ??? ? . o.v I )raggm-b, dealer* in Mrdiriim, and l'liy-mcan*, r ! mii Ask liter Agenl in jour nearest town, 11 wliat lias >' -n Iiia experience ol tlio effect* ol this J <1 j medicine. I' tic l u> been selling it for any length q of time lie va.II tell you IT is THK BEST MEDICINE ETTA NT. < Below ?r give a few extracts front letter* we ' j have received lately regarding the virtue* of this ' medicine. " I >r. S. S. O-din, of Knoxville, G? .Raj-*: I hare | hern using your Liverwort and Tar eery extenit sireh/ in my practice for three yean past, and, f. it t* icith pleasure / state my belie/ in it* mrtRIORITV uvtc AM. other txticlm Kill which I am acquainted,/or which it is recommended." Messrs Fitxgerald & Bcnnrrs. writing from Wayncsville, N.C. n.ij-; "The Lirerworl and ' I- Tar is becoming daily more popular in this Coun- ' g try, and w e tiiink justlv so. All who hare tried 1 re lt commendable terms ?/ it, and say it ' is very beneficial m alleviating the complaints/oi r** which it is recommended " d- Messrs. Fitzgerald & Benner*, writing from Waynesville, N. C., say: 7 he Liverwort and [ Tar is becoming daily more popular in this Court- ' g tiy, ano we think /usTt.r no. All who hare I,, tried it speak in commendable terms of it, and |j say it is very beneficial in alleviating the earn ! . plaints for which it is recommended " ' Uur Agent in Pielten* Distrie . S. C . Mr. S. ; R M< Fall, as-.ures us "that he uses it with great ! benefit in his own family, and recommend* it to Ins n neighbor*." lie gives an instance ?>f n Negro wore man, in his vieiniljr, who had been suffering with d.sense of tlie Lung* for year*. attended w ith severe cough, wlio was relieved by the Liverwort ls and Tar. Such are the good reports we hrnr of tlii* ARdi cine trom nil parts of the South. For a report of the surprising cures it has performed in the Western and N irthern and Eastern Stales, wc would invite the sufftmg patient to rend the pamphlet ay which accompanies cneb bottle. To all we say, of have hope, hare hope! TRY THE MEDICINE!! , ? it k: w a it .11: d i \ s i; a * o n l> Beware of Counterfeits and Base Imitations! res Tiie genuine article m signed Axnaiw Roger* j re- the engraved u rapper around each bottle, ng IV ee $1 per bottle, ?>r t x bottle* lor Sold ed wh> h-sale and retml by SCOVIL& MEAD. !e. on I 1 I Charters St., bet. Conti nnd St. L-uis. N. O. Sole Ao. nts roil the Southern States, to ox whom ull orders and applications lor Ag^ncic I must be addressed, ed SOLD ALSO BY In) FISIIKR & IIKINITS1I, Spartanburg, So. ? I at W. II. W ATS ON, Greenville " nt I K KRCTCII. " d- i KEXNON At NORRIS, Unionvllo, " ml S It. HENRY. Liurensviile le-j C L. HARRIS, A CO., Rutherfordton, N. C April 24 9 6m FINCH'S Anti-Rhoumatic Powdersf>* i A SAFE, SPEEDY AND RADICAL CURE' '<> FOR RHEUMATISM, RHEUMATIC I'* GOUT AND SCIATICA. \ V" E, tie- underalgncd eit /ens of Putnam ; !' v v <"'?un y, (ieorg a, cheerfully bear tewlnnoiiy ' to the t tli -. l ol I ..in.li*? ViilS.IthMMmi.OA I I) tin' lr? .tlin nt of tu'ute or cl?r*?iic KhrunMtisin, ! many mw hiving bwi) suceeastully treated by 1 >r J. <? GIBSON, within our personal knowl* in \\ h i ll these Powders were principally . . uneil. ' J'M-I Bmnhatn, \I. D. Wm B Carter, Ste|>ln n It Marshall, 1). K Adams, , I. It Unwell, riiuiii.li Rerpcss, " G. K Thomas, J Nielilisun A othc:s. 1 He Any reason a Ix o number of individual eer r 1 ideal * can be given in attestation o! tlieir efficacy. l4, Prepared and sold by ?J. G. GJltSON, M. IV, ,lt. luttonton (in., ai $."> per l*-*. ,u All order* directed to III in, xvith the above ruin enclosed, nntl n description of the case, shall rec? ivr JV with the Meilicine such advice a* may suit any *n peculiarity thereof. FOB SALE BY FlSIIER A IIEINITSII, Spartanburg and r Coluinhia; \V K. PRATT, Newberry; I#. P. j a- HARNETT. YorU.lle; G. L PENN, Else n, field; W.\R|)|,AW A LYON, Abbeville; Dr.; ie II II MUGGINS, Darlington; RKEDY A t" WYLIE. Cheater C. M ; M. It EAP.LE, Green nt villi*, and throughout the State geturaily. July 2 27 ly r- N TA TK OF SO UTil CAItOL/XA. ! '' Spartanbcro District. IN THE COURT OK ORDINARY. '' Ann B. Da. us, applicant, v?. John Glenn, ?t a! 1 Defendant*. "e Summon* in Partition. \\7"IIKRKAS it has appeared in evidence to v t tin* satisfaction nt the Court that Garland A. " i.fiin, ilcveily It. Glenn, Opiney MiC'iain, Wd-' I am r.irks, .luly Ann (ranch, William (iauch, J 111 Matthew Johnson, ami Amanda Johnson, delen- j 1,1 ?l.ml# in the above cs*o, reside tiom and without ilie Inn t? <if this Slate: It is lh? relnre ordered nnd ' dwet'il that ihcy l>c and iippr-nr Ht the Court ??( I * Oidinary, lor Sj nrlunliurg ltstr'ut, to beheld at 8|>ar!iiiil)tirg Court H<*u?c, on the 17il? day of ' April next, to ?lio*v cause if any rxiet, why the : rml eatute of Tyru Glenn, dee'd., consisting of one | tract of land, lying on the waters of Tygcr river, : t- omta nins one hundred and #'*ty nerr-s, more r r i e l< as. bounded by hind# of A. Wing-v, Adam McKI|j. rnth nnd otheia, should not be aold. and the proit ceedn ol mod #nie d #|>o?cd of according to law, or m the r ci tie. nt to the miM will be taken pro eonfooto ie Given under my hand #nd #eal of Office, J6th #, Jan IS.S7 R BOWDKN, ? a o. I January 22 4# Jit ' ' W it x I HI mOGMSl B#OJM// r , M inilE subscriber la k?.? ib ! method toiaform th? L citizens of the Village and surrounding f, that he is now receiving a good stock oi NEW UOKS. ut hi? Book Store, No. $, Main-street. >po*ite the Court Jlouee, such as are generally ed in Colleges, Academies and common EagV* .'Look. A large variety of MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS, nbracing HISTORICAL. BIOGRAPHICAL^ EOLOGICAL, MKCIJANICAL.Puotlcal and losicnl works, of various sixes and prices. 8<>me light reading (in the way of Novels.)?' ,UTII HALL. Psutiy Pern's writings ; TOM ONES' COURTSHIP, Ac Ac. ISLANK ROOKS. A number of II T M N OOKS, used by the different denominations of hristiana, together with a large assortment ?f FAMILY BIBLES, rices from $2 00 to $10.00, small BIBLES, from 0 cents to $1.50 and $2.00 ;TESTAMENTS orn fifteen cents to $1.00. PRAYER BOOKS 1 various priees. . . Also a variety of small religions Books,toy books iid Primers. A good lot of Foolscap, Letter_A?ofnincrci*land Tote Paper. Envelopes from corMttn to tbe finest yles. Black, Blue and Red Ink. NEW MTJ8IC FOR THE PIAH0. Between 500 and 1,000 new pieevs for tks Pi-" no, from the best composrts, the greatest variety vor offered in the up-eountry, (We hope thelaies will eall and supply themselves.) 1 have made permanent arrangements with sevrnl large Rook Ileuses in Philadelphia and New r ork, to exchange my Music Work?the SOUTHERN HARMONY, t CASH PRICE, for their Books, Ac., at cash rices, nett. I will, therefore, be able to sell Books nd Stationery lower than tluy have ever besn sold' i Spartanburg : and as I des re to do an entire ash I usiness. if the people will call with their moey, I think they wlilbe satisfied that they can buy looks. Ac., from me. as cheap as they can (at re-" ail) in Columbia or Charleston. B3TCALL AND SEE._tt WILLIAM WALKER, A. S. II. bool teachers supplied on liberal term* PT S. If nny p.reoti should call for a Bo? k or' Rooks. that I have not pot, I will immediately orler them if they desire it. N. B. Tlie New Edition of the Soutiiksn TTak-' Moer. kip: constantly on hand, wholesale and rat" ail, at the CASH BOOK STORK. May 17 12 . tf' COMPOUND FLUID EXTRACT OF sarsaparilla, Queen's Delight, &c. For purifying the blood, und removing all <ii?MM nrismg in>m the imparity ol the auaie, und ie upeciallv recommended for the cure of Iiiivum.it sm. Si tofuln, Kr\?ip?lnn, Ulceration of the Throat nn<l l.ungs, Pain* and Swelling? of the Bone , Tetter. Pimples in the face. Old Sores, nnd nil Cutaneous Eruptions, Neuralgia Afli-vtiona, M-curial Disease, And for assisting the opt ration and preventing fa-' t;il consequences ot Mercurial* in Syphilis. For t< c Composition of this Preparation, and tha Medicinal Properties of lie Quoin's Delight, PhyricintM nre referred to the .1th and 6th Noa. Vol. I, f the 4*Southcrn Journal ol Medicine and Pharmacy." The Stillingin Sylvaticn, (Qorcn'i Delight,) li-Kervea nint h more notice than l.aa be? n bratowed np- n it. I: has bt <-n u cd for the Lat ten or fillern ieuro by eeveral of our muet diatiuguoheti Physii-inus. nnd 1 believe they have never hud caaae l? deny to it ;t high rank nirt<<ng our indtgroows medical plania.?[Ed. S". Jom Med. nnd Pltnr. Prepared by Kcnifick &, Skrine, Chemists nnd Druggists, No. 277 King street, CbarlcatoO, 8, C. Sole Proprietors of the celehrated Palmetto Yeast Powder, For making Buckwheat aid all kinds id Cakes Biscuits and Light Bread. Feb 1 .SO 1y Carter's Spanish Mixture. tub orbat i'ltklflkr op the blood The Best Alterative Known! NtiT A PARTICLE OP MLKCtHY IN IT ! An iiitullihle remedy for Scrofula, King'a Evil, Rheuiniiti.m, Obstinate Cutaneous Eruptions, Pimples or Pustule* on the Face, Blotches. Boil*, Ague und Fever, Chronic Sore Even, Riugwot ni, or Teller, Scald-head, Enlargement nnd pain ol the Boms and Joints, Kali Rheum, Stubborn Ulcers. Svphi- . hlic Di-ordets, nnd nil diseases arising from an injudicious use of Mercury, Imprudence in Life, or Impurity of Blood. This great alterative Medicine nnd FoTifier of the B1<mhI s now used l>y thousands of grateful piiiftils front all pnt~ta of the United Slater, who trM.ty duily to the remarkable cur en performed by the grm:?-st of nil medicines,"CARTER'S SPANISH MIXTURE." Nnrnlsb, Rheumatism, Scrofula, Eruptions on the Skin, Liver Ilieeasc, Feveie, Ulcers, Old Sorts, Affection of the Kid neyn, lhsetse* of the 'I hront, Female Complaint*, Pains nnd Aching ol the Boner nnd Joint*, are apeeddy put to flight by using this :rt stimable remedy. F.?r all diseases of the Blood, nothing has T* b? n found to compare with it. It elennara tha system of nil imp ml ts, acta gtutly and rfficiently 'ti the Liver and Kidneys, strengthens the I)igest.on gives tonv to the stomach, make# the Skin clear a lid he:. I thy, and restores the Constitution, enfeebled by disease or bioken down by the ** I'ifMS of youth, to its pristine vigor ace strength. For the tusRAses or fcmalcm it is peculiarly apphcahle, and whenever it has become known ia regularly prescribed with the hrppieat effects. It invigorates the wenk nnd debilitated, and imparts ?lastie.ty to the worn out frame, clears the skin, and leaves the pat ent fash and healthy; a single bonis of th ? inestimable remedy is worth all the so called Snrniipar )|as in cxistince. The large nunit>er of certificates sklsl ?? 1?? rec? ived fnun persons liom all |v*jrt? ol the United Stnt<a m lite beat evidence that there is no humbug about it. The Press, hotel k rtpera, magistrates, l>hvsi(Mtuta, ntid public men, well known to the community, nil add their testimony to the wonder* tul effect. Of this GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER. Call on the i*C' nt and get an Almanac, and rend the d ind* ?' aMonudiine euro* performed hy CAR* TEICS SPANISH MIXTURE, (in most casta WIIEKK K V It IIT Tllt.NU ttJ-S. HAD SIGN ALLY r A1LKD. > The limit* of nn advi rusemeut will not ndmit their full insertion. \Y1. S. RF.ERS & TO., Propriflori, An. 304, Drnmtfwmy. Sttc York To whom nil ordrtsmust be nddreaerd. For sale by Drugifiata and Country Merchant* >n all pari* of the United Stain. and the Cannd** ivnd by FISHER ft II KINITSH, Spartanburg. JOHN L YOUNG, Unmnvillc. May 8 11 M II S KM \VERY large selection of the tt . beat and latent improved PI* ANUS of all kinds can be had at ? Wgl RAMSAY'S PIANO FORTE AND MUSIC STORE COLUMBIA, S- C He invites a special examination of the late pa |rnt> d : mprovcmcnts in Hallet, Davit ft Cn't .eel* tirnted Piano*. Every oianoia guarantied. J line 28 18 ly LOTHINCT CLtTTHNCir r?l!IK larpest stock of READY-MADE CLOJl THING,can he found at Nov 6 P7 tf TOLLKSON ft WINOOR. BREASTPIN FOUND. I^OUND in possession of a negro, a day or twa age, n Urge Cameo Breeetpin, which th# owner can have by proving property and pyif far ?h:a advort'eement. Jan I ? tf