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S X fc.? J& * ' <* THETLAHS OF MA If. PROM THI OCKMAN Or ANABTASIV* UXDN. I Maiden! did'*t thou m? me weeping?? I Ah! to me a woman'* tear I U na when upon a Bower Shines tho daw-drop eiyaial clear. Whether by the amiling morning, ( Or, by eombre owning abed, Dow revive* the drooping flower. And, rcfrcahed, it reara ita hood. Rat the tear* or man roaemble Perfumed A ruby'a tweet gum; In it* hoart llie tree eoiWul* it, ( Seldom freely doth H come. i To the wry pith and morrow 1 Muat the knife V inclaloii go. Then mo chitr and pure, ao golden, Will the noble juice* fl?*. True, the aouroe may u?k>ii he scaled, And the tree look well nnd kind, Many a Spring it a till may welcome. Rut the wound?remain* behind. Maid, the wounded tree forget* not, On the Orient'* distant steep; I And I, maid, the man remember Whom thou once beheldest weep. From tho Marion Amcrt<**n. Begun To-day. We begin (o day the aerial of sketches of I the Palmettoes in Mexico. The chapter published to-day was first published a few 1 weeks ago. It was then our intention to i have continued it immediately, but thinking it perfectly legitimate to reward ourself i for the labor by using it for the increase of i our circulation, we advertised tho fact, and i have delayed the publication a few weeks i to await the coming in of subscribers. We I did not mistake the public feeling on this i subject. There is a deep and pervading | sympathy, and a lofty admiration for that ( regiment, which manifest themselves in an j anxiety to read its hi>tory. I We have assumed a singular and novel , task?to wrilo the history of a particular ( m regiment. We are not Hware that such a , work has ever been attempted in all the j range of history. There are many hislorios of the Mexican war, sorcral of which we have read. They give correctly a few official facts, derived from official reports, but they are meagre, dry, and unsatisfactory. ( They are merely statistical or topographs i cal, not descriptive. And worst of all, I hey are unjust. In the effort to bo lofty, they only reach dullness; in the effort to preserve the dignity of the army thoy fail to do stern justice in awarding honor and shame. In tiie official reports and the histories, a regiment which, in craven fear, laid flat on it's back during the battle, not daring to face the enemy, is mentioned in the same terms wilh ihc Pal met toes, who plunged ? "Into the jnws of dcnth? Into the gates of licll Uke the six hundred.'* r *" After reading the histories of this war, ] , have thrown them down wilh ineffable disgust, almost incredulous of the truth of history. The fame of the Palinettoes is not writ f ten in the history of the Mexican war. It * has there no tnorc distinguished mention M than the I'ennsylvanians or New Yorkers, or the hireling marines. It is only in Ira i dilion or parol history, that it's services are g known. It is in the eloquent graves of its * 800 fallen braves that its history is written. r It is in tho fact, that its line of 1000 gallant " young men, which stretched itself out before t! Vera Cruz, on tho 10th of March, 1847, f< was in nine months reduced to 300, and (l those 300, in ten years, were reduced to t( 200, that its silently eloquent history is ? written. b We must say that in those sketches wo i< do not intend to write anything so bold and b lofty, nnd dignified, as tho word history ,, imports. Wo intend only a series of famil- ti iar, easy, pleasant sketches, embodying our ci personal experience in the most stirring and " exciting and deadly scenes in the war. We .lit - - " eimn noi attempt lo embellish the narrative "Q with such episodes and descriptive digrev sions ns may tempt us from the high way t< of nairative. Wo think that we can safely c premise that the reader will rise from the ^ perusal of these sketches, less wearied, and e vastly better informed of the history of this li war, than he can derive from any so called 1 history. , ^ We have no notes or memoranda to guide us. But the events of that war were c< so scared upon our memory that a hundred ?? years would not efface them. ? The fame of the Palmetto regiment, its | unparalleled losses in battle, its romantic n achievements, are matters of historical no toriety. But yet .few know the particular a history of that regiment. There aro now " only two bundled living men who could y write its history, and authenticate the nar- w rativc by the endorsement, "all of which I n saw, and part of which I was." As one of t' the few who can thus authenticate the nar- 31 rative, I have- accepted the task. The ? sketches shall he brief, and the style of the ? narrative plain and simple, the object being d merely lo acquaint, the reader with the fa miliar, uuhislorical and perishable minor (. fflf.la \? Iiaiihv luilmu il.? CVIVft HIV IIIIJ'UI Ullltu <JI j| history, arc ignored by it. I have no per- nl Eonsl object, and certainly no unworthy one 8 to advance by the narrative. I have no ,f particular mention to make of myself, ccr- [J lainly no solf-laudation; but yet, as 1 shail apeak only of what 1 know and saw myself, 1i tire narrative and reflections upon it will be h to a certain extent, of necessity, individual. It will thus, at lenst, bo relieved of th dry- y', ness of general history. Thus much by way p, of introduction. tl There are now, as far as I know, of the ' two hundred survivors of that regiment, six who are now citizens of Alabama. They aie Gen. James II. Clanton, John Campbell and J. N. Anderson,of Montgomery; l>r. J. ci D. O'Baimon, of I'rallville; Gen. M. Travis, S' of Conecuh county; John C. Iliggins, now E-iitor of the American SlaUtman at Hut- j. ler, and Hen Lane Posey, Editor of the Ma nr lion American. Gen. Clanton and Gen. Travis were native Alabamians, who joined that regiment. The others were native South Carolinians, who hnvo romoved to oi Alabama within a few years past. Gen. g Travis is a brother of the gallant Captain oi Travis, who with Howie were the Drat vie- lii lima of the Texas war of independence, and A who with 200 men kept at bay for tlneo days and nights 800 Mexicans under Santa tc Anna. They refused all leims of surrender, In and they died as none but heroes could die. hi Thermopylae bad one survivor, but tho Ala- tl mo bad not one. h< '"Ttif-y fought l:k<* brave men ? long ami well; in Tliry |?i!e the ground with foe men slain," In And at lust they fell upon a bod of glory? nl upon hecatombs of the oneiny?not so a< much conquered as fatigued with slaughter, oi 1 said thai Alamo had no survivor. Of its hi warrior* it had none, but it had one survi- hi vor, a woman, whom even Mexican ven- ] ra geance spared, and whom I met, by acci J w lent, eleven ,years afterwards in the city of ki Mexico. Of her, more nnon. Geo. Travis, burning to avenge the deal! of his brother, in 1840, then a very yourt| man, was one of the 6rst volunteers to go 1 the rescue of Taylor on the Rio Grand* His regiment being soon after dischargee be joined the Palmetto regiment as it paai ed Mobile, in January, 1847. He is a n< bio specimen of a man and a soldier. A lite battle of Chorubusco, he was she through the cap, the ball just grating hi bead, and laying it open two or three in ches. He laughed at it as heartily as an of us when around the camp fire we "fougli our battles o'er again." To these my associates, enumerated abof< I (j^ibmit the rigid truth and impartiality c tins narrative, if, indeed, my character i not a sufficient authentication of it. To make these sketches bo briof as not t weary the reader, I shall here conclude th first number. The following numbersslut he of the same length, and will be furnishe as regularly as 1 can, consistently wit other engagements, write them. HISTORY OP THE PALMETTO REGIMENT. Hiii Line Posey, formerly Kditor of iho Ind< pendent Press, Abbeville, but now editor of tli Marion (Ala.) American, and one of I lie survivoi of the gallant Palmetto Kegiim-nt, lias assumed tli task of writing a history of that regiment, its nc ings and doings?confining himself to what hesa mid was engaged in. We commence this week i republication, an! shall endeavor to continue h icriul history to the end. Mr. Posey will coneum i hi hi l three months iu producing these chapter hut as they will be brief, we hope our readers wi retain enough veneration for the |>ntriotism of th: heroic bun J to follow him patieutly through |hed< tails ol that camp and soldier life which never find its way into "official reports" or "general orders, hut usually looks for voice nt the hearth stones i after days, when children arc gathered around th jld soldier-father's knee, to hear the recital of b youthful deeds of valor, and see him "ficht his bal lies o'er again." The following is the first ehajitci PALMETTO-REGIMENT. BV ONE or TIIE TWO llt/NUItEO. The South Carolinians have ever been distill juishod for their chivalrous and military spirit. Th listory of the American revulutu n is luminous wit lie record ot their victories. Hut even history ha lot done justice to their part in that glorious strug {le. Herself exempt and secure from the grid md burdens which irritated and oppressed th tlier colonics, she, a special favorite, and fostc shilil of the Kngh?h Sovereign, South Carolina wa he loremost and the boldest to strike the blow t esisiance, ami the most patient, etnlnrtng and un conquerable, during seven years of wnr which lai ts heaviest hand upon her people. It was he >cople who were hunted down by the inercilcs (uerilloa?llawdon and Tarlelon;-her people whnti i violated faith offered up upon the gibbet, to grati y humbled pride nnd hatlled malice. It was he ertilu field* that were desolated, her beautiful gar Ions that were ravaged by the hand of the deetroyci itilil there waa not A rose of the wilderness left on its stalk To tell where the garden had been. It was the spirit of hcrSumtere and Marions thu lickered through the long night of despair nnd de oluticn, as an assurance that liberty had yet n hop md a champion. It would not, perhaps, be claiming too much t< ay, that but for the part whioh South Carotin; tore in the revolution, it would cither not have be ;un, or have been unsuccessful. One of the grvntes ictorios of thu war was achieved by her own pco ile, under her own palmetto ting, behind the pal netto logs of l ort Moultrie. Lexington, glorious as it wns, was a less victor; liau that of Charleston, nnd Hunker Hill wns n de eat; while King's Mountain w as more than a York awn victory. Fort Mouhrie, Monk's Corner, Fort Motto, lCu t\v Springs, Cmnden, Cow pens, King's Mountain nd Ninety-Six, where Kosciusko led Ikr sons t< attle; these arc her historic bntlle-iields, nmi the; Me none of their lustre when compared with tin rightcst in the country's history. South Carolininns are a peculiar |ieop!c. Thu icy have grave faults, nnd follies, inseparable Iron leir virtues, nnd naturally nttendant upon theii ircumstnnccs and history, I am not so blind or un undid ns to deny. Homogeneous nnd isolated tsafleeted to the union, proud of their onccstry, atic f their history, they cherish, even to disdain, tin lea of their own superiority. Tl.?v L..r n..n, In .1.-1- I..I... 1 ' 'acta of their origin, and theae have but slightly hanged in three huudrcd years. Having furnish 1 such names to the civil oud militniy history o iu country, their piidennd self esteem may be ex used if not ju-lifted. ]ti civil history South Caro nu possesses rueh names as Lowndes, Vinckncy Inyne, lyegare, McDufBe and Calhoun; in military istory, such as Jviurens, Mouflrie, Sumter, Marion tutler, and Andrew Jackson. This pride in perhaps an unamiable feeling; it it irtalnly to others an offensive feeling. It is com ton to sneer at or affect to ridicule the courage r in cant language "the chivalry," of South Caro ni. This springs not (rorn an honest doubt of tin jp?rior courage of Carolinians, but from a resent icnt, a jealousy, an into'crnnce of that superiority It has its origin in a mean littleness of the heart vanity or pretention that is humbled nt the con scion of inferiority. No Athenian doubted tin jstiee o( Aristidcs, and yet they ostracise d him Vlien one who voted tor tho ostracism was asUcc hv he had done such injustice to u good man, In i-pheil, tlr-t he knew Aristidcs was just, tut he wm red of hearing Arislides called just. The snceri I South Carolina chivalry come from the sarin rigin. The military spirit, or courage, or chivalry, ns i my severally be designated, ot the Carolinians, ii rnVed from twosonrces. The first i" their origin te recond is their history, habits, and educ ition. 1'lieir origin is from the best blood of thg Kuglisl lavnliers, and the French Huguenots. To military istinets were added military linttils, acquired ii Imost constant wars with the Indians and tin paninrds. Thus inured to )iardslii|is. accustomer > war, and fond of glory, the revolution found then ?ndy to |x-ril "lift*, fortune, nii'l snored honor," it ic struggle for independence. Throe quarter* of ? cctitoiy hive not effaced thai ii?tory, or destroyed the noble Icmour it Inught listory and education have enforced litem npnr teccosivo genrrnth im. The people of South Cnro na nre little loss than a standing army. I let >u>ig men nre highly educated, rmwtly at the c* rose of the State, nnd their first and lost lesson is ini death is preleruble to dishonor. Their gospel the sentiment of Cmsar: "Set honor in one eye, and death in the other, And I will look on both indifferently." It is the ejstom n- w, while not denying the an e:it valor of Carolinians, to claim that her present . iteration has degenerated, and "J/?8t the breed of noble deeds." ut the history of the Palmetto Regiment meets id refutes the ungracious charge. And to write is history is my present task. "11 ih Wit Passed Him.''?Standing near 10 of the gateways of the monument round just before the oration commenced, i the afternoon of tho 17th, 1 noticed a lt!o lad looking wistfully at tho big tent. inan with masonic regalia passed up and lid to the keepor of the entrance, "I belong > King Solomon's Lodge, and havo been Dro before." The lad, overhearing him, ravely stepped up and said, "I l?elong to >e lodge in some vast wilderness, and was ere six months ago," and was about to pass i, when tho inan evidently amused at the id's wit, said, "how large is your wilder2ss?" "Largo claim," said the boy, "100 ;rea." The man, finding the laugh turned l him by the ready wit of the boy, told im to "go in." Half an hour lator I saw m in tho tent, listening intently to tl.eenpturod eloquonco of Everett; whether his it took him in there I havo no means of lowing, hut hare no doubt it did. [ Boston Traveller. b j* Kutabaga Turnips. 9 Here wo are at the commencement of 0 July, asking our readers to be busy now in ?* making preparation for the turnip crop. ' We presume, however, that this has boen '* done in part by thorough cowpenning ou most of the plantations, where it is a good and universal practice to pen tho cattle dur,l ing the spring months ou the small lou in18 tended for this crop. This practice, with ( frequent plowing*, puts the soil in fine tilth, ) and the droppings of cattle, 6heop and swine, it regularly subverted, usually inako the land sufficiently rich to produce fine bulbs. It is tho proper time, all in this month, to sow Rutabagas, and our prepara18 lion of the soil and modo of putting in the seed is briefly as follows: We plow as ? deep and thoroughly as is practicable, And with each plowing give llit field a good . burrowing. This is done once a week for 1 a month previous to planting, and when ' wo are ready to plant, we bed up the laud eighteen inches between the rows, taking care to have it done perfectly and evenly. This bed is then opened with a very small :* plow, nnd in the absence of a seed drill, a ic bottle, with a quill inserted in the cork, ra may be used to drill the seed. If a small ie quantity of ashes is placed with the seed, i. they freely fall from the bottle, upon its heMr ing held over the drill?neck downwards ? is and giving it a good jerking shako at each is step. A careful hand can drill two acres ie a day in this manner, nnd a little practice , soon enables tho operator to thus drop the lj proper quantity of seed. We cover with n lt rake or light brush harrow. , The best manure for turnips is bono dust ^ or leached nshos. A good compost may be ? made by using guano, peat earth, and ashes. This, when properly tempered with charcoal, pulverized very finely, is a capital application to tho turnip field. Wo have 's used Mape's Improved Superphosphate of l" Lime with great success last season, making r: an application of one hundred nnd sixty pounds to the acre. The turnip tribe of plants are all ereat feeders, and if any coarse manure is buned in the field, it will be of service tc tho crop. Rutabaga turnips require plowing and hoeing, and i, speedy thinning is of essential servico to litis variety. They should stand at least r? ten inches apart in the drills, and bo kept ? clean of grass and weeds. We have given 1 these directions for the cultivation of Kutn , i ? ? - i ? un^>u>, wtiiiiMi ??e consruer uiciu llio most i i- valuable of the turnip family. Tliey stand 1 d the winter's frost better than white turnips, ' r and can be fed off the land without housing 1 n or growing pithy. They require, too, to bo 1 planted one month eatlier than common 1 r turnips. Heing of the same habit and growth of the cabbage, they must be plant- 1 ' ed at any seasonable lime during the sum- 1 roer, but we prefer July for the regular crop. ( We hope alt our readers will agree with* 1 t us, that the turnip crop is one of great ' value, and can l?e profitably grown even by ' 0 Southern planters. It only requires the [ proper preparation of the soil in most in- 1 " stances to make very fair turnips. In Eng- 1 ] land this is the farmer's great crop, for on 1 1 it he feeds his sheep, fattens his oxen, and ' - oven learns his horses, in a measure, to live 1 on Rutabagas. It is economy here tohnve ! a fine "turnip patch," and we soo no reason ' why so important a culture might not be . increased, nnd made to fill a gap in our i ti- 1 ral economy which should certainly bo look- ' " ed to. ' Hogs.? Hogs nre very useful nuimals. \ ' They ate raised all over the United Stnlos. t In Kentucky they are a aorl of staple com- i i Duality. In Cincinnati, Louisville, nnd other s > large cities westward, they are killed up by r thousands, and tho meat changed into ha con. They extract out of the fat, lard; make J 1 out of the hide when tanned, saddles. The : bristles nre used by shoemakers. The lard 1 is pressed now into candles, which give an exceedingly good light. The hog is carni- ' [ verous, graniferous, and gregarious. He is f very aristocratic in his notions, and withal J a terrible grunter. The hog is an animal * of great curiosity, as is evident from his ! \ ' nosings. lie sometimes attains to an ennr. I 1 mous size. Some have weigh?;d 1400 N pounds. In Newberry they hardly ever at- 't tain to this size, hut nro remarkable for their leanness and pesliferousncss. Hut hogs, c two legged, or four legged, will be I fogs. 1 In the street they may be seen at all hours 1 of the day, particularly about sliadv corners, ' in huddles of tour and live, quietly ropos- ' ing, and seem to hid defiance to moletta- 1 tion. At night, they seek for resting places r tinder the houses, and generally manage to c keep up an incessant grunting and squab ing, much to the comfort of inmates, llog* ' ate privileged cbaiacters in Newberry, and 1 retnatkable for their cleanliness, and a eer ' tain quantity of fleas. Wo really think 1 tho Town Council ought to see into their 1 piivate history, and have them anei-tod as ' "vagrants."?Xcicbcrry Sun. Wiikn Does Wool Grow!?1 answer, J when it is wanted to cover the sheep and keep it waiin. From tho time tho sheep is | sheared until the frost comes you can see the shape of every clip of the shears; when tho ( frost and tho cold weather come, it grows out immediately. Now, if you wish for a heavy clip, feed w hen tho wool is growing. If you have any extra feed, then is the time t to use it. The wool draws very hard upon n tho c?ica<e, and growing out fa*t deceives n I almost every farmer. They think their t sheep aro doing well, when llioy are grow- f ing |K>or. 1 can make an additional pound c of wool with one bushel of corn, and my i sheep will afterwards winter one hushel of t t corn easier. I^et your sheep get j?oor while l the wool is growing, and you cannot recruit v tliein until the next summer.?J, 1). Chum Iter lain, in (Hentssee Farmer. g Our young friend, Tom C V, tolls tliis t as aii Actual occurrence on his plantation, U a few days since: An old hound of liis fi . contrived to fall into a well, which is about 11 , forty feet deep. The negro men were nil f? a tieM, and Tom, not liking to descend him- '? self, let down the bucket in the hope of h tangling the dog in it, or giving him a * chance to sustain himself by it, till he could c get a hand to send down. Unfortunately, ? the bucket beccaine disengaged from the ' rope, when our fiieud drew up the latter, '* and making a noose in the end, let it down * again, hoping to get it over old Holla. This failed, hut the dog seized the cud of the *' rope witli his mouth, and his master raised him some thirty feet, when Holla's hold broko, nnd, of course, he fell hack. Again ' llio rope was let down to him, and taking h better hold next time, ho was safely handed out of tho well. This stoiy is verified by such ovideuco as makes it indisputable. It I' is one of tho host illustrations of tho sagaci- u ty of tho dog that we have lately heard. n [Monft/omery Mail. i l' Christianity tiik Ground Work or our Institutions.?In the early part of the present year, when Gen. Tierce was still in the Presidential Chair, the American Bible Society presented him, in his official capacity, a copy of tho standard edition of the Bible?a gift tit to be made, and proper to be roceivcd by the Chief Magistrate or a Christian people?"to remain a sacred deposit, through many generations, so that every successive incumbent of that great office will have his eyes turned to this book as a safe counsellor in tho discharge of his high duties." The society has just given publicity to the President's reply. After acknowledging tho receipt of the pricoless volume, he says: "Although in our political institutions there is no union of church and Stnte, yet tho religion of our divine Saviour is not the less an all pervading principle of the laws, the sentiinonts, tho moral and social existence of the poople of the United States. Christianity animates our nationality; it is the true spirit of good government, it is the characteristic and peculiar quality of modern civilization; it is the noble bond of connection, which, l>y community of religious convictions, attaches together, and elevates into relative superiority of intelligence and power the sovereign States of Europe and America. And wherever Christianity diffuses itself among all the nations of the earth, it goes to be the herald of civilization as well as of salvation. "Of this last and best gift of tho merciful Creator to his creatures, tho Iloly Book is the inspired record. It is full of nil human wisdom, but Mill more of that loftier, heavenly wisdom, which descends to us from on high as the audible voice of the Almighty. "As a memorial of your pious labors to the end'of placing a copy of the Bible in every household of the habitable world, and ffist of nil in every household of our own beloved country, and us a sacred deposit, this copy will be transmitted by mo to my successors, to be their intimate counsellor and sure guide ill the arduous duly of administering tho executive affairs of the Union." Tub Modern Pulpit. The oracular power and virtue which once dwelt in the pulpit hare departed to the printing press on the other sido of tho street. The parish church which once lorded it over the landscape and pointed its steeple, like a still finger of hushing awe ever the landscape, and even tho minister which lifted up a broader baud of innro imnnrntivn nnwftp Imi-a found formidable rivals, not only in tlio dis tenting chapel, but in the privato school, nay, in the public homo of the village, where men talk, and think, and form pas Bionate purposes over newspapers. Sermons are now criticized, not obeyed; and when our modern Pauls preach, our Felixes yawn insteud of trembling. Ministers have beloino a timid and apologetic class, the fearlessness of Knox is seldom met with, snve among the fanatics of their number, in whom it looks simply ludicrous. The thundors of the pulpit have died awav, or when they sre awakened, it is through the preacher's jetermination to be popular, or through the agitation of his despair; he in general conmils, not commands the taste of his audiinco; and his word, unlike his professed Master's, is without authority, and therefore is that of the scribes, nay, less powerful ban theirs. John Howe could preach six lioura to unweried throngs; 20 years ago Kdwanl Irving could protiacl his speech to nid-night; hut now a so-mon of three-quarers of an hour, even from eloquent lips, is bought sufficiently exhaustive, both of the abject and of (bo audience.? OH Jit lan. Tiik Pabsaokof Animals to and from :uk Ark.?The following is from Hugh diiler's Testimony of the Kocks: "A coniuuous tract of land would have stretched ?when all the oceans were continents, and dl the continent oceans?between the South ! American and Asiatic coasts. And it is ust possible that during tlio hundred and weuty years in which the ark was in buildnn ? ..r i .1 ? ? .. jinn ui muiiia 111 ig III IIUVO Crept 1>v j nchcs across this continuous tract, froin \herc tlio skeletons of tlie great inegatheria ire buiied, to where the gioat vessel stood, till after the flood hud subsided, and the ihango in sea and land had taken place, hero would remain for them no longer a oadwuy; and so, though their journey out vards might, in all save the impulses which ed to it, have been altogether a natural ?ne, their voyage homeward could not bo itherwise than miraculous. Nor would the txerlion of mirncle have had to be restrict'd to the transport of the remoter travellers, low, we may well ask, had the flood been inirorsal, could even such islands a? Great Britain and Ireland have ever been replenshed with many of their origiiial inhabiantsl Even supposing it po^siblo that aninals such as the red deer ami the native >x, might havo swam across tho Straits of >over or tho Irish Channel, to graze anew >ver the deposits in which the bones and j ionic* of their remote ancestors had been ntombed long years before, the feat would lave been surely far beyond the power of uch feeble natives of the soil, as the mole, he hedge-hog, the shrew, the dormouse, i md the field-vole." Letting Down the Akistockacv.?The j ilegant Miss Mason, whose father had made 1 i splendid fortune us an enterprising draper ind tailor, appeared at this magnificent en- ! erlainment in royal apparel. With that aslidious exclusivcness for which the latest i omers into fashionable circles are the most emarkable, 6he refused various offers of inroduclion, as she did not wish to extend lie numhci of her acquaintances; her friends rcre few and very select. Tho beautiful Miss Taylor, radiant with : ;or?d matured smiles, and oiioq well ac- | juiiimcu wmi an?s iMasun when lliey went; d tlio public school in William street to- I ;eiher, noticed llie hauteur of her ancient riend, who wan determined not to recog- ; i*e ono who would only remind her of her jriner estate. Hut Mis* Taylor, the rogue, j s clever as she was pretty, determined to 'ring her up with a short turn, and not uhuiit to being snubbed by ono whose anestral associations wero no better than her i wn. Watching her chance when the' Hughly young lady whs in the midst of or ?et, Miss Taylor walked up, and with r'inning sweetness remarked. '1 have been thinking, tny dear Miss Ma- ' >11, that wo ought to exchange names.' , 'NVhy, indeod?' l Mtecauso my iiftite is Taylor, and my fa- 1 tor was a tunson, and your name is Mason, | nt your father was a tailor.' I There was a sceno then, but thoro was no , elp for it. The liltlo Miss Taylor had the leasuro of saying a very cote thing, which as soon repealed in the ears of a dozen ( ' roles, and tho whs wished to see her, but i to proud Miss Mrsoii hit her lip in silence, j ] - I J? Tbe Dutchman and bis Frow. 'My frow vos no better as she ort to be 6 till shusl before she diet; then she was so * good as before,' remarked Mr. Vanderboard * to bis neighbor. 'Your wife was ao amiable woman, and . you do great injustice to ber memory,' said Mr. Pluggins. 'Vol, vat you know so much about tnioe , frowf 'I was not intimately acquainted with r bor, but I nin sure that all ber acquaintances loved ber.' 'Vot right had thev to love ber? May- f be?' " 1 'Maybe what?' 'Maybe you love mine frow, too?' e Why do you speak so strangely?' c Vy, von day a pig man sbust like you came into our bouse, and kissed mine frow, c right bofore ber face.' ^ 'Were you present at tbe time?' 'To po Hure I vos.' r 'Well, what did you do?' 'I kicked him right pebind his pack.' 'Did be resent it.' ? 'Yaw; he broke me and to looking glass, and all the rest of the crockery in te bouse, 'cept the fodder ped, into smash?' 1 What did you do then?' t 'Then I cried tnurlur! inurtur! and I call- c od for tho sbudgo, and tbe sluiry, and to t tbe poleice oflicor and constoble to coiuc; f and lie rund away?' i 'Do you intend to cliargo me with taking n such unwarrantable liberties with tbo com i panion of your bosom?' { 'Me no 6cbarge nothing for it now, pe- i cause she pe ted and perried.' f '1 will not allow you to make such inain- r uations. You are an old tyrant, and every- 1 body said you was glad your wife died.' c 'Everybody pe one tain liar.' 'I saw no symptoms of sorrow.' 'Me felt inoro worsht tan if my best cow bad lied.' 'Your cow! What a comparison!' 'She vos a great loss?a heavy loss?for 1 she was pig as thnt (spreading out bis 8 arms,) and she weighed more uor two bun- ' .1 1 1- ? uruu |iuunus. 'Look out, old man, or you will seo c trouble - I doubt if your wife whs erer kiwi r ed by any man after your marriage. At f all events, you must apologize for what you 1 have said of ine.' * 'Vat is apologize?' ,1 You must beg my pardon, and sny you are sorry, if you do not, 1 will enter a com- r plaint against you, and hare you arrested.' c 'I pe scrry, ten.' i I 'Sorry for what?' t 'Sorry you kissed mine frow.* c 'You incorrigible idiot! That is not t what you must say; I nerer did such a thing f in my life.' Must I any I pe sorry that you nerer do v such a thing?' a No?you must take back what you have n said.' a While the Dutchman was in this dilem- v ma, his friend, Hans llambergcr, came along, and finally succeeded in reconciling ? the parties, when the trio adjourned to a neighboring coffee-house. w1jole6omk Satikk.?Should the conn- ? try ever come to an untoward end, (says 1 the Huston Courier,) it will not be for want 11 of benefit of clergy, foreign and domestic. J1 No obserrer can help being struck with the fact thai there is a prodigious amount of ' secular ability in the pulpit, languishing and pining upon such trivial themes as ' righteousness and judgment to come, and u panting to disport itself in the more conge- J nial spheres of politics and government | We have clergymen by the hundred who <) understand the Constitution of the United *' States better than the Judges of the Su- " preme Court, and who, bad they been called upon to administer tho government d (Hiring the last ten years, would have se- f< cured two advantagoa which no secular e ability and experience have been able to u combine, by giving to the anti-slavery sen- v timent of the North its utmost demands, and yet binding more closely together the n bands of the Union. The government H which a man carries on in his study is as t< easily managed as bachelors' wives or spin ,, sters' children. "Immediate revelation," v says Locke, "is a much easier way for men tl to establish their opinions and regulate their conduct, than the tedious and not always successful labor ot strict reasoning." It is , J possible that were these clerical dogmatists j actually set to work to construe laws and j, govern men, they might meet with some of die difficulties which have perplexed such 1 inferior faculties a* those of Webster and Clay; but it is evident from the confidence ' of their tone that no such apprehensions are entertained by themselves. Tub Ladies and thk Crinoline.?The d following is an extract from an old hook, y entitled "The Voyage of Italy, by R. Lns- j " sols, Gent. Printed at Paris, MDCLXX:" ' ?. I found all the great ladyes here (Venice) ' y to g<> like the Donnas of Spayne in Guar- , dinfantas, that is, in horribly ouergiowne |.( VertigaU of whalebone, wliicb being put I a about the waste of the lady, and full as n broad on both side* as she can reach with ; 0| her bands, boare out her coates in 6ucb a ' j, buttling manner that she appeared to be as broad as long. So that the men here, with ^ tliuir little close britches, luokod like the turn- ^ biers that leap through tho Loops, and the j women like those that danced antiently the j Hobbyhorse in country Mumming*. Two ( of these ladyes mseling one another in these narrow streets make as great an cmbairas as two carls of hay ?|>oi? London Bridge;' H and I haue seen their Ladyships strangely i o1 puzzled how to inggle themselves into a ' narrow Sedan, or Littnr; indeed, half of my w Lady hangs out. ri The Sea Serpent Caeoiit at Last.? Tlio Port Elizabeth (Cape Colony) Mercury ,t relates that the sea serpent has actually r, i>ocn captured in Algoa Hav, by Mr. Crap- i per, tlia proprietor of the Sunday Island Fur- ! ry, assisted by Mr. Newoome. It was thrown ashore near Cape I'adroua, and supposed !" by the colored people who found it to bean u iinmonse fish. It proved, however, to bo "a creature with a long serpent-like body, about eighty or ninety foet in length, with ' *' an enormous head, possessing the properties ; of the reptile species, a mouth furnished j c* with a formidable row of serrated teeth on ' u both jaws, which, when closed, dove tailed 1 one into another." The animal was dead, j to and decomposition was already going on. w The head was cut off and placed in a wagon, ar which could scarcely contain it, and taken to a neighboring house, "where it now 10inains." ' My horse, if you please," said the wife. My money bought that horse." "Yes, j \\ madam," replied the husband, bowing, "and ki pour money bought roe." j ?n In the world of mutter there U the great at economy of force. The ruin drop ii rooed for a moment into bridal beauty bj one enamored ray of light, then feed* tlx gardener's violet or moves the grhidstone ir be farmer's mill?serving alike the turn o >eauty and of uae. Nothing Is in vain; al hings are manifold in use. 44A rose, be ide his beauty, is a cure." The ocean ii >ut tbe chemist's sink which holds Uk nsings of the world, and everything wash id off from the earth was what the lane tocdod to void, tbe sea to take. All thingi ire two fold; mattor is doubly winged, will >enutv and with use. Between two Stoolh.?Some down mst coteinporary of ours tells the following rood story: Soino time ago, one of tbe churches in ialem had a misbehaving brother up fo liscipline, and was about to excoinmunicaU itm, whereupon the world's people held i necting outside, and voted not to receive lim, unless he should be returned in ai rood condition as when delivered to tin hurch! Some years since a noted warrior of th< 'oltowatainie tribe presented himself t< he Indian agent at Chicago, as one of tin hiofs of his village, observing, with the cus oinnry simplicity of the Indians, that In vas a very good man, and very goo< American, and concluded with a request fo i draiu of whiskey. The agent replied thn t was not liis practice to give whiskey t< rood men?that good men never ask fo viiiskey, nor drink it when voluntarily of ered; that it was bad Indians only who de nanded whiskey. "Then," replied tb' ndian, quickly, in broken English, um> 1?d rascal." Jones, (who thinks that Smith has been i ittle loo free.)?"Mr. Smith, I wish to speal o you privately, l'errnil me to take yoi ipart for a few moments." Smith, (wta m't in tho least frightened,)?^Certainly lir, if you'll promise to put ine logelhe igain." There is a young lady down town so ex esaivelv modest lliMt ororr nifrtil _ ' J eliring she closes the window curtains, t< >revent llio "man in the moon" from look ng in. She is related to tho young ladj vho would not allow the Chriitian Ob errer to remain in her room over night. The following is a speech made by tin natinger of an Irish theatre. There weri nily three persons composing his audience .adies and gentlemen! As there is nob< d\ lere, I'll dismiss you all: the performan es of this night will not be performed; bu he performances of this night will be re >eated to morrow evening." "Boy," said a traveller to a little fellow vhorn lie met, clothed in pants and round ibout, but minus of another very necessary .rticlo of npparol?"Boy, where's youi liirt?" "Mamma's washing it." "Ilav? ou no other?" "No, other!" exclaimed ihf irchin with indignant scorn, "would you rant a body to have a hundred shirts!" In the bull-fighting days, a blacksmith rho was roaring a hull pup. induced hit Id father to go on all fours and imitate the ull. The canine pupil pinned the old nan by the nose. The son, disregarding no paternal roaring, exclaimed, "Hold him rrowler, boy, hold him! Bear it, lV)lher, ear it! it'll be the making of the pap. An old lady walked into an office of a udge of Probate, in Massachusetts, once pon a time, and n?ked: "Are you the udge of Reprobates?" "1 am Judge ol lie Probate." "Well, that's it, I expect, uoth the old lady. "You see my father ied detested, and he left several little indels, and I want to he their executioner.*' A certain phvsici.-in says that young laics may try all the antidote in the worlJ, ir depressed spirits; l?ut, till they have renurse to a small dose of husband, they eed not liopo for any long-continued con alescence. Stranger to little hoy?"Well, my son, in'l you lost?" Little boy, stepping back ud eyeing tho stranger?"Look here, mis ir, don't be so familiar, if you please, I am ol unprotected," laying his hand on a re olver; "you must remember I am a genem an." Tom.? Ilallo, Fred, what! you writing oetry? Fred?Ye?, I'm w riting an ow?-?l ide) to rav tailor. Tom.?What's the mo and tune? Fred.?Time sixty days t'a set to notes of mine in his possession. 15ns?to kiss. Hvbus?to kiss again hinder-bus?two gitls kissing each other >mni-bus?to kiss all the girls in the room lus-ter?a genoral kisser. K pluri bui num?a thousand kisses in ouc. A ragged individual was saluted a few ays since by a little urchiu, thus: "I say ou, sir, don't you belong to the armyT No!" was the indignant reply. "Well,' tic! the hoy, "1 thought that you did, a? OU arc out under anna. An Irish servant girl was requested by f tdy to go to one of our diy goods ?tor? nd obtain a "bed comforter" for her. A both n hour afterwards she relumed with ooc f the clerks. It is needless to add, per aps, that the lady fainted. "Don't stand there loafing," said a pro :saor at Union College to three students, anding where they shouldn't. "We're nol afing," said ono of them, "there are only ireo of us, and it takes leaven to make a >af." Young Indies are like arrows: they are in quiver till the beaux come, and can't go IT without them. Why are the country girls' cheeks like ell prinL?4 coUou? Fecavwi they are warinted to wasb and keep the cplor. "Oh, Mary, uty jtwirt i? breaking." "fc , indeed, Mr. CiusefUt! So much the betir In* tt/vii uVVKm ?*? * tvru. t? iijr 00, ihj iuuii i?ciut>e, when it's broko out-nnd out, yon may :l! off ib? pieces for gun-AinU." A young lady hejpg ns^ed why the dud bachelor in singular, replied, "because '? very singular Uicy dan "I get marl i?d." A cletgyinan was censuring h young la y for tight lacing "Why, replied the oh Miss, "you would uot recommuod <ou kabiU to your parishioners!" The ergyinan, thus outwitted, smilod thoughtlly. "Hoy," said an ill-tempered old fellow > a noisy lad, what are you hollerin lor hen I am going by!" "llumph,'" what e you going by for when I am holier in? " ") Mt me down in thought profound, Thin maiim wise 1 drew, It's easier Cor to hk? a girl, Thau nufcu a girl like you." "Poppy, the oorn's up." "The corn i? up! rhy, I only planted it yesterday." "1 iow that, twit tho hogs got in last night, ,d guv it a lift you hadn't counted on. " 'ff'n I . ?.<* /s i hi Dr. McLANB'S 5! cblibrated ! VERMIFUGE I AM U f LIVER PILLS. 1 - Two or (b* bca Pnf?r?u?y > They are not recomi mended as Universal ! Cure-alls, but simply for what their name pur| ports. The Vermifuge, for r expelling Worms from J the human system, has J also been administered ? with the most satisfactory results to various animals > subject to Worms. The Liver Pills, fqr \ the cure of Liver Comr plaint, all Bilious De> rangements, SlCK HEADache, &C. 0 Purchasers will please B be particular to ask for n Dr. C. McLane's Celck brated Vermifuge and > Liver Pills, prepared by e sole proprietors, Pitts5 burgh, Pa., and take no r other, as there are various other preparations now \ before the public, pur porting to be Vermifuge and Liver Pills. All ! others, in comparison with Dr. McLane's, are worthless. r The genuine McLane's ; Vermifuge and Liver ' Pills can now be had at all respectable Drug ' Stores. FLEMING BRO S, 60 Wood St., Pittsburgh, Pa. Sole Proprietors. scovii. <& mead, nf? Orl. aim, Grtitral \\ IioScmIv Afft'lUa f >r tlit- Suulli, lo whom nil orili-ra niu-?t Lie addrtaac-d. sou) by FISHER & IIEINITSH. SpM-l* fiber*, 80. Cm* DEAN A GOOI>UJOK, 44 " 44 A. TOU.ESON, 44 44 " K. KRUTCII, GrrmvUle, 44 44 KEEN AN A N ORRIS, Pnioavillc, 44 44 JOHN U. HENRY*.Uurcoavill*, 44 * vv. f. puatt a co., n. wbrrry, 44 44 l p. barnett & co., YiwItvMI*, s. C. .1. W. HARRIS A CO., UatherfcrJIon, n. C. , Miy - n ij Rogors' Livorworth & Tar * OK TIIK COMPLETE CORK OF COLONS, COLDS, INFLLKNZA, ASTHMA, liKONCHlTIS, 8PIT* TING OF 1)1.000, A ALL OTHER LL'NG COM* VLAINTS TKNDINO TO COKRLMPTIOK. $1 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Sj Thi* |?r> |ration is gctl'iia ?<ito use all n*?r nor country. l*hr nomiYoni Idltn we receive from our various agents, informing ua of curve effected m their immediate neighborhoods, warrant ua in uyiug it i* one of the best, if tot the very best, ' Cough Medicine now before the public. It almost I inrarmhly relieves, and not unfrrqnrntly euros the I rfry worst cases. \V hen all other Cough prqur*tions love failed, this hus relieved the poUcnt, aa Druggists, dealers iu Medicines, and Physicians, pan testify. AsW the Agent in your nearest towa, . wl-al has been his experience of the effects of this medicine. Ii lie h;:s been selling it for nrty length of trtno he will tell ytai IT IS TH R BEST MKDICINK ETTA NT. 5 hi clow xvc give a few extracts from loiters wa have received lately regarding the virtues of this medicine. l>r. S S. Oslin, ofKnoxville, Ga , wtys: I bar* < been using your Lireritort and Tar very extensively in my practice for three years past, and, 1 it is with pleasure I state my belief in its stirs . rioritv oter a 1.1. other artici.tr With telkich / am acquainted, for tehieh it is recommended." Messrs. Vitvgcrald ?Sc Banners, writing from \ Wsyftesville, N. C. say: *The Liverwort and , Tiir is becoming daily more popular in this ConnI try, and ws think jt'stt.t no. All who hare tried it speak in commendable terms of it, and say it d ! is very beneficial in alleriating the complaintsfm which it is recommended." Messrs. KiUgernld & Dinners, writing from Wnyncsville, N. C., say: The Lirerieart and Tar is becoming daily more popular in this Conw > try, and we tiiink jcstlt so. All who hats tried it speak in copimrmtable terms of ii, and say it is very benrjicial in alleriating the complaints for which it is recommended.'' 1 Our Agent in I'iekeus Distrio', 8. C., Mr. S. II. Me Fall, tuuurcs us "that he uses ii with great , benefit in Itisowu faintly, and recommends it to His neighbors." 1 le gives an instance of Negro woman, in his vicinity, who hud been suffering with ^ i >? of tfc* Lungs for years, attended with as- A , wre cough, who was relieved by the Liverwort and Tar. Suejt niw thq good tagortf we bear of this Midi - II ' " - ? ?< rnrin ?i iik ^ini. for a report of the surprising. cirw it las pcrfcwmed in the Wnt*rn and North* rp injd Knatern States, we would invito the Mlhrito patient to read the pamphlet which accompanies each bottle. To nil wo say, hare hope, hare hope! fc TRY THE MEDICINE!! EWARIVED in SKA SON. Beware of Counterfeits and Base imitation* ! The genuine nrtiele ia signed Anmiw Rootu i the engraved wmpisr around eoch bottle; j 1'rice $1 pet bottle, <?r aix bottle* (or $5. Hold ah< dermic And retail by SCOVIL & MEAD, on 11 1 Charter* St., bet. Conti and St. lxntia, N. G. Soi.e AokNTi roa the Hoithkam 8tat??, to . whom nil orders and applications for Ag?tw6v* must bo addressed. SOLD AI AO BY FISHER A II KIN ITSH, Spartanburg, So. W. II. WATSON, Greenville '* K. KRUTCli, 44 KENNON ?V NOUUIS, Dnionville, u S. R. HENRY, Laurensville 14 C. L. II ARRIS, A CO , Rmherfardton, If C ? April 24 V_ ?m FroBli ArrivalA) j 1 > AIS1NS AND CANDY?inat received at I IV Feb. 26 1 tt MORGAN A MOORX*