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A- * .. "Ve will cling to the Pillars of the Temple of our I berties, and if it must fall, we will Perish amidst the Ruins. W. F. DURISE, Proprietor. EDGEFIELD, SKC., JANUARY 12, 1853. VOL. I-O From the Family Friend. THE COTTAGE. Tur busy hurn of day was o'r Twililit hal huslied the sighing breese ; The ripling wave just kissed tihe shore, And zephyrs sung amied the trees Afar I heard the churelt-hell's himie; An , n.ir. nitrinuring river floweil, While higlh in the pure aztre elime, The fnffl-orbed rnoon resplendent rode. A lovely cottage. crowned with vincs, Stood by the streamn amii the gruve; Ruses and honey-ucklv twine Aroutil its lattice wreaths or love: Oh !'twas a trighit andl s:niling seene Of all the seenes of earth tiost fir No other spot was l:f so green, No other be:mty half so rare. I pansed at the lattice. and he.irl - The soft note< (of nmuse and song: A Inte string was trenmtblingly stimreJ, And inelody iloated alig ; An angel velee joinedl in the Iay, An.l harmnony swelled on tihe air; And when the last notes died away, Up ruse the sot accents or prayer. A sweet female voice, pure and clear, Bore forth her desires on the a:r: " Oh, Fatheri o'er those to nie lear, Extend Thy kind, pr.ovident care ; May the hus.band and father agaia Return to) tie fond arnis of love And, we. free fron fully :nd pain, Lay up all our tre;tsures above?" I CANNOT FORGET THEE! Bv C. C. .AWIuSiS. I cannot forget thee' thy spiirit is lIere ii'teen an.1 unh-ar.1, thou art still ever near, Tho' <iys may have patsed sinee together we met, Tiy image .il haunts ine-I caniot forget ! When the soft sighing breevze wafts its nelodv near, Thy voice sweetly warbling in fatcy I hear. 'When bright loving visions at even-time glemo, I sce thee before ine in tiiev's bright dream. On niv heirt thy sweet inige its impress is maile, That imprss.C, 110 absemnce. nor* distance shall fade But here in my soul wii T cherish thee yet, I have seen thee. ard loved thee-I e-innot forget. rY RF.Qtr.ST. S From .the.Andersn Gaisette. INCIDENTS OF THE REVOLUTION, . IN E D G E F I E L D. TutF. heroes and heroines of our American v Revolition are dropping off, ome iv mne, like antiumnal leaves before the nintry blast," I and very soon the portals of the tomb will j: have closed Upon the 1a4 surriror of that I illustrious generation, which poured otut their e, blood like water in the cause of Freedoml. Ourt memorable strtggle for Independence ai gave rise to inty noble deeds, the nmemory d of which wvill inevitably he hried along w with the pure patritsv, who lived inl "the: times that tried men's souls,'' and wrung woman's tender heart with untodl agonies. WVe have~c, therefore, thought it not at tun. n profitabmle work to secure from oblivion, someb of those traditions, wvhich have ;mot yet ap- c peatred inl any pulie print; to the truth of fm which, howvever, there atre still living witnes- L. ses in the country to testify'. We propose 'y to write dlown amotng other things, a fewtv itetms respecting the ha~rdships and sufferingsm of prirat'e individuals whose history is too ri often ovet looked in the records of the past. I .Tohnsotn, in his traditiotns, has given a b.rief b: sketch of the life and services of Capmitai ai Michol Watson, hbnt several inceidentts hatve jo. beeni omitted, which ought to ha~ve had " a place in the pictutre?' When quite a youth, ft he catme fronm Virginia with his tfatheor, who. settled on the Ridge, in Edgetield District, about the year 1743. Most of Capt. Wtt. ec Son' s posterity are still living' ini this ne(igh- t hojrhood ; lie had hbut otne son, Elijah Wtat- 11 stmn, Senior, who was at member of the Leg-.t ivas :at its zenith, and who wa~s himself a t Nulhliir. Johtnson sayvs that .\lichitel Wat- 1 son served int two expecditions atgaminst the Cherokee Inidianis; otnce before the comn-c mencenmetnt of the American llevolution,ntn-d dher Col. Grant and the next titte unider Gen. I Williamson, duritng that summuer wvhen the ( lBritish made their fruitless attack on Suilhi- I van's Island. liis residence being directlyi on1 the great thorotughfatre, leading frotti Charleston to Camhbridge, was exposed to the hostile visits of the liritish, as wvell asf the Tories ; and his well known energy atidi courage, together wvith the great ntiuber of htitve Whigs who were attached to his commtand, madle him an object of peculiar hatred with his enemies. (We will juist inention, itt this conntection, that, in thme i company under the commtiand of Captaini Watson, was the fatthier of Cot. IL Hftgood, the propirietor of Caesar's Headl.) The Tfd- t fles had a place of gathtering itn a large swamp, tnear Orangeburg. This spot was A dtry, firm spot of latnd, sulrrode'd on aff sides by a nmrsh-a sort of bog.island.< Otie night, whiilst the Royalists were revel-. ling, in fanctiedn secutrity (on their terra firma< in thte swamp, Catptatin Watsont, with at party of his birave followers, mtade an attack on them, and conypletely broke up this nest ofi ing-?lwrrs. Thle Whigrs were under the -Accessity of stealitng, along" on their hands amid knees, for more thtan a hundt~red yards. thrtotgh inod and wvater; w'hen they had approached r'Mar enoughi, upotn the firitng of a stgnal gunt, byV their Captain,; tihey pioured ini upotn their incauttiotus foes, a well dtirected fire, killing sonie'sevent or eight men, atndi either wvonnditing or pun ig thme rest to flight. Captaini Watsonm and Seargent VardeI, on1 - earbr~ the suirviving" Tories makitng thieir waty thwoughm the swamp, dropped their gfuhi~, each a prisoner, bringing them both back in triumph to their encampmen t, which they had just quitted in such hot haste. It is to be regretted, that, the recollection of many a skirmish like this, will soon pass away into the deep shades or forgetfulness, because the men who (lid the fighting laaked " the pomp and circumstance" of great numbers, and the patriots, who commanded, were without the presiige of a high-sounding title.-There is a man named John Saunders, still liviing within five miles of the Ridge, who wit. nessed the hurning of Michli Watson's mill, by the Tories. on a branch of the Edis to. On that morning, Mrs. Watson, in the absence of her husband, had sent two negro ho-ys with corn to the mill ; but, When they rode up, the mill was on fire, and the Tories who were standing around, took immediate possession of the horses, emptying out the corn on the ground, unt keepiing the sacks for their own use. Determined to add insult to injury, they rode these very horses along" byv the house of the rightful owners, and tauintinglv told Mrs. Watson that her mill tras onfire-that they had just sccn the roof fall in. Seeing the Tories on her hus baid's horses, and knowing that it was they who had burned the mill, she was exaspera ted beyond all measure, and replied to then inl the foliowing scathing speech "Yes! md I hope that I shall have bread for my rhildren to eat, while vou are swinging in b-ll !" (It may riot be improper here to add that, Mrs. Watson afterwards united herself to the Baptist Church, of which she con timed a consistent member up to the time of her death.) During that snmmer, sihe ind her family were often destitute of- the Tt(f of hfe, mid had recourse to a prepara tion of milk, called " curd," as a substitute. Jonathan Gregory, a Dunker, and a man of peace by profei'ssion, used often to bring hem cakes of bread, which for fear of To ries on the way, he kept concealed inl his *hirt hosom. And thus we may see to what straits the people were reduced inl those roulblesomrre times. Even ia 1780 when South Carolina was considered a conquered irovince, Captain Watson refused to ask or parole and take British protection, as it vas called ; for this adherence to the cause )f Liberty, he was arrerted, and thrown rito prison at Ninety-Six. Here he wras inr tareerated two or three months. During is confinemeit, Mrs. Watson was frequent ii her visists to him, ministering to his wants md necessities. We were told by her b- '.n-law, that she often rode alorne ight at Captain Watson's house, had they (If goit alarmed in the night. The British, ho guarded the prisoners, apprehending an nslarnghut fromr tie neighboring Whiigs, went i into the wood, an. built a temporary til of poles, inl which they kept Watson nid Clarke till morning. -The Whigs, how -r, failed to attempt a rescue of the pri mers, who were carried on to Charleston id contined in the Provost. There, in the amp, ill ventillated cells, their sufleriings I 'ere intense-the small-pox and menasels i Iding new (errors to their horrible condi on. But Capt. Watson's release was at ngth effected by the entreaties and man yenter of his wife.-After considerable pse of timie; she went to Chrarleston, ac >mprmied by a fearless wihite woman, hired r thne purpose. A TIory Captainr, named awrene, who had been neighbor to Mrs. 'atson, after accepting a gninen, allowed o femrales to pass thre lines. The Corm anudanit of the city refused to let Watsn turn wvith his wvife. But, influenced by ~r entreaties, the officer permitted the hus 'rrd to depart a short time after shre left, (d hre reached home thre next day after her wn arrival. For an accounrt of Captain Eatson's death, tire intelligenrt reader is re rredl to .Johmnsoni's Traditionrs. We see it stauted in Johnson's wiork, that lichoel Watson and William Buitler had ninmand of two dlistinuct companies ; but ne old people ini the neiglhorhood of the tidg.e all concnr, with remarkable unainimi r, in say ing that Butler was Watson's first ,ieutenant, arid became Captain according a tire usage of those days, when tire latter Al art Dearn's swvamp. It is recorded ini history, that, on one oc asinr, a hand of Tories caime to the r'esr lence of' Captain Watson, and~ burned ev'ery ouse on iris place. [We haive been in ormied, how'ever. by the descendants of this irave mair, that one niegro cabin was savedl.] uNe wvere latelv in conversation with an ged lady, whose place of abode commands prospective view of tire scene of this co-n lagrauion. In speakinig of this house burn ngz affair, shre rermarkerd incidentally that she me thre smoke. This unvarnished expression mdi~er thre circumstances, made a deep im >ression on onr minds; it seemed as though iistelry had found a tongue andl was speak rig audily unto ns,-the dim Past consort rig for a moment with the all-aibsorbing 'resent. This same good lady, Mrs. Rey o~lds, told us that tihe British and Tories ected more like savages than a civilized sol liery, towards her father and Iris family. )ne day, shre stated, a party of Loyalists ~amie to her father's house and carried off' 'our hor'ses,-all that they hard. Her moth r remonstratedl, and begged of thenm to cave onec horse withr which to carry grain o mnill. Their reply was wvith an oath, that, f shre had forty horses they would take ~very one of them. Before going away, hey called for her father-James Harris, Sr.,-whio caime out imrmediately into the 'iinzza, and said, " here I amn." One of' thre Tores, raisig Iis rifle to hsface, swore h md a strong niotioni " to blow tine old man's trainis out." But humanity having asserted ts preroigativ'e in the breast of the Loyalist, he whole party went awaf, l'orthre nonice, ,iitiront inmruing tlieir hands in inniocent goods. The two-souls of her father cdre etive , Whigs ; :md thiir~ estlie only a irabhe rmanon whr Ire arid Iris family we'rei thus mal-treated. While the British, under Rawdon, were encamping for a few days on the Ridge, parties of the red-coats would come to her fitlier's house, take baskets full of corn and scatter it along the road for their horses. One day, her mother was baking a fat pig, together with a quantity or nice bread, in a dirt oven ; some of. the British coming up about the time it was all thoroughly cooked, uncovered the oven, and cried out : Come up, boys, we shall have fine eating" to day." Whereupon, they all fell to like a pack of hungry wolves, and left those, hy whose hlbor the good dinner had been procured, without a morsel. No one dared to oppose these trespasses-robberies; nor did the minions of tyranny even offer to ptay a single farthing for what they id taken. Late one afternoon, Mrs. Reynolds said, a half fainished Tory, whose thieving pro pensities had been greally developed by the l;wless times in which he lived, went to the house of a good Whig, to get a " wee bit" of supper. He was forthwith supplied with some milk and bread, that he might he in duced to set down his rifle. Whilst dis pa'chinag his frugal meal, lie boasted that Watson and his men were niot smart enough to take him. But alas! for the boasted Loyalist, Captain Watson with one of his brothers, James [Lirris and some others hap. pening to be cnve-dropping, rushed into the house, and made him a prisoner. When the night had pretty well passed by, it l-ecane the duty of James larris to take his turn at guarding the captive. BNt sleep over coming the guardsman, Monsicur Tory, who was not very secnrely bound managed to get hold of a hatchet that lay in the room, and dealt him so hard a blow on the nose, that lie was not even able to wake his con rades with a cry of pain. Of course, the prisoner matde his escape, aid James Harris was disfigured for lif,-not having after wards either shape or semblance of the nasal organ. Ed ward Larramore, an aged man, was the reputed possessor of a considerahle sum of money. Thi.< excited the cupidity of the neighboring Tories; and a conspiracy was directly set on foot, to take the old man's life, and then take his cash. But Larramore was apprised of this comhination against him by a woman, who acted the part of a Delilah towards one of the Tories. On the appointed day, three daring fellows skulked about the premises, from morning till sunset, to see that the way was clear for the un obstructed comt. C' .he Tories came up; just as the two in froint stepped into the house, "they, fell"-as MIrs. Reynolds said-pierced by the bullets )f the whig reflemen. Larramore, who aappened to lie out in the yard at that in ;tant, caught the surviving Tory, and held im until the men in the house came out and ecured him. To use our informant's words Lgain, this man disappeared ! Hlow sum nar' nust have been his trial and execution, md how dreadful is that civil strife which nduces the necessity for such a courso of )rocedure ! Josiah Nobles, for a time, was a Loyalist >f the first water. At length, lie concluded o join the forces of the liberty party. In rder to test his fidelity to the cause he had ~spoused, tw~o or three prisoners, wvell bound, vere put in his charge to lie cniveyed to )rangeburg jail. On his way, he encoun cred a squad of his old comirades, who muew nothing of his new borned zeal in the ~ause of liberty, fearing th~at the men, whom eo was coniducting to the prison, might int orm his former associates that he had turn d Whig, lie bawled out to them at the top f his voice to run for their hife,-ihat Tat ~on and his men wvere coming This strata ;em succeeded admirably, for the Tories inmediately pluntged into the forest, anid scampered off' like a herd of timid deer. No 'ile carried the prisoners to their destinationi v'ithout further mishap, and ever afterwards ~roved himself a faitlhful Whig. This mian ived to see the Republic expand( into a nighty nation ; in the eveiting of his days, te was so far rejuventized as to cut thme sec and set of teeth. Not far below the Rlidge, in the " sand [tills," the Tories had a rendezvous, where, umonig other thintgs, they had provided a futll supply of horse troughs. One day, thme Whtigs made a charge upon this encamp menit, andI put the Loyalists to a precipitate flight. The Tories being mtountted ont fleet horses, made good their esae xet oneC mian, who happened to rein Ihis horse into a marsh, where Ite was overtaken and killed. 'This wias a slight skirmish, and we have given'an account of it only that we might have ant opportunity of telling how1 a Tory, named Johnm Pines, contrived to save his life, 'when he was left without a horse. At thte first signal of alarm, this fellow's htorse broke loose, and ran off, leaving him com ptletely in the lurch; stretchting himiself he-. side one of thme large troughs, twvo or three of his associates turnedh it over so as to conceal him entirely. Some of the Whigs spurred their horses rightt over the tr'outgh-, without ever dreaming that it concealed an inveterate foe. Pines was afterwiards killed by the Whligs, notwvithstanmding his cunnting andt presence of mind. Daniel Hartley, (luring a greater part of thte wvar, was a daring amnd troublesonie To ry; he w'as a man of Herculean stretngth, antd witht thme agility of a cougar. To him, stealing horses wvas a pastimte, and part~izan war, a ntecessary excitement. Traversing a lonely part of' the sanid-hi~l country, one day, he came rathter abruptly ont a Whig officer -name forgotteni by thme neightbors-~at a little streamlet. He was withtout any wea pon wvhatever, but the officer w~as wiell arnti ed.' Presenting a pistol, the officer ordered Ileartly to surrender;- instead of yielding, lie darted b'ehind a tres. Then'commenci~ed a'rdeeof life n'nd death around this tree ; t rley soont overt ook the ollicer. anid throw ing him to the grpund, knocked his brain, out with the pistoljhich he had wrenched from his hand., in'Ahe struggle. Towards the close of the 'Ar fleartly joined the ranks of the Whiig8:he never forgot to boast of his exploits, and lived to a very great age. Indeed so lot did he elnde the darts of death, thit his jneighbors in Alabama, whither he had rem ed, " threatened to have him taken up and ired alive !" From thi COwriton Mercury. RULE8 TYOUNG EN.I The following r s for young men com mencing business '* re written by John Grigg, Esq. of P delphia. This gentleman. ia living example of the successful applica n41 of these rules, which hJ recommends, ingdch an admirable man ner, to the buines community. The wri ter of this article 'g knowr Mr. Grigg for thirty years and -64 hear the most unqual. ified testimony to flhe unw-wering fidelity, with which this n6t prosperous gentleman has adhered to -i own lphorisms. To uniring industry,.iad close application, lie added a mild andgntlemanly deportment, an unelfish devotion to the wants of his customers, and an 1idipendence of thought, and an energy of;pgrpose, beyond all praise. These qualities weis crowned by an active benevolence, whbicy has carried joy and gladness to a thoushnd grateful hearts, and given to himself, irhis retirement, the con solatory reflection, that his life has been useful to others, as jvell pleased and profit able to himself. M. " 1. Be indust "us and economical. Waste neither time or money in small and useless pleasures tfd indulgences. If the young can be ind d to begin to save, the I moment they ente in the paths of life, the way will ever beco e easier before them and they will not fail- attain a competency, and that without d iYing theinselves any of the real necessarie nd comforts of life. Our people are certainL mong the most impro. vident and extravr nt on the face of the earth, It is enoug to mako the merchant of the old school 4 ~o -looks back and thinks what economy, pri ence and discretion lie had to bring to be'. on his own business, (and prize,) start lck in astonishment to look at the ruthiesawaste and extravagance of the age and e16. The highest test of respectability, w mIte, is honest industry. Well directed inil'try makes men halpy. The really noble ss, the class that was .u~n.-- Audelv'd and Eve spun,' ::.,a must keep at the A :, nd steer his own ship. In early life, every ne should be taught to think for himself. N man's talents are never brought out until ie is thrown to some extent upon his own 'esources. If in every difficulty lie has only o run to his principal, and then implicitly bey the directions lie may receive, lie will iever acquire that aptitude of perception, md that promptness of.decision, and that irmness of purpose, which are absolutely ecessary to those who hold important sta tions. A certain degree of independent reeling is essential to tihe full development f the intellectual character. 3. Remember that punctuality is the mn her of confidence. It is noi. enough that he merchant fulfils his engagemenits: lhe nust dho what lie undertakes precisely at the ine, as well as in the way lie agreedl to. T'he mutual dependence of merchants is so reat, that their engagements, like a chain, vhich, according to the law of physics, is iever stronger than its wveakest link, are >ftener broken through the weakness of >thers than their own. But a prompt fulfil nenut of engagements is not otnly of the ut-i nost importance, because it enables others o meet their own engagemeiits promptly t is also the heat evidence that the nmer hant has his affairs well ordered-his means it command, his forces marshalled, and everything ready for action'-in short that lie knows his own strength. T1his it is which ispires confidence, as much perhaps as the eeting of the engagement. 4. Attend to the minutirn of the businesse, small things as wvell as great. See that the store is npened early, goods brushed up, twine and nails picked up, and all ready for~ ation. A young man should consider cap tal, if lie have it, or as he may acquire it, erely as tools wvith -which lhe is to wvork; not as a substitute for the necessity of hahuor. It is often the case that diligence in employ nents of less consequence is the most suc essful. introduction to great enterprises. Thiose make the best officers whlo have serv ed in the ranks. We rrfiy say of labor, as Colridge said of poetry, it is its owvn sweet est reward. It is the best of physic. 5. Let the young merchant renmembrer that selfishness is the meanest of vices, and it is the parent of a thousand more, It rnot only interferes both with the means and wvithi the nd of acquisition-not only makes money more difficult to got, and not worth having when it is get, but it is narrowving to thme eart. Selfishness " keeps a shilling so close to the eye, that it cannot see a dollar be yond." Never be narrowv and contracted in your views. Life abunds in instances of the brilliant results of a generous policy. Be frank. Say what you miean. Do what you say. So shall, your friends know and take it for granted that you mean to dos what is just and right. 0. A ccusto'm- yourself to think vigorously. Mental capital,.like pecuniary, to be worth anythrog must he wvelF invested-must be righitly adjusted and applied, and to this end, careful, deep and intense thought is necessa ry if great results looked for. 7. Marry sarfy. The man of business sauld trr d 'sooiT as possible, after twenty-two or twenty-three years of age. A woman of mind will coiform' to the nie cessities of the daiy of smalt beginning; and, ihi dhoosing a wi'le, a man should look at, 1st. The hea'rt ; 2d. The mind ; 3d. The' nrson. 8. Everything, however, remote, that has any bearing upon success, must be taken advantage of. The business man should be continually on the watch for information, and ideas that will throw light on his path, and he should be an attentive reader f all practical books, especiall those relating to to bfisiness, trade, &c. as well a patron of useful and ennobling literature. 9. Never forget a favor, for ingratitude is the basest trait of man's heart. Aways honor your country, and remember that our country is the very best poor man's country in the world." - Were rules like the above carefully ob. served by every man who commences busi ness, there would be fewer fiilures,'while periodical commercial disasters, sweeping over the country like an epidemic would cease to be a mercantile experience. Let young men ponder them well. To Knr You-o.-No surer destroyer of Youth's privileges, and power and de- I lights than yielding the spirit to the empire I of ill temper and selfishness. We should < all be cautious, as we advance in life, of ( allowing occasional sorrowful experience to 1 overshadow our perception of the prepon. I derance of good. Faith in good is at once its own rectitude and reward. To believe good, and to do good, truly and trustfully, t is the healthiest of humanity's conditions. c 'o take events cheerfully and promote to . the happiness of others is the way to en- e sure the enduring spring of existence. Con- a tent and kindness are the soft vernal show- r ers and fostering sunny warmth that keeps v a man's nature and being fresh and green. Il "Lord keep my existence fresh and," green II would be no less a wise prayer than the one C beautifully recorded respecting man's memo- 11 ry. If we would leave a gracious memory behind us, there is no way better to secure it, than by living graciously. A cheerful g and benign temper, that buds forth pleasant - blossoms, and bears sweet fruit, for those wfo live within its influence, is sure to pro- a duce an undying growth of green remnem- r brances that shill flourish immortally alter n the present stock is decayed and gone. I [Mrs. Cowden Clarke. S THE WAY IT CAM ABOUT. d A- amateur reporter gives a sketch of an affair at a late Clinton Hall Ball, which shows that " where there is a will there is a way," and a fight may in emergency, be got up on an excessive show of good nature. ; T.ry,.rV an(l Patrick nri e-n brothers and - y st. 'atrick, it was my fault !"ins..Ld e his friend. t By the holy poker !" shouted Larry get- v ting rather warm, " but it was all mine iviry 0 bit of it." . "And do you doubt my honor- as a gen- n tleman ?" retorted Patrick. " Sure, and it V was myself that thought you had more h1 perliteness." tI And is it you, ye spalpeen, that woild he a fter reflecting upon my manners ?" shout. o ed Larry, now boiling over. "Sure if ye a won't take a dacent apology ye may take (I that [with a blank blow on the side of the tl head] to mind yer manners." tl Patrick on receiving this persuadler, took r a flying leap towards the benches carryingr p with him in dire coinfusion-Capt. -- and t partner, unfortunately' just then executing an emphatic break down in the exact line of the projectile. f In the confusion of the grand catastrophe and crash, the " chief," who took notes, beat a retreat.-Randout Examiner. t PR1ETTY GooD.-A friend of ours being lately on a tramp to Canada, informs us that at a certain farm house in the back woods, where lie had occasion to stop, the follow ing rich scene took place: Trhe family were about to partake of theiri brieakfamst, and sat down for that purpose. The old man being a lover of squirrels, and th:mt being the principal dish of the~ mc-rning rep~ast had his particular piece laid on the side of the dlish next to him. Everything went right, and the old man commenced saying his grace as follows: "Oh~ Lord, we thank thee for the blessings thou hiast set before us, do thou direct us through life."- I ilere raisinig his eyes, lie perceived his sont Gideon, laying foul hands on his choice piece of squirrel, and then in a hurried man- I ner endled the grace-" deliver us fromi evil, for the Lord's sake, Amnen.-By G-d, G"id,t that's my| piece-hiand it here !" TnrERE is one rule without an exception, and that is, the more salary a man gets the less lie attends to his business. Go to any of our public offices, and~ the only person you will find always at his desk, will bo sone poor devil who gets barely suf.icient to pay his bread bill. S-rulen up, brush your whiskers, dIress fashionable, and lay in a plentiful supply of soft nonsense, and the girls wiill call you a nice young nian. IF you wvould not be forgotton as so'on as you are dead, either w'rite something wvorth readting, or do somiethin~g wvorth wrii ting. Tmr. Newv York Herald says that more persons have died wvith small pox among the free blacks of Jamnaica, within the past year or eighteen months, than. have (bedI among the three mnilliors of slaves at thme South in ten years. A Western editor- requests those of his subscribers wvho owe him more than six - years subscription, to send him a lock of< tireir hai'r, that lie may know that they' are still livig. To which the Lawrence (Indiana) Register says: "if all our subscribers of that kind wvould do that, iie wouhi4 make money by carrying on the wig business," TIIE MAYoR AND TIE IRIsfr CATIOLIOS. -We undorstand that one of the Catho' riests of this city anounced toWl f sation yesterday that a deputdtg 16-r Sl ,atholic priesthood are to ai nthbdiay )r this week, and to inform flm- that inas Inch as th'e Irish lave put bini4l6ffico; hey expect of him privileges wifiav teretofiore been denied them. Tiey 4ierac o insist that the Catholic priesta shall vi'sit he city institutions at South. Boston and )eer Island. Also, that they be allowedthe rivilges of opening schools On the island'foif lie exclusive instructions of the Irish.. The re also to demand the right of takin iIri h rphans away from the city institutions Ah isposing of them in snch placesind'shols s they see fit.-Boston Travellei, 20th. FIVE CHILDREN IN ELEVEN Mo vI - subscriber info'mrms us that a lady peen :I her husbsnd with three children 'at o irth. a year ago ; and as ier landlod,, wliole-souled gentleman, he gavei4h rty dollars as an acknowledgment..h erior skill in household* affair r1* at the same time that if she -wbd er rin that feat again he would give her.a firm' With an eye probably on the fartn in Injust even months from the day ti' I Wca4 WFr arn she produced a pair of twi'nk The landlord said she had failedt .e farm ; but the intention no- doubt Jieing ir, the att6inpt' was wo-rth' pring for, and thereforie presented 'ier with oe is ed dollars;. 1.hat's wlatwe, call avajuable fife ingig her husliand- in fi'e 'Iuldrden a to. hundred and fifty dialifa hn eI~veir onths. Who can beat th~ above. -LItij. ry Museum. NEGRo STEAyLINo.-We find the folIwl . g paragraph in the glildevii Ia.) ecorder of the 4th instanL - - Messrs. Searcy and Jenkins o6tliifs city rested one Geo. M.-Jones on Thurisday st, near Monticello, who hd som nvijr 'groes in his posessii, ''of whiches ped after he was appr6iidedd Said o n. oes belong to ir.:'P. Baley ot Donber eils;Wafren County, Gb, Thormasi ' on, of 'Hqrris. County,nad nr W tt, of Baldwii', dunty, crvor, vned-,by 'the said Joiis .: "Jones had cabpedlnear ditg' ! veral -days - prior fo the absence of rrattt's boy, and-it was suspected..lI at he had stolen hii. hasnig4id his tent 'seeiai'ds, rarid hainfi'ei EXiPEImENTS ON 3IARRIAG.-A - s been started in Syracuse,N. Y.,as king thie' 'gislature to repeal so much of a recent law denounces penalties for die criinedofsedud. M, and in lieu thereof enact that the uinmar-' d father of any child, (bo.i parents being lite) shall, from the naked fact ofsuch pa 'ily, be deemed and taken in law to be 3 husband of the mother, and thenceforth nnd to regard and support her as hiis wife; though they had been nriiiried with' nellt of clergy. It i's further prayed that ev v child, whether born in or nut of wedlock; all inherit, in common with all other chiil en, the property of both parents, being emned their legal heir.' A Goon Rex.e.-A man hois very bnow was very poor when lhe *as a boy. henl asked how~ he got his riches, h~e pilied, " My father taught me never to end my money until I had' earned it. If had but an hour's work in a day, I mnst that the first thing, and in an hour. And 'cer this I was' sihrsed to play;' and I then >old play with much more pleasui-e t'han if had the thought of an unfinished' task be re my mind. I early formed the habit of >ing everything in time, and it soon becamd rfectly easy to do so. It is to this I owe y prosperity." Let every boy who reads is go and do likewise. A ,raN and his wife, Maeini fby name,' ive been scntenced by the Tusdan Gov nment to four year's imprisonment at hard ht' f'or teaching a young girl how to read e Blible. A singular faict for th13 ninc: enth century, and' contrasting s'.rongly ith the religiot's toleration of our owns >untry. IT has been said that the Duke of Wel agton never wvrote a despatch in which the ord Duty did not occur, and that Napole i never wrote a despatch in whiich the ord Glory w'as wanting. This is the diffe-~ nce betwveen the twio men, and the two untries to w'hich they belong. To JOIN GLass.-ifelt' :s flttle isinglass spirits of wine, and add a small quantity water. Warm the mixture genitly ov'er a oderate fire. .When mixed it will form ne perfectly transparert,' and w'hich .will -unite broken glass so nicely and firmly at the joining will scare'rly be perceptible the most critical eye.' Lime mix~ed with IC white of eggs forms a very strong c'& ent for glass, porcelain, &c., hut it must a done neatly, as,' when hard the super uous pamrt cannot easily be smoothed down removed. PKroTcrfo.-There is n6 rsafer protec. on against burglars, thani to feed your aby before going to bed with green op les. It will begin to bellow before mida ight and it is a rure thing it can't be stopw: ed before morning. EVEny man cherishes in his heart some ibject-some shrine at which his adoration Spid unknown to his fellow mortals mknow~n to any save hi's God. Ihow melancholy the. .moon must feel' vb1en it has enjoyed'the fullness of pros-~ ebrity_:nnd got- redned' ak~its t=1st qnatei.. SOUTH CAEOLINA. It has been the hiabit of some sn arlers, who, from political animosity or prejudice in dulged their propensity to sneer at 6very thing concerning South Carolina. Her peop pie were behind the age, lazy brawlers of politics, or discontented demagogues seeking to feed Their political ambition by exciting t the people to continual qnarrelling with the I Federal Government. South Carolinians t were a people of no energy-leaving the t the resources of their State undeveloped and I untouched-thcir agriculture and commerce Ldcayiing-and, indeed, in all respects un- t worthy of imitation, or even respect, in this ro-aihead age. Of this sort have been the c frequent comments of our neighbors for d years past. Are they true? South Carolina has more miles of railrods inished, and in course of construction, if we ire not mistaken, in proportion to her 1crri. A ory and population, than any State in the el Union. With regard to her wealth in pro- b) >ortion to her population, the last census re- a urns show that she averages over two hun- fi ired dollars more to each citizen than any st lither State. In her last appiopriation bill Il ve find she approates about $150,000 fC or the purposes of education-College, Cit. del and Arsenal Academies and Free el chools. At the last session of the Legisla. b) nre, she pledged her faith and credit to the xtent of one million and a quarter, for the til urpose of opening up a railway communi- fa ation with the great West. She gave liber- h( I aid, by loaning her surplus fund to all the di ailroads now constructing and projected vithin the State. She gave 810,000 to the bi lechanics' Institute of Charleston, to aid or ten in erecting a building. She gave $30,- m 00 to add to and extend her Lunatic Asy-- ra im. She made an additional appropriation r $50,000 for the erection of her new .apitol-to be a magnificent building. She i ave 85,000 to educate her Deaf and Dumb -besides many other things of minor im. ortance which we will not stop to enumer- a te, all of which we bring tip as evidence, i ot inl boastfulness, but as rebutting testimo- nt y to the cavelling slanders so wrongfully e rought against our State and her people. g he to-day shows as fair a record as any of 1 er sisters, who have been in the habit of m :aming her.-South Carolinian. , , e01 THE CEO.RA . For ten or twelve das ive -have had ru- se bors, but not in tangible shape,ofCliolera- J th i our .city. We heard of severid- persons t 1nr annnosed to hnve died of Choler;, .i 7c~- kit very itiS .1,-, ) sone indulgence inl oysters, or Us. L.; 'holesone diet. We do not ordinarily speak f oysters :s tuntwholesone, but man*y of the Irgest and finest which are bronght to our tarket, are ;athered froim brackish, not salt, mater.- Thi vear the body of fresh water a ais extended Imost to our harbor, and even . iore the fresh water predominates nich rv] iore than it usually does. As : consCquetnce f thi<, oysters, which rerpTires saft water, t re diseased and dving; many of them are ead, weeks ago ; and vet fromt1 the midst of . lose lead piles arc gathered, a portion of P 11t which is sold in our market as food for n Jf the hungry could distingush beI- c veen the soutnd and the unsotund oyster s icre might heo some excuse fori thtei# obsti: acy in continug to eart them, btnt when one d oes ntot know, whether lie is swallowinig >od, or poison,'his determination, to eat at ri 1I hazards, is little else thtan cou rtitrg suicide. g Veassure them, u pon thre best authority, that re hie 22 deaths already reported, and severals thters yet to appear, have arisen from impru- i etnce of this sort. The existence of some cl uch cause in all the cases, leav'e no room a or doubt on this subject. Our atmosphere, c< tis true, has been damp, and temperature 1 -ery chtangeamble, btut thtere is no evidetnce of to ts having caiused Cholera or other epidemic. I 4et theo lovers of Oysters, &c., only abstain y or a short time, until our waters resuume their m~ ccustomed saltness, and the reports of Chiol- tl ra will soon cease ; then they may itndulge, i ihout (danger, in their favorite dlish.-bOoth-. rn Stanidard- h PlMErT '-r -r .i. Crm.-Thre Nation- la .1 Ittelligencer, of lFtday h:ist, contains a let- t er fronm the Iln. Pressly King and Jeonm C. t ~reeken ridge, Representatives from Kentne- ~ ;y, calling attention to thre subject of erect- c< nig a monument to thre Iloti: Henry Clay, at hte spot where hie is now buried. The letter meloses a papersigned by one hundred Ilii senators and members of the Ihouse, recomi- w nending the erection of monument, in which o1 hey say: "In order that thte proposed monument r hould be worthy of the object it is designted ci o commemorate, and of the setntimnent wvhichk >riginates it, there must be- a u-nion of effort, mud a coticenitration of resources. ii " We therefore most earnestly recommend al igeneral anid efficient organization by States I mid Territories, in accordance witht the plan g torposed by the Central Association and the r aximple already established by a miajority tI )f the States, atid we promise our cordial Co. t iperation by every proper means, in this tI audable, patat riotic, and national enterprise." t b WOrnh REMEIanar1o.-Reese's Mcdi- fi :al Gazette says: " In case of any burn o >r scald, however extenisive, all the actute muffering of the patient may be at once and . >ermatnently relieved, atnd that in a moment, ti >y sprinkling over the surface a thick layer h >f wheat flour." P a Fau'. TRADE 1N POST OFFIcE IrysmNES.ss -The new letter envelopes, with the single hotuble stamps, will soon be reaidy. 1lThenr ivery steamer, every' rail road train, every i tage, every express line, and every man ist nade a mail carrier by act of Congress. betters, in the government envelopes, can be sent in any) way by any route and by any -anemyn c.