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--. SMM ocatc3nurmat, Drexwtda to Soutbarn aig~hts, , m oities tu uelgn, iatu oai ER.-aa adutu "We will cling to the PillarD of the Temple of our Me.t., and if It must fall, we W. F. IC-EMIS4E, Proprietor. EDGEFIELD, S C., OCTOBER 26184 THE- EDGEFIELD ADVERTISER IS PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY W. F. DeU RIS O E, Proprietor. ARTHUR SIMKINS, Editor. oKP EM M S- 09. Two DOLLARS per year, if paid in advance-Two DOLLARS and FIFTY CENTS if not paid within six monthr-and TRtEE DOLLARS if not paid before the expiration of the year. All subscriptions not distinct ly limited at the time of subscribing, n ill be consider ed as made for an indefinite period, and will be con tinued until all arrearages are paid, or at the option of the Publisher. Subscriptions from other States must INVARIAgLy be accompanied with the cash or refer - ence to some one known to us. 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Ladies, Misses, Boys, Youths and Children's SIIOES of the Finest Qualities, And the best that can be bought. Our Assortment contains EVERY ARTICLE usually kept in the largest Boot and Shoe Stores. -ALL VARIETIES OF PLANTpTION BROGANS AND HOUSE SERVANTS' SHOES All of whieh we will sell on the most reasonable terms. Augusta, Oct 12 tf 39 CR0 CKER -&REE S, WAREHOUSE AND COMMISSION .ackson Street, below and on the opposite side of Warren's Block, AUGUSTA, GA. THE Undersigned would. respectfully inform T their friends and former'patrons. that they wilt remove, .on the Ist September next, to the NEW and SUBSTANTIAL Fire-Proof Ware house on JseknSrealblow and onthei We will give our personal attention to a'l buiness entrust-.d to- our eare, as lt-retofore, and hope to iterit a cuntinuance of the favor of trmer patrons. We are preparedt to make, at all times, liberal cash advances on Produce in Store. Orders for BAGGING, ROPE and FAMILY .SUL'PL1iES will be carefully tilled, and at the low est niarket price. JOUJN R. dROCKER, JOHN C. REES. Augusta, Aug. 3, 3m 29 GEORGE SINCLAIR, COLUMtBIA, S. C.. M4ON 0.s MKPASSFOUNDER, STAM ENGINE BUILDER And Boiler Iaker. A LL sinds of Flour, Grist and Saw Mill Gear .A ing and Shafting made and warranted to per form equal to any in the State. Dr. R. RT. Miss, at Edgefield C. II., is authorised Agent to make contracts. Nov. 2, 1853. ly 42 AGNEW, FISHER & AGNEW, NEWBERRY C. H., S. C., IMPORTERS & DEA LERS IN H ARDW ARE, P A I N TS, OILS, WindowV Gla s, Groceries, Dry Goods, &c., And Buyers of Cotton and counatry produce. gg" Planters visiting this Market will find it greatly to their advantage by giving us a call. AGNEW, FIllER & AGNEW. Newberry C. 11., A pril 13, tf 13 tlT The Abbeville Banner will please copy four months. Groceries! 60 HIHDS. SUGA R, Also 50 Barrels STEW ART'S do. 200 Bags COFFE E. 25 H hds. MOLASSES, 200 Coils ROPE, some very supertor, 100 Batles Gutnny and Dundee BAGGINO, 30 Whole, llalif and Qnarter BbIs. No 3, No 1. and Mess MA CKER EL, also Kits,. " And we would AL~SO state," that we have a fine assortment of . Blankets, Negro Cloths, Bedsteads. Chairs, Saddles, Osnaburgs, Stripes, Iron, Nails. Oils, White Lead. Shot, Bar Lead, .Salt, Cheese, Powder, Soap, Rice, Bacon, &c., &e.. &c., And in fact, every article usually found in a Gro cery Store. J. SIBLEY & SON. Hamburg, Nov 14, tt 44 For the Planters ! Lbs. Peruvian Guano, 150,0001 bbls. Kettlewell's G UANO and SA LTS. 70 Bbls. Kettleweil's CHIEM ICA L SA LTS, S0 " Pure ground PLASTER. The above celebrated Manures fotr sale by J. SIBLEY & SON. Tiamburg, NOv 14, if 44 EgThe Laurensville Herald. independent Press 3nd Anderson Gazette will copy the above four times, and forward biils to J. S. & SON. Fresh and Pure Medicines, &c. 'T HIE Subscriber has just received a SELECT ISTOCK of Family Medicines, Chemicals, &c. ,--.ONsiTING IN PART OF Sulphate of Quinine. Pure Pill Mass, Sup. Carbonate of Soda, Calomel, Henry's Cal. Magnesia, Creamn of Tartar, Epsom Salts, Iodine, Sulphate of Morphine, Iodide of Potasseum, Lutnp Magnesia, Strychnine, Mom's-Elixir of Opium, Fahinestock's VermtifugP Thompson's Eye Water, McAlister's Oitttment, ,Cheeseman's Balsam, Evans' Laneets. ~-Norwood's Veratrum Viride. And a full supply of most all the popular Patent Medicin-es of the day, all of which are warranted free' from adulteration. G.1.. PENN. AoVN-r. .Oct 26 tf . 41 -Notice. APPLTCA TION will be made to the next Leg islature of South Carolina, for an set to ex elude the sale of Spirituous Liquors in Graniteville, or any where within three miles of the place. Aug 25 3: 38 DON'T BE PROUD. Though pride may show some nobleness When honor is its ally, Yet, there is such a thing on earth As holding heads too highly! The sweetest bird builds near the ground The loveliest flower springs low And we must stoop for happiness, If we its worth would know. Like water that incrusts the rose, Still hardening to its core, So pride eneases human hearts, Until they feel no more. Shut up within themselves they live, And selfishly they end A life that never kindness did To kindred or to friends. While virtue, like the dew of Heaven, Upon the heart descends, And draws its hidden sweetness out, The more,7hs more it bends! For there's a strength in lowliness, Which nerves us to endure A heroism in distress, Which renders victory sure! The humblest being born is great, If true to his degree; - His virtue illustrates his fate, Whatever that may be ! Thus let us daily learn to love Simplicity and worth ; For not the eagle, but the dove, Brought pence unto the earth! HAS SHE ANY TIN I Oh ! do not paint her charnis to me, I know that she is fair! I know her lips might 'tempt the bee, 11cr eyes with stars compare. Such transient gifts I neer could prize; My heart they could not win I do not scorn my Mary's eyes, But-" has she any tin ?" t The fairest cheek, alas! may aO., Beneath the touch of years' The eyes that light and glauness played, f May soon grow dim with tears; y I would love's fires should at the last, Sill burn as they begin ; But beauty's reign so soon is past. So--" has site any tin V" g THE OLD MAID AND.HER PETS. BY MRS. C. H. CRISWELL. Atnt Maria lived in an old-fashioned house in t the country, where nobody ever visited lier ex- e ceit her neighbors, who generally came on bu.si- a ness-that is to say, thev came to obtain from h her, advice both for bodily and menta*l ailments. 1, Ste was quite a physicias in her way, and cer- v tinly her ren.edies were very efficacious. Be- t, sides, she was reputed a sybil-a true prophetess a -for her predictions seldom proved false-and I many a iove-loIrn swain and sighing lassie bent s their footstep at earely morn or late eve, to Aunt a Maria's lonely dwellittI. Now, she was-as kind-hearted and good an n old maid as any one ever knew. All her neigh- a bors loved her sincerely. and in return for her e many kind offlices, did all in their power to ren- u der her life easy and comfortable. a Her chief happiness, and I may say delight, t, was in her pets, which I shall enumerate: three e at, two Maltese kittens, one parrot, one mon- h1 key, two eanaries, six rabbits, two squirrels, one c Ginsen pig, a white rat, and a great black Niyw- p fundland. That is all I remetmber-there ntight t ve been nmore-but thtese will do to illustrate istory. Well, something newv happens everywhlere s ery day-antd it so happened that a stranger ! me to'dwell in the little village I sam telling yo of; and in truth, he was the strangestt -anger thtat ever was seen by the good people i fthat place. He was a tall, thin, middle-agedb an. had a hump on his back, and was blind ofb ne eye--nd of all the countenaunces you ever 1 w, his huat thte queerest, most grotesque ex- e ession. Well, dear render, this strange stranger, who led himself Johtn etrange, settled down verya ietly in a little dwelling, abotut a hundredt ards from that of A unt Mariat. This good lady dting from the arriva! of said stranger, becamer ery uinsettled in niind and body, peoplc won red what made her look antd act so strange asy e continually did-but although they wonder-h d, she won'dered a great deal mnore.s One night, jtust after sunset, in the month of i oveber, Aunt Maria was talone in her pleasantr itting-room. No not exactly alone-for all her e ets surrounded her-the parrot, the canaries,t td the squirrels in their respective cnges, the white rat atnd the Guinea pig sleeping quietly tether in a little box ttpon a shelf, the montkey :iving witht the rabbits in a corner, the pnodles itting in his mistress' lap, the cats and kittens nooing together on the hearth-rug, and the great Newfoundhad aquattitng before the fire, s red tongue lolling out with the heat, and oking very Pa gaciously in Aunt Maria's face. Indeed, it would have mtade an tnteresting picture lI -this "happy family"-even Barnum might have envied, had he looked on. There was silence in the room, until some ne gently tapped at the door. Aunt Maria sarted, but said, " come in!" A modest, smiling, country lassie then gildedt o the side of the sybil, as the villagers called f her, and, dropping upob her kntees, said in a fai y voice, " tell me my fortune, please." , The good woman laid her hand caressingly n her young head. ? Yes, Phebe." "Olh, ho !" screamed the parrot, winking one 1 ye "ll tell your fortune." " Hush, poll ! Your hand, Phebe. Ahb! you f have quarrelled with your lover-jealousy-ah ! kave a care-what's this 7 Phiebe! you are 1 wrong-make up with him and yours shall be a happy lot. That's all I can tell you now leave t " Go away !'" eried Poll. Phebe, kissing the sybil's hand departed.- C Tap! tap ! on the window shutter-tap ! tap ! Bow wow ! bow wow, wow, wow!l" barked te big dog. Grr-r-r ! snap ! snap ! snap ! stid the poodle.i "Silence Bepps! be still ! Cupid !" Tap ! tap ! rap ! rap ! on the door. " Spirit rappers !" screamted Poll,. "Cone-in)," snid Aunt Maria, hesitatingly. I The door opened, antd strange to relate, the raiger, John Stratnge, stood before her. The dogs growled and barked-the eats andr kitens puffed out their tails an d humped up thir batcks ats if in derision-the rabbits hid ....se.v. under,. a corneo ths-carpet-theo A MALE AND FE ACADEMY TALI. THE Knicker~bcktffagazine for September has the follown reljing how a Professor was sold. A correspondait relates how at a " Male and Female Academ sundry couples had bro ken the rule which p ibited the caged birds to associate. And at length it.h1 come to the ears of the faculty that such waghe case, and that on sun dry occ;asion pairs, 1&le and- female, had been observed to enter tWe front gate of the yard, from the village stree 1at unseemly hours of the night, in direct contra ention of the statute in such case made and provided. This was a breach of discipli-ie ' not! e. tolerated by no manner of meanns," n it was proposed in a solemn convoetio of' the powers that were, that one of their niO er, whose room was con. veniently situated fW he purpose, should keep careful watch and4wi ,and that when he should see a guilty pair. app cehing from their noctur nal violation of the law, he should stealthily creep out, peunce upit them, and -having caught their inJfagrante deerlo, they shoulaiifore the assembled school, be leade to feel the terrors of the law. " This scheme sootb came known to some of the sinners, and no sooner known than a coun terplot was hatched lt was determined that one of the boys shoiul array himself in the dress of a lady, or in o A0 h of a lady's dress as he could get, and he k how to get on; that an oLher young ge'ntlei n should accompany this ouinterfeit young hld upon an evening's walk, and that when thaeyturned they should take good care to be seen'Jg the official spy." To obtain the necessary materials for a dis guise, a descent was"nmade upon the painting room, where the youygladies kept the garments which they used while 'pursning their studies; there a gwai, shi4 .and hood procured, and ith these we madoz,*bt served our turn for a lady on the occasioit, not very graceful cert:ain lv, nor calculated fora'inse inspection. bit "she" id, as the sequel SAied. Thus equipped, the lady and her atten4 gkntleman sallied forth ! " It was about 1~q 'dock of a beautiful sum. mer's evening; and- , :4 sound was to be heard ave the faint chirp or' the crieket, or the far-off bark of some sleeptl4i4cir. The faintest foo!_ fll was plainly disti~tAt.:The guilty pair passed through the front gi'e into the village street, and in a few minutes returned, as it had been irranged, th-it they liould be detected at this tage of their erim#e4As they entered the gate, i signal was made byone of the conspirators to ttract the attention -the official look out. He approached theindow of his room, look d out, when, lo, toA Ieiager gaze,1n plain sight, ppeared the offcndiuig pair, apparently uncon scious of their danger,antd enjoying with. great gusto their stolen intelview. He quietly slipped ut of his room and assed down to the steps in front, and there, i -e shadow of the :,uild ing, awaiting their ai ach'. The pair stipped about midway in th ' ard. ind. seemed.;o,be azingat .the stars. a giirdiart of the night grows impatient, an' toi slow to wards -,hem...-r e' te grows rinuenu,.-tthe-andao .ous attempt'to scape; and breaks into a desperate run. "And now commenced a race, the like of which I may never'hope to see again. The idy iid her attendant gentleman take to flight like startled deer. The steps of the pur-uer and prsued responded through the deserted street like the charging of a squadron of horses. On, :m they flew, the pursuer gains; the gallantry if the gentleman leaves him, and with it he eaves the lady ; and now, poor thing! what shall site do? The.foot-steps behind her grew more distinct every moment; site straias every ierve, hut her dress impedes her steps; it will iot do; she must either yield to her fate or -2lse idopt a desperate and last resort. And then, in ar freizy, throwitg aside all maiden modesty, she seizes the skirts of her dress, and quickly Irawing them up around her waist, with freed inibs she darts away, and is soon beyond the each of pursnit. And the pursuer? There lie stands, the pit ure of astonishment and chagrin. When lie aw the fir..,t upward movement of the l:ady's 3ress, he had stopped, (he was a modest man.) ~rasfixed with hir-or at the ide~a that such de ravitv should exist and be displayed before his ace and eyes; and next, as the upward niove ntentdisplayed a~pair of stout, calf-skin boots and ~assimere pantaloons, the cotnsciousness of hay g becen " sold" fla.,hed over htis mind and com pleted his discoanfiture, which was by no wise liminished by three hearty cheers fronm the broats of the young scamps who had bcought um so cheply. He crept back'to his room " a adder but a wiser man.". 'EE MAN THAT ADVERTISED HIS FAR1M AND THE MAN THAT DID NOT. Everybody is acquainted with Sam'l. A. Walk ar, Esq., Ilhe celebrated auctioneer, and almost ~verybtiky, when thtey have anythintg to sell by utiamn, call on him. A month or two since the utioneer was sitting in his office, retading one f the' daily papers, when a well-appearing man ntered andl imnuired for Mr. Walker. The auc tioneer said in the happiest manner that he was te individual, and at the same time desired his visitor to bes seated. The stranger gave his name and said he resided in Saugus on the border of Malden, and having bouighatdry goods ad bandannas of the nauctioneer when he was in that lite in Kilby street, he had now come to~ renew his acquaintance and to get him to sell some lantd whiuch he oawned ini.Maiden. He .stated to Mr. WValker that he only wanted his services as salesmanit-heC, the owner, would da all the rest. Hel did not intnd to htave anay dvertisetents in the newspapers as lie had iven niotice at the last to~wn mteetinig that he bould sell his land at anetion-that was nonce niough. Thle ownier desir.ed to secure the ser vice of Mr. W~ralker for the day, and imaiuired his price. The amiable auctiotneer staid he would go down and sell fair him for one dollar. This was 'greed to, ontly it was stipuluated thtat the aultineer should pay his own fare each way. Tihis Mr. Walker agreed to aand his visitor re turned delighated with having secured the emi neat services of the auctioneer at so lo1w a figure, after paying the one dollar to the auctioaneer, who theta secured his next customer, and the business of the~ morning went along as usual. When the day appointegfor sale arrived. the nutione'er hastened to the ears and was soon landed at the depot in Saugus where the owner of the lanad was anxiously awaiting his arrival. He was overjoyed at seeing him, after exchang ing the conmpliments of the morning, and taking a gass of coild water, the land owner and the auctioneer, the former with a spy glass and the latter with a small red fiag, were seen footing it for the location of the land which he was to sell. After a dusty walk of half an hour they arrived at the spot, where they remaitied some thing like an hour after the time appointed for tte sale to commnenct-the owner and htis nue. tioaeer beinag the only person withit two miles of the place aboatt to~ be sold by auction-the owner wondering why the people did not come, and the auctioneer wondering whty thej should coe.-Thus ended the unadvertised land sale. A few days after, the old fogy sold his land at private sale to a well-k nown operator in real estte, for six thousand dollars, which was the prie paid for it some seven years since, wisely ...:...ingtte comnchueiont that he watt behinel tha time, and could not make much by selling land at auction, even if he employed a Boston auc tioneer. All the foregcing happened in April of the present year. About the first of May, another stranger call ed upon the same auctioneer, and said he had a beautiful place in Malden near Saugus, to sell by auction. The auctioneer said he had come down that way and he did not care to risk his hard-earned reputation and his time by again visiting MaIden professionally. The stranger was in earnest, he described the place and gave the name of the previous owner, when it -came out' that the auctioneer was a second time called upon to sell what he facetiously calls the $1 farm. The auctioneer decided at first to have nothing to do with the matter. The new own er was a man of progress, not an old fogy. le said-to the auctioneer, I want your services as auctioneer. and I authorize you to spend not ex ceeding $600, in procuring plans and in proper ly planing before the people this valuable piece of property, For valuable I know it to be. The auctioneer and the owner the following day visitied the spot, and a few days afterwards a beautiful lithographic plan of the farm was placed upon our table, and in the commercial papers and nearly all of the other dallies ap peared one of the most brilliant and attractive advertisements for which Mr. Walker is so cele brated, setting forth in truthful terms the advan tages of the location about to be sold by him at AleLion. The day of sale arrived, nearly a tbou sand persons attended, every lot was sold the aggregate amount of which was near twelve thousand dollars, the operation yielding the own er a net, profit of something over $5,000, after paying the ustial commision to the auctioneer and all the other charg. Every one was pleas ed with his purchase and several new houses are now being built .*pon the premises, all of which may be seen as the passengers pass along by railroad. . Judicious advertising and a proper expendi ture always result favorably; old fogies will take warning from the fate of the man who did not advertise. THE MOREONS. We quote from the London Times an necount of the trial of a Scotclman indicted for disturb inga meeting of Mormons, or Latter-Day-Saints, in London. The defence was, the meeting was called for immoral and impious purposes. The London Times thinks the Court erred in finding the prisoner guilty. It says: " We do not propose that a man shall be per secented because he is a Mormonite, but we sub mit to the good sense of the country that he should not be entitled to call himself a " Pro testant dissenter," and as such to claim rights and privileges which were intended for ot.-ers. We should be grieved, indeed, to see the great principle of religious toleration infringed, but are-we, under the name of religious toleration, to sanction and pOtect assemblages of parsons gthered 't r. rtthe purpose of settin Chiiti is tlout . . em. of th a Chu h"of England, as by law establi - ed-in any peculiar manner. If we are not sup ported by the common opinion of English church men of Protestant dissenters of every form, of Ronman Catholies, of Unitarians and others, be ing the Queen's subjects, let our words go for nothing. We are pleading the cause of religion against blasphemy-of reason against Beldam -and decline at once entering into the -consid eration of any analogy which an expert casuist might suggest between the situation of Roman Catholic minorities in Protestant countries, or uice versa, and of the Mormonitei in Christian Englard. If a man does not see the profound absurdity and wickedness of a recognition on the part of the State of the " Morrmonites" as a1 sect of Protestant dissenters, we will riot trou ble hiih with more on the subject. " These men call themselves Christians, it is true: but, at the same time, they proclaim that the Christian dispensation has been superseded by the Mormonite Bible-Christ has been de throned, and Joe Smith, the Yankee swindler, reigns in his place. Nor do they leave the ques tion simply as one of theory. Their rules of practice-such as the one which provides for a plurality of wives-most certainly disentitle them to the protection of any orderly and de cent community." EXCEssiVELY LITERAaY.-FIow a young lady endeavored to adapt her style of conversation to the character of her guests is thus narrated in a Ohio paper: Tom Corwin and Tom E wing being on a po litical tour through the State, stopped at the house of a prominent politician at night, but found no one at home but a young niece, who presided at the supper table. Trhey had never seen great men, and supposed they were ele phantine altogether, and all talked in great Ian gunge... b"Mr. Ewing, will you take condiments in in your tea, sir," inquired thme young lady. " Yes, Miss, if you please," replie't the quan dam salt boiler. Corwin's eyes twinkled. Here was fun for him. Gratified at the apparent success of her ~rst trial at talking to big men, the young lady ad. dressed Mr. Gorwin in the same manner, "Will you take condiments in your tea, sir ?" "Pepper and salt, but no mustard," was the prompt reply of the fncetious Tlom. Of course nature must out, arid Ewing and the entertainer roared in spite of themselves. Corwin essaied to mend the matter, and was valuable in a'necdote, anid wit, and compliment. But the wound was immedienble. The young lady to this daty declares that Tom Corwin is a con'rse, vulgar, disaugreenuble fellow. TAKE the hand of the friendless. Smile on the sad and de'jected. Sympaithise with those in trouble. Strive everywhere to diffuse aronnd you sunishine and joy. if you do this, you will be sure to be beloved. Os a late ascension of an aronaut, a gentle man requested to be allowed to accompany him into the upper regions. " Are you good tem pered ?" asked the mronaut. " I believe so," said the other, " but why do you ask?" "For fear'we may fall out oin the way." " ToMMY. my son, what are you doing there with you feet dangling in the water ?" " Trying to catch cold, ma, so that I can have some of those cough losenges you gave me yesterday." Mou-raw VrotzscE.-Dave Thomas, who was found guilty of murder in the second degree by thme court of Caroline conty, Matryland, was forcibly taken froim jail, on Saturday night by the indignant populace of Denton, and hung un til he was dead. The Baltimore Patriot says: " This is the first imnstance of Lynch law that has occured in Maryland of whtich~ we have any knowledge." Thomas was a negro. Rev. Mr. Pileher, of Adrian, Mich., has a Shanghai hen that has lane an egg regular for one hundred and twenty-one successive days. On the oneo hundred and twenty-second she latid two eggs. So says Mir. P. LovE one human being surely and warmly, ndr yu will loe all. quirrels stopped whirling their wheels and flew nto their little house-the monkey grinned and .hattered-but the canaries slept on their per hes, and the white rat and Guinea pig were >blivious. The parrot alone welcomed the in ruder with, " stop thief! I'll have you hangqd !" "Silence !" roared the stranger, stamping his oot. In a noment the room was as still as ioiseless desert. Every creature was dumb a nutionless, not even excepting the sybil herself. " Woman !" said John Strange, taking hold of c chair. "Well," was her reply. "Do you know my destiny? Do you know rour own destiny ?" " I may tell yours-but mine is unknown to ne." He smiled a ghastly smile. "Tell mine mnd I will impart yours." The sybil started. "How?" " Go on !" he impatiently exclaimed, stamping mn the floor with so much force as to frighten he good lady's pets half out of their senses. Aunt Maria, with great repugnance. took the trange man's hand and looked upon it. She be. ame disturbed, and almost trembled. " Weir," said the man, his harsh features trangely softening," what are yourdiscoveries1" The sybil, with a pale cheek, replied-" you re not what you seem. You are neither blind or deformed. Your name is not Strange," she altered. "Go on-go on!" "Years ago-you loved a young girl some hat older than yourself-you were to marry er-bat poverty prevented it. You 'went to oreitn lands, and returned rich and in disguise, lid -! "Yes, yes, I did. Go on!" The sybil had fallen back on her chair trem ling and pale. "Maria! let me tell your fortune !" and he nelt at her feet and took her hand. " I returned in disguise to know whether my arly love had remained true to me.-she had! nd'I have returned to marry you !" With a sudden movement, he threw off his oat, cast away the roll of cotton that formed the hump," and then jerking the patth fron is eye, stood before Auitt Maria a tolerably ood-looking man of thirty-three. With a cream of delight, she flung her arms around im, exclaiming-- Joseph Truman ! why did I ot know you? And will you-will you marry n old woman like me?" " Thirty-seven is not old, dear Maria-and ime has not robbed you of your comeliness yet.. our heart is young still-is it not, my friend ?" "It is, Joseph, it is !" and her eyes beamed ndly upon him as he pressed a kiss upon her et unfaded-eheek. It was nga tableau of youth and beauty-but was one of truth and happiness, constaney nd love. Aunt Maria's pets were all asleep-the room ras still and calm, and pleasantly lighted by the lowing embers-and as the re-united lovers sat iere hand-in-hand, silently -looking.into-each thers eve t hJ.io ra cie ny. MAKE A'CHAR &CTER FOR YOURSELF. It is related of Girard, that when a y'oung -adesinan, haviig bought and paid for a bag ot ffee, proceeded to wtee it home himqelf, the irewd old merchait immediately offered to trust is new customer to as many more bags as the tter might detire. The trait of character re ealed by the young man in being his own por r, had given the miionaire confidence in him L once. iis reputation was made with Girard. fe became a favored dealer with the enterpri. ing merchant, throve rapidly, and in the end massed a fortune. No mere-capital will do so much for young ten as character. Nor will always even capital nd connexion combined. In our own experi nee, we have known many beginners who have tterly failed- though backed by ample mean<, nd assisted by the influence of a large circle of -iends. In some cases, indeed, considerable xperience, ns well as industry and perseverance, ave been added to these advantages, yet with ut securing success. We have known such ersons, after a failure in teir first pursuit, to rya second, and even a third yet with no bet r result, although still assisted by ecapital by iends, and even by their own activity. The eret was that they had missed, 'somnehow, aking a character for themselves. On the other hand, it is a common occurrence a see young men begin without, a cent, yet rap Ily rise to fortune. They achieve this triumph y establishing a reputation for being competent usiness men. Few are so fortunate as to do bis by a singular charamcteristic act, like the pur hser who won Girard'u good will by wheeling ome the bag; for generally neither veteran iehants are ras shrewd as the fatmous million ire, nor young dealers as energetic as his ce amer. But a consistent, life of sagacity, econ my and industry, invariably establishes thte gt kind of reputation in the end. Confidence rows up, in influential quarters, towards thte oung beginner. Old merchants shtake their eds approvingly, and say, " Ito is of the right tuff and and will get along." Credit comes, as a were unsought. Connexion follows. The eputation of the new aspirant widens and deep ns ; his transaetions begin to be quoted as au hority ; trade flows in on him from every uarter; and, in a few years, he retires with a ompetence, or remains to. becomne a millionaire. II this is thte result of establishin" at the out et a character of the rightt sort. We may say to every young man, about to tart in life, make a character for yourself as oon as possible. Let it also be a distinctive n. It is better to have a name for excelling I others in sotne one thing than to enjoy simt ly a notoriety for merely general merit. Ar' 'ou a mechanic ?--outtstrip your fellows in skill. tre you a young lawyer ?-becomne sttperior itn particular branch. Are you a clerk ?-be the est book-keeper your employers have. Are ou in a store 1-make yourself acquainted with he various buyers. In shtort, become knownt or an excellence peculiar to yourself; acquire ,speciality, as it is called ; and success is certain, teause you will have, ast it were, a monopoly, nd can dictate your own terms. Money inay be lost, without fattlt of our own, a some oine or anothier of the accidents of life. onnexions may be broken up. by deatht, or ailure, or change of interests. But character emains through all. It belongs to the individ al, and is above the chances of fate. Thous tind, whto have lost all else, have recovered hemelves, by having a character to start, anew vith ; but no man, without a business character, mae ever risen from the ruin ca~use-d by the loss f capital, or the destruction of connexion. Philadelphia Ledger. WOMAN RULEs THE RooST.-Old Chanticleer wakes in the morning, flaps his wings, voci ~erates at the top of his voice. " Woman rules t-e-r-e !" miediately, from a neighboring roost, mother answer, " So they do h-e-r-e !" This is to sooner uttered than a third responds, at a lonsiderable distance, * So they doe66ry w.0----6!' "HANs, where do you liveI" "Acrost de iver, mit der turnipike, by der school-hotuse,'as is you go up mit yer right hand on de odder ide." As this is perfectly intelligible, we shall to procneen tornxlain. OOD YARImG. THE Committee appointed by the Newberry Agricultural Society to furnish for publication their views on " What should be the elements of Good Farming," made through their Chairman the following sensible report, which we copy from the Sentinel. To the above query, your committee respect. fully submit the.following report: It may be laid down as a standing rule, and as a guide to direct our exertions, that all good farming, the whole of that process by which bad land is to be converted into good, or, land natu rally good, and productive to be continued in that state, is contained in the folloWing opera tious of husbandry: 1. To carry off all stagnant and superfluous water, by judicious draining. 2. To return through the medium of Manure, the strength and fertility which has been extract ed from the land by cropping. 3. To eradicate all noxious wends, grass, &c, that the strength of the manure may be thrown into the crops, and not into the weeds. The present annual meeting of this Society seems to your committee a very -appropriate time for a review of the past operations of the farm, and devising plans for the future. Every one who has not yet reached the highest summit of agricultural skill and perfection, will doubt less, wish to make continual advances towards that desirable accomplishment, and the direction of such to some points in practice, may possibly be ot value. The great secret of success in all kinds of business-the reason why one man be comes rich, while another remains poor-is en ergy and management. While the one is regretting and repininng over his difficulties and troubles, the other, by energy and management, surmounts every obstacle. Regrets and repining will not surmount difficul ties or make money. The man shows his skill pre-eminently, who, instead of repining at diffi culties, surmounts them; who, by superior man- I agement keeps pace with his energetic and.thrif. ty neighbors. Hence the great importance of understanding 1 the best application of means. Your commit tee will venture to suggest a few particulars ir which we think many of our farmers might make more or less improvement. Some of them decidedly do so. -One of the first of these is, a neat and judicious laying out of the farms -for economy in farming; for convenience of access to all their fields; and such a manner that each crop may occupy as nearly as posible its own field so as to admit of a good system of rotation. A farm so laid out that cattle and oth er stoek may obtain water of themselves, may save whole weeks of labor in driving them to water, &c., every year. Indeed the savings of labor by a well-arranged, and-well laid out farm, can hardly be estimated in the multifarious ope rations constantly taking place. * Many farmers I err Ly attempting -to do too much-tte conse quenu , uerebu 5 nurne au ne g saa~tog6Tn na WueaU fallrtflm various items of good and bad management, but will merely call a few things to remembrance. The loss of shucks, straw, and other food of cattle, sheep, &c., by their exposure in the open fields to cold winds in winter, causing a con sumption of nearly double the amount needed for them in warm..places, would in a single sea son be enough to erect good and cheap shelters, to say nothing of the improved condition of the animals, and security from loss by death. A great saving would usually result by taking pains to select fair animals to breed from. A tine and handsome animal is as easily raised as a bad and ugly one, and consequently, commands at least a double price in market. A similarad vantage would result from selection of seed. Many days labor may anunally be avoided, by procuring the best tools, particularly the most in use. A vast amount of valuable time, and some fretting may be saved by having a place for every thing, and every thing in its place. It is of viral importance to adhere strictly to this rule. And it is highly important, that every thing be done at the right season. A few days delay not unfrequently results in great losses. Sometime the entire profits of the crops, or their ~ amount over and above the cost of raising, are lost by replanting arid planting out of season. To prevent confusion and embarrassment, every thing should be before the eye of the farmer at once, that nothing may be neglected; and those who cannot think of but one thing at a time C should have a memorandum book constantly in ~ his pocket, for noting down and for reference ~ at all times. Everything, small or great, whether I importaut or unimportant-it is by attention to I those things, and many others, that some farm- ~ ers are enabled to obtain large profits from their farms--while others, with equally as good lands, and with as mchl capital at the beginning, make ~ but a scanty living, and are ever on the drag. ~ Your committee does not intend, nor would they ~ attempt to give specific or exact directions in detail for the cultivation of every crop, and for ~ every department of farm managemeni. We are well aware that almost every section of country must practice modes ini some degree peuliar to themselves, owing to the variation of'elimate, soil, and various other considera tions. At the same time, the general principles of agricultural practice are everywhere the sarme; and these, with various modifications, which they niay assume uinder different degrees of civilization or different degrcos of improve ment must arnd will decide its success. We miay learn much from those who cultivate better, and sometimes from those who do not manage and cultivate as well as ourselves. There is little hope for anything, so far as great improvement is concerned for the man who implicitly follows any guide whatever. He must exercise Iris ownI experience, reason, observation and judgment in the application of rules which may be laid down by these. The farmer's whole business, so far as culti vatiotn is concerned, lies with his soil, and upon the soil, anid the skill and intelligence with which e mainages it, must depend his s-.ccess. Your committee trusts that it is not nlow very extensively held, that little or no intelligence is necessary to conduct rightly, the operauons of agriculture; though we fear the supposition is too frequently indulged, that circutristanlces in which farmers are placed, are unfavorable to mental energy and the culture of the mind.-. Teit is admitted that severe bodily labor is prejudicial to the exercise of the mental facul ties; but we are confident that the organs ofC both mind and-body are developed and strength ened by a due degree of bodily exercise. Hence the circumstances calculated to improve the con- C <ition of the farmer are those which call into action the intellectual and physical powers with which he is naturally endowed. But there are now, fortunately, many farmers in our country whose labors are riot so constant as to interfere with the improvement of their minds. Many, indeed, are thinking and reading ? men; and we mre forced to conclude that it is more from lack of inclination than the existence of real obstacles, that the class is not more nu merous. The long winter evenings, and stormy days afford many houi-s of leisure, during which a great amount of useful information may be gath ered. Knowledge, both in acquisition and poe. nnaian, contributes to hanniness. Your committee is well awae-there have been.. any ojections raised againa- what Ja ealled.' ook-farming, all of which we conaider ground. eas. Be not afraid of book-farmig. If the vay of farming can be told, it ean:bpi b md when written you can. learn and u t as well as from the lips of a cdlab ,tir me of the shallowest- prejudices whic rept into the mind of man, that a fact. aower and value because'printed in a book. ; liscrimination is, of course, necessary in reading iuy human writings; but where the editor 10 in agricultural journal admits one error:into is paper a thousand are- propagated.from tiih ips of neighbor to neighbor, among agricultn ulists. Again-when we have once been.iiduced to.,. irrange our thoughts in order, or. on paper in mportant step has been taken towardsielleo. - Ual improvement. If farmers are ignorant its iot the fault of their vocation. There is nolife hat can be made more eminently a life of re. lection than that of an agriculturist. Livin :11 ie does, in "the treasure-house of wond ' here not enough to awaken thought and ee ion in him. But, alas,! too true it is that thinga o common and familiar as the opention.of na are, ceases to excite our wonder and.admiration. rhe green grass grows beneath our feet-the iright blossoms burst forth in beatrty-the. for ist waves in luxuriance-sunshine and shade are ipon our path; and yet we toil ever in pursuit if worldly gain, passing the beautiful unheeded ly. But let us hope the dark night is passing-away, 6 Md the good work has begun. There seemsto is a general feeling upon the subject of edue... ing ,the farmer; let us go -onward; let ways ind means be devised for edueating the mas as reil as farmers; and let it no longer be. necem.j ary for lawyers, doctors--any. body else but,. armers-te deliver addresses, or make speeobesj on. the subject of agriculture. The' life of t arier is favorable to the pursuit of kiiowledget'. iecause it is favorable for health. It is ad ed that agriculture is -a healthy oedupation-' ealthy for boys and men. Many men with iroken down constitutions have renewed their ge by leaving the shop or counting room, and . ollowing the plow. The farmer who breathes -the fretli'; istens to the songs of birds, and sees so much a nature to interest him, is seldom troubleaditl iypocondria, dyspepsia, or indigestion,.which e as injurious to the pursuitof knowledgeaa o happiness and health. If -uch. be the natural endency of -agriciltural pursuits, why -*not .at nee grow up in it and be educated.byit? 2 t is free' from -the unbroken monotony which ttacks many employments. As a study,11. ipens a broad and unexplored field to th mind, nd in no employmentsare pleasures so:rational nd satisfying to belf6uiidas in thi:3- TheYa.rm , 1r, from their' nmlrs,lih -'bi >ower in their hands i als co!ntry, Moutinue to-do so for years and jea Educate-them and our republicswiji pg'~ fi*ne wayld. Le Tustomed to esimate~ioiielea ' iot becaUse' oci literary mnon are t'f A ank, not'because we. take tlie liad is sciene or he arts, but because the -mass of the people are uperior in inteligenc and high tone of character. n this country, th&inasses are-t cultivators of he soil, and in projiortion as'-teyimprove' i% he whole body politic elevated. As the' real realth.of a nAtigpgdepends upou.the develop nent of its natio1iil re.ources, so does its sta. aility and character depend upon the actual - :nowledge and virtue which guide the individu. Is who compose it. It is then the farmers of he United States, who must determine the des. iny of our republic, and say whether its motto hail be "Onward and upward." We should stop more frequently and take a ober second thought. If we.would pause to - aquire more frequently where the tendency of he times are urging us, more would be said bout self-culture and soil-culture; and more rould be.dor.e to lay deep and strung founda. ions of individual and universal prosperity. Your committee cannot conclude this report lore appropriately than by giving the reply of ae emancipated Roman, when summoned to ppear before his superiors on a charge of hay ig obtained from his very small estate much urger crops than his more wealthy neighbors rom their vast domains. Tfiey became so en. ious that'they charged him with employing en hantment to attach to his ground the products f their fields. " Beitng fenarful of a conaemna on, he introduced inuto the Forum, as the tribes repared to vote, his rollust family, and his en. erior agricultural implements, his heavy mat acks, his ingeniously constructed plows, and is well-fed oxen, and then exclaimed "Behold, Roman citizens I my magic ;-but I -, mn still unable to show to-you, or bring into the mrket place, my studies, my constant vigilance uad fatiguing labors." Let us all go and imitate the noble Roman ; nd at each annual meeting of the mSociety, ex ibit specimens of improvemnent in all that cons titutes the elements of good farm management. - . STE~WA1LT, Chairman. Tax CoTToN Cnor.--We learn from the latchea (Miss.) Courier, of the 3d inst., that he storm which swept through that section of ountry a short time since, h~ done .immense amage to the cotton crop. ~It says: " We hav, never known a storm so generally estructive. as the one of week before haat.-. Svery where through the Southwestern coun. - ies of this State the same report comesup. In most places that we have visited, and all along he line of our trip, the cotton picked before the torm is about the -only good cotton -that will es forwarded to market. Large fields-upon-the iver bottoms have been entirely under -water or days, the cotton on the hill sides,'was beatea ut, stained, and dirtied to a remarkableextent, vhile the rotting of the unopened bolls and the i prouting of' the seed sine the rain ceased, havea rogressed most fearfully. The same tad tale as proceeded from the mouth of all. The large nd the small planter have alike reported .the - sins as most destructive, and the prosgeets for crop nearly ruined." Hosam 'T'AGEDY.--The town of agap awn, New York, was thrown into a great'eeit. aent on the 5th instant, by the.niurder of two sersons, and -the suicide of the murdereor.-Rich rd D. Davis, a resident ot that--place, had a iffieulty with his wife about some property, then she took refuge with'her relations.; He isited her at a brother-In-law's-house, when'he eliberately shot another brotaer-in law, and ha wn wife, and closed- the :horrid tragedy by booting hismseif. "BAiCK Am Wmra.'-We -were startled in uir sanctum this morning by thme soundjof drin fe and bugle, proceeding from the atreet below.' )a lookin out we saw a company of soldiers, 9 a shade daker than black," - armed anteqpiip.. ed," and all exhibiting in thsirmantfer a lixed eterminadanugriddle the ,flower-wreathed tar-. et they'cstfiedmifth -them.Thyve-pc ed bya e~r~isad -eYori kaxpress. HAImsss is a butterfly wbich'bhen~ed s always just beyond your grauspE butwhfeb,1j on will wait quietly,11nay- come Wo-sm