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V. F. DURISOE & SON, Proprietors. EDGEFIELD, S_ C, FEBRUARY 21, 1855. ~ -
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- ESSRS. SPANN & MAGRATH,
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Law Notice,
r IIE Undersigned have fornied a Partnership.
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beville and Lexington.
G EOIZG E W. L ANDIZZU11,
A1N.' PF IZtlN.
Edgefield C. I., Sept 21, 1S54. tf 34
DENTAL SURGERY!
D R. I. PAIIER, rsipvectfully ititeorits
the eit:zets of Edlgelieldl Di-iriet, that lie m1a.yI
be found during sale day week at the l'lanter's I[,%
tel, Edgetield C. H., aid at his r.-silence ott the
.\nlerttin road, vihteei m-les Nordt-east of the
Village. on every Friday and Saturday following.
Speciltiens of his work, put up on the latet :mid
most improved principles, Cani1 be setn at his Utiee.
liis tdlievs, when in the country, as heretofore.
Sleepy Crek, P. 0.
lice Q7 if 50
Practice of Surgery!
D I. JURIANI IJAI RIS. Autusta.
Ga., is prepared toaectnnmodate with I .idng
and Nursing. such potients i., may be directed to
him for S U 11WICA L OPEIZATIONi or' Treatment.
1 .-lasters may be assured that their Servaiits
will have every neesary attentiin.
A ug u-na. )lity , l y 1.
FRESH ARRIVALS,
I)R. A. G. TE AGUE respcettully inf-rtn
D hi fri-nds and ciltizeis ot Euigeied geieraly
that he ithis just reaeived a LA itGE ADI TION
to his alrea,!y extensive St-ck oh fresh anid genuine
Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals, &c.
I lis D)rugs are carefully examined by himself.ald
ill liatare found worthless, rej,-ttd: and thos
that are approved may be rehied on as ejicient and
of uniforml action1.
ALL of his Nlelicinal Compounds, Tinetures.
Pills, Uintnentst. &e.. ce., are put upil under his
oit supervision -;nd in strict accordiance with tle
From his lng and extensive experience in the
praecee otf Nledicioe, Ii - has imiade sveera Con
pound,; of his town, not to he fiound iii th.- D w)pinsa
lory, viz:-A Prepttration for the CRO) Ul'. u hich
he Ihas used extensively ftr tighteen years, and re
commttends with contidentce :a V ERi1 FVU GE. :zfe.
atid efliciett and many other Compounds wvhtich
he makes exteimporaneonis!v to fui th- inidicationts
in e-aih pairticular ease for ihichi it is usedi.
It would require more space than could be oh -
tainied in a Newspaper- to give a Catalui~tue of the
I irugs, 31edicines and Chenmicals kieit anod sild by
him t-smie it to say, lie c-an turnish a Physician's
Otdie CUM PL ETE, with Physiek on!ii Fur-nituie.
lie hais added to, his formier Stock sonie of te
most reliable Vege-table extra.-ts, viz: PO(DO10P11l L
(rJr Planters and faumilies o-an be supplied with ll
M1edi-ines tnecessairy in a famtily-and when desiredt,
directions put tip with each airticle.
All aif the miost reputable NOSTRUSIS miay be
found in his.Fstablishment. Also,
Candies, Kisse~s. Sugar Pluums and
Sanid.
ALSO, FINE WINES AND UIR.\NDY,
for M1edicinal purpioses.
Perfumnery of his own and Northerti make.
bard to hi-at.
SOAPS.-A large and extensiv-e variety.
CA NDLES.-W~Vax, Sri-rm and A damantine.
Paints, Oils and Dye Stuffs,
WINDOW GLASS, PUTTY, VAR.NISHES, &c.
BR USHfES.-31arking, Sash, Tool, Paint, Graini
ing, Trooth, Nail, Flesh, Crumb. Shoe, Ilorse and
Tanners Brushes.
~ENCILS-Ca;eI's and1 Sable ITaiir, Ilarge size.
And let though not least, the linest II A I R I~Ul I
ES ever offe.red in thte place, of various patrons
atnd qualIties.
Dressing and extra fine COMBS,
D USTING BR USHJES,--Aii excelletnt nrtic-le.
PAPER-Fools Calp and Letter Paper-, commotin
and fine.
NOTE PAPER-Various sizes and fancy styles,
ENVELOPES-Common Bull; Plaina White aiid
*Fancy Note Envelopes,.
INK, P ENS, PENCILS AND CR AYONS,
Osborne's Atmeca W ater Calours.
Oum Elastic BalIs-Solid, 11ollow and
Fine,-Parlor Balls for the Ladies, inviting them
.exercise within doors, whetn the weathet' is
tOO iydemenftt to be out.
Nav id tf 1
J'or the Planters !
UU\ 100 ml1. K~ettlewel~s G UtANO
and SA LTS,
70 3ble. Kettlewells CHEMICA L SALTS,
.30 " Pure ground PL AST ER.
Thie above eelebrated ilanures for salk by
J. SIJBLEY & SON.
Ihamburg, Nov 14, tf 44
gg The Laurenisville Herald, Itidependent Press
and Andersiint Gazette will copy the above four
-times, and forward biils to J. s. & SON.
-Saddlery and Ilarness.
AFl N.E assortme-nt to be founid, and at low pri
cas, at ROBINSON& JACKSON'S.
Ilamburg,.Dee d1, if 47
$elI tour Cottou and Pay Your
Debts !
A S Cqeta is nsow briuging a goodl price, I think
tiit is the proper ttme for all peCrsons indebtedl to
mse, to sell the-ir iCetton anid pay tip promtptly. What
.say you genteea? 31. W. CLARTY.
Written Expressly for the Edgefield Advertiser.
DARLING EFFIE MAY.
Oh: Efflie is a darling
Sweet, beauteous Effie Mlay,
With her ways so pure and winning,
And her tones so light and gay.
To naught can I compare her
But the gentle-eyed gazelle
As it sips the gurgling brooklet
Where the green Oases swell
Or when with glee it snufleth
The aromatic gaie,
Or houndeth o'er the hillock
To its own rose-Ecented vale.
Oh F.ffie is a darling
Bright, glorious E.ffie May
With her gentle bosom swelling
To mercy's blessed sway.
No tale of woe or sorrow
E'er floats unheeded near
But her pitying heart hatli caught it
And held it trembling there.
No humble fellow-mortal
Is faultering footsteps trace
Near to her path-but kindly wordN
His crushing woes effice.
Oh! Effie is a darling,
Der, guileless Effie May
And o'er her wit'.hing features
A thousand graces play.
No coarse words ever linger
Upon those rosy lips;
Whose dewy fragrance rivals
The buds the night bird sips.
No actions, bold or forward,
Iler modest spirit knows,
Whose every thought and feeling
Are pure as Alpine suows.
Oh ! Effie is a darling
My gentle Effie May!
And her glad eyes ever beaming
With holiest love each day.
I1er open brow a signet bears
Engraved by hleaven's decree,
Of holy innocenee and truth,
And hope, and piety.
ROSE COTTA G E.
LET US LOVE ONE ANOTHER.
Let us love one another ! not long may we stay,
tn the bleak world of mourning. some drocp while
'tis day;
Others fade in their noon, and few linger till eve ;
Oh ! there breaks not a heart but leaves some one to
grieve ;
And thli fondest, the pu-e!t, the truest that met,
llave still fotund the need to forgive and forget:
Then oh ! though the hopes that we nourished decay, i
ILet us love one another as lotigas we stay.
There are hearts like the ivy, thao' all be decayed,
That it seened to clasp fondly in sunlight and shade,
No leaves droop in sadness, still gaily they spread
' ndimtted 'midst the blighttd, the lonely and dead;
Blut the ltsteto e!mtgs to the oak, not in part,
lut with leaves closely round it-the root in its
hecart
Exists but to twine it-imnbibe the same dew,
Or fall ith i its loved oak, and perish there too.
Thus let's ltove one atother, midst sorrows the worst,
Un~ltered and fond as we loved at first
Tho' the false wing of pleasure my change and
forsake,
And tthe bright urn of wealth into particles break,
Thtere is somne sweet affection that gold cnnuot buy,
Thtat cling but still closer whten sorrow draws nigh,
A mmd remtan with us yet, thto' all else pass away ;
Thnus let's love onte :mo'ther as lontg as we stay.
Bob Tweedy's Adventure,
Every body knows Dr. Tweedy or Bob
Tweedy, or Tweedy, as he is variously call
otne or othter of these soubriquets, he has
even been " htearn on" by the "rest of matt
kind." Bob is a dentist, and not only one
ofl the best in the country but is so "stored
with thme treasres of the tat tlinig wotrld, antd
with a piece of mtirth too," that while lhe
operates.ont your mioutht, he tickles your ears
also-while lie dIraws youir tooth, ho draws
likewise upon ant inexhaustible fund of amnec
dhotes in such a felicitious anid inimitable
manter, that you forget the pain which
would tothierwise attend the operation. [-is
way of relitg stories is peculiarly " one
of his owtn," antd we regret that we cannot
give the following in his own style and
wtords:
Bob, however, was once travelling in New.
toma countty, Mississippi, ott horseback, with
well-filled saddle-bags, (containting we sup-.
pose, his operating et cetera,) and a grretat
coat securely fatstened behind him in true
dragoon style. Houses on the road wvere
"as scarce ats liens' teeth," (a dentistical
phiraise,) anid at several of these ottr " solita
rv horsemani" had halted to secure for himt
self and beast the privilege of a shelter and
lodging for the night, but to be informned at
all theni that lie could not-th at they
" w' ntg'g fixed for takinm ini folks, no how."
Night was approacing, and the prospect of
ia bunik upona the ground, with a pine-knot
pillow, lomed goomily before our hero. But
lie was not dismayed. Bob " knew the
ropes, and sumnmoing his prowess to a
mighty effor-t, he resolved that at the next
house upon the road he would stay, anty
how,-nolens volens " at all hazards, and to
the last ext remnity." Thus determined, the
murky' meshies of twilight had scarcely eni
veloped him, ere, at a sudden tur-m of the road
lull tilt, andtc right aheatd of hitm, stood-an
humble but cosy cottage, so tastefully de
corated around with vines and flowers, and
withal, so clean and neat, as to speak it at
once, tho abodle of conitentmient and virtue.
lBob besitated, but true to his resolution, rode
boldly up to the little giats in fronmt, dismioun
ted, hitched his horse, and taking his saddle
bags anid great coat Itpo~n his arm, alamonde,
watlked deliberaitely into the house. An old
lady met himt at the door, her f(hce radianit
with snmiles atnd spectatcles, amid i er whole
counttctnance lighted up by some uncotmon
inward satisfaction. She shook him warm-I
ly by the hand, took his coat and saddle
bags, and.seated him kindly in the most
eligible part of the room. All this was in
comprehensible to Bob, bat he had the sat
isfaction of seeing his saddle safely deposi
ted in the little porch in front of the house,
and his horse led away to the stable, and so
he determined quietly to await an explana
tion of the old lady's conduct. He saw that
there was " something out," but what it was
he knew not. The old lady, during the in
tervals she could spare from the kitchen,
while superintending the arrangements for
supper, was particularly loquacious, and
with the adroitness peculiar to many old la
dies, site soon managed to turn her conver
sation to the subject of religion. On this
Bob was somewhat at fault, but doing his
best, lie managed to sustain his part with be.
coming humility. Supper was announced,
our hero soon found himself at the foot of
the table facing the old lidy, while upon
his right, (to venture on his own language,)
were two as pretty girls as ever trod shoe
leather," daughters of the old lady ; and on
his left two big sturdy boys sixteen or eigh
teen years of age. Sated at the table,
there was a pause-the old lady looked at
Bob, and the boys and girls looked at each
other; for a momeit Bob understood it not,
at once, sudden as an electric flash, it conic
upon hitim-he was expected to " say grace !"
This lie had never done in his life,-he fal
tered, but Bob Tweedy was not the man to
he outdone. He had once boarded with
with " Old Saltonstall," in Columbus, Miss.,
from whom lie had learned half-a-dozen
"graces" hy heart. So lie dropped his head
demurely, and went through the thing in a
becoming manner.
But this was yet but the beginning of the
end. Bedtime came when a queer looking
little table with a very large book and a
very small one upon it, was pLaced in the
centre of the room, and our hero requested
to sing. Bob has a good voice, of which,
we believe, lie was by no means ashamed
so, drawing himself up to the table, lie took
the smaller book,and selecting a hyini about
the tune for which lie could not certainly 1
mistake,.be began:
How t(dious and tastCless the hours."
The first line Bob sung solo, but begin.
niing the second, the old lady and her fami.
ly-the girls particulaily-joined in, and
the hymn was concluded with spirit. Now
come the scene. All aroso and knelt their
chairs, an'd for full a minute Io'b listened to
hear the voice of the old lady raised in pray.
er but lie did'nt. The pause grew heavy
Bob waiidered ; at first confusedly, but soon
in all its force, the truth flashed upon him
he was expected to pray ! This was too
much " Old Salt," failed him here. This
far, he had allowed ciretnistances to drag
him on, but further lie would not go. lHe
arose from his knees and looked around up
on the prostrate group. " Madam," said lie,
the.e is some mistake here ; you evidently
take ie for some one whom I am not."
Now was the e.risis, the pencil of a Ilograth
would have dropped from his hand. First;
the girls, and the boys, arose and formed a
bee-line, single ille, for the door. But tile
olt lady was not so quick. Still kieeliig,
she turned towards our hero, and leaning
forward, her spectacles raised and her hand
resling ont the round of her chair, she ci
quired
" WhaLt mister, mout your namefl be ?"
" Twee(dyv, madam," responded Bob.
The old lady slowly arose and surveyed
the dentist. " Well," said she I give it up.
We thought you waos the new preacher ; lie
was to have cotie here to. ighit. Good
gracious!I" All, to Bobi, was now phiin.
He was soon in bedl, and slept soundly.
Mornitng catte but the old lady had lost her
volubility. Breakfast was despai:ched in si
lence ; no b~oys nor girls ott either hand;
and (we suppose,) without the formalhity of
a "grace." Bob was soon oni his way;
but ; niotwithstandintg his itinierant habits, lie
has never againi ventured to stop at a house
by the road side to stay all ntight, w ithout~
first obtainitng the inimates' consent.
A I'Ta.xsGrviNc TL-iZaY.--A cotitriver
oh ways ailnicmanis residling Down Eaist
some years ago, being in want of a Turkey
wherewith to he thatikful accordinug to law
on the last Thursday ini November set his
wits to work to procure one without labor,
love or money. Turkeys as evetybody
kinows are fond of apples and apple trees
for their couch, and our hero, going io thei
stillness of the night singled out a finte fut~
gobbler from a tree full, belonging to otne of
his neighbors. While reconinoitering the
roots, lie heard the fe.athiered bipeds say dis
tinicjly quit! quit! quit! But considering~
these as words of course, lie did not regardt
themi a feather, but taking a bit of red yartn
fromt his p)ocket he made it fast to the leg of
his initetided pirize, and retired without fur.
tiher alarnmirg the broodl, or at all disturbing
the owner.
The next day be wenit to his teighbor's
house with the following interrogatory
You hav'nt seen no stray gobbler- here have
ye? Th'le neighibor answered that lie had
not, but there might possibly be one among
his turkeys and asked him if lie should knowv
the turkey ott seeing him.
0 , yes, yes," saidh the witty man of in
ventions, " I should knowv him very well by
a bit of red yarn lie had around his right
leg." Accordingly the whole flock of tur
keys were assembled, anid the mant deeply
regretting his loss, and declaring ho would
niot have takeni a silver dollar for the bird
begaii to examitie the whole lot. .
"Gobble, Gobble, Gobble." said the in
dignatnt turkey, taller than the rest by a head.
"Alt ! that's he," said the man springinig
up as lie spoke, " that's the very idenitical
turkey ; don't you see he's got this qpark on ?'
" Well he has sure enough," said the honi
est neighbor, taking two quids of pig tail, in
twg minutes, " andl yet ll be darbed anrd
toasted alive, if .that don't look as mnueli likle
a gobler of mine, as two white .heaus. H loiv
somever-, as the critter belonging to yu
why take him that's all." ~ ~ yu
ie said no more, but samgla tlo. nhidor
and handed him over-as be supposed-to i
his rightful owner. The other thanked him
for his trowble, and after inviting him to come
and take a thanksgiving supper with him,
telling him he should; be as welcome to a
bit of the gobbler as though it were his own,
he marched off triumphantly, with his prize
inder his arm and a laugh in his sleeve.
The Rei'enge,
The days of $ost coaches are fast pass
ing away; and althou'b the commodious
and oftentimes luxurrously-furnishied cars
drawn over the iron rai, and speeding with
the swiftness of a flying. bird, offevindiice
ments to the traveller which the old fashion.
ed co:ch and four, neve.held out-for one I
may lounge on the vej t-cushioned seat and
read the last novel without fear of a jolt or
an overturning from the wheel coming in
contact with some un'mannerly stumjp by
the road side-give me yet the old stage
coach and four spirited "steeds with a prac
tised hand to manage th m, such as are now
only to be met with in secluded districts,
where the railway is yet unconstructed.
These reflections, dear reader, were made
while sitting on one of those cdmfortable
Cars, and proceeding at a, rapid rate towards
the metropolis of our State.
We had, perhaps performed half the jour.
ney, when the singular, monotonous jarring
of the cars was in a second change to a
hollow, rumbling sound, by which some
unthinking passengers were not a little star
tied.
The train was passing -over the Aqueduct
at Rocky Hill. Mingled emotions of thrill.
ing fears and joys, vanished in the dim vista
of tine, came back quiet place, and its dark,
frowning rocks.
Mlethinks I still see the old mill which
stood by the road side, its-ponderous black
water wheel rolling around, and the spark.
ling drops dripping from is mossy beams;
the village church, and the, old homestead of
Father Wilkes, with its vine clad porch; the
venerable oak tree, beneath whose shade
his dark-eyed Jessie bad often sat, and sung
her gay songs in the sumiher's eve.
But all is now changed The mill and
the homestead are gone; Jessie and her fa
ther aro not liere; the old. oak has beei
. ..... ut o: emuus ioomng up II
the west.
An unusual .-tillness prevaded the atmos.
phtern as often preceeds the violence of a
thunderstorm ; at that moment a sharp re
port of the discharge of fire arms rang upon
tie stillness of the scene; this was so in
mnediately followed by a peal of thunder
and vivid ligitening, that the repoit seemied
to be but one and the same.
A nioule horse, trembling in every nerve,
gallopped wildly up the road to the door
where Jessie and her father stood.
He was at once recogrized by the daugh
ter as one usually ridden by young Morris,
ier accepted lover, to whom she was engag
ed soon to be married.
I was staying for a few days at the home
stand, having professional business in the
vicinity, whe this event happe;ied. Morris
had been shot from his horse and was found
a short distance from the rocks.
We carried him to the homestead, wvhiere
at the hour of midnight, with the hand of
his Jessie clasped in his own, the spark of
life fled forever from his matnly form.
Tlhe assassin was found struck lifeless by
the electric stroke, in the nmoment of his
crime.
TheL veil of mystery hats bhung ov-er the
event fromi the moment of its occurrence.
The motive which prompted the dead-the
revenge of the dark visaiged homicide-will
only Ite reveiled in the day when the mur
derer and the victim shall stand face to fatce
before the Judge of the Universe.
A WJFt-:LESS EIUsUAN.-Not long since
two gentlemen from a neighboring city came
to Detroit with the intention of marrying
the same lady. Each was supported by his
particular friends, and the prospects of either
were flattering. While o no of the gallants
was seated ini the back parlor, "in clover,"
enjoying tho society of the afficed and
her father's family, the rival was shown into
the front parlor, and the affianced called to
greet him as her prospective lord. The
unsuspecting innocent in the back parlor
awaited impatiently for the lady's return,
atnd, upon iniquirinig, found she had gone to
Egner's for refreshments, and, much to hisI
chagrin, with his rival. T1he couple were
absent some time-long enough to callI at
Rev. Mr.--, and be nmade one blood and!
one0 flesh. The joke was too good to be
told, and on returning to the house the suc
cessful candidate bid his bride good night,
aind returned to his hotel, saying that he
would come in the morning, claim his bride,
and take her to her future home. Morning~
came, and the groom, ever faithful, presented
himself at his 1tetherin-law's hous3, where
lie was -confronted by the mos: intimate
friend of his rival, who coolly informed him
that the lady, his wife, had reconsidered.
Her parents refused to parmnit the husband
to take his lawful wijfe, anid the wire herseltf
refused to ackhowledge his authority. Thel
husband was petrified-was married, and
yet had no wife-tried persuasion in~ vr-in
-got nad atnd wvent hourse wifeless. The
rival was equally in a " fix," and equally
ehagrined. Both returned to their homes,
eenvinced that "you're not always sure otf
your game wvhen you've tried it."-etroit
4dv., Jan. 5.
..6 barber in Vermont is reported to have
three razors of extraordinary power, the
first is so sharp that it goes alone ; the sep
gn4j has to be held back; and the third cuts
about a quarter of an inch before the 'edge.
WJ[y is a man chased by a mad bull like
a dfriunkarg when he first gets out of bed ?
It-cas lie is about ton'" take a enr "
Burying Alive,
A paper was recently read before the
French Academy of Science, in which the
following extraordinary instance was aduc.
ed as a reason for abolishing the present
custom of burying so soon after death.
A young female had been twice pronounc.
ed dead, when only in a trance, but had
recovered in time to prevent being buried
alive. A third trance caine on, and in con
sequeince of what had previously occurred,
permission was obtained from the constitu
tional authoeities for the body to remain
above ground so long as decomposition
should not take place.
A week-ten days passed away-there
was still no decomposition ; but all the medi
cal men declared she was (lead, and at
length she was placed in a coffin.
Only a few minutes before the coffin was
to be nailed down, and while the bell of the
vilhige was already tolling for the funeral, a
female from an Udjoining village, who had
been a schoolmate of the supposed deceased,
came to take a last farewell.
She stooped to kiss the lips of her depart
ed friend, and remained in that position for
some length of time. The bystanders at.
tempted to remove her. She waved them
away with her hands, and remained in that
position, with her lips on those of her do
ceased friend, and breathing the warm breath
of life into her lungs.
At length she exclaimed
" She lives!" and rising from the body,
pointed out unequivocal signs of life.
She then stated when she was kissing her
friend, she fancied she felt her breath, and
in a few minutes was convinced of that fact.
The female supposed to be dead was ta
ken out of the coffin and placed in a warm
bed, and in a few hours fully revived. She
was during her trance, fully sensible of all
that was passing around her, and even heard
the death-bell toll, but was incapable of
speech or sign to show that she was not
dead.
TiE BEn.-The French romancer, Cie
mence Robbert, expresses thus warmly an
uppreciation gf these every day (night) corn.
torts, which, in the freqireicy they are en
joyed, are sometimes less highly valued than
asteruons, oraggmig, puttmig lorth head
strong opinions, contradiction<, discussions,
travelling stories, confidential readings of a
poem, or a whole tragedy, explanations of
systems in long words, interminable mon
nologues, and that iplace of them, one has
pictures, thoughts, memories to be called up,
that lie is in the midst of a chosen society
f phantoms and visions, just to his mind,
and ail these dreams which a foreign writer
rails "moonlight in the brain;" when I think
f all this, as I look at a bed, I know not
what words to make use of to express my
enthusiasm and veneration, and I am almost
ready to bow in adoration before it."
SATam.1, PrAvM..-The following speci
men is too good to be lost. If the " wicked
white fellows" did not require increased
blessings after the "1 post-script ;" they were
- hardened set of cases. Read and admire
the charity of the prayer.
The black minister was closing up his
pryer, when some white boys in the corner
had the ill-manners to laugh, so that the sa-I
ble suppliant heard them. He had said but
a moment before, and very earnestly ; " Bress
ll dat is human," when thre laugh occurred ;
andl commencing agarin just befoire the
"Amen," the pious old negro said, " Oh,
Lord, we are riot in the habit of adding post
scripts to our prayers, hut if the 'spression,
"Iress alhl dat is human" wvon't take in dose
wicked white fellows, den we pray dat doe
Lord will bress some dat ain't human also,
es ides,"
LrnnA1?.--A fast young miss, jrust rea
dy to graduate from a TVip-top Seminary,
sent her cousin thio following literary speci
men:
"Dear Kussin tha wether where we is air
kold an I suppose where you is air holder,
we is all well an nmather ha got the his Teor
ricks and bruther hill has got H upping Koff
and sister susin has got a Baby an i hoap
these fu lynes wvill fid you in the same
Kondishmoun r-ite sune your aphcekshunate
kussin
p S i w~ill be to see you next Tuzeda thenr
for the harts of the bozo !"
A .M1Anur[No GEYIV.-TIhere is a mani
ini the New York penitentiary, who has had
twenty-seven wives. He is just thirty-six
years of age, and hams boon engaged in the
mtronial business siince he wvas sixteen,
and has therefore had a new wife every sev-.
en months, getting rid of tIme old spouse,
and courting the new one ad interim. He
declares he will have a hundred wiv-es be
fore ho dies, if they do niot cramp his genius
withini some stone wvall.
Sxow IY BUFFALo.-Usless, and worse
than useless, would it be should we attempt
to toll our distressed readers howv much
snow the earth is covered with in this locali
ty, for it hardly stops snowing long enough
for the ink to (ry on our paper, and the in
tervals'when it does rnot snow have been for
the last wveek devoted to drifting. On thre
average, if the sinew had remained where it
fell, it might be three or four feet in thick
ness; but it has rnot done so, arid there are
withiin our city drifts of any altitude, from
that of a cow to that of a girafiue's head, and
upwards. Half our houses hiave their low-er
windowvs ohstructed, and doorways require!
shoveling a fresh each morning, before they
aford anything like comfortable exit or en
trnce. If -it should ever stop storming,
there will he the most superb sleighing ; arid
we hope, from thd latest indicatio-is, that wve
shall soon have, at least a day's truce with
tun wcathr-B fraI o Courier.
From the Richmond Despatch.
Anti-Slavery Agitation.
It is evident that the anti-slavery agitation
is not at rest. There is mischief deep in the
hearts and bubbling over on the venomed
tongues of the fanatics and demagogues of
the North. In the recent Senatorial elections
in New York and Massachusetts, sentiments
have been avowed which show the most
undying hatred of Southern Institutions, and
a firm and growing resolve to extirpate them
from the soil. Appeals have been made by
the friends of the Abolition candidates to the
worst passions of the human heart. We do
not confound the mass of the Northern peo
ple with the fanatics. We know that such
a supposition would be gross injustice to the
intelligent and conservative people of the
North, but while the quiet and law abiding
portion of the community are minding their
own business, agitators, by their superior
activity, obtain place and power, and the
means of mischief. While good men are
sleeping quietly in their beds, bad men are
awake and prowling about under the cover
of the darkness with the incendiary's torch
and the assassin's knife. These good men,
thus quietly sleeping, may compose the vast
majority of the community, and the incen
diaries may not number a dozen all told, yet
these last may give a mighty city to the
flames, and overwhelm in ruin and death its
unsuspecting population.
The conservatives of the North, its men
of intelligence, character, and property, all
who have any interest at stake, must rise
from their repose, cast ot' their sloth, and
pluck from the'hand3 of incendiary abolition
its means of mischief. They must do this
at once, by a prompt, united and energetic
effort, or the band of midnight maranders,
small as their numbers are, will involve them
in irretrievable destruction. We have little
hope, however, that this piece of advice will
he heeded, and our only appeal is to .the
South, which can rely' upon none but itself
for the successful vindication of its rights.
We invoke, then, the men of the South to
be calm and deliberate, as well as -firm and
decided, in view of the menacing Iolition
demonstrations at the North. Let.them
avoid harsh words and rash actions, which
ec'-,which
a.,uy. Action, firm and decisive, when
the exigency demands, and an evident readi.
ness to make any sacrifice rather than sub
mit to the surrender of slave institutions, will
convince, if anything can convince our ag
gressors, that in pulling down our institutions,
they pull down with them the templer of
our government and of liberty. We invoke
the statesmen of the South, those who guide
and lead her public opinion, calmly to con
sult together upon the signa of the times,
and, casting party to the dust, join head to
head, heart to heart, and hand to hand, in a
united and patriotic effort to save the South
from the ruin which threatens her.
TuE RIETURN OF PRINcE NAPoLEON.- I
We observe by the French papers, that
Prince Napoleon is coming home to France,
very much to the annoyance, it may be
readily conceived, of the Emperor, asIthe
warrior of the Crimea has done nothing be.
fore Sebastopol, and if he haq not tarnished'
has added nothing to the military glory of
the name he bears. A fier his fathmer, a weak
and inlirnm oldI man, the Prince is the heir
apparent to the French throne, and our
neighbors cannot lbe satisfied that a nephew
of the great Corsican should quit the post
of danger at the omost criticelinmoment, when
the flgisting is on the point of recommeneing
in earniest.
But come home Prince Napoleon will,
irrespective of the almost certain loss of
aste which his return will cause. Hel was
ill, but is better, and grounds his anxiety to
return on the fact lie is dissatisfied with the
generals in command- with C.anrobert as
well as Lord Raglan. Somec of his tlatter
ers in the Persiani papers are showing oause
why lie should leave the Crimea, but the
French are too shrewd a people- to lie satis
fled with the reasons. '1The family of th~e
orleans and the representatives of the elder
Bourbons will, no doubt, heartily ap prove
of this stroke cf policy, for it cannot fail to
have a material effect on the national mind
whenever the French throne becomes vacant.
SINGULAR ExoTlos.--The following,
written ini an elegant business hand, was in
scribed oin the back of a five dollar bill late
ly received in New York from North Caro
lina:
"[Here is a $5 hill which I intend to toss
out of my-window, ini Norfolk, as soon as I
have written this. I am. now no. lover of
money. 1 hate it miost cordjally, for it has
been the ruin of all my famnily. I will beg
from door to door eternally rather than owni
another cenit one hour. It made my grand
fther a suicide, my father a murderer, may
mother the victim of a sorrow that sunk her
early to the grave, my brother a ganmblere
ard myself a convict in the Stati, rison four
years."
GODs M.ua 'ro OaD --A queero
pression, to be sure; but it only describes a
lne of lbusiness carried on extensively in
heathen lands. Here is the translation of a
Chiiese advertisement.
" I will execute to order idols from two
feet high to thme size of a marmosser monkey,
or the biggest and most hideous monster
that can inspire the human mind with awe
and reverence for religion. If the idol is
the size of an ourang outange the price will
be $700; one of a sphiynx size will be turn
ed out for $400; one the size of a bull-dog,
with horns and hump, 8650; a buffalo sizo
$800; a dog size $200; and the size of an
ass, in tho attitude of braying, $1,000.,,
Gov. Waimrwr.-Of lidiana, has w-ith
drawn from the Methodist Church, assign
ing as a reason th'at his pastor was a Know.
Nhing.
ALLEGED GREAT EXCITEMENT IN HA
VAn.-The Savannah Journal and Cdurier
of Saturday says:
" By the arrival this morning of the
schooner Abbot Devereux, Capt. AlchurVj
from Havana, we have advices from t -
port up to Sunday last, February 4.
We learn that at the time of the saiig .
of the schooner, and for several days previ.
ausly, great excitement existed in Cuba in
anticipation of the landing of General Quit.
man, who was reported and believed to be
aff the island, with a force of twenty thou.
iand men. The Creoles were highly elated,
but it was not supposed that they could ren.
Jer much assistance to their deliverers. In.
ieed Capt. Alchorn thinks the present Cap.
ain General, Concha, has made himself and
idininistration popular with all classes, so
hat it may be presumed that the discontent
an the island is not so wide spread now as
*ormerly.
"'The Spanish fleet, consisting of two
var steamers and three sailing vess 4ta
'rigate, sloop of war, and brig, left tbejiort
>1 Havana last Saturday on a cruise in search
)f the fillibusters. Two British ships of the
ine entered the harbor Sunday norniigAnd
everal others were hourly expected for the
efence of the island.
" We have no means of knowing upon
vhat grounds the fears of the Spaniah offi.
:ials were based. But one thing we are
:ertain, if Quitman gets a foothold on the
sland with twenty thousand men, the days
)f her Catholic Majesty's reign there are
mnded."
ABOLITION LEADS THE CoLUMN.-With
mm a single month the following Abolitionists
ave been elected to the Senate of the Uni.
ed States for six years from the 4th of
garch next:- Win. H. Seward, of New
fork; Henry Wilson, of Massachusetts;
mld Charles Durkee, of Wiseonin. Mr.
.arlan, of Iowa, has received the whole vtte
)> the fusionists in the Legislature of that
State, and makes the fourth of the series.
Mr. Seward is his own successor. Gen.
ilson follows Mr. Everett; Mr. Durkee
mucceeds Hon. J. P. Walker, Democrat; and
MIr. Harlan expects to fill the place now
)CCdpied by the orthodex Democrat, Gen.
nin of being returned to that dignitied body.
3radually the conservative and constitution.
d influence in the Senate is passing away
wlforo the Know-Nothing organiization.
.radnally the stern and well tried chaminpi.
>ns of the rights of the States are being
tricken dowi in the North. In this state
)f affairs the strange and appalling spectacle
a presented of Southern men coinig for.
,vard to unite with influences that conspire
o destroy the rights of the South and to
lissolve the noble fabric of our Union.
l'his would, indeed, be a melancholy reali.
ation of the adagt., -* Wbom the Gods vish
o destroy they first make mad."-Washag.
on Union.
A Ronsaa's CAv.-The Court of Assize
tt Munich was lately occupied with the trial
if a band of robbers, who had for some time
>ack been committing a great number of
obberies and several murders. What dis.
inguished these men was that they have
ived altogether in the Gil Blas style. Tihey
nhabited a vast cavern in the Schillbinger
orest, the entrance to whieb was conceal
d by old trunks of trees. Two-and-twenty
teps led to the chambers below, ive in
umber, two of which were twenty feet long
>y nine wide. In the kitchen was placed a
aist fire-place, the chimney of which issued
n the midst of a thick clump of trees, and
brough precaution, tire was only lighted
here by night. The robbers had also their
tables and store-houses all underground,and
t the end of a long corridor there were
ien found a sort of slaughter-house, where
hey killed the animals which they required
'or fond. The court condemned five of the
icesed to death, and the others, either to.
mprisonmenit with hard labour,* or to simple
mprionme'nt.
BRtiaCH- or PnonsE CAsE.-In the Prov.
deneo (Rhode Island) court of common
leas, on W ednesday, the case of Mary A.
Olark rs. Thomas M. Brown, for a breach
f promise of marriage, resulted in a verdict
for plaintiff for $5,000. The Providene'
Tournal says that the proof of plaintiff~ con-.
isted of visits of defendant to. plaintiff, his
waiting upon her to parties, to. dhui-ch, and
other public places, calligupon hmer at he~r
place of business, presents of rings, ex.
chanimge of miniatiyes, &c. and finally, that
be was the father. of her child. The dlefen
dant denied any pnomise, alleging that they
boarded. in the s'ame family, and that the
ttentionl.s were ordinary civilities; also.,
hat during all the tinie of the alleged intii -
nacy, the plaintiff knewv that he was-en'gag
d to marry another lady, and that, there,
oe, the plintiff' could not reasonably ex.
eet that he was about to marry her.
GI.NGER FeOR ItU~.-WVe charge it a
act beyond contradiction, ijat in Maine,
and other States, wvhere the liqumor laws are
n operationi, the saje Qf " Essence of Ja.
aies Ginger" and opiqnm has increased four
Fold, because in their use the sai~me feeling i~
reated as that prodneed by liquor. The
same thing may be said of thme people of
China. When the ediet ot the Emperqr
was published, forbidding theo use~ of all
ntoxicting liquors, the peop~le very na'tural
ly sonmght a substitute. They found it in~
pium, and we all know wvhat Veffect thie'use
f this drug has had upon "them. They are
worthless people-heir e'vei-f energy is pros
trated-the spirit of enterpise appearsdeaid
beyond resuscitation-heir iimbition "s'ay
planted by idleness; and their grasperity of
courso retarded.-Harishum* Uni~or.
gif As earthquake hase occurred at ijahifax,
Smekville and Caiais. At Saekville it shook -the
.o.e -Ad benke the windowms.