Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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" . 7EDGEFI ILDJADVER T.SER.,& 2 D ctr 3urnal, 13gtht fijt youti anh Souiten diglyts lti Cakt Jews .iatu11.lt meaer g clu " We will cling to the Pillars of the Teunpre 0o iUi Liberties, and if it must fall, we will Perish aidstt .. bURISOEc & SOIL, Proprietors. EDGEFIEL0 , S. C., AUGUST 15, 1855. From the Olive Branch. "YOU WILL TABTIETO DIE." Years ago, a young housekeeper, far away in the West was solicited by an elderly ser vant, to attend a weekly' meeting. " O 1 have not time, Mrs. O'malia," she -replied. ." The baby will cry-Mrs. Smith 'will call probably-[ wish to finish the gar. :ment I have had on hand so long-positive 1ly, I have not time to go." " You will take time to die, Madam-par. don my boldness," she responded, sorrowful ly and sternly. That arrow hit its mark. !4 the excuses offered by that thoughtless young lady had be W empty as the wind; the babe 'would have been safe with its nurse: the work was mere pastime, and the visitor was not, cer tainly, expected. -That humble follower of Jesus, with the checked. apron and wide bordered,. white muslin cap, was to her a " preacher of righteousness" more potent than hundreds of the learded and talent had been ; and she quailed beneath the fixed gaze of her cdlm blue eye, and kept silence like a chastised child. Mrs. Gray went to that meeting, and there she learned to pray. She always had " time" to go afterwards; plenty of "time" for every good word and work, and no presen. timents about baby crying or ladies calling --he was a Christian. That word in sea son saved her; and Jif she is now set as a jewel in the crown of the Redeemer, next to him, thanks to that humble Irish woman. " You will take time to die," is a good text-it is a whole sermon. We might all preach such sermons, as we have opportuni ty: but we seldom think of it. We are all under obligations to preach, daily, and if we realized as we ought, that we must" take time to die," we. would find time to attend to the things that concern the life to come. Few, in deed, to those persons who plead want of " time" to attend to the concerns of the soul, have" not time" for idle amusement, for dress and display, for the incipient steps to wealth and fame-they "take time" for all these things.;. Reader, is there poverty you are wishing to relieve, when you have time ? Is there one poor, breaking heart to which you mean to apply the balm of sympathy when you have time? Is there any one wandering in the road to eternal death, whose attention you hope to arrest, by a well. directed word, when you have time; we tell you solemnly -as we hope for heaven-the time is Now ! The poor might starve; the last heart.strain. ing of the sorely tried might snap asunder ; the wonderer from God might pass beyond the reach of mercy ; while you coldly pur suing your daily round of cares, .insult hu. t manity. and God, by promising to do your duty when you have time. Do it now. Could we realize that we must " take time to die"-that the Death angel is hovering about our path, his purpose fixed, his arrow forever pointed-could we realize that hour when his barb shall be planted in our bo oms, when-tears, -nor prayers, nor love can pluck it out. 0, could we realize that hour i when its.poison will rankle in every vein, and paralyze every nerve, when the pulse will die away to come again more faintly, t and the spasmodic mouth will gasp at the r free air of heaven, to close again unsatisfied; i ?when the ague of deatlr will be upon us; and ithe physician wvill shake his head .and-.whis.1 -per, "It is almost-over.' Could we realize all this, would we not write upon all life's duties Time speeds as the whlirlwind. That taast great battle, whose history was nelier written is almost here to all?-let us " take time" for every good word and workc, that when the cry shall come..at midnight, "Behold the Bridegroom cometh,". we may 1he ready to go the (east of Eternal Lots, leaving earth stains and anguish behind, - NDTING-rlB 'THE IJILE. 'The circumsatanc'j itself occuredi in the ftarn of Warrentor., and tras related there at B Shte meeting, by a gentleman of respecta bility and vere.city connected wvith the So (ciety. . The tircumstance itself occured .in the . followfng words: About three years ago ;twe' little boys, decently clothed, the eldest appearing about thirteen;* and- the'. younger eleven 'called at the lodging-house for va grants, in' this, town for a night's 'lodging. The keep~er of the Hfouje '(very properly) tookmte to the :vagrant's office to be ex Thied; and if proper objects, toberelieved. -Teaccount they gave of themselves was extremely affecting, and no doubt was enter-.. .tained of its trnth. It appears that but- a .fsw weeks had elapsed since these poor little -wanderers had resided with their parents in -London.' 'The typhus fever, however, in one day carried or both father and~mother, leav ing the orphans.- in. a- wide world, without home and'without friends.- Immediately af ter the last'tribute- 'had been- paid to their i-rents' menfory, hauing an uncle living' in tverpool, poor and 'destitute as they were, they resolved .to go and 'throw themselves ,upon his protection. .Tired, therefore, .and, -faint, they arrived-in this toWnon'their way. Two bundles contained their little all. In the youngest boy's pocket was found,-neatly covered- and 'carefully preserved, a Bible. TFhe keeper of the lodging-house, addressing ~the little 14, -said, " You haye neither mo fney nor meat,-'vill you sell re' this~ Bible I mi ll.give youi five shillings for it.""' No ;" ealdsimed he, (the tears rolling down his one.inir-cheeks,) "I'll starve first." Hie them asid.-'" These are plenty of booksato -beibeught besiddid this; yby do you love this Bible so niuch l'y; He replied, "No boek has stood my friend- so muchb as-my ibe" aWhy, what has yo~ur Bile done for yes be said. - He answered : " When 1 was siittle boy,.about seven years of-age, -I tasaine a. Sunday scholar in.-London. T'hrough the kind attention of my master7 I soor learned to read -mny' Bible-the Bible, a Iwas, showed' me that I was a ,neand a great. one too, It ils6 pointed ime a Saviou-; and I thasik God tinat I have found mercy at the hands of Christ, and I am not ashamed to confess him before the world." To try him still farther, six shillingswere then offered him for the Bible. "No ;" said he; for it has been my support all the way from London ; hungry and weary, often have I sat down by the wayside to read my Bible, and have found refreshment from it." Thus did he experience the consolation of the Psalmist, when he said, " Thy comforts have refreshed my soul." He was then asked. " What will you do when you get to Liverpool, should your uncle refuse to take you in I" The reply may excite a blush in many Christians: " My Bible tells me,'' said he, " when my father and mother for. sake me, then thej Lord will take me up." The man could go no father, for the tears, choked his utterance, and they both wept together. They had in their pockets tickets as rewards for their good conduct, from the school to which they belonged, and thankful. ness and humility were visible in all their deportment. At night, these two orphans, bending their knees at the side of the bed, committed themselves to the care of their Heavenly Father-to Him whose ears are open to the prayers-of the poor and destitute ; and to Him who has said, " Cull upon me in the lay of trouble; I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me." The next morning these refreshed little wanderers arose early, dress d themselves for their journey, and set out for the town of Liverpool; and may He who hears the ravens when they cry, hear and answer their petitions, guide then through time, and bless them in eternity !-Christain [ndex. SwEADai.-The following good anecdote a told of Henry Ward Beecher, by a New Irork correspondent of the Newburyport Eerald: One of the warmest Sabbaths of last sum ner after the usual preleminary services, he hrose to announce the subject of his morn ag's discourse; and looking around upon he large congregation, passed his right hand cross his' forehead and through his hair, and n a cool and off-hand manner made the re nark-"IT IS D-----D HOT!" - The congregation was startled into wake. ulness; and many just composing themselves 'or a good. nap-for some will nap in'church even under such preaching as Henry Ward Seecher's-opened their eyes in blank as onishment. After a brief pause, the eccen rio divinewenroirtbsay : " Such is the expression which I heard sed by no less than. fifteen persons, calling hemselves gentlemen of respectability, in valking from my residence to church this norning, and the majority of those fifteen een persons are now within the sound' of ny voice. Who are'ye that- has not heard he divine command-" Swear not at all I" k!d he went on to give then such a lesson n profanity that few but him can give, and vhich none who heard him will soon forget. ABSURDITIES OF LIFE. Not to go to bed when you are sleepy, be ause it -is not a certain hour. To stand in water up to your knees fbsh. ng for trout, when you can buy them in a lean, dry market. Men committing. suicide to get rid of a hort.life, and its evils, which must necessa ily terminate in a few years and thus. enter ng upon one which is to last forever, and he evils of which they- do not take the isest method of avoiding. People of exqdisite sensibility, 'who can ot bear to see an animal put to death, show ng the uitmost attention to the variety and thundance of their tables.. - To buy a horse of a near relation, and )elieve every word he says in praise of the mimalhe is. desirous to dispose of. The perpetual .struggle of affection to pass for an oddity. To send your son to travel into foreign, 3ounties, ignorant of the history, constitu tion, manners, and language of his own. To call a man. hospitable who' indulges n vanity by displaying his service to his rich aeighhor frequently, but was never 'known o give a dinner to-any one really in want >f it. Trhat. any . man should despair of success n the most foolish undertaking, in a world overstocked with fools. 'seh a man is in -debt to you in a large um of money, and has no means in posses. son'or. in prospect of paying you--that it. may be utterly impossible for him to earn it by his industry, you immure him in 'a prison. To he passionatein your family, and ex pet them to be placid. -To'pronounce those the most pious us:ho neverabsent themselves from church. Tro take offence at the address or carriage of any man with whose mind and conduct we are umacquainte.d. Tro laugh at the appearance or manners of foreigners, 'to whom we -must appear equally rediculous. To occupy the attention of. a large com pany by the recital of an occurrence inter esting to yourself alone.. Not to wear a great coat when your joints are aching wvith rheumatismi lest we should be thought delicate. THE VALUE oF PoLITENESs.-Mr. Butler, of Providence, Rhode Island, a millionaiie who died some six years ago, was so obli.. g'n that he re-opened his store one night soely to supply a little girl with a spool of thread which she wanted. The incident be came known, (Mr. Butler was a young ma~n at. the time,) and the trading public wisely thought that this accommodating spirit, as shown in this trifling affair, and in the gone ral conduct of his business, deserved a good run of .custom, which they gave, and placed him on the track of high prosperity. He sub scribed the sum of $40,D00 towvards found ing a hospital for the insane in Rhode Island, through the benevolent persnasion of Miss Dixe. GREAT ien neeffet anything. It is your three cent folks (hat put on airs, swell sld act thie jomp. The difference, between the; tw6 is as great as 'between a' barrel of THE ORIGINAL YANKEE DOODLE. It may be some of our readers have never seen the words of the orignal Yankee Doodle, sung by our forefathers in the times which tried men's souls, as the collector on a newspaper said. We are led to believe that it will prove interesting even to those who may have seen it in days gone by and therefore copy them. YANKEE DOODLE. Father and I went down to camp, Along with Captain Goodin ; And thar we seen the boys and gals, - As thick as hasty pudding. Corn-stalk twist your hair, ' Cart wheels surround you; Fiery dragoons carry you off, And mortal pusts pound you. There was General Washington. And all the men about him And they were so darnation proud, They could'nt do without him; Corn-stalks, &c. He had a feather in his hat, That looked so mighty sprucy; If Pd had money I'd made a swop, And got it for our Jerusha. Corn-stalks, &o. le had a ribbon around his waist, That was so gay and shiney ; I swar I wanted it mighty bad, To take to my Jemima. Corn-salks,&e. And there they had a big round thing, Its head was made of leather; They beat on it with two little sticks, And called the men together. Corn-stalks, &c. And there they had a little stick, With five or six holes bored in it: It played a line so darnation slick, It scared me for a minit. Corn-stalks, &c. And there they had an iron gon, That roared like a bull-and louder, And every time it fired off, It took a horn of powder. Corn-stalks, &c. EtIILDING ON TEE SAND. 'Tis well to woo, 'tis well to wed, For so the world has done Siree myrtles grew, and roses blew, And morning brought the sun. But haye a care ye young and fair Be sure ye pledge with truth, Be certain that your love will wear Beyond the days of youth. For if ye give not heart for heart, As well as hand for hand. . . You'll find you've played the unwise part, And " built upon the sand." 'Ti. well to save, 'tis well to have A goodly store of gold, And hold enough of the shining stuff, For charity is cold. But place not all your hopes and trust In what the deep mine brings ; We cannot live on yellow dust, Unmixed with parer things. And he who piles up wealth algne, Will oIlen have iostand Beside his ooferchest, and own 'Tim " built upon the sand." 'Tis good to speak in kindly guise, And soothe where'er we can ; Fair speech should bind the human mind, And love link man to man. But'stay not at gentle words, Let deeds with language dwell, The one who pities starving birds, .Should scatter crumbs as well. The mercy that is warm and true, Must lend a helping hand ; For those whotalk, yet fail to do, But " buildupon the sand." RiULES F01. SELF-GOVERIEN. Always sit next to the carver, if you can, t 'dinner. Ask no woman her age, Be civil to rieli uncles and aunts. Never joke with policeman. Take no notes or gold with you at a fan-. y bazaar-nothing but silver.. Your oldest hat, of course, for an even ing party. Dog't play at chess with a widow. Never- contradict a man -who stuters.. Pull down .the blind before you put on your wig. Make friends with the stewart on board a steamer-there's'no-knowing how soon you may be placed in .his power. In every strange house it is as well to en. quire where the brandy is kept-only think if you were taken ill in the middle of the night. Never answer a crossing sweeper-Pay him or else. pass 'quickly -and silently on. One word, and you are lost. Keep your secrets. Tell no human being you dye your whiskers. Nevrer offend a butler-the wretch bas *too many chances of retaliation. Write not one letter more than you can. help. .The man who keeps up.a lairge cor respondence is a -martyr tied, not to the take but to the post. Wind up your conduct'like your watch, once every day, examining minutely whether you are " rast," or " slow." "Docroz, that ere rats bane of yourn Is fust rate," said a Yankee to a village apoth eary. "Know'8 it!" said the pleased vender of drgs. " Pon't keep anything but firs rate doctor's stuff." " And doctor," said the joker coolly, "I want to' buy another pound of y~e." "' Another pound!" " Yes, I gin that pound I iought the other day to a pesky mouse, and it made him dreadful sick, and I any sure another pound woud kill him 1 WR&T', NSTITUTES RICHES. "To be rich'said Mr. Marcy, our wortiy the Secretary df State, requires only a satis factory conditio'n- of the mind. One man may be rich aith a hundred dollars, while another in the possession of millions, may think himself por; and as the necessities of life are enip ed by each, it is evident the man who is tl.bat satisfied with his posses. sions, is the rier." To illustratejhii idea, Mr. Marcy related the following. cdote: "While I wa4.Governor of the State of New Yofk," sid he, " I was called upon one morning at y office by a rough speci men of a back odsman who stalked in and' commenced',copersation by inquiring " if this was Mr. y " I replied ta at was my name. " Bill Marcy said he. I nodded assent. Used to lv4 in Southport, didn't yet" I answered i -the affirmative, and began to feel a little a 'ous to know who my visi tor was, and i .t he was driving at. " That'sw told 'em," cried the back woodsman, b ing his hand down on his thigh with t ndofs force; "I told 'em you was the same old-Bill Marcy who used to live in Sout Irt, but they wouldn't be lieve it, and I- j ised the next time I came to Albany to . ' and see you and find out for sartin. Whdon't you know me, Bill?" I didn't a -ike to ignore his acquain tance altoge but for the life of me I couldn't reco ever having seen him be fore, and so I lied that he had a familiar countenance, that I was not able to call him by name.". " My name ack Smith," answered the backwoodsman, '"and we used to go to school together rty years ago in the little red school-h in old Southport. Well, times has c since then, and you have become a great n and got rich, I suppose!" I shook my lidand . was going to con tradict that -im ion, when he broke in: "Oh, yes, y I know you are rich; no use denying. You was Controller for -for a long ti and the next we heard of. you, you -Governor. You must have made a of money, and I am glad of it, glad.t on getting along so smart. You was alw' smart lad at school, and I knew ydur ome to something." wUn- "Ua opinion, but- told him-tha political life did not pay so well -as-he imagined. " I sup pose," said I, " fortune has smiled upon you since you left Southport I" "Oh, yes," said'he, " I hain't got nothing to complainof; I must say I've got along right smart. You see, shortly after you left Sorhport,.ourrwhole'family moved up into Vermont, and put right into the woods, and I reckon our family cut down more trees and cleared more land than any other in the whole State." " And so you have, made a good thing of it. . How much do aou consider yourself worth I" 1 asked, reeling a little curious to know what he considered a fortune, as he seemed to be so well satisfied -with his. " Well," he replied, "I don't know ex actly how much I am worth, but I think," straightening himself up, "if all my debts were paid, 1 should be worth three hundred dollars clean cash." And he was rich; for e was satisfied. -4 Music FROX TINE IRON HORSE !-A Wor ester paper says that an enterprising me hanic of that town has made an. inventionl by which-steam whistles can he made to discourse sweet musie'--thus, says the au thority from whichi we quote, making those uisances quite as ornamental as useful. What an improvemnent that will be when it omes into generil use! For instance, app pose-we are a young married man, (req s some imagination we admit) and have to leave the endearmnents of home for business elsewhere. We get into the cars feelItng dreadfully if not worse-the bell gives the parting tinkle, the wheels rumbled slowly out of the depot, and at that moment the whistle strikes up. "%Cl, Susanpahit don't you -cry for me !"-shouldn'e we he touched, and yet consoled? Then further along, an ignoramus, as ignloramuises will-, is seen walking on the track, and- in'mediltely, Gt out of the way, Old Dan.TIucker!I" starts him off' as promjtly. as the hiss of a rattlesnake,.but still with an agreeable ez' bilaraton. But a dog has to be run over the. thing. is -inevitable-but there is some conslation in " Old Dog Tray" -played as a coplimentar i-equiem. When not other wise emplye'didacti .str-ains might be given,'as, "Wake up.lakol*" the-fire wants poking"-orthe night train might solilouize, " We won't go home jill mornog." -nd one instance more-the young married man, so ingeniously ' anp si above, having got through his business, - is returning-as the cars begin to slackenthsir pace, what would bemore tonchinglyaporae than " Home again, hioms agaio" p'ye with a forty horse power pathos!W have said enough -hrry up the musical engines! Waruanas..The editress of the Lancas tr Literary Gazette says she would-as soon nestle her nose in a- ist'-s - nest of swingle t'w, as allow aman'with whiskers to kiss her; to which tie- New .Orleans Bee some what imngallantly responds: " We don't believe , a word of it! The obbjetions which some ladies pretend to have to whiskers all arise from-envy.- They don't have a#y': They 'wdhid if thby could, but the fact is,.the continual motion of the - lower jaw is fatal to their owth. The ladies-God bless them !-adop our fashion asfast as they can. :Lok at the depreda tions the dear creatures have, committed on our' wardrobe the last few jears.e They have appropriated our- shirt bosoms, gold studs and all. -They -have encircled -their sf bewitching neck in onr standing collars and ra drriingUsmeii to llatiles and turn downs. Their .innocent little he4~ts have been palpitating in the inside of our waistoats, instead of thumping-against the outside, as naturally intended. They have thrust their pretty feet and ankles through our unmentionables-unwhisperables-un thinkaboutables-in -short, as Micawber would say, breeches. And they are skip. ping along the streets in our highbeeled boots. Do you hear, gentlemen?' we say boots." FRUIT AS AN ARTICLE OF FOOD. Were we of the South, to cultivate and use fruit-more as a standard article of food, instead of eating it indiscriminately between meals, we should be all healthier people. We consume too much meat at our meals, neglecting the fruits which a beneficient Providence has blessed us with. Were we to-break-fast on milk or coffee, with figs and nutmeg or christina melons, dine on such meats as the taste or purse will permit, with vegetables to match, and a dessert of water melon grapes, apples, pears, peaches, &c., and sup on a cup of aromatic tea, with strawberries and cream, we might dispense with the pastry cook, and the Doctor, provi. ded we would eat no fruit between meals. It is not a little astonishing, that with the immense amount of fruit produced at the South, it does not diminish the consumption of meat and bread. There is no doubt but that the summers of the South would be the healthiest portion of the year, were we only to use fruit as a necessary article of food. When we say fruit, we do not mean the- trash that stand for weeks on the trucksters stalls of th cities; but that which is picked fresh, every morning, from our own vines and trees. Most of our fruits abound in sugar, which is nourishing, cooling and healthy,. whilst the nests consumed, abound in oil, which is eating, stimulating, and predisposing to fe. rers. Some of the healthiest people in the world live in the tropical regions, whose breakfast consist' of oranges, pine apples, ig' or bananas-dinner of mellons.and rai. sins-supper of dried fruits with tea or coffee, rhey have learned to adapt their food to the limate and the wise provisions of Providence, and when we do the same, we shall be a healthier people.-Soil of the South. TUE Springfield Repnbican adds to the tory of the man, who when told by his landlord that he couldn't leave his house util he paid his bill, replied,- "Good; just Put that in writing, make a regular agree. nent of it; I'll star with you as long as.I ive !" the following:-It must havexbeen no same ,mwvumaz wnw, wuu pur ager arried, was yet too susceptible to let the irls alone; and of whom is told this cir. ,umstance. He was riding with one of the Pair sex " all a summer's day," and acciden. ally-men's arms awkard things, are ever n the way-dropped an arm around her aist. No objection was made for a while, nd the arm gradually relieved the side of he carriage of the presure upon it. But of sudden, whether from a late, recognition f the impropriety of the thing, or the sight f another beau coming, never was clearly vident, the lady started with volcanic ener y, and with a flashing eye, exclaimed: "Mr. -, I can support myself!" " Capital!" was he reply, "you are just the girl I've been ooking for these five years-will you marry me I" ADVANCE PAYMENT FOR NEwsPAPERs. o subscriber worth retaining, will object o pay-in-advance system. Those who wan ed to hear Jenny Lind sing, had to pay in ad ance and what are her divinest strains comn ared with those which ~flow from editorial enst You can't take your seat in rickety ailoach, or fly-from the-track railroad car, rithout paying in* advance for -the risk of eing killed. If you would hear a concert, literary lecture, or seea Tom Thumb or ie Siamese Twins, you must plank. down or twenty-five cents, or fifty or one hun Ird cents before you can pass the threshold. ay, if any one has so little regard for his wn character as to want- to hbay Barnum's tutobiography, he must- first piy for it. nd yet men hesitate and cavil-.about pay~ ng in advance for .a paper fqrnished at~a rie on the very brink and utmost vergeo~f rime cost.-Cleveland Herald. EFFECTS OF RAILROADs ON Lhans.--The ,fet of railroads upon the value of farm g lands is a question much ecanvassed in ie Western States. -The -St. LIouis Demo rat ays: -The official. tax statistics .of Michigan ihow that, thro6gh thorse counties where ilroads have been built, the taxable prop. irty has, within three years, increased 400 o 500 per cent., while in .those counties here no. railroads have been built, the ratio f increase in value, has not been over one undred. In drafting their schedules for. :heprices of' lands, we find, too, that the )irectors of the Illinois Central 'Rillroad iave.come far short in estimating ; the value rif their lands, for the road has cause'd the lemand to be so great for them, that they are now bringing a large price. above the ninimum' at which they were rated at $12 serhee, reselling for $20, and others ra led at $20, are' selling for $25. Railroads, i'pecigly whoere they course .through rich sections of country, not only augmgnt the prices eL lands,. but they do more, they promote' social intercourse, build up cities, ugment the population of 'villages, and the amer, having a cheap outlet 'to-market for i prodnets, plants fourfold what he 'did before the railroad was established,' an~d his nreased ictivity and industry -is rewarded by large surplus gains, wheebefoye.he had none. . . "Ir is said" that a mixture of' half an ounce of pulverized salpetre and half pint of sweet oil ig a certain, cure for the inflam aory riseumatism. The imii're .must be ppliedxternally to the part aff'ected, and gentleman, who has witnessed its-applica tion in a' iumber of instadles, says thsat it will infalliBly effects cuene, and that right speedily.' IF the Bible werea. weeklj journal, llow many communieations t'oUI it receive. sign d "A comnstant reader I" - AN INVASION OF CRAB.-The Nantucket inquirer says that a few nights since 'a lady resident of Nantucket was aroused from her slumbers by a noise which resembled the sound of a person crawling stealthily-in the attic above her chamber. Soon the noise was heard on the stairs, accompanied by a heavy clump, clump, clump, from step to step. After some time passed in conguring up fearful visions of spirits and hobgoblins to her mind, the lady summoned all her courage, and opening the door, lamp in hand, beheld, to her great relief and aston ishment, an army of crabs descending the stairs. It was discovered the next' morning that one, of the juveniles had stowed away a large number of the crustaceous animals in the garret on the previous day, and they, escaping from their confinement, -were at, the time they were discovered, busy making tracks for their native element. A PECULIAR CAsE.-A finder of money or other valuable property should always take prompt measures by advertising or otherwise, to make restoration to the owner. In Rochester, New York, a few days since, a dishonest man by the. name of Thomas Hall, who neglected this duty, was convict. ed of grand larceny and sentenced to two years hard labor in the State Prison. He had found a package of $1,600, and carried it to his boarding house. During his tem porary absence a woman discovered the package and took from it a small portion of 'TROUBLE AHEAD.-The New York Eve. ning Mirror says: The abolition press is abusing Judge Kane, comparing him to his namesake, the inventor of murder!- The time has come when no man 'at the North can.discharge his duty as a good citizen, either officially, editorially, or even in the most private capacity, without being de nounced by the fanatics in billinagate super latives. It requires no prophet to foresee trouble ahead ; and the day of blood is com ing even faster than our fears foretell. NEW.GOVERNOR OF KANsAs.--Mr,.Daw son, the new Governor of Kansas, was an. effective member of the last Congress, and voted for the Nebraska-Kaqsas bill. He is also known as a strenuous advocate of the policy of giving homesteads to actual set tlers, and introduced a bill for that purpose which passed the House of Representatives, but failed to obtain the sanction of the Senate. mLnWTRoneyt. - uarreGrtW' remainder to his brother and asked him what it would be best for him to do in relation to it. His brother counselled the honest course, but before Hall could adopt it he was arres ted and'held to answer for larceny. Upon the trial. it vas.not shown that he had appro priated a dollar of the amount to his own use, but as he had neglected to take the proper steps-to find an owner, he was oblig ed to suffer the consequences. ANOTHER OF WASHINGTON'S SLAvEs Dis CovERED.-A writer in the Rochester Amer. ican says that a former slave of General Washington, named Richard Stanup, or Stanhope, lives at Urbana, Ohio, at the good old age of one hundred and eight years. He has in his possession the original papers giving him his freedom, in General Wash ington's own handwriting, for which he. has refused quite a sum of money. He had rather part with his' farm than his papers. He owns 'abont one hundred acres some ten miles north of the village 'of Uvbana, bought .withr money given' linme by his illus trous master. He is nowviving with 'his sixth wife, and to all appearance, enjoying lire as well as the' youngest. -K~ow NoTHINGIsX-UNzoyrsx.-Under this head. we find the following in th's New York Daily Times: "' -. " The Hon; Jeremialh Clemens, of Ala bama, a vehement friend of President Pierce, and lately a fiere denouncer ~ of the *ifhsu bordinate Hard Shells," of Newf York, pub lishes a letter in the papers in favor'of the Know Nothing movement. Mr. Clemens is the gentleman who once indulged in some impertinence towards- Mr. Dickinson,-in-the U. S. Senate; and received the appropriate rebuke (the Hon..T'erry being quite a youth. rl appearing, smooth. faced man) that he had better " tarry at Jerieho till his beard be grown." .* 'The Times might have added; that.togeths. er with Mr. Clemens, goes ex-Senator Foote, formerly of Mlississippi. 'The Know Noth ings-are welcome to all such " hacks". as Foote and Clemens. Really .it looks' to us very unlike a. Southern ,Party-when such men' as 'Clomens, Foote,'. and. Doneison of Tennessee, who denounces the members of the. Nashville Southern .Convention - as " Traitors" are thr-own forward as their~ lea drs. - .: " - 'It is vain to attempt to efeat6 the impres sion of ifs' b'eing'a Southern section party. 'Winnbord Herald. *Bairs..Governor' Truimbull, of'- Con neticut, oi" ~the occasion "of a grind riot, ascended a block, and attempited, by a speech, N-qgIiet.the- people,.when a random missile hitting him in the head, felled~him..t6. tha ground... -He was badly .hurt, and as his friends were'ecarying him' Into his houseg his wife met him at the door and etelaimied: "Why; my husband, they have nocked yotr. brains out I" "'No they. haven't," said. the Governor, "if ['d had soy brains I-shouldn't hiave gone there." - -A ToasT'sY A.PRNrTan.-At the Frank lin festival, recently held in Lowell, the fol 'owing gentimenit wvas .proposed,. and'most heartily respondled to by the aoling: The Printer'-4he master~o .aR -.trades. He beats-the farmer twith.whis fastabo,:th arpenter with his rule; and ,thallesOn in seing up talt colun; .ho.s'diSSesthe Lawyer and Dootor in attending to his ase, and beats the 'parsebirin .ibe liiikehlent of the'Zbevil. '.'" " ' RFA.E. H.'Cuwr, says "the Imperial gambler of 'Fraince. won ls'throde w*ith dice .a Ei-. h oejesandf the irat'Nanleon A PECEEAN AND A TBEE CONTT.RY "When I tired in la bell France, sare, ze used to say to me." "You should.go to Amer' que. Dat one great countree, where ev body do shurstas zey like." "Zat pleased me, co I picked up my box, an go on board the sheep, and pretty soon afec long time, I landed in ae'Amerique. - "A poter seze my trunk wheder I rant lom or no, and carry him off. So I have towun io ter him and try to get him away. Tell him report hide to ze gens'd armes. "Zis be a free'country,"sez he, "and I wa a quarter dollar."-. "I gave. it to him, for I very mich afraid I lose my box. As 1 go a long the street,-ansa spit tobacco juice-and It fall on my coat; and I say to him, "Sare you have soil my coat, Y6u should take out mounchoir .andwipe him ofd' But he only say, "Zis is a free countree." "I saw a man cruelly. peat his little boy with a poker, so my heart fill with cdtapisslon, and I say fo him, "you are one very bad'man to hirt zoittle enfant wiz ze poker." "Go about your business you rascal," sea e "I guess zis is a free countree." "A leetle while after, I meta great pig Irslh Paddy wiz what he called a shillelah, in, hie hand. He came to me, and pointed a leetis ribben which I were in my wasteoat aid says, ' Be jabers, are you one of zem bloody Know. Nothings ?" "Sare," said I, here shall tall you I not bloody at all. "Are yees. a Know-Nothing?" said he. . I know not what he means, so I say "-I don't know." " Ah," heoexclaimed, yau don't know. you Know-Nothing." I' will make 'you kwow zat zis is a free country, as free for meas ior you; and with zat he raised his ehillalah, a4 lay it on my head. I .run away very' muck, frighten. - "Mon Dien! that' I should come into a free country where. everybody do just as they likm,. and nobod4to. stop zem. I sail as sex sheep.. for France, I no want to-lire no more in a free. country." Loursvrx., August 7. THE RIOTS AT LouzsvrLLE.--The riots, in this city were attended with many horri ble scenes and great. loss of life-no- less than twenty persons were killed d twelve houses burnt. Of the kii wer*. man, as before stated, was hung, and parts, of bodies- were drawn . fromutt' rais of burnt buildings. Intense exe itmew and. great exasperation continues tdirevail. - The returns from the State continue to, be favorable to the Americans,. who hav*. undoubtedly elected all their candidates.. SINGVLAn EFFECTS OF ILGHTNIG.-. man named Williamson, with. four of his. children, was prostrated by lightning ina Taylor county, Virginia, on Friday last.,. The children immediately recovered, whit, the parent lay' apparently dead. He was struck on the right shoulder.--. The lightning ran down his armb to hisqu; gers, and down his right' side, divided dear the hip, one part running across the abdu.. men, and down both thighs and legs to th. toes, scorching all the hair' off his body. and'burning the skin and flesh from' -th. shoulder to the toes. The 'riglil sleeve 6.1' the shirt, and the' right side of the shirt'j. dy, was torn all into small-.pieces..-T le pants, though newly lined, were badly torn, in divers places. 'He bad on a strong pair of coarse boots; the left, boot. was lradly torn, and the right one was torn ,to piecwr, even bursting the .very~ solei and 'hqlf asunder, drawing the large" pegs with whielh they were made. -'Aftet passiog thirough tb4~ boots on either aide of where'hilseet'stood, the lightning struck, in four -places in they ground, leaving holes reseddabg those pncehed whith a hand-spike. Yet, stinng%. to tell, Mr. Williamson itillives, aild it iat thought, wilh~ecover.- Mr. .waasfireu h. ly drenched by.'the heavy. .rain wiib while he was lying on the garound; and.jt, was no- doubt to.?his circn'astanee5 add not; to the caniphor, tiat-h~e owed the preberva.. SALE'~or FREE oROGaos.- O Mondag. last, the Grat dayj of teJuly, termn of Fat <quier dobnty Court, 'two negr.o uoqsegewlse had been freed about a year ago, we sold. in compliance with a previous ordr of eenal for vemaining in the -Coinanouwealth. gona trary to -law. Thesenegr~oes were enanelpated 16eib will.,o[ John Edmonds,,,4ee~ i~iiye Culpeper county, with the .condition ast ileoy sliould Ar4 serve Rosoph' liabler, qf Warrenton, for the termeof 240yeati. After gaining their' freedom'th'ey went to ithe Das triot of Ceambia. Having-become tiredit the sweets of such- freedom as- they-there. found, they'vodluntarily returned 'inaibtei to -be sold as saves fer-the~ pridiegb of' rO maining. in Ihie ConsaeL.l-irgnia Free Press. - Uoussess.-Mostal a-sid; (o~ thee- ng use ald~~~i tho .Crimea.: - -. .' THERE it an istittIl inI-HWW5ella the Penelaa sort -of Hospital,'where Iu.. bands-have the pbwre.confinether naigh ty wives.' The power is- fjiiqently esfeis ed, te bod,'during the abseniie of tii wifej-paying Alhe exspepses .O TOr tbaUERvns.-a1e- the rond yellow, variety as. soon as. rip,, si an'd peel; themto'seveu pounds otgspawtoe add. seven poudds-of whiteungagag.-let then stand 69eV inight' Tae biLegndnes-f: ol' the- 'inneIbi-the j~ ithei ~ P"M pm ihe in6 gently ffeen or tw te fruitiagisiuibu ens. -:Ougooling, ppaa sl~it Jartn pour he'syrpererA1"and dasi few-mssa. bf-lemdeaorese jsand yam 'ill have sohdhijto sigtfi4e Veltfth as fastidones