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- ^*- - - ~ 'IN .-. vnerrADVER SE atl'n "We will cling to the Pi oI of OINlberties, and it it must fall, we will Pcrlsh anidst the Ruins. . . . . . .etrs.-.I JANUARY 19i 18 SINKNf1Isom & CO41 -- itors. *EDGEFIE LD, S, 0~ AUR 9 89 O.1,NB 0ANDIDATE8'l. q . WM. QUATTLEBUM, LEWIS JONES, H. BOULWARE, - LEWIS COVAIL, - W. W. SALE, F'Or clierlE. WILLIAM L. STEVENS, LEWIS COLEMAN, JAMES SPANN, * ROBERT D. BRYAN, JACKSON COVAR, F. M. NICHOLAS, EDMUND PENN, S. HARRISON, 'Or TaE. Coil tow*. STARLING TURNER, M. W. LYLES, C. A. HORN, T. J. WHITAKA., TH EOPHILUS DEAN, CHARLES CARTER, CHAS. M. MAY, JOHN C. LOVELESS, PCOr COcikUnA D. L. TURNER. W. F. DURISOE, DAVID BODIE, J. P1. ADNEY, WYM. J. READY,. .A.ttornaoy mt "EsW, w ILL give close attentien to all'business e. tristed to his care. Office, in the rear or the Court IIowe. Edgefield, S. C., .Jan 12, 6 * I Removal. W W. A DAVih4 has renwed his Law Office' e to the building ienierly occupied by 11. A. Gray. xn. afterwvardL by F. t. CandeeP a Sil %er Smith's Shop J.lwuary 5, U8, t5 LOi-DON BUTLER;, .4A.ttor ne.y. Lb,$ Imam1 so LIC .10TOR IN EQUITY. ; - Ofiet in the ono.foriocr'yoccupliel by W. W. Adams, Eml. 1 Edgefi.ld C. II., S. C., Dec. 22, 1858. 8. . R IFIFIN, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND SOL1CITOR IN EQUITY. Will attend promptly to all business entrusted to hi cate. Oflie No,. 2, Law Ikange. Eudgeiel C. 11., uiee 8, 1858. Lf 48 J. L ADDISON, A.TO'Ftl\TDY A'I" T-sA.W , ANDI MAOISTRATE, WiM attend properly to all business entrusted to his care. gfOffce, ier P. C. Bryan's Store. . C. B UTLER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office in Law Range, EDoEFIaLD C. U., S. C. May 15 tf 25 TIIO S. . & C. H. MOISE, SUCCESSORS TO LEE & MOISE, WEOLESAL! GRORE, No. 7, Hayne:Street, CHARLESTON, 8. C. Jan 27 ly 3 Oak Grove Academy, ILI, re-open for the a:Imissiun or i-uiils the third Monday in .Ianuary, 1859, lias N. S.Ingrahan in the Acadenge dei-artmnent. Air. T. P. loses. Teacher ot Vocal and Instrumental atusie, Oil Painting ke. Terms liberal; eziquire of DR. H. ANDR1IWS, ) E LBEIlT1)DhVOR E, I JOSItUA-IIARRlS, jTrustees. $.ST.1ALNAKkR, SAW'L. STEVEN-1,J Kirksey'si X RetAa, S. C: Jan.5 ' 3t 52 Bethany Academy,. T IE exvercises of this Institution will be resumed Ton the third Monday~jlith January, 18.59. This School offers more~than usual advantages -the ensuing year, as the course of studies will be] Classical and the fliaher Branches of English only, and the'inmber of students limited to Forty.. Terms.-$l5.50 per session ot five mnontbs. Ar the same rate from time oricntrance to end of sea sion. No extra charge. Monthly reports rent Parents and Guardiaus, Good Board for any number of students canebo obtained in respectable families at $8 per month. O EO. GALPHIN, Principal.:. Dec. 29,185-1. .:'___6__6t1. ~Downer Orphan School, . T1 IE publie are hereby; notified that there wjfl ..be five vacanelas fore Orphan Children at t~he 1)owner Orphan Schoolw* Beech Island, after the 1st .lanuary ,.ex't. For ids4ion app~ly to the (Commis~ionersfl. The ben jciaries mus be between the ages of seven and thirten. H. t. LOOK, .Til 8 J. D '.VIES, T. .vWHA TLEY,* Dec 29 4 ____1 W"~ANDEE &BMcEWEN, WATCH iIAKERS-& JEWEILWRS, IIccpy the Itt'ai next alj.'iniog ttPost tic, and will give thq .,TB IUTkST A2T ENI t'l)N t., all buineiss eninted~C' to their ears. --A. Xia C) 'We have on hand a smnail ass,rtme~t of PINEC #EWJELR T, which we iti.l sell cheap. J EWE L tX and S0CIETY BADUGES miade -to order and w.trranted. ggPartienlar attenti i will be pa:d toWatcha efi'er!d, Noiw __ _i .43 TO IC~ E-- \1 perss is.;mne~d to Dr.'J. jE. .i ji-EN Ji4W20N, either by note or secongt . Itr6 earne.Lt!y rein sted s tlie up til:e fs the lrith cf unext, zmot (l-'ebruary) a-I am au - i,.us. t close the I)octo a l,inetft thlat I have ' h Iand. * 4 M-' P.-I)G0 ET, Al~ent.i Janay 5, 185 5it* ' TOTlCE-All persens ind.ebted to the Estae . of .3. B' Talbert or Lucy snumerall, are hge by notified that, if paynent is not, maado to thab -scriber by the first Monday in Feb~ruaLry next.-they *anay expect to s.t~le wiI my A tLrneys', Carioll 4 Tompi.ia8 * B. d. TALBERT, Adm'ori Tamtary 5, 18:,9 St . 52 jtbd accounts nre in my anads .r a ..hort time 'It tpaid in, afew diaye . y v ill be hanled ta an AUorney fezor eleon~D~ 5. 1F, (*I0Z), sansr 4 Mi ; e ..,.. * - THE REBUKE The infant is sleeping, I[e prattles no more, The not4ier is weeping, Aillicted and soc; The children are crying, For " baby is dead," The father is sighing, For the soul that has fled. There is grief in the palace, And mourning and wse; All, save little Al.ce, There sorrow can show. . ler fair checks are tearkss, Iler blue eyes are clear, And trusting and fearl-ss he stands by the bier. Her voice is unbroken, As lifting her head She turns to the living From one that is dead: "Dear mother, you told nus That God was on h.igh, And his arim wouldt enfold us Whrnever we siue. "And father, I beard you Tell uncle last niight Your child was an aiigel, In rainents of white: Theni why all this weelsping, Th:s sorrow andi pain, Our Willie is skqping To waken again." W:th the voice of a prophet, The look of a ser, I I. r words of rebmkina Enchaiined every ear; Tihe subs came no longer, The eyes knew a lhalm, The pareiiLs were stron-rer, Ti childrei were calm. 'Neath tihe shade of the willow They laid him to -e. The sad for his upillow, A rose (m his 1,reast; And thiy lea neil from his go'ng1 - Ose leswen e tl orth ; Th-te are Aniels iin lHeaven Awd Anaaels on lda: th! .HOPED SKIRTS. Tell nie, thou mighty deel), gat o bhic andtr, i thee a t omig" soon, W hen hoops .Inl'disappear? Sone foreign, rock-bound rhore, Whee these outrageous street balloons Shall all be -towed away ? The mighty deep was rippled by a squall, And answer ed low am.d sadly-" none at all!" TE LU'ES OF A W11018 FALIIY SAEAD DY PR.YER. The father and his family, of the late Judge uermuan of Tampa, Fla., who recently died there of vellow fiever, in the early Iar of le :entury resided in t:e State of Indiana. One f the old gentlemau's sons who was then an tierantt Methiodist mninister, andi who' was at his father's hou~e on a visit, was about to leave or hisi ield ofC labor; and having a long day's ide to taske, before getting into, a white scttle nent, himelf and the faiiily were Up beforeI ay so that he migh~t have aii early start. When daylight came, the family were greatly urprised by learning that their next door neigh brs who ived about two miles distant, a fami vire ofusom ight or ten persons, wcre all nmur iee uigthe night, except the gentleman f the house, who happened to be from home, nd the house was consumed. The trail of the naages through the snow proved that they- had ome from the scene of depredation spoken of o the house of Mr. T. which they had sur ounded and afterwards went away without the inmates being aware of it. Why himself and family were spared whilst his neighbors ere maseaered, and their house btarned e nained anmatter of astonishment, until some of he Indiaiis surrendered to Gienerai IHarrison ad came in, and they revealed the secret. It eems they came from the massacre of the other amily to Mr. Tuerman's with the intention of erving himself and family in the same way ; but on surrounding the house and peeping in through the cracks cf the logs, they saw the family at prayer. They consulted together as to what they must do, and came to the conclu sion that "they were talking to the Great Spirit, ad that they could do nothing to them," so they went away and left the family unmnoles te !. How strongly de this sinplc narrative ap peal to the hearts of all rineera worshipers of God, in referenco to their privileg~e and their dutys Reader, are you thes bead of a family?7 If ao, see to It that youj haeo set -up a fannmily altr, If you have not, lire no Joniger In the neglect of a duty so plain and so impo'rtants Yur house maty newi be au!'rtindsd by. ,ta ge, but it probably is ofthellirtuIndted by~ etil spirits agintit whose entrance bays :nid~ boslts ftr no resistance. No indicaion of their vi -if to your dwelling may be Iound in the snow or m the sand, yet lled with maltigiwmt feeliings and burning with .nlicious p';rj ses, thl~ey areC te hocily vi.,itants Uf .your dwelling, aty) from their eternal hatted noine but Qad can save yours -If and faiaiy. Set up yourz famiily altar, 'ad let iiothaing t hat ,eani be avuidedl prevent -our oflfering your mtornaing atdl eveiniig sacri fic.a, according to the ability G~od giveth; and then " Thou skutt not be afraid for tl.e terror by nigit, nor for, the arrowv that ilielbi by3 day, noir fr the pestilence tlsid. n-;lketh in darknes~s. nor fr the de.,ti-netion ihat. wastW11 atL noodlay," but " God will be thy kLefe-er bysy s3'ijat) by night;" anmd he shi~dl give his tagels chiarge over thee, to keep thee i.a all thby way-. Set up your litunily altar, ay brot her, mny sister, remnemblerin~ 1. That Godl is a prayer htearing, andl answer ing God. 2. That praiyer i.s a umighily weapon in the hand of every chari-tian. 3. That timne spent in this exercise is time welilp nt And 4. That thavs who hsonor Gssd with a famiily altar, God will honor with-famiily rare and pro tetion. . . -. W. L5.iWBJ' Y. ,SaiidAargs, G-r. Noir. 19, 1858. ah I childhood, he modest.; in youth, temn perae ; ia manhood, just; in old age, prudent. S UNCLE BENJAM IN SERMON. A correspondent of the Boston Post furnishes the following, which he calls " Uncle Benjamin's Sermon," and which, he remarks, " contains many wholesome truths:" . UNCLE B JAMN'sSFaMoX.-Not many hours ago I heard Uncle Benjamin discussing this'; matter to his son, who was complaining of pressure. " Rely upon it, Sammy," said the old man, I as he leaned upon his staff, with his gray locks flowing in the breeze of a May morning; " mur niring pays no bills." I have been an observer at. times .these fifty years, and I never saw a man helped out of a hole by cursing his horscs. De as quiet as you can, for nothing will grow under a moving harrow, and discontent harrows the mind. Matters are bad, I acknowledge, but no ulcer is any better for fingering. The more you groan the poorer you are. Repining at losses is only putting pepper into I a sore -eye. Crops will fail in all soils, and' we I mayebe thankful that we have not a famine. I Besides, I always took notice that wheneveC I felt the rod pretty smartly, it was as much as to say, " Here is something which you have got I to learn." "Sammy, -don't forget that your i tchooling is not over yet, though you hae a wife and two children." "Aye," cried Sammy, "you may say that, and two apprentices into the bargain, and I 1 should like to know what a poor man can learn . ere, when the greatest scholars and lawyers ire at loggerheads and can't for their lives tell T what has become of the hard money." * 1 "Softly, Sammy, I am older than you; I have I rot got thtese hairs and this crooked back with- C >ut some burdens. I could tell you stories of t hbe days of continental money, when my grand- T athier used to stuir a sulky-box with bills to C Iay for a yearling, or a wheat fan, and when the t .Von.en used thorns for pins, laid their trepots t LWay in the garret. You wish to know what I ytt can learn? You may learn these seveni hi nis. "Pirst; that you have saved too little and i ent too much. I never taught yott to be a I iier, but I have ssen you give yjur dollar for 8 " nothin," when you might have laid one-half Lside fir eharity and one-half for a raiiy day. Sveond ; that you have gone too much upon wreiit, 1 always told you credit wa.; a shadow; ere is a substance behind, which casti the, hadow ; but a siall body may cast a larger 8 ihadow, and no wise man will follow the shadow t miy further than he can see thosubstance, 'You s nay now learn that you have followed a shadow, 5 tmd been lecoyed into a bog. . t Thirdly ; that you have gone into too muchC jate to ie rich. Slow and easy winas the race. t Fourthly ; that no course of life can be de- e ,ended uipoun as always prosperosi. I ar afraid t he younger rare of working men in Anerica t .ave a notion that noibily will go to ruin this j idle of* the water. Providence has greatly ylesel ui, and we have become presumiptuous. s Fiftily; that you have not been thankful r mouigh to God for his benefits in past tines. z Sixjhhy tha't you iIe thankful our lot is 2 ence, or wars, or tyranny, or all together. And lastly, to end my serinon, yon may learn V o offer with more unaerstanding, the prayer of our infancy, -G ive us this day our daily bread.' The old man ceased, and Sammy put on his t pron, and told Dick to blow away on the forge r ellows. d ON.Y TiouT.-" How flurried, how weak he t s! What is the matter with himu?" a "Only tight." n "'Tight 1"n "Only ight." Man's best anl greatest gift, t, is intellect, degraded; the only power that b aises him from brute creation trodiiden down o inder the foot of a deba-ing appetite. U y it" the mother stands with pale t, ce and tear dinined eve to see her only son's lisgrace. anl in her f-iicy pictres the bitter I, ,oe of which t hi-s is the fore shasdowing. - "Only tight." The gentle sister whose strong 'st love through life has been given to her f, andsomre and tailenteui brother1 shrinks with ti onteni andI disgust from his embrace, and ja rusbes away the hot impure kiss lhe prints tupont ter cheek..e "Only tight"-and his youing bride st ops in n he glad dance she is miaking; to mieet him, andt heks the welcome on her lips to gaze in terror s n the reeling form and flushed face of him who a ras the god of her idolatry. "Only tight"- and the father's face growsi lark and sad, a:, with a bitter sigh he stoops t ver the sleeping form of his Iirstbom'n. Hie has brought sorrow to all these aff'ection- E te hearts ; he has opened the door to a fatal udulgence ; he has brought himself downt to ae vel with the brutes ; lie las tasted, exciting le appetite to crave the po.isonous draught gain; he has fallen f.'romi high and noble man ood, to babbling idiocy, and heavy stupor; arought grief to his iother, distrust to his sis- t' or, ahuo4 despair .o his bride, and bowed his V ather's head with sorrow ibut blimne hini not, br he i.-" onaly tight," A Pmxcar PREuten Ea.-A Methodistpreacher v-elI known for his unpromising hostility to all V ntoxicating drinks, had nadenaponmn ;prahianegbrodnotorious for its in ;emperance. It was generally understood that s as remarks were chiefly to be directed against 2 the besetting sin (if the district in which he 'j gras to preach, and several nted. bullies had r ;iven out that tI ey intended to whip him if he a ouched on what they meant should be forbid- f len ground. The day appointed for the preach- I in,;arrived and the preapch-r appealred on the< mand. A large numnbet of hiis frengds from adjacente istricts htearlig of thireiats saat-hntf, had comoul a to~ ineeting in order, if neteasry, to protect hit ti from iolence, but tine preacher had no int entione I iatany of haidrfim'nde should i.: tilt on his accottnh~ le was iiile ~a teh, d l ig hhtimg. 'A ccorinii- I ly,~ onl motiingif the ianid, hei hiad t hi-cmn tlf hzi ceat amul ~e.t and rolled Up his abilt i'leevm, isplaing the artn and chneat of a Icercules, Je said beo haiu heard there were several nmen pre.en. witl tm ireatened to whip him ; thati haul mniny friends present who were~ able and< willing to 'ote't, him. I Ie said tha4t h~e did not like lighting, but if there nmu-t bc $4ghting on his accouinthe would rather do it hiimself in than have his friends tight for hiim ; andl that, as le did not wish thne services interrupted, lie I woul prefer that it shouldl take place before I the imeetiung was opeed. "Anid thIeefoire," I said to, " if t here is anay maan here who thinks ie can whip ine and intends to try it, if lie will1 ha:'t hi goodn-ess to stepn rorwaird, I will flax him out with as ;mimch my as I now lift bnrothe~r-' Smith ;"' tnuin ug which he mseiaed a preacher whq was a sin'all sized manm, hy :tho waikt-band of'the~ fireehes, and lifting hiiun Iromn the ground, held hi~ onit at arm.s lei.:th with one hand. Th~is exhibition of phiysical strength prevented any demionstation du~ the part of his enemies, and' the mueeting piroceded without interruption. .Whsen Bariney told Bill lle w as looking quito ill, Bill stutck to is habit .of. Tm~ftlent joking; 'i'That,'s'the dit'rencee," quinoth he, "fgetixt yop ad me That I'm looklttg ill, aind t):ia& you are ill-looking." THE SLA IRADE. We learn from privatdources that subponas ave been served upon sieral planters in Geor ;ia, suspected of having..purchased portions df le recently landed cargof theyaclit Wander r. - These gentlemen'. to appear at Savan iah,as witnesses on th al of the crew of the laver. We hope that-th" affair will be rigidly nvestigated, and that- athose who may prove o be directly engaged . the landing of the ifricans may meet'wit. the punishment due heir infraction of the We candidly con ess that when therevip of the African slave rade was first agitated, were iudi-posed to ondemn the measure wi tbe severity to which ve now believe the seh to be justly entitled. 3marting under a sense Northern injustice, aid viewing with mour fcelings the unequal truggle between a han 1of Southern heroes uid the bordes of Nort marauders upon the dains of Kansas, we at first disposed to ive a favorable consid o&n to any scheme hat proniised a relief . the numerical in eriority under which iv labor in ioutending Vith the freesoil hosts. ince then, a imature nd careful considerati. f the subject has coil inced us that the revi 49 the African slave rade would be a death w'v-to the vital inter sts of e South. We so it upon grounds f huiiMity as well as icy. Not the huniani y that causes the -h ritical tears of the Seechers and Summers, 'the North. Not the umanity that causes t der hearts of very iany of our Southern ns to consider slave y a temporary arid i) evil. But upon lotires of humanity, we derive from a 4reful consideration of 6very foundation of he proposed t ffic f a knowledge of the eans that must ncces;ily be wmiployed, in btaining the negroes ta.tare to b. imported a our shores. There *e few of our readers bat have not had occasi to view with a pity ig eye the inevitable segaration of the slave, wother and son, nay, -event the huiLand and 'ife. lHappily, such cy its are of rare occur LMCe, but are . till occoa.rally to he bewaled. t i.; one of the glories a the blessiigs of our vtemm of labor, that t . snnilerings of the Wids of natural affecti -are less fregeint in lbe South than perhaps U any other portion of ie globe. For one slav family that is thus udey dismembered, Iiidreds of the poorer lasses of the North are. fcod by bitter neces ties to separate and gv rth singly to combat he demon of hunwer afnd -nakedness. Famnily parition is a grievous .ing, even when re trained by the kindet nd wisest laws that ver protected the labo But what would ur readers tbink of tie 1.extruction of a whole >wn by its neighbors in rder tosell a remnantI f its inhabitants6 ? Wu Would they t hink'of ie alliance of three co es of our State, fir lie purpose (if warring o and conquering a >u:th county for the so. of gain. Ani yet it by bloodshed, and 1r Tnd rapine, that the ave ships of Africa are, 6be filled. The al o gines of the Guinea Co are not a class civill ud and already in ser? ide. They a e not ware of the blessing rr ed upou their un >rtunate race wlZ -lii;gofosepe ior order of beings. They are aware that ilhe 'hite sailors on the coast will pay a- large sum ,r every sound African. And so each chief is 1 all tiues ready to march -upon his neighbor, > burn and destroy, to encounter the desperate isistance of the infuriated brutal fellow-negro; > kill hundreds in the endeavor to capture a ozen; and all for the purpose of furnishing a irgo for the slave ship. That it would be bet :r if every African had a Southern master, we I admit; better for him in this world and the ext.. But that it is justifiable to encourage the iurder of one hundred Africans in the endeavor bring a dozen of' them under a master's care, an absurd and inbhuman idea. The advocates t Lhe slave trade contend that to biring a cargo SAricais from Congo is preci.sely the same a.s bring the saie nuiber from Virginia. And et in bringing negroes from Virginia we trans r them from the hands of one kind master to ose of another, while in the other case we en jurage the destruction of t.hree huni.m beings r~ the gain of the services of one. One is ra omnal, tiise, humane and legal barter ; the other miurdler. We are not willing to encourage bloodshed, ren among bruti.4 savages, for the aggrandize ment of a few ship-owners. We are not wiuing iat those cruelties that we have enumerated .iould be carried on ini the name of the South, u~d for the ostensible benefit of Southern inter its. In the uname of Southern civilization and ilightenment, we protest against the slave -ade and its concomitant horrors. In the name F a flouriabing, prosperous, and all gpwerful outhern confederacy of States, we denounce a :lieme that is fraught with every niischief that in weaken a nation.--Montgoninery Advertiser. CoxscnvATrisM iN DLI'srtun.-The Wilninigtoni wruil, in some observations oin the signs of the mes, expresses little hope for the conservatism flaw: " We munst confess that things look rather dark na doubitful for the coutinuance of' any bound of nion between parties who openly anid' mpuinaly ~nore all the conditions of the bond. One elass f laws are openly violated at the North, and a arty is springimg up at the South avowing their etermninationi openly to violate another class. C Southenm receivers of African cargoes can be icured, there will be no diiliculty in finiding orthiernm captains and crews to bring thiema in. he time~s is past when obedience to law was igarded as one of the obligations of a good eli en, oi when nmn, claiming to be such waited >r the ifanction of law to- any enterprise. All tws that oppose any particular achemes of profit r ambition, or run counter to any prejudice, are ither unceonsttutoinal in themselves, or arc ttperceded by the autliority of' sonic hiiey htiw1 ad thc attenmpt on the pant of the ligeuntiva to uct suc~h law in forcty is denounced as atrocoi rranny, and the ollicet's engaged in doinig theit' otyl ii th poisesar stigmnatiaea in aippioi ious laingstg4g, dud designited liy conteivmptuus A Tioeinmi Svon.-tr. ivingstone's Travels n A frica, recently republished is considered one f the umost curious books of imodern tinmes. imong various surprising thiing's in it is the fol owving account of a strange deformity existing *pntg a tribe of npgros in fhe pountri.y lie had splored. JEvery 'man. y~qnpin, andi chilid in the~ ribc are without -front teeth. I uqniring into he cause of this unnatural appea:ranco it was ;iven to him thius: ." Once upon a time the chief of the tribe, like wn-y better nien in civilized nations, was pos essed of a refractory wife. le endmured her mpadence anid annoyance for many yenrs, hut ne day his passion beconming suddenly aroused, ao gave her what is larmmed in civili/.ed parlance " "phig" in the mouth wtith liis fi4t. 'The blow ntust have been well aimed, for it relieved the noutifo the proud woman of all her front teeth. Thus despoiled of. her beauty the sable tiatron hid herself in shame and afterwards be :me a tractable and obedient wife. The war riors of the tribe, in council assenabled, observed the good results of that one'blow of the chidf, md being troubled generally with disobedient wrives resolved at once to follow his pugilistic ixample. Each repaired.- to his home, amid res ted not content until their wives were forcibly reiief4 their fron teth . F GATfRINS. ?9 ADoUT'So.-2A bachelor says: " A woman | will eling to the chosen object of her heart like a possum to a gum tree, and you cant separate her without snapping strings no art cau mend, and leaving a portion of her soul on the upper leather of your affecti.n. She will sometimes see something to love where others see :othIing to admire; and when fondness is once fastenea on a fellow, it sticks like glue and molasses in a bushy head of hair. i A young lady lately appeared in male attire, in Ualtimore, and one of the editors says her disguise was so perfect that she might have passed for a man, " had she had a little more moudesty." - A RussiAr recently murdred a lady for the sake of the sablelining of her cloak. The deed was.committed during l.ent. The murder. ed lady had a little basket with her, which- con tained a pie. Having been asked by the com missary why he had not euten the pie, he replied-: ' How could I think of eating the pie! it n ny contain meat, and," devoutly crossing himself, ". am, thank God, a good Christian !" 8-- What is that which, supposing its greatest breadth to be four inches, length nine inches, and depth three inches, contains a solid foot? A shoe. ;i- At a dinner in Springfield, a lady sent the tllowing volunteer toast :- " &rucce old bachelors-the cre greens of society." VED- Mm;, like books have at each end a blank leaf-childhood and olp age. & - "PoutY, what ani dat goes when de wagon goes, stops when de wagon stop ; it am no use to de wagon, yet de wagon caq't go iitl; out it." 'I gubs dat up, lm," "Why, do noise, ob ~eouise." DU- "Petitions are in circulation in Michigan askinig fur a restorntion of the death penally for murder in that State. Sy- There are one rotasad two htundred grog shops in New York city, ani seven hundred in Williamsburg and Brouklyna. 4-z Why is a discontented man like a watch ful.house-dog? Because he is a growler. 4-D A paper 'out West has for its motto: "Good-will to all men who pay promptly. De voted to news, fun and mnaking money." zft There is an observing -man about town who says that he always took notice that, when ever he lived through the month of- May he al ways lived through tJ year. Vg;Y SMNUrP .Ar Lrs-r.-Gov. Chase. of 0hij devotes only eight lines of his mne.sage to slavery' The Governor seems to have adopted the ide-a that as there is no danger of the iItroduction of slavery into Uhio, he will let the States in which it. exists take care of it in their own borders, and Congress take care of it in the Territories. It-. GA rJ.Eins in Savannah (says the News) are doing a good buiiness. Two bu iuness men were recent sufferers to thje amount.of fourtpen thosand..olburs,."gn ie tart. f4j'A .ADY was taken by surprise in Missis sppi, the other day. At least we judge so front the thet that .John A. Surprise was married to Sallie A. Stock. They will probably have little Surprises occasionally to keep up the Stock. air A member of the Legislature now in session at Indianapolis, who had been "coughed down" on several occasions, offered a rtsolttion instructing the doorkeeper to buy twenty dollars worth of cough medicine fur the use. of the members. MrenAics.---There never was a doctrine more untrue than the now, we trust, almost obolete one, derived from a fahse.distinction of monarchies, that nierhianicad professions are menial, and beneath the station or a, true gentle man. The truth is, they are the only professions that -have substance and reality and practical utility. All else seems, on reflection, to be mere speculation-ideaity--d'eaing-leather anfid prunellal. The greatest mna in the annals of the world--the mn thatt have done most to en lighten it and advance the prosperity of the human race, have been mechanics. Its direct uess of mind--the plain gotod sense these pur sits inculcate, which has led to those immortal discoveries that have enriched and meliorated the condition of the whole human race. Name but an Arkwvright, a Fulton, a Watt, a Frank lini, a Whitney, &c., and where among thb closet mni, the academicians, the doctrinarians, do you find their equals. True, Newton, Laplace, Gray, Lussac, &c., have discovered great prinaci pIes, but nothing that compares witha the useful ess that have conie from the inventions of mechaied miind. Let the sickly races of a pamipred nobilhty turn upl their noses at mechan is as they do at merchants. It is to the work ing men only that tire rod of empires has been given, and the revolutions on the globe from mechanic inventiuns of steam-and the press, and whieh is hourly adlvancing, with a pace that excites astonishment, provcs incontestably thajt tha progr'ess of mind~l, o~f bga1:ai lih.rmty and civi lization, and of mechanics' labor, are indissolubly wedded. Ba Cn...-In th ress of life it may seem diflicult to be calm. very onie feels the rush ing of the crowd, and rushes with it onward; this causes the pulse of life to beat witha fever ish and impatient throb. With trembling foot step the tide bears against the impatient crowd until all seem bound to push on. Therefore should every gaan wait ; he should bide his timne; not in Idleness, but In constant stesady endeavors, willing nnd fulfillhog lils task. The voices of thes prene-:t say go.,.,dmtvilitin of tia ll ps any~ ' They also seve who Sinbd andJ wd.dt T'o be calm under all theO tysterlotis clirnm stances of life Is to be gcretat ietel' alloW yotit' pr!eance ot mjnti toi-osake~ yoLu, bilt dtiltl'iftt i adislsml to beiw the little iol lf e which are cotistantly besettIng all of us on every hanad. lie calm. Avoid anger and anger will avoid you. Cultivate the friendship and good will of all mnn ie fearless, andI stand up boldly fair the right, never swvei-ving a hair's breadth fronm the line of duty. Do this, andI though you may inct~r thme dislastre of sompe, you will mnerit :tht can and confjadenao of those alhone whio. o opinions are of any value. .A Dcr-rer .luar.-.aind..rf .[owin-s, of indiana, who nev er alows a chianice for a joke to ps him, oeeipiedl the biench, when it became naecessaury to obitaihn a juarvan, ini a case in which L ad . w'ereemp;loyed as counsel. Th'le fo mer was an lliterate hlibernian,41tle latter deci. ddhy ;eraman ian his anodes ofe.xoression, '.iIea alheridl ianaliately puroceede'd to look iround the room ini seareh of a persona to lill the vacant set, when he espiel a Dnfeh .leiv, aiid vainet seat, and claiamed him-as his own. The Dutch man objected.- - " I cant't understant good Englese." ." Whiat did he say ?'' asked the Juadgd. "I cant understand -good Englese," he repeated. "Take your seat," cried the Judge, "take your seat, thatt's no excuse. You are not likely to heany of it!"' From the Anderson Gazette. PUBIC MOTING. , A meeting of the citizens of Anderson Dis trict was held in the Court House on8Monday, January 3d, 1859, to take into consideration the action of the Legi -lature at its last session on the Blue Ridge Rail Road, and to make such expression of their sentiments at the failure of the Legislature to grant further aid to this en terprise as nligbt be deemed fit and proper. Opi motion of Dr. C. L. Gaillard, the meeting was organized by calling J. P. Reed, Esq., to the Chair and appointing James A. Hoyt to act as.Secretary. The chairman briefly eiplained the object of the meeting, and announced that he was pre pared to hear any proposition that might be submitted. Repeated calls were made for Gen. Jam2s W. Harrison, who in response entertain ed the audience for a few minutes in explanation of the progress of the Road and the nature and character of the aid requested from the Legisla ture; also, a brief summary of the proceedings of that body on this important measure. He believed that the necessary aid would be granted should. his Excellency the Governor convene the Le;islature in extra session, which the friends of the Road desired might be done in the month of February. On motion of Dr. 0. R. Broyles, a committee of five was appointed to draft a Preamble and Resolutions expressive of the sense of the meet ing. The conmittee consisting of Dr.' 0 R. Broyles Ion. J. N. Whiner, Hion. R. Munro, Col. J. b. Ashiore and Col. A. Rice, reported the following Preamble and Resolutions, which were unanimously adopted: Whereas, the citizens of this District have heard with disappointment and regret the no tion of the Tgislature at its last session, in de clining to grant further aid to the Blue Ridge Rail Road Company; and whereas in our judg ment, prompt measures should be taken to save the State and the Company from the great loss which will result from an abandonment of the work. Therefore, Realved, That the construction of the Blue Ridge Rail R1oad, is es.ential to the commercial independence and prosperity of the State of South Carolina. ? .,Resofred, That the aid asked by the Company from the State at the last Legislature, was under the circumstances, reasonable and proper, and should have been granted without hesitation. Resolced, That the action of the Legislature must have resulte4 from 4 misapprehension of the inportance.of the work and The wishes of a majority of the people of the State, and should be corrected at the earliest convenient moment. Resolred, That in view of the ruinous conse inenices o' an abandonment of the work to the Company, to the State, and to many contractors now engaged in the work, it is well worthy the consideration of his Excellency the Governor, whether the Legislature shbuld not be convened 1 in extra session, to adopt such measuresas would I prevent so great loss and distress. Resolved, That the President and. Directors of the Company should, if possible, conisistently wi 1gleir. vieywsf qjpstice and volic 'Mq60nuo. Pinm1ip-orait -p. i li~~n &4~~iitv ' pa pv tj th n e a dence that the Legislature will whenever con vened, afford the aid necessary to complete the road. On motion, a copy of these proceedings was ordered to be sent to his Excellency the Gover. nor, and another to the President of the Blue Ridge Rail Road. On motion, the meeting adjourned. J. P. RtED, Chairman. JAXzs A. HOYT, Secretary. From the Southern Guardian. TIlE BLUE RIDGE RAIlLROID. We like the spirit of the article below, copied fromin the Ketoire Courier, upon the above subject. It strikes the right key. Should the intima tion of readiness on the part of those most in terested, to increase their subscriptions, and thus practically show their willingness tosustain the enterprise, ripen into action, it will be a better argument in its favor than all the speeches upon the subjiect, cloquent and convincing as they may have been, and no doubt will have a strong effect. Hercnles j.ro:nptly assists those who put their own shoulders to the wheel. There is but one opinion on the subject in this District, and, had it been thought necessary, expressi'on would have been allowed it through the medium of a public meeting on sale day. I rhe people of Pickens warmly sustain the en terprise, and are willing to aid it in the way of mbscriptiorns still further. Who will put the ball in motion?7 Operations oni the road, with .the exception Lf the work at the Tunnel and some other points, have been suspended. We learn that it is the intention of the Company to continue the work at the paints here indicated, which course meets with our cordial approbation. The suspention of the work on the line, as stated, hnas resulted in great loss to the contrac. tors, and much suffering on the part of the Ia borers. The. latte, many of whom are foreign ers, are breaking off in every direction, bewailing, intheir 'mnothor tongue,'.their almost pennilets and truly pitiable condition. They hay.d our symnpathy in their present unfortunate condition, and we commend. them to the kindness of our hospitable citizens. Although a partial suspension of the work is prejudicial to the interests of the district, in al most every way the loss to our citizns cannot be considered so great, as we have seen indica ted elsesvbore. The price of produce mains the same, with no diminution in th, value of our real estate. We have within our bqrderu the elementst of wealth and greatness, whioch miual, onriy with them~ impronment andi gener'al ppeinty. Forbearane. in her tradinmg tratlA actlons antd de~lage should bum the alin of all, Vte arm hot to bum tnlstnderstood by thi as lii dresrctimnnlng the advantages to be~ deiin~d f'otn. the Itailleiad.=-by na taemIbi' Iti early corn il~tiati *ilI be~ of ilmtalculable advantage to the Whtle dtmitry, and to no section inore than our own. It is a work demanding our- means, talent and united energy, and is worthy of them all. TuE Famuta'ts HLpmE-Tlhe business of the farmer is at home-his pleasuires are home pleas. ures, and his enjoyments are the enjoyments of home. The merchant may got along without a home ho many spend his days in his office or ounting room, or in the exciting marts of coma mere-his eings in contriving newv schemes, deep planits for accumulating wealth, or averting autieipated loss. Toa selom are the hours or danys lbe snatches from hudaness cares for recreaition de.votedn to quinet home pleasures-they do not satisfy the ever-feverish brain that eravceecite ment, even in its repose. Th le. waturingalaee, the concert, thme theattre, tho convivialpar'ty, and the wine-eup, constitute, in too many cases, the pleaurecs of our men of wealth. It is stated thatI a merchant who recently failed in one of our large cities, on being asked what lhe intended to do, replied that he should "first go and ret acquainted with his wife and children." This, perhaps, was an extreme case ; yet too many are strangers at home I How happy the man who feels that he has a true, home, the temple of isa household gods, where he reigns M pratriarch, priest and king-a refufram ae tand malice, a sheli' fgot thei stoar~ms of life, i11mt no loss of iyealth, no change of circuwtanices can effet-a rose wiheat athorn--asun thatknows uoue#ialr. ARIIKS OF GEN. B0RI -0X TE H i OF GEN. QW AN . MIR. BoxHm.b.-Mr. S er, it .is fit that South Carolina should drop a tear on the grave of General Quitman. le was, for years, the trusted friend and correspondent of her own Calhoun, and no one out of her borders was more nearly the exponent of her political prin ciples, or had more the affections of her people. They admired him- whilst living, and dad he will never be forgottin. It was first my fortune, to meet him on the eve of his leading hid- brilliant division Intb thw valley of Mexico. I was struck with him inanly form and hi. proud and determined bearingir as he passed before his troops, slong whose lines rang elafening cheers for their gallant ei t der. Ile was then in the pride and glory of manhood, and - a nobler specianen of genuine manliness I have seldom looked upon. But, sir, when I again met him, at the beginning of the last session of Congress, after the lapse of but nine years, how different his appearance I The powerful form of the gallant chieftain was bent by disease, and the heart of friendship could be but startled at the change. - In every part which he was .eallod upon to play on the active theatre of life, he- ever fell below the highest mark of public expectation, and often went beyond. On the bench, he was 4 pure, able, and upright.judge. In the coun, dis of the.Confederacy, he impreased all with his wisdom and sterling integrity. If tliere was any one trait in his character more prominent than all others, it was his love of the truth-. that honesty which 'makes "man the noblest work of God" Il was wise in tho coneil of war, bold In mcnception, cool in action, in the charge " dread rul as the storm." His dashing passage along the aqueduct from Chapultepec to the Gareta )f Belen-carrying two fortifications -in rapid mccession, the latter before the very mouths of the cannon of the citadel-has seldom, if ever,. been surpassed in boldness of conception or brilliancy of execution. As a commander, he. iras beloved by his troops; and no man ever possessed, in a more eminent degree, the re ipect and confidence of those with whom h4 icted, in peace or in war,.how divergent soever 'heir views. Conscientiously faithful in the performance of every public duty, he displayed,. Chaiirman of the Committee on Military Af iirs, during the last session of Congiess, a de ;ree of attenti -n and energy which none but a 'Abust frame could sustain, and ivhicb, doubt ess, contributed to speed the fleeting sands of ife. His style of oratory was npt ornate; It was concise, clear, cogent. le disdained'mere >rnament, and went direct tohi.olject. Hence ie never spoke that he did not command the mr of the House, and that, too, without weary. ng-the attention. It is within the memorY. of is all that during the last session he w b mnanimous consent, urged to go eyo his iour. Into the abode. of private grief-twill iot intrude. Let us hope that the "Divinity rhich shapes our eirsl' will apply the balm to hat wound which,*for His own wise purpose, Ishi nflortdt.idgd my this heart-felt tribute. I speak most espe ially for that portion of her citizens-the rem ant of that regiment which he sogallantly and uccessiluly led iu the glorious victories On )hapultepeo's Heights, and at the Belen Gate; ass than two years sine, In this Hall, be took >art in paying the last honors to one of their nost cherished and gallant companions in airm'. )n the 4th of May last, he joined this remnant, It a meeting of their associatioxi, of which he ras an honored member, as their anniversary irator. Little did they then think they would o soon hear of the death of their beloved com nander. Who can know what the morrow will oring forth? " Our lives are rivers, giding free To that unfathomed, boundless stea, The Pilent gravel Thither all omrthly pomp and boazt Roll to be swallowed up and lost 4In one dark wave." Their wall went forth throuigh all the land at le sad tidings or his death ; but here, too, they sk to lay a chaplet on his honored grave.. On the banks or the mighty Father of Wa era sleeps the patriot, warrior, statesman. Ovce uis grave will weep the willow, and the cypress ,nd pine sing their gentle dirge, The marble hart wvill lift high lis head in memory of his 'irtuous deeds but in the hearts of his coun ryeni always erected his most grateful and uduring monument. EXTR AORDINA RY CAsE OF DEPRAVITT.-We meard of an instance of moral turpitude, a day r t wo since, which, we hope, stands alone. la he late terrible disaster on the 3luscogee Raill onds, in which the earsawere precipitated into swollen torrent with a fearful destruction of uuman life, one of the passengers bad the mis ortune to lose his wife and two children, lie 'emarked the next day, in'the presence of his ellow passengers, who, with himself, were saxed rom the wreck as if by miracle,.Jfor none of hem could tell how, that ini addition'to the losm f his family, he had lost all his money, it ha, ng been tied up in a belt for security and back ed around his wife's waist.. During the day he waters subsided and the passengers who re nained in the neighborhood of thie wrack, corn nenced asearchi for the dead bo.dies. The body if the lally alluded to was found about a mile ilow the wreck and upon examination It was scertained that liar dress had been torn open md the money beltrobbed of itseontents,som oven hundred dollars. 'resh tacks were die. ioveredftn the mud, leading off from the hty A'hich the seirching party tjsced up until th~ 'tme huptt 0119 of their owOn tumber who bh list Iit. witlh so u:Iraciuloite an escape 001um keath, and who was pi'tistit Whelb his felloW mseenger told the sto1ry of his lss. lie was mmmediately take~ lit hand, searched, and the :nthea amnottit found upon his person. Our his ormant added that the wretch is now in Cfoluma mus jad, awaiting his trial for the diabolical act, -Savannah Republican. . -. SPEuKgr1 oeti VIN ORAzass.-A cDrltcsynmeent >)rthe Richmond Dispatch, tells the following in k tter from one of the Springs: An amusing ineident occured on the car of the Virginia and Tennessee road, which must be )reserved in print, it is too good to be lost. A the train entered the Big T1unnel, near this ,lace, in accordance with the usual euston a lahp bas lit. A servant girl, acconmpaging her mis ress, had sank into a proflound slumber, but nist ani the lamp was lit she awoke, and, half a deep, imaginedl herself in the infernal regions.. Prantie withm fright, she implored her Maker to ave mercy on her, remarking at the sanie time " the devil has got me at last." Her mistresa,' sitting on the seat in front of the terrilled negro, was deepy .mortified, and eslled upon ker-a "Mollie,..don't make such a noise : it is I,. be not afraid." The poor African immneaiately exclaimed 'Oh, missus, dlar y'on jest what I spected ; I always thought iftober I got to de bad place,.I wou1l qee you," These remarks were- uttered pith such vehemence, that not a word iwas logt, and the whole coach became 'convulsed' with Rteadet have youFpai-feeyour phper