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II. & C. - Mat f. 9 GANDEE & McEWEN, WATCh MAKERS & JEWELER~S H AVING this day formed a .1.Cu-partnership will occupy .ae Rooms next adjoining the k'eat (De-e, ama will give the STRICTEST AT. TEN TION to all busineass entrusted to their cure. JEWELRY and 80CIE'TY BAIJGES miade to order sad warranted. ' Particular attention will lae paid to Watch repairing. F. HI. CAN LEE. b. F. McEWEN. Ed.geflel, Noav. 1, 1S8 tr 43 WOOLLEY TOWN HATS! JOHN WOOLLElii, NEAR URANITEVILLE, S.C. R ESPECTFULLY annoncees to the citizens of South Carolina and the South at large, that L.e is noi preparead to furnish OF EVERY STYLE AND QUALITY, As well made, of as good material, and on as rea sanable terms as can bae round any where in the United States. gy Persons desiring further information will lileasae address me at Graniteville, S. C. JOHN WOOLLEY. Jan.19,1859 if 2 I AM receiving this day some superior Virginia and North Carolina Wakn Warsxv, pure and 'harrsanted.. Al~larfes P of t~a Old Corn .Juice, sweet 5.3.30OWERS, Ageut. N.Nm.EbE N For the Advertiser. A RAMBLING LET.TER FROM OAK. LEY .FARM. LIrrLZ TIXIO--TnE SPIRTTUEL OF EXISTENCE. RoBEr? Bunxa. " I lang hae thought, my faithfu' friend, A something to hae sent you, The' it should serve no other end Than just a kind mementoc; But how the subject theme may gang, Let time and chance determine, Perhaps it may turn out a sang Perhaps turn out a sermon." Ay, verily, mon cher, cher ami, such have been the intentions of your little friend for some time, so various, and so pleasant to be talked of, are the things which constantly occur in this world which we inhabit at present. It always seems strange to me that Editors should ever find a dearth of subject themes for newspaper paragraphs. The cause must lie, in a great measure, in the fact of their scorn for all little things. The floirers bloom not in all their paradisaical freshness about them, nor does the hundred-tongued bird sing so wantonly for them. Around and about them fall no tiny rays of sun-light and moon-light, and above them is not that lovely canopy of etherial blue lighted " with a sun by day and with stars by night" which only children and poets see. No! not for them these things; their paths and their thoughts follow close behind whirlwinds, and earth quakes, and matters of State and moment. But is it not among little things, and in the remembrance of little things, that we pass half, or at least the sweetet and most beautiful part of our lives? Are we not children, and do we not spend with little children the better and most innocent portion of our lives ? Where are to be found, in all the books of State and worldly wisdom, thoughts over which we have lingered with purer delight, than those to be found in Burns' simple lines upon the Mountain Daisy, the "wee, modest crimson-tipped flow'r," an "the wee, sleekit, cowrin, tim'roui beastie," and those too in his touching little love songs! When and where did any one of the whole Lake School of Poets simg so beautifully, or half so touchingly and truthfully, as did Wordsworth, the philosophical bard, in his -Littile Lucy." Never, since we pwere a tiny child and n-ed to repeat this simple poem on Friday evenings at the old field school, have we ever heard the name of Lt-cr without re calling at once, and repeating to ourselves the whole of this exqisite poem ; and we will do so now, and perhaps another child nmay there' y learn to love it as we do: "She dwelt among the untrollen ways leside the Springs of Dove, A maid whom there were n.no praise And vtry few to love. A violet by a mossy stone Half hidden from tho cya! Fair as a star, when only one Is shining i: the sky. She lived nkno;wn. an.1I few conld know When Lucy ceasel to he; Lhut she is in her grave. amt oh The ditiercuee is to mei!" Ab, did God scorn all lesser things hial so much as men do, there would be only great men, and great women, an I great trees, and great every thing, in this world. A tiny mortal, such as I, would never have been born; there would be no flowers in the Spring time, nor in Summer, nor in Autumun --no jasnmines, no roses, no sweet blooming violets along-the garden walks ;-there would be no grieen-embowered hamlets by the way side and no lowly white cottages here and there over the land with their bevies of laughing children,-no wee and sweetly mur muring brooklets through every leafy grove, and no "cool gushing fountains" in desert places. There would be no little birds to sing pleasantly about country doorways, and in the forest wide for country folk, and there would be no little maidens to love these thins. 0, what a desolate world thuis would be without little things ! - It is a great and thrilling age in which we live, and it is a delightful privilege to live in i, for perhap4, since the time of CuartsT's ministry on earth, none has been half so startling or interesting. But pelt; pelf, pelf! still holds sway, and materiality chokes us in o.: every hand, with its chaffy debris, and per uts not the soul-current to flow with suffi cient freedom and power to beautify our lives. It would be well, in consideration of thIs, for us to encourage our love for SpIritu alty. A dear and very gifted friend, in wri ting mue once, said, In speaking of this mamne uljct, ' Therefore, my dear lit tle girl, to a! lain true Aaronyu rif mind, cultiue Spirit uadlt. Set youreelf in relation with all things, and recognize all beings as created in the itmage of God, and love all men as beings of the satme substnce with vourself. Let flow into your soul the good th'at is found in every body that part of their being which you will find conenial to your higher concept ions of Truth, or Kindness, or 1Beauty-anmd enrich yourself, and enn',ble your ideal thereby ; and by pouring out this univer-al kindness you will ot be impoverished, focr it will determine streams of love towards- you, and the con siousniess ot' being loved will make you hap p'y. D~o tnot reject the lovy of any one, for love is all one in kind. Th~e love of the low lie't is as bahnmy anid refreshing to thbe harmno nizd mind, as the love of the most intellec tual and refinmed: honey is honey if it come out of a golden or an earthen yes-cl. ".1 do nut imean to smy tthat we must love all mecn alike-there is umore ot the God-head ins some than ini others. Have your ideals and cherish them, bout take always camre not to mix the p.erson with your ideal, and con tinualy develope atnd improve the latter by imlresions received from the greamt humian mind." Ye-', this is an interesting age in which we live, anid there are many, very many thoughts which pass through a simple maiden's mind that I co uld tell you,' which might, and yet again might net, interest your many readers. As the days are passing very pleasantly with us here in the Country, perhaps the're wouhl be no harm in stealing an ervening froma our immediate fireeide for your view, inas much. as it was spent in common with the. whol, world, ina the remembrmnce of' omd whm you, and all mankind, love and honor. I aludae *the mntinl evenine of the mints ry, when two mighty nations became as one family around one hearthstone through its sympathies with one man,-and through the feelings of the man, RODERT BuaNs, felt their brotherhood with all other men. Need I tell you, how on the evening of the 25th, as we thought of what was then passing elsewhere, our poetry and song-loving home family were led as it were involuntarily, to draw closer to each other through the sweet flow of kindred sympathies, thus forming, in a secluded farm house, "among the un trodden ways," one tiny link in that great electrical circle of thought and feeling then moved throughout the length and breadth of the land, in harmony with the spirit of Scotia's sweetest hard I No! it was not alone in mighty Cities, and in high places where dwell the great sons of earth, that was felt the sweet, kindred chords of feeling which make us in love with him who sang so sweetly of " Mary in Heaven" and "Bonnie Jean," and the "Daisy," nor was it needful 'that a hundred-tongued BRY ANT or an EMMVERSoN should move us towards him, fur in every little cottage on the roadside, in forests deep and green, and in every place where lives and breathes a maiden or a laddie, who has once heard (who has not ?) the quaint song of " Auld lang syne," or the more touching ballads of "Bonnie Doon" and "Afton Water," then and there was a heart that went out towards Scotia's dear nature-loving bard. Yes, for we all have our " Mary in Heaven," and "Bon nie Doon," and "Afton Water." BURNS had a heart large enuo Nto enable him to feel his brother-hood with 11 man kind; and his soul was so true Him, in whose image he was created,. that he recog nized this brotherhood, and in loving kindness embraced all God's creation. " God in truth, "breathed into him, in larger measure than ito other men, that love which constitidus his own essence, and made him more than other men a licing soul." Never were words more truthfully spoken, than were these by BRYANT of his brother Poet; and we wish for RoDERT BURNS a sw et peace in the land of Spirits, and a beautiful immortality ainring men. The hundreth year will never come in the which he shall be forgotten, " for," as Wilson has so exquisitely said, "his songs blip into the heart, just like light, no one knows how, filling i:s chambers t-weetly and silently, and leaving it nothing more to desire fur perfect contentment." It is both good and beautiful that such a man should have been born into the world, and sinceregdg.we thank lim who, in be towing tie. ian, forgot >ti >~gi-7e'u heils with which to appreciate the gift. CORNEILLE. " Six Days Shalt Thou Labor." Preaching is no part of our vocation. If it were,, we saxould preach at least once a month frui the above text.. It is a connmmon remark on all hands that vice, immorality and crime have rapidly ii. creased within the past few years. Many cau-es have been asigned for this deplorable satIe of ..ifiir.4, but the true ounc has been overlooked. The nain cause is, we appre henl, to be found in that great change in the habits of our people which all thinkinag mlen deplore, and which the aged so often refer to --a chanae supermuduced by the false, hurt fuzl and pestiterous dogma that labor is dis graceful. This great error, we regret to see, has taken deep root and will destroy mnulti plied thou-ands of the youth of our country befotre it is eradicated. In the good old times, boys-and girls, when not at school, were employed in something useful. Now they pass their time in listless idleness, hurtful amusements and vicious practices. This is the cause of the vaat in crease of crime among us. The command at the head of this article is, as the reader doubtless knows, a portion of the decalogue--Godl's own law delivered to Moses. on Sinai. It is not merely permissive, but imperative. Thou shall labor, is the lan guage-it does not read, " ]e mnay labor." The comamand, to labor sixc days is just as imn perative as that to abstain tronm it on the Sabbath. To talk about an idle Christian, therefore, is just as preposterous as to speak of a holy devil! Not only does the decalogue require mn to be employed-various other passages of Scripture might he quoted. Paul urges the believers to be " dilhgent in busi ness," and denounces certain idle persons in some of the churches as " busy bodies," stir ring up strife, &c. Man is taught to labor by the light of na ture. It does not require revelation to teach him this. All nature is busy in nll depart ments-animal, vegetable and m'neral. Every thing labors, from the smallest animnacule to the monstrous leviathan of the mighty deep. Nothing is idle, from the smallest matter to the vast worlds of which the universe is com posed-the sun, moon and stars--all, all, are In moution-t~bere is no idleness amnong them, The Great Architect hitust-if labored "cre etmnwas made or the mountain brought L-ibor is a universal law. Why, then, should man alonue be idle ? Emuploymenit is an absolute necessity of humian existence. [t'not usefully employed, man must be en gaged in the service of the devil. " The devil finds work for idle hands to do," is s striking a truth as was ever uttered by human wisdom. " Idleness is crime!'' Turn and twist as we may, we cannot escape the force of this truth. No idle man can be a good citizen, much less a good christian. Labor is neces sary to man's happiness, and the hand maid of virtue. No idle man can be happy or con tented, if he has the wealth of Crcosus, the the wisdom of Solomon, t he beauty of A'donms ail the bravery of. Ciasar---onie of' which at tributes are attainable without labor. Edu cation atnd high moral training are not of themselves sufficient safe guards of virtue. We know many young men of good education, of tine talents, the sons of pious parents and t e hope of their declining years, who ini spite of their excellent moral train and other superior advantages, aire the habitues of vile reso.ts, and make night hideous with their hacchanalian revels in the streets, all because they were sffered to grow up in idleness. These eases are by no mneans rare. On the other hand we may safely affirm that we have never known a really useful and good man who was an idle boy. We regret that we have not room now to pursue this subject further. In conclusion, we would kindly and affectionately advise bys and young men daily loafering about thu streets of our town to seek some useful eploynients at once. They cannot all enter the learned professions, so called. But they ~can get some good sort of employment, and all employments which are useful are alike honorable. 'Neoor ad wealth frocm no cotidition rise Act wegyour part-there aUthe honor lie." " John Brown." At the request of our fair unknown frie 'd "CLIo," we publish this admirable song. It's against our rule to respond in any way to anol mous requests : But, the taste of the applicant s so manifestly good in the present instance, that we cannot refuse compliance with her politely-ep pressed wish. The other great song of MAcx S you shall have next week.-BD. ADY. JOHN BROWN. I've a guinea I can spend, I've a wife, and I've a friend, And a troupe of little ehindren at my kn Jons BnowN; X I've a cottage of my own, With the Ivy overgrown, And a garden with a view of the sea, JNt I can sit at my door By my shady sycamore, Large of heart tho' of very small estate, Jo BnowN; So come and drain a glass In my arbor as you pass And I'll tell you what I love and what I h Joux BnowN. I love the song birda And the children's early words, And a loving woman's voice low and sw Jou, BRowN; And I hate a false pretence, Aad the want of common sense . - And arrogance, and fawning,' hud dee t, JohN BRowN. I love the meadow flowers And the briar in the bowers, And I love an open f..e without guile, Joun BnowN; And I hate a selfish knave, And a proud contented slave, And a lout who'd rather borrow than he'd toil, JoN BRow. I love a simple sang That awakes emotions strong, And the word of hope that raises hiin who fainte, JoHN BnowN; And I hate the constant whine Of the foolish who repine And turn their good to evil by complaiets, Jolns Bnows. But even when I hato If I seek my -nrleit gate. Anil survey the worll around me aui ubove. JOns iown: The hntr.1 Ilie., iny iol, Anl I sigh for humani kind, And excuse the faults of those I cannot love, JouN Baows. So if you like my ways, And the comfort of my day, 'I can -W- you howlibre so unvexad, y Bnowx; I never scorn my health, Nor sell my soul for wealth, Nor destroy one day the-ploasures of the next, Jon- Baows; I've prarted with my pride, And I take the sunny side, For I've fond it worse than folly to be sad, Joux Browy; I keep uy conscience clear. I've a haunlredl poumts a ycur. Amd I m111::ae t. exit ialn tu he gla.1, J11n1s B i:aw N. The Fatal Oath. It was only ais years ago, that two distin guished citizens of. WVashington county, Ky.. whomi [ will call Mesasrs. Borland anid Har land, both running for a high political place.: met at a barbacue to argue their claims be fore the people. Bet ween them-as it had ben-a bitter bate existed, dating back, I believe, to a quarrel about the time of the revolution, or prior to it, whben in Virginia one family claimed and held attachment to the king, while the other clung to liberty, even while it was a nuraling in tbe hands of1 Patrick Henry, wa~itilg strenagth, to be plaiced under the guardian care of a Washington. At this barbecue both of these men--grey haired they wer'e, too-appeared ont the stump, without arms upon their persons, so pursuaded by their friend<, who knew of their hatred to eacu other, and bad no wish to have their party candidates cut off,-at least until they knew how the election would turn. But whben fresh fuel is heaped upon ol embers a blaze is sure to ri.se. Tlhe speecht of Mr. LBorlad biore hard upo~n t he party o.f Mr. Harland, yet harder still upon himsedlf. Tho latter, when it came to) his turn to reply, spoke with a scathing bitterness and persaon ality, wbich fairly maddened Boirland. Hie borC it, though chafing like a caged tiger, for a time ; but at last he broke oiver all restrain ig bounds and pitched into hisopponont with an argument more so-flst-ical than philosophi eal. The consequence was a free ight, which, though it lasted h'tt a LfW momenta, 6RV good grounids fur a clthlenge between the prncipale. It passed, and a meeting with rifles at twenty paces was tile result, At the fiest ire Borland fellesd, with a ball through his head. Ilarland also fell mortally wound. ed, but lingered through the night, with his faul ties so retained that lie prepared htis will and other documntst, and conversed with th:e only living one of his family who was nxear him-about his affairs. Before dying, he prepared a package, and had it sealed carefully, and then calliug for his son, said: " William, my will is open and can be read as soon as I pas.s away. But this package contains a private matter, and no one but you cani attend to it, for you are the only male of mty race." " I will attend to any request you make, mny dear father," replied the unhappy saan. " You must swear to mue, boy, to fulfill this request ! 'rho seal mnust not be broken until I have laid in my grave one week, when you will have regained composure and strength for your work. Swear to me to fulfill mny ish. !"' "1 swear, my father," replied the youth. Hlarland ut tered a bitter curse againist the Borlands, and fell back on his pillow dead. Young Ilarland had his father's remains carried home, and on the same day two fu neral processions entered the grave-yard at Springfield, where both had tesided. The enemies at the same hour were buried. Yet, though mourning families were there, past hatred seemed tohbe buried with those who had fallen, for tbe mourners were young and knew not yet the feelings of hatred, which had so strongly influenced their parents. Two were there, who,, unknown to those parents, had long cherished feelings most op posite to hatred. One was William Harland, the othe:- Flora -Borland, who had jnst enter ed her eighteenth year.'-Her brother-whose age was the samne as that of WIlliamn Har 3.as~na th two yoane sistam s m l the near relatives loft by her parents to fol low to the grave, although he had provided a guardian for those whom he knew his death would leave all too much unprotected. William and Flora, knowing the family feud had concealed their love; yet, like Ju liet and Romeo, had often met, and made their vows that kin nor kith should never tear their hearts asunder. And sad was this occasion-though they spoke not-yet their tearful eyes exchangod *glances from which each read more than their lips could utter. A week passed by, and alone in his cham ber William Harland opened the scaled park age which his fither had given, and the in uctons of which he had sworn to obey. 'hy did his face blanche to an ashen hue as he gazed upon it I Why did it fall from his grasp as if his hands were stricken with a sudden palsy 7 Because it was written thus: " William, my only boy, I am the third of our family who have fallen by the.accursed hand of the Borlands. Of them there is but one left, Elas; of my family, only you. Now, you are his.superior in skill, in strength, and courage. You have sworn to fulfill my direc tions ! Keep your oath, or feel that a father's curre hangs over yon! And, oh! what on earth is more fearful than a father's curse? It is my wish that it once you seek a quar rel with him, provoke him to an attack, and leave not a male of the Borlands alive; for with him, the last will perish! Renietuber, revenge is swcet ! . Youa FAIaMa." "'My God! why did I take that oath ? Elias is not my foe, and Flora is my love Were I to kill him, she is lost to me forever, lost to the world-for the blow which would kill him would break her heart !" groaned William. All that night, in wretchedness, young Harland walked up and down his chamber in agony of mind, studying what to do. Ile would fain have fled the place: but his oath was, in his eyes, most sacred, and he dared not break it. Ie sought a comforter, I said! Oh, did he find a counsellor-if all the ills that ever were clustered into one, could lind a name, that name would be the comforter. He sought rum. Maddened with its fumes, he left his home at an early hour, armed to the teeth, and de termined to 11lll his pledge, and if he did not fall himself in the conflict, to end the tragedy by self-destruction. Too soon, alas I at the village tavern he met young Borland, and in the frenzy of iuebriation, inuilted him so grossly that an instant coumbat was the result. Anl it was a fearful one. R'volvers and knives were the weapons and both were used with terri )lc ellect. Almost at the sa'me mimient clenched and grabbled inl the dreadful strug gle-they exp:red. And a lady, young and lovely, who was passing heard of the affray, and rushing to the spot, fell sen-eless on the bodies of Ier lover and her brother. She is now a naniae. They sleep as thecir fathers sleep-in bloody graves. ' lis a sad tale but a true one, this of a Kentucky feud. Dow, jr, on the. Stomach. I'mtirnr-lt~osal . -. I lore the tew. I love the many; I love the ldies one amnd all, But I love myself the best of any." MV In nnas :- believe it was the rotund. good-nalured, Deef-stesk-te,ving Dr. Johnson who once said that a man who had no regardl for his stomach had little or nomie for any thing else. You all know that a man who has no re-pect for himself is not supposed to have much for others. N.,w, bret brni what i yours if? Ofcourse, you will say it co,tile; the wIoI)e pC.,0on. Ietnd, l y, lilb. mata1l sml. All very trie; bit. there appears to me to e t wiheel-a piarticular self withiin ono-s .lf. And what do0 you think that is ? Why it is that glori ous institution-that p~articular frienad of the soul anti body corporate, the stomach. H.low you cherish it above all other frienis upoin earth ! Ilo'.w asiduously you attend to its every want ! You mnay have a cold, dlramay idea of the wvants of others, hut thme charita bile appeals of the inner mhan attack th~e very citadel of your benievolence. D)on't talk to a man abtout loving his nieighbo~r as himseclf un til he ha-s just had l-is dmnner. Then, his nearest and dearest friend having been pro perly cared for, his antagonistical instincts become somewhat softened, and he tmaay feel inclined to lovk upon his i:eighbor as a brother-in blo.d, and wouldn't hurt a hair of his head, noir lay a straw across his pat li10 future prosperity ; butt as for helpinmg said neighibor to i-ise supeior* to, hiself,; at any time-whether before or. after tdinner-you might as so mn expct an old maid to abandion a glorious chance ofmat rim~ony in favor tf somne one youniger, handsomer, aud, perchasce more deservinag. But, my -brethren, I say, that if there is a time when the quills upon the back of fretful humanity are dispeied to lie dlown, it is when this little inward sell has just ceased to unportune throngh induml gence. Wash gold ont of~ a stnbeam-ext ract silver fromu nmsnhine--glue together a broken ijromtise, sharpe~n your appetite with a whet stone-dig for clams upon the shoto of time -you may attempt all these, hut never try to squeeze a generous or philanthropic act out of a hungry mean. My friends: the nind is involved in this selfish principle which lies at the bottom of one's stomtach. Poets may chew tho cud of fancy till it is dry as a ohip, when they can't get tobacco I thoy may sing of their loves.-.f love for all that is good, purel an:l'virtuious ..fl love for deeds of hvrmt-of krmve for all that Is nuhblime anid bNauifoi la thio grand mechaism of' Nature-but iet mew tell yait, they return to treir iirst lores when they go to their soup, As for your ainnnble speaker, he loves himself first--griddle-caces next-4he girls andi womnankindi generally the next-all good anid liberad citizens the next-and lie that contributes natuinmg, but looks as a swill cart at the cireling hat on a .Sauday, can take the balance. So mote it be ! A YANEEE EnITOa's Dzvic E.-A mighty change has taken place ih the world of prina ting anid newspapers, since Massaohusetts, in the financial distress which followed the Revolution, resorted to a method for raising a revenue, and paying off the public debt, similar to the great obnoxious mnea..mre by which the crown attemnpted to tax tho colo nies without their cosent. The Masssaebu settas Stamp Act was as unpopullar in certaini quarters as its miore notorious predcessor. .lesides the duties on papers, blank bookcs, &c., there was a tamx on advertisements, which was particularly objected to by the printer, and evaded by every possible device. One Yankee editor, John Mye.dl, of' the Essex Journal, touches upon the Stamp Act, puffs his ownx wares, and- avoids the advertisement duties, all at the same time, in the following neat paragraph, from an editorial which ap peared Jan. 4, 1786. " The journals of other.States coi. a to us filled with advertisements ; but on account of the Stamp Act here, we cannot adverti.'e our own goods, though I have for sale Bibles, Testaments, primers, almanacs, stationery and many other useful things, and an cxcel lent "Moral Discourse," the price of which being only eight pence, will not afford profit enough for paying the tax." gg|"Wa always think of a very mean man, that he was made by one of nature's cobblers, and, like an unfinished beot, thrown 'Twill all be Right. Thero's happiness within this world, If wo have friends to love ue If we have one whose golden smiles Benul like the hopes above us. Let sorrow mark us with Its blight If we are loved, 'twill all be right. There's much of comfort in this life; And much of perfect pleasure, If we have one whose proffer'd love We prize as sacred treasure. Let trouble exercise its might This blessed love will make It right. What though the heart is bending down With keen and heavy sorrow; Hope on-tho grief we have to-day Shall turn to joy to-morrow; Havo faith I though now life is not bright If we are lovel, 'twill all be right. Gatherings. EW Ax uncle left, in his 4ll, eleven sil ver spoons to his nephev. adding: "1 f I have I not left him the dozen, he knows the reason." The fact was, the nephew had some time before stolen a spoon from his relative. " If you cannot avoid a quarrel with a blackgnard, let your lawyer manage it v rather than yourself. No man sweeps his I own chimney, but employs a chimney-sweep, V who has no objection to dirty work, because it is his trade. Z5 During the march of one of the divisions of the army from Zera Cruz to Jalapa, a teamster was heard to ourse and swear severely at his mules. The general who did not happen to be in uniform, rode up to him, and peremptorily ordered him to stop the noise. "And who the d- l are you ? "I in commander of this division." "Well, then, command your division. I am the commander of the maules, and I will huller at 'em as much as I d-m please." ?; " A lady had just swallowed a petite glass of wine, as a gentleman in company j asked Lr a taste. C " It Is all gone," said she, laughing, "unless t you will take some from my lips." W' thould be most happy," he replied, "but I never take sugar in my wine." Woman, spare that tea! t Touch nut a single cup? I In youth it tempted thee, I But uow-oh ! give it up. 6 I know thy mother's hand First lint it to thy lip ; Bit woman, let it stanl, Unless it b-Catuip! 7-"" A tutor lecturing a young man for his irre-ular conduct .added with great "'i.c reIport of your vices will bring your father' rrey heirs in sorrow to the grave." "I te.; your pardon, sir," replitd the incor- i rigible, "my father wears a wig.". u Ss was desirous of purchasing a watch. The suaker shtowed her, among otaers, a beautiful one, remarking that it went thirty-six hours. "In one day?" asked .poor Susan. EM I:DtcTtON or WAGC.-At the United &tate Armory, in Springfield, Masa chusettm, thirty-Mix workmen have been dis charge.d, and the wages of 150 remaining at work are reliced five, ten, and, in a few in stanices, twenty per cent-tie consequence of the failure of' the appropriation bill. ' MoRE AFRic.%%s.-The Columbus Ga. Sun of the 10th inst.. stttes that a gang "f t-irty ),[dd African Negroes arrived at Coniimnbus fil Thursday evening laat, on the I o'clock trtin. Vg The B]ento1 (.t1.) IIHrald, of the l0ti .1st., learns that iiwo wagon londs of wild A fricans had just arrived at, a plantation in the vicinity of that place. 3Z To Rz.tr. ESTATE BUYai:s.-When you negotiate foir a house having aul the mioderai imiprovemoents", don't forget to look foar a umortgage as one of them. ?TA " bearded ball " was recently given at CUieago, Illinois, at which no gentlemanI was adinitted without some hairy honor to his face. 'rvFNER forget the hindness which others do for you, -nor remmid others of the kindness which you do for themn. Er "I would not be a woman," said Jeani Iil Richter, "for theni I could not love he. g-.' Anoni.:ssri) TO Tii Nicon.-Useful nieg'r! You are the needle of our national copsthe coloring matter of all our alfairs, the active principle of our agitations, the director uf our political 'beremonies; you make Presianmta, you make Senates, you I imie. small umen and knock down great ones. On, wommerlul nigger! you are the black prince of husionl, dliifusion andl confusion ! You ought to be broke of your oilleg, kicked out, or regnesied to resign !-Sterra Citizen. gg A biography of Robespiuerre, which appeared in aon Irish paper, concludes in the following manner : " This extraiordumery moan left no chilren behind him but his brother, who was killed at the same time." gr A boarding Miss, deeming " eat" a word too vulgar for refined ears, defines It thus: " To insert nutritious pabulum into the vi ntriculated orifice below the protur brenee, which, beingwmatated, peregrinaLte ti the crtilaiitm aaeso ebf lnd ,Vfnal domid1isied in the recupuck $3' Awell known penuriouLs character I invited a friend to dinnmer, and provided two mutton cir.ps. On moving tne cover be said : " My friend, you sene youtr dinner," which his frindinmmeiately, with knife and fourk, took to himiielf, renmrking " I only wish I could see yours." HAnn ox Tue Dov'roas.-.\r. Harris, the United States Consul at Japan, recently bad a spell of sickness at Jeddo, concerning which he wvrites as follows: " The Emperor amnd the Council of State manifested the greateat anxiety during my llmia5, amnd showed a marked solicitude for my recovery. ilis majesty daily sent mec kind messaaves, with presents of fruit, arrow-root, &oe. fle also senat down two of his best phy siians1 fro~m Jeddlo to attend me. The doctors sent a daily report of my conidition to the Court, aind onm the receipt thereof a bulletin to the efre'et that I could not recover, the Em peror issued amn order to them to cure me,. and they were also informed that the safety of their heads depended on my recovery. I cannot suthicienitly thank these doctors for their unwearied attention to me. Night and day one of them was always at my bed side, and they showed all the gentleness and ten. derness of a woman in their treatment of me." A Sizz1AD~n Doo.-Two Yankee horse jockeys were discussing the other day in Berkshire about the respestive merits of their horses, dogs, &c., when one of them spoke in somewbat spreading. terms of the size of a certain dog. " How large is that dog3"' said1 the other. " Well, I dunno exactly," was the' reply; "I won't pretend to. give~ his I measure just fromn recollection, but one thing i I know-T semnt to New York for, ful A14!s; cription of the crtter, and the lis~ ithe AnanCmDnt was int*hma EnlIaa~' J Columbia and Hamburg Road We learn that the people of North daro ina are making strong efforts to enter at mee upon the construction of the road from Danville to Rockinghama. This will leave a ;ap of but twenty miles to be filled. When re remember that this is a road running from Virginia down into North Carolina, will thus arry the trade of that portion of the State mmediately out of Its limits, and that every nutinct of self-interest will prompt the Leg elature, at its next session, to complete the onnection, and thus allow her own roads ome chance for getting the trade, we can no onger doubt that its completion will be car. an, and that the attention of the public hould at once be directed to the construc ion of the Hamburg connection. A few rears since the surveys for two routes were nade. The Charlotte Railroad Company and he City Council of Columbia both pledged hemsulves for large amounts. We think, herefore, with such a basis for action, steps annot be taken too soon to carry to comple ion a scheme in which our city claims to be argely, interested.-South Carolinian. - - 0 Mexico. Since our last, advices from this rotten old 3rovernment disclose a fearful condition of fairs, animosities intensified, remolutions fol iwing in rapid succession, mad factions, paded on by some demon of destruction, ngaged in a war of ruthless extermination rith each other. Like the observation of the kaleidescope very view reveals fresh combinations, and n aspect totally different from the last. A Dw days ago, Miramon held the frail sceptre f command-Lo !-another revolution of the nderous wheel of fortune; he is fallen from is high estate and Juarez is elevated to the scendant, to enjoy ephemeral authority. ow will it end? Here is a problem for the American States man : " what will he do with it ?" Houston toposed the establishment of an American rotectorate to reduce to order the chaotic lements of Mexican society. This was re. ated as impracticable. Besides it was well onsidered that this was merely a strategy f the annexationists to prepare the way for nexation. But how will this be effected 7 re cannot admit her leprous citizens to social quality with us. Amalgamation on equal erms would conduce to our deterioration. hey would -accede to no other terms, we resume. Well, let anarchy and rapino as ert their sway of ruin a little -longer, let cial curies accumulate and depopulation at least partial) must result. Quiet occu ancy of her tersitory may then be effected. :he question, as one (if policy and of para nount interest to the United States demands oe solution.-Winnboro Register. A CLE.GYMAla ARRESTED FoR CoUNTER %lrma ..-Tie Cleveland Plainder, says: - On lat Monday afternoon, the Rev. Wm. atson, the pastor of the Methodist Church n Glenwo.d, was I reaching a funeral sermon, ie was arrested by offl.ers from an adjoining utity, for pasing countierfeit money. The >eople in attendance at the funeral were so neensed at the oilleers, that they thrust hem front the hmuse, and 'they concluded to -etire until the obsequies were concluded. Mbe officers had previuu.ly searched his house, it tie cellar of wbica they found inks, pres e, papers, rolling machines, and the entire Lpp:ratus fur manufacture of counterfeit bank ill. They also found about 1,000 in coun erf-it bills, -S300 of which were 810's on he Forest City Bank, of tbis city, and about 1200 ii, .3's on the State Bank of Ohio. rle.cleigyman tade a clean breast of the natter. Ile became connected with some counter ters about two years ago, and as he had ,een in early life an engraver, he had been a -err useful and hard workinir rismber of the sn'g. ile has preached in Glienwood about bree years. Hie is about forty years old, a ina oif family, and has been very generally steemned and respected by his c-ngregation md' neighbors. lie said he joined the coun erfiters to get money "t) do good with it!"' [his explanation was not very satisfactory to us pariehoners, however, and they discarded iw at once." FBaic., Exro:.ax AND 1,fxco.-It Is said a be very credidly ascertained that both Eng and and France disclaim any other intention n sending naval forces to the coast of Mexico han to procure due reparation for wrongs lone to English and French subjects. The 'urter statement is also made that it is not heir purpose to take sides with or favor either f the contending Mexican governments. W3 have nerver conceived it rationally pro. able that while European affairs were so un ettled two of the leading Powers of Europe vould incur the perils of a possible confiet with the United States, by interfering in any ray with the affairs of'Mexico. If a war hould break out on Continental Europe, there rould be ample employment for the resources, ,oth financial and military, of France, at east.-Cha~rleston News. AWFUL Ca Luer-Fou a CHILDREN ReUW -ro DATr.-A correspondent of the At ant American W. A. Lewis, Esq., writing ro Cumming, Forsyth county, Ga. under late of March '14th, gIves the followlag par iculars of a distressing casualty which oo uirredl in that county on Friday'night last. [no correspondenit says: A# genltlettanf by the namne of ~llia Waldrup, iig itter Bro~wn's Arfi-, un U~asho ih, and his lie, *tat 9i o'clock at jli Ii, eft their four chtIlrvin, two girln and two Piy, the eldest twelve years old, and walked o a nieiglhor's hotise, a quarter of a mile uff', o see a sick person; they leit their children lI a.leep; oin retulnung homie, they discov red their house in flames, and were nut able , reach the scene of the awful calamity un il after the building had Jallent in. The hilden all perished iln the flames-the last me they had in the world. I convereed with a gentleman this morning rho was present when portions of the ho lies were recovered from the smoking ruins. ome of the children's heads were burnt off md gone ; arms and legs of all four of them ;one ; and the bodies roted into a crisp. My mnforanit told me the scene was awful md heart rending ; and it should remain a stanaing admonition to parents sierer to leave ;heir homes unprotected, especially at night. The origin of the fire is unknown. 'DESrEnrAE FiGuT wivu RUYawaY NE ~tiness.-Two fugitive slaves were captured in ndiana, some (illy miles from Louisville, 6-y., at week, and taken to the jail of that city. ?hey escaped from a South Carolina planter tome opths since. They made a desperate esistance before-they were secured, shooting me of the pursuers, and wounding him so sadly he will hardly recover. One of the tegroes was shot in the shoulder, and otherwise ,ajured by blows. POCtaxaTTotn yiox GEv. Tvioos.-The 3an Antonio (Texas) Herald of the 9th inst. ontains a groclamation from Glea. Twiggs rarning citizens from engatging in a repore arless expedition to Mexico, to capture ran-. cay negroes, and then sell -them and divide he profits. The General has issued orders o the commanding offiteer at Forts Duna ndl rent aneuh Stte!Ip~to M auautodtasna.i Sprlng song. .Long has been the Winter, Long-long-in valn We've sought the bud upon the boughs 'The primrose-in the lane. Long have skies been deli and grey, Nipplag's been the blast; But slug. sumser'as omingl The bees out at last. Slug! Wiater's Ing1, Sommer's coming fast; Humming Joy ad Syring.tims The bae's out at last, Loud shouts the cuckoo; The nested eli around Wheels the rook, eawing; There are shadows on the groand Warm comes the bres'e and soft Freezing days are put; slugl.ammer's coming i The bee's out at last. Sing i Winter's iing Summer's ooining fast Humming hopeand Spriug-tiske The bee's out at last. True Duncan and the Cat. Once there was a little boy named Dunean. The boys used to call him 2se Duan, be cause he never would lie. One day he was playing with an axe in the yard of th school and while he was ch ing a stick the teach er's cat, Tabby, came ong. Duncan-let the axe fall right on poor Tabby's head, and kill ed her. What to do he did not know. She was a pet of the master, and used to sit on a. cushion at his side while he was hearing the lessons. " Now, fellows," said one of the boys, " we shall see if Duncan can't makeup a fibas well as the rest of us." Big Jones stepped up, and taking the cat by the tail, said: "Hers, boys, I will just fling her Into the alley, and we can tell Mr. Cole that the butcher's dog killed her; you know he wor ried her last week." Several of them thought this would do very well. But Duncan looked quitenr. "No!" said he, "noI Do-you thin i would lie for such a creature as that I It would be a lie, a lie, A ra!z" And every time he said the word his voice grew louder, Then he picked up the poor thing in his arms and carried it into the school-room, and the boys followed to see what would happen. The master looked up and said: " What in this I My faithful moubet dead! Who could have done me such an injury ' All were silent for a little while. As soon as Duncan could get his voice, he said: " Mr. Cole, L am very sorry-but here in the truth. I can't he, sir; I killed Tabby, but am very sorry for it. I ought to have been more careful, for 1 saw her continually rubbing her side against the log. I am very sorry, indeed, sir." Every one expected Mr. Cole to *ake down his long raLtan. On the contrary, he put on a pleasant smile, and said; "Duncan you are.a brave boy. I saw and heard all that passed from my window above. I would rather lose a hundred cats than mis such an exampl of -truth and honos in m school. Your best rewid k' what you n feel In your own conscience; but I beg you to accept this handsome penknifv as a token of my approbation." Duncan took out his little bandkercblef and wiped his eyes. The boys could no lon ger restrain themselves, and when Tom Pools cried, "1 Three cheers for True -Duncan " all joined in a eany hurrah. A LEssoN TO A Routnn GMNTLX..-gome peple have a rough manner about then which neither education, boot-blacking, no rotten-stone can ever polish. One of that sort opens the door of a worm-room, with a rush, anid bellows : " Do you know which is Thompson's room ? " I do," is the mild answer.. " Well, which is it ?" growls the interroga " Permit me to ask," says the other, "if you are armed." " No-why inquire ?" " I thought, air, by jour peremptory man nr, that you intended' to have either a satis factory answer or my life." A BaoAD HuTx.-The great man of the li! lage being at dinner, allowed one of his tenants to tand while he conversed with him. " Whet news, my friend ?" said the squire. " None that I know of," replied the farmer, " except that a sow of mine has a litter of thirteenpi, and she has only twelve teats." " What wl the thirteenth do ?" asked the landlord. "Do as I do," returned Hodge; "it will stand and look ont while the others eat." A hunter, narrating his hair breadth escapes to an admiring audience, said: " I once had two balls lodged in my atom ach." " Pistol-balls ?" asked one. " Ah, mnusket-balls, then ?" " No," returned the narrator. " They were big as my fist." "Why, you don't mean to say te were cannon-balls ?" exclaimed one of his baes with distended eyes. "No, they were not cannon-balls." 4 h hat wore they, than ?" Cod.hsh balls," returned the hunter with D gin.sao wi xlam.-ip western~ debating clnb in a bardoonm.. IUch Joe was the 1ast t' speak upon the negative and all weid saxidne6 to hear him deliver him. self. Wolking up to the bar-keeper he caille. for a hot whinky punch and drank it of waL. great gusto; then turning to his opponents he handed the empty glass to the leadingdisputabl and thundered out-" now smell it, you var mnt I" It is needless to add that Uncl Joe " brought down the house," and also the decision for the negative. In order to love mankind, expect but little from them ; in order to view their faults with out bitterness, we must aceustom ourselves to pardon them, and to perceive that, indulgence s a justice which frail humanity has a right to demand from wisdom. The wisest men have always been the most indulgent.-Baulwer Lytton. ___________ Wn -ro P'raoNiz.-Those business me who patronize the printers the most liberally, are proverbial for being the faiet dealers. -- They can afford to he such, because they have a lager number of customers, and those who invaiably pay the cash for what they .bey. He wo segeged in business, and is- too 1 miserly to pay the printer forkeepinghis name aid business before the country, is generally too peuurious to merit patronag from any. body, andl when they do get ithe are corn pelld to charge tall prices to maeboth enda meet. Lcok out for such persons, sod: gave 7or trade to him who shows you he-ha.sol m i ypatroniting, the printer lihil. I have 4nk atmany a fouubut taksi came agasu flay. fi4 at m~ table, but retuned;.7 tayiht aen lovel thigs- buit, -;eodte/ dd. Tse i