The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, June 08, 1853, Page 70, Image 2
Hard to be Good.
A STOKY FOR CtllLDRKK,
Tommy Wilson camo homo one day
with tears in his c) es; he ran and laid his
Ik'hiI in his mother's lap ami sobbed
aloud* She poshed the curls back from
his forehead, kissed him, and said; "Whit
is the matter, my eon?"
"O ma," he answered, "it's so hard to 1
bo good."
'What makes vou think so, Tort my?" j 1
"Why, you know, mamma, yesterday
was &ibath, and you talked to me in the !
evening about having a new heart, and |
told 1110 that I must |>ray to God, and he
would givo me one, and that then L would
love everybody, and always feel happy, j
and not be afraid to die. And I thought
that 1 would like to have sueh a heart; !
and I prayed when I went to bed, and
kept thinking about it until I fell asleep,
and as soon as I woke in the morning, 1
remembered about it, and prayed again;
and itseenicd to me as if I had a now
heart?I felt so happy; and when I went '
to school I tried to be kind to all the boys, !
and learn my lessons well, and to be good, i
llut this noon George Johnson snatched
my ball, and I got ngry and called him |
a thief. And when wo were playing
Charley Smith struck mo, and before I
thought I struck him back again. And
comiug home this afternoon, James Lewis
called mc a coward, and 1 called him a
liar. And so, ma, I kept forgetting and
doing wrong, and no matter how hard I
try. 1 can't be good. It is so easy to got I
angry, and bad words conic out so quick.
What's tlio reason, ina, that wo can't be
good when we want to be!" i
Mrs. Wilson thought a minute, and
then said: "Do you remember, Tommy,
riding down hill on your sled, last winter?'
"O yes,mania, tlio hill was covered
with snow, and it was beat down until it
was almost as smooth as ice; and wc j.
went down so fust that it almost took
away my breath!"
"Well, my son, but did vou go up as
fast!"
"O no, mal It was slow, hard work getting
up. We would slip at almost every i
step, and we eould'nt get up at all in the |
place where we slid down, but had to go ,
round to the other side where the snow i
was noi worn so smooth and slippery!" 1 <
"Then it was easier to go down than to i
go up, was it?"
"O yes, it's always so with hills."
"And the oflener you went down on
your sled, the smoother the snow got, and
the faster you could go?"
"Yes, mamma." I
"Well, Tommy, when God inado Ad- 1
am and Kve, and put them in the graden, ]
it was as easy for them to do right as to 1
do wrong. It was like walking on level j
ground; they could go one way as well as i
the other. Hut thoy chose to do wrong t
and ever since then the world has been |
like the side of a mountain. It is up hill n
towards heaven and it is down hill to- [
ward hell. I cannot tell you, my son, t
why it is so, any more than I can tell you c
why God made a hill out there instead of f
n level platnytwt every body finds it so.? t
And then by doing wrong, we make the
down-hill more and more slippery all the
time. Our evil habits are like your sleds;
they smooth tho way, so that we go
faster and faster and faster. It's hard J
work even to stop doing wrong, just as &
hard as for you to stop your sled when
half way down, and going like a race horse u
And it is still harder to go up. We are a
all the time slipping up. Wo are all the
time slipping back. We find our old ft
habits tripping us up at every step! ft
"Then, ma, we might as well give up
trying," said Tommy, in a sad and bitter tl
tone. u
"Did my little boy any so last winter, ft
when he was climbing up the hill to ridu ft
down on his sled? lie slipped a great t,
many times, and once or twice fell quite t<
down in tho snow; but lie scrambled up ft
again and kopt on trying, because he ft
wanted to have the pleasure of riding p
down so swiftly over the smooth snow.?
Will Tommy case mare for a few 11111111108'
sport than for being g<>"I and going to
hcaveni"
Tommy felt ashamed of what he had 1
said. lie laid his head in his mothers <J
lap, and what his thoughts were I cannot *
tell. But after awhile ho looked up, as 0
earnest as a hero, and said:
"Ma, I've beon a foolish boy, I thought tl
I could be good tight off, and without C
hardly any trouble. But I see now that n
it is not so, and I mean to try with all (V
my might; ami I know, inn, that I shall
bo happy even while I am trying; and
God'will help mo, won't he inal" k
"Yes, my son, if you are humble and b
do not think that you can be good of t|
iroursclf without liis help. You have c<
earned to-day how weak your own ,A
strength is; and I hope that you will pray jt
every day, and often every day, for God ?
to watch over you, and keep you from
falling, and raise you up when you (]
fall; and that you will watch yourself, my |,
dear boy, and try to overcome all your ^
wicked habits, and remember what a down H
hill slippery world this is, and thnt we n
must expect hard work in getting through ?
it to heaven. But that heaven will be ,]
worth all the efforts of a thousand such |,
lives as this! ^ c
And Tommy followed his mother's advice,
and be is now a good man. IIo
ays be often remembers that Monday,
when he thought it was so hard to be f
good, and the bill and tin snow, and the '
sled; and be hopes that the story will load '
some little boy who reads it, to quit slip- !
pine? down, and trv to climb un. and ru?r
severe, ana pray to God: and so bopea '
Uncle Jease.?Christian Herald.
The General Poetoffice Department, if 1
is said, hare abandoned their originial 1
intention of issuing the now stamped envelopes
as early as the 1st proximo,
though the contractors are understood to
here a portion of them now ready for '
delivery. The Postmaster General, being '
indisposed to scatter them abroad until be J
can have sufficient on hand to send them
ut every diroctioo, baa deemed it best to wait
until the 1 ?4 of July, whew an ample j
supply will be ready.
Mo*ei??ir?A monument to Daniel
Webster, to cost ten thousand dollars, has
been determined upon bf the Legislature i
fit Massachusetts. When will Honth Oar- c
A Young Lady's Reason for not Dan- (
cing.
1. Dancing would lead me into crowded ^
rooms and into hours, which are injurious |
to health and Usefulness.
Dancing would lead nie into very close
contract with very promiscuous company,
ami evil communications corrupt good mannets.
3. Dancing would require inc to use and
r-rinit freedoms with the other sex, of which
should be heartily ashamed, and which I '
believe to be wrong.
4. My parents and friends would bo nnxioi
s about me if I were out late, keeping
company with they know not whom.
5. Ministers and good people in general
disapprove of dancing, and I think it is not
safe to set myself against them. If a thing ^
be even doubtful I wish to be on the sau- ?
side.
6. Dancing has a bad name, and I mean
to study things that are pure and lovely and
of good report. 7.
Dancing is generally accompanied with
drinking, and I sec drinking produces a great ;
dead of evil.
8. I am told dancing is a great temptation j 1
and snare to young men, and I do not wish |
to have anything to do with leading them j ~
astray.
9. Dancing unfiits the mind for serious re.- j
flection and prayer, and I mean to do notli- '
ing that will estrange ine from my God and "i
Saviour. g
10. There arc plenty of graceful exercises .
and cheerful amusements, which have none
uf the objections connected with them that
lie against dancing. si
Cure for Toothach.
We know nothing of the safety or ol
efficacy of the following receipt- for tooth- t;l
ache, which we find imputed to a prac- j 111
tioncr, in an eastern paper:-"Guin copal, lo
when dissolved in chloroform, forms an ly
axcellcnt compound for stuffing the holes gi
of decayed teeth. 1 have used it frequent- p,
ly, and the benefits my patients have
derived from it have been truly astonishing.
The application is simple and
easy. I clean out the hole, and I moisten
a little piece ofcoltou with the solution; t-|]
I introduce this into the decayed part,and eJ
in every instance the relief has been almost 0(j
instantaneous; the chloroform removes the
p*in, and the gum copal resists the action '
af the snlva; and as the application is so
igrecabic, those who labor under this
Ircadful malady would do well to make
i trial of it." Set. Aineriaca. n'J
m m ^ . _ ev
A Mouth of Calamity.
Tins lias been a month of calamity.? j
Within three or four weeks there have |
been recorded in the pages of the public I
press the destruction of the steamship!
Independence in the Pacific, the Ocean I
Wave on the Lakes, and the Jenny Lind ' xx'
n California; the awful railroad calnni- ru
ties at Chicago and Norwalk; and now
hero is added the loss of the ship "Wil- "Ii
iam and Mary at sea. l?y these six dis- be
istera not less than five hundred souls have ?u
icon hurried'iuto eternity; and in addi- m<
ion to th?MM? there have been minor ac- j,.,
lideuts 011 railroads and steamboats, frt
ii!'i Jg of buildings, <fcc., which woiikl mu*
crially swell the fearful aggregate.
Tlie Florida Indiana.
A letter in the New York Herald, hL
ated at Fort Myers, K. F., April 23d, vo
ays. " Th
"The Indians arc now Hocking in n <
nttsnr.1 numbers, obtaining whatever '
ruv ? uiey uesirc m ttic way of trade, ,
rxcept anna and ammunition.) much to
?e satisfaction of the rod skin*, and the '''
iscomfort of the settlers or 'cracker*.*
"1 hear from the moat reliable source*,
iiat lfowlogs and party will be peruiittcd '
y remain in their native forests, until hm
irther action is deemed necessary, no (er
mo being specified. A rumor of the w
nx?ps at present occupying the Indian '
?rritory is prevalent, they being relieved
y fresh troops ft>in the North. This I nrt
ave from the Adjutant's oflice, at Tampa t, r
fay, direct." are
Confirmation. 0(]
On Pentecost Sunday the Kight Hevd.
iishop ?ave Confirmation in the Cathe- i mc
I re I to filly-four persons; aboi t forty of!1*"
rbom had made their first |Cominuni( n hii
?n that morning. W
Tlio lit. Kevd- Ifishop administered St<
lie same Sacrament in St. Patrick's
'hurcli on last (Trinity) Sunday. The j
umber of iiersons confirmed was twenty-1
>ur.? Catholic Miselluny. \ ^
Cut a Dido.?It is told in history that'
>ido. Queen of Tyre, about 870 years ]. u
efore Christ, fled from that place upon *,ri
lie murder of her husband, and with a 101
olony, settled upon the northern coast of
itrica, where she built Carthage. Heing! <h?;
i want o! land, sue bargained w ith the i?oi
atives for us niucli land as she could su
urround with a bull's hide. Having
lade the agreement, she cut the bull's ou
ide into fine strings, and tying tliein to- |-|c,
ether, claimed as much land as she could 1,
urround with tlieiong line she had thus
nade. The natives allowed the ciinuing "
iiieen to have her way, but when any bb- c 1
ly played off audiarp trick' they said he P'*
tad "cut a Dido," and the phrase has
oiue dowu to the present day.
Tlio Protestant Episcopal Convention f?'
>f New-Jersey, on Wednesday affirmed . t<*i
ta belief of the innocence of Bishop Doaue, | wl
md expressed its surprise at the renewal re?
)f the cnurges preferred against him by J ??
lis brother Bishops, after the case had |
>een previously dismissed. j wj
The branch Bsuk of the State, At Eliza- W<
>eth City, N. C., will be discontinued on '
uid af.er the 1st day of June, It 54.
? mm m in ire
? Hal'imore, May 29.
The Rev. Mr. Atkinson, of Baltimore,
ins been elected Protestant Bishop of 1
^orth-Carolina, vice Mr. Ives, who has th<
oined the Catholic Church. tei
memmt - 10
Mis trail in tub Gardiner Case.? an
Hie Jury in the Gardiner case having M
>een unable to agree upon their virdict? ej,(
tine standing for acquittal ami three for ^
conviction??sre discharged on Saturday. du
'Kx-Preeident Tyler ia said to be 'suf ^
Br'ng from dyspepsia and symptoms of
OMMiption, and will not probably long de
ir ftiHaii
1Cminister Hvehger.'
LANCASTERV1LLE, S. C.
yEDNESDAYTluNE 8, \m
Rain I Rain!!
While we write, the rain drops trickle in
nclodious syniphory" from tlio roof of our j
nnetuin. The pedestrian carries his um* !
rvlln, us he. passes and repasses our door?
10 sun is obscured by dark clouds, and the
ladow of our hand wo perceive on the sheet
,>01) which wo write, indicative of the dark*ss
without, and the propriety of seeing to i i
lr gas lamp?the thunder peals in the disncc?upon
the whole, tbis is a dark glooy
day, yet what joy to tlio farmer ! For a
ng time the weather has been nlarming
dry, ami the farmer's prospects have been
oomy indeed. Wo trust this rain is tho
ocursor of brighter thy*.
-< ?&>
The Carolina Spartan.
We have neglected to notice before tho
Dingo in tho proprietorship of this valuable 4
change. Dr. 1*. M. Wallace, tho former
litor and prop iotor, for whom wo had a
gh opinion, having disposed of the Spartan
.Mr. T. O. 1'. Vernon,and Mess. Trimicr,
re wish tho new owners success, and will
gratified hilts fulfillincnt-to judge by tho
ilo and dignified position they assume, as
iuced by their salutatory.
The Independent Preis. j
We have received No. 3, of a new Paper,
iblishcd at Abbeville, S. C., with the above
Ic; B. L Posey, Esq., Editor. The Press
iu uu a guuu rvuuuuii! paper,aiMlougn
3 can liardly form an opinion from the pcs?l
of one number.
What tlie Editor'j idea is, in perfixing the
ink-pendent," we know not. It Hoems to
sigliifieant of something. The 'l'rcss" us- ^
lues a very divided independent position,
>st certainly, for from au extract which we
vc seen in ironic of our exchanges, taken
ini the first number, the Editor, with a
L-at deal of arrogance, oilers to tilt a lnnce
tli any who may oppose him. We like to
e a man fearless, and conscious of the
itness of his cause, bravely contend with ,
, adversary, but this arrogant display, sa- p
rs of presumption. Voung,in his "Night
loughts." says :?
" We rise iu glory or wo sink in pride,
Where boasting ends there dignity begins"
We will be pleased to exchange witli the
ndepeudent Press^
?\ " ^ I
The Yorkville Remedy. ?
This Paper lias also passed into other
nds, our friend Ecclcsjiaving sold his inest
to Mnj. J. Felix Walker, who with
'. II. Judge Monro of Charleston, will in
uro conduct it. We have not the pleas!
of an acquaintance with cither of the lutnamed
gentlemen, but understand they
i both well quallificd for the duties they
re assumed. Mr. Moore, for a brief peri,edited
the Constitutional Union, n Union
per established in Charleston, a few
inths ago and his editorial productions in h
it position, justifies us in predicting for C
n a reputation as co-editor of the Remedy, | n
e. wish all success?Eccles and the Book
)re included. *
Apology, &C. J.
Wf. hope our readers will excuse ns for b
i luck of editorial matter in this paper, *
1 any other defieienccs they may notice.? o
vere indisposition for sovoral days, has n
wanted us from bestowing our usuui nt- ?
ition upon the {taper. '
14 The darkest hour preceds the light of
y\n and the inferiority of the present num- c
r, we trust will he found the omen of the ' f'
periority of succeeding numbers.
Rend our Prospectus in this number. In
r next paper, we w ill commence the pub- y
ntion of an original story, written by a ti
ntlemnn of I-incaster District. Besides ' it
s, we havo on hand an unusual variety of | h
oice original articles, which cannot faij to I ?
?ise our readers. 8end on the hills. j ft
The Rail Road Meeting.
Tiib proceedings of the meeting will be fi
and interesting. There is not " the ptinn- n
m of a fiction, or sliadow of a doubt" but si
at the Road will now be built. The l)i- t:
tors comprise men known to our citizen* b
gentlemen of energy ami character, ami tl
a PruauL\iiiit< All<ul ?
^ 1 VWlWVIWiJ S*VIM|? ?IIIT7\? II gUIII|rill?ll
to knows no ruch word as m tail," tho c
>rk will soon comi lencc, nnd tlto good o
opie of l^ineiMtor District will yet have A
> satisfaction of hearing the snort of the e
>n horse.
Attempt to M cedes.?A man named ft
chard Moody, living near this place, (says n
t Barnwell Sentinel, of tho 30th ult.) at '1
opted to take the life of his wife, on the tl
th inst., by cutting her throat. He made b
incision with a knife jaat ever and dingo- a
ily across the jugular vein, about two in- a
bs in length, but apt of sufficient depth to
itt the artery .owing, it is supposed, to tho g
llness of the woapon; fortunately, no se- a
us injury was the result. He was brought tl
fors W. J. Mixon, Magsiirats, and la un- ft
r bond, nwaiting his trial, for assault snd ?
ttcry, at the October term of our court g
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ft i t o r' a <f n tj I f.
The Southern Cultivator for June comes
to us with an attractive table of contents.
Pi ice $ 1 per year.
W. S. JONES,
Augusta, Geo.
Putnam's Magazine. The June number is
rich in polite literature. It is emphatically
the Blackwood of America, and not
surpassed by that sterling British Journal.
Terms 83 a year.
0. P. PUTNAM & CO.,
New York.
P. S.?We would be obliged to the publishers
for the April number.
Barter's Magazine for June is a splendid
number. Grey's elegy on a country
church yard, decorated with o vignette before
each verse, is decidedly tho most
magnificent thing of the kind, ??" have
ever seen in any Magazine, We thoug.it
thcro was no room for improvement in
Harper's Mngnzinc, but the possibility of
this assumption is found in the present
number, which cannot be excelled by any
magazine in the world. Tifrtns $3 a year.
HARPER & BROS.,*
New York.
P. S.?We have been very much disappointed
by not receiving the May number.
Please to send it to us.
\htiier's Home Magazine. T. S. Arther ;
is the best writer of fiction in America.
The moral tendency of his pieces render
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The Home Magazine is filled principally
with articles from tho editor's pen. It is
the cheapest Magazine in the country,?
the price being only per year for
eighty large pages of reading matter.
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Philadelphia.
Some friend haa sent us (('catalogue of Ollicero
nnd Students of Carolina Female :
College. This college is located in Anson I
County, N. C., ten miles from Wades- <
borough. I
There were 10.5 students in attendance '
last year. The Rev. Tracy It. Waleli, is |
President of the Institution, assisted by i
seven Professors, male nnd female. I
IlackwoodV Magazine,'?Contents of May I ,
number. I .
lady Ia'c's Widowhood, Part V. j (
The days of Luther, &c.
Price $3.00 per year or with any one of
the British Reviews, .$5.00.
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'hf. Lai>ii:s Wreath for June is an im- '
provement on preceding nnmltero. The
low price at which it is published, has in- 1
sured it an extensive p?tr<,n.-iK<>. A wri- ?
in < f i?m. f?m?t proiyk'n over thu oditu. . t
rial department,?Miss Helen Irving.
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trroRT of 200 Interesting Coach, who have
lindor flirt lrn?JinnnI in lis
...uv. .IIW IVM1IKVM1' *'? *VU1K"H
Wcaselhocft's Water Cure Establishment, .
Brattlcboro, Vt. This is the title of n
pamphbt we Rcknoniitlgo the receipt of.
"iif. Electic Medical Jouhsal.?This is
the title of a Medical Journal published 1
* at Cincinnati, Ohio, by Dn*. Buclunnan & "
Newton. The May number which wo have v
received, is filled with matter which must I
prove of intercut to medical men. Pub- r
lished monthly ut Si.00 per year.
ftddnK. "
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Cincinnati, Ohio.
# 9 \
Editorial summary. 1
?
Railroad Accidekt.?Wo are pained to 8
mrn that a fatal accident occurred on the t
Charleston Railroad, yesterday morning, six j
lilcs bebw Branchville. (
A.false turnout had been constructed by t
utile wretch, who^lhtccd two loose rails in 1 |
uch n posiiim as to direct the Up Night (
Jx press Train from the track down an cm
ankmcut, thereby smashing four cars, and j
cabling Mr. Winters, tho engineer and two j
then*. Mr. Winters and Mr. Bealy, afireinn,
died shortly afterwards. The third i>. f
till alive. The two former were married j (
ten, and leave families, > (
It is not often we have to record such ac- j
idents and we trust tho authors of the fcarnl
mischief will be detected and punished.
Carolinian I si in*/.
t
Tut Kaix?Accidents.?In our notice of t
etterday, touching tho weather wo men- ?
oned that we had a shower?unfortunately f
; scarcely did more than lay the dust, and j t
ardly tliut. About two, yesterday, h6wcv- j
r, a thunderstorm swept over us, and was 1 t
dlowed by quite a pleasant rain. Several
f the electrical explosion* were terriflic, ami ,
no bolt took effect upon a china berry tree, ,
routing the Methodist District Parsonage, ,
ow in the occupancy of Mr. Daniel John- (
ton. The tree was hla/a-d from crown to I f
?p root. A niece of Mr. J's. lying sick in t
ed, was sensibly atreeted by the ahock, j j
Hough she sustained no serious injury. f
We understand also, that Daniel T. Had- | i
line, pump lender, w*ns killed at the depot f
f the Booth Citrelinn Railroad by lightning. {
i alight explosion nlao took place at the tcj- |
graph office.?JM\ . ,
Tub Cuora.--Thc nppemncca of the past t
ew days have isdicated the prevalence of i
H>r3 seasonable weather in many sections i
"l?o drought has very materially checked a
ho progress of tegetaliou, but with farore- a
4a seasons we (toy still anticipate an aver, a
ge crop of eorn,and perhaps equally aagood t
yield of cotton
The nccounta received from all tho eotton t
Towing States represent the prospects sa *
nything but flittering. A few sections in )
bis State and hp several ethers have been
ivored ydjk s^aoaable weather, and the ii
ropa anl^M^dvaneed; but hy far the I
rcator paet (tiMfoffWed murh from the ef.
"V< :
,i' yklvA'f} "La i .. fv, ' .'fa
R ''* ""TV a. ? ?B ;
fects of col?l and drought. The four is beginning
to bo putertnincd that even with the
most favorable houmous in future, the aggregate
crop must fall considerably below the
average estimate.
Fears are also entertained that the very
heavy full of snow in the mountains last
winter, will cause nn unprecedented rise in
the Mississippi river, and of course almost
totally destroy the ciops in the adjacent regions.
In Columbia on Monday there has also
been rain at last. The South < 'arolinian of
yesterday says:
v The clouds gathered blackness and darkness
last evening, between 8 and 9 o'clock,
and as we write a gentle shower is falling
on the parched and thirsty earth, and wo indulge
the hope that it is but the percursor
of refreshing rains, now almost indispensable
to vegetation and health.
The Barnwell, S. C., Palmetto Sentinel,
of the 30th uit., says :
We have had an unusually long spell of
dry weather. On Wednesday morning last
wo had a slight sprinkle of rein, barely
enough to lay the dust, and from all parts
of the District, and in fact many portions of
the Shite, the prospects are most gloomy.
We learn from a friend, that at a place of
his in this District, there has been none since
Court Week, more than two months.
The weather up to Friday morning last
has been quite cold, and we understand cotton
in many places is not yet up?what is
looks badly.
A riF.NTi.KMAN writing ftoin Alabama to
the Winnsborn'. S. C. Register of the 30th
uit., says:
Our crops and gardens have required rain
For two or three weeks past. The drought
has been seriously felt in many sections of
the country. Partial showers Imve visited n
few favored regions; with no prospect of
>tn immediate change.
The Wrath kr a no tiik Cnors.?Karly
Tuesday morning the heavens commenced
to sprinkle our arid and dusty streets, and
continued to do so at intervals throughout
the day, until about ten o'clock at night
when a violent r.iin storm occurred, accompanied
with considerable thunder and light
ting; and nt 1 o'clock yesterduy morning
though tlio storm had censed, the skies
looked very threatening. We dev outly trust
that that the clouds may drop in torrents
their f..tnos* upon hill side and valley, hefore
their fountains he again closed.
Tiie Sumter S. C. Banner of Tuesday,
mys:
It still continues dry and our crops r.re
i uttering terribly ; this however seems to
t?e the ease throughout the State. A letter
torn a planter near Charleston, says that
' with the best seasons hereafter, neither
nyselfor any of my neighbors etui possibly
nuke more than half a crop." Heroin Sum- I
er we have had a few light showers. Lull
hey were very small, and we cannot see )
bat they have henofittcd tho parched vo.gentian
in the least.
<f urrfsjiunllriirr.
WASHINGTON.
May 30, 1853.
SfcVEKK indisposition has prevented mo
roin keeping your many readers regularly
posted up" in Washington i.tf iirs for some
vecks past, but as 'Richard is himself again,"
shall try and make amends, for mv remiss
ICS*.
Tho Foreign appointments havo been anlounccd
hoiiic days, among the counsel*, the
lame of Mr. Kduiu Dvlx-on appears n* Con- |
ml to Alexandria, in Kgypt. This will be I
try "ratifying to tho many friends of Mr. )
)oI<con, in Sooth Carolina.
The Gardiner jury have been hung for
(onto days,and there U no prospect of them
igrccing on a verdict. They have stated
his several times to the Court, and asked to
K! discharged, but they were told to remain
mtil they do make a verdict. Thiscclcbrncd
trial has already sunk deep in '' ? refers
of tho Government, and may go in much
leeper, before it comes out.
The work on the Capitol extensions hns
>ccn progressing very well for some weeks
rant, but I learn a part of the marble work
drendy up, lias been condemned and will be
cittovvd. Tho children of the next generaion
may have the pleasure of seeing these
extensions completed, but that however is
nit poor comfort for us.
The nx? has been very busy for some
lays past, and ere the first of July appears,
here will be but few Whigs in ofllce. "Itoation"
in office is certainly in character with
i Republican Government like ours, nnd no
?nc should grumble, though among some of
ho lato decapitated Whigs, are men who
mve grown grey in office, and yet they raise
ho ery of 44 proscription."
Government hns no use fur a set of old
ui | tern minted elerks who scarce inako their
inlt.
Recent intelligence from Mexico, leads ns
o bolievo that Santa Anna lias forimd an
illiancc with Spain to protect Mexico, from
ho ilrsigti* of tho United States. " Straws
all hoxv tho wind blow," and the marked
Itteiition paid to Santa Anna by tho Spanish
Officials in tlavana, certainly have a signiti Ant
Iftfklf II?? AU/ii *S" ---*
?... vt'ia n uuiov niiiri- liio ruiUTIl
o Mexico, proven tlint the Government is to
>o strictly a military one. Tho remains otj
ho men who fell during tlie late war w(Mr
ho United States, are to be exhumed and
leatly sepukhured, while the officers, who
mrrendered to Ol'.r arms, have been cashiered
iml degraded. The Cress is also muzzled,
ind no M leader"' can be published, until ex- i
mined by the proper authorities. Gen. Aloonto,
is to be Minister to the United 8M0ts.
Hpnin would do well to count the cost,
efore she stlempte to grasp Mexico, for
vhlle she is reaching for the sceptre of tho
dontexueraas, sho may loose her crown.
Progress manifest destiny, snd nn ovcrrnlitg
necessity, arc considered ixed facts by
fonng AmerUa, and Yomtf America knows.
Annexation is the word, and sooc Cube,
s
C- *" K '#? vn? ' ;V * *i
1 the Sandwich Island*, Central America,
Cntngonin and the North Pole, will nil be
I incorporated into this Union.
Onr city is very quiet nt present. Many
strangers arrive, but they hurry through,
scarcely taking time to say, "good morning
j John." The World's Fair is the only mugnet
of attraction, but many of those who
have been in New York for weeks awaiting
| the opening of the " Fair," begin to think
it is not altogether so fnir, that it is not
1 opened.
I INDEX.
Lakcastbrtillk, June G, 1853.
A MEETING of the subscribers to the Stock
of the Iaincaster Rail ltoad, was held in the
Court House to-day, it being the day apj
pointed by the Commissioners, for the Stoek1
holders to meet, organize, &e.
S. B.Maasey was called to the Chair, and
1 J. \V. Cooke a ppoi n ted See reta rv.
Thomas K. Cure ton, on the part of the
j Commissioners, reported that eighty thous- '
and dollars, ($80,000) had been subscribed
j to the stock of the Road, and tlint the bal'
latlce of the Stock, necessary to secure the
charter, seventy thousand dollars, (?70,001'.)
! had been taken by twenty gentlemen, who
had stepped forward and secured the chari
ter. The report, as submitted by the commissioners,
was on motion of John Williams,
received ; and thereupon Thomas W. Iluey
moved that the lames sti r Railroad Company
do now organize by the election of otlicers
j Sic., which was unanimously agreed to.
joiin >1 imams uioven loriou appointment j
of a committee of nine tu nominate olliecrs |
! for the company, whieli was agreed to, and j
j John Williams.!!. 11. Price, I). \N . Brown # j
J J. M. Ingram, Wot. II -i I, Jones Crockett
! John Stewart, Cleo. J!cC. Wilhcrspnoii, and
j P. T. Hammond were appointed by the Chair
I aaiii Committee.
j Alter a short ahsenee, the committee re]
tunrncd ami r< ported the following ticket:?
Fur Frefulr.nl.?Pixox Barnes.
1'oit Ten Directors,
ThomasW IInev,
(Jet). Met'. Witherspoon
'1', K. Ci.reton,
J. M. Ing'tim,
S. 11. Massey.
M. 1'. Crawford,
II. It. Price,
J. A. Cunningham,
P. T. Hammond,
I). W. lhown,
Upon this noniin; t'on, tlie rote was taken
! by stock and the ticket unnnitnously elected.
John Wiliiams moved that a committee of
of three be appointed, to draft rules and by"
laws, for the regulation of the company ;
I I I I... Will! ?? ? ?
tw, tiuvi ?f t * II11 ll llll.lllin, ? . /! .'I IMirC
nml J. W. Cook were appointed *.\i>l Committee.
Oil motion it na* ordered tli;it tlie procoo?liwg?ur
tliia meeting lie published ill tile
Iwuieaitter Isslgcr, nml that the paper* of
Camden, Winnaboro nml Cheater bo rci|Uca
j ted tn ropy.
The meeting then adjourned.
S. II. M ASSEY, I'rcs't
J. \V. Co<u:r., Sect'y.
? < O- ?Foit
the Ijincnr..
A Flight of Fancy.
We were in a dark forest. All wnsquiot
around us. Tho woods encompassed us on
all aides, tind in endeavoring to emerge IVom
the forest, we became more and more entnnj
gled in (lie webbed and interwoven shrubby
I which lay in our way. At last in our i libi t |
' to get into the open field from w liieh we
had wandered, we came to an open space
surrounded by trees of huge dimensions.?
| Nature was exhausted, and tired and overI
come by bodily f itigue and mental sulTiiing,
j we sat down at the trunk of ot.u larger than
i all the rest. We knew not what course to
| take, but however anxious we may have been
: to pursue our way, re were obliged to give
I way to the demands of naturemind there we sat
j dispirited?enfeebled?siek. By and by, as
| we sat with our head resting upon our hard,
a deathly sickness |K>rvnding our weak body,
I we heard a noise, mid looking up, there stood
before us a being of immense size. He h:ui
the form of man, but must have been at
I least ton feet in height. We looked with
i wonder and astonishment at this mysterious
| being, but yet we w ere not alarmed. In pcr'
son he was man, hut his countenar.ee partook
not of man's. His eyes beamed with
\ intelligence and love, arid such an inclLblc
I sweetness gleaned from the expression of
j his countenance wo had never before seen.
* Stranger,'* said tho unknown being, M yon
| are wearied and siek," and taking from a
j bundle w hich lie carried, a rial, he handed .
1 it to tn? nnil said, fc drink !" We tried to
j drink, l?nt h;td not the physical ability to
.tike tho viol; ureing this, lio applied the
I month to our lips, and ?n drank 'In* contents.
Ho then loosed hit bundle,end spread
on tho award a white linen sheet, took sonic
other artit ii # <>f clothing and made n pillow; I
after arranging n fore at pallet to his satisfaction,
ho Maid, " sleep," and we prostrated
ouraelf on tho couch, and slept. How Ion#
we slept, we know not. When we awoke,
the unknown bein# was hitting beside ??a,
and be took our hand in Ium and pressed it.
Ilia band vvj.b of icy coldness wbicb made Ut
shudder, butwt wo looked up in hia fr.ee,
such a calm, pleasant ?eteno oounteuance,
assured us " all was ri#ht." * Stranger,"
aaid the unknown being, "since yon ha\?
ffettyed Into my dominions, would you go
'beyond its confines ? Would you see that
which no inorlsl ?? ?? l"??' W....1.1 ?
.JVM ? . ?? umiu jwu ae- 1
aire lo nurvay the wotnlt w of the m|||povvn
world r Wo replied in the ufTirinntive by a
silent nod. M Coino then," said tlie stronger,
nnd ho w rapt tho linen ahcet around ua, and
tied a cord around ua ond biuiaetf. M You
will aeo much," n.iid the stringer, "much
that will fill you w ith astonishment nnd awe,
but fear not, I nin with you, nnd nil will be 1
well" Suddenly wo were lifted from the 1
ground ami on, on wo aped w ith lightning <
velocity. We left the earth behind w?. and 1
star after star in tho firmament of Heaven '
receded from our view. "Faint not." aahl Um
stringer, " wo wlil aeon be -si And |
JUML
m /w W&M
! on, on we sped with surpassing speed,
through und into the blue vnull of heaven.?
At hist we halted before n gate, the stranger
gave a peculiar rap?the gate was opened,
and wo entered. We were in a garden of
flowers, the violet was here, the lily blooded
here, and the beautiful hyacinth alstiF displayed
her chut ins in this beautiful flower
garden. A few steps brought us to a door,
over which in golden letters we read, Hope.
\\ e will enter," said the stranger, uid the
door flew open and we entered a passage.?
This passage was very nnrrotv. Tin- spirit
walked with tne some distance, v\ lu-n wo
came to n portion of the passage where tMere
was no floor, r.nd for ..bout ono hundred
yards a narrow plank was stretehed across.
The spirit halted, and wo looked beneath
the plank,?n river of bloody redness, foamed
as it rushed along with torent sw iftness.
44 What was written over the door!" said tho
stranger,?we answ ered441 lorE." Tho spirit
then moved on. ' Tremble not," said tiro
stranger?" llope." We landed safely on
tiie opposite side. I'ursm ing our course,
we came to another door, over this in golden
letters we re: d, 14 Rest." 44 Hope?Rest,"
said the stranger, and as the door opemd
we entered, "' lie bright light dazzled our
eyes. The spirit loosed us from himself,
and placed us on a downy couch. Wc fell
huppv. The air was cool and pleasant, and
ever and anon the perfume of sweet flowers
delighted our senses. The spirit sat by us,
and again he took our hand ill 1.1s. We remained
here some t.inu when the spirit again
spoke, * Shall we proceed J" said ho, and
again wc nodded, lie raised us up, nn.l
taking another vial, poured the contents on
our head?we felt refreshed and invigorated.
?4Coiuc," said the stranger, and he carried us
in his arms some distance when we emtio to
another gate. Over this we read in golden
letters?4* Jov." 4* Hope?Rest?Joy," said
the spirit, r.nd as lie pronounced th last
w ord the gate opened, and wo entered.?
'1 hero was r.o limit to the pl .eo we Were in
?it tiny be a room.a hall, hut Wo could not
can tho dimensions. Myriads of beings
were before its. The music of numberless
instruments, each playing in mcllodiotis symphony.
charmed us. - We will go in,** said
we, 44 let us go further." 4- No," s..id tho
spirit.44 not now?w? have bet n gone a long
.urn- we muKi it sa'II li.irk."
"(! ? b.ck," said w44 oh no, please do not
take us back." 44 Stranger," said the sphil,
44 before you cnn abide iuTF, you must pas*
through that f >rt st?you had only entered
it, w lien 1 found yott. That forest is death.**
The spirit again tied the sheet around us,
nnd att-.ching our person to his with the
cord, took us bi.o!< and j?l. yul us on the e.igo
of the forest, with the field we had strayed
from before us. The tear w. x in our eye,
for we would hnveubided with liitu. uS:rnnj?er,"
said lie, 44 1 know your thoughts, hut
now we must part; again, we w ill meet?
Recollect what you have seen. Recollect
the Inscriptions over the gates? Hope?Rr.sT
?Jot,** and he left us.
SOUTH CAROLINA Rail UOAD.?J. M. I>eSuuMiiru
Ksq., of' Cam.Ion. Ims Won named
its a fit person for the Presidency of (hisroad
in u communication to liiv Charleston Courier.
1 " . . 'i
ORIGINAL POETRY.
mm ? I I I I I rn - -
Foil Tlir. I KTW1KK.
MAEY OF THE INDIAN L\ND.
I saw her at lite church mul Mill,
I think I hoc her nxmv tresses.
Ait lightly she tinned o'er flic, hill,
While many were flic thoughts and gtu-sc s
Who can she ho, eloa* hv I lie stanrl J
T\\"ns Mary of the Indian Lirnl!
How beauteous did the girl appear,
In nl! the glow of maiden sweetness,
No useless jewelry was there,
Yet all her dress displaying neatness,
From shoe string to the small gloved hand,
On Mary of the Indian l.uid !
In Yorkvillr, there arc pretty girls,
And Chettterville can hoast fine ladies;
And "Tank's own Bard* hasdeck'din prails
lamcaster's child just quit her b..hies.
But when compared where will they stand
With Mary of tile Indian 1-uid !
When to our cluiroh she lately came,
All! little thought alio us returning,
That she had kindled love's wild Maine,
In II?-ry's hosoin fiercely horning,
Then from the lire oh snatch tin- ??
... . ?jri?M?Uf
Sweet Mary of the Indian I-uul \
M. II. 9.
Rich Hill, May 30.
Till Hymen bro'lhUlove delighted hour.
There dwelt go joy in F<dcn'? rosy bower!
The world wmiwl!?the garden wns s ili;
And man, the hermit, sighed?till worn U
Hiiiiled.' Camplxll.
MMIKIKO on Wednesday, June I, by
Rev. H. Donnelly, L HARRIS SMITH, SI.
I), to Mine JUI.IKT K. LNVAHT, all ot
(irronwiiml.
"7 COMMERCIALUTUT
DATES.
From I .iVEHfom. Mmwua
rrom llAVCR May I#
From Havana Mey20
Charleston Markets. MtiL
Satcrkav Mokkiso, June 4 '
Cotto*.?There was no perceptible
change yesterday. With a good deroind
and full prices, the sales reached 1100 bale*
at from 9 to 11 c.
? " " \
Columbia Marrrt, Jono 6.
There is no change in this Mj-rket.
Acknowledgments.
With thanks we acknowledge the receipt .jjjjb
r?f the following amounts in pay went of auk.
eription* to t)? Ledgor:
I. II. Wllhefspoon,Com.A Ordi'ry $113.94
UIasm Castou, II. Ih.'d, to April 14 'M
T. 1*. Hrown, L Street, " Jul* t' /H - 'ft
Jeroias Atkins, R. Phco..... ? April 11*14, 'r
W J. Flrt?l. r, P. Rock ... ? Jn?e I 'H