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"Can't Afford it."
''Cam't afford it! Too many mouths
to feed?too many backs to cover. It's
n luxury I should very much like to indulge
in?no man fonder of reading thau
I am?but can't afford it. sir."
"It's only three doll?ra a rear. L*%ss
than sixpence a week."
"I know. Hut three dollars a year will
buy half a barrel of flour and give my
family bread for a month. It's no use to
talk, my friend. I know exactly my own
ability, and know that I can't afford to
taks the niagaxine."
And thus Mr. Iiivers closed the matter
with a persevering "canvasser." who was
industriously trying to add to the subscription
list of a certain highly popular magazine.
"I think yon might hare taken it, papa,'
said Mary Hirers, greatly disappointed.
"I never sec a magazine or newspaper,
unless I borrow from Jane Tompkins, and
I know lier father grumbles at her when
ever lie catcltes her lending them."
"I might do a great many thing*, child
if I was made of money, which I am very
sorry to say is not the case," returned Mr.
Rivers. "If I could afford it, I would
take all the magazines and newspaper*
in the country, hut I can't, and so that
ends the matter."
An 1 thus ending it, Mr. llivers turned
away from his disappointed daughter,
and left the house.
Mary Rivers was extremely fond of
reading, and had time and again begged
her father to take some of the magazines
or papers, hut his uniform answer was,
"I can't afford it;" so she was forced to
borrow from Jane Tompkins, whose father
subscribed for half a dozen, and thought
the money well laid out. To have to
borrow she thought bad enough, but the
worst of the matter was, no sooner did
she bring a magazine or newspaper into
?he house, than it was caught up by one
hungry member after another, always
including her father, and its contents
devoured bv each, and this often before
fhe could get a chance to read half a
dozen pages or columns. The news^J>rr :
?J|* macazlne. whichever it mitrlif I.e. nev. r i
passed though tlio entire fumilj of Mr. I
Hirers without being considerably the j
worse for wear. The papers wore soiled, !
rumpled, ths folds worn through cr torn ;
while the magazines were sent bonis often
sadly disfigured. All this to Mary
was very mortifying, and often prevented
Iter from asking to borrow the new num
bcr? of the magazines, although, to use
Iter own words, sometimes, she was
"dying to see them."
It was a warm day in July, and Mrs
Rivers, w ho had, about sir months before
joined the temperance society, felt very dry
as he walked along the street. Before
signing the pledge, he would have quenched
a similar state of thirst with an iced
'punch or a mint julep. Now he merely
stepped into a druggist's and called for a
glass of mineral water, fir which he paid
his tip, thinking if he thought at all about
the expense, that it was the merest trifle
in the world.
An hour afterw ards he indulged iu the
luxury of a couple of oranges, at four cents
each, which tempted him as he passed a
fruit stall.
"Hirers," said a neighbor, stepping into
his store after dinnor, "it's terrible hot,
and as there is nothing doing, I've made
up my mind to take a little excursion
down the rirer in the steamboat that
Irsv ,-s Mt four o'clock. Come?go along
won't youf W e can be home by teatirao."
"I don't carc if I do," replied Rivers.
"I want a little recreation badly."
A thought of the expanse, or whether
he could afford it, never crossed his mind.
At four he was on board the steamboat
after having spent a shilling for cigars,
which were shared with his neighbor.
"Come, let's have a glass of lemonde,"
he said, shortly after tlicy were on hoard
the steamboat; and the two men went to
the bar and each drank a cool glass of
lemonade, for which Hirers settled.?
Shortly afterwards the fare was called
for. It was only twenty-five cents.
"Cheap enough," remarked Rivers. i
"Yes, cheap as dirt. No wonder the i
boat is crowded."
Twelve-and-a-halfcents more were spent |
< __ ? i.e.' I. I
by Kivers Tor an ice cream oeiore ne i
returned from the excursion, lie could
afford this very well.
On arriving in the city, between seven
and eight o'clock in the evening, it occurred
to him that, as long as he had
been enjoying himse.'f so well, he ougt
to take something home tor his family
that was a little nice. While wondering
what this should be, he passed a fruit
shop, in the window of which was a large
display of oranges.
'Til take a d< *en oranges home?that
will do," be said.
And so he went in and got a dozen
oranges, for which he paid thirty sevenand
a-balf cents; and bought, besides, a
Hp's worth of tobacco.
The extra spendings of Mr. Rivers, who
could not afford to take a magazine, were
?at day, just one dollar and twenty
or at the rate of three hundred and
dollars a year! And yet Mr. Kiv<)i#
thought himseff a very economical rnaiv
and took merit to himself for saving
on newspapers and magazines.
<">n !?? next dar. Mr. Rivers felt as if
he needed a little exercise?lie was to
closely confined in hie store?end an it
was dull, he could a* easily l>e spared as
not. So he hired a horse and sulky f >r a
dollar and a half, and took a p!ea???n'
ride to himself. Previously to his riding
.out, he aper.t a shilling in mineral water.
During tne ride, he paid to gate-keepers,
atahlc-lioya at taverns where he stopped
/or lemonade, and for what he drarri^pind
arnoked, just thirty-eight cento. Ten cunts
3n cakes for the children, laid out to satisfy
the rather unpleasant sensation he felt at
the idea of having indulged himself in a
ride while his family remained at home,
completed this day's extra e*|>enae of the
swan who could not afford to take a periodical',
the whole amount was just tw?
defect.
Da the day eaeceediag to thia, fifty
eeaU were spent fa little self indulgences;
4m seat twenty Ave rants, and on the
day after, nearly a dollar. A.ad so it went
ot, day after day and week after week,
wh:le Mary condoned to borrow from
I ydt'-h
i? ' ^
Jane Tompkins her magazines,newspapers
and books.
One day, shortly after the new magazines
for the month had been announced,
Mary called as usual upon her friend Jane.
On her table lay "Godey's" and several
other magazines.
"How much 1 do envy you!', she said,
'What would 1 not give if my father
would take the magazines-for men?you*s
does for you; but he always says that he
can't afford it."
Then Mary turned over magazine after
magazine, examining and admiring the
beautiful engravings. When she was
going away, she said?"Are you done
with 'ho Lady's llook yet!"
Jane looked slightly confused as she
replied?'Tve'read it, Mary, but papa isn't
done with it."
"No matter?'Graham' or 'Putnam'
will do."
"I'm sorry, Mary," and the color rose to
Jane's face, "but I can't let you have
I either of them. The fact is, Mary, to tell
j you the plain truth, papa lias objected
j for a good while to my lending my perii
odicals and literary newspapers, ami now
| positively forbids my doing so. ltut you
can coins and see me, Marv, and read
them here. I shall Ik* glad to have you.
Hut I need not say that?you know 1
will. I wish papa wasn't so particular;
but lie is a little curions about some
things."
Mary felt hurt, not with Jane, but at
the fact. She went homo feeling badly.
"Your friend Miss Rivers didn't get her
usual supply of reading," said Mr. Tompkins
to his daughter, shortly after Mary
lmd left the house.
"No, and I was sorry for her," replied
Jane. "She seemed hurt and mortified
when I told her that 1 could not lend them.
I'm sure, papa, it wouldn't have hurt us
at all, and it v o lld l avc been such a gratification
to her."
"Lot lier father subscribe for them, as
I do. lie is just as able."
"Hut lie thinks be cau't afford it, and
now?"
' Thinks cftn't afford it, indeed!41 said
Mr. Tompkins. "A man who speuds
two or three hundred dollars a year in
self-indulgences of one kind and anothor,
talking about not being able to afford
magazines and newspapers for Ids family
Why it costs hint more for tobacco and
cigars than it docs me for periodicals!"
"Still, papa, it is hard for Mary to be
deprived of tlicm. It isn't her fault.?
She says she often begs her father to take
them for her, but that his only reply is he
can't afford it."
"If she were the only otic concerned,
'Jane* she might have them with pleasure,"
jlMr. Tompkins. "l)ut, you see,
/fW^sn't. It is plain, from tho condition
in which the magazines come home, that
they have gone through the hands of the
whole family. That Mr. 1 livers indulges
himself in reading at my expense Iain
very well satisfied, for 1 have seen my
jieriodieals at his store more than once."
"Yes, that is the worst of it,"
"ltosidcs, Jane, I am not perfectly clear
in my own mind that it is honest towards
the publishers to encourage anything of
this kind. They go to great expense and
I labor in getting up their works, and
I certainly give the money's worth to ail
I who subscribe. Hut if every subscriber
lends to his neighbors who are |?erfectly
able to subscribo themselves, and who
would do so if they could not borrow, the
nublishers cannot be siistaine.1 op will
receive, at best, but an inadequate return.
For my part, there is scarcely anything
I would not do rntlier than borrow a
newspaper or periodical. I never have
been guilty of tint meanness yet, nnd, if
I keep my present mind, never will."
Mary Rivers, as has been seen, went
home, feeling very badly. The moro she
thought about what had occnrred, the
more she folt mortified and really ashamed
of herself for having trespassed upon Jane
Tompkins for her periodicals and newspapers,
to such an extent as to cause her
father to interfere and forbid her lending
them any more. For this fact in the
case she was not slow to infer.
"Mary," said Mr. Kivers, us he eat that
evening, listless for want of something to
read or do, "ain't none of the magazines
out for this month? Havn't you got a
'Gazrt'a,' 'Post,' o- *'Courier,' from your
friend Miss Totnpkins)"
"No papa," replied Mary.
"I thought you went there to-day."
"So I did, but Jane says her father has
forbidden her to lend the papers and
magazines any more."
"He has!" ejaculated Mr. Kivers, with
surprise and something of indignation.?
"Why was that?"
'I don't know; hut Jane said she couldn't
let me have them any more."
"It's very selfish!" said Mr. Kivers.
"very selfish! What harm could your
roading the magazines do him, I wonder!
Hut that's just liko some people! They
cannot bear to see others enjoy themselves
I and will prevent it if in their power."
Mr. Rivera felt rather uncomfortable
about this refusal on the part of Mr.
'IVnpkin". It soemed to him to be aimed
at his family. lie also felt uncomfortable
at the thought of losing his regular
i weekly and monthly enjoyment of reading
f the newspajK?rs and magazines "free gratis
| for nothing." In fact, this standing of
I Mr. Tompkins upon his reserved rights,
j hail an unhap|* effect upon the whole
j Rivera, family, Trom the father down to
little Tommy, who read tho anecdotes,
and n alory now and then, with as high a
relish as any of tho rest.
Things remained in this posture for
two or three weeks, when Mr, Rivers became
so hungry for the mental aliment
withheld by Mr. Tompkins, that he strained
a point, even though he felt that he
couldn't afford it, and went and subscribed
for a magazine. Me brought home a
couple of numbers with him, and tossing
them into Mary's lap, said?''There's reading
for you, Mary, and no thanks to Mr.
Tompkins!"
Mary's eyee and face brightened aa she
caught up the magazine.
"Have yon subscribed for it papal" sl?e
asked, eagerly."'
"Yes, dear. Yon can read yonr own
magazines now."
"Oh, I am so glad!" exclaimed Mary,
the tsars starting into her eyes.
Even though he couldn't afford ft, Mr.
Riven feft happy. On the next day, he
$ * to.
thought frequently of the delighted face
of his daughter to hen he told her that ho
had subscribed for the magazine. Before
night he determined to give her another
agreeable surprise ere the week was out.
It was Thursday. On the next evening,
when he came in, Mary sprung towards
him, and holding up n newspaper, said,
while her whole countenance benmed
with pleasure?"A man left the 'Gazette'
here to day. Did you subscribe for it,
papa? Yes, 1 know you did; your face
tells me so!"
"You seem highly delighted about it,"
Mr. Rivers said, with an irrepressible
smile.
"And so! am. I've wanted to see the
Gazette' badly."
Nor was Mary alone in her expression
of pleasure. The younger sisters and
brothers were in raptures at the idea of
having a " 'Gazette' that was all their
own to read;" and even Mrs. Rivers, who
was not of a very literary turn, remarked,
on the occasion, that a newspaper was
"an excellent thing among children," and
that, for her part, she always liked to read
i a little in them now and then, especially
' in that part containing receipts and other
| domestic matters. Not for a long time
j hail Mr. Rivers done anything that gave
I such universal satisfaction at home. Even
! though ho couldn't allbrd it, he was very
fnr fixjm repenting of this act of extra
liberality.
Many week# did not pass before another
magazine and another newspaper came
to the house, and before six months, Mr.
I Rivers was as liberal a patron of periodical
j literature as Mr. Tompkins, and this
; although lie" couldn't afford it."
A year or two have passed, but notwithstanding
the heavy additional exj
pensc of twenty dollars per aiium for
' magazines and newspapers, the mercantile
community have not yet been started by
an announcement of the failure of Mr.
Rivers, and we hope never will?at least
not to long as lie takes the magazines
and newspapers and pay# for fhetn punctually.
fonnuitiT l>friy>r.
j. . |
LANCASTERVILLE, 8. C.
Wednesday"nov. 9, \m. '
WANTED IMMEDIATELY.
| A PRINTER, ti> act in the rapacity of Foreman
in this Office. One who has a perfect
knowledge of 'he business, may hear of n
good situation, by addressing the proprietor
of this paper. A very fair price will be paid
to one well qualified.
PAY YOUR POSTAGE.
After to-day we will take no lettet'
from the Post Office to our address, unless
postage is pre-paid.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
No attention is paid to anonymous communications.
ut Editorials prepared for this paper
are necessarily laid over for want of room.
ur Tiie election for Mayor in Charleston
on Wednesday last; resulted in favor of
the present incumbent (Mr. Hutchinson) by
a majority of 465 votes.
Tl'.e reports of Commissioners of
-Public Buildings," and of the "Poor" will
appear next week.
S. It. Advoc&te.
You "guvs it up," eh, friend Rice ? Well,
we arc in a iuir.y now; after a while we
may strike you upon nnother theme.
iw The proprietor of the now hole! iu
Charleston, (the Mills House) very politely
invited us to the "Opening Dinner," to take
place on tho 5th inst; tho invitation however
did not reach us until the 7th, at which
time we apprehend all tho "good thi::gs"
were consumed. Our thanks to Mr. Nickcrson
for his attention.
LARGE TURNIPS.
Mr. John Faulkner very kindly brought
us some turnips the other day, which in j
point of size, will compare with any we have
ever seen. The one we measured, was
twenty in< hes in circumference. Mr. F. in- j
quires if this can bs heat? Stir yourselves
friends, and see if you can; this is the right j
place to bring them. Bring n goodly supply
; we can then be better enabled to judge
of yosr rrop. Our friend Mr. Faulkner,
promises us a further supply.
GENERAL MUSTER
Tun review of the 31st Regiment S. C.
Mslitiii, took place on Saturday last Although
not advertised, (which we th'nk the
Lnw directs to bo done) there was quite a
large concourse of persons in attendance.?
It gave as no pleasure to be a participant,
but emulated by a desire to do oar daty to
our country we were one of the "flat footed"
malitia of Beat Company No. 6. The
day was cool, and therefore the fstlgno of
walking and running over gullies and briars,
wss not so excessive as this exercise is daring
the Summer months. We hare per
formed military duty off and on for about
ten years, and we are certain are not anj
more familiar with Military tactics than be
fore we commenced.
On the occasion referred to, quite a mot
ly crowd were inspected by the Colonel ar<
his aids, and nlthough nine tenths of th<
Regiment appeared to us to be equally ai
ignorant as we were, the Colonel gave ui
great praise lor our warlike behaviour, am
military knowledge.
' Unmittigated humbug" said a friend o
ours iu speaking of the muster, and so saj
we.
SEBI0U8 AFFRAY.
Afticu the muster on Saturday last, at
affray of a rather serious nature occured it
this town. A difliculty took place betwaei
Archibald Flemming and Jackson Gregory
the former ntadc an assault on Gregory
and had him on the tloor, when John Grego
ry n brother of Jtckson interfered to par
them ; he succeeded in getting Flemmirif
ofT, when Jackson drew a dirk and in tin
attempt to stab Flemming, stabbed his broth
cr. It is said the blow which was aimed a
Flemming would have killed him, had no
F. thrust John G. between thsm to recvivi
it. Flemming however did not escape, fo
Jackson though still on the floor wicldvc
his dirk about iu a desperate manner, am
after stabbing his brother in two or thrc<
places, inflicted several wounds upon Flam
ming. It is thought both of the woundcc
men will recover, although Gregory is veri
severely if not seriously injured.
par The Kditor of the Free I'ress, \v<
are free to acknowledge, has a pretty hare
time,?so much of his time occupied at tin
ucasc" and "press," together with an occa
sional aching of four teeth ; yet, with nl
earnestness we feel bound to sir, he doei
ample justice to his papor. You wiil mak<
your mark yet, friend Smith. We are no
certain whether the I'ress advocates the lav
prohibiting the granting of licetxe to sei
spirits, or not. We hive written a long ar
tide on "Tflnpcrancc and Temperance So
cietics," in whidi we signify our disapproba
tion of si Prohibitary I>a\v 111 South ('nrolini
which is left over until next week. In on
views on the subject of Temperance Socio
ties, we are sure the Press will disagree will
us, but from the generous spirit which per
vades our friend's editorials, wc are also sur
he will not pounce on us too hardly. I
looks as if ws are in advance, endoavorini
to create a controversy, but the truth is, w
had no intention of doing so. We have ol
ten heard, that never mind how much s tnni
may consider himself versed in theology, h
was in danger to attempt a scripture contro
vors^ wUh a preacher. So with a Temper
sne'e cuttor perhaps,and so by barely atteinp
ting to writs a complimentary notice of th
editorial efforts of the editor of the Fre
Press, we may, in the < nd, get oursclf into
| scrape. . t
CORRESPONDENCE.
NEW YORK CORRESPONDENCE.
A leSsoh to Railroid Companies?heav
verdict against the Hudson River Roadtrial
of the owners of the Henry Clayrelief
for Young China?collection of F
gvptian A (i f i(j u i i iff?Relies of an Aneier
*1 oilet?Anti Temperance Movementsthe
lecture Season?abundance of Litci
?ry Aliment?Receipts for the Chryati
Palace and Washington Monument?Dii
tinguished Passengers by the HumholdtWull
Street Items.
New York, Oct. So, 1853.
Mr. Editor :?We who have lives an
II. L_ ii..4 a *i. * i <i
| iiiiwm 111:11 nave inn* i.ir cscspea we casus
t'o* of travel, hnvj at last some ground 1
; h<)j>c that the various railroad and nteamboi
companies will be taught the rcsponsihilit
of their position, and that human life is
thing not to bo trilled with. These corp<
rations command capital; and capital hire
lawyers, befogs juries, corrupts judges?in
word covers n multitude of sins. The in
1 munity from punishment thus long enjoye
has begotten a recklessness and a dUregnr
of life to which s? many lamentable cata:
trophies arc to be attributed. Justice, how
ever, has recently been done in one one ens
and is likely to bo dealt out in another. I
the first instance, ft vordtct lias been await
cd to Patrick Gil more, ngainst the Hudso
River Railroad Company, for $5,000. Tli
plnintitr, who is a laboring man. received
: short time, since, severe injuries from an u<
j cident on the road ; and the verdict is n
I eminently righteous one. A few more sue
| would produce a decided iocressc of cai
! and precaution.
The othor cose alluded to above, is tin
of the steamboat Henry Clay, whoso niehu
rholy destruction by fire on the Hudso
River, a year ago last summer, involved sue
a fearful loss of human life. By s variet
1 of legal shifts the trial of the officers an
owners of the boat lias boen deferred froi
time to time, with the view no doubt of le
ling the public exeitement subside,and the
cutting the thread of their responsihilit wit
a convenient nolle protcqui. But in som
way the c.iso ha* fiaally been reochod, and i
now on in our Circuit Court. It will likel
continue several weeks. The evidence thu
far given bear* hard upon tha defendant*.
The unfortunate Tung.llook-Tung dr:
raatic company, whose career in this city hn
been one succession of misfortanes, have i
last a prospect of getting home to the ric?
field* and tea-plantations of their happy *?C?
testis) Empire." Once there, I imagine the
will eschew foreign travel forever. Subscrif
tions were started in their behalf last sun
mer; but the sinouot raised was insufttcim
to take them home, and but for the ganei
osity of a generous Boston shipper, the
would probably have laid their bones to res
far from * the Flowery Kingdom." Thi
gentleman, having a vessel about start in
for Hong-Kong, ha* offered to convey U?
destitute Chtnene thither, on condition the
our Commissioners of Emigration will sup
ply them with neeemsrisn for the voyage.This
thej Beard have determined to do, sn<
?' smTv-A'.?_ ??
t our Chinese friends arc now under their enre
r preparing for the voyage. We shall miss
their familiar pig-tails iu Broadway.
An effort is being made to secure perns
nently for the city the splendid collection of
i Egyptian antiquities, owned by Dr. Henry w;tj,
b Abbott, and obtained by hicn during a twen- .^ ^
? ty years' residence in Egypt. They have ,
born on exhibitiou for some time in this city, .
1 nnd have been visited by great numbers, who g
have manifested the greatest interest in them. ^ ^
f The Gallery contains over 1,000 articles that
' in yo
f are relics of ancient times, some of which go , .
. , . . . , , cle is
far back into rcmoto antiquity, to the ages jf
just subsequent to thddelug?. Among those ,
curiosities may bo mentioned the ear-rings
and necklace of Menes, the lirst Pharaoh, ^
1 who flourished 1700 ysars before the Chris- , ' .
1 tian era; and who, it will be aoen, tnanifus- u
1 ted the same love of ornament which has ^
' ever characterized the negro race, whether .
? spruug from Ethiopia or Congo. There are ^
* also signet-rings of Cheops, the builder of ^ ^
1 one of the pyramids, and of Shoofoo, who ^ ^
? wielded the sceptre just 4,150 years ago.? J0hn
s But what particularly interests tlis ladies in ^
this aollection, is the insight it gives them ^
* into the domestic life of the Egyptians.es- .
1 pecially that of their own sex. They can '
! examine the jewels and ornaments, the rouge ^
r and cosmetics, the brushes and combs, the ^ ^
' gaiters and petticoats, which helped to form
^ the gear of perhaps the brighest belle that
E adorned the swarthy court or flirted with the ^ .
" imperial blackamoor himself. Tho ?f
* the Egyptian lady of forty centuries since is jj,c*1
' here thoroughly anatomized. So is her iar- .
dor ; you have numerous specimens of crack- "e"'
ore and bread, end divers suapicioiis-iookiug
b *nd nondescript compounds which wore no
1 doubt regarded as delicacies by tho sncient ^
i Egyptian palate. Pieces of false hair wor.
thy of I'halon, children's dolls as natural ?
1 tho crying-babies now so popular, the slate ?
nnd pencil of the young ides in ancient times, '
[> knitting needles for fair fingers and the cmt
broidery which tlicy produced, besides s col- path;
t J Icctiou of liuman and bestial mummies, more prom
1 i or less disgusting, which no visitor would Mro r
. like to have ' between the wind and his no- dy I
- bility"?all those enrich the catalogue of Or. "co*
Abbott's Q itlery. The collection is indeed T'
! excellent, surpassed by no private oue now truo
r in existence, and by very few of the royal John
_ museums of Europe. plan)
h Tho active movements of tho Temperance lt n'"
Men, and the excitement they are endeavor- 1
c ing to produce in favor of the Maine Law *'
t has led to sn extensive organization among hurt.
p our foreign citizens, particularly Germans not I
e and French, for the purpose of resisting all ncigl
r- measures which have this law in view. It Di
n is not the liquor-selling bnt the liquor-drink- ucss,
c itig interest which has prompted these meet- of E<
>- iogs and tho measures to vv hich they have di.mi
led. The fifty thousuud Germans in our city they
i- have a voice not to he despised at the ballot- woul
a box; and :vs they have adopted tho most de- seen
e teruiined resolutions, appointed cisumittecn, p,
a funned Unions, and in fact taken every atop to j-r
necessary lor a distinct political organiz.i- pjc ,
tion, they will no doubt exert a wide and ,pj
pcrmnmcnt influence in our elections. The
. , , , , ..... tittle
resolutions adopted declare the Maine I.iw
to be " final real, oppressive and une.mstitu- #
tioual and calculated to prepare the wav for
. . 3 . , are v
successive and continued interference with q(
_ tho rights of individuals." John
? The Is-ctnre season has commenced in did'r
" good earnest. I^ist evening Park Benjamin
_ delivered his somewhat worn out discoti'se *,n |j,
p. on "Americanism," in the Hope Chapel; nu|
d while Thomas P'Any McGce commonced a u,e ,
course in tho Tabernacle, on the " Catholic then
Histoiy of America." The evening was ex- w>n|
ceedingly inclement, and the audiences at w|lou
both place* wcr* emphatically ainall. I)r. p,e <
d Dorcnius also held forth on the "Mosaic and cnn
I- Scientific Record of the Creation." To-uior- gtroi
>t row night R ibbe R p't.icl discourse* on ?$,
it "Russia:" it la to be Imm-.l Ih-il I.? will
- " b--v |cn ,
y tho old Bear of the North his deserts. On Johr
a Friday, I)r. Oliver Wendell Homes, the fun- anij
>- ny man of Boston, begins his series In-fore ^
sa the Mercantile Library in Hope Chapel.? q
a "Wordsworth" will be the subject of bis grjn
i- initial lecture ; the remaining topics are to
d be "Religious Potty," Byron and Moore; mV
d '-Keats," ' Shelley," and "Tennyson and
i- Brow ning." Or. Marshall Hall, of London, u|
r. at the request of his proiessional brethren Mj
o, of this cltv, has delivered two diseonrscs be- ?j
n fore them in which he explained his peculiar t,?
J- theory of the nervous system. It is also stsn
trd that the well Known I'hiladi Iphis engi- ^
ie neer, Oliver Byrne la about commencing aa
mong us a course of i/octnrcs on " The Art
of War," to be illustrated w 1th diagrams ; so jQ
a you will see that we have no lack of intel- wc ^
h Is tual aliment combined with our evening ^
e entertainments.
The nttendsnee at the Crystal Palace con- mmmm
it tinues excellent, ths rcccip's averaging sbent ^
i $t000 per day. The eontributioos to tha our'l
n Washington Monument amoontto 9577A.30. t|1M
h Professor Milliman, B. I*. Johnson, and Bsm'l i?|m
y Webber have been appointed Commissioners was
d of Juries for the awarding of prizes. usua
? The Humboldt sailed for Havre on Sutur- mm|l
I- day last, with a number of distinguished
n pissengers. Among these weru Hoo. Louis .
h M-Lane, Hon. Lewis Cass, Jr., Hon. John
* A. Dix's family, Mrs. Commodore Hill, Cap>
tain Wyman, and the Ravels
f Wall street has seldom been In such a state ,p
'* of feverish excitement as It waa daring the f|U>#
greater part of last week, owing to the un- OT0r
t- preeedentod depression of stocks, the scarei- rR? ,
* ty of money and the rumored failure of s?v. otf.
d eral leading bankers. The panic, however,
has now subsided. thnowS
- , - vvaia Villain I ^
* fearfully low. Cotton is a little more attire, (-<;??
7 1393 bales changed hands yesterday at for- j^yjr
* mer prices. Breadstuff* hare fallen alight- q(W
> ly. Good Stats and Western brands floor <J?cli
I range between $0.63 and 1.7ft. Good Obic
"* Wheat atanda at ?1.00.
\ Yosr truly, HUDSON. D.
that
, _m mm f||gH
tW Dr. Irsa, formerly Bishop of Cs??
t North Carolina, b reported to hare fln?
bhsd his controversial work, containing ^,
. hb reasons for going omr to the Roman itba
4 Catholic bi(h. ofhn
Ciuntmmiration.
t
fox the L.kdckr.
t. Editor:?When people sympathise r
nn unfortunate fellow being, it la uaual t
y ask it, for Editors to give a place io t
paper for an expression of there sym- ^
if it is desired to make it public.? 1
i purpose of this sort chiefly, and also
ply inport to no article that appeared
ur paper of the 30th ultimo this arti- 1
inserted.
i the article alluded to a this para- j
ow if yos think the above plan advisa- *
ind think proper, you may appoint your ^
>le servant John 8ly, for inspector for |
pper part of the District."
w Mr. Editor could a man out of ira- c
nent in"?re modestly ask for nn office, t
has John Sly or could any man who t
ny business of his own, seek to attend t
>f his neighbor more modesty than has '
Sly in this paragraph, in addition to
all who know him will testify that he
inently qualified by nature, aa well as '
any years of practice for the ofli ;c he '
t8". I
^withstanding these claims John has (
'eccivcd from you the appointment he j
ts ; r.nd it has wonderfully affected him.
loops in his walk and looks dejected ;
s never heard to converse about his ap- ,
lion for office. Thie rebuff that John (
net with, han given mortification to his ,
is, and they hereby lend in him their
sat condolence in his applications. And
will please give notice that the citizens ,
e upper par', of the District arc rcqties |
o meet on an early day at the pLce
e W. J. rented a certain plantation,
us resolution expression or their sym
f with the aforesaid John Sly. (
> v after the shove expressions of ?ym '
i", let us notice the article itself; and we '
lise that we ahull do ?o timidly, for we j
lot disposed to hurt one who is all reaI
urt by disappointment in getting of
?
tere was a plantation to rent, that is ,
as preaching. Who owned it! Did i
Sly? The agent so rrpreaeiito*'. The ?
lation rented for about and the
its rented their subs at an advance of
percent. (
lere come the speculation 1 hope it donl i
A fine spec it was ; John you should
>e displeased with the luck of your
libor*.
it as you dont scetn to like tlie busisuppose
you apply to (he next Court
quily and have \Y. & J. appointed guar?
for yourself and agent. We think
would serve and then the plantation
Id yield you more than now, as tliey
i better i-killrd in renting land,
it that fish story. Ah, John yon ought
low- that the time is gone by w hen j?eo- |
.wallowed fish stories,
lie fi?li story is no go. You made it a
i just a little too big. I will let the fish
r go. But John dont try your hand on
ike story, fish stories and snake stories i
vorn out; even a little one wont take, j 1
ie word Mr. Kditor about llut lottery |
i wrote you. John told that well? 1
it he ? Humor says that John was that '
>r partner in that transaction and still is J
ie course. It was the senior who acid'
It scctua John was hard run to raise J
leedfuli |o purchase lottery tickets ami j"
p in, you may see one reason why he 1
U'd office. However rather than reason j
ild desert her throne W. &. J. will give
100 per cent they have made, and John j
then go into the lottery epeci lation
'ffame
people may ask w hy we have writ,
this long article. Well we will tell.?
i is fond of writing from Fort Ixiokout
wc w ish togiie him a chance,
n anecdote will illustrate our answer,
nee upon a time an old I^idy sent her
dson to set n turkey. On hie return she
d hiiu
tommy have you act her T
fea Grandma."
Txed the nest up nieely r
lighty fine Grandma."
low many eggs did you put under her T ,
>ne hundred and twenty Grandma."
Vhy J^animy what did you put so many
ir her for J**
randuia / iranted to tee her tj/reaj her
hn 8ly will pip-h into tl.is article, and
tave made it long just to see him spread
elf. 1
ONK KYKD RILEY.
orrou crop.?We are assured by
formers that the Sale frost baa cut off
cotton crop at least one fourth?
mghout the up-country, the cotton
aeveral week, later in opening than '
I, which, with the killing frost, will '
e Uie crop fall far short of what was 1
rtpatcd. Tlie effect we think, will
ie rise of cotton to a reasonable
, we would ml viae our farmers not to .
11 th? Pre?ct?t low rates,?Catrille <
>ry?o) Standard.
t> Cur, Coast.?Take a little com.
white-lead, ground in oil, planter it
ssm wir uii w dfof ?ih1 w
?round it to keep it from rubbiug
Thin M said to giro immediate relief.
ibkl.?II. U. Bobineon, oditor of the
inati Enquirer Hm instituted a suit, (
f daroagea at, 20,000 dola., against
sral F. H. Cary, the temperance |
timer, lor slander iaaued through the |
Organ. ,
t atm or isnnr.?It will be reoolleeted ,
the Syracuse resetters of Jerry, the
ire slave, took him into Kingston,
sda. Aocouats from there state that
ied on the 10th instant. Peroral of
iboikionfcts who rmsd him from
and* of the United fkatm author- |
hare yet to sixhrgs a trial for (he ,
'MIkm 1
A boy in Peterborough, Va., a few
Inys since, got a quarter dollar in bis h
broat, and after repeated attempts, by
thysician*, to extract it, the coin was final- I
j crowded into his stomach, where it still |
oroains. It remained in his throat tweay
hours, the boy, of course, suffering much I
min, which he bore with great fortitude,
te now appears well, but hie throat is
l*jite sore.
Nrws From Wasikkotok.?We copy
he following from the Star: a
"Accural* Wort.?Wc hear that since |
he 20th of October Inst, the l\?t Office it
)?}partment ha* distributed among the 7}
-srious postmasters of the country postage
tamps nnd stamped envelope* to an ag- . 1 .
rregate amount of three million* and a
inlf dollars.
These stamps and cnvelojier are in
lomination for one cent, three cents and
welve cents. After taking an ac-count of
he balance on hand, it is found that
hose thus sent (Hit are accounted for to?
vith-iti 100 dollar*' worth or so.
1
F. L. Zkmp.?Wo arc gratified to sfat?
lint, at the last account* from Dr. Zeinp,
ic was improving, and it was believed ho
*ould recover with the I >es of but one
eg. We under* tand that tho injuries
ipon bis body are not as serious as at
irst apprehended.? C. Journal. . 1
Wasiiino Flankel ?Enclose new Ahuicl
in a bag; put it into a boiler with
:o!d water; heat and boil it. It will nev:r
shrink any more after this operation.
jy Charles Diekens compute*, that ^
vnc-sixth of the English people gain their
ivelihood from the trade with the United
states.
jar ti ie Directors of the New-York
Jryatal I'alaee have resolved to keep the
?xihition oism through the v inter, instead
>f closing it in Dccend>er, as they had
>rev tously contemplated. It is said that
"rom the first of ScplcmU-r to tlia present
lay, the receipts have been highly *atsfart.rv,
averaging four thousand dollar* . ,
ir more a day, while the current expanses
ire hut $600. The receipts of ti e fortlight
ending on th* 22d ult, were fifty ight
thousand dollars.
jy Lucy stone mentions, as one of the
six objections to a woman's being ma ri <1, !
hat she losses the control of her children.
From the Tyler (Texaa) Telegtr.pl*.
[?v nrQfi.sT.]
COMMITTEE KEPORT. -1
Your comniiltee to whom was referred
the matter of reporting suitable resolutions, $
upon the occasion of the death ?>f Bro. .Me under
Dotigl .ss, have h.:d the * me nlater
i-oiisider.ition, beg leave to report the following:
That, Whereat, It it hi* pleased the Supreme
Architect of tin- Universe, to <e II fr- m
Lbor in this earthly laidge, to represent in
tlie celestial Imdgc aliorc, our worthy Tiro' Iter
Alex. Dough-as. who cs|Hfed at his reripeuc-in
this ]>l?cc. on the morning of tho
19th inst. And, Whereas, he bore /with
christian fortitude?characteristic of the Order
of which he wr.s a worthy metiilier?his
severe illness?the dI*|>ensation of that
(irund Msster. who has called him to llo.t
Io>dge fclmve, not made with hands?ctern I
in the heaven*. And, Where;.*, we bow* in
humble submission to the dcovp of divine
Provldt nee, wo feel constrained to nay tlds
last sad tribute to the menu ry of a departed
brother. Therefore,
RrHtli ftf, That wo *inecr?ly deplore the
loss of Brother Douglas*, and truel v *ymp?thixe
with Uie afflicted widow and fanrily in
thi*. tlieir sad bereavement. We e outd
commend to them the consolation of that
good spirit w hiv.li was so graciously in*tin
feftcd I*' Id* last in.?1
...vmkhm aim nr sincerely
trust ni.iv br Iho means of u jluilutit re-union
in heaven.
Rttfhrd, Tliat we Wear the usual liadgo '
of mouruing for the usual times, and that a
ropy of these Resolutions bo handed to the
In-reared of the deceased, and also to the
Tiler Trlejjraph for publ!*.ton.
Signed by JACK DAVIS,
M. (I, 1MKIICE,
W. a. CALDWELL.
Committee.
~ COMMERCIAL-"
LATE8T DATES.
From IjTiirnoL Oct.19
From Hint Get IS
From Havana Oct. 91
CharlRiton XirktU
Saturday Moinibs, Nov. 4,
COTJX)N.?There was a good demand
for Cotton to-day, the transactions haviag
reached fully H00 bales, at about the prices
current when we closed oor weekly report,
at prices varying from 8k to 10| cents.
Columbia, Nov. ft.
COTTON.?Our cotton market yester,
waa active and buoyant, with prises steadily
advancing. 80 bales okanged hands, at pvt.
c?s varying from to l| cents.
MARRIAGES.
Tin Hymen Lro't his love delighted hour,
There dwelt do joy In Eden's roey bower?
The world wee and!?the garden was e * ildt
And man, the hermit, sighed?till woman
smiled.' Campbell.
MARRIED, in Somterville 8. C? on
Thursday evening the 97th ultirsore by the
Rev. Donald McQueen. MR. ROBERT J,
DICK sod M188 CHARLOTTE B..daughUr
of Win. M. DsUrme, Esq., all of Som*
tar District.
AliK), In PWkene eo. Ate. on the 18th
Art, by the Rev. JF, Bradshaw, Mr, P. P.
INGRAM, of Kershaw DteC 8. C.,to Ml88
MARGARET A onlv daughter of the late
Rob't Ingram, of Ihe farmer pUa*.
DEATH8. w *
Dunt hmi ft ffttk Out mast ht trod,
If mm WftftM ?w jwm to ^
DEPARTED tkfc life ?? tb* Stk toot,, *4
4. Mmm ndlMN, Mr.
ijrd 99 yfftft Ju BtoftOw md f iipw
f%y>
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