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A FAMILY DINNER. My Friend's Story. '* Rut, really, Mrs. Robinson is a very excellent lady. You certainly must have given hor some cause of offence." My friend laughed. ''You are right," he said; 'she is, as you say, a very excellent lady, and 1 am as sincerely sorry for having olFended her as a iuan can be; but 1 did offend her a good many years ago, and irrecoverable sauk in her estimation. Mrs. ltobinson has never forgotten the offence, and I verily believe never will for give it. Un my word, I am sorry, but it cannot be helped.*' "And tbe offence ?" " Was a very innocent one on my part, 1 assure you; though I can scarcely think of it now without a blush at my superlative simplicity. It taught me a lea* . son though." "Which was?" "Never to accept a gentleman's invitation to a family dinner. 1*1' tell you all about it," said my friend; and forthwith ho told the following talc: It was several years ago, as I told you, and I had been some days in London?a place, by the way, that I hate like poison. 1 had business to transact %ith Robinson, uud called at his office about noon. I dine at two precisely," said he, when our busbies* was concluded, "and if you'll look in and take diuuer with us quite in a family way?" Now Kobinson, you know, is an old friend of our family; and that, one might have said was sufficient warrant for his invitation. Moreover, I had been paying him money, and that, perhaps might have been considered a second warrant. And at the back of these, Mr. and Mrs. Robinson had Rpent a week, only the summer bcfore, at my father's house in the country, where they had been entertained with his accustomed hospitality. So, taking all things into consideration, 1 was weak enough to clinehe the invitation with an acceptance, before 1 knew what I was about. I was rather vexed directly afterwards, though that I had not refused ; for the truth is, I was hungry at the time, and had planned to step at once from Robinson's office to certain dining rooms in the city. Now, if there is one redeeming feature in London, it consists in its facilities for eating and drinking. The very beau ideal of dining is to be attained only in a London dining room. I don't care what you may think of my taste: but for <roo?l mr>nt ?ml - ? well cooked, comfort, and freedom from all ridiculous ceremony, u London dining house against all the world. It happened that on that day I had planned my dinner to a fraction?where to dine, what bos to occupy, what joint to fix upon, what vegetables, what pudding, what cheese. 1 had deferred reading the morning paper that I might look ?t it there at my leisure. I had foreordained my afternoon engagements also. And all this I was weak enough, as I said before, to set aside, to oblige friend ltobinson, by taking a family dinner with him. Well, as I left bis office the church clock opposite struck, one, and 1 had an hour upon my hands. I had a call to make two or three miles away; but to go there and rotnrn punctually to Itobinsou's at two o'clock precisely, was out of the question; so I had no resource but to saunter away the tedious hour that intervened. I passed my dining rooms with a sigh of recognition, stared in at the shop windows, walked down to Cheapside, entered St. Paul's Church yard, looked up at the clock, and found that a quarter of an hour bad barely been consumed. To while away the succeeding half hour, I passed up tho stops and entered the north door of tho cathedral, deposited tho demanded two pence in the outstretched hand of tho janitor, nnu sauntered among ihc monuments?timing my proceedings so a*o11 that on retracing my steps and reaching the door of Ivobinson's private residence, the clock was on the point of striking two. " So far, well," I thought; "I shall not be accused of keeping the family dinner waiting at all events ; though ( dare say ray friend Robinson is got in by this time. Ho said two precisely, I rcinomber." And 1 boldly rang the bell. "Mr. Robinson is in, I suppose ?" I asked of the servant, who answered the summon*. "No, sir, he is not at home." "Oh, ho soon will be in, I dare say; ho said he should be at home by two. Is Mrs. Robinson within ?" "Yes, sir. What name, sir I" And after these formalities were duly gono through with, I was ushered into a mill pari jr. and informed that Mrs. Robinson would "be down" directly. Well, I sat and sat, and could not avoid hearing a hurrying and skurrying along j the passages, up stairs, and down stairs, i e .1 ;~-?i ... i AIRl 101 WiytUIMg 1 Know, in my lady's chamber. At length, after a quarter of an hour's delay, daring which lime I had been nervously fidgeting about and longing every moment to hear friend Robinson's ring of the l>ell, ami foot in the pasaage? the door slowly opened, and in walked Mrs. Robinson. She was evidently?or rather as f guessed, though righlly?been caught in dishabille, and has been occupied evor sh?ce my arrival in setting herself to righ.s, or whatever elt^s the ladies may cnJJ it. Of course, this did not tend to> make mo welcome, though to do the lady justice, she was too well bred to show any particular sighs of displeasure. On the contrary, indeed, she received me with tolerable cordiality?was glad te see m? am! so forth?inquired how Jong I Itnd twsu in London, how friends were in the country, how long a stay I intended ranking, and all that aort of thing. "This is all -very well," thought I, "but it savs nothing about dinner, and f am half famished. What can Robinson mean by not keeping his appointment f <**... Fire minutes, perhaps?and perhaps tei, the serving up thejjjfl L in, Pltke fl IH : - idrL. I *$*-' | nature. IIow shall I manage it to set i her feet ami hands at liberty, and her [ heart at rest i" "I hope 1 am not detaining you mad [ am?" I stammered at last, for want of something better to say. "Ifyou will al I low me, 1 will take a book and amuse myself till?" Mv huly could scarcely repress a start of astonishment, which plainly said, what on earth does the man mian ? She did not say this verbally, however, but supplied its place w ith, "Did you wish tosee Mr. liobinson particularly ?" "Why, my dear madam," I replied, with a faint attempt at a smile, "I certainly did expect to see Mr. Robinson ; ho told me that two o'clock precisely was his dinner hour." This time there was no disguising her real feelings?Mrs. Robinson's brow darkened like midnight. It was plain enough now?what I had only surmised before? that Mr. Robinson had not thought it necessary to give his lady due notice of his expected guest. Perhaps he had forgotten the invitation he himself had given two hours before. Most likely so, 1 thought for the hands of a dial on the mantle piece were pointing to half past two, and no Mr. Robinson, i "I am afraid," I said "that there has I been some slight mistake. Mr. Robinson certainly asked me )o dine with him at two o'clock; but perhaps it is not convenient. And as he probably has been detained" ? and I arose and put my ! hand on my hat. I had b-tter left i this unsaid ; it put the capping stone ! on niv forfeiture of Mrs. Robinson's good. | Nobody likes to have the countenance I read faithfully at all times. ,.r> 1. - Ix int, iiuii i? iiiiuw ui silUII <\ mill K US leaving," Mrs Robinson exclaimed with a I grim smile. "Most happy to see you at our poor table. I dare say Mr. Robinson j will be in soon; most likel; as you say, j lie lias been detained in bis office, lie often is. Perhaps you will be so kind as to ixxcusc me for a few minutes. Mr. Robinson won't be out long, I am sure." And without waiting for a reply, the lady disappeared more hastily than she had catered the parlor. Thinks I lo tn.* myself, "Here's n pretty mess! If I could but make my exit unseen, I would." And I blushed to my j I fingers' enda, till they fairly tingled.? ! "Ilang all family dinners, and the men who invite their friends to them!'' I un consciously ejaculated, as I reseated myself in a mood of desperate resignation. Friend Robinson's house was not a very large one, and it was not long before I heard distinctly enough, the opening and shutting of doors not over and above gently. The street door was opened and shut, and opened and shut, again; but 110 Mr. Robinson. Soon afterwards, from the region below, I fancied I heard the sounds of fizzing and frying or something akin to it. Then in the dining room adjoining the parlor in which I sat?not a couch of roses, by any means?I heard the creaking of an uplifted tnble flap, the rattling of plates, the clattering of knives, forks and spoons and the jingling of glasses. "Come," thought I; "it will be all right at last. But that Robinson?where can the man have got to?" Thanks be praised; the door bell rings at last?a loud, sharp ring, which none but the master of the house is privileged to give?and enter Mr. Robinson. "Ila, you have been here before me, I see," said be, trying, as it struck 1110, to look unconcerned; "I have been detu ned, but, better late than never;" and he applied his hand to the bell. "Tell your mistress that I am come in, Sarah," said he, when the girl entered, fi ery red in the face. "Dinner is ready, I suppose!" "Mistress says I am to tell you that it will he ready in a quarter of an hour, sir," said the damsel. "Bless me! Does your mistress know what time it is:" exclaimed Mr. Robinson, looking at bis watch, which, as well as the dud, pointed to a quarter of three. Mistress wants to see you, sir, for a minute, if you please," continued the girl, evading her master's question altogether beside the mark. Mr. Robinson was obedient to the summons, and disappeared. It is no use?if people will talk loud, it is absurb in them to expect other people will put tiicir fingers to their ears. I told you just now that friend ltobinson's house was not a largo one. And it was a very sonorions one. Now, these circumstances put together, will exonerate mc from the charge of listening?which I did not.? The fact is, I could not help hearing? First, a gentle murmuring in a female voice, from some place below stairs? sounding very much like a remonstrance, hut the import of which I could not, and ^ I did not [mrticularly wish to mako out; i though I might possibly guess at it. [Concluded next wcek.J Lkasi-rr Hours.?In what way can j your leisure hours be tilled up, so as to turn to greater account, than in profitable reading I Young men, do you know how much is depending on the manner in which yon spend your leisure hours f Ask the confirmed inebriate where ho first ; turned aside from the path of sobriety, and if his memory be not gone with his reason, lie will dwell with painful recollections upon the leisure hours ho once enjoyed. Ask the victim of crime when he j : took his first step in his reckless career, and you will probably remind bun of the i leisure hours he enjoyed in his youth,? 1 On the other hand do you ace a man who ' was once in the humble walk*of life, now moving in a sphere of extended usefulness? he husbanded his leisure hours. Multitudes whose names look bright in the ) constellation of wortlues owe their elevation to the assiduity with which they improved the interval tfrey onjoyed from the pursuits of the plow, tire awl or the anvil.! I'hey substituted the study of naefnl books ' lor those trifling amusements which insi- i duously lead tho unwearjr in patli of profligacy and vice. Tim loaaea paid by fourteen stock insn ranee offices, m Statostreet/ Hoston, during the last five years, almost reach tire large sent often million of dollars. Of1 ! this anurant *7>74,4*4 59 were paid on i tuarid^ losses. 1 ; I THE LEDGER.' LANC ASTERVILLE. S. C. Wednesday" may 2, ma. Agents for the Lancaster LedgerNew York V. B. Palmer. Philadelphia E. W. Curr. Charleston Wai. Dew cos East Bay Camden Z. J. Pellny. Terms of the Ledger. One copy, one year $2.00 Five copies (each $1.75) 8."75 Ten do " $ 1.50............ 16.00 ' Fifteen do " 1.33& 20.00 i Twenty do " 1.35 25.00 c-.-i. :? -a -I-. ? - ~..I tiuttuu v nittiijn. 1-%\I JIUJIVT >*111 be stopped until paid for unless \vc choose to. We have a fine assortment of Job Type, and are prepared to do any kind of Job Work, with neatness and despatch. Our correspondence crowd on us so this week, we have little room left for editorial but we hope in our next to give our friends soinc news, if we can gather any in the mean lime. ?9* The Fifth Annual Fair of the South Carolina Institute was well attended.? Hon. J. L. Orr delivered the address, which will be found in another eoluinn, and which every farmer ought to peruse. We noticed a great many articles were sent from the country to the Fair. There is some rumor of having their next meeting in Columbia, which we think, being the Capitol and centre of the State, would be a much more appropriate place for it. EDITOR'S TABLE. Godey's Lady's IIook for May has been received, and is, as usual, filled w ith interesting and instructive matter. "The Motherless Child" is a beautiful engraving, and the fashion plate, from its splendor and taste, no doubt will bo very acceptable to the ladies. Price, with Ledger, only $4. Graham's Magazine is also licfore us, and each number we get, is bolter, if can be, than (ho last. It is filled with useful knowledge on all subjects, beautiful engravings, fashion plates and patterns for all kinds of embroidery. Those ladies who arc fond of needle work would do well to subsetibc for it. Price, with Ledger $4. CORRESPONDENCE. CHARLESTON CORRESPONDENCE. Charleston, April 24, 1855. Mr. Kiti tor:? | Local intelligence lias so mtuli of the tiresome domesticity, that I have concluded to make my present letter of a different tenor, and make an essay at a more weighty subject. He, whose sentiments arc; truth, justice and the constitution, may be trusted, in him you may confide, and in such a man seo the walks of an exemplary citizen. The man of truth always had, and ever will have, God on his side. It is certainly a very beautiful motto, that adorns tho front of your journal, tvlioro in lunrvnor?o /\f i? ?/* ?*1 !* " n | says, "Chained to no party's arbitrary ! sway, we cleave to truth where'er she leads the way." In view then of the bold spirit of the press; which thank God, has unrestricted reign in exjtounding the annals of our land, I would Rue for a place in the ranks of those, who have fearlessly mounted the platform of public declaration, and beg the grant of your attentive car, in listening to the words that speak aloud the horrible present; must it not arouse feelings of terror when we take an imagery survey of the great theatre of the world, and are compelled 4o couple the words of war, famine and pestilence with this pa'estinc of man ? it arouses one's mind to the solemn fact, that the nincteeth century is an eventful epoch, and kindles the awful contemplation of that great future; that high tribunal, before which you and I must some day stand the last trial. The lantern that reflects ita rays of light upon this dark scene, will never extinguish; the pen that has chronicled the coming of a judgment day, is ready to confirm its consumation, and we cannot other, than realise the unfailing authenticity of tho sacred oracle, where we And "Ye will hoar of wars ami rumors or wars, lor nation snail ( riae against nation, and kingdom against , kingdom; and there shall be earthquakes I in diven places, and there shall be famine 1 and troubles; these are thefbeginntng of { sofrowe." Wqj;M that I held the pen of ' msprrntion, that 1 had but the capacity of rjj l.tnguuge, and conld wioW word* with tbfj I r^B' #'u.' . dexterity of their meaning; that I niiglii give vent to the emotions of my heart, 01 move the soul to n sense of its danger.? Man surely tempts divine providence toe bold and recklessly, and it is love, thai has withheld the Almighty from inflicting a preexisting torment, which like a worn; would so gnaw the human frame, as tc annihilate with slow wasting the vitals o this less than brute creation. Were w< to elevate our souls, and concentrate oui thoughts to the magnitude of his munifi cence, there would ensue an universal quiet the atmosphere itself would contain ib blessing, and waft its benign influence tc the uttermost parts of the earth. See your oriental grandeur now, wlial has it come to, it is there the sword i? washed in crimson, it is there the cannon is spitting out fire and abomination, where the firmament is shadowed with the va por of death. And it is there that* the blood veins of mortals are emptied in streams, to swell the tide of the red ocean Suffice that the curse of God will l?e en tailed, and descend with the wrath of entire consummation ami the hurling of these blood thirsty criminals into the fathomless pit of eternal pnrdilion. Look at the ninny judgments of God, upon land and water, their rapid succession and see how many souls are engulfed iu "that bourne from whence no traveler returns," tiic ravings of falacy nr.1 here taught whom to glorify for the life wo enjoy, and nt a time when least expected, the visitation of sentence meets the terrestrial nilfrrim iiniimnaMkl. -T-- 4 O | .X|.?.VVM What is the attitude of affairs in our own beloved country, whoso infancy was nursed with the parental care of a Washington, a Jefferson, and other philanthropic benefactors, sec, they have hardly left its cradle, and the promising youth is left to the seditions of the world. Before our lines are being invaded, the tall spires ol liberty arc (ottering at the blast of pollution, the collosnl pillars of our laws and institutions are quaking to their very foundation, and the very posterity of our benefactors is being reeled into oblivion. In new then of impending danger that arc troubling our western orb, in the form ol finbryo symptoms of eclesiasticnl derangement, it behooves every true American to L>e on the rampart, treading his watch, and allowing none, hut him lliat has the proper countersign to pass the sentinel at the post of our glorious Union. If on no other spot of the wide world it could be let pure and undcfiled religion pervade our land, nud i^rognise the only true xnd firing God. The laws of this nation extend to every one of its subjects the privilege of a free exercise of faith, yet the liberty of any sect assuming the prerogative of exclusive swav, is reserved.? Itoman Catholicism you no doubt have dready anticipated to he the theme, it is the matter;?this usurping demon or hepagon is gaining great ascendancy, and t is this terrible svurgc that is stalking )ttr hallowed soil, which has impregnated he hellish designs of idolatry. Let us tie touiicc this so called "Christ's Vicar Gen ral," exterminate him ami his prelacy, hat is striving to plant the absolute supremacy of the Church of Itome on our thristian soil. Let warning he sent to very living soul to avoid the seduction of Itese Catholic I'riests. Let every leaf of lie field, every bird of the air, he stampsd with the caution of thcae Jesuits. The present attitude of Po/xry is indecd^tlarmng, every step that fraud and debauchery an, is not in keeping with this execrable ?ope. We know what the monks of the burth century were, and know what they ire the present day. Watch tin Traitorft, catch them / The intrigues of these men lad even to he discountenanced in Romish fountries. They were expelled from Rutland l?y n proclamation of 1004, and Venice in 1005- They were banished roin Franco by an edict from the King in 1704, and also put down in Spain 1700 ind suppressed by Pope Clement XIV. t is the greatest friend we hare to dread. enclose a slip from a work just issued rout the American Press, which exposes ho horrors of this anlichrislian sect, it is lie "Jesuits Oath." "I, A. II., now in the presence of Alnighty God, the blessed Virgin Mary, the sleased Michael the Arch angle, the bland M. John (lie Hnblist, the lioly Apostles it. Peter and St. Paul, and all the saints in<l sacred hosts of ileaven, and to you ny glosliy farther, do doclaro from my icart, without mental reservation, that His Holiness, pope , is Christ's Vicar ienorl, and is the true and only Head, iy the virtue of the Keys of binding and oosing, giren to Hi* Holiness by my Savior Jesus Christ; he hath powder to lepose heretical Kings, Prinees, Stair* Common wraiths, and Government*, all 'triny illegal without his sacred confirmation, and that ley may safely he des royetl, ;he*efore, to the utmost of my power, I (hall and will defend this doctrine, and His Holiness* rights and and custome against all usurpers of the - heretical authority, especially aganst the new preened Authority ami Church of England, md all adherent*, in regard that they ?mi she be usurpal and heretical, opposing the sacred Mr?ther C'hnrch of Koine. / tic renounce and disown any allegiance m lue to any heretical King, Prince, St at* 1 anted Protestants, or obedience to any oj Ihsir inferior magistrates or officers. I dc buither declare that the doctrine of tb< Church of Kngland,tiieCalvinwts, Ilougne dots, nod of Other* of the name Protestants to he damnable, and they tbemnehm* nr? lamned, ami tn be damned, that ?nll nol f e the same. I do further (foclar* w*' * - Li Jl' -? A, ftfc---a 'n , * i t that I will help, assist and adviso all or r any of Ilis Holiness, agents in any place , wherever I shall he, in Kngland, Scotland, oi Ireland, or nny other Teritory or Iving' doin I hall conic to, and do my utmost . t j to cjctirjutta the heretical Protestants' docr' tiinc, and to destroy all their jirctendetl , ! jtoteers, regal or otherwise. I do further promise and declare, that notwithstanding * I am dl?]>ensed witli to assume nny reli- j f gion heretical, for the propagating of tho ' ? Mother Church's interest, to keep secret r and private all her agents' counsels from time to time, as they cntiust me, and not to divulge directly or indirectly by word, ' writing or circumstance whatsoever, but ' to execute all that shall be proposed, gi/? en in charge, or discovered unto me, by | y hi, my ghostly father, or any of this sa ^ cred Convent. All which I, A. 1>., do j swear by the blessed Trinity, and blessed ' Sacraments, which I am now to receive to 1 .perform, and on my part to keep inviola i bly, and do call all the heavenly and glo. rious host of Ilenven to witness these my , real intentions ty keep this my oath, lit testimony hereof I take this most holy 1 and blessed Sacrament of the Kncharist, and witness the same further with lr.v hand and seal, in the face of this holy . Convent, this day of , An. 1 , Horn. i ours iruiv. 1 AUGUSTUS. , Philadelphia Correspondence Piiii.ADEi.t'iua, April 25,1855. I The ship Siddons recently arrived :it this port from Liverpool, with 4'25 emi- . i grants of the Mormon faith. Tliey were all apparently English l?y birth, and gen- : , orally in tine health. They intend pro- j reeding at once to the promised land of Utah, by the overland route. Among , them were a number of females, and* if ' , any of them are still undergoing the pains ! of celibacy, the "blessing" of a husband will no doubt be vouchsafed to them im- I mediately upon arrival at Salt Lake, for the operation of their revolting ami dis- i . graceful institutions necessarily expunges f the words "old maid" from the Mormon ' Dictionary. I One of our ambitious daguorrcotypisU has proposed to the CounciJineii to take their portraits and have them hung in IndejKMidencc llall, side by side, with the i likennoss of many of the illustrious sages f and patriots of the revolutionary era which . now adorn those walls. However grati, tying it might be to the vanity of some of them it is hoped they will have good , sense enough to reject the proposition.? Tlio Ledger proposes that if they decide , to it the enormous expenditure and debt i they have saddled upon the city should i also be dagucrrcotypcd and hung by their i side. The recently nominated Democratic ! candidate for City Treasurer having refused to make an affidavit, denying in tho most positive and unequivocal terms all past or present connection with the Know Nothing or American party, tho Executive Committee has issued an address, advising the Democracy not to vote for him and the party is thus left without a can delate for that office. It is probable that many of them will support the candidate of the old line Whigs. Wife whipping has grown to be so common here, If we may judge from the almost constant complaints to the jnilice magistrates, that it is somewhat lefrosli, to sec the tables turned, as happened the 'j other day, when a poor little henpecked " husband made complaint against his great j Amazonian wife for savagely beating him, and had her l>ound over to keep the L peace. 15 v a recent report of the Managers of 11 the llousc of Ilcfugo, it nppjars that since , 1845, over 4000 children have been sub- t jeets of discipline in it, nearly three fourths i of whom are believed to have reformed j and hecaine useful members of society.? j On the fir t of January, 1855, it contained 504 inmates, of whom 251 were w hile and 113 colored. The current expenses during last year were 87,500. Ancther disturbance occurred on the last Sunday night meeting of the Spiritualists, at Jefferson Hal', which seems to be a favorite resort of mischievous young blood*, on purpose to annoy the deluded devotees of this new ism. The stenmer Africa has arrived at New j York, with Liverpool dates to thju 11th of , April. Active skirmishing was constantIj going on l>eforo Selmstnpol, but the > condition of affairs had undergone uo important change. The Vienna Conference ; ' had rc-assembled on the 8tli inst., hut the 1 rcsidt had not l?een made public. 1 A rather strange development took | place in the Mayor's oftico tho other day , ( by which the fact is disclosed thai among our many other institutions for thecduca 1. lion of youth we have a regular academy j ' for their instruction in tlio art of picking ( pockets. A yonng lad who displayed great proficiency in tho business, having been detected and arrested stated that his 1 education was not unite yet perfected, ami ; that he was still under instructions. As j his worthy Professors were secured upon j his Information that establishment lias 1 been broken up, but no doubt others ox- J ; ist, where all the branches of the scieneo * of theft from tho a. b. c. of adroitly ab 1 stracting an expoeed j>ocket baud kerchief f to the higher font of skilfully purloining ? a well filled pocket bock, snugly stored > away in a watch fob, are regularly taught* | ; A committed suu'idc ia tlio ' l Hdwrjlkill the other d*y( who first > look Use extraordinary precaution oftwlrt ing a bag contusing atones around bis ' t neck, lie w?Aii jumping into iliariv- 0 er by some b^^^but too Into to rescue * him, and bis boJy was found the next ( day. \ f Quite an excite nent occurred in tlie l fasbionable porliol of the Oheenut street ; promenade on Saturday evening last. A j c young girl who left her homo under sua _ picinus circumstances several weeks since, n and whose family l|nve since made many c unsuccessful attempts to obtain any clue to r her whereabouta, was seen by a friend of ^ her father's who attempted to overtake r her, but as she noticed him, she threw oil' s her shawl and determined to run from his . 11 pursuit. In crossing the street he fell, " and was nearly run over by a carriage, but, after recoveridg himself, he continued j the pursuit until finally both parties were t arrested nnd taken before t'hc Mayor, ' where the circumstances we:c explained, j II" was released, and sho was handed o- ( ver to her parents, who intend sending her S to the House of Ucfugc. ! c " Now is the winter of our discontent*' j * made glorious spring by a genial April ( sun which h is warmed up the atmosphere I ( to a delightful temperature and given an ' r impetus to vegetation, which is rapidly a- " doming the trees with blight leaves and ^ thecalth with beautiful green grass.? j Meanwhile the fair ladies, who have boon | long sighing for the "spring time coining" I rejoice in its arrival with the manifold new ' drosses, it gives them an opportunity of ; | purchasing and wearing. Charming as f the dear creatures always arc, they never f look so well as in their new spring suits, ] i when all tho sombre monotony of winter , * wear is thrown aside, and all the colors i " and combinations of colors that nature cv- I ^ er devised in her busy workshop, arc rich- ii ly displayed in their attire. They can no f longer Ire designated as red. or blue, or N rrrHAll- f?l* KIa^L' AP VaIIau* r\r ?/? rl.il rlroce- ' " ' t ed ladies but each unites in her costume ^ all the colors of llie rainbow, and many of J t them illustrate tlio ancred saying of the I ? lillies of the valley, "Tliov toil not; neither 1 do they spin?yet Solomon in all his glo- i j( rv was not arrayed like one of these." The n infinite vario'y of femalo costume, is real- c ly a perplexity. You may look over a !l congregation of a thousand female bonnets Jj all corresponding to the prevailing style Sl to a certain extent, yet no two of them ? exactly alike. In dress nearly the same h amount of diversity exists, and while each '' fair one devoutly Worshijis the reigning ? Fashion, a wide latitude is allowed in mi- v nor details for the exercise of every vxric- tl tv of taste.spring styles appear mi- h usually gay, and many of the now bonnets . are so completely embalmed in flowers, !' that but for the fhnjie, and a close exam* ination, the spectator might readily sup- ( tl pose they acre but huge borpiets. The tl sleeves of <lje*ses too, arc very large be- : jv low the elbow, so large that if tbe country j girls adopt it, they will serve a good purpose in times of emergency as grain bag*. Jacob Schl rgel, the husband of the wo- tl man recently murdered in Crcenc Lane, j v had a final hearing ? n Saturday morning a and was committed to Court to answer p the charge of murdering her. Thy cvi- p deneo against him w as very slight, by no tl means sufficient to justify his conviction, l"*' but as the case seems enshrouded in much i v mystery 1ml no clue whatever lins yet |, been obtiAed pointing to any other p r- 0 son as tllftuthorof this shocking outrage ! M perhaps it i|? but just and proper that ho j '' should still' be retained in custody. In view of the new lienor law, our tav- ,j ern keetier* hive recently held a meeting a to consult will each other as to the ftatc 1' of their busings, and it is their present in- . " tcntion to inalcrially advance the existing I ^ prices for the entertainment of the public. 0 For tlio week ending April 24lh the v number of interments in thiacity was 20ft, I K of whom 00 were adult*, and 107 chil- I J1 dren. ^ Truly, Yours, 1>. t< Mr- Orr's Address. K \Ye have perused with pleasure the ad- 11 dress recently delivered by Hon. James L. 11 < >rr before the South Carolina Institute. We subjoin the concluding paragraphs, as . a abounding in valuable suggestions for the : * planter and farmer: 11' The pecuniary and personal comfort of 0 the parties would Im greatly promoted if tlio planters of this State were all trans . formed into farmer*. That policy is most I [' pernicious which prompts the planter to , swell the number of bis cotton bales, and semis him into the provision market to ; buy his provisions, and into the live stock , market to buy the animals used and con- 1 sinned on the plantation. It makes him merely the supervisor of cotton fields, to Ci produce profit* for the. stock nnd provision 1 ? dealers; for how little of the roll of cotton ? money is left, to tho'plnnter when he ha* ? paid hi* merchant, his grocer nnd the stock 1 drover. i I How much more to lii? interest, then, i;l to produce nil the nrticlen of consumption u which mny Ik? grown in his own climate i, nnd on his own soil f The provisions cow- . sumeil in this State mny be successfully * grown in overy district, nnd tho first greet " enre of tho planter should l?e to raise hie " own breadstuff*, por.k, lioef, nnd inntton. It nnd with equal care he should rear hie j, own horses and tnnlce for plantation n?e. System and personal supervision will render the task ono of onny accomplishment, I *" U'l it will ho nn immonso enving of \h? M mt>n*y drain f..r plantation espouses. life g Will furnish hiiu milk nud hotter, ? nnd hie flocks of sheep with mutton, Mrs well ns floeco to clotne hie workers. Thin " peliev would require * reduetfon in tlio 1 numbor of acres plants in cotl ?U, but if * lie policy could become uniform throughut the planting States, t lie redaction konld entail no loss; the reduced crop icldiug ms large an aggregate as is now rought liy full crojw ; but if loss should idlow, it will be more than reimbursed iti he falling off of plantation expenses. * The system, order, personal supervision aid care for small matters, which this j liange would initiate, will beget economy m ?a personal virtue which our planters do lot in an eminent degree possess. Tlio ultivation of a great staple, which can ho eadily converted into cash, disinclines tho ilanter to look after the details of minor utcreats, which, being neglected, must l>o upplicd by contributions levied on tho laple crop. This l?eing true, whilst tho narket value of the laLor, producing only i groat staple, is greater than the same ?nount employed in farming, tho farmer imnsses wealth more rapidly than tho ilanter. and for this reason, in thirty years, he States of Kentucky ami Tennessee? arming Stales?will be the wealthiest in he Union, not cxcctping Mississippi or Louisiana. Tlicy send their surplus products to tho Hruth, growing staples and receive the ash. A portion of it is expended by them villi the Foreign or Hasten* merchant and nanufaoturer, the balauee, which is by 10 means inconsiderable, remains with hem and is invested in public improvenents, in building ami decorating wanions, and in multiplying personal com- ' orts. What klisposition is mule of tins J iroceeds of the staple crop by the planter. l l.o Foreign Mini Fasten i merchant hikI Manufacturer receives, in any event, na ,, sirgo a sum ns the Keiituckian expends, uu the phuitei's outlay does not step there. VII the pork and bacoli, and mucli of the >ccf to support his worker* for the year, oust be bought otid paid tor, and not utiroqucntly the corn and tlour, aid in swellng the bill. His horses and mules are vorn out or ha\o died during the year, uid their number is to be replenished for lie next crop. I low much of the proceeds if the staple crop remains to l>o invested u public, improvements and personal eommis alter ".Ids depleting, eastward anil re-lward f < hir planter* neglect the ednentiun of heir sons in the business of planting, and oo oil en have occasion to indulge in biter regrets for this omission, llow few if them on attaining their majority, and eining presented by a kind talher with plantation and hands, are qualified for is judicious supervision f Ttiev know otiiing of the culture of ? crop?of what onstiiutcs a day's labor-?of seed time ml harvest?of the feeding and caring >r their stock. They are deceived hy lieir workers and duped" by their overccrs. A few year* revoal to them the rospoct of bankruptcy, nnd the overseer ecoines the owner of the estates which c lately siijh-i vised. Ilic original ownr, the untainted and uneducated m?i?, is jas censurable than the ovcrkitid father rho nogh-cted to teach him in his youth lie practical duties of llie business of life c was appointed to pursue. 1 tut 1 cannot longer detain you in point* ig out amenimeniA to the domestic pol y of South Carolina. I should have eon gratified to have given von some bought* on the culture of the vine, ami lie manufacture of wines in the rnidd o ml upper districts, a new department in u-hundry, which will certainly at no . i-?t;? it t day aloorb profirablv much of the A gricullltml lalsir of the Sti.te, ami also gm rtnie thoughts on loxeeing nud drnitiing lie swamp lands of the lower districts, ^ huh would open to cut ivutioii u vast rea of lands wln>?o fertility would comare v.ith the valley of the Nile. 1 lenvo In M- ami other fopics to |hOM whose < \- Mm eiience and greater wisdom will enable liein to entertain ami instruct you more ^ liorouglilv iIihii I can hope to do. Mr. I'resident and gentlemen of the Iiilitute, my ta*k i* nearly ended. Von are iny contribution to this Institute, ? ver wrl.icli von presi e?"wnttld it weio rorihier." 1 have attempted to enforce lie conviction that o ?r prosjxrity is hIh ilutely dependent upon the judicious disriblition of lalair and capital?upon ifa iversion from agrieiiltioc to niannfneti!res ml the incchnnic arts. My ambition on liis interesting-occasion lias been not to nliilgc in tbc rhetoric of the orator, but > turn the attention of my country men, v practical suggestions, to the best means f stimulating and developing a new ami igoroiis prospciity. Kxamiue these sugCstions with critical caution ; accept such s are founded on wisdom; reject those ased on error, and do something to make Charleston?the pride of every true-hearrd Carolinian? a grent city?great in cr commerce?jrent in her .tonnage? rent in her mechanic nrts?great in her lamifaetiircs, and great in the number ml enterprise of her inhabitants. I>o something to make South Carolina successful rival to nil her competing a?H'iatca in the mecanic arts and inanufac ires, and bmld up for her a fame aa honrable and enduring to tin* skill and genis of her sons, in tiio industrial records of ie historian, us llint intellectual and patotic fame which our fathers reamd for cr, nnd which now lierlifs nosol.rlll! every |>?of her history. Distressing and Fatal AcoidsnJ. Our Florida cot respondent comuiunintc* the following mournful piece of in lligence, which wiil full with crushing eight upon the Irenrt* of Mr. Kilgonr's umerons frien.li in Newberry I/strict: 1 linvo heard of a rnnut dint resting and it nl accident, which happened last Sat- t\ relay to the Iter. Warren Kitgure, recent- jb r of Newberry District, 8. C., about forj mile* below this place, in wtntmce. is ho was riding thrtfegh a thick hamrock, driving for deer, the Mnumvr ??f t? min.lnolr '?- ? ? ? * ' w i?? vnn^iil i?t m cjiiia* >g it to .Iwrhnr^, mid th? udioln ?m- 4 ?ot* of lk? pufc mmrro lulgvd in Km body. I# lingered in agony until next aioruiug, rlian hn 4i*l. He w?? <i rrv?t cetironbln pntlomnn, mid kin mm! tmliaiely end in ^ nivuMnlty deplored* lt > Umitmi tficw rimI tw<? .1 II .*. Wrilr, **in tl.*? nil let of life Xftr nr.; jir ftcftth." i< m Tfene* ' , ^ ^ ' r ^