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VOLUME VI. LANCASTER, C. il, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 22, 1857. NUMBER 9.
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I j ways, ai
aaaaasasmrns ' ?-?-,-= llew lik<
MOTHER. Jio t! lie;
? ?>1 ana]
Oh, mother, got my bonnet, do, I do }'?u
1 want to go and play ; j ?cond?
And hurry mother, tie my shoe, i ^?uVca
"I- ither
Or sis will run away. . .
' | to linn,
Oh, mother, do untie this string, ' ftf d ujir
It's in a hateful knot ; j "P'f" ^
And tell mo where I nut iny sling, i , ' '10 f
1 them, a
I really have forgot. ! their I h
Mother, seo hero, my dress is loose ; j inlerrup
I wish you'd hook it up: !in<* ~f?
t)h dear, 1 want a drink so bad, 1 f
M , tike mo down tho cup. ' croUj s (
Mother, 1 want a long, strong siring, hero an
To make my kight lly high?
G!vo tne more paper for tho tap, out, ns
?.> , . i ,, i , length l
1 II make it reach the skj. ^ their
I've eut my finger, mother, oh, their c<
D. tie a rag upon it ; !
And mother, here, do sew this string . . .,
\ , ? said bo
Again upon my honuet. i Jen |
And mother, sew this button on j '
My pants, see how they look : ! ,
.. .. , i .. i 1 know \*
Ana nioiner, won i you suwn v?*unc
Into my pcl.lag.b<>ok ? I u t g()
Oli ! mother, mother, coinb my hair, church.
And wusli my fact* right clean ; |Ve *
Tl?t* girl* are all a-going to walk ^ ,,ni
To night, upon tli* green. ; And
T? night, just nttcr school, yon know, good Ll
The mistress said we might ;
And mother, I must have Home onko .
... i ' H,K' hn>
An<i clieew, to lix things right. i . t ! o
Oh mother, pick these stitches up, In k o
I've dropped n half a score :
And see! there's one all ravelled down .., ' ,
of hut 1
A dozen rounds or inure. eon11
Mother, v here is my jumping rope ?
Mother, where is my h it !
Mother,com? help mo build my house ; ^ ^ ^
Mother, John plagues my cat. i j|(|rj
Thus hour by hour, and day by day exerteti
These little things intrude? At 1.
Till many a mother's anxious heart '/r il ls
weary and subdued. ( |( ^rt
And to her ever troubled ear ' ^ . ~r
The Mae red name uf mother,
i j .. i eons at
By being ? ver dwe t upon, |jevo ;t
Sounds worse than any other. brother
But let each mother pause and think
How miielt she lias at stake ;
. i congrei
]|o\x many thousand, tiny drops . "
It taken to fill a lake. ! "My
ltemembrring that her noisy hoy
A statesman hnd. may be, ^*\V|
And strong in truth and right, may teneli ^ ^ ^
A nation to be free. j
With glowi g word -of eloqneneo ^
. . , . ,, , 1 n<t boll
Maintain Jehovah s plan, ,, y
Till vie? shall hide its head for shame, ? j
And nations bless the man. f0|)(
Or. when her head is growing grey, "OH
That daughter kind and true, p ,jlf
With feeling heart arid ready hand, ? j (j
The "little things" will do. ? j>|(
Let these reflections norvc and cheer
, . . , ten on.'*
Each weary, fainting one, MThi
With patient hope,to do her work, plied th
Till all her work is done. ward t
Foi not on earth can there he found kIii.!'!'
Through all life's varied plan, .. y
A nobler.greater work, than hers, runted
Who rears an honest nun. run pr
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[VWittPorten Spirit. 1 ' o
DEACON THROPES PIGEONS y***
( bushels
taken ?
li* 1IAZKL OMSK*, EWJ. . c,tfn (h
??o "An
Pkvkr vi. < ears ami. when the innsts tion, a
and crops in some of tlio Western State* , I lirope
were about to bo destroyed t?y lite largo j needle*
number of wild pigeons that caine about, , lowsbiji
Deacon Thropo and several of ins friends
Were silling outside the log meeting house A S Alt
one Sunday morning, Calking abwut the The
prospect of having " nothing to fco%.on" News fi
through the coming winter. * lowing
'It's orfulI" said one of tho com pany. Catifori
"I never see the pigeons so thick afore,? "Lad
My Jiill and lien went down to the roost the ho
last night, and killed a oagfoll with clubs, handke
1 think they'll take a!l my com." Mnd alii
41 Oh, yes, it's orful 1" replied the others, an,|
''That's nothing to what ine and my fully pr
Felix Joshua did, day before yesterday," side, an
said the Deacon. ' You know my liottom It will
field there f Well, they come in it so pletely
thick you couldn't see the ground. I went and rra
down to scare 'em out, and, peradventure printing
they riz up like a cloud, you couldn't see and thi
thp sky for 'em. I hollered nnd slapped will en?
tuy hands, an I tore around till 1 was plutn ' washing
worried out, but it did no good. They five ceu
just farmed around over my head ; and one bit!
as fast as I went to one side of the Held you, sir
they begun .? ponr down t'other. Felix "Nex
Joshua had just got up to the crib with a be peri
load of corn, for we was a gatheriu' the i real, aiu
ridge Held, and I went to wbar he was j cd, ke?
ami told him to go to the house and gut spnnkin
his ahot gun and my shot gun, and see if light, r
we couldn't drive them 'ar pigeons out'n gaslight
t he bottom field. Bo he govs and gets i yor, or i
htssbot gun and we goes down, lie siipt or poor
a one side of the field and I slipt
i t'other, till we got about middle i
id then I gin a holler, and up they j <
j a whirlagu.it. I blazed away in
cost of'etn, aud Felix Joshua blazf
in the thickest of'em, and what
think ! They were all gotto in a
Then mo and Felix Joshua, wo
er the fence, and says l.e to me, i i
, this beats all creation !" Says I
"Go letch the steers and wagon,"
>n my word and honor, we picked i
usftcU r
^ood brothers stared wildly about
nd would probably have accused
jacon of lying, had they not been
'tod by the arrival of the preacher,
announcement that "ineelin' was
to begin."
the services were over, little
jf the faithful might have been seen
d there, engaged in earnest conn.
Their subject was an exciting
you might have inferred (rom the
uf their faces, and the earnestnoss
gestures. If you had listened to
overeat ion you might have heard
ng as follows:
1 you hear what Brother Thrope
ntl.iui and his Felix Joshua killbushels
of pigeons at one shot ?"
, it's otftil, ain't it J"
a lie, as sure as shootin'. I don't
hat's got into Brother Thrope."
i ttl' 11 he dune about it ! It must
so?it'll ruiu the name of the
n
J better fetch it up next niectin'.
uke 11iiu lake it buck, or church
so it would 40 on. < !f course, the
lencoti heard a whisper of it, which
mi no hide uneasiness, However,
I been into several scrapes before,
d coine out clear, and he doubted
should n c? t with the same good
ii this occassion. Until the next
? day Arrived, the entire settlement
an uproar. Nothing was talked '
Deacon Thrope's ten bushels of pig- 1
The good hrotliers said it was too
have llio church disgraced by a
who would tell such unreasonable
while the pious oli sisters wiped
cctaclcs, sighed, and said, " It is
llin' the power which the evil one
I," !
ist tho exciting day arrived. Tins
isr staUd tl'Hl tlie church was ready
transaction of business: whersupther
t iug'c arose and said :
other Deacon Thropc says him and
iX Joshua killed ten bushels of |>ig
one shot. Ilia church don't ho
, and would luva to hear what the
has to say for lii.usolf-"
much solemnity the Deacon arose,
or casting a serious look over the
ration, and eltslvalcd his ejes to
lers a low times, spoke as follows :
bretheiing, there is a sad mistake
didn't bay wo killed tell bushels of
i at one shut, hut ?
i t did you say, then?" interrupted
die brothers, who was present when
scon first told about his pigeons.?
t you ?ay you and jour 1 elix Joshi
blazed awrav !"
a."
I n't vou sav ton both clein over
cor
i, neradvcnture."
In't you say that Felix Joshua said,
r, this heals all creation ?"
ul, brother."
Jn't you say Felix Joshua fetched
rs and wagon, and you picked up
ihels of pigeons 1"
r? u the mistake, my brother," re j
le Deacon, again raising his eyes lo
he rafters. "I didn't say we pickten
bushels of pigeons, ltiolher
is mistaken?I said?"
*, I know what you said!" interseveral,
"vou did say it, and we j
ove it easy enough ! You can't
11at game over us, ol?| boss flv."
Jer, brethering," said the minister,
lieftr brother Thrones storv, and
n make any remarks you may i
ell, as I was sayin'," resumed tne
i, " 1 didn't say we picked up ten
of pigeons?brother Fingleis mis-I
said we picked up t-n bushel* of
<ut the pigeon* hud shuttered off:"
nen !" went up from the congregalid
a rush was uiAdo at Deacon
lo shake him by the hand. It is
* to say he was restored lo full fej
> snd confidence.
r FRANCI8C0 AUCTIONEER.
reporter of the San Francisco
11 mini tea that paper with the fol
report of a speech made by a
\ia auctioneer:
lies and gentlemen. I now have
nor of putting tip a fine pocket
rchief ; a yard wide, a yard long, |
nost a yard thick ; one half cot- i
I t'other half cotton too ; beautiinted
with alara and stripes on one
d the slripes and stars on t'other,
wipe dual from the ejesao comas
to l?e death to demagogues,
ke politics as had a business as
f papers. Its great length, breadth
ckness, together with its dark color 1
ible it to hide dirt, ami never need
Going at one dollar! seventy- ,
Is ! fifty cents I twenty five cents !
! Nobody wants it I Oh I thank .
I
t, gentlemen?for the ladies won't
nilted to hid on this article?is a
ton pnro, tempered, highly polish- '
n edged Sheffield rator; bran
new ; never opened l>ef ire to sunnoonlight,
starlight, daylight or
I ; sharp enough to shavs a lawsat
a dissgrewabla acquaintance
relation ; handle of< buck horn,
with all the revelets but the two at the t'
Qtuls of puro gold. Who will give two tl
dollars ? one dollar ? half a dollar ?? !
Wliv, ye long bearded, dirty faced repro- t<
bates with not room on your phiz7.es for d
a Chinese woman to ki<s, I'm offering si
you a bargain at half a dollar ? Well, I
will throw in this strop at half a dollar ! i o
razor and strop ! a recent patent ; two s
rubs upon it will sharpen the city attor- b
ney ; all for four hits; and a pieco of ii
soap, sweeter than roses, lathers better a
than a school master, and strong enough i n
to wash all the slams from a California n
politician's countenance, all for four hits, s
Why, you have only to put the razor r
strop and soap under your pillow at night , ti
and wake un in the morning clean shav- s
ed. Won't anybody give two bits, then, ! v
fur the lot ? I knew I would sell 'em.
"Next, ladies and gentlemen, I offer ' r
three pain socks, hose, s'.o kings, or half i
hose, just as you're a mind to call them,
knit by a machine made on purpose, out 1
of cotton wool. The man that buys i
thane will he enabled to walk till he gets ]
tired ; and, provided his hoots are high I enough,
needn't have any coins ; the
logs are long as tills against the corpora j
tion, and as thick as the heads of the I
members of the Legislature. Who wants !
'cm at one half dollar ? Thank ce, mad 1 <am,
the money. j 1
"Next, I offer you a pair of hoots, made ?
especially for San Francisco, with heels , t
long enough to raise a man up to the j
lloaoly grades, and nails to insure against , i
being cairico over by a land slide ; legs <
wi le enough to carry two revolvers aud '
a bowie-knife, and the upper of the very <
I?'.->t horse leather. A man in these hoots , i
can move about as easy as the State capi- <
tol. Who savs twenty dollars ? All the | i
tax pavers ought to buy a pair to kick | >
the council with; everybody ought to ! <
haw a pair to kick the Legislature with, j
and they will he found of assistance in ]
kicking the bucket, especially if somcbo j
dy should kick at being kicked. Ten ]
dollars for legs, uppers and soles! while
souls, and miserable souls at that, are 1
bringing twenty thousand dollars in Sac
ramento ! t en dollars ! tcu dollars
gone at ! pii dollars !
"Next is something that you ought to
11!1 V *. trpiilloiiion u ' ?..It..?
?v?w vi ^uwu
si's?sometimes called suspenders. 1 know ,
thai some of you wiil afler awhile he j
furnished at the Slate's expense, hut you
can't tell which one, so huy where the're j
cheap. All that deserve hanging are not 1
supplied with a gallows; if so, there
would he nobody to make laws, condemn
criminal. , or hung culpiilts until a new
election. Made of pure gum-elastic?j
stret li like a judge's conscience, and last
as long as a California ollice holder will
steal ; buckles of pure iron, and wnrran- J
ted to hold so tight that no man's wife j
cm roh him of the breeches; are, in short
aj strong, as good, as perfect, as effectual,
and as bona tide as the ordinance against
Chinese shops on lJuponi street?gone at
twenty-five cents."
"INGINS" ABOUT.
A Texan correspondent of the New Orleans
1'icayune tells a good story in one
of his letters of "a surly-faced, grizzly haired,
chull'y and moon eyed chap," who I
persecuted a certain rogueish damsel with
ids attentions, but was finally thrown ofi"
the course of true love by the following
ruse:
It being the water melon season, and
Hetty's father having a full supply, all the
youngsters, for miles around assembled
there on holiday to feast on melons. C. 1
was prominent in the circle until the af
tcrnoon, when Hetty had private interviews
with the other young men, and ar
ranged that C. should be decoyed away > i
from the bouse and frightened by theory
of Indians from some of his comrades,
which it was thought would wound his ,
pride and drive him away. Five young
inen with (J., walked out. A bathe in the ! 1
river, three hundred yards distant, was
proposed by one and seconded by several ; 1
?of course, poor C. was "in,"
They went down to the ford near the
melon patch and Iregan undressing. In
the meantime, eight or ten others, with
guns, had gone down, under cover of the
hank, and secreted themselves along the
hathing f lace to the house. The company
with C. are in glee, and in going down
spoke of the recent outrages of the Indians,
their increased boldness, dre., thus ex- |
citing the anti combative humps of C. to
the highest pitch.
"Now, boys," said one, "who shall be
the first to dive in that 'er pool, eh !"
"I will," said 0., "ain't I first with the 1
gai*r in course I'm firs', here."
< >ff went coats, shoes, drc. Just as C. ' i
had dotfed everything, barring a short red 1
flannel shirt?bang! bang! bung!?Whowho
hey! Hang went two, three, four
guns?loud and shrill arose the Indian <
yell in the dense brush and under the 1 >
bank.
' Oh, Lord! 2 am a dead man, boys!" i
said James Simpson. |l
"My leg is broken. Oh, sare me f" ! 1
cried (ieorge Williams. i
"Hun for life, men ! Hun for mercy's ' I
sake, run !" cried Jack Parsons, "one of
mv eyes is out and both arms broken !" ' I
all being said In on instant; when?do I
you see thai red blare glong the path? I
that jagged hair all straight out behind <
? that's C. streaking it for the house, I
shirt and all?see him about the. corner
of the field, hy the thicket?bang! "bang! 1 1
went half a dozen pieces?louder than ev- |
er arose the hideous war-cry, j 1
"Oh, Lord shouted C., redoubling his <
speed, the red blaze getting larger, bunch <
es of his hushv hair dropping out as he I
"spread him-eif see htm leap the yard 1
fence, high in the at*, red shirt and all. i
The porch was full of ladies?off went i
41
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*o or three more pieces?C. glanced at re
!?e ladies, tb< 11 at Id- short red shirt. m
"Bun for your life C." screamed Bet 01
V, "the lmuseis full of Indians! l ather's , sa
end, and brother Sam is Wounded ! run
pee I. j S<
In the twinkling of an eye, C. was out ti.
f the yard; and supposing the premises oj
urrouuded, otT ho shot, the red bU/.e more ai
rilliant than ever, and striking directly 01
ito the thick, thorny bottom, ho reached w
nd swam the river, and, although it was : or
ear sunset, C. got into a settlement fifty 1 cc
niles distant to breakfast next morning, ol
till retaining the sleeves and collar of his is
ed shirt, and reported all the family, visi- .
ors, ?fcc., among the slain. As for him- w
elf lie said he fought as long us lighting al
rouhl do any good. tv
It is urn reessary to inform you dear hi
eader, whether or not Betty was ever ri
roubied with C. after that Htiap. j t?j
1 1 e?
jUiofflhlllflHUj.- !;;
From the Spartanburg Express.
A VISIT TO COWPENS | ?
A few days since, in company with a fr
ouple of friends, wo paid a visit to the a
jattle field of Cowpeus,. and gathered up ?
otne things which may prove iuteiesting j,
0 our readers. | p
The road, as it nears the battle field, 1 C1
eminds tlie traveller forcibly of the low 0
tounlry. The country through which it d
runs is level, the soil san'oy, and the pines o
ire abundant and of unusual sixe. We ! |j
'etnember hearing some of the tnenibers ^
jf the Washington Light Infantry last n
ipritig speaking of this, and saying what I
in agreeable surprise it was, coming as it i|
lid at the end of their long march.? , ||
l'hey felt themselves connected with the i|
place by one more pleasing association, j |t
Arrived at the ground, we of course t|
paid our first icspects to the monument, n
1 he glea'n of the surmounting eagle catch- n
us the eye from afar through the tr?>es, and r
awakens and prepares the heart of the ap v
preaching pilgrim. Finished, chaste and j
appropriate the monument rises firmly
and proudly among the waving pines, an ! c
the man who can stand by its side with a t
heart untouched by the many associations ,1
that cluster around it, must surely be des j
tilute of all sensibility. t
A tieo which stood very near the inon- t
uinent has recently fallen down, and in '
so doing has slightly displaced one of the 1
loose slabs laid around the baso. Most <
of the trees which were near enough to ?
fall on it have been cut'down, ami we I
wonder that they are not all removed, for, t
although they seem firm *nd green now, i
they areso tall as to make thein liable to f
h? blown over by the wind of the fro ?
quent storms which wo have during the i
summer. We hope that some one in the t
neighborhood w ill see that they arc spec- r
dily removed. \\ e noticed too, with pain \
and displeasure, several names inscribed t
upon the white marble. This silly and i
disgusting practice is nscomroou through- j
out our country as it is disagreeable.? I
Whenever our attention is called to it we I
are reminded at once of Burns,' i >
"Oh, wail some pow'r the giflie gic us |
To sec ourselves as ithers see us. ! s
If those who have thus thonghtlesslv de- :
faced with their pencils the iair tablet '
Could know how ridiculous their names |
appear to an uuprejud ced eye in juxta- w
position with those of Morgan, Washing r
ton, Howard, ifco., we are ijuite sure they '
would he in no little hurry to efface the *
record of their ill-advised efforts after im '
mortality. We are glad to know, how- 1
ever, that the monument will soon be en- 1
closed with an iron railing, which will add (
to its appearance, and, in some degree, 1
protect it from such insults as w? Lava *
jiiht noticed. t '
At some distance from the monument 1
there is a place which the trad'tion of tlie
neighborhood assign* as the burial place
of the slain, and it has been said that
this should have been the honored spot. ! c
The two advantages possessed by the pres- I
ent position, of elevation above the surrounding
country and proximity to the
road, justify, we think, the choice of the
Light Infantry. The spot referred to however,
should he examined?interesting
relics may be diccovered, and it will certainly
add to the interest of the battle
ground to have this tradition verified.
After satisfying our eyes with the monument,
we traversed the battle field, endeavoring,
with the aid of bocks we had
broUL'bt with lis. to irather material fr>r u
correct conception of the memorable flght. \
13ut returning from our tramp, with little f
satisfaction, we were fortunate enough to f
meet with Mr. liol?eri Scruggs, who lives t
about half a mile distant from the Held, n
ami acknowledge ourselves very much in* o
debted to hitn, for the kindness and | |
urbanity with which he imparted to c
us his largo and interesting store of L
tradiiionary information, lie has lived t
from early childhood in the vicinity, and c
has shown a commendable and well di 1
reeted zeal in collecting the traditions of v
the neighborhood, concerning the battle, n
He has visited the field with many of c
those w ho were engaged in and listened p
to their accounts, lie says (and we have f
do doubt of Ins correctness, since the an* *
counts given by all who have written on ; t
the subject seem to justify the belief,) that o
w ithin his own receklecliou the ground, on n
which the battle was (ought, has under e
Opwe very great changes; that the branch e
which now takes its rise some two hun- |
Jre<l yards to the left of the Uoad aa you v
ipproach the field, once ran across, or at t
least took its rise immediately from the h
left side of the road; that the ravine was ' h
much deeper than at present, and when ' <i
t boy he tetnemhers to hare gathered !
v/uuv < vuv UliWWWll IIWIII vtilild 1 AIIU* I
111 approached the A nierican forces, they
ire not sustained either by the tradition*
iry account, or the marks and relics of
he fight. We have already said that
lie account given by Mr. Scruggs fixes 1
farleton's camp some two or two and a
will miles in a direction somewhat south
jf east from where the monument now |
itands. and from this direction he must
ave made the attack. The marks upon
ho trees go to prove this statement, a.*
hey show that the halls must have been
ired with the parties thus opjiosed to each
itlier. Those balls found m the east side
if the tices have almost all of litem rang;d
higher than those froin the west, cor
oborating what is stated in history, and
*liat we have always understood about
lie battle, that the "British overshot oui
nen." Numerous relics, such as guns,
ristois, stirrups, rpars, cutridges, catridge
>oxts, ?ke., which have at various times
Hum picked up, together with the places
-vhieh tradition points out as the burial 11
daces of the slain, all go to show this
itateineut correct. i
We have not time or space to say all
ve would like to at present, and must
lasten to put an end to our account. Mr
Scruggs lias quite an inexhaustible store
>f anecdotes and incidents of the battle,
md we hope before long to give our readirs
some of them, lie savs when he wns
i boy they used to have chopping frolics
11 order to get the lead from the trees, on !
he balile field ; that if they could get pow- |
ler in those days, when the demand for it j
nade it so dear, that they could always
upply themselves with lend from the
rees, upon which the Hritish wasted so
nuch in that memorable battle.
ENDORSING NOTES.
There is a moral in the following well
lonsidered remarks from the Philadelphia
-.edger, which should l>e often pondered.
"It was well said, by a very shrewd oberver,
that there are some things which j
'very man has to learn for himself. It
vould seem as if the folly of endorsing
vhatis cal.ed accommodation paper was
me of them. Ten* of thousands have
>een ruined in this way, yet tens of thou
ands continue to practice it. Many who
ndorse paper with impunity for years dis- '
over, at last, that they also, in spite of
heir assertions that they would never he
oser by it, are brought to bankrupcv by
t. Sir Walker Scott, w ho had gone on
roin year to year, adding acre to acre,
arm to farm, woke one morning to find
hat ho was ruined through hist endorse- !
neiits on Constable's paper ; and the rest
if his life -a life shortened hv excessive
alx?r?had to be devoted not to carrying
ut the favorito dream of liia ambition, j
tut to liquidating the debts thus con traced.
Kven Barunm, whose name bad be onie
synonymous with shrewdness, fell
teforg this delusive habit. A calm obserer
is almost led to believe that there is
in infatuation accompanying the practice
f endorsing notes, which lulls sagacity to
leep, else how can we account for the
act that so many able men have so to
peak, gambled awav their fortune- on (
liis mercantile ronrjt at noir. No man (
'Uglit ever to en lorse an accommodation
iote. The financiering which raiaes mon-1
y in thia way i? radically wrong. Uonrally
regarded as the cheapest, it it realy
the very dearest method ; for the friend
rho endorses for you is sure, some time
0 want an endorsement in return ; and
e whoonee begina4to cmlors'dfor another
ns put his fortune ?t the risk of a hun- !
red carnalities beyondt his own control.'
1 is a game of UazarJ, which, once coin%
ed? at the head of the branch. This ' ir
ust have been the branch and ravine . V,
rer which the battle was fought, and the tl
,me mentioned in the historical accounts, s]
The traditional account given us by Mr. tl
ruggs, of the approach and position of ei
e oppoti g 1'uice*, is however, somewhat ri
iposed to the historical account of Siuiins w
id others; but fortified as it is, by vari- h
is circumstances and traces of the tight, s<
e think it none the less reliable, and to I
ir minds, even more probable. The ac- j f?.
unit which he has received from mar.y j w
d soldiers who were in the engagement, 1 s?
somewhat as follows : j t<
Morgan being pressed hard by Tarleton V
ho had a much larger number of men, c
"tor crossing at Griiulell SShoals, some p
venty miles below Cow pens, w as making u
is way as fast as possible, along the j a
dge between I'acolett and Broad rivers ! tl
iwards Ouilf r 1 Court House, where lie ' c
cpccted to be re-informed. When within , e
few miles of Island Ford upon Broad j o
vor. he found that Tarleton would cer- j o
only overtake him, before he could p
acli Guilford, he determined to give . a
i'n battle, and for that jnirpose inarched i tl
ack to Cow pens as the most favorable spot ti
>r such alight. lie unoamped not far a
uin where the monument now stands, t
nd made preparations to receive the ene j r
iy. Tarlelon'a force, which, after travel- t
ig very late in pursuit of Morgan, stop- j y
ed sometime after mid-night, and cr. j
sniped to refresh themselves some two, ' ?
r two miles and a half below, and in a 1 i
irection a little south of east from Mor- I
an's Camp, struck their tents about day i
Iglit next morning, and came upon Mor- 1 i
;an about sun lip, when the fight com- ?
iienced. According to Si in uis' account j
arleton had marched some five uiiles j *
hat morning l>ut Mr. Scruggs says that i
e remembers, when a hoy, to have seen i
lie spot, and that it was pointed out to : i
iin by those who lived at the time, as I
lie place where Tarleton encamped the j <
iglit before he fought Morgan, and that <
ftany things, such as broken ware of va i
ious kinds Ac., remained to mark it, as, |
?iiiiuiib uouui, uie ver\ hjioi wiieie Itc
itched h.s let its.
It we understand too, the historical ac |
la rtfll.A t. l.S-.l. T--1.. 1
tcnced, hardly ever cati l>e stopped ? 1
loncy can be got so readily by endorsing ,
lat tbe temptation is great to enter on I cc
peculation tlmt would never otherwise be rc
loughl of, and hence it requires tho coolst
of heads and the most prudent of ope- f0
rtors to resist becoming to exteodenl ' t,i
ben a habit of exchanging endorsements !
as been fallen into. Nine men out of ten, (c
>oiier or later, get beyond their depth.? j
lard titnes come on, and then insolvency ! ai
dloWs as a matter of course. It is al |
ays wiser to raise money on bona Jidc c<
?cuiities, and if these cannot be had, then i rt
> curtail one's businesses fast as possible, i
Vhere two men aie in the babit of ex- 21
hanging endorsements they are really in 0|
arlnership together; but a partnership ;
nly of risks, not of profits; and worse yet st
partnership in which neither can control tl
he other. So far we have been speaking of s:
uses in which there was a mutual consid- I w
raliou between the parties, an exchange j c<
f endorsements ; but what shall we say J r,
f the man who endorses from motives of (]
uivate friendship, and not as a business
(lair at all ? Hundreds of such men o
here are w ho endorse notes for social in- e
imatos to whom they would scarcely sell l
bill of goods on credit, simply because j
hey have not the moral courage to say ! K
10. It would be wiser, in such instances, 0
give the applicant at once whatever U
on can afford to throw away?for then t,
ou know where you are ; because if you a
ndorse for him, he may involve you for < t<
1 larger amount than you can pay ; and fi
>e sure of one thing?w hen you pay as t|
nost likely you will, it will be at a lime a
.vben the payment is especially inconveni t
nl. No private friendship,however close, '
uslifies one man in asking another to en- i
lorse for him. lie who takes offence
when refused an endorsement, is tinwor
,hy to he your friend, for he is ignorant '
wherein true friendship consists?that reation
giving no man a right to ruin an- j"
tther. Take advice in time, and don't j .
jive or exchange endorsements, if you v
would escape sleepless nights or avert
probable iusolvency."
GENERAL CASS AND TEMPER- !
ANCE. I |
Col. Our. stated, the other d*y, ibat he '
heard (ieneral Cass say, some years ago, '
that lie had never tasted spirits in his life.
The Colonel, thinking about the expression,
thought perhaps, he had misunderstood
General Cass, and last winter enquired of
liirn. The General assured Col. Obi: that
ho bad not misunderstood him, that it
was true, he had never tasted distilled
spirits in liia life, and he had not drank,
in liis whole life, more than half a pint of
w ine ! ilere is a temperance man wor- i
thy of his calling, and enjoying, in a ripe
old age, the fruits of his temperance? I
health, streugth, vigor of body and mind, i
Hut it is a wonder that any one can pass i
through lite and arrive at the age
of seventy live without ever having
tasted a beverage so universal in the
country in which lie lots lived. We
should suppose curiosity would prompt a
man to taste a drink which his friends
were constantly indulging in. Wo should
suppose, too, that accident might cause a
man to taste. Hut General Cass is not a '
solitary instance of one passing through |
!;fu without ever having lasted spirits.? |:
We remember to have heard the late Dr.
Thomas H. Williams, of Greenville, say, :
that he never had tasted spirits in his life,
and that the smell of it was nauseating to !
hidi.? J'utriot ik Mountaineer j
A FINE THOUGHT. *
"I would not [said one who was not
himself pious] inarry any woman who w as
not a Christian. 1 should feel it such an j
honor lo share a heart in which God |
tl welt," It was a fine thought, and de- , '
serves to be especially remembered.
You want a friend in whom you can '
have entire and unlimited confidence; one 1 '
who can he your counsellor in all circumstances
of difficult^ nr trial - <>>>? ul>n i? <
to be identified wilb you through life, in
hope and fear, in joy and sorrow. Site is '
to be a sort of presiding divinity at thy
family board, and her countenance the
mirror in which must be reflected the
faithful image of thy domestic bliss or
woe ; one who wdl be discreet, affectionate,
and firm in governing her children ;
in short, who will love you for your own
sake, be happy with you in the cabin, and
who will cleave the closer to you when
the storm of adversity or persecution shall I
have swept away or withered every vesi- i
tage of earthly comfort from about you. ,
Now bear all these things in mind and
then to youi prayers and the exercise of a
becoming prudence, and you will not be
likely to fail.?Jiitkop Andrew.
" Lav Srux Gkannv."?A bov got his
father's gun, loaded it, but was afraid to 1
fire; he, however, liked the lun of louding, 1
and so he put in another charge, but was 1
still afraid to (Ire. lie kept on charging, '
without firing, until he had got six charg- <
es in the old piece. His grandmother,
learning his temerity, reprovsd him, and '
grasping the old continental, discharged
it. The recoil was tremendous, throwing
llm (till luilv afi l?r?r
? J vm ..v. w?vn . ?JUC |'IVUI|>IIY
Mrugglcd to regain her feet, but the boy
cried out, " Lay still, Granny?there are
five more charges to go ofl" yet."
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Not long since a youth oldtr in wit
than year*, Hfter being catechised concerning
the power of God, replied, " Ma, I
think there's one thing God can't do.
"What is it?" eagerly inquired the moth
er. <
" (?.*? csn't make Bill Jones' mouth any i
higgi-r without Setting hi* car* back." <
HOW TO LAY OUT SURFACES.
To lay out an acre circle: First ilx a
'litre, and with a rope as a radius, seven
ids, three links and three-eights Jong, or.e
id attached to the centre and kept unirmly
stretcr.od, the sweep of it at the
her end wit! lay out the acre.
For one-cpiarter of an acre, a rope 3
>ds and 14 links will be the right length.
For one-eight of an acre, a rope 2 rods
ad 13 links wil' be enough.
Triangles: If you wish a triangle to
>utain just an acre, make each side 19
hIs, 5 1-2 links long.
A triangle whose sales are 6 rods and
0 links long each, will contain one-eighth
f au acre.
To lay out au ellipse or oval: Set 3
akes in a triangular position. Around
lese stretch a rope. Take away the
;ake of the apex of the triangle, which
ill be where the side of the oval is to
Dine?move the slake along agaiust the
ape, keeping it tight, and it will trace out
be oval.
A square, to contaiu an acre, or just
no hundred and sixty rods, should have
nch of its sides just 12 rods 10 feet and
M Ui lis long.
To draw an oval ol a given size: The
>ng and the short diameter being given
-say 28 feet for the shorter, and ICO for
be longer?divide the short diameter in,a
any number of equal parts, say ten,
nd from eaeli point draw a line parallel
o the short diameter. Then draw a line
rom point to point where each corresponling
line cuts the other, on the outside,
aid this connecting mark will describe
he oval or the ellipse required.?Arltrx
11KW'AUK OF "l'ltOSPEKITY." The Sttdlen
elevation of a person beyond the conlilion
for which nature and education
nay have lilted him, whether in the poscssiott
of wealth or position in aociely, is.
iable to cause his ruin. Ou this point
s a very expressive Arabic proverb, that
'when God purposes the destruction of an
mt, lie allows wings to grow npoti it."?
1'lie reason is, tli :t, in regard to wealth,
nost men are capable of enjoying, or apilving
to useful purposes, only a limited
unount, beyond which they have no crvlerion
for estimating the value. Social position,
the appropriation attended of mental
capacity and moral character, can only
be appreciated and maintained where the
mind is prepared for it, and the character
of the possessor entitles him to it.
IB <P IT
Case ok Conscience.?A celebrated
liquor importer in lfoslon recently hail his
pocket hook containing a large sum of
money, taken from lii? pocket while entering
church. A few days subscqucut he
received the pocket book through the post
(postage unpaid,) accompanied with a
note, in which the writer stated, that after
spending the money, ho discovered, to
liis horror, that he had been making
use of funds obtained in the infamous
liquor tratlic. He therefore returned the
pocket book, and would do the same by
the money, should he be able to again lay
hands on it.
At a party, one evening, a bachelor
made the astounding assertion that every
ady in the room made a practice of takng
off her left stocking last. Ono half
lenied the fact; the others declared that
f it was so he had no right to know it,
uid w ith one voice they pronounced bitu
'no gentleman." lie was so buffeted"
.hat lie was glad of an opportunity to
jive the following explanation: '"Which ver
stocking a lady takes off firsts the
nlier is necessarily left, which must of
:uurse be taken off last."
A Hold Kxpekimfnt.?The editor of
he Woonsockel I'atriot makes merry over
llie mistake of an old Shanghai hen of
iiis, that has been " setting" for five weeks
upon two round status and apiece oj brick !
" llur anxiety," quoth he, "is no greatpr
than ours to know what she will hatch.
If it proves a brick yarJ, tb at Leu is not
lor sale."
The Turkish soldier marches to meet the
foe with 'be same nonchalance as he
nmokes his pipe. 11 e is laugh t from his birt h
that the moment of his death is fixed, and
that a whole charge of artillery aimed at
ins ueari wouiu hubs nun, if oostmy Lad
decreed his time not come. He is taught
also that he will go st night way to Paradise
the moment ot his death. With both
these ideas, he is so lully impressed, that
no danger moves him, and he lies on hia
death-bed as calmly as on a bed tor sleep.
"How do you feel with such a shocking
coat on I" said a young clerk of more
pretensions than brains, one morning.
"I feel," said old lioger, looking at him
steadily, with one eye half closed, as if
Liking aim at his victem, "I feel, young
man, as it 1 had a coat on which lias
been paid for -a luxury of feeling which
I think you will uever experience.
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Aw Inbii'atiok.?A late number ol an
Indiana paper annouced the destruction
of an editor's hat; whereupon a neighboring
journal expresses the hope thai
there were not many lives lost.
"If you say another crooked word I'M
knock your brains out," said r blacksmith
to bis termagant wife. "Rain's horns,
you dog," exclaimed his hopeful helpmate,
"Kaui's horns, it I die for it!"
"Jo, how many scruplea is there in a
drachm!" " l) >n't know, zur." "Well,
rememl-cr, there's eight." " Eight! pooh I
Jad al wa\ s lakes his without mo tcruplct