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Origvu of Words. Iu the folio*inn will l>0 found the ( ijjin of the words "Undo S.im," "Qui; "Academy," "Gasconade," and "VVir fall," which we have taken from that i Ccllcni papcv'lha Newberry C'ottservai > Tc discover the origin of words a phrases is, not initrequeuily, a source considerable perplexity to the iiiom.sili Ami all of us are natuiallv curious ??bi R'.icli things. To know how and win any word or saying in daily use origii led. is a great saiisfrction. Vet, it ii species of knowledge possessed by vc few persons, learned or indent tied in ot! things. With such iinpressn lis upoti< mind, we have thought it would be i entirely uninteresting to our readers if lay before them t;*o;n time to time si derivation: a.r >e;ui to lis altogether rel ble. \Y2 .a!:c those wepiint to day fr< "Ar\i4H-\; Cyclopaedia of Anecdotes Literature and fine iris," a very niter* ing and profitable book to read. We gin with Tub Outfits of "I'sci.k Sam."?1 mediately after the declaration of the I war wdh Knglainl, A'hert Anderson, New York, then a contractor, visited Tr< on the Hudson, where was concent rati and wlieie be purchased a large quant of provisions?beet, poik &c. The inspector- of these articles at tl place were Messrs kii-eiuser and Sam Wilson The latter gentleman?Invat blv known as "Uncle Sam"?genera superintended in person a large utnnl of workmen, who, on this Occasion. w< employed in overhauling the prnvisii purchased by the contractor for the ant The casks weie inaiked K. A.. I. S. This work fell to the lot *>f facet ii fellow in the employ of tlie Messrs. \\ son, w ho, on being asked by some ot I fellow workmen the meaning of the ::ia (for the leiti is IJ. S, for \ ailed S al we.a aiioost then entirely new .othei sai<l, 'lie did not know unless it tnei "K-hert Anderson rrlut I i.cie 8.011,* al ding exclusively then to the said 'I n Sain,' Wilson. Tne joke took among 1 workmen, and passeil currently ; nil I T cle Sam,' hnuself, he ng present, *iis Ciibioii.'inx ranieii nv ti:em <>n Lite incie inj.- *X"111 ?>l Ins po?sessi ui>. M my of those workmen. being o chant cut UT on.ina'.fd 'lood lor powiL weie found shortly n.'ter following 'he cruiling drum, and pushing lowai<i> I frontier lines, for the double. purpose meeting the ei?. n.y, winl of eating (hep visions ;lu*v had lately labored lo put good order. I heir old joker, of run accompanied them, and before the I; Campaign ended, this identical one ti appealed 111 print. It gamed Jatoi i;i| ly, tiil it penetrated hi.J was rccogm; in every pari of our country, n?id wi I, doubt, continue to l?c, ivlulj the Jni Statos revuaii. h nation, it oiigno precisely a* above staled; ami t lie ?ri ot this article distinctly recollects rein* inn, at a time when it first appeared print, to a person who was equally aw. of its origin, how odd it would he sine this sillv joke, originating in the mid>i beef, poik, pickle, mud salt, and In poles, eventually* become a national o oomen. The (oilov.\u~ io raid to be liie true igin of Tnu Wohd 'Quiz lien Mich: Daly w a* patentee of the Irish I lie.i; he 8p<T.t the evening of a Saturday company with innnv >>f the wits at; 1 11 ot fashion of the day ; gambling whs troduced, when the mat a **- ct kv'i large sum tlut he would Lave sp< kc.i through tlie principal streets of I > ilit by a certain hour next day, Sunday Wor.l having no meaning and being < rived from no known language ; wag were laid and stakes dep<>si ed. l?alv rep-?irei| to tlie thea're, and < patched a.I tlie servants an?l supermini ar.es witli the word "t^uiz," which tl chalked on every dour and every >1 window in town. Shop* being shut all next day. fvi body going to and coining f'oin their < ferfcr.t places of worship : ?w the wo and every body repeated it, ?o that "to r was heard all through ihiblm : the ( CUtnstanCe of so strange a word being ?very door and window caused much * prise; and ever since, should astral siorv he attempted to he parsed curre it draws forth the expression, )'ou < quizzing me While otir classical readers will not enlightened by tha next, many -..thf whose Stvtd'CS have been coiifined to t vernacular, will thank us for telling tin of the origin of so common a word as "ActDKMV ?The word ucadnnit derived from a strange source. A nr;v, and obscure person in Athens call Academns, was possessed <>f a 1 01 which at his death became a school, a in its gardens the illustrious 1'iato till the ears o! his pupils with wise at d c qu en I discourse. "8eo there," says N ton,? "Ree there the olive grove of Aeadem Pgu^o a retirement" i lie house ol "Academe" l.eiiig school of so famous a teacher, ol teachers also, though no Platos, wo Imve their petty aeuiiiiaiiea called "i?ro ol* Academe,'' until bv degrees il.e w-i Chine to be applied in tins sense Jim aally, an I its derivation from the nam* honest Nlr. Actdeinus, citizen of A'lie whs entirely lo'gotten Tut WcttD "Gasoosadk"?Is doll less used by a great many persons w do not know its origin ; and many those who know whence it is <|eri\ have not, we dare sat, beard so good illustration of I be word's nieatimg^tB anecdote annexed : The Gascons were notorious for be; the greatest braggarts ?n K.ir..pa? In i the word ga$coiutde The following is i of the stories told of them I A Gascon officer, hearing some one < ehraung the exploits' of a prince, who, two assaults upon a towft had killed men with bis own hands, "iiah," naid I I would have you to know that the V* muttrass I sleep upon are slulfed wi nothing else but the whiskers of ih" whom I have sent to slumber in the o.h world." *' WINDFALL."?How man? persons wli designate a fortunate occurrence hv th familiar word know iis origin ? We j> )r. suine the very fewest mimher. Tlio ?t ? is so common ami so exnressive that Z 1 i origin ought lo be generally known. I ,v^* here u is : s*X' ! The origin of this term is said to he l ii ; following : S :ine of the nobility of Ki land, by the tenure of their estates, w 1 forbidden felling any of the trees in forests upon llietn, the 'iniber being M>" served for the use of the royal nar y. St u" tr?es as fell without cutting were the | I petty of the occupant. A tornado w 1,1 theretore.a perfect godsend, in everv so i H ; of the' term, to those wl.o had oeeupai of extensive forests \ and the iriiuij '^'r , was sometimes of very great value, nir i i??.? in. in JI (I Ijf IC riliiri. I'll) : Of i _ in LAM C ASTER V1LLE, S C. >er | e,e WKLXI.SDAY MOUMNfi, MAY il, 18 IV. At Home /. gaiu. >us The editor, arriving home upon tli<? e *il | of I he |>re*i nt issue, is hiyhlv gratified I'1* ; find thai the /, ./t;rr I a* be? :i - v ell at' !^. ' dod to dnrinj hi* bsencc. So 1 -iio as I **" ' kilidr.cf.s ol ft.i i ..s :.\:i'.U us na .. Ii.-.s d< " ) ' 111<<>n several octvsii.na, a.l occ.is.ii ..-1 jat I : fiotll liOII.C v\ it i not only be a ?civiee ti> 1 personally. Lm wi I be ehcvrtulv uei:u 0,0 | . . , ,, .i ei-cl in t>v oor re. tiers, r or ilo- main. *,. ineiit and interesting content- ot 'lie I 0c i and the present i .?ne of the l.-Jiifr. :l!< j public and oiirself arj iini btt'd to the ind I trv and talent of ll J. W iiloTspoon. I-. t ? | We lutt'e i luie:;vori d. "idle absent L'r> j far as time and opportunity would pen | to eoniniuiiieate with our readers , on,Ill* ' ' Iters, li'v.tver, owino '. tin. unsera i . i j speed *t* w is li.aue u\ <1. I.'.... . Ii.'.ve In to I si- " in eoniii.g to haii.i. and s.. ,o 111 tii , in | * j are in coiiseipienee exclude I from th's :ss list ^ i' ei!' at an< liier time in.Ve sonieth it>i j to say of the way in which the nulls i ?I id- 1 place are blocked up nt Kind's, i . '.< tnp ted i we a"! reliend. unnecessarily dc'awi: Uu >? ? v hi riii-ni . n ii. ii t-d- i,|i . l,M' | p.n <i| i.c'Af, In rn] vai.ee of the tn.i ' j that a ruiiinr prevailed on Moml.iv Morn '*j amor g the passengers at King-viI!?% t^ I'lli ct that Inutilities had in tuailT coiniii i cod in Kurmic, niid U..u mono .iutciv uj aid reception ot llit* news m imr cotim ,,f ciaI cities, iiillon suffered a considers >i i|> decline, and Iboir and a rain a | r? port i?*ri j; | adv; net?. Although wo made itit _j-.-i.-_ i quiry, we could not arrive al the t'onnd.it or upon winch the rumor was picdiculcd 1 think .t very likely, however, that the U() j ii.or is correct. j,, | Dr 0 Com ell. We have ju-t learm-d tuat the Ri m ! Rev Dr. J J (>'( 'diitiell delivered an a i ;? I Netur. at this place on Thursday ever; xli J of last week. upon the siibj-ct of it', i Roman Catholic t'hisrcli. Not having I H tlie pleasure ot hearing the address, we I wholly unpri-p ired just now t<. make i r> | comment!.. Also thai Dr. (J'Conn. ll, v .. was appointed under the will ol the I ' Hon W Mi Kcnna. is no* one of the uu er 1 , lied hxecutors of ?.i i w " ley top : *" ^ " Pr llsoN.Vi. ?W e arc t.le_ i t.> se, , j,ry ' our Columbia c\ ha-ioc-i. that W M C lit uors. die Kdi'.orx.f the I dti?r, was adi rd. ted to the prueti.e of lai'A on Tuesday I, ' We fcespcuk lor him a share of the pi 'ir tiee of Lancaster, "n m , M "r Ka.'M.v VeuF.TaBI.es?W'e are indeli '8* to Mr James K Douglas, for the fn '''* ' specimen of cabbage nnd luriiitm wu h ire . " 1 seen tliis season Mr. D informs us , sowed his seed, in good soil, on tin- \1 In* | ^ February. * We like tu receive such p ,r"1, ' I | ents. so bring on your specimens. R F.I.l itot's \oj-icE ?We are reques r ' to state, tl al a su< rainei.t.il meeting veil j.. held in the Prestiy leriun Church on Suia |vd . 15 h inst., I?y Rev. Mr. While. Servi me to e< muierice on Friday night. Also, i nd the sacrament will be administered at l*'l Waxhtt.v Cl.ur-jh. on Sabbath i!?th u . services to botdui. n.- or. Saturday A i that iireachlntr muv la nn.', ted ?i Douglas Church on S.ihbbth tit? 2'2.\ in e' by Rev. Mr J N ?' I ^ m1 the j Tiie Sax IIok.n Band ? The yo her . gentlemen composing this .tin >t?*iir b. nit! serenaded the citizens f the VilSagt v*'* j Friday night i?*t We congratulate members on their proficiency. n* we!l, Village in hu"ing such an "institution I ?>ur miiiat. iih, i . Law Court of Appeals - Admission; thJ Bar. ' 'lio I Ynlrnlsy the following gert'lemen. ( , ,| tin' Southern (>uardi.<n of the 3d insl .)? ail , due examination, Were niimitteil to prac llie ! in the laiw Con,t* of this St..to: I W. II Ahncy, Edgetield, Kobt E Hoi ng Spart iiibmg, W. M. t'on'MOf l.ineui f't* ! T. WntioN I'ink ina. Sumter, II NV I >e S,"t' | sure F.dwnrda, Beaufort, I'. II. F.ichelbvrj t Newberry, 1. II li.ty, Sumter, W. 11. Car '' ball, Charleston, W J.N iiammet, Sum Win M f'trath, Edifeheld, W. W. Hi *IX i,e phrey?, Andcnlon, C'harlea Ing'esby, CI ry' lesion, M. II. A. I<cgg, Spartanburg, C;| ,jj W. Montg mery, New berry, John It Mo< *e Andereon. M A Moore, York, Willi er ! Monroe, Aoderaon, Jsines D Nance, N< I berry, Henry Sea brook, Charleston, Bet lO UitU F. Smith, Edgefield, J. Christopl is ^ Winamith, Spartanburg. re-' Russell's Magazine for May. j Pa? 'rd | Ah this Is a' Southern Journal, we are 118 pleased to see that. the present number eon- p(l| tains .'in article on the subject of slavery, ret ^ | as it existed among the Jews in the time "J " of Jesus and the Apostles. We have not u'' |>g , ... .,i?l s/'i <.,e vet read tl e article abc.e reterrel to, but t|(j the w<> 1 such articles as tend to show the ' t.d re' light in which slavery as it existed in the ' cd ieh time of our Saviour, was regarded both by !''' >r?>' J the Jews and bv Chri t himself, eminently j~(i as. | suited to the times and piesent modes of ||(, tt-t? think'ng upon this subject. The tendency cat ,ov ! of our government is to engender specula- ',c I* / / 1 ' lion. Where much liberty is given to the ' mind, men are apt to run into idle and endless speculation, which end in confounding a crotchet with a principle. Kaeli man )Vn feels himself at liberty to follow his own ,.x opinion, whether he is capable of forming w| I an opinion or net Loosing sight of the r,.( fact, that law originates in necessity, and .In that society is founded in wisdom, ai it is of i!i\inc appointment ; and therefore must aI, (if pr<>pcrlv constructed) he conformed to ( 'pi | a higher will than man's, namely, the divine r?-j will, senseless and deluded politicians at the fu| North,are continually substituting their ow n \\ caprices for the will of 1 ><i. In this "pell ,,r me IP of disorder, the voice of reason and ' ,.|, of (?od . re unheard. Tlio settst-le*.-, cry he Continually rung in our ear*, and w hich fur- )lt. litsln s food for Nortbein demagogue* is. I s;i| ? vox i-K/mlt, iox l)ii TutH dogma, huxev- ,, } er, should he received with iiianv gr .'its of allowat.ee, y.tn-c it is ou'v true, as it au t i is il(lf'J j w ith tin. V\ i'! of God. The Scriptures j """ w herever they speak on tl is. n- upon anv J oiIiit aiibjeel* iihuulil be lin t1. \\ e of lilt; j >ve South. at niiv rale, feel iJ, fe, It) heed : i>?1 ! ,, . . w I to I m.ow l!ie::t. i his olui'aziiie n.? tl is a ( | .11. Southern ?-r|?ri-.? and tl,l_, edited. should ilic j nit 'I with t'Vtry Mitict'SD at the hauls ul a ' ct-i >tie | yeiteruua public. "I" m u L I Mi ii J Monthly Periodicals. j jt j The I.i'lecric roit AIav.?T.iis num. ir,.. bet bee ill s l.'lf acCUIld Vnl utile of this tie- til I M-i \ t ill,, iui|iul >r .ni.i excell?-ut .Miiir.iziuc I Q I ti... i it i-> cinbcilisued with two hue .steel en- x . j lit u, intjs. wlncn will "e.vei'e p'ty nf'il inter- J ,, S(j I e t hi tin- historic ejt ami awaken a ilci p i 'ft i ni Ji.ilh \ III llie Irelilip heart " I'libl slicil I hll in 'I.tliI \ by \\ 11 Ihitwcil, N"..r) lieel-man ' " ' u- rvN v/ i!" lite j I IIK K Mi'KK.;OneK Kit lor M.IV is a fine *11 l"'ll ; -pei-Illiell, atnl commences a lleW I'luro pellli j em | "< el. called, "Tile in mallei' of a po< r , (i ue j i ouiio Man," and the commencement of .. | inif series ot articles on the adulteration oi I i I ,'.i? tend. iapinrs and drups. Address John \ | ' 1 r;,s , (iiai , l'n b 'she r, lb and IS,J a nob st , N. A te and enclose $?'> . ; ? livnii i,. t,i" May tittinlicr coiiip'e'.es tin j i ihlti Volt i' ii. Nil" is a 'J'.'od 11llie t . suli | t'" * scribe lor one o? the best month!.es w ? j Fi the have Published In Harper ill !lier?t I , ., ' ' en | ?? >a J'*t annum M,n ^ lll.ACkSuoD is also before Us. The May '*"r number has it- c-ual pood amount of tn t '' c | ter. lilaekwm d and the f.-ur British (Juar- j tcriius arc luri.i-ln .l Ui; >i!o per aliniltil ? ' 1 ^ .Vtill ess, I .eonar.l S, ..it Oc < "o , Y \ ! The Com ant. >? nave riirliiil ui'.li piuisure, the ril- ! ... ) Si. tir ?t iiuinl?*r ill II.is South.-n i..i r j. .1 ur4 j rial, and welcome it .nnioiig <>ur list of ex- I change*. With ('.ill A i 1 as its Kdilor, urn' l I Ml j?lit J nil oc l.oiigstroet, I'rof I-i lloiuif, David- ^ li!t> >?ui. Madame I e Vert, Mrs Miirtin, &iv, as ^ contributors, the Counini is bound to sue" lo the rt'fd, mi J as its nnme imports, hnu' a rapid J li..d and wide circulation. Published everv I are Thursday, at Columbia. S. (\, by W'm \V J tnv Walker, Jr. A: Co., at ? .? per annum in a.'. 1 H? I ho wince. 1,1 at?- Tt.e IVo ;v tr.s of the "Couraol" will he *' i j. publish d ii ,tu.' ro-.vt paper ' m hi The Tourcaceut by l'roin our Columbia exchanges we find on- handsome notices of the Tournament kr' nit which c.ime oil' ut our fair (,'apital on the ist. titi lost. A personal nci]iiaint,ince ol ihc vie most agreeable kind, with many whose hearts w ere kindled with emotion and innv- . ed with high nsolutions on the exciting e r. , it.-d oeeasion, prepares its somewhat, to realize , lest how much pleasure vv o were dented, by . ixe in t being present to w ill.en the g.duutiy, ^ he beauty and pageantry which must liaxc at- I nili tended tlie thrilling ei enls ,,f the day. The ! res- ('aroliiiian thus describes the place and j| thrilling incidents of tlie occasion : ! jTtie place chosen was the rr.ee track ' 'ed , across which lliree cords Were oxlctuleO, 1 ?(| I some lifiy yards apart. With one ring li.ing rl iv "T ''"**'each ; the middle cord iiiuin-di.iie 1 w I ty in Ironi ol tlie hou?e provided lor spec J "" "l.iiora This boildii.|r was thronged wi.li ' f,( b"l us lair a collection of beauty an ever pr-.ced 1 the tlie Tournaiiieiit, or kindled lire in knightly liearis. Tlicv. ol'cnurse, e-.eli hud licr la : vorite champion, and bigli indeed was the "i * in eresi wiih wlucl) the tilling wiis.iint cli ' "c tuny oos. rv. d, bol alillc.paled t?v?-ry ll.'.'ig ,M st , ; being in readiness, tlie splellditl rcllinu, I i gull.-ring in all llie pageiiiury of decorous j ' cosluincs, waving p.nines, hrighi Iniic.-M, kri ong K*'y at reamers and gallant steeds bore j sh uid down towards the stand ana loruied in , f If oil i The following comprised tne out : I on | Kinglit Templar, W. II Tav'or. Itlnck tbe j ISlUggud, ii FiOst, Saladui, Wi.de ' the liMiiiptoii, Jr. Iti-oni liood, W (1 Iiu.ie se ' j() 1,1.11c John, I). (> Caliiuuu. Friar Tuck, hi 1*.. bookler iJoii Quixote. Allied Wallace fx.uiclio I'mi/a, L. j_. Feldcr. Fox llu iter, A. K L i more > Ft rat Muorilia, A. H.ck i to iSeeOnd Guerilla, 1'. Wesloa. Koluiii Ave n..l I T .1..- I.' c- 1 ... ~w... ?..j .?/ i>in|iii i?i ilie L*a<iy fu flume, J ti I'rczevuill. Knight "Km Fra," t'linrloi Tuiifr. Roderick thru, John 'ier Culiuc.n Knight I lot* 'i.untie, K Wealon. *' Rolia, Kuw.ird Wallace. Knight of Trim- ( fr j It'sloii, JSoplten h liarnwvli. tS*is* 11 uk uli n.ti, Wullni'v I'ciirvuii. Unrnwn Miner, J. 0f _ J.im ? Mexican Lancer, John 0. Iln?kvll. f ' ' t H?a let ot the VV Into lluw, Tlloina* Le'"** gire. Cavalier, A. ilankcll. Harry Hot*, fer, I pur, (Joorge lay lor. i Ai After a lundaoin? nddren bj Col. Allen ^ t,,r' | ). Green, the King at Arm*, the scene fair- n> ,n> ly opened mid the tilting coniinenced. "ir With n how to the ladie*, they repaired '* ,!,H* j In licixl of the lint, from which they lilted ar re, Miieceaxixely, each three time*. A* there m iain were three ring, mid three till*, nine w*k w, ,w_ the liiglo-*l to be alMOiiud. The lir-u tut reaul.ed in favor of the K,nighl '/ La Man- J ' J1* ca 'l'hc hur*e* of many of toe riJera were c" her on manuka hie, and rendered doubly difficult dc the centering* of the ring*. F.ach Knight j mod bt in dashing style?their very steeds tiled t'> catch the spirit which ntiim nod ir ridt-s. In the second linn tyuixnlr li'Vod by Ms devoted Sui.clf I'un.n. -till uinod bis first position; w i,il?- 11;?* Kmi; ' ' the 'Vhittlr. I lie I ana-r, tin- (\ii<ih<r ? removed lliv three r.n< - ibo //'?/ ii', sire piomiiM-ni 1%>r th. . eeond mi l ird holers. 'I'ho third at d 1 ?-t doterinin t!io r?l>.,ul)t;iblc J>"" us iho distinguish Knigft ol tho 'I*< iirnanianl. nnd invested n w ilii tho w I cared ,?riviI *!?*> of dos latitlg tho pet rio -s (.inocu of Itoaotv md H'. la tin* tin Siilfhlm removed tin vo rings: hilt 1< <> Into tho ndvaiilag, no, and tho Cmalirr ii'i.l. tlio .Mrxicni rncir wore dtclared tho winners. Tho several inchlonts of tho oycnsiot ist lin\? evaded t<> oaoli tho liv dieat in Csl, lull tho crowning e\? tit of tho day d tho om which of ail otlioru in list hn\t oitod I; o inton-o st ini?-r< >t,v waa that ion "lh' chastened beau if'.il ureal" win oivod on tli- point of " ,? \i1 >th sj-oai I lie proceed, d t i tho | oi,i nilii o of re -ing it upon tho brow lo- dooinod fairest d llio-l.v deserving knioiitly tribute."? lis ceremony, says tiio ( irnlininn wa jardod with much inter, s.t, it was gr.ico II > pert Armed and grate ;'..lv reee'.vod ? o arc much pleased to lo i,ii that tins linn toll to our friend, Alfred Wallace, whom nice v, 11o|,J\* commend, us it would ha\i ell our i \*ii Though imt pioseiil to w il -s tho gallantry ho displaced. *et. w e foe lisfivd, that hi- hearing V a? proud.graeofu d manly, every wav worthy ;< true Kuigti ( Id. 'I he (ilitlidhin thus li:rids(iliiel\ tin os his healing on the occasion . lie had the gallant h 'ating. the Kuightli to I lliinatinn, and the uii.lv accomplish outs of Ins prototype, hut unlike Inn oil ho entile to the ring, ho did net mi ii ii.r ;i vii miii" ti. lnntlj In' \\ i ? iioi.nr-?i,i nl. Ii lit* n ore tln iii. Hiving vh(. i'm,w ii i p.i'i Hiii | <iiiit of i. ear, lit' li -ni'i'ili'i i) from his l( o-iaili'o ii iit'COII ( t'lf.i l>\ Ii - I III' till S !)I'.| I'.III . Ill' gup jit |! fan" ll'.ol g ii.IV ; : it ii . ii in-, it :. i - i'l .i'i'i' vi. i It li'.v ol,iiH ,'? iii- I'.IIV ii.-ii tSi" Silil-lling Is:ir i.li?i ill ! ; III r.ilj* it' lv I'l ii,' i'll:r.l l.i i it'll ol .'? mill lu'.-ntv. W , I 'M griii til..!, I i.'i II M it i' lli.l ill III,.,II til- -lli-i-i'-- iii l|li i'. tin' upnii III- li..p|iv si ii <1 unerring in li' t whirl, ;'- i i,-,i Ii hi in to- ?? .? ?-!,..n ..< o ?it ."t K\,giil ri lir, ,l. In- no t'u t iri. p n ilh , iii'vin in t'iun p Again hi unit l, Iht i'ii , in-, a at llu eaV alter.- lilunil i. ' tin* rail' I l.i- liii'i* ,-ii!t?"i in tin* vii'lory of llu iglil i,| | r I all I'.llllli', i I. lll..Ch vl liil III' Ill pi' i or- '..fa' v.-ii tUl.i'ti-ri,' I lit It nas pi'.r.aiini'.t t e tn'-l li'i, iiUii V\ , re i.'l Ji.illi-.l lln'in-i ln-i Intioilli'iv. tii - I- i > -.ii i I tii-l.lii tioll ? i? Mrxir. n I .nit, t r. a at I';..- ' "s'.v ill, r >n tin* p' "> <>. - . > It.g Mir ,.i ii,i- ot r ; hi-r tl.,; ?ty, *!i?- 11 lecti of l,ov, :t Heauty. At- the i ? prlitor- i. , ilmihl cnltTPi v 11-( with feelings u ortliv of oii'i'i'-ii-t'loii.i a M-i'ii. i v'.ni'it t'ki' iniii'ti have u if who .hw., m.i numinlii r hi. t tw'i t :ll l.o: ? Hi ron ; e a,tj ri ing, ' Mailt ,,t At iii'Iim, it-' w,' par', ( i v e, oti. gui' nic L. ik my heart 'flii' mailt ?o itnniort.i.'i7:',l ,n *rng i II I'll 'tig. SIITo JTi,it'll bl son* all i <1 High r- f l.i'.'Utv, -In' w as on a visit to I'm; ill.in pie not long nil ,',' She niarri i! ', tiiu'.u, i allli .t lilai ti, klnt Iit-r beautv -lie ever hail .a p. --"d an in. I, e i- ile-eub^J a., ..ig ...n thing u ,t b< ...I ul S.i s.iy- Mr J. K. K,'iini'?ty in hi i tela - of Kintern Tra"* I, , f a Sate Jrtt it... \t,. I.l .a II.-. Ni l'?t: or nil S11 i:iii-rurr.?Piofn r I)<-.? a I'rus-inn, h-'s discovered tin ? hi'nl executed copii .? of Mcci or coppi ntc ft gru\ nig- i.in In i. -liiignt?h< it Irm f <n ig it.ils by pi-clog Un lit liiffinei in lnn. iil.ir stereoscope, w he i the tlillrri'lli* I ween I lie |>rinl produced by tin- origin; ate niui (lie spurious copy i* *< n at unci'. Tins will 1 a sure method of de l*1 ing counterfeit b.n.k bill*. For the Line, .oner Ledger. The Lanoaitcr r-.de Company. Mil. I.I> T. ft?It lit..\ lie (if interest I line <?f \ our renders to know, that ll ? ccaster Rifle Cnmp in " paraded on lm .turdnv, fort* fne or ti'lv ::ien, under tl mill md of it- l.itel\ ebv'cd i 2'itri*. Ti uiiji.in) iii now organized. hating cht>-< licieiit i dicers, and u neat but cheap un rm. The uniform ndopied is black tro< Is, white pants with black stripes (low e senilis, and slick bb? k cup*, n drei hu h become* as well the citizen as th 'dier F.very volunteer will tit oree un r;n himself a* lie will feel that his eo toe would he appropriate on nn> ocenami The Company must and will succeed < friend- w ill but -lick together and di large tlo ir dut\, witti an e?e to the pe iiicnl interest of the corps. 1( is with glowing military ardor and p: iolic j.ri(?e (but tlie American Voluntei oiiblers tils rifle nnd marches to the sour the drum and the fltc performing wii gerncss ihe diflereut evolutions of th ill. The plea?ing recollections of tf ene* of '"ti crowd ii. upon his demur* s eyes sparkle with the brilliant lire < tr otism, and bis bosom swells with lo(l lotions He feels, in the inrai - t re.esst los heart, trie p-ond spirit of libert>' sees nothing hut bis country. Iter i"lci t ami her danger*; t'i* " hi* rhiefcni rn Tliunk (it'll t(int this spirit mill hut s mound l-urca?l?r, eno that ?lie in *ti ic to muster a military corps. Tie In-m J.a?- k ?<tn in not yet forgotten, t* in I Li n mid oh'.ta'ry At New Orleans still stinu li s us to honor, to duty, wid l<> gloiyil l llnnging Kork nti'I stand* on the hoi r of our Ihxliiut,lo n.im iiu.li u.i of tyrai i and tori-mind us ut the duty of frecmci 'Vhe Company i? not yet complete, bt still open for the rw ptioo of Volunteei id it is to he hoped t lat men, who !?>.? ililary dutv to perform, w ill eome (c rd and prefer to do that duty in a vnlut er corps, rather than mick to the lien mpanies, where chivalry nnd military si if has long siuen died out. AUQUI8. EDITORIAL COItltESI-GNDENCE. <\'i.t muu, s. c, May 3, l8j'J ' I I nviul myself of the first spurt" umiiienti that I have had since leaving Lunruslcr, t< indite a short'letter t<f the Ledger, whosi i readers I am always pleased to cotnmuni I eate with, whether al home or abroad ? | I Leaving home on Friday, I reached Roek tiill the same day. Many of our reader 1 will nppreeiate the difficulty of one's find ing material between Lancaster and Roe I , j Hill for a newspaper letter,Jtotw ithstandinj it a veiy pleasant country to trave t ' through and possessing an ordinary am general interest. Of the ctops we can sa; j nothing, as in many place? none was vtsi ble. Many of the old NVavhavv fields, how ever, seemed to be in a ti,;e stale of prepa ration, and upon some of the red hills Lot I r 1 c rn and cotton veto making their appeal anee ; the corn could he seen perhaps hundred yards from the road without tli ! aid of magnifying glasses. We cannot bu ; believe that tile Waxlia v lands are peeuti i arly fine for grain notwithstanding the un ' sueeess|i|l a'.i.un I a few years ago to fun I ai,\ corn for sale in that region. Ileyoml C'ureton'.s ferry there is an etitir change of growth and soil ; the former i I much smaller l!i. tl tli.it of the Wax haw' I : the soil is lighter, tne roads tiettcr and th i J general sin face of the country more level It would lie a great convenience to on I section of country if the St; go onto whicl has la-en spoken of between !.amaLtoi am lioek III 1 could la- established and We hop r I the efiort to get it up may succeed \\ | believe it i> the nearest direction by whit I 1 liic t 'iiailoltc II,.ad can be reached Iron Lancaster, is ?iiiK "J3 mi'es ami oieragoo i . , ' road near.y :tl! the w ay. U .ck Mid is wry pleasantly si'iiated ii a latge oak grove, and s-t the e.i?terri ex 11? 1111:\ ?>f tin* town nre mime Ii indanm private residence*. The |?l.-n-*- is ?*.-iit< [ lit iliiji. o\injf, and Mir see II" reason win i I ?ln>u'i1 Hot improve, li.?\in<r a larj/e neop ' ' of link rmintry to sustain it ami situate! Hi tin' most populous anil utalthv neetiu. of Vu:k Ihstriet \\ o understand tliat yotul ?l"?l of I'uttoo i? so'ti iii tin- plai'i* in tl r. ..boon is in mi UK s ami workshop <.f taiimis k'.itls; lilt tin' liijt>lii'?l i* v ii I rile I ot its mtv.im ipji tendency is tin' i'?talili?li tio'iit within its r'til of tlif Indian l?*tm ' ('hrnni'lf, e. liii'ti Wo Wi li1 pleased to *c 1 proo'i'ssino with i s w on loll ?j tit i'.i d in ; tore t. 'l'to re are two lio'i?iw ol i-rit< rt.iin ' iiiei t in ttie | l.iee : 1 Mopped at the on k? pt by Mr fteil^as ; liml to wait se\c !i n.r? for t! e e imno of the tr on. I>ut lou I ore 1 Willi tl:" i-iiiiip.iiij of the elitert..in::.; ! :or t J illilt editor ot Hie Chronicle. tl e t ii ii not h'irj l.-mi lly. We Icit Itueli III i a In at 1 J o eloi k 1'iiil.i" r.iolit and reached t 'ohiiiihin uliou | day 'ig'it it-x t iiiorniiijr I went to t'i ' \nurn an, tool a i out assigned ins no t wa , soon r. posin.' In tin arm* of imuplit ! \bruit 1 o'clock, I v. a* awakened by tii I martial strains of music in fr? nt of tli In 1, con.inif frvtit a brass-', .mi a'.'.Kioto the ' I'aliio Uiiards ot CliarUatoi ( I who are on a visit to t.'ultiinhia and came t 'lie Amerieali" lor breakfast. I found that about twenty applicants b admiskioii to the It ir li.nl already arrivci io.d w ii iv r bee? ili.bo i ' in our tlTorl I ^ li. iatcch.ili^iua ideas, vV I' , to prep, ire ou el '< s Jur tl.e nulling ordeal. I'ntil tli; J is over i cannot no.sin pay my rvspccls ! j tl.e H-r. I attended the 1'iesbv tern.ii Church ti ' Sumt iy arid beard a very able rind elorjuei lllM ours fi'HH lb a. .Mr. I'allller, of \. t >rli k'nt, fo; liter panto. of lb? I'r>b) lefir " ' ii ii re h ir. ( I ....iL.u. i'lie cereiiioriy of o A dai. iio a Minister vv... 1 with, wiii. li 1 thought v?-ry solemn ;.r 1 | impressive The ordained, I undcrst in \ has bc? 0 appointed to a misxion lo Chin \V V. <\ Coi.i Mn,;.. May a ?i 18.'<9. I intimated in my 11 ?!. (hat al'tur the c aininatn n. the Isdgtr would again he ,i inv attention. Thai event cniiu' oil III ie morning at 10 nVlark, the result of whi, it will doubtlcs be enpicil into tin- /Wg iC ffi'lil (ho (Julnrnbin papers. ie Tliii, the tir?l week in Mny, nlniiy* n g'du lime in Columbia, seem* In be tin. i- tliaii usually lively l'ie pr,*uiit no.ison !; I, .si night till- yowllg pfllpli' liuil u M ti pa.ly at '.he Atheneunt II ill and to nig i, there in :.no!hcr u( K.osier ? Hall. I'o itn. ie row there ia to bj a Tournament in the \ i. eriittj of Colon.Lin, to' be engaged in |>ii w. cipally by th i College youth* t'Uch lhi|i| a. | break in pleasantly upon the in xiutonv if everyday life atid ifl'ord a liealthlu) m ?. improving reerenlion to the basilica* or I i. boiing classes of ,.ny community. The I'alnirtio (iuards of Charleston n i- still here encamped near the Arsenal Acs r , einy ; the object of their visit roncerra id aoine way the interest of the Milit.v h School* in this place and Charleston Tli e afternoon thev gave * dress pirate hetvvet ie the Conjjiree and United States Hotels,at ? pass d through the manual exercise* wi f great precision and accuracy. They we v aitynded by a most excellent band of m * sic. A large number of persons, embracii ? limitv of the fair daughters of Uolumbi ? were present to witness the scene. t- I'll era are but few stranger* in Color r. lua si tin* tune ; those here are principal II lawyers in attendance noon the Cr.nru. i? Appei.l, We hive been gratified to me I. Mesa Williams and Xldore, ofonr pt.iee.w! ! nre looking lo tin* intcreats of tlieir elien ? i.. tlieae Couita. Tlio Sunday School l-oi r-1 tenlinn, wliiefi coiiiiikkin on Tjiuttdiy, i. i> expected, w^ll attract e, iar^c number < i. | persons from abroad, it I have joat learned Hint Dierr waa an a a cidcnl on Dio thiwljltr- Hoad laat i.igl e about fitty mile* above this place, whi< r- c:tmat Her r resulting i . the m-?st aerioi i. 1 ?u>nM ijtie; e? Some fu nd in human ?hn| >t had laid timber arroa* the Iraek, and D r- pa-Mngcr train coming down at a n.p rate waa thrown off Fortunulely no ot received any material hurt It ia aearea possible to conceive a punishment that would sufficiently atone tor an offence of this kind ; to thus recklessly and wontonly * endanger tho lives of human b?iiig?. exhibit its n degree of wickedness at which ordij nary sensation revolts. .The new State house is stil! advancing towards completion. Tho second story is i raised upon a portion of it, nnd the gran- j ito curved cornices and door and w indow faces show admirably well; the beauty and elegant finish of the building is jest beginning to be seen. A friend who strolled ' down there with us, thinks that when this house is finished a man will feel as proud j and as ambitious of a seat within its walls ; as Im would be of a seat in Congress, and that competition for legislative honors will | 1 also thereby receive a great stimulus. i Some of the readers of the J 'Vg'J will i | remember thai we copied some weeks aga : a ' a notice from the Columbia Itullrtiii, de i i- | scribing and condemning the disgraceful 1 t | scenes that were, cliacteu in Columbia at I the late Sheriff's election tor Rieh'and Dis I triet We have understood here that the ,1 ' notice of the Hullrtin was by no meai.s exaggerated? that it M-nicc'y gave the .full e ' truth. It is hatd to believe that the en- j s I lightened ciunmuiiitv of Columbia would s 1 countenance such dangerous and demoraliI e t zing aliases of the privileges of the ballot I ho*. No where else n; the Slate are such r | scenes eu icted. and it is a miserable spirit li that submits to it anywhere No man, we il aj prehei.d, would have the temerity to Me tempt to bull-pen the people of I.anen?t-T ! e District. Ii ! I leave this place for Chn-leston in the ii morning; i^n vi?lt lh.ro will be a verv J .1 short one, and is upon businc-s connected | with our pipe*, lutt (n-rli.if s, I mav write ii ' ng ill from there \V .VI. C. \\ e bar c received tftc* following lines ! a f-oin a fair friend, written as a farewell to i a clas- ij ( iivini-try. Wo agree with her I e | in thinking tliein loo good to he lost I I \ '1*1 rise who fare li-lelied to the fa re v. ell I 1 I word* el si'ine loved inslruelor can approa ' eiate tliein. I ,, . ? I ?v>r the Laiiea-tei ledger. * I Farowcll to the Chemistry Class. In this great lubrntory Morli inieailv ini \? <1. ' { A w liiit- in i|ii:? t union O.ir ftrmnits wiiji'il lived. il*i>i change, our law of being. We now arc <1<ninii<l l<> know ; (l ' And f<irlti to I'orill Mfif rnmpoUHtlf < >?r m-vend ni <>w> go. Vet < << < < iii closer union, in.0.ol liv nihility ? Scarce 11 out llic.ir kindred lein-nts ^ < '.in In-ill lo rend 1 l.o 1 if. 1 i 'lli ugh \ i.dtti 1111 beads i.'rii.i ri-iili'v. In il in tln ir motet nt 'l ili1 ; And often now attractions, ' Mil compound* tti'jior ite Our hone.. art- <-?ten blighted, \i lii*,# Hlnmger com< . And drive ns from koiiio 11:11-Ii lin,,i 1.1si-, Wi. if hearts w . ,5 -e .I'd i <ir ii i;u r And like tin wandming < .'on, K I . . . , , j rv iiii- nn'ui s ?< < 111 t<< l<<- ; ilmiiid by u vvi-ot cndur-iio l? r.<', j Of rnili' alii 11 ity. In It it onio tluTf nro whose u!ow,:ig . >11 1 Minis, <t | l.ik 1'will 'raKp v. An.', bold congenial element* in i in warm tenacious clan,.. Ami audi is ?he, tbo cherished friend, . || I t 1 ll<-ne.'itli wbono smile we meet, id ,,,, . , , \\ bose presence, action, learning * v t art I. I (*.iti turn to sugar aweet. Change is the law of being; Vet even in decay, x* | We know no liniuat atom ic May ever pa** away, lis 1, The fuery crucible of life, ,r At:>> ;end true hearts in twain ; Hut in n<-w groups of beauty, a j They'll cry-laUiio ag.tin. re I _ 1 J or the l?Mu-.trttor I.odgor. <v A Wife I.ike Bfiue lit ,r. A wife like mine to *ing and plav, ri . And laugh and I.ilk and work all Qny, it- To cheer this keart and make our heme, /, More jile i*nnl ili.ui a golden throve? | f* v. orth the time a gentleman, Slav ?pend ?r, rhyme aa best he cr.n ; To p diit in color* bright and idem T'?o virtue# of hir de?re*t dear ; re . I* worth the gold, n apruee young man, ,n i Mightapend in dre?* ami what he eun rv To make him look quite grandy proud, ,H And pnaa him off in ev'ry crowd ; it J id U worth the love a married man, th And nil tie ha* in heart and hand, re To cheer and bleim hi* buxom wife u* For making avvect hi* ioneauine life ; >g ij. 1* worth nil the*e, love, gold nud time, And more than word* c?ti tell in rhyme, n. Or heart ?an fowl un<1 tongue declare iy To hiin, who live* "/Awr Harhehrr." of t A wifo like mine?I must tell you ? (Though emphatic ; yet no leas true) a S?> pleasing in her nianne'* all, Would bless a man, that'a man at all. rt11 My Wife, she is the girl for me, The aweelefi I c< ul<i find, None other I did ever aee, r" So verr good and kind. ??. ;h For marv a one 1 went to eee, " Thai looked quite neat and fine ; f? And many a las* toat ple.ietd me, But noite a<# Weil as mine. ?4 )# | Though, bountiful and very smart Ijr | With many thousand charms. Tlwt might hnve eluiined a lovers heart. And lain hiiu in th-n arms Vet, courting the eUven, , , And mnrr.ing at noon tunc. Like beauteous stars in Heaven Were loot in hrr sunthine. Now to you hoys I have to any Get ve a wife like mineShould first and second 'addressed' ?ay,nay. Go on and see the.nine. As time is pa seiner fast ay.ay, And girls ure all nbout . Should some sweet lass turn v<?u nw?>, Think not yourselves kicked wpt. For he ihat here now writes to voir lias gone the world around, 'Till he has learned, ni l one, but you, Have MATRIMONY found. Nkvf.k Givf lTy Lancaster.District, April. 30. Protfction for Hotel Visitors.?Tin 4 Philadelphia Inquirer slates that Mt'.sr, I'resbury and Sykes, proprietors of the tii rard Hotel, in that city, lone recentIv.bv o, exhibition of great moral and eomniereial courage, taken a position that will heap. preeiated and sustained bv every true gen. lleiuan. Tin y will not permit a profession- # al gambler to cross their threshold upon any pieteiicc, and thus keep their establishment and its gucsU free from Hie annoiiu). ees incident to the presence of this dangerous elass of law-breakers. It would be Well lor ever) other yeput.ible hop-1, u !>er<: our friend*. suns, danglit) jm, and wives ninv reside, to sustain the ex * lit pie. Tl.? s'ot TIM iis llAPXtsr CoSVF-xt OS ? I'lle delegates tn this ( '->11* elli loll, Which .1 eoiiveiie'i on .Vet duV, 2d irist . s.-ivs the Richmond ICI'tjtii'rr, at llie First Presbvlenaii tjiurcli, v\ ii! number between tight hundred and one thousand reverend gentle men. L will be the ia'gett ('nil veiiUmi of this di ;iiriii:iialioi< ec r lield ill the Uiii'c t Si.lies. <T rlripjjijir. L.?.tcr From Europe. .4 i! 11 /mil o / r u i; NIAGARA. II v i i r a \ , M ?\ .1 ? I lie Mciiin ?lii|> N i* i UJHIa, Captain ill li*. Iia* alMVfil fool, I.mo poo! Willi <1 It. S 50 Salupf )', A|iii! l.tunuoot. Makkkis, Apr I 2-1?T!i.? s i ii-> o| ( 1. il 11 iii, t- if I In* past li Vi* ila t ft, mili'i , up Iflf GQU Intli*i>. i'litr iii irkfl liiti ill*cliiit-il froni ii six'it.ii!li |o >tn *!i?111li i . i pi'iiiiv on tin* M! I 11 inLf anil ly?wer jjra.l>-*. Mri H.Ni.ifr-' nre M?*u Iv unit I'rovimoi tir m. fiKNKUAI. IntKUIUKSCK ? Allltlri.t lii< M-nt 11 or ti 111 ii ii t u in lo S.irilui'ji, i f * 11 -111 ! ino, iilis iltitt-lv, it <lii? iroiino. Sic- li n i?i?on 115r.-o iLst* for the n-iviptof a uplv Hlnl ll liin 11?: 111 illif l? I'I.ImI, w "it (|i*iialit w nr. Kjjlity llioiiiiMiul Mii< lit ii hi mI Villi.m llool ? llHOl I'OI'II orilolt'll lo I |i liHi.k* of tti?? river Tirino, Autliit In* ri-ji*i-??nj tin* final propiNiiitoii^ tiot'lif la , ^ 1*:ijl'tinl. I lit* French lron|it me inovin \ towar.N tl I-fri-iiiiemof I'ieilirttMif. Tlieii in :l pltlic ill the I'lolirli liniirne. Acquittal. Sa\ a: s aii. M t\ 0 - Iii rlie case of tli** I ni'.eil Siaii h no.,iiim Siiva?hik! Maisf-*, j ' liHiy.'il wiiJi filling out (lie Spani?li lotr'que Ant/el it n, for lite purpose of engv I t?"?l{ i" lite ftlave traiie, a venlirt of "N' I ' Cuillv" lias liteii r<<in)?-r?* I. Fire tind Lost of Life A vert iloitteMUi'ir oi cumuim i* to N I rwiidi'il, from the S tludn aide of lhi? I'! * Iriet. I lie dwelling hoitee of Zd>edelltviid hh? deaimved (>y fire duritiL,' t >i ! afternoon of the ??ud April; ?n I in i iit-r^livil tt litll.i ilHUijh'fr of (lit* Unfurl it nuttf inun N\r. II ivud tool !oat lua w;f?? fk usny n f?'w rtt'fks hefoie ih'.a tH'ii'iltf nr< i dent. IIhviiiJ Oci'HH uii to lenv?j hoine on ihe d.?y of liie cnUmily, lii? children were pUceu in ciiMrge of hia ti*t?r M wnh ?p*w!Hl ii atrurtio<i? i-? he very cnre lul of litem. After dinner, lhi? Ufy w?*ljk I <) oui on m tiail to n rieigldtor'* inline. ii. I ?ighl, ho J uulv n few hundred yard* dia taut. ?ili? 11h<I carccly reached the pine* | when, on lo<d;i.:j Imck, *h?i!i? ovwied lief I brother's cottage alreadt In a l?l?Xe.? Haate Ntnl help were unavailing. Before m?< ii?tn'ico c >whl come, the hooding wm j wrapped ill fl'ainea. Four little children '.j I eacap'jd ; they aeem to hay* heen playing j in llU y'nrd. Tlie eldeat child, h girl o' ! aevwn, and very eninrl, niitiM appear tc ' lint# been it the tvu^?aOee'p llowrve | lliia iiinv l>e, her hone* were fount] ufttf'. 1 the fire hiiiul ll>? amok:ng tinder*. The poor litlltr girl it an til to yun* heen nn commonly in.elligeut, a^Mpfc id ncconi mo-lull oil. I'Ul wli v <en llllh> girl," when *he lot* only j in the choir of little angel* alariAHMfcet ihn ah fluted |Mi?ni lake iIna lujHHBjMlis heart, ddrrr/iirr. ?? witUHKit ?" fitriiiM u* ilni (l>? H'w.'CftgW* 'M'vl t?i*r ere* encountered ooiun.oulBBw.ot^er in the |>!u<?U'A t<> OtifeMkt'uHV Al* temped by Mr. Oniric* !i*u *r grtft ether*. W'lifii hi die Gulf S1rtj4.11, niwt k Mjn;?li which i|i?in?*i?d ii.-flKp^t^tii.l other*!*? injured l??r to *u% 4k v\?l.'. tliHi the p>*rty of p ntfVir? * puMinj; Sleuiner and make ni?.i>f v'-fW?c' comod*;ibu? to get tuck into A tuMix) tug, or oomotlnng tjM&6 Jhrt, ?m nent After the inlurtj vetr* At Uo*t, o ftnyt oar it\fb;iu*lut.' n >i4 %?ve been quizzing u?, hut tie talked v. r'y ifln. l. lik? a limn in t-*rii??t. rt>^) iv |1iofc|to, lite mid Wanderer inny ! ? on tier promt ?it| over tlir vt *1 wftmr tt^ it r.iggefu. Sl>?'? a ciiterrwft, mM mi*! Mmi j up where le**t expected.? VdfrwHt Ad11 eerier-.