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the Canraster Cebaer. ?2 PER ANNUM 55ME** IN ADVANCE 1 /ninili) tail ^alilitoL i'tuiapapu?Jtantta tg ttjt Arts, sritactB, titftatnrt, ifilutntian, Agrinilturt, Sattrnul 3ui|iruuniJHits, >omgu sail fiauitsiic 33cms, tab tljr jMarkrts. Volume ix. Lancaster c. u, south caisolina, Wednesday mohninu, may io. isco. m u u [?E |> , ^ J 4. , * i . - - I fcrtm |)i)ptrtj. AN ADIEU. A blooming lass of sweet sixteen, First roused my nduiiration, With looks so mild, I thought that she Loved cue like nil creation ; My boyish heart nt Inst found words, Its tale of love to tell Iter, Aua listened while she fondly swore fcihe loved?some other fellow. / My second wns more lovely, far, 'Phnti fill thaa irirls iirmind lia?r. ? ' - "vi Willi mule*, niggers, stocks and lands And money too?confound Iter. I conxed h? r with a cunning tongue, And naught she naked r?fuaed ftfer, Uut when she uopged me to "ew.ui*." ), like n fool, "excused her.' The next had charming golden cut la,'* Around her shoulders flouting, With lip, and eye, and voi^p ho sweet, 1 eon Id nut keep frony onriing. So mild, ho gentle too, wan she? So little touched with evil, Kut when I made my purpose known, She proved a peifect?coquette ! I tried again, with like results, The lower and the higher,? Ivich beauty seemed to dote on me Uniii I came to try her. So here's a tua?t to one nna nil The female population ; I'll keep my pictures, bonks and ring* And quit '.be ociupntion. ^i\11\i*4"i\iV Wi'iruiru gpuuu. From the Sumlny Time*. THE LAWYERS OLD DESK IIV MAItY KYLE DALLAS. Severn! years ago it wan iny fate to re side, fur n lew in out lis during tin* Spring nnd Summer, in tli? uninteresting little town of H , New Jersey. I never slinll forget tlie sleepy fjitiet of '.lie ?p?>f, nor 111c mi lipid solemnity of its inhabitants Tlie houses, hi' nlike, and unshaded by tree or sliruti, stood in forrnn' row, bke :i l.ne of dominoes after n recently finished gnine. The nun bent down upon llieiu all day long, and seemed to have peelel tlie skin off the staring red roofs, to raw Mid glowing did 'liev appear. In etery garden lines of wet linen were perpetual I ? iiiiiuriitnr nut t n /Ui' aiwl ot'nut ? * !. v* * "* " ** "V " * } ? """ window w*s par|??*'nullv closed. Walk i"g through the streets, morning and af teriwon, a stranger'* general impression would have been llisl every house keepei iu the place had just finished h> r only washing, and was lying down to take s nap. The only buildings of importance in the place Were llie school house ami f ,the meeting house, and the only amuse meiils not considered sinful weie scandal and donation parties and sew ing socio ties. T! e house we inhabited was large ami old fashioned Its last tenant had been it was said, a lawyer; a gravestone in the church yard uear by bare his name and up in an unused room on the upper floor stood an old desk, which *a% said to have been his property, Ofie day, when the lowu seemed sleepier than u*u ul, and I was doomed to several hours ol loneliness, 1 ascended to the apartment where this ancient article of furniture wn< placed, and began listlessly to gaze from the window which overlooked the whole place, and even a distant farm house 01 two. There being no seat in the room, I pet died myself upon the desk which I have mentioned, and, to prevent mvveil from slipping off, rested my hand upon s little moulding which ornamented the ha> k. I h?d not remained in this posi tion many moments, when a sharp pain canted me to sun suddenly, Mini looking ?lown to ex <mmii the cnunf, I observed n Irttle spring, baif hidden by the carving which surrounded it. I hrd seen a *|>ritt|_> like 11) 10 before. And, knowing wliAt it portioned, I eagerly pressed it with my finger, and opened by its aid a little so ctel drawer, of the existence of which I had never before had the slightest suspi cio*?. Ir this drawer were several papers and a small kid bag. Hie latter I open ed iinmedia'elv, and found it contained the miniature of a female and a lock ol curly hair. With my curiosity fully a rou*ed. I se zed toy treasure, and, running down to my own little room, closed the door, and sealing myself in my little rnck< ing-chair, began to examine it at my leisure. Tbe portrait was that of a very young and lovely girl, whose hair corre 4Vktmlf'iI tn lliAl a/ lltA AusIm ea?? asLLel. lay bwaide it. The papera were four in nnmbrr; two were little notes of invite (ion, written in a lively familiar manner, beginning, "Dear Murk," and .ending, "Your couain Sieila the third waa a acran of poeiry in the aame hand, and l) a fourth waa a manuscript, in large, buv ineaa like characters, but evidently not a legal or buaineaa document. Manuscript ?at leaat, any except my own?alwa\? faacinatee me. and I composed myself Cm the peruaal of thia waif of my own And ing The paper waa old and yellow, the characters faded by time, but, by dint ol rraeverenre, I at length deciphered It? ran aa foilowa: STELLA. Lowe, true and perfect lowe, ia not tba j wiin, tempestuous, ^tormv feeling which , some helieve it to l>g^ Love which really I merit* ihe name. tloJ^uon noiselessly and softly; noi the M< 1 glittering ripple and wavelet oil, the s^ore of life, hot ruth i er the resistle^/ under-current?more like a quiet, undemons rative giant than h noisy, pusnipimlk, hot trained little dwarf. ' Love will sarfifico ioeif for the happiness [ of the beloved object?separation, nav, i even death, cannot end it* life An ever j hurtling lamp in liie unseen innermost of i the heart, it* very existence ia often utiI known save to the vestal soul which trim* j and wa'cln-s it. Stella ! Stella ! loved of my youth and I age, lost forever here, hut garnered tip | for me among the genu of heaven, dost | thou Jxiiow now, iu thai bright sphere to "Mini urn angel* Oore thee long ago, how well I Invo 1 litre ! I pause and start. Ti e moon, falling '.hruttgh my study window, lipids up the j mirror upon tlie wall, and reveals to me | my own r-flection. 1 see an old man, !gray haired and care worn; not leel.le <>r dccrepid yet, but past tlie blessed age of sentimetit and romance?the spring and suinuier time, which B>ron calls '*ilie passionate pait of life." A litting person truly, to wiite and spent, of lore?"a proper hero for a love tale." Yet I, Mark Asltfnrd, sitting here in utv lonely studt, | with law hook* piled hI out me, w ith | nothing near which does not speak of drv | business and money transactions, could i write a love tale from tlie memories of toy o.J heart, which might put to shame ll.e records in the lives of younger men, on whom the world looks as heroes.? Come, old goose quill, there are no briefs or deeds upon the desk ? there is no case for you to draw up lo night? 1 >oe v*. Roe oan lav ovet until to morrow? et me use you for myself once; open for tne the closed toint* of the past, arid tecotd ;he dead feelings and actions which time has buried there. Stella, bright star of mv boyhood ! how sweellv to r picittie s> ems I <w Bimit; ll |)< III IIIHl M III II 111 f I l|?y W 'letl 1 j fir-?i met too, and when von wave me i your soft hand so fraiiklv, and called me ' Cousin Mark for t lie fit si time, Stic was very beautiful. not only to inv I own eyes, but to those of everv one who ! ga/.ed upon her; but 1 iliil not love her , for Imr beauty only, it was her heart and , soul which won me. Ileiiven knows that if every (harm had vanished trout Iter face and lorm, she would Mid ham been i as precious to me. Hefore she came to dwell among us, I had known that she : was betrothed to another, and she was I too ptiro and frank to make a secret ol ! the fact. She spoke ?>f lvlwaid \\ anno I (an officer in the navy, and who was at that time absent" on a three years' crw'se) with the simple confidence of a child, and | would run joyously to tell us of tin* r?? , ceipt of a letter from her absent lover; I and vet, despite this knowled ge, despite the fact thai she regarded me almost as a brother, the love I le't for'her grew, a I . | gainst my will, to he the tnas'er p issiou I of inv soul, i never hrea'hed one word t J of Its intensity to living moral; and she | In tie knew, as she leant in sisterly cnnli I ! dence lltnri mv srin lliul I nu, i.ruei,,.. I I ?t ' "" I"".' all I lie while for strength to hiile my love I from hi'i sweet, truthful eves. Time pawed on, and the hour of E l ward \Varing'i? return drew nigh. I heard | ; from mv sister tliat the day for tlie wed ding wasalreadt fixed upon?s<?on visions i of white satin and orange flowers were of'cu levesied to me through an aeeidtn I tally opened window, and I knew that | I l>ene?t!? bust fingers and living need es, ( Stella's bridal dress was growing to per ; faction Yet now, for the fust tine sitice f j 1 ha I known her, S ella was s?d a id ah[ | Mravted ; for hours she would sit alone i watching the sky, or looking into the far i | d'stance with something like fear upon i | her face. None seem to see the alteration - : save til)sell ; hut a lover's eves arc far [ seeing, and I had watched her face so [ , long and so fondly. -Going to her one \ day, as she lingered Upon the piazza, I I spoke of this sadness, and asked her, as a f brother might, its cause. 'M trk, you will laugh at me if I tell i vou,' she replied. 'It is very foolish, and | j i am ashamed to speak of it. I ? i iiave | had a terrible dream, ousin, and I can* Dot shake off it* influence.' ' 'A dream ! Tell it to me, Stella, lliat I rimy interpret it,' I said, laughingly.? 'Dreams, alwuvs go l>y contraries, you know ; a teriib'e dream will certainl) ( ring the best of good fortune to the dreamer.' 1 Stella shook her head. 'I wish that I could think so,' she said. 'I know that I am very childish, hut since that dream, ' my presentiments of evil have Iwen almost more than I can hear. 1 fear?oh ! ' I fear, Mark, that I shall never see E<l 1 | ward ag ain.' She huned tier face in her hands tor ono moment, and then raised it again, covered with tears. '1 dreamt that we were walking together in a wood.' she said, speaking in a low, tremulous lone?'you ami your sister, and Edward 1 and I ? and that at a turning in the path we came suddenly to tlm hank <>f a nt-r ' a willow tree bent over the waltr, and > cloee beaidn it ? little Imal w allied. W? 1 were laughing and talking merrily, when auddenly I felt mv blond curdling in my ' vein*, end knew that loinelbtng unearthly 1 wa* at my tide. I turned with h rlind' der, and mw a huge h ark thirg, with 1 wing*, holding a long lance in h a ikele ton hand. 'A good |<la!? to make a grave,' he whi*|>?red. 'Look ! a good ' place to make"* grave.' lie pointed to ' the willow tree, ami there 1 *aw a grave dug, ) acreemed and turned toward* ICdward, hilt lie vu not there. I at rove to fly, but tire day bad auJdenly grown t dark, aod I oould not find my way. nor 1 see anything (lie gaunt Hgure at ii>\ ! side, hiuI, wuli a fee h iil' o| despair I cum ! not even hear to remember, I seemed to i swu m away. Uii, Mark ! I lear ihat I dream foieloid mv Kd ward's doom.? | Think of l ho perils ol (lie ocean ami of 1 the sv ord ! I cannot rvst nor sleep. I i shall <'ie if he does not collie Soon !' Again she went, and I sooilieil her, ' telling her that death meant marriage, i ! and laughing at her superstition, \ el feel I ! ing a strange huehodi'Jg at in\ own heart. T lie dav a passed slowli l?v, but brought I no sorrow. One bright morning a ling ! ing step was beard upon the |iailiwav, a ' I clear niaiilx Voice sounded through the ball, and S.eiiH wept Willi joy upon liei j lorer's hosolii. lie was there, be was I safe ; she had no tear now?-her dream was forgotten in the loiig vision of pre* j ent and future. In lew tin vs more, and I liatl listened | Itt ilit? words which made iii\ S ella an1 j oiher's. I li.nl l?een the Inst lo salmi* 1 j Iter ii* a hrale, aiitl I (hanked iiiv (Jotl i : llinl lie only read the anniush ot my { ?onl. Sin* was to leave nn soon, nod one pleas i ant afternoon we walked out low.trtls tin.* | l woods for tLu last tint*? tella leant op | on Iter liappv hnsoitinl's nr.n, and 1 lot I lowed wiili my sister. 1 lin I fallen into a reverie, fit.in which J 1 was nron-ed h\ Kdwaitl Waiinn's voice : 'A boat !' lie cried. 'A I oat! Now. if we can lin.I tin* owner, we may l ave a glorious -ail. W liose is it??do at v ol y ?u know <' 'It Is Mr. Brown's,' said my sister, sloop ! inn to examine a n one upon '.lie post to ' wliicli it was chained. 'lie is a friend of joins, ami will lend ns tlie key wmIi pleas { lire. \ otider is his house, anions tin* I tree*, I will no and lairrow it for voii ' Away she tripped, anil Klwanl War inj; followed her. 'I'll he hack in a mo1 ineiii,' l.e said ; 'don't run away Willi mv , wife while 1 alii L"ito*, Mark.' And he I looked hack, laii^li u^'.y. as he v.unshed I llttoii, h (lie hushes. lie had scarcely tfone when n low p *al I of thunder broke upon our ears. I look led up tit the skv ? it was fast clouding I over. - >? e are io nave a storm, i said, 'the boat wi>| be nl ho u?e. 1 wish tbev W?iiilt| come I Hek.' Stell i turned as 1 spoke, ami her face | orevv deadly wlnle. "Mark ! M uk !' she I ou?|ie I ; 'chII liitu hack? call liim b irk ! li'imkly, niii-'ii. ?| i kly !' 'Are you mIra id of the storm (' I sni 1. S?he pointed to ilie I oat ami a Im??* 1 imar it, in answer. 'My dieam !* she I muriniiri'il. 'Mv dream! 1 ?o \ou re ! member it ?' As klie spoke, a ll .sli of liglilnilii; gleamed llj ol; tin- IiomZ ill, and alio lief 1 and heavier peal uf thunder drowned lu-r voice. 'Kdward ! uli, K 1 a aril ! CoWO liwek ? . oine back ! she sobbed. Hut lie was bexoiid (lie reach of her sweet voice, 'hit voire wlocli lie was nev 1 er to bear again?no, never ! tor, as she ' knelt lelieath that w I.low, praynig f,,r lit. a .feiv, ibe lightning ll islied again. nnd j the thunder's aw lul voice was beard nine [more; ami when silence leigned again, ' ami I recovered froill the stunning effects of a deafening crash, I knew not where ' which thing me jitosira c on the ground, I saw !ier \ I ' ^T. pate anil ghastlv. with I a b'nek maik upon her bosom, beneath j ilie riven tree, where I had last seen her, I pra\ ing. For the first time in inv life 1 folded I her ill illv anil". Upon those |ife|e>s lips I I pressed pasStollate kisses ; into llio.e closed ears I p aired wild proiestalion? of love ; close, close I pressed that sear ed bosom io my own, and wihllv moan ed as I fell the sofi hand growing cold and hard as marble. T'lfy found me aflerwaids. wandering ! 111 llit) woods. earning her in tn\ arm-, and r.t* ii'vT ' ki' H maniac I ln-y si\ thai I I was mud f >r week* ; but 1 h tie lo>i *<> i remembrance o| lh<l d tv, nor < )' tins hnr I nble desnair of the young biidegroom's ! taCe, ?* !? * looked lit) 'II ! is sweet wife's 1 pulseless form, lie wept ; In* m< nrii**<I I ?h\e. mourned -iiiCerely ? I>111 nol ha ! i ili*). Fiietid* s> 111}> tlii/. -(i with Ioiii, and knew not lime <d my sorrow; l>m leant passed on I could see that his o'.l I buoyancy relume I, that lie w..8 young 1 ami gad again. One i i.hi? ah ! many years ago? when Sietln had been dead live summery, I sat beside her grate, weeping, and 1 walched the lights gleaming from the windows of a state y mansion near ai hand ? hghls wltjch shone up- n the fair j face of another hiidewhoin Kdtvard \N* ar j ing bad wooed and w, n. Yes, he whom j the 11a11 loved so well, and trusted in so fondly, had wed another ; ami I,of whose love she never guessed, sal, there, in the still, star lit stumper night, and wep' up | on her grave?the grave which iny hand, and mine only, still decks with flowerets not half so pure and sweet as the fair j hud so early laid beneath the so l. | In heaven she* will be mine I Yes, | sweet angel, in dreams I bear the prooi ' i?e. I have l?een cons-nut to her each ! moment of mv sad life; and when, ilit* thiol fever past, I join the dear ones gone I la-hoe to the spirit world. I know she will < he the II.st of all to meet me, ami logeih er we shall know the bliss of perfect !ove, , unmarred by death or parting ! The Hie wn? done; noflly hiiJ revor enny I f??M? I tip 11:? |??|?er, end replaced ell in the necret drawer mice more. Tlien. Mealing out toward* the graveyard, I nought (lie lawyer'* grave, and fmnid it. ( Clone henide, with n creeping r<>se null ol nging hI'oiii i n t'mely Mmnad ni?rli e, wne auoliiar tluue, marked Stella War* I tog.' From the Camden Journal, | Terrible Catastrophe. Our cullillnu.il/ 18 merit helmed in | gloom, in c? u?equeiicf ot ? imstheHit rending disaster, which occnried on Saturilal alieriioon last, aUnit b o'clock, ill lJoikin's Mill, eight lUlles troin town. I In the liloiuiiiig a I'iirlj' id Utin-8 and ) gentleman lit.in Camden and ".he neigh I In>rhoot met at the place mentioned, on a I'ic \tc iXtUision. ami after spending the most ot i he dav, concluded in I he al |i-rnooii 10 get aboard a /''tat boat near the shore, lor ihe purpose ot going out | into tlie potid. Some till)' peisnim, it i* aaitl. eol on. mid ilie ...l || hii<I w lien iiImmii tin \ ?>r mx v vvrils out in Co I lie wilier, ii i? siippt aril ihai it HI I lick ii Miha, w i.icli chum-aI llil; liuat lu commence leaking, iiikI, iii a tninnte*, t'roni liie heavy weight ii|?kii ii. com ineiicu'1 si ii k i ml;. Iii iIim cot.Mertixtiot. wliicii m-i/.imI IioaI upon ilie pun, many jampeil oveiboanj, ami out t lie limn i tier, we are |> ine?l to sny llou twenty I ! f. nr persons were ilrowiie?I ? ni->sllv la I Oili em, iiuiru loriiiimle, were jmt 1 I sniVc*11 liiHili'y through tlie assistance ol ' Li iosi* w I in lia?l nol left In- J'/nl,or went ! I lo tlieir h'm'Ui' tioin ilie Mime. | W lial a sa<l cnlutmlou* termination of I a f--stive oct lelon . I i lie fobowing i* h correct list of those | w ho wfit) tliow i,?*<I, ami whose hoihe* have nil hern iceoveietl. NANIK8 OK 1'KIIHOXS 1)110 WNUD. | Miss Sarah llowell, Caimlen, " S ilina (Jio?by, " i " M.?rv Unison, " " I.oiiimi Netties, " " K Zubeth Mt Kagen, " " Muigaiel Ni-K-iwn, " " Loiiimi M Ko.vii. " " Amelia A Alexander, i " AkI'H It- ibll.t-nll, " J'tne liuily. llov kin's i. O. Two tJatiglner.-i ami one son of Mr I s; i n v ... - j .'iiiuuri 11. i mi Ili?, lit*;i r l?. \ k ii - 2 . i ). .M.a- J.-iikiu*, ilao^litvr ?il Mr. M 1 . J lit k ii>>, C.mk-i'ii s I. O. .Mr .K-if i.in'i Ii Mi IjtruiJ, Sumter I ti*t. " Jn*. Ilnnnllla, * " I . S fa li i liliiiriT. " " " Lucius ii. I. (iiaiiil, C-tuulen. " V? iilittin C. L< iiranii, " " .1 'tin A Oik-, " Mii-l. r \\ il'uiian Mi Ktjjfn, " Mr 15. K. II uoull, ne.ir I mn.len. Ami iiiu i.i-^i'it?, iiiakii:,.' lwunty-four la-rami* in a I. j i In- (i.i.l " I ^'noiil is s|iri ml uv.-r the Kill. ? Ciilllllltlllt \, Hint Ilium la liOl a a 111 j H u heart n till Ii U(. ;ile ame dues 111't leel I | 1.1 <i 1 i y I in j'ti ased v*llli tins siti] atu.1 I iiv M \\ lieliiiii.u i ii.a I.I'.I . P<.lining in-l our luiv ii |>I eSdlled a ; acetic ninth we |ir.i\ ii in y lulu, he uui | ml ti? vii lie** a^.tlli. In every til reel loll | ill*.reaa aikI iiiinuiilallun iiiihIii Imiu iieeu j vi r.ii< *.-? il, yt ii.t i'Ur s, iii|intli z ti^, nuli e iic.iricil cuiiiiiiuiiilv, weie ait nine hi >iui.i i r.tloii* nl k mines-and a_\ iiiLiailiv I I a 1111 > u tim -nil k'-ll tlOIIIU* |>I lull be : r.-iiie.i Hint iK?|i>_> ..liii -li-il le luw-ci.iZeii* I L>eivih ii^ 11:t the must t liuiigiiltu. aiiii I llileillllilllir k.In. iii.-a II III i all eii ll> ill fulllil ' -11^0-1, W IS III lllll |>l 1 \ llUl.e IU MM) lie ll.t eriiaiuiI iiuil hiokci.-hearinl rel.tlivea ot die ulitul l uliale i|i'lilli?. liiamiiiu.li as u was a jiuMic calamity, ll vi IIa llll.ll.llll lln?l In I....I.. ? { burial, it mi id 111 in end, tuner*! services 1 IVfle lielil utt'l' I i. u Killow Hi III lilt: Mttllii.tlisl Cutlii'li, al 4 uVlut k ? M I'] Zibmi. M K.i^fn, M>s L uiit-i ! S. Nellie*, lint Miw k Mi Kohii, M ss 1 Howell, M IS* 11 li??>li, Mim A cX.llit.tl, j .lleiotis L. II. *l:d V\ C. t,e()i.ilid, aid M H er W II l*lll Mi l\-t^r||. Uttv. K. J Met n.iiiiir c- rnliitMeil (lie ex ' eicises, Hssinieil l.\ Ki-v. S. 11. Il-ty, t>l J l?ie l'resbyloraii, And I?. \\ . 1!>. lln^li | MIII, ul ilio llnjiii.ti CliinclieH. I ho ctin^re^itiiiiii whs h icij larc? I itliil tlecp.y atieilcil tine. A lar^e iiuiii 1 '.n-1 nt our eliZ.liS ln.iU'ieil lilt? leuiali,* | io tlieir lasl tail lilt ie>lll>U pate i 1 l.e Inliel t I *eI \ ire* ''1 Mm* C'IimIii were lieiil al llie Kpiscopal I'lmrili ie* I I el||* \ lliorilllig, t'OltduCo d li) K-.-V. T. 1*'. I) 11 Is. 1 lie Funeral til' Alio? UobillHOII took j place ai llie Meilioilisi Church, cOhdirc 1 leii |iV Rev. I'. J Met iiarthe ; ami llio*o til Mi. Juiiii A. Oak*, at llie liapuxl ' Church. Ill llie .thermion, conducted lit Rev. \\ . tl !Iiii^I-miII, attltieii l?t KeV. J j h Koti^er*, Mini K J. Met li a i tlie. llie aeveial ut'i'Ht'eia were well iin , proved by inonl exre. eiil, well l;ine?l arnl d it-inn Hiitii>>n li?ii!t t?? the living. S.ire tV the Voice ol the M? Si 11 :;?!i Id heard, |ii?iidiiMj{ louder and in more l?-rt)! !? lau nage lliaii li 11111*11 hp*can "peak. vv ill that voice be h?-!?rd hi <1 alwYed ? ; we (itihl tliat ii iiimv l'? *<*, and that great good to our whole coiiiinuoiiy iiimv t?\ t-ll I Uai e from llild ouildell nil I crusllli-t' m amily. If ?o (In not believe now, neither would we weie one went troin me dead. 1 Willi moit commendable good tante, our worthy Town Council requested alt I place* of llllitllKW In be ch'Sed Hiring the ' enure day of yestvrdav, Mini without h m?ilHi* exception ilk SldiM were closed, Mini the < >111111 it in 1 v Ulilied III dwniotinlra lion* of respect lor the dead. Mini svmptJ tiiy l?>r the living. In just kui'Ii m place a* dear old Cain den we want to Ine. and when our hiiiii moim Com?*, miiioii^ our own H*mied , dead, to I e (mined and mingle o >r du?t It in h shock which our quiet couitiiiinitjr have never felt before, and many l<>njf year* ntuM elape*, before the recol le?t>ona of thin *ad event, will |>km hwhv Hilton^ the tiling* that were. Our spirit w over whelmed by lliie crushing calamity, and it would l?e an idle mockery of word* in attempting to I give en idea of the grief, wbcb Lite beam carried to so many kindred heart*, hv this sudden ar.tl most remarkable vtsita i tion. Hut, IIk who does all things well, is too wise to err. and too good to he un? km;l. I 'Its not ours to question, hut adore. The Mew State C&pitol- , We exunci ilio following account of ( '.lie progress of the work on the new j i State House, from the correspondence of; ' the Richmond JJi*pulch : Coi.trmci \, S. C., Apiil 14. The rep j uta-loa ol ill s iity ul gaidens and shade tie?-s, tliu capital ol South Carolina, as ' ? ? I one u< the most beautiful cities on the ^ i American continent, has i.ot lieen ex ag- ' g. r-?ii <1. Ii is now, with its immediate ' a town of about nine thousand ' 1 inhabitants, the streets wide ami lined on j | each side with trees, sometimes rows ?>( i iiees m the mVl.lIe ol the streets, ami I I (lower gardens, now in their g'oiv, in I front of ail the private residences. Ol I i ti e public buildings, the new and inagu>> i liceiii Slate House, now in course of erec i Hon, has an V sliced so far low aids comple ' i lion, that I lie third and last story is now j i be no put up, and tiie workmen ate enga- | okiI hi p'epaiin^j the cornice, 'l itis new ! edifice is worthy of particular notice, and I i 1 beg here to express my acknowledg j I nitmis to one of the accomplished arciii. j I tecls atld geiitlelllell engaged Upon this great work, Mr. J<diu A. Kay, for the in formation which I am enabled to lay tehee l'ie public. This nohle structure was designed by j Mr. John 11 Niernsee, an etnii enl arcl i lect, who lorttierly conducted an exten sive pi act ice in Haltimore, and it is being i buiit under his immediate supervision.? j I he home is '200 feel long, including tin* j v*ings, and 130 fool wide in the centre i portion; the wings ate 83 feet in width, i | and lite struct hi o will stand upon a pi. v. j I e I terrace live feet above tbe street ? 1 Tiicru are to be four utiliaiices on the first story, that on the South being under :? /x>rle eaehrre. The entrance ball on the j li.vl it..or ... ow t. .1 I I , ... . ? MM .o ni.|.-, ami it??UJ* IP Mil iIn* north and M<uili into tin) central had, J which \\i. 1 form a spieinled apartment, ;iolited from Il*c loot ( v two sky lights. I each bet square, and the stairs aso n<l> j mg rinlii mikI ieft in two High's, e .ch 8 I Im ' wide. 11 oins for tin- Executive I)e | par.uieit and lor tin* Secretary of S ale. j Surveyor (jeinrnl, Treasurer, nnrl Comp no U-r tieneral, are also upon thi* tloor, j and in addition iln* Equity and A 'pea I Court rooms, wuli Lhw and Kquitv Li ! bra lies, Cieiks' rooms,and numerous com* | nitlee rooms are provided. 1 lie principal entiain'e io the hiiilibng i.a by a broad and uiHi>niiU'enl llij*lit ol sep*, 90 feel w ;d.-, leading up to a por i tio> pr? jeeting fiotn the building 20 teet, | ai d supported Ly two rows of (doiinlli ' an ioniums, it'll in sHrli row. '1 lie man I I features on tins floor are tin* entrance i II ill, S. nute Chamber, KepiesOii'iit v.-s | 1 Mail H o| L brary. The Library is 81 b. j 10 leet. 'I here are also ollicers and pii ' i vate rooms loi ihe l'resideni and C eik ! | lie 8enate, mill Speaker and Cteik of il.e , House, adjoining tnu respective Houses ! Die Solicitor's nllice is 25 I-y 32 feel ? , The Senile Chamber Representative*' ] llail and Library, are lo l?e .35 le?t high, inn! llie entrance lo llie galleries of these j rooms is from lire thiol floor, by -vlncli is avowed llie Iiecc8-U\ of clambering iiji a i i.arrow stair* *v lo liear discussions, as it | * ino frequently llie case in legislative buddings. The material used is granite. | of a verv superior quality ; il ih quarried j within three nil lea of '.lie Slate lions.ainl .'olive , i'il on a railroad rotisfiucteci i ex| resslv lor that puijose. Tile qumrv j is i ne of llie fine*', in America, as hoicks I of any dimension can lai obtained up lo ! 80 leel in length, and il lias the Inn her advantage of destitute of pyrites, so that k ! there i? no appiehension of iron rust ? il is of all n11itoi in light blnisli grey Coloi. m l at a little distance can scarcely be I distinguished from marble. On each side of the grand entrance i !oorwav, will be tlie Roman Jascfa, or I emblems of authority, and over these wilt l>e two eagles ; then two medallion bust* lot Me I )n||ie and llavne. exectlleil by Mr ! , II K Riown, of lie U fS Art Conimis \ sum ; above these again will l>e two les j t 'Oiis, composed very ariisiica ly of the cotton plant ? 'bin portion is executed in I toarb.e, Mr limwn liaa, likewise, receiv j i ed a coinin's?ion to till the tyinpaiium of { ] the North Pediment wiili alto-rrlief statu j ' ,i y, and 1ii- de-igti is a happy conception I lie centre ti-jlire. wliiili IS thirteen l.-.o igli, '* a fein. I?, w alk'ng <>n t hernia shore . on tier It*fi 11it lid h Palmetto Itec, himI on ' iter right t' e rising tun, with llm nix-hoi i o' IIojih b -Milt* tier?ilr? being (lie arm* i o' iIim S m?. Ox on? Mtie ih Juitiiy, I w.tti the Hword Mini ^CHieM, a lion at her ! ! leet h* the emblem of Htrenglh ; on the I ; oilier a figure of Liberty, with tin- eagle ' of Ametica ri*n g beside her. To the j 1 left of till* central yroiifi, are negroes rob- i | mg col ion IihIm", ami lariher on h cotton : field in repreaeiited, with the negroes gaih* | ring col ton. On the right hand, h rice | field in harvest time. Tlnn the imitift'.rv hihI commerce of lire 1'nlmnlo State at the present time will l?e faithfully re pre -enled to future generations. The colummi in the interior of the bnihl ng ere 10 Im of Teiinnurt nimble, fron. ! the quarries ladonging 10 Messrs. Win, j Lh uglier,v >k Co. Mr Dougherty re*ide* in ColniniiiH. having taken an extensive coniract t-> fun i-h and prepare the mar 1 hie for columns, door and window dree* ings, eie., and has erected a very fine marble mi I 'o execute his contract. It is expected that the building will he com pleled in aliout tour years, and South Carolina can then be proud ot poeaeaaing the tii.est capitol in the Union. Ah h school of nit alone, for her r.sing genera lions, slie will w?|J he remunerated for 1 1 <er present expenditure, and in addition i her people w ill tind I hat i>v developing lier own internal resources, tliev are sowing the seed which will produce a rich ami abundant harvest. The commission fi of the w orks is (len. James Jones ; ar L'hitect, Mr. Join li. Nierusee; assistant architect, Mr. John A. Kay. There are j ;.ver live hundred workmen and lain rers sngaged. Courage in Woman. We subjoin a paragraph below on (lie ; iubjtct indicated in the cap'ion, winch we commend lo our la?lv readers everv where. The gentler sex, many of them, i liave not hesitated to acknowledge in our presence that it was their nature to be i uasilv alarmed, ami llial they could not ! lielp it. 'l itis is all sheer nonsense. We liave seen ladies who would scream with j 'error at the sight t>f a bee; run affright 1 3 I from tlie approach of a small doff, and actually tall into a paroxx ism of fear upon imagining they were threatened with an | attack trout a vicious cow. We are far | liom admiring Amanonian qualities, but i w? do coulees with a bigli respect for ladies who can look danger in the face) without fainting, and who, in time of pe* j rii, cau so command their presence of i mind as frequently to avert tin- habit, ( which, by the betrayal of undue tirnidi I i v, becomes inevitable. The extract al ovc referred to is as follows: There is a branch of general education which is not thought at all necessary for ! women, as regards which, indeed, it is i well if they are not brought up to cultivate the opposite. Women arc not taught lo be courageous. Indeed, to some persons, courage may seem as unnecessan for women as Latin and (?reek, jet then- 1 are few tilings that would tend lo make women happier in themselves and more ?ui-eptiiMc to (hose with whom (toy live, than cmiragp. There are many women ol the l l'i sent (lav sensible women i oilier tilings ? whose |>miiii* tennis are a tu quenl source of discomfort to them selves an.I til se mound them. Now, it s a j;ieat mistake to imagine loudness must jo' with Coinage hih! lli.it the '.loom of m*iil!et)e?s ami svmpathv. mus' all ho rubbed oft' t?v tha*. \itr?-r of mind which tows presence ?.>f :ni id, enalih's a person to he useful in |?eril, aid makes the ilesue to assist overcome ti.al sickli ness of sensibility which can only ooniem plate distress and d ft'unlty. So far from Courage being unleiioinne. then* is a pe< olar giaee ami <1 gniiv in those beings who have little active power of attack ui lefence passing through danger will, a moial courage which is equal to thai ol tie strongest. We see this in great hings. We perfecly appreciate the men and noble dignity of Anli I'owVy. a Marv Queen of Scots, i r a M trie Autoi netie. Thtrt is no beauty in Jar. It s a mean ngiy t'ishevelied creature. No sia'.ule can li- niatie. of it that a woman rioU.d wish to see herself like. Rules for Home Education The following are worty ol being prin ted in letters of gold, and being placed m a conspicuous position III ewiy household : 1. From your children's earliest infan cy, inculcate the necessity of instant obedience. 2. Unite firmness with gentler ess.? Let your children always understand that you mean exacth what you sav, 3. Never promise tliein auvthinr* unlet.*. you hiv sum you i an give ll?ein what \ ou promise. 4. ll you tell a child to do anything show liiii) Low to do i>, and see llint it is June, 5 Always punish your children for wilfully disobey ing you. but never punish in anger. G. Never let them pereeive that they can vex you or make you lose your seilcoinmaml. 7. If they give way to petitionee and temper, wail till they nre cam and '.lien gciuly reason with thrill on the improprie tv of t mir conduct. 8. Remember that a little present punishment when the occasion arises, is lunch more effectual than the thieatening of a greater pu'iishineut should the fault be renewed. 9. Never give vour children anything because they cry for it. 10. On no account allow them to do at one time what you h?ve. forbidden, uii der the like circumstances at another. 11. Teach thein that the only sure and casv way to appear gooJ is to be good. 12. Accustom litem to make '.heir lit tie itcilala with perfect truth. 13. Nuver allow of tales-heaiing. A scholinaMer, who had an inveterate habit of talking to himself, w?? a>ked wt?Ht motive lie could have in doing to ? II,. replied that lie 11>?<I two good sub-tan till reasons. 'In the first place, lie liked to talk to a sensible iiihii ; in the next place, lie liked to bear a sensible man talk. Eciioks ?What in net be done to con duct a newspaper light! Write. What is necessary for a farmer to as siel him ! System. What would give a blind man the greatest delight ? Light. What is the heel piece of counsel given by a justice of the peace? Peace; Who commit the greatest abomina jt ions! Nations. iLhuiumuis. The Philosopher aud tha Ferryman. A l'hitosopher stepped on hoard a ferryboat to cross a Hlrcnii). On Ids pass ha ii quired of the (eiryinsin if ha understood arithmetic. The man looked astonished. Arithmetic ! No, s'r, I never heard of it hofete.' Too philosopher replied : *1 am very sorry for one quarter of your hie is none.' A few iuiiuilt-8 af erwarils he asked ilia ferryman, 'iJo you lruow an)thing of mathematics V I'iie boatman smiled and aga:n replied 'So.' A thiid question was asked the feirvinan, 'Do you understand astrou* oiny V 'Oli do, sir ; never beard of such a tiling !' Well mv friend, then another qirter of your lite is Inst.' Just at this moment the boat run on a snail, and sink 1 ??*;. when the ferryman jumped up, pulled of Irs coat, and asked the philosopher, w iiii great earnestness of manner, 'Sir, cati \ oil swim ?' 'No,'saitl the philosopher. 'Well, then,' tuiid the ferryman, your whole life is lost, for the boat's going lo the bottom ' Moral : Learn to swim. An Inpuh nt in Ltiky.? In the Faul of 1600 I showed mv stiow in Unky, a in oly great silt\ in the Slate of New York. i he people gave mo a cordya) reeepshun. I lie press was loud ill her prases. 1 dav as | was giving disv-ripsnuu of my llei-ts and Snakes in mv tiMiai 11 >wrv stvle, what was my skoru and disgust to see a big biiriy teller walk up to the cage containing my wax liggures of the Louis I. ist Supper, and cease JuduS Asearrat bv tii? leet and drag luui out k it tin- ground. lie tbeii coiuiecnsi to | pound bu.i us hard ins l.e cood. 'Wbat under ti e sou air juu abuwl I' i cried I. St/, be, 'what did you bring this pussy latii-rmus tii-s lieic f>>r V and he nil the wax linger another Unitei j as liuw oh | tlif l.c<I. Si z J, "You e^r-jus that airs a 1 ?ax IL'tjer h H'pieseHtHhluin of the falro j 1 Vet e ' S< z ln?, *T lint's nil veiy well fur to say, l?Ul 1 It'll \l?tl, oitl until, lllHt J U till It Ul'Hf | rat cau l show luiiisHil in Unky with tin* j j ??i?t rt\ by a <Jhiii >-i:? !' wt.li which ob1 -tflVittll II lit' kit X ft I 11. J.iiIhM-C# litll. '111 o Umiij! II.all bc.Oti^til to 1 of llit.' IIIat ! ti Mitt lit s 1.1 Ulica. i hood In n>, a lit] tl.fl j.looiy brawl in n verdict of Aisou iu lliC !).l tji-aiee ? Aitnnus Wurri. Ki.ki-ino A Skci.ki.? The Newport i Mucin \ rulaits a capita! b'.tuy tl Stuart, j ilie (.iiioltr, wi.it It iltoatialt's fit.e.x iliu ! I tower winch H tt'l'ret li.ts lu propagate i.nelf, it oi.te a liuw eit a little airing, atul 'o reaclt a lew earn Sinail had, as he iij-jt.'M'd, i!laeOVeieil a s> t'lt-l ;trl of col* oriu^-?-very valuable. lie iolt| it to a | 11 to ml. 11 ia ftieiitl valued li verv highly, I nit] tame a Unit) nlterwards to nek perj uiuutioii lo coDiiiiutili'Hte it, under ontli of . . ........ muo j, iu ;? ir.emj ( l I.is ? ho I m-eded every possible aid lo enable bun ; to l ISO. Li-1 mo see,' said Siuait making a clrtJk in: rk oo a boa id itt hand ; *1 know I till! .'Ill, itllli til.-.i is ?' 1 '()ne,' said l.i> friend. ! 'Vim know i;,' Continued Smart, making another murk In the s'do ol the oil? , already made ; 'and ibni is?' j 'Tv*o.' cried llie oilier, 'Well, uiii tell vour f'ieiid, and ibat will?* making a lluid mark? 'Three only,' s?ul ibe oilier. 'No, said Suiail, Mi's ui.o bundled and | eleven !' (Ill) Wiien is a Man Kicii Enough.? I \\ lien a lad, an old man took lite liouble j to loath me soma little knowledge ol llio i world. With this view, 1'r<-meml>er, l o j one day asked me, 'When is a man rich I enouph ?' I replied, 'VYIicn In; has h I thousand pounds' I!? raid 'Ni>,' *T?o i thousand f 'No.' Ten thousand ?' 'No.* 1 'A hundred thousand V which ! tbonpht . ** on lii settle the business ; I nit lie still continued lu say 'No.' I pn\e it nit, hihI coiifessed that 1 could not tell but eJ I.at ho woii'd inf<>rin mo. He pr?vcly J said, 'when l.o ban a litl'o more lluiti he | lias, ami that is never ! II he a< quite* olio thousand, he wishes to have mo [ thousand, I lieu live, tlieli twenty, the fifty; I troin that his riches Would umoool to o e hamlreil thousand, anil so on t>>I he had ; prasped the whole world, after which he would look about I i?i, like A exai.der, i for other worlds to posse?*,' Mutiv a proof have I hud of the old pentlen en's remarks sitae he made them to me, and I' it in happy to aay 1 have discovered the I reason, knit eujovimnt, full saii*fart'on , to the mind of man, can oi ly he found in i possessing,Gi d, with all 111* ii.tlniie perfections It i* only the Creator, and not the creature that r an satisfy, I I tell you wat, Sutn, I hah a monstus 'spate whl mas" rim morntn' rluwr in de patton cotch; 'Yon don't sea so. Cesar, wat you 'splits wid tnassa ?* 'Yes, I te'l you fur one hour, we 'epuie topeder, , down in de cotton patch.' VYa, wa, wat you 'spute about I' Wliv, j on fee Shui, hum** c<?me d* wlmr I ?k? lioein, an iiih***, he mv fqiim^h ymvv k-est on Mi:dv (Smui:?1 en I ' hh)' *o loo; ami dnr re Vpme about it for | moreVn ona Ii&uf I' 'Mjr lor I'