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She Lancaster ledger. *2 PER ANNUM *Xt:r?Z* IN ADVANCE 3 /muila aaii political Snuspaptt?Jtauiti) lu Ibt Arts, itiratts, litttainrt, ifiiuratiuu, Aqncuitiirt, Sattrual Smprnunututs, /nrrigu uuli Snnitsiit jShnis, qui) tjjt Blurta. VOLUME IX. LANCASTER C. H., SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 13.1860. NUMBER 18. Tl- .? T=? " 1 '7 j The Blind Boy. BY REV. FRANCIS L, HAWKS, D. D., LL. D. It wns n blessed Summer day, The flowers bloomed, the nir was mild; j The little birds poured forth their lay. A ^ >.: ?. si-J /\uu i\fi > iimiiv 111 nature nniiiou. In pleasant thoughts I wandered on Beneath the deep wood'a ample ahnde, Till Hinideniy I enme upon Two children who hai thither alrnyed. Juat at an aged birch tree's foot A little boy and girl reclined? Ilia hand in hers she kindly put, And then I saw the boy was blind. The children knew pot I wna near? A tree concealed nte from theif view ; But all they aaid I well rould hear, And 1 could see all they might do. "Dear Mary." said the poor blind boy, "That little bird sings very long ; Hay, do you sec him in his joy ! And he is pretty as his song?" Yes, l'.dwurd yes," replied the maid, "I see that bird on yonder tree." The poor boy signed, and gently said : -Sister, I wish that I could ace." ' The flowers you say arc very fair, And bright green leaves are on the trees, And pretty birds nre singing there? Mow beautiful for one who sees ! "Vet I (Iw fragrant flower* can untcll, Ami i can feel the green leafs shade ; ^\nd I enn hear the notes that awell From those dear birds that God has made ' No, sister, God to tue is kind, Though sight, alas 5 he has not given ,* lint, tell lite, are there <tUY blind Autong the children u;, i t heaven r \o, dearest KdwarJ, there all see? lint why ask lite a thing so odd ?" () Mary ! he's so good to tue, I though', like to look at God." f.re loltg, disease Ids hand had laid Oil that dear b.?y. so meek and mild ; Ilis widowed mother w e|it and |>?ayed < .. J n . i ! ._* ..u:U 111*11 \imi w ?'u .?? n|*arv ? ?tr v rnw. I !? fell her warm tear a on his face, And said : "Oh! never weep for me ; I'm ? iiijf in a bright, bright place, W Iter.. Mary says, I (j.?i shall see "Ai d you'd be there, dear Mary, too ; lint, motio r, when you yet up there, 'IVII Kit ward, mother, that 'l is you? Vou know 1 ne*er saw you here." lie spoke no mere, but sweetly smiled Until '.ho final blow Waa given, W hen (iod took up thai poor blind child, And opened tirst bis eye* in heaven 1 tf.i.i'.'l'J. The Lancaster Rail Road. W o have no disposition to enter into a , lengthy ami unnecessary dtscutston viuh our neighbors of Lancaster ou the Rati iioa-1 question. They want a Road, and Mill bu fght in getting one if they ceo. If hi their judgement another youte lb an Camden is thought best, be U so, we have uo right to complain, they can, apd wilt we presume, do as they please. \V.nre satisfied however, that our position in #the matter is misunderstood, by some, and we fear wilfully ini*e< aceive ] by oth If I Ili'TM ... '?*?,?/ ll.a ? .... - y ? ily of Lancasier in Cniuden, we are not aware of the fact, and llie lender which we hope to make of $160,000 from (he Town and District to aid in the building of a Road, will be offered in good faith by ua, and if not accepted by Lancaster the fault will Im theirs, not ouis. There is no tense in quarreling over abstractions by the way, and whatever b? the motive influencing he people of Cttnderi in try (tig to build a Road, it appears to us that Lancaster is not particularly interested in knowing. Mr. Black ceitamly shows the proper spirit and appreciation of the mat ter, in his willingness to accept the aid of Camden let the motive he what it may. Lancaster does not propose to build a road to Bishopville or Camden, from any special interest, or love they may feel in, or for, these places?not at *)l. It is for their own benefit that such a road is do sired, and no one blames thl m for itfc it is natural and right that such * feeling should obtain. Be that as ii may, our friends should not hear dawn qutte so hard on Camden, where they are acting on precisely the same principle. The point is simply this I When we offer Lancaster $160 000 to sid In build ing a road, will they lake itf Or do ther intend to mock ua with a nominal offer of assistance whilst they are aniiius and determined, if they can, to go to the N. K. Road. Let this cjuestion be settled, and there is need for no other side issue or unneceeaary *aat of breath.? Camden Journal. It ia not over the great tbinga of this life over which mortal# atuinble. A rock a? walk round, a mountain we croaa ; it ia the unohearved, uneipected, unlookad for little aticka and nehblee which cauae ua to halt on our Journey. The blind ftiay run againat a rock and not fall : hut put a aii.all matter i& Iji* way and he wili aiumbla over it .itiirij. j; From the New York Mercury. THE VILLAGE COQUETTE. 1 | t i t BY R. KMMKTT FISH. 1 i I 1 I 'i 'When 1 forsook the college wall? of! W some years ?go, I whs possessed of?of ' 'Immense knowledge ?' 'No sucb thing, my friend.' j c 'Learning ?? lore I ?old us musty !' j i 'Nothing of the kind, 1 do assure you.* i f 'Acquaintances, thorough, vast, varied, e with men and things V % * i Far from it. If any thing, rather the reverse of all this.' j ^ 'Shades of the Campus ! You but ' joke, my dear fellow. Pcsessed?and c of what, pray I c * Of a Demon ! c 'A demon f' s A demon 1* t 'And that demon 'f* j I '.I desire P My friend interested me?his story w as | i making me curious ; but 1 exhibited a } calm exterior, and unperturbed counted- i auce. lie was dealing in enigmas : I j | would show him the virtue of laconics. I I n simply said : < 'Indeed 1? 'Yes,' said ho, 'I was possessed of it I r continually, it haunted me ali that night j f and all the day. I strove with it, hut t puissant effort and superhuman exertion j t were alike puerile and inefficient ' c 1 smiled a iittle, partly to encourage I r my friend, ami partly to cover ihe grow- t ing interest I felt in his story. (I consul* * > er that no person ought ever to get exci- i ted.) t 'Proceed !' said I. f 'The demon 1 said, was a desire !? r I lull ilutiira In iiiwAHiitur ? t * - I Ijtiinitio In r hangh'.v spirit, ami subdue j I tier obdurate heart !' j | I nodded three times. Each nod was s given with deliberation I eved bun at I t tentively as lie continued : | h 'Look at that person ! not tall to he ' ? sure, but well knit, f'lil of grime, and | * Adonis like.' I ? Ashe said this, he rose suddenly froin t his chair, and drawing his coat tight about him, stood elect, and turned quite * around. 'And those eyes J note them?large, r dark, luminous. Just ir agine lio?v they ' s shone nud sparkled or ifytt n glit on thf | occasion !' J l I imagined. '1 was the heir of my rich, bachelor uncle ; and scarcely had I entered upon j r the possession of the wealth his demise had left for my sole enjoyment, and had I time to nrrange some business matters in the little village winch was honored by i ins name, before the intelligence was con- t veyed to u>e thai one of the mo-t beau ? t if it I girls, \ei one of the most arrant and s tickle of ci queues was a resident of the pla:e, an! lived in the white louse just | * HCro*B the w?V. I <j 'I don't begin to tell you how this news ? delighted me. I whs superlatively elated | ?edified. 'She appeared to 1 the theme of every ^ tongue. No one spoke of the society of I ;< the town without giving her name the 1 preference of li wt mention Her beauty, I s her voice, her eloquence, her education I 1 and accomplishments?her standing, and | ? above all, her desperate flirtations, her 1 s audacious conquests, her cruelly, her?' c 'Stop a wiuent?take breath,' said I, j: interrupting what was like to he an end t less chain of substantive*. 'According 10 rumor,' said my friend, 'no such tyrant was ever l>efore seen.? i! N" man cv?r approached her hut he went j u away with a deadly arrow cleaving to his [ I side, and she laughed at his anguish ' a 'This was quite enough, I desired to e know no more. It was bliss to me?ec I h static bliss. It sank down into the well <J of iny heart, and then, gushing up, it j u meandered every veiu, nerve, til-re, mus. | c'e. h [>wru?eatedt my whole being. I 1 a fe I nice I l v 'Then I drew inyaell up, every feature j ft beaming wiih the one thought?vast, ilhmilable it seemed?and swore, bv the v ashes of my sires and my detailed bachelor uncle, and by the guardian genius J that never deserted me ui an emergency, (hat I would teach this haughty and cru- ' el tyrant what it is to maltreat my sex? c what it is to flout my kind?what it is to n make hermits and misanthropes of my j <j fellow.men, and what, consequently, it is i to cheat the census-roil of its legitimate * increase ! I 1< 'The nioht of the f*U came. I drew c on my low, patent leathern, over a pair i v of immaculate silk stockings, shook am ' brosixl fragrance into my snowy kerchief, J and an off to meet and subdue the all I dangerous syren. L 'As I passed along the way, I thought I of nothing save the coquette, and the tri umph k had in anticipation. I, argued a to myself. ? " 'A parcel of illiUaata country dun t cea have been swelling her triumphs with a list of unmeaning and hishonorable I captive*, and hence her fame. Dotibtlees * she ie some little, smoothfaced doll?some j * pert, forward tnite, full of aira, -and smell | <ing of boarding sclioos a#<l bread and ' butter. Proud of a bright completion, I and a little money, spoiled, by flattery ; 1 end tbe want of a competition, a creature f tbat would be eclipeed, burnt up in the j I blaze of a city toiree.' n And you resolved to have revenge for 1 the wrongs done her victim* ; to attack Iter and teach ber a aalu^artv lesson I' 11 'bight. And hp I rang the bell at my riend's door I murmur* d?'Rural belles >ught uot to be too confluent?too sau 'A lew moments more found me silting ?y ti>e side, of a sweet, modest j?irl, to vlioiu in the eonfusion of a crowd muc'u nore numerous and dazlitiglhan 1 expec ed, some one had introduced me in so turned a manner as to leave each one in gnorance of the other's name. 'I looked at her?she was a Venus ! 'I danced with her?site was a sylph ! I heard her sing?she was an angel ! 'Absolutely the village coquette was |uit? forgot: she had utterly passed (Tom mud in the seducing loveliness?the him >!e, modest grace?the exquisite air of ilegance and propriety which my charm ug acquaintance exhibited. At length I remembered. I took my ;aze flora hnr countenance, and looked tround for the object of my tormer curi isity. A supcrnly dressed g;rl was dan ing near us, all feathers?flounces. je\vits?blazing ? rustling- laughing aloud ? iniling on this gen'leman?whispering o that one?suffering a third to hold her land, and a fourth to tie her shoe. " "This is her.' said I to myself. 'This a the terror of our country swains.? A*hat mistake! ideas of beauty ! Ah ! vhat coarse, uncultivated taste, lint 'tis dam?they have never seen painting itid statuary. They have never read po tiy. They are ignorant of true beauty.' 'Then I withdrew my gaze. My eyes igain rested on the face of my charming riend. No decorations were there?no itisel?no gaudy, vulgar solicitations for he crowd s attention ; hut rather a stulied reserve, a classsic simplicity, a natu al grace and refinement of soul had aught her those true elements of beauty vhich painters spend their lives in learn ng. Her rich hair was parted with a se ere absence of ornament on a head by ar the most chastely beautiful in the until. Her rad'ant eyes beamed with a ei.der feeling w hich made the heart trein Ic, and the subdued and ihongiitful ex tressiou visible in her countenance re etubled the melancholy smile of an au uiiiiihi morning, which tails upon the 'ill earth through a silver mist, at once is pleasing as happiness ami as ?ad as orrow. A creature * > beautiful I hud ?ever seen before. i rom that moment I, no, Relieved in broken liearts. 'Here was Shakspeare'a Juliet, but v It ere the lioni? o i Tlte thought made tno turn as it a evolution divine had dawned upon my on'. ' \ moment afterward I was called to ho dance. " 'Dance with me V said I 'There w as an arch smile on her plump, OSV lips, as she replied ; " 'I have refu-ed three already. I said w as engaged.' 'Our eyes nret. It iove ever Hashed n a glance, I had kindled in the hosoin f tins angelic creature a ilntua like thai Oiich was every moment burning more irdent in mine. 'Our eyes met again. Wonderful, vonderful orlm to be the source of such teiigin i to 10 tno window* i trough ?lncli ho innoit heavenly bits* can be toured in upon ilie houI I I took her hand as it rested coyly up >n her ki.ee. It was small, and white, uid soft, like nothing else in nature.? ^iol to press it slightly was as impossible is for the thirsty pilgrim not to drink.? I'lie pressure was returned ! a flood of apture rolled along ill) nerves. Sorely oine heavenly power led my steps over r.chanted ground. Every look was lan ;uage. Every motion delight?every ouch eloquence, happiness, love ! 4Yiiii Wkill ii.?! rwltiva ?n/ ? '1 said IIna ui h lone soft and low. I Irew her gently, a? Zephy is kiss the hall pened flowers. And even as tliey. wilh ashlul reluctance, unfolded their leaves ilid hlush to meet the light, so this inod st creature yielded to my impulse, and 1 ed her through a dance that seemed a Iream, only it was loo delicious. The pporlumiy was n?>i neglected. 1 wins icred in iier ear, 1 grew bold and saucy, mi her tine eves (lushed t p to mine nth a perfect satisfaction which told me ny conijuest was complete. The dance was over. An engagement villi a friend hurried me away. '1 will see you again, soon,' I wins lered, as 1 left her aide. '1 strode a ong the floor like an empe or, and m tin height of my triumph en ountered the geullemaii who hud g.ven ne so flaming account of the village co [uette. Well, my boy,' i exclaimed, with great uavity of manner, *1 have thus far neg --....I U - 1 1 . - eciru to uti iiivmmi ucwj 10 } our v\i?iiUcrrui quelle, bul I think 2 could meet her nilioul danger.' 'Meet her 1' wilh a look of blank sur rue, 'ineel her ! why, lellow-, you have ?een bending over her, enlraiiced an hour ty my chronometer. A dozen persons rave beeu watching you all the lime !' 'The truth Hashed upon me. 1 was eized with fear and Ireiublmg. I looked round me. Twenty grinning faces were lent upon me with ihe malice of fiends. 'I^ook here,' said my friend a lillle af erward, 'You caiue here lo leach a les on. As the ohjel for which thai lesson vas inionocd has not profiled by it, learn ue yourself,' 'lie guided me to another apartment. '1 went like a iamb to the sacrifice.? There, tafnre tuy eyes, silting beside and {ayly chatting with another ferlow? randeome, like myself?was the coquette. lie's from the cuty,' said my friend.? Then all the rascais around laughed. lie's j'i*t om of college I' said, another, losu they ail laughed again,. 'I heard ilio gentleman ask her to , (Juliee. 41 have refused six,' said she, with the t I same sweet, smile she hail given me. 'Ili.t you will dance with mc /' 'And oil* they went sure enough ! All the evening until I left them they were ( j together. They were one and inseparai hie?so they seemed. I 'The next day I learned they were tn| 'A week later and they were married !' From the Darlington Southerner. The Kershaw CalamityCamdkn, S. 0., May 8. Mu Euitoii.? According to promise. I ! have prepared the lollowing account of i j tins melancholy catastrophe, the facts of j i | which were obtained from person? who j weie piesent, both on ?hofo ami on board j lhe flat-boat: m j I Hv previous arragemeut, a large num I her "f young :adies ami gentlemen left | this town on Mm morning of the 5th in> i Mailt. for Hoi Uin's Pond, on the Camden | and S. C. lailroad, eight miles distant, ' where they were joined bi others liom j i tin' neighborhood, ail with buoyant hopes I ] ami joyful anticipation*, f*;r a day's pic | | nic and pleasure, on the sba i\ banks of { | tlial beautiful sheet of water. Aias! that j no one of till that gay ami joyous throng j Collld see (lie dark angel of Death, that j was even then hovering over them, and j ; singling out his victims! Late in the afternoon, after a day of I innocent pleasure and recreation, a portion of the parly uinbatked on a flat boat, and j after sailing around the pond, returned. I Another parti then embarked and rowed j I out, the boat being manned by two tie | groes. They had music on hoaid, and | the party, with ail the hilarity of joyous ' youth, were enjoying I heim-elvcs, all ut) J : conscious of impending danger. When i about half way out in the pond, one end of the boat touched on a mi ni or ninivul 1 ! ?-?l slump. I.uc no alarm was foil ? tlie j ! negro iuon endeavoring to shove the boat I { i ll. an<l in doing so, it is thought thai a I , liolo was pierced in the bottom, causing ! ' ! it t<> settle down ra|>ialy. Glhers think, { ( I and I agree with those, that tho true , t cause of the bout's sinking w as, that there j I | was nlieady uiucii w ater in u, though un| known to those on hoard, as there was a i top ilour on the boat, concealing the low f er lloor entirely, ami that tho hunt was tiding slowly aii the time. It was no ' j tired on sin le that iho tl.u was settling 1 down lower than usual, and attention I | was called to tho circumstance on shore > by a gentleman remarking?'Viial tlat is ' too low down in the water." In a mo' ment the other cried out: "Great God ! 1 the boat is sinking A general panic ensued. Cnes ol agony and shriek* of j distress were heard from tho boat and re echoed from the shoie, and amid this i lie-.rt r? ndmg scene, the fatal boat, with I : ... . . . r .. ' hi iiiiuuiin iruigui ui youiu and I>t*:li?t* , went down, all seemingly crowded to getiier in a mass. Fathers and friends rtndied frantically into the pond, to aid and save their darting ones. 1 >nt alas ! it was impossible to wa\e all of lliat unfor lunate group,?twenty four of the num j J ber were drowned, ltelow wilt be lound j, : (lie names of those who were on the ilh fated boat, beginning with tUuso lost l j VKUA1.K.S L Miss A A. A < xamler of Camden, body j j recovered in a few minutes by ber lather. I Miss Sarah Howell, body recovered be i fore night. | Miss Salina Crosby, body found soon ] after. i I Mi-s Mary ilinson, body found soon | i after. , j Mi-s Louisa S. Nettles, bodyfound soon I after. i Miss Elizabeth M< bL<gan. body reco? i j ered in n tew minutes hi ber father. I i Miss Margaret MtCown, body found j j soon. ! Miss Louisa McCown,bodv found soon. | Little A lire Robinson, body found soon. ( Miss Jane K'- ly. kJoykin's Turn Out, body buittil immediately. Miss Holiie Young, body founJ soon. , Mi>s Mary Young, bod* found soon. Miss Mary Jenkins, (Jarkson's Turn Out, body recovered Sunday Morning. , MALKR I.ORT. Mr Lucius II Legrand, Camden, body recovered in two hours. Mr. VV. C- Legiand,body found in two hours. Mr John Oaks. b?>dv found Monday. Master Willie M? Kagan, body recov I ert'd late Saturday night. i Mr W. F. Ilocoll, body found Sunday i i morning. i Jereiniali R. McLor.ii, body found Sun* 1 ' day morning. (Snintrr District.), T S. S. R cliburg, body found at sun 1 down on SaturriVy. Joaey )luggins. of Darlington District, i bodv found Sunday morning. Master Young, son of S. H. Young, ! K*q.. Hoy kin's T. O., body recovered Sunday. Two negro girls complete the list of the 1 drowned?24. r KM A I.KIt ts.w M>, Mi? JHnb B. M? Kxk^ii, saved by U. , B. Cur'.is. Mrs. II. D. Jones, saved by iier bus i baud. Miss Lizzie Oaks, saved by W. E. Parker, B<>y kin's Turn Out. Three Misses Prescott,saved by Messrs Alexander. Curtis and M< K*gan. Two Misses Talbott, saved by J. W. P. j McKagan. Mrs. Prank Muggins, drawn into the flat by H D. Jones. Little daughter of S. IL Young, who , was saved by her father's negro man, I MALES SAVED. John R. McLeod, saved by I. 13 Alexir.d-r. C. T. Hillings, saved by James Jones, j Jesse Young swain to a slump. Wm 11. Dixon, saved by Margaret, a 1 ree girl. J M Legrand eaugbl the flat and was , gulled in. Jatues Jones, saved bimself. \V. D. Jones, saved bimself. It. 13. Curtis, saved himself. W- K l^arL'ur cnva/l lu.nooU Mr. Llogan, saved hiiuself by clinging u the boat. \Y. C. Dutton, saved himself. Frank Uuggins, saved himselt. Masters. Win. Workman swam out; Ally Kohinsoti saved by little Isaac Alextnder; Isaac Alexander saved himself by Ringing to a stump; John Vniepigue 'wain to a slump ; John McKagan was aught and pulled on the Hat ; John ^ >ung swam out; George Young was raved bp another. There vere, in addition to the above, I Lwo negro girls and two negro men on lie boat, making the wboie number a. joard 57. I would here remark that the boat, as roon as the weight was removed, rose gain to the surface, by which means many were saved. The reason why so many that could swim clung to stumps, a as because the sides and bottom of the jond w ere full of a kind of weed or mors, which rendered it extremely dangerous o go through it. Too much praise cannot be awarded to hose gallant persons w ho, regardless of ill personal danger, rushed ill to the res :ue of those helpless, drowning ones. All tlieinpls to resuscitate those who had >een in the water but a short lime, iroved fruitless. The bodies of those drowned who were Vorn Camden, J. A. Oaks, were brought ip oil the train after midnight Saturday utd delivered to their friends. Suuday the Gth of May was a day ong to be remembered in Camden. The j 'uneral services of ten persons were per j ormed at one lime at the Methodist | Jhurch, and a lar.e concourse of sympa j hizing and mourning friends accompanied ; heir remains to tlieir last resting place. The people of Camden, with character ' stic kindness, manifested much attention j ind condolence towards the bereaved, I ?ut the blow is too heavy and the wound j .00 great for human comfort.? the Creat j Physician alone can cure. Old Camden wears the garp of raouru I ng and many years must pass away ere 1 his sad event will be forgotten. M. CourageMore tiian liaif a century since ft New | fi gland farmer boy entered Harvard j Jullege as a smdent. The class to which | ic belonged wore assembled in the room 1 if one of then number for one of those :oiivivial meetings which were common n those days. A man dressed in a teamster's frock Irove a load of the produce of his farm o Cambridge. After transacting Ins bittineas he entered 'lie College yard, and mpnred of a lad he met there for J l 1' The little cooled fellow, thinkng to mortify the young man, look hitn io the room occupied by the class> and opening the door said, 'T , liere is a 'elltleillail who wishes to see von' T without exhibiting the slightest moMiffca ' linn, sprang to the door and welcomed iiis father affectionately ; then turning to itirt classmates, said, "Gentlemen, give me leave to introduce my father to you ; lie is a poor ?ud hard working matt, but us honest and w<>rth\ a man as lives.' l'ride and aristocracy were abashed, slid all the noble feelings of our nature aroused in the young men. They cante furw ard,-hook hands with the old man invited hint to enter their room and lake a glass ol wino, which whs the compli ment usually offered to visitors at that l'idh. lie of whom this anecdote is related, | after filling an honorable office in the courts of K-sex county for many years, lias ceased to act his part among us; but tbe memory of his virtues will be cherished by all who had the happiness of knowing him ; and it is to lie Imped LilHt IliiK f'Y'HIlltlft lli?? " ? i? y ? n,'J :o be true to their highest and best iin pulses' Manlinkss.?The purpose of-life is to form a manly character, to gel the best development of body and of spirit?of mind, conscience, heart and soul. This is ihe end ; all else is the means. Accor dingly, that is not the most successful life in which a man gets the most pleasure, the most money or ease, the most power or place, honor or fame ; but that in which a man gets the most manhood, performs the greatest amount of hitman duty, enjoys the greatest amount of human right, and acquires the greatest a mount of manly character. It is of no importance whether he win this by wear, trig a hood upon his shoulders or a crown upon his head. It is the character, and not the crown, I value. The crown per ishes with the head that wore it; hut the character lives with immortal man who achieved it. Some time since, an old sailor died in one of the hospitals, ha having been in actions, an attendant observed that he thought it was much better to die a list ural death, than in battle. a* it offered a man time to repent. 'Repent,' exclaimed tt.e old tar, 'when a man diet in battle, he goea so quck that he get* to heaven, before the devjl know* he i* dead,' South Carolina Bible Covention. To (he President and Officers of (he Bible Societies and Branches in South [ Carolina. Dear Brethren : As Agent of (he American Bible Society in and for the S'ate of South Carolina, I beg leave to remind you that the State Bible Conven ' lion meets at Sumter, S. C., on Tuesday ] night, July lO'.h, at 8 o'clock, when the ! opening sermon will be preached by llev. | c. l'. Undbden, principal, Iiev. John T. Wightinau, alternate. It is desirable that | J all tlie Bible Societies and branch 60cie- i j lies in the Stale should be represented.? | I Will you please have a meeting of your | Executive Committee called at an early j day, and appoint at least five delegates ; to the Convention, and urge them to at ; i tend and come with brief reports. All j 1 the railroads in the State, except the | South Carolina, (and ibis passes minis \ lets at all times for half price,) have a- I j greed to pass delegates to the Convention, I to ami from, for one fare. A Committee | ! of Arrangements have been appointed by j the Sumter Bible Society, and ample provisions will doubtless be made for all I who may attend. The Kev. James II. McNeill, Corresponding Secretary American Bible Society, will address the Con| volition. Foui trains pass Sumter daily?two ; Northern and two Southern. Those who i j will arrive upon the North end of the ' : road, had belter take tlie train which j reaches Sumter 1 1 2 o'clock, p. in.? i | Those from South, or Kingsville end, j that which arrives at 6 20 p. in. Important matters will be brought beI fore tlie Convention. Please see that your j society is represented without fail Yours truly, EDWIN A. BOLLK8. All Papers in the State friendly to the j uiuio cause please pub isli Avoid Slang Word*. There is no wit, says the author of the behavior book, in a lady saying 'snoose' instead of sleep, in calling pantaloons pants' and gentlemen 'gents'?and in ni , .tiding to an amusing anecdote or divert i ing incident, to say it is 'rich ' Ali the j s ang words are detes'able from the lips i of ladies. We are always sorry to hear | a young lady say such a word as 'polk i i)i?' when she tells us of having engaged n a certain dance, too fashionable riot ong since, but happily now going out, and almost banished from the best socioWe have little tolerance for young la dies who having in reality neither wit ' nor humor, set up for both, and having j nothing of the right stock to go upon, substitute carelessness and impertinence | and tr) to excite laughter, and attract the I attention of gentlemen by talking slang. Where do they nick it ud ? From low newspapers or vulgar books?surely not from low companions. We beard one of these ladies, when our collar happen, ed to bo pinned away, say that it was pinned on drunk. When disconcerted she was floored. When submitting to things unwillingly, she was brought to the I scratch. Sometimes she did things on I the sly. She talked of a certain great j vocalist singing like a beast. She believ ed it very smart and piquant to use these j vile expressions. It is true, when at I par.ies she always had half a dozen a bout her, their curiosity being excited as to what she would say next. And yet i she was a woman of many good qualities, and boasted of always having lived in th? best society.?LadUs Pu^r. orkntno Hymn.?An unknown exchange is responsible for the following : The Democratic Convention, which is to hold its adjourned meeting at Haiti more on the 18lb of June, will open its session by singing the following verse from :? good old hymn by Walts1 B. F. Butler, of Massachusetts, will raise the tune, and the entire North western Squat ter Sovereignty Delegation, under the lead of Kicliardson, of Illinois, will join in the chorus : I So when a raging fever burns, We shift from side to side by turn ; But 'tis a poor relief we gain, To change the place, but keep the pain. Gates in Chickens.?The gapes in chickens, is occasioned by a collection of small worms in the wind pipe, and unlets removed will kill the chickens. I give | you my plan of curing them, hoping that it may he tried my others as wall as my1 self, who have heen greatly annoyed bv 1 ibis troublesome disease. Take a stiff hair from the main or tail of a horse, double it and twist the two ends togetheropsn the mouth of the chicken and force the twisted hair down the wind pipe to the depth of two or three i inches, according to the size of the chickens, holding the two ends of the hairs* curely ; when it has heen forced sufficient ly Jeep, give it a twist anc! draw it out gradually, and the worms will come with it. I have taken twenty or more worms from one chicken Continue the opera lion imui an are removeo. i nave never failed to free die windpipe of worm* in tliia way. Thia receipt I conaider of great value.? Christian Sun. It ia an actual fact that a man in our State, who attempted to hug a a beautiful young woman, Miaa Lemon, haa aued her j for atriking him in the eye. He ia alto gethcr unreaaonable. Why thould be aqueeze a Lamon unleaa he areata a ( punch t Itjrirnltttral. Farm Life. No occupation can be more favorable to the cultivation of those qualities which are the charm of the domestic circle, than the life of a farmer. He is much more at home tbau is possible with any other man. How many there are in our cities who only see their families at evenings or on the Sabbath 1 They live for their business, and this, from its location, takes them from home early and late. How uinii v, irum me same cause, lorsaKe House keeping and huddle into boarding houses and boiels, where the charm and beauty of the family, as God constituted it, is entirely lost ; aud children fall under a thousand unfriendly influences that would never touch them at home. With the best arrangements wealth could command in the city, it is well nigh impossible to keep children under the iufluenee of their parents, so that they have a distinct family character, and bear the moral as they do the physical image of their progenitors. Paiental influence is dissipated amid the varied social influences to which they are subjected from the earliest dayB. Ninety-nine failures in a hundred atnong most business men in the city, tell a tale ol the perplexities and sorrow, the corroding cares and anguish of mercantile life, liow can a father, goaded with these anxieties, from the beginning to the end of the year, do justice to his children even if Ins business allowed him to be with them a part of the time ? lie is not in a frame of mind to superintend their education, to perform a father's office. The farm preserves the family in its integrity. The home has in it that charming word, and that more charming thing, the fire-side, around which parents and children gather, and wlnre the bright and cheerful biaze upon the hearth in but a type of the flame of love that glows in every heart. The parents have been drawn togeiliervnot by sordid motives of wealth or the ambitious desire of social display, but by the personal qualities seen in each other. The glory of the fireside to be husband, is that the wife is there ; and to the wife, that he is there who is the head of the women, and the bond of that home circle. Here they gather at morning and evening and at noon. Their board is almost always surrounded with the same circle, and here they spend the long winters evening together. American Journal of Education. Transplanting EvergreensTho late Mr. Dowuing?so distinguished for a fine taste in landscape gardening ? was a great advocate for evergreens.? Llis preference was for hemlock, white pine, Norway spruce and balsam fir. Tho latter is easily transplanted, and has a dark green foliage at all seasons of the year. The month of May, or the beginning of June, is held to be a favorable period for transplanting evergreens. The following is a method recommended for this purpose by the Baltimore Rural Register:?"A moist, cloudy day should be selected, and care must be taken that the extremely sensitive fibers which constitute the principal mass of the roots shall not he exposed, even in the process of removal from the nursery to the lawn, to the action of the sun and air, as their vitality principally depends upon their being kept shaded and moist. The great error which unskillful planters have committed, in attempting to get evergreens to grow, has been the depth to which they have set them in the ground. They should invariably be planted shallow, although the soil beneath should, fir9t of all, be deeply stirred. Mr. Iiright, of the Logan Nursery (Philadelphia,) advocates surface planting for all kinds of trees, and the success which he has met with in this practice certainly appears to establish the truth of his theory. In transplanting evergreens of four or four and a half feet: high, he takes them out of the nursery with balls of earth eighteen inches deep and two feet in diameter. They are set _ _ .1 e t ? \ - on lint sunace 01 uie iHwn, ID cavities Of wcl' loosened soil ; the cavities themselves being not more than three or four inches deep. The bull of earth, therefore, which incloses the roots of the evergreen thus planted, in still raised above the surrounding surface some twelve inches. They are, however, supplied with good loaui, by which a mound is formed, and the ground is kept tgulcbed for two years.? This method is well worth a trial." Cabbage Plants. Inquiry has besn made as to the mode of preserving cabbage plants from thesmall dark colored beetle that has been so destructive to them this spring. The insect is the turnip flea beetle (Haltica remorum), which feeds upon all plants of the cabbage tribe, but is most destructive to them in the young state. It is said i thai sulphur sprinkled over the plants is : of service. It is important that the plants should grow rapidly so as soon to get bevood their reach, as they prefer the I young plants. Ilence, in preparing the ( beds, use either guano, bone dust, some superphosphate, or fowl manure. If the plants are attacked, water them freely and sprinkle them while wet with a mixture of ashes and lime,covering them entirely. When this coat of dust is thrown, off, apply another, until the plants are 1 out of danger. Cabbage plants where i the earlier sowinns hsva h*?n d?strov?d nr.ay be retown for a month yet, and the earlier aorta town as late aa the 20lh of July, will make heada for winter uaa.