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% VOLUME XV. LANCASTER C. H., S. C., DEC., 5, 1866. NUMBER 43. Negro Education* la Cuiuml'ii we have * lar^eestablish \ toent devoted to the education of the freed men. In tliin es'.ablishtnent are Or. Wriffht, the Supettntendrnt.aud liis Corps of nine teachers. Pr. Wright 's an as distant superintendent onlr, heme stiltor tlitia's to H. Totnlinson. of Charleston, j *?h? is State Sonermtendent of Rdnealioti of Frecdmen in South Carolina. The corps of teacher* are all northern ladies, Unmarried, and voiint? Thev are employ e?l bjr the NfW York 11 ranch of the Ameriean Freedinen*a Union Commie i tion t atol art ma.nm# '??"< Slate. Thev teach f< >11 r claaan* < ( l>o> * j aggregating (wo hundred and eight (208 ) bote, *?>d four claaaea nf jjirl* a^gregat Inf two hundred and a>xlv aix (200) g:r'r; making in all 4*4 pupil*. Of lhaae 474, thirty are oaer aixtean yearenf age. and ttone under etc year*. The branch#* taught to the?e pupil* are Spelling, Rend j Ir.g. Writing, Arithmetic (mental and , written) and Geography. The daily j aion ia fira hour*?from nine until loo. There figure* are 'rum the naonlMv rn fx>rt t>f October. Some increase in rum bar of pupila ia expectrd during the pre* nt month. * In Orangeburg ther* are both a TV?r Oknd a N'tthl School. Tin* IKv School <con?i?t* of two teacher*, and *e*pnt*: due *>upil*?tliirtT four hot* and thirtj *e?*n gir'a. Tha N'fjht Sdrool i* tmiflit he tha earn* teacher* and ron*:?f* of a Imn dred and twenty pupil*?a hundred m*.'e and twenty femate*, the?a Win? o'dee than the pupil* of the Oae School.? There School* are maintained hr the N w England Branch of tlia American F U Commlerion. In Aiken llmre i? one *i ho >1 taught hy Ik northern teacher. einp'o\ed hr the New York Branch, who teache* a hundred and fir* pupil*, of which forty two tire boy* and eiity three are pida. t(In And*raou there * a teacher emn'ovI br the New York Branch.who teach** hundred and twenty M*rn p-iptla?for %y nine bora end a?eenly e'jht girle. In Spartatiburtf ere two colored ten h ra who give inatruel on to ? I ur>dr*d ami fifty pupil*?teventy U?)re end eighty girl* In K*rahaw Diatrict there ate aii eehooia and aix teacher*, of whom four are reaideira of the 1 >?wtr?cv and two ere northern. Tbe?e echonla are maintained I>jr the New England Branch of the American F. U. C?ntiroi*?inn. We Iteee eat.Ufn able to loara the number of pu* pile in attendarce. To recapitulate; within the juriad'C'ion of the a*ai?taiit euperiiitendenl eatahtiah ed in Colamhia, we And fifteen a ?hoo'a? eight in Colunihia, two in Orascehurg, one IP A ikon ftn? in a*l?. ... f?part*n''Ur/. 'I\e*e fl^Rn schools hxvs In tbem one thousand and forty ??v?n pupils, of which five hundred hi<! three are Iroya aud five-hundred and f<rtv four are firla. Jt ? vara to ealim'ftte (lie ai? eehnn'e io Ker?lijw at the same rata, the twanly one aclino'a would present an agifroffa'e of fouriaan hundred and *>xlv five pupils. ?seven hundred and four boys, and a?s* On hundred and ai?ty ore girls. The annual session of lhe?n action's continues from the Aral of O lobar ihia year until ihe first of Jutr neit year. Considerable increase of numbers i? ospeetad aa the winter advances. Of these things we propose to take notes ?Wa 4bmr occur. three puh'ic scheole. there ore la Columbia eevrral private eel***'*, at which ibo juvenile freed men receive in traction for very moderate |>c>co. Ko whit# pereone are engaged in teaching freed men that we are aw*re of, except thoee lediee from the north already men tioned. Vita community look* with favor on the vffocu to educate and elevate the ne yro and help on three eff.rte ae much aa poeelble.? CW. TorkvUle Knquiter. Ah Ahoibht Kidulu.?'There ie a err taia natural production, fltai ie neither animal, vegetable, nor mineral ; it at a*a i from two to ail fvel from the aurfaee ef the earth; it bae# neither length, breadth, ?? Mchetanee; it nei'her male nor female, bit te often found between liuth ?? ?/i?. Mtoliontd in ikt Old Teeiament miH etrongtf recommended in the New. and anawera equally the pttrpntea of fidelity and treachery. Who among our reed era cfcn io1*a ' hf ^ The Legielatara of Vermont hea f>a?aed i a bill melting habitant d rim keener* 1nf e I period of two year* e ivflicUiit ranee for i d'mrre. About a jeer end a half of Waahinyton whtakey would aeparate a ^iNHrtmad from h* wife tmboul the aid of the ooaiU.?TVorry. I, 3*, rkw?'p' ' * ' " ? & Breaking up a Setting Hen. Timothy, that air yaUer lien's sellin' a^nin," sail Mr*. IIhvb lo Iter son, one in irnin^ at breakfast. "Well, lei her net.*' fetnaiked Timothy, helping himself ton lar^e p eoe of cheese, "I reckon 1 can Bland it loig ?* she CUD." "I ?lo wish von wou'd trv to be a little eqninomical to ch>cre, T tiiolhv ; I've cut j the very lasi <?T mv every day lot, and it* onlv the first of M Ami now as soon 7 HH yOU'Ve HHI g I WMllt \on *o go out mix] l<r?*k up illxt Iten S !? '? netting on mii o'd nx Mini two brick* now'' "l hope nhe'it Iihto*i 'cm,' returned Titnotlijri "If ?llf will ?Nt low, wI.mM tlM'.cIl ill? I fourth week in Mhv. ii'i k b-d ?igu; ! something ?!>'? happen* Miter it. Stop | giggling, llellen M in*. by the time tou j g-?l to b* an o'd a* yer mar, ye'll nee fur tber tl.Mii you do now. Flier* w?? Jen k-iiN* folk*, iliw-ir grey top knot liNtched the l*?t of Mhv. wild Mm Jt-nkin*, she had t!>* conjunction of the lung*, Mini I would Iimv* died U lliev hadn't killed h I Jmih Mud wimp|.**(! her in ihe hid* whi'e ! it* wurm. That w.?s mII that tawed ner." Willi nuch m atartling proof of ihe truth and ihe omen before him, Timothy lininh i cd hie hr.-Hl f.mt in have wild departed f r j the barn, from which he noon returned i tearng the ^lulling biddy br the leu*. "WUt ?h?ll T H<> with Iter m f Ptn?*ll t**t on *e?lii?, mtirl ?)u-'? oro*a aa 1 l-erllnoi; alia akotnaH n?f li"?U, and wmi'd h# tli?? Haitli of tnaaf al.a could tf<*< "I'tn Ufr'n it aa'H |liat it w?? a good n'nn to 'lir?wVin up in tlm air," a-titl Mca. li irH. **Aont P??p ?v lifolca one o| ao'tinp onlv llirce tin** iiyinp. Spoae'n vou trv it." Up ai r po*a. Iiaad or lailV' or ad Tim. an lie to*a?d the vo'cmo akvi waul. L old n enrlaimad M?a. II,. 'alia'a roniingf Ho* n in I In* |i*n of hr*ad that I ?r' ?>? on ilia gr?nt rmk in Ton, it'a itrniir* ?l?*t von Mn't Ho uoth ing w'tliotii ove'doi"? ii" ' Ito?n with 'He traitor*..up with 1i?? lata," mng out Ton. e'evat'n/ l.oldv tjruin, ?itIt untftfrlhintr '#? limn ft p'nt of h>iti#r hnni??*?(f u> l?er fe#t. pr?rinv? tn#, *nM ftnH wii?h." <!ri#d Mm IIuvm, Nnd Tun fti?r##d wi'k luf, for tli# lt#tt lt?d root* down on tic w#ll.pol*?li#d til# ? ! E?qnir# Hfnntt, ??lin l?|>prn?4 to It# p*??ine. ? ?) |lt# di Miificl , rtM c#?,l#mtn wh? ih# f?tli#r nf^Cvntliift M-tntiett. tli# yo????|^ l?dv with whom Titn | win *#rintti^f #nnm<ir#<1 Tit# Sqnir# !onl(?<l ilttpcnr*, l>rntdi#d , off tli# dough will. Imtikiroliief, Htol #tr?>U# on in in'#nc#. # j "Y#?. ItUt it'* ertioff tip ftgftin.'* n?i<l T'tn, ?pit?f?Hv ?#i*infj tli# r1u< kino litddv nfl t'iminu 1t#r nt rnnd.nn intotli# t?if.~ lliililr ttinHglit it tim# tn ?n?nif.?*t li#r in ditiilmlitt, mil with a loud rrr#nm ?1t# ' d*rt#d M(*4tnftt tli* pftrlor nriiidrtit, |tft?k# 11, rot. alt \ii(wl?il iln j* ?t.^ and landed plump in lU ailken Up ??f | Mrn (jr*t. who waj? boarding at 111 Urm llOIIM, Mr* Qrav ?rr?omed with horror, and ?t?tlirg np, d'ahtdged h'd 1r, wlm flnw at her reflection in the looking fU?g with *n a n i> r v hi*a. The tf'aaa *m ahettered. and down ea?l?0 tho |^?n, aatoniahad l>*vnnd fnrmor*, againat a tdm of fl >?tri, which vpwl, ami in falling knocked ??*r tho atand.diah nm| deluged with water a pair of drab colored vol rot ahppere whirh Slrlrn Mario waa embroidering fur bar lovar. Mr Jxmee llenahaw. fldrn entered the room j'?at aa tho iniahirf had b*en dona, and viewing the r??in aho at onee l?id it to her hrother Timothy. She heard a a*ap behind her, ond tho unfurtonoto ken ahe flung full into ho f*?e. There waa n amothered onh, And the lien r i inn h?i>li miiI> il>? ' ' - * ? in* nuts 01 twenty pound itwl. * f I elan vu mad Hat avaa ?tr? RMr!f put out wi:l? tba faathary Just and doufh. and aha want at Timothy with a tvua ' ftn niii* lent Slia hrofca kii *t kl 1 guard w? a dosi-n pitam, cruthad hie , didttf and an to pall hi* whiakara out by tha ao.?t?, whan auddenly aha raniam hat ad (liat Ttmolhy had no whiakara to pull out by tha roota. It jt wiian aha ca n* to look doner. aha parraiaad that tha man aha had naarly aonihiUtad ?m not Timothy, hut Jamaa . llar.thaw. Poor Il-len hur?t into taara and fled ' into liar rbamhar, tha BMial rafuya for hardnaa; and Jamaa, aftar washing h<a , faoo at tha kitehen aink, want limns, sternly raaolaad nararto marrr a woman with auib a tamper aa llelaa llayaa bad. Tli? hen, meanwhile, win) in the heroine, returned to lh? haru to eMahliah he* ; i relf ok the ruin of her nest, deter luiuecUj to set if tlte heaven* fell. Mr* llxyes boou discovered her, *nd the having heaol tli it nipping in water wnuM cure "brooil in*??,w *he aet firth for tho tirook with the fowl in her ? pron. Mr*. Weaver, *n o'd holy of very qi|Mrre'*oiiie temperament, who resided near, *n<l wa* at * sword** point wHh Mr? H at es, was jinn coning to the hro"k for a pail of wa'rr. a"d spied the v?!h)w h*ad of the hird peeping out (mm Mr*. , II ?v?V* apron. "There I" *he exclaimed, "Now I've j found out what purzled me to death nigh almut a week. I've found out wl.ere tliwt yellow pullet ha* gone to Mr*. Ilaye*, ' I al'era knowed you wee a wicked de*a?e j ful women, but I didn't think you'J I meal." Steel ? me Meal ? who ere tow ielk ittg to, Mr* Wearer!" said Mrs. Here* ; on her diftti y. "l*ot taking tit you. madam, th ?''* j who I'm 'a'k'ng to! You're note my hen whet ] got o*er to Un- le (villi**, *i (I paid fi^' in eaeeengefa. She'* a teal Dorking (ii<? her to in* right here or ( 1*11 u*e forced She'* my hen. end you touch her if you dare!" "I'll eliow von what 1 d*r*!'' relied Mr*. We ?*r, growing purp'e, en I ?e tng the d' a'arred Co*?| hv the i*il, ehe g??e * wrench, end the tail mine out in her hand. The audden c*??ation of re?tst ace up. *e' Mr?. W? * vec'* haier.ee. and rhe fell h*ckw-<rd into the br.e.k. spaJierrg tit* rind and a?loni?hed pnlliwnga in every direction She a* a *pry woman, anil w*a *non on her feet M^xiti, reedy to renew the Give inn mv l?en." rhe cried, thrn?t ine Iter (hi into Mm IImjV f?ce, 'you ??M Imtr end hyp><rte v??i> !'* and ah# nixde h e?r>>nd iffxh mi tl hird. T'm hen thong' t it proper to *h??w her Oiilor?, end utter ng m?i unexrtldv ve'l, elm ||h? <)<ii of-ilie fiircrt ipiuro inln ill* furt of Mr# Wmver, wliidli #l?e r >kcd d<??n *llli her HHi * Mll'i! it feminized the of h ledger, cri?*>ed ?n>| re crouged with red in .. Mm II i e* ruiiflit h *!i?-k of hrti*h WimmI frotn the fence?Mr* W'exver did i|ie gxrne, end H regular dttel Would pro Iix1.lv Imve I em fnutfl t 'f the link hml not *ui] l-iilr rfiv? *h? ?h<I r r*i ipititeil the in.! i;uHiit w. im-o trio the Mr x t<- f . TKev *en?mn!e?J n i' or# ot?pnei'? ni le?, I the 1i>-m ??i prrrhe.l in en npp'# ii>? null cm k'e.l in <r ???i|>r?. * T're Ix'l e* ?1 cok thentael vm. Mil l he C.<n*mt ?cnl home The\ have hoi k-nk'-n | * me#. The hen <1? tpi.e .rx.l xixl wn not noen until lhr?-e ??'lti afterward*. when eh# | made her *p(>e<?r u.e* with eleven nice y^tlow chicken*. She found mine other fowl'* neit and had *et in epite ?>f file. Hui a'thongh not 'M rokan lip" henietf, ' e broke up i wo inetehe*? for ^uHli'S ll-nnett ?m not at hunt# the nest time Timn'hv called, and ilemdiawr never fori C oe Helen for having anch a temper. mm Lfsrn all you Can. Never omit ?"* opportunity to leurn ?!| you can. Sir Walter Scott aaid tlmi even 1 In * Mag* coach, Ii? alwava found lomilmd? who eou'd toll him something I.# did not know before. Converaat'ma ia frequently mora u?*fo! than book* lot purp'>?*? of knowledge. !t i? therefore, a mUtake to I? moioa* and eilent amorg person* wlui'it ton think ignorant, for a lift!* rnciahility on tour part will diaw them out, and they will l>? able to teach you something, no matter how ordinary their emplr.yment. Indeed, roina of ?h? moat sagacious remeihs are ma le t>y persona of ihia dee cripti >n, respecting their particular pur. euit. Hugh Miller, tha Scotch geologie', o?m not a lilil* of hie fame to olatnr* Hona m%di when ItO <** ? ? journeyman ion# iuM<>n a,J working in a quarry.? fycra'ea wall aaid lit it I hare mi but una good, whicb ia knowledge, ami ona rail, wld.h ia igooranca. R.ery grain of aand gora to make tba baap. A gold digger like* tha aroallaat nuggata, and ia nnt fool anoitgh to thro* tham air a y t?acau*a lia h >pra (o find a Img* lump eotna lima.? 80 in Acquiring knowledge, ?a ahould never deapaa an opportunity, bowavar ; ui'prnmiaing If (Hera ia a rnamant'a leianra, apravd it eaar a good or inatrae* tiva talking with ilia Aral you meal. WW aiiglii a p reedy man to wear a plaid W aiaiooai ! To keep a cback 00 hia atomaeb. The Williams Murder?Confession of the Murderer. ft will I* re.it?mljere<l ilmt n *hort time i>o we puhlmtied hu account uf the murder <>f a fouily next Cedar lllutT, in Cherokee county, Alabama. A negro iuan was nrresiioi aa the murderer, mid after he wan |?l?c?r?l in jai!, mad* a confession, which is pui>h?lt ed in the Cherokee Ad> verliitr. 11 .a . ?.r - ' .,.*7 . i wen1, vo iue terry whexa the family tsa< camped, ahout two Lours before day. f >r the purpose of crossing the river, and not knowing bow to get over, 1 waked tip the family and inquited of them to know hs to where the ferry man lived. Mr. illiains told me that the negro who attended to the ferry lived on the opposite side of the river, and that he (Willitins) did not suppose that I eould he set over before da\light, and said if I chose to do so, I could kindle up the fire and stay there till morn;ng. I accepted Ire proposition, and afiei I got the fire to burning, he gave ma a sack to lie down on. I then lav down, lait did not go to s'eep?though the f.inily d'd. About the t ma I thought thev were dead in sleep, J I goi up (rotti where I had l>een Ivmg and ! took up an ?ie. which lay liv the fire, and j struck the man two L'owa on the head 1 which kille I him instantly. Ha never moved, hand or foot At that titna the two children Iwgaii to crv, and the woman commenced raising up froin where she was Ivmg, as if 10 see what whs the matt | l-r with Ili?* n. I then Kiriick htr im? I hi.iw which I thought Iik<] killed her. I next tinned, with i In* hif in inv IimikI I itruck ? ?<*h or* of the children in the head, killing them l o'h. Then ( laid il ? | ax** ii?wn, and took '.he inau'a tuck* hu<I | shoe a and put ihctn <?n In tin* michu j tiiii**, tbe wnto ti had recovered auflicieiii I It front Ilif? fin*! hl.>w I I ?*' 1 given her In ; make a no'fle. YVhen I laid down the hxw to put on the aho?-a and nock". I h>*t tight of it. When i he wmnmi commenced making the nni?*, I U> >k"d for it tot'rike her the aernnd lime, and not ?eeing it. I teized a c1'" which the man had lying hr hiin. mid ruck her on the hea-l whit the ItfpKlt of il ; ?f ?r which I heard no more of her I than inrclt*.) the man and got j hi* pocket l> ?il>, lull Hid not eel any nmn | ey with it, and thre v it down at hi* feet, h be'tg i Id mikI not worth anything I got hi* I.iiiff when I ??-ar. hfd hi* p-icketa, which I kept till | w*i urrea'ed, when lite I Inen look it from tne. Mv whole object in murdering them wa* to get money, in which I C<it badlv fooled I then *et |Se bed oif fire, intending to burn litem up, leaving the impreroion upon the 'oil da of the people that tliey had lieen I burnt acri?le?tlv, m l mil miirdrrri), The j tmrain} an -ir-u'ed ?-lf ?(<*r I hud com mitcil the d?ed. Afi*r * ? tin if the bed clotbe* t<? burning ?.<? that I thought thev would !? * ?U'C to he entirely conetimed by the I then waded tlie river, l?v wbiclt liuir itar *?** breaking I then traveled aometimea in the tool, agd at otl-er? ' through the wn??!n until I waa arretted alnjul ?i* mile* front Oarto-avtlle, on Tum dav morning. Alter h-ing arretted, I wm brought hack to Cedar Bluff, and tried j acconiini; to law. I watt, when errceted, on to? wav to C hattannnga, Tenn?a*ee. ' 1 know that I am doomed to die for what I have di ne, and know that mirk puniah t'liment will he jntt for what I daaerve." joy who make* lha above eon feeaion *i? about 21 rear* old; weigha nearly 185 pouojr, and baa a very bad couuienaoca. "I Caoaot, Sir." A young man?w* will call him honaat Frank? who lored truth, wa* a clark in j tha office of auma rich mercharta. Ona ' day a letter came recalling an order for go?da which ItaJ hern received the day before. Ore of tha rm-rchant* handed it to Honaat Frank and with a par*ua?iva mile, *aid,? Frank reply to thia note.? Ray 'The go al* war# shipped be'ore lha receipt of the latter countermanding the order." Frank looked info hi* employer'* f?ce with a and hut firm glance, and replied, "I c*nnot, air." 4.11ft - a --L.1 .1 i ?? iij not, oir i ii|ra id* mtrdnni, ! angrily. "Becaua* lb* gnoda are now in the yard, and it would be n lie, air." ,4i hop* you will nlwaya be eo purlieu. Inr," replied ibe merchant, turning upon Ilia heel, nnr) going away. | }|.?nmi Frank did a bold a< well ae n right thing. What do you auppoee hap pened to him 1 L??t hi# p!**r V- No quite different. The men h*nt wee too ehrewd to turn away one who wo-itd not write a lying letter. He knew the ralu* of eueh n y??uth I and iaetead of turning hire nway, road* him hie coofi lentiel clerk. Advocait. Familiar Conversation!. kuuder one. "Ah, Mr. Kdiior, I wish to advertise by the rear in your paper. What will four squares cost V Forty pollers, sir. Forty dollars! Why, I um 1 to get it doue for thirty, before the war. I cau't pay any more now?there is no justice or reason in such high prices.' Very w?1i, str, if you don?t like the price, let it al ?ne. I wish to l?ny a fair of good sewed shoes. What is the price t 'Si* dollars, sir?a Tery nice article.' Ahem ! what whs die price of such shoes before the war !' 'FroiQ t?o nnd a bslf to three dollars, sir; everything in our line, jou kno*, is higher now.' Yet, sir. Uoa you some coffee?and what is the price!' 'We hare very nica Java at fifty cents.' Fifty cents ! What was the price be fore the war 1' From eighteen to twenty, sir.' 'Well, Mr. OrHSuaJI, let rite see some of your bleached shirting. What is the piire of tha*.!' }HeHcha.| shirting ia worth half a del lar p.?r yard, sir.' *1> <1 you not formerly sell it at fifteen to i weiity per yard 1' Yea, air; but, h? I before remarked, everything in our lute ia higher than for. merit.' ! 'Well, air, 1 aee T can't afford to buy Jrv good* and grocera* ; bu? I am obliged ! to have some fl mr, bacon ami corn.? | Wlint ere lh<>ae articles word) !' i 'Flour ia fiom s'xteen to twenty dollar? per barrel ; corn one dollar and a half per buahel, and bacon twenty eight cent? per pound.' "Don't von remember when I advertised for yon f?r thirty dollar*, you sold dour at five dollars per barrel, corn at sixty rents per bushel, and bacon at twelve and a half ceo's j?er pound V Well, ye*. I believe, so.* MIow, then, do you expect me to pat J from one to two hundred percent, ad vance on f.i'iner prim* and not raise my rate* !* Well, T don't know, Mr Edhor; hut it d >e? seem to me your price* are very extortionate.' (! ! !) Reader, ihe ahove fa no fancv sketch ; nor doe* it app'y to merchants alone. Kl'MBCK TWO. 'Hello ! is the edi or 'n I' Yes, walk in, Mr. Muggings?take a seat, sir t' I ju*t called to see ahout taking a paper Pq tire. What are they going at now f 'Three d dlars a year, sir.* Th?ee dollar*! why. I nerer heard of sttch exior ion.' Well, Mr. Muggins, I understand you have some wheal?what do you ask for M it r Three dollars a huaha', sir.' I alto want soine bacon. What is the price I' 'Twenty-eight cents per pound, sir.' .1 _:.I. it* . norxiar, 10 g?l *OIO? COri) tnd folder? what mre the price* of thoae *r tide* I' Com ia a dollar and * half per bushel, and f >dd#*r * dollar and * half p?r c?t. Hut hold on ; let ue aettlc that newspaper affair. Can't you let me have it for lees than three dollar* t Id* not see any pod reason for asking more than you did formerly?which was two dollars, I believe.' (Editor somewhat excited.) 'The thunder you don't 1 I formerly bought wheat at a dollar a bushel?vou now ask three 1 I bought bacon at twelve and e halfeents ?now you ask twenty eight I I bought corn at fifty to seventy*five?you now aek one dollar and a half I I bought fodder at fifiy centa per cwt?you now aek on* dollar and a hafl And eooa to the end of the chapter. Let ua look at the practical atifkintf tJ itt^ liii"" ' ? " i ;um ! my paper ?t t?o dollar*?th* old pric* ! ?if you will pay in product at the old priro*. Thi* joo dechn* to do, Itecaua* it would take two buihela of wheat, which you estimate at *ix dollar*. It would tak* four tiufthrl* of corn, which at th* pr**?nt , prica, would amount to ait dollar*. It ; would taka four hundred pound* of fod dar for which vou now a*k *ix dollar*. 'Ilo'd on, Sqiir*?don't go any forth* er. Hera ar? threo dollar*; pot down my name. I find editor* are not, aft*r all, *o ttortiwaab!* a* *om? of th* r**t of t?*." A thrifiT rounff man marriad a r??? you-iff Irish girl, q<itta ta tha horror of hi* inothor and *i*t?r*, hutdafandad kirn*#|f I?t the following logic: **lf I marry an American girl, I muit have an Triah girl to tiler cars of her, and I cannot afford U lupport both." I A Brother. "All hands on deck 1 take in sail! wti the hoarse shout of the mate down the companion way, aii?1 I tumbled out of my hammock, rubbed open my eyes, and hurried on deck. The sky was cloudless, elear end blue. The ocean was smooth as a "sea of glass" "What is up, Mr. N 1" said I.? lie pointed towards the west, without a word. A little cloud, no larger than the hand, was swiftly moving up the horizon. I hurl Kaaii in lit* 1 J? i ? ...? uupivni mmuues long enough to know what it meaot. I wan second mate of the ship, and tho' but a mere bo_v, bad become an ex* pert helmsman, and in times of danger invariably took my station at the helm, beside the seaman who was on duty there* Darkness came dowa upon the oceaa as though a mantle had been thrown ever it. In twenty minutes all was dark as the darkest night, and the howling winds threw the foam high over the deck and dashed the waves upon us with stuaring force. AM sail had been furled.? The sailors and officers had been holding on, or were Ushod to the spars and rig* ging. Nothing was said, for no voice could be heard above the storm that rag* cd around us ! I pat my lips to the ear of the helmsman, "Bill, did you ever see such a storm at this, before !'* "Aye, aye, my boy, many of them. I was once ship wrecked off this coast, was dlilted ashore on a plank, and shoufd have been eaten by cauiba'.s bad it not been for a brother. "Brother !" sbouted-T. 'Yes, a brother. Just as liter were about to roast me, I saw a veneraj^ chief, approaching; and without, (or ? moment | thinking what I did, 1 gave him the sign thai Masons give when danger it nigh.? lie looked at ine in wonder, and on my repeating it, he rushed up to me, took me in his arms and claimed me as bis bro* ther." My mind had not then received the Li.'htof Etomal Truth; but since that day I have wondered at the almost superhuman completeness of that system of brotherly love which lias endured aiace the days of King Solomon's Temple, and heen ever true to its (treat Teacher, even in heathen lands. There, among the worshipers of idols, and the davourers of human flesh?there where all wae darkness, superstition and ignorance, the Light of Eternal Knowledge shone through the clouds and left its warm radiance upon the human heart. information wanted.?Any person who knows the fate of James Ereleigh, Company O. 25th S. C. Volunteer*, will ronfer a lasting obliga'ion by coratnuni* eating the tame to his serrewiog widow * and helpless little ones. On the first dff of April, 1805, at Fire Forks, Va., be was wounde<^anJ taken prisoner, sine# which time nothing has been heard of him. He was a Master Mason, and papers throughout the country friendly to the i/raur are earnestly requesiau 10 copy ihia. Please address Mra. Hannah Eveleigh, luntnontvilla, S. C. Arrival or Mksskb Kara, Stowkrs S 4 amo itraum.?Our citizen# and the people of tba Slate generally, will be gratified to leara that the gentlemen abora named, who for ao many month* have lingered is prison, and while in Charleston, were under sentence of death, have arrived ie Columbia on their way to Andersoa-~ their homer They leave for home this morning, looking well, and in aa good spirit* a* might ha expected under the circums'.aucet of their narrow aecaDa. South Carolinimn. Fa lab C a lyes.?Cotton, of the Albany (N. Y.) IsdtjtTy tolls of nssr invention, habas lately pateuled. It has been gotton up for the purpose of determining whether or not, a lady wears false cakes. It, consist of e cane with a fine needle m the end of it. As a lady passes, with ber beautifully turnsJ pedal extremities ex* posed to view by the 'tiltor,' the cakes are slightly punctured with the caoe. If f!>a Sml lri/ilra (Ka Aalwaa a?a aaaHiaa ?? If aba doaa not, tbty ara'(aIm.' * Tb? mineral spring* at Gettysburg IN quit* a aaniatioB in Pennsylvania, and promita le become ara long objects of national intarcai. Tha tick, tba lama, tha halt, and tba blind, ara thronging these springe or carrying away tha wataia to different parti of tba country. To suecestfully reaiit tba Sheriff, pay your dtbls aa Uiay tall due.