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Ilie fan caster. feager. fOLl'ME XVI, LANCASTER C. H., S. C., MARCH 13, 18(57. EMBER 5. . ' __ r SELECT POETRY. [From the Metropolitan Record.| SPRING IS COMING. or A. J. KVqt'lKR. I know it by the hyacinths W hieh now begin to blow, And flitting ?oieo? strangely sweet And tremulously low. ti? ...... J-- ' a?; puicr in iiic pun, And anfier in the air, And holier in the twilight Mare, That Spiiug will ponn ho here. The Almanacs are well enough For gurdncra and for cooks? I seek the flCHSOns in the sky, And find them by the brooks; I hear th?;n on the breexy I.ilia, . And, ill the hollo**, see The token lloworr. and signs that apeak Their lUtcMgei o ine. 0 And ftius I glean from germing isles Of sunset in the West ; From waving* of untiling wing* That will tnjt go to rest ; Fioin spoils of fiugrance spiced afar, And peeping sprain of green, And silver Ingles in the wiud, The advent of a Queen ! I know it by the hyacinth Which now begins to blow-, Tlmt W inlet- no l.i. in. I.e.I I* dead, or neat ly ru. Ami soon will cotnr, with fl.ixen CUil.?, l<y the laughing hour*, Tlii l?lue eyed dittm liter of ^lic Hun, In ^loiilying show era ! SELECTED STOIIY. THE BRIDAL \V!\E CLP. ? ? A Tliflt STORr. Pledge ? itli wine ?pledge with winel" cried the young mi d thoughtless Harvey Wood. "Pledge with wine," ran through (he brilliant crowd. The beautiful bride grew pale?the de cieive hour had c<-n\o. She pressed Iter white hand* together, and the leaves of her bridal wreath trembled on Iter poor brow : her breath came quick, and her heart beat wildly. "Yet, Marian, lay aside your scruples for this on.'e," said the judge in low tone, going towards his d slighter; "the Company evpi'ct It. Do no? seriously in fringe upon the rules of etiquette ; in your own house act as you please, hut in turns, for this once pie ise mo." Every f e was turned unon the bridal pur. Marian's priitct|>Im^ were well known. II*nry had been a cottvixialist, but o( lata h>< friend* noticed lh* change in his man* ners, (lie difference in his habits?and to night they watched him lo see, as they eneeringlv said, if he was tied down to a ' woman a opinion ao soon. Pouring a brimming beaker, thev held l?, with tempting smiles, towards Marian 8lie was vory pale, though tnore com posed, an<l her hand shook not, as smiling tack, site gratdfu'Iy accepted thecrra* tal tempter, and raised it to her lip*, lint scarcely had the done ao, when every hand was arrested hy her p*ercing excla mation of "Oh, how terrible I" "What ie ill cried one and nil throng d together, for ahe had slowly carried the glass at arm's length, and was fixed |y regarding it as though it was some terrible ol ject. "Wait," she answered, while an inspiring light shown from her dark eyes.? Wait, and I will mil yon. I aea," she added slowlr. poii t'ng one jeweled finger nt the sparkling ruhy liquid. "a sight that beggars all description ; and yet listen? T will paint it for you if I can. It is a lonely spot; tall mountains crowned with nnivs, rise is awful sublimity around ; a VI nar nine itivAiirvk an/1 ke i/?li t ^ to the water'* edfe. ^"Iiere i* a thick, warm mi*t, that the aun aeek* tainlv to pierce; tr??*, loft and beautiful, wire to tha airy motion of the bird* ; but there a fcroapof Tndiao* gather; they tlit to and fro, with aomei thinf like'tftftron upon their dark brow*; and in thefr'lfcidat lie* a manly form ? but hi* cheek, how deathly, hi* eye* wild with the Are of fitful ferer. Ooe friend stand* be*id* him, nay, I should any kneel*, for he i* yllowrng that poor head ttrtnn t>11 KrAwai I !* ? U Ak I ** ? v?rniup m ni'iir'i ( vn i thehigh,holy looking brow! Whyahmild death mark it, and ha to young f Look how ha throw* the damp curia ! aaa him e!a?p hi* handa! haar hia thrilling ahriaka for lifw! mark how ha clntehaa at Ilia form of hia companion, imploring to ba ?a?a<l! Oh, hear him call pitaowaly hia father'* name! aaa him twine hia Anger* together aa ha ah nek* for hia aiatar?hia only aiatar?tha twin of hiaaool?weeping for biro in hia diatant natir# land. "Once H 1 $t Sr e * . ? she 'exclaimed, while, the bridal j?h r ty shrunk hack,the untested wtoe trembl ng i in their faltering grasp; the judge fell i overpowered upon his seat?"see bis arms j are lifted to Heaven ; he prays, how J wildly, for mercy 1 hot blood ever rushes ! through his veins. The friend besiJe him I is weeping ; awu stricken, the dnrk men move slowly away, and leave the * living and dying together." There was a hush in that princely parlor, broken only bv what seemed a arnoth* ! ered sob from some manly bosom. The j bride stood yet upright, with quivering lips, and tears stealing to the outward j edges of her eye lashes. -Her beautiful arm had lost its tension, and the glass, , with itrf little red waves, came slowly to ward the range of vision. 8he. spoke again ; every lip was mute. Her voice j wra low, faint, yet awfully distinct; she j still fixed her sorrowful glance upon the s'Di* cup: "It is evening now ; the great | white jnoon is corning up, and Iter beams '**>' Rrn,'y on his forehead, lie mores not; his eves are set in their sockets; | dhn are their piercing glances ; in rain j his friend whispers the name of father and ! sister?death is there. Death, and no ; soft hand, no gentle voice to bless and l soothe him. Ilis head sinks back?ona (convulsive shudder?he is deadl" A groan ran through the assembly ; so vivid was Itor description, eo unearthly : her |o> k, so inspired her manner, That 1 what si c described seetned actually to ! have taken place then are '.here. Jliry noticed also t^at the bridegroom hid his ftc* in his hands and was weeping. "Dead" she repeated again, Jter lips J quivering faster ami faster, and Iter voice more and more broken ; "and there thiy i scoop him a grave, and there, without a shroud, thev lav him down, in the f<-.M j reeking earth. The only ron of r proud i father, I be only idolised brother of fond | sister. And he sleeps tmlny in that die taut country. There he lays? my father's j son ? mt only twin brother?* victim to this deadly poison. Father," she eiclaim I, wtoile the leers rained down her beau' tiful cireeks, "father shall I drink it j now The form of the old juiKe was con, voiced with agony, lie raised hie head, ! but in a smothered voice he faltered :? "No, ao, my child; in Ood'a name, no" She lifted ilia glittering goblet, and letting it suddenly fall to tha door, it whs ' dashed ir.to a thousand piece*. Many a j tenifnl eye watched her movement, and | inatantAneoualy every wir.e glass was | transferred to tb% marble table where it ! had been prepared. Then ir* she looked at he fragments of crystal, she turned to the ! corrfpeny, saying : "Let no friend here after, who loves me. tempt tne to peril my oulifor wine. Not firmer the everlasting hills than my resolve, God being my hel per, never to touch or taste that terrible poison And he to whom I have given my hand, who watched over my brother's ' dying form irv that last solemn hour, and ! buried the dear wanderer 4 b ere by the | river, in that land of gold, will, I trust, ; sustain tne in that resolve. Will you not, I my husband f # His glistening eyes, bis sed, teed smile MT.4B her sniuM Tl.? t_A l?-l? i the room, and when, %n hour after, he returned, and with a more subdued man. i ner, took part in the entertainment of the bridal gu?sts, no nn< could fail to read that ha, too, had determined to dash the enemy at one* and forever from his price ly home. Thoae who were present at that wed ding can never forget the impression so solemnly made. Many from that hour foreswore the social glass. Tiik Futuri or Till Country.?During i the debate on the Williams Reconstruction Rid, Mr. Ranks, of Massachusetts, after | opposing that measure on various grouode, said "it"was impossible that the Government should go on for three years longer, or two and a half years, or two years, j without apprcAching the ver?a of ruin.? I Ruainesa was suspended now. The pee pie were oppressed with taxes. Laborers were thrown out of employment. Kvery tbhg was unsettled Thn wisest man could not look to ths future without ap prehension, if not without fear. The fu turn was full of danger, and rather than face that danger for two and a half or three yeare longer the rrpreeenteitvec of the people would be obliged to consider tbe condition of tbe country end wbet couree of conduct we* neceeeery for the efety of the Government end tbe intereete of tbe people." One boehel of cerrnte ie ee good in feeding eiock of eny kind, ee e buehel of corn. The? flke rich, light eoil; end will y?eW from 400 to 000 buabele to tbe | acre. Cromwell's Dissolution of the Ramp i ParliamentThe 20th of January, 1652, is the date 1 , of this memorable event. The Parliament J ' by which Charles I, had been met and I overcom i, had dwiudled down by various I purgations to about 6ftythrse members, who aimed at becoming a sort of mild ! ' oligarchy for tho administration of the ! commonwealth. They were deliberating ' on a bill for the future representation, in which they should have a permanent | I place, when Cromwell resolved to make ; an end of lham. It was the last incident in the natural series of a revolution, placI ing military power shave all other. Cromwell having ordered a company ef j musketeers to follow him, entered the House in "plain black clothes and worsted {stockings" and sitting down, listened for i a whde to their proceedings. Hearing at length the question that the bill do pass, ! he rose, put off his hat, and began to I speak. In the course of his address he : told them of their self seekinga and delays of justice, till at length Sir Peter Wentworth interrupted him with a remonstrance against such language. Then blazing up he said : "\Ve have had enough of this ; I will put an end to your prating." ' Stepping into the floor of the House, ' and clapping on his ha', he commenced a ! violent harangue, which he occasional!? emphasized by stamping with his feet, and ! which came mainly to this : "It is no' | fit you should sit here any longer?tou | have sat too long for any good you have -j be.?n doing lately. You shall now give place to better men." "Cell :hem in!" | I he exclaimed, and hie officer Harrison ; and a file of so'dier* entered the House, i Then proceeding: "You ere no Parlia inent ! Some of you are drunkard*"? | heiidmg a atern eve upon Mr. Chalouer; i "some of you are a word ex* ' pressire of a worse immorality, and he { looked at Henry ?Marlin and Sir Peter ' Wentworth, "Itring in open contempt of God's commandments. Some of you are s worrupt, unjust persons ; how can you he J a Parliament for God'a people f Depart, j I rsv, and let ua hare done with ypu.? jOo!" lie lifted his nia-a from iki r.KU ??.t gave it to a musketeer, to be taken away, he eaueed Harriaan to give hi* band to Speaker Lental an J lead birr, down from the chair. The member*, cowed by hi* violence and the sight of hi* armed men ' moved gloomily out of the House. "It it ' the Lord that hath caused me to do thia,s ' he said. "I bare sought that be would rather slay me than rut me upon doing 1 this work." Sir IlarTy Vane ventured a remonstrance. "Oh, Sir Harry Vane,'* exclaimed the Lord General, "the Lord deliver me from Sir Ilarrv Vane P*? When all hnd gone out he came out too 1 and locked the door, from that time be was master of the three LiugJoma for about five end a half jeara. "Brick" Pomkoy has prepared the following epitaph for Beast Butler (to be 1 engraved on a tombstone surmounted by | two spoons : 1 _ "Here rote the earth at roaste in hell the greatest disgrace America was ever cursed with, 'lien Brute Butler,' the coward, traitor, thief, robber, the woman 1 insulter, who, by hi* betrayals, thefia and ! disregard of honor and manhood, worked i on a weak minded man to give him a ' commission in an annv that he might be j protected in hie robberies. When he j spake, honest men doubted ? when be | commando I, brave inen were murdered? j when he was in pewer, women wept and virture failed to protect?when die ruled, i innocence suffered?when he traveled. I people buttoned in their watches?when . be dined, people eyed their spoons?when j ! he p-r.scd churches, the silver, ware di* j Appeared?when he died no one mourned the death of (tie brute and robber who ! name from no one knowe where as a rot ; ten careaae ia left to pulrity beeide acme clear stream. { "Being without honor?General without a victory?man without a father? 1 corpse without a mourner ? memory without an admirer?Spoon Thief Butler." Kimino tiin oahkure.?There ia a strange aect called "Ilunkers" in PennsylI vania. They recently held a convention | near iVaynesborough, Franklin County, ' in that State, and among the many quee- | tiona diacuaeed and decided upon by the members wea the following : "Shall we i receive colored persona into the church, and shall we salute them with the holy kit* P It was voted that they should be I ....... recaivao, out tbai quaationaor kitting waa ont 4nr anch mambar to dacida for bimtalf or hartalf, wiih tha on<faratanding, how???r. that all who rtfutad tbn otculai ' lion wara to bt rtgnrdad at w?ak. With 1 tha tharmometer at 101 dagraaa in tha ! thada, tha majority would "waakaa." % A Horribly Tale. A newspaper, published at Cotiraa, Mexico, tells the following frightful story, and calls upon the public to punish the criminals: When General Pueblita entered the town of Aya, in September last, he exact ed a forced loan from the people, and a portion of it fell upon the curate of tho place. The curate acted as though he would-pay, but be did not make his ap pearancn at the point designated for pay msnt, and General Pueblita ordered him A. I ? ? ui oe arresiea. A party of men went to his dwelling and knocked at the door ; there was no answer, and they broke in. They found no one in the house, and were aboiA to leave it, when they heard a frightful voice, proceeding from the ground saying, "I'm hungry." The officer in command went back to Gen. rueblita. and told him about the voice. The General appointed a commit sidti to examine the house This com mission went to the curate's dwelling, and? after a careful examination, they found a movable stone in the floor, and under this was a stairway leading down to a vault, which was entirely dark, and had no con nection with the air, save by the staircase and a small hole that served as a ventilai tor. In this vault, they discovered a few articles of furniture and a woman who ,had been shut up there for eighteen years. She was taksn to General Peublita's quar ters. When brought into the light, where she saw a nsmber of persons, she faiated. After she returned to her senses, a thou1 sand questions were asked her, to which she replied thst she had been burried it that vault for eighteen years, without go ing out for a moment; that she had beer married and bad children by her husband but she knew nothing of their fate ; tha | aKila imnviaAitu.l Is* 1? ~ .V ...? f . "...v, viiu i HUH, BIIH UH< had children by the curate, hut shaknei nothing of what had become of the* children ; and after that mueh, bee am obstinate and silent. While this waa passing, a sergeant c the Pueblila Brigade, then present, dii covered that thin woman was bis mother and abe recognized him aa ber aon, an< embraced him. The aon then ran for th< father, who came and recognized bia wife The husband, fifteen years ago, waa ina prisoned three yeara, under oharge o murdering hie wife, thia woman. The Development of Radicalism| In the Spring of 1804, while Ahrahan Lincoln waa eti!l President. Thaddeu Starana said, in a speech in the House o Representatives, "I beliare Congress ha the power to create a dictator : I helievi we ought to have a dictator, and I au prepared to vote for one now." Durini the present session of Congress, the aami leader and ruler of the radical party de c(pred, *'the United States is not a repub lie. It never was a republic. Penosyl var.ia is not a republic, and I wish T^on gresa would take it in band and make i one." Tbeddeus Stevens is the acknowle<!ge( leader of the dominant party in the Uni ted 8tatea. He is the anther of the mili tary bill for destroying the States upoi which the Sherman compromise is found ed, and from which it derives its life spirit and meaning. The "constitutional forms"so ot.jecticn able to the radicals have hear, omitted ; II recent tnoveroenta of the ilnminan party under the lead of Mr. Stevena, am he it slowly developing hi* pivotal idea u a dictatorial form of government. * I Oongren* ia to rule aupreme, then the mai who coetrola that body is a dictator.? fie can aayawhat rights and lihertie* ahal he accorded to the people of the aevern Tbe measure of thoae right; i set forth in the military fecqnstructioi bill, and if that svetam ia accepted, thei Mr. Stevens will he in a fair way to rea liae the scheme developed in 1R84?th< creation of a dictatorial form of govern ment ia the L'nited^talca. Philadelphia Age. Ta? Atlantic Cablb.?The TJoetoi Trantcript eaye: Th? time required for a eignel to pMi through th? cable has b??n discovered with a'ill greater precision to ba thirty on* hundredth* of a aaaond which ia pro bably not in error by on* hundrelha'of aecond. * Thi* ia equivalent to a velocity of 6.02C milee of eeoond, and i* notably leaa thar the velocity of electric fluid upon land lioee, which aumeroua observation* hai ebown to average 10,000 miloam eeoond, it In Mieeouri the law ailowe married wo men to make willa of their own. They have them ready made her}. # I *" I I The Atrocities of Northern Prisons. ; Tlie New Albany Commtrciul of yes ' terday gives a detailed account of t'ue t\orrors of the southern penitentiary of 1 Indiana, which surp-uses all that that peeper, Radical as it is, could ever trump J up concerncing the treatment of Federal ( | prisoners in Southern pens. We g've an extract, that oyr readers may see what 1 ?.? -r 1 : 1 " 1 ' I um (utity ui inurai hiea*, which tm j braces *11 the humanity and decency, and which howl* its mendacious falsehoods at the South in about. Head it: I Fielding II. Carr swears that ho was a j prison guard for seren years, during the : time that Patterson had charge of the } prison ; that the prisoners were improper) ly fed and clothed ; that on one occasion Patterson fed thern on a quantity of dam aged pork, brought from "the remains of a lot partially destroyed by the burning of a porkhouse in Louisville. This pork was kept until it was soured and given afterwards of the men to eat. As a cof.' sequence of eating this impure food there occurred over seventy cases of scurvy.? The teeth of many of the inen dropped out, and their legs became tnuch swollen and black up to and above their knees.? Several died from the effects of the disease, 1 and many left, the prison inconsequence of it, unable to make their living. ' John R. Shadbusn, who was a guard ' and arrested Warden Miller in receiving the prisoners from Patterson, swenrs that when Miller came in there were over six1 tv cases of scurvy among the prisoners.? ' Tlie'tr teetli were falling out, and their legs black. In the hospital the men 1 would actually pick their teeth out and ' throw thorn away. The hospital of the prison smelted as though filled with de1 i caying corpses, and the.prison generally * 1 W in O Kurl /*An<li?inia ' j Char'es J. Keller, another guard, cor^ roborates the above, ami Bays that on one * occasion, just after Patterson's loase exp:red, and while the convicts ware yet * suffering from the effect* of scurvy; he gave one of them a tomato, which be was ^ unable to eat, and in attempting to Ho ao " all hi* upper and lowar front teeth fell ' out. Both Shadburn and Keller state ^ that they so aympathized with those suf 8 farers that they contributed out of their '* own funds to their relief. It is the concurrent testimony of several witnesses that ^ such was the diaeased condition of these poor creatures' limbs that iiupressions made upon them would last for hours afi terwards. One prisoner whose time had expired, went out of the prison upon bis ^ bands and knees. 8 New England nnd the Smith in th? 8 Future. 1 The Providence (It. I ) Post, in a J notice of the January number of De 8 j Potcs Review, after remarking that the i entire magazine, almost without qialific# lion, is devoted to lite material interests of the South, says : There can be no doubt, sooner or later, the Southern cotton will be made into j cloth largely in Alabama, Georgia, and North Carolina ; while the coal, the iron, and the gold of the South will aid in ma king it the richest portion of the coun Vf:_ . 1 We do not Anticipate, nor need the | present generation worry itself aboifl the ; transference of manufacturing power from New England to Georgia, hat the transfer t , will be made, and within a period short I in the hi1tory%ofa nation. New England f will be rich, but not energetic; cultivated, . intellectually, but not prospering in ma' I terial wealth; a power of the past, and | not the hope of the future. There will I he two classes, the rich and the unambiI tioua poor, and the* great West and the I growing 8outh will despise ar.d acorn her, as aha now lords it ovqr thetvi. 1 The President is urged, with warnings, 1 , by the Herald to vsto the abominable 1 tariff bill ; by the Tribune to veto the , wretched measure inflating the currency, ; by iaauing 9100,000,000 legal tenders, to retire compound internet notes; by tlie i World to veto the outrageous rec^nstruc : tion bill. Colfax, for Speaker, is unopposed. lie s : I predict* * nix wetkV sention. '&4T The last on Sutler. From the New^llaren Register: BriORAM. ( How brave * *o!di*r Butler mi, Let thin en* fact r*vsal, 1 Thnt f**n silver ?poon* and fork* I | Were worthy of hi* tttal. , Mr Garfield frankly admitted, in Congress, in hi* brief speech on Monday, that th* military bill put* a bayonet at the r breaat of every Southern man to enforce ^ the adoption of negro suffrage. The Taxes of Farmers. Tlio following is very important to farmers, and the decisions haro rocentlj been given by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue at Washington : 1. Farmers will not be required to make return of produce consumed in their own immediate families. 2. Tlyja farmer's profits for salo of live stock are to be found by deducting from the gross receipts for animals sold, tho purchase money paid for the same. If animals have been lost during the year by death or robbery, the purchase money paid for such animals may ho deducted from the gross income of the farm. 3. No deductions can he msds br ib? farmer for the value of service# rendered by his minor children, whether he actually paya Ipr such services or not. If hia adult children work for him and rees.va compensation for their labor, they are to be regarded as other hired laborers in determining his income. 4. Money paid for labor, except such as is used or employed in domestic ser-vice, or in the production of articles coni * suined in the family of the producer, may be deducted. 5. No deduction can be allowed in any case for the cost of unproductive labor.? If house servants are employed a portion of the time in productive labor, such as the making of butter and cheese for sale, a proportionate amount of the wages paid them may ho deducted. 6. Expenses for ditching and cleaning i. t HOT in mi n I n jrinIIII y KIT purillHnent improvements, and not deducted. 7.#The whole amount expended for | fertilizers applied during the Tear to the J farmer's land may he deducted, hut no deduction is allowed far fertilizers produ* ced on the farm. The cost of seed pur. I chased for sowing and planting may be deducted. 8. If a person soils timber standing, the profits are to be obtained by estimat* ing the value of the land after the reino. val of the timber, and from the sum thus obtained, deducting the estimated value of the land* on the 1st day of January, 18G2, or on the day of purchase, if purchased since that date. * 9. Where no repairs have Uflen made by the tax-paver upon any building owned by him during the preceedrng five years, nothing can be deducted for rei pairs during the year for which bis in? come is estimated. 10. A farmer should make return . of ali his produce sold within the year, but a mere executory contract for n sale is not a sale; delivery, either actual or onn [ structivo, is essential, TIio criterion by i which to judgo whether a t-a!e is complete or r.ot, is to determine whether the vendor still retains in that character a right over the property ; if the property were lost or destroyed upon which of the parlies, in the absence of any other relation between them than that of the van* dor and vendee, would the loss fall. Economy.?When a Spaniard eats a peach or pear by the roadside, wherever be is he digs a whole in tbe groand with his foot, and covers the seed. Conse* | quenuy, an over ?pain, l?y the roadsides > and elsewhere, fruit in great abundance , tempts the taste, and is ever free. Let ibis practice be imitated in this country, and the very wanderer will be b!e?se<l? and bless the hand that ministered to bis coiufort And joy. We Are bound to leave the world as good, or better, than vre found it, and he is a selfish cur, who basks under the shadow and eats the # fruits of trees whicb other hands have planted, if be w ill not also plant trees winch shall yield their fruit to the com' ing generations A Lynchburg paper reports the matri* \ monial market very dull. Sweet sixteen* have been most active, going at "previous figures," but there is no buoyancy in price j or demand. Misses of "age" are weak, with a poor demand ; widows on the de? clioe; unmarried aunts, dull; old mtugs, ! very flat. ^ M t lha aweeteat thing in the botanical lino ia lha following definition of flowera : "Floral apoatlea, that in dewy apletulor waep without wot and blush without a erima." The tear* of beauty are like light clouds floating over a heaven of Mara, bedimming them for a moment that they may ahine with greater luatre than before. A chap who was told by a colporteur to ''remember Lot's wife," replied that he bad been is tumble enough already , about other men'* wives.