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JOLCMfr xvi. '. , X AN CASTER. C. Hv S. C., APRIL 10, 1867. ^ .NUMBER 9. SELECT PHKTRY. I THBT SAY. . . Tlioy My?Afy! well, jupp<?c they doH Hut can tl*ey prove the ?t?iy true? Suspicion may aiiee hour naught liut igaltrc, eiivy, want of ihntight. Why count yourself alinArg the thev'* Who w lumper what li?ey dare not say t ", * * ' Tl fy *K)'r?but why the tide reN^awr, And help to make theynatter worse? No goo<l ran possibly arrrue From telling nlmt may be untrue; AnJ is it not ? lioliter [ilnn To speak o( all the bent yon can f * . . * The* car?well. If it shouhl be so, Why necil you tell the tale of woe ? * Will it the hitler 6r0tig repress, . Or make one pang of Sbrrow Ions? Will it the erring one leslnre, llenceloitli to "j;o an J ?ip*uo tnore ?" They Si\y?nh ! pause nut! look -rflhin I Pee how thine l.cai t inclines to sin I s \\*itth, lest in ilarW temptation's hour Thou too slumMst sink beneath ft a power! I'ity tl\p frail, weep o'er their fall, tlilf u ? 11 >? L- nf muni ftl* ?II I . |'V?~ V. ftwvi, VI Iiwr (IV mi 4 SELECT E D.STO liY. EXTRAORDINARY NERVE. * . O .Wliile Mtimt war in Madrid lie wn? i nnxino* to communion I a with Jowot in j Portugal, hnt nil the road* to L'*h?ti 1 ewiiriimd with guerilla*. and with the troop* cmftponiiig Caatanos' army. Mural mentioned hi* emh ?i ra??menl to Harnn SuongonnJl, lhe^(u*eiati audi** | eador tn Spain. il i. -oil l.-o-o - .1.-1 , .. ... ?... ^ XI j time rot or.lv the hI!v, but the friomi o( j Franca. .Al. I)a SiAino.fhntl" 10M Vfnrat , that it.was iho pssies^thino In ihp world. 'The K is-hii Admiral S'liinvin," said I:r, 'is in the. port of I.iil on.; give me she most intelligent of your I'oliab 'micer*;, I will^lrps* liitii up in n Itusssn uniform, and entrust him **li dispatches for the admiral. All will go well, ^von if lie should lTe.t?ken ^lisoner a d* r<* 11 times hot ween this and Lisbon.* for the in*ur pent arm* is so anxious to nhtairt our neutrality that it will he careful *not to " furnish a pretext for rupture." * Mural wra* delighted with* lhi%ingpnj otis schema. lie asked Ivrasimki, the * commandant of the lancera#to find him | a hrlive and intelligent young man. Two , days afterwards the commandant brought the prince a young man of his corps, for whom lie pledged hie Jife ; Lie naigu was | Leckinskt, ?uvJ be was but eighteen years old. Mairat was moved at aming so young | a man court so imrnineit a danger, for if ; I.a ware detected Ida doom ivu aealed. Mural could not help runark nir to the Pole tha risk he ?m nhout to run. The Votltii imilrd. *"t?ej yotJr Vivperial h?gh ti*M u'ive rf!a initrucUoni." he en*war a<| raapeclfully, "end I (live * good ' %-count of the mieaihn I have hee?r hon nred with. I thenk hi* highnetirfor hav inc chnnen me frmn my comr?d**, for a'l of them would have courted th a dialinc lion" ; Tha prince ar^ied favorably from the 1 Touny ntan'a modeat re?o|utinn The lfuMian amhaaeadOr enve him hi* d>-? patch** ; ha put on a Ilitaaian uniform and set out for Portugal, The fir*t two day* p***ed o?* qnietlv; but on the afternoon of thtf third Le<-k ineki * * anrrotinded hy a l?odv of Span iafita 1>A /lunriiMiJ l?tirt a n. I /lea e?<?a*l f ?mv i|.nr,.,..v? .. ... khu '.i ?UKr'1 )iii* before their .commandijig officer ? Lttcki'v for the ga'lant rputh it wes Ca? tan<>e* Ipiti* elf Lcckinski was aware that ha whs lost if he ware discovered 10 he a Frenchmen; : eonaervieMle ha determined, on the in I stent, not to let a singlg word M French j escape Idin, an<) to fpeak Russian and German, which he spoke with filial flu { swot. The cries of rage of his captors 1 announced the fate which awlited him, and fha horrible murder of Oannral Henc, I who had periled in lha most dreadful tortne* hot a few week* before as ha was (joinif to j"in Junot. was sufficient to J frees* the very bload 'Who era yon said C*a?eoo?, in: Prenfh, which lango^re ha apok^per fee'U well, having haett educated in' France. . Leckitiski looked st the questioner, made a sign, and arswer.'d ire GeriMD, tot I. ..I 1 I M" innir?n'i?ni ?#??, CaM?no< ?pnl'0 Herman,'b?? Jin did not Hill) lo nppenr personally in IT;A m<tt J ttr and summoned oive of (fle\>fl; #*? of hia?t*fT. who ?ent on with ll.e eiamifv* lion. Tit* TO'inf Pol* *n*w*r.?j in H??. inn or Herman, lull n***r If* * $ingfg ajrllahUof French ejeap* him. II* might, however easily b**? forgotten hiin?*ll, #n*ronnded ?? be ?? l?V ? rrowd eager (or Lit Uopd, atij who waited with an*I ag?? iiTtpalTenrp to have !it?ii declared guil tv ? iIih? is. >? Krenij|iiiiati?to fall upon and mn*!<r liitn. Hut their fmv was raised^lo a height vrhich the gei'Pral?tiitns?'lf could not con trot l?v an incident which seemed to cut oil" tly mJi.ppv prisoner from evert hope o' es^ipe. Oiia nf CaMmm*, niiPde'camps, one of t!y> f>u> *t ica I patriot* wlio were so nmiiAotM ut this war* and who fr<<m the had denounced Lefkiti?kr>?i> a Jfrench s|?v, buY-Winlo the rnon^dragg ng with Irtn a man wearing the hrow" jack*1, * ? tali hat. nnd ?ei}* nlnmu of n Si>a..i-K - I - ? - I J>??? M?(t t. ' Tl?# oflper 'Confronted lii:n w<th*the Pol#, and M! ) ; "feurk hi this mun, antf then say if it is tine Hut he is h 0*rin?n or ? Unssian. IT# is a *pv. I s weer by ft>v nub" . T'i# mean wlii'#. * was event<j llip prisoner rdosplv. _ Presently his dark ? eve# lighted up with til# /ire of hatred. ' .K.i Frawea ! In* is h Frenchman, claimed lie, clfppinir ItiS hands. And he stated that, having heen in MaTIrd h few weeV? before, lie had heen t lit in ??i a'tfon to carrv forage to the French harrai'ltn, "?ik1," mil) he, *'I recollect that this pian took mtr lead of fnrarje, ami ! iMiro in# a receipt, I wn* near lorn en hour and I recollect nun. When we caught him, I told mv comrade he waf the Frencii officer I ?\flivered mv forage to. Tli'? wan corr#'M. Cartaons prrthahlv discerned lh? true late of tjie caie, hut he was a c#ne?ort? foe. lie Conclude.) to let him pursue his journev,?for Leckioeki h'iM insisted he was a llussian, ttnd he ron'd n??* ha mad* to nnilarstand h wor.l of" Fr><ntli. Hut tha inomanl he ventured a'h'nt of the kind, a thousand threaten* * I iiH? voices were raised^ against hun,.&n<l ha in* fhit f tprnancv w/t* un|io?Hii4>>. "Hut." said lie. "will v<ui ihOn r?k a quafrvd with Kmiiii; wlmii' neutrality we are ?n anxious'v askituf for f"* ' 3fi?,"%?id the oUicer; but let us try tl>in yian." Leekinski urftlaratood ail.f.r ha was acquainted with - Spanish. ' He wh? re moved and thrown urto a rno-n worthy t ? have been on*' of the dtingflan* of the inquisition hi its be?t" days. Wl^n lha Spaniards t ok. hi in prignrr h?? had eaten i <alilnr? siqc* tha previous evening, and whan his dttn 'oon drtof ? a? closed am liitn ha bad/a*t?d*for eiijhtean i . ? -?' - - injurs \ n?> noiinct, men, mat will; ex * Irxtiniion, fiititfue, anxiety and tbe a^ony of Iiim dreadful situation, W e unU|>|iV prisyner'fell almost Henselae* or* Ins bard pfjiieh. Vx.o* clo?ed in sad led It'll* to re?I z-5 in lits* gloom the fill loir nr of bi-t hojieles* situation. " llx w*s lirh?h, of course ; but to dia mi ? 'tis sudden Hilt toiith and fallen*, * ' llnwily yielded to tbe sppfcaieh of steep, h'ol li? s?iMiun hurietbiq profound ?l 11 id bar. 11 * bad slept perhaps two bourn, whrn tbe door of his dungeon opened slowly itnilrome one entered nddi caption* steps Killing with bia band the li^*ht tj h lamp, th? visitor 4>*;il over tbe prisoner's couch, tbe band that shaded tljg limp tuucbed turn on (lie shoulder, and t twert and ail* rerv ?olee, and woman's voice, a*ked binij Do.you waAt to fat I" Tbe young L'olo, awakened sudcjj-nlv I,. 11... I - I ?-- -l . J ?..C K'"'" UT me lOlKTl and word* of ill* female, roue uj? on hi| couch, nn<l, with Jut eve* only hnlf open -d, m?k1 In Gmntn,' Wh^t <lo you want!' "<)ira the man aomethinff to cat at once," ?aul Caefanoe,'* when lie liiard ihe reeull of thf Aral experiment, ''one1 let him j?o. Hnwjiotyi Frenchman. !! >* C m'd he have been *o far of l?iin? sell! The tiling t? iinpoKmble." # B?t "though beckjnrWi waa* aupptied with ftud, he *?? detained a prisoner. Tlie ne*l morning he waa taken to a apot where lie couM Ae the mu'i'ated rorp*e of the Frenchman, who had Weefi cruelly maaa*<*reed hv tli* peaaamrv of Trinitio, an.1 he waa Jhreatened w'uh the aama death. But the nnl.U. vonth had promt?* ed-nOt to' fat', and not a word, not art hc cent. u<>t a g??tur? or |m<V betrayed him I ? 1?.. t ?L~n i.-. L ... .1 ?*>>rn |? l\ ? u I"*' * ?? ? Min jjruoil, U bni'tri witU ft onrt i>f jov f.ft Iwftiv* b* b*fi bfrt nofbto^ bnt ffthhet*, Hntl d?-i\tb in lt? 'mo?t horrid forma, be. f.ir? ).t? etea, mMbU"'! to .liim bv men ?tih the i? t?b *"? of <l(wnona ?. ii? s ept, hotrnvar, aflar !>? Hjtftft*?Mig e*Ht*ryent of the day, *n<f #our?ol7, too whan, in the midet of hi* deep and death* Ifte ?liiinber?, the door opar.ed ventlr, noma one draw near Lift Audi, and th? am* woIce #hi<>p?red in hie car : Arite nod come with me. W? wt?h to ?*ve your life. Your hor?? i? ready-" And the Itrera yuiintj man, haa'ily awakened by theaa word*. *'Wa wish to eve your life, come," ena acred, still in V . t ?rP . ? ww;?jy fi^dwc.r *tif Herman, "What do von want f Caa'atioe. when he heap! of this ex' periioeok nnj it* result, ?h >tl tliat (he II ???* a noble vonnif man, lie s??? the true *tat* of the case. The nex' inornint; early,four men came t# take-him hef>Ve ? sort of 'fonrt martin', * compose)! of nfllcefW of Castanos1 atafF. Jhirin!/ the Walk tl cv iM^eteil tlfb most horrible threate against liim ; but true to *lu* determination, Tio pretended not to -nni! them. When lit* CHine liefo/o Ma judges lie r f j J i seemed to spulier what w*i ?oing on from j (lie arrangement* of the triburml, and not f'om whai he heard said around him, | and Iiq H-ki-d in Oertnnn where Ids inter' i preter'wns. lit* w?a sent for ai^T ilia exHifTina'ion commenced. . ^ It turned at first upon the ino'ire of bia jonrf.ev -from Madrid to Ltshnft lie anRW<*ed bv rKfiwinj his despatches to ' AMmirat Siniavin mid h<s passport. ^tiiio ! of#lbe presence and vehement asaertiona j of (lie pexsunta lie persisted in tbe same i atory, and did not contradict Limae'l otu*. ' **'Ask l?i *?.'* axid tbe presiding officer at last, vif be loves tbft Spaniard*, a* he is not a Frenchman f' * The interpreter put tbe question. ' ('vrtHudy,'' f. tid t Lm kisski, "I like ! tlie ^-pinish tuition ;* I esteem* it for it* oo|?'e character ; I *i?|Lo?r two nations were friends." "Colonel," said lite interpreter to (lie preadetit, ' tbe priaotier am-; lie hxt^s u? because we make <Tor w*r like banditti ; that he despises u?, and li a Otdv. regret ia 'bat 4o'raiinot unite the whole nation hs , Ml <11 ... run inn (MIH'IIS WHT HI H Sill* j |flc llfftwC** . I t?\V!r** he wn ph\ the e\ op of | the whole tril.'in ?! *rr^ ntlenfiveli wnioh uijr the shijhltfs ^movement <>f iIk* pri* ?mir'* roilliipliniC)', In order In Pen wlmt ejT(>ct the irterpie'er'p trexoherv won rv have upon liihi Pnil l.*rk'n?Vi hnd ex pec'ed t?.l>Ua|>u| to the te?t i" *otne w*v mid lie whs determined to btHi nil llreir Htieinpfs. "( ?.?ntleinPn," sn'd Onslnnos, ''it unpins 1 to me dint this tpminu ni.?j*e innot.be stfcpepied; thb peH^pnt inu?ttPe deceived ? The | riponer ninv pursue his joiin^v, Htnl when he reflects on t he li sZnrfl of otl r position, lie will, fi *1 'he mvpn'.j wp have 1 teen ob'i|fed to n?e excu?ithle." fifekifi-k'.'s hpuis nml de?pmehe? w.'re ' felnrned ! he reTeireJ a fro- r. .... -.. A ' v" "t i tint* thin noble voiitli cainS victorious o'tt of t!ia *rvuresl trial tlyU the human ?| irit , CAM lit*. put tO. It 7" Seunble Advtco. Tli* Seltita yive* (he peop'? <?f it* tAction 111o following *en*ih!e advice; # A* 1, To farmer*? plant corn. There may ? I'M IIO inarktt, t|ilhi.|?our reach, f?>r cut ton, next tall anil winter ; Anil if there i* n* market, the eitrr*i cv'nmv he worthier*, j Moreover, cotton will invite cot.fi.oit'on, i T>r tho?M who would persecute tie to the I hitter Ctrl?crush u* beneath lire iron he-l of power?oppress ua to thedes'h ? I are, of nil other*, those who would h# I tempted l?V Well fi' e I gin house*. Corn an<! meat wi I not ha lin'f tto nlliiring ? there is plenty of both in the North.? With bread atuf n eat, <what*v?r come* v.. j-iit !> "- a. ? ! ! ?* , ...7 ..... .? r? . ii' r 11? rim I ^ ??l J" t? * 1211III II 1/ HTH ! ?-. I Wa can't tit cotton. lie quiet, peacea j ble, prudent, jiiat in alj dealings with n?t groes, tndr-plant com ! . 2.-Tn merchant* ami hosinea* men? , contract liabilities, lessen cre<lit?, rediirt ! awx-k", quit fleijIiiH; in the "luxuries," ifti> keep a good cor science. 8. To I* eera? do-not encourage liti gallon, iounael cumprnm'tM, explain tin laws, and urg^ tjbedience to* them as i duty, and, as piiiitic'Ntis, be mi><Wr?le conservative and 11> >... 4 #To ad! mer. ? Ife calvn, parent, law abnjing,temperate fn*expre*?inn, pfolnpt If renrj?r ante Cae?ar tbe tbiaga that an CatHar's, frown down the <l?.?r?)?r!v, tin violwit, ?h%r*eh and re?*kle?s, lyad Teavi tl.e Con<?qneneea with Ood. Tbe Lvnrliburg AVtw atstea ttiaf * re?oluti.inarv hero vet survives, in tb< I perron if Mr. J hiii** I-Oilier, who Iit*? ii ' ih? YhII<?w rtfn{lit.ort,o<>'l, it ! (Jmftpifl1 Oounty. Thin p*tri*r"h i* mo* in h'* lOfl'lt v??r, and **rved during thi ' l*?i c?ii'p? gu of iIim w*r which p*IhI>U?Ii 4 lit a lihnrtr of America. tYotwiibttand ?*nr %*'rpm? A if a, th?/>ld hern i r?nnrUWf good h*?Hh, it h*U And vi/ j ornut, tod walk* ahoiit h*t plan tailor without at-ittai ca. ^ An editor lh?i ln|fic*|le nudge* hit (i)*ltnqn?nt tal.*eril>?rn : "Wb don't want SmoaAv daapemtalT had, hut our creditor! do, and no d ?uht ti nv o*t too. If you I %y ut, wt'il pay tbeiD, and they'll pay yon. * ' | From the DiuliiigtoVi Southerner*] What Ought the South to Do. Whatever could he effected hy h hrave : end golleiit resistnnce has already been done ; the hlood of our tflnrly red sons, in quantities too ereat to be "drank" by the polinrians who assured u? there would Ore 'no war.*' is now the foo.4 of plantsofthe I fiehl. all oyer the,Smith ; the wheat, the | Icotloj! the cm and the wild flowers of i flie foitrst r^oieji and fet?l\i upon the new ! fertilizer, of fnimsTi putrefaction, and ?(> 1 ' , who have survived at-v hut tlm wrecks .of I' ** I I our (miner ?qjves. Wo have don<C our I best* nothing h*? bumi withhohl-Yroni the , ' attar-of oar counlrv, which a generous, j 1 sell?sacrificing .patriotism detnsndnd. * I?? surviving the terrible ruins of tlie past, ' j we think tif? time liae arrived for u< to ' tnkn counsel "f our Ow n deliberate judg? * I tnent. as to wltad is best to he done for the future. "No passion or excitement I jlftvihl cast its luiss over the naked fact* , hv which we aresuirroundeti, and in this*spiiit we alioufl t?c prepared 1 >> exprcN' our opinion as *r? 111 * course which ahou'd lie pursued hv the Stateof South Carolitm I at this period of her ovon'f d Ira'^irv Wsi h ive been coutt'c'ie.1, unwisely. I I . I ( not to act upon th? terms of reconstruction winch are now otl'-red, tinder the recniM | enactment* of J lie Congress of the United States, hut In retiivu the pa?< v?> v'clims | of such f irther legislation as in ?v proceed 1 tnerefroni We understand these terms , t>> he llie assembling of the I.egalature, t ilia rail < f a Convention thereby ?an 1 aleciion to he held for member^ th<yeof on the principle (ifuniversal snfT'a^e, j s^Jierein |i<t rnie nan rote, or h<j entitled , to a seat w ho. having oneo taken an oat It j * . as an nfh *er, to support the' Const it til ion 1 j of the Untied States, afterwards v-led in ' i mo ?o? r?*o?'iuori?t''h the Con?t5? ' I tnliofy of the Stipe slimiM l't> rt*nt ?. 1 ' on ill's luisi*, aril 11 ?> acceptance of the [Constitutional Amendment. fixim* tIt*| ( represen'n'ion of theS'nte accnri'.ini* 40 , ili? ratio of its voting population*; ;tn< 1 1 * so d'sqiiaSift iuy for office a!! tho?o wli'i *10 excluded fruit voting, or *Hrvinor?!ts I 1 * " members in surli propose I Con ven'ion ? ^ Tliis is, hfieflv, -what \*n under*! ffhd wo areex peeled to accept or.r? je<?' ; to remain passive is not a neutral position* loif is t sobstanUA'lv a positive rejection. When | #? >ua calle.l upon tit nllirm. the refusals to ilo sit, especially in a ?;irt;t of Impotent ' ma'ico, is to den V \V? regard it a* 11 cruel inisforLunfc that we have been re 1 (1 need to suclt hit alternative.. We folio* ( ed ti e ad'ice of tho-e whom we then re ^garded."and still do regard, as our well meaning frieiiils. when v?? fii&i consent.*'. ' to stake our all upon lite ?xperiir>Qnt oT a i x * ** political revolution. The even's have proven hpw mVh we nil tmflfer, *n<J how m'l^h we ca>i forgive? for we have rItirf'l i for them to reject th * Constitutional \m l mendfiTent, which threatened to <H?qna'ifv mfr proniitiept |*ilitcal leader* We elill i_ hoperf to pre?erve fo? them the politic*' r*nk they 4>ad always oceup'ed, and to do th'a, consented to remain with them out 4 of the Uuion, rather than to accept a re14 Miration which excluded thain. The f 9 event ha* shown how hope'e** was the elTort, for we are now told that onr peace , and iranrj t'lity depend upon our accept >. inn not only the Constitution*) Amend . ; ment. hut the- farther condition that the negro sl>all h# allowed to vote. We ran |?ee now that it would have heen much better tq bav? accepted it at first, than to he compelled to'clo ?o* afftr its having J heen mmls far more objectionable tl^an it ever was. * . j We bare sifl'ered- much ? vary much p ?but the cup has not hern drained to t the bottom.*There are still dregs /einaim ^ ingr, which up te this ti?i<> have not t.een forced upon ti?. We stiii have bnuse* to shelter our wives ami lilt'* ones from the storit*, and we lf*?ve our* lands. If we ^ continue to etaspera'e tho?a^ who have ^ already shofcn their irresistible power, how long will we regain the privilege of living in ouj houses, o^ cultivating our lands ? A d ?*h of the pen in 'he Qpumil* t at Washington may sweep even these k i awav ? 'lie last hope that remains f.-r ns , ?and I regard a course of sullen obslina* * ry as a most re't ?'n to precipita'e th's , consequence upon us. And sven farther , I than this, the spirit which it is advised we j should d'sp'av, entirely shire out ?nr , I hope of a cordisl reconciliation hereafier. i If we can nevor he met as filends, we will , have to tnflVr y irreconcilable enemi**, , and t]ie net' A'ep in the dtmno nur he general confl?rati?>n, and the occupation of i)i?t whole country h? negro garriaon*. ? The people of our he!<>ved State might not I to ha ad?i?e<l to anf enurae of conduct > that wr?IH einptv upon ea the laat vial t of une*pen?led wrath. The war worn veteran, covered alike with acara and f lory, haa been the first to show that he knows how to accept the j results of h struggle, irt winch even his i. victorious (jm tnagnat.imou^y acknowledge ed his heroism. Can it he just, or ganer i< on to drive hirtj into the field again, and thus destroy the lion combatants?fathers | and mothers?as we'-l as their few syrvivi ! intr* children^ . \V^ en the Sihvl oilered her nine*pro- j phetic volumes to tho proud Tarquiu, he. r? jecte I tlrem indignantly because of the enormous pric^ She retired from his j presence, and having des'roved three ?f mem, returned to ilemiind the same price fur the remaining six, which aim ha! de? , trianded for the *nine^ and v?bon these , terms were rejected, she btirned three ; ^nore, and still demanding the original i price for the fragments that remained, the proud Tafquin had at last to pay> the full i price asked to save the remaining three ; from destruction. no, too, have Keen demanded ternrs, and six of our priceless | v duriiea have been burned. We ought | now to sea our past folly, atnd pay '.he price to save the Only three that re? . main. 1 And wa ate no*, without Iiopa that this Inst sacrifice wilhbn accepted hv the great I I Ruler of earthly events, and that under | His returning favor, I fie future hn? in re- J" [ serve f^r tis Ur richer blessings than we | ! are n?>w permitted, to expect. Willi peace, I ^ and a well fegtrlatel governrftent to pro ) | ?eet induetrv, there is much hope for us. | I I ho new condition we are called upon to j ' accept, maV soon become familiar, and in j the ei j iviii At of the basing* of peace j and pr>?ep?rii v. we mav live to see the dav when we_sh^i| ha surprised that we ever r-jHfipo iiht. w? iri? upon actual expert menl, lias prove 1 to he no ?',i?advantage i Our prominent citizens, who are now suh j jec' to h temporary <1 isqnalificstinn. have \ a'?o their hop?a in the fiunre; for it is 1 | _ I f*i>ri ?-'v provided 11 at ('oneress may J*t ' anv time rpntova thane disqualifications, ! f^>d nothing mora w*ll he n PM-.-I r\' to , ' induce this action hut their hearty oo . ' operation in* what we now know to he | , uieryah'p destiny. | m These views are submitted with very I grott deference, Ivit tiiev nra deliberate ' ' convictions, and I earnestly recommend ' to thoe* in nntlinrity, so to exercise it in j PVehn'f of the fleopla as to hasten the pro- i j feedings npon whi'di the Stats i? expected | t i enter. To do th'*, His KxceMencr, the ! (1. tern or. should forthwith convene the I^egislstlire, and n Cont^Qtinn shnohl he I c-t'led at jlte earlies1 praetieahla dav, fn. j I order to conform the Oopstitntion of the j State to the requirements of the recent 1 p?fac!inentl%< the Congress of the United ?r j i Ti is- is what the people hare a right to expect thew hnvea'renlv sacrificed a J ijr-a' deal, and t|j?v now ask of thosa in j antljori'v to giro tliem "rest." They are i wearv of excitement and thev hare tfie I j Intelligence to understand that there i% l.hnt one way in which to ^>fain relief from^t. ^nd th*t is for those whom they have,placed in authority to follow the example of Governor Brown, of Georgia, ana accept ir\e <^niy condition ol peace that is offerer!. Verr rcspep'fu'lv, Ct \V WW LEV. ? Hennettsrille, S (J, March 11, 1S07. , A Horrible Story. Michael \V ??enar * relates a horrible i story which occurred i?i Hungary, sup pressing the name of the person, as it was I that of a still powerful family in thecoun? trw F'izabeth was wont to dress 4 won id order to pease nor hu?l>?n<l, and j she spent half the ilny over her toilet.? On one occasion a laih's maid ?aw>omethinir wronf in her head dress, and a , recomperjce for ob?er/tn^ if, received ' sorb *a severe ho* on the ears that the blood gushed from her nose, and spirted on to her mistre??'s face. When tho Mood drop# were washed off her fare, her sk'n -appeared ranch more beautiful? whither and more transparent on the 1 spots where the tdood had been. Khzaheth formed the resolution to bathe her facs and her whole body in hn? : man Idood noes to pnhanreher beauts'. Two old women an'! a certain Fuzko as j sisted her in the undertaking This monstf r used to kill the luck ess vic'.im, and the old women caught the blood, in which R its dieth was wont to bathe at the hour of four in the morning. After tin* hath nli appeared more beautiful t>ihu be for A Kli* continued tli"a habit after the death I of her htinbaud (1004) in the hope of gaining new auitora. The unhappv girte who were allured to the etntle under the ' pl.-a that ihi-y we'd to b.? taken into rer> j vice there, were looked tip in a cellar ? ( 1 Here the? were beaten till their bodice , wtre ewolluu. K.uabelh u<>L uufrcqiieat* I I ly tortured the flpor victims herself^ often she changed their cio^jies which dripped with blood, end then renewed her cruelHes. The swollen bodies were then cut up with raxors. Occasionally she Imd the girls burned, and then cut ur, but the great majority worn beaten to death. At last her cruelty became so great, that she would.stick needles into those w!?r> sat with Tier in a aarriage, especially if they were of he> own sex. One of her servant girls she stripped naked, smeared her with honey and so drove her out of the house.* When she was ill nti.j could not in* ?1 n 1 tr? liar cruelly, she hit a person who cajne near her sick bed as though she were a wild J^east. She caused, in all, the death of G50 girls sor#e in Tacheita, on the neutral ground, where she ha'd a caller constructed for ^t!m purpose ; other} in different localities; f >r murder and bloodshed be* came with her a necessity. When at last the parents of the lost children could no longer l>a cajoled, the castle was seized, and the traces of lha murders were discovered. Her accomplices jvere executed,, and she was imprisoned for life. , , ^_ . A Constitatioaal Cuss in Court. Or Wednesday last, a fello^ witl?a shockingly tattered coat took his seat among the prisoners to he. arraigned before the Police Magistrate. He looked as though he had too much Christmas runner, rii I t>ee? troubled with indigent 'inn, and consequent!^- pangs of conscience One of his eyes was blood.shot, wtiile tho nth it was nearly closed, giving hitn a pe' cnliar'v ogerisli appearance. Finally the l?rk called the case of William Watson, and therf our unfortunate cuss arose. "What :s the charge?" asked his honor. ' There are two charges against him' vour Honor?one for being drunk, and another for using profane, vu.gar and obscne language. "Hold a few moments," exclaimed the defendant, rvho endeavored to fix the .1 tirl<>04 attention with bis bloodshot optic. 'T am an abused individual. I am ar> American citizen and a Union man. I fit with flen. Orant at Vtckshurg, and f know mv rights and am gwine to have 'errt. The Constitution of the United Cut- e.>~ m r, uiii mi men are endo*(d liv ti fir Creator with curtain inalienable right* ; tiiat amongst these ara life, 1ib?r? tr. and the pnran't of happiness," and if thi* Vrc court re?pects the Constitution it will discharge ma at once, for I am entii tied to liberty." | *1*ut you were found in the street drunk.' "Wn!l, that's nothing, I was enjoying ! mv rights as a citizen, and in (he pursuit ' of happiness. Does it nr.ake any diller' 1 Ance whether I get happiness from a glasa of liquor or the sprightly conservation of a pretty girl!" "And you wete guilty of miademeanor by using vulgar language." , "And vfotild you interfere with tba ! conatilutioual prerogative of every citizen ; the right of free speech f ? know by the kindly beaming $f your Honor's ?eye, lhat'you woiltd not, so allow me to thank vou and ?i*h wnn o . J , J-- ? ? fcUUU L morning and the defendant started to i climb out of the dock. lie was caught by the bailiff who said, with a ^rowl, "Sit down, sir !"' "I'll not do it, sir, you are interfering * with my constitutional rights, and I'll not permit it. Good by, Judge." "Watson, it appears that your reading has not been good. You have been nuoting from the peclaration of Independence, jnstead of the Constitution. What | have you to say to this !'' "1 thmiolll it hiimkuw. 1 - - ; ft "'"""K Juuyou have caught ma I plead guilty." ' Well, appear for sertence to morrow ' morning.?Exchange Practical Hivts ?A coating of tlftee parts lar<l and one of rosin applied to farm ' tools ofiron or steal will effectually prevent rust. tJcmmon nails heated red hot and dropped into cold w^er will clinch and answer the purpose of wrought naila ? i The sharp corner of a common Indian 'arrowdiead or flint a ill cnj glass quite effectually. A'good wagon jack may be made of two pieces of hoards, two or more feet long. Place the board In front of the wheel, one end on the ground and the other just under one of ihe spokeet close up to tlee fellow ; tfien take hold of a | spok*e~>n thft opposite aide of the whael Hrnl l:ft, at the Mm? limn place the ecoud board under the axeltree. In this way a loaded wagon may be lifted with i ea?". KulV naila may t?e drawn from wood without difficulty, by fir?t giving ihern a b'uw bard enough to atari them a liitlt*. 4u><{tfinT ' ? wO'JaUi I uu tgni