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Vol. IX. WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 9, 1873. No. 14. 1s PUBLISRED EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING, It Newberry C. H., BY THO. F. GRENEKER, Editor and Proprietor. Terms, 92.50 per annum, Invariably in Advance. .L Tho paper is stopped at the expiration of t ime for which it is paid. a3- The ;4 wark denotes expiration of sub wciptkln., Brit-p. GIRLS! PASS ALONG! BY JOHN G. SAXF. Biess ine! wimil a ross row Of girls at me their glances throw, As they gaily conme and go, The 'tight coquetish throng! Can't the darlings near me say. -"I have had my youthful day. Now, I put such things away?" Girlat pas along! Ah, my Zoa! pray desist! Sooth. I care not to be kissed: Asyour rnother if I list To, Cupid's siren songs? Ste-but that is entre nous Knows what love and I can do Her advice you'd best pursue Girls! pass along! Laura! you would hardly guess How your grandma used to press Lips of mine-well-I confess We didn't thiuk it wrong: I)ok! she's coming! tempt we not ay saloon or shady grot; -girls! pass along! ou smiling too! you naughty Rose! wonder now if you suppose i' not aware w1lat sort of beaux Around your beauty throng ; I know the husbaud hunting crew, And all the pretty tricks they do; I'm old, but much too young for you! Girls! pass along! Away-away !-you madcaps !-fly Your roauish arts ahy will you try To blini a greybeard-such as I With Cupid's slender theong? Yet, like a powder magazine, My heart from flying sparks I scretn The sparks that shot from wanton een Girls! pass along! IS IT WORTH WHIIK? "I wonder if it's worth while?" So queried a young man, as he sat absorbed in deep thought. lHe was trying to decide whether, in view of his being a farmer. it woutd-be profitable for him to ob 'tain a thorough education. He' Vknew of farmers who could searce - ,ly read and write ; none who pro S, fessed more than a common edu cation, yet many were good fatr mers, in prosperous circumistances, and apparently contented and happy; and he had so often heard the idea of a farmer having knowl -edge scoffed at as a thing incom-) patable with his vocation. Thus he reasoned with himself. Hie loved the life of a farmer; to him it did not seem drudgery to till the rich fields, and lhe was im patient to enter upon the work. Yet he was ambitious, and wished to bonor his profession, and if this was to be done better by an edu cation than otherwise, why he had both tihe means and inclination to procure it. Long he pondered, but his mind had acquired a thirst for knowledge, and knowing that DO calliag can be too well under stood. he decided that in the end it would not be time lost nor mon-' ey wasted, and entered college While there he did not forget the object of his studies, and although the classics were not n eglected, the sciences were carefully regard Steadily he pursued his course until the closing days of college life drew ne" r. His friends the meanwhile looked on, proud of his* ability, and pictured to themselves thle glories he would win, and in an ticipationi, no doubt, of reflecting some of its rays. A mong his class mates he was looked upon as the model of the class. Imagine their astonishment, as they were gather ed together laying plans for the future, to hear him say, "I mean to be a farmer." i:Why, Fred Meller, are you crazy ?" exclaimed one; "you a, farmer! To think of hiding your self in the obscurity of that ham drum existence; you might as well commit suicide at once." "I do not think there is any thing desperate in it, Granger: there is certainly need of good farmers."' "But what can there be in hioeing and digging, from sutnrise to sunset, that c-an possibly be attractive to a person of your culture? I would not degrade myself so," spoke up another. "Degrade ! flow can any honest emnploymenCt degrade? Ar-e not fatrmers, as a class, men of ac k nowledged in tegrity ; and have; not someC that the world has been p)roud to honor been farmers? No, I will not degrade myself by being one.", "Well, you will at least admit that yocu "will lose the privileges of society. What will you do Swith Greek and Latin? Teach it to your. cattle, perhaPs, and waste -yotur fine abilities in lecturiog the stara!" '-No, you do me injustice. I have thoughtwell upon the sub 1-e ak'ann at ba t my mental powers become in active. As fvr Greek and Latin, you will agree that I shall have as much need of them as a merchant hs. They will help meo to im prove and enjoy my leisure mo ments. There certainly will be use for the Natural Sciences. For the rest, do not imagine that I shall disregard the benefits of society." "Well, Meller, I hope you will succeed in your expectations. But tell me, do you think it necessary for farmers to be edu cated ?" "Most certainly I do. I think education as necessary to a farmer as to a man of any other vocation." Although silenced, they wue not convinced. "I think it a shame!" exclaimed Henry Granger that evening, after full five minutes of silence and deep thought-a silence by the way, very long for him. "What is so very disgraceful. Henry?" and his sister looked up inquiringly. "Why, there's Fred MLer. the best scholar in our class, has splendid talents, and well titted to make his mark in the world, you would not think but that he would be eager to secare some honorable positliol. which he is so well fitted to fill. (she did, thouah.) well, what is he going to do but bury himself in sonic wilderness and actually become a farier. I do believe the fellow has not a particle of ambiLion." "Perhaps he has much, not however, for the fickle applause of men, but to raise that noble em ployment from the low estimatio.i in which it is now hlcid, and cause it to be regarded, as in trult iL i, an honorable profession." "Honorable profession ! Amy, I believe he has been instilling some of his absurd fancies into your little brain, but we shall never consent to your being car ried off to die of hard work and intolerable elinui on a farm. Re member that!" "I do not see why one iced to all a victim to either- of tho.e things because one lives on a fitrm. Work may be a little harder and visitors a little fewer. but they may both prove but blessings in disguise." "You would soon find they are not, and we will take good care not to give you a tria!." But whether in view of' Fred Meller's "splendid talents," or whethor Miss Amy possessed a share of self-will, I know not, but it is certain that Amy Granger did become Mrs. Frederick Meller, and that soon after the happy event she did accompany her husband to the veritable farm. It was not a place that looked nviting to the romantic views of acity lady. Yet she knewv the ind and heart of him to whom he had entrusted her young life, and held the meaningless form nd glitter of society ot little value n comparison. And it is my pinion that Mr. Meller considered his lady with a cultivated mind, nd a refined. loving heart, worth adozen years of study. If he did ot, he should. Mr. Meller's farm was, as I have aid, by no means the most pro nising. It had been under the are of tenants for several years, and fences, fields, buildings, all ore evidences of neglect. But he ~vent to work, determined that a ew~ years should make a great difference in its appearance. Hie id not follow in the time-worn hannels of his predecessors, along hich mecst of his neighbors were till plodding, but took advantage f all the facts which investigation nd exp)erie'nce had laid before im, and his own knowledge ac ainted him with the soil of his ields and its adaptation to the ifferent products. The neighbors ridiculed his new fangled" notions, but in vain. Knowledge is p)ower, and he felt it, his fields provedit. As time assed, those who had first ridi ued, began to open their ey& to he fact also, and queried among hemselves by what means that ld farm had been transformed nto such a beautiful place. "How is it," one asked, "that ou have now a better farm than ay of us; you don't work as hard, ad yet your crops ar4 always setter?" "I know not, unless it is thatI ave learned the science of' farm ng, for my pecuniary means were mall." "I did not kno,v there was a cience about farming. But if a ttle study can make my boys' etter farmners, they shall have it. here's Jim beern asking me to go o college, and I told him it was f no use for farmers. 'But, ather.' says he, 'don't you think r. Meller is a better farmer than he rest round here, and he's been o college.' So I thought I wouild sk you." The consequence was another ind fitted to battle with life. Was it worth nothing to be able by exmnle to satisfy the craving not has had little experience of the iiner wori of t!je mind. So the years passed by. bring ing theirJoys and sorrows.anl he3 gnigthe respect of'al i cor.el sought, his opinio.n, betr. ing the we ig-h t t hat superior knowledge joini to so0, I j-nge ment and long experience ever will. le fil's no publi ofh(- , may never be known to the worid at large, for reader, he is not a politician, but a farmer, and in that capacity is content. For the satisfaition of, the eu rious, lit me add that Mrs. Melier is still living, and itr her cheeritil coautenance you c:in se: !o traeo of enl 0. er aristoc-ratic eitv fiic_nds ar:e glAd tfo -et n invit:a tion to :pend a few days at the farmn. Was it worth lwhile? We sim p!y give Mr. Meller's own opinion, supposimga it to be the fact. Amy. that course of stu'ly at If- wa. worth a mine of gold to me." I-Extravag.ant." Do you thin,k so? then tr', it and see if lhe was far from the t ruth.-Ra,mal. cc t II its. From Our Monthly. LITTLE RIVER CHUiRci. Little River Chlureb). .situated originall v in the upper part of Newberrv CountIlLN. takes its namel f'rom the stream flowin(l neart Adg to Dr. Howt. li'tory, it was organiz-Ad by R-v. ,ames Creswell, in 17-4; nd its fir.t i ders were, Col. James Wiiian. who 1ll at ing's iountai, AM gUs Camiphell, and James Bur-11 side. A Mr. W.illiam Caidwell. a noted surveyor in his day, donated the land upon which the i.iIlding was erected. The original grant contained twenty acres. hut the elders thinking this more than necessary, gave fifteen acres back to Mr. Cald well. The land now be longing to the church is about five acres. So far as is known, the framing timbers of' the present building are the same that were first put up, so they must be up wards of' a hundred years old. Judging from the size ofthe piece, we would say, there were "men in those days,"-and judging fiom the manner ir which ole piece is secured to atnother, we would say, they were honest men, because ihey did good work, and benevo lent men, because they labored for posterity. The house has several times been re-weather boarded and covered. Rev. W. Teunnt, preached in this house in 1775, an1d after the sermon, harangued the people for two and a ha!l hours on the interest of the country ; with him came William Hi. Drayton, on a mission to stir UP the people (see Dr. Howe). Not. far' fr'om this church, but in Laurens Counity is the place known as Hay's Sta tion. The scene of' ouo of the most murderous acts of' the "bloodvy Bill Cunngham," commander of "the bloody scout. A gi'andson of' Col. Williams of King's Mountain fame, informed the writer, that Dr. Howe was.1 mistaken, wheni lie said that Col. Daniel Williams and young Joseph Williams, murdered here by "Bloody Bill" were brothei's of Col. Williams-they were not the brothcrs, but the sons of' that honored man. On the site of' this tragic scene, a be'autif'ul monnuent was erected to the memory of the "fallen braves." Last summer, one year agro, this monument was damaged either by a stroke of lightning or by the ruthless hands of those who seemed to envy the peacef'ul sleep and honor'ed name of the noble dead. For a full de tail of'thbe history of'Little River Church, up to the beginning of 1800, the reader is ref'eirred to Dr. Howe's History of' the Pr~iesbyte rian Chu:'ch, in South Carolina pages 339-'40, 525-'27, 528 and 617. Father Johni B. Kennedy began to preach in this Church in 1196 (see Dr. Howe) and some think he supplied this Church, at different times, covering a space of' nearly f'or'ty years. If' this opinion is cor reet, his last labors here must have been near' about the year 1836. No sessional records of' Little Riv er are extant, until August. 1841. F'rm the year 1800, up to August 1841, no very accurate informiation can be obtained f'rom those now living around the Church. The religious c omplextion of this comn munity has been very much chan god. Pi'esbyter'ianism has been on the decline in respect to number. The Church has now no Session, and so far as the writer knows, there is but one male member liv ing in the bounds of the Church, and he very aged and infirm. Maj. John Black, Robert Gray, and John Burnside, were rulin~ elders in this Cburcb previous to 1841. Mr. Burnside and Mr. Gray havin gfaithfully served their gene ration fell asleep in Jesus-the former in 1832 and the latter, date unknown, Dr J. WV. Simpson was alan na ei4er i thia Chumh. but he removed to Laurens C. 11., be fore , the ext nt record beins. Bjain Wlll mon Dr. An1 thonmy, F Goldling. Wils:n'. llo ran, compo~Isedl the bench ot ..'erI in 1841. F:1thr 1. D:Isoi! n':.y have precheed soe, ill Lbis churbCh before Rev. A lexider R irkpatrick supphed it. The latter began his hibors at Liberty Spring CLurch. about 1821, ani hi- (lied at Cross ill, lec. 30th, 10 2. It must have been dunring this time that lie Lilled the Little River pulpit, butiL wh1ether he did this, ali the Li ie he staid at LibertV Spring churhe, is not Certainly known. Rev. Mr. Rainey suppliUd Liberty prin g Churcb. at least, one year be seen 1:21 ak '12, while Mr. Ki.A;ipatriieFs was inl Georgia, aId as M'r. !'aineyle a:-o precacled at LitIe lZiver, it, is lupipsed he did so while suplin~ g Li uerLy Spring. lai those( days, two sermons wereecx peeted by the pe-ople each Sabbath durigif the suin1er. For the evtL ing servie Mr. Raiey lectired Ola portion'1 (I the 'LO-Ld r)YrCI'," aPd oni ov livil", who was then quile a yo:,i.. says these lectlre greati y editied and delighted the pe"ple. It iv recoIl-cted that a 111v. Mr. Johnstou preaeiod a lit ti while at this church. ho, long or in what year iluknlown. Somie time betore 184 , a Rev. Mr. Whiipy (the writer is not certain about the r'ight orIthio''raphy of his nan- ) a New School man. or hlig ew S choo do 0C tInes, from -.aryvilec, Tenn., fur a short timi tlied the Little Biver pulpit. !? . Johnr McKitriek, also preaeb ed at. Little River Church )reVioUs to 1841 ; but iu what year the writ ecant say. 1hese are all tho ministers now remembered by this peple as their pzlstor101 or s1pply preVious to 1841. We (o noL know when l?eV. W. M'Whort-r began to sup p)ly this ch urch. The session book maN-es mentiou in Augu.st. 1841 IIe contiinued to labor here in 1841-42. In 1843 the church was vacant. Rev. P. 11. Folker sup. )lied it in 1844-'45. lIder WI liam V. Horan, received a lettei Do diS1i1ion in 844;. but, not re movilg fromi the COnlgrgation, as was i init,.lion, perhapq, he was livited by the charch inl 1815, to reSUme.0 his otlice. Flder A. F. !iolding was dismissed to Liberty Spring Chureh in 1845, and John II. Boyd and Capt. J. G. William. were elected and ordained elder.s in the same year on tihe 2nd or August. Rev. J. C. Williams sup plied this chureb in the years 1846 to 48. Elder W. W. Horan was dis missed in 1848. he bein- about to remove to the West, Rev. C. 1. 4tewart next supplied the Church or two years. Rev. D. Wils, 1). ).. in 1851. Rev. Z. L. Holmes, in 1852, and '53. Mr. Wills and Mr. Logan are spoken of as present >n a comm iunion occasion in '54. Rev. S. Donnelly supplied the ?hutreb in '55, '56 and '57-per Laps, the church was vacant in 58. Rev. Rohb't McLees preached bere in '39, 'G0 and 'G1, it was per NasVac-an t inl '2. Rev. J. S. Wil Jan ks attendlied a mneetinig of Li t-I Ie River- Session in '62. Mr. Aurbuthnot. a young man from the Seminary, preaLchedl here awhile .iuring~ the war. Recv. S. Don nel .y's name occurs on the Sessionahl .ecor-ds for '63, '64 and '65. No >ne, perhiap.s suppiied tihe Church ni '6G. In '67 P'resbytery sent P. WXatts and 1R.S.PIhinney,ruling alders to visit this chren, whichi visit resullted ini the e!ection arid >rdination of' W. H. Boy d, as a rul ng elder. In '60, Rev. A. A. S1orse, as Evangelist, visited thle Ih archi. Rev. J1. McKittrick preach ad here in '69 and '70. Mr. Z. L. [Iolmnes, in 'i1, and Mr. Strong and I. R. Jacobs,from the Seminary, in The last record of' the Session >ook is this.-Wmn. H. Boyd, the >niy ruling elder, died at his home. n Laurens County. Feb. 10th, 1872. (The Little River churebh uldin ha~ is ben remo~ived frloml .he old site. to abotut one mile from \Iilton. It is now standing on ~he left hand side of the r-oad, as ou go from New berry to Laurens,I 'ict far from the residence of the ate Mr. David Vance. The build ng is not yet completed.] No off'spring is simply the -ofi pring of' its father and mother. 1t is at the same time the off' prn of grandfatth er and grand mother on both sides. Without :oucbi;ng grrounrd at al debatable be might have asse'rted that this Jependence of~ offspr'ing of liability ~o reproduce famrily eharacteristics ~xtends much far-ther up the an -estral line. Hence the import sece of' thorough breceding. A modest young lady at the ta ble diesiirig the leg of' a chicken, said : "I take the part which ought to be dressed in drawvers." A! p-ung gentleman opposite replied : -I take the part wvhich ought to wear the bustle." The young la iy fain ted and was carried out on l 1ea 01i3xN OF THE N.AMES OF wTAT"-S. T.i 1 much that i. inltervtin, in the study (f the oj Iir of the names of the states of the Union, as thev are derived from a VafieNy o f S,nn. To hoegin m Ih I eI0 graphical order. we first have Maine. whibh Itas its name from the province of Mainle, in France, and Was so a!!d in conplinent to the Qicen of ChaTrls I, lion. rietta, its owner. _New 1fampshire-first (aIled Laconia-from IHampshire, Etig lnd. Vermont, from the Green mnouti tairis. (Frn h 10 ve 1dont.) trv ab-! t the geat hiil." 1)h1de Ijand gets its Lw .am the la. io.l l S_ [e se blince to t!.at of In the ancient Levant. Coinn cticuts name Was" lin g.*1 spellud originaily, Q o -h ta-em , iniying 'a long river." New or .so 1 In ned as a ("oMlime:n- to the luke of Yo1k, wh.o bother, CharitIs H1, graLt cd him tiat territory. NevW Jurbvy was nmed by cne of its original propietor.-, Sir George Carterer. afti the island ot Jer.-ey, in the British cliai l, of which he was goClNv . Pennsylvania, as sgenera!! known. lakes its namq from WV!* li:,1n Puin, the word "sylvania" mhening woods. Delaware deriVes its name from Thomas West, Lord De la Ware, Maryland derived its naie from11 the Queen of Charles 1, Henrietta Viiiiia (ot its iam fro m1 Queenl Elizabeth, the unmarried or Vrzin Qicen. Tho Carolinas were named in) ho0nor of Charles I. and Georgia il 110101 of Charles iI. lorida gets its name from Kas cias de1 Flores, or --Peast, o1 tile fl Iwer." Alabama com,-es from a (reek word signIifing Uhe lana of re't." Louisiana was sc. named in hon or of Louis XIV. ESSissippi derives s name rom that of tile great river, whilch is in the Natebes tongue, "The Father oi Waters.' Arkansas is derived from the fn dian word Kansas. I-Smokv wat er." With the French pretix of ark, .a how." Tennessee is an Indian name. meaning "The river with the big bend." Rentucky, Olso, is un Tndian "At the heil of the river." Ohio is the Shawnee name for "The beautiful river.' lichigan's name was derived from the lake, the Indian nlame for a fish wier or trap, which tile shape of the lake suggested. Indian&s name came from that of the Indians. Illinois' name is derived fr-om thle Indian word "illini," men, and the Frcech affix "ois,"' making it "Tribe of men.'' Wisconsinz's inme is said to be the Indian One for' a wild, rushing chan nel. Missoui's is also an Indian n ame for. muddy, hlavingL referencee to the mluddiniess of the MLissorni riv er. K\ansas is the I ndian word for smoky water. The dierivattion of' the names of Nebraska and Nevada~: is unknown. Lwoa signifies0, ill the Inidian' Ian tunage. L.The drowsy oneCs" and inesota "Ciooudy wvater."' The orijgin of the n1am e of (ali fornia is uniknowni. Oregon.ae-cordi nL' to some,eomes fr'om~ Oregana. tile Indianl name of a wild majoram which grows abuin dantly on tile Pacificecoast: and. according to others. from Oregron, "The river of the West,"' in allui SiOn to tIle Cohlumbia river'. West Virginia gets its name from having been formecd torm the westernl part of1 old Vi rg ina. THIE 1ZES-ULT OF AN OYSTER 5cP PEn.-Thle Dan bury News g'ives a sad account of the vicissitudes of life ex-peiienced byv a young man in thlat place. He wenlt to see a young lady-, previouly just havig been to an oyster suipper. As he neared the house he saw her father standing oni the steps, and hii~iled hlim: "Hello, old Tadpole: z'at you ? Where ish my loveiy ga zelle ? Where ish my love now dreaming?" The father looked at tile young manl, thin kingt hie want ed something, placed his hand sad ly upon his shouilder. turned hlim arounid and filced the space undIer his coat tail withI leather. The younig man don't go thlere any more. Hie says small -pox is here ditary in the family. __ WXhen you see a man On a moon light night trying to convince his shadow tbat it is imp)roper to fol low a gentleman, you may be sure it is high time for him to join the Temperance Society. Thbree things to govern-temper, tonene and conduct-; N.i VW11RITING OF DISTIN GUISIiED .MEN. Colonel Foriney, il his "Re e>)ilectionis of Distiniiguished menr," -senator Sumner's writing is ebar~cteristicaliy large and dis. tic' short sentCeces, carefully potinted, ood ink and excellent StC1!ioCrv 6om1ewhlat after the Parliamentutry fashion. Hie is a prodigiouis worker, and, I fear. evCi Lizi prostration cannot keep his hand from pen arid pencil. Caleb k"ushing writes very rapid Iy, arid it requires one anii:iar with h 1i anu cript to interpri-et it. Of all m vn owever, none was hard er toU unicCrsand' thani Tiaddeuis stevens. I have some note of his w h OUld puzZh- an experL. J.1nl Lothro: ) oti.v. the histo rian, i siguiare precise. Thack era%Y 6.eiied to rejoice in small f*m:-i:eC ebaLractrs, a-ld took gr La "lh in his letters to his firiemis dterate the bordei with al mnndl r of curious Caricatures. Robir-- Cinrad the poet, was a mu.t UILeate and vdviufe wri 0 *. Sjale o lhis pocmS were not less models of literLry beauty than o.f meban:ied taste. Williamn B. eed, so we", known iu 'ies ain lite'r:LtUrC writes a hand verly muL like the venerable .le;lrV C. C:Crv-falir to luok UPON, but SO.i11aes dad to in ratecl Stepheni A. i)oug;las dash I ofT his letters without iuen rIe gard to apearance. le sermed o be alvas unier a hili pres surand what ie wro!e was wit tn w1ith intense feeli:..i JoI C. t remonit signs his nanie boldly. : little after the Dickens style. Wi' liam i. Se ward was excessively p.u-ticula 1in the preparation of his speeches, and composed with de liberation. I heard an old steno grapher say that after he had ta ken down Mr. Seward, literally in one of' his gieatest efforts, an d prosonted him tie full report, the statesman recast the whole dis course, aud sent it to the printers in hisown hand. Senator Morton writes in hold, round charactcrs. Thurlow Weed's is significantly editorial-anybody who sees it can tel that hie has reeled off mul titudinoous leaders. MeMiehael, of the North American, writes ner V.o1ly. in straight lines. frequent ly hard to solve. Boker, the poet, prides himself upon his cool and dainty ehirography. Rufus Choate was a dreadful affliction to the printers when they got hold of his legal papers, and the man who most resembled him in his time, George W. Barton, of Pennsyl valnia, was almost as proliie in his oratory as in his handwriting, and it was far easier to enjoy his mag niticent rhetoric than his written sentences. Filmnore's style wvas methodical and slow :Pierce's Fquick, bold and legible ; Lincoln's small, careful and rather labored; Grant's unpretending and easily read." A STIR.AN( E C.AREE R. DEATII of A NoTED) WOMAN--THE WI'E of NINE HiUSBANi's. One of the strangest careers of mderni t ime s has juis t ternminiatedI in the deatu of Ladyl Elleniborough. at Damanstcus. Forty years ag~o she wa's one of the mont notedl wxome n in Europe, and her resi dence in the East has long been sort of scatndalous romaiice. Then daiughter of the late Admi ral Sir Henriiy D)igby, beautiful, witty and rich, she married i 1821~ t he Earl of Ellen borough. who was atterward Governor Geuerail of1India, and who at that timen was one of the most, brilliant men Of the day. She was ab)out seve teen years of age at the time of her marriage, and Ellenboronigh. who was a widower, was thirty founr. They lived together some six yeatrs, anld her dissoiute con duct was a cause of scandal for some time previous to the catas trophe of hier elopement with Prince Felix Schwarzen berg, a' celebrated roue, then Autstrian 31inister in London. The event causedgni immense sensation in the wvorld of aristocracy and fatshion. Ellen borough procured a divorce from Parliament anud never mar ried again ; but his runaway wife soon separated from Schiwarzen beirg, anid in 18:32 marrie'd Baron Vsenningen, a Bavarian. T1irin of himi presently. aind with her great wealth and personal fascmna tions having little dificeulty in pro curing divorces under the easyF laws of Germany. bhe was mar ried in succession to five other individuals; but as none of these unions met her expectations, they were all dissolved after a short du ration. In 1848 she was living in A thens with her eighth husband, a Greek colonel. Count Theodoki; but without waiting to become a widow she had this marriage also dissolv ed, and set out for the Levant. During a journey from Beyrout to Damascus she found a new affinity in the person of an Arab camel: driver, known as Sheikh Abdul, whonm sh mdried after4 theArb z id la-t of her c.,;juI l partn '.1 axwholv year Uhe accompa Iled h I 1n Is Pu11 betw e e i *o U it: i hi:i L i , f 1 e ' drii V caseis. 1iring of -.-.is ne d l- object of ciosity to a no av i'lers.. A kdu' l (;Intin n i tn bu.d s as a C(l~::! w:a 'lwas hospjitably emertlalined by* her whnve he camlie to th e pl:r-e. d now she is dea.d hav ing curnple three e'... :Xa:d en y arI al in. a 4 :.', fiu eto hivr revlaLiV , th DI hyv 1:-Jiiy inlni n .uc en ory o var.in aZI oi shame. An Act to Encourage and Pro ,ide fbr the Incorporation ol Agricutniral and -1echanical: Societies and Associations f-r the Promotion oflthe Arts and Sciences. ]P it enacted by the Senate and 11OUSe of Rversentatives of the State ofi South Carolina. now n;et and sit tig in Genieral Asenblv. ::'l by the at hority of the Same ET1oN 1. That seven or more p-rsons within this State. having as oCiate thLemelCVes b a'grement. in for the proltion of agricul I ire. :1echaies and otheir industry and inUi tv. ndfor thle enlcounrgemlent fir ti arts and sciences. or for any of th, pllurlposes. under any name by h. su:ued, and upoi complying wih t I*e prvisin' of this act. shall. WiiI thIrI SUkce.'SorS. be de::ued a i ,.ly iltic and (orporate. S 'TiN 2. Th, plur)Pe.sc of sucih co):* nil 1 .L c WhereL i. is estjlishedi and located. shall be dit inctly specillel in its articles of :asntion. wIich articles, and all ae *1bets tL-reto, shall be recorded in t1e office of the reLister of iesne convevances for the county wherein uh place is situated, and such cirpo ration shall appropriate its fLuds to no other purposes. SECT.ION 3. Such corporation shall have perpetual succession of officers and members, and a common seal. with power to change, alter, break and renew the same, as often as it shall judge expedient. and it shall be capa ble in law to purchase, have. hold. re ecive. enjoy, possess and retain to itself and its successors and assigns. in perpetuity ral or personal estate. or both. whether accruing to the same by gift.. purchase, devise or con veyance. not exceeding in value one hundred thousand dollars; and the sawe. or any part thereof. to sell, alien. devise or exchange, whenever suei corporation may deeni proper. SECTION 4. Such corporation shall be liable and capable to sue and be sued. implead and be inpleaded, in .ny of the courts of this State of appropri-ite jurisdiction; but no stock holder in such corporation shall be liable for any of the debts or liabilities of such corporatea beyond the amount of his share or shares therein. SECTIoN 5. Such corporation shall be competent to make all such byv-laws and rules for its g!overnment and operatins as 1w. fromr time to time. be deemed necessary. nt repugnant to the laws of thre land: Procided, That the same are made by such majority or qjuorman as mlay, by the laws of such corporationl. be declared competent to make the samie. SECTION 6. Such corporation may hold fairs and exhibitions. at stated or occasional periods. and may establish regulations for the preservation of auod ojrder at such fairs or exhibitions consistent with the laws of the landl. A pproved February 26. A. D). 1tK. WHIERE TIHE SUN DOEs NoT SE:T. --A scene witneCssed by some, tr:ivelers in the north of Norway, from a e!ifY L.000 feet above the sea, is thus11 descri bed: The ocean stretched away in si lent vastness at our feet; the sound or wvaves scarcely reached our airy lookout: a way in the north thle hug~e old sun swung low along the horizon, like the slow be-at of the pendu i umn in the tall eloc-k or onu grandfa ther's parlor corner. We all stood silent looking at ou r watches. Whien both hands came together at twelve, midnight, thlej Full round orb hung triumphantly above the wvave.s. a br-idge of goild running due north spanning the water between us and him. There he shone in silent mlajesty which knew not setting. Wec invoIlun tarily took off our hats ; no words was said. Combine, if you~ can, the most brilliant sunrise and sun set you ever saw, and the beau ties will pale before the gorgeous coloring whieb now lit up ocean, Heaven and mountains. In half an l->ur the sun had swung up perceptibly on his beat, the colo-rs changing to those of morning, a fresh breeze rippled over the floor, one songster after another piped up in the grove behind us--we had slid into another day. If it is true, -as' - eged-, 'th-at~ alcohol can b-e m-ade out of saw dust, a man ought to have no difficul ty in procuring spirituous ionor at any nime, wheen hann ADVERTISINC RATES. A,1vertisements inserted at the rate of $1.00 per square-one inch-for first insertion, and 7.>. for each subsequent insertion. Double coumn aoivertiements ten per cent on above. yo ices of meetings, obituaries and tributes of re-4peo:, saie rates Xer square as ordinaiy advertaisn.. Special no:ices in local column 20 cents per liue. Atvertisenents not marked with the num ber rf insrions will he kept in till forbid and charged accordingly. Special cont.cts m:nde with large adver , era deucous on above rates Dxne wi:t Neatness and Dispatch. Terms Cash. THEIVALS. I : INg at Squire Jones. H i:1 a :iai :nd she was pretty Vu bt. I wsd to think she was : y : ::g to eat. :tv I loved that grl w:lld be no descriptian a .In A aii eings; but I as !.e aou 2; ndto .'e matr t a!y ;.and he Cam" once" a com! up. and hi'd 'bck right Zp U S.!!y and set up 1 haf the night. I hateLd him, of coure. and no d cou,d U In for it. I deterIned tI' sp him or bust. I *ei on a la. * mi' told Sally's brther~ 4o his' nme waS Ike. hewe p .am4 we went to wok. i hey 'ee S erC of house room;1 hald froc.tL ,,nd btack room, wh1ich was Used for a kitchen and smoke houe. Me and ike slept in the back room. The floor w as made of puncheons, and immediately ui,der our bcd, and also under the floor, was the big soap.trough. It had ' about ten bushels of soft soap in, it. I told her that I wanted to sleep wi:h her sw eetheart that n Iht. S:e said all ri"l t. lie cami1le dresised I]'p inl his best. lie had one of tioC high colla-ed, long. eissur-t:.led coats, new eop p-eriS pa!ts, wIfUl tight, a high be-a-am hat. and a square-yard rCd cotton handkerchief around is neck. He soon cornered Sally, and me and Ike went to bed-but not to sleep. We raiked the floor over the soap-trough, took the boards off the bed, all only on the fir c;ide, where i was to lie-,iust enougu behind to hold up a bed without a feller. Ike iay before the fire on a pallet. I lay on my plank hold ing very still. I began to think they would sit up all night. but finally about 1 o he came in. I snored vio!eitly. lie hanled ri is linenu. and over he craweud nd in he went, down inlto the noap-tr'ough. Of all the suetrting and kicking yeu ever herd. it as rigt here. I began to yell at the top of my voice. Ike was making a light, as be got a' flaming pine knot light in full bas. the cid folks camne tearing int, in their night clothes-the old man with his gun and the old wonan with the poker. I had Sally's beau drawn out by this time and stretched out at full length before the ftre. The soap was half an inch thick all over him. Of all the sigh ts Ilever saw, he looked the most terrible. A Ku Klux wasn't nowhere. Sally caime with her dress in her hand, and as she entered the door he broke. The dogs all went after him out of hearing-he don't come back any moure. ENGLusn Gts--As a rule, women in English society are re markablyv natural-negatively na tural. I mean. English girls are particularly simple and unassumi ing. They are innocent of all ef fort to impress or astonish. As all womankind does and should do they make themselves as pretty as they can ; but as to peraonal superiorities. their educators do not lay enough stress uponl such things to make them ambitious to excel in that way. All young ladies are taught a -certain mode of deportment, which is excellent so far as it goes. The ch ief pre Cept of the code, avete inculca ted openly or by tihe silent feeling of society. is that each you ng lad y must do as the rest. That "young English girl," who is the theme of the novelist and the mnagazine bar'ds and artists, easily merits all the adulation she receives. Does not a the world know, is it not al. mlost an imlpertlinence to say, that for dligtnity. modesty, propriety, sense, and certain son, self-posses sion, she has hardly her equal any where ? But the BritiTh maiden is taught that ambition in character inot a deg!rable thling. Thte nat uralness and propriety which ae company this state of mind are not particularly admib able. A baby was left on board a steamboat at St. Paul the other day, with a note stating that his name was Conrad E. Clark. Ima gine the torturing' curiosity of that child when he grows up, to dleterminc of what name '-B" is thle iitial. A gentleman lately entered a shop in which were books and various miscellaneous artices for sale, and aske-d the shopman if he had Goldsmith's Greece. "No." said he, "but have some splendid hair oil." An Irish htousemaid who was sent to call a gentleman to dinner found him engaged in using a tooth-brush. "Well,.is he coming? ' asked t-he lady. "-Yes. mna'am, directly, he is just sharpening his teeth !" Illegal corn messures-a tight