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THE BRIDAL ii V E. , B V OAltf KNTIB. Tis tl>t? night before the bridal, And to-morrow >he must wear TL? emblenu of affection Amid her eunny hair, But not the orange blossom", Nor tlio diamond's co-ttly blaze, Can give her back the brightness Of her girhood's happy daye. Tia the night before tho bridalThere arc no sounds of glee, And tlie young ones are clinging Around their father's knee; Their smiles are changed to sorrow, Now the morrow is so near, That must part them, and forever. From their gentle sister dear. Tis the night before the bridal? Ah, do not chide her tears, Tis no slight twntr to sewr 0 g o From the friends of earlier years* To leave that homo forever, When all seems bright and blcss'd, Where all was mirth and gladness, And a mother's smilu earess'd. SINO THAT SONG AGAIN TO-NIGIIT. Oh 1 ping that song again to night The song of other years; Tliov'H brintf atrain some oast dolicht. J o u , V In eun^hino nnd in tours; They gild tl?o gloom of present care3? They tell of joys to come; Then ning the Bong of other years, Of friend.-hip and of home ! Oh? sing the song wo me l to sinj In youth's um-louded day, When like the birds of early sprinj, Woearrolo l hours away? When life was like a rainbow beam? A rny of golden light. A zepnyr ocru w iveiu*9 siroara? An ocean ofdelight. My heart is sad?then sing to mo The songswcIovcfo well, The pleasing thoughts they bring to ine No feeble word* can tell; But sing of pleasures and ? f pains, In some melodious lay; And touch the lute to pensive strains? I would not have them gay. There is a pathos in thy voice ? A sadness in thy tone, That makes the weary heart rejoice?A sweotnoss all thine own. Then sing the song wo loved so well, And sing them o'er and o'er; I over fool tl\o macric siull , .0?-r Of those Bweot eoncja of yor a. A PIECE OF LEGAL ADVICEr Rennes, the ancient capitol of Brittany, is a famous place of law. People come from the extremi.ies of the country to get information and ask advice. To visit Rennes without getting n ivice appears impossible to a Breton1 This was true at the latter end of the last cenfu'T, just as it is at present, and especially among the country people who nru a timid and cautious race. Now it happened one day that a farmer named Bernard, having come to Rennes on business, bethought himself that as lie had a few hours to spare, it would he veil to employ them in getting the advice of a uood lawver. lie had often herd of Monsieur Potler de la Germodaie who was in such high repu'e, that people believed a lawsuit gained when he undertook their cause. The country, man enquired for his address, and proceeded to hi* house in l!ue St. The clients were numerous, and Peinard had to wait some lime. At length i is turn ar rived, and ho was introduced. M. Poti??r de la Go?-modaio signed liim to be sealed, then tnkinjr off his spectacles, and placing them on hi- desk, he requested to know his business. "Why. Mr. lawyer." said the farmer, twirling his hat. "I h tve lvard so much about you, that as 1 have come to ttetnes, I wish to take the opportunity of consulting you." "I thank you for your confidence, mv friend, vou wi.h to bring an act on, perhaps?"' "An notion! Oh. I hold that in abhorrence! Never his Pierre Bernard had a word with any." "Then it is a settlement?i division of p-opertv?" iiT* " \r. i t !i "TjTCURe mp, air. i iffyer; my mum v nnd I h-ivp never m?de a d: vision, seeinjr that we nil draw from thn b mo well, as thflv saw" "Well, is it to negotiate a purchase or a sale?" "Oh, no; T am neither ricS enough to pu.-'lvMp nor p^or enough to sell!"' "Will you tell mo, then, what you do want of m*?" aai.i the lawyer in surp'iso. "Whv, I lnvn already told you, Mr. 1 twver." renlied Bernard, "I want your Advice?for pivment, of course, ns J nm w<?II ahieto give it to you, and I don't wish to lose thi* opportunity.*' M. Potior too't a pen and paper, and asked the oountryrmn hi* niimp. "Pierre Bernard," replied the latter, oaite haopy thai he was at length underwood. "Your *ff<tf** "7h?rty or very neir it." "Your vocation?** "My vocation! Ob, that means what I do. I nin a farmer." The lawyer wrote two line?, folded the paper, find handed it to hi* strange client. "Is it finished already? Well and ijood. What is the price of that advice, Mr. lawyer?" "Three francs," " !.! - I- 1 ! ues'nlira paid ir.e money, an-.i iook ihs leave delighted that he lmd taken advantage of his opportunity*. When he reached home it was four [ o'clock, the journey Imd fatigued him, and he det ?nnined to rest himself the remninder f the duv. Tn the nemtime the hay had been two days rut, and was completely saved. One of the hoiking men came to ask if it should be drawn in. "What, this evening exclaimed ilic farmer's wife, who had come in to meei her husband. "It would be a pity to commence the work so lite, since it can he done to-morrow without any inconvenience. The man objected that the weather ni ght change ; that the horses were all re-:dv and th?i men idle. Hut the f timer's wi<e rej. ed that t'?c wind was in a good quarter and that niuht would set before their w <rk could be I TJ ...,l I...J ? i:. uum JIII-HJU . inuu, n nu mm u? in ntening to the argument, was uncertain which way to decide, when suddenlv recollected that he had h lawyer's advice in his pocket. "Wiiit a minu'e," hi* exclnimed; "I have an advice, and a famous on?? too. that 1 paid three francs for, it. ought to tell us what to do. Here, The e.?a, see what it says; vou can read wiiiten hand better titan I." The woman took the pipe", and tend this line:?"Never ptu off till to-morrow what ma>/ b? dove to-day.'' "that sit, cxcniwu uevn mi, strucK with a sudden ra)' of light?"Comi1, he <1 nick: jjet tho carts and nway; buys and girls, all to the hay-lh'ld!" His wife ventured a few rnoe objections, hut he declared that ho h id not bought a thiee. francs opinion to nvik:1 no use of i?, and he would follow the I iwver'a ndviee. He himself net the exam* pie hv taking the lead in the wo.lc, and not returning till the hav was brought in. The event seemed to piove the wisdom of hiseonduef, for the weather changed du iri<? the niujltt ; an unexpected storm hurst ov? r (ho v.-illey, nnd the next mo-ninpf if was found that the ri\or had overflowed and c irriod away all the hay that had been !?*ft in the fi 'Ids. The crops of the n'ighboring farms were completely destroyed. The success of this lir.->t expesionce gave him such fait'* in the advice of a lawyer, that from that day forth he adopted It as a rule of his conduct, and became, by his order and dilig nee, one of the richest farmers in the country. Ho never forgot the service done him by M. Potior do la Germonunie, to whom h t afterwards carried a couple of his n . i . .. ^ i i ' r . niiesi tow is every year us u louen 01 gnui'.udo. From the L^xoisbur/ (Pa.,) Chronirlt. CAESAR'S HEAD. Varied and beiutiful as Is tho ?ceftrt y of the United Stites, tlic c arostill many of its most sti iking and magnificent features that repose in almost piimevnl s??litude, unknown to the world at 1 irg?, and hut lit tie appreciated hy the few scattered settlers who have chanced to locate in their vicinity. An yllpine precipice in South Caroiiiv, hearing the n; me which lu-a s thi .article, (derhed from a fancied resemblance of a portion of the rock to a human countenance,) furnisher a remark' aMe illustration of this fut. A glance nt the map of thn section, will show the reader that the Allcghenies hound that <State on the nnrth-we^t, and in nlniMW i*vtr?nr1 mi1<?c nrn? th<? line. From the loot of the Blue Ridge, as it is there calle I, eastward to the shore of the Atlantic, the count')' u an inclined plane of gradual and uniform descent for two-thinN of the way, when it becomes low and level, and covered with pine forests. The upper part is rolling nnd diversified, hut presents no high hills or mountain i idges, find is covered with forest* of oak, hickory and short-struwed pines. Up near the mountains hut n few sea tie re 1 plantations appear to break the wildneg* und uniformity of the sct-ne, and thev fit>m ten to fifteen and twentv n i!es apart. Wo may remark, in passing, that it is in this remo'e region, n few miles from Pendleton Court lfon?e, that tho I imented John C. Calhoun had fixed his residence Not far from Greenville, and projectingfrom tho south hide of the Blue Kidge, is the celebrated Table Mountain, with its rocky crest lifted to the giddy h? ight of twelve hundred lect. It has hitherto been tho centre of attraction for Strang -rs and trnvellers, who, of course, fi \d their way to it from the lower country, and as they do not happen to come down over the mountains from tho north-west, go wnv in total ijjtvvance <if the incompirrublv fif enter magnificence of its near neighbor, Caesar's Hw".i, all the while in full view, hut it* peculiir attractions generally unknown and therefore unvisited. But reverse the point of approach, and Jet thb visiter eorac leisurely on foot, as did onr informant, Mr. M., in November last, down thrr.ujh the picturesque and j romantic valley beiween tho ridges of the I Alleghcnies from the Virginia line in Ashe county, North Carolina, towar s Pickens Court Hous*, in South Carolina, ai d ho will stumble in hi-* way upon scenery lint in scope and sublimity has no parallel in the known world, and once looked upon v ill he treasured amongst tlie heart's best memo1 ies until celestial gloiies burst ujion lile'a purling vision. Passing thus iilong the valley, you leave Black ,V/bunt .in on your left, hf ing i's rounded conc above the el aids, densely (l)thed to the very t?>p with the balsam fir-tree, which gives it an aspect dark j as ni'_c'it, wi hout l.s starry nnghtness | A slio-t distance south of Ashville you 1 have n lin?' view of the Blue Ridge on the I e <cr, and on tin* \ve>t, and the dista ee of thirty miles, and in stiiking contrast, the lofty peaks of the Iron Mountains meet voureyH, th?*r mantle ofbalsnn firs giv' *" ' !?...?* .? Kti/? ulniAof nl\An I \ 1 ?/ !.? nnvo lTlir i r K'lii il llll*" ' 'I niinw.^i. vwn wi ?\ ivic rr, i The whole valley i<-s high, bu? beyond , //endorson, (where Mr. M. wns infomed ; in a vague, indifferent whv that a pretty | tjood \iew could be had fiom a place on ! his route called Caput's I!e;id. and of j which he had not before heard.) the co ntrv ii?es gradualiv, but as Mr. M. s::i I, without indications of nnv great elevation, except Iho temperature, sparse vegetation and slun'cd growth of the pines, until ihe narrow foot-path turned off rather abruptly to the left, and nfi??r proceeding a few rods, an op ning in t'-e trees on -lie igni gave mm a glimpse 01 scenei v of su tvi-ang extent and beantv. 7'urning oft a few steps f.om the. pntli, appearances induced him t<? move guarde 11 v. //c plieed his hut 011 tin* ground wi'h a stone in i\ to k<*ep it there, and moving along on hi** hands and kreea among the rooks nnd boulders that lnv scattered n'ourd, with a strong nort \easier blowing tit his hack, he suddenly fou'id himself on the po ilou. edge of a precipice of primitive ro k two thousnnd eight hun I red feet above. the level of the | eounirv below?the fi st thousand feet i us perpendicular as a plumct could have mule i', nnd the remainder rough, rugged ?nd p ecipitiou!*. And wlu-ta po peel I iy stretched out befo e him! He sail that if ever ejaculations of prayer and adoration went up tiom r.h heart to the /llmightv, it was at that moment. /Ill the I ind-views eoml ined that lie had ever looked upon, and the Mihlimest scenes he had ever encountered upon the ocean wave could not compnie with the amazing panorama that now met his startled ? z' ... (,'los m to (no ?iirlit at a distance of ten miles, von look flown up n TUble Mountain, while beyond, in the name dircc i< n, the Iilue "idge bends Around westward until it soon recedes from view. In front, rye and brain f,ii ly icel as they attempt to measure the dizzy oepths below, whe-e the. early fiost h s tinged the leaves with crimson and gold. To the left, the mountain you stand o-i passes on out of sight to the north-east, Then, from centre to circumference, sweeping that vast semi-rii cle with n radius of ninety miles, so far o(F in'o the dim blue distance that tha eye falters in its flight, you look upon a seemingly illimitable, shoreless ocean of folinff'S arrayed in nature's gorgeous autumnal robes, threaded lien* and there by silver streams, and reposing in the mellow sunlight as still jind pul.-eless ns an Eden sabbath?with no break in thehoison. no c nud to dim the sky above, and no high bill* or mountain gor ge* to disturb the unifoi niity be ow. vlftur lingeiing for houra over this scene of entrancing beauty, our f iend found his way, bv u circuitous dang rous route of three mil<*s to the foot of the mountain, nnd spent the night with a hospitable 1)1 inter. lie heie learned that an officer of the Amc>ican navy who lvid travelled extensively in Europe and Mexicrt, as well as in the United Slates, had a short lime before visited that neighborhood, and after scaling both these elevations. assured his host that. in ?>!! hU travels he had never found scenery that could at all compare with the *ranscendant beauty and sublimi y of l'iib prospect fiom Caesar'* //cad. Ruins of rtn ancient CaVfnrnia City." Antiquaries will feel deeply in'orested in the discovery of vast regions of ancient rains near San Diego, and within a day's m irch of the Paeir.o Ocean, at the head of the Gulf of Ou!i ornia. Portions of :^mdwellings, lofty stone pyramids, (seven 01 these within a mile square.) and massive granite rings or circular wnJU round venenihlo tiees, columns and blocks of hieroglyphics, nil speak ot some nneient rnce of men, now forever gone, thtic history actually unknown to anv of the existing f.imilios of mankind In so .e points, these ruins resemble the recently discovered cities of Palenque, <fec., near the Atlantic or Mexican Gulf roust; in others, the ruins of ancient Egypt: in o'hers, nguin, the monument of Phoenicia, and yet in many features they differ from all that I lmve referred to. I observe that the discoverers deem them to be antediluvian, while the present Inj: 1 < - .... . 1 ui ins nitvu i? irnunon 01 n great civilized nation, which their fo-ocioa- forefathers utterly destroyed. Tho iegion of ruins i* Culled by tho Indians "the Valley of MysteryWilmers Cht<m<cU. Do ?s jou would bo done by. A Daughters Love.?There is no one J so slow lo note the follies or sins of n father as a daughter. The wie of his bo- J sum may fly in horror from his embrace, but his fair-haired daughter cleaves to him in boundless charity. Quickened by the visitation of the piiin to the pater al dwelling, her prayers are mo e brief but more earnest?her effo'ts doubled and ?: ? i :r.i.,, tran. UIIUIU'U?iinu II rnv vim uufc fin ?? % ??!*scient smile from that sullen and gloomy face, she is paid. Oh, how richly p :id! for all her sleepless cares and uneejisin# lab< ? s. The father may sink from deep to deep?from a lower to a lower depth, Satan's kinsman and .Satan's prey?those who in a happier hour received I irgely of his benefactions may start when they behold his shadow, and accelerate their pace to gel hevond it: i.ll, nil may to*-, sake liina?God, the wo Id; ?ll, but the de\il; and his daughter. Poor child! if thou canst not save, thy feeble torch, made as bright as thy power ran make it, thiows at lcr.R' flicKeiing light upon the path, till the object of thy unquenchable ' affection has fo-ever left thee, and is shrouded in tliick daiknesp; and when un- i done, when gone fiom thee and gone fore \ er, though tl.on mayest wed thy eailv love, and know in him all thv young, fond heart pictured, :et :>g; in and ag;:in, in the IIIIIIM l?l IIIV | 'I II. I* I , IMfll WUII 11IV smiling infant <>n tliv knee, tho lost, one will not he nil fo-gotten! Seeing (he | past ?s it we "C only yeste.id tv, forge'ful of thy little d irling, thou wilt ex"l:iim, ) from the depths of t'ty ever mindful and affectionate spir'r: "My father, oh! my father!" Snrr?Atn vcrv ovocllnnt. hnti'l. nnt n hundred milts f.-om our parts, they were one d'?y short of n wai'er, when a ncwlv arrived Hibernian was hastily made to sup| ly the pi .ce of a more cxp 't In nd. "Ni'w, Barney," says mine hos*, "nund you t-eive every man with soup, any how." B<* dad 1*111' .hat same," said the aler' Barney. Soup cnme on the star', and Barney, aftc helping all hut one guest, came up ?jii i!! " "flmin, hii?" "No." "Mut you must have i'," said Barney; "it i< (ho ruins of tin* ir<?u-e." "Damn the hnusr," cxel.iinvd the guest, highly ex isperated; "when 1 (lon't want s? up, I won't cat i;?get along with you." "well," said Barney, wi:h great folemni'y, "all I can nay is just thi : its the regulations of the house, and damn (he drnn elsf t/e'lt t'li ye finish the soup!" The traveller g ive ir, and thi* coup was gobbled. In a large city like Now York people very generally mind their own husinesR, ana do not peep into their neighbor's key-holes. One of tliope house* which contain many fan ilies, wis discovered to he on fire in the lower story, pome time ngo The watchman rapped loudly at the doo . A tenant in the fourth storv looked out of the window, and asked what whs wanted. " Your hou?e i< on fire. The first story is>ill in a bl'?ze," cit*d the watchman. "Very well," said the t en?. .it, dm wing in his hi a I, "loll the people who live men1, i is nore of my busnasa, .18 I rcoupy the fourth nory." A lady in Chester was ashed to join the Daughters of Temperance. She replied, 'It r unnecenwny, ns it is my intention to join one of the v onsfoon.' jCSrTUE friends of the Hon. A. Ev ins announce him as a candidate f' r reelection to teprerent tV.e reorde of Pen dleton District in the State Senate. MANY FRIENDS. April Cr.J, 1030. NOTICE. Those indebted to me previous to the 1st of January lint, are requested lo make immediate payment n8in ulgence cannot be extended. A. M. FOLGET*. M -cli fi, 1800, 42 tf SOUTH CAROLINA,PICK _ .'vmutikt mw m m m * Tyre L Itoper, <fe wife Melinda Roper Applicants; vn. Wm. Bdrna, Alexander Edens, rascal So ithcrland <t' wife Esther Souther land Jcs r Adams and wits Polly Adam*, Defen 'antp, for the wile of ihe Renl Estate of S imuel Eden* dee'd. ylnd it appearing that Jesse Ad.ims, and wife, Polly, rer?ide without the limit* of this State. It is therefore ordered thai they donppe.ir within three months from the date hereof or their consent to said c5<iil will bo taken as confessed. W. D. STEELE, o. p. d. Ordinnry'n Office. ) February, 2, 1850. f .11 id err Tor Yourselves. Those indebted to mo either by note or nccount must call and settle or they will have coats to pav. J. N. LAWRENCE. 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