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^ - - .[J. 1 <...< _ . J. j. ,)ll i?Li.'!1 jw.-j ? UJ-JI T.?. m-y.s?^^.iilli bbs--< -<. >> .". _ m. ii'imiu i .jjjuujej'i.i . _i_ai_ji_jL^ .1 iiiiiiiaiu ie?^^ ' ' V 1 TO TUtttU OWN 0KLV um THl'K, AND IT MUttT VOLLQVf, AS TUB MIOIIT TUB DAT, THOU OAM *T NOT TUB* BB FAL.9B TO AIT MA*/ """"" '" J ^ r?, X.. .... rrrtrr ~ ~ ~~~ ? ' ' you 2* > PICKENS COURT HOUSE, S. C.t SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1851. HO 4? T -v i . - {.?!? Mil . .^lu J Uw'A-* ' m >n vuig^ d>u .nita. itwhg'Wi {, ,llll| I UrtWIILiUP... JJ .... ..... ? txv Mil THE S'- I kkwweh tounixn, U TftiMMlEH A LEWIS. fouboi'.i-oi * j >"?i twooV , W. K- Eaglet, Editor. <?l u* '> *' 1 nQ'm f v >* - TERML#*' One DolUr nnd Fifty Cents for ono jrcei'* ?nl> eription when paid within three months, Two dollars if pnyffieftitie deUytd to tho close oftliu eub*eripih->n year. '' rirY"?* not cltfarljr t!mtted, will ho <}on?idered *s rande-for an indefinite time, stud continued till a discontinuance is Ordered and It arrearages pait. A . J - A *9 M - i.-'-l ? - ainiTHnnHAii lawrwu HI I V c CIUS per iKJllAre or the first illiertion, and 87 1-2 riis. fur each continued insertion. Liberal deduction* tundc thoie adrrrtUing bythoycar. 1ST AH Communications should bo addressed J*>: the Publishers post pftid. rFSff'Wi > '"! ' ' 'i POETtlV. ?-h t i ' ; .a.-.-.kn / Hi. TUB ftETUHN OF SPRlIfa. u Dear A" the doTO, whose wnfting xt b-g j j The grcon leaf ransomed from the main, Thy ganM 2'ow, returning Spring. vom?q u> our BUoro, ayam; For thou ha*t boon a wnnder?^)jrtjr, On many a fair and foroign ?t rand, In balm and beauty, *un aiul nong, t Panting from land to laud, Thou, bring'<?t the b1os#oros to t)>o b?o, ' "to earth a robr ufemcrald dye, The leaflet to tho naked tree, rhe'riiiul'ow in tho *ky; I fc^l thy blest benign control The pulsftt of my youth restore; Oflcninor thi? ?nrlr?? nf nnnen on.l -r.?1 To lo^e and joy oncc mi&re. ?(Ui <f^Ki>V liM*' ' j r I irill nit people thy (jreen bowers tVi?h lorniWH1* pale and ?pcotre band; Or blend with thine tM faded flowers Of memory'n Jam); For thqn vert surely noretfgSren To -waka rrRTnl n>r ploasWos pone; But liVe nn 4ngel cent from Heaven, To soothe creation's groan.. Then, while tho groves thy garlands twine, "Wiy ?pi?l WoklUii iikv an J ,*?# , My heart shall kindle at tfiy shrine, And worship God in thee; i And in the skme calm, scquogtered spot, While listening to the choral strain. Past griff* ?hi|l! be awhile forgot, .Hnd pleasure bloom again. FAREWELL. We do not know how much wo lore Until wc come to leave; An ?g*<l tree, a common flower, Are things o'er which we grieve, There is a pleasure in the pain Tbat brings us back the past. W? ilngcv ^il? vrc turn way, ^ W,c cling wJii\o ire (iepnrlj# J , Atyl memories, opmurkc^ tjll{hfx>,;m'*t ., Come crowding round, t^o hanrt. > ,, , Lot what ^rfll turn our oiiwiu d way, , t-yewell'fl a bitter vrord to.wy. 7iinflrtrt/lf.??Miinnrw/nilmia. lN_? jibbeway chief, wlio has bcwn.&v* years in Eupope with Mr- CjUliii, r?centhr, on hw retarnjft. V'" hoTOft ho,, y?n<? Lake Suwuior, gave, with a portion of his family, an exhibition at Balavift, ISfow #ofk. fta one years old, six feet and an meh ^ ?0<i jMAi tSSJSSXSiJk rope hy saying, in good English: />! have peon m the company of kings and qneens in Mflir, pf>lf*ci?Si I have dined with loru&and oilier great . KS^-Ma R "'.V /U>tivo country l>c?l, lli? U.l <?l Bjr niy to^aih^ ~? Ipy# $19 iAranwaa* """"" Indian neat; arid were it that I were IgnfWjUft parth t0* Indians, I w<gu|d tjfce ,hp the ft)r;? ni , an American Indian, and an no,to the highest peak ofthotfooky itiouiiimhs, Ami tlfftie stynd ip. the.#**) of., the whole world at,(1 say-Behold thei^f(^hihUhal nwi6 us-,, ,in,? , An ' I vvsth enn.i'r wty< advised aSapteiC.'.'S'.i euro him. Altera Jang search he ?f*VT jg+t ' )T ^ v/yYl )>i ;-,ii J t fo connkler ?f??ir school W/uir^ ;.s if ' III '11 11: . '? > M [ 9 A I?I/riTITIO\; | [ To be presented to the Legislator to of our State at its next lifting, and to u bich thj. signatures )J thp jteople of Pickens pistrietare resjKctfiiUy solicited.] To the Honorable the Senate and Houxq of llej/re*entalh*it: The humble Petition of the undersigned, .citizens of Pickerts 'District, showeth to yonK Honorable bfnly, thai PickenDit ir.t (extending East and West, or from the Saluda to the Tujraleo. river, sixty miles, and North find South, or from North Carolina to the Anderson line thii tyOvd mi e ) emhrnofts within iin tl^klm ? ?? ....... ..w o mi ui Territory much more .extensive thkn that which is usually contained ivithinihe limits especially of a mouuiriin District: Your Petitioners furthering to be permitted tq show to your Honorable Body, that this great extent of tfljritory occasions much and serious Uico,nvenience:?heightened by the-pecufiar geographical and topographical characteristics of the counlryh-lo a larire mnioritv of ih?> iwmlonf ii.o v J J, '..Y [ wrfVA" District, and to crave that yon will take into consideration the propriety of f/mamg the,same into 'I wo Judicial Districts, to be called, the one Calhoun, and the otl^r Pickens, or to be called ' y any other names which 10 your IJojiortible Body shall seem most meet and proper. Your Petitioners also desire,to suggest the Keoweo River as a suitable line of Division, and to submit that thp territories included between the Saluda and Ke^vee* and between the Keowee and Tuiraloo. huinur vp r - * frsp-n *w [ spectively o|" nil average widths of thirty miles, and in length varying from thirty to forty miles, nnd re?W>eiively containing Twelve; Hun (frud Voters, ore irp,i e MiHicic^it J'pr die formation of t\yo Districts of convenient and respectable size. The^^eutfc tucon venienee ar iaing from its jftesent unwieldy ai/ei wit I become apparent, w&en remewi nered that the eastern and western hm-dora di'u 1**/ foi- 1 ? ...u .#7 md uiU'ii |jii|)iiions ante of th? District, autlpersons rtfftjtog on either of these must pass ovdf twenty-five or thirty miles to roach the Court House. These difficulties and disadvantages are still further heightened by the unfortunate location of the Court House, which being situated in the midst of a considerable extent of rough and bi rren country,.is :ipproachcrl from no one point of the Witt, nocn ?* ...... v(>9C wi i.\n I > tMIH'l ITU. These, and many other djsadvan* t pgeu, arising from the same cause, liy preventing poisons at a distance from settling atnongM ijs, and thus occupying, reclaiming, and bringing into market the many iho>;si\nd aote*> of tillable Iandp, which now lie waste and uncultivated around us, prevent Jf iiciny nig poYeiopment ol jts resoiree*, apd meanly petard ?bern{OHperity of lilt; District, while ilie whole Stale siiflers a proportionate loss, (rom/the lango^and .of one of its pi rls. 1 hese causes toy* a^coiilr|hji(ed |o ^?ye wajiy.pfoi^r | best citizen? to hunt new lipinp? tf? iHA'SAHk L.,y\wLi' .I.Ji.:- < c I list ry would be iivamnieiied with less ' inconvenience; and thus, and 1 om there cause?, while .their energies have ent additional impetus to the JJSwW ^eyelop^^^f.n^^.biate^nMd, irr.tor.es, pure <lrops kv? been beneftw of, ife^" JhborjL-aud counsel* m'pkaQe, and in., war of their strength flint aMluirti ' IWrrKJ r jk! m 1 twain 1'/"< 'J S m"M wm w. wt1?? , tifOTersjanerf even to bint to youir Hon- . orable Body what it so well underHtmills, viz: that? likely J ?)> WW fulriwfo jp ihft.Genern T^wl'ifind ^urrpyiyqled \>y cold frftttdft if n0L secret ! [ tnie policy of the Sp^te, by fostormg ^ the pecubiiri inffjre ihfywuHj* ,J P?M# pon^Hinny^orenclei-he^ sjf, as fur as may bo, independent of " UWfiWhWit&. ?SII'W)9W nsT , tahce-, and p? yrficro,1Mi)l.8, tm&j Q nlWcclc)?rlv p(.^pre|iemlc(lltll^l l>y y<ii|h m.?W< slMitojynpfs , llijn clcsiral: | HKien<=?- . ;iy of Ibpgrainjjrotyuw I Moots l.as , . dii>4r 'I## !, > ere?l* of Mm; ,?<>(*> pr PicKfcns l)ia(ii?t> mid 9nl|i|i?.tp luiBfj tin; n?i|iyp<'ca,8wns imou vyluth of M* WtfliW", WKWtp.^W':/'?"-\ !"wjjii"ft?1'*n'i ?'' nm..|.ilia-uu.- x.iitJtim n Luiu-Lmmji'i' j.iji From ArthurV Homo Ouzotto. COIIWTKY EXPERIENCE. ur bylvanub urban, tiik younger. PETER MULUOUNKY A ^IIE COW. 1 cannot now recollect what it was that induced me, after the alVair of the carnage, to send Peter Mulrooney to market vy*Ui a cow for sale. Certainly warnings enough to put me on my, guard, for, it was onlv a week previous, that I had said to him* 'Peter, I \\^int you 1o take a barrel of piaster into the lower corn field, and sprinkle a little round every ' ill of corn. Be careful not to miss any.1 lls it morthar plaster, yer honor manesf Whore will 1 he aft her finding itr, 'No! Plaster of Paris. You will Find several barrels cfit in (he barn.' l5edad; but llirls r>{!;r?r.gc s.vj why. Isjlirni Plaster o'Parish 0?ih! sine I thought them was whate flour/ lFlour? What, so heavy as that?' 4Ayeh!1 saul Peter. 1 Tis AmoriIrOV C ^ A.--1 ?* , i.. ??. iiiiioii niiu wiiiii 'ud I know Init the Hour 'ucl be h^avy, wlirtre the rivers is as broad,^s saas in the ould coun'hry; and tncpurty birds has got pai;;'. on tlieir wings.1 *\VAI1, never mind; take a harre'of plaster, and sprinkle a lit 11? round each hill of corn. Now don't let me have any mistakes; I will he down to see how you are coming oil as soon as 1 cap possibly leave here.1 'What 'udyer honor he doip'that lor. aure it s asv work anyhow!' 'True, you make terrible blunders, Peter, sou etimes/ '1b it the carriage ye mane?' said Peter, with a droll look out of the corner of his eye. 'Faix, it was yer honor tould me to do the same.1 'What! grease the carriage all o^? Of course, I meant nothing else but the axles.' 'Arrah!' said Peter. 'Is it the likes of me to cohthradict a raal gen nemanf LJut sure ye niver said a blisscd word about the axles; and 'ud I be #ood for if I did'nl obey me drdlhferm' Half an hour after this, Peter came to me and told me he had completed his work. 'What, already?' said I. -You surely cannot have sprinkled the whole of three bushels of plaster in I his short time/ 'Oh, begorra! may be I doesn't be working hard all that same time.' iii r. ~:ki > iui|iiM?iint; yuu chu nave done as 1 ordered you; for it would have taken auy of (lie other hands nearly ha If a day.' 'Them's nagnrs, the haythens!! responded Peler with a look of contempts Still 1 was not satisfied; walk* ed over to the field, and 9jmd the condition of things to he '/JWfxactly what I feared. Instead ofsprinkling about a gill of plnfcfer around each hill. Pqter had applied from a quart to half 44 flTHllnn. art I licit I1 _ D....y.v ...... ?. Ul planter sitfHoiciul to have dresfcepfour (Hires/ Av.as expended upon a plot of ground uotunuch biteer than a city Qgardan. Of course i got no Corn. VVJuilever possessed me After this 10 untrUsLhim with tlie.sale of a cow I do not recollect.; -1 did so, Howetf?r, and this vfrasihe result, in ;t .< He had slartdd withthecow boore davivand should have fclurnedt with'ordinary diligence* by two o'clock in the afternoon; hut it was not intil' several hours after that timo , hai 1 became seriously uneasy.. He -vaBAtsually active enough, too, but .1 ( bought jt probable, in going to town, j le might have met with some of his w 'pantrymen, audit) that way beende alued. J 1 : , j Hi V:ir ... / . : I HI ., At lengthm-it was towards sunset , -rtjpnu) one cried otif that the strawxM i y cow wna coining back; and Hire enough, there ehe Was, tearing . ip the lane towards the barn, covers , :d with intid and dust, and with her , (Vps iooking,iwr?d nmWaTJgry as if , % had, jqst escaj)f?dj^einff bated bva L !rowd of dof^l I had the poor foron> |ook,ipg <jceMre into, Ihe yard, md then looked for Peter, ,i?ut for a ruig.tnrie no Pej^c, was to be *e$n. , \fler a, vy)^, ftpwoypr, ,-Jhiaw !mn > oiping^lp^ly up.Jhe l^ wittyhis, : eye* and ns i^s belm^l Ins back) and piw?l?y t h)M hear him sighing afnl ,gWP- . ng. as.if io.lbpftreamst distr^wi imag ,} ' Vv liaf is tiro moaning olall thinr ajtl l, /.VVflmt pn fwrth hav?*,you t ^ f ,, ,V>oh; ] virra.' Wirni . wjlU.ilpl I'im f men! Ochonccl _ J^is Ine baste , hf^fcbyu toWftwBw' i I' l iiii ii 'Anawisr nil? 1 ?ay! Whor* hvv? 4 4 "Hi .JLiJJ.Ll. li'U-l EJJL?Li?LL'?L! ! ' Hi you been nil th's time? How came the cow to he brought home in such a wretched condition?' 'It's dead I am n most,1 said Peter evasively. 'Oh wirra! wirra! What M 1 do, WhalMI I do!' 'This passes all patience, Mulroo uwyi 1 musi nun i will i now wlial has happened to-day.1 'Mnsha, thin, it's the City people can tell well enough; an' that's no lie.' 'Havb you been io market?' 'Beriad, sir, the butcher men, and the otild women with the table?, and the pitaty men. and the cou^thry peo pie wrtl white shates over their carts, and the. ehildher, and the naygurs, and the eonsthables, will be telling ye- The coVv. bad luek to her, and 1 have been hi the market, this hjis&ed day, and through the market, and over the market, and the clivil knowd where tnst;, for son a uii I know.' vSo vou hfive been in trouble have you? Well it is no more than 1 might have expected.1 'Deed, sir, a if that's no lie!? Throuble! Oh but if you'd seqn the comnrariest cow in the univarsal world, sho couldn't bate the little athrawherry battle.1 "You-must have frightened her then, for she is conn only as gentle as a lamb.11 "Frightened her! Is it I that \?d be soJYiane na to frighten a cow, and I a dbrvving her all the time? Oh be gorral its she that has been giving me the fright the day, any how; an" that's no lie. v?.. 4.._i. i?x- .1 t. cm . jLim iuun ner to uie market you say. What huppenei&hen?" " 'Tis unasy 1 aib to tell your honoivf' ; .. . "Kjo onl" said 1, impatiently. '\Musslin, thin, the haste vvmt well enough ontil it was among the strates We got; and thin, shctukonas many eontnrary ways as a four year ould pig. First it's one strale she would go up, and then it's i.noihcr stratc she would go down; and nixt, widnut sayin* 'By yer lave, Petber," she walks in at the dure of a linker's siiop; an' whin we whacked her out o' iliat be <ia<i! nut on gfl'iops me lady, and 1 nit her her, out il me bVeath was gone inlirely, an' I couldn't spake St all-? l\Vhoo!?whoof!'says I ; 'mind the haste! Tear-aiul-ages, mind the haste! Oil, vvarra! wirra! look at the gossoon; it s over him she II ho!1 But, sure, she did a good thing that time any \ 'f y; for she Ink the uoy on her horns., in' lassed him on the paveinint as tinderly us if it was one of her own chilcfher. Thin she trotted off agin through the wureld of strates, an1 I after her as fast as me legs *ud ?n * ml I j mi:. kj|W|): SiiyS A, Dili sorra bit (ho wifd divi! *ud stop at all. And when the people throwed up llieir arums at her, the saucy baste put down her hprns at tliim. It's mighty littie they did to stop her thin; an that's'no lie! Tvyas the boys that 'ud be howling, too; and the men shoutin', and the puny wimmen rupniii1 about like a (lock of frightened pawhridges; and so, by and by.'Uyas to the market w<; got. 'Now, me lady,1 says I, 'begorra, but we'll see who's tlie masthors' so 1 run up belilnt the baste, anu spiked hould of hertai!, and twisted it round n;e hr.;;d. Och, murther! buf she wint father than iver, ifrflggiu' me aloi)g wid her, i plungin' thro' the 'big crowd,' knock* | in uowi) the pacpu, ancj tossing up graftes; treading over hapes of turnips aii(J pifaty's^ an*'ih? peqple sbpuh e<f, an' the wimmin. sereeehed; an1 the nil teller men an, the eountlrry men tearin1 an1 sweariiiV Ayeh I1 sure there niver was heerd sich a hullal>al|no before!,. Faix! but thobasfe wasn't contint wid the throuble fehe wasgivin', but she must nixt l>e after smashm' bapkets of?rp Here Peter stopped suddenly* ami thi nking, slowly, his hand into the prniket of his coat, fumbled about for i ?mie vynije, and flien produced a jreapy, crumpled piece [of paper, which he bawled to me. Xt read a3 folloyva: , "Mr. Silvaynns Urbin "To Betsy. Hodges, "For duzzen e#gs smashed by yure cow, at 10 cents, - $1 00.1 "who gave you I Ins/' said I. "Snr?, sir, it was the magislher." "JlagistrateJ What magistrate?1?!?! i "Soj-ra oweo' ipe knows, burin' lie's * <lacont man, an' Jiis , name's Matuire, Ocli I but its the oniucky aaste she is." "Mnlroohey!" said I, "1 will pay bis bill in the thorrthigv but, I think, I shall not Want Vtttf arty ntoffc Hftbr tW month '-it bp.w>?! ? H*#*? luck mywir hon<*r *;rv!M Peter.1 M9We Mn* the rttW cHhrterrt^rr MWto artiSW t?rt M ?** thars no M When llftvttye ^ili I be throubling ye \f I ax fofifc 1>s ?* A KIX I S I) CRIMINAL. -A groat number of persons who I know tho celebrated Dr. B , a | professor of the College of Surgeons, I IllltfO nflon l\/\0 Hil *?1I ?K~ **.-11 v VIIVII IIQCIU IIIUI ICII III'' lUIIOVV* ing anecdote: One day that he had procured the bodies ol two criminals, who had been hung, for the purpose of anato my, not being able to find the key of the dissecting-room at the moment the two subject were brought, ho ordered them to be deposited in an apartment contiguous to his bedroom. During the evening, Dr. B?? wrote and read .is usual previous to * .. i??- - * iu icai* i nu uiock u:in lilSl struck one, and all the family slept soundly, when all at once a dull sound proceeded Irom thp room Containing the bodies. Thinking that perhaps tlw cat had heen shut up there by mistake, he went to see what could bo the cause of the unexpected noise- -What \yas his astonishment, or rather his hor-j roi\ on discovering that the sack] W In r*K onn I '? mr?/l tl?/? ....... 1 I ........ vvuuinltu 1110 iiVJUU'3 was loril asunder; and, on going nearer, he found that 0110 of the bodies was missing. The doors and windows had been fastened with the greatest care, and it appeared impossible that the body could have been stolen. The good doctor appeared very nervous on remarking 1 his, and iUwas not without an uneasy sensation that he begnn to look about him, when, to his horror and amazement, he per .ved the missing body sitting upright in a corner. Poor Dr. B??, at this nnexpecj.1 _ ? * u-<i apparition, nccame transhxed with terror, which was increased by observing the dead and sunken eyes of the corpse fixed upon him; wliiehever way he moved, those dreadful eyes still followed him. The worthy doctor, more dead than alive, now began to beat a quick retreat, without however, losing sight of the object of his terror; he retreated step by step, one hand holding the candle, the giber extended in search of the door, which he nt Imirrlli linl Id 1/tll I MVv I U IO llli UD" cape, the spectre has risen and follow ed him, whose livid features added to the lateness of the hour and the stillness of the night, seem to'conspire to uC^rivo Uie poor doctor of the little courage he has left; his strength fails, the candle falls from his hand, and the terrible scene is now in complete darkness. The good doctor has, however, gained his apartment and thrown hiinself on his bed; hut the fearful epeotre has still followed him?-it has caught him. and seifces hold ofh.s feet with both hands. At this rlimav of (error, the doctor loudly exclaimed, 'Whoever you are, leave me!'?I At this the spectre let go its hold, and moant'd fe6bly these words: 4Pity, good hangman, have pity on mof'-1Thegood doctor now discovered the mystery, and regained by4httle and little his composure. He'explained to the criminal who had so nairowly csqapfd dentil, who he was, and prepared to call up some of his family. "Uo^ou, theti, wishtodestroy iu?r exclaimed tho criminal. "If I am i discuveieu,'my adventure will Income publi', and I shall be brought i to the scaffold a second time. In the name'ot humanity, save me iron) death!" Thfegood do/cto^ then tose antf procured a light; he muffled his unex' peeled visitor in art old dressing gown; and having made him take some restoring cordial, testified a desire to know wlm? crime had brought him to the scaffold. He Was a deserter. The godd doctor did not well know What means to employ to save the poor creature. Ik could not keep hiin in his house) and to turn him out i would be to exnosq hiw to certain deaih! The only way, then, was to 'get him into the c6nntry ; so tyaVirig made him dress himself in some old clothes which th? kind doctor select-" ed from his w?r(irnhe1 he toft town; drtrly, ^cc^iijipa^iied by his protege, whom ho represented as an assistant in k diffinilt case upon which h& had been callwri. 1 ' " ' When they had gr^t into (lie open country the wretched creature threw hithseJf at the feet of hi* benefactor and liberator, bo wh6m he swore eter n;d ffratit(ido? and the sreneroua doe* tor having relieved!* his wants by a small sum pf money, the grateful creature left him with many blessings and f way era for hid happiness; About ttvolv?i years alter this occurrence Dr iiW- had occasion to . visit rllmaterdft*)w Hating gone one'f day to the bifnlc, he wa? aecoated by a weIi-drei?etiluaTOn<~-a?e who lad1 i Wen pointed out to him one of the % imosI opnlent merchants of the city. The merchant asked him politely if lie were not l)r. li of London, and on his answering him in the affirmative, pressed him to dine at his hotise:- which invitation the worthy doctor accepted. On hrriving at the merchant's house, he was shown into an elegant apartment, where a most charming woman and two lovely children welcomed him in the most friendly manner; which reception surprised him the more, coming from persons he had never before met. After dinner the merchant, having taken him into his counting house, seized his hand, and having pressed it with friendly warmth, said to him "Do you not recoMect me?1' "JNo," said tho doctor. "Well, then, 1 remember you well, and your features will never be obliterated from my memory?for to you I owe my lifei. Do you not reiucnii ber the poor deserter? On leaving you 1 went to Hollands Writing a good band, and being a ujood accountant, 1 soon obtained a situation an a clerk in a merchant's office. My good conduct and Z6?l soon gamed tor me confidence of my employer and the affeotions of his daughter.? When he retired from business, 1 suoceedcd him, and became bis soivm* law, but without vou, without you? care, without your generous assist* ance, I should not have lived to enjoy so much happiness. Generous man ! consider henceforth my house, my fortune, and myself as wholly yours.1' The kind doctor was affected even to tears; and ooth these happy beings participated in the most delightful expression of their feelings, winch were soon should by the merchant's interesting family, who came to join them.?[Blackwood's Magazine* Spanifth Etiquette. So sacrec? at one time, were the feet ofiheiV Majesties, the Queens of Spain, that to think of them was^a peccadillo, to speak of ihem an outrage, and to touch-them a capital offence. Princess Ann of Austria, l-lj^ _r Til in. n _ urine ot x'ninp iv , arriving in ispam, was presented with a parcel of silk stockings by the stocking manufacturers of a city where sne rested. Her major-domo. swelling with honest indignation, flung the stockings away, exclaiming, 4KnpW tliftt the Queens of Spain have no fee P, ;Alas!' cried the simple hearted bride, bursting into tears, lif I had kiitfwnr. my feet were tb be cut oiTI vyoVild never have set foOt in Spaiur On another occasion (he secontj Consort of Charles il. came near ^sing her nit' through thts ridiculous etiquette. Hiding out one day, her horse, a spirited animal, taking fright, reared up in such h manner that she slipped off, one of her feet at the same time catching in the stirrup The l\6rse began to kick. The queen was in imminent danger. Rut it was death for any male, siiyq the king and the chief of the pages, to touch any part of the queen's person, (o say nothing of her feet, no one of her escort Vras at first bold enough to attempt her rescue. At length her peril i'very moment increasing, two cavaliers ran to Hfcr assistance Que held tho hoftfe* While the dtMt- eitr.ickted her Majestyly pedal extremity. Ndt waiting fbr thVthanks customary on siltMi oechsioris, the two roro&i took to the heels with anything hut herolike haste, anil, ImviiYg ordered out thfltr swiftest chargers, were about to exile themsta/os, when.a messenger came to inform them tharMKf Majesty was jarae-tously pleased to pardon their offencc. Don't Hurry.?Wc heard a pathetic tale pf a gentjfiinanr now very poor, who was deprived of a Ijirge estate once in consequence of being in too much of a hurry. A dyifljj man had quarreled with his l^ei*s% and wasdet^rmined they shouli? ncit Imvc t.is money. He had nijdc a w. K friv.n^ all his money to tins hhIividua!, Which onlx wanted his stfrna ture. His shnds'wbro running low, him thfc inkstand. Tears blinded tho unfortunate donee's eyes, as ho executed the command. He seized a; smnll hrtttlo from tho mantle piccc, i WiKlS ; The Will Was Cutback in the cheat, nnd the old man was hurried, but when $py name to look for the will thoy fonncl it hud nQ sig> Alas! thn ink, lio luufgot the wrontf bottle* ami (he will was signed wijh 1 " ' ?i*V . ' I