Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, April 25, 1857, Image 4
The Girl with the Calico Dress.
BV UOUKHT 40&.?kl.YN.
A P; fur your up|Vir h-n KirN,
With tlx it velvets uni sn I in-* ntul lilCl'8.
Their dluuioiut* and rubles hihI pearls,
And their milliner hh<1 faces;
1?? i- *
i >n-> 111.iv siimu 111 it pnri v or nail,
Kiublazouod with halfthey possess,
Hut give mi' in place of tlu-m all,
My giil with the calico ilross.
She is plump ns a partridge, ami f.iir
/f An tho rose in it*earliest bloom,
/ Her tooth will with ivory compare,
gS And her breath with the clover perfume.
Her step is as free and as lij<ht
As the fawn's whom the hunter* hard press,
And her eye is a-iMift ami as bright,
My girl with the calico tlroM.
i our uuiKiics nnu iopnngs may sneer.
At her simple ami modest attire,
I'ut the charms she permits to appear,
Wolrtd set a whole icuburg mi tiro !
Sim can dance, but did never allows
Tho hugging, tlio njuc?'z?? end'carcM,
She is saving all t!??. ** fur lift spouso,
ity girl with tho calico dress.
She in cheerful, warm-hearted ami true,
And kind to hor father ami mother,
Shu studies how much she can do
For hursweut little sisters and brother,
Jf vouwnnt a companion for life,
To comfort, enliven and bless,
Sho is just tho right sort for a wife,
My girl with the calico dress.
The Government of the Tongue.
ny HKV. B. C. JONKS.
" IIo that linth knowledge simrotl) bis wctrtl*."
11ot? nclivo ngfrit ftir guuil hi pvil Is j
(ho tongue, and how rarely do we I. el the* j
importance of its management as a lever of J
action. Some there ere to whom any ad- |
vice on such n theme would be looked upon !
as superfluous and unreasonable. They j
have always been chn icterized by volubili* I
ty, and wilh them speaking is the essential
condition of existence. Indeed the great
mass of 6eotient and responsible beings
speak loo much. To be garrulous is not the
index and type of advancing aire. It appertains
to humanity in the abstract. The i
tongue has its circuit through which it must
revolve, if it conforms to the exactions of
conventional usngp. Thnt circuit is on extensive
one. It takes in the survey of the j
business and the domestic privacies of our i
acquaintances, sweeps the Hold of legalized |
(' caudal, pnsses its vetoes on Scriptural j
truths, inveighs against the doings of states- j
mnnship, canvasses the heights and depths j
/if <1 Iruncnnn^p/tlnl nlnli?cn?\)\tr airirl iKnn I
?? ?" ?? - , ?..v. ll'Cil 1
having completed a revolution which often 1
has in it inoie of the malignant influence of |
a baleful comet than ihe genial light and
heat of the solar orb, erases from its labors !
till it is roused into activity with the dawn. !
Now we do not belong to those who censure |
a freedom in the discussion of ordinary and ;
recurring topics of interest, and we fully re- '
alize the fact that a creninl flow of wnn?s- as !
well nspleasant *.milo!?, impart ft warmth nncl j
glow, and zest lo the humanities of social
being. We know that to chain up the cur- j
rent of speech as such would be to t runs form j
Paradise into the Arctic zone. As well as |
liomer, the blind old bard of Scio, we fully
appreciate the advantage and the moral
power, and the winning influence of "wing
rd words." Those words may have heal
ing on their wing*. And it is just because I
vn- nuum linic llivill su III.II IVf pell IIH'SI!
lines. We believe thai the ordinary topics '
of social converse could he sublimated and
tinned. We believe tint whera two or
three are met together, they may and ought
to separate with a higher tone of motal
feeling, a keener appreciation of their relative
duties, a more brotherly regard for
their kind, and a little wiser in some points
of practical information. Society has no
right to expect me to spend my bourn of i
social fellow ship in the vapid and spiritless '
delp.il of bum-drum gossip. If its lone is
so low, lei rae try to elevate it cither by the
opportune introduction of some sensible reniaik,
or by thai silent rebuke which intimates
n spit it of disapproval.
There is such a thing as gracefully turning
the tide of remark, which is still u bet- I
t?-r plan. Wlu-n a person has the tact and 1
skill, he can often divert the current into ;
healthful channels. One little, sngncious :
remark may thus lend a company into high- j
er regions of thought and fanfer. ami IpmiI in I
<-? cj t j* ' |
ihe development of intellectual activities ;
hitherto undreamed of, because latent and
unexercised. -There is n higher motive,how- j
ever,to the proper government of the tongue !
that demands our notice, ll is not founded '
upon mere social utility. It derives all its
force from the higher enactions of the revenled
will of the Almighty. Persons may
say, as did the ungodly in David's time,
" Our lips are our own." but this does not
alter the relation in which we stand to God. I
' Iiy thy words lb >u shnlt be justified, and J
by thy words kbou shall be condemned." j
Such is fho statute of the Saviour, and he
never repea \ an iota of what lie utters.
" Swift to hear, slow to speak," is the apostolic
maxim. And again, says St. James,
"who is a wise man and endued with knowledge
among you ? Let him show out of a
good conversation his woiks with meekness
or wiedom. Here let us observe that a
good conversation constitutes works. That
words, however apparently fleeting, like tho
down of flowers, pass into the air to germinate
afresh, that they are veritable deeds in
their issues for weft! or woe, that the talking j
mnn is f n<? acting man, r.wu mere iiii-mcioncy
in simple utterance, that profit or disadvantage
makes its nest in vyllables and sentences.
Oh, with what ft sublime and majestic
dignity are words invested ns they
march from the portals of our lips. Let
tht-m not rush out, then, like the mixed mul
titudes thatcame from Egypt, but in thecalm
and menstiied dignity of Spartan chiefs. Let
not our Hps* l?o the porch of Venus or Bacchus,
whence lewd and obscene and vulgar
slar.g shoots out un'ohishingly, as if to court i
a laugh at table or bo regarded as a jovial
boon companion, was something for which
propriety should bo sacrificed and modesty
Htruck dead. "lief, no corrupt cotnmunication
procccd out ol your moutii but that
! which is good to the use of edifv ing, inaiso
it may minister grace unto the hearers."?
How exalted the position and how blessed
the consciousness of that mat) who from
whatever company lie departs has let fall no
inadvertant expresMon to wound tho feelings,
to lower the moral tor.e of sentiment, j
u> derogate From the honest claims of his
fellow nu n, to augment his personal vanity,
(o gloss over vice, or diminish the inherent
leverenco for virtue.
Speech is a ministration, a service, for the
Aposile in tin* verse just quoted lolls us
that it can minister grace, or prove n gracious
service when our words nre liUe co
ment to write in old affinity some "long disunited
hearts. The words of the peacemaker
aie till balm and honey. They mollify and
he.il and bloss. It is a gracious service
when our woid i become tho deep well of
practical wisdom, from whence the poor and
feeble and unlettered draw daily and hourly
counsel and guidance in tho intricate affairs
of life. Then thn lins nf ji man
art- like the shrine of Podona, and without
"any tripod the man drops pearls of
truth and asks no money fot the payment.
It is a gracious scrvice when our words fall
cheerfully on disheartened bosoms, when
they comfort the mourner under a deep and
bitter sense of his bereavement, and sweetly
direct him to the tnd and object of adversity.
It is a gracious service when the
j miiu mi pi vooiuic nfitri 01 children is
made tlu Held in which our words are sown,
as the good and productive seed of the kingdom
of righteousness and truth. It is a
ifraciou- service when hv iivnnoHntlv humor.
Oils nai rative, or harmless passing j *st, we
divciVify the diy details of hackneyed life,
and tnus enliven a.t ?ull ub ii'iott uci, srn>'Gll;
iny into a genial laugh the corrugated brow
?f him who, in the dust and whirl of business,
almost forgets that he ever had a boyhood
of gushing fun and heartiness,and sportive
games. It is n gracious service when
we g- nily point out the pitfall and the snare
to the misdirected, and open up to them
a way of escape fiom the toils of the tempter
of souls. There are cases where speech
becomes the crowning grace of man, where
i??uyuttwt: is Uiu vunicie 01 ueauiilul truth,
where the lips drop as the honey comb; if
such be thy appreciation of the value of
speech, my brother, then open the portals
wide. By thy word, thou shalt never be
condemned. Those winged words shall
have the plumage of a Seraph's pinion, and
as thy scniences pass upwari to the Throne,
measured by the golden reed of the Sanctunry,
they shall not be found wanting, and
amid the commendations bestowed upon
ihec in that august day when Jehovah's
stewards must exhibit their respective accounts,
not the least shall be that in an age
when most were talking at random that thou
didst recollect that the tongue was an unruly
member, and subjected accordingly to the
stringent rules of Heaven, the wholesome
regulations of thy God.
A Mexican Wur Incident
IIY KICIIAHD KV8RKTT.
The blocdy field of Molino del Rey was 1
finished, and the American arms were again j
victorious. But it proved a dear bought
victory. The bailie field was red with Anglo
S-?xon blood, for never did ihe Aztec
army make a more desperate defence. Those
who participated in that glorious batlle will
never forget its eventful circumstances ; how
Ml ?h.> f.rnl -r - I ? '
......v uanu Ul Illy' 11, W (IVII 151C siars
looked sweetly upon the earth, our hi my
moved slowly into its position, coips after
corps, nilillery, infantry and cavalry ; the
muttered word of command; llie rumbling
of wheels and the muffled tramp, tramp,
tramp of the devoted storming party, which
pioneered the main force. It was not five
o'clock in the mcrning when the battle commenced.
With \ thunder which shook the
earth, the heavy guns of Iluger'fl bnltery j
belched forth the lust signal of attack. Then
the stormers, carrying their ladders and
t'nscines, started forward, cheering as they
ran, and were soon lost amid the thick smoke
which lolled from the Mexican cannon.? I
N >w nn<I then a broad Hash of fire showed
our gallant fellows fighting hand lo hand j
with th.e enemy's cannoniers. On pressing]
the centre of our line, and like a rushing j
tornado, swept the enemy from their guns, i
but bravely they rallied, and in turn our j
troops were driven hack. Here the oarnago |
was dreadful. Of tho fourteen officers of i
the storming party eleven were killed or
wounded in less than fifteen minute*.
Meantime unon ei??li win? ilw.
I n h"V"
gressed with great fury, and the ditches in
front of Molino del ftey and Casa de M'.ta
were rapidly filling up with dead and wounded.
In front of these defenses the carnage
wh.4 terrific. The gallant Mcintosh was !
shot while cheering on his men. Lieut. I
?Scott ft-ll in tho fiont rank, and noble Wane i
sank under a mortal wound. Among the I
Mexicans there was a heavy loss of gallant j
officeig. Old General Leon, grey-haired '
but full of fire; Delderez Muerta and Meoleos,
all accomplished ofKcers, fought their
last fight upon the ramparts of Uasa de
Matu.
Hut direful was the coined; no powor
could htav the Saxon'* r?>i! r!*rUt orm r*??
brokep ground, gaping ditches and bloody
rampart, in tho face of tire nnd Ml eel tbe
American troops pressed forward, trampling
the dead bodies of friend and foe beneath
their feet, until covered with the stains of
battle they stood triumphnntly upon the
Mexican fortifications. Oh ! it was a g'orious
moment when, as the smoke rolled
nway, tho stars and stripes were seen waving
from the Mexican flag staff, proud emblems
of American valor.
IJut we did not intend to describe the
battle of Molinodel Rev at 'ont/tli. Hl.iwlu I
O 4 " "/ |
the scattered remnants 01 the Amuricnit
force retired from the hard earned field, and
; upon the Ninth Regiment devolved that
most painful of all duties, burying the dead
.ind picking up the wounded ! About sunset
the labor commenced. Some six hundred
men, divided into small parties, pursued
the mcianchoiy duty. Day faded, but
the moon, soon rising, shed a pale sepulchral
light over the seen?, winch no man
could contemplate without a thrill of horror.
Over a large expanse of ground tho bodies
of the dead and vounded men were thickly
strewn. In some places a hundred corpses
might bo counted within the space of a few
squaro yards, wiide tho sandy soil >vas wet
with human gor?j. Largo pils wove dug
and friend and foo found a soldier's grave
together. Doath had abolished all distinction.
American and Mexican who a few
hours before wero striking for each other's
lives, now lay peacefully side by side, their
animosity subdued. Ambulances and wagons
rolled away to the temporary hospitals
tiiied with woundod men, whose gronoa of
anguish were awful to hear.
It was while tho work of burial progressed
that a lieutenant, in charge of n smnll
party, came to n ravine not fur moved from
the main lino of attnck. Many wounded
men crowded lo the banks of this stream to
slake that terrible thirst which a severe
wound alVvavR induces. Astlir- nnri.>
collecting such injured soldiers as would
bear removing, the wail of an infant suddenly
attracted the lieutenant's attention. He
listened again and the sound came faintly
upon his ear, so plain, however, that there
was no mistaking its source. Search was
instantly made along tlie margin of the
brook, and in a few moments a si^ht was
disolo.-ed at which the most hardened heart
grew faint. Two dead bodies lay on the
smut a lew reet from the WAiur'? ?dge, One,
a young Mexican artillery-man, whose head
was badly crushed, apparently by a lar^e
shot; the othor, n young and very beautiful
Mexican girl, from whose neck a rivulet of j
dark blood was yet oozing, for ? nmsket I
ball bad peneirated to the jugular vein.?The
young man lay upon his back, apparently
just as h'i fell, while the posiiion of
the woman indicated that she received the
fatal ball while kneeling at his side.
But this is nol all. Nuked and dabbled
over with the blood of its parents, an infant,
evidently about three months old, was lying
upon the breast of its mother, wailing
and grasping wiili his little hands her long
black hair, which was damp with cold nij/lu
dew. Oh, it was a picture which made the
heart swell with nmnlinns nf nifu trw. nn.m
- -- ? ? rys MVVii
for utterance?that helpless, innocent infant,
stained with its mother's blood. Often
have we thought of the dreadful scene, for
it was a scene never lo be forgotten. That
gloomy battle-field, strewn with dead and
dying; the brook murmuring gleefully
along, unmindful of its bloody ripples ; the
groups of soldiers standing with their spades
and picks around those dead parents and
the living babe, and over ?U the moon gleaming
with ehostlv plate, formed n strikinrr
v, V ^ C ? ? * fc>
scene for the dread panorama of war.
Tho man had probably met his death
while in search of waler, as n leather bucket,
such as is generally attached to an artillery
carriage, was lying near by ; the woma.i
must have received h chance shot while
bending over her husbands body, for the
Mexican women, with heroic devotion, often
follow their husbands or lovers hlto battle.
The lieutenant, giving orders that the two
should be interred in one grave, wrapped
the babe in a blanket, and in company with
two of his men started in search of an ambulance,
intending to send the little orphan
lo the Mexican camp. lie had not proceeded
far when a couple of Mexican friars were
discovered prowling, as was their cuutom,
among the dead bodies in search of plunder.
Ordeiing them to desist, the officer related
lhe scene he had just witnessed, and in conclusion,
offeied one of the priests a liberal
reward if ho would t.nUi> tli? KuK?>
- ...
to the camp of his countrymen. The priest
assented with alacrity, and receiving his reward,
look the infant and turned away.?
With a consciousness of having fulfilled the
dictates of humanity, the lieutenant prepared
to join his party again. He h<ul taken but
a few stops, however, when an exclamation
of horror from one of his companions caused
him to turn quickly, and as he didsu, they
hounded from his side in pursuit of the two
priests, who were running rapidly towards
the Mexican lines.
A sudden simnir.inn r?f lineriV>l.? inmn'i
- ?i? ."ir'/i*
glanced through the officer's mind in an instant,
and calling on his men to fire on the
fugitives if they did not slop, he looked earnestly
along their tracks, and soon discovered
the reason of his companion's conduct;
for thrown down amidst a heap of corpses,
was the dead infant, with a bayonet driven
completely through its body! The inhuman
wretch to whom the officer consigned
his little charge, had not proceeded tt dozen
yards, before committing the atrocious deed.
The pursuit was successful, and in a few
muiuuiiiH ooiu mars were brought back
trembling, and in broken ICngli&h begging
for mercy. Hut justice was quick nnd sure.
A file of men were noon on the ground.?
" Five minutes for prayers," said the lieutenant,
looking at his wafch?five minutes,
you bloody scoundrels! Sergeant, lie their
hands. Men, form fifteen paces front."?
There O'ders were quickly obeyed, the victims
meanwhile begging for their lives.
" Your time is up," said the officer. " It is
no use ; a man who would murder un infant i
desertn worse than death." "Are you
rowdy, s?rgeanl?" "Yes, sir," wna the
reply. "Then God have mercy on the
souls of those villains. Platoon ! ready,
aim, kikk t" A sharp report rang out upon
the still nig'b? air, and the two friars were
dead men.
Knolish
Rjctrkmks and Aukrican Midoj.inqh.?
We have marked two passagoa in
diftoren(|papers: 1. "An English nobleman
said of us, that lie had seen, in America,
?! J i-i- 1 -
icoa rinncrjf will! fr? IHippiVCSS HlftH in pOy |
other country of the world." 2. (A. great
writer says of England) : u Nine hundred
and ninety-nine children of tbe same com*
mon Kathur suffer from destitution that the
thousandth DiHy revel in superfluities. A
thousand eoltagea shrink into meanness and
want to swell tlio dimensions of a dingle
palaco. The tables of a thousand families
of tho industrious poor WASte away into
drought and barrenness, that ono board
may bo lndon with surfeits." Ho content,
oh middling Yankee!
Bain Drops.
1'uttiring, dropping uteadily down,
C'vmoHi llii) gentle rain,
Upon the earth bo bare and brown,
To mnko it gmen again.
And rainbow tints in tlto tiny drops
Of tho gentle ouminer showers,
Renew their liu?-s in Iho fr?i<n-nnt ciiVi'i
Oftho sweet up-springing flowers. ,
It muketh a music ps soft mid now
As the delicate tints of tho flow'ret's hue;
And wt'uiy ones,by the conch of pain,
Kejoica in the sound of tlio summer ruin. ]
Wearily, drearily, gloomily down,
Fallctb tho autumn rain,
And the stricken earlli, so bare and brown,
Huvivolhnot again. i 1
When summer perfumes and flowers aro dead,
It bringeth no joying then, j
But mournfully falicih, like teat-drops shed
Over tho hopes of men. ,
It tclleth us oft, in sorrowing tone,
Oftho summer light that froni life hath flown;
mil wnen youtiiiui joys mid lieart-liglit wane, j i
Thcru'a music fur us in the notiuno rain. i
A Short Patent Sormon.
nv WOW, JR. !
My text lo-day i? as follows
And thus it sting, with tinkling tongue;
That rippling shadowy river?
" Youth's brightest day will fade away,
Forever and forever!"
* # * #
And thus it sung, with tuneful tongue, 1
That bird beside tho rive*?
wncn youtli is gone, true lovo shines oti, [ ,
Forever And forever!"
My Ilcarers: Time, that soems to us old
fogies, to hum and whirr upon patridge-liko
pinion!), nails noiselessly by the silken wings
u> the lmppy, unheeding youtb. Well,
youth is too busy with its own affairs to
mark whoihor. tl10 old geutleman with the
bushscythe, glass utitl fWoIock hobbles upon
crn.tchoR, gons by steam, W t^lorrrnnh
or propels himself with, thoso antiquated
pinions upon his shoulders. Youth "lakes
iio note of liino," but receives the pure gold
in regular daily inst dlments, and fondly
imagines he is thus pensioned for life, lie
knows and cares nothingabout'Miard times,"
except when Ik i> sent for chips on a frosty
morning, or gets- his earn boxed for not
minding his tuotiier. llis hours aro cach
as long as a day at the summer's solstice ;
his days are weeks?his weeks months?
his months, years?aud his years, oh, my
brethren ! his years aro just about fiveeights
of an eternity. Whilo busily gathering
his flowers, sailing his shingle ship,
caging hop toads, shooting marblos, playI
ing horno, extorting molasses from verdant
grasshoppers, fishing with pin-hooks, and
building?not ensiles in thoair, but stables
for corn-cob cattle?ho thinks of nothing
but of the far distant tino when he shall
I have outgrown his spensei and become a
[ man, with tho same blossoms of youth still
garlanding his heart, and money enough
in bis pocket to carry out bis incipient ideas
of happiness approaching to perfect bliss.
Whilo my friends, tho youth is culling
beautiful flowers upon tho river bank, and
is delighted with tho sparkling sheen of
| that rippling, shadowy river, ho is unaware
[ that it is tilling liim with h tinkling tongue,
! that youth's brightest day will fada away,
| forever and forever!' Forever and forever!?
| how truthfully, solemnly expressive the scn'
tcuoe! As that silvery, gleesomo river losI
os its lustre as it approaches its eternal
ocean-home, so forever lado away man's
; early joys as he outers upon tho dull lowlands
of life, where for him tho vioJet buds
and the henthbell blooms in vain. Fade
1 away forever I?thus do these fragrant posies
which children gather upon tho river's
brink. Little recks the blithesome lad of
I their doom ; and less heeds their warning ;
that thus away shall fade tho flowers uf!
youth, forever and forever! Ah! my dear
friends, they do fade away?imperceptibly
fade, droop nod decay. You grow up to
mauhood, and sometimes imagine, as you
pick your wny amid the briars, thorns and
thistles of lift), that they still bloom in nil
the original freshness?wholly unlike those
that bloomed "at Beltane, in winter to fade."
And so they do ; but where matured, melancholy
mortals, do they blossom for you ?
As my friend Tom Moore says, it is nowhere
olse but " in memory's waste"?the old
ploughe '-out field of tho past- Oh that
dry, sn Jy soil of memory 1 what lovely
amaranthine flowers it is capable of produc
ing; and yet you can do nothing more than
grieve to think that you aro not permitted
vv ivniu miu IUIU1 illUUIIg IUUII! Will) llie
same body, brooches, soul and spirit as in
days now eternally numbered with the
past.
My brethren: I suppose you expect mo
to tell you what kind of bird that w.is which
sat besido tho rivor, uiddy-uodded Inn In ad,
wigwagged his tail, and of true lovo so tunefully
sang. It couldn't have beon a iogfishor?for,
instead of being tuneful, ho
grates out a noi?o something similar to that
attending tbo winding up of a marino clock.
Was it a fish hawk? I novor heard the
follow sing or say a word in my lify; and
yet ho may keep up a most musical thinking
about love for tho little finny creation.
By no merits juld it havo been a lean
shitpoke, who without a single poetio utterance,
silontly?uuliko foatnorless poets?
broods over starvation to tho last. Nor S3
il likuly it was tho spindle-shanked toetortail,
that so plaintively peeps of love forsaken
forovor and forever.
Ah-ha I my friends, mclhinks I behold
the lit'le medodist. It is the reewinged
black bird, swinging upon the willows, and
sweetly singing true lovo, thf>t "shinei on,
forevsr and forever," when the fires of passion
hav? ceased to flume or smcruld?r.-?
There he sits, from dewy morn to shadowy
ewe, still sinuing that old tune?"John Anderson,
my jo John," while his old eara
ipousa in, perhaps, sedentarily performing
her last mnternal duties. He singelh, too *
how thnt i Ivor?Although hastening onward
to its bay of everlasting rest?still forever
bears upon its rippling bosom love's silvery
sheen. lie singelh, also, of that platonic
love, which find:) its emblem in the plAtid
lake?of that love which, like wine,improves
<??..? ? 1-" ? - * ?
i > imivFi, jjnin.i in inuuoiunesB nna increases
in strength ins it advances in years.
Of social love, my brethren, that bird beside
the Sflcrr.metiio or Feather river,
i "might, could, would or should have sung"
~ t*t -J.'/iL. -T *?? -' " t>f
the linking of souls in friendship's golden
slinin?of that pnrentHi, filial, brotherly and j
"islorly lovo, which, like tho sun in the eternal
heavens, although clouds occasionally
intercept nnd dim its hlessod rnys, Will shines
an, forever and forever?not ornilting to
mention llic love I bear for you nil in generil.nnd
ibe women gendoriu particular; nnd
ivbicl) grows in lustre in propoilioo as the
limes como rolling in, with tuneful, "linking
tongue." So mote it be.
GaKHOTINO NOT '80 IIAD akteh All
The deni/ttns of Gotham have been living
ll dl'Pftd of ?nrrol(>rs f.ir qftmolimu r?i?ct
Uut if the case mentioned below be correct,
it is not such a lorriblo prouess us ninny
would have us believe. An exchange in
forms us llint ft young lady of Worcester,
Mass., was publicly gnrrotod in one of the
streets of that town last week, by A voting
man from Germany. Strange to say, the
younsj lady neither fainted nor died from
fl ight, as the reader will perceive. It seems
Ihnt they were lovers in the "faderlands,"
hut hlivinrr ?!?*I'll Iiinionlu " ()> >
Cl JUU<|g IUOU
wns sent 011 some business by hi? father, to
n place many hundred miles distant, where
ho wns dul.iined for six months, and when
be returned, found to bis sorrow, that the
love of his heart had been borne away by
her parents to America. The young man
resolved to emigrate thither, also, and came
ovet in tho last packet ship. lie look the
enrs from New York to Worcester, and in
looking about tlic city for employment, ac- |
cidentnlly fell in with his lady love. Their
meeting whs affecting it) the extreme, and
the garroting sho rather seemed to like, uttering
not a word of compliant, nor offering
the least resistance.
A n*t.ifohn!a Lion Kiu.f.d.?Last Sun
day meaning, says tlio CalumT.i*
Mr. Massingale, living neftr VaUecito, no- |
ticed that some wild benst was among his j
hogs. Tnkinir his irun. hn mntli* m,.'
_ ^ o ? J,M,4 W''1 1
and following the animal by* bis tracks, the
ground being soft, bo uime upon n bop
weighing one bundrud pounds, about threefourths
of a mile from bis houso, which the
lion, for sucb tbe depredator proved to be, j
bad carried tbero and partially buried in !
tbe ground, lie tben put the dogs on tbe
trail, and pursued tbe animal ns fast as be
could on foot, lie bad not pioceeded far,
however, before the do^s brought the lion
lo bav. and Mr
0 ' ? *?|^l j
killed him thu first (i-> with a litle. The
lion weighed, af(ei bving dressed, 140
pounds, r.nd measured eleven fret and two
inches from the tij) of the nose lo the tip of
the. tail.
Mu. Mookr, or Major Moore was travelling
through Texas, and leaving the main
road, drove his sulk)', to avoid the mud, by
a side path, tlvat brought him out near a
log cabin. Being in doubt as to his course,
and seeing a youngster near, he called out
10 mm : " t scy, my son, can you tell me
if this is the right road to Leona ?" " \ our
son!" said the urchin. " You'ro the second
man that's called mo his son to-day, and
I should like to know which of them is my
father!" The Major was so much pleased
with tlio hoyAnswer thut he threw him a
quarter. The lad picked it up and wied
out: " I believe you're my dad, for you're
the first man that ever gave mo a quarter.
Won't, you step in and see my maiui ' The
Major 'bought it time to be on his way, und
waited for no other instructions.
My wife tolls the trutli three times a day,
remarked a jocose old fellow, at the same I
timecastincra vcrv mi.v.hievoua orlan^o at li?r I
( ,W , ^ , o "* "'V' I
Before rtsing in tho morning she says?"O I
dear, [ must get up, but I don't want to." |
After breakfast, she adds?" Well, I suppose
I must go to work, but I don't want
to and she goes to bod saying?" There,
I have beon fussing all day, and haven't
dutio anything."
A w- ? 1 *
jt\ ktkr a cnmteniug at a cburch in
South wark, while the rainUter was making
out tho certiticHtf, he happened to Bny,
" Let me see, this is the thirtieth ?" "Thirtieth!"
exclaimed the indignant mother, "indeed
it is only the eleventh/" Tho minister
whs alluding to the day of the month.
Natolkon, seeing a short man among
hid grenadiers, said, ' Thou art very small
for a gronadicr." Tho soldior instantly roplied,
''If they took generals fur their size
you would not ho ono !"
.??. ^
In' the mouths of many men ioft words
are like roses that soldiers pul into the muzzles
of their muskets on holidays.
"NVk often excuse our own want of philanthropy
by giving the name of funalicisn)
to the more ardent zeal of others.
A "single man," advertising for employment,
a maiden lady wrote to inform him
mai u no could find nothing bettor to do,
iio might, conic ann mnrry her. He did so,
..<id touched twenty thousand dollars.
A torn jacket is Soon mended; but hard
words bruise the heart of ft child.
Civility is ft kind of charm that attracts
the lovo of all men.
?i?j?i?i? ?;g- - ?
S\ate of South Carolina,
in equity ?pickkkb.
WeAloy Phillip., Adm'r. \ m fof discovcryi ac.
Peter R. ChlsUin. et. al } Couut and M
tr appearing to my sali 'action thfat Peter R.
Uhastuin, ono of the defendants to this bill of
complaint, residua wilhonUho limit* of thin State:
on motion of Townca A Campbell, complainant's
solicitors, it ia ordered tlmt the aid defendant
do .iopeur, plead, anawnror demur to tho said bill
01 ComMaint v) thin case, within thieo months
from loo publication liwcof, or an order pro confctto
will bo taken a? to him.
HODT. A, THOMPSON", t>.n.p.n,
ComVa Offlco, March 21,185*7. 8m
Temper " nee Celebration.
rwiv. * * "
. .... . .vi>vu?<ii><> icmpio, nu. i oi meurdiir of
I Modern Knights' Templars, will moot find
march in procession lit I'iokonavillo, on Friday the
first of May. Wh?ro tliQfe will b? aeverul popu|*?
lectures delivered, on the subject of temperance
and sobriety. Luotures to cornucnce half
past 10 o'clock, a. 11. A general and cordiai invitation
Is extended to all?come, fricuds, and
hear Prince Alfohol get his dues!
April 6, 1857 3 THE TEMPLE,
NEW STORE & NEW GOODS!
A'S"
rrij[E diibsciibi-r is receiving unci opening
I al bis NJ'JW STUHJS, on Mniii-blrectj
Wnlliulla, a largo assortment of
bpienaia flew ifooao,
Consisting, in part, of 1>KKS8 (JOODS for
Ladica and Cientlpmun'o Wear;
Hats ami (tap, IJool.8 and Shoes, n largo
ami fine Alock;
Heady Made Clothing, a very complete asBortmon'.?under
and over dross;
(iil'OCCI'iC*.
Of all description*, fresh and for frnle very
low for cash only ;
Segars, Chewing and Smoking Tobacco, of
tlx* lu-iil onnliliiv<:
Together with a great number of article*
not enumerated, all of which havo been so-leoted
with great care, and will bo sold on
the most accommodating terms for cash; ^
PRODUQE token in exchange for Goodsat
cash rates. Give mo n trial !
J. II. UO l J'^UUlU'l* .
Nov. 13, 1850 10 tf
WINDOW SASHES
OK all kinds, manufactured by ICasley A;
Davis, superior for their exactness #nd
durability, already painted and glazed, \ffih
the best American and Kronen Window
tilass. Always on hand and for sale at
WalItalia by JOHN KKUSK.
85 R LLKV W KCOiVI PAI* Y,
I'uro Zinc and American White Lead, for
which lhe highest premium was awarded
at the World's Fair, N. Y. Salo Agents
lor South Carolina, Cu^malt it Uriggs, in
Chai lesion. For sal? at Walhalla hy
JOHN KllUSE.
iviXHOW ^r,A.ss, j
Haw nnd boiled Lomond Oil, Spirits Turpontine,
l'utty, nil kinds of Painte, diy and
also ground in Oil, Glue, l'aint Ijrushes,
j nnd all Articles in this line. For salo at
tbo lowest figuroa for i-nsli by
JOHN KRUSE.
WalliKllft. 1'Vh. 12. 18f>8 .11 tf
J. v. iiaitrisom. j. w\ xokrih, jk. 7.. C. fui.liam.
IIAUltisON, NORMS & PULLIAM,
Attoi'iicyn at Liuv,
\y ILL Attend promptly to nil business cnlrueTT
tv<l to tliotr care. Air. Pi;i.i.um ciui nhvnys
DC lOIIIXI III till! OttlCO.
OFFICF, AT IMCKENS C. II., S. C.
sppt.fi. iRfto o tr
NOTICK.
rPIIE undersigned will make ft final thonionfc<
1 of the estate of Lewis \V. lleeder, depensud,.
in the Ordinary's Ofiice, nt Pickens C, 11. oil Mom
tlay tho 0th day of July next. All persons indebted
to tlio estate, therefore, must make payment
; and those having demands against the enmo*
will render tliein in legnllv attested liv that time.
S. 0. RKKDKK. J . ,
11. P. RREDEIt. [ ,
_ApriJjM8S7 88_ j 8ttV
k24 k.' * ? *
Ainm ?n isuniij t.'iroilll.'l,
rlCXUS DISTRICT?IN TUK COURT OK COMMON I'l.KArV
Scott ?fc Prntbur \ F?ci{tn A,,a()m?lL
Anson Uftnfts .t Co. f Nurrls 4
A ITli ERICAS; tlio plaint ifft did, on Htu 18lli day
iV of Dccontber, 1 8jt>, file their declaration a- J
giiinst the defendant.-*, w.lw (us it in t-aid)nre ahneht
Ironi and without the limits of thie JStntc.nml ('
I have neither wife nor attorney known ivithin thi? 'j
I Jttme, npor. whom a copy of tho tuiid declaration
j might ho served: It l?ordered, therefoie, that tlu- /
J said defendants Jo appear and plead to the mi id
| declaration on or before the lttth clay of December,
1857, otherwise final and absolute judgment
will then be trivet) and awarded n^Hin-it them,
! Dec. 18. t8fifl. J. K. HAOrtOli n.
W. K. BA8LBY. 16 A AO WICK I.IKKK, J
" EASLEY & WIOSJSPE,
Attorneys at Law. *
! lM^irr .ji - ? "
Vii ii,ij uiu'iui punctually to nil bipinoM ru.
i trusted to tlu ir care in tlio Courts uf tlio .
Western Circuit. , 'k
OFFICE AT PICKENS (\ II., 8. C,
Sopt. 8.).J 855 18 tt
ffoilce, A
ALL porsons indebted to tlm E?tnt? of William
Murphreu, deceased, will make payment mul
(hose having demand* against mid estate will mi I
tier them in legally attested on or heforo tho ?
2ftth day of Jnno next, as on thnt tlnv a fmal settlement
of said p.itute will bo made in the Ordii
nary'a Ofliee, at 1'iekena (J. 11.
MARY A LEX A Nl") fin, ) F.x'trix.
J. M. MVlirilUKE. J Uxor.
J/hrcU 21.J8B7 86 iltn
a,> n *%.' ? *
r nil :iii llli' & IV U'jt
VLL person* indebted to the Kstato ??f Joint
A. Cliil<ler?, deceased,uro requested to make
payment, and those having demand* against said
bstnto will render them tome, legally ntteste.d,
[ on or before Monday the 18th day of Mav next;
a?, on that day, a final settlement of sauf Estate
will bt> made in the Ordinary's office, nt PickeQH
Court House.
WM. D, C1IILDKH3, Adm'r.
Feb. 12. 1857 30 td
KST/ITI: iVVtice.
VLL persona havinfj demands against the Estate
of Frances Freeman, deceased, will render
them in legally attested, niicl those indebted
will make payment; ?9. after the expiration of
the legal length of tlmo from thn publication of
this notice, the undersigned will mako a final soltlement
of said Estate In tho Ordinary's office.
NATIJVN O UNION, Adm'r. J
j Feb. 20. 1857 89 Siry M
LOOK OUT !
Q A R. W. THROWN aro JUK'P TtEPF.lvivn
kJ* ltOOO flltckaof Suit in PoandeB?bagn,
Large lot of GKOCKHIEft of all kinds, vie:
Sugar, Coffee, Iron, Hacon, itc., ?bc., carefully 84*
lected for the Full Trade.
ALSO
6,000 lbs. Iiaeon Si;lea, SO coils Ilrpe, 10 bales
Bulging. leather and Kujsett Brogans, leading
articles in Hardware, Hbovels, Air..
Cell at the old ata.id, at ANDERSON C. H. S. O
r.ud we'll do what's right I
S. A. E. W. JOkOWR
Scpf. 2fi __12_ L tf
LOTS FOR SALE.
T)ERSONS dcRiVonft of rmrohnsTng LOTHt
1 in tile toWn of Walhalla, oan have thcift
on tho usual condition*. Applv to
J. U. OSTENDORFF, Ag'l.
Nov. ft. 18r? t fft
II " v?.
GUN & BLASTING POWDER
MY'FOWpRR AHM>8 being now in nctivo operation,
UVX AND poUr.
I)KR can be furni*hi!d to dealers nnil others ?V
low ratoa, All orders addressed to 1). Bikmann^
Wulhfclla, will Ixj attended to. <w
JOHN A. WAOENF.n.
Sept. 30, \856 12 tf