Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, May 30, 1857, Image 4
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c The Night.
HY IIAUUV C'OUNW\u.. I
O, (lie fumnu'r ?ii;lit
ll.itll :? Hinle "f li^lit.
Ami h)i<> ^ ???? ;i smpphirc llirnno.
Whilst the nwoct wilnli Ic&d lit r,
? :?!. - ...i.... i ' '
.i mi nm ijiiuis in lUliir
From tlio bin) <>f the r<*<: oWliloVu!
llut tlio mitniitti
1 in* n piercing aiyhf.
A11J n.s'tcp lx>tK slron? i\ml fn;o;
Anil a voScu cf woytlor
Liko Uu? wrutli of (Inrtnlt-r.
"NVlion lie shouts to.'Uo stonnv >on.
And
lite wintVv tiL'lit
Is nUc*}ld ami wkfto,
Ami flionmeeth n "on-.; of pain.
Till tin; wild l>04" linmir.eth.
And iltc warm cmnolli,
"\Vlien -lie dies ina dream of ram !
O, the ni;:ht! tlio ni^ht!
"J'ia r? lovely ?<i^ht.
"Whatever tho cliinr i>r time:
For sorrow then sj. irctJi.
And tin: lover out i?oiiifCtli
llissocl ill n stiir-biiylit riiyiiio.
Tt brinpHb sleep
To the forest deep
The forest bird to ii? ;
To care bright hoim.
And dream of flower*, 1
Ami that balm to tlie woarv?rest!
fi$0 :vOV|.L.Arj-y3
THE QUALITY.
" I reek on," said old Mrs Phcid, whilst
making her fii-st vj*ii io the Edgi?rion cot*
tafjc, "you Imirft seed manv of your neighbors
yet ?"
" No. ma'am," said Laura, "ivo have been
her<? so lone, and none have'been to ?oo ns
until vou. We were beginninij to feci like
unv:elcomo intruders. I>ui I supposo4hty ;
were nil much attached to the people who !
lived here before ns, nnd dis'ike Beeinffstiange
s in the place of their old friends."
"Oh.no! that nint it; th?y wa? nfearnl
to comc.1'
" Afrniil ?" s>\id Laura, surprised, "aftaid >
of what'?"
" Well, vf hoard you was nil quality, if
vou ti'fi.t broke. and we was nfonrd v?c would
git ourselves into the wrong box. Wo'.vo
seed them elophnnla and know what they
is," she continued, nodding her bead knowingly.
" Whv, I did not supjio.'isaid Laura,
..... i..wl ??.. !.? r :.i..
r* 11:1111t III<U ?? v M?.UI (III> lUlliy lUI llilUri* I
iik' in ibis quiet iillle nook. ?uni I am sorry
thai our neighbors should make such bupbonrs
of us, nnd suppose us wanting iu civility
to them."
" Oh, Wtf wasn't nmindin the civililv. Tin* |
quality lays that on so thick one minute till :
you begin to rub your eyes and wonder j
who you is?tliinks sure ydu must be the j
Pnnn r?f I?nnu?V trifn I Itnn nncli imn I
one siJe before you know it, like as if you
wasn't fitten to tote the puppy dog. Bui
theyso sicb n tight of trouble whin folks
bi'^in to have anything to do with 'em?
Now, (bars the I'Ya'hercoiles. Thoy lives
eight miles "IT, but the quality is a sorter
rcstlers crceter ihnts nllers a wanilerin about
outer their rage. Well, ilievs mighty li:io, |
and you see rav daughter Betsy Maker likos j
lio') thing*, and took to Vm mightily. She
was powerful Anxious f??r 'cm io como to see
her, so one Sundaj* she seed 'em all at meetin,
ami axes Ym to come lake dinner the
next Saturday. Well, they all stood up j
thar in the mfretin house an talked a po\v? i 1
of dictionary tall; 'bout " ceedinyly," tin
"exquisitely," and " intercimngin of rural
lioppiulilybut whether tlu-y wftsa com in'
or no, Betsy she couldn't make out. Hut
howsometfor, Betsy lowed she better he on
the safe side, so she kept up a mighty fixin ,
nil the week. When Saturduv Mmi> nhf?
had everything as fine ns a bride's cake,
'cepiin the dinner. Het^y lowed sinwouldn't
put that on till she made sure if
they was a cop)in. She had been working
mighty hard ail the morning, her and the
niggers, n redd in up the houso and ilressin
up t111ir sleeves. l!uL when levener clock
come nil no qiisiny, L>eisy g'v,! cm out, an j
they nil toplj oil' their Sunday close an went :
togittin avorytlny dinnrr. They had lohurt y i
mightily, hut il was nil re.idy niter a while.
The hands was wnrkin close to the house,
so IJetsy jest hollon <1 to 'em to comi lo
their dinner. Arler the dinner was all over, j
and everything washed lip and set loii?hts,
an the niggers nil sol to work, me and Met.
sy sot down in the entry to cool and sew.
'Bout four o'clock Barney Baker h<> conic j
hack from the contou^c, says he, " Betsy
did them hired men come into .dinner ?" |
" Law," says Betsy, " I w;w so tnken up
expocting them Fenthercode folks to dinner, j
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umi i ling*!* uuuiu jri#m it11 ill mil <mu iirn ?
Jones to split rml?i, nn b?:1n as I hoys so fur
ofT, I reckon thry didn't licar when I called j
iho hands in. I didn't blow ihn horn.? j
"Confound the (junlilv." say a Barney,
"thcyf itiI jest qualified for iho lunntikcr
gyium, nntl I reckon you'll ?o along wit\i
crii, just to ho with th?> quality v^lien they !
t f r\ " flit \ > a irtil.'.xl (li itD n I Iw* !\A?-n nnJ Mour/t/l
"v J' ><
a hlasl, you would a thought all the flinches j
thai ever nm was 'livin tlmr at onst. Jest
then wc heeid n mi^'iiy fuss iit (ho frnui
ynrd, and when we looked, (bar was a line ;
cariiage full o' women, with horses hitched i
up with fiiliin'Sfin^.ncavrnlinnhn.it Over (he
..??i . d,,, ?..rr..,i
j (it n , iiiivi un\; v |?u ur ti ii | o lU' V
bad dressed up like solders a setlin on u '
high bench outside I he urtrringe, was bounced
off like a iujin rubber bull. I thought
ibfi eree.er might b?? killed, and run to bim
butbr jumped ri-'iu upnrtd slo6d up bi-foi'e
fne, fir :indc sicb a bow, you never seed j
*l\c li.ko of it, jest like it whs ft part of his j
tmlishus drill, an ray* lie "Mm. [*'entberrode,
Miss Kentbercodf, Miss Nelly and
\ lumlinf) l(^!illw>r^nrlii 11 l!u (huf limA
'"""""H"" wj j
Harney had got dio noises <jui?*r, niul A'iv.,s (
T, " \on. Mr. Flunkey, Iwd bolter hy n dp* i
nil) the door no lettin ihcm folks out, Stidder
sinndiii hej-n m^Km manners," so he did it.
It was wd! It': told mo who they wor, f?>r
Kuch n looking cnr(jo I never did see before.
ThOy Itn#) the back of- their licnri* kivered f
will) Artificial flower* all fix<d in little floun*!
/SOP, nnd fiillc silk fans in their hands llu-v j
called sunshades; I reckon they w,u?t much
Dc^unin'ed witli the aftn, or tliey wouldn't,.
thought he wr?.i n minjin thorn pu?'t? Uttic
thhig*. Then they lilid flounces nil o\er
ilitic fiock tnnd over their enpe*, they
rjill.'d "inhnersnnd they was bi-Ronnced
from (lie tops of tlnir hends to lh? bottom
of iheir f"ot, npd .-ill tlio flounces pin led like
wmdin sheets, only n heap finar.
" Ih tsv had tun back ^non nsvhe not the i
f.,.? .-i:./, : 1- -i.- i - i ?! ' - i
Iti-v. m??iMir ll'IU UII H 111IgIIIV
diity frock, bill sho put r now white snlin
shntvl over hor, nnd then she looked ns fint?
? > Any of VnY, nod n$od 'cm (o walk in, nnd
"take sent.", nnd set down, imhI be seated.? J
A Her a while she told 'em she was a lookin
for Yni nil the mornin. " Oh," shvs old
Miss Keathereode. "wo on<5;n<jod to be here
to dinner; we never dine before four, find
it wants some minutes to that now," tnkin
out Jhi tine gold wntc!), tho' the clock wns
st irrin light before her. 13elsy lpoked as
bl ink a.<) if she'd run for s^lioiifT and didn't
l a vote, Hut she run vigljl in (be kitchen,
and the way she hollered lip Dilcc, and >
A K'e. and Pina, and the whole luckin of 'em j
fioin ihe tat r patch.nnd the wash tub, and j
the i:onin hoaid, and all quarters, want j
vfrtw.
" Soon as I yot the quality all -settled, I
wenlout to help poor Brlsoy. I was sorry
for her. Sich a si;/ht as the kitclwh wa* !
Thar wsis half picked turkeys, half-killed
chkk'.n'4. everybody rnnniij round, and B?irv
lookin like she was tho demon of cooks.
Every side of tho kitchen whs hern, and she
wliiriirn round nil *ides at onct. Savs I,
"Betsey, honey, do lot nv help you." Says i
Betsy. "L'iw. mar. what /.cm von do1' I In I
pmv go long in lite house and talk lo litem !
Indies, find l<eep 'em from pry in ab?Uit : bul j
for (he Loidsnke, mar, dott'llidk nothin lowlife."
" Well," savs I, "Betsey, I will try to
talk any thing you want me lo." Says she,
"Talk about the faslnrn*, and Washington,
wltar they went to last winter."
"So I crocs in, and says T, "You all seed
anv new fashnns this veni-9" Stive mw <->>>
\>m, h'oldin up her head mighty hi^h, "We j
always receive from our mantua-makcr and i
millinei the latest st\los." "Well i.ow,"
pays I, "1 tJiouyht you wouldn't a spiled
yourselves that way, your own selves; an
joaiul heholc its thai ruanchcrmnkfer woman, i
She sent you all these.oullaadish jimcrncks,
and thought vou didn't know no belter.' I
1 don't know what made I'olsy think thej'M
like to talk about the fashuns, for they didn't,
I was cute enough to see that in n minute;
so 1 tried Washington. Says 1, 4 You
was to Washington last winter ?' Says
one, mighty biisk, 'Yes. we went to sec
our uncle take liis seat in Congress as an
l.nnn?ol.ln > < w.n ? T
. v? ii - o* iM,un<-. y* rii, hnys i, ;
1 if 1 (tint clean bent ! Ho J alio Feathfircode j
is a Oongiis man ! Well, if ho ken make
speeches as fast as he ken lay bricks, he's a
ylib one. Uut 1 don't approve of people
leavin olT a i,'nod tnido an takln up with |
what they don't'knoW noihin toll about.? j
Now Jake was a mighty good brick layer."
"Ynu are mistaken, ma'am" .?ays she ;
"niv \uic.li! is the Hon. Jacobi Feathercode."
Savs 1. ''J reckon 1 ain't niistitlrnn Old I
- w . X . |
Jake never hud but two sons, Zekc, your j
p.'ppv nu' yourtjr Jake.''
Well, if you believe it, fielsy was out of ,
it Again?iboy wus no wnys anxious 'bout |
Washington ; so 1 picked up a mighty fine I
little shiny still (Y box, lyin' in one of their I
lap;}, an' says : "This is a new fashuu snull ,
box ; miijbly purlv.1'
" It is not a snuffbox f-ays she, tight i
olf nboi t; "it is a card case."
IJloss mo, I looked right up to tlie top of
tho room, "The Lord ludpyour poor souls,
say* I. "why you niut cighlcrr. yrsrs c.!d,
and n carry in* your cards about to piny an'
gamble with, all day long."
Says she, "those arc not pamo cards, they
ftl'O visilmir nirfl<t "
VWoll,"* eaya I "do let mo sop 'en"
She showed me one ; 'twas hot bin'on <he
Lord's yeai tii "but a poke of white paste
board, with "Miss Netty Kealhercode" writ <
on it. " ?
Says I, " What does yon do with those
things? "i'wan.t worth while tA fetch 'em j
bore; we all knowed you. . And your nijj<^?r
in the uniform told all o' your names j
snore you could gel a chance to tell 'cm |
yourselves." |
Snys she, "When we wish to pny c Ms if
we do not feci like going in ourselves, Use
persons we are calling on are out, or do not !
I wish to receive company, \v? .just send our
servniii to the door with one ol tlie?e, which |
l<C A a nihil \X7*. l.-.l '
. . vk|tn.uax I.v ?-? ? ? lOIV. ?? C- Ill-Ill 9?'V||<" .Cit&IB
to tnnkc on the why here ilm morning!" I
"Well," say* I, "you nil don't ?et much
store I)}' enph others' company, ef a nigger ]
in a solgcrs jacket an'a piece of pasteboard '
does as well," nnd I put il down miightr !
.,~r. 1.. mi. < i ? " 1
, <hiiiiihiii yuu ui-iicr mitKU n ainui j
1)0 x of it."
Well, f tried niiu'li'y linn! to onfnrlnii) for I
poor Helsey. 1 told Ym'nll About dye I
rtn' cojipcrns dvo, nn' how wns tlio best way !
in pf*l l>pn?, nn* which would hfftrh put |
li>(c on' lulurtl* 1 - 1-? - '
.? . ? < W(V>1 nmpivi^, HIHI IlifW lf? Keep cl |
dojv from a suckiu' of *#fp, mi' nil nbout i
IJctioy'a baby a bavin* the mcasb's nn' hoop',
in'-cpugb, both nt onct. Hot < f von HcHova
mo, they never hpeid it word I wns a suyin'.
So I run through an' let Vm alone.
We whs all nsettin up bchavin with all j
our when r>ctsev come to" the door, I
unci axed 'dnn nil to walk out In dinner. It
wus a powerful relief nil round. Whon we
got to the dinnedrdom, tlinr wis a mighty
nic<- dinner spread out, ahd lhar Rlood Bttf*
ncy,*nn' Hill and .lim Jones, ready to set
down. The quality looked ?t Jim on* JJill,
nu n looked at each other, f>n' looked for all
the world liko ihey never l??d been axed to
cat dinner before, an' didn't know whether
to set down or not.
ftnrney he knowed what thev wjis nrler,
but I didn't. So nays he, ' I'lhv I
<iealH an'.set.dowp An' help you'>i*lve*.?
Tiilr, yon no'Jim Mil down an' fall loo,'?
TIlC'so ncinth nien, ludh s, are my friends."
Jill an' Jim did set ii?j[ht down ap fall I
loo, shore enoOirh ; thev never oured i mii? I
* f Clio quality ??! totood over 'em an *tHir*d
nl Vin m monih.
Tlx* (jit lily j-rcmed like tlify w:is n gwine
Iwck in ih<! hull room. IJnt lliey uive nnoll.cr
luok at die dtniu-r, nrr I reckon they
win ns hungry as Bill nn' Jim wnt<, for ilioy
sot riyht down, sort o* dfsprit, an'got their
selves liopfd.
Presently o?o on Vm looked at one o' the
nigger gnIs and snyp, "Girl, hand me tho
celerj
ljjlce looked at Btetsoy mighty linrd;
Betsy frowned nt Dilco, an* looked like she
oughtcr know nil about it, an' says, "linn
(he nnlt-cellar."
Dilco handed the salt-Cellar. "No," says
the quality pal, "1 asked for the cchry," an'
she looked dght in tho plate o' tnw shiiloles.
llilce jeikcd lip thnt an' l>?r>dpd if to her.
"Them i?shellofcs," says Harney.
The quality gal turned her nose light up
nv licisv s sncnoics, wnni tiovor done her
no harm, an' says, "I thought thoy wcic
c?lerv." > "
" I'm very sorry," snyfi poor Betsy, "i
dldn t know.you preferred salary to ehcllotos."
"You needn't trouble yourself to be sorry,
wife," said 13af-ney, "we hwint got no :
salary, au taint your fault they donl grow
here."
Artcr a while one on' em had eat every
Hung out o' her plate right clean, nn says
she, "Mr. linker, 1 believe 1 will chnnge my
pinte, nnd tnko a bit of thnt goose."
"Certainly, man," say* Harney, micbty
polite. S<> ho cuts oft' a nice piece and lay^
it on his own pi Ate, what was full o* all
sorls o' tilings, an swaps plates with Miss
Fenthercodo. Well, the nolionnle woman
wouldn't eat a bit of Barney's dinner arter
sho got it, an I didn't know what made H trney
looked so solarn like he was a doir ..lis
chief. Co mo to find out, ho k no wed all
the time that she wanted a right clean
plate to cat that pi??co o' goose off er.
Arter thoy had all mrtde a mighty hoar
ty dinner, the old lady tuck her liands an
tlono 'cm so at I >iTco like she wanted 'cm I
rubbed. "Well, the niggers hiul been run - j
nin round tho table nil the time, and I >ilce
was bent on fihosvin how smart she v as.?
80 sbo flew at tho okl soul's hands an sot
to rubbin 'cm like aii possessed ; but Miss
Feathercodc jerked 'em away, an says slie,
" 1 wanted a finger basin."
Toor Betsy, slio was tuck all aba'.V sg'in.
But she is n mighty smart omnn, ef she is
my daughter, and don't often be put out.
She remembered in a minute '.ho littlo
porringer she keeps on 'he top shelf (o give
sick people chicken soup in. So .she had
it filled with wator, an handed to Mis* teath
ercod, She washed her hands in it, mi all
around her mouth, and then tuck a mouthful
and washed out the inside o' her mouth
ami spit it all back in the porringer.?Thinks
I, you "don't git mo to eat no moj-e
chicken soti|> out of that quality finger-basin."
The rest o' the quality when they seed
tliar was no moro porringers com in, all
1 >4... i l- s~ .1 - 11 * i
v.?r>iiuw Him iiniuiH ui mcir dimmer?, i
looked willi all my eyes to soe 'em drink
the water when tlioy was done an spit it
back in the tumbler ; but as good hick
would have it they didn't ; I know it would
a made Barney mighty mad to had to
smash or* All them new tumblers nrtor the
quality find used 'em : an fur my part, I
can't soo what they bedaub their selves with
everything they eat fur, and can't git up
from the labl.e tell tlioy are washed.?
i wouiu a i?eeu a lienp loss trouble to poor
Hetay of thoy had a kept llioir hands under
(ho table clolli, aud a let tlio niggen n toil
'cm.
Uy, (ho tinift the dinner doins wus over
it wus purty late. Wo thought shore they
was a gwine to stnv all night.. Hut fust
tiling we knowed, thev axed for their haUt.
(That's what tliov call them poseys they
war rill tlliMf \ lloma? t.J.1 il.?"
- .. .. ^ <r.>v-. j a/inn k j hum v>m MIVJT
better stay, that Hwnfe- clangcroti* to ride
eight mili'K over that rough road after dark.
" Oh," says one, il we never go out befoTC
dark if wo can avoid it; Old Sol's too ar
dent l>ea>ns are so overpowering."
" \ oS," says another, " and the gertlle
moonlight ia so soft and beautiful."
"And,"nri>'8 another, "so poetical and
sonl ins|>niiijQf, *
. vim, wvys t otiier, "tMfvtwtiikling stars
looking like (lie <*vor watchful eyes of our
gu;mtiun angels."
Harney looked like* lift thought il was his
to warn Vin an to ax Yin to stay all night,,
luit ficoincil mightily relieved when they
wouliln't he warned. lie told 'otn thoi'e
wa.lil't, no tnoOli ; but i'uey said ilicin nn
their coeeljinan an bosses nn carrugo was
all nso to lidin about at night r so they fixed
on llioir bead crear ami took- their tii;lo
-, ? I
sun fiins and started.
Toor Oiilpy wrts hard at wpik to tlia last
a gitlin tlieir supper, for she was bound to
havo 111t in tiino.
" Well, wife," any* Barney, " I ddii'l know
which looks the j;ulivh'.?t, you.or toy p?r of
old oxen that Bun (Till has been working
mo&t to di'iiili "
" I don't think, Mr. Hakor," nays Betsy, j
" you hsivc tniioh respeot for your wife, to1
coinh'nro hor t'? vour old oxen."
Says lie, "Whether I have respect for
liftf or no, I am gwino to take earo of her,
nn you'vo pjot to let them quality folks
alotifc. 1 don't sec nothin iu 'em that my
wiTo should bo n killiu up herself a bootliejiin
this way/'
' Yes,"*ny? I, "to sav nnthin of all the
poultry that's been killed*"
We all went to bed pretty soon, cr'jso
yon f<eo the quality had prottv nisrh used ns
up. lUit ifrd wasn't dono with tla-m yot.
Way long in the night I fioerd a great
boa tin at the front door. I ji roped up, got
a licflit, mi wont to sco what was to pay, an
us 1 live, llinr stood one o' theso nigger solg<*rs,
a bowin an a scrapin soon as ho got
sight.of mo.
"Tlio Lord Idoss my sotd,1' nays I, 'is
your tnisum sent yon hero to fHcth ono o:
them visitin cards this timo o' night?"
IIq bowed atriii an says, " Mrs. Feather
code presents her respects to Mr. Dakor,
and wouM be much obliged could ho lend
his ahxisinnce. The coachman being docuivcd
by ibo drtrknesa of tho night, was bo
unfpriunnle as. to run oil the hide oj tho
caitsewuy , niul upset tlio carringe in the
swamp.
I ?(eiaC(l Hnn by the collar and givo him
sich a shaken, uniform and nil, jost like I
was n inakin up a feather-bed. Says T,
"you imperdent caplnin general you; why
didn't you say so at oncl ? What did you
stand u bowiu an talkin quality tnlk tonic
t'ur, an all vour missives a slashiu about
nocis ovor nciui in L/Ow ownnipf.
Darhey beard ino talkiti to n strange
man, an come tumblin down star?, rolled ,
up in a blanket, an when bo saw nie collarin
of t]io (ino nigger, says he, " Mothcrjest
tnru that feller ovor to tne."
Says I, "Jiarnev, go right up stars an git
into Rotny closo directly an start right olf.
Thatr) quality women an their llunkcy nigger,
nn bosses, and carringo, an little sun
fans, an posovs, an snurt' boxes, an vision
cards, is all kneeled ovor in Cow Swainn."
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" Of.courso," pays llurncy, "so much tor
gitleu sotiUiiianirccl, find truslin to moonsliino
of a dark night, and starry eyes of
gttaijuti augels." ]3ut ho hurried oil; and
I give the nigger a mil her shake, jest to i
remind him I had holt o' him yit. "Now,"
says I, " run for your life to that fust nigger
house you e.otno to, and tell Dan, without
no palavefin, mind von, to jump richt ;
up, mi git the cm-null ready, and his tunstor's
Iros, and you holp an have it all ready
right awny."
I let liiin go nn von would a thought 1 I
lind shot him off. I put a pile o' blankets (
in the carriall, an V>arnoy and Dan went <
down live tniles to t'ow Pond an fished'em
fill Alit nn on 'ftirt liAm'a o
washed our bauds of tlicin quality ever
sence."
" Woll, its most dnr-k. Good by, honey.
You're miglity pleasant company. I've injoyed
myself powerful."
Wlto'l.tuun tilk (Jiuxdstonk.?When I
was n little boy, X remember one cold winter's
morning I was accosted by a smiling |
mnn with nn nvo on 1\i^ olmnl/lni' < XI.. I
pretty boy," said hp, " has your father n
grindstone ?"' " Yes, sir," said I. "You
are a fine little fellow," said he, " will you
let me grind an nx? on it? Pleased with
hi* compliment, of lino "little fellow," " O,
yes, sir," 1 answered " it is down in the
shop." " And will you my man," said he,
patting mo on the head "get me a little hot
I.0" IT ..1-1 T O T ----- - I
nnu-i i iiuxy in i ruuise : i ran unu
soon brought n kcttleful. " How old aro
you, and what's your name ?" continued ho,
without waiting for a reply ; " I am sure
you arc one of the finest lads that ever I
have seen ; will you just turn t* few minutes
for mo?" "Tickled with the fl.iltery, like
a fool, I went to work, and bitterly did I
rue the day. It was n new axe, and I toiled
nnd tugged till I was almost tiied to death.
>.ll.k'^l I- . ll ? r 1
nit soiiuoi immi rung, anu i could not gel |
nwny ; my hands wero blistered, and it was |
not half ground. At length, however, the j
axe was sharpened, and liie m?n turned to J
me with, " now, you little r/iscnl you've j
played the truant, scud to school, or you'll ;
buy it." Alas, thought I, it was hard j
enough to turn a grindstone this cold day,
but now to bo called a li'.tle rascal, was loo I
T? I. -I ! ? f t
iiuuii. uuuiin uL'i*j) in my minu ana oiten |
have I thought of it since. When I sc6 a
merchant over polite to his customers?begging
them lo take a,little brandy, and throwing
his goods on tho counter?thinks I, that
man 1ms an axe lo grind. When I see a
man Hrtttering the people, making great professions
of attachment to liberty, who is in
piivale life a tyrant?-nicthinks. look out.
fond people, that ft*How would set you turning
grindstones. When I see n man hoisted
into ollico by party spirit, without a single
qualification to render him either respectable
or useful?alas! methinks, deluded
people, you are doom?d for a nenron to
turn the grindstone for a booby.?-J<'r<uiklin.
-4- V- ?
fi A7.1 XESS StIIOXG BK TIf A X 1")KAfn.-r-D Ur
ing the summer of 18-1G, corn being so.irce
111 me upuouniry, ana one ot llit) cittzchs
being hard pressed for bread, having worn
threadbare the hospitality of his generous
neighbors, by his extreme laziness, they
thought it an act of chanty to bury him.-?
Accordingly, preparations were made for
interment. Placing him in n wagon 'he
company moved towards the pl icc of interment,
and being met by one of the citizens,
the followingconvergiition took place: "Hal
h>l tvlmt havo you gol there ?" "Poor old
Mr. S." "What arc you going to do with
him?" "Bury him." "What! is he dead?
I havn't heard of his dentil," "No ho is not
uond.lmi iic might as wcii be?lie has no
cort> mid is too lazy to work for any."?
"That is (oq cruel for civilized people, 1 will
give him two bushels of corn myself rnther
than see him burjid nlivo, "Mr. S. rriiaed
iiu; cover ancr uskocJ in his usual lazy virngwring'
tone, "h it shelled ?" "Np, hut you
can soon shell it." "Drive on, boy?."
During the same yonr ofaearcity, n Kenluckjnn,
travelling through one of the upper
Districts, stopped at a farm huuse to slay
for the night, liefore dismounting, he asked
the lmiy, (who had given him permission
to stay,) if lift ronld got a feed of corn
for his horse? (knowing lh.it it whs scorrjc.)
"No, sir,''alio said. "Well, madam, have
yon anyoarts?" "Nothing of the kind, sir."
"Well, how doos people in this phrt of tho
country do any how? Tolerably well, I
thank you, how. do you do.yonrs''*?"
[Fairfield Herald. ',
A JufiT SttN'TKKC'E PllOVOfcNCRD.??S?y9
tho liouisviilo Democrat, "When the Know
Nolinnps KpizOfi wtfll llnT%.\ll/ Knh/la ll ?
o --- - ?< ?>
"Wellington Monument, they proclaimed
thus: 'The sum, (one million doling,)
must be raised by ih? councils of our Or*
dor, or ?ve mu*t suffer ind?dliblo diy^rflce,
nnd become a by-word.' Well, Ibe sum is
not raised, nnd'lhc directors bavo scandalously
abused ihrlr trust. ,I<et,tVn4 sentence,
pronounced in advance, bo executed,"
N~Kvnrt do Hitching that c&n denote no
nngry /jiind, for nlthough everybody is born
with n degree of pnssion, nnd, from unloword
clrcnmetnnces, will sometime feel its
operation, nnd be whnt tliey cnll 'put of humor,'
yet ft Sensible nirni 01 woman will nev-'l
<*r' allow it lo ho discovered. Check nnd
resirnin it, pcver make any dotermiimiion
until you fijul it Iihb entirely subsided, nod
nlwny9 rtvoid smyjng nnytliinjjyou mny trisli
unsnid. X ' I
Dh? Plough..
Clear (ho brown path to moot (lie ddiiltcrV gleam!
Lol on ho comes Iwliiud liirf sniol<iii;{ (eiilit,
Witli toil's brlghtqew-tjrops on his eun }?urut brow
Tlie lonl of onrth, jhc hi*ro of the Jilough!
First in the fiohl beforo (lib reddening rtiti,
JLnst in the uliniluWB vlien the ilny Is done,
Lino after lino nlong (Jio burning MX I,
iUiirKs in'1 ur'Jim acres wiHjr? in? leoi nave iro<i;
Still \vliorc ho tread* the stubborn clods divdo,
The smootli, fresh ftlrrow opens deep and wide;
Matted and dense the tangled turf upheave*,
Mellow and dark tl?o ridgy cornfiold cleaves;
V p the steep hillnidu wliero the laboring train
Stands the long tract that spares the level plain ;
Through the moist vnlleyelogged with 90zipg clay
The patient convoy breaks its destined way ;
At?V(iry torn tho loosunini/ cliiiiiin yesound,
The ^winging ploughshare e.irc.les glistening round
Till the wide field 011c billowy wu*te nppears,
Ahd wearied hatuls unbind the tumtinir atenra
Woman's Yoici;.-?How consoling to
the mind oppressed by heavy sorrow is tlio
voiccof uuammblu woman! Like sacred rrnifio,
it imparts tplho soul a feeling ofcelestial
serenity, and as a gonilo zcphvis refreshes
theweaiied senses with its soft and' melliljuous
tones. Kiches may avail much in
11.a ? . ii... < *_:?-1
V..V I.will VI (UIIIVIIWII ? llIU M IIMIUMJIU OI I DM II
may allcviato for a time tl:o bitterness of
woo; but tho angel voieo of woman is capable
of producing a lasting effect on the
heart, nud communicates a sensation of delicious
composure which tho mind hud nyv- j
er before experienced oven in tho moments i
of its highest felicity.
CoNUNDurMs.-*'' Talking of conundrum*,"
l Ala if
btuu V7iu nurrican?, fiireiofftng lumsult all |
over Social Hall, and sending out one of,
those mighty pulY* of Havana smoko which j
had given him his name, "can any of yon
toll mo when a ship may bo said to bo in
lovo I"
" I can (ell von?I can," snapped but
r :i.l. ?r? . i r. i i
jiiuiw juruo. -us wnon sue wanu to be
manned."
11 Just missed it," quoth Old TInrricane,
" l?y n milo and a half. Try it again.?i
Who speaks first?"
" I do', secondly," answered Lemons, ''ll
is when she wants a .male."
" Not correct," replied Hurricane. "Tho
question is still open."
"When she's a shin of (vri-ni ?r;n " .^1.i
I - - o ' V"fc>I
modestly propounded Mr, Smoothly.
11 Xo," replied Ilurricnnc. ' <l
When she's tender to <a mnn of war," i
said tho Colonel, regarding the reflection of
his fnee in his boot. j
" Kverthing but, c'orrcot, responded Old
Ilurricnnc."
When she's struck aback by : heavy
swoll," suLjgcslO'l Starlight.
" Not as yot," said Hurricane. " Camp,
hurry along."
" When sho makes much of a fast sailor!''
cricd Smash pi pep.
lloro there wasa grent groan, and Smash
pipes was thrown oul the window.
When peace was restored. Old Unrri
caiio '' propqljcsd" again :
" Von might hayo said, 'when showings
the wind, or 'when sho ruua down aftor ?i
consort.' or something of that sort, hul it
J,.nnl,p, -:~U? mi.. ?i i -
..viku V Ulivii iiyui. J IIO ri'lll SUIUIIOI)
is this?wben she's attached to a buoy /"
- ??
A TSiucic or a IJkn.?The editor of the
\Voon?ocket Patriot makes merry over tlie
mistake of an old Shanghai heii of his that
has been "setting" for five weeks upon two
round stones and a piece of brick ! " I lor
anxiety." atioth he.''is no oronLor ibnn Aim
i ' O v"',v
to know what she will hatch. If it proves
a brickyard, that hen is not for sale.
Turks is a woman, youthful and quite
handsome, who visits tho Haltimore Penitentiary
every day, nnd converses with her
husband for an hour or more through the
Dar3.. Yet this man is serving out a term
of years for having cut lier throat?his
wife's?and inflicted several stales in hor
breastt from the effects of which, her lifo
was for a long time despaired of. What
an ovidonoo of lovo and constancy.
Fiiikacms is IiiKi.A^vn.?1The following i*
from the lnln AmI70? ftf Tirtnoiinvi- ?!>.?#
, . *. ??rick
Ryan, a young man pf rcppcctnblo appearance
iadiclod Cor unlawfully having in
his possession, in a proclaimed district, a
pistol, was found guilty and sentenced to
be imprisoned for twelve month#."
A Modki. Woman.?Ilow mnnv wives
would do well to cmulato tho virtue of the
ci.A ?
uMiinuvo iiiuiiiii woman, who was tnci ov
n man who a?ko<l Iior to lc?ok on him and
foyp him. "My husband, s;>id sjio, "is
ever before my eyes, and hinders me from
seeing J'ou or any ono olso !"
W I" ? f; * ^
(<0 g* i ? * z <3
we .Ills" &=? *s#
I w| J*1is
_ j ^ ? tJ ?" - * te 0* w
K w " I E? ^ J | -s -1 i
rh(Q| ? ? $ -* v* u '5 :1 ^
W S 5 jf g E 2 rt 45 3 ft5
. ^ ? o lo-tira 5 ^ g o
^ 7J t?.? if .'B h ? ? 1 _
,s o ?r 6o ??'< ^ 5 ? 5 -q .o
r+ ? a, g ;S ,* 2.- / * a ^2
v-id- * *?* Sisl?~
n 8"r-" i 2 $ -s
. ^. Jo | ?.-3 ^
* & < :.# 3? " _
fSlatc of Montli CnroiiHA]
TJ? KQUtT\*--riCKRSB.
Wcloy n.Hlip-; Ad?t'r. ) n;u for aLtfwy ftC.
retw n. Cltiwtnin, ct. al ) ., cou"* nru< nh"m
IT npprnririg to niy unti^fiiction U?3?t Peti?r
ChuMnm, olio <>f tin- doromlnrU* f) Inia l>ill of
comptnliit, resides tvillioul tiio limit# of tnia 8tiit<?i
on motion irf'AiwttfiiA CaropboH, conij>Uin?irtl,?
solicitor*, it is ordered that tho mid <lofmnlnnt
do itppcnr, plead, anwor or demur to the fflid JW\l
of complaint in thia4im>, within thioo month"
otrt thh pub!i<\itioti hcrooT. or an OrJor pro eoni*o
-will bo t?kei? jv?'to him. '
ROBT. A. THOMPSON, o.K.p.n.
Oom'ra Office, Marolr 21,1857.. . Jbn
E?trttc (Voticc.
\T/T, person* inrichtpd to tho K.-tuto of Wiljlim
MiltriliiW ()?Aii??>i -*..111 ? <? ?- *
( uvvt-imvu, will IIIIIRV jni^nicnTjiincT
Hmmw huvinp * rtvnTid* ngninst ^siifavtnls ill rMt
(l?*r tbf?u legally uttesU'il on of th?
?flth nay of J?|in nexj. flfion tlyjt ai\v * Dual *ottlemcnt
or &njtl *:<tnto will l?o miule ill the Or<liniftry'tt
Offltf*. nt AVkcn* C. H.
v^ ^M^HY ALEXANDRA,
Vr , J. W.J&UftetftirgE. \:4KxW.
4/wrol121,1857 3u?
NEW STOW 13 k NEW COODS
at wi bii M. i. V/k.
fPltE imbscrfW Is reocivihtf and opening
1. nf. iiis fftiW &TOflM}vn Midnstreot^
\\ iilKnlld n I ? ? <* i~\ innnl r\ C
if (iiiiiiiin, (i rjncui nuviuu u i
Splendid Now Goods,
Consisting, in part, of DliJJS^.wOro for
Ladies and (Jen(loinon!* Wear ;
Ilats and CapR, Loots and ?jtioes, a largo
and fine stock ;
Ready Mado ClotUiug, .1 very complelo assortment?
under and over dress ;
#-! ?<<<>
9 p
Of nil descriptions, ficsh and for sale vory
low for cash only ;
Segars. Chewing ami Smoking Tobacco, of
t lio host qualities.
Together with a great number of articles
not enntnoraleil, all of which have beon selected
with great caro, ami will bo sold on
llio moat .accommodating terms for cash.
PROD UGE taken in exchango foj (joods- ^
at oasji rales. Give mo a (rial!
j. ii. osTicNnaiiKf;. /
Xov. 13, 186(0 )!) tf
WINDOW SASHES
OF all kinds, manufactured by KosJpj &
Davis, superior for ifieir exactness and
durntulllv ?lr..n.l.- o.wl
>'."V If *?-?? ?
the best American nnd French Window
<?ln*s. AIway8 oti hand and for sale atWallialhi
by " JQ11X KUCSK.
RKUIiVClHOTIP \\V.
Pnro /^nc nnil American White Load, for
which tbo highest premium was awarded
at t)uv\V<nj<|\$ Pair, X. V. Sale Agents
for Soulli Onroliiifi/ Cij.pmalt l'-riggs, in
CtfetU'*t$n/ Omi) pale et Wallialla bv
* :^OUN K11US12.
* , si. 5 K \ ^
Raw riixl boiled I,i'n>ced" Oil, Spirits Turpontine,
Putty, nil kinds of Paints, dry and
nlso ground in <"?i!, Ohio, Paint liruslies,
,-flul all articles in tliis lino. For fialo at
the lowest figures for cn*1i l>v
.101 IN tvUUSE.
Wnll.Mlla, 1853 31 If
| t. w. iiAunisj)*, ^..w.Nojtnis, jr. *. c. pclliam.
II ARK ISDN. XOHKIS& PULL1A I\f,
AltoracvN :it
I YyiLT. ntfenil pVMhpHv to nil business cntrosI
1T ti*?l to their ctorc. Mr. IVi.uam cnn nlwny*
l>c fouiul iji Ihe ofllcc. t
OtftflCF. AT MCKESS C. II., S. C.
5|opt. fi. mr, tf
JEWELRY. GOLD & SILVER.
j JKASIMe. FISCIIESJilJR,
! Wftllihllit, S.
H AS just now returned from New Yorkv
witli h large and beautiful assortment of'
r&w&v&r, wayaxiss,
(both Gobi and Silver.) Clocks, Music l5oxI
cs, Combs, Brushes, Fancy Article?, Per
fumety, Soaps, Gold Pens, etc.; nil of ^jj
j which has been bought for cash, and which
' lie offers for snlu on the most nccommotlnlI
ing terms.
?-??" He nlso IlKPAIRS Watches nnd
other ni tides in his line, nnd solicits (lie patronage
of the public. His stand is near
the public square, at Walhnlhi, S. C.
__Dcc. 15. 18r>0._ U <r
LUMBER! LUMBER!
rPllK underpinned nre now prepared fr>
I I fill orders for TAJMllER of nM kinds. ah
tboir Mill on Oeoneo Creek, eight miles
north-east of Widbalffi. Lumbfcr \vil! bo
1 delivered if it is ilcfiirctl by tho purchaser.
Our terms will be mndo ae.c^mmodating,
and we rospectfully soliott the pntronago
of tiic public JAMKS GKOUGE,
M. F. MITCUF.M,,
J. N. LAWHKNCK. |
| 1'rO. |U, Ib.M if I If I
STAIll or SOUTH CAUOM\A,
IN KQl'ITY IMCKKXS.
William Cnp<\ Atha'r. ">
.? >8n ? ? ! imi for T)^covcrr, Re- r
feigSfc8"1"* \ ,KAc-'
T.'.f. Keith, Ex'or*. ft nl. I
IT-npponiinu to ll?o ?ntIhfiiclion of I]?<? Conmmniojior
Uint if. L. Keith, 0110 of the ilcfcmlants
to this hill of complaint, resales without the jnfjsdict
um of the Courl: 011 mot ion ofOrr it Wilkes
1 f?I. ! A! * ....
^ ..jrnnu.iui ? piinciiurr, if is orucrcu mat the situ I
defendant do appear, answer or dfrnnr t<>
t'.iomid hill of complaint in thin ca?p, within throo
months from this date,or ail or dor pro ronfrtto
will be taken as to him.
HOTVT. A. THOMPSON,c.K-P.n.
Corn'ri' ^.-c. ?.!.ych eS. IfrS? On*
rvoTiIiio.
mm.' i?- : i ?" ? - * 1
, | .... unvit i.u nn 111 iiiHKt; ii mini fpitk'Uioiit
I ?f tlio imntv (if Lewis V, Heeder, <!?.'? eased,
in tlie Qrdinnrv'e Office, Picken* 0, If. on ^toi^
tiny the fltta day of .July next. All persons indebted
to tljh estate. OicreTorc. m??t nmke pnynient;nnd
thiweliavingjdeinnrida iigniost the *nmo
will render them in legnllv flttceted' by that titno.,
H. C. fcjtKMCR. ) A,
U. Jb\ RKKDKlt. \ JYl' l
April 2.1857 a8 flin
w. ?. t.Am,r.Tt, ?\A0 WICKI.IFVR.,
EASLEY & WICKLIFFE,
Attorneys ut Lini'. /
V yn.L nttciu! nimctnnllj to nil T?u?jiVps en- i
? t tru^Ifo tuckr eayc in t)ic: Court* i>f tho.
Western Qfrcuft.
ofi ick \j rxcKRKs c, fi., s. c.
Rrpt. TJ tf
___ ^ Y^ftnir wwi.
n A K. W. TtROWtf nre JUST RECETVTNO
0? 1,000 of Sitlf In reMndeMlwgs,.
lot (if iiUOC'Ull US of nil kind*. via:
SitKftr, Coflt't:. Iron, ]Wot?> Ac., <tc., curefully nr
Icctod for die Wli Trh?i6.
?At.SO
5,000 lb*, ftn'oon ftkWH, ftO coil* RrvpV, 10 Imlbn
I^fttbor ft'"' KiiMitt Brngnim, kadlnff
nrtlc.lcH iw Ilnr?Kftr?,'Wti?T4'l?. ?t<v
Call ut tlie ol?) ntanj. nl^l XJify'/itSOX Q< JJ 8. (J?niul
we'll do \vlmtV riftnt 1
s. <t. pi. w. nnowN.
flcpt. 12 t ,
LOTS FOK S ALE
I)KftftON?*l?*lFrtt?R of nnreWinpf 7,OTflt
jC in tho town of Walhnll/i,own hftve them, .
on tho <i??rtl condition*. Apply to
.T. H. OSTKXlXaU'l-, AgM.
Nov. fl iak.1 '
. 1 ' m
TflF, undiTxIghctl linvlng boch nppointc<1 A*An^.n
niifijjs it O.. nil pwons InV \j?|
' /tobtcil in ?ni<l firm rtrf??roqYjo*f?l t?> mnV? pA-*'im>r\t
to ' ' "0. r- C'AMJBNDKR,
' '|'unnc\ JliU, April 9, 83 A*'fyi>cc,
!