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" egfcBOTEB PORTRVi' Ff?5ni Ciodry'H Livly's Hook. Christmas Hymniiy >iima?v i>.vwsoy. S"t 1JottilchbT?ri< St.?r arising. llouo coniolhj with ils Wuwii, j Tu jjlessn ?hc jpyouft heart cil, .itnl comfort those >vfyb mourn. Jf humble, ju^t, nml true, (' oil's love is dour lo you ; n umil yourneiivi anow 'flic Christ-cMM lias been born. 1 The festal joys soon over , That ushers in the <luy "Tis pa it?aituthov Christmas!'' Is nil. perchance, thou'lt Say; Tint, if a year Hits' flown. Nil high-soul impulse known, ( No seed of promise so.vn, Christ cannot bo thy stay. Live that this (luy may brighten j ] On all thy coming year.-}, I A stuj of joy to lighten Through sorrow's cloud of tears. Let IIoavoU'8 hiirh niurcU ami/. In triumph t6 their King, 1 Tli$ gifts thy mtSckhjvndsbring With child-like hopes and fears. What though the ntfeiont sages 1 trough l gifts of gems anil gold! That suMi no mortf avail us, , Thou nc?dst not to l?o told ; T'ut opvlngt to the Poor, Dcedtt holy, words ns piliro, W ill tliv soul'? pcaco acouro Within Christ's sacrod fold. I sVJJyOELUVriY. .! The Fawn of Faseagoula. ;. \\ o i:iko liic louowuig story iroin a Vol- 1 umc of admirabloskotchos and cssnys, cntitied " IV) mil u tic Passages in Southwestern History," by the Hon. A. B. Mock, published by Gootzcl and Company. " Shall T tell you a story of real life as romantie ftud n/fe tin'/ as any you will find i -infiption '! ' AV'ell?listen! Every citizen or Mobile is familiar with the sight of the Indian girls who are in our streets in the winter. With their littlo bundles of lightwood upon their backs, they mark the ad i i? 1^1 i 1 ~ 1 1 * Yuut oi cum wuutuur us reguiariy sis me mocking-bird nnd tho cardinal ehroniclo the Approach of spring. They peddle their small parcels of pine from door to door, and nil arc familiar with the soft, quick, petitionary voice, in which tlioy exclaim " Chump*," as thoy offer their cheap burdens for sale. These Indian twirls, it is well known, belong to certain Choctaw families, who refused to emigrate with their tribe beyond (lie .Mississippi, and yet linger upon tlioir aboriginal hunting-groum's oil the watora of the Pearl and Pascagoula. Though they thus exhibit an uueoiifjucrttble attachment to their natirtfsotlj tiiey ixavo yet refused to adopt the linliita, language, or puffeuits of the whitort by who;n they are surrounded, and are perversely indifferent to nil the inducements of civilization. They persist in leading a species of savage gipsy life? tho men sustaining themselves by limiting, and tho women, by vending w hortleberries, itwl nfliiM* vvilil frnlfju in t.I.i* cnnimnv ...wl i bundles of pine in t!iu \vtutor. With these simple productions, they visit Mybilc semiannually, and for tho time reside in the vicinity, iu anuill huts or camps, constructed of baric, boards, or the lintbs of trees. This has been their custom fr'oiu time immemorial, and it yet continues. Thcso r.idians arc generally a miserable Anil v.??n i.M\ ?:?I> oil?!,?:? a* ...... .V 1-V.V, lill/U dution, tncy possess somo of the virtues in ft singular degree. The women avc proverbially ouasto and modest, and of all the young girls that annually visit our city, none, have been known to depart from the paths of rectitude. A strong interest thoreIbro ouvrounds these simple daughters of the woods, who r sist all the blandishments of their station, and pass unharmed through the stroets of our city. Many of them arc quite handsome, ami poswoss, beneath their rustic garbs?the calico gown and the red blanket?considerable graces of manner and appearance. As they invariably refuse to talk Kn^lish, very little conversation can be had with them, ni>d that outv in referonce to the small bargains which they desire to make. " C/ntmp<>," and "pita i/unc, are almost me only words which they employ in their intercourse with our inhabitants. Still, they are jiot reserved in their movement!?, where they wish to mnfcc ji bargain, anil enter tho different houses of tho city, stores, dwellings, and offices, without ccromony, hesitation or announcement. Who has not been startled many a n;'oriiii)':\ by a voiec at the cl^oiuber:door, exclaiming "Chumpa?" *. The stoical demon nor of 'bose Gh^'.jw maidens often led to the iinprassicn *hat they ore destitute of the nntnr.il Hensimi! ties ami nentmicnts of llrtiir jiojr. Tliov Lave lii'iirlit,' flashing eyes, well developed, Bymvnetrical ami fioxibU; funns, beautit'id small hands und feet, and flhow, in their lovo for brilliant articles of dross) rinup, beads, and other personal decoration's, the taster and vanity of their eivilized sisters; in ii posnuie ui?t uicy areuoHtiuu. 01 tnosc delioiito .sympathies and tcmlol* uifToctiona which b.ivo marked woman in a)l oilier clntmcB arid .conditions of Jifo ? This rp?,s tion has dotfhtless fmjfcprOHtod itself to many, as an intcfestlnjtproblnin of chara?tor. In One instance) nt Icaat, an attempt?perhaps a oiJcJ~-'WUs mndo to rfofve it, and it is tfiat, tho.stpry Wttlcn T Wo to tell refers. It entire to my knowledge in nil (Jefcula, but I will attempt to nartate it in aiieh .1 manner erf not to detain the rofcdev with particular.* which he can imagine for hiin?oU'. Anuug the Choctaw ^5])Hiea, who visited Mobile in the winter of 1?40, wafl ono of uniisuid beauty nt?d qftvfii-tivoncHS. Althott'^li ;-i-nredly dovt lopr.l into VroiAinhnod ? not more man sevonnwu "hhiih JKiVHig kitted tho rich' bronse of her cheek-?sho was tet tall, routitMimb<;<' nfrmght ftnd pjrae?jju 1?Ji very mo^eT'of, r?,nur>tno form. Her Jreiiturcs more pro?mri6iifc njicl regujnr tliau & Hunal with their tribe, were delifKjtely ftontyttirdd? nod tho erect attitude a? }i?r ?vit0, v- itli fee* farg? ktwO-Ukc avc*, ami abundant coal-black hail*, always neatly tJaltftd <u massive fuldd> gave to her appearance an air ot* fcupetlority such us t)io youthful 1 'ooahontas is sijid to havo pjOs- j ms*cd. tier chess ??? ciUyiavjly iioat, tliouxh with u lnnro number of silver ami i wAiUiMiiri ornaments, and her small foot, i tfhicli any of the nrolnoiiaderson Pnuphin ; might hare envied, wove in variably dressed in inyccafiu.s, ornamented in tho most fanciful stylo with many colored boads. As (jho walked about tho streets of Mobile, arrayed in this way, with hor pnrcol of pine nwuh$ across her shouklovs, she attracted the attention pf till spectator.*, for h??r beauty, tboupb she would hold convorse with ! none expept in the few wovds by which she j pnaoftvoreu to cusposo ot nor harden. Much interest was naturally felt in this jTOUilg girl, and many efforts were made to learn something of Wv character and 1$?tqry. Nothing further could ho gleaned, [and this was told by " Obtain ]3iily," a lrunkeu Choctaw, frequently aeon iu garrulous moods, in our streets,) than lhatshe was the daughter of an Indian Thief of much note, who died many years before, leaving her, an only child with her mother, , in their oahin on the Puseagoula. Her singular beauty had made her quite a belle with the young Choctaw warriors j but she wns very shy, and was called in tho Indian tongue, The "Wild Fawn of PnscJlgOula.? CllT\lwrfr>/l lmi? 111. *4 !??">* 1 ..w . .v-v. ..V-. ".v.vi.vi, ".'J jM, and liornoir, liy her truftio in berries md " lightwood." llcr personal charms mado her one of tho most successful dealjrsin those articles, and every one, particularly the young men of Mobile, were glad to give her the preference in their patronage to this young and attractive creature. Many were the effort* made to gain her sinnes, aim enlist tier conversation, but thev were all in vain. She woilUl go her daily round, and enter with perfcet unreserve, the rooms or offices of her patrons, deposit her little load of pine receive licr dime, and then quickly retire with tho. Micks in her hands, to jirocuve another parcel. Tilings glided on this wny for some months, during the winter of which J speak. At last an event occurred which tested the stoicism and character of the young Fawn of Pascagonla. Among those whom she daily supplied with light wood, was a young lawyer, residing in an office in tho second story of a building 011 one of our principal streets. AUnnruig tiic beauty of tins timid visitor, and feeling a strong interest in her, he determined to see if he coidd not, i by kindness of manner, deferential notice, and elegant presents, win the heart of this simple child of the woods. Though his motive was mainly curiosity, his purposes i... 1.?1 :.i ? -< -i ??v?v, iiuu wuu, tin 1.1 iiu MUM 111* lUUil Ui UUlllg any injury to (ho objcct of his experiment; by paying her those attentions which had been found potent to enchain the admiration, and win the love of more enlightened and accomplished maidens. He was a man of uncommon personal beauty, and singularly fascinating manners, and all those he brought to bear, as well as lie could, to effect his innocent. Jtnd. as he thought, hnrm- i ' * O " ~ V 1 less flirtation. It is needless to detail the arts resorted to by Henry Howard to win the heart of the Fawn of i'a.scagouln. lie began in the most modest and deferential manner} he purohast. ' from her, much more frequent' ly than lie needed, supplies of fuel, paid her larger piufis than she asked, and made her presents of trinkets, pictures, and little ornament.-* of dress, and accommodated himself in every v ay to Iter apparent wishes. These things ouod tor some weeks, and at last began to have obvious effects.? Tito Fawn tarried longer in her visits at his office than elsewhere; and she always came there first, and took an evident interest in his? attentions. At longthahe began to answer his remark - in such few Words of English as she could command, ami to look upon his handsomoand fascinating couutcnauce with pleased smiles and earnest con tiuucd attention. The spell evidently began to work ! I fenvv Howard understood the secrets of woman a heart well; hut hero lie had to doal with an untutored Indian girl, timid as a bird, and whoso springs of emotion and sympathy could hot ho determined by ihc ordinary standard# of fooling. Do not think that J am depicting tho.se subtle arts of fascination by which the rattlesnake lures and captivates the hummingbird. There was no purposo of evil ill the heart of the young attorney. lie was but nraotisil)!!' with a-BimnlVi?AV'!im' ? t > i - - - i->- ?> ~rr"~ trick/j aud ele^-nnoiea of intercourse, winch are roco^nisod an legitimate in civilized so^ ci<Hy. Jfo wished to see if the same affection ft could Via developed in tlic bcadi'd beauty of tin* forest, as arc to bo found with the polished belle of the bnll-rooni end boudoir, The probabilitiefl were, that the o.?pVnnont TVould not aucoccd?a Casuist woi'hi tiicrofovo think it harmless. Months had pawed in this way, and IlonII .^-..1 - i *- -i 1 ' ' - 1 ' 4 ry .*uiwiuu uv .hng utaorminc'l IO milKO ft more obvimtR demonstration of his lovo to the T'Vwn of I'aWagoula, Oho cold morning in February, just as he hnd finished his toilet, ho he< d a light step at the door, and a well known voice, a? the speaker entered, playfully exclaiming, f'Chumpu, chum pa!" Arrayed in her most beautiful dress, with a hand of ailver.afound lior lu?ir, and long ncckiaces 6f. boodi foiling from her graceful ncok, the Fuwti* stood before htm. She , i i /? ? ? lurew ncr armiui or pine upon tho hearth, and looked iftailiog Into hravfajie. In his most pfrAcflful manner lie nppr<?ir.hed UoT and took her Band in fowl ?Suddonty ho cno^led her ivaiat with hi? aval) and driiWid# iici" to Mm, he imprinted upon hor lip a lone and fervent kiw^" Modo-ntlv.. shn looked info liis taeo with n slight expression of surprise, but not db$sii! infliction ; find thriw he poured forft\ to her frarm arid urgent words of love. Neither wdfo theso. coldly kjjoJcoH) for the young and ardentndmirc/hart boon 110 little mtetesfcfl in lho olrjcc^ of hi* attentions As hp waa dil^Wifc, h^wu-crj, to repeat M. kisses, the now tart IUU A-awp, pyn quic>.?pw?3i)pnt, uin??e4 fierce f front ,hi$ undgUdctfAQiv^ iM/joomtff >/& r M W* "'2 '<? jl-SLsl-:. j "Stand off, Mr. Howard," she exclaimyd in better Euglish tlian lie bud cvor heard her speak before. "Mo good t'ricud to kind gentleman-?but no love I The Fawn must | BiRWY he*" Own nonpln. H!io love young warrior up on Panoagoula ! He have heart ,im(! s!<in the HfimQ color! Mobile nmn not good for 0)ioetaw girl. Mc go to my hotnu ?-to Choctaw Chief's cabin?to-morrow.? (Jood-hy ! Me love you mueli?you so kind ?but no wife !" As she said this," she drew her red blan- i kot as proudly about licr, a.s cvoV n'frighlojjnble bcllo donned her mantilla at a'bull, nnd | glided from the door. Struck its motionless as ii statue, the elegant Henry IIow- i iud, the Mobile dandy, stood gazing at the door through whiuh the young (Jhnetaw girl had vanished ! His l'ps wore slightly parted, his dyes widely otjen?o look of wonder and doubt upon his huluWnie face! "By heavens 1" he exclaimed ; "is it possible ! Caugllt in my own trap 1. Jilted by j an Indian 1 Well, it's a good joko, and all i tj..? i... mv. .ii 'i i?.- -i i ipiiu Kiit, I'y i witiunuu nun I'liHiiumuiha ! I must takb cnro tlmt the bollerf of Mobile do not find out the story. I<ct who will hereafter experiment upon Choctaw character, to discover whether these Chum* pa-girls havo not like affections with other people, I, for one, am satisfied. "This Ifawn of Paschgdulahas for months taken all my presents and delicate attentions with the timid gentleness of a nun, ami now Iinsgiv6li me t]ib sack as ooipplctc* ly as it could liavo been done by a fashionable coquet te in a gilded saloon, by the light of a chandelier. Well, that's pome thing rich! Bravo I llenry Howard! Recollect hereafter, as Torn Moore sayn: "Wliflto'cr hi;r lot. she'll have her will, And Womnn will be Woman still." W/AlftUl&Ty,, Congress. Tho tliirty-fifih ('engross, in ptirsuanco of tho Constitution, commenced its first session this dnv, Monday, tho 7th of December. Tho attendance of Senators was unusually largo, thoro being but ton absentees. In tho absence of tho VicO President, Mr. Bright, llio oldest Senator present, administered the oath prescribed by law to the new Senators, tho Hon. Andrew Johnson, of Tonnesseo, and tho lion. Daniel Clark, of New Hampshire. The Senate completed its Organization | by electing a President pro tempore. Hon. Benjamin Kitzpatrick, of Alabama, was , chosen. IIo received twenly-oight votos. ' i->.. .1. uy iii?j opposition, nineteen were given lo Mr. Hamlin, mid one to Mr. Seward. A message was received from (ho President of tho United State*, upon which the Senato went into executive session. It was j the nomination of Mr. George W. Bowman of Bedford, Pennsylvania, as Superintendent of Puhlio Printing, which was confirmed. JIol'SK ok Ukimikskntativkr.?Tii accordance with the usual custom, tho House was to day called to order al 12 o'clock m., ; by tho Clerk?Mr. Cullom, of Tennessee. I Two hundred and lwentv-fivA irtAmlmn and seven delegates appeared in their scats. A vote, viva race, was taken for Speaker with thu following result: James Jj. Orr, 128; Galuilm A Grow, 84; Felix K. ZollieotVer, 3 ; Lewifl 1). Campbell. 3 ; Valentine 13. llorton, 1; IT. W'inler Davis, 2; F, P. Blair, Jr., 1; William Li Kicnud, 2; Hum phroy Marshall, 1. Mr. Orr having, received n majority of all llio votes cast, was declared tlio Speaker elect of tiie House of Representatives for the Thirty Gfih Congress. lie was escorted to the chair hy Messrs. Banks, of Massachusetts, uiul Stephens, of Georgia, and "responded in the following speech : " Gkntlkmkn or tub House of Reprf, j skntativks : X thnnk you for the honor ytui have couTdhed in selecting me to preside over your deliberations. The delicate and re msible duties of t ho Ob air vyitl bo comparatively light if I slw.ll be as fortunato as lo secure, as doubt? less I will, your co-operation in maintaining tho dignity and preserving the decorum of this body. Too mies yon may ndopt to regulate your proceedings I shall seek most earnestly to administer firmly, I'nillifullv and iinonfliallv. 4 I J * The great interests confided tooui charge by tl?e people of tliis Confederacy admonish us to ciiliivnto patriotism as expansive as tho Republic itself. I cherish the arilcot hopo that our public duties here may bo discharged in t.ucli manner as to uphold tho Oouslitution, preserve the union of these Slates, quicken their j -osperily, and build up tho grealnese and yiory of I t\in* l% /?A?ihl ? ?/ " Th<1 oath of office whs administered to the Speaker by Mi . J. It' Oiddingi, ofOliio ns ill-.* oldest member elect; and thu members and delegates present then oamo forward and rr'w.O oivtui'v iit by tilt) k'pUrtlUH. ' ? ' Washinotqn, 1>*c. 1.?At tlio Democratic Caucus to-i, /ht, Mr. Stoadmivn, of Ohio, \v?8 norninnted, for the office of public IMotqr, the friends of bunks and Sleadmita hiivlnjf united. Mr. itic!iard??jn, of Illinois, has been n#njb tendered the Gpvernorship of Nobraskti. The entiro Dflily obo to-dny i$ ciccviuMltt i?'n'-t ~ ' * ' ~ ?,?< >. in uAfiuoiuun vii uuvj^yu iriiuuo mi the puiclins? of books during tlio last Congress. Tito publicAtion has creatcd a great 80nfnlion in all political circlos. There aro at least ft t'..?iisao<l applicants for Hubordinalo positions under ll'e ^ewly tlecled ofUccrs of the House of Representatives , * ftoUTII CA^JLJNA Br-NATORlAfc UhWNothing thnt hns ocourr?d in the history off&utn Carolina for twenty, yoara p&tiins J'jvi'ii tiMMM.'h unalloyoil pleasure as tho Aiinuanoouitiut that she had mndo choieejof iioi- 'liatin^aiHhtid won, (Jen. Jmnotf II. { :t'in,(n)(l, iis t! . Ihtivo ->r her . in tho ffcua'td vf tho United I Wffre** VUry, 'a?i- -d* v. ? [ j\ixiri pvm fvi mar, i>ou. u. l>;ta ;ilj : intoMnctniul a gcuhw that will do doctor 46 I Hfe ?t?$? iu the national cotjuoifij biVtf 3$. * '* iK -AJy-f-.., H I'TPE* * - I tion, to us, lias u fur more si<ruificnnt bcflr-'t ! ing. May it not bo au omen of u lusher > | and prouder destiny for our gallant neigh- <] bor?hor gradual abandonment of that ob- i I stinato exelusiveness that has auvorcd so t | strongly of vanity and weakness in the oyea | ,c J of tho world, and that has kept her aloof j k 1 from the great race of national progress and j r i glory. We trust ho. While her position ! >' ! has been gallant and high-toned, there has I I j been r laok of that wiso moderation and | f practical utilitarianism, that aro necessary K to enforce tho teachings of hor doctrines I and example. She haft kept in a region too a sublime for this common sense, mutter-of- i j fact ago of tho world, and wo nnil with joy the slightest appearance of an indication t that she is to comc down from her lofty ? estate- 1 ticn. Hammond at ono time acted a con- c spicitmts part in the politics of his State ; \ 1 inwo holinVD. ltsib nt. nrt (imn 1w>imi vmvn'rrl. f ccl as affiliated with tho prevailing ultraism i I of her people. Ilo is a conservative, and t j while a true and dauntless friend to South -t 1 Carolina, ho has also a patriotism that 0111- t braces in its grasp the whole Uuion. He 1. has superior mental acquirement# and tul- " I ents of a very high order, and both are a destined to shine in the new firmament to ' which they have just been transplanted. I [Savannah Jtrjwbliran. * Tub Washington Union, in n recent ar- 1 lido upon tlio notion of tlig Kansas Con- ] 5tilulion:?! Copvention, lias coin pi esse J tbo < \vlutIo im-rits of tlio Controversy into rt few a brief ami felicitously expressed sentences. . ft savs: " In the absence of any restriction in nn c enabling act of Congress, tlio peoploof K?n- , qns hnvn HQ plnnr n ?uKni l?m. , / ; 6"- "?V'XV . j their Constitution should ho submitted for j popular ratification, in whole or in pari, as they have to dcoido whether slavery shall (< or shall not exist. Tliey enn only settle , litis question, however' hy the Ik*gal der.is- j ion of tho people. If the late Convention f I was a legal body, and its action within the j I scone of its lecal nower. it is a cl?ar infrnn- . I lion of tbedoctrino of non-intervention to ? [ attempt to defeat llid legally expressed will N of the people, upon the assumption that the. ( whole Constitution ought to have been submitted. The Kansas act <1 eel area that the j people of Kansas bftvd n full light to decide" j that qucs ion. Tlicy have, decided it by the aetion of a legal Convention, and the ad- J ministration, in recognizing that action, is faithfully carrying out the spirit and letter of the Kansas ant." Nkw Youk, Dec. 7.?Tlio Cahawba lias t arrived from Havana. Tlio wifo of-Oeuor- " al Santa Anna had reacheJ Cuba from St. t Thomas. i Four cargoes of negroen bad arrived on 8 tlio Island within tod daya, numbering in ? all ten thousand four hundred souls, li t was believed that three of the vessola be* J I.. Il.n Bi.i. VC 1 ' vw jj\.- i i v \mv mhtl v~ >vi 111^ \jk * cluiSiitt?. ' Tkiihirlk Sckne is a Theatre.?A wri- ( lor from Europe gives tlie following do?- j oripiion of tho Rt'one nt Loghorn, whero in *, an agony c causeless alarm, ono hundred ' men of o crowd, were trampled to death, f mul (?? /? liiiiulfii/l iuoiiml/i.1 ? "The House was crowded?rtho piny, Tlio 'I nking, of Sebnfttopol," The fiiRt nets went oil' well; battery ftflor battery explo- < (led, and llie thrilling spectacle made the s tla-alro ling with applause. All oyca were < turned to soo them tako the Malakotf. At Inst'twits stormed. Tbo soldiers rushed in?then the (sxplo^ion amjd tbo' wildest cheers. At that moment n spark caught tbo scones?they blasjed?tiro andieneo thought it a part of tlin play, and choerod the louder, the scene was ?o natural. Alas, it was too perfect. Another moment they saw their mistake; a cry of misery drown ea mo nppmusQ, Higher ami higher ii . lose, maddening ilio spectators with t'right. Five minutes more aiul the fire was Oxtirii. ' guished, but tho spectators, liko a herd of ; buffaloes, liko a panic-stricken arniy, like J a flock of shocp before wolves, like passengers from a sinking ship, losing all thought but of self-preset vaiion, msheil from their seats. Tho shrieks of women, tho shrill cry of children, tho hoarso voices of men, all struggling for life, presented a scone not describablc. Soino threw themselves from tho boxen into the pit, killing themselves nnd crushing those beneath thorn. No 1 judgment?no forethought, out of tho windowf-? over tho lodges?stamping each oiher to death. Tho sentinels worderod to stop the passage with bnyonots. They plantod, and those in tho front ranks were run through and through, and tho soldiers with tho rest, were mutilated with tho luet of hundreds. Bknatou Hammond.?Gov. Hammond, the newly elected Sonator from Hou(h Carolina, has ope of tho largest landed estate# of the South, liia fr.ym".comprising over 11,000 acres, and ne may Bett'ttu with propriety as a representative mac A-South Carolina, lie was a olassmateof William Aiken, who Buccoedod him in th > frubernn iuiiiii VH*M|? r iryftm OKdlll/f'/i ClIAHOK QS" Fir.LT?USTKIl-IflM.?tVc loam from tho Churjceton Courier of yoai i111 . that nn oxamiuntion bon been tfoiug on, lor some days, bofore the U. S. Commi i. inner, jn that city, of fhos. J. M?^kov, Esq., upeq the chprge of violation of tho i.cutriiiUy l^Ws, in fittingout an expedition to^iciira^ua, in the Bcrvioe of (ion. VVftlkflP. ClrilUlAW.' ttltfi. ik?!i Vlafv'ir.l'' At - ^^? ?7 , ^-7 \ torney, oonductcd tljo oxamipfttioh on tho part of the government, and Mr. Maokey was defonded by L. W. Spratt, 'I'he 1 rowult af the exftinlimtiou was that tt?? <\<ihfendivnt was hound oVor, lit thonmiiof <M>\ 000, to answetr hi) the January Tvirin ot.t.he IJ. 8, District Convt. Bothering a Widow - A Good 8toy?. 1 A (Visturhancobf a- *ot?e\vVM fin? ,,M : I* * *" '' * '/ ?. . ,* , Jfc ji . *. \ . .. A.' .. iu?, according to custom, tho qualifications rhioh applicants for tho situation word ro- ' [iiircd to possess, Thdwdvertiacment ootild lot havo boon more than an hour before bo public, wbou a brisk widow, Sirs. Ka:bel Morrison by name, might have been yen ascending the Btepa of Mr. Fothergjll's residence on Kighth street. This lad}', emembering the proverb that " the early >ird or.t'ohcs the worm," p^acntcd herself 'or tho advertiser's inspection a'-uost ius uyu ua Ut\p( lU Ullh, ^ IIU mrposo, qui to reward her business like laerity she proved to be tlic first eouniettor for the prizo. Mr. l'othevgill, being n limn of tuereauitc Habit?*, is very prompt at making a bargain, and, moreover, is not very liard to 11.. M nuun\j. x ia > i v.vauii ii?jv4 i'Aitf. WUI UWU B redcntials, ho seemed to decide that she voidd suit him exactly, and the whole affair. was about to he concluded, to the satsfaction of ail parties, when a hard pull at he door hell announced another arnvid.? Uuiost immediately a second lady entered he room and glanced around appreliensivcy, as if afruid that fehe had come too late. >hc was n thin, cMcrty fe:p:;le, whose jjaiao ffterward proved to he Miss Naomi Price. ' Arc you tho gentleman who advertised or a wife?" said Misa Price, as soon as he entered. ! lieforo Mr. Fotherujll Could reply, Mm dorrison answered for him, " Yes, madam, . ic advertised; but I reckon lie's supplied.'' 'J. spoke to the gentleman himself madam/' lowered Miss Price, sharply, "and 1 sup>(?e he knows his own mind." " Me made declaration of his intentions before you amc," said Mrs. Morrison. "I think ou must have misunderstood him, madam; ersons at vour time of lifu are ant to hear mpcrfcctly," answered Miss l'rico. "You pponr to be very anxious to change your otiditlon, madam/' said Mr*. IUgri'Jw>b. ' You seem to bo mucb iu waut of a hujJwvnd, too," said Miss Price. I ncvor bund it difficult to pet otic," exclaimed drs. Morrison; " and I Vrish you to know lint 1 have bad two already." " Oh 1" sried Miss Priee, " I sec your husbands vt;ru union 10 no piticu, nn : 1 don't wonlor tliat tlioir lives woro of short duration." While this altercation was going on bcwcon the ladies, Mr. Fothorgill looked and istcned. Possibly he could have been hap-1 iy with either, "were the other dear chnrnitr awuy"?and he seemed totally unablo to Icaidc which deserved his preference. The :ontcst between the rival candidates was snrried on with increasing bittferno>?f?, until he hand of Miss Price, while performing in energetic gesture, happened to toucru uc somewhat protuberant nose of Mrp. yiorritan. What followed wc would gladly upprcss, but, for the sake of making an iocurate report, it is nocecsary to say that he bonnets of both ladies were demolished, md thoir faces rather badly scratehod.-"Mrs. Morrison made a chargo of assault nud i \f 1>. ' - f?? j.uwi y o^uusii i'ii.'si jltujo. x mil tnoflccnc ye have doscvibcd made somo impression m the mind of Mr. Fothergill, may bc udged from tho circumstances that when jiving in his evidence at tho Mayor's offioo, fife signified his determination to remain linglofor at least six months longer, [Philadelphia Press. A New England writer, fcpeaking of tho diaraoteristics of different races of. people, tuya that it has been found tU>?t negroes jan be bettor trusted than white men not io betray secrets. Y.rc suppose this is upon ;hc principle that the)- always "keep dal*k." Amoxg the base, merit begets envy fa* mong tho noble, emulation. A Tough Uead.?-The Calaveras (Cal.) Chronicle states that two "colored gentlelien" in that place, who had quarrelled About "'a lady,'' mot in mortal combat.?; After an exchango of shots, tho sheriff arrested tho parties and carried thein to jail, when a pistol bullet was found flattened out nod lodged in tho wool of ono of tho combatants, who \v119 quite unaware of having beon touched. Takb my Hat.? '* Have you anything plho ohl?" Balkan English lady at feomo to a boy, of whom who had bought ;somo M4UV4V>AIX auvnjiUliUfl*. X HUIU ll)C yOUH|^ urchin, thrusting forward his hat, which had noon some do7.cn summers, " iny lml is old!" Tho lady rewarded his wit with a now hut. , AdLmiuistrator's Salo. w ritUE rniniiititax Personal EstHto of Jjimcs X McKinnoy, tlocwujed, will he sold, ftt his lato renulunco. on ll'hritiulftv tho 24i!? rl?? ?.f Dootanber, instant, consisting of ono LlkKLY N EG HO WOMAN, about nineteen year* old. and various articles too nuinoro'un to mo nt ion. ' TKKMS.^-Nitte month# credit with interest, aud note and security. J AS. liOB>:UTSON, Adm'r l)w. 12. 1?57 2$ 2 fejoiC 55, W."*aWSEN'f * 1 0PFR118 his I'rofotwinurtl Htfrticc* to the c!timtA of I'iokon* District, in the piaoticc or Merticlno in it*, vnrioua bvnnohefc lb), wonhl Hiif (hut ho Imp an eM>orienc<\ of ton ?? i practice. Oflico in hi? 8lore. [April 14, lftr.7. n r . -.i.-, ? T? f j;?' I'V'""1' ?* vtwyy ). W, Milium .hi. J. W. IlAJtaiSOM. . I'l l,i.i \m, N01UUS, HABlllSON & *??/,! AM, Attorney? at Lnw, W'l/l Attend prolnptly to r^ll hus(n<M>. fsnh'iis' I tod to their c*r?. ciui ol whj-h i.'o iounu in tnc un?e? OFI 'CK AT fJCK^.Vh- Of S. v.. " tftmV ?01M E. rpHOS'F, indobfatto the ?Moto of John Me1 Whortep dtooaiMJ feitor m?)i? pavmM, and eho*o having domrmJ* wfti tWler thlrn lu lwittllvattOBt^h ?{v*.-s .||?t ..Pa X'.m.i*: J.' I MsWHOItTKK! J ! wrM:,: Wlfcjifaf having rlcnuttuia tlMJ ft*. , Lo!lut!<io ^ Issr^r'rf TO FARMERS AND BUTCHERS ! KNOW all nun by UlciA presents, Unit 1, N. BMITH, urn npvr giving the l?iglio*t pvictk ipv (UU:j:N AM) J>RX UIDUS evcr.Uvfore offered in till* country, namely : Hide?. Oiticbj from t>J to 7K ccntrf per jioflml. do., Dry, ' 1U to l2j ? A" .* 1 Uviijg your 11 idea to mtvjiut n? i?ooii ns you pet tbem oft' the beu*t, and it will W*1>rU<,r lor u* nil. b. Jr. NMLTH. .l.in. -JO. 1R57 ' 1y I Bftaw mm? mm Pendleton ttn.il lload Comnnnv., rj?UK Klifronfir, Yvre!<U?, Thlttncndr. 1 tcciitli, niv?l Fifteenth Instalments of OI^K DOIjIjAK crtch oil ilio Stock of (lit* 1'ciKllcton Uiiilcoud Company will ho payable as follovn : Klgvciith Instalment on tlio lift of Auuiist, 18t\T Twolftlt " " " Out oiler " 'r Tliirf eolif li '< " '' December" Fourteenth " " ' Fch'yr Ifcri? Fifteenth " " *< April \V. II. l>. UAlLhAIUV See. ninl Trea.". l'cufllejofi It. Jl. vi>. TotfflI"t,on May 2*. 1P*>7 ?0 el Finul Settlement. A I t. nnvaki.u Fnln.^lA.I .. III 4,? i'\. thsit ii finnl uvtilOmunt of the Kxtoteof Twuutu II. Onsaway, demifc-d. will ln? mado boforc tho Ordinary, at I'u-.kcitsi ('. II., on ftuSiulftv Hio Uth dny of JilnuAry noxf.^'Plfopo indulged tosixid Kstute l'nnke firty'meiit, mid tlios-0 tmvftfg demnlid# will render i!i?ut in, legally ?t(?;sttid, l?v Ithftt time. JAfcj. 1>. (JASAWAY, Adm'r. CM. 6; 18T>7. 18 3 m WINDOW SASHES Al' nil kliuis. inimnfnoV?;rn(l liv finilpv * *?R. V vK s-upmov for thoir oxuctho8.<rainl tl?iraliHitv, nti*l ftlroaJte immlcri' nml plural, wltli tfi<! bc?t Aincricnh ami Krom-h Window USox.". Always on linnU at Wallmlhi, and for ealc iW ty ' < > 11 X KKl'SK. ^ 1,13V INK 0!ti fcATVy. Pure Zinc. and Anioriran "White Li-ad, for whtt'h th> liiphrst jitwiluYrt wan awarded at the Wovlil'k pail's N. Y. Sale Aj^nt* for tSoutli (.'arollnu. C'lirmnU & IJrig^H, in Cllturlostoiu I'ov pnlc'ut Wnlhnllu hv JOHN KIIUSK.. WINDOW "vMIiASS, Kaw ami 1 Joilo<l Lfnupcd Oil, Spirits Turnohtinn PlllK' fill biiutu t\f Pninlu /li'w ??*'! ho ground in Oil: fHne, Pnitrt Brtinhex, And nil nrtich'H in tliin Hn<?. For Mile, nt tho lowcut fijturp for cn*h, by / ' JOHN KJtU&fi. WiiHmlla^F?'l>. 12, IS")7 31_ tf_ JEWELRY, GOLD & SILVER. 1 Iy 4 vr UKum tvir? n?. (jriiiii jvi k. v im.il Wnllialln, 8. jp.; UAH just nbw returned from Now York witl? 11 larptc and boatitiful nstfirtmcnt of WATOIIUS, JliWKLRY, (IVoth GOLD nnd SILVKTl,) dork*, Mimic Iloxos, Oomb*, Kru.slicjf, Knficy Artiolcn, Perfumery, So?pn, (lohl r?ii.s, etc.; nil of which Ints been bo%ipr]it forCAS^lf, nml which ho offers forpulo * on the rt?Q?t neconitnodrtting tcniiH. ttoflWllKVAIKS WATCllK.S and d<h cr uriiviii ii inn line, and policlinic juuvohhjjcr of tlie puul.c. I!in Stuml in near the i>uhfie square, at Wnlhalln, S. <\ Dec. If), 1H">U 24 tf W. K. KASIiRY. It'A AC WICK I.I rKtv. EASLET & WICKLIITE, Attorneys lit i,a\v, xr.xrm> attend juinctuitlly to all htixincx.* onT } (runt oil lo their enre in t(ic Districtscomprising the Wontcrn Circuit. OI'FICK AT l'I( KKxNS C. II., fi. <\ NCjit. 2,~>, ia tf *' ' 1 - " 1 11 ! ? '" ? ' ft . NOTICE. AIjIj persons indebted to tho Ehtftte r.f John Couch. Into of I'ickenH district, demised, arc hereby notified thill they jaunt jnnke payment; and, thotc having dpniauds ngiunHt said CHtate, will present tiiem to us legally attested. MAHY A. COl'CH,) Adm'x. JIOH'T. COUCH, I Adnv'r. Sopt. 2ft. 18f?V 11 am g ? ' ' ? ' ? "? " ' ' 1 ' UUJN ? JBJL/AOTJ.JNI* JfUWDUB. < IIY POWJJKU ."NU l-l. In'in;: now in active i" operation, (> U II U II <1 II1 a ? ( I n#T Po%Y?Icr 0|?n be furnished to dealers Khd others at tow ratt?s. All orders addressed to T>. jJitMAN.v, "WnJlmlltV, will be attended to, JOHN A. WAOKNEU. , Sci?t.2d, 185C - ' 12 ; "if , The fcmt? of soutu Carolina, is onoiKAnt?ric*K|f8,\ * \ Jgnas PhiifajfiT,'??. "j . v? > Summons in rortiflbn. Henry Gaaaway, ot aln } IT appearingto my witlsfivcUon tljut Johp L (Way, JniueH (lufhiyrny, Huchol Onsaisn.v, Ira , Tiiisaway, .William Ghdaway, Jeremiah Siitfoft anil wife Sarah, Wctdeiy Giwavray,- Hj-y"ht Bandy ftnd Wife Phochq, Nathan Phillip* and wife Mahala, Kdwnrd Williams and Vrife Mj?ry,.rc?hlo beyond the limlta of this State: Tft .ordered, therefore, that the paid absent parties before named do ftppear irt vny ofllce at Pickens t\_. IJ., oitltev ptfRonallJ or by attorney, and Rarct to. tho <HvinlQn or wile of tho Estate t>f ltojrifry Onsaw'ay, ttyicdaped, within three months fvotu (he publication hereof, or their constht t?>, the Btimo will bo entered of- record. ' 1 W. J. TAUfcOKS, o:r.i?v Oid{nftry'? Office, Nov. 7, 18f?7. LUMBER! lip*!?!?; A TIT K lifrUolWjmM' nil# WWT ftK <l?rs for 6f difcvAl} ftt thoirTUH? on Ooonoo Oi-eok, nfcvcn mitto rWtli-fiiul of WM-y ti*Hn. Lumber will be doUviSivtl if It?? hy the *,?mihn?for. 0\?v Iitos will i* ?otum?(lntintf, iui'1 we I'o.vjk-vH'hIIv coHclt iliey#tronago of Ihb.pwMlc. .TAMW*jRRuHOft, > T. Jl.-lfcjuiTCHKRIn i\ v hi, ik.'.v :;i . Estate Notice. A FINAL Settlement ?of the Kfttate-aoT .IX. f.'Wpor, dcooasnd, vilMo nuAlo f^Wnrrtfl (frdimtrV, lit Pfckeir* fi.. ?n the 2$tl> day of Jasidany tsext. -<A!! ?or*uto indobCod ,:?!.! K ibrvrnrd aiiri pny up, utWV hnvinjr mnnd.i srill rtnujor them id legally fittontfed * by thntfime. - v;v, ifurui i ti ntn itonir . . l . () (V, | V;. ^ O &K. W. IU10WN ore H'ST Kft'RflM"''' t ;i!?K ' *5cr ,v rvwiiv. r>. ilki. *a m. v, . 4' \ 4* 4MntWA?*, x < < uH tw t?Wi' til<l sjidni, ,)( AN<>KiUjO\ CfttftT il<ifcfi*K; we'lj do whuff vijrirt f. * '* ' ?r> > ?. . 38 .- .. -.. . i