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POETKtY. | Country Girl. nv sr. ci.aiu i.aiviikni'k. T!m ro<l ro>c Moinncth '>:i Iter chock, The modest violet in her fiwo. vu* ' . .,v I.V. WK.U..> The other telluth of her {rruoe. The one an imlox t<> hi:r health, Thoother io her heart (rich pearl !"> But ppcnUoth rlear. the prieeloss wealth, And sweetness of the Country (iirl. There's happy joy with Iter wot-l-. Ami music in her merry TThieli like the w.irltlinjr o; t* > I Alone, (o woodland wild'* lolong. ?>* > plaintive lay of l>ird confine I. Amidst the city's'li/ '.y wi.iil, Or pa'hlenerl note w is e'er de.-ii.n?d As music for the (' u.utry tiirl. c>ne wcftrp no gay Attire, 'tis true. Or gaudy trappings bought with pelf, No precious stones of cnicraUl line. Hut then she is a gem herself. A princely gem more rich by fur. Than that possessed by Court or F.trl-A beauteous, bright nn?l shining star Of virtue, is tho Country (iirl. A Well Matched Couple. A poor man named Misery, w:?6 wandering about the world, loaded with a groat beavv crow upon his shoulders, and kept lamenting thus : " Alas ! where shall 1 find a partner to help me to bear my load, ami to comfort and refresh me ?" His lament was heard by Almighty Mercy, who sent an angel to proclaim throughout the world that the maid who would marry this poor widower might expect a rich bridal present in heaven to the angel. ninl nvmv n ahi> im\ 1 ? ?.% v..?' VI* 11 Kiv (u;\.uuil( Ut'l'illliu an unhappy wife or a neglected old mai>l. At last, however, us the angel flew over valley and mountain, lie espied, among the bare rooks, n poor hut beautiful shepherdess who was pasturing her sheep ?>n a toilsome jiseent, in the noonday heat. He now Hew down to her, and after announcing the promises held out to the maidens of the earth, lie inquired her name. " My name is Patience," f?ai<i she. The Iiord's will he done with mc ! I shall willingly help poor Misery to boar his cross; nor do I require any bridal present, so as 1 <}|> f ?11 f. i rt\i OIiAikA ofnl\Mrt *.? .1 *' v.v v 01 tusi?! " m ivi'U ui^ r*il?;cj> " It shall be granted thee," returned the Angel of Mcrey; " besides n goldeu crown upon thy sweet pious head." " Ay," said Patience, "but the goldsmith should fashion the crown like a crown of thorns." Now Misery appeared high upon the j steep rocks, bearing his load, and he sighed heavily, mid would fain have cast himself) into the depth below. ]>ut the sweetshop- i hcrdi'an hastened toward him with her Jit- ! tic llocK, autl rcccivcd the crows in her ' ehastc arms, saying, " Wcleome, O my i bridegroom I" " llo\v happy you havo tr??*do me, < ) Pnl'v ncc.\" <p\ot\\ Misery " Hut \ nm tu v tV??l \ wunot foWow to your ''nwk TIh ii TVtieiice snTiileU and toc-k her V>r'ulegrooru and hi* heavy cross on licr shoulder, and carried him a long, long, weary way through the world, while her sheep followed, and found suflieiont nourishment, hut when she reached the spot where the cottage oncc stood ; she found that Piesumptinn 1?nil Imvnl *!.? i>~? v. .v uuu II, (Uimn- IIIU lUC-WOl'KS with which ho had celebrated his marriage with Wnrldliness; ami the wedding guests laughed at Patience, and said ; " (Jet away with yon, silly creature, and do not disgrace our nierry-ninking. J low dare you come before us in such a ridiculous plight, and with such a heavy load '{ Castaway your heavy burden?do Patience answered?u I feel no burden ye blind oiioh. It is a pair of wings >' a carrying; and if I have no cottage left, ' will scale the steep mountain with my dear bridegroom, till we reach the sun !" A .. 1 I l 11 i " " .him .-ini- uuii! nur uuvuen cnoeriUliy l<> tin* gates of heaven, and then Mercy cnnio <0 her with a fplendid bridal procession, and changed both the names and clothes <>f herself and bridegroom. He stood before her strongaud radiant, and his name was Kxccllcncc; and he looked at her with beaming eyes, while shcsmiled at him having now become immortal. Joy, and her lambs <lanccd about her with delight. \n.l ?i.? :?i. *> -- - ...... 11 11 VI' IIIUIIl lilt' Jtroillif-ed crown ; but though it. was a crown of thorns, the rose encircled tlie head, while the thorns only funned the spikes of the f;rown. And their nuptials were celeVirated eternally in the bosom of pious Poverty. T ii k IJuHiAi.-l'f.ACE.?What a multitude of thoughts crowd upon the mind in the contemplation of such a scene! How much of ih(! future, even in its far distant reaches, rises before us with all its persuasive realities! Take but one little narrow ppaec ot nine, ami now aileettng arc its asHociutioTiB ! Within tlie flight of one li.ilt* century, how many of the great, the good, and the wise will he gathered here! How many, in the lovclinoets of infancy, the beauty of youth, the vigor of manhood, and the. maturity of a^e, will lie down here, and dwell in the bosom of their mother earth ! The rich and the poor, the gay and the wretched, the favorites of thousands, and the forsaken of the world, the stranger in his solitary grave, and the patriarch, sur rounded by the kindred of a long lineage ! How many will here bury their brightest hopes or blasted expectations ! I low many bitter tears will here be ?hcd ! How many Agonizing sigh* will here he heaved ! How many trembling '"eel will cross the pathways and, returning, leave behind them the dearest objects of their revercneo or their love ! Dk.vtti prom Hanoino.-- If is generally supposed tli?t the nenk of the executed i?. broken, but this is a mistake. A Boston physician says that he has examined the llA.lL. ?i?l. ? ' I uMiicii in ?in mi i im^iiiv jii-isuiJM uxrcmwi, and in nil but one instance there wan no flislocation. The effect of execution is to Ktop instantly tins flow of blood. It is stopV'Mi in every part of the ?ynteni, though (lie \a\ve* of tiu? heart continue to throb after j it for 4 long t'uno. ' Romantic Story. Tl so following oxtmoViliiini'V narrative from a late iiuuil or of tho C'lovoliunl (Oliio) lloriil'.l, is saiil. I>v K'?o?l authority, to lie literally | true. Tin; roiulcr will admit lliut an air of' vriiisfnihluncr ]iim'vh<1ch tin; imrrativo. ruoh ai< is moMoiii found in i<. manufacture) I story: Si urn* IwoIm1 \ oars ago, two young mon, ' mini' <1 (Jylnm and I'aiile. livoil inaMiiall \ i 1iano ti .? far from tlm sea roast, in the m\\'i. - ..< r. i . i ? ' . i i - - ? ! '1 r?-i - ok t ? '.In.' ^niuo mil* ih u:.,!i ' m ? >' ji t-o <>.' w?.?; in ; ii-oi' i" r 1110 i -e .( i i M10 till' I Kill.* i cliun'li, : .?la\ | <>In- 1 !.iy -nnio !' tijisl. tlii> i n :%. <i.?-* . i .ii it' match in tlu* villiii;o, aii'l it- 'uuiocil thai the turn cMne I" r them i t ? \M'0?tl0 ti'JiCllH'l'. i'lllllO Wit* OSuilOtJ. ?!' ! j endeavored strenuously t<? give hi* su.ve.s.ful I rival in love a " wicked fall." hut I?is engei iichs worked his de!V?at. lie was thrown to ! the ground, ami>l 111c shout*of the villagers. ; i On springing to his foot, he swore that he ' i w.nild do revenge*!. anil unit fylnia slraim ; ! 11 over many his intended bride. From tha: | j day ho took to drinking deeply, and was liercc i ' in his imprecations on his rival. ! The dn v before that fixed lor tlio nmvriage, 1 i Paulo to!<l nil lii* friends that 1? * would beat j I thf wedding. ni.iJ w ;idd find means to pre- j j vent i's taking place. Knowing his detcrmI inod (liiirnv'tcr. t."ylin.v appeared alarmed at tlic th.'cat, nntl got .some lYieiuU to intercede with l'aiilo, I'itt in \ n511. Late that night, Cylmuleft the house i>f Iti<s ! | own cottage. Tilt* way lay across a patch of j , li irron whiM'H vtom uin. -il I mine which had l???c?n dot<eite'i. and i j tlio bottoms ?>l" whose black <lej ths were now covered will) se\ oral fathoms <>f water. About j i tin- same hour, l'aule was seen crossing t!ie ; same patch < T moor from another direction. ' ! A miner, who parsed a little lsiter toward ?!?< j I mine where he worked?it being his turn for ! niglu work?averred the next day that he j heard a noise, as if wfa dispute or scullle, but | j it was too dark to distinguish any our. j The marriage was to take place at 11 I o'clock in the morning, at the village church, j | Long before that hour, the village was a scene j of great excitement. The hat, and neckerI chief of l\tule, the latter torn and bloody, had been found near the deepest of thcaban{ cloned pit shafts, and of Paulo himself noth iii)};; had been found, nor luul ho been since he wont toward the moor on the preceding | night. The ground where tlio articles had j been found bore tratios of a scuttle having ta- | 1 ken place, and to crown the whole, two hut- ) ! tuns, recognized as belonging to Uylma's coat, j were discover. 1 among the earth and stone.*. ! To these limit, us fuels, Cylma only could re- j ply that or' had met i'auie at the place men- ! tinned, during the night ; that high words ' were succeeded by a sciifHe. and that he had j j beaten Puulc, who retired, cursing him. This i ' account was not considered satisfactory, ami I Ovinia was taken into custody, toawati fur- ; ther de\ clopmcuts. .Several days passed away : an examination was madooftlie pit anil the surrounding locality. but no trace could l>e found of ilio boil v. It was arfi'iiod, h<>we>?.., that i" a stone were nttaehe?l t<> the boil\ before i! w>. thrown into the pit, so us to sink it. tlir v vruuhl bo no probability <>t" its over lieinji , i'ouinl. After Bcvcvut examinations bet'oir i mngintt\*? uoeiisihl wsvm vnion.'cl tY ,11 1 CuhUhW. Iml on\y to lm >?-. IV >>>> i ?i****or b\ .??? \\ lloiu O.llliiUI:. \. I .1 i !.< ,.l i time, the vntemlcil briilo became fick i'n ; exeitoniniit: a \ iolont I'hci' ?h:. :>??<' by a wasting illness. ami after lin./oriiipj some months, .-In' (iii-il nf a broken In a.? Those aciiiiniilatO'l ills wore ton oioii I*>: tlie unhappy object of general sus|>ie..Mi. u.el in less than twelve months after wii.it slmuM liave been his wcihling 'lav, lit) became tin* inmate of an insane asylum, where he still remains, a boneless niiiiiine Ain<iii<r the relatives of I"vIintt w.is lnari'iod to a limner, who three vim . the nlllill1>'>\ : i, .n ii?"vcl i < 'm. v nut! i i > ii u *:i 11 'h No. in-.-", ilium A dilli-O, I t iJ" > ' IN \ C ' i : i ... .1 lit . . i. I'aule. i.i?l <vi. i.i i-.. '! .i- ?*xnlan. . ! m'i a ore , \vix-. i <. m oi liieetcn: W till- . .i?' .iil<i ii'-,; II;, him n > I tiai >io < ii- i lie :>i:!r: .< ! ii i!;i hucocmHiij; day ; Inn mat iu rival v.-t in than a match i>?r him. Ilurn'i;; with r.^e at his discomfiture, he hail iiixlii ! ii. no*, knowing or ea: it;;.; wl.at hccanio /i" hiin;?r!r. ami en reaching the i?eac!i hail taken an olil iimkv u.'iu ami jniiiO'l direetiy out t" -oa.-? Next morning, when too I' >ui was nearlv linking, he ?;i< j ieked iiii by ar. .>itt-vir.'.l ; bound ship, which took iii.n to New (). leans, j .Since then he has reside I several years in ..California, ami in the (ri ico 1 Slates, lias l.o| co.. e moderately rich, ami win now on lii> | way to his native hnir.o, with whi- h lie had ! maintained no communication uince his dcj parturo. On learning ??? owit, whi. h I iia<! occurred in tin; meantime, he immediate I ly accompanied the sister to her home in Illinois, ami alter the necessary arrangement* i were made. he started with her for Kajilatid. I to repair as much as possible, the mischief 1 that had been done. Thev pa.->ed through 1 i .... : *?i' u'l.imi uii iiinr v?:i\ i'i.im, ami, viapponing accidcn'.ally to meet them at the depot, I wo learned tin* sequel to the sad st??ry, \\ ic 1; tho earlier portion of which wo were well ac! (plainted. They j^o on a joyful, yet mournful errand. I The good name of tin- u1111aj>j?y condemned can l>e reclaimed. hut nouo can ronton; lii ? shattered reason, or rescue the broken-hearted from her early grave. (' R K AT Mll.lTAItV l'l.KASl. ItK Tftl P. A l?ftt| talion of Washington Crays, one hundred and ; fifty strong, under Major Payne. lei* Chit-afro III., on tin; 2Uth ult., on a grand toil" < f visitation. which will exceed anything of tho kind I ever undertaken. Tlicy will visit in tho i course of the tour Cincinnati, Columbu?. Huf j fiilo, Rochester, Albany, New York, itnd Hosi ton: thence l?y steam ship to Charleston, S. ' from thence to Washington. I>. C., Wheel ; in*!;, *\iisiivmo, .ncinptiis, i\ew <>i loans. Mo> bile, and then homo. Preparations uill ho | made in oaoh citv for their reception. This is the most extravagant trip of plearnro ever yet planned in this country bv a military corps. It is credibly stated that a fund of $20,000 is on hand to accomplish it. ' Says Mrs. Partington, "When a woman has once mnrried with ft concealing heart, and one that heats responsible to her own, she will never want to enter the maritime state again." A w.ui, observing on thc'ior of a house the names of two physicians, remarked, that , !i . i : !.. i iv -i ii ?- i i ? j*ul ii in iii 1111iifi oi ;i nouuio-Darrcj^d irun; i for, if <mo miaacd. tho otlicr wa% sure to kill." ' A Story of Female iHeroism. In the course of n recent speech in Congress. hv the I Ion. Joseph Lane, of Oregon, he related the following incident which occurred in the Indian war of Oregon : While in Oregon last summer, I took occasion to inquire of a chief who was mainly instrumental in getting up this war, t i learn the particulars of the fa to of s one . ' 11 !> : .!>!. who disjinnoared in tin- war o. 1 > >. mhI of whom wo had boon able to learn nothing. When I surest cd to the agent, in the council, that ! proposed to inquire into the fate of .Mrs. Wugner, Mrs. I Invites, and othciv, 1)0 w;;s inclined to think that it would raise ihe hitter feelings of the intli* any, hut said that we would make the i iquivy. 1 told him that I hud passed through tiie country where tlic.se people had Jived, and that their friends were very anxious to learn their fate. We inquired in relation to Mrs. W inner, who was a well educated niul hniidsome woman from New York, who had livid lon^r in the country and spoke 1110. imiian tongue, ituentlv. She kept a public househy the roiul side, and tho jjood cheer which she alw .ys furnished made it :i place where travellers deliilht"d to stop. The Indians intern ed us that on the mm ninj* of the '.'tit of Oet'iher they canst; in sijrht of the house, where they met some teamsters and packers, a portion of whom they murdered, destroying the wagons and cargoes, as well as thcanim;ds, while she was standing; in the door. As soon as they had murdered the people outside, they came towards the house which w s strongly built of hewn hms, and had a heavy door. which fastened with eros.-; L:;rs. Vv'iicn sh-."1 saw them running to w.'.nls the house.sheshut tin; door. :in<l ped the liars to prevent their eoininir in.? I 'I hey oaiuo to the iloor, and ordered her to eosne out. and hrinjj lier little jrirl. She said no." I for husband was absent?and, hv the way, he was the only tnan on that ro>d who | escaped. They snid that if she did n.>t i collie out 111oy would slio.it lu r. She declined ; and alter some deliberation, they detenuined to set tlio house on firo. The house was directly enveloped in flames; and the el lief, who watched her through little window, told me that lie saw her p:o to the ulass and arr.injre her hair, then take a sent in the middle of the room, fold her little jiirl in her arms, and wait e:;lmly until the roof fell in. and they perished in the flames together. And the st teinent was confirmed by the neople who found their remains lyinj; tojirtk r in the middle of the house. " Wmat's in a X\\u. ?"?I'lvci \t!iin_' \f-' HiMV say. Cli-irlos Ijiirnl) U'ldtM'stooil tliis matter wlien, speakinvrof viicr <*(:iI : d>en up'ly (, ri>l i;;it iiiu .t ? !:? *- <'. iVn't Xieodetnus a into i -V ImyV f iiiiiue lias uore t<> do wit < bis !i ppinc.ss j ud prosperity ?1>mi w<> iv apt t>> i- .\?:iue. j A diisiimiiiv?'. ilft sounding .*ouno en I'.pl ' <-yr ymtr "how mi tVj^> l?- eV?.r?"iu"?l : 1\ hi> d.>y? And an nnluoxy niikname. I app'i-d totlui we. ivv l>y t In* eapriee or iral:< oi' !.is :el!o\vs. not U'i(r'i|iicntlv n'Vrrts 'lis |v:icc nil r-'poct diilit.v throuirh lile.? Woo'Ki; kiU'W :i in n wlio.se real bona-lido iia:uo w is" SiuT.leSickle." lie wascalled i " Stuii 1 *i? kle," fur short. Wrll, what of I Mm N..;hi!iir. lit* was a "nobody,'' | of coin s- ,nd ins whole history "nix." iie-d.T! i von <r you >;/(:.< we hope you . ii.l ? .? .ill oil'/ t t??bc). s.nd ii -i Si " ' i! ;uir.:t? rs. re-iMviib* r ! in -1 ; iiii. in a .io/ thi i prop W.i tv of t to !l V > 11: II -- ? III- I :nl '.V iiu.'to;i. ind S.vdies ? .v "eh onl\ .serve to hciittle th*.; w- .rer. liciter by hall'call them ;tll .John j and Mary, and then number them, as *.ho\ | do steamboats in ihe V\'e.?t. (live then eoiid, plain, manly, spelling boi u titles, , cud then if any man " ni< Aiiamos" your ; v'iiiid. proscento him for >l: nde:. .V Wire's !' u k i;.?Tl.o power i f a wile f >r <1 or ov 1 i? iiro i.-Uihle. ll'iiid mi..-t ho cut ot htijijii:?o.>x. or it mils; ho unknown t'..'ovor. A n| v.if') i-- to a man wisdom an i courage, strength ami endurance. A . i>;i t one is <Miifh ioii.xvoiikno-'s, ilis( "niliiin , iiinl do. pair. .N1' o.nditi 'ii i.s iiopcle<-< whore ! t:io \vm ' c< funnies. decision, ami | ivoiH'iny. Thoie is no Mitiaird prosperity j which can counteract indolence, extrnva> '-.itooo, im i fully at home. \ spirit can e:i; (In o had d nnestio influence. Man i.-' strong, Ijtit his heart is not adamant, lie deli^his in onicrpri.<a and action; Init to sustain iiiin lie need s a trail ptil i.iind and a wii.do heart, lie needs his moral in the c .nliiets ol' the world. To recover his equanimity and composure, home lonstlie a place of ropo>o, cheerfulness, pence. comfort : and his soul renews iis strength again, ami goes furth with fresh vigor to oncotiiilor list' 'roubles au<l labor of liti'. 13ut if at home In; finds no rest, ami is there met with V?a? 1 t?*ii)poi*. snileni.ea-'. or } gloom, or is as-aihvl with diseonient or eoniI plaint, hope vanishe-*, ami lie sinks into desI pair. - - ? ! Thk Bbttkii Lank.-?Our relatives in ! eternity outnumber our relatives in time.? j The catalogue of the living we love becomes I less, ami in anticipation we see tlie perpetually lengthening train of the departed ; I and by their llight our affections grow grad| ually less glued to earth and more allied i to heaven. It is not in vain that the ima! ??r Mill* - 1 ( ?.. (iiiti iiuur aim dear ones, sire laid up in memory, ns in a , picture gallery, from which the ceaseless | surge of this v;orl(l\s cares cannot obliterate them. They wait ill ere for the light of the resurrection day to stand forth holy, beautiful, and happy?our fellow worshippers forever. ? Sout/imi /'rcJiytcrin n. Wk learn that a young man, living in | the western part of this county, was ridden | on a rail at Madison, on Friday last fot i having married a more worthy and intelli| gent orphan girl, who had some property, I mwt /liieiifluw# !.??? ? '! ? 4 1 , ....v. .... .. w.ijs lit I III UH! lllD.si MlillllCj ful manner, afVr spending her property.? | The job was done principally by Ins former | acott litiianocAiind associates. lie was then ordered to leave the Stat** within five days, a non-compliance with which order Would subject him to a coat of tar and feathers. I A cknti.KM.vn ?onvcrtnng with ?lady friend a short I into since, claimed that lie could parodi/.e on the hoop question any vciuoshe might choose ' to repeat. She accordingly rehearsed the folI lowing verse troin "The <>1>1 Sexton: | "Nigh ton grave that was newly made i Leaned a sexton old on his envth-worn spade? His work was done, and he }/uuscd to wait ! The tuneral train tiiroU(;h the open gate; i A relic o!' hy-jjone days was he, ; Aim! Iiis lo;*ks wore \> 11ii<? as the loamy sen; \nd thc.<e woviN oiiiiic from his lips ho lliiu? ] 1 gather tin'hi in ! 1 author tliom in !" ! Whereupon. <In* genius took his pencil, and j j thus wrote on a scrap of newspaper lying l>y : j | Nigh to a church tint was newly made j Stood a lady fair: ami thus sin? said i ' " Too bad, too l.id ' here must wai* ' While they men orcthchrcadth o! this <pcn gate: \li! it's only nine Im six, I see: j j Too Jon row, loo narrow. alas, for inc'.'' ' And she sighed Irtiiii her quivering lips so thiu, i I cau'i get in! I can't get in!" A Real Native. Tlic ignorance of this country among oth- i orwiso well informed Mnglish folks was curiously illustrated in tlu- ease of (ion era I \Y , (a good follow, but bogus gone nil,) ! wlio vinited Kngl and a few years ago.? 1 I !laviii;: occasion to pass a few days in a i provincial town, which boasted its literary j ! coterie, he reecivod an invitation through j hi :ic(|n tint nice from Miss Blue Stocking ; I t<' iitti inl .i soiree. The general, of course, ! went and K iij<i' a fine, handsome, agreeable ! . . K ' I fellow, lie was ?jtiito a lion. In the course of the evening, Miss lllue. : who hail managed to .secure iiis undivided j attention, tapped liini playfully with her ] fan, and said : ' Do you know that you are ? naughty | man ?" I ' How xo. madam?" a-ked the general. j \\ ny, lor UOivivinjr in ail ? : but i shan't toll on yuu o!" course ; o ily oveiy one in the room Ins nut s- en as much a* I. The j^oiHTitl bcc.nu'; nervous. ami thought of cuu!>c tint, ho inust liitvo committed solm* tor;'iIjIo/mi r />n*, hut as t' o 1 ily ; scorned k'1111 ami foririvini;, he deter.ninod j in probe the mi.(tor. "My ih-.ir liiily, I a'it v< . y snrry it' 1 hiv?> i been guilty of !>ny dereliction , ilo toll .? i that I may iijiuliiiji' ' ()!" said Mi.-x IJluo. "it's only /inj /. ?</??. / to /< "ir J ?r ri' ail !" ! ' I'roti'iidi'm to h" an American! lint : I am an Amenc ni. ni.nl.i u.'' " Yds. jvrhiijis you livo th -re; but v"i I mi,. ....? . . L "On imv lum.ir. id (l.iin, a red live ui' tivo oftlu: irro.*t Sl it'' o" N. w York." " Tint will (In fi>" tin; co'np 111 v to (liinl; genera!." said the lib rary lady. 4,aud ol j course I slrill not undeceive them ; hut ! you must know I had a very distinguished American gentleman, wlio w is a native, to ! lunch wit li me this morning, and I was j sorry I could not have him to meet you to- i n?Lrlif : hut lie ww not at all like you ? J If'* nivon hair c*\rh i in such beautiful j little ringlets allGround his head, and hits complexion was dark?very dark?a porn-el Othello of a fellow " \ " .t II ii/'/rr hi/ dl'livji thought tllO ^.*vI eral : and hemnii" our ladv mil. in evnose , this little in trying to "ass <.?!>" lor an j A uteri -an, In* gut into a corner and enjoy, cd his laugh. Sit.nk ox tiik Ohio.?Our boat ftop{ pcd to take in wood. (>?i the shore, amongst a crowd, was a remarkably stupid looking [ fellow, with his hands in his pockets, and { his under lip hanging down. A dandy, j ripe for a scrape, tipped nods and winks ;.]) ah.>nt. saying : Now I'll have sonic j fun. I'll frighten (he green horn." lie | jumped ashore with a drawn howie knife, ' and brandishing it in the face of the " green ; u.i," exclaimed?"Now I'll punish you; i I have heen looking* for you a week ? The fellow stared stupidly at the assailant. ; lie evidently had not seine enough to he I soared?hut as the howie knife came near ' to his face, one of his liu<re fists siuhh ulv 1 vacated his pocket. and I til 1 hard and heavy be tween the dandy's eyes, ami the poor fellow was floundering in tin; Ohio! (1 rrchi/ jumptd .in hiianl i>ur boat.. put his bauds in his pockets, aixl looked nround?' May bo," said In1, " there's somebody else here I that's heeii looking lor mo a week !" A I1atu> Man to 1>i y.?Cjcn. Ainasa Cohh. member of the Senate from Iowa county in 1 X :")(>. seems to have proved about i the hardest customer that the La Orosse i Company attempted to "propitiate" by a " pecuniary < ompliment." Ltappear*from t Ik- testimony before the I n vcsti#itiu?j (Joininitteeth.it William 1'itt Dewey was sent by Kilbourn to labor with (ien. Cobb. Mr. j ucwey, alter urging the sut.ject lor a time, remarked: " Tliey (the 1a ('rosso Co.,) arc bound to carry it through, anyhow, and you might as well make something out of it aH the rest of them." (Jen. (!obh?"What is the amount of the capital stock of the Company ?" Dewey?" Ton .Millions." (ion. Cobb ( in his quiet, sli?,v, deliberate manner)?" Well, you can say to Mr Kyron Kilhourn that if lie would multiply the capital stock of the Company by the nuui,.f i<?.vnu ?i.? f'..-:...i i??r.i i I i wi 111 uiv * <111111n i uiit, ilKii "LTIv?* ! mo tliiit amount in money, and rlion have ! himself. Kilbourn. Mi wo- Strongand Mitch el hlarketl nod jrivo me a clear t i I It* t? > the n i as servants for life, 1 would take tlio matter j under consideration."?MinlUon Jouriml. j A (!(1NCKITK1> fellow, in introducing his ! friend into company, said, "(Jontlcinen, \ ! assure you lie is not so great a fool as he ! .seems." The gentleman immediately replied : ''That is exactly the. diU'erenue bej tween my friend and myself." i "Who was the first'doad-head' recorded ' in history?" asked .Matthews, as he was ; handing a theatrical order to a friend.? ! "Wh), really, I never gave it a thought," i < -: i ..tin... i ? " Iiv |rm.u iiiiu II inm, Yt liy> OSCpil, OF couwo," Haiti Matthews; "did not his brother* put liim in thoy/7 for nothing ?" Wiiijn a Wisconain girl is kissed, fdie looks Burpriwsd anil nays?"How could you?" To which tho ?wuin replies, " It j will <rivo tue pleasure to hIiow you," and I proceeds to give her a duplicate. 1 low many Conpressireii nnd Presidents i have been inndo by happy wounds on the ; battle-field ! Hero is a hero with new claim* to famo : " Wliv'ii Col. It was a candidate for Congress in oneot'tho Northwestern States, lie was opposed by a gentleman who had di.stincuishcd himself in the war of 1812. Discovering, in the course of the canvass, that his opponent':* military reputation was ' operatinii' strongly to 11im own prejudice, he ! concluded to let tho people know that ho was not unknown to fame ns a soldier him| soil'; and accordingly, in his next speech, he expatiated on his achievements in tho ! tended field :.s follows : " My competitor has toM you of the services lie rendered the country in the last war. I jet me tell you that 1, too, acted I an humble part in tho memorable contest. I When the tocsin of war summoned the chivalry of the West to rally to tho dcfetico ' of the national honor, 1, fellow citizens, animated hv that patriotic spirit, which glows Ill IIIUA '\J?t I* Illll.'U a M1UMI- j i tuto for that war, and tlio bones of that ! 1111111 now lie blotching on tlic hunks of tlie j Raisin 1" Edi cation.?Everything is education ; the [ trains of thought yon arc indulging in this ! hour : the society in whioli yon will spend I t!ii' evening; tins conversations, walk*, an<l incidents of to-morrow. Ami so ought it to j ht'. \\'i> may thank tho world for its infinite I means of impression and excitement which j keep oar faculties awake and in action, while 1 it is our imp >rtant oilicn to preside over that j a-lion, and guide it to some divine result. j Tar. tomb stone of a sweet girl, blind ! from In r birth, heirs this inscription :? i urn; i" n > in^'ti uietv. i in1 triuli ot child of throe vears. 1> s inscribed upon it?"went in tiio mornim;." a minister, who had received a iiumj her of calls. mill could scarcely decide j wlii>'h w.:s the host, asked the advice of a faithful old \frieau servant, who replied: j " mister, <r i where there i* the most devil !" ' m v d n\ if the sacrifice of my life would please thee. most irbd'y would i lay it at thy feet.'" '< )!i, sir, you are too kind ! but it just reminds me that i wish you would stop using tobacco." " can't think : it. it .1 a habit f'? which i am wedded." \ pair of hoots m.irked ' j." having b i'ii found n a hu apbirkcd whale taken >!v n hint i f-w d ?ys since, it is tu'-gsed by sotiic wa<_r that th v ho!on< ju to jonah A 1 lUNTKft, in Heltin;; up " vrt' ;iro but | parts of a HtiipciitliiUK win.In," liy mistako | dI' :i li tti-r, made it mid. " wo urclmt parts | of a .Miipi'hdoiis whale !" A.*. SV. M."\ Til K l(c(riiliirCoiiiniunloAtion <>f Kpowcp T.odgo, 1 No. 79, A.\ F. . M.\ will t?c liol.l on Saturday ovewMijj, the 21th of July, instant. nt 3 o'clock, v. m. Kv order of tin? W.*. M.-. Jujy IV K. II. LA.WlUvN.Oft, Sec'y. ; * ^NOTIC'IS. rilllKPoinw >t??ioi\crs uf tins Poor of PiekotiH j 1 tUjtnol wIn TTui'l out. for a term of jci\ri?, ] throo l?rty*. rti tin* l'oor IIouho, on ^Saturday i tlio-Hli ilftV ?>r July, innt. WyM.'l^ ' 51 _ 2__ NOTICE."" VTIM.I''ATION will lio made lo tl?e J.egi?l(itin -of Sovitli Carolina, nt its next Hussion, for h charter for Tl e Chiuiga I.iinc and Man! itt'acliiring (\>nrt?nny." j .1 it>y 13, IH'hS 51 .'{in T;io Sassafras Gap Turnpike. | J N obedience to powers vested in u* by an Act i 1 of the tieneral Assembly of iliis Slate, pushed j ?i its l i t session, entitled "an net lo incorpoj rate tlie Sassafras Cap Turnpike Company;" i and. for iln? organization of the sjii<A Company, v.e do hereby appoint the following Commisi sioners to open books of pubscription for the J capital stock of paid Company, at the respective ' places hereinafter named. The said books to i>e opened on the first of August next by each set of Commissioners, and to be kept open by them 111 > I it (lie lirst Monday in October next, if so long be neecssary, to secure the sum of three thousand dollar?, which is requisite for I he organi/.ation of the said Company. As soon as tho I amount of stoek lins lwi>n jnlw.M-iKi.il <!..? (Vn> iniHsrmicvH will meet .it a place and time hcrcaliiMto lie fixed mi.I designated, for I lie election ot officer* of the Company. Tlie shares each are of twenty-five dollars, and each share will entitle t'uo shareholder to one vole in tlie election of oflieers. Tlie following arc tho Commissioners, viz: Anderson C 11?CCLaugston, DGFinlcy, A O N orris. Pendleton?George Seaborn, J 15 E Sloan, 11 E Campbell. l'iekcnsC II?l?r.I N I.owrcnce, M F Mitchell, W E llolcotllbc. Pea Kidge M G?\V J Parson?, Col L Thomas Thomas Alexander. Clayton's Mills?Carter Clayton, Wm Hunter, jr., Jacob Horonghs. Anderson's Mills?II C Clnvton- Wm It \n. ' ilerson, A <? Fit-Ids. Thou Price's?J C Cook, Thomas Price, Jacob Lewis. JOHN 1MUCB. F. N. UAUVIN. July l/>, 18f>8 Corpora ion*. iV()TI(.R. \PPLlCATfON will he Hindu lo the I.ejfislalurc of Soutli Carolina, at its next. Mention, I tor nn act to incorporate the town of Pickens* j ville, wit It tin* usual power and privileges. July A, 1H")S 60 .'iin NO ri4:io. VPPMCATION will lie made to the next legislature for ncharter to construct a | Turnpike Hmd from the west, end of the great 'runnel, the nenie.-t and hest route to | Pulaski, to he called the Hrasstown and Pan* , tlior Creek 'I'nrr???iU ? June 12.1858' 47 3m i> o tk i ; IS iierohv given that application will lip nindr hi the Legislature, at ii? next session, for nn I net to incorporate the (Jimrt'h (Mount Olivet) i iiml iIk' Camp <! round, at l'ickensvillo. Jllly 8. 1 H.'iK f>() 8m Kialeol'^oKilli 4'aroliiia, l.N ORDINARY?IMOKKIS8. ' Daniel Alexander } vs. V Summons ir. Pnrlition. Jos. Alcxnndor, et. nln J IT appearing to mo tliut .Tames Alexander, Win. Durham and wife Melimla, and Sally Doatner. defendants in this case, reside without the 11 inltrtof this State: It i* ordered that they do appear in the Ordinary a office, nt Tiflkens C. 11.. on Mondav the Itli ilnw <-f i and object (<> i lie division or sale of the Hrnl Esj into ol 'l'lioinftH Alexander, dceott?cd, or llieir I eousmd totliosnmo will be cnf^VO'l nf rccortl. W.J. I'AUSONS, o.f.v. Qc&iiis-yj Ofiitfo, Jxiiy }, IV08 HIDES AND BARK ; TTriMj BK BOUGHT AT FAIB PUICF.S W | VV I?V J. L. N. SMITH. Tan Yiinl, Jnn 4. I HAH 25-tf Final Notice. r i TiiK instate ot Jolin Abbott, deeeasod.will ^SS 1 bo finally settled in the Ordinary's Office, nt Pickens 0. II. on Monday the 'Sitli day of September nest. Those indebted niunt make payment liv that time, ami those having do* Ujl inands will l ender them to me loyally attoatod on or by thai dav. WA <?. SV. PJffl.IilPS, Ex'or. Wr Juno 10, 1858 18 3 m *j| i^onoK.' \LL persons indebted to the Kstnt^of Al nion I'owe.ll, deceased, must pay prompt- ml ly, and those having demands against said Estate will render them to me legally attca-BMIIy ted. HOU'T I'OWKLL, Adm'r. _May 3. lS."iS V2 3m gflll NOTICE. - ' i n rpiIOSK having demands ngninst the Ks-JR I A l> Wl.!i? -I -?.? ?!ll? clcr tlicin to ine legally attested. and all tlmso^ff indebted to ."aid Kstntonuist mnkc immediate If * payment to the undersigned. | _ W. W. WHITE, Adm'r. June 7. 1888 47 3m i WANTED TO HIRE, ~ ?Wtil r J-t KN Oil T W ELV K N K<1110 MEX t<> W,E| JL work on tins 111m; Kidge Railroad, three IPES miles above Wtilhalla. Apply on the lloud, ffc jgf' ] or to tho subscriber. lfj EL AM S1IARPE. f'ff Doc 10, 1857 22 '"'in NOTiiTiiT ' JR. i 4 PI'LICATION will l>o made (o the ('ononis- jflB f </' .V ginners of ltoads, at (heir next meeting, for / leave to elinnjje the public road leading lYnnf. l'ickrns C. 11. (o Cashier Valley, by leaving t he V BMf present road at or near I>ryinnn hill, four miles WKi from the termer place. aii'l connecting again half laile beyond this point. Diverge again ftt- V or near Slamn Crook ami intrrn??et I ho name 1.' road in or near a mile's length: n!.?o, such vl!..*" J? changes as may bo thought necessary. Notion is also given that should litis application to the K 1'oaril tail, the Lcig/lalurc will bo petitioned W for leave to change the above road as is herein Mny 25. 1868 'If. <1>n of ^o?:tEa facolinn, IX OltDIXAKY?I'ICKKN.S. vs I .Summons in rnrtitioii.'^^jfl1 James !. Kelly, et ale. | IT appearing to mo thnt .lames .1. Kelly, <le- Wn 1 tVii'i'iiu in this cns<\ resides without the limit|?rii of thin State: It is ordered thut kg Uo ai>j)e{tfJ?| | in the Ordinary's OHiee. at Pickets 0. 11 i, on ';I Monday the llth day of (.)ctom>l*fiixt, twi<l, ob?, tjjrajl joct to the t.vision or sale of tfyft Hfiil Ksta,t? onVKsB Andrew Kelly. deceased. or hilflHtn^t rtf Up'lhe SB same will be entered of record. KH iv r i> i ui-'Aifi! - .. .. 4aa ?f. i .1 I'.r.n. OrJimtry's Olfice. .Iiilr 8, 1B;?8 lj| <>f Mixiih 4'aroliwa, flB IN OHMNART ? rlf-KF.Xf.-' JaipB >''f. Merck ?nd wiio ) An T? I furtlmon.i in Partition. AB&f J?4l f'hnpmjui ?? "I" ? r# Appearing (o ni? thftl I liomiiH McKinncy 1 iV-ilc Mur.v. -Joel Chftpmnn, 0. J. i attj wife Uitth. mid Inruel Chnpmnn. (IctrndanSpHj in Vlua cftsc. resklo without t lie limits ?l tfliVe: It is ordered tlint tliey do appeur in tin W Orqiimrv'ii ?nt I'ickcns C. II.. on Jl?mlii)fjjl|| thoiHDtti <lny of Augiiwt '11 / riiitaon or ('linpiniin. deceit nod, or tliolr consent to the g will l>c entered of record. OriliniiryV Office. Mny 26, 1858. 3i? 1 JEWELRY, GOLD & SILVER?! .JKAN Htk. FIiSOlIKSSKIt, Wallmlla, S. yifl I II vr^ J1'"1 nr,w wnrnpn !rom !New VorK w. i 11 ft large nml licuutifiil assortment of Hllj WA'W IIES, JEWEMITT, Bfll I (Poth (iOI.I) and .SILVER,) Clocks, Mum* ; r.-t, ('oiii)>h, l'nixhfs, Fancy At tides, J'crfnnicrt ^^K|| | Soap*. <Jf>l?I I'ens, etc.: all of wrltich lins ItoftwH bought for CASH, and Trliich lit* olfvrn for on iho mo.'il accommodating term*. JftjjT lie also KKl'AJRH WATCHES nn^rtt^Mw er articles in his lino, and solicit* tlit pptronnpBWjl of th* public. Mis ntnnrt in near tiic publijH Kquure, at. Walhallu, S. C. I)cc. 16, 1850 24 tf 1 j>j j. \r. sonniH, .tK. J. w. u.Minisos. z. c. ri i.i.i/mJHRm}' i N OR HIS. HAUUISON & PlfilJAM- !|'| AttorncjN nt Lau, i attend promptly to ell bucineps entrusjl| j M tod to tlicir care. Mr. 1'ci.lmm caii^H j wiiys be found in the Office. wirn r. a i rn kt.>s i;. ?im s. i;. Kepi. 0, 185rt 9 4 i.'ii,1, ' t W. K. E AHI.KY. ISAAC WIChl.nK HL| EASLEY & WICKLirr^?K Attorneys at Law. V V'lLI. nttcue) punctually to nil ><n:<intT T trusted to I heir cure in (lie DiiMj comprising tlie Western Circuit. okfu'k at pickkns c. vi., h. j Sept. 2fl, 1855 i:t | LUMBER! LUMBER' I . rphk undersigned nre now pre)>nredlxjh j I I,l.M 151.11 of nil kind?, nt t' i on Oconee Creek, seven miles uortli-entj|h^^^^^hl i India. i.umlier will lie delivered if it ih i hy tiro purchtixer. Our term* xvill he JH loininodnting, nnil we rebj'cetfully solfTH uuuiigc ui inu j'lii'iiu. M r. fJ uI M. K. MVlUegflBj Feb. 10, 1857 81 J. N. I,.?)[j| Slate Of PICKENS?IN OlIDINAUT. MgSmMp; j Isliam Simmons and wife | f^ull,n,0j|^H Henry Trotter and others. ) IT appearing to my satisfaction Troller, one of llio defendant J iiijMBEg resides wi^hoyi the limits of litis 8tiit<-HHR&EH|Wi , dercd tlmf he <io jyjlptou" at PickensC\ II., on Mondny'tlJfc gust next, nml oliject to I lie divlsionWrf^H Ileal Kstato of .latncH Gilliland, (IcewisefflMjS consent to the sumo will be entered 9I r w. .1.1'AusoNs, iBgaaiia Ordinary's OfBco* May 1A, IH'iS ^ ; ^OTSCF,, B BR' KNOW all persons that F, J,uci:i<lnH wifo of Martin MoodV, make nil Agopt of my "on. fe. A. MoH trnrln. U-llflii- mill liltimit l?i ? > ? oriiJly, ~UH'I xifU" MOoBBIHI _Mav \xr,H in V Final, Estate Notice. /* "VTOTIOK in hereby rifvfln tlmt n /Tnnfl i.i tlcinont of I ho Kvtnto of .InrfW < I burn, ilcucwetl. will be mode in ?^io oJH rv'? OfBee, nt IMckens C. II., on 13th ilny of September next. 'SiiORO iiflRH ?<1 muft mnko payment, nnd yfcw?hs wSeImBp domain!* will render them /ajitlFy ajH by tlmt |{mo. Notice ic ftlntfeiun ?bft|M ?>nt lift fOMTX-tjinilllo jM* Jji?n*no? 1 A M KS IS. MA<S<J<IU, Acflj mm June 9, iwa a HH'