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\PQ'?Tk:Y. Let her Rip. fc One sunny afternoon last week 1 thought l'tl lake a ride, And hired a nag they Raid was fast, I'm sure she was when tied." My friend, Kill Spriggins, drove the mare, | While I laid on the whip, | Ana HhoutiMi i II lwnsquito honrno? " Hilly, put tlmt animated female projeetilo potr- | cr through?ge'lang? Let her rip I" We stopped at. Uonsel's on the road, Of course we bad to ' smile," j And nivo the expeditious nag A drink and rest a wliilo; Wo "lagged," then calling for the mare, I tossed the man a Tip: 1 jmnpoil into the wagon, ami seising the reins, ! requested the Ethiopian individual who held J ihe double distilled essence of lightning in emphatic tones, to? " Let hor rip I" A olmp, who drove a large bay o?g, Seemed anxious for a "brush," .So, whipping up our own fast cab, We went in with a rush ; 'Twas neck ond neck a mile or more, When his mare made atrip, AYo glided by like lightning greased. For, having hired the extraordinary animal, we j considered that we had a perfect right to get the j worth of our money, and therefore? <> i i..... i?? .... ..v. We drove along without At least ft dozen inilca, Stopping, now and tlion, of course, To take several inoro " smiles." At last we ran into a cliap, Who gave us too much lip. The horse broke?tlio wagon, too?pitching Hill and myself into u ditcli by the road fide.? "Hill," says 1, "the mare has runaway!''? llill. strufffflinor under 11? > onmhimwl r.ir....(.? ' lager" ftiul ri mouthful ot* mud, cxclnimed ? " Let her rip 1" lj ; . 1 " 1 MltOELILANY. SALLY WIGGINSTIIE WAY 1 COURTKD 11 Ml ANl) WHAT CAMK OF IT. I 'sposc you hain't none on you ever hearu toll ot' the way I eourtcil Sally Wig puis one t. Strikes me 'twas abont the cutest thing I ever did. Wal, to commeucc then, for when I'm goin' to tell :i thing 1 allers like to begin ; don't pay to be forever goin'round the corner, like some of the Wrigglestown people. F'rinstance, old Kiah Tib :ts?Jerusalum cherry-trees ! it' 1 oyer sot eyesou his like, "l'wasn't inor'n i a week ago that he dropped into my house jest at tea-time, and begun to tell 'bout his son what had gone out to Oregou. Wal, 1 i-: i- i ? ? ' < wna muucruscu u> me old man s ways, and knew ef wo didn't have supper afore ho commenced his yarn, wo should stand a chance of goiu' without, soscz 1: "Come deacon, set up and hcv some tea with us." 1 didn't say let your vittles stop your mouth, but 1 kept up a mighty hard thiukin' and liopin' they would, lie talked ruore'u an hour, till wife looked orful una i8y, you see she wanted a chance at the dishes afore bed time; but the old man's tongue would go in spite of Moses. Might as well try to dam un our mill course u itli a shingle as stop him with my talking, for | 1 was allcrs one of the still kind. Wal, I didn't want tew hurt the old man's feelin's, so 1 kept movin' round in my chair, as ef 1 sot on nettles, and put everything that was on the table by the side of him, hopin' that mebbe they'd tempt him to cat; but he couldn't tech a mouthful, till he'd got to the end. 1 tried to switch him on some other track ; shark's eyes and leather boots, a feller couldn't do it. Well, purty soon, I gin hiui over as a bad job, folded tip my arms, setback in my chair, winked to wife to keep cool, and there we sot, and sot, till if you'll believe it, the clock struck nine, and the old man warn't a mite nearer the end of his story than when he begun. But the way he jumped when he heard the ..i?i- "" ointvu whs a caution. mere we'd been, two whole hours, to hear a story that didn't amount to anything, after all that was said and done. I was eeneiuost disgusted with the man, and says L to myself, so7. I: "May the mighty crocodiles mumble me into jelly, if ever 1 tell sich a long winded yarn as that ere j" and since, when I've had anything to say, I've said it jest as I'm goin' tew now Wal, you must know that when I was a young man, and in my prime, (I can tell you I ain't none of the oldest yet,) there warn't a feller in all Wigglcstown that could take the shine off o' n*e, when I wascuttin' round with the gals. My hair was near?? i.I?i. - ?? 1 XI. upuu no uiuuit no u eu;?i, uiki niter 1 had used mother's best tailor nines, I reckon I had a little of (.he slickest head you could flearo up in that rogion. Then I'd traveled considerable?been to New York twice with a luad of wood?and of I couldn't put on the airs and bring the gals down, why nobody couldn't. How jealous 1 made the other fellers. 1'vo heeru 'cm say rnany's the timo: "Blast Barney Scranton, we can't stand a fair chanoO when ho'<> around." mi ? t . ? xnings went, on a while this way, till I ! thought I'd break the rest of the gal's hcartH by takiu' Sal Wiggins. 1 knew it had got to como some tiino, and twouldn't be any toagher for the gals one timo than another. Sal was a dreadful shy 6ort of a gal, purty ns a June rose, though ; nnd all the fellers in Wigglestown was arter her, but [ knew I could cut them out, fo.' all some folks naid she was engaged to Joe Sniffins. So, one winter nig.it, arter i nad milked and done up the chores to hum, I started for Hquire Wiggins. I felt a little euros when I got to the door, I can tell you. My heart went pat, pat, pretty fierce, so I jest walked on a step or so, to cit my breath, and then hauled up at the Squiro's agin. Wal, I found Sal to hum a cardin' tow. Blazes ! warn't she purty ! j "Good evening, Barney," twi she, "take a seat." Bottted lightning' I ef that VftirtA /ll/ln'* I take the heart right oulo* uiO. I tlriw r.'.j cheer tip purty closo. "Pleasant night," sea I. "Yea, very," ?e* ?ho. wJfioe; coaofor table pUde beve, though/' I scz, agin. "Yes, but I git orful lonely sometimes," scz ?S?1, "haint f-ot no brothers and sifters for company/' Main and Jupiter ! could a feller have a better chnncc than that ere? but 1 was bashful like, so 1 took the tongs and began to poke the back loirs?didn't dare to tell her how 1 felt. I'urty soon Sal left her cardin' and come and sot right smack down by the side of a feller. li I).ii ? i * * -- uenor siop poKin the tiro," sez she; "you'll liov it out." Well, 1 dropped the tongs, mid kinder slipped my arm nntcrally round her waist; she didn't shy off, and I se/?: "Kf you're lonesome, why don't you get some company; plenty of nice fellers.? There's Joe SniiVnis, f'rinstanoc." 1 tho't I'd just sound her on that point. Didn't she make an orful face when I suoke his name ? Inn minute scz she : "Joe HniiTens ? Do you 'spose I'd have him ? "Wal, 1 don't know," scz T. ''I know," sez she. 1 felt as of I stood a pretty good chance, so sc/ I, lmlf laughin' : "S'poso we splice." She just raised those bright eyes o' hern, and looked right straight into my face, so killiu'-liko, I nighupon went off the handle. Kf my heart didn't perpetrate then, no matter. L thought 1 should choke trvin' to speak. Now or never, sez 1 to myself. "What do you say to that Sal'{" sez T again, 'CM ? ? ... one jest drew those little lingers o' hern close round my hand, and 1 knew she felt if she couldn't speak. ''Well, you'll marry me then, Sal?" s<"/. I. Her eyes twinkled like two stars, and she squeezed my hand again, and I knew the deed was done. I reckon I kissed her as much as one't, didn't I though? 1 felt pnrty impatient, I did, that things should be hurried up, so sez I. "I'll see your father, and I reckon we'll be married in two or three weeks." She kept squcczin' my hand, but didn't say nothiu'. She looked happy, though, and I knew she only kept still 'causc she was young and bashful. W.,1 nfl-?r ? -K:i- 1 1 1 T .. ii niiiiV) i wuiil num. J I L didn't feel as of I'd done a good night's job, nobody never did. Next morn in', bright and early, 1 went over to see the old Squire, lie hadn't no objections, so I felt as cf 'twas all sartair, tniro work. Towards noou I harnessed up the old mare to a load of taters and druv over to the next town, (that waa a mighty nice place to trade in,) to git my weddin' suit. I worked and worked, un i tound a leetle the nicest piece of broadcloth fur brccch&j you ever sot eyes on. It was thick as a board, and what a nap it had?smooth, I tell you. All the taller in creation couldn't make a feller's hair ainoother'n that ere nap was. Wal, L thought, sccin's how a feller don't get married very often, I'd hev the tailor make the brecohas and coat, iustcad of mother, lie said he'd take pay in winter butter, and that warn't like takin' the hard out of a feller's pocKeis, bo l told Juin to get 'em done in jest two weeks. When the time came round, I jest went and got 'em. Blazes ! warn't they cute ? When I got home 1 went over to the Squires'. Sal was it the back door churning. "Sal," sez I, "jest look at them ere breehe.x, will you'( Did vou ever set eves on their like?" "Them is nice, that's a fact," soz she, looking dredful pleased, '"but what on airth rlul V,?. ir'lt oi?K 4U-9 I -1 >> - jxsx*. V Qivu VlUkUUO 1U1 i L tSilOUKl think you was goin' to bo married." "Wal, I reckon I am," sez f, grinuing. "Who are you goin' to marry?" sez she, as innocent as ef she didn't know. "I kalkcrlate to marry Sally Wiggins," sez I, lookin' her Bqua'e in the face. "Wal, I kalkcrlate you won't, then," sez she, colorin' up?'"so [ guess you've lo.'t your coat and breeches for nuthin'." Wasn't I fuinhergastcd just then ? Wal 1 W;iK- Hi* K*V I "Didn't you promise to have me ?" "No," sezslie, never did ir. a!! tny born days, and never meant to nuther." "Wal, you acted jest as ef you meant it all the while." "That's your lookout," sez she. I felt hurt, J did, and sez I : "Sally, what makes you use a feller so ?" "I can tell you, Barney Scranton, when a man goes braggiu' all around Wrigglestown that he can marry any gal he's a mind to, I guess he can't marry Sally Wiggins quite so easy, and there ain't a gal in Wrigglestown but what'll make a fool of you ef she can git a chance." Wal, the long and short of it was, that Sal Wiggins had been foolin' of me. and all the time she was goiu' to marry Joe Sniffens. I swan to man, ct' I wasn't dumfoundored ; but I didn't mean to lose the coat and brceches, so I courted another gal, and married her in less than six weeks. I reckon I found out then that there was a long run between sayin' you'ro goiu' to do a thing and doin' it. Ov Youtii and Age.?Many readers of Aristotle's admirable description (in '.ho Rhetoric) of tho Younj* and the Old. fin which he gives so decided a preference to tho oharncter of the young,) forget that he is describing the samo man at different periods of life, siucc the old must have been young. As it is, lie gives just tho cbaractcr of tho "natural man," (as tho npostlp Paul expresses it,) which is to become?on tho whole?gradually worse, when no fiipcrior and purifying principle has been implanted. Some pcoplo fancy that a man grows good by growing old, without taking any particular pains about it. But, "Tho older the crab-tree, the more crabs it bears," says tho proverb. Unlcs a correcting principle be engrafted, though a man may, perhaps, outgrow the vices and follies of youth; but other viccs, and even worse, will come in their Mtand. If, indeed, a wilding tree bo grafted, when young, with a good fruit tree, then, tho older it is, if it be kept woll pruned, th? more good fruit it will boar.? Wheattey. ( A True Incident. On n bright summer morning, 11 young timelier mijrlit luivo been neon winding her ! way towards a small but neat and pleasant ' sohoolhouse. situated in one of tho interior districts of Any one would havo been struck with her childish appearance, for scarce sixteen years had passed over her head, yi;t was she impressed with a deep sense of the responsibility of her calling.? llright young faces at tho schoolhouso window grew brighter at her approach, and as she entered tho school-room, tho hushed silcnco plainly showed that she possessed there an authority such as neither ago nor statue I unii nuain unaccompanied by an even, firm ! and moderate disposition. She oencd tlic j "book of books," read a few vers en, and afj tor a short appropriate prayer, commenced i her day's labor. j After the dav exorcises are closed, school is dismissed, 'fhe '"good nights" aro repcatj ed, and the children may bo seen leaving the i scNiolhousc?nil save one, a little boy about ! tc .4 summers. He has told a lie 1 The teacher's u.sual happy smile has vanished, and the boy boldly returns her searching gaze and questions with repeated denials of his guilt, hoi' lionrt. Iini'ni??? 1 ....... - wwviKvo |;ii11111111j ujijuusscu, sinu she raises an inward prayer to Heaven for iuidaoce. I5nt ns she trie# to awaken in his j heart sonic compunction of conscicn :e; site I feels that hers is almost a hopeless task, for ! the boy had been taught to utter untruths by | a mother! She leaves nothing unsaid which i she thinks can awaken penitence, but all is j in vain. Tho boy will not co?fcss, but by i repeated denials adds falsehood to falsehood. I She goes to her lV.blc, and while sho isspeai king kind and tender words to the boy, sear| chitig out all those texts of Scripture which I refer to lying, holds the holy book before him I and bidj him read. 1 As tho hilV r?:l.l a tlir? ' ' j - -..vw *..v, uHvaivinii^ I the liar, l is lips quiver ftiid his voice grow , tiemoloi s with emotion. Hut an evil imI pulse triumphs and ho dares not now , raise his eyes, as lie did before, ho ways with 1 a faltering voice, " I did not tell that lie."? The teacher feeling that she has done all she can tells him ho may go. Hut she says, " 1 know the great struggle in your heart, Charley; I know how wretched you feel, and how you will wish, even before you get homo, that you had told the truth. Listen, now, Charley, while yon are getting home, I will he pray ing that God will give you strength even to I vm umi\ aim uiiiuo ?> nio Wltll it COUtCiBlon. Then wo can a*k forgiveness. The boy was gone. With a sorrowful hoart the toucher prays earnestly that the young child may not lie left to perish; for she feels that he is already almost beyond hope. But suddenly, as she remembers that he to whom she is praying is perfect in justice, as well as in mercy, she grows calm, and says: ' Father, not my will, but thine he done." Then almost involuntary she looks in the diroction in which the hoy had gone, when, In! he is coming hack. With inexpressible joy she meets him at tlie door, and with breathless interest listens, l'alo and trembling with his big effort, ho says, " I told that lie," and hurst into tear . 'lMio Bible hud conquered. Such is the power of tho Word of Uod. A Ol ? ucaouuauic oiory. A member elect of the Legislature of a certain Slate was persuaded by some wags that if ho did not reach the State House at ten o'elock on the day of Assembly, he wo'ild loose his seat, lie immediately mounted, with hunting frock, rillc and bowie knife, | and spurred till he got to the door of the State llousc, where he hitched his nag. A crowd wore in the lower house, on the ground floor, walking about with hats on, and smoking cigars. These he passed, ran upstairs in the Senate chamber, set his rille against the wall i l- i twj*i uuvtiuu urn? " Strangers, whur'a the man that sworns mc in ?" at the same time taking out his credentials. "Walk this way." snid the clerk, who wan at the same time lighting a real Principe, and he was swot ) without any injury.? When the teller 11,110 to count noses, he found there was one Senator too many presJ out. The mistake was soon discovered, and ! the huntsman was informed that he did not belong there. " Fool, who, with your corn broad?" he roared. " You can't Hunk this child, no how you can tix it. I'm elected to this here legislatur, and I'll go agin all banks and internal improvements, and if there's any one of your oratorv cenilemon a;..?.1 v . o ?5?io?....nu, junt say the word, and I'll light upon you like a negro on u woodchuck. My eonstituonta sent me here, and if you want to floor this two leggid animal, hop on, as soon as you like. Though I'm from the back country, I'm a leetlo smarter than any other quadruped you can iui u out?v*' this " Alter this admirable harangue, he put his I bowie-knife between his teeth and took up | hid rifle, with, "Come here, old Suke, and I stand by mo?" at the same time presenting j it at the chairman, who, however, had seen ! such people before. After some expostula] tion the man was persuaded that he belonged , # o~ i to the lower chamber, upon winch ho Blieatn| oil hi? knife, flung his gun on Iuh shoulder, ami with a profound congee remarked: " Gentlemen, I beg your pardon; but if I did'nt think thatnr lower room was a groggory, may I bo shot." | Lkt that House J>kink.?When a | boy, I was riding in a one horse carriage i with an aged lady relative, myself holding | the- reins. As we passed through a ford I thft lmrsi> Bhn?nil < a- j-!-' I ~ M.ivnvu n Uinpugiuuu IU UT1UK which I thwarted by touching him with a whip. " Stop, my son, and lot that horac drink," said tho old lady. "Why, aunty," I replied, "ho is not thirnty: he only makes believe; it's not an hour wince he drank." " Let him drink," said she, he knows his own wants best. Whether he really needs it or not, you sec it will please him to bo allowed to drink, and he does a great deal to plcnse you. Always remember, my son, that when you can gratify ft dumb benst by doing Anything ho chenp as a drink of water from a running biook, it is very churlish to refuse it." I have always remembered it. To this day I seldom drive a horse through a fording, but I think of my gentle aunt, with that blessed heart of hers for tao poor dumb boost, who knows his own wants best. Her admonition left a soft luyor among the strong ledges of my human nature, and I hope I have been a somewhat kinder man for the bins which was then given to my feeliug for the helpless. \V? once heard of a rich man, who wns badly injured by being run over. "It isn't the accident," said ho, "that J mind j that i?n't the thing, but the idea of being run by qd infernal swill-cart make* mc mad." The Needle. The guy belles of fashion may boast of excellii In waltz ov cotillions, nt whist or quadrille Ami seek admiration by vaullingly tolling Of drawing ami ]iainting, ami musical skill; llul give me tho fair one, in country or city, Whoso home and its duties are dear to h heart, Who cheerfully warbles some rustical ditty While l'lying the needle with exquisite art; I TIic bright little needle, the swift flying necdl The needle directed by beauty iitul art. 1 If love 1ms n potont, ti innpical token, A talisman, ever resistless and true, i A charm that is never evaded or broken, A witchery, certain the heart to subdue, I 'Tis this?and 'his armory never has furnish* So keen and unerring or polU'hd a dart; I (Let beauty direct it) so pointed and burnishes And oh! it is certain of touching the heartTlie bright little needle, tho swift tlying necdl The needle directed by beauty and art. II - ' - - ' ?i 1 L j Be sure, then, ye maidens, nor seek ftdmiratic l?y dressing for conquest, and flirting with al | You never, whatever your fortune or Kh.tio::, i Appear half so lovely nt rout or nt hall. As gaily convened nt the work covered table, Each cheerfully active and playing her par Beguiling the task with a song or a table, And plying the needle with exquisite art, The bright little needle, the swift flying needl The needle directed by beauty anil art. Died Poor" It. was a fail funeral to nie," said til speaker, " the saddest I have atteuded ft ytMH." " That of Edmonson ?" " Yes." " How did ho die ?" "Poor?poor as novertv?his lifo. w. I one long struggle with the world, and i i every disadvantage. Fortune mocked liii all tlio while with golden promises tin were destined never to know fulfilment." '' Yet lie was patient and enduring," r< marked one of the company. j " Patient ns a Christian?enduring as | martyr," was answered. " Poor man ! He was worthy of a better fate, lie oitgl to have succeeded, for lie deserved success. " Did ho not sueced ?" questioned tl AhA --C - vi.v, rr 11v ii?iv.* ui ins purbuvcruiH and endurance. " No, .sir; he died poor, as I have jui said. Nothing that he put his hand I ever succeeded. A strange fatality seen cd to attend every enterprise." " I was with hiui in his lost moments, said the other, " and thought lie died rich. " No; he has left nothing behind," wi ! replied. "The heirs will have nn cai corn as to the administration of the estate. " lie left a good name," said one, "an that is something." " And a legacy of noble deeds that wci done in the name of humanity," retuarkc another. "Lessons of patience in suffering; < hope in adversity; of heavenly confident when no sun-beams fell upon his bewildei } ing path," was the testimony of another. " And high trust, manly courage, lieroi fortitude." "Then he died rich !" whs the cmpha ic declaration. " Richer than the millioi nirc who went to his long home the earn daj, a miserable pauper iu nil but gold, j sad funeral, did you say ? No, my frienc it was rather a triumphal processiou ! N<. the burial of a human clod, but the cert motiiais attendant on the translation of a angel. Did not succeed ! Why his whol life was a series of succcsses. In over conflict ho Came off the victor, and no1 the victor's crown is on his brow. An grasping, soulless, selfish man, with ashar of brains, may gather in money, and lear j the art of keeping it; but not one in n bur j dred can bravely oonqucr in tiic batilc c ! liffl n? Kilnmnflnn l*oo nA??ftnA?.A.l I - ? ? forth from the ranks of men a Christia hero. No, no; ho did uot die poor, bu rich?rich in neighborly love, and rich i celestial affections. And his heirs hav an interest in the administration of the ei tate. A large property has oeen left, an let them see to it that they do not lose tli precious things through false estimates an ignorant depreciations." " You have a new way of estimating tli wealth of a man," suid the one who had i first expressed sympathy for the dcecase* u T-. :? i * ? i i? 11 nut iiiu rigni. way: meroai higher things to gain in tins world inn wealth that perishes. Riches of pricelei value that ever reward the true uierohat who trades for wisdom, buying it with tl ! silver of truth and the gold of lovo. II ' dies rich who can take bis treasure wit ' him to the new land where be is to abid forever; and he who has to leave all behin on which he has placed affection, dies po< indeed. Our friend died richer than Girard or an Astor; his monument is bui of good deeds and noble examples. It wi abide forever.? T. 8. Arthur. trrc80M;ti0X.?Irresolution is a hub which creeps upon its victim with a fatal f oility. It is not vicious but it leads to vie and many a fine heart hits paid the penah ofituttho scaffold. Trifling as it appears i the wavering steps of the young, as they gro | older its form changes to that of a hideoi | monster, which lends them to destruction wil ineir eyes open. The idler, tho spondthrii the epicurean and the drunkard, arc amor its victim*, l'crhans in tho latter, its effee appear in the most fiideous form, llo knov that tho goblet which ho is about to drain poison, yet he swallows it. He knows, ft tho example of thousands has painted it i glaring colors, that it will deaden all his fa ultics, take the strength from his limbs an tho happiness from his heart, oppress hfi with foul disease, and hurry his progress ? ^:.i??-.1 --1 i. uiDMviiurvu f^ruvc, yui lit! ciriilllS It UUUOT speciea of dreadful spell, like that by whic small creature* aro Haul to approach airtf leji into the jaws of the loathsome serpent, whoi fiendish eyes have fascinated them. IIo beautiful and manly U that power by whic the resolute man passoa unmoved throug these dangers. A Smugoi.er's Narrative.?We shall b my iloar madam," mid I to A follow pnsHCi gor in tho Dieppe boat, taking out my watt but keeping my eyo steadily upon her, " ? shall bo in less than ten minutes At tho eu torn house." A spasm?a flicker from tl guilt within?glanced over her oountonanc " You look very good naturod, sir," 6tammo ed she. I bowed, aud looked oonsiderabl more so, in order to invite her confidence. ' If X was to tell you a secret, which I find too muoh to keep to myself, oh, would yc keep it inviolable?" "I know it, my ilout ig nmunin?1 know it already," paid 1, moiling j , " it is luce, is it not?" Mio uttered a little filllloW mwl vnu olm l>n?l i*- ? ? w., Vo, niiu HUU ?I II Ull'IU UlII'li:" tho crinoline. She thought it hud been sticking out. you see, unknown to her. "Oh, sir," or ' i-ied she. "it is only ton noun da' worth; please to forgive me, und I'll novor do it again. As it if, 1 think I shall expiro."? "My dear madam," replied I sternly but c> kindly. " here is the pior, and tho oflioerhas fixed his eyo upon us. I must do my duty." 1 rushed up tho ladder liko u lamplighter; 1 pointed out that woman to legitimate authority ; 1 accompanied her upon tier way, in custody, to tho searching house. I did not seo ><1 ! her searched, hut I miw wlmt won f'<>n>wl her, and I saw her fined and dismissed with d, ignominy. Then, having generously given ? lip my emoluments as informer to the suitore, diimtu officials, 1 hurried off in search of tho betrayed woman to her hotel. I gave her Ineo twice tho rnluo of that she had lost, 1 ,n paid her fine, and thon I explained, "You. ' ni'..lam, had ten pounds' worth of smuggled gootis abuui, .>.t?i ; I had nearly fifty times that amount. I turned informer, ma( dam, lot me convince you, for the sake of ' both of us. You lmvo too expreaaivo a countenance, believe me, and the officer would e nave inuiiu you out at all events, even as I myself. Are pou satisfied, my dear madam? If you still feel aggrieved or injured by me in any way. pray take more lace?here is lots ie of it." \^ve parted the best of friend", )r f Foreign }>>']>< >' Advice (Woktu Mii.i.ions) Gratis.?Every woman has a right to be any ago she pleases, for if sho were to state her real age no one would believe her. Every man has 1S a right to wear moustache who can. very it woman who makes puddings has a uerfect j right to bclicvo that fhc can make n hotter 11 p. tilling than any other woman in the world. Every man who carved has a decided right to think of himself by putting a few of the be.-t 3. bits inside. Every woman has a right to think her child the " }?rotIiet-t little bubv in a the world," and it would bo the greatest folly to deny her this right, for k'iC would be sure ' to take it. Every young lady has a right to faint when she pleases, if her lover is by her side to catch her. Every fool has a right to ic he on tho best terms with himself, and that ;c man is a greater fool who differs with him about those terms. Every child who makes a noise, lias a right to bo turned out of the room ; and, supplying you havo uottho right, 0 you are perfectly justified, if the parents are absent, in usurping it. >? A Sharp Apprentice.?" William," said I* a carpenter to his apprentice, "as 1 shall be absent to-day, I wish you to grind all the 1H tools." " Yes, air." 'l'he carpenter came 1 'ue at night. * William, haveyou ground ..ii the tools?" " All but thohandsaw," said 1 n:ii i< T ?it. ... u ' juiii. a couiuq t gci tjinto all tho gups out of that." d Fino Tobacco. riMIOSK wishing a sunoriorarticlo of Cliowr I. in;* TOIIACOO will plonno call in, as 5 wn have iust receixed from J M Tatum n lot :0 of his cefcbratcd brand?"(Jncon of tho Vuli* Icy." For sale by JOHN' T. SLOAN & CO. e IVndlotnn, Oct 1 11 4 ( ! JUS. J. WUKTON, j. | ATTORNEY AT LAW, AND A Solicitor i:i Equity* , PICKENS COURT HOUSE, S. C. , K 1^58 25 tf_ 1. NOTICE IS hereby given, that at tlie next Bcani.in of L tlie Legislature, application will bo made for (* annct to incorporate the " Cheoheo Mining y Company," and also the "Bine Ridge Mining IV Company." L^UB e Final Notice. n | r jillK heirs of Absolem Gibson, deceased, ) JL are notified to tijtponr before the Ordi11 nary of l'ickcns district on tlio -Itli Monday in November next, us wo intend to make a P final settlement of paid estate. All persons n indebted to the estate will do well to settle it up before that time. n H. A. II. GIBSON, I . , , " Z.GIBSON. Adm rs. j Oct. 2. 1858 __ ?d_ d Eitato Notice. 10 VOTICE is hereby given tlint a final settlcd xl ment of tlio Kstate of William 1*. Benson, deceased, will be made before the Ordinary, at ie l'iekons (5 II, on tlie second Monday in Jamia . ry next. Those indebted (o Maid Kstato must msiko payment, and those having demand* will veil (lor them to inc. legally attested, by that day. re NANCY G. BENSON, Adm'x. ,1 Oct 0, !? '>? 12 Urn " NOTICE. A FINAL settlement of the E*taio of Clay|e .x V. ton Jenkins, deceased, will ho made in e the Ordinary's office, at l'ickons C II, on the h first Monday in January next. Those in|e dobted to paid Estuto must make payment, J and tlio^e having demands must render them to me, attested according to law, Hy that dav. U. W. VANZANT, Adin'r* ft Oot 2. 18f>8 3m ii reoricp. A PPLICAT10N will bo niailo to tlio Legiwlai\ Hire of Houlh Carolina, at it* next i.ossion, it for mi net to incorporate tlio town of Piclicn.v ;i. villc, with tlie usual powor nnil pvlrilejjCH. 0 July >5, 18"?8 i'iv) iJm y " NOTICE 11 TS hereby given that application will be w J., inaile to tho Legislature of South Caroli\8 na, at ita next session. for an net to ineorpor; ate the Rnntint Church, at Secona. ^ Augnut 2, 18f>?S 3 3m S NOTICE. r? k PPLICATION will be made to the I.egislnis /V turo of .South Carolina, nt it* next aeasion, >r for ?n act to incorporate the Ketreat Church in nn<l landB appertaining thereto. C- Aug. 14, 1858 ft .Tin NOT I CMC. 1,1 4 PP LIC AT ION will bo mado'to tlio LcgUla0 i V lure of South Carolina, at itd next 8eHHic.ii, n for a charter for "The Chang* Lime aud Mini 1 ufaeturlng Company." lP July 18, 18f>8 61 8m w i^lnle of Mouth Carhlina. lit I'H'KKXS IMHT?IW TIIK COURT OV COMMON PLF.AR jli Dicdrich lticmunn 1 Foreign Attachment. vs > Norrii, II. ft Fulliam llondriok & Ledford. ) I'lff > Att'vs. e, \\J HF.RF.AS, (he plaintifT did, on (he 17tb da; D- M of May, lHftH, file his declaration again*! )h tho defendants, who (as it is said) are absent fronr re and without the limits of this State, and have s- neither wife nor attorney known within the same, ie upon whom a copy of tho said declaration might 0, bo nerved: It is ordered, therefore, that tin r_ said defendants do appear and plead to thesaic |v declaration or? or before the 18th day of May, 3 Iflfift. ..J t-.-l ' V...V. IT.qv, HHIU ni/IWIUlV yUUglUTIJl j8 will then ba givon add awarded apninrt tneui. jo J. E. HA GOOD, c.o.r. CHiVi OCre, M*y 17, 1*08 lj?j J *Mn(e of South Carolina, ; 1'ICKKKA?IN OUUINARY. i I Kx. 1'nrte ^ I'ct it ion to apply funds to IMuuldeti. Suv'r / tlio payment of debts. T appearing thut Joseph 1) Looper, llcnry ' .J Duncan (or Hester) and wife Tolly, l'eter | Phillips nii'l wife Caroline, John Pritchet and wife ltnchel, reside without 1)' limits of thia {State: )l ia ordered, therefore ?'<at they do appear in the Ordinary'# otlioe, at "it-kens (J 11, on the first Monday in January nv.t, and shew cause, if any tliey can. why the i raver of the s:iid petition should not be granted. W. J. PAKSONS, o.V.P. Ordinnry'n office, .Sept. 24, ;;rn j State of Soutli Carolina, PICKENS?IN EQUITY. Avarilln. Grifiin ] V4 I Bill for Pu-iition, &c. TIioh. Griffin, ct. nl*. j IT appearing to flic Comi. upon bill "led. <'>; t J. B. Man'.oll and v/i-o \r ' ((, Dn.ion Gi':fin, Benjamin Oiitfin, Stiv^cul Crlfiin. R. 11. Uriffin, II. A. Ilillio'j ly nud v.'bo Minoivn; t'io hcii'8-nt-luw of B.dley Grifiin dcrrcved, lowii : AvnrillaOrifli.i, tSrvgent Griffin, Jot.cf li Griffin; <mcltoo liei. i*i.iv* o* V.'ill in re Onffn, deceased, namely: Aviiilln A. Griffin, Nancy V. Griffin, Eliliu II. G'iffin, l!o,".'<i)u.,i? M. Griffin, G. B. Griffin. Mary J,. MG.ifiin. B.nUfj B. Gril! tin, l'liomn* V. Griffin. T. Griffin, Mnrj Ilm I'. 1>. G.iSin and .)nno M 8. Griffin, reside I U'it li til it |'?I? - ? * ? ?- " . .v v?i ?tii- uin un IU0I10U Ol IlaniHm, cuu?;?l. inrDl'H . olicltor. it i? ovdcvcd, tliovofo.e. (hut (lie t>.'id nb: ent defendants <l<> nppenv in (bin lio.io.i'ble court nnd plend. nnHwcr or doiiitir (o oonipli'iti;nn'i< mild bill of complaint, wil'.iin tlireo luoni'ttn from (lie publlcn(ion lioroof. or (lie same will bo tuken pro confrsto as t? tliem. HOB'T. A. THOMPSON, c.u.r.n. Oom'rs oflice, Aug '24. 18AR 3m Estate Notico. \U, pcrHOfiB indebted to t'-e Kstate of Robert Slewnrt, Ksq.. Occersod, nve requested ( > iiuiKo iniiucuiHic payment; mid tho^e having demand* against s:,!<! K; ,r o must present them duly attested on o hee .\?oudn/ the l<??h day of December nexi, ov t..ey will ho barred. A final Bcttlcment of this I i:i!? \ M be made before the Ordinary, ft T'icUcm II.. on that day. " TUOS. II. I'RICE, AdmV. Sept. 8, 1838 8 Cm JE\VELRY, G0LD " >XLVER. J KAN Utf, FJS' ? ...EH, tVnllmUse, S. HAR jimt now returned from New York with a lfi'ijo and beautiful assortment of V* ATCIIKH, JETTELRY, (Roth GOLD and SILVER,) Olofk*. Musio Boxen, Combs, Rrushcs, Fr.ncy Articles, I'crfnniery, Soaps, Gold Peris, eio.: nil of which lias been bought for CASH, ftttd T.hieli lie offers for snlo ftll till* V.W?'J war iic ?i o rhPAins Watchf.h m?<i other p -icK i in '.lis II,ic, r.id solicits the palrorr.go of t'>0 public. His plnnd is near the public Hq.1 ,'C, i>t WiOhftlW, S. C. Dcc. 1.1, 1CJ0 24 tr J. W. M(ir liis, JR. J. W. IIAHB IRON. Z. C. I'ril.lAM. NORRis7llARRISON & Vl'LUAM, Aitornvyn at Lnw, WILL ntlcnd promptly to nil business ntrti?Tf ted to thoir cure. Mb. Pui.ham oun nl itii J o DO lunnu 111 IUC *.?IIICO. OFFICE AT PICKEiNS C. HM S. C. Sept. 0, 1854', 9 If W. K. KA81.KV. ISAAC WICK I.J F KB. EASLEY & WICKLIFIE, Attorneys at Law. YTVT1T.L attend punctually to nil hnsincrs eaY T tn'Hted to thoir carc in tbo Districts comprising t.'io Western Circuit. OFFICE AT PICKENS C. IF., 8. C. 8*1(1. r 1V. T? LUMBER! LUMBER! THE undersigned are now prepared to fill orders tor LUMBER of sll kinds, ft their Mill on Oconee Oreok, Kevon milesnoi .Ii-chkI of Wn1halla. Lumber will be delivered if it is desired by the purchaser. Our terms will be murlo accommodating, and v.e respeotftilly solicit the patronage of tho public. JAMES OKOROP., M. F. MITCHKI.I., Feb. 10. 18fi7 81 J. N. LAWRWNi-P! WOTI if. 4 PPI-IC'ATION will l)o inndo to the neift se*1\ nion of tlio South Carolina Legislature for r puhlic rood, to lenvo the Clayton rood mnr Gnmbrcll Bva'icalc'fe. to pnsR nenr Wngner's paw mill, tlicticc to Bandy fold on CLnttuga river. Aug. It, 1858 6 ilin VItEMIUM COOKI NGT STOVEST all 817.PH. with and without ITnllmv-irnro yj For snlo by J. II. VOICif f Opposite Planter's Hotel, Walhalln, S.C. Anguat 0, IP57 4 tf Stale or South Carolina, IN ORDINARY?l'lCKKKH, U. t. t'OX | vs : Summons in Partition. Edward Cox, ct. nl?. j IT appearing to nty satisfaction tImt Joint Cox, Murinda Cox. Gnbtiol (.'ox, Robert Cor. Littleton Kdge and wife Minerva, fieorge I.'aves and wife Jane, (loot; e Glow and wlfo llhoda, reside without the lii.'its of this State: lti 't vdercd. therefore, tlmt t'tfey do cppfi$< in the Ordinary's oHiee, at Pickcits C. H., on Moiid. ,v tl.o Bt 1? day of November nest, and object to tie division or wale of the licrl Ksir.e o? Joslma Ct>x, deceased, or ilieir cotiscnt to the same i\ ill be entered of record. W. J. PARSONS, o.p.D. Onlinnry'fl office, August 6,1868 Estate Notice. A FINAL Settlement of the Estate of Allen Black, deceased, will he uuule lie? 1 fore the Ordinary, at Pickens 0 II. on Friday the 5th dny of November next. Those having demands against the Estate insist render them, legally attested, and those indebted thereto must make pa> ment by that lime. E. IlUOflRS. ) ? i J. R. IIUNNIOl'TT, j A<lm rs 1 Ai!?fl)Pt 1H0K .'l Sin ' ~ "notice. I II ? It K BY forwarn fill pcrnnn*t from finding 1 for Iwo NoIob, under senl, given by tub to Silitn Nicliolaon. One fir four hundred dollnvB due 1 rtt Oct. 1H0B, and one for lwclv? hundred dollars due 1 si Oct. 1859. The conaidemtion . for which tliey were Riven having failed, I will not pny the sniue unless compelled by Inw. L. J>. MRHHJMAN. Qi>n| OO 1 Qro M A MOJil IP'JO J I * STATE OF KOVTH CAttOllXA, riOEKNS DIST? IN TUK COtmT Of COMMON IM.KAS. Noel flandfovd ^ foreign Attachment. y? y J. J. Norton, r ' John Phillips. J Plff ' Att'ff. t VVI,KRKA8' 4,10 P>'?"?'ff dill, on 111? 12th ( V I dny of February, 18ft8, ftTo his dcclara, Hon against the dot'enaent, who (ns it Is h?M) is absent from arid without the limits of this ! Stale, and has neither wife nor attorney known ? within the same upon whom s copy of the said i declaration might he served: It i? ordered, therofore, Hint the Raid defendant <l<ygpp^fliMfeil ; plcr.ll to tho fini'I dwUvMlon ?n o* I'oflMifSo Jjfch ?tajr of February, 1860i oth?*wii>c7tinol and nbxolute Jndgmont will thfn g^en ?n<l f *""H ,kW3iloop,