Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, April 02, 1859, Image 4
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From the llotnd Journal.
My First Love
iiv JOHN AI.HO.
A maiden unuc I ehmiced to kno\<",
w ith bounty aUper'uitttnu;
? 11 or voleo wim yemlo, ?oft nn<l low"?
Tlmt " excellent tiling in wmnnn."
AVo traced logqtlior.mountain streams,
Ami, when the st um were shining,
Wo talked of poetry and diuiind?
Their mysteries divining.
I fell tluit fale no grief could give
Like pmnion unrei|nlted.
Ami ili.it 1 could no longer livo
Unless wo were united!
I breathed my love ? lior hand I prefixed?
While she, her r"OS averting.
Ketiirnod ilie pre ire, and eunfesscd
That sdic trai?onij/fttrtiuff
vhnmrv. "!
Charming to read to ChildrenTliJ
following fairy tale is translated
from tlic licrmnti, and called " Tiik Knciiantkd
Pot:"
" There wasonce n baron who was a very
hard and cruel man, ?jnick to get, nnd slow
to sp< nd; greedy of gain, and loth to give ;
;i 11 oppressor of tlie poor, and n spoiler of
the needy. Oil bis property lived a poor
widow with an only son, whom, little by
little, he had rediifpd tn tl?r? 1 . ??*??>? -i--???
iviurv in fill
i.f poverty ; so that at last she was unable j
t?> pay the rent due for her poor hovel of a j
house; and although it Was by his own ox- j
t rtion and injus-'ieo that ."he was redueed i
to such straits, he refused to wait a single j
day for his money, hut threatened to turn j
her nnd her son out of the house, and seize
the miserable remains of their furniture.? !
The poor woman returned home and sent1
out her son to try and borrow some money
from their friends; but one and all began t
to make excuses, for no one would help
them for fear of the baron. So llolgar,
for that was. the name of the widow's son,
returned homewards, quite out of heart.?
liy-aud by his path led him across a little
stream of water : and when he approached
the bunks ho saw a feeble, miserable-looking
old man standing beside it, who, as soon
ns he s:iw lfulgar, asked him to help hi J
over, an he was too weak "to cross by him- j
belt". So llolgur took him by the band,for j
.? > i i y uoua-nauireu iau,and IOtl linn j
fculoly over the wot, slippery stepping- |
Hones ; and then, wishingliim nkiud #)o<l- j
morning, was walking away, when the old
man called after him to .stop, and said, 4Do j
not go away until I have thanked you and j
paid you for your tfouble.'
' 41 don't want to be paid,' Holgar said.
4 I am 11ut Mich a churl us to rofu.se-to help (
a fellaw-creature in distress ; so good-by.' |
? 'Say.' said tlie old man, putting his !
hand in his aaqk, and pulliug out a little,
three-legged copper pot, 4but take that j
with you.'
4*4 1 am very much obliged,' answered '
Holgur ; 'but the pot will be of no use?fur j
the truth i>, we have nothing to boil in it.' !
' ' -Never mind you about that,' said the '
old man ; 4 .you jitst put it on the fue, and j
see what will happen.'
41 .So Ilolgar took the pot, which wits,for
all the world, liko ---?
J . ? ....J wvuvi UUj'JHJl |M)t? J
ana wont home to his mother, showed her j
how all their friends had refused to help
them. l>ut the mother kicked the pot ;
away with her foot, and rocked herself,
backwards and forwards on her chair, la- i
minting the unkinuitess of their friends ; |
and Holgnr said, 'Mother, I shall do as the i
old man told me?I shall set the pot on the |
tire.'
" So he sot it on ; hut no sooner did ?he j
pot feel the smoke and the flames curlinir i
about it than it culled out, '1 run ' I run I
" ' Where do you run to V naked the vid- i
<>w, Muddcidy stopping in hor lamentations, j
and Starting up; but tlio-pot only cried, '
41J run ! I run !"
l< Well, run, then !" qugth the woinnn,
" and fetch us some of the good soup, such
ns I saw on the bnrou'n kitclico-pate."
"Scarcely had she spoken, when the pot
flew out of the cottage-door, fitid presently
roturncd filled with th6\nost delicious soup.
Oh, it smelt so nice ! For a moment or
two the mother and son stood quite annr/cd,
but soon recovering their senses, they fell
to and ate' it nil up. Hut ffolgar said,
" I^et us sop if it ? ii.:. '
v?u 119 ??liy VlillllT
c)ho but eatables ; for lood is a fjood tliinjr,
but mpiiey i? a better." So ho put t!ie
jiot on the ftre,?pti?v, und stirred the tire to
make it burn brightly, and as ftooij as ever
the pot felt the flames, it culled out, ns before,
' I run ! I run 1"
-Run, then,' Hol?mr, 'and brinp
us tho ten pounds we owe the baron-'
u Ho the pot tt? w off, mid when it came
*t>acJc?there lay ten golden sovereigns in i
tlio bottom. ' It is a splendid pot,' ?iid j
llolgnr ; and the next day he wont nnd
paid his debt to the baron. Kverv evon. 1
ing they ordered the pot to fetch what they
weeded?HoiiiOti'jrieK food and Komethnes
money, the latter of which they p:tvu4 iu i
oVder to bny'another cow. And whore the j
pot got the things, it brought the i* they did i
not know. Perhaps it ran to thu old nmn
who had given it to Holgnr; hut in trntk
the pot got the-, from the baron's
und the baron'ft monoy-box. Now, the bftron,
being a ureal tuiscr, we.ntovorv d?v to
hia money-box and counted his money, and ,
norely vexed nod troubled \?ns he when cv- I
(try day he found something wrong. There ;
must be Koine one wljo has n false key, he
thoughtj so the next night he hut hininelf.bchind
tho curtain, and watrtbAd.-?
I'reaently he heard a low knocking, and,
peeping out, he saw the window open of
its own accord, and a little copper pot on
throe legs come in, It knocked wkh its
handle on th.emoney-box, and the lid flew
t.pcn, fina the pot scrooped into it sell foine
money, jumped out Ot the wiudow, and lid !
nnd window shut of their own accord.?I
' "Well,"' oxctjlnled the boron, 'tbiw beuJs i
fJaftrr Cliucli'H cnt!' Unfc tfifi next nigbl
tlic baron whb on tho w?tch opam, rfOf p? J
kuon its ?be pot hn?l eollncfed tfw inoiity it'
v.autv^ H of it by occ of tlhe 1
logs, Mini thought that now the thief was
eau^ht. Hut lo and behold, tho pot w; s
htronger than hi' was, and draj:trod him nil
across the room uji to tho window, and it
he had not let ?o its log, would surely have
flown off with him. 'Oh, well, just you
\r;dt, inj jzuud pot,' said tho baron ; 4 you
| list*9 got away this time: but vou shall not
make a goose of me again.'
j " The next night, as soon ns ever the pot
! entered the room on its three topper logs,
and scraped togethe- the money, the baron,
who was a stout, heavy man, clapped himself
down upon it, and bursting out laughing,
said in a taunting tone, 4 Now, my
lad, see what you can do.' l>ut the pot
minded him no more than if he bad been
j a feather, and, while the baron was fain to
| hold tight on by its sides, flew out of the
window with him, over field and meadow,
over stock iiiul slone. and did not ?? ??? i>??
t il it stood still below the widow s ohimneyl
piece.
I u ' Why, what's eonio to the put V cried
5 the widow ; ' it l as brought the baron ;'
1 and site and her son were terribly frightenj
ed when they s$aw the lord of the manor sitting
there swnohgst the ashes. As t>oon as
the baron hud recovered breath enough to
sneak, he exclaimed, ' Oh, you wicked woman,
I will have you and your son hung
and burnt So it is your pot that hushed!
robbing me every day, and breaking open
my money box.' In vain the widow and
11 ulgur protested they knew not where the
pot got the things it brought them. There
the baron sat, boiling with passion, and refusing
to listen to a word. ' Hold him
fast, I'ot !' said Holgar, when he saw the
havon trying to get up; ' if you mean to
revenge yourself in that manner, you shall
sit there forever.' No sooner had ho said
;? ?i.~ i 1 1 '
..in. iiiv uiiruii luunu nimsoit so lightly
glued to the pot tliat ho could not, though
lie tried with all his strength, get free of it.
lie tugged, and tugged, until ho ami the
put both rolled over on the iloor together,
nnd Holgar and his mother stood by, laughing
until their sides imbed. When thrbaron
found that all his strength was of no
use, ho stopped lolling obout, ond suid, ' lot
me go, good people, ami 1 will nut punish
you at all.'
" ' That will not do,' paid Holgar; ' 1
will hnvn tli<> InWvrt at' f
... - ,v?viv v/* ? ? kit 11 vi ? mm nil r
house, mid you must supply me with horses,
and cows, nn?l jjliccp. ;uul all things necessary
for a farili.'
" ' No! no !' roared the baron, writhing
and twisting himself about ns he spoke.?
'No ! that I never will ; I will die first !'
" ' Ah ! well,' said Ilolgar, ' never is a
long day. You may sit tlicr6 and think
about it.' So he put on bis hat, and went
out of doors'. Hut he had hardly been gone
above a <ju.'.i ter .of an hour when his mother
c.une running after hint, and called him
back ; and as soon as the baron saw him,
he told him he would consent to all he asked.
Then Ilolgar sent for some of the neighbors,
and put it all down on paper, and
made the baron sign it, and then told him
lie might get up and go home as soon n.s he
pleased. So lie a row, and slunk home,
f|iiite ashamed of himself, grinding his teeth
tor very anger, and vowing vengeance.?
However, lie wan so afraid of llolgar and
his pot, that l- J thought it heft to keep his
word, ahu let him and his mother ahmcfo\'
the future. Perhaps, had he known the
truth, he might have behaved lest! well ;
for the very day that ho fulfilled his contract,
and put llolgar and his mother in
possession of thefarin, the ehpper pot, greatly
to lTulgar'.i ^rief, disappeared. Hut no
doubt Ic Was bettor without it for (.<hl
ways of petting things arc generally wrong
ways, and the enchanted put might not always
have been ho discreet as to have t:?ke.u
only what justly belonged to his mother,
and so might, in the end, luivc brought
thorn into uud trouble and disgrace."
J>ivisii?u;itv or Matjkh.?This is a
property posseted by all bodies, juul moans
their capability to be separated into part:?.
It was formerly a <ju .stion, among philosophers.
whether mutter was capable of being
divided a*/ in Jim'hi nt, or whether there
wr.s a limit beyond which matter could not
be divided. The ijuc&tion is incapable of
direct solution, and fortiimite.lv Momm*
not require tli.it it should be known; but
the extent tu wliich subdivision has been
Curried it) the arts is prodigious. In the
gilding Of buttons, five grains ofgold, >.vbieh
is applied as an amalgam with mercury, is
allowed to a gross ; sv.tlust the coating left
must not bo mum than tho one hundred
and ten thousandth part tjfafi inch in thickness.
If a pieco of ivory or wliitc afttin be
iuimcrld in a>ulntion *>f inlvo-:nuriutc of
) " ? ?
t.nvj l Aiiunnu ui ? varrvut til Jiyiuojjeij
gas, it. will bo covered with u surface
of gold not exceeding the ten-millionth of
an inch in thiokn&.<*. A single grain of
blue vitriol will give an ar.urc tint to firo
gallons of wator. In this i:a.ie, tho copper
uiUrit be atteuuaUd ton million tinier, and
yet there is sufficient in eueh drop of water
to give it color. Order* are capable of still
further drfftodonj a single gfain <rf musk
lino bedn kno^n to scent n vWom for twenty
years. Animal .matter likewise exhibit?
many instances of wonderful Mihdivision.
TkfeniiU of a rod(bihi when it begins to
wrtrofy, him he.m estimated to contain a
billion of perfect insect*/*o that thousands
mCthe little Kve& Nrtdd lifted on the
point of a needle. One of tho iirfnsorial
a nitwit' uhtc found in duck-wced in ten
niiWon times smaller thnn n hemp-gecd;
and htiother, discovered in dit^b-yuUr,
appears in the held of a inicVpKCopc h lucro
Atom ondiwcd with sontiont lite, and mil-.
Iiomt of them play, liko feuubcfciua, in a
sin^ta drop of liquid.
fy.NUlU.AK GaTTI.K DlSEAKH IX OlUO. A
dijonsc, culled by m>;iie " hoof nil/' und by
otliern "tbiok U(r," in making ecrtoot -hilvnc
wiib liorncii nil over Ohio. It'comitsqjnccH
in tlie hind foot, and extend* ujiflnrd*,
paralyzing tho hind partfn s6 that the creature
comes to the "round on ifi* hind quarters
: the appptijo is destroyed mmI (Tie oye*
grow dim. TWfe malady i* attributable to
ergot in the ftras#; tfj/nit): Ac. Ah Wet weather
i? hivornhU t.j itd development. many HurtfiOhC
ip?|i|i(iCjVfDuo? lutuly i* attributable to
?..? +>hmnr>* .
& -y.&fr <*
A Widow iu Trouble|
Tiii Memphis Appeal publishes the fid-I
low iog \ery roinutitiu story, ami assures its
'j readers that the occurrenoo related iu atiiut)y
true:
A Iriend of ours, who does business 011 j
i Mainstroet, iu this city, was traveling a few |
wocksagoiu Arkansas, *01110 iifty or sixty
miles lmliivv Manmli'm A - ?
........ iiij;in, i-inuu mi
ill the conclusion of a long day'n travel, ho
arrived at a nolitury lioute, where it appear|
ed tlio rcui'lout.s within wore already prepftrI
iii^ torotiiuto ro.it. I le knoekod at tlio door,
a liciid was protruded from a window, and 5u
i reply to n (jiiestion from tlio owner of the
1 head, ho said hewinhcd to stay for tlio night.
The head wan withdrawn, and a consultation
apparently took place with sonic one within
and aftora little delay the head whs again
advanced and our lVioiyl asked his name.?
! Wo will not give tho nnuio statod?that of
j I'nlkerflon" will answer tlio rathe 'uirpoco.
! ' Fiilkersoii." repeated the man \.ith tlie
head out of the window, as if surprised, and
not agreeably ? >. " Yes, John Fiilkornon,"
I was the loply, in a tone that had au expression
of i'liiliilticiu c nlmiit W <".! fl?? ?ii?
*y? 'MO " n'WI'BI
' was hungry us well as tired, and not. hoing a
nriust, fasting never smoothed his tonjper.?
I'lie Iicad was again withdrawn at tins unniinnccinODt,
as rapidly iis an Irishman once
withdrew his, when lie knelt and tonka drink
j out of-one of the boiling springs of the State
in which the adventure we arc relating took
j plnco. 8omc time now elapsed , the nig t
was cold, and our hungry fnond found h.s
! quarters in front of the solitary houso not all
, t,;uo 1 *< 11* 1
, ... >\l ivh^iii h*j iinntuterest vio- !
Icutlv at the "lour several times, and uttered
; a florios ?f ejaculations, snore indicative of a
flexible tongue than of profound piety, lie
) then took a look round the promisee, to a.scertitin,
if possible, the reason of this unrccountnMc
delay. 1 lo discovered a mnn ft< a*
i ling silently awitv in the reftr, who .pimped
i over the fence and setoft'in 11 run. thnt spoke
well for his agility, in the direction of the |
timber. The front door wun openod at this |
i moment, and u negro girl called to him to j
come in.
On entering he could discover nothing suspicious
: a goyd supper was ?ct bofore him, j
and lie wnrf attentively waited upon, lie noi
tired, however, that the negro was vory curt |
in her replies to his questions, and that when
, he aske l anything nhout the inmates of tho
hilaco she manifested an emotion thnt look.mI I
ike alarm, lie retired to bed, too greatly)
1 fatigued to refloet much upon the singular!* I
j ty of this conduct: he slept well, nV<l in the |
morning was at an early hour eating his J
; breakfast, when be observed a pair of eyes j
. intently gazing at hiin from a chick in the j
wiui mill uivnieu tnu room in which ho sat, j
| fi Mii an adjoining passage. Determined to
; know tin* moaning ofiho singular behavior j
j ho had observed in that place; fur every in- j
; dividual about it whom ho had accosted an- j
1 swor'ed him with trepidation in the fewest
I possible number of words, and then hurried \
j away from him us in foar-r-hc rushed into the
parage and catching hold of tlio man whose.]
' o \ os had l oon so busily engaged, ho demand- ,
i od the reason of liin singular scrutiny. The;
rnan appealed uvvmimc with agitation, and J
n*ked-?in a voice the interrogator at once re- j
j,cognized as the unmo ho lind hoard on the t
i previous night?if Mr. I'tdket'son intended to .
stay? No, All-. Kulkersun would go as soon '
as he had finished his breakfast and paid his I
hill, hut he insisted upon knowing why so '
1 much spying and whispering were going on? J
i >> iiv, uro von not .nr. r utkerson that owns j
| tliis house?" asked the man. "No. 1 ne.v- j
er saw the houscf before,'* wan the reply. In ;
! a moment u look nfintensu sfUisfactioi) beam|
< <] from the mail's face, which hud before |
1 worn a troubled expression ; and without an- |
(jtlior word he rushed up tail's, three or four
-tc|is at a time and quickly returned, bringing
with him u portly looking dame, whuvo
eyes were, red, us if with weeping, and exclaimed
in a tone of joyous surprise soon as
I she caught sight of our bewildered friend,
; wliocOuld not fi.r the life of him guess what
had bewildered the folks?"It is not John?"
j An explanation then ensued, from which
j it appeared that the house in which i.ur friend
j had spent the night, had formerly been the |
property of? man of the same name as him- [
, self. 'Ohis mini Inn) liniiti i
! Ah nothing hail been heard from him during
all that time, his better half. (ho lady who
appeared bo riiuch pleased that he was imt
' Jidir\"had resolved to take another hnsbpnd,
and the now kuot was to bo tied that
very evening. On tho prevvun ovening her
intended second husband was paying his attentions
to a lover, when tho unmmnccment
j lit-the name of ".John Fulkorson'' from our
I friend, in n moment spread dismay and con- j
1 stornntioii where nil had been joy and antic- ,
! ipation, Tho lovprstole off tho back wav, j
J to be beyond the reach of danger; tho lady ,
! Iia.1 spent the night in weeping; once she 1
j hii'l mourned her hu!il'!\nU't> absence, now alio >
; grieved over his return.
The quietness of the unexpected ami nn
welcome guo<t had. however, f-omewhat reassured
the distressed couple; the hirer hud
cautiously returned to the house, and wits ;
making his ^observations, when our friend :
unceremoniously huI/.oU him. The tiding t
were quickly fcpfOftdt and laughter ami mirth
soon filled the dwelling that had been doleful
with disappointment nml sorrow. The
traveller wiw heartily invited to stay and
partake of the wedding supper ; hi* business
I called him away, however, Imt ho has since
i learned th;>l tbtt inf ringe took place witlv- !
I out itnv out ward interruption. Iftffe'real |
( jliih t'nlkorftun. rtf Arkansas, should hcalivc !
I and seo this. let liinj Uiko warning and ncvur
1" approach the llonse' ho l)h? deserted, for flO .is
^ most cinphaticaMy n'ftt. wnntej, !
I'p.m.w.h-CiiVAini.iff of SltEMcHi.'?>lh tlie I
neighborhood of a smalt town of l'rua>ia ic? ,
hide* a peasant family, who, front son^e unexplained
inspiration, have takon a vow of j
' s lenc?. T6 those who have occasion M vr ;:t ,
! thorn, either on business or for curiosity, the !
, i..m mm-i9 ui?iftu tiviic, exprupvive
, ot what they wish to o^nnnuniuato. No guest
, is allowed to romaio on the j)roiiii?OH. however,
more than a quarter of an holir. Thia
! oier, the ai|ont linger points V* 'I'0 ""U.V i
and tliero m a lifting or (lie "yudgol coinfripll?Mit,"
if the visitor oft'em ?my dvlay. It is
j believed in tho neighborhood that the vow of
1 niJtOhee i* in eon.toououch of a proniiso made
to tho family hy Meplmtf. dieted, and tlmt
the reward is to ho the dinooyory of a tPant|
ure. <Jno thing i? fturious, however, vie.:
(hat, upon the woman of the household, the
, vow i?< ouly hinging when they ftVe or? their
own promieeat and, in their visits to tho
market-town, which o?&ui? ntory few dtiya, I
they no njfxronnto the privilege of hnmnn
utturmwu ns ahumluiitly t<? compcntat* thenij
solves lor tlio iinimturiu Bilonce.
Wk have read of n c#r?ain Kngliiih olorgynmn
who, being engaged i? a warm eotrtrov?>ri?y
with'ft pontleinnn, wftfr told that hi*
v Muck cyut protected hio>." " It may be
mid the Wfrtby. pawm, ?*bot if It proWita
I tuft it ghfoi't yon," and, throwing hi? coftt
I or or i) uliiiif, ho fr*? t Hitf opvirtfut ft thorough
I thrusjliWtf. I
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The Threo Gifts.
""NVhioh of my good gifts shall I give
thoo'H"' Karth ualced oni> of her hoiis.
" (jiVO niG gold,",
" do, thou, ami dig, and thou bIkiU find
gold ; and what thou Kuukcst thou shalt be
like." . 4
80 the laborer toiled, ami treasures of
gold opened to hi in wherever lie ?struel< his
Bpade inlj thy ground. . Golden ceilings'
rose*above him, ttVlpportcd -by gulden pillurs,
ihut rented upon golden floors, ?nd
dazzled men eringed in the glowing shadow
of his palaeo Wa!.j. Hut upon the seeker
ot' gold- there was n curse. Its dust |
was in his eyes, aud its hardness in, his
heart, lie was but a blind, metallic statue I
in his own palace, for he become like what i
lie loved.
" What shall 1 pi vet-hoc from my stores!'"
said fturth to another of her sons. j
44 (jive me flowerq." j
41 (?o, iiion, plant and sow, ami flowers i
shall sprimr up round thee, and what thou j
cherishoxt thou shalt he like."
?i.? 1.1 ? :i -i ? ?
k.'.7 mi- i.iuuiur luucu, ihki luxuriant <
dens blossomed around <im, and Ins home
was a bower of roses. Hut' though lie .slept!
upon a pillow of damask buds and velvet |
leaves, there was a curso upon him that
poisoned his rest. 1 lie perfum'1 of the '
flowers bound his souses, as it were, in constant
into\ioation,nh'd b'c drooped and grew
paid when the wintry blast wore howling
around his bower. Men gazed upon him |
with envy, and thou said, sighing, " He is (
like what he cherishes?--a frail, perishable- j
growth from a perishable root."
" And what shall T give thee, out of mv
abundance '{" Karth axlccd v?>? muiili.u> f '
,V..V .
her wins.
" Kind mother Earth, thounrt rich, not
all thy won It h will Katitffy mo ; I would have
h royal gift-*?one for which thou art a daily |
beggar of the 8l?n. (live uio liuht."
' Go, thou, toil onward, lookingupward
for light ami it shall bo thine, ami thou '
.shall ho like that to which thou dost tia- '
l?ire."
Ho the laborer toiled through the valleys J
lookinjr up to the hill-tops For light. and 1
the light tilled bin eyOs, and whoicvi i there i
was a gleam of gold, in tho ore-he would sec
it, while other men beheld only an opaque
and shapelcts clod. And wherever tho
warmth of his glance fell, young conns
that slept iu darkness sprung. up and bios- I
somed into flowers^ and men drew towards
him as to n lamp lijrliter at night. The
riches and beauty of the earth were his,
witli tho deep satisfaction of seeing nil
things gladden that lie approached. He
hejume like the liv;lit which he hived and
aspired after, ami in the light was a blessing
and no curse.1?Jjaureiisrillc JTprald.
PoOli AN1> i'u- . >.?-A highwayman un- j
dm took to rob Major .Jones. lie met j
Jones in a wood over in Jersey. lie usked !
.Junes for his pouket book. Junes refused
to yield. Highwayman tool; Jones by the
neck, and undertook to choke him. Jones
made fight, and kept it up for hnlf ..n huur. j
At tho expiration of that time Jones caved, I
and the highwayman' commenced rifling his
pockets. The contents amounted to audit
ceu cents. ' la that all you've got ? ,
' Kvory cent." u What lnilde you fight ?o .
hard" Didn't want to ho exposed.? ,
Bad enough to have only eighteen cents ;
ft great deal \vbvde U) have the whole world
kno't it."
Q' ck AVouk.?Till! other dity uti Irish j
scrvM t girl in this city, having' finished i
her day's work, including the week's wash- j
ing, obtiiitied u half-hour's furlough " to
see a gentleman friend " The half extend- I
ed to the whole hour, when lJridgct appear- ;
0(1, blushing ami half-ftiniling. " It you
plage, ma'am, 1 must lave yon to jluy, for j
I'm to be mnrKcd, if you plane, to-night, !
ma'am." " Why, What <)oca this menu, j
Bridget?" inquired her mistreat*} " I !
never hoard ydu were engaged/' " Xo ;
moro TTits 1, ma'am j but a boy just uow
from the ould connthry Wants me to have i
him, aud me cousin thinks I had betthcr,
and so 1 towld him I would."
I'roxy Kat-kim.kk.?A raqent English
writer thus tells of u bright idea :?" A
cicver xauuee being iiinolt troubled with
rata, and being determined to got rid of
thorn, tried every yosyible plrni, without
huece.sj*. At last he got a lot of rats and
shut then) in a eago j they devoured one
another till only a single onp wiih 1'Ci't. He 1
then turned this one Joo*e, who, cxeit^d '
with tho hkjod of hi.s fullow-ratH, a::H iiav-j
ing become a genuine cannibal, killed and '
ato all the wild rata lie could find on the j
premises."
.?? mm \ .
Aft to politeness many have nttemntcd i
to define, it. I believe it is bc.st known by
cfoteffptlOn?definition not being able to
vouipt-Mc it. 1 would; however, venture
to call it " bcucx'olencc itt tFiti<&," or tho
prefeKenve of othera Uvournolvos in little
daily, Umtrly occurronucs in the ooniinerce
of life. It ia a perpetual Attention to th'e i
wants of tliOso with whom wonro, by which
attention we either prevent or remove them.
I uv..ij;<jiiii illj>|
stiff civiHtt(P, \vi)f never bo po'ntcnuss*?
that must' be easy, npinrnl, unstudied, man- '
ly, noble; and what will givo thin hut a
mind Wiiovojent and pcrputu'illy attentive
to exort thul nhiinble aiffpositioil in tritlya
to nil you uonverac and live ttith ?
An editor of 'n do\m-euHtpaper^RptUng I
tirni bf paying his compoaityrs, rcWlVCd to j
diminish his help, h id put hla own shoul- J
dcr to the wlUiol. lforo is a specimen of
his first effort at tvno sotting?\vS?i.nin?
Md ?&\'U dO uio?) OK OUa o.un scjtiN'rf
IV,,? uKlcnjtcr??S]rlntcrS uih<C J< J
i I'k l>Kinu dlfVIc. ?li ?o ) tmo,;! i
bl'j dup(i cXfiowion.70 S (j?n dift'TaTJt.C!; j
APy LiTKR.vrVRK.-^-'Khe litortf-1
ljjr? of the tolo^r.-iph, ?? cvinood by tho
nieasiifcoH io bo HOen in ttlmont nny of?thc j
principal telc^irnph office, Itf diundedly m;duMHr
imrt efc?W<l?rtprty Interesting. . For
inat^nftf, Itnngtart, if yotf cM, n more touching
nliufjioi) tu tV?.,d# ',tb of u Bcur a;iJ dear
rdutivc Hum tbo following J V?Tobu deud !
?OD i-c?won't keef ?coait <|uick." I
Is K.>utji Carolina, tlio slave population
l? HJW.OOt). The \vIiito pnpuliitiop 288,000
The iiu'i-ease population uuioiVj; tlm Maokn
id tlirev times an parent- iih it in nm6n^ tin
' \r hi I q?. ?r tixn/ui n<jc imjter.
Thin prove# that ulav tw in S<mh Cnrolnii1
ftro tfOn'ofally well treated, At the North
u:i .me contrary, ttic in n tality among Mio
colored "population is such iu< to cull fordcou
uonmiiserntmni hut if tlio truth must bo told,
public suntimont bore kcciih raVhor to regit rd
thin <tict ha h plou.sit'it njtpuvy, pi ocl tiding
tbc idoa ttitit tlio cub>!'A'l population h'M'c
fciuiQvpt )>o vury numerous.? ^', V. Jouf/idi
Mf Commcii t'.
Ukttkh to. .Vjuht tiian to Run.?
| ' That which thou hast to do, do It, with
I nil thy might' wiid 11 clergyman to his son,
ohc.morning. "tio 1 did this morning,"
Huid Bill with tin enthuHlantic "loam iu his
eye. "Ah! what was it, UHfUrq?'and
, ??- ?
n tun iiuuii^ii ms i-.ispring
curls 41 "Wl?y-, I walloppcd Jack JOdwards,"
said tho young hopeful, " till ho
veiled like bla&es. You should just honr
liiiu hollar* dad !" Tho father looked unhappy,
while lie explained thrttthe precept
did not apply to any act like that, and concluded
mildly with: " You should not
have done that, my child." "Then he'd
u wallupped me," replied the young hopeful.
IJottcr." said tho sire " for you to
have fled from the wrath to come." " Yes
but." replied the. JiniwH'nl. hv wmmfn
clineher, "Jack can run twico as fast n? I
can.'' The nl.I man siirheil, went to his
otuU.Y took up his pen, and endeavored to
eoiuposo hiui-selt'.
^ ??
A (.Soon I'ktort.?>" Will you give me
that ring ?" said a village dandy to a lady ;
" tor it resembles Miy love Cor ypu ; it, has
no end." " Kxcu.se me, sir,' was the reply.
' T elmose to Keep it, as being emblematical
of mine .for youj it has yo b<l;
ginnii.-." '
I'kmm.k r.wW morr Kick i.e.?Tlio I'arisiaiis
iMtien.n curious difference between the
males Itlld fo'.ll:ll:>.< III' llm I'l.
who Jicivo lately mjsrutol to that gay capital.
"While the men pertinaciously udhorc to their
unsuitable siikI inconvenient eo.stuinf, the
women ad ipiuurt* si ml crinoline after a very
.short residence in the strange country..
IIgahi Nil a phv.-dcian remark that a Mnall
ltlo\Y W'miI 1 break the nose, (,'ur Uaniol exclaimed,
"well, I dui\iio 'bout tluit. I've
Mowed my hose a gr'eat many time.', and
I've never broke it yet."
As onl.iide p.nsengeron a u.me.h hud his
hat blown over u hridgo into tlio stream,
" Trtie to nature." caid a gentleman who wuj>
pealed bem'de him, "a bcuirr naturally takes
to tne water."
? . -* V
'I'llKitK are, around u?, thousands and thou
sands of homes, all the chambers of which
aro niailo dark or cheerless for hu:k of tlie
" small. sweet CourtoHios" of life, ho cheaply
given, aud ui; magical in their oH'cct.
Ti|F. practice und pvimji|>lo of insurance in
of great antiquity, and wiw well known in
thn time of Claudius Ciusar, a. n. 43, It is
certain that nxsuranco of tdiipAnt !=ea was pruc
tiscd lis curly as tlx? year 4.0 a. u.
antf.D.? A pnir of gcfcaore to cut a caper.
The pot in which a patriot's blond lx?iled.
The address of the conlectiuner who
timkc* " ttiflcB light n* air," And a short
club broken oil*thl? ctjuaro root.
"Wuf cannot a deaf man be legally convicted
? lleciiusc it ic not law Jul to cutidoimi u
mau without a hearing.
AniEVCK destroy* smalt passions, nml inert-uses*
great oner; as the wind extinguishes
tiipens and kindles fire*.
The law of food is, li.nt m(in should out
whntio good f?Jf him, nb such times and in
ttui:h quaniitiea as nature require*.
g- .. LLi-i i.-' iii1 1 X-li-'J-j
liluo Ridge Railroad Co. in B. 0.
<"n\Ki,v:sroN, Fob. fO. 1&59.
SL'liSCUl 1$!'ItS to (ho Canitnl Stock aro
hereby notified thut the Eighteenth und
Nineteenth Instalments of the omJ subscription,
and Twcuty-livc per cent. of the now
xuh?cription, are required to he paid as follow"
;
i. lie Jm^IiUsoiUIi iuHtulinenton the 10th Jay
of April ooxt.
The N'inoioenth iiiBtftlmontonthe 19th (lay
of May next.
Ton p<;r 091 it. of the new Babseriplioii on
the 10.tn day of March next.
Ten nor cent. of the new Biib.-oription on
,^ho l'Jth day of April next.
L'ivc por vent, of tho new nubacrlption on
tlie 11) th day of May next. IJvordor.
\\r K1 1 r -
u?i. xi. rnnuAiNKAU,
Feb. 10, "> I Trcwm.ffrr.
(JRBENVIkLE &JARBLE YARD.
rilllK gnbsoribnr ban on brind and in eonI
etantly receiving" large and varied assortment
of
American and Italian Marblo,
'IV which l?c would callthe-nttention of those
in want of aauitahlo Monument to utark tin;
spot where repose the remains of their deIuirteil
relatives and friend*. Carving ami
ettoring of nil kindk neatly and promptly
executed.
1'arOenIftr attention paid to order* by
mail. JAMKS.M. ALLKN. '
?:?v, ?ni.. n *r a ft ?< - - -
..H.-CH1 nivy. ii., r?'i>. Z'i .'H-tf
N. 1). lie Vtifdcp t? I> 0 WoAlfiojd. Ouwor,
(.Mx, Markly & Co., l>r. M II Knrio, W II
Wiit^on, K.sfj., (Jul I) Iloke^ 11 McKuy, K>q.
Stat3 of South Caroline.;
i'm'kbx#?in equ1tv. '
1.. (). Hamilton, |
vs. ' / Bin to Ir'orecliMo MoHM.
Tujlor. ) , }<?*?. *o.
IT nppoitriny to (t(,u fiilixfattion oi' Lite Court
fhat C, M. Tnylofr, oiio of tlio UptViulantu In
llliit flAm) ri't lilon l?o?.?,..l ?l." " ?-* A* '
.... j iuvihiwpvi iiitu jmjuc:
On ilfotibn of Norton, conipluiunnl'H xolicitoi',
it h ordered I Inn I lie mii(l ulmcnt dufcndnr.l do
njijicivr. nn^cr; ?1wmJ <\V U^ninr.to complainiint'tt
fluid hill of complaint. within flneo month*
from tho publication'hncof. urlho Huidbill will
he i.ikcn j>ro tun/hno nsff> liim.
KOH'T. A. THOMPSON, c.r. p.i>.
Coni'rs OiH.'fi, Murcli 1IH.V.l Hid
A Friendly Notice,*
V!,L tioiwnij ifylobtod'to tlie' Ktflftta of
.loslturt (Jox. dotfriVVHl, must' ni'ttlf at
onvo. ThcjfO bftViity tlcinnndfl Huftiitixl (lift
i^trtto most I'endtir the/n in nocorrtln^un taw.
By Ms r^rfito-**. t|i?j largest notes nre 1h tlio
Willi(Th of Mr. '/. H. Ox fcf nn early WittJuivicni.
I prpf<!r wimlin^ \ip tbr t^intc jimt
ffMuon a* tlic law will fuTmit, ?h far us I am
ebiicoftifcil ft* rtfi6'dftKo ndrfifiitstrntor*,
,J. U. UVN'MUU-T'i;, A'lin'r.
lob. 22, W50 bl tf
JEWELRY, GOLD & SILVEB.
J KAN Btk KlgOMKBSlfti,
WulhuIlM, H. Cm
n'AS Jui?t now returned from New Y/>rk with
^ a lrtv^o nnU n?Hortiiiciit of
' WATi'llKS, JKWKMtl,
Oloth (10M> mid Sll.VKK,) Clock?, Mui-icHo*i
cs, Combs, Brushes, Fancy AvUclc*, Perfumery,
, Sifcipij, Gold l'en?, etc.; nil of which him been
' bought for f'.\8I|, and which be offers for snle
. | on lh?* mod ucColoinodutinK It-run*.
; titty* Me nl*o UKPAI US "V? ATl'H KS and othi
er articles in liin line, and solicit it the patronngo
nt' the public. Hin Bland in near the public
HijUure, ?t Wnllmlln, S. 0.
Dec. 1T?; 1 HAH 24 tf
J. W. KOKItJS, JR. J. W. IMHKIIIOK. T.. C. I't'l.l.lAM,
NOlntfsT IIA11R 1S0N & PIII L1AM,
,' Attonicjo at Law,
' "IVMLL attend promptly to all buninc#? cntrim*
*? ted to their erne. Mn. I'ulmam van ulwaya
he found in the Oflice.
OFFICE" AT PICKENS C. 11., S. C.
Sept. ti, lbfitt tt ?f_
LUMBER! LUMBER!
J 'PIl K underHigned arc now prepared to fill or?
; I d?rs for LUMltKlt of all kinux, at their Mill
oil Oconee Creek, wevoii uillna unrlluMtl nf \V?L
lialltv. Lumber will be delivered if it to.lkelrod
hy (he purebupcr. Our term* yrill bo iiindcaeeoiuihbdating,
nml we I'erjMMiU'ulljr noliciMhc jmlioiiiige
of the JAMK8 UKOIUJK,
M. V. MITC'IIKL!.,
Fob. 10. 1Sr,T ni J. n. LA\yHjSNCB.
In Ivqnll)?CickoitN.
B. K. Alexander, Survivor v?. Preston McKinnay,
et. u|f
1)UKSUANT lo an order nmdo by tin? Court of
Ki|iiity. in Ihia enne, til June term, nil
(lie 'Tcliiors ol' Preston MeKjnnoy aro Required
id come before mc mid eMtnfilish their demftiuin
I - ? > <- -
,?gniiiri mm iiovonim|r io iiiw, wuiiin inreor
months IVt'iu I lie (Into hereof j otherwise, they
will he forever harreU,
ItOH T. A. THOMPSON, c.r?r.i?.
('oin YhOIH<!Bi Jiirt. I /?, IPMl ' ?Jni
State oS'Soulli raroliii.i,
IN KQl'lTY l'ICKKNS.
0. M. Uoylo )
Ti?, ) Petition for Relief.
J. I. Brown. ct. hi. J
J | T appearing to ifiV snfiufnctioa Mint John I.
I I Urown. oild of tlio defendants hrthi* cape.
reunion without tlio limits of tliis Stale : qi> nmIIion
of.) J Norton, for Petitioner, it is onlcr"dr
lli.'U tlio snhl absent defendant. <lo appear, plead.
)iii?ni:r<ir demur io H:im rvilllun Wlllllll Mircc
mouths from thin <!:?Io, orthtfahUl petition will
l?c liikt'H pro cmj'exM hs to liini.
ItOlrT. A. THOMPSON, o.k.im?.
Coin'rc Otfl<??*. Jan. 15. lR'V.t 'lm
Another Comet Coming!
AIjIj pvrauiiK inili'htcil to nto by Nolc or
Aut'.imnt, that \rinJicrt to hi: voeont Nvmild
rtu'wcjl to ooiiiu forward mid nettle by the
15ill Ihicembbr next, u? 1 am cloning up tny
hnxincH here. At\or Hint (into they will tir.d
their Notion anil Accounts in the hntidnof nu
Olficor for t'olliH'tion. So harken tojhe cnll,
u? 1, mu determined to carry out-wlmt'I nnv.
M. 1\ Jp'piL.'
l'ic-ki-MH <II., N.iv. 18. IS.. vsrtf.
rvoriue.
4 I'M X A L xettlfcment of the Khtnfc of Tim*
^V. 'Alexander, doeVm<cdt will be li'iid lx lore
tl?u Ordinary, iu PickenirC. Monday
the l-'ith day of dune nuxt. Portaim iijtcicstcd
therein niunt govern jhcmeclvo* aeuordingly.
TIiokc indebted must jmv up.and
tlione having demands agiiinct Fuiu h*laio
muat reader thum to u?c, legally attested, before
that (lav.
DAX'L. Al/KX AXDKll, EV'or.
. F?i>; 7. I * '?'.> -2'J Bin
Stale of Mouth Carolina,
PK.'KF.Nft? IX r.()LITV.
I l't ?V. l)lji>ll )
vs. . UiU fur ll*llef,&c.
J. MCrenpliawnudwife. ot nl )
IT appcnritig t<> in,v natisfat:tiou thai Nonh Ab?1
bott nntl J. M. Ociwhaw ami wife Martin*,
defendant* in this ciwe, reside without the limit*
of tills Htnto i On motion of Norton, coinpUiiimi<'.?
Holioitor, it ia ordered (lint the fcnhl
absent defendants do appeuvin this court ami
plead, answer or demur to tpi)iplainAiil's ?>ni<[
iiill of Complaint, witlliii threw iuoiitliM from tlio
publication hereof, or an Ovdet1 tiro eoufrato y<i\\
he taken us to tliem.
U011T. A. THOMPSON,c.B.r.n.
t'r'n'r.i Olfijo. March 23, lHV.t Hm
HIDES AND BARK
WILr, bk bought at fair imucks
i.y .1. h. X. SMITlt.
Tim ?'a?i 4. |K:")S 2.r?-tf
.12 0\ U Y~!
T". E Hooks, Account* ami Notes, nssiiriicd br
| 1 Hrforfel Si Nonimi' i'or I lie hniirtit of {heir
i creditors, are in my Viiids for collc<lioti. Th?
ncceitpify of the aiiicTt.(|tHroi tlmt -th'ty ?houUl
l>o acttlud without (lulity.
J. K. 11AOOOI), Ansigncn.
On#, 185ft if
Pinnl VnHrto
mm vv1vu*
? KPINAL pcttlutncnt of (lif K?<fnirnf Jnm>*
f\ (,'ninli, dQowu?fcd. will l>o h?H(le in tlie OnlU
niiry'a Office, on FrldayAlie.Kultof April nVx?.
All pci'Honit indebted thereto tir? fjtqiurcd lo>
lunko payment nt once: hii<1 th;;ne linving He- .
mand.i ugttinxt tlie Maid I'stnte niiml rentier (!>cn\
to iuc, loffully ntte^ted, on or by that day.
(CYNTHIA J. llKSDlllCKS, Adni'x.
| Jan. 10, IWJft v '^5 8m
1 VOIK K.
1 i IA. pcr5onn arc horeby notified not to pny
i i\ hliv KiII'm niQiln '? ?l? .....i-?' 1
_ .. v .......u,.r .? (HO wiiMi-irigiiCU^
or bbni4r-?or any Not<?? frWon liy llie unefrr-,
eifrned,payable to other jiefKoAii, until
orilorn. I). 1>. DAVIS.
J.u?. 17. 18.'?9 - "? "
NOTICE
IS liprchv glvon tlint n finnl Hettloni*nl of tKa
eriatji of 'Jowpli W,' Ho>c, AMAnfd, will bo
I JiiijU? ' ?? Oidinmy, ut Pickens f'. II. on
i Moinliiy tl?c '.Uli ilny of Muy nc*t. l'onoft' Wi?
loomed wjll lirtvo notice and govern lhcninciTc?
nccor<ling)y. P.
K. UA1UUSO?*, AJm'f
Jon. 1KT??> % p 8m
I XOIHJH
18 horehy j<l\cn tliut I will not he rcMoon-.
nible fur iivter?nt nit tlio ?lirtrilintive *lmr?of
Kiliti Dftwwm. in ll>? M?u-?
tly, ?leccriRC<l, on and uftor thin dttt*; u?n^
that this notice will Ixr i>lon<l.?n l>?r of inter-*
out on the ?frid di*trj1?i?tivd Alfnfe.
HKNNKTT MOODY; Ex'uV.
Voli. 23, Ifrfri Jll Sw
r y'f- Estate Hotice.
rI*H KUB will bo f? mftlenicnt wnliof the
A Katnt? of A. P. WUitc,?a;>eert?c<l, h? Die Ordfimry'p
fWflc*. <>V? Month V' flic 11 Ui di?y
j- April no*t, to wjilr.h n'dllftw tlpl! Tliouc in.
dcbtud to the f.Mftto iiiunt innktf payment, nml
! tlicme having demand*-flgftimit (lie name should
Kftd-jf ihent to jn?, property nitoHtod, on or b?i
I furt> tliftt 4iy,
I. WvW. WlUTH, AWt.
' BO 3, lecv k r l'at?