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PQsrav. The Noble Farmer. IIY Mil*. I,. II. SldOrilVKY. Agriculture m tli'! ni'i't lienltliy. tliP ino>t u*o?'ul. the most iiotublc employment of mull." ?-C! KOKGi: WASHINGTON. Wliat Itero fl'oni t(i?' liittle strife. Willi p'lliii4 of victory erowuM, K.i'n >'? el irion music in liienr i i n.ii t-.u in .s reni ni'si ><>1111<I H'haf ruler o'er i\ nation's love !n majesty suMimo, Tho first, (ln> greatest in the realm, A Wing in Freedom's elime, 'letnriis to rural haunts to watch !fis ri|?ening wheat-fields wate * A Messed gladness in his heart That {{lory never gave. Who, mill his acres broad ami green. Where plow-shares Wreak (he so.I, Prefers in sylvan /oils tr> Walk Willi Nature ami with (!oil? Tlicro was but one?who thus retired I'rotn I'oiKjtiiv is. | (in or mid pride, lor which ambition liuth so oil iu madness striven mid died. There was l>nt one?'lost nsl; his ltamc 'Neath fair Virginia's sky tio. find Monti! Vernon's sepulchre And heed its answering siph. Hartford, Conn., M '.ivli 'JOtli. 18-jO. varikW' A Lesson for Suicidal Lovers. lliehard (iould is a journeyman harness Inakcf of this city, .says tho Cincinnati (<ay.ette, cd' Wednesday, and was liiniseit* harnessed l>y Cupid, and driven up to the very gates of desperation. His enslaver is a 1 ulv named Charlotte Matthews whose mother keeps a boarding bouse on Kim street, and who appears to have made up her mind to Some more brilliant alliance than that offered by Mr. (iould. Hut as Richard has a vcrv good opinion of his own merits mid qualifications, he judged that Charlotte's coolness was mere coquetry, believing that when it came to the scratch she: Would cave in at a moment's warning. lie resolved to meet at once the soul ol the artful nymph, and to surprise her inti tin avowal of her re:d feelings. For this purpose, he proceeded about twenty uiiu ntes p:\st live o'clock yesterday afternoon to the dwelling of Mrs. Matthews, ant Btretchcd himself out upon the front doo tUcps, holding in his hand an empty vial upon which ho had pasted a label, upot which " strychnine " was printed. " Now, there will be an a fleeting scent when my captivating ('harlotteeoines out soliloquised Mr. (iould, as he closed hi: *->?. ? imu vniiims features 10 a corpse like immobility. Presently Miss .Mat thews appeared at the door, with a broou in her hand for the purpose of sweeping thoVt ps. On seeing the recttiiibcnt llieli iird, site uttered an exclamation of surprise and tried to stir him up with the broom ntiek ; but (hiding that he did not move she called oUt, " Mother, mother! here i: Oick (lould coiled up ou our steps, and don't kiuiW what fu'*J hiin." " Dead drunk, I guess," said Mrs Mat thews, as she also eame to the front door. "Now, 1 do declare if lie hasn't kieke< the bucket in reality," said Miss Charlotte spying the bpttle, and taking it out o Richard (lould's hand. See, the fool ha; been taking strychnine!" " Poor soul!" sighed the benevolent oh lady. " how natural he looks!" " lie looks about as well as he d'd wlici 1 . ? 1 ?? i ' ihj was niivo, ouservcu i;iiarlottx;, "nm that's not saying much of liis beauty. 1I( uovcr could hold a candle; to Jimmy Ilick man, at any time." This Mr. Hickman ia spruce young clerk who boards with MrsMatthews, and who happened to come home su tho very juncture. When he saw the supposed corps, Jnmci offered to ^o for the coroner, to hold an in quest over" the poor devil," as he called Mr. (iould. " Well, 1 don't like the no lion of having coroner and jury over a ful low here," said Mrs. Matthews. "No," added Charlotte, "ju-?t dra? the nasty creature on the cellar door of th< next house, and then wasdi your hands am ; ""I'l"--" Mr. (lioiiinaii took the corps by the feet In do as ho u'.is directed, when (Jould deali Ynn a kick which doubled him up like i jack-knife. The ladies shrieked, and 31 r (Jould, starting up, was hejrilining to up braid Charlotte for h ardness of heart, whet the arrival of a policeman interrupted his oratory, and he walked away, "a saddoi uud a wiser loan." Tin: Kciio Cask.?The I/uieastor Lrdgor, spenhin<* of thin c::se, niakc?' tlie fol lowing observations : " No one, wo apprehend, cxpected a di f ferent result. A wide li>ld was presented for the display of 1 ejjul talent and eloquent and pathetic appeals to a jury; but tlx wlinln 21IV- 11 a >i?im? I?a /!.*%%%. .A ?. ?? ** * } >v vKuiiui i j-j uv/iur.vi, r>\j I?11 <1 the lives of tlio prisoners were involved was a mere farce. Public opinion bar long since been made up, and it is scarcely questionable whether a jury in the Soutli can at this day be found who are b< bl enough to breast the tide of popular Monument and convict a party under the laws ot the I'nited States, prescribing death r.s the penalty, for engaging in the slave trade.? \Vc do not conceive it to be a subject foi exultation, but that the fact exik^s, no one can deny. No one doubts but that the 1'icbo prisoners were guilty of the offence ol which they were charged ; and with this plain ease; as a precedent, speculators am udventurers may with impunity bring u.< 111ft III" A ftln-niu linwt let aI' tl" Sputh will allow, -and that Africans wil kvmfc'mue to he brought here, wo now en tertain i)iit very litt'n doubt." e A Lady called on a witty friend who wni not at ho.nic, and finding the phinrf dusty, wrote upon it slattern. 'Jlio next day they met, mid tin; lady said, " 1 called on you yesterday." "Yes; I saw your card on the piano." Ooon I'i v.?" Sam, why am lawyers like the fiH'ies ?" " I don't meddle with that subject, Pomp." " Why, don't you jree, njggor, kase they are fond of dl'hato," I A Caudle Lecture on the Sons of MaltaJ)r. " Rogers," of Buffalo, hns> joined tho Sons of Malta jind the IJ. 15. D.'si Ilia wife i.s in the hahit of rending him curtain lectures1! The one Which follows is reported by the Republic of that city : Now, tell mo about tho Sons of Mnlti. Won't yon '( Do, that's a good dear.? What do yon do when you tret in ? Is it the same as the Masons and Odd Follows? And then I hero arc what they call the lJ, ii. D's. Von know all about tlicni, too. Well, now, what don't you know ahout? It is just as 1 expected. You know all about every secret society in existence, and Your poor dear wife is not allowed to know a sinsrle thing that is going on. ^ons of .Malta; a literary and scientific society; learn the art of painting, statuary and ninth| (Mnatirs. Tin? I>. 15. |)'s.; a religious soeiety ; and none but those of a strict moral and pious persuasion are admitted ! i I'm best now. Ami you area member! Now it's my turn to laugh. Tho B. 15. D's. a moral institution ! l!a! ha! ha! Look me in the fuoc. Didn't Vou come home the other morning as drunk as boso ??yes, drunk, and I asked where you had been at that hour of the morning, and you said, Oli, nowhere, you were but taking a litt'.c recreation with the B. II. l)'s. uisd that's what you call a moral institution. Wasn't drunk ! Well, then, the bed was, for you went around it three or four times before you got in, you held on to (beside for fear of being tumbled out. You can't cheat me, old follow, I've seen too much of (lie world not to know when a man's drunk.? " Didn't drink anything but fifteen .... . . fjinsscsoi jjuck uccr. In the name of Jupiter Amnion, what arc \vc cominjr to'! and a moral institution at that ; o ily lift' c:i glasses, you say ? What arc the strong minded women about that they don't petition the. IjOgislitture to have these secret sock lies abolished ? And how many glass ; es do they drink at the Hens of Maltn.? Unless conditions are good, don't drink at I :i 11. Don't allow sueh things there, ('on? ditions; I'd like toknow what conditions ? have to do with it '/ Can't he n Son oi - M;dt i without conditions. Well, I would . ; just like to see the conditions and see how 1 it looks. 1 suppose it's a pieec of statuary? r j Turn over hero ; what under heaven arc . you laughing at '! i . ' (' n't help it I'll make you p it. Vou haw, haw, like? a wild jackass; what's ' i the lnalrer with vou? Chronics and Uhouinatics. What ! have you gut Chronic s llhueinatics. 1 never would have married - you if 1 knew that. What do you mean '{ - Are you crazy or drunk? Say, do they i blindfold you when they take yon to the : j Sons of Mr.lta '! And do they put a cable - j around your neck and set you on a hot , ! gridiron i Have you any mark on you - j Can't divulge any secrets. Ye*, l?nt you , can lie there and laugh like any other fool. < ! tl.n n..?i i:.i i i. i - ?iv? i'vviui viivi i?iii-ii, <iiivi -ii: liiM lime w.i.s I | hoard of him on that occasion was?;lc| parted." ! Too MtTII AND TOO lilTTt.i:. ? Notj i withstanding tin; experience of ages ami i fenerations, all iin?*tt prove that tin; trroat j-1 fault of man is his universal tendency tc ' either uudei'-do or over do, the hardest I tiling in the world is, still?moderation.? j It dojs seem as if we eoukl not learn that ! ' onoiuth ' was " as good as a least," an<j ! niwv m 1. . . -1 I J V....V VAVV.O I..VJOI 11 V j : a reaction. , i 'I'lloro lias long boon a groat cry that so| dentary habits were ruinously unwholesome , I *?-as no doubt they nro, where a man sits j at 11is desk ten hours per diem, year in and , i voar out, and lidos to and from business.? : lint the l'Yeneh physiologists?who, by the . : way, arc the greatest statisticians in the world?tell us, that the shortest lived class I is that which performs manual labor, and those professions of trades that require the loast bodily exertion have many more veterans than others. There are few persons , who' are compelled to be sedentary in habit , i,mure than editors, yet they average, sis a j I clnssj si very fair lease ot' life?while hod | carru r.s, builders, etc., only exist about j thiiYv years. t : 'j he jrymunsium i-; a source of infinite t 1 mischief to our youth. Properly used, it ! Js^of immense value ; but as to.) frequently I VAtlio case, it does incalculable harm. The ( 1 performance ofdillieult and laborious inns( J euliir feats should not bo attempted twice . j or thrice a week by youii^ men who have I ! i f tll> f'VOrci?f> I V it !<- 1-1.. straining to tlio gladular Kvstem, and too cxcitinir to tlio nerve.*. V>rc have seen p ile studious hoys go from college class-room t?> their dumb-bells and vaulting-horses, and - after au hour of exercise, return still paler, 1 trembling in every limb, and completely t pro-trated by the undue violence of their ' ' exertions. Such exercise can do no good; * i miiiI nn tlio r-nnliuw ??.*??. : ) ~ ~ J ) < ? . j If the training gone through with in 1 i Mich places wore very gradual, ami contln' I ued for a short time; only every day, under i ' teachers who understood anatomy and phys I iology practically, it would ho all that wo j could desire. As it is, however, it is very ' apt to he the "too much," that is epi i t e as : j 1> id sis and often worse than the '' ioo little," that it is intended to counterbalance. '' The body and the man are so intimately ami curiously connected with each othor that ! i tlir> crrfcil fl.ll'n MMIHit llf? tfllrrtll in ilnuAtno , - ? wv.wjf| i!?j4 either, lest the other should suffer. [ i Tai'oiit nv ins Wifc'k.?-The Li toll field , ' (Conn.) inquirer of April 21st p>ays : >; " We know a man in Western New i j York who eouhl not write when he was 1 niiiilied, hut who was instructed by his ! wife so thoroughly that within five years [ after hi* marriage ho was elected high 1 i sherifi of iiicounty, and within ton vomv , | served four yearn- in (ionjrresa, and is now j one of the most-prominent finaneiera in the H Kmpire Ntite, president of n haul*, and i worth probably half a million of dollars." PnATKR.?Tn tho niorninjr, prayer in the W.y thai opens to us tlio treasure of (Jod's mercies and blessings; in the evening, it is the key that shuts us up under his nrotwtiotli r.ud safeguard. A Kiss and its Consequences. " llliziard," a (.'aliforniiin, relates the following, in an epistle in which lie endeavors to prove?ami -that " anybody can write poetry." It is a gem something after the man4 iter of l'octs Haven?only more so: Said I, "my pretty miss. I.et me have a little kis*.'' .Vinl I revelled in the bliss, ... . men nna metier. i "Just help yourself to more." Said she, tripping o'er the tloor, And backing toward the door Of the ccllfir. 1 never saw tlie trap Till 1 fell through it " kerslap," And you should have seen me "drnp1' Through the hole. 1'ull twenty feet 1 fell? Mow I struck 1 cunnot tell? I j>ui i bciii up such a yell, Oil my soul, Tluit the tfirl thouglit I was dying, Aii'1 at onee not ii)> a crying For the old man who was trying, Not far oft", To mend * broken pump. He tinned, anil with a jump Cleared a shed, and tumbled plump In a trough ! lint wlmt 1im? tlii? in ili> Willi ilic story, which is true As the gospel, old or new With u hop. He came up. inquired the matter. Whence t!ie screaming mid clutter ?" He had h.iVf a mind to rap her On the top Of her head. Site meekly pointed liinvn the steps, where 1. disjointed, Lay, with grease and mud niuiointed, On (lie tloor. " lYl;*znrd" up these stairs Vascarried : Quite a month there Hli/./.ard" tarried? In two mouths was I'dizzurd married? Nothing more ! Charleston, S. C. Tim population (if Charleston lin* been es1 timated at 00,000 inhabitants. of whom more I than one-third are negroes. Her animal ex, | port* amount to ahont thirty millions of dol' Jars', embracing cotton, rieo. Iiuuher, naval | stove*, and bread*! nil's ; her imports are ahout two millions of d .liars. She is connected by t steamship lines, embracing some large mid line ves^eis, shic-u neej and |ir<i|tclIoi*h, with j Now Y?>rk, Philadelphia and !>a 11im<>ro.? I She is the port whence is exported the hull; of th se very superior cottons, known a* Sea : Island*. A groat ileal of this cotton, which I brings a hi^li price, and is of inferior grade, j comet* to Charleston from Floiida. The exports of grain and Hour Imvc been steadily increasing. She is also connected, hv stcamI boat*. with Savannah and Florida, and h\ j steam-hip, \\i:h Havana; also, by railroad. | with tlie prineiple points of the I'nited States. There is a medical college well organised villi aide professors, which is well patron* , i/.ed. In mhlilioii t., im.1. ?i.. ...i i. . .' fv.i-.ni.-, 111??:e is a system of common schools, well ur; ranj^od, under which education is oxtensivc' Iv impart oil to tho poor as well as to tho rich. In connection with this system, a Normal j school will soon he established tor the ednt cation of teachers. There w also n college I for general education in the higher hrniiche.? I l' ir younj; men. whose president is N. II. Mid j <llcton. u gentleman ? ! high standing ami exi e'.lent attainments. The Orphan ilouvo is i one ?if tlie handsomest buildings in the city, at which a large nnmb'r ofpoor orphans arc taken i a'0 of and edu<. ted. There are nta1 nv handsome public building?, of which tho ! new Custom II >n e. now being built of white marble, will ho the largest and most heauti l\i 1. What is called the JbitJcry, is an extensive promenade on the bay. on which ! there are very many handsome private resi| donees, a place of fashionable resort during I tho warm season, and as a point of rcfcrcaj tion, is one of the most beautiful and agreej able in the United .States, The military rj gnniy.ation ofOluvrleston is verv lartre. ami I embraces some splendid uniform regiments ! nn I companies. Ouo of tlic most prominent ; features in tho city is the military academy* and tin: military square, in which is soon to j he erected the monument to Calhoun, Caroliua's great statesman, The suimrlis of Charleston are Mount IMoasftnt ami Moultrievillc. At the hitter phieo is tli3 famous Fort Munitrio of the Revolution. The-o superbs are separated from the city by Cooper lliver and (he Bay. Outside cf Charleston, on the main land; ( is tho Magnolia CcmCtfv, which is in the course of very handsome improvement. I Two of thoUnc.*t hotels in the United States i ean he found in Charleston?flip Charleston IIntnl nii.l ilio Mill- - i ? , H I.-, my (IH-IISnre to spend my tin?o at the firnt, who?e pro: priitor, P.miel .Mi.hoi*. E?|., tins provided for I iiis quests every comfort ami every luxury on a line scale. 1 found tho citizens of Charleston to he intelligent. polite. hospitable and attentive. and 1 shall leave thi.i venerable and polished old city with regret. A? present business is v6rv brink, and nil appears flourishing and active.? ('<)rrrsp<jH<h')Kt> Dc I low's Jicricw, An titioquknt Kxthact.?-(leneration | niter geiier.it ion Imvo-felt as wo now feel, | and their lives were as active as our own. I The heavens shall bo as bright over our graves as tiicy are around our paths. Vet j a little while, and ail this shall hnVc hap-1 pencil, 'i lie throbbing licnrt shall he still- ] ed, and wesli.i1! bo at. rest. Our funeral I j will wend its w.iy, and the prayers will be 1 ! said, and we shall be left in the darkness J and silence of the tomb. And it may be j j but for a short time we shall bo spoken of I ?but the tilings of life shall creep on, and ! j our names will be forgotten. Pays will ' , continue to move on, and laughter and j ; sontrs will be heard in the room where wi> I | died ; and the rye that mourned for us will j ! be dried and animated with and even ; i our children will cease to think of us, and j ; will remember to lisp our names no more, j J \ Ciiiust-Likk Skntiment.?Rev. i ! Dr. Johns, an Kpiscopal clergyman in Itol- ! timore, ?av? of " exceasivo denominational- ] ism " Wherever this goes beynd love j i r.? M..I, a " 1 j II/I m/iiioy ovui'/t-iMirj; in ? lUll^. OU HJUTi (II 1 | nm I of this spirit, that i have been neons- ! tomed- for years, in passing a house of some 1 other denomination (than my own, to lift ' my heart to (rod in prayer for that mims; tor andhis people;" Tlie man may die, j but ho Vruo it Christian sentiment?-so en-1 I larged a Christian charity?a truth soex-J nlted and so well >ixpressed?ought to live j forever, both in 'our appreciation and our | I frnctiec. I Legal Advice| A countryman walked into the oflico of I Lawyer Humes. one day und began his np? \ plication : " Barnes, I have conic to get your advice I in a case that has given inti Soiuo trou1 bio." j " Well, what is the matter?" "Suppose, now." Raid the client. " that I ! a man had one spring of water on his land, i | and his neighbor living below him should j | build a dam across a crcck running thruugh i both their farms, and it was to back the [ ' water up into the other man's spring, wl at i ought to be done i" " Sue him, sir, sua him by all means," | ?aid the lawyer, who always became exci! ted in proportion to the aggravation of his j clients. " You can recover heavy dama\ ges, sir, and the law will make him pay well for it. Just give me the case, and I'll bring the money from him ; and if he , hasn't a great deal ofbroperty, it will break i I him up sir." Hut slop, Barnes," cried the terrified ; applicant fur legal advice, "It's 1 tluit j ' built the dam, and it's iv ighbor Jones that j ; owns the spring, and lie has threatened tu ; j sue me." The keen lawyer hesitate*! a moment bej fore lie tacked bis ship and l;ept on. " Ah, well sir, you say you built a dam j | across that creek. AY hat sort of a dam I Was that, sir?" " 11 was a mill dam." " A inii 1 dan. firgrinding grain, was il?" " Ye?, it was just that." " And it is a good neighborhood mill, is it?" " Su it is, sir and you may well sny so." " And all your neighbors bring their grain to bo ground, do they." i " Yes, sir," all but Join s." "Then it is a grejt public convenience, , is it not "To be sure it is, 1 would not have I ! built it but for that. It is so far to any ' other mill, sir." I | "And now," said the old lawver. "von i I toll me that man, .Jones, is com])! lining t | jn.-t because the water from your dam j I happens to put had? into his little spring, | nntl ho is threatening to sue, ami ho* 11 j rue t!io ilav, as sure as my name is liar- ' I ??? " j "Tai.i, Wai.kinu." -Wo copied. a few ilavs since. a paragraph a11i~iI?u1111 <; tlio origin of j llucUot, letters" t> David 1. Holt, of Middle (Iivtrpia. ho having written a series of lottery, over tlio signature of " Hdwnrd Hncket," to tin* IVosidoot of the tinted Static, .John O. i Adams. The Montgomery Mail copies the same paragraph nod adds: David I. 11 -ilt wont with Col. Fannin's (ioorgia Battalion to Texas, in and was one id'the prisoners who escaped tlio inassn- j rrnnftllf* '?* 1 o ?i'. 1 . - ... i iiv ojij iii^ hi nil: ring tlx; Texas Involution. In tolling soni" of liis old friends in l-!0'?rgia. about liis cs- : 1 capo, one of llioin askeil liiin if lie. run, (so ; j tlii' storv goes.) I! ilt was a liruvo man, ami did not like to acknowledge that lie ran. oven , though lie wns retreating from nn impciul injr Month, without tho shadow of a chance : i to defend himself, ami ho replied. " Woll, ' hoys, 1 did n t I'xnctly inn, hut 1 done some j d?(I lull v Ui'-'.ng." ! '"'fall '.v liking " was the substitute for the word "run"' about Macon ami Milledgeville ! for many years afterwards. j A Xr.w fiami:.?" Pool " is a game ox'rnv- ' ngantly imlulgod in at Ihillalo. The p;ninc j I is plaved on u Milliard tahle, with twenty or ! t ihirty hails, each hall numbered, tho mini- { j hers running from one up. A dozen or more can join in tho game. A certain niimlmr i? | fixed upon, nml I tie player who shall fir?t | pocket enough balls whoso numbers will ni mount to it, wius tlio pile, which is made up i by the players staking a certain amount often before the game commences, Previous to the commencement, each player drr.\vs a marble j from a box ami puts it out of sight in his | i pocket. These marbles are all numbered to ; correspond with numbers on the table. The ' | player, after receiving his marble, recollects j i the number, ami his game is t,? noekct balls J enough, the numbers of which added to that j j of the marble in his pocket will make the j | number which wins the pile. The Republic tells a good story of an ad j venture an old gent passionately fond of: ; " pool " bad, a few nights ago. He is occft- ' : sionnlly given to chance in other games, it j I is intimated. Well, he came home very late ! i from n sie^e at "pool." IIih wife was asleep, j When she awoke in the morning slu> found ! upon the floor u marble which bn-1 dronm..! i nut <if lift* husband's pockot when lie come to ! he I. upon which were the figure* ' 17.''? | | " What is this?" said she to her lord. Lord I opened his eyes, looked, blushed, was con- I I ft'ssed. and t-tiinmered "why?why?it's a j j mnrhlo. ain't it ?" " Yflfc." flflid she, * hut I what nre yon doing with a marble in your | pocket ?'" " In my pocket!?well?ah!?the i fact is, I've had that innrhle in my pocket I for the 1 act thirty-live years?erer sinpo I ! used to pf'-y for keeps with I?ill * /'? " Indeed!' incredulously asked his wife*< I.?? I--. .. U 1 ..... .. munu ii^iiich mi nere lorT what j 1 cl.?os 17 menu ?" " Why that wuh llio num- I J her nf marbles 1 J"11 owed me when we quit i playing?lie marked it on there so I would* ' n't forgot it.." The old fellow had a n of row e?t*a]?e, and hasn't played any more ' pule" simto. Tin: Hoy who Undkkstood tiik Fifth Com mandmknt.?An old .school master said one, day to a clergyman who came to examine bis school, " 1 believe the children know the Catechism word for word." " Hut do they understand it? that i.s the question," said the clergyman. The schoolmaster only bowed respectful! v and the e.Ynminntmn 1.??? >.? v i:? litlit boy bad repented the fifth commandment, " Honor thy fattier and thy mother," and l.e was desired to explain it. Instead of trying to do so, the little boy, with hhi face covered with blnshex, nald almost in a whis- ! per :?" Yesterday I showed some Htrongo j i gentlemen over the mountain. The sharp I stones eiit my feet, and the gentlemen saw they were bleeding, and thev ir.ive m? nmn<? I money to buy mo phots. 1 gave it to my I mother, forshohad no shoes either, nnd I j thought 1 eouhl |j;ob:irefoot better than she could." In ?n oninibufi, tlio i>tli??r day, a littlo uirl iv?t move than soir-n ..f ??'? 1 -- ii m nrMiU il'l old Rcnllomnn " if lio would l>n hor father." A look of surprise was tlio roply. "(>,"t<nid tlic precocious miM. "don't you know, if yon 'II lx?mv failirr till the faros nro collccI ted, I fdtall jjnt oft'for half pricc!" Tub Cuba Invasion.?'The Gnvctn do la 1 11 al >iti)a which is (liu official or^Mi of the | Government in Culm. contain* mi article mi j nUu"c?l tillihnstoro |>re|>ariiti.>n8 in tho UniIocl States nml el.sewhei e, now, as it is stated nfmo.it reaily or actually cm ivute for the Queen of the Antilles. It say*: It is rcnortbil hero that, at the Islmnl of j llw.ri i iiivio iiiu runauru tmu nmu- j Blind men, c<nsisting of Cobans, Americans , and Frenchmen : that they propose to embark at Capo Santa Maria, the nearest place , tu Point Miiisi. and that on the 2lst of March i a schooner left New Vork, having on board two hundred men bound to Saint Domingo. j It is nl"o reported that an expedition of live j thousand men is preparing at different parts of the Union, whioh will rendezvous.out of the jurisdiction of the United States, citing the day and hour of the embarkation of ft ] part of said foive. and the namopf the leader j who is to cointnaiid it; and the names of Ilonuinzscii and some others of thn sn-oullnil i join-mis chiefs who liavo been (lixtin-I jrui.shed in fiWibUsleritig expedition* lire mentioned. An Er.ogi:r.nt KXTKact.?Generation i.fior gencf ition have t'olt as wc now feci, and their lives were as active as our own. The heavens shall be as bright over our graves as they arc nround our paths. Yet a little while and all this shall have happened. The throbbing heart will he stilled, and we shall be at rest. Our funeral will wend its, way, and the prayers will he said. ami wesnaii uo lett in the darkness nnd i silence of the tomb. And it may ho l?i.n! for a short time we shall be spoken of?but the tliinp* of life shall croep on, and our | names will bo forgotten. Days will con-, tinue t.? move on, and laughter and song I will bo heard in tho room where wo died; ; and the eye that mourned for ns will be ' dried iiml animated with joy, nnd even our | children will cease to think of us, and will remember to lisp our names no more. A ClIHAV ANO Uo,>t> !)KINKVoR SrMMKR. ' (!arcfnl li tusewivos will cutout the follow- 1 ing red no f>r making a pleasant, palutstltlc ami whohrso in" boor, ami paste it in their n;- | oipo book : It is m ule of honey. First, pre?s nml j strain your i- mil) so as to obtain tlio clear! honov: then soak the remaining wax ami | honey in hot water ami press it again : boil ami skim the sap so obtained. To every I'J quarts add one pouml ol'tlrie.l tipples ami a I. . Ir I 1> ; ... nun |i<iim-.ii in imps; ii'fii a^ain ; skim and strain the mass through a cloth : then take a small portion out : ad?l to this a litlle yeast, ami keep it in a warm place until it works ; then p.mi* it hack into the main lienor, and let (he whole work three or four days; then I draw it of)'into a clean tnh: let it stand 24 hours; dra"Vv it nil' into hottles. and place thoM>. we!! e irke I, down in a eelhir. A lew corks may fly, hut tho remainder will pay lor the trouble. J i " I'i.kask livirnt. and what shall I do with j the liits of ivi nd!iw V" iL-n it.r..,. .t....... - - - , " ; stairs itti?l 1 mrii them in tlie kitehon, Bri<l>?- 1 et." Oil'-he .started. At night Hridgot call- I f.'il the hiily. s?lid asked f ir a candle for tin; ; kitchen. "A i-m d?11<% ! why. what havo you ; ilono with tliOM! piece* ymi ha>l tlti**morning?" ] " Faith, inarm, 1 put thorn in the lire, and | humeri theni in the kitchen, as you told ine this inorninij." ? ? ?- . A I,aim' passing through New Hampshire, j observed the following notice on a h >ard? ] " Il'irses taken in to grass, l<nn<r tails. three 1 shillings and sixpence; short tails, two shil lilies." The lailv a-ketl the owner of the land the reason for the difference of price.? ' Why, you see, ma'am, the long tails can hrush away the Hies, hut the short tails are I so tormented l>y them that they can hardly eat at all." 'I'll Kit K IM9 iwnnlli' m itiint I'.. ?? ! ? ?? V". polcon Arkansas, between a doctor nnd a ; tailor, in which the doctor fdiot tlie tailor . through the log, and the tailor the doctor j through the lower extremity of the coat.? , They made up friends on the spot, the doc- 1 tor agreeing to dress the tailor's log, and the : tailor to mend the doctors coat tail. Dkatii to tiik lJroH.?The following remedy is said to be infallible: Take two pounds of alum, bruise it and reduce it nearly to powder: dissolve it in three quarts of boiling water, letting it remain inn warm place till the alum is dissolved. The alum Water is to bo applied hot, by means of a brush, to every joint and crevice. Brush the crevices in the floor of the skirting board it they aro suspected places; whitell'ltoll < l?l? I I ' - -- ' * - <* - I itfto11 uit; idling, jMiimin 111 jnuniy oi muni, mid theft) will bo ail ciul to their dropping from thence. IIov. tin'. I'oodi.k (Jot Wkt.?Kilter Bridget, with the mistress' favorite poodle, wringing wet. " How cnmo Fido to get so very wet?" "An" faith main, an" it was little Tommy that had the tiny haste lushed to the end of a powl, and was washing the winders wi' him." Tl< Iiava ---i ? ? * . * ? lymu moo ?i nutci lUill |?IUUJWIfll echo, you must speak sweetly and plesisintly yourself. Tliirt maxim is especially commanded to parents and teachers. DiOCS saw n note lying on the ground, hut lte kno.v tlint it wns a counterfeit, and \v?lkel on wit'iout picking It np. He told Smithera the s torv, when tlie latter said : " D.? y< tiknow, Digfls, you have committed a very xrVat offense ?" " Why, what have I dmie ?" " You have pnsned a counterfeit hill, knowing it to he such," said Sniilhcrs, without a smile, and fled. KOTlCli, [ JIHRr.r.Y ^ivo notice to nil personsindebted to 1 mo in the Ordinary's Ufflcoon Homlsduc 1110 for Krai Kxtato (lint I huvo deposited nil the iuiKi.1111 inu iiiiiki^oi ). r.. ii.Mioon n?r colicclion, wlio w the only person auiliorhcW to receive tins Hiiiuo, mul who in my duly authorized deputy iu all business Innnnolw) in my ullico. J. 1*ARSONS, o.F.n. Orilinnry'H Offico, March 2ii, 1859 Bin ^inlc of South Carolina, I'lf'KRNfl UIHT?IN TilK COt'ltT Of COMMON n.KA*. Diedrlch liiemann * Foreign Attachment. v? \ Norrirt, H. & l'ullinm, Heu'lrlek & I.cdford. j l'lff'H Alt'vs. \\J IIHKBAS. tho plaintiff did, on tlio JTih'dny il of May, 18r?S, flic hit declaration against iiw neicnuauis, wno^ut h is huui ;are ausent iroin find without tho limits of thiH Stale, nnd have neither wife nor nttorney known within filename, upon whom a copy of the miitl declaration mipht l>.5 nerved: it is ordered, therefore, thni the siid defendants do appear tint! plead to the paid declaration on or before llio 18th day ot May, 18.V); otherwise, final and absolute judgment will then lie given and awarded against them. J. K. IIAOOOO, c.c.p. Clerk's Office, May 17, 1808 lyrj JEWELRY, GOLD & SILVER, J KAN HTK. FJLSCI1KS8EK, , YVullittllu, s. c., UAH just now rcfirrncd froui New York with a lur^u ami licatitifttl assortment of WV1CHEN, JEWpLRV, (l)otli GOLD mid SILVlilt,) Clocks, Music JSoxes, Coiabtf, brushes, Fanov Articles, I'crfumer.v, Soups, Gold Pens, vie.; all of which lias liccll bought for CAPI1, and which lie otters for salo on iho niAki <* * until lutiii ft (Arnid frit" lie also HKPAIKS WATCIirS nn<l otlu or articles in bis line, ami solicits tbcimtrolingft of the )>ubll<\ Hi* Htniul is near I lie jmbiio v'liiai'o, at Walbalbi, S. 0. Doc. 16, ]8.'>G 1U If I. \V. MlUlllS. JH. J. W. IIA HI'.IKON. Z. ? . HULI.IAM. vninns niitliisfiM R> i>riiT.\\r i ly net i>>)*(li in said lletnrn <>n oath. No Keturn will l.e rcccivodou I'lihlit; days unless it is jiroperly made out. Those failing to eomjiiy with the reijiiisiiiotix of the law. as herein set t'irth. will he ruled at once. U0I1T. A. THOMPSON, Mureli 2W, I S.V.I ,'!(> tf Klato oi'Kouih Carolina, IN EIJI'ITV?IMCKKNS. llolicrt Kirksvy, Ailnt'r. ] vs > Petition for Relief, &c 1 s:i i:ili M Kirk fey, et :il. ) I'i' I..*11...1 i...;..i. \t I Iwrksey. .laml K. I'. Kirk fey nlitl Mary It. M.l'. Kirksey. defoiwlants in this ease, reside without the limits of (liis Stale : On motion of Oit, for Petitioner, it is ordered tlial those nl?SiMit defendants do appear i'? tliis Court, and plead, answer or demur to tlie said petition, within three months t'roni the publication hereof, or an order ;?> ? corf's.tgo will he taken against hem. UOin\ A. THOMPSON, c.k.p t?. Cnm'rs Ofllco, Mart I) 16M) Hut Notioo IS hereby given that my wife Surah <5rn?nn having, witlmut ctiu.-e left my bed ami hmird, I will not lie held responsible for any contracts she mnv Iteronfici' mnkc. ' UKNKt (J 110(1 AX. .lit. April 21. 1 MO .".0 1 i\o rici:. Vl'lX A f.?cttIvmoiit of the I!.?tale of Tims Alexander. deeeased, will lie had b< lore the Ordinary, itr I'iekon# C. If., on Moil tiny the filth day of dune next. Persons iu terosted therein mont govern themselves accordingly. Those indebted must pav np.aml those having demands ayainst said h?tnto must render them to me, legally attested, hefore that (lav. 1)A X L. A I.KX AXDKH, Kx'or. lVh. 7. 18.V.) -29 3m SJalc oOoiifli Carolina, r.CKKNa?IX EQUITY. 1$. \V. Abbot I ) *s. > Hill for Itclief.&c. . M.Ci'etndlnw Midwife, et nl ) T appearing to my satisfaction that Xoah Altbolt ami .1. M. Crenshaw and wife Martha, defoudauts in thiscaso, resddo without the liin ii.- mi iiu.iciiiiivi v>n muiion ui .mjikhi, i*omliliiiiiuiilV uolicltor. it is ordered t lint tlie ho id absent defendants ?lo nj'peariu this court mid plead, answer ol* demur to complainant's said iiill of complaint, within three months from the publication hereof, or nn order pfo coufit to will bo ta).on ns to ihem. ROU'T. A. THOMPSON, C.k.T.P. Com'ru Office, March 'J.'i. 1800 8m JIOARCY! 'plin Honks, Accounts and Notes, assigned by 1 Issertel & Norman for tho benefit of tlicit* creditor's, are in my hands for collection. Tho necessity of the caso requires that they should he nettled without delay. J. IT. IIA GOOD, Aia'mtiec. Oct 8. IB'xS J2 "* tf NOTJUU. I LI. persons are hereby notified not to pny J\ nny Notes niiule payable, to the undersighcJ, or bearer?or any Notes given by tlio underpinned, payable to other persons. until further orders. 1>. I). DAVlSj. Jan. 17,1B59 20 if \oai4i: I8 hereby given that u final Hcttlmicnt of tho 1 estate of Joseph \V. lto.?*. deceased, will he nui.ln bnforu (lie Orilinnrv. kI l'ieki>n? (' It r.r* Monday the Uth dny of Mny next. Person* intereMcd will t4iko notlco nnd govern thcincclve# accordingly. F. E. IIA1UUSON, Adm'v Jan. 2?. I860 20 3ni IVOTIC 12 IS hereby rivcii thnt I will not be reppon*ib!o fi>r interest on the distributive rhnre <if Killft Duwmin, in the Kstntoof Daniel Moody, deceased, on nnd nfier Ihis dnte nml (lint tliis notice will ho plen?l in hur of inter* est on tlie ?uid <liMrll>utivc /hnro 15MNNKTT MOODY, Kx'nr. Feli. 2,'i, IS'n!) .'tl 3m A Friondly Notice. Alii; portions inoeutcu to (ho Kstiitn of JopIiua Cox. decAaxcd. must sett!^ ftt once. Tlinrc having drnim ds against tlio K?ta?o must render thorn in according to law. By his roqnoht. tlio largest notes are in tlio hands of Mr.B. C!o.t for an enrlv pottlaincut. 1 prefor winding up tlio o/tntc junk iih foon a? tlio law will minut, a* far as 1 nut concerned na one of the administrators, .1 U. Ilt'NXICUTT, Adm'r. Fob. CI?, 1859 If / Attorneys nt Law, AM> SOLICITOUS IN 1: Q V I T \\T1J.L attend promptly ti< nil lmsinc** entrns?I tpd to their care. M?. Vvuu>! cnu always lie found in the Ofiiee. OFFICE AT IMCKEN.S C. II., S. C. Spjit. 0, 1830 9 tf Bluo Ridgo Railroad Co. in S. C. Ciiahi.k?ton, Feb. 10, 1859. SI'B.SCKIIJKHS to the Canital Stork nro _ liorchy notilied lhat the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Instalments of the old pohserip* lion, and Twenty-five per cent, of the nevY subscription, tnc required to ho paid as follows : The lvjjiitcenlh instalment on (he 10th dny of April next. The Nineteenth instftlinenton the 19th day ?.f M ay next. Ten per cent. of the new subscription on the l'Jtli tiny <>f Mureh next. Ten per cent, of tlie now subscription on the I'.hli tlav of April next. Five per cent, id' the new subscription on the ltttli day of Mav next, liv order. WM." II. PKKONNJKAU, Feb. 10, lit Treasurer, Commissioner's Notice. IN- r.glMTY?I'llKKNS. (< U AI\ I> 1 A N S. Trustees, and all other perX sons, wlxwo duty it is to account befbro me, are required to file their Annunl lletnrns in my Ollitre. on or before tlio 14th day of May next. Vouchers f ?r all pigments out i mini be exhibited, ar.d the property held bv overv (iiiardiiin or Trustco must 1>h distinct