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BY ROOT. A. THOMPSON. PICKENS COUKT 1I0USFJ, S. C. SATURDAY, NOVEMBERS, 1851*. VOL. XI. NO. 15.
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? IP 0)T?'If* !3 V I Mui?lo cotton. wn. siii'*r ciiii > ?i I ?... ? ?
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run TIIK corniKII.
Bridal Congratulations.
IIY II. T. J..
Mousing* on you, cousin
J'-h'ssings on your j>rcHy britlo,
.May lici* .smiled <" "lilitlio hml Vionnic,''
J.iglil you o'er life'n lionbk'il lido.
Mil V Vnil (lllil luU< liuoi i ? IbnautiHn
Jlloiivr fnr tliuu golden ore,
And limy blipa in Itoundlcss measure,
HosM upon you ever more.
Hands nml heart# tinil souls iintlcd)
, Slriviiijjj lor eneli olhor'd tvvul May
tlie solemn vown you've pUglited,
llfn.l your liourts like liook? of t'tcel.
And through bright and .stormy wcrtllicr,
111 in- ; - - *
.in iiiv t* Hviiry journey iiirougu?
May j cifr love fur one another,
( row more earned, strong qihI true.
T>ays will come of gloom nml Hfulncss?
Shadows on (lie hearthstone full?
,l?y mill Horrow, grief and gladness,
( qi:ic alike to 01.1 nml all.
In the durknesu look above you,
l.ook nlult for help anil liglit,
Sore tcinptatinnn else limy move you
From (lie paths of truth and riglit.
llonie will have its little Iroulilivi.
1 tut bo patient and forbear,
They will vnuidi us the bubbles
]Ireuk heforo a breath ot air.
Ami the world will sorely try you
With its scorn, deceit or bate?
'Keep n store of courage by you,
Nvrvo your heart for every fate.
If you'd have your homo a Heaven,
).ct the hand of kindness reign,
Knell will need to be forgiven,
And in turn forgive-again.
Kurt 111 V fi iiMids innv nil dunpivn rnn ?
I'ruvo unfaUhfiil or unjust?
1 tut one fririnl will never leave you?
firmly place in Cod your trust.
Now jny rhyming letter's ended,
J.ct it drift on frictidHhj|j't< tide,
As !i wedding g"It intended
Tor my coiibin nnd his l>ri<te.
I.\ CJiivNUR, Tenn., Oct- lHtli. Ift.Vt.
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<0 OM Mi!) NJO ATOON 8.
roil TUB KEOWKK COUHIF.lt.
ll.u'im.ous Ketkeat, Get. 27tli, 18.">9.
Mr. K'lilor: As the fevor of emigration
is providing not only in our district, but
throughout the State, it in not wonderful that
seYerul from our neighborhood should catch
the CO.ntagion and desire a locality flowing
with .nilk and honey, where wealth with all
of ita luxuries can bo obtained-with u more
song of iudustry. Wo learned from intelligent
authority that the unsettled lands along
the Altanntha River in Appling county, (Ja.,
wiui the desirad Spot, it boing only sixty
miles from Savannah city. nnd a llaitruad
passing through the county from that place,
?.i wo could have a market for cvcrvtliinc.
and all we would Imvo to do would he to
.build foil the l>>r^st, cultivate the. rich
lauds, ami wealth in abundance would pour
into our c??lTort?. lJut as sei'irig is the hotter
p.irt of porsUu?r<)n, vro concluded to look Tor
ourselves before finally emigrating. Wo
i n ado the noeosimry propiu-ntiunsfiHr ?ueh a
journey?taking withua aontc provisions,
ookiiig utensils, n fowling piece, Ac. We
went l\y Auder<H>n Court House, arriving
there tlie first dav. (iuito a revival was
going on in tliu P>;i|>tist Church. We Attended
in the evening and heard n> ablowul
< lo pient serinou l?v the He v. *.{r. Mlkkv.
His audience was large and attentive, anl
innni* innnmnt'o "'lx* ?
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to/estbd. rmrtt Andei'so?; wo went through
TowhvIITc. n beautifuLiittlo villngA, but from
its present n'pj>Cu ranee wo judge tlint it has
Kpcu tlio zotuthof its glory. and it> iv>w ?<ti
the ilc.diue. W'Im/c parsing tli'rpugli t|ic village
wo sa>v wlmt id called the tint lands,
wiiieli ftl'Qhiiid to bo vorv fertile and proline
tivo of cirn and wheat, but owing tn noitie
in&rodient hi the ro'L.i will not produce cottort
uftcr a Tow ywir.i cultivation, as it will
invariably have thg rust. A portion of Abbeville
and lidgoliold suflVvo I a groat dei\l
t'roni drought. Provisions will In- very bcarce
?cMiiHeqwriiuv nijjn, 1 no tourtli tiny ot our
j>mrnoy, early W the morninu: vvc creased over
into lliuhniunil county. Hero wo found a
level court try in c<<inpnri?oii to fiur rugged
liillrt. Leaving lllchriniihd. we entered Utirke,
one of tlio prettiest ami wealthiest enmities
oi (Jcorgin. i>owe of the furmors ar? Very
vh tfr.fi' frv'c? fl'ro" to P*o 'hundred
slaves. Tho lands aro very fortilc. The noil
* if of a Bandy loaiw, with ft clay subsoil. - Its
durability for which it is noted, (n owing to
the lime it contain*. For niiloa it wiu? very
flekly there, hut they are dmining off the
Jnrgd pond* whioli are d?n*o1y interspersed
ovor (ho country ( on ncuount of which the
gcnoral health'ia improving overt vear.?
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?f n^v ncmMiru , iiKviiuniy-fcufi id ft pretty ft|ui
Heat village rogulnrly laid o(f. situated on
nn eminence oVerlooHrig tlio Railroad oh the
_ eMfarfl There was an ftxelteinont
/flh'?nt the coming etactitin nniowg tlie
jKjoplo, We hadtlie plonsuroof an iwquaintnnuo
with Mr. Jonm, candidate for on^r?aC,
why wo Imvo since learned wiv? elected by u
finall majority, lie id of medium sine, not
very gO'?il looking, not very .loquacious, b?#
(loop streams Haw along in tdloncQ, the common
arc mora noh-y. From Durlie, crossing
the Qgehee, wa pa?*od into Kumnoel, Wo
found thvro t)i? faml p<.*>r, the people poof,
hoga poor. and *v#ry thin# olno. poor. Our
journay through -th?r* wiw oi?e continued
inunotono?(H view of deep pu/uU. drca?,v, Ion*
loaf pino. Iiore and thqro rr ,<ij?oial cvprou
pond, to add to thft lofwllhtym.uf titoficcno.
*r?l? U>on*nml? of Ooflers writf
?lor pllefci w-lilcli vrili erffrf|d as- luHtln#
jhftntft'ftr' tiro hnrfohfto*" of fho TIio
l?o*t county tn nor roilVmo i? Ttitnall, wHifclv
S*-itth Hk? {he nbnvo. orify a llttto mojo hit.
A cifli?oMpthm of it ( will not attempt to give.
V/e sro hoiv npjfroacltlng our dontumtivn.?
}r> ar?f?ia? tho Alt?iuul>? our o.vosare grwt/f>l
\>y a beautiful *tei\nvl>oat plowing it? muddy
wfttors. The upland* of Applaud iuo
Kiinllftt-to Ou*dof ]>ninnue1 n*:d Tutnnll, And
to onf'AWpfrrfpfuwHi ihAtflftd Qf milk ftnd
)ionAy, we found ert\? peafc,r<n<) pofntoti* !h
/ibUffd?n5p, The cbivf etaplcd'ftfp Jbp long
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| pei^s, all "f di is ptnuteu on innnured
i laud. Tlio farmers have herd# ??f cuttle mid
j can afford1- tn manure enough of land to make
I u living. True *lie low land? of Altamahn
1 ure very rich anu well timbered, hut thev arc
| so Hilijcot to Qvcrllow that fur centuries to
J come tboy will remain a wilderness. After
locking around two days, wo wove ffll Convinced
that it was iu> place f<?V us. Kidding
| adieu to tho sunny clime, we began our
| jyurnay homeward. Though we purchased
j no lands, none of us regretted tho trip. 'J'lie
iMiruujr finoKC <>t our camp lire*, tbo mnjc*tio
pine, tlio tail magnolia,- ftiul tlio novel
i ovpiCfH of the evorjjrcen forest of the South,
tintli imprinted a lainWapo upon the tablet
, of our momories, boauliful, linpulHivo ntul
indelible, not to bo eiTuecd by tli^ musky
j wares of oblivion. In fivo days vvc arrived
I in Augusta. It is quito n lnrgo nlace, ami
I still improving. Ainonc tlio iicwlv <<rm>tnil
buildings wo noticed the now Catholic church,
which presents n good and imposing fro At on
(irecn street. Whilst strolling around. wo
visited Mr. ). W. Kkssman's celebrated (lower
garden, whore can he found ormum utal
(lowers from every portion of the gloho.?
Among the many curiosities we will mention
the Fig tree of Paradise, the same sjiccics of
I those used l>v Adam and Eve iu tlin ??nr?1?>n
r*--'
of Erieu. i'lic leaves nre broad and grow to
| tho length of siX feet. The India Knt)ber
tree, the largest lie had, vvftR ten feet high.
The greatest curiosity was the fly eutchcr. It
is on evergreen vino, blooming every month
in tlie year. All kind of iusccts with bills, |
greedily suck rtt flic flowers, and ns soon as
they commence sacking the pores of the flow- j
or close and hold them fast. Wo plucked a
(lower with four different kinds of insects
lumping u> it. qoi?c or theft'i wore still living,
Mr. Kf>sm.\n informed up that he received n
lettor from n friend out West, stating Unit
the inject which deposited the egg of the
cotton boll worm was fond of socking it. If
tlint he true, it rrt?ry prove of great benefit to
the western formers. A drive of three days
from Augusta brought us home, with the
conclusion in our minds that with economy,
perseverance and industry that wealth can
tin nlifttiimil *\\\ flm ?? *?? ? ?*<* ? 11?? 1 l%
U^IICVU Oi?ll U1
Carolina, which is su cftgeily bought for
abroad.
>~Vinr^oH ytvy. X?>MINR.
Col.. ..Ou.it.14 The Spartanburg lOxpress
and Anderson Gazette urge Col. Orr for
i the Presidential iioininafion. He is not
suitable to the views and feelings of bin
own State, lie was to have been nominnli'd
fur Yice l'ievident on the ticket of
Douglas for President. Squatter Sover
eighty win not go down (except in otie way)
in Bouih Caroline. Let us hove hi* views.''
The above extract is fuftcn Irom the
Charleston Kvening News. \Yc ngrfiowith
tlie News that " Sijinuier ?Sovcrcignty will
not go down (except in one. way) in South
| Carolina," and that way will be the same
i in which Know Nothingisin wont down.?
I That Col Orr is in favor of SfjuatUr fc?ovi
crcignty, is an ua-tuniotion of the News in
! i\..X ..< i 1 '
mv> Iiavi ui Iiicu mill J UM IllfCrOHCCH 10 1110
oontmry. With Mr. Calhoun ami the Kditor
of the News he opposed the election
of Clen. Cass on thin very ground. In ft
>pecch delivered at Orcytonville, in ,An(loison
District, he uses the following Iangung
', in refi rcnGO to Stephen A. F>onglas :
"Ho will find that 44 confidence is a
,plant of slow growth," imd that his nfcerration
will coat him inunv vrnrs nf f.iltl.i'..!
,v j
Kcrvicc before he ih re-instated in the bigli
position from which he so suddenly and
unexpectedly descended."
"Whether Col; Orr ' is suitable to the
views and feelings of his own State," we
have not, nor do we Undertake to say, nor
do wc allow tlipt tho dictum of the News
is sufficient evidence on this point.
As to the political views held by Col.
Or#, he lias a record which will show that
n> man in tho St .to has been more fe'arj
less in their expression, or more prompt and
| ready to niuintuiii tbcm, on tlio stump,
1 through the press, or in the Ilalls of Legislation.?Spartauburfj
Express.
An Ki.ection Incident.? Iir a certain
county in our State, cava tliC-S.nvannfth liepublican,
the later election \\n? very close,
and in order to carry it for onoof the patties,
tfie aid of nliout che hundred. Kome fifty a
luiudred and t'venty, voto? of t lie "Vote early
and vote often " clasH vthb dialled in, or rntlicr
bronchi in. to necurc tlio tlo?dred reunlt.?
i tl.l.,.. ? '
I - uv V I.ui.uini, ur Iiunuruil UNO IrtOlilV,
1*9 tlio case may l>o. hud been " caged"
i for i\ day or t"-o previous to the time tvhen
thoy slum Id " exercise the prerogative of freei
meii," and consequently nod time to get relieved
to some extent from the effects of bad
liquor. When the wagons and the purchaser
of the votes arrived to co-.oey tho patriots to
u remote precinct to cost thoir tuiffrages, where
they would lie free from unpleasant interferences.
the most of them were* her and ready
to mak'1 as nvtieh out of tho occasion as posI
Bible. Five dollars was the uriiie nor l??ml
j and or caoh vtirer got into the wagon toe
11 summit was paid to him. Tlio bttvor soon
found that ho had pii'id for considerable more
tlmir ono wngon lon<", and jot tlic wngon wns
ot)i*)Hik'utivolv oinpty, Such a singular ?tuto
of n flairs I?<) hini to ni> investigation, when
ho found that as tlio "freerunn" would got
into ' the wngon from1 on* side, nfter having
received his five dollar*, he1 would jump out
nt the uthef and como around to Isepnidovor
asatn ! Ono individuul had obtained $15 in
this way. This, of course, was put a stop
to, hut the buyer was uunhlo to- collect any
reclamation.
!' A discussion nvoso in rt coffee room nt
| Huuthmnjitqn us to the nationality of n jren!
tfenian nt the other ond of the room* u He's
i a* Enjiliidnnnn," Miid oho, " I know1 by
i'HlH- licuU." Sootchmnn,"- n?id
j niKitilier, " 1 "know by hin coni|i'e\i'>n."?
j " He's a Gorman," wid another, " I k"now
byjiinbenrd." Another thought he looked
like a Kpaninrd1. llero the conteraation
| rented, but noon one of them ppofao, <'I
hnto it," H.iid he, lid's an A^ericnn;
hp's goj his fogs ou the table," '
xue uu'create at warper s Ferry. .
Opinions of I he l'rcss.
From the New York Express?.
City Rumors?Strange Stories.
As so ninny rumor* nro afloat respecting
the extraordinary iiiBurrectionnry movement
Virginia, and thinking it would be
just aa well to hear the opinions of tlic
colored peoplo of Now York on a subject
in wllifdi llifv nw>?t ii?tniH.lli> ?.'! " ?
--- IKIYV; i* UUl'.ll
interest, a reporter was despatched from
the Express for the purpose of spending n
clay among the educated portion of that
class of citizens, with the view of ascertaining
what they tiiink of the matter.
Accordingly tlie reporter bent his steps
towards those quarters of (lie city where
the better sort of the colored people " most
do conirreirate." and mo tl.A v?o,.u -
his observation*):
lie found thcni disposed to " keep-shady"
on the eubjocf, and it was hard to
draw from them any opinion whnfcvev on
the matter at issue. This is a characteristic
of the negro rue*,, even in the most trivial
matters. In fact, if thero is any one
organ, phrenologically speaking, more fully
developed than another in the cranium of
the black man, it isthe organ of scerefivel
ncss. This, perhaps, arises from n n.-iin.
rally suspicions disposition towards the
Whites, engendered in n state of slavery,
and fully developed ihrotfgh u{/rrards of
two ceuturies of servitude. ]t was not,
therefore, to be expected, that when the
matter in diseussion wasinsurrcction, which
probably would, if it did not already, involve
a largo portion of their race in the |
grave conscqucncca oi an ostonsivc servile
war tliOy would readily break through their
characteristic reserve; nor is it to be wondered
at, that their language was in riddles,
dark as the Delphian Oracle. Enough
was gathered, however, to impress the
mind of the anxious cnqtlirci* with the fact
that the colored neonle of lliis rifv ? ln?w
i I - V,V > "" ,VMWW
tlic most respectable portion of them?ap- |
probend that "a dark clotid " hangs over
tho Southern States on the Eastern Coast,
i Several of them threw out hints of a
regular bureau being organized even in
this city, for the especial purpose of cooperating,
if necessary, with the insurgents
of Virginia*, Whose aim, they express their
belief to be, is to get up a servile war, with
Hie; view of emancipating the slaves in that
section of the Union. In regard to certain
rumors that are alloat of telegraphic messages
being sent to ami fro, between the
alleged bureiitf of Abolitionists in New
York and the insurgents, opinions arc divided.
iS'ome profess to believe that the idea
is ; ii absurdity, from the simple fact that
| no hOcli message* would be sent by the opI
erators; Svliilc othera suggest the prohai
t*ir. . <
uiiiiy 01 scnaing mem on in cyphers, so tis
to keep each other posted as to the posture
of affairs and the measures to be adopted.
Nearly all agree, however, that there is
sonio mysterious method of conveying intelligence,
similar to the Underground
Railroad. All this is merely inferred from
scraps of conversations held with different
individuals, and hinfs thrown out separately,
which, being put together, begin to as
rttjue huiuctlmjir like a tangible form and
substance. Direct information is almost
impossible, and is hardly to bo cxpccted.
Some of the most cautious of the colored
people condemn, or profess to condemn,
the action of the Abolitionist*, in prccipitntinc
matters to a crisis. They think, or
affect to think, that moral suasiyn should
be rtscd ifr the cncfeaVOT fo prt't down elavcr
ry, believing that a resort to arms will only
have the ofTnrrt r?f nrn?nni?jtin.r tlir. >!? *.?
?. u,u I
holders and the whites generally; and thus
ritfetting the shackles of slavery more firmly
than ever, besides causing an unncccssary
effusion "of human blood.
Oi> the other hand, there is another party,
who go in pure ancf simple, for the " irrepressible
conflict." They eAy, Mr. Seward
tells theirt that that conflict must
come, sooner or Inter?and, if that be the
case, they do not sec why it may not ns
well come to-day or to-tnorrow, ns years
hence. They further say, they cannot i
blame' fhor brethren in slaverv for resort- I
ni? to drum, niut fijjhtinp for their liberty. !
They particularly point to the vctniqiiip in J
slavery, nrid even the sale of colofcd ehil- j
dretl by their white fathers. I'hin aloud,
they flay, is sutfioicnt to t*tir the blood of
the colored man to fever heat, and to cause
hitu to'arm and rftrike for freedom, al any
cost-to bitnftclf,.
Amoofc thift party there appears to be a
tjrm belief that though tho insurrection nt j
Harper's Ferry lias boon put dowu, through j
i's premature explosion ami the activity of
the Federal and State troops, "yet the Cud
in aotyet;" but that the flames lighted up
in Virginia, though prematurely quenched,
j will hereilftcr spread thir ngh Maryland,
| the Carolina# ai??* Georgia, tf> the banks of
I tho Mississippi, carrying in its trttln nwido
spread desolatfoft, ilnd" resulting in the
' nnmrvlAtA nnm.? ! /??? ?
wu|iiVW uiiuiuuipMVlUd Ul UIU IKItlVtlf.
Such seem to he tho opinions find impression*
of the colored claasea of thin oity,
obtained uot without persevering effort,
and ^ivcu with much reluctance, rather in
dark hints and inuendbs thau ii* direct asuertiona.
. ..
From tho Richmond Kriqnt'rer.
mil _ ? - 1
xne warper ? rerry invasion a# Party
Capital..
Tito tone of the conservative prows of the
North evinoen n determination to nmke the
moral of the Harper'* Kerry invasion an
vfTcvtivo weapon to rally all men not fnu&t
ics against tliat party whofce leaders have
been implicated directly with this midnight
murder of Virginia citi/.ous, and the destruction
of OoYeriuncnt property. This
is certainly legitimate?ar.d we do most
sincerely hope that the horror with which
the whole Country is justly filled, may ho j
the means of opening the eyes cf all men [
to the certain result of tlie triumph of an j
iiiujuinoiuiu cuimict icauer, or ot any
man, by an alliance with the Black iiepublican
i./Ssnwattoniifrs of the North. It is
but jvst and proporthat a disclaimer should
be n. ido by the Northern press *, but the;
voice of the press ia not enough, the vuioo
of the people at tlio North, through the
polls, is necessary to restore confidence and
to dispel the belief that thcNorthern nronlr>
- # # 1 J
httvo aided and aboMc?l this treasonable
invasion of a Southern Stale.
If the sncccss of a party m of more importance
than the restoration of good feeling
and attachment to the I'nion, let that
fact go forth from tlie polls of New York
at her approaching election. Upon hor
soil, the. treason, if not planned, was perfected
; the money of her citizens gave vi- j
tality to the idot ; the voice of her I
. / -- 1 ?l~
slioulil speak words of cncoumgemcnt to
tlio outraged sovereignty of a sister State.
Tho vile clamor of p;irty, the struggle of
Republicanism for power, has given an
impetus to the abolitional zeal of old Brown
and bin com fades, that impelled them forward
in their mad career of treason and
bloodshed. The leader of tho Republican
forces pave utterance to the tffcbsnffoble '
declaration of an '' irrepressible conflict \'f
nml if the people of New York rcuTly repudiate
the dogma that luis vitalized pillage,
robbery and murder, and raised up a body
of men to initiate the ' irrepressible conflict,"
let them send from the polls greetings
of overthrow that shall, if possible,
restore confidcncc, ?nd cement the broken
fragment* of attachmcot for the I 'nion.?
The triumph of the Black Republicans in
tilt! Ktflto of Ynrlr will 1<" I
meat to futuro Ossawattoinites, to again
attonipt (ho plunder iind invasion of Virginia
; the defeat of thi.s "irrepressible conflict
" party will speak thunder tones of
encouragement and hope to the people of
the Southern States; such a defeat will
tend to allay that excitement which now
' :u. :~J!
P1UIIIIM io UHUCl lilUjMl^MUiU ! IIU LlOIl, I
and which a spark may light into a conflagra- i
tion destructive to the t'uiou.
The voice of the Southern people litis
not been heard, and may never he heard. ;
The shallow waters murmur, hut the deep
arc dumb; and such is the state of public ;
feeling at this moment from thn I'otomac I
to the (iulf. Let not the people of the
North mistake (his/iileue.o for iiijliiVcrcuec. |
There exists a horror ami indignation which '
neither prcSH nor public meeting can cx- j
press j n feeling that lias weakened the j
foundation of the Union, and which may at i
any moment raise the super, t met lire.?
AYill not the people of New York, from !
the polls, speak some word of cneeurngc- j
inent, and, if possible, re instate the f'nion j
[ sentiments disturbed by their own people?
Tho Harper's Ferry invasion has ad!
vauccd tho cause of Dibunioa, more-than
any other event that hits, happened finoe
the formation of the (idYernment; it has
rallied to that standard men who formally
looked upon it with horror; it has revived,
with ten fold strength the desire of a Southern
Confederacy. The heretofore most determined
friends of the Union may now
be heard saying, ' if under the form of a
Confederacy, osr pcnce is disturbed, our
State invaded, its peaceful citizens cruelly
murdered, and all thu horrors of servile war
forf!All llttOll IN 1 tv fltMbo wlin clwniU K1
our wannest friends; if the form of ;i Confederacy
is observed, but its spirit violated,
aud the people of the North sustain the
outrage, then li t disunion cOine."
The people of .New York have tlie opportunity,
at the approaching election, not
only of rebiikinp Mr. Howard, the groat j
loader of the Ossnwattouiitc iiepublicitns, i
I but gf showing the people of the .South, |
tuat tno sympathy ot mic great .State uf
Now Yo.k k with t'f"l not with
the traitor that musl meet the just punishincut
of his treason. .
Frii>ay.?Tt is f-trnnge enough that Friday
is regnnled in.all countries as a peculiar
<)ay. In England it is generally considered
unlucky; many people will not
commence any undertaking on that day j
and most sailors believe that the vessel is
SHxrc to be wrecked tbrit sails oi\ a Friday.
If a inarm <*c take place on that clay, tlic
old wive* shake their heads, and predict
all kinds of misfortunes to the bride and
bridegroom. Nay, they even pity all |
children who nroso unlucky as to ho horn
on a l'Yidny. In Germany, on the contrary,
Friday is considered a lucky day for
weddings, connncnciug new undertakings,
or other memorable events'; ni.<f the reaOAII
jtf tlllO I- "*?'J 1* 1 ^
own V4 vn 10 Oil j?l. 1 OVI LIVMft II fS'WU IU UU I .'ll?
ancient belief that the witehes hnd Borocrers
held their weekly meeting 011 this day;
nnd,' of conrse, while they were Minuting
t'hemselvcs with dancing, r.nd riding on
broomsticks round tlio lllockubcrg, they
could have 110 time to Work 911V evil.? |
; And by nil sonaiblo people, Friday is regarded
no better and no worwc than any other
of the six. >
A Man courting a jonng woman was
iiitorrojrntcd by !??;?" father bh to his occupation.
" I oin a pnper-hnngcr unoo u large
acalo," he replied* Ho married tho girl,
and turned cut to be a bill Ftickef.
The Late ScnMor Bit'crickPoor
Dave lias imno at Inst, lie lias
met an untimely donth. This result is
probably not unexpected to his numerous
friends in this city, ?s, we think, it. could
wot have been to himself. I'or the past
ihu'c years he has been in a desponding
mood, apparently conscious of impending
evil. Indeed, it hits been a common rellllirk
lllllfllKr Iiisj frintulu ?!...? ! ? * 1 1 -
, ^. r ...v . vi*MP mm III; II,Ml UCcome
misanthropic. Ill health and some
hoiily and pecuniary accidents, however,
were supposed to bo the cause, and nothing
was thought of it.
Mr. Droderick was a remarkable mail.
Ifi.s chiof characteristics were great moral
and physical courage, a sufficient r|uantuni
of common sense, self reliance, temperance
and industry. With tlicso qualities, in a
land like California, lie was, of course, a
successful man. The day he left New
York for California, in 181!), wc met him
uii unu ?irpH or ilie old banking house of I
the Hank of the State of Now York, lie
had just drawn his last dollar from that institution.
lie said to us, "(loodhyc; I
am off for the land of glory/' "Where
arc you "oing to, Dave?" we asked. "To
California?never to return until I conic
hack a Senator of the Tinted States."?
We laughed at his remark, considering it
the grandiloquent hoast of a reek less,
despeiatt youth, who had as nittch idea
or chance of actually carrying it into execution
as he had of becoming l^ug of
fn less than two ydnrtf nFteYw^f^*Dave
had distinguished himself. His first prominent
act at San Francisco was in openly
mmnttillir till* flvet '' -
~,-r n V..X. *..ov i ij^ililllUU VUlUUUltUC.?
His life was endangered in this enterprise.
I le made by it many enemies, but also some
warm friends, lie was subsequently elected
and re-elected to tlie Legislature, and
assumed the lcf.d of the Democratic party
in the State. After many defeats in various
political manuners, he finally succeeded
in reaching his long desired position of
ft Senator of the United States. He was
elected to this office in 1850, and took his
seat in March, 1857.
As a debater he lacked ea?c artd the necessary
information. I n the Senate he could
not maintain himself for a day beside the
able nud lirillimif iiifln flint
appointment in the Cid. appointments produced
n quarrel between himself and the
Administration the first month lie took his
scat. Senator ( Iwyu got the inside track,
and, :us lirodorick always contended, in an
unfair manner supplanted liim with the
President. He became nioroso, and unmeasured
and imprudent in his oastigations
of the President, and soon found himself a
noglceted and somewhat unpopular man at
Wash in'a toff.
lie said to us last Winter, " HoW strange
it is, tlmt nftcr fighting all my life to become
a Senator, I do not care a button for
it. It litis no chains fot mrt. What is it,
aft t nil ? 1 am not happy."
What a com men tar)' are these remarks
upon human greatness, as productive of
human happiness.
Poor Davci, lie had a noble, generous,
heart. Let us drop a tear to his memory.
There is no wile, nor children to mourn
his loss, but in this city the friends of his
boyhood, the companions of his youth, and
the associates of Ins manhood, will romcm- |
ber him with sentimcntsof admiration and j
esteem.?Xac York New*.
Tiik Mkrky andtiik Sintious.?Man- |
kind may be divided into tlie merry and
tlie serious, who, both of the.n, Uiake n very !
good figure in tlie species, so long us they J
keep their respective humors from degenerating
into the neighboring extreme;
there being a natural tendency in the one
to a melancholy moroseness, and in tlie
other to a fantastic levity. The merry part
of the world j:re very amiable, whilst tliej*
diffuse a cheerfulness through'conversation
at proper seasons and on proper occasions;
hut, on the contrary, a great grievance to
society, 7/hen they infect every discourse
with insipid mirth, and turn into ridicule
such f-ul'jcqts ?s are not suited to it ; for j
liiu.tgh laughter if. look0*1 ??v?n l>y the I
philosophers as tho property cjf reason, the
excess of it hns always been considered as
the mark cf folly.
l'KMAl/K I'lKTV.r^Why is it that woman
is more pious in her behavior and actions
than the sex who arrogate to themselves
the title of lord and muster? Of tho facts
that she is so, ther-j are ample proofs. In
tho chnrchos of every city, wo find that the j
greater proportion of the devout worship- j
ors consist nf tho foiiinln Tlir? ah. I
terprixo of woman bos crected houses of
worship when the hand of man was palsied
toward tho deed. Her porsuasivu voice
and interesting demeanor linvc prevailed
upon worldly n.indcd husbands to the purposes
of salvation. Tho truth of it i?, that
truo religion consists more'of lovo and affuotjon,
than of proud demonstration or
haughty argument. The construction of
tho femulo lieart ifl turned townrd tho f^ontlof*t
nflection ; and when thut object is
presented her, alio principally consult# that
faithful monitor to good, generous and pious
deeds?'(l iCi>T)ifin'x firrnst.
t'li.ync.k of ttik Moon.-?A Nortl.mn
brian cottager, whose memory is not <]iiitc
so tenacious .n% it bus born, but "vlmso perceptive
power.* are as scute its over, declares
thai lie is not >.urpviicd that the Reasons
arc f|ucerish nowa-days, because tho moon,
which has much to do with the weathor,
faces contrary to what it used to do.
My Intimate Friends.
" Savo me from my f riends I" There is
wisdom in that exclamation. But what
are " our friends" af large cumpircd with
one particular i>i?lividtiul who, um'cr the
name of friendship, has taken out letters
patent for dulng us all the harm iu his
power.
My intimate friend belongs to the same
cltib as myself, and manages t<? got himself
invited to share my dinner three times a
week, to say the least, on which occasions^
he shows his friendship by tolling me.
champagne is indispensable to his digestion.
M v intimate friend gives me a had dinner
whenever lie entertains me t?t his Judging.--,
hecansc as lie says, thefc needs bo no
uvii iiivny ui'UVOCll irn ilds.
My intimate friend borrows money of mo
alone, because, as lie says, he would not
hurt niy feelings by applying to any one
else, and forgets the golden maxim, u Short
accounts make long friendship."
" My intimate friend is always rendv to
be my second in a duel, and i.sso tenacious
of my honor that lie will never hear of a "
coinpronii.se, though older and better men
than himself have professed themselves
.satisfied.
My intimate, friend rides my horse, instead
of Keeping one, because, Orestes and
l'ylndcs, David and Jonathan, Damon and
rytlriaft, Wefe not better friends tbatt vro
are, consequently such trifles ought not to
conic between us.
My intimate friend would think uicvory
ill-natured did 1 not present him in all tlio
different circles that 1 frequent, sdtliongh
being better favored tban 1 am ; the consequence
is that lie dunces with all the handsomest
girls and I am employed to take tlio
dowagers down to ten.
My intimate friend is so solicitous about,
my gciitioimuwlil(G appearance that he left
mc no peace until 1 employed his tailor,
his hatter, his shoemaker, all of \Vhicli
functionaries "supply him gratis for the
sake ef l is good wolds among his dear
l licwjd.
My intimate friend would know all the
sccrets of my Heart, and I confided to liim I.
was in love with a chnftmng girl, of whom
I pave a very lover-like description. lie
insisted on being introduced to tho family,
as he would he delighted to forward my
Kiiifchy every mentis in his power.My
intimate friend soon made himself at
home in the hou?e, played chess with Jose
plane wlnlc I was talking to hor mother)
because be said I bad better not pay my attentions
too openly until I v.'as sure of lur
parents' sanction.
My intimate friend took care of all my
love letters, which he could easily give Josephine
unperceived, as nobody suspected
him. all of wliirl) lw> mivif ?i11>TnIKr
signed to (lie lire, assuring iuc that my
udurcd did not dare answer theni, i.h hough
she received them wish unfeigned pleasure.
My intimate friend whs always with JoS0)diine.
lie rode with her, (-on my horse,
as before stated,) nnd daneed with her, t.?
forward my intp.re.it, whilst 1 was enjoined
to he absent, sb as not to spoil all the plnn>.
In faet, Ire made love for jue, proposed for
uie, and finally married her, no doubt, for
my suko.- aud now, having become lich
through her, (mc,) has entirely forgotton
our intimacy, and blotted my very person
from his memory. So much for friendship.
| ll'i etwly Mujiixiiie.
J'if.OQUKNT I'JxTKACl''.?The ljC.sf tiling
yet written by Kdwurd Kvorett in bis
It m,v i> ?
iminiit r fi uvii -i is an nriicic on
I ho lato comet. After describing ?ts approach
to the c<vrih and the beautiful picture
it presented, l.e say ft :
"lleturn, then, mysterious traveler, to
the. depths of heaven, never apirm to bo
Been by the eyea of n;cn now living !?
Thou bast run thy race with glory ! Millions
of eyes have g-r/ed upon thee with
Wonder?-bllt tliev nh:ill lirvnr l.Mib umin
thee again. Since thy last appearance in
these skies, empires, iangunges, and races
of men have died away?tlie Macedonian,
the. Alexandrian, the Augustan, the Parthian,
!'*o Uywntine. the Sarfienie, the Ottoman
dynasties have sunk or are linking
into the gulf of age?; Since thy last an
pearauce, old continents lmvc veh;pscd into
ignorance, and now worlds have eomc out
from behind tin: evil of waters. The Mapian
fires are quenched on tho hill tops id'
Asia, the Chaldean is blind; tho Egyptian
hicrojrramUt hag lost his cunning;?
(he Oracles arc dumb. \Viadoiu now
dwells in the farthest Thules, or in newly
discovered w< rids beyond the sen. llnply,
wncn wneciing up ngnirt from the celcstinl
nbysses, thou nit 01 cf more seen by tlio
dwellers of earth, the langungo we speak
shall be forgotten, and seicnce shall liavo
fled to the utmost corners of the earth.?
Rut even there 11 is band, that now murks
out thy wondrous 'circuit, shall still guide
fhyeourso; and then, as now, ITeSper will
smile nt thy approneh, ami A re turn's, with
his sons, rejoice nt thy coming."
Tit Kon Tat,?A ^oung j^hy/jielnn, lately
I.,, nuu juDt i-iiiiiuitriicinK me prf.clico
of mcilicilie, rfiuue yonre sineo. with quite a
jrnv hor*o nnfl vehicle, nml hi? ycimjr wifo
riding with hinv, ('niv? lH^'nily ?j> l>thind r.
lawyer, who, witli l?i? wileni.d live or six
children nnd nurse*, whs driving ft oneliorse
onfpln?6 rather tlif? Morse for wenr. On coming
up v.'ithin *|>eaklng distance, the doctor
enIIml out to his friend tlio lawyer, "Good
morning lawyer; I sec you Vmve u henvy
lond And ft aorry tenin." ' "True," retorted
the lawyer. " I have : 1>ut vmi !> ?? ?
tcmn nn<l a very poin lonU."