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IA SHI ~. - ^trajMrr-i ? ? a ; ?rr.- - ' fij PvOXYAY. Tho Confession. muM Ah ! well ilo L ivinom'n r jjft TUat ovgiung in September, Silver ntuis wer? "loftining, Ah(l tliu moon wus honiuiug. Willi low niy ?oul wn- Jic.iuilng? Dreams so sweet! aflfc Close lie sal benldo me? Wli(l will diii'o t? eliiilo 1 Ho qaIUhI mo "eli-irmiim creaturc,-' \ 5^, SiviJ ouch lovolv l\?.itnrn i Should be to hint t\ tc iclier, Whllo lie lived ! Vow'd Ito loved mc blindly, Thqa ho bogged mo kindly, For iv pledge of sweetness From my lip's rcphtenvs*, (v' tJulil it was not weak lies#, '' ' But divine! lie drew nearer, nearer? llehl me closer?dearer; And while half elateil. lie begged and waited, \ Still 1 hesitated? .{Said 'twas wrong. Softly ho was smiling, r All my fears beguiling ; Tenderly e ircBeing My hair with many a hlc sing? 1 blush while now confessing? But I loved! I yielded?alt! 'twan thrilling, Dro/unb of bligs fulfilling? Vain was nil regretting ; i eeascd coquetting, F Its idlti arts forgetting? My heart is lii^! Q M^bwjuh., i ?gwj?nini?II?I w rmi# wwj i 'JIM fc BseiSLiLAMV. It * Jr'roni the Colleton nn i licaufort Sun. Home. || Il.tnic ! ^'Uat u simple ami expressive HerUi ! IfoWflHfc; tho huu.an heart umlrrB^tmuls it, when, for a time, sojourning amomr 2 ^TOngcrs?-etvn when kindly and hospitably j| JrjJ&jftuinctl by them; yea, kIiouM the chanyo / fytjinslate puo .from adversity at homo to pros\ Votive aflluence abroad. Thouh one may comfort from the reflection of the con\ ?ist, still that Hoftcning and beautiful senti\ Bent that listens to no sinister ideas, comes ^ Her the entire bodily and mental systems flworfully and irrcprcssibly. Who can give fie . wanderer comfort? None but the presof tho loved >pne.s he has left behind.? | Kid the nssurarieo of the great distance he placed betweeu himself and them, renders ( rfiemory the more precious, and his new fstraige condition the more bitterly painCan augbt then administer consolation ! ling, save when opportunity oilers to seek most silent solihliin. mill nnili?t 11 rluxl ideid prescuco in copious floods iltonrs !?unavailing tcar-j ; yet there is more * ' ^ fcliis socrct drama enacted than tho heartless - |"\r^ 's ftWare .of, or would give credit to.? jE'tAep ! yes, weep! (jive out those burning r IjH*?'on? unbidden and pent up ? I' IJe tlicni freedom at least, like thy lonely Vy '.ligations. In this consists tl??; solo reliet'. M ^ ..?# love of, and these sighs for absent " /fkyU<v' is not peculiar to man ; it is shared Dy oil or most ot'the humbler orders of aniunt.ure. Man, though he may travel fVl Mm climes of earth, and fully appreciate b :v worth, concludes " his own be*t country >v is at home and even the savage loves t\i J " liulivo shore." But the carrier-dove r J)nu others of her L'iiufcf yui>'-JL]'o indomita'# ?^1?'rr^-W?rmjbeyond dispute?bo it evE M... 1 1.1 . >> 1 -- -1* > > j y><> milium', aim ever no ussiant innt nomc m-Jiy bo. whence alio has boon snatched ; and iy Imph tempting the treatment that might llwti a?t Udness from tho nursery nost, she ftptlJ ucail herself of the first liberty that aecifllcnt niny let slip, or design fling in her way. Bind dart direct, in n bee line, swifter than Hkteam, and second only to electricity, day and Lnight, and day again?over hill and dale, over Band and wide seas?to all she held dear in ''that p -or place her bounding heart now safe {ly pilots and ateovs her to. Tho unfledged !t>ir<llin<* that, strays from its mother's nest, fa he failing of the flock torn away for slaugbi tCi', tho household animal ^htolen from its khumHo hearth?these proclaim, in accents not hc-^nisnndorstood, that from home there is imv luipfiuiw* uu uurui. - lijuiu, swcci nomc, pudocd 1 L 'L'liis 1i?vo of homo, nevertheless, c:mnot, in fulj etujes, bo.tho result of a moment's deep 10th<^y?<Uv; for, if ono's circumstances in life be Skettorixl by the change, thorn is, in reality, nothing tangibly felt to exoite or even promote Ijtfief. TUon it must necessarily be a stnpid fregrct for having been deprived of one's usual tjSy'roo of habit. If so, why should man stoop !to the mere emotions of animal thought?? lie, with his reasoning powers, should nei' thcr grievft nor exult at trifles. Let me, then, employ tli 10 reason ot nunc a moment:?I lie 'Vote, excusably selfish, even in his moments I if ferocity, in this one feeling?sorrow for iomc?seems elevated, as it were, beyond ;j linisolf. If he so far approaches man, in this , >pc feeling, the question arises dot s man beonio debased by the temporary resemblance? Ui.no! for, though reason may be snpernatyMtanxi almost divine, yet to lie natural is not lebasomcnt. It is the abuse of nature by $?ai? that is brutal?worse than brutal. lh>t ^Jbture, in her simplicity, her softness and her [irontluncsa, is always becoming ; always in her Ailaec . and.-in this instance. worthv the a t ton - 'ion of tl?cf philosopher, the poet or the divine. Man's regret for leaving homo must necessarily be moro intense than that "of the lessor inasmuch :.s his discriminating powabove thqm in unprecedented. His nicmt'yvh& has reflections, his appreciition of tho Ipj/m and of the present, and his keenness of tJeeption in drawing comparisons and mark, llpa; contracts, contribute to the poignancy of uiis loneliness, even in tho midst of orowds.? jIritis, if anything, constitutes " home sickUicss"?-not felt nt the first outset, nor the jjBrst day after having-pitched one's tent among ijtrangers; but, after a little silence, it sets in, Ureases, nnd amounts to an indescribable inpwnsity ?often to bitter anguish. It is not >#D much the old place as : locality, that he fearns aftor, as it truly is the associations ? &>e individuals, their faces, their smiles and woir mannerisms. Environed, as it were, in Kq midst of new associations and strange Pptroundings, unsuitcd to his every idea of 5gg!lt fttid wrong, imu ri:pui*?vi: nnuo.si, v> him Kry nature, lie wonders how the natives can &joy them, when a certain by gone scene BBofOM up to 'lis juded memory, now rendered Rhdefly sensitive by tho saddening reflection. Ef words cun portray his emotions "the poet (0 all cirelcs" can spoak for him : ??Ofa, it vm not that nature fnvlsliol o'er the sccuo Iiw<wr mtMat of crystal and forfait est of ; jSCvrft* uot tha soft mngio of sieamlct. or liill; no, itwas something moro oxquiaite still. ^'o Mends, the boloved of my bosom ' tatT near, k'mitds ? '--v tUr jnyt t* 1* moro '* afcWJc',v' jBfSMk' * if-' f- t.v" , - Luke Blair's Encounter with a Pack of Wolves. " CIoil have mercy on us!'' This exclamation was nut more multlen than stnrtlingly uttcivd, it ml sent the chills creeping from the leitpintr heart in pricking sensatiunu over the si: in. It was the first time 1 hud over noticed sucli a tremor in tlic old squatter's tones, or a manner which indicated ho over felt tear. It was something unusual, and with my own voting pulse quickened, I watched the old man by the dim liirht of the lire. , 1 had known Luke Blair?"()1?1 Luke," I as he was called ?tor ten years, and yet knew i nothing of his history. There was a mystery ' about him which none over penetrated, and an ! iiK'iit. And when ho HpeuU his lungungo was well chosen. Blair had other qualifications which won the respect of the hardy spirits around him. ' lie was six feet in height, broad shouldered, | full-chested, and form erect, and his limbs j were models of symmetry and strength ; hair j and beard had grown unshorn since \vc knew bin), and were tliiekly sprinkled with gray. I hit the forehead , though darkly brou/.ed and j deeply seamed, was almost massive, and the j head of faultless mould. The eye was dark, lustrous, and, in excitement, of peculiar and fascinating power. And on his neck was some \ sacred token, which no eve had nomi ami winch lie guarded with a jealous cure. There was something about the old man? ! his commanding presence, his bravery, bis lonely habits and sad manner?which won my young heart, and 1 watched every opportunity tit' manifesting my regard. 1 had engaged him to guide tnc to the Mississippi, by way of | ?prairie. For several days we threadt I the dense forests which intervened, and under gre.it dilli1 i?i ' J . .? V/ miVMt I : ti\ i liHIUll IU nil lllllisiltl I I depth, tin' ctlil was intoii.se, ;iiul rendered ! mure intolerable by the tierce wind iVoin the prairie \v;islo. We were warmly clothed, but there were times when the weary frames began to feel the. dreamy influence of the sleep which steal- so fatally over the senses. On the night in quc-iion we had tunic 1 aside to seek the shelter ol a grove of small timber, and to find find for our lire \\'i> 1m.1 ; faced 111? blinding st >rm nil day, and i.'onlil i hardly keep sniliciently aw d<e to kindle tlic , fnv ami secure wood fur J In- night. \\ e had just at'cti n| lislud this wlr n the l:\111 tc?i' made I tlic cxelaniation :it the hivnl of our story. J j was awake at once, and the blood tinned through my chilled veins, lor I knew that Luke Blair would not speak without cause. I "Hark!"' The word was but a whisper, but bad a torl riblo distinctness. 11 is hand had voluntarily , sought his riHo, and his head turned towards j the woods. 1 beard nothing but the wild ! roar of a storm as it swept by. j " There 'tis again ! The devils arc on our rnek !" and he cbitcheii his knifcdiandle ] with a steady grasp, and breathed hardly beI tween his t!iin nostrils. 1 heard the noise this time, which lnd nt; traeted l:is attention b Tore, swelling, as the ; storm lulled an instant, into a wild, protracted howl, as from a thousand finnisliimr v clear, dismal, and wailing with that fearful tone which .startles the boldest, even at tlieir liresides. Blair turned, and as our eyes met i lie slowly whispered, " A p ick of hungry wolves! (Jud have j merey on us." A sickening sensation went like a flash to the heart, and then came burning thoughts of i Imme, and again the chills, as 1 thought, of ! the shelterless prairie and the blinding snow. " A train ! the black devils are on onr | tracks!" As Blair spoke he laid his hand | upon inv arm, and with an expression of sadi ,.r.uo i ? i n r * 111 i uv.1.1 ..in..11 i. iiutui siiiin uirirufc, iookciI me steadily in the eye. There was a tremor of the lip which I had never seen before. It was not fear?L knew that?but some terrible remembrance or presentiment came over him with irresistible power. " The hour has come ! T knew it would?have felt it for days. I do not fear death, but it is horrible to be hunted down in. such a spot as this, ami bo torn by infernal devils." Ilis breath came thick and hissing through his elenehed teeth, and his chest heaved with iotenso emotion, " Here," said he, lifting the string over his head, and taking the loeket attached to it in i.:? i i " : i > ' m* ii.-uKi, xs me smuow 01 one yon never knew, but the original was once the light of my young life and came with mc to this territory when the world was bright with hope. I left her in the cabin one day, and went to my work ua usual. She crossed the valley and canio whevo I was working. Wishing to fell the tree I was at work upon, I urged her to cross tho log over the creek before dark, and I would immediately follow her. She hrJ not been gone but a little time, when there burst tip between mc and our little cabin, that long freezing sound, the howl of a wolf. It was answered as if from n thousand throats up and down the valljy, until one wild, startling, unearthly bowl swelled on the still evening air. Clod, how that howl went to the soul? I realed in utter weakness 1 a moment, but a > >n rallied, and with the speed nrul energy of despair, rushed down (lie path. ; f had l'.aehed tho stream, and was upon the ) old trim! thrown across, when another and a ! different sound reached my ears. It seemed i that my brain would burn into ashes under i tho fiery heart, and my heart burst from my ] hoson. That was the cry of my wife, a clear, , wailing uliriek of mental ogony. I Blair dropped his head and thrust his finI gers into his Airs, as if that terrible sound was again ringing through the forest. A moment, and lie hurriedly rouumed : I remembered no more until tho morning broko, and tho sun smiled through the trees ; upon tho terrible scene. ft v/n? horrible!? The ground was torn and stained with dark spots, where pools of blood had sunk away.? .Seven long black bodies lay around, gashed by the axo, pome of them glaring fiercely as they fell, thoir tonguos thrust out, and tho white fangs gleaming fearfully in their open jaws. The axo itself lay within reach, red with blood its entire Jcngi-h. ' Aly own arms were also stained, and atill damn. But, (jod of mercy ! a wor?o sight thau all this met my ' " Ihk. ... - ?. . &&L' ga&e uf returning coi'sciousnosp. Tightly ?n my arms I was holding the head of my wife, her form hare and limbs torn iuto shreds * * * * * * The old man sobbed convulsively, and wrung his hands, until it seemed that the blond would stnrf fViun his liiurr>rs " Coining'!" ) Again, and nearer than before, tho dismal j howl rose above the storm. The camp (ire I burned dimly in the blinding storm of snow, j j and terror came over tho spirit darker than i tho .sky overhead. I " Here take this," said IJlair, as lie hand- i oil me the locket, "and if you survive, take1 it to , New York, and I will thank you. ! liny, I am not afraid to <lie. Death will be ; rest, and L shall see Maria. Wo must take to the tree. It is freeze, or death by the ; wolves. Quick, boy ! tJood bye." 1 felt the hut tears drop on my hand as the I old man pressed his quivering lips upon it, and then pushed on toward the trees. We had need to bo quick, for wo had hardly reached the branches when a score of long | gloomy shadows shot out of the surrounding darkness, and sent up a yell which went to tlif> lionrf. ,*h C ii ..x?. v llltui V I I V> LMi.Jill Ul I I HJ Will* try l>l;ist. They paid but liltio attention to the iliin fire ; and scouting their prey gathered in a shadowy circle beneath us. I " Lash yoursC1.! fast, boy; nud eoinmcnd yourwoul to (Jod, for you will freeze, and bet- , ler to vot ou the oak t!iau to be torn by the , devils. " It's r?f no use," lie continued, as T sug1 gested that the sound of our guns might reach ! the inmates of the cabin, "they would not hoar 'em in the storm, and besides, 1 swear by the living (lod that I will send some of theiu to h?11 before I die." 1 Ulair connnciiced his deadly work, and as one of the wolves fell the others fought and snarled, and gnashed their teeth over the horrid feast. Their teeth sounded like the sinit ing of .steel upon steel. fStiil they howled more fiercely as the slaughter went on. " My gun is wet, and will not go," I heard ; Ulair mutter with a curse. "Damu 'em, : I'll try them with the axe." My wildly uttered warning was too late, j ior, as iisweiieu aoove liic soumts below, with unnatural strength Hlair leaped down witli a shout of rage and with his axe and knife | fought tho pack faec to face. I grew sick at heart as I watched with bur- ' ning eve-balls tho .struggle through tho dark ihss. I could see the black forms swarming j around tho trunk, where Hlair had hacked up. After the howl of jov, as it seemed to mo, j when Hlair jumped down, the wolves were j less noisy, and apparently more wary, for they seemed to realize that they had an enemy to ileal with. I madly called to him, and mut! tered curses, as I tried to untie the throngs j with which I had lashed myself to the trunk. " Ha, ha ! glorious sport there boy; another devil the less !" ami hia maniac laugh and shout came up scarcely less startling than those of the wolves aiMunil liini I L-muv tli-ii i lie was mnd. I could hour the vice-like jaws close constantly around Hlair, and now and then his axe .sink with a heavy, crunching sound into , some skull, and then all grew more diinj a : delicious feeling of happiness erept over me; the sounds of the strife helow died out, and sweet dreams stole over me like the summer's breath. The reports ofourrilles had reached ! the cabin, which, as I afterwards learned, was i not twenty rods from where we camped. The ' i inmates, numbering some fourteen by the ad- ! dition of emigrants who had stopped in the j storm came out with dogs and guns, and reach- ! i cd the spot but a moment too late. Blair had i lodged his axe so deeply i:i the head of the j woit' that the corners remained last, and the ] others tore him down. They were literally shot down with their fanu's holding to the j ?m-n tlivolt n.w) 1.;- I I ? ) - ........ UI.IUVI j. . 11 uji in C-1 | their shaggy skins. The mangled body \v:ts snatched from them, and 1 was cut down from ! the tree and earned to tin cabin. I was I'll the winter recovering from my in- i ' juries. The awakening from that dream of ! i death was a terrible awakening, and 1 sulTer\ ed more than pen can describe. Blair was buried on the edije of the prairie, i and when I left in the Spring the early flowers were already spi injjiii?x upon his graive.? The old man rests sweetly under Jtbc wide shadow of the old oak, A Tkst.?One of the best ways of aseer- ; : taing the nature of things is to ask dying ; sinners They commonly speak clearly and ; uniformly. Not one of them has ever pro- ' nounced gold, or earthly honor, or carnal I pleasure, of real value to a dying man. Not , one of them has ever pronounced a .'e of sin ! wise or a death in sin desirable. Nor do dy- ! j ing sinners testify to the value of their strong 1 delusions, even when they hug them fast.? The utmost error can do in that awful hour I is to make those embraoing it sullen or irriI table. It never kindles up the countenance wit Man unoortliiy smile. It nover gives songs ; ; in the wight. " The doctrine of the cross is i I tho only religion for a dying fanner." No- [ ' tiling else makes it strong in (lod. Nothing j else gives the loud shout of victory to tho poor ' soul of a dying man. ll(?\v Cor.nssuour.i) rkTrkatkd.?Hall's : ! Journal of Health says that there arc three i I things which every man should do the moment i j lie is satisfied that lie has taken cold: 1st, | cat nothing, 2d, go to bod and cover up I ! warm, in a warm room; 8d, drink as much ' | cold water as he can or as he wants, or as much hot herb tea as he can; and thus using ( himself, in three cases out of IV.ur, the subject will bo cured in thirty-six hours. On the! ! contrary, if he allows his cold to go two days j unmolested, ho can swallow nothing that will i a licet it in (ho least; and the cold with such ' j a start will run its course of about a fortnight, ! and whatever is swallowed then by way of : ' physic, is a useless hinderanee. It is a mis- j j clucvous, though somewhat popular fallacy, ; " feed a cold and starve a fever." Feeding j the cold is feeding a fever; a cold always' brings on fever, And never begins to get well i until the fever subsides; and every mouthful j : ... ? l. ? i . . , onaiiuvr'.ju nu iiiuril nici 10 .SllblalU tllC Ill'l'S ' of a foVor. Tt is indeed fortunate that as hooii as tin) cold is fairly seated, uituro allows no i appetite; otherwise, the comnion cold might I ho followed by very serious results, and unless upon u very sturdy constitution, would almost prove fatal. -- - I " Don't you mean to mnrry, my dear sir?" | J " \o, my dojip widow, I'd rather lose all the j , j r?U's I've fjot'JUiaii take another." A N I tUhman once observed that milo stones | were kind enough to answer yonr questions without giving you tho trouhlo to ask them. "TwF.r.VK hundred pounds for a nwrc! can't be," <|uot.h yagstooK. ^Oh, that's nothing," sayg Oyfax, " Richard offered His kingdom for a horse^ and no takers." i She Always made Home Happy. She always made homo happy, Willi her kind aud witiuiug ways, Willi her voice of cheerful Kindness. With hor joyful hyuiu of praise. She always made lionio happy, Though she chnrmed no passer-by ; Willi the beauty of her person, Or the brightness of her eye. Though no pearls or rubies glittered 'Mid the ringlets of her hair. In her hoilrt there shone a radiance Of a jewel far more rare. .She always made home hnppy, , Though h?r song was not divine ; , Though in) harp beneath her lingers Thrilled to notes almost sublime. Though no artisl, yet she painted , Many a beam of Heavenly love , * On lie frienilly faces round her, That shall shine in realms above. To the Editor of the Charleston Mercury : | 1 Dl-.AU Slit?The following simple and beau- j t tiful story was written for, and originally pub- c lished in, Morris and Wiiiis's llonm ' the best and mod attractive 1'amilv NVwsnn. 1 l per issued in (In,- city ol N'ew-Yuri?, or any f where else. T do nob envy the 1. slings of t tliiit person, male or female, who can read this ^ authentic and touching narrative without eiuo- j \ tiou. L have soon nothing from the Northern i press, more congenial to my own taste, and i think it ought to find its w.ty into the columns n of every Journnl, printed on thi.* side of .Ma | \ son and Dixon's line, with due credit to the j c excellent Weekly in which it w is first given i to the public. Its puhi'eation in the .Mereu- ! a ry. will confer a favor on yours, very respect- v fully, A Sol'tiikun Woman. f l-'rom Morris nihd Willis's Jonvuu1. The Night Funeral of a Slave. To the Editors of tlio Home Journal: ( M i.ssit.s Mounts and Wii.i.is?Travelling , ...i i : - - * " " Ull Mil?* III CPU*, III IIIC5 UlU'l'MM* OT U COV- j lii.t, I readied just at sunset the mansi on of i the proprietor, through whose e.> ate for the ( last half hour of my jouriu'y, 1 had pursued ! s my way. My tired companion pricked his I cars, and with a low whinny indicated his , pleasure, as I turned up the broad avenue leading to the house. Calling to a black boy t in view, I bade hiin inquire of his owner, if 1 could be accommodated with lodgings for the nijjit. My request brought the proprietor himself \ to tiie door, and from thence to the gate, when. j t after a sei utiui/ing glnnec at my person and t eijuipnients, he inquired my name, business, , \ destination. I promptly respomVd to his | questions, and he invited me to alight and j i enter the house, in the true spirit of South- ; t cm hospitality. I lie was apparently thirty years of age, and t evidently a man of education and refinement. I soon observed an air of gloomy abstraction ] about liiui ; he said but iittle, and even that o little seemed the result of an effort to obviate \ (In* scciniti".r want of civility to a stranger.? | i At supper the mistress of (lie mansion appear- ' ( eil, and < 1 i< 1 the honors of the tabic, in her t particular department; she was exceedingly I n lady-like and beautiful, only as southern wo- I men are, that is beyond comparison with tliosc ' u of any other portion of this republic I have eversocn. She retired immediately aftersupper, and a servant handing some splendid 11a- j f] bin lias on a small silver tray, we had just seated ourselves comfortably before the enormous < (ire of oak wood, when a servant appeared at the end door near my host, hat in hand, and s uttered in subdued but distinct tones, the, to me, startling words? ,i li ?' -I IV..- I I - " itcamboats, put down internal improvements, j ind raise the price of wheat, whieh would 011y ho the overture to the dissolution and gen;ral smash up of the Union. Men would nut at him as he went along and say " there joes the man that dissolved the Union!" 1 ouhlii t stand the argument?the pioturc was :oo vivid, and 1 got tight on principle " " A deplorable picture, truly," said the ourt. " Hut where are you from?" " I'm last from New York, where F was a prominent member nf ?I?<? P??m ?? \T>... 'i his interment, L trust you will excuse my absence for a few moments." " .Most certainly, sir j but," T added, "if i tlierc is no impropriety, I would be pleased to accompany you." " Thorc is none," be replied ; nnd F followed him to one of a lonj; row of cabins, situated at the distnnooof some tbreo hundred ' yarus irom tnc mansion. Tlic house was I crowded with negroes, who all arose on our j entrance, and many of thoui exchanged <rreot- | iogs with my host, in tones that convinced ine j that they felt that lie was an object of smypa- i ihy from them ! The corpse was deposited in j the coffin, attired in a shroud of the finest! cotton materials, aud the coflin itself painted II 1. UIIICK. The master stopped nt its head, and laying his hand upon the cold brow of his faithful bondsman, gazed long and intently upon features with which ho had been so long familiar, and wiichhd now looked upon for tlio laottiltio on* earth ; Mining his eye* at length, ;ind "lancing at the serious countenances now bimf upon his, he said solemnly and with much feolWjc?, ! , ' " ile was a faithful servant and a true Chris* u.i.-mui, un uuuin listij comic. i ( " Very well," Wag the only reply, and the ' i Korvimt disappeared. ! j .My host remarked my gage of impiis'itc wonder, and replied to it? c " 1 have been very sad," said he , " to-day. 1 have bad a greater misfortune tliau I have j s experienced.aince my father's death. I 1 <?t ; i this morning the truest and most reliable friend \ I had iu the world?one whom 1 have been J \ accustomed Ui houur and respect since my : , earliest recollection; he. was the playmate of t my lather's youth, and the mentor of mine ; t a faithful servant, an honest, man. and a sin- ? cere Cli list inn. [stood by hi# bedside today. ;i mid. with liis bands clasped in mine, I beard ( the lunt wo ills be uttered ; they were ' Mas- 1 | ter meet me in heaven.'" j ( 11 if voice faltered a moment, anil be eon- ; t tinned, after a pause, with increased excite- j -i ineut? ' | " His loss is a melancholy one to me. If 1 j ( left my home, I said to him,'John, see that t all things are taken care of," and I knew that s my wife and child, property and all, were as . safe us though they were guarded by an bun- | di ed soldiers. I never spoke a harsh word to < him in all my life, for ho never merited it. 1 | have a hundred others, many of them faith- | , fill and true, but his loss is irreparable." ) , I come from a section of the Union where i slavery does not exist, mid 1 brought with mc | ull the prejudices which s.> generally prevail ' ( in the free States in regard to this " in -titn- j tion." 1 hail already seen inn oh to Foften 1 j these, but the observation of years would have j , failed to give mo so clear an insight into the ! , relation between master and servant as this j . simple incident. It was not the Jinughty , planter, the lordly tyrant, talking of his dead slave, as of his dead horse; but the kind- ; hearted gentleman, lamenting the low), and ] eulogizing the virtues of his i'ood old friend, j After an interval of silence, my host io.su- | mod? " There are," said he, " many of the old man's relatives and friends who would wisn ' ' Im ?Hmwl l>!u 'IV. .. .1 . .. I iu Illlllylllli .1 w (IIIMIU l/IUIII (111 Ujf portunity, several plantations hp.ve been notified tliat lie will bo buried to-night; some, I , presume, have already arrived; and desirinjr to see that all things are properly prepared tor tian ; it' you follow his example, and live as he lived, uono of you need fear, when the time couies for you to lay here." A patriarch, with the snow of eighty winters on his head, answered? ' Master, it is true, and we will try to live like him." eccentricity of manner which gave his moveincuts a peculiar interest to his rough, but true hearted, comrades. lie spent his time in the w jo'ls, and never brought in anything !>nt wolves' scalps. There was a tierce, burning look in the eye as ho Hung them upon the | ground, and he would sit tor hours, after one of his excursions, with his head bowed between ! his hands. i As unsocial as was the squatter, he wa* rc: spectcd by all who come in contact with him. , He \tis brave to madness, and yet as cool in I danger as in his camp. Nor was there any j thing rough in bis manners; on the contrary, ; there was an easy bearing, which, almost civ| gan';c, b' spoko a day of education and relitie There was a rumor of general assent, and ?ftor giving Home instructions relative to the burial, we returned to the dwelling. About nine o'clock the servant appeared with tin; uoticc that- they wore ready to move, i:id to know it' further instructions were necessary. My host remarked to me, that by stepping into tlio piazy.a, 1 would probably witness, to me, a novel scene. The procession lad moved, and in its route led within a few ttirds of the mnitsiiiii. 'Pimm wm-n nf >110 hundred r.nd fifty negroes, arranged four ; leep, and following a wagon iu which was pin:ed the cofiin'; down the entire length of the ino, at intervals of a feet, on each side, were arried torches of the resinous pine, and here ! jailed light wood. About the centre was sta- j ionc.d the hlack preacher, n 111 .in of gignntie ' Vaiue and stcntoriau lungs, who gave out i Vom memory ii. - word* of n hytnn suitable to he occasion. The SoUt!i?i'.'i ujgroos ire pro-1 rcrluul fortho melody and eompn?f? of liieir 1 oices, and I thought that hymn, mellowed by listance, the moat solemn and yet tlie sweetest! nusie that had ever fallen upon my car. The tillness of the night nml strength of tluir| "decs enabled me to distinguish tho air at the listance of half a mile. It was to mo a strange ami solemn scene, iid 110 incident of my life has impressed me vith more powerful emotions than tlie night iineral of the poor negro. For this reason I | lave hastily and most imperfectly sketched j ts loading features. Previous to retiring to ny room, 1 saw, in the hands of a daughter if the lady] at whose house 1 stoped for the j light, a number of The Home Journal, and, t occurred to nic to send this to your pr.per, ; lerfectly indifferent whether il be published ir not. 1 am but a brief sojourner here. 1 hall return to my Northern home, deeply impressed with the belief that, dispensing with he mime of freedom, the negroes of tho South ire the happiest and most contented people; in the face of tire eai th. Yours, VlATOtt. An Apology for Inebriety. Amidst the group of houseless wanderers, vhoin the vigilant care of the police had yeserdav iiniriiiiii? l'..v > I.l-i* , ^ .wvw.vv. U MIIVl ISIL U1 . ion tabulation with the Mayor, was u captivc ] vho may bo justly styled " :i ohameter."?j lowiis appropriately but not elegantly clad n n fearnought coat, and had upon his bond a aded, stained and tattered felt hat, while his Kintalouns and boots, were highly suggestive f "Tho Last Itoso of Summer" drooping iml broken, and tolling of tilings that were. Ic was intoxicated somewhat, and his eyes exhibited a peculiar appearance; the lids vould close over them lauguidly, and then as j f those orbs had awakened to a full sense of i he responsibility imposed upon them by nn-1 ore, they would suddenly glare around as if I letcrmined not to shrink from their duty. i " What is your name," asked the court, as isu.d. ' I'. Phipps,sir," hiccupped the accused. ' What d oes tho 1*. stand for?what i? your i irst name " First name?" eehoed the nrixntir>r? I ' Phipps u the first name I ever had. " Xo but your Christian name?how do you pell that?" " 1*?how do you spell P? I don't know my other way to spell it. How docs anyboly spell it ? It's a letter; didn't )<>u over hear j t be Core ? It stands for Pe-t-e-r, Peter. It's nst as easy as winking." ' Well, Mr. Phipps, why did you get very Irunk this morning and licdown in the street?" " All along n'wanting to <lo what was right, ir," Tie replied. " I always want to do what's ight, and that's the reason I'm a wictim. 1 vent and took my regular morning horn, and ] vhen a thing's reglar you know it must be ! ight. Pretty rooii somebody asked mc to I nkr. nnntlior fiml 1 Win**.*!.' 1 .... . m. UIU. UliWIllV UlltT, 1 bought it would bo nothing more than right han to ask htm, and then we got to talking ibout the benefits of whiskey and he convinced inc that it was the only thio^ that held the 'nion together, and that it ought to be pat - i oni/.ed by every patriotic citizen. He said hat the man that didn't support whiskey put i rope around every poor man's neck ; that ic'u twitch the lajjt morsel from the orphan'8 nouth, and betray unhappy' widows; check he current.'; of ? '! the rivers, buryt up all the jeraey, but if you think 1 can improve my | jrood, and there's an election going on anyivliere around, I'm not impregnable? -a tew lrinks and I'm on your ticket." The court knew of no election at present md kindly advised him to leave the city, Itinting quite emphatically about a certain institution called the chain gang. Phipps left.?l'ctcrsbury K> press. Why is an Knglishman like nineteen shillings '{ Beeauso lie is under a sovereign. J)o all the good you can in tho world, and make as little noise about '* as possible. STAT 10 OK SOUTH CAROLINA, IN 0111)1 N A IIV??: IT AT ION. \Vr II ft II has, Win. (I. n'owton hutli applied tome II for letters o( adininislration upon ull and singular tlio personal estate of Kezinh McKco, ilecensed, Into of the State ami district of Pickens: The kindred and creditors of said uececsed. are, therefore, citcd to appear before n>o r.t l'ickens 0. ii. on Monday tlio iiOlh instant, to show cause, if any they can, why said tellers shouhl not tie granted. Given under my hand and seat this 1st February, 1800. w. B. iioi.com ur,. o.p.n. Assignees' Notico. VLI. tlio creditors of K. A. Alexander, whortesire to tako under his assignment, must hnnd in their claims on or tinfm-n tlm next. A piiyincut will ho made on mtoh claims on ilio f'.ili ilny of March next, at 12 o'clock, M. at J. J. Norton's Lnw-oflioe, in I'iokena village. J. 15. If,WOOD,' ) Assignee* nn<l M. M. NOIITON, [agent* of llio J. J. NORTON*, J creditor*. .Tnn. 18, I860 24 8 Boyd Cotton Sood for Salo. JIfAVK ft qunnlity of this celebrated Sood . lor ftnlo or oxuhange, Price, 33$ oonts per > pouud+.;<?tn oxohnngo, 1 for 2. Application must be tnndn hy the let Jntniury. J. W. CRAWFORD, Cold Spring, Dcc. 0, 1859 21?ti ?i . - i *- JfdLL ... - iJTGREENVILLE MARBLE YARD. r?im: I..,. .... I.?,w1 ..?>l w nmiMtimfc ' ?i*i4 ruiJOViiuui irno v?? ?"?uvi ? ? * I ly rae.oi ving a largo and varied assortment of American and Italian Marble, To which he would call the Attention of those in want of a suitable Monument to mark the spot where repose the remains of their departed relatives and friends. Curving and lettering of all kinds neatly and promptly executed. Particular attention paid to orders !>v mail JAMF.S M. ALI.i'N. Greenville C. II., S. ('.. l'Yb 2'J ."*? 1 ? tF X. 15. He refers to 1> ( Wostfield. Cower,Cox, Markly & Oo? Dr. M 15 Karle. W II Watson, IN.|-, Col I) Hoke, i: M.-Knv. Ksq. .1. W. NOH11IS. JK. J. \\. IIAItlU.SON. < . I'l l,1.1AM. NORMS. HAIUUSON .V PlJLLlAftt, Attorneys :i( Liuv, AND S4) 1.1 ('I TO II s I N ! : (J [' ITV, W 11 1. atteail promptly to nil business en'i listed 'I to tlioir ciiii', Mm. I'ti.i.iam chu til way? bo found in tlic OlHce. OJTICK AT riCKKNS C. If., 8. Sept. li. 1 Mot. U ?f Rags! Rag3 ' wnnt l?? buy 25,000 pounds CLEAN J. 15. Ii. SLOAN* & CO. Pcmlloton, July 1. 1H50 flO it" W. T. HOLLAND, M. D , w ALII ALL A, I'lCKLXy DISTRICT, S. C. Mnroh 3, .".I tf ftolico. VI.T- tlio Xoles nnd liooks t.f Account, belonging to (Ik! estate ?if John II. Ostcudurif, doeoased, ln>vo been placed in the hands of \V. M. lladden. Esq., for collodion. Persons indebted to said Estate, will please call on hint and settle. II. C. llOC'II A IT. 1 ,J. M. OSTKN DORFF, j x lor8Oct. Tl, 18">9 12 If TUK ST ATM UK SOl'lll I'AKOM.NA. I'lClCKXS? IX Til K COlIBT OK COMMON" I'l.KAH. I^DGAU \V. OIjYI'K. who is iii the custody j of tho Sheritf of Pickeus District, by writ of capias ad satisfaciendum, nl tin; suit of K. A. Alexander, having lilcd in my office, together with a schedule, on oath, of his estate and effects, his petition to the Court of Common Pica?, praying that he may be admitted to the benefit of the Acts of the Uoneial Assembly made for the relief of insolvent debtors. It is ordered, that tho said K. A. Alexander, and all other tln> creditors to whom the said Kdgar W. Clyde is in anywise indebted, be, and they are hereby summoned, and have notice to appear, before the said Court at Pickens Court House, on tho .'5d .Monday in March next, to show cause if anv they can, why the prayer of the petition aforesaid, should not be granted. J. E. IIACQOD, c.c.r. n.w. ii w'o 01 STATU OF SOUTH CAROLINA, i x in:ninaiiv?rici;r.x.s. James Jenkins J vs J- Petition for Partition Thus. Jenkins & others. ) IT appearing to my satisfaction thnt Thomas .Tonkins, ilie heirs-nt-law uf Abncr Jenkins, deceas. ml, names ami number unknown. Joint Jenkins, Williamson Jenkins, one of I be heirs of Anderson Jenkins, deceased, to wit: Thomas Jenkins, Stewart ami wife Kli/.a Stewart, re.-ide wilhout the limits of this Slate: It is ordered, therefore, that these absent defendants do severally appear ill tho Conil of Ordinary, lei he hidden at l'ickens (' II, on Monday tho -Ith of March next, to object to tho division or sale of ilie Ileal Kstate of Frances Jenkins, deceased, or their consent to tho same will bo cnicroii ot record. J. 15. IIAGOOD, c c.p. a actino o.p.n. Nov. 28, 183U 19 Am Til 15 STATE OK SOUTH CAHOLIXA, IN Kyi'lT*? 1MCKEX8. Joliii Daniels & wilo ) <* vs v liill for I'artition, &c. Eliziibetli Collins, ol.nl. J | T appearing to liiy snlisfnction tlmt (lie lieirs-at1 law Dl Silas Collins, deceased, (names ami imiuhor unknown) defendants iu this ease, reside l>o vun<l the limits of this Slate: On uiotion of Oi*i* S: lladden, complainants' Solicitors, it is ordered that tlio said absent defendants do nppeav in this Court, and plead, answer or demur lo the said bill, withiu throe months from this date, or their consent to the snino will be taken as confessed by an order vro confmno. ' KOU'T. A. THOMPSON. c.k.im?. Poo; 24, 1861) 22 8m Tllii STATU OK SOl'TIT CAROLINA, i'k'kkn'h ?in olidinamy. Itccso Bo wen, Ad.n'r, ) Petition for fi?nl ?ct. <L H. Blnek and others. ( tlcmc,,t uml dcorcc* I T appearing t?? mv satisfaction that the heirsat-isiw of Kli/.a C'lane, (names and number nqknown) ami James If. lllaek, defendants in this case, resiile w itliont the limits of this State : It is ordered, therefore, that these absent defendants do severally appear in the Ordinary's office, at Pickens Court House, on Friday the 13tli day of April next, to shew cause, if any they can, why u final settlement of the Kstate of John T. lilaek, deceased, should not he made, and a decree entered accordingly. AW K. llOLCOMlli:, o.i'.o. Jan. I. 1800 23 3til STATK OF Sori'II CAROLINA, IN Oil III N AIIV ? CICKKNS. I>. K. II u mill on. I John Walker, Adiu'rs, | I'otition for settlement vs. | rind Dccrce. .las. Walter & others. J | T appearing to my satisfaction that James Walkl or, Allen Fuller ntnl wife Klizn. uml l'atry Alexander. defendants) in thi8ca.se, reside without tho limits of thin State : It is ordyred,. thorofore, licit these said absent parties do severally appear in the Court of Ordinary, to he holden at Pickens Court House, on Monday tho20th day of February next, at 10 o'clock, A. M., to shew cause, if any they can why a final settlement of the estate of Jane Walker, deceased, should not be made at that time, and a decree had thereon. J. 10. llAliOOD, O.O.I'. A ACTINO O.P.O. Nov. ">. 1HM) )ti Bin 'I' I I l.' O'l1 ll'l,' Ml.i unl"i'ir f\ ?n/\iTvrt 1111J UA.-iiii \i v ov/l. Ill V .Y1U i'h'k kns ? in gudinauy. J II Clydo i\i>'! wife j vs j- Petition for Partition. Augusta Unrton. ) IT appearing to my satisfaction thnt Augusta liarton ono (>t tiio defendants in this ease, resido without tho limits of lliis Stato : It in ordered, therefore, thnt she do personally appear iii tho Ordinary's office. at Pickens C. 11.. on Monday tho 'JIM* day of April next, to ohjoct to j the division or salo of tlio Ileal K^tate of Baily | A. Barton, docoasod, or hor condcnt thereto wi 1' he cutored of record. W. K. IIOLCOMBK, O.pd. Jan. 1<>. 18f>0 2?r? .'tin T1IB STATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA, IN OhniNAIlY?PICKK>'?. Jeremiah Cleveland, Adui'r I Pot?U;on for finn, Thos. Cleveland & others. ( -ottlement Adccrco IT appearing to my natisfnolion that Thomas Cleveland, (iihsou^ix and wife Nancy aful Martin I,, hoonoy and wifo Miriam, defendant*! in tho ahove stated oano, ronide without the Unlit* of thix State; It is ordered, therefore, that tlioy do severally appoar in tli(j Court of Ordinary, ut I'ickonn Court Hound, on tho fourth Monday in March next, to hIiow enure, if any tlioy eon, why a final settlement of tho ostato o^ At . Honjamin Clovoland, deceased, should liotPjWi^Hvhad, and a decree made accordingly. w v. iinr.rrru nr ? .. ?*: m. -W J. H. VOIGHT, $ i'lii, Coppfli'iiuKli & MUE1 NakeVf ttSfa , WALIIAELA, H. C., 1 u' \Vr IT.L jri*o nfrict attention to *11 bunlnc*? pnhti** I.V ttxl (o his ctot# Tciuih iho ipost rcwonablMi 3*u. ia, zo r u 1 ... .jmsLmk