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At -Icii'l of night 1 hoot*il ;i cry Tlitf
Mccpinif thmitunil* hoar I it not A
wiil, a omotlicnMl sob, :? *!??Ii.
Of one who ivvckIIimI with luk lot
A pruvcr, in I on OS *uhiluo'l an I low,
I'proso, "O, Fiillior, let niogo!"
l)isturho<l, 1 loofccl aIiimiiiI : tlio nl/ht
Wiltf irrnnil ivilli *t;ir liirlil .in.I Milii I'l.nuii
A in I marveling it' I ln'iii-il ini^lit,
1 asked, "What spirit sook-t iis 1
"A spirit, its own hilleivst luc,
I( .said, *'O, Father, lot iii?*
' O, soul," in troubled tones. I eriod,
"Why sock the winter ol'the
A life l>y trial sanotiliod.
Is tilting lor the truly t>rnvo."
The voice replied, " woo
Is mine ! O, Father, lei me {!<?!"
From thai night forth, where'er I wont,
Thai strange prayer sounded in my car.s :
The "plaint of one with trial *pont.
()"er'inrno wilhoarvs ami sick with tears;
I hoar it still, dial voice of woo,
"(). pitying Father, let me go!"
K0J3OILLANY.
Polly Peablossom's Wedding.
" My Stars ! tlcit pirson is powerful slnv
a coming. I reckon ho want so tedious getting
to his own wedding, as he is coming
here," said one of the bridesmaids of .Miss
Polly Peablossoni, as she hit her lips to make
them rosy, ami peeped into a small lookingglass
for the twentieth time.
" lie preaches enough about the shortness
of a lifetime," remarked another pouting Miss,
' and how we ought to improve our opportunities,
not to l>e creeping along like a snail
,..i ,i? i;..
him, and too wattles arc getting cold, and the
chickens burning to a crisp."
"Have patience, girls; may bo the man's
lost his spurs and can't get along any faster,"
was the eniisolitory appeal ot an arch-looking
damsel, as she finished the last of a bunch of
grapes.
" (.V# pcrhap : his old fo sheared horse has
jumped out of the pasture, and the old gentleman
has to take it afoot," surmised the fourth
bridesmaid.
The bride used industrious efforts to appear
patient, and rather indifferent amid the general
vestiveness of her aids; and would occasionally
affect extreme merriment ; but her
shrewd attendants charged her with being
lidgetty, and rather more uneasy than she
...i r . ? i 1: ...
WilUtUU 1UI1VS IU lll'lll'Vl'i
" I loll.., Floyd!" shouted old Captain IVablossom,
out nt doors t?i his copperus-lrowscrcd
son, who was entertaining theyoiing beaux of
the neighborhood, with feats of utility in
jumping with weights?" Floyd, throw down
them rocks, and put tin.; 1 .idle on Snip, and
ride down the road ami see if you can't see
1'arson f.Jympsy, and tell him to hurry along
?we are all waiting on him. lie must think
Weddings arc like his meetings, that can be
put off to the " Sunday after the fourth Salunlay
in next month," after the crowd's all
gathered ami ready to hear the preaching. If
you don't meet him, go clean to his house.
*1 ? . 1 i lit n i ' ? -v * *
i t-jiuci nu s ucaru 111:11 itusny ireciv ^ni is
hero with his fiddle, aiul has taken a sniv.
As the night wax wearing on, and no parson
had come yet to unite the destinies of (leorge
Washington 1 Todgkins, and tin; " amiable and
ncennplished " Miss l'olly I'eablossom, the
former individual imitated to his intended
tlio propriety of passing oil the time by having
a dance.
l'olly asked hernia; r.nd her ma after arguing
that it was not lie fashion in her time,
in North Carolina, t > danee before the ceremony,
at last consented.
Tlio artist from lhishy Creek was f illed in,
!l!i 1 .after lillliili lni-ni?i-?- mil viiiitlimr mi t li?
suivwi, lie stamped his Tout, ii; i| struck up
" Money M"sk," ami away wont the country
(I in<:.\ I'.uly IVablossom at the head, will.
Thomas Jcllorsou I lodgkiusas her partner,
ami (ienrge Washington llodkins next, wit 11
Polly's sister, Imvisa, lor his partner. I'olly
duioed to every gentleman, ami Thomas .Jefferson
danced to every lady; then up ami
down in the middle, and h ind : all round.?
Next eame George Washington ami his partner,
who underwent the same process, "and
soon through the whole/' jis i)aboll'? arithmetic
says.
i no ).a<i was in u*> by ti.ive or i??ur i:\vy;*
light wood lircs, which gave a pieturesipio appearance
to the groups outside. On one side
ut tho house was Panicl Xewnan I'enblossom
and a bevy of youngsters, who cither could
not or did not desire to get into the danee?
probably the former?rind who rt mused themselves
by jumping and wrestling. On flu;
other side, a group of matrons sat under the
I Tt?iV?s ill I*! I :i I I'S :iml < J t<fi?.i I til.. nn\t, rt.?.
of making but.li1!-, c.uriiij; chickens of the |ii)t
ami eliililvon of the croup, L> >ii| >s lamenting
the inist'ortuiii s of sonic neighbor, or the indiscretion
of somo neighbor's daughter, who
li.nl run away and married a circus rider. A
few pensive coupics, eschewing the ' iddy
dance," promenaded the yard, and admired
the moon, or ' wondered if all thorn little stars
were worlds like this." Perhaps they may
have sighed sentimentally at the folly of the
musijaitocs and bu;?.s which were attracted
round the fires to <jet their pretty little win^s
seorcueu, au?i lose ineir precious lives; or
they may have talked of " true love," and
plighted their vows, lbr ought wo know.
Old Captain l'eablossom and his pipe, ?1 uriug
the while, were, the centre of tho circle
mfroftfcof the house, who gathered around the
worthy man's ar:u ch lir to li-'en t-i his " tw;e;>
ftild tales " of " hair hroa It'i soapos," of " the
battles and sieges" lie had parsed?for you
intvst know tho Captain was not a "summer
soldier an I sunshine patriot;" he had burned
frilTl-JHJ will". Ill 'I l**il* - *-? I ?l.7 I H I*? \ ? I V WUIJII) .
At the especial re jurist of Squire Tompkins,
the Captain narrated the perilous adventure
< f Newnan's little bund anions tin: Seminoles.
IIow "bold Xewnan " an 1 bis men lived on
?dli^itor Ileal) ami pirehcd eorn, and marehed
barefooted through s iw-palinetto j how 1'iey
met llowlo.pjs and lii.s warrior's m ir I'ain-'s
prairie, and wliat fiirbtinv wa;J thoro. The
amusing moidm* of l!ill Cone and tin: forramn-shell
raised Hbouts of laughter ai.ion-' the
you lit; brood, who li id (locked aro.ud to hear
of the wus. Hill, (tho <l Camden bard,"
peace to 11is ashes,) as tljo. Captain familiarly
'Hilled him, was sitting one day against i!io
Io^s of tho breast-work, drinking soup out of a
terrapin shell, when a raridoin .shot from the
oncniy, broke his shell and spilt his soup,
whereupon he raised lii.s head over tho breastwork
and jjurig out?"Oh, you buj^er, yon
aouhln't dolhiit again if you tried forty times."
Then tho Captain, after repeated importuni-!
ti"i, laid down his pipe, cleared his throat,
i
iiim sini;;,
" W<? marclift'l on to ot(f nf^ct sfntiorY,
Tho Iujfoqon l?cfore fJ'n! Iii?l??;
Tiiey K^iot an 1 '{illc.l U<iHI Nvrrn ui's nigger j
****** >*m >?? *< m '" >?? tmm
ii Uy lii> sivlo.M
\ I not t lie i Oil*
t 'i '. -v.) r-??i?t up vvit<i ii iuvk
iomuuiuwico. The dancois
i !t on in iik' middle of ft sot, and assembled
around tJ?o mtweni?or to hear the news
of tin' pardon. Tho old ladien crowdcd vip
too, hml tin* Captaiti and the Squire were
eager to hoar, lint I'loyd felt the importance
of 11is situation, ami was in no hurry to divest
himself of tin.* momentary dignity.
" Will, as 1 rodo down to Bog;_ry Cut, I
saw" Who
cures what the devil you saw," oxclaimed
the impatient Captain j "tell us if
the 1'arson is coming lirst, and you may lake
all ni<;!it to tell the balance, it \ou like, u I torwards."
" I s'i\v," continued I'loyd, pertinacimisly?
" W< II, my dear, what did y??u see said
.Mrs. l'eablo?som.
" I saw* that soincl>ody had tooken away
: <i!n? nt" the rails on the erossway, or they were
washed awav or somehow "?
" l>id anybody overhear the like/" said
the Captain.
" And so I ^<?l down," said I'loyd, "and
limited some more, an fixed over the boggy
More Polly laid her hand on his arm, ami
requested, with a beseeching look, to know it
the Parson was on tin: way.
" I'll toll you all about it presently, Polly]
and then, when I ?rot to the van ol the creek,
then"?
"Ob, the devil," ejaculated Captain Poabl'?ssoin,
,l stalled ajraiii."
.Mrs. I Vablossoin t ried to coax him to " gist"
sav il tii" Parson was coinin-.r or not. Pollv
bi'irti''*.1 him, :i< 1 all the bridesmaids implored.
l!nt Ia ' went on in liis own w ay rejoicing."
" When I panic to the Piucy-llat," he continued,
" old Snip seed something white over
in the biygall, a'ul sliy'd clean out o* the road,
nml "?where lie would have stopped would
he hard to say. if the impatient t'aptaiu had
nut interferrcd.
That gentleman with a peculiar glint of the
1 eye, remarked : " Well, there's one way 1
can bring him to a showing," as he took a
large horn from between the logs, and rung a
4i wood note wild" that set a pack of hounds
yelping. A few more notes, as loud as those
that issued from " IJoland's horn at llone.esvalle*,"
was suihoiont invitation to every
hound, foist, and " cur of low degree," that
followed the guests, to join in the chorus.?
The Captain was a man of good lungs, and
I " the way lie did blow was the way," as Squire
Tompkins afterwards vciy happily described
it ; and as there was in the canine, choir some
thirty voiees of every key, the music may be
imagined better than described. .Miss Tabitha
Tidwell, the first bridesmaid, put her hands
to her ears, and cried out, " My stars ! we
shall all u,et blow'd away."
The desired cii'eet of abbreviating the messenger's
story was produced, as that prolix
personage in copperas pants was seen to take
I'oily aside, and whisper something in her ear.
* Mi, I 'loyd, v >u are jokiiiir; v >u oughtn't
1.1 ' \..'i ...i
, ' ",v " 1 .>' " J "" 111""" lx"
i'iI Polly with a look tiiiit seemed to bcp he
I would say yos.
" It's true :is preaching he replied; the
cake's ;ill i.loitnh,"
I'oily whispered something to her mother,
who threw U|i in r hands and exclaimed, "Oh,
my !" ami then whispered the secret to some
other lady. and awiiy it went. Such whispering
and throwing np 'lif hands and eyes, is
rarely seen at a (Juaker incetimr. Consternation
was in every lace, l'nor I'olly was ii veI
ry personitic itinn of " 1'atieuee on a monu
merit, smiling mven and yellow tnelanc ?ly."
Tin t 'aptain. discovering th.it. sonic linjr
was tlie matter, drove off the do?s, and impii
red wiiat had happened to cause such confui
sioii. u W hat tlie Peril's the matter now ?"
lie said. " y<ni all look as down in the mouth
' a- we did on tin: Santalle (Santa I'ee) when
the i|iiarterinaster to!<l us the provisions had
all e-ivt! out? What's the matter? won't
; somebody tell me'/ Old 'uinan, has (ho do_;s
?r<?t in tho kitchen and cat up all the supper,
or what else lias come to pa^s f Out with il !"
" All, ..hi mail, had in w.; sa:d the wife,
with a s i?rh.
'' Well, what is it? You are all ^eltinjr
as 1? 1 s I'Nivd, ' t irrilyiuu " a fellow tu
death."
i ' Parson (ivmpsy was dijr^inp: a new Imr-i:trouirh
and < nt his lejj tu the hime with the
lout.iu/.(\ ;i1111 can t conns?() <h?:ir.
" l w:s!i 11o Ii;kI taken a fauev to "a done it
; a week nj.ro, so we " moiit" a got another pari
s<m , or, a.s Ion<r as no other time would suit
i but to day, L wish ho hail cut his dern'd etcr|
lial head of}'."
j u O, my! husband, ' exclaimed Mrs. IVaj
blossom. Dnshy (Jreek Nod, standing in the
I piazza with his iiddle, struck uji the olil tunc
of"
"We'll ilanco nil ni^lit. "i 111 hroml <l:ivli<r!it.
Ami jjo Iiuiiiv with the gals in ilio illuming.*'
Ned's hint caused a movement towards the
! dutKMn -room among the people, when thcCaptain.
as if walking from a reverie., exclaimed
in a loud voice, "<), the Devil ! what are we
i all thinking of? Why, here's Sijuiro Tompl
kins, ho can perform the ceremony. If a
; man can't marry folk's what's the use of be
in^ a .Sjuire at all ?" *
, Manna did not come in bettor time to the
I children of Israel in the wilderness, than tliis
j discovery of th. worthy Captain. It was as
vivifyiujr as a shower of rain on corn that is
ahout to shoot and tassel, especially to (jeor^e
Washington llod^kius and his lady li ve.
Squire Tompkins was a newly elected magistrate,
and somewhat dillidonf of liis abilities
in this untried department. lit; expressed a
hint of the sort, which the caption only noticed
with the exclamation?" hoot toot!"
Mrs. I'oithlossom insinuated to her husband,
th-il in lir?i> lilt tin. '<>,, ilifvj " .,! Iwl ?..!
... ..W. ...v, v.. own
of people in North (lar'lina, had a prejudice
I " ai^in ' boin^ married hy a magistrate. To
which the old jjentlenian replied?" None of
your nonsense, old lady?hoik' of your Dublin
i county aristocracy f.V"!!? horo now. 'J'lir het1
tor sort of people, 1 think vou ,s:?y ! Now
I you know North Car'lina an t tlie best State
in the country, nowhow ; and Dublin's the
l poorest county in the State, le tter .sort of
people is it '( Quality, ch '/?Who 111<; Dev.
il's hettor than wo aire? A'nt we honest?
A nt we r lisctl onr child) en decent, mid loar
Hud tliowi how to rcul, writo mi'} cipinii (?
A'nt I t'ou't iuhKm* Xcwnhi ami I' lovd for tho
country Why il iinii it ! w iiro the very
1??-sit suit of peoplu SliitV! nonsunvso ! The
wnMiiir shall ?fo on?Polly shall have a hushaml."
.Mrs. I' .s oyeslit dp. her ohook tlushflfl
:k lilt:) I'll I' I )i ft i.l/t V/.I.I Ii .WlnjA
? """" 0|?v
ken of so ; but slio w;ib a woman
of good sonsy, mid reserved tlio cpstigfition
for ? future curtain lecture.
firings w.-rn HOon urriin^od for tlio yfotMin^;
tin; old wooden clock on tlio inanfcl?;'p*o;:n
struck onr>; the M>idd jmty we're! duly
111. .-II i? . y ii ' I
arranged on the floor, and tho crowd gathered j
roltiui, eager to observe every twinkle of the j
bridegroom's eye, and every blush^ of the ;
, blooming hride.
Tho bridesmaids and their male attendants
word arranged in couples, as in a cotillion, to
form a hollow square, in the centre of which
were the inquire and the betrothed parties.?- ;
Knelt of the attendants bore a camllc; Miss,
; #i? I : *1. .. 1 1 l l. . i l li 4 i.
j iiimnu iietu iiors hi a long orass eaimiesuciv,
j which 1i;k1 belonged to Polly's grandmother, in
shape and length something resembling " (,'lej
opatra's needle." iM i.-s Luvisa bore a Hat tin
| one; tho third attendant horo such an article
as is usually suspended on a nail against the I
wall ; and a fourth bail a curiously devised \
something, cut out of wood with a pocket
;?nife. l or want of a further supply of can- |
dlcstieks, the male attendants held naked can :
dies in their hands. I'olly was dressed in |
white, and wore a bayllowor with its green lea- ;
ves in her hair ; and the whisper went round, i
" Now don't she look pretty?" (ieorge \\ . j
I lodgkins rejoiced in a while satin stock and a
vest and pantaloons of orange color; the vest
....... ..i_l.i -...II l i: i 1 i ?
,-M ini^iu r?.||,iirn, IIMJ il ('mil IIMTICII Hilleer's
in the lb-volution, and had eagle button*
on it. They were a line looking couple.
When everything wiic ready, a pause ensued,
and all eyes were turned on the Squire,
who seemed to he undergoh g a mental agony,
such as fourth of duly vratprs feel when they
forget their speeches, or a hoy at an exhibition
when lie has to he prompted from behind the
' scene. The truth was, Squire Tompkins was
a man of forms ; but had always taken them
from lorm-books, and never liu>f'J Ir^meiYtorv.
On this occasion I" nud no " (.Icorgia
Justice, or any (il^cr book from which to
read the Marriage OTotnony, and was at a
loss how t0 proceed. lie thought over every'
tlny.g lie had over learned "by heart," even to
' ? Thirty <lays hath the month of .September,
The same 111:13* be said of June, April, November,'"
but all in vain ; lie could recollect nothing
that suited such an occasion. A suppressed
titter all over the room admonished him that
he must proceed with something, amj, in the
agony ot desperation, lie began?
" Know till turn by these presenls, that T"
?bore he paused and looked up to the ceiling :
wllilo III) itiiflililit VI.inn ill !I "
room, was hoard to say, " liti s drawing adeed
to a tract of land," ami they all laughed.
" In tlio name of (iod,amen !"?he began
a second time, only to hear another voice in a
loud whisper, say?-"lie's making his will
now. I thought In: couldu't live long, he
looks so powerful had."
.Now 1 lay mc down to sleep
I pray I lie l.nrd" ?
was the next essay, when some erudite genI
tlemen remarked, " lie is not dead but sloepctli."
] " Oh, yes! Oh, yes !" continued theScpure.
'One voice replied, " Oh no! oh 10 ! don't
let's another whispered, " Wo, Hall !" some
j person out of doors sung out, "('nine into
eourt !" and the laughter was general. The
bridesmaids spilled the tallow from their
< ;!inl!t'< -ill fiV. T tlli? ?l? *l?i? vnin ilf.n.it.f
"M " "l" '"1"
to look serious. t )uo of them hud a l*ed mark
on her lip for a mouth afterwards, where she
had hit it. The bridegroom put his hands in
his pockets, and took tlieni out ajrain ; the
bride looked like she would faint, and so did
tin* Squire.
Hut tlu? Squire \v:i-' an indefatigable man,
and kept trying. His next effort was-?
"To all and singular the slier." "Let's
run ! he's going to level on us !" said two or
; three at. once.
Hire a u'oam of light Ik'shcs actors the
1'iee of Squire Tompkin- The dignitary
looked around all at one*. \?ith as much .solisatisfaction
as Arehimtu eould have felt
when ho discovered the method of asccrtain|
inixthe speciiie gravity of bodies. In a grave
.Mild 11!?rii l fii'il ni!iniu*v l.> ^oul \ 1 \* II...1
".,,ll'<Vk I,V/ ' lllU^ liVi'lkins,
lioUl up your rijjht hand." tioor.uo
Washington obeyed and held up bis biiiul.?i
' .Miss I'oily, hold ii]i yours.'* .Miss I'oily,
j iii her confusion, held up the left halld.
j' The other hand, Miss I'cablossom." And
the Sijuire proceeded in a loud and eomposod
j manner to (pialify tliem?" Vou and each ol
I you, do soi nndy swear, in the presence ol'
Almighty tiod and t he present, company, that
\ou will perform toward each oilier all and
singular il:e I'uiictions ut' a husband or wile
as I In: case may be?to t he best ot' your
I knowlcdjie and ability, so help you llod '
' (.ioi'd i'.s wheat," said Captain I'cablos'
soin. '' I'ollv. inav mil. eon.e kiss vonr old
I'alher; I never felt so h-i]>i?y .since the day
1 I was discharged l'roni the army, and set out
homewards to see your mother.''
T5..v Con<>i-' .Mikuki!.?Wist
' Ciu.str.lt, L'a., IVb. II.-?The trial of l!eni
jamin li 'vlnirn, for the murder of Susan Kniiii.i
Kimble, terminated in the jury rendering
' a verdict, this morning, of murder in the seI
eond degree. The actor in this fearful niur!
tier is hut sixteen years old, and the murder;
ed girl was but nine.
After a:i ex.-itiiig trial of more than a weclc,
the jury had the ease uiven to tliein at noon,
! yesterday. At woven o'clock (Ins morning,
crowds were seen making their way to the
j court house, it being understood that the jury
had agreed upon their verdict.
'I'iic circumstances of tie case wore that,
' on the 'J >111 of October last, in tlio Southwes;
tern part of this county, the little girl in
i question disappeared, after being seen in the
vicinity <>f the field in which Benjamin Kcy!
burn was plowing; on the next day a tmil of
blood and displaced leaves, a bloody (-tone of
] ten pounds weight, and the place of an appa|
rent struggle, were discovered in the margin
of the woods adjoining the field in which
lloyburn had been working; the trail led to a
mill pond, in which, at a distance of forty
foot from the shore, the hody was discovered
} in the ..ater, which was, at that place, some
i four feet deep; when the hody was drawn
upon the haul;, finger-mark.* were found upon
the throat, the head gashed and bruised in
many places, and the person generally bearing
marjks of violence.
I On Ucnjamiu W:\?> found blood, his shirt
and liis pantaloons bciiii* market] wii'n it.> tra|
cesj. \vi, according to the testimony. he had
dono a full day's Work nt plowing ; had go into
a religious meeting on the evening of the
day of the murder, and acted throughout in
wonderful consistency with his protest.!lion*
'of innocenco. He accounted lor the blood
by saying his iu>ho had bled?a matter not
diilioitlt of bclStjV, n? he was plowing land both
slony and stumpy, and where the handle of
bis plow might, at any time, have ocbafeioned
blending lit tlic noso.
This gaso is ouo which combined nlmo.it
every element of mystery, of terror, and of
]>athus. The boy's mother hns been <lend
oiht years, and ho was reared by his unfile,
\v'ho, with his father, sat at his sido, aud
j ovineed t'? a^rontor extent tharj even the accused,
a painful interest in the trial.
The buy is manifestly not very bri^nt, ns '
wllen ictui!ijin<jff0ui Mi" CO?lt to the jail, aud j
. iMn,.Ti?riv ii .-if. ~i- Jti M 11 tiai ftn niifi
after ttu> gainful and exciting ecctio of the
delivery of the verdict, ho (isked, with transparent
simplicity of thy officer, 44 Whether ho
thought the jury would convict him?"
The Hoble Farmer.
1)Y MR*. I.. II. HltiurUNf.Y.
"Agriculture is tho moat henlthy, * lie most use
iui, me iiiosi nouio employment or man."
[(Jforye Washington.
Wlint hero from the battle strife.
With palms of victory orownM,
Fame's clarion limbic in liis ear
From earth's remotest buuud:
What Huler o'er a Nation's lovo
lu majesty sublime,
Tiie fust, the greate.it in (lie realm
A king in Freedom's clime,
lletiiriis to rural haunts to watch
llis ripening wheat tieMs wave?
A blessed gladness in Ills heart
That glory never gave.
Who, mi<l hi* acres liroad aiul green,
Where plow-shares break the.soil,
Prefers in sylvan toils to walk
With Nature and withtiod?
There was but One- -who lints retirc>l
From eon<|uesis, poweriiikI pride,
For wliieh nmhition hath so oft
In madness striven 'ii?l .lied.
l There was but one?dost nsk his name??
'Xcntli lair Virginia's ."1 y ;
(.!(>, tin<I Mouiil Vernon's .sc|>i;lc1irc,
Audlu'c>l its answering si;;li.
How the Black Doctor o\\xc\ t]le Fiauccc of
a Rich youn- American.
! ^ Since tlio no- (U/i;un f,f (i,0 Doctor,
M. do ^ nn?l his condemnation to lit'teen
' """.dis imprisonment and a Hue of live luinl
dred francs on charges of inuudicry and swind'
ling, tlio French papers liavc been filled with
anecdotes nhout his carcer.
The following, toM under date of .January
1:}, by the special I'aris correspondent of tlie
hit/'/a iii/i itl< lirf</ry will doubt less prove highly
interesting to our Philadelphia readers, as
! it particularly concerns a young and beautiful
lauy, now a .resident of the Quaker City :
Mile. Alphonsine do Yiize, daughter of a
rich landholder of Hurgiuidy, was attacked
bv a cancel* on her right breast. All the
physicians in her department, ami all those >>t
J Montpelier, had abandoned her ease in de!
spair, and advised her to conio to I'aris for
' treatment. jM. do \ irze brought his daughter
to I'ai is in the month of January, 1S;>S.
S!ie consulted the most celebrated physicians
i of the faculty, who all gave but one opinion?
that the amputation of the right breast was
absolutely necessary, and, even at this sacrifice,
the unhappy young gill would only retard
an inevitable death?recording to the doctors.
Six months were wasted in ruinous and useless
consultations, in inefficacious treatment
; and in despair. Pain the fair young creature
did not fear. Without exactly being an Ami
azon, Mile. <le Yir/.c would have consented to
| saerilice tliat portion of her charms so incon;
vcnient to retain, in javelin practice, had it
imt been that .-lie was in love. .She was enjjagd
to a young American, who was excecil;
in?ly devotrd to her, and she preferred to die
rather than smbtnit to an operation that might
make her an object of horror to her beloved.
So ;-he resigned herself to death, and re|
noiuiced all treatment.
Shut up alone in her apartment, she counted
her last days and passed thoin in prayer.
Meanwhile, her lianeee, .Mr. Arthur Ashbell,
j of Philadelphia, who hail a commission from
| one of his friends to procure him some Sax!
horns for the I nitcd States market, went to
I M. Sax's house to attend to the business. Although
suffering horribly, already having a
monstrous tumor upon bis lip, .M. Sax rei
cc.ived .Mr, Ashbell. The affair of the Sax
horns being concluded, Mr. Ashbell inquired
concerning M. Sax's alllictiou, and took ft
j lively interest in it as soon as lie learned that
j the famous artist was sull'cring from a cancer.
! Surprised at the constancy and courage of .M.
I Sax, he asked the reason.
! u f sun In-ivn " a ~
1.*. ,. ... ?.> * a v i 'I i wi t ?i j lA'i'*: U^'' il
man can sutler all things ; 1 am not discourhjximI,
because 1 hope (o recover."
"Then the physicians liave nut abandoned
! you
| ''t)h!" siid Sax, " the doctors ! 1 should
j have been dead already if 1 had not abandoned
j l lioui'
" What treatment have you then ?"
' 1 have placed myself in the hands of the
i lilack 1 hie tor. lie admitted that ever .since
I his treatment conimcnectl, the. lilack Doctor
I had forewarned him that his disea.se would
' apparently grow wur.-c until the eve of a pcr|
feet cure. Mr. Ashhell asked pei mission to
watch the progress of the cure, telling M.
j Sa\ the reason why; and the latter roadily
! consented. At the end of fifteen days, Sax's
; tumor still increased in size, then it hurst and
fell oft". Sax was cured.
Ashhell sought out tlio Ulack Doctor and
brought him to see Mile. Yir/.e. After having
examined the disease, ho Said to M. de Yir/.e
and Mr. Ashhell :
" .Me warrant cure; in two months Mademoiselle
be cure, and right breast be pretty
like left."
I 11 *11 [ii'ici' no you com in nn a to cure licr
I asked her father.
J " Five hundred francs for every thousand
francs of income you hiivc," said the Doctor.
" I have twenty-five thousand francs a
year," replied the father.
"Then you give mc twelve thousand five
hundred francs; six thousand when 1110 begin
and the rest after the cure."
' It is a bargain," said the father."
"Me want make photograph Mademoiselle
breast," was the next demand of the Doctor,
j "What for?"
" To show the physicians, who will deny
that nic cure her."
" My dear Doctor," said Ashbcll, " I have
j also ah income of twenty-live thousand francs,
unnii u.1.i..1. ...Ml 1... 1 11
,, ,.?v?? *1111 hum* yum ire. lousilitll
(litis hnvo twenty-five thousand, instead of
twelve tlioiis:iml fivo hundred francs; hut I
impose one condition."
" Wlint is tluit
" Von sliull not make miy imitation out ',f
the mi ft c lilies of my ,\l|ihonsine. You shall
d-uvi; her modestly. You shall make jl0l.
, <?Q?.' uisnppear \fWwul any mora talk uhout it.
llinn if it we.ro u fdnirdo liftmlnnlm r>?- ?
i ~
indigestion."
u Thiit liiiiil condition for me. Ticcnuso?"
j " Well
" Weil, ( ngroo. You givo mc twenty five
i llioi'. vUul fr?ne?, it" me cure her, unci me no
I ?ay nothing to nobody."
Prom tins month of November to the month
of January, Alpho?#tino de Vir/.a followed
tho treatment of the Hlnok Doctor. In the
j middle of January, the disease suddenly took
In frightful development and Activity.
The wretched woman suffered horribly?
but she suffered without complaining?she
uv|)<:u. v>n inc 14tu of .January, the same
phenomena miuiifcMtcd tlicmaclvca in the cnac
r?f Mllo. rje Yir/.o na in that of M. Sax. The
tumor hocanW-tf l Hlily inflamed, hurst find foil
off. At tlic filtyc of Iho flame mouth, Mllo.
do Virzo was cured completely.
| Not a single tvuee of the di??flf>9 rrjininod. j
* ' . *
irr.in ifKitrtii nfc'11 in UTiniumii r. nr n.miwim iT>i>w
Nothing but the recollection of hor sufferings
was left. J lor waist, licr thvont, licr shoulders,
had not suffered the slightest alteration.
On the 15th of February, Mllo. de Virzo having
returned to her provincial home, married
Arthur Ashbell. In July, she sailed for the
I mtcd Mates, wncrc sue now rosiUCtf. lowards
the close of November, she gave birth
to u great hoy, which sho nurses herself, and
experiences no difficulty whatever in so doing.
She is- cured, perfectly cured, and believes
herself curcd, as the public jirosccutor would
say. I give you the full name of this young
woman saved by the Clack Doctor; for in
l'aris live hundred persons know all about '
Ashbell and his fiancee. As to the poor |
Vires, you must confess that, for a man accused
of swindling, lie has conducted himself j
with much honor in not speaking even to his j
counsel of the cure of Mlie. Virze. 1 went j
to see him in orison one day. and asked him
why ho hud not summoned Ashhell and his <
wife as witues.se.1>?or, at least, M. de \ iizo, '
(he father.
" i\le could not,''lie replied ; " you well j
know me promise M. Aahbell to hyld 1113 1
tongue." I
.1 '*0 Kaiiu) Cs))1". ] omlout tells also UiC fol- |
lowiu" ijiory of the Black Tudor :
111 the Title Ohan.nne, he cured a p< ?r little !
..c .. ii... wi
.. v....v. . ...I-..
J .it I lie ciul of four months the poor woman
| came, :i 11 trembling, to ask fur his hill, he |
replied, "It is five hundred francs that 1 " !
" Lord!" exclaimed the poor woman, "live
hundred francs! Where do \ou think I :
should find them, my worthy doctor ? 1 could
not earn them in a year."
" Let lue finish," said ho. "It is five
hundred francs that 1 am about to trivc von
j in behalf of a very rich man, in order that vou
may not resume your labor too soon, for that
. would cause you to fall sick again."
[ ,\< ic ) in /,
Plant Plenty of Corn.
There is every indication that breadstuli's
! will command high prices tor a year to come. t
Tho prcat. prain marts of Chicago and ] Sulla- !
' lo have mow unusually short and imidc<|iiuto I
stocks oil hand?-so short that consiliums in
the latter city arc sending orders to a distance
for supplies. From the wheat producing
regions of the middle States complaints !
are already made of v'??> unpromising i.ud pro- I
carious state of the growing crops; the win- j
ter has been too changeable for it, and should !
j a severe cold snap occur i:i March, much of |
i :< ...:n i.? ........i.? 1 ? >- <
j n u in iiiuuni in iwu mi w.nu <i iitki
I tiivtIter injured. In addition ti> these ta agitable
reports of tin- .shortness of the stock and
prospects of the next crop, there are collateral
influences that will probably considerably
a licet the market for grain of all kinds. I ndoubtedly
a very heavy emigration will go
forward early in the Spring to the ?z??!<I re'
giousoi' Kansas, Arizona ami Sonora ; ii
I would probably be no exaggeration to estimate
j the total number of emigrants at one. hundred
' thousand. To meet the wants of these, hea- i
vy supplies of grain must be sent forward, j
thus .stimulating the tiv.de and reducing the
supply in farmer's hands. Kxtonsive arrange- '
mciits have already been made to send for- i
ward weekly supply trains from the Kansas ;
and Missouri tow 1 , to carry out heavy
stocks of provisions in advance of orders from
the gold regions. So many laborers will go '
from the middle and Western States, that the |
trrain erons of those. rcfinns inns! ln> nit vlmrf i
by it. Then we have here at homo tho no- j
tivity ami prosperity of the cut Ion i ntcre.st to I
stimulate planters to raise as large a cotton |
crop n.s possible this year; many of them have !
i bought or hired negroes at very high prices, |
I and will tvly solely upon the cotton crop to I
i bring them money wherewith to meet their '
I ongegoments.
I Ail the facts conspire to assure us that j
heavy grain crops will be required ; and as j
, this is the time ??f tlie year when our South- j
ern planters must determine and apportion '
! their crops, we call their attention to the pros- I
i noi-ts lii-loVo tlii'lii. 'I liev pjiii vul <ln tmii-li f.1 '
influence the prices <>f grain of all kinds by J
planting plenty of corn. There wouhl seem i
to be no danger whatever they can lose by ap- |
propriating more ground to this crop and less
to cotton, even if breads!nils should be cheap- ,
cr than present appearances indicate. Who !
has ever known corn to be a "drug" in the j
South for many years past ? l,a.-t year's |
j crop was an unusually heavy one and yet corn |
now eomniMi's <iO a 70 cuiis per bushel in j
i this market?a price mure remunerative to I
I the producer than 10 or 12 ccnts per pound for
cotton.
I mil' ?sft!l( Ili-IMI rr.?ll 1
t - 1
a fiord to j ?ny 8 cents per pound fyr pork, mid
10 cents tor bacon, even out of the proceeds
of a cotton crop sold at 10 or 12 cents per
pound. 'l'li<' prospect is that they will have
to pay the prices as I>?11tr as they raise so little
pork for themselves. If, therefore, a superabundance
of corn for ordinary plantation
uses should not command n fair uric.' in inr.r.
kef, they can easily convert it into pork and
thereby escape a heavy annual drain upon
their purses. They may boast of the power
and dominion of " King t'otton," but his revenues
are every year sesiously curtailed and
his income sadly drawn upon hy two of the j
most stupid animals made for his tise ; and I
those animals support long ears and bristles, j
We are, then, convinced that planters can
make a heavy corn crop this year very renin*
nerativo and we invite their attention to the
facts and deductions given above.
[ ('ohnuhuA Enquirer.
Lost,
OX Thursday 20th I'oiombov las', a flinr.U rod
leather l'oi'ket Hook, containing some money, j
tin; following Notes, ami other j >:. to wits <>n |
Jamo.s Ucorge \* Co. for $'< ), ,\. Denteh for
on John Mauhlcti for Jj?2o, nn'l one or. II. Italmlgc
for .^17. These persons arc rcjnosleil not to pay 1
these Notes to any ono but myself, M" VmtVift f? '
also ii> ' ' {ly }|,joriimiieii in ivlati^u J
I thereto will be thankfully rceelvtl.
TUXIM r.lUY, .
i j.Iii, ?. ifr.o 23 it-' ]
Assignees' Notico.
I 1?T? tho orc<lilo?*s of l'. A. Alexander, wliodoslro i
/V to tvko undo? his nxMigumout, *)uuxt hand in 1
llmiv claim.* on or hefnro tlie 5th day of March j
next. A ]n>ytrunl will bo made on such claim* pn |
tho ''til day of Maroh noxt, at 12 o'clock, M. ut J.
J. Norton's Law-oftico, in lHokcns villr?<'0.
J. K. IIAOOOI). \ \KKijrncc? nnd
M. M. NORTON, vugc:;ts of Ilio '
J. J. NORTON, J orcditqra.
.r.in. 1-i. lS.io ' 24 8'
Boyd Cotton Soed for Salo.
Ill .V V 11 ft <|iinn(ity of this colcltrntod Soo<l
for hiiIc or oxclmiiRo. Piico, contB per
25 jiouruU ; in oxoliuii^o, ) for 2.
Applioation must bo iriftdo bv (lie lnt .InnVmry.
J. W. PUAWI'OIU).
Colij Spring, Hoc. P?. 1M50 21 ? f
HIDES AND BARK
WIIjI, BE BOUGHT AT l'AIJl PMCF,S
by J. L, N, SMITH.
Tsirt Yur-I, Jun 4, 1858 20 tf
?
-
GllKEXViLLE J\IA^1'"Ar
rpilK subscriber bas on band nnj i.? c^mSLuH
1 ly reooividjj a large and varied " i'Mol
AmoriCian and Italian MaiSS'fl
To which be would ctill the attention of (boiftjiiJfl
want of a suitable Monument to mark the >po3B
where repose tlio remains of their ilopurtafiij^H
atives nud friends. Carvjuc and lcttoiWHmH
all kinds neatly and prompt I v executed.'rcSjuH
JK^-lWticular attention paid to orders bVg
N. 1$. Ho refers to I' ( Wostliold. Co\verjl|kH
Murkly & Co., Dr. M H tfnrlo, AV II
Kiq., Col l> Ilftkc, H McKay, Ksq?
.1. w. xohuim, j?. .1. w. u,\niitson. r. c. n i.i.uU^H
NOUitis. 11A UilKSON & V\KUAmJ
Altovacys :t( iv,
AND SO 1.1 CI T i) It 8 I S K ?t"tT
11.1. nt tend promptly to nil tm^moss (ttiliug&flH
II to lliciv euro. Mu. I'l l.mam van alwavs.
I'ouikI in the Otlicv.
ov rici: at 1'icki:n? c. jr., ,s. r.
Popt. <>, 1H")li <1
Hags' Rags
K vault U luiy 2.">,0U0 pounils
Pomlli^ton. July !. I. ()*
W. T. HOLLAND. M. 1)..
\V AliI' ' ! LA. I'iCKK.VS blSTKlCT,' ,S.
VI.L 1110 N'dIcs ami Books of Account, litigh
longing to tin; estate of .John 11. (McrfSB
tlorlf, <!ii -1 I. have l.ocn |il;n c<l in the linmflH
uf NV M. Haihlcn. F.s<|., |br collection. 1'crFon^H
iinlct. tcl to sakl Ks'tatc, will please call on Ii^hHH
ami h
J. M. O.S'l r.N!>(Mtl'F, j Kx'l01s?fl
TUK ST AT I' OF SOl'l I i CAIidLIXA^i
imckkns- in tiik col iit or common im.ras. b v
"1 ^ lit A II W. CI.V 1 M\. who is in I lie rii.tm! <p M
? i til'the SlicrilV of Pickens J'istrict, liv
ol' capia* ;i<l Hithfacicmhiiti, at tlio suit of
,\. Alexander. li;n nig lilcil in my office, to^ethe*
with a schedule, on oath, of his estate ami effects,
his petition to the Court of < 'onimon I'lea*,
praying that he may he admitted to the heuelit
of the Aids of the ticneral Assembly made lor
the relief ol' insolvent debtors. It is ordered,
that tlie said K. A. Alexamler, and all other tlioC
creditors to whom the said F.dmu* W. Clyde in
in anywise indebted, he, and they are hereby
summoned. and have notice to appear, heforo
tlie said Court at Pickens Court House, on thd
:ld Monday in March next, to shew cause if any
thev can, why the prayer of the petition aforesaid,
should not be granted.
J. E. 1IAG00D, c (. .r.
Hoe. 15. W.O -J I :tm
sit v'i't<' mi,' yni'Tti i'AI?/\IIV\
I N Oil III NA It Y? I'tCK
James Jenkins 1
v:i Petition Cur Partition
Tlios. .Ienkin? & others. )
IT appearing l? my h*i t istsict ioi^ that Thomas JenKins,
till' heirs nt-law ol Aimer Jenkins, decent*ed.
unities and nnmliei' unknown. .1 ?i Jenkins,
Williamson Jenkins, one of llie lieirs of Alnlersoii
Jenkins, dee en soil, to wit : Thomas Jenkins, ?
Stewart and ? ili* I'li/.a Stcwiu t. re-ide without the
limits nl this Slate: It is ordered. therefore, tlint,
these absent defendantsdo severally : j-pi'si? in the
Court ol Ordinary, to he hidden at I'iekciis (' II,
on Monday the lilt of March next, to nliject to the
division or snle (if the Ileal Kslate of Francos Jenkins,
deceased, or i.<6ir consent to the ?aine will lie
entered of record.
.1. U. IIA(iOOl), ci'.r.i actixii n.p.n.
Nov. 28, I Soil '.I 'iin
Till-: STATU OF HOUTII CAKOI/INA, 3
IN' Klit'trV?I'lCUKNS.
John Daniels \ wife )
vs > Hill for Pui'titiun, >^c. *J
Klizalicth Collins, ct.nl. )
IT appearing to inv satisfaction that the heirs-nt- "J
lo... ?*# <:i..u >'..ni..u .i i *
* inn i/. . n.in * '11111.-, .n v v.l'V'i. illlH IIHIIIher
unknown) defend-Ms in Ilii> ease. reside J.*>yint'I
I lit* limits of t li in St .-i to: <>n motion of Orr
\ Madden, cnin|diun!ints' Solicitors, it is ordered
tiiut (lie --ii11 absent ict'oml i is tin upbear in this
Court, aii<I plead. answer or demur to tin* said 1 >il),
within tJircc months from this date, or their consent
to the ."ftinc will lie taken us confessed liy an
order j>ro < ?>)? ffxso.
' ICtHi T. A. THOMPSON. r.K.r.n.
Deo. 121. H.VJ 'J'.! "in
TIIK STATU OK SOI TH OAUOUXA,
I'll'K I'.N'S?IN OltlH.V.MIY.
Iicc.sc Bowcii, Adin'r, ) > r < i i
' ; rot it ion for final selr
ti T>t....u .n 1 tlosnont and tlccrco. V
??. it. i ; ?111: rv illlU uiiH'iS. J
I T appearing to my satisfaction thnt the heirsnt-liiw
of Kli/.a Crane, (names and number
unknown) ami Junius II. Hlaek, defendants in
litis case, reside without the limits of this State:
It is ordered, therefore, tha< those absent defendants
do severally appear in the Ordinnry's ofliee,
at Pickens Court House, on Frit lay the 1'Ult
lav of April next, to shew cause, il'tvny they can,
why a final .settlement of the. Estate of John T.
I'/tack, deceased, should not he made, and a decree
entered accordingly.
K. HOLC0MDH, o.r n.
Jan. 4. l^f>0 2-1 :5m
M.MI1, ()! ISUITII CAKUIiiNA,
ril'ISKN'S?IN OUII IN A 1(V*
J B Clyde nml wife |
vs Petition for Partition.
Angusfa Hnrton. J
I T appearing to niv satisfaction that Augusta
. lim-ton, one of tfie defendants in this case,
resiilo without the limits of this State : It in
ordered, therefore, that .she do personally appear
in the. Ordinary's office, at Pickens 0. It., on
Monday the -.'IJ day of April next, to object to 1
the division or sale of the Ileal Estate of Daily
A. Ear ton, deceased, or her consent thereto will <
he entered of record.
W. E. IIOLCOMDE, o.i'.n.
Tan. 1 f?. lRf,0 2") ,'tiu
THE STATE OK SOl'TII CAROLINA,
IX OIS l?! S \ UY ? riCKKNH.
Joromial.Clcvi-ln.ul, Adm'r ) ,Vtiti,ion for finnl
Tims. Clovclnml it j ^<.!emc..? .Uccrco
IT appearing to my satisfaction that Thomas
Cleveland, Gibson Ilix ami wife Xnney and
Martin \i. loioi.cy and wife Miriam, defendants,
in tl.o above stated ease, reside without tho limits
of this State: it is ordered, therefore, that
they do severally ftp pour in the Court nf Ordinary,
at I'ickonsj Court I louse, on the fourth
Monday in March next, to show canpo, if nny
tl.ey can, wliv a sf**loraont of the citato of
'.'oiijnmin Cleveland, d0C<a?C^, jllVUld ,UH ^0
Slid, and ft docroo made accordingly.
W. E. HOLCOMllK, o-p.p.
r>v\- 23, ^ 3w>
TilK statu OF SOtTTtt UaIyJwA*
PIOKKS*?.X 0HPU.AVY,
Hannah Cluytnu, K\'.vi*, j
Alex. VU'or, I Petition for 9val$<l*
vs. | tkmw?Stephen
0. i.'tayton& otl.eva I ,
IT appearing jo. my Mi|isl'uOtlon tV.r?* 0,
Clayton, Nii.Iihhk'1 Guurin and wffo AW#arct,
ana .John '(' UJuvlou, dclon>li?nl8 lii 1? ->**0willuwt
*lio lnni(it of t)i)n 'Statu > it
tliovufoiu. Ihnt Iheso ul???nf itoft-(ula)iU
ly ftf>|ioi\r in 1110 Court of <>Min*vy, ?t
II., mi Moiuluy llio HOtli Jav nf April >i?xt. to#J?#w
onuse, If .iiny ilicy omj, nVy u H??al
(lie e*tntc Of Joli 11 ('lt?|f>ti, ;)e0Q0Sv<l, HliMiliWf'6 '
bo triaOo, nail a tlmuo ibui-ooji noctmlingly pro* J
nouuuoil.
W. K. o.r,T?. i
.Tnn. 25, 1WI0 '.'<i H111 ^ :
J. H. VOIGHT,
Tin- Coi>|)?riinj1li K Hl(|| Maker* 1
WAI-UAMhV. H. i'.v 1
WIM, p.lvo Hli kt rtUViHloii |p olr bi>*tn*iHi ontru.''* ff
tpil to his euro. Terms ?h# u\unt ivasvlt*,>le
JHU. 14, ft