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POSTHY, Nowadays. IIV AJf OLI) LADY. Alas! how everything Is changed Since I was sweet sixteen, When all tho girls wore homespun frocks, And aprons nice and clean ; With bonnets unule of braided straw That tied beneath the chin, The shawl laid neatly on the neck, And fanned with a pin. " I recollect the time when I Kodc father's hor^e to mill, AcrosH tho meadow, rock and field, And mi and down tlir liill ! An<l when " our folks " wore out at work (It never inado me thinner.) 1 jumped upon ft horse baro-back, And oirricd them their dinner. " T>ear nie, young Indies nowadays Would itlmost faint away, To think of riding all alone In wagon, ehaiso or nl?igh ; j And as for giving "pa" his meals, Or helping " nia " to bake, C>h dear! 'twould spoil their lilly hands, Though somotiincs they make cake. "When winter caino, the maiden's heart, llegan to beat and lluttor ; D-.l t 111 I > ! "1 J^&vi. bUuU .Wuiv* UNO Hi* viMtt'HU Ulll Sleigh-riding in n cutler, Or if (lio storin was bleak and cold, The girls aud licaux together Would meet and hnvo the best of tun, Anil never mind the weather. " ]>ut now indeed it grieves inc much 'Clio circumstanco to mention, However kind the young man's heart, And honest his intention, lie never asks the girls to ride, Hut such a man is caged ; And if he sees her once ft week Why, surely they're engaged!" From the Charleston Courier. To tho Hon. Edward Q. Palmer. A few days ago I received tho South C'urolinittn of August 5th, in which is published a letter from you to Mr. M. W. Gary, on the < subject of the Blue llidgc Railroad. It was j copicd from the Edgefield Advertiser, and, 1 presume, will lmvc a rapid circulation in tho District papers. In that letter you assort that the cost of the road in South Carolina and Georgia, up to the first of December, 1850, had exceeded the estimate to the amount of 8000,000. You also charge the officers of the Company with ; having "grossly violated the conditions of j their charter," and of having acted in " bad faith." Though I am most averse to personal controversy, 1 am constrained to appear in defence of the officers of the ( 'oilmanv. I Jo not intend to present an official statement of the cost of the road in South Carolina and Georgia. This 1 eanftot do without the assistance of the Treasurer and Chief Kngi- I nccr, who arc not iu the city. Besides, it would take a long time to dissect and apportion the many accounts comprising the expenditure of two and a half millions of dollars, so as to make an accurate statement of the cost of the road in each of the States through which it passes. Your letter appears in the midst of the canvass for election of members to the Legislature. Iu order to counteract its effect upon the elections, it is necessary that my reply should be prompt. Want of time and needful assistance for an accurate statement of tho cost of the road in South Carolina and Georgia, must confine tnc to a strict reply. You assume 83,054,034 to be the estimated cost of completing tho road in South Carolina and Georgia on the first of November, 1850. Tor the present purpose I will take that to be corrcct. From the renort of the Treasurer, 5iud certain assumptions and calculations of your own, you attain to the conclusion of an " excess of cost over the estimate up to December, 1859," to the amount of 8000,000. I will examine your statement in the sense in which nine persons out of ten will understand it, viz : That the actual cost of constructing the road in South Carolina and (leorgia, to December, 1850, exceeded the estimated cost to the amount of 8000,000.? An Engineer's estimate of co*t is made up by a calculation of the several kinds of work and material necessary to make a railroad completed or only half finished, as he may be directed, and the quantities and prices of each, by which he obtains the sum total of the costs. When you compare the actual cost with tlie estimated cost, you must restrict the comparison to the subjects of cost in the estimate. If you charge, as actual cost, interest and discount, on bonds, flif? ^riyinefid (\f lf><v 0111(0 ?j*?d the like, of course, the actual cost must ex eeeu the estimated cost, tor none 01 tiiose contingent charges are comprised in the estimate. I think I can show in your statement of the "excess of cost over the estimate" errors to an amount exceeding .S;>00,000. It is necessary, in order to make plain your orroi'9 and iiiia-slaluuicnLs, that I should present the Treasurer's account of "expenditures" in his report of 1859, and also your statement by which you attain a result so surprising. Tt may be proper to premise for persons who do not understand book-keeping, that the Treasurer's books are kept in the usual form. In his report lie has headed the Debtor side of the account " Ilcccipts," and the Creditor side " Expenditures." All the cn' tries in the two columns arc not actual receipts and expenditures, but some are made (as is necessary) to explain the true state of the account, and to exhibit the correct balance of the transactions wh > h are entered. " KXPKNDITUIt* For construction, 82,070,320.11 fron, 101,2*10.01 Engineering, 1(50,390.46 Expense?Salaries, Printing, \ Legal Advice, Suit of Bangs \, ft Co., 70,280.10 M Jtonl Kstnto for Depots, &c., 0,274.05 f Jlight of way in Soutli Carolina, $4,305.00 Iliglitof way in (Georgia, 3,775.00 8,170.00 Right of way in l.'orth Carolina, 1,630.00 Kiglit of way in TenucHsoc, 8,358.50 ou | Locomotives nnd Cars, 38,741,05 Triterest on Mortgngo Bonds, 844,705.08 Loflu on ssiFe of ?A,. QOO (>1 1 U? MUUI ?./ *\>v/1? </ ? ?. I 82,085.00 Duo by Anton Hangs <fc {?? ., 2,082.J{0 T)uo by sundry contractors, 0,,311.14 Transportation expenses, 4,102.30 Repairs of Itofid w.iy, 1,701.58 Sundry open account* 4,01fi.05 *2,504,712.48 ?il _ /? n ^l t_ f i no TOiiuwiug in your Btaicmcui: M I "By tlic Report of tlio Treasurer, up to the l?t of Novombcr, 1859, there was actually paid out" $2,594,000.00 " And there was reserved in * Cash Bonds and Stnok, for the completion of contracts " 140,120.00 " Actually paid out and (due) for work done," 82,748,120.00 Add Col. Giry tin's estimate of additional cost of completing the road to Clayton, Qa., I AAA OA i?"?uv III 1/VV/V IIIVV/I J 1 ,V?? I jVVV/.VV I " Sum total of the cost of the road to Clayton," 84,400,124.00 You add your estimate of the cost of finishing the road from Clayton to the North Carolina lino, 0 miles, 135,000.00 "hum tot?' Mr .soutli v aroliii.i nnd (Jeorgia ' 84,i"i35,129.00 You tlion deduct?Your own estimate of tlic cost of the road in Tennessee, 8100,000.00 Rolling Stock on the road, 00,000.00 Amount <>f Engineering chnrg'd to North Carolina and Tetincsncsscc in November, 1850, 53,780.00 280,449.00 " For work done in South Carolina and Georgia" 84,254,080.00 You then deduct your estimate, made 1st November, 1850, of tho cost of the road in South Carolina and (ieorgia to that dato 3,054,034.00 " forces* of cost over estimate. uj> to 1*/ i\otv.'w1859 " 8000,010.00 The sum total of expenditures in the Treasurer's account, which you have charged to the cost of the road in South Carolina and < ieorgia, comprises man}' items which did not enter into Col. Gwy nil's cstimateof the cost of completing the road in those States, and wore not expended in construction, and, therefore, should not have been charged in your statement to the cost of the road in those States. These items are : " Expenses, salaries, printing," &C., " right of way in North Carolina and Tennessee," " interest on bonds," " loss on sale of bonds and stock," " debt due by Anson Hangs & Co."?the amount "due by contractors " being for advances made to them on account of their work, " transportation expenses," (that is, of running the trains beI tween Anderson and Pendleton) and " repairs of the road-way," amounting in the aggregate to 8188,580. In the sum total of the expenditures, you charge to flic cost of the work in South Carolina and CJcorgin 8100,390, the total cost for engineering on the whole road from Anderson ts. ,i?,i....4 r IU IXIIVAt lilU. I/Ill )U11 UCUUIH IIUIII I lilt) ?>ll 111 what you arc pleased to allow for engineering* in North Carolina and Tennessee 8~>.'j,780, leaving charged to the cost of the road in South Carolina and Georgia for engineering 8112,700. The just apportionment of engineering would he in the ratio of the length of the road. It is 09 miles long ii South Carolina and Tennessee. If engine Vng is charged in this proportion the Bum to be charged against North Carolina and Tennessee would bo 8107,520. You have allowed for engineering in these States only 8551,780, shewing an overcharge in round numbers to the cost of the work in South Carolina and | Georgia of 854,000. If this is added to 8188,580 the sum will shew an overcharge, in your statement, to the cost of the work in South Carolina and Georgia, of more than 8212,000. The next item of overcharge in your statement of the cost of the road in South Carolina and Georgia, is the addition of $140,123 to the sum lotal of the expenditures in the Troas urcr's repi it of 18")!). Not content with harming to the ccst of the road in South Carolina anil <!oort^i:i the sum total of expenditures on every account, from the date of the charter to tlio first of November, IS.")!), you pick out of the column of " Receipt* " an item for " reserved in Cash, Boihih and Stocks, for the completion of Contracts," SI , 1 "J 5?and add that sum to the sum total of expenditures. Work dune cannot he entered in the column of receipts.? This would make the Treasurer a debtor to tiiC vjOoipaiiy Iu tlio cnli y, u it Was noi oaianccd by an entry in the other column. Accordingly, the item of 8140,128 is included in the sum of $2,073,000, for construction j and the entry of $140,123, in tlic column of receipts, is explained as being " reserved as v for tl?n nC Panfi'anfo " ,v _ 1.W..V,. .......wv. w. VUMU..V.O, that is, received or retained by the Treasurer for the Contractors, to be paid to them when they should have performed their contracts, ft cannot be retained for the Contractors, unless they had done work to that amount. This charge against the Treasurer must be balanced by an entry in the other column, and is included in the item for construction. The fact is, and the entries in the Treasurer's account, are in conformity with the fact, that 82,078,320 docs comprehend all the work that was done to that date of the report. In the first paragraph of your letter when you refer to the Treasurer's account for 1850, you say: " 1 find, up to the first of November, 1850, there was paid out (tntl <lnr for work 81,102,000." When you take up the corresponding item in the account for 1850, you say "there was it.. tf o.) r.n i ftaa i ii . _ i to inutiy jm ni mil III 11115 COlUmil of receipts, in the account for 1850, there is an entry, in the very words of the entry of 8119,123, in the column of receipts for 1859 ; yet you did not, in your statement for 1850, add the amount of that entry to the sum total of expenditures. It wis a curious freak of | memory, that in the short space of time occupied in writing youv letter, what you understood when yo'i referred to the Treasurer's i report for 1850, you forgot before you referred t. the Treasurer's report for 1859. You have, therefore, overcharged to the | cost of construction in South Carolina and ! Georgia, the sum of ?149,12*1, when you added that amount to the sum total of expenditures. By your own statement you admit that the cost of the work done in Tennessee is included in the sum total of expenditures which you have uharged to tlio cost of the road in South Carolina and Georgia. You make your own estimato of what was ll?e coat ot the work in Tonncueo and state it to be 8100,000. This amount j'ou Accordingly deduct ' oni what you charge to have been the cost of the work in South Carolina and Georgia. Yon should have deducted >002,000, which was, at least, the cost of tho work in Tennessee. Il may bo more, but from nn examination of tha books I ntn suro it is not log# than that sum. The difference of % what you do deduct from tho cost of die road in South Carolina and Georgia, ami the actual cost, which should be deducted isSltlG000. This is another overcharge id your statement. Your modo of attaining the cost of the road in Tennessee cannot bo passed without remark. You say tho Treasurer's report does not state the amount. Hut you assume twothirds of OOO thi? rVtiii..' v mill imlivid | u:il subscription in Tennessee, which is $1(5(5,: (5(5(5, tube the cost of the work in Tennessee The Reports would have shown you that, in ! order to comply with the conditions of the Tennessee charter and of the Act jjrantinjr State aid, seventeen miles of the road out ' r \.r : 11^ i i l i.. ? i..? i 11 (mii imio.wiiiu ii;iu uui'ii nuiirijr iiihmiuu.? Vou have soon in the Report of 18 ">(J, Col. Gwynn's estimate of the cost of the grading in Tennessee to he $757,000, ami <>f the whole road in Tennessee ?1,537,000, and also that the section of seventeen miles, which was nearly completed, while it is only thirty J per cent, of the length of the road, is ostima, ted to cost forty-one per cent, of theentirocost. Forty-one per cent, of the grading would be I ?370,000. If you had used these Report*, 1 you might have made a nearer estimate than you have done. When to ?212,000, the amount of overi charges, before stated, are added ?149,000 ; and Slot),000, .they exhibit an nggroifiitc of ! errors nnrl rtVfMV>l?!il*rrnM nf fi:V7 00(1 ill vmir I - "? ? "? "' J i statement of G00.0U0 as the " excess of cost j i over tlio estimate (for South Carolina and CJcorgia,) up to December, 1850." ; If ?'ol. (iwvnti's estimate, in 1850, of the cost of completing the road from Anderson to ; Clayton, did not include tlic Whitsnire fill. | your estimate of the co.?t of complctinjr tlu* j road from Clayton to the North Carolina linn' may be correct. But if t!io Whitmire lill is included in that estimate, it is probable $10,000 per mile will complete tlie road ; for the grading from Clayton to the Xort?^ Carolina line is very light and so nearly finished that the cost id' completing it nu-t be very inconsiderable. in this case, 815,000 more must ; be added to the sum of your errors. 1 expect you to reply that my exhibition of I errors does not apply to your statement; that what you intended to show is not that the ae: tiiril nf f 11 wurl.* in Mniith ( S?r/\i i >* > ???wl ; (ieorgia exceeded the estimated cost, bill that | the expenditures for and about tin; work it; i .South Carolina and Georgia exceeded the esi timatc of the cost of the road in those State?. | It is precisely of that I have a right to com plai.i as unfair. You profess to make a stat". nient of the cost of the work compared with the estimate, and yet you ebarge to the oust of the work not only the expenditures for its construction, but, also, the sum total of all the extraordinary am contingent expenses of the whole undertaking from the d te of the I charter to December, 1359. In other words, your statement professes to exhibit one tiling, but, in reality, it exhibits another thin", very .1 " * v..V ........... ? ...V.. .O l/.V/.Vi-.-W.. You cannot complain it' I have taken you at your won), and corrected vuur statement accordingly. 1J111, taking your statement for what you intend it to lie, viz : an exhibit of the excess j of expenditure for the work in South Carolina ami (ieorgia over the estimate of cost in those States, I will show that your errors aiv ; little less in number and amount, than the errors which have been pointed out. From the 8000,000, then, taken as t??c exI cess of expenditure on the work in South Carolina and (Ieorgia, you must dedmt the | overcharge to the work of SI 11),120, and also the overcharge of ?15-10,000, which results | from your short estimate of t!ie work in Teninv:<sfv? nnrl 1 (1(1(1 v??n riviu'/tliovim (**? i engineering in South Carolina and (icorpii. 1 To these sums must l?o added the following items which, in the Treasurer's report, :iro included in the sum total of S ?,."/) 1,7 1 "i, \.!iieh sum total, in your statement, is charged as the amount of the cost of the work in South Carolina and < !corgi a : First, you charge the tutr.l of " expenses, s darics, legal advice, suit of Hani's & Co., 870,2S0," to South Carolina and lleorgia. Thcss charges arc fur the. common benefit and defence of the roads of each State, and, Ilko engineering should he charged in the propoition of the length of the road in each State. The portion of South Carolina and tleorgia being in the ratio of IV.) inihs to 12(>, would b'> In this item you have overcharged S.'>1,000. The cost of the right of way in North Carolina and Tennessee, $0.0;?N, which yn !i:?v? charged to South Carolina and (icorgia, is a mauilVst overehaigo. Ho is lim amount ' due bv sundry Contractors," 80,!>11. This amount being for advances or loans to them on tl*e security of their work, was refunded when payment was made to them for furniture work. So, also, you have wrongly charged " tnrtuportation expenses " 81.102, being the expense of running the road between Anderson and Pendleton, and the " repairs of the load," 81,701. Against these two last charges you j will find on the opposite column " received " for transportation ?03-l;'?. Vou have also charged the amount " due by Anson Bangs & Co." 82082. In the opposite column you will find an entry of " interest due to Anson Jiangs Sc Co." $()<18, and immediately above that entry another of " interest in suspense" | 81025. This is also due to A. Hangs it Co. j It was retained on notice of an adverse claim j which was afterwards abandoned. These items area set off against the 82082 duo by i A. lhmgs Si Co., and make another item of ! overcharge to the amount of 8I(>SH. " Loss oil tin. sale of bonds and stocks" $87,880, you also charire its nn expenditure for the road in South Carolina and Georgia. It could not be expended for anything, for it was never received The State and City of Charleston paid their subscription in bonds at par. The discount on the sale of the bonds was a short payment of subscription. That i is another overcharge. You also charge intercrest on mortgage ! bonds, 814,705, to the cost of tho road in South Carolina ami Georgia. This sum was certainly not expended in payment of work. It must appear in some account of the Company, but is out of place in the account of expenditures. It is an item imilar to discount on the sale of bonds. It is not received, nor is it expended on the road, and cannot be charged to expenditures for the work. If tho interest paid on bonds is to be charged to J the cost of tho work, " construction " ac count could not be closed until tlic bonds nro paid. l''or, no reason can bo given why the ohflrgo of interest, if made to the cost of the work, fthould ccasc whou'tho road is finished. Tf interest on money borrowed is to be charged ns an expenditure for (he work, so, also, should interest on tho capital stock puid in be also added to expenditure. If the stockholders borrow ono hundred thousand dollars on ' bond1-, they pay interest on that amount. If they pay up eapitid stock to that amount, they lose (lie interest 011 it. There if no more reason ty charge interest on the bonds for money borrowed to the eost of the work, than to charge interest on capital paid in. So that you might have made a much more flagrant ease of the " esccss of expenditure for the : work " in South Carolina and Georgia, " over l the estimate," if you had added the interest | on the capital stoek paid in, as well as the in- j ! terest 011 bonds. The aujjrcjrate for all the ovorehartres for ! J expenditures 011 aceount of the work in South Carolina and Georgia, which 1 have shown to bo contained in your statement of the " oxcess of cost over the estimate," amounts to 1 S 408,876. When this amount is deducted from your figures, your .statement is pity fully , reduced. The whole ovidence on which I have made niy statement of overcharges is derived from the reports to which you refer ami your own statement, except only the cost of the road in Tennessee. If there is any! error in my statement, it is open to correction by every reader. American Antiquities. Certain ftran^e inscriptions (supposed io j bo ancient Hebrew) on .stones found in one of ' the mysterious " ancient mounds " in Ohio, considered in connection with the hieroglyphic : rocks which ever .since the settlement ??f Ohio | ' arrested attention on the Seiota river, (and ! which were necessarily blasted olf in making ' ' a track for a railroad,) as well as the prevalence ' of the celebrated " Mounds" themselves, are circumstances which lead a correspondent of 1 the Cleveland IMaindealci'to make the follow inj* remarks : 1 From unanswerable facts and stat istics, it is [ 1 evident that the threat valleys of the Ohio ami ] Mississippi v.viv once the abode of a mighty , nation?civilized and relined?warlike and I brave?descendants of those mighty nations ! to whom I h;.ve alluded, and who settled in this country lotii; before the appearance of the Saviour on o:irth. |1 Near Lexington, Kentucky, are (be remains | ; of au ancient catacomb, formed in a solid rock : of limestone. This curiosity \v s discovered 1 i i the year 177(5, by tlio early settlors of th:>t ; country. The nionlli <?t" the cavern w.-.h curefully concealed with stones, which on being 1 removed, open d into a cave of immense mag| nitude. The sides of this spacious apirtment were 1 i found, upon examination, to be cut into niches or compartments, occupied by figures repre shilling men. r?y turt.her investRation, those j figures wore discovered to be mummies?per- | sous preserved by the art of embalming, and ; j exhibited a st.ite of perfection, e<|U .1 to that I known at any time among (he Egyptians; and I you will bear in mi.id that this art was prac- | ticed by the people, three thousand four hundred and seventy -five years previous to this j discovery in Kentucky. Tha catacomb was j cap dilc of holding two thousand subjects. Again, there is found on the Ohio, nearly I twenty miles below Wubnsli river another ro( markahle work of antiquity. It is a very 1 irge i cave, with smooth perpendicular walls, and a i level floor. The walls are covered with hier! oglyphic figures, eut in solid stone, and are i well executed. Among them arc reprcsenta' tions of animals unknown to tho present gent oration. This cave is one of the greatest curiosities on the Ohio, and is connected with a , I i ...i. .1: i - -i- - I ! umik, iiaiiiui u.'ivein nearly mc Silill') Sl'/.O, | I which is located directly above it, and which i j is accessible through a chimney like aperture, j When xvi view the ancient mounds and Tu- , | inviti of the West, wo u.e h?.*t i:i wonder, in j view of the nil nber. magnitude at 1 the ob I seurity of their origin. There nu several 1 hundicds ?>f these works in the valleys of the ()hio and Mississippi rivers, and some of them are found to bo lilk-d with thousands of huninn 1 skeletons, indicating that they wore a jii.tce of deposit for the (load They also bear the appearance. of having been contiguous to some ' large and populous city. Many strange ami curious antir|iiities have been, from time to timc.^xhutucd from these mounds, and is it not significant, that in a great majority of instances there exist a rel mnrkalde resemblance between those relics found in the nineteenth century, and articles which were known to have been used among 1 the I'onruis. (!roei.uis ami Ivrvntinns hofi.m <rv i ~ the days of Christ ? 1 A Lady Hittkn itv a Hat.?On last i Thursday morning, at ahout 1 o'clock, a lady residing in Church street, next door South of the Planter's Hotel, was awoke front sleep by a i rent nnisi> iirxlr- in linf ?v>0'i! by n rai, when I she set a small poodle dog, that slept at her bed-side, upon him, which was very soon conquered. The lady, anxious lo escape the ap; parently infuri.itcd thing, attempted to jump | , is.to bed, find while in the act, the rat quit its | I hold upon the dog, and flying at her, sci/.cd ' with his teeth the sole of her right foot, near tin; two small toes, and inflicted a severe 1 wound. Simple remedies were used upon the wound, but on Friday morning, there were such slroni? evidences of letimna nr.m?:iriii<r r-? - "II that Dr. Fiaser was scut for, and under his ; care she is doing very well, though not e ntirej ly out of danger yet. 11v;r husband, who is a policeman, came home, just about the time she was bitten, and with a stick, succeeded after a hard encounter, in killing the furious animal, j whose body measured thirteen inches. [(.'/mr/rgfon Keenin<j X< wt. A IjK.vun ki> Witnkhs.?"Wit'n f-ses are of ten exceedingly stupid, but we don't know whether thit witness ought to be called stupid . : or not. lie was before INroti Martin. It was rlfxiivwl tn <#.<? C.... I . v. \ vv ^vv ii viil 1111(1 t'll VAilVyV ilV/CUUIlt of r? certain conversation, with the 11 says I " land "'Kays lie;" but the counsel could not make him comprehend the form in which he was wanted to make his statement. So the court took him in hand. " Now, my man, tell ns exactly what passed." " Yea, my lord, certainly. I said that 1 would not have the pig." " Well, what was his answer 7" "lie said that he had been keeping the pig for nie, , and that he "?"No, no; he did not say that?he could not have mid it. lie spoke ! ; in the first person." " No, I woo the first ' purson thnt spoke, my lord." " I mean this , ?don't bring in the third person?repent bin exnot words." "There wns no third person, my lord ; only him nnd mo." " Look hero, my pood follow ! ho did not nay he had been keeping the pip; bo snid, ' I have been keeping it.' " " I assure you, my lord, thero wns no mention of your lordship'* name nt nil.? : j Wo arc on two different stories, my lord.? i There was no third person ; nnd if anything j i had been said about vour lord.ihin. I must have heard it." Ho the court hnd to give it up, ' though the witnens was only too ready to tell all ho knew. Corhkci yourself betimes. You will seldom or never keep from fidjing if you cannot Irecovcr yourself when you first beyin to totter. A Day with the Iafluenza. If one should ask, " What havcyou done to day ?" As brief as Ooosar, I'd reply, " I've mioozed." Ne'er loviug swain his damsel's fingers squeezed (To tell the Udo liis Hps refused to ?.?y) More tendorly tliau 1 my stricken tioAe. "l'wero vnin to nttenipt to stand upon decorum, 1 hnil to sneeze behind folks and beforo 'eni. At every ttneeic, it seem'd that ringing blows Fell on my head, thut ached well nigh toJ'remy; From weeping eyes my strength appeitr'd to ooze And all mtv body was n general bruise ; I yielded captive to the influenza, And 1 went home nt dinner-time, and there Kmtrrlif lmli* in mndiiMlt* tllltl m\? rAdkSllff.^liliSl' Much like (lie custom of the ancient cities, My 11 tisal gateways closed at dusk of day, And searco a breath. for love's sake or for pity's, (lot in out by the accustomed way ; So on my coueh 1 lay with open lips, To let the air into the cells of lifo. Instead of sleep, tj droaniy-liko eclipso C'ttiuo over me; and vagaries were rife Within my tniud. The thread of dreaming broke At intervals, and startled, 1 awoke; i Mini n ilie pillow neain my lover u lima, Ami guxeil awhile upon I lie tuper'n smoke; And when h sigh unconscious softly sped, .V tcrnler voice to mo in tones of pily spoke. From nn Kxclmngo?]!) Kcpiest. Too gccl to be Lost. rilK ADVKttriSKMKNT OF AN IIONKST Uf.M SKI.I.Kit. "(lootl friends,.'ind neighbors j having just i^cncd a commodious shop for the sale of Lii/iior J'\'rc, I embrace this early opportunity >f informing you that I shall commence the business of making Drunkards, J\tuprrs and Hr;/i/ar* for the .sober, industrious :ui;i respectable to support. I shall deal in Familiar Spirit.< which shall oxcito men to deeds of riot, of robbery, and of blood, and by so doing, liminish the comforts. aii<riiu?iit tho pyniMisc. .ukI c.ultMigcr the welfare of the whole community. J wil! undertake at short notice, for a small hi in, and with great expedition, to prepare inmates for tho asylum, the poor house, the prison, and t'le gallows. I will furnish an trticle (called whiskey, with a little poison in it,) which sIk'.II increase the amount of fatal accidents, multiply the number of distressing diseases, and render those that are harmless utterly iururahlo. 1 will furnish a drug (called whiskey, with a little prison in it.) which shall itnnvn cnn.n ?r llfn " " V "" w ?. property', and nil <>f /'cure, which shall e.iuse l"ntlicr.s to l>c (iends ; wives widows, children orphans. And all mendicant*. 1 will cause the rising generation to grow up in profound ignorance,and prove a burden ;iinl a nuisance to the nation. 1 will cause mothers to forgot their suckling infants; virgins to forget their prireh-.ss innocence. 1 will corrupt some of the ministers of the gosptd, d 'file the purity of the ehnrrh and e.iuse temporal, spiritual, an<l eternal de:.th ; and if any he so impertinent as to inquire why I had the audacity to bring such accumulated misery upon a comparatively happy land, my honest reply is, Afoney. I have license from the court, amLif I do not bring these evils upon you somebody else will. 1 live in a land of lib Tty?1 have pur..1.1i ... -i i: .t' ! i t ?...% II-III HI 'IVUIUIinil IIIU UIIiU'.ieUM, destroy tin; health. shorten tlie lives. ami ruin those who choose to honor, ami favor mo with thfcir custom. The above advertisement, Mr. Kditor, was published some fourteen, or fifteen years ago. Written T think, by IV. Ilayno, of Augusta, for, perhaps the only honest rum seller in all Christendom. (Ion. Can y very e. ri'vtly observed once in my hearing that rum sellers al ways put .screens before their doors to hide the within, and false signs above, as " Coffee House," or every body's home," thus making false representations. But here we have an honest ad vertisement full of truth, which should be held an to mihlie in?" fur ir li-m l.?*i n..i>o ..t' ?t i r>" '? ,v * ""* ,,w,,u its intrinsic worth from ap;o, though :i very remarkable document, one that every drunkanl should see, read, and ponder. And if you thus agree with me, Mr. Editor, take the document and publish it. Hut should you not concur, then throw it where many a piece has gone. And 1 will console myself with the thought that there are some things of so grive, and important a nature that they can never he too often repeated, or too deeply impressed upon the public mind. Very r? spo. tfully yours, &c. vincit vkkitab. A Census-Taking JVnecioteTn endeavoring to take the census for the (Sovcrnmcnt, tlie marshals occasionally meet with such difficulties us well nigh to deprive them of ?!w>iv ?np?i>? Tho fo!!cvfir.g Luok place in Canal strec1, New Orleans : " Who is the head of this fainilj*?'' "That depends on circumstances, if hefore 1 1 o'clock it's me husband ! if uflhcr 11, it'.s nics 'lf. " I low so ?" 'u liccanse afther 11 lie's as drunk a?> a piper, and un.iblc to t:ikc care of himself, let alone the family." " What is his atte ?" "Coming next Mechahnas lie will lack a year of being as old as !':nncgan. Von know' Finnegnn?" "No, 1 don't know Finnegan; and if I did, ii would not help the matter. Is your husband an alien ?" " Oeh, thin, he's nillin' intirely. He has the rheumatics worse thanowld Donnelly, who was tied doublo wid 'em." " I low many male members have you in the family?" " Nivor a one." " What, no boys at all ?" a "1? s? 9 A I. ? .1 ? jmij.-. m 11: y\ii . murnicr, go nome.? We luivc boys enough to whip four loaves of brcr.d for breakfast." "When Wc.ro you married ?" " The day Put Doyle left Tippirary for Ameriky. Ah well 1 mind it. A sunshinier day niver gilded the sky of owld Ireland." " What was the condition of your husband before marriage ?" " Divil a mun more miserable. ? He snid if 1 did not givo him a promise within two weeks he'd blow his brains out with a crowbar." "What was he at the time of your marriage, a widower or a hnehelor?" " A which ? A widower, did you say? Ah, now go way wid yer nonsense. Is't tho likes oi mo mat-wot'Id take up n second hand husband? A poor divil nil legu and consumption, liko u pick turkey. A widower? May I nivor bo bleased if I'd rather not livo an owld maid, and bring up a family on buttermilk and praties." Hero the dialogue ended, the Marshal coining to the conclusion that he ooiild " mako more" noxt door. W bother he did wo will know at sonto future time. Tiik two Architects.?Onoinsde n long and learned iliunAi'intiAn ?: ?:.i? w.^.v.?MVMrU I'll I flVJ yi IIIUI})IV-S U1 hisnrt; tho other simply R?id, "What my brotlier Ims so hurriedly tlcscribed, I can do!" Ifo got tho work. ??? ???- tv Mohal.8 ok SoiiKow.r-Hut for the sorrows JJ ' of tlic heart, where would the aft'cctions find 4* I their strength ? Our. virtues, like tlio nroj matic shrubs of the forest, only give out their I sweets when their leaves arc bruised and train pled, lie who has not felt sorrow uiny bo ' scarcely said to have known lovo; sinco tho most precious joys of the soul aris3 from sympathies that arc seldom known till they ?ro | sought, and never sought till they aro iieccs1 sary to soothe nn infirmity or satisfy a need. I ?-t:T?/ tt i A V^UKSTION. ?Vl OWJl, Hie 1.1 IIUI VUI^ n : long. A low more smiles, n few more tears, some pleasure, much pain, sunshine and pongs, I clouds and darkness, hasty greetings, abrupt * | f.i re wells?then our little play will clone, ami ! injurer and injured will pass away. In it t : worth while to hate each other? A l.ADY, paying a visit to her daughter, who was a young widow, asked her why she wore the widow's garb so long. " Dear mam- . . ma, don't you sec," replied the daughter, " it, I | saves mo the expense of advertising for n busband, as every one can sec that ! am for sale | by private contract." ^ I i r is s:iid that a man who is liunir docs not p-iy the debt of nature, but simply gets an i extension. Notico. VI.I, persons indebted t<? In* Kstnle of A. I*. Tavlnr. deceased, must make payment at ; unco ; and those having demands against Miiil 1 K-itaio will present tlicm, legally ntte.stcd, within the time proscribed bv law. 1). S. gTKlHI.IXa, Adni'r. ' A tip. 22. |S00 4 3 Sl'ATK OF SOLTTII CAROLINA, i IN OltKINAUY CITATION". \lr IIBUBAS. I>;? vi?l !S. Striding hiilli np|?Iio>I lo I I I me tor letters ol" administration upon nil niul singular the pi>rs?n:il cstnte of Juuicti Allen, i deceased. lateul' the Oistriot of Pickens nml State ' iilorcsititl: Tiio kindred and creditors of s.sid deceased arc, tliercfore, cited lo appear before me at I l'iekcu:) 0. II. on Monday 10th September next, i to shew e:ms . if any they can, why said letters 1 should not l>e granted, (.liven under my hand nml se;il, ih.s'J > I Aurust. ISii'l. w. B. 110I.COM UF?. P.P.r>. !RAILROAD MASS MEETING! BARBECUE, AND INDIAN BALL-PLAY, I AX/ IM< conic oft'at Franklin, Macon County, t r N. C., on Saturday, the 8th of Scptcm her 11c xi! Arrangements will In* made to nceommndnto ! all vvlio conic* and an invitation to I to present in [extended tv? oxtvylioily "and tho rest of mmii kind." | Several di^tlii^nislicd gentlemen will ho pre| sent and address our people in behalf of tho , l'l.l'K UlDCK KaIMM).\I> K N TF.lt ritlSR. I .-\ii :i11?>ixi:im?t> jirovisimis win numon ino | tiililoH and ilio Hurl,eeue will lie done up in very 1 g'? "I style. Tlio indi an iiai.i. 1'i.av will l,p conducted l?v 21 stalwart 11illi>ius. dressed in Turkish csiuine : and tlio intervals of tlio play will lie enlivened ' I*v :i!>|iri.piini?> music. : ' w i! tik'im \v! 1 .1 15. SII.K15, - I I li rectors 1>. I.OYK. I of the. II. (i. WOOHFIW | Tninrw N. S. .1 A UK ITT, | 7.7m- A*. .1. T,. MOO UK. I Notice. A 1,1/ I'KIJ.SON'S indebted to the K>tate? of lames Ijiiv. dpootipcd, ami also uf .lamen M. i/iiv, defi*iti>u?l, will make prompt payment ; ami all tlmae having demand-* against jjn't'l K-tntiw. must present llioin. legally authenlieatod, within the time p evori'teil I v law. M. IjAV, Kau'i* it Aihn'r. Aug. 2. iSC.lt 1 J> _ Law Notice. ; 'Pill' undersigned have formed n paituorfMp in j 1 the practice of Law ami Kquity lor Kickem* ' Oisdii t. Mr. IIaudkn may l>c commlted at his i oilier In I'iekcns anil Mr Oitit n( Anderson. J A M IIS I,. 4 Hilt. W. M. HADDKN. 1 I'h'liciis II.. May II). 1 X:?'. Hacksmithing. A TIIK l'XPKKSKjXKD in now prepared ? K)i.i ilo work in liis lino, nt .?!n>rt notice. \r nii'l in n workmanlike manner. Ilo can always Ijc found at lii* Sli?ip. Term* moderate. IlAlllllSGX I1AYNKS. <M. 1:1. I S.">0 12 tf Tit 1*2 STATK OK S()l Til (WHOMXAr IX OltlMNAm ?CITATION. nr111;IIHAS, Roli'l. A. Thompson, c. k. r. n.. applies for letter* of ndiainislrulion. will* ' (lie will nnnexcd, on Ilin estate of Itob't. I?. Miller, deceased. laic of the District of l'ickons an?l Slate aforesaid: The kindred and creditors of said deceased. lire, thereforo. cited lo appear before me at . rifUi'ilH I il |)H tl.mv.l., .. Illl? ?.#* | next, to shew onuse. if any they pun, why said letters should not be granted. (liven under niy haml ninl seal, Iliia 'JOili .July. 1800. \Y. K. lioi.coMr.i:. im>. GRBKNV1LLK MARBLE YARD. fJ^HK UnbsorilAsr lias imi hand ninl in cmiMtiiib i ly roi*oivinj* n largo ami varied assortment l> American p.nd Italian Marble*, ! I'u which lie would call the attention of thonrin want of it suitnl'l" Mouinienl to mnrk t lie spot where rcp.iso ilie remains of ilieir departed relniivoM nml frionds. Curving ami lettering of till kind* neatly and promptly executed. Ci^rl'arliculur intention paid lit 01 dor/ |?v iwiil IA.MKS M. ALLKN. Greenville C. II..8. 0.. Feb L2 ol-tT N. 1$. He refer" !' I) <i Westfield. (lower.Cox* ' Markly & Co., Dr. M H Karlo. W II Wntaun, Ks(|.. Col I) Ilnko, K .VoKtiv. K"q. Law Notice. j'PIIH undersigned will devote himself entirely 1 to the practice of Law nn<l Kf|itily on I In* Western Circuit. Mr. 11 a i? i?kn is his purliier at Pickens. J AM KB L. OHH. Anderson c. H.. Mny 10 IffiO 4K >r | j. >v. xoiiims, j?. j. w. ii ann iron. r.. o. iti.i.iam. I NOUUIS. 1IAIUUS0N & PITLLIXSU Altoriiej'n n( I,u\v, AND SOLICITOUS IN KQUITV, j ILL attend promptly to all business cii'vitf-te<) U lo their eare. Mn. I'ii.liaji can V.ways L& full 111 I ill tlm I Itttnn omCK AT IMCKKN8 0. II., 8. C. Jflepf. f>. 1 Rort ft tf W. K. KA8I.KY. ISAAC WICKI.I Y FE. EASI.F.Y & WICKtlFIE, Attorney* at I.iiw. 1 yVILL atttMirt punctually to all Itiif-irrM ?>nI I y trusted lo their earn in llio I?im riiis I comprising tlio Western Circuit. OFFICK AT 1'ICKF.NS C. II., K. V. Rept. 2ft. IBM 18 If i HIDES AND BABK WILL llli B0UU11T AT FAIR PRICES by .1. K N. SMITH. Tun Yard. .Tnn 4. IHfi^ ? OA_?f I * , ^ ITSM STATU OK 8OU01I CAROLINA, IN or.DiNAiir?01TAT10M. \r VHMII3A8, Ilob'i. A. Thompson. o. r.. r. 1 applies to mo for lellcri of adminislvntiou upon all hih) singular tlio personal eMatc of Aliiry , Murphy, deceased, late of QeOPgilli The kindred mill oreditors of sild deceased, iivc/theroforo, cited to appear before rne at I'lckcii C. If. on Fviday 7i|i September, Io shew ouuso. iT any they enn, why said letters should not bo grunted. Uireii under inj hand and seal. this 2fllh .Inly, W. K. IIOLC'OMBE, or * n\