Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, September 01, 1860, Image 4
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 " *
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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
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