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v :l p* r:i)\ The Little Girl that Meets Me. The re'.s ;i little girl iliut meets me, And with her laughter e?er greets lac, Ami to kiss her o!t entreats me, \ I vt...,. the jmIIi < t 1. o ilreary. Where I)iv.* '.ui'l'Mu' i i.i rt. nit-1 weniy, Sjluuli'v the mnliyht, yiiiiii'i;, lil'itr me, On my way. She lias eyes inliluo ns heaven: Unly u^eil about l icvcii: i But unto her <." ? ?I In*.- given h'ueh a heart, That lorovor -la1 is vingiu^ Ami her sweet voiee e\er riugiujt. Uciiuiv o ! t!.'' r\]?t li-.-uri bringing, Swi'ci ua ni l. With lu r - mm;, Jmir. ?' > oii l v ; Willi !icr (oolli, >.? wliitoiiH'.l i?carlyf I 1 i\ ? III ' llW i:l! uml O.U'l_V, I'y tlie wr.y. An I I tkc lior I nnl. iim?.1 }<nv?i ic I :i i.. i v ii, jn -1 11> can -? il ? I'lVllV litllo llOlul?(.i'nl it ! ' I do M.iy the W 'il.1 smile Kiiuliv on her, l'lpiU'ilictions fall her. Angola l'C her guar<l ol' honor, A* she * Throiijxli iiit-4 v. ' iM >>1' < ui'i singing I'.m ' I'Mi. uti'.i i spirits bringing, >.' < i'f I ?i<;ro heart w l ilivirt;,? \\ !i it* \Y<II>8. AI i y tin.' M?ve':lesl harp in heaven ? l'riglite>t t-vown licit o'er w:i# given, \\'!iere the waves .if lite arc driven Past (lie thi'ijne? I.cho to her '> linger, !'(!?! lliM* Mllt'i* OVIII' 111. '.** AVliilu ciuli angel In' :i singer, t lioiiu!! J .wn ?mm:? . in inT-YtTMn n m o c> b iiv] u n j o at u o n =*? I Oil nil. K KOWKK COlltlKK. Sketches of Life in South Carolina. M.MIil'.K TWO. The |V?I|' VOUDir mother was ?>:il linrpil I her lathers men who. in their day. had dolK a good ji.ri towards .securing the lilcssi mli.s ol liberty in our country. Iler orphan children tii" baby,and two brothers only a little old it ? v> distributed among their nearest relatives, t'. rtiu ir onh ivm.'.iniug parent, unable t<> b>- *r ihe d< solation ot' hiv one /'"/'/'// boine, went abroad, and there remained a very loiij; tin."', The " uiiiui .n1" went with " hci child "?as she now openly calh 1 lu r littli ebar "i1 ? aiiri t>.? t ?' t ?Jn- > 1.. 1 ; ,'"y ' i ""?1J11*"*' l?y 11??.' n al nmi inward fceliii:;' 1" ! . ;;i J c > ..ji.i--i. n t..wards tin* desolat iiitie erea tuiv, w!i i. l'\.i for her. would Inn * did!?fur in a'.u r years. even v. Inn the infant was nu r'nt ill tile U!i'_ i::dV, " daughter " V.:.: till- Olll\ ita.:." which l.i r mauiiur ? \ . : t iiir.r j^i'vv i; r. Aud deeply did the | ornncduca lid v' lol'cd woman feel her responsibility and t!ic W"v/ht > - flu' promise made to the dead itir.fli. . *1*1 ..l.II.1 - .1 1 ? ' ... .. * ii i i uriA'u i?? IKT uu.voiu, :unl mi In r hoar) r.ieht ami tlav i*. uovor It'll lior? .ii*l iif????au{ wore tin* e;uv.< N> save t!i? life niul iM'iii.-'.i tlio health <>!' (ho littlo helpless h.l> t'niH early < '.' it >!' her inothor. Vii'l i:i?w h'>th oi' t!n.-in wori' p >vi <1 t<i th> eenlro !' Iho city, to a orowtlo'l hut !; -altliy situation; built up ar, 1 surrouiuleil hv house: * iuhahitoil l-y thewoalthi relassof inhabitants Tlioir homo vrrs iniw in in oM, hut lain:' ami hrtiulsomo ilotthh- hou. o : hut unlike many eit v houses the yard attach' ! to it (ami even the trarden were coniined. and entirely too public 1 j'.y ' little liirl t?> play in. Winjrow-rl?> >kod i v ot "HL1j 1"' ~ . .\v vers. L. M. I Const qiuiitl y the-treet was the only place lor a i hild ;.o .situated in take the air in ; and tin- i.iu e daily (except in b id wo.:ilurr i tu^k her in tiic streets lur air. (.'Ji-nerally she took the infant in her aruis, but inny wen- the carriages sent tot uurse and child to visit the orphan's relatives nti 1 t'riciuK Ti inaunier would say that .. .. ..i.i l:i-?. -- < > : 'i " " .-II- 1. Miivt ill " u l\ < .1 xjuefll III IIIR llllOSl c;iiTi;i?;'-. in ti.wn, wi'h her child, while the white ! ai< - \\t it!<I walk it on loot.'' i !ii.-< si-jrlit i.- freijuontly mot with in tin- Southern C'itii.?;i hand-ome c?irvi:iwith :.ll its ap pointmoiii.s (>f i'mo horses, driver, toot man, A; ,.,:ind imide, \u .<?!< ?ui s/ittr, i and otherwise almiC) a i !; '< nuv> with a baby or a little cbijd in her arms. 1'Grsons raised in the niiinlrv arc apt to t, inl; that the air of a ei . iiii'.st n -ci "ari'.v 1 very eonlined and un/hoaiiln : .1 i'\r. - ; \ut;iisliiie where the sH' < I' the old .' panisli built town are very m.n v..) I haw not found it so, in an\ Southern i yarlerst. Wide streets, shaded from the it miner sun by numerous and very pretry trees, amnnu' which the i|uecnlv in.ij*noli.'i, the .-lately dm, the uraeoful lindotl. and tliopiide of" India, with its bright ureen foliage, st ; nd coiisj.i' "i -in. (>p?*n squares, a!so shaded by t;v <, and large and numerous gardens, a fiord plenty of sweet in sb air even in the mid.-t of the .streets that are uiust built ill). 1 have seen manv iardi ns evfeiulinnr lY"i* one square ton not her; sun.etinus i In.ve seeii a house built i.i the mi<I He of a garden, which girden was surrounded by others, until one was alnit ; cheated into thinking one's self in tiie e miitry. The birds would sinjrall day among the I r es, and nests of \oung Mucking birds taken, ami the young birds reared in e ifrom the.eeity gardens l>i >ides. the climate at tiio South being mild even in winter, t!i: eliildri i are accustomed to live out. doors, where the ]>ir.< ap, >, banana and orange flor Mi and bear fruit in the open air. Jt is true tnat the yavel :?{ :; -lied to tin* housr whore our little orphan found a home was confined, hut that w.s an exception ; thoro wetv not, and are not many such in Charleston, tin. city w'lfrii the events ot' which I write took pl.ee. The drive- in th vicinity of this city arc very beautiful ; the farms near, with their old-fashioned farm houses, being quite unique in tli-^ir way. ( ('< ! .sure that such iuag;iilicent live oak t:< - are not to be found elsewhere in the world. I saw one in which a table might be s ' v.ith a dozen men around it. And then th^ gray inos- hanging in festoons from the branches, give a venerable as well r.s picture jue look to these fine old trees. The ruads, with t'11; branches of trees mectincr in an aivh overhead, and enlivened ns well as beautified by clusters of the wild and the daily 10 . which latter, mnch prized at the North, is almost wild at the South. And then the brilliant, (rairrant, sweet and graceful yellow jessamine, delijrht:n;j; the senses of sight and Bincl 1 ; its peculiarly graceful vine han^inu and twining its golden clusters in and about the trees, and everywhere. The farm-houses, simple, but taking the mind, especially the imagination, back to the days of the old English colony, even before the Revolution. The low ceilings, the high backed, and stiff, black mahogany chairs, the. tall and slender posted bed steads, the old fashioned China ornaments, high, precisc vasos, shepherdess*# in pink, and tho shephard'j in greon and red, thcii k I I I I I _ I MM I I IB I II , M crook nud dog, fee., &c. The low, sloping roofs, also covered ? ? '? moss, (ihou"h of u different Kind fruin thut on the tnrs,) the profusion of vegetation, the beautiful creeks ami branches, make a visit to the environs of i u..?i - > iKiiiVMuii ;i 10 every olio, mnl even ? eurio.sity tu the stranger, especially from the North. 'l'lio " I'our mile house," well known to ev( i v native of Charleston as the boundary of ii.any drives taken by the ladies tiiul ehildreu, leaving the dusty eity behind, at least for a time. And also, (i regret to say,) it is the boundary of many a drive taken oil tile Sabbath dnv hv 1 the l:?l>oviri?r population of the city, who take tin- jt?v 'or one of frolic as well as rest from labo.-. ' I oil Tin: K 1 OWKK ( ??I It I Kit. Extracts from a Letter, dated Corona, Miss.. Nov. 15, 18C0 Friends, out! and all, according to my promise I must give you a few lines, for the year ha* elnsed since I canic tu this place, and with it many "i the good and great have passed away. I have great reason to he thankful, for we have never enjoyed better health than since we have been here. As to the deaths here and in South Carolina, there hasccttain1.. i....... .i. -i " uv.u *11v- im^i mcir irum an i can iciirn. We have had no ease's of chills, and but few near to inc. Our country is in a prosperous condition. The Mobile and Oliiu Uailroad is completed close by, and two depots in about ;-imiles of where I live?( nutownnnd Carrnlsvillu. At liuntown we have a line Steam Mill, and in a short time will be a Wool Factory. This out-;_rrinds by half any South Carolina Mill I ever s!\v ; and for the instruction ! ut' the curious, the runner is below and the bed-stone nbove, and not more than tlirce feet across, it' that. I have repeatedly sent there with t. ivilit or ton bushels and uot back by two or throe o'clock, and never once failed to j;et uiimting done. W e have also good Mills oil Talhili.itcliy -some throe or four run by water, from fifteen to sixteen miles above ?they are not line, but make line flour. At Kossuth they have two Plough Shops, ami buy ohl pot wave ami ohl irons and east ploughs out of 1 them. The farming tools here I consider as ' superior to those of Carolina, and the land in tho lint woods and many other plaecs, are beautiful to cultivate. \Yc have more different kinds of water here than any place I ewr saw. The bored wells, even, are very different they are about "> i inches in diameter, and range from l.~>0 to 'Jot feet deep?the water rises to fit) or 7> ' feet, or it tnav be more in some instances : the buckets are t'onir fool loiijr, with a valve in the I bottom. These wells ate only bored where 1 ih'-re is an under layer ? < marl, which, in Millie instances, conies in three feet of the top . of the ground ; in other plaee.s, twenty l'eet. 'I hey also have to embed to the marl. In other places we have dujr wells, tlicy are gon v rally shallow ; In olher plaecs we ha\e springs, ; but not buhl like the Carolina springs. it i.-> now too lute to buy cheap la . !. ? in this I country. Lands (hat, fifteen \ cars au'o, sold i for 81. bri.iir from SRi lo now. 1 think I Wo thirds ol the imimhif imi m'n I lit.i-.i.c.. ' and the must "I them havo 11?>11o well. W e have ntt ]iino in the Hat woods, but \v< miss tlint very little, lor the wood burns much better than i:i Carolina. Sonic of my neighbors teil me that t hey have made as Itiuh as twenty1 i'oitr bushels f wheat per acre. I tim int'urmeil that 15i:n.i\min t i ass a way's grandson took the premium on corn thisvoar; the amount was one hundred bushels t<? the acre. I i:!-; was at lliplev. Hut ! think I have seen land.-' in t Y.iolina that would hrii u a.ii ,y'[>,m! 1 l.:.),/'-'n n M i"; l>ut eTti< T: !feii In,PL's tiviiNv.M" I" ! ' " ]?<?untls per acre. One of my neighbors says ili.-t he ->ver i-.:e>. one vcar with another, live bays to *1... ...4 -I ' - 1 ' .mvi tui ll HI -|iillf. I IIIMiC I.ISC!" \ .111: S this year oil new-jrr* und, wiiln vit manure, than ! over saw with such a drv si-.\si)n. The cow ranj^i; in tin* immoili:tt * lie?u.1?1 ?i"l?ii<.?1 i.s very poor, 1 >ut whin mast hits il is a jireat place lor hogs. Tlu re is a place ail j? ii?iisii* me t'li tin' west side, called an old, poor place, which sold last winter fi r s'1' per acre, i'i'.l a -n - ? some (i'l acres or n;i>re of which, 1 si vi-ar. produced 1 (_M (I wurth of /.t.11 i . 11' i . ..1 i * . -.I'.n ,.."i turn, ii i fiiim jii'i turn laililS I would like in ."Vutli Carolina 1 would rather live there than here; but I have mado more lion; th:s \car than I ever made in Smith ('ui'olinu any year, <1 routh <.r no drouth. Hut I have nnt been here loiij; cm.u::h I t? speak of thi.4country in i.s true a liuht as it' I had b< en here two or three years; for one of my .South Carolina friends says to me in a letter, that, for two vears his familv was vi i v 1111 (?.* 11 di?>;.t i-lic < 1, hilt tllilt l!"W till V Weir iiil Well satisfied, :i11< 1 cuiilil inako inure thiili tlioy could gather with the same hands, and on the v.!i<i"i \ h:;d holt, rod his condition. Wo have : I so a '..i' d n;;.i v lcini'.H of 1. r.d in this oounliv : ! !.. haiiiiiioo, hald prairo, givy, white oak and the beeswax. I!nt lest I -!:< uld weary your patience I will close fur tins time. K. <!. .Mi I.I.I N MX. Tin. iSaplist Stale (.!un\entinii i i' Alnlmma, in :it M'U.i^: Miirrv. ?<>i tin: I lili iiiM.. adopted a preamldo stud resolutions, presented I?y llov. I5:is51 .Manly, wliieli tot forth tlie !* ?llowinjr: 1'ioiii llio ndininistration r>f tl:o Federal < loveminent, 11s tiling's arc?especially willi rel'ercnoo to our peculiar property rceo^nized l?y tlie Ci'ii'litulion?we can no lunger liopc for juMiue. ; .oiootim or sal'-tv. AVe liavo supposed ourM'hi:< entitled t.? equality of ri^lits, as citizens of this republic. We are not willing to suitcu lor tlion), ovoii iit ilio ri.-U i>1 life anil nli wo hold most dear. While, as yet, no partioolar mode of relief i? lief ore us, <>n which to express an opinion, we arc constrained, licfore separation to our snored homos, to declare to our iiretiiren and iolio\\ citizen-. !?e!'::rt? mankind, and I.efore our (!od. that wo It >1 <I (?opsoKi>? ?nl. joct to the call of proper authority in dofencc of > the sovereignty and independence of the State of Alabama, of her rights, as a sovereignty, to withdraw from this I'nion ; and to make nnv arrangement which her people, in constitutional assemblies, may doom best, for securing their rights. And, in this declaration, wo heartily, , deliberately, unanimously and solemnly unite. Let Goon Tiiinos Go Roi.ni>.?"Keller sogers," said a newly elected lieutenant of mii ; litia " I'm allfircd obliged to you for this shove up in tlie ranks you have given me. Feller sogers, I'm not going to forget your kindness soon, not by a darned sight ; and I'll tell you what it is. I'll stick to my post like pitch to a pine board, so long as there's peace, but as I go 111 i<>r rotation in MHee, ami it wo should como to blows with tlio British, darn'd if" I don't resign right ofl', and give every fellow a fair shake for fame and glory, and a!' that 'ere.' Tiik first of all virtues! is innocence; tlie , second is modesty ; and neither departs without being quickly followed by the other. ' It is a great blunder in the pursuit of hap1 piness not to know when we have got it; 1 that is, not to be content with a reasonable andpotsiblc meaturo of it. The Present Financial Crisis. It is impossible for any one who fools an interest in the prosperity of our ? imuuity, to remuin unmoved by the prcscn Veeling of uncasincsx which prevails in the commercial ..1......... ..e .1.:.. i 1.1 i . . nuonvn VI .Ml- 111 J J illlU MlllOUgU 1 IIUV6 my- j self iio personal interest in the mutter, it sccma to me well to bring before the public ; impressions gathered from conversations with business men, ami thus to invite their atten- j tion to the question, whether a commercial i crisis can be avoided. The cotton trade being tlie main-spring of i our commerce, Mid our whole prosperity de- j | pending upon it, it will be unnecessary in | this communication to go beyond it. The present system of conducting that trade appears to be as follows : A., a factor in Savannah, sells cotton to 15., an l.nglish buyer, ''who draws upon bis bouse in I'mgland, and pays for that cotton with his sterling exchange; his house in Kngland we shall call ('. who, we will suppose to be a .Manchester manufacturer, has previously sold to an equal amount goods muufaeturcd from South urn couoii 10 i?. in .Now York, and is the creditor of l>. A. sends his sterling bill to New York ; l>. purchases it, with it to pay his debt to the Manchester manufacturer? the money with which lie buys it being derived, to a great extent, from the previous side of similar imported goods to Southern merchant. In other words, Knghmd is the debtor of the South and creditor of the North, and our local transactions have been effected by the Southern creditor getting the NorthernVlubtor to cash his drafts on Knjdand. The present embarrassment in the cotton | market seems to have arisen from a distrust at the North of our Southern merchants, founded upon two grounds. The iirst is a nf ll.rt >- ' .1 ? 1 ?. V/. PV.MI IH > UI i \Mll 111"I II lldll.M'K during the present trouble* as drawei.s upon Kngland; the second, a doubt w lie*licr our .Southerii purchasers of manufactured goods will buy from Northern m< rehants and meet their obligations. This distrust existing, nnd supposed to continue, 1>. declares to purchase sterling, and our seller, A., not being able t>> cash his sterling bill at home or at the North, must either collect his draft through the mail steamer to Kngland, or decline to sell for anything but bullion. If betakes the sterling in payment, he is delayed before he. can get i.:.. :<* i --- " > mo iiMiun?u no insists upon million, lie must dccline t<i sell at all, for the ?!?1 is nut in thehnndsof the buyers. Hoes this involve inevitable stoppage of cotton sales, or merely a delay or temporary cessation of trade?? I think that, with proper discretion ?>n the part of our community, only the latter. The moment that it is understood in Kngland that sterling exchange will not brim: cotton, and that gold alone will, gold nnift ( (line or the mills must stop, and their million ' of opt ratives be driven by starvation into rein llion. The gnld then will be sent until a system lie establised by which sterling can be negotiated with us at home. I the mean, time, it is ciy tainly clear that' our business I men, among themselves, and our banks, as the governing spirits in money matters, must extend ample mutual credit and banking facilities, (the latter being the more practicable, as the Ijcjrislature is passing a bill for suspcn sion,) until uur trade shall revive by the an' ticipated inauguration ??t" specie payment fur cotton. Whatcv y n"iay bo the cfrtifSC "f political event^ we must anticipate fur sutne weeks ^ J'-iay and depression in our market, hu', iHicv are far from that ruin which will Certainly follow a sudden ntcempt to oact debts from each other in this period of bus:nes> stagnation. Snrun>mh \in-< Lock out for Humbugs. \\ i* have pood reasons fur often up' :t word ! of .-jicciid caution to our readers "about lln.se da_\s." At !( >-t li;df a dozen schemes for extensive Mvindlim_r Imve come to our knowledge during tiie. past niontli. " Private " and "Confidential" eireulars by the million, are now beinii iiianufaetured in t!ii city. <ireat numbers of these are daily sent o!i, 1'iit the business is t<> be largely increased soon us tlie excitement of I lie I'rcsidi i..ial l'.leetinn is over. There is scarcely a family in the I nited Slates or Kritish I'ruv* inees, wdiosc I'ost (Mice address is not recorded in from one to a dozen e>i: lilisliinent^ in sume of nur larjio cities, and tempting, ! |>!: II.-il;K' eirculais will Ik? sent tlirough the mails In I hi m, oilcring ;.!l : ui t,s of inducCliK n(s in get lheir mom y. in hittrry iiml gift enterprises there is nolliing new to ho specially noted?each scheme mi matter how tempting, is so much of the character ?f" a hundred others that have gone hi'lore, that it is surprising how there can be 11illnd foolish persons enough to keep these Inunbugs alive. One of the most wily schemes to be pushed this autumn and winter, is the offer of so called jj?>I?I :ii t ichs, such :'.s magnificent gold pencils," pens, etc. A few articles j obtained at one of the manufactories of these articles, show that they arc being turned out I.y the ten thousand. A "good pen and mag niliccm case," is stamped out of some cheap metal, and then galvnrii/.ed over with tin" thinest possible film of gold. The whole is done so skillfully, that the common observer will liuil it utterly impossible to distinguish between a bona lido article worth to iMi, and the bogus one costing G to 1 "? cents! The outside lilm of gold, though less than the two hundred thousandth pari id' an inch in thickness, is vet enough to cover up the inside bilso m^tal, and prefect it from the usual acid test, while the filling of cheap metal prevents detecting the deception by the weight. We have seen a pen and case that cost I ( ) cents to manufacture flint irac as a premium or " gift" ami no one but a practical goldsmith or jeweler could detect the deception. The same remark applies to | various other gilded (not gold) articles. These humbugs, and inunv others, were, so thoroughly exposed in our pre.ious volume, that we have deemed little on this topic to be needed during the present year. It now :? -- 11 > un u it wouiu no soon necessary t<> :ij^niit go into a regular overhauling and exposure of a lot of new " humbug enterprises." Jjft it be remembered, first, that the more 'splendid and plausible the scheme held out to the public, the greater is the concealed deception ; and second, that if one is lead to open a correspondence, with these humbug operators, even out of curiosity only, there are ten chances to one that the " wool will l>e pulled over his eyes," and that, in the end, lio will he " taken in and done for." [ American Af/ricuftunst. Praisks nre valuable only when they conic from lips thlt have the courage to con| dcinn. Ik you hear a person sny that lie hasn't a friend in tho world, you may he pretty sure tint he doesn't deerrvc ono. . I .' .XLit.L'-i I1" . JU.'-.;.1 i . . - ? Kourting in the Scasuns. I luv to kourt in wintur The ma 11 i gurln I no, When nil outside is dreary And kivered up in snow; 1 luv to kourt in wiutur ltukuwse the old folk* dred The kold i nd story wethur, And huriopb to bed. I luv to kourt in springtime \Yhen all isbiite Mlilgiiy. When no tin* smiles so sweetly, To chase the kol?1 uwny: 1 luv to konrt in spring time, Hekawse I lie gnrls, >'u ,is' Tliey look so or I'll I pretley In dresses eu( so lo. I 1 iiv lo konrt in summer Wlien awl tilings tire in hlum?, Ami yet I tliynk tlint knurling Will ever lie mi <lnmo. For I Iwve askeil jnst -1 Of all the gnrls I kno, 'I'o have mc lor their hiving one. ! Ami they have answered?NO! r rum uic rn'iiuoiiiu anu i lie Down. Giving the Sack. Some eighty or a hundred years ago the ! body of a man was found in the Tiber at Home, i It was recognized as that of a porter well , known about the city, but a stranjrer tiling was that a second body (also that of a man) was found at the same time, tied up in a sack which was strongly stitched on the collar of the coat of the porter. This body was not so easily recognized, but the strangeness of the circumstances set all the authorities immediately to work in the greatest earnest, and cxcitod much interest in the city. Before long, suspicion arose, which attached itself J to a | woman of doubtful character, who lived in | the outskirts, and whose husband had all at once disappeared. All, however, that was known was tliis, that she had lived unhappily with him. Nothing could be discovered or brought home to her, beyond the fact that lie i was gone, and of course .'-he maintained tliat ho li.nl left her, and that she was a much injured person. And thus, as there was no proof, alter a while the talk of the aftair was dying out, when all at once it was fanned inI to a flame again ; the suspeeted house was levisitcd, ami the woman actually brought to confess the truth, that she had murdered her husband, and caused likewise the death of the porter. I pon this, without further ado, she was apprehended, and had to undergo her trial. 'I he obtaining this confession, and the discovery of what had baOled the wisest heads in Koine, caused a very great sensation, hot j nobody seemed to know how it had hern . brought about. I'pon her trial she said she bad murdered her husband out of jealousy, j and with 110 help from uny human creature. ! Tho great difficulty she found was in dispoI sing of tin.' body. At last she bit upon this contrivance. Sbo crammed it into a sack, ' and sent for a porter with whom she w is acquainted. It was then the dusk of the even | injr. On his arrival she represcitt?<1 that she had been cleaning out her lr>tise, ami hail ! collected a great mrss of rubbish, which she i <li<l not know well what to do with, or how t<> i fret riil of; she thought it a ?;oi>d plan to 1 stuIV it all into a ..irk, ami have it tlirown into tin* r vcr. it was heavv, she said, hut she would ]?:iy 11im well for his job. and give him refreshment before lie started with his load.? I The matter tints arranged, tliev supped and caroused together, and she so plied him with drink that he was well-nigh overcome. She then brought out the sacks, and while pretending to adjust it to his shoulder, stitched it strongly to the collar of his Goat, telling him i all lie had to do when he got to the middle of , the bridge was to lean it toward the edite, and j chuck the sack as far as he could o\*i r the j parapet, so as to get it deal*out of the way into the current, and she would give hint his ' money when he camcback *, which, of course. , lie never did. Sill' could not toll, she said, 111>w it had been found out, but she supposed J (!odand the \ irgin Mother had brought it to light ; that was the whole truth, she added, and all she had to tell. When the trial had arri.ed at this point a younjj lawyer stopped ' forward, and asked her " it -lie had ever told anybody what she Ind done, or had any ar eoir.plice who could have divulged it '{" ' No," she5aid, " nobody had helped her, 1 and tin y might well suppose she would not be i Mich a tool as to tell it to any living crcai Hue." ' " What! nobody!'" the young lawyer ashed. l< No," said she; " only in y eon lessor." | 1!i re was the solution of the whole busi 11ess, and the lawyer soon discovered that the eon lessor lii.d a brother in the galleys, and 1 calling to mind an old custom that if a galley >1.1 ve can id! tlit* means of bringing a worse criminal than himself to justice, he received liis freedom, he arrived at the conclusion that the galley-slave had furnished the clue, which turned out to he the fact. The woman escaped punishment, as the discovery had been 1 made through a breach of the confessional.? j Tlit! father < ??nlessor absconded as soon as possible. The young lawyer rapidly rose to cmi i nonce. K.w u;rs ov tin. iMri imti A attiikWi:st ? ] We lind in many ?>f our Ohio and Indiana exchanges nceonnts of the ravages of dipthcrin. or putrid sore fluent. Adul's and children fall victims to if. The Holme. County (Ohio) Far? u or says it is racing to a fearful extent in the eastern townships of that county. A irrent many persons have died from if. The Saint i t'lairsvillc (Oliio) (lazctte says that within ton days Mr. Win. Harper, of I'oa-e township, has lost five children with diotherin. the eldest a daughter of 17 years. The balance of his family, three children, are sick with the same ' disease. The Auglaize l'etnoerat says the diptheria still continues ifs terrible attacks unon the citizens i?f Wapakoneta and vicinitv. I'iirinj; tlie summer the victims wore mostly children. hut grown persons tire now beginning to fnll victims to its dreadful ravages. 1 it Northern Indiana tlio malady has hcen vcr)- fatal. A Hr..\vv 1'i.ow.? A colonel, who is fond of telling tough'nns, especially stories of which he himself is tlie hero, lately drew tlie long how after tlie following wise : ' I ?-n? once in Montpelier," pays the colonel, " on official hnisncsR. During my stav a horserace came oft' near tlie capital: and as I am rather partial to horse-racing. I went to see it. Ju?t 11s the horses were nhout starting, some fellow insulted mo by jostling mo ruther rough1v 1? - . . . ii. .vn, vim ki'inv i iioii r ouen nght, hut ! xrlicn I strike, then I do strike. So I up fist, and hit Iiim n blow (hilt sent him nguinst the fonco into a field, enrryiwr with him nine secI tions of posts and rails. The fellow lny a short ; time, then raising himself into a sitting posture, he looked wildly around him. Gentlemen,' said he. 'has the storm done much damage? Did the lightning strike any 1 ),od v but me ?' " ? ? Lovk one human being purely and warmly, and yon will love all. The heart, in tliist heaven, like the wandering 8?n, sees nothing, from tlic dew-drop to the occan. but a mirror which it warms and filla A YOU NO girl generally loses her freshness by mingling with fashionnblo society, a* a bright by mingling with the s'cif. mmmmmmmmaamm The Midshipman's Duel. Wc lay at anchor in a sloopot-war, in a ! , snug cate in the Southern part of tlio Malay ! peninsula, into which wc had run to repair ! trilliii" dainaircH done to our standing riir- ' ging. I wan then .1 youngster, and inv oppo- ' ncnt was the dearest friend I had on hoard.? j , We slept in the name berth, a very cunfincd ( place, and our light came in through a ?out- j , tic in the ship's side. My cot was close to this opening, and my friend slept in another , outside mine. One night, after un unusually hot day, a dispute arose between us, whether J the scuttle should be left open for tlie ad- j ] mission of the air or not, and certainly very 1 inconsiderate language passed between us.?- ' , However it was only a buy's quarrel, and it was arranged that my messmate should sleep ( next tlie scuttle, and have it open or shut, , just as lie pleased; and when the morning ( I'nhappily our disagreement Imcl been over- . beard by a superior olliccr, who sent for inc into his cabin one morning following. This ! person was, a good seaman, and possessed what the world culls high notions of honor.? ] lie soon informed me that lie was acquainted j | with all that had occurred between us ; and expressing regret that such language had ' passed between gautlemen, desired to know | how we had arranged it. 1 told hi in.? " Then, sir," said this advocate of honor, " if that is the way it is to terminate, I beg to de , sire you will nut put your feet under my ma- 1 lioguny again, and all communications except tliOaC icl.iiiiig to du'y e^'iS"* hrtwcoil iis."? I left tlie cabin, astonished at tlie turn tlie afTair bad taken, and was .surprised to iiud another attaching an importance to circumstances which appeared to ine so trilling. However, upon consulting with the other uhKa'1>, ! discovered, unless I nailed out my friend, and shot at liiiu, tliey would imitate the example of their superior, and 1 fell I should be despised by all i board. At my inexperienced age it was not surprising, 1 implicitly adopted the opinions of the elder ollicers, most of whom were veterans in com- , iv.vismi I.,...vc.lt' v.. ..II I' J...... v.. t MII\; 1UIO illiwnvu I'M reflection, ami no one to advise with if there had been ; and [irmly believed that 1 was act- | ing the part of an boner;.1 le man, I sent a challenge demanding a imcting un shore at six o'clock the same evening, to alVord mc "satisfaction " for the insults uiy friend hud offend me the night previous. The stern ideas of honor which swayed our punctilious superiors prevented an apology, and nothing but a hostile meeting could ! make us friendly again. The day wore away rapidly, and at the ap- ' I pointed hour a party of six, including my i friend (for so I call him, although by the opinion of others he was tor the time con- ' ; verted into an imaginary foe,) jumped into i the boat and made for the shore. We soon reached the land, which was i covered with luxuriant tropical (lowers ; the distance was curtained within mountains, whose swelling sides displayed a thousand dill'erent hues, and the whole spot was pregnant with myriads of animated things. The l errand on which 1 came did not prevent my i admiration of the beauties of nature. I could have fallen on my Knees and worshiped the 1 >eing who had created sncii a place. The short revere was abruptly ended by my second, who placed the pistol in my hands; the distance was lixod, and trilling in! structions delivered to each, when upon the signal being given, we both lircd ;?in an instant I felt as though 1 had been clectrilicd, and finding myself wounded was about to lean on my second's arm, when I prcecivcd my opponent t.ill upon the .sand. .My own wound was in the lleshy part of the thigh ; it did not prevent my running up to the prostrate figure of my old friend, whose face exhibited intense pain, and kneeling down by his side 1 implored his forgiveness which he i i instantly granted. My despair at his late knew no bounds, and accusing myself of his murder, 1 upbraided with the bitterest re- , proaehes, those who urged nic to send the challenge. 1 thought no more of myself; all m * earc was given to the unfortunate victim <4 a >surd notions of honor. With great diiliculty we removed him to the boat and returned to the ship, when the surgeon minutely examined his wound, and pronounced it dangerous.? For weeks alter, his cot was attended by his late opponent, whose grcatcsj^joy was to anticipate hi> wants ; and the only consolation , left him is the knowledge that his care preserved liis life for a time. The result of tl- s deed upon the prospects of a promising young ofliecr was of a very ! melancholy description. From the nature ol the wound (the shoulder joint,) it became impossible for him to raise his arm for any serviceable purpose; his professional prospects were blasted forever, and he retired from a service in which, had he been able to remain, there was a reasonable prospect of his becoming one of its ornaments, to die broken-hearted in his native land. i.ookinu ,\iikai>.?An offer, from New York, of a club of fifty-seven young men, is made to (Jov. (list, if their services are needed. Tl.c writer concludes an follows: j " Sir, honorable patriotism must have its reward. Some will be satisfied with honor, others with pecuniary acquisition ; but, sir, I want to serve that sturdy republic which shall be founded on right, justice and equality ; and in order so to do, I respectfully submit my claim on the generosity of your l'<xccllcncy by asking the appointment of Consul for the port." Among the letters of (Jov. (iist, some are r...?i 1 IK.Ill int-uiiiiMiun iinu mil JxllH'll, USKlllg employment. We have no doubt there will be many m^re such. ^ Tuk Fhkk Xkcho Votkksok Ohio.?We ; arc often uskt-d if it is really true that 15,000 free negroes voted for Lincoln in Ohio ?? We have the plainest evidence in the world that they did. The anti-Uepubliern press , of the State boldly charge that they did, nnd the Abolition press admit the charge and boast of the deed. lias it come to pass ! Has it come to pass in our history that the peoplu of the South arc to bo voted d< wn and governed by a band of free negroes? Will we submit to be thus governed? " Is Sparta dead?" It is time , that that latent spark of manliness and pride in the Anglo-Saxon blood of the South should be kindled, so that it tuny wrap the 1'nion in ruins. ? ^ i Thk influence of men is not to be confined to the circle of their acquaintance, ltsprcads on every ?ide of tlscro, like the undulations i of the smitten water, nnd will reach those whom they never saw. A kit of thoughtless freedom hath somc; times brought repontancc for life. > j Rpi'l.KCTlON a flower of the mind, giv' log out whoUwoujo fragrance.' t HoW the last term of the Circuit Court of iB countj, l'ob't. J. MoGinty was sentencoH tlie penitentiary for three years each on? indictments for forgery. Verily tho lifijB man is strangely iuaue up of lights X shadows, ilob't. #J. McCiuty was onen loB ored and respeetcd by hosts of friends. pH ii long time he held the position of MayoiU Yicksburg; was one of the pioneer, a^| Grand Worthy Patriarch of the Sons of TcaH p< runee, several years a go. Had ascend^H to high eminence as a Mason, and held vifl l ions offices of distinction at different times.? And yet, in the grey winter of his existo, wfl with more than three-quarters of life's r.-udH ulrcady run, lie stains his soul, and blackch^H the record of a hitherto good reputation, withfl i crime that consigns him to the State prison ! 9 (), weak, .erring, tempted, and conquered hu-1 man nature, what a paradox thou art. How H ? i : 4 : . ? i'. I it . . a i A <* ti iiiiiu u i.; 10 uiiiiiu, aiiu now nauirai 10 lull. npj [ Copiah .Yews, Huzh'h it>'.<(, Miss. A man's trood fortuneoften turns his hend ; 1 his IkkI fortune as often averts the heads of | liis friends. 1 r is mentioned as a euriom ciroumstanco that a watch should he perfectly dry when it lias a running spring in it. It is a littlo tiling to speak a phrase of common com toll, winch l>y daily use han Mj lost its sense ; yet, on tlio oar ot him who thought to die unmourncd, 'twill fall lileo |H sweetest music Womkn who sue for breach of promise Jfl may fail to g.>t money ; but they generally rcceivo heavy damage*. Tiik grave is indeed hallowed, when the grass of the churchyard can cover all memory save that of love. Kotico IS hereby (riven tlial application will bw made to ilie OoainiisMotiers ot Uoatbs ni tlieir next meetiiijj. to ojieit a ruad IVum llic I'ridjio to lie built near Slmm's Kerry, lot lie Walluilla I'nad. near the eleven niiie post, and also to connect tin: same with tin; Oconee Station Ho id. October I. 1H00 1'J id TIIK STATU Ol- SOITII CA IIOMNA, jj in |.N OKIUNAKV. J^k James lingers, A.ln. r, | ,v?(inu for fina, Kilwiml liojrcrs. ct.ul. j IT appearing to my riniisfiietiou Mint Temperance Mi'WIiiivli'i', .IkIiii McWIiniu r. Iliijili lingers, I'ru-Ifnco Di e1111:111. Klleiulcr 11 obinsun, >111 11 lie heirs ill law nl'.'oliii Un}{oi'H. ileeensol, (naiiics anil 1111111ber unknown -1 ileleiiflu"I1 !? ? " ? ...:?i. t out the limits of tliis State: It is ordered. therefore. tluit (11o said ab-eiit ?1 IVikI:i 111s do njipenr in the t'ourt <>t' Ordinary. to be liolilell !lt I'ickens II.. on l*?*i?l:iv the Sili ihiy ol t'ebrnary next, to shew cause. it' any I hey can, why a filial settlement of jH| tin; list a to of .lames Uojjers. senior, deceased. should not If made on tluit <lny, inula decree hml thereon; also, in render their advancements, and iH reccitrc their distributive shares in said I'stalc. W. I'.. IIOI.COMI1K, O.P.D. Ordinary's Oflice. Oct 2'.'. 1 Si it I :5m Till: ST VTK <>F SOI Til (' A !!<?1,1 N A , H IS O It III N \ It V ? I'H'KKNH. II. A. Thompson, c.k.ims Adtn'r, | ,, .... r I Petition for H| m . i m n .1 1 I iirtiliuii. Martini .1. Miller, rt. id. ) IT appearing to my m:iIi.sfxclion iliai Martini J. Miller nikI I.aura I'.. Miller, defendants in tlii.s ease, ro.ddc witliutil ilie limits of iIti> Stale : li is ordered. I licrefore, llial lliu said absent parties do appear in ilici'oini ul' Ordinary, to lie lielil nl Pickens . II, on Monday (lie 1 *Uli day ol? lleceiiibyr kJH next, and object to (lie partition or s.-t'c of I lie Ileal listate of Uo'oert I,. Miller, deceased, or Ilioir consent to llie same will lit- entered of reeord. w. i: inn.t'oMUi:,n.F.ti Ordinary's Olliee. Sept. S. Isi'.ii :1m <;iu:i::s villi: imaklu: yakd. tfl rp^ilK sul>M'ril>o?' has >11 hand sm>l *n ennMaiit 9H 1 ly r?>iM>i\injj a hu^eand varied assoi tinont of A/ncrican ancl Italian T.Inl lc, ? To which he wi.nlil call 11n* attention of those in want ul'n suitable Munnniiint to mark tin* spot wlic'iC lionise 1110 KMiains ol their departed >elntives anil tYifnls. Carting anil lettering of all kinds neatly anil pnnnpth executed. ^-^""I'iirticular aH-mumi paid t?? orders I>v mail .1 A M IIS M. Al.l.KN. N. l>. lie refer* tn I'ti \\ estlield. (lower,0oxt MarUlv A: Co.. I>.\ M l? Karlc, \V 11 Watson, Km., ('ol 1> Mo!;o. II M.-K..V STATK OF SO I'Til CAIIOLINA. IN K^I ITV ? I'K'.vKN.i. W. S. X T. !'. WilliauiM ) v? l'n ition for Ilelief, ice. (ii'O. W. ilcKinncv. et.als. ) IT appearing to my Halislaclioii flint (Jcorgr W. Mcl\iiiiM-y. tfift! ..f ilit- defendant* in this cubc, resides wiilniiit the limit:) of this State: On mo- ?3[ lion of .Norton. pro pet: It is ni'ilui'ijil ttint thn ?aiil absent defendant iloappear ill this Court, and plead, answer or demur to the petition tiled in VH this ease. within three months from the date hereof, or it will he taken y>ro ciiitfixxo as to liiin. WHIT. A. THOMPSON. c.t:.l\i?. Oct. 20, 18?!0 1 'J ihn I .1. w. N(ii:;ms, .in. j. ?. tt.\i:iiison. /.. <. iti.i.iam. .\oums. iiaiuiTsox & wlmam". j Alloriwyn ?f ITjiw,' H| \ N' t) ? c l I 1 i' I T i? 1? e iv wi OMi v ? " ( .1 riv^ * 1 1 ? \l' I LI, j>ri>in]iily i<> all l>u.siiM?w? oftinuled 1! to tliciv cuiv. .Mis. l'l i.i.iam can a'wava be found in I lie t Mice. K AT PICK HNS H., S. C. jBB \V. K. KASI.KT IvUC WKhl.lKtR '-(W BASLE'S C: V/ICKLIFFE, Attoi'iiojN iti I nu. SM' UMI.I. aiiciiil piui'iiiully In nil liusinecs enini.^tcil in l!ii>ii' car" in the l*i?trici?? comprising I lie NVesU'i n Cm-nil. oi l |( T. I'K'KKIN'S II., S. V. J. H. VOIGHT, I B"a ii Jlamilitcf nrci* & SScpairri*\\HLI.givuMlriut attention to nil htiKiiieKM cnlviinM to<l to Itis euro, Titihm tlio mod rpiituniililr. NEW LAW F I KELT jft Iv KIT It A "wiLKKS. PH. A T T ? 'fi M ? V S AY L/hVJ. K 'IMIR iimlorBigiicd lnivitig formed n eopurlnersliip 1 tmdor the inline nixl Ht^'ln of KKITII A WILKKS. I^Vl in.i wmi mi'ii'i iiruMimi/ iw mi nusmess entrusted to litem fur llio District* of Abbeville, Anderson, JWjt Pickens. (Jrcenville, Spartanburg mid Laurens. .-_.jfcA Mr. Keith will pructice In iiic Kquity Courts in tbose District#. Their office is at No. R, IJriek Range, Anderson K. M. Kkith, Wadrrn I). Wji-res. Aug 14. IXfiO 4 1y__ Law Notico. 'PUB undersigned linvo formed n partnership in 1 the practice of Law and Kquity for l'ickonn District. .Mr. IIaiwkx may be consulted nt hi# iBfifj office in l'iekens and Mr. Onn at Anderson. J AM US L. OUR, \ir ta ii i i.i.uu in* VH ],lckAPf? 1' . jnv 10. 1850 4'2-tf , . ... ? ... mm . J Blacksmitliing. ' THE UNDERSIGNED is now prepared do work in hi? lino, at short notico, i and in a worknmnliko iminnor. lie enn alwnvs l>0 found at hi* Shop. Term* inodcrato. B M I HAlUtlSON 1IAYNES. llf I Oct. 13, 18&0 12 If M