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From the Patriot anil Mountaineer.
Three Cheers for Carolina,
llf l.Al'HA OWIN.
Throe cheers for hruve Carolina !
With willing hearts we *ec,
From mountain brow lo gleaming whore,
11 i*r banners floating free !
Hor banners of (lie proud deviec?
..ihti !uuuv r. "roj'licf ncrnll
With promises of glory rife,
Upon (lie breeze they roll J
Threecliecrs for brave Carolina!
A lofly heart she bears!
With lightning in her glorious eyes,
Her standard she uproars !
High purpose sways her mighty sc.nl;
There's strength within hor hand,
And woe. woe, to the dastard foe
That treads her silver strand.
Three cheers for brave Carolina!
Tlial lier banners float afar.
With the green Palmetto on its folds,
And the blazing golden Star!
May tlie broad Palmetto shelter
Her daughters fair and bright,
While her proud Star leads her gallnnt sons
To glory's dazzling height.
(ii'Cfnvi/fr, S. .Vol1, .'t, INOO.
o?&?wj!]0jvrii?w?o
KOIl Til K KKOWKK COUIUKU.
Sketches of Life in South Carolina.
N'UMHKR TIIIIKK.
Iii tho.se d iys if you h id visited the C'.ivi- !
runs of the oily you would have often mot, :
in some carriiiire. flic kind mnt.hor ?itli
her little delicate nureliug in her lap, taken
out there for cxcrcisc, and to breathe the pure,
sweet country air, made fragrant and healthy
especially by the numerous pine trees growing
in proves at intervals all along the road.
While the baby .was not yet six mouths old '
she had a regular invitation to "honor" the !
wedding of a cousin " with her company."?
The tnaunicr was delighted : she elio.se out for
, r ..xrtalu r , >< .
lit.le Mary a dr^ ^..utifiiHv embroidered
r V.^u-.e work and trimmed with narrow,
J but costly lacc, and looped up the sleeves with
i.:? . _..n_ ?:i I . i -I? i? : i - I
? imr *;iuii iiijiiii, r.:ijj ui liter, Hint) nil uroiui.r<0(1,
a 11 1 ornamented on tlie left side with a
small bunch of real sweet, blue violets, a necklace,
consisting of one strand of pearls, (an j
inheritance,) completed the "toilette" of the
little lady. Let tho real "connoisseurs" in j
such matters say if true taste was not displayed
i*i a selection." It is a l.iot that iittH Ti'rt i
noticed at any time, that the colored nursos |
of the South not only dress their charges with !
a scrupulous attention to cleanliness and neat- j
ness, hut almost always take a pond deal of j
pride in having the dress of the children both
costly and in good taste. They " turn up their
noses " at many artichs of dress that tho moth- j
ors think quite good enough ; no imitations ;
will do with them?the real liigli-prieed, original
faBric, or none at all ; ami in almost all
<?ases 'hey not only make up tlic childrens
clothes themselves. l>ut wi?li tliom ami " ?!.?
thorn up " also, allowing neither tin? washer- i
woman or sempstress to put thoir hands rn
their childrens' clothes. Hut to return :
Among the guest* at the wedding appeared i
the little motherless baby, unconscious, but in j
big' ??ood humor, as her mauiner took good i
care she should he The ceremony being over, i
salutations of the bride, itc., the bridegroom I
approached t' e baby and taking her in his |
arms, requested from the bride an "introduc- ,
tion to his new cousin." The attention of
the company being thus attracted to the smiling
little creature, exclamations of love and
pity were heard on all sides. Then some one
spoke of the devotion ard fidelity of the nurse, i
and immediately a collection was started for j
her benefit, and in a few moments a purse was J
made tip and handed over to her with the j
thanks" of the company for her kindness ,
to the helpless orphan. When our little girl j
was four years old, she was iigaln invited to a
wedding of a relative, but this time was asked
to bo a bridesmaid along with a little cousin.
The two little girls wore white dresses, with
pink sashes and pink ki.l slices, and handed
round sugar plums to the company. The sugar
plums filled two small baskets, made of
ohinn, resembling stone of a light brown color,
beaded with white, and tied up with white
piiini i iuuiiii. i hi; reinuves itihi wnom t lie
little orphan found a hay py home were much
engaged through the morning hours ; consequently,
during that time tlie innumer had
entire charge of her, and nothing pleased her
more than to tell little incidents that occurred
in tlic life of her child. She told mc that
often she felt that she was notable in her own
strength to do her duty hy the child " as unto
Clod and then she would go and earnestly
f?eek from on high the help and guidance she
needed, feeling as she did how ignorant and
?a(.|, ,.1. - a ? .1 il ! . ? - 1
nnm Bin; wim. ^Vlltl 111IH IS ?y MO HHTillS .1
/ solitary, or oven peculiar case. I have known
many equally faithful, if not as pious?where
fashionable mothers, being milch engaged
with company, the ncglcct was hardly f?.-lt,
through the great and incessant earo and
watchfulness of the nur.-.e, even to a very judicious
administering of medicine when needed
Miss Murray, (formerly a maid of honor
to Queen Victoria,) says that the servants
nt the South are nearly the best iu the world,
and approach nearer than any others to the
old Knglish family servants. Especially (she
tiays) nrc the colored nurses superior to any
11 i?va nnillnx tuIM. ? 1 ?
vvnv.o uini niu 1UVU |OT
their charges very great firmness in never allowing
them to do anything wrong or even
Awkward and inelegnnt; mid more thnn all,
in many cases laying a foundation for nn after
life of piety. Miss Mi/rray saw for herself,
?nd hen00 her opinion, wliieh heing no muoh
jfr 111 favor of the South, in this and other matters,
gave so nmoh offence to tho Queen that
the " maid of honor " (I heard) found it expedient
to resign her place to avoid being dig.
missed from it. In it not strange that inulti*
i tudes judge out inAtitutioiiH and condemn them
\ utterly without having ony real knowledge of
\ i ttootn ; even more than a want of knowledge
igiioranco
quently leads to prejudice, false judgments, |
and fanaticism. 1 speak of what I have
known from my own , 'ual experience and
observation.
A few years ago some very peculiar eircum- !
stances load me to make :i visit of several days i
to an old Presbyterian Minister and his equal- |
ly aged wife, living in a little village in the j
very centre oi" Vermont. I merely aecompa- ]
nied a friend, (with whom I was travelling
North,) hnt was received by them very kindly
for her sake. They were poor, and kept but
one servant, a middle-aged woman, named
Hannah ; everything was very plain, and even
humble, but very clean and neat. They in- I
formed us?or rather it slipped out in the
course of their conversation?that they were I
in tin; habit of eating meat only on Sundays,
uu ovulltf "" 1-1 -?4 11 ' '
iiu-y luuiu iuic anoro ii oircner; j
but when entreated not to put themselves to
the expense of doing more for us?that we :
could do very well without it?they seemed j
hurt, saying they always hnd it for any guest '
with them. Seeing their hospitality, and yet j
also their poverty, we con lined our stay to two
or throe day*. Their home was a curiosity to '
me, raised a.. I was at the Smith where everything
is so different. The spinning--wheel i
and churn in the chimney-corner; Hannah!
seated at the dinner-table, and even considercred
bv horself m ?*w?ntor nn^nn'im *1.?
J h"""' V"<?" j
whom she served ;ed her consenting to
be their help w .o.dero 1 as a privilege
and i. vor accorded to them by her. Tliey
soon found out that, young as 1 was then, I
was and had been a slave-holder from my
birth up.
Tuk Life and Correspondence of (lencral
John A. Quitman, by .1. F. II. Claiborne,
comes to us from Harper & Brother, through
S. (!. Courtonay, !) Hroad street. This work
is in two volumes, and the .stylo in which it
has heen got tun up is worthy of the subject
ami the, events. Circumstances at this present
time will not permit us to give this deiW.H'rW
few lines ill
the usual form of acknowledgment, hut notwithstanding
the great pressure upon our column:.,
we cannot forhear copying a portion of
the author's description of the hattlo of
i luiruuusco. !tea<l the following and thou
go and buy the book :
Colonel Butler, of the South Carolinians,
had left his siclc bed against the remonstrances
of his friends to lead the Palmettos to the
combat. Marly in the engagement his horse
was'shot uU'ler him. Soon after he received
a painful wound'iii ill." n"d yielded the
columnnd to |jicutenant Coloiu;L^'<*'^'nson'
taking the Palmetto flag from the hands of
lit I^iinrQ I )i. 1-i non?? ??!.*.K! IT !
- . ^ II I : llftiri I 1:1
front, :iii?1 Bcggs was immediately shut down.
Ciil. Butler now came up to resume the command,
and was killed by the side of Dickinson
while standing under the (lag. Dickinson
himself soon fell mortally wounded, (he
died some weeks afterward) and Major (Jlndden
received it from his hands aisd committedit
to Lieut. Baker, who being unable, from
debility and exhaustion, to carry it, Major
(lladden placed it in the hands of Patrick
Leonard, and led his regiment to the charge.
His men fell rapidly, hut not one wavered,
from first to last, under the concentrated lire
of the enemy. In the whole history of war,
there has never heen a more striking example
of indifference to death, the result of stern resolve.
Kaeli man fought for the honor of
Carolina. Several companies were almost annihilated.
Some had not men enough left to
bury their dead, or bear their wounded to the
ambulances. The uniforms of some of the
officers were literally torn from their persons;
the color-bearers were shot down, but the flag,
l... !.?.] 1.1? > ? - ' 1
./. ( i n in inun- iiiimiu, was aiwavs ser/.eu as
they fell, mid Viorne to the front. Proudly it
(Inated throuirh the tempest of death until the
victory had been won, and then, oil torn and
blood stained, it. drooped over its own glorious
dead. Tlio regiment entered the battle with
273, rank and file. and when it was over, it
numbered 100! It had no missing *, its dead
and wounded made up the deficiency. Cadets
of a noble State, sons of a sunny clime,
branded by their country as traitors for defending
the Constitution and their rights from
usurpation and outrage, yet dying cheerfully
for that countrv in a fortdmi lunrl??h? w..rl,l
may learn tliat such n face, in dcfcuoo of
their own homesteads and institutions, can
never be subdued !
Tim Workino Oi.asses Nortii ?Some of the
manufacturer* of Philadelphia are proposing a
reduction of the wages of operatives of from
loo to twenty per cent., as was done in 1H'27.
and considerable feeling has been created in
consequence. Should iho proposition be carried
out, it is thought that a general strike
would be the result. At present prices, weaversof
checks, ginghams, <xc.. cannot make more
>1 ?; ? i- "
in.hi .j>^, iv wBi'K, iiim many in incni do not earn
so much as that.
In Now York, it h stated, at least ten thoosami
mechanics are wofking on " Imlf time,"
ami last week the number of unconditional
discharges from factories and shops could not
have been fewer than five thousand. One of
the city jourmils,?nyn fiftoon thousand, but that
is thought to ho an oxafrgeration.
A Voick KitoM Oi,i> Bunjombk.?We copy
with pleasure, the following from tho Ashcville,
AVirs ;
" The issue is upon us, and the people must
meet if. They must dooido whether they will
longer cling to the Union, uml risk tho wrong3
and horrors which the Northern conquerors
proposo to inflict upon them, or seek out of it
that peace and security denied them in it.
" Wo speak plainly. The time for miming
matters, if it ever existed, has ptissed away,
lie who shirks the responsibility, and crins
"peace! peace!" when there is no peace, is
oithcr a coward or a fool. We should meet
the issue thrust upon up calmly, yet unflinchingly.
If the danger can be averted, and
peace and sufety guaranteed to the South in
ihe Union, let it be shown. Wo yieid to no
nun in devotion to the Union, whilo it remains
he Union of the Constitution. Whon
that in no longor possibJo, we say, in tho laog^tgo
of John Hell, 'give mo sep^'ticm,
Free Negroes.
The following bill in relation to tbc free
negro population of South Carolina, has been
introduced into the Legislature:
A III I.I. TO AM i:.M> Til i: I'OI.MT. U l'(! I' I.ATIONS
OF rill: STATK IN UKQAIIK TO FltKF. Nl'.dltOS.
1. Ho it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives, now met and sitting in
(loneral Assembly, and by the authority of
tne same, I li:?t tiom and attor the fitut day
of January, 1802, all free persons <>f <>nl<>r
within the limits of the State of South Carolina,
he and they are he,,"l?y declared to he
slaves to all intents and purposes.
2. That it shall be the duty of the Sheriffs
of the several Districts of the State, after the
said first day of .January, 1802, to take into
his custody all such free persons of color as
may be found within his district, and after
the usual public notice, as in ordinary sales
of personally, to sell the said free persons of
color to the highest bidder, on a credit- of
twelve months, with interest from date, payable
annually, the purchaser to give bond with
two or more sureties.
tt 'I'l...# ..II c? ? <*
... i m.ii. .in ^ih-ii iin: or coior. as
shall 1k> sold under tlio provisions of this Act,
shall I>o adjudged t?? bo tin* properly of the
person or persons to whom they .shall severally
be sold.
4. That any free person ot' color shall have
the liberty to choose f ir himself and family
j an owner, provided that the person so chosen
shall dennvif with flw? I 'Im-l? nf ?' '' ?
1 ? ...v... ?v-? ?\ W| lUMi \ VK1 I I ()l
i the District in which such free person of
' color resides, a bond. with two or more sure|
ties, in the penalty of double th * assessed
value of the said five person or persons of
. color, conditioned that the said free person
or persons of color shall conduct themselves in
accordance with the laws of the land. The
I value of said free person or persons of color to
he. assessed by the Clerk of the Courtj the
j Commissioner in M<"|uity, and the person eho,
sen to be the owner.
I o. That all free person* of color, who shall
so chose an owner under the provisions of
tins Act, snail i iitijuuneu to t>e t\.-? jptoycity
of the poison or persons so chosen,
(i. Tl?:?t tin; Clerk of the Court shall file a
i certificate of ownership in all eases where owners
shall ho chosen, and recor I the same in
j a book to bo kept for that purpose, nod shall
receive for his s -rvics the .;.iin of live
dollars, to be paid by the person chosen to be
owner.
7. That the proceedings of all such sales,
! and the bonds taken by tin4 Sheriff under the
j provisions of this Act, be paid over to the
' / i . .. c i v. 1 1! i > . i i . i i
| VsU*uuii.^sioiHTs ni 1111)111' I#iiihiiii?rs ni iuuir
' ,>:striets, t<> 1>? expended l>v t!?om
respective i>i 1 . 1 , , .
i ;> '"vMV.Iiow ordered to
i m the s:iiiio way ...> < uc (a.L. ,
j be raised bv said Hoard. 11 ' -i
' TilK l'i.ND.?There is no l??npj<?r occasion for
j argument or expostulation. Wo have only,
after tbe battle, to survey the field, and care
' fully count our losses and gain*. Whatever
' may come?and trouble in one shape or anolhI
cr is sure to come?the trade :i:id inaterial
| interests of both portions of the linci will
! be affected with an ineffable disaster. Hut
) the North will'snff'*r by far tbe mo t. ll
must have tlio sugar, the run?, ami, above all,
the cotton of the South. In consequence of
the result of the election, the greater part, of
the cotton crop this year will be held back,
and shipped directly from Southern ports to
, F-ngland. bankruptcy and starvation will ho
I the issue among thu manufacturing marts of
j New Knghuul. The loo n and the anvil will
| be silent and motionless. The development
! of our national resources, which have within
I the memory of living men been advanced
I from an almost imperceptible p tint to a condition
not to be surpassed by those of the
first nmvera nf fiir> u-.n-M will !>, ! . >
measure arrest*!. The nation will pass
through the Red sou of a thousand evils and
perils.
It is useless to tell us that Mr. Lincoln is
by nature, and the loreo of eireirnstanees,
| moderate and conservative <!ranting this
1 extravagant postulate, how 1 ?ng, we pray,
! would a tremendous Northern Abolition prcsj
sure allow him to remain so? How long
' would ten States, that have nullified the I'll
| gitivo Slave Law, and tint have been most
I influential in nrnmiriin* tln> nl<?i.finr? of Mi
| # i n -
Lincoln, nllow the compromise of 1850 to
stand? How long before the enthusiasts of
New Kngland would organize grand scheme
for promoting a wide spread sc. vile insurrection
throughout the South ?
We are on the eve of great events. Moderation,
wisdom, decision, patriotism, were
never so much required to allay the fury of a
rising political tempest. Lot us hope for the
best; let us prepare for tho worst.
[ >S7. L'tin'* Unlit tin.
IIiimtidf..--Yvo are pained {r.Jearu t!?n^ on
altercation took plaeo at Marshall, in tlie n?ljoining
enmity of Madison, on Monday last,
between Mr. John M. Carver, Cl.-rk of Mailison
Comity Court, and Dr. Win. Clark, of I lie
' uo i ii oaii n t tr u'liiiili ??aoii 1 toil ??? ItA .1 a.. ?l. ..T ? l.?
latter. The facts, as we are reliably informed,
are substantially as follows: A grudgo had
existed botween them for some time, and on
Monday Onrvor wns sitting in Mr. Krisbeo's
lulls', when Clark entered, picked up a chair,
and told Carver he intended to kill him. whereupon
Carve" hastily snatched up a heavy lire
shovel, and struck Clark on tho head, lie
never spoke after receiving the blow, lfe lingered
until nbout 4 o'clock on Tuesday morning,
when ho died. Dr. J. I). Reynolds of this
phieo was sent for, but Clark died before he
reached him.?AakeviUr. Ncw.i, Qlh D"C.
Boston, Dec. 8.?M ahsaohusktts Comino
to iikr Sknskk.?Tho Abolitionists of
! tli 'id nitir nnlln.-l n *< ? ?1 . A? - -
V.V| U'MIVU c? IIIUVUII^ lU-UUy bU I III II I) I llir
memory of the traitor John Brown, ot Masonic
1 ompla,?but when the time arrived to
j effect nn organization, it appeared that the
I I'nion men outnuinborod thorn, Resolutions
wore offered condemning John Brown and his
act#, justifying his execution, and lauding
Virginia, and passed. The Abolitionists were
unable to bc heard.
Onk fotttali net may ando q\man, and a
, 0no a^ako hia foytuilf r?..
The Grave of Lafayette.
The Paris correspondent of the Now York
Times says:
An interesiinj; cereniony took place the other
day a! tlie Cathedral of Notre Panic; the Archbishop
of Paris, surrtiumlcil !iy his aids. porfortneii
a mass for the soul of the lato tieneral
M:ir<jiiis (I?* l'imodan, whose body, it seems, is
delimtely interred at one of tlio Churches of
, Home. Tim Fauhonrg St. (!> nnuin rallied in
| large numbers, and the names that wore present
were* exactly those which one must often cncoon|
tort* in reic'tug the history of Fnuici. The Mat
I ?|?iis (Ic- I*iin' < 1 aii had a claim nil the sympathy
j of the aristocratic Faubourg still stronger than
I that derived from his ehivalrie character ami
his honorable death in defence of the I'ope and
; the rights of the Church- -ti cause. However, in
which the ari-itooracy are dcplv interested.
i 111s; symptUii.v is ot mure than a halt' eontnrv's
stainlin^, an'! dates from the period of tin*
: groat ll?fv*>l 111i??ti. Alter Unl.espien ehail moved
; tho guillotine tn tin; Hafrict'O <lu Trone, si
largo ihi in I km- nf tho n Mlitv were there l?e|
headed. ami buried in a ciiiiinn>n <jnive a limit
two hundred rods to tin* Smith of the harriere.
\ inniij; those exeeutod was tin; iifteostor of the
.V -r<j .iis lie l'inioilan. Ih'fnre the revolution nf
I7W. tho entire at istoeniey nf Franee stood up.
I nil the same level nf penality: nee the Hovni...
i i' i
, iii mil, nil1 liiiiiiiiP.s <>i ino in lieailoil are lnokoil
up to i;s lisiviiiL' recei veil an n*! 1 itinnal liaptism
I ii|" nobility in llii" blood (vitil tin; sulliM'uiji i.f
j t!i?t terrible epoch. Uotwooii tlieso frttnilios
tlioro is a leiiul nf sympathy ami of rmiiniipo.
> whieli eonslilutcs them. ii ("not. lilii' family.?
I Tliey fire exclusive in their sneiiil relations. ami
: oven in !? ;?tJi llioir ! .nl!?.* * oeenpv an exclusive
! ooiiioterv. Tims. uiuler tin; first Km pi re. (Son|
orxI l.nfavi'ttc. wlin ! si I ri'lntivi;s ixotilutiuo<l 1.1
I tlio Harrioro <lu Tmiio. iliniiiiinlcil (lie privilege
1 of buying the CiiiivpiiI "I llio A mrust'ines ami
1 tlio ^rmimls uttaciel. iiti which woro intcrro>l
| the noli|?!iion oxociit'1'! it tlie Imrriero.) am! of
GstiihlUhiiij* tliiMf'in a private eoino'orv. Tlio
privilege was <;raiitcl. ami tin; property was
bought in tlio name of 11o M.inpiis ilo Lafavctto
ami liis lirirs ami sticco^'>rs forever. Tlio
1 ivnvont whs eiiiivor'oil into a ?ohnol, irnvornoil
1 oxehisi volv by tlio Sisters nf the S-.o-oil Heart.
' mid remains to this !>?v ilevuicil in tli. same
purpose.
Uesiiles the cluster (' l'liiMinjis onenpieil by
the .Sisters ai:>l tl-eir pupil-:, to which there is
u i\V one filliatu'e, ?( X 2"> Hue ile I'iepns,
there is a handsome i . upcl tn which the public
are admitted on .Mimla. ami a very extensive
I garden._ f^r the use ot th, pupils. ami for the
| cultivation of the vegetable.
table of the establishment llehii'yl 'his
ilon. and in-t within the I'ortiliciNtion trail,
i (ivhii h \\ as here deviate! expressly hvi the order
ot Kilter li'inis I'liil'mii..^ i-. I'.iin.l i\'. ?tt
| eomelory rolVrrpil t ?. At i m furl I km- oxUroinitv
is the sp,.t wlion- :ho guil!i>t'noil u<ihloini\n wore
1 humotl!y luiri??il in u < unm.-n h<>h\ Thw r?'>t
nf tin' small li>t i>f vroiitnl :s uempioil l>y\ the
vaults ?.f tin* lamiii'1 those liehoail '1. an< 1
hero wo see tho nani<"? I.afayoito. Monlni >
rouev, l.:ir<mchi-l'ini:i>nlil, N allies. t'liunnnf,
Kcrgolav. .Moii'agin, H smith >. lias'ovr^nJ'ii?
|i;;nae, l.nxoinh mric, Ihvninvmt .
'f"* Lui j I *!-<X' n I < ii, l.tino i ''! ''iv 'ignnn,
Morouo. AW i 1 tl\o nnVI-. ote.. in till lift \
nf s'.xty name*, among tho I.est nubility title,
in Franco.
A son i 1 the present (Jen. 1?n i-ii-io:?? <
here lniricd cliiso t I/iftivette? tlio (Icnerai
himself i- a jrrnniNijn of Lafayette liy marriage.
, Nothing (miiIi! he more cheerless or coldly aris1
tocratic tlian this little hidden, outof-thcwav
j cemetery. From the street the place has tlic
general shut up, exclusive look of all monastic
establishments in Krnnoo. One must knock
loiirlly at a l?ig heavy door?which only opens
altera long interval. An unclean eorbenis re1
eeives you politely enough at the door of his
lodge. ami niter hearing your request to see the
lout!) of Lafayette, ventures Maudly to surmise
that you are Americans and volunteers to inInrm
you that no strangers Imt Americans ever
j pay them a visit. O.i ilie ri^ht and left ? (* you
aro ino ? . 11 ? ? ? i >11 n| ilc'iii'liuil an 1 mysterious
liii.kinvr liiiii -1'??> tX wliivii < tin* ancient
monastic establishment, the windows of tlie old
cloisters still I> ? <I<? ! tip iii stH-h a way as to
admit li;;ht, luit not !?? gaze of curious eves,
from within or witlimi!. 'Pin* Sisters of the
' establishment arc glidim.? air nt. dressed in pure
while from head l i fi t, am! throw hut one fur1
tive 'fiauc'i' ou tSic stranger--. and then disap
pear licliiii'l s!i:ul."l waIN or through unlook* I
fur trapdoors. \ imi i :i11 ?<v ohapel which
stands before you at I lie 1?.?> k ? (* t !i<* court and
I enter (he lur^o and well cultivated garden. More
si<x>ii 11 V 'H moot the white S'nti<r* flitting
about undor tlx; long avenue* of shiulo trees,
hut hero, to they su Idenly ?lissij?i?c;nr from
sight. vimi have n it time to soo liow You oni
tor tliij oonietery by an opening in the wall at
tlio buck oC tin! garden. In the turner where
j you Alitor stand- the I it tic o!iu}??.'! "I' the cemetery.
to which your guide takes nil' his hat and
crosses himseir.
The tombs, in order t distinguish thcin from
: those of the bourgeoisie othei ecinetoritM,
are affectedly simple. Only throe have any
' pretentions to architecture- -those of the Duke
i do .Montgomery, the l>uke do liarooliefoueanld
1 and the Count do Kerg.dav. The b >dy of I.a
i layeue, which lies in iiio turtlier corner the
j little enclosure. is covered, 1 ik' most of the
others, with a simple slab, on which is inscribed
the ordinary hriol' detail. At hi? side there is
another sdab. on the grave "f M idame de Lafayotfo.
a daughter of t!ie l>nke <le Xoalles.- ?
Xear these are other members of the Lafayette
, family?a Lutoyrie and a Ueaumont, similarly
j buried. The comniei v, which (Iocs not contain
1 more than aipiartumf an acre. i> surrounded
by n high stone wall, nnd there not a shrub.
: scarcely a bin le of grass, to give relief to the
chilling desolation of the place. Of those
iHii;uiiui cnin in ui iiiiiuiiriui H'S WHICH (ICCOl'llte
j tlio j.'ravos of other cemeteries in s'icIi profui
si.in, there is not lion- a single one. Wo naked
j the guardian why tlior?? was not a in urnment
over tlx; grave of Lafayette. anil lie replied that
1 l/mis Philippe (who almost owed his position
I to Lafayette) had always opposed any national
I movement in that way. and that the other families
who owned vaults there now objected to
I any invasion n|>mithe affected simplicity of the
place. It is, nevertheless, a disgrace that there
I is not a single in moment in France, not even
j over his grave, to the memory of this groat and
| pure patriot. In France there are so many
j parties, and so in my political opinions, that it
i is noi strail pje, perhaps, that no one is round to
tuko the initiative in such si measure, for the
memory of Lafayette Ima still enemies as well
as friends; hut tho Americans, who only knew
Lafayette as the generous friend and accomplished
soldier, could, with propriety, take the
initiative. At their request it is improbable
that either the government or tho relatives, or
tho other owners of vaults in the ceinotery of
Piepuf, would offer any eerious Abjection.
(^fAiUTY obliges us not M> miHtrrwt?"
;,inai^ prudence, not ti
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HfciWif 1
Love mul "Niggers.1
Why still, sweet Margaret, thus severe ;
Abate at length those cruel rigors,
Thou knowest how I love thee, dear,
Tlnm knowest how 1 love tliv niggers.
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'Tis vain to talk of lnvc of rule.
The heart is no such docile scholar:
1 love thee Margaret, like a fool, |
For thou hast the " almighty dollar."
I love tliy pouting, cherry lips,
Denrer Ihnn c.wr bee loved honey;
1 love tliy ro?y fingertips,
Thy laughing eyes, tliy?ready money.
1 line tliy little fnijy feel.
So small tlie merest ehihl could span 'em,
Thy cheek- like peaches tit to eat?
Thy hundred cotton bales per annum.
I love 111y glorious golden curls
That grace thy checks of alabaster?
Thy little niggers" hoys and girls;
I long to hear tliein call me "master."
Ah! yes. to sum my love for thee
>< uuiu uiiuic .'in ilie* power or figures'.
My heart were Hint indeed lo see,
I'niiiovcd?thy splendid lot of niggers.
I love I lie nir that plays around
Thy bvow, thy form, thy habitation :
1 worship e'en the very ground
Thy footsteps press?'tis thy plantation.
Loitering Jessie.
' Jessie, I am goinji to take a ride at
three o'clock this afternoon. Would vou like
to go '
' Oh yes, tliat I should, mother, very much
indeed, tor 1 love riding, you know. Which
way shall you ride?"'
We w:M >kea drive round by the lako
to-day. 1 11 i .inii you arc ready in .season.
I shall leave precisely at tliree o'clock."
Jessie clapped her hands and said :
M>li down by the lake! That's nice.?
I'll he sure to be ready in time."
At half p.ist two Jessie was as busy with
dolls as if she had forgotten her promised ride.
Mrs. .Jacobs callcd to her and said :
" .Jessie, dear, you have only half an hour
to get ready in. lladn't you bitter beirin to
put awsiy your playthings !''
" Yes, mother, presently. I want to G.iish
this capo for my new doll lir-t."
' Very well, but mind, I leave at three
o'clock precisely."
\id Jessie ply her needle on the
doll's cape. Tfi?vas hei habit to put off pettinj*
rcidy to tlie hr.ti moment, and so she
hoard tlie old clock's warms,for three be fete
slie hep,-in to dress. Then, drop|i?g her V.ij-j
she ran up stairs and bepan (o dre''1
baste. Hut before she was '.. iv"!! -
eiocu struck tItiw? Ho 1' ,"a" "''"l'. u,c
j.'uuii,; ;cr;i;s. u". "?i'rcr mother called lrotil
ino loot of the stairs :
" .)essi(5!"
" Yes, neither, I'm coining directly."
' The inori; Jessie hurried the slower was
her progress? She could not (hid more than
half her things
' Hear me !" she sod to herself quite pet|
tislily, " where can my hair rihbon be?"'
i Topsy turvy went the contents of two or
i'.roe drawers, but no ribbon could be found.
4,1.1.
\i 'cumu, nappenini; to east licr" eyes around
! tin* room, she discovered the ]>o<>r ribbon quietly
peeping from beneath the folds of the win!
do\r curtain.
.Next came a hunt for her shoes, width
j turned up, after a Ions; search, from beneath
| a heap of clot'ies in the corner of her clothes
! closet.
These repeated delays lcept her so lone; that
it was nearly half past tlii'OC before she went
down stairs.
, " f." 111 ready, mamma," she cricil, putting
her head in at the parlor door.
lleceivitig no answer she went into the
room. It was empty. She ran to the win- '
flow and peeped through the blinds. There
was no carriage at tho door. She rung the
hell. A servant appeared, to whom .Jessie j
said :
" Where is mamma ?"
1 "(!otie for a ride mis*," replied the girl;
" she has heen gone this half hour."
" Wlllit (rnno wiflinnf n?n 1
n ; .
Jessie in a lit of passion. ' The idea ! I de
clare is loo bad. 1 never heard of such a
tiling."
.Jessie threw herself on the sofa and cried
herself to sleep. In this state her mother I
found her on returning from her ride.?
When she awoke and saw her n o'her quietly
scwinj* at her work t a hie, she pouted, and
j said in a grufV, naughty tone :
' I should think you might have wait- ,
ed for me after asking me to go out with '
you."
" Did I not tell you I should go at three
precisely, Jessie?"
" Yes," muttered Jessie, with a very un- ;
gracious air.
" Did I not tell you to get ready half on
hour Imfni'n ilm
' Yes mother.''
' Who then was in fault my child? The
fact is, Jessie, you are in the habit of putting
things off to the latest moment, and thus
! are never ready to go out at the proper time.
I have made up my mind never to wait for
you hereafter, so that you may, by suffering
tlie consequence of your evil habit, learn to
abandon it You have taken a lesson insuf j
rerinsr to-da v. mv child- ami I lir.m? f.n
' - r~ J""'
nwn sake, it will bo the last.''
Was it tlic hist ? No, indeed. Jessie lost
many rides before she conquered her evil habit.
Hut she did conquer it at length. I
hope every loitering Jessie will do the same. 1
'undai/ School Ailvoeule
lit'n I'owdku I'i.knty.?Quartermaster
Thoin reeeived yesterday 25 hogsheads of
musket and rifle powder for the state. The
I Governor has also purchased divers tons of
lead, which is in Mobile, we believe. <
[Montgomery Mail. |
A MAN who assisted u/empty BGveralCtyol*
tWjpf wino, afterward^ took a walk. I
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The following article, which we1
Valley Farmer, a Western ngricUVt
odical, wccoiuinond to tin* at ton tit)'
farmer's boy. Parents should, * '
tint to their sons, and if nccessa r
them careful!v. and (hen hand. , DBF, Vxa
over to tlicm, without eommcnt, 1
remarks lie of a mild, pleasant nati'l ( RS; aH
" In tln> wide world there is n^
portaut tiling than tanner's boys. .
what they will be. At present th
but little eonse(|uenco too often. But x?
huts' hoys always have been and we presjti* MB jSfjjj
always will be the material out of whioltt?) MB
noblest men are made. They have W'
and sitrem'th ! tln?v hnvi> limn nml - '?3fi
they have heart and will; they ha $$?$
and patience; they have ambition M' a|i
durance; and these are the mate B
make men. Not buckrams and brow
and patent leather and beaver-fur, ?d
gloves and watch-seals, ore the matQM*
which men are made. It takes bettrfv ? to
make a man. It is not Cat and flesh ai
swagger anil self-conceit ; nor yet smartnc
nor flippancy, nor foppery nor fatness jc:vWBi
Those make fools, hnt not men; not
such as the world wants, nor such as it
honor and bless. It is not long htfe
much heard, nor a cane, nor a pipe.
c ir, nor a quid of tabucco, nor an op
a glass of beer or brandy, nor a dog a [jiSfiSj
nor a pack of cards, nor a novel, nor ^ fgsg
book of 'ovo and murder, nor a tale u.
ventures, that makes a man or has a
tiling to do with making a man. Fai
r?? vs ouuiii lu clear t?l all thcs(^
foolish things. They should ho empto
with nobler objects. They have yet to, fl
men of the clear trrit, honest, intclligci Jfl
industrious, ambition* men, who shall I
their emu and their hind. With
means they kess how easy lor them to
in fad the ii. \ class men Tl.cv have I
and stock and stools ; tiny have health
time and mind / tin y have schools and church
cs and papers they Jav?u be jks and
veraneo and the heart and hand tor \vot*k?
Mure than this they mod not. Let them'.
awake and work and road and study. It is g
not all work, nor yet all study, that wij^flfl
make them me.i of the right stump. 'J'heSB
must work in.'elligently and study with
earnest purpos ^>1 being benefitted, and tl*
. t r/ " 11 I
they will become what they Ougftt to be, w\(T
real men of the world."'
Si ill's CuniTsiiii'.- ' (Iracious sczl, Tfagf?|
I'm twenty-one past, and it's time to loot |oH
? I'l 111' \ ? AA *'
Next day down f wont. Xaney was alone, 9
ijnd I axed her it' the 'Squire was in She 1
sod ho wasn't.
?' (.'auso," so/, I, making believe I wanted !
to sec liini, " our colt has sprained his foot, H f
and 1 came to see if the \Squire wouldn't lend
me his maro to go to town."
She said she iruessod he would?I'd better
.sit down and wa:? till the Squire eatnc in.
Down 1 sot: slio looltod striimw
"V
heart felt queer around the edge.
" Are you going-down to Betsy Martin's \B
quiltin ?" alter a while, sez she.
Sez I. " reckon I would."
Si-z she, "suppose you'll take F.li/.aTB
i )i )dgc!"
Sez I. " I inought, and then again, 1 H
moiighten't.
Sex. she, " ! heard you was g? ing to he
married."
u..~ i .? i '
i. i wouui iii winder ft
I looked at her and seed the tears coining. 98 H
Sez 1. "may be she'll ax you to be brides- 9B
She riz tip, she did, her face as red as a
" Seth Stokes," and she could lit say any- >w \m.
thing more, she was so full. Pgjjra
' W ould nt you be bridesmaid, Nance?'' v ^11
' Sit." s07. she, and burst right out. fflyA
Wi ll, then," se/ 1, " if you won't be wW*.
tin; bridesmaid, will you be the bride?"
She looked up at me. 1 swnr to man 1
never saw anything so awful puty?1 took
right hold of her hand.
" Yesorno," sex. I, ' right oil ?" *' ^
" Yes." sez she. "' T''
'That's the sort," sez 1. and nive lu*r n 1
kiss and a hug. We soon hitched traces to
trot in double harness for life, and 1 never
had cause to repent my bargain. 4
An At riton.?A young scape grace, who \\
had seen a fortune and fallen into bad habits, A
took up his residence in a country village,
pretending to be an author, llis shabby ap- /T
pearance was, therefore, accounted for, and as fef:
liis address was good, and marks of personal
\ >
unuiiy remained; many, a romantic village
maiden sighed over tins " cruel fate ot' genius."
Si^hs would not pay hi* landlord's bill, and
when a month had expired, he was dunned
in good earnest. At length 1 lie landlord told
him hi: never .saw any of hi* productions,
and wished to know what work lie had lieen ml
the author of. Being tlu.s pushed, he replied,
\\ hy, sir, 1 call myself an author, and so I
am ? the author of my own misfortunes."
Waves ov Fiup.. ? A traveler in the Sandwich SS?
Inlands, while visiting the volcano near llilo- HER
witnessed a wonderful phenomenon. As lie
\va-sitting ni lunch on a nigh hnnk overlooking h|
the erater, with his face turned to avoid tho
intenso heat, ho was startled hv a noiso like tho
rushing tngothor of vnst bodio* of water, and ;
was obliged to run t?< escape the great heat.?
The whole surface of the lako wa# in the wild*
e<t commotion, wave dashing on wave. Urcat
billows of fir? rnljed from every fide of the J'tv
lake, meeting the fierce eanfl'e.t. receding and
rushing together again with increased force. "
shooting into tho air, perhaps a hundred feet, a flfl
vast spiral body of red liquid lava, whiofe ftual
l.od ovor and fell in ?r??c?lL"Pr*y^H*
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