Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, April 06, 1861, Image 4
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Make Home Bright and Plearaut.
More than building showy mansion*,
More tlmn dress and tine array,
More than domes and lofty steeples.
More.than station, power, and nw?y-?
M:'Vo voui* home both neat and tas'cl'ul,
Iilright frftti pleasant, always fair,
Whore each heart ahull rest contented,
Grateful for each beauty thuro.
More than lofty swelling titlos,
More than fashion's luring gl.iro,
Moro than Mammon's gilded honors.
More tliuu thoughts can well coiuparc ?
Boo tliat homo is mado attractive
By surroundings pure uml bright ;
Trees, arranged with tnstc niul order?
Flowers, with ull their sweet delight.
s^ek to make your homo moat lovely?
Let it be a smiling spot,
Where, in sweet contentment resting,
<!are and sorrow are forgot.
Where the flowers and tree i nro waving,
Birds will sing their uwcetest song:
Where the purest thoughts will linger,
Confidence and love belong.
Th?ro each heart will rest contented,
Seldom wishing I'nr to roam :
Or, it roaming, mill will cherish
Mem'rlcs of that plnnsntit limiie.
Such a homo makes mim the belter:
tl'uro ami lasting its control";
Home, with pure and bright surroundings,
T.eaves its impress on the soul.
?MM?wnr?r?
wftiirnr.'
Gen- Lano on Antly Johnson, of Tiuiuosseo
In tlio course of his disgraceful submission
speech in the United States Senate, some
weeks since, Andy Johson, of Tennessee, al- t
luded to Gen. Lane, the gallant obi Senator
I from Oregon, in a way that brought out that
old war horse in this wise :
E The Senator, on that occasion looked at
me, pointed in my direction, and made reK
marks not becoming a Senator?remarks that,
have been too often made on this floor, and
that, no gentleman would make. lie said he i
bad struck treason a blow. The mighty Sen- '
ntor from Tennessee struck treason a blow ! ;
1/ To whom did he allude ' lie said lie saw j
tho commotion 011 this side of the House; i
lie saw the books being brought in ; he saw ;
that 1 was to reply to him. Sir, if the word
" treason " was to be applied by him, or any
other man, to me, 1 would say, you are a coward,
who cannot maintain it. Sir, I cannot
express my contempt of the man who would
bo insinuate even in thought A drop of trea- j
80Q nev^r ran in my veins. Vt an hour's no- I
[ ticc, when working in a corn field for the
I * support of my family, when T heard that In- !
^ diana hjid been called on for troops, T offered <
f my services, and T did not look upon my fainily
from ten minutes after I had received the '
notice until T lmil fliri?ii<*l> Klrw./lw !>..
... , LT.H.- I
tlos ; u it til 1 had earned home wtih mo the
evidences of my devotion to the Union.?
Does the,Senator dare to charge treason upon |
me? I think not, for no gentleman would
y have the temerity to do it. I might go on,
* and sa; that I entered that service as a private,
with my knapsack on my back, and was
"mustered into the service as a private, and I
came homo out of the service with the rank
of Major-General in the army. I earned it
on the battle field. On the battle-iichl 1 lost
almost the last drop of my blood, without a
murmur, in the service of my country. Who,
then, is he that would dare have the effrontV
cry to charge inc with treason to my country
?a country which 1 have loved from infan\\
?y> which my father fought for, and which 1
[\ \ liiivn nrtriic r.nln.l t/\ fiji.li* f.,1% V I -- '
f, uni.u <w mi iiivsuii . i iicvijr
wlTl fail to meet tlio foe of my country, or
to bleed in her cause while I am able.? j
Though my arm is not as strong as it once was,
though my limhs may not ho now supple or j
elastic, as in youth, L nm yet able, when my '
country shall need my services, to offer them;
and I shall be the first to do it on any just oe?0?*ion,
but miVor against one of the States of
this Union, who has left it because justice
has boon denied to her. No, sir, never !
Then, sir, whom could the Senator from
1 Tennessee refer iu ? Could he allude t: my
friend Davis? Sir, I saw him on the battlefield.
I was looking right in his face when
Jio was wounded. 1 saw a shudder pass over
hint .:s the bullet struck him, precisely at the
side end of his spur, and n??sed through the j
centre of his heel, l'herc vas perceptibly
simply a shudder, but not: murmur; just a
shudder for the instant, when struck by the
bullet; but never fo? a moment did he lose
sight of the enemy or the flag, but struggled
on through the battle to tho end. following
I the glorious stars and .stripes?that emblem of
the Union?that emblem of protection to every
St il^ of tlie: Confederacy under the Constitution?as
gallantly as overdid mortal man;
and yet upon this floor there are some base
enough to allude to him as a traitor. Mr.
President, I have not words to express my
contempt for any man thnt can apply such a
term to such a man r.s Jefferson Davis. -Tufferson
Davis a traitor ! Treason applied to
him! lie, the purest and bravest of patriots
1 lie fought for his flag and'country
when the cowards and poltroons that now
dare villify him were supinely at home, lie j
"will live gloriously in history when they arc
under the earth and forgotten. Sir, this
" treason " of our seceding brethren does not
fall within the definition Riven by Hudibr.v.
to that crime, for the South flourishes and
prospers. The people who have seceded from
the Union, and have formed a Government of
- their own, arn charged with treason. 1 will
toll thr> crentbmen tliov will hnrrt tnrirf f linn
I ordinary difficulty to oontond with when they
invade the rights of that Government.
Inland Pouts of Entry.?The .Secretary
of tho Treasury of the Confederate States
publishes the following important notices o."
points nt which ports of entry have been established
:
. Norfolk, nt Nclius' Landing on the MissisIaippi
River; 11 - i.nr. Jo, and the' Mississippi
and Contral Railroad ; Holly Springs, on tho
' Mississippi Central Railroad; Kastport, on tho
Tennessee River; Corinth, at tho crossing of
the .Mobile and Ohio, and of the Memphis
and Charleston. Railroads ; Athens, on tho
Kail road from Decatur to Pulaski; Stephen-.1
-C ?L. -*r ' '
mill; no mu juiiulkjii ui tviu mcmphlfl flt)(l
u Charleston, and of the Nft&hvillo and Chnttat
nooga Railroads ; Atlanta, nt tho junction of
gB t.ho Goo.gia Railroad, tho Western and AtH<
lautie, and various other Railroads ; Cheater,
f nt tho junotion of tho Chariotlo and Columbia,
find of tho Kind's Mountain Railroad ; Flor
CY>0?, nt tho junction of tho Wilmington nnd
Manchester, and of tho North-eastern, and of
B tho Oho raw and Darlington Railroads.
l a bar* specimen of a landlord.?
1 ?Ir: Sheffield, of New JIavon, who is a landf
lord to i* numbor of tenants, sont a noto to
1 OBf whole lenso had two years longer to run,
Ev informing him that he shonM reduce his rent
P twd hundred dollars for the next two years on
Sftttount of (ho hard tirtiftfj,
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I Sketch of Gen. P. 0. T. Beauregard,
COMMANDANT AT CHARLESTON.
Hen. P. (J. Toutant Hocuregard was born
on his father's plantation, near Now Orlean*
lie is a descendant of tlio most aristocratic
Southern families. 11 is father was a wealthy
and influential Louisiana planted His mother?born
ltcggio?was of Italian origin, and
descended from the ducul lleggio family ol
Italy.
( Jen. llcaurcgard ontcred the United States
Military Academy at West Point at an early
age, where he graduated in 1838, taking the
second honors in a class of forty-five gradui
ates, and was appointed a Second Lieutenant
j in the First licgimcnt of Artillery, which
' commission he only held for one week, ere he
' was transferred to the Corps of Engineers.
lie was promoted to a first lieutenancy in
Juno, 183!>, and in tjiat capacity serve with
great distinction during the Mexican war. He
was twice brcvetted " for gallant and meritorious
conduct" in the field, first time as captain
for the battles of Contreras and Churubusco,
to date from August 20, 1817 ; and
again as Major for the battle of Chepultepec,
to date from the 13th ' f September of that
year. Major Lcaurcgaiu wa* wounded its the
assault upon the (iarita de Helen in the City
l?! Mnvif'ti Oi? I'nfnvn ^
scnted with nil elegant sword, lie was subsequently
p'.ced by the government in charge
of the construction of tho Mint and Custom
House at New Orleans, as well as of the fortifications
on and near the mouth of the Mississippi,
(ieneral U. is about forty-three years of
age, in the prime of life and vigorous health,
erect as a soldier, well made and remarkably
active. There is a great spirit and determination
in his look, and he evidently possesses
great muscular power. The great characteristic
of the (Ieneral is perfect method in all
his plans, lie is regarded as one of tho ablest
officers that ever was in the American army.
Brave, upright and of incorruptible integrity,
he is one of those few characters that cireuuistnnccs
could never change. Eminently social,
simple and affable in his manners, it is,
indeed, a great cuiogium that can be passed
ii|hmi unit, wiu.'II it 18 ts;uu mat no is equally
liked and respected by all who know him.
Cicnoral 1 Joan regard is brother-in-law to cx^enator
Slidell, of Louisiana.
Being one of the ablest officers in his corps,
he was ordered about two months since to
West Point, as Superintendent of the Military
Academy, hut was relieved by President
Buchanan within forty-eight hours, as a rebuke,
it is alleged, to the secession speech of
Senator Slidell, who is a brother-in-law of
Major Beauregard. The hitter soon after resigned
his commission in the service of the
United States, at once receiving higher rank
in the army of tlio Southern Confederacy,
i With such a man at the head of its troops, the
Southern Confederacy must prove a formidable
opponent if the bayonet should unfortunately
be resorted to for settling our national
difficulties.?uYctc York lf-ruhl.
TiikStau ok tii k Wt.st.?The steamship
Star of the West, which has become famous
011 account of its unsuccessful voyage to
Charleston harbor to reinforce Fort Sumter,
is lying at her wharf at the foot of Warren
street. It lias in fact, been idle since that
expedition, and has been visited by thousands
of people, who were curious to see the
scar on her side indicted by the Morris' Island
battery.
The mark of the ball which the rebels fired
at her is plainly visible from the wharf. It
is about tiightccn inches above the copper, directly
under the wheel-house at which it was
evidently aimed.?.V. )'. lhtni>uj Po*t.
St. Patrick's Day in Xr.w Yuuk.?The usual
religious observances of St. Patrick's day look
place in New York on Sunday. Archbishop I logins
lectured in (lie evening at Irving llall, upon the
subject of Irish devotion to Catholicism. Bishop
Lynch, of Charleston, had been previously announced
to deliver this lecture, but owing to the
non-arrival of the steanmhin .tamos Ad<ror .-it ilm
appointed liotir, ho wiis evidently unable i<> do so.
Hughes. nt *liv. conclusion of his remarks,
made some interesting i.lhiMons on I lie <1 ill3* of
Catholics respecting tlie present condition of our
national a Tail's. Ho expressed the hope il.nl our
present dif?;cu'iiiv.-> v, uuhi be settled, nud civil nar
avoided. There was, however, but one rule for a
Catholic, wherever lie was, that was to do his duty
I ?to do his duty as a citizen. If living South ol
j Mason and Dixon's line, lie thought Iho.-c on that
side were right, he ought to fight there : and if we
here thought the other way, we would fight too.
' [Applause and laughter.*) Hut no matter how
| deep and wide they might contrive to make the
! clmsm, dividing the N"6rih and South in their po|
lilical relations, they could not divide the t'atho|
lies 011 both sides of the line ; for, though th?y
j might not he very distinguished engineers, so far
as religion was concerned, they could throw a
I uiki^u iiviuss iiiu uiia^ni. L'iicai applause and
laughter.]
A Lady Tmjklmst.?A curious fact is
j related as having taken place at 1'erlin. At
j a first class hotel in that city, a political dis[
cussion arose at the tah/c Whole, which grew
j rather warm, during which some personal roi
marks were passed between two young men
hitherto strangers. They left the table, and
cards were exchanged; the result was that
the young man, a stranger to Hcrlin, sent a
letter requesting a due provision of pistols.
The letter, however, fell into the hands of
I the sister of the young man, who conceived
j the e\tviorJinnry notion of impersonating
her brother, to whom she is devotedly at
tachcd?the idea of danger to him being
, more insupportable than death to her. As
: she is very like her brother, she trusted the
I truth would nut be discovered; and she aci
tually appeared on tho field at the appointed
hour. The place of meet nig was that where
j Ilerr von llinkcldy was killed some two or
three years ago. The opponent was, howovi
er, not deceived by this false appropriation of
the pantaloons, though willing, out of gal;
la 11 try, to humor the fair one, and frighten
j her for her frolic ; so he took his place, and
OO ?,? i1.~ -r r.~L " - '
! m? v.^.uiivm ouu ui iir?(> un?, lUVCHCU
i iii? pinto' at liis fair antagonist fo?" n time.?
I She did not, however, tlincli ; nnd ho wa?
forced, at hist, to firo in the nir. TIic turn ol
the young lady caino, and she was in no wise
nervous nhout using her r'; hts, nnd shot th<
! young man in the shoulder. The wound
! was slight. The matter is in tho hands oi
| tho police; and tho newspapers have goi
scent of it, as appears from a paragraph ir
| tho Kolnixthcr Zcitung.
Leos no Youit Duty.?Lincoln said ir
I Philadelphia, beforo Independence Ilall, thai
i lie would rather bo assassinated than abandoi
; the principles of tho Declaration of Tndopen
{ donco, but within one week ho ran from thi
first whisperings of danger as fleetly as ever i
i naked logged Highlander pursued a doer 01
j Scotia's hills. Tho nion who made the Do
duration of Independence did not make i
good in that way. They fought for thei
right?, Abraham run" far his. Tho infer
! enee is, they could best maintain its prineipl
; by fighting?Abraham his by running. Lc
| oil men me the talent that is {jiven them.
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???nil i m>ni.i a? IM??I n?? i> i wo
The Curse which Returned to the Giver.
An old man sat In a room*in onu of tho uptown
palaces, surrounded by every token of
luxury?magnificent furniture, splendid pointings
on tho walls, everything showed it to he
the homo of wealth. And that old man,
moaning with pain, peevish and fretful, was
master of all?yes, of millions, . was Jasper
Ilarralcot, the master. V'hen he called for
help to move his easy chair, or lor wine to
strengthen the feeble lamp of life, liveried
servants hurried to obey his call.
It was a stormy night without. Snow and
sleet were driven through the air by a howling
north east gale; but tlic coals blazed
brightly within the rich man's walls, anj his
sleek, well elad servants were comfortable ami
content.
Yes, more so than tbeir master, for he with
all his wealth and power, was a sufferer, both
i in mind and body. This could be seen by
i many an cvidoucc, for his groans and curses
liBd 110 end.
A servant entered and brought him a card.
" Doctor Kimbcrly 1" he muttered, as ho
glanced at the card. " Doctor Kimbcrly?
what does lie want here? lie is not my doctor
Motts is my do.-tor. What does this
Kimbcrly want here?"
" lie wishes to see you on business, he says
sir," replied the servant.
" Business?Business, curse business !?
I've retired from it. But shown liiui in?
show him in ; and then be ready to shove him
out again !" and the tone of tho old man was
as curt as bis wouls.
The servant bowed and left the room. In
a few moments he returned, ushering a plainly
dressed middle aged man, whoso looks at
once spoke of true gentility and warm-hearted
bencvulcncc. This was Dr. Kinibcrly, who
advanced toward Mr. lfarralcot and bowed?
a salutation which lie returned only by a gruff
nod.
As Mr. Ilarralcot did not ask him to sit
down, the doctor remained standing.
" If I mistake not 1 address Mr. Jasper
Ilarralcot !" said he.
" Yes. What do you want of him ?" said
the old man, wincing under an unusually severe
twinge of the gout.
" You have a daughter, sir, who is?"
" It's a lie !?an infernal lie, sir cried
the old man, turning almost black with rage.
I had oncc, but she married a beggarly mechanic,
sir, and 1 cursed her, sir ; cursed her
as T curse you, or any one else that speaks of
her ! Ts that all your business with me, sir?"
" I come to tell you, sir, that her husband
has been seriously injured by an accident
while lie was at work, and probably will never
recover, llis wife is sick with fever, and
their only child at the point of death ! And
amidst all the accumulation of distress, they
arc penniless and dependent entirely upon
the hand of charity ! They have not sent me,
but 1 have conic of my own accord, feeling
that :i man of your immense wealth will not
let a child perish from want!"
i( " Thank you, doctor; thank you for comlug
!" said the old man, while a strange smile
came over his parchment-colored face.
" Thomas,"?to the servant-?" set a chair,
and bring in a bottle of my best wine."
The doctor took the scat, and when the
wine came, 1:.: 'lid not refuses to take a glass,
for he thought that the old man's heart was
softened, and he could go back to the house
of distress the bearer of good news,
j " So!" said the old man, after he. had tossi
ed down a couple of glasses of wine?" so two
i of them arc dying, the other is sick, and all
are penniless!"
" Yes, sir. I have spoken truly of their
condition; in fact, have not described the utter
misery in which L found them !"
" Take imotlicr glass of wine doctor !"
! "Thank you, sir, excuse me; I feel in
| linstft to bear back to tbcin your message,
wliieli I hope will be of more benefit than in>
i medicine."
"Ah, yes?a message from me! You
i shall have it directly. Who pays your fee in
! this case?"
: < \<* nix*, sir. T should feel nslmmcd to
, charge a fee where my patients were in such
1 utter distress. Anything which you have to
send 1 will carry untouched, to tlum."
" Vou will, eh 'I Weil, let. n:<: sec?it is
now six years since the girl who was my
d-tughtcr, refused to marry the man I chose
I t'liv III'!' ?:i lilsl ii nf u-nnllli wii*-?
j ami because I threatened to uso a father's
i power, nm nw.?y with a beggarly mechanic !
; Six yours to a day sir, she did it, and then
! came and asked mo Id forgive her. I>id i do
it? N\> .\ir ! I cursed her, sir?cursed her;
! and now, now do you seo my curse has been
| fulfilled. You want to carry a message to her
j ?do it, sir! Tell her I renew my curse,
and she and hers may starve, and die, and
rot, but never a penny will 1 send to her or
; them. Take my curse to her, and begone."
'flic old man almost shouted these bitter
j words. Tiie doctor rose and said :
" 1 will not crush hoi Lrciiking heart with
! your words, sir ; but I warn you to beware,
j for (Jod is just, and sometimes sends back a
curse upon him who curses !"
1 Thomas, show that man the door, and kick
'him out if ho loiters one instant!" almost
j screamed the. old man, rising unaided from
iiis C'niir in his ancrer. a thine which lie hud
Q ' O
not done for months before.
The doctor was about to leave, but a sudden
; and fearful change in the color and features
1 of the old tnan caused him to stop. The face
of Mr. Uarralcot turned to a deep purple?he
gasped for breath, staggered, and before either
t the doctor or servant could spring to his ?up>
^ort, hq fell forward upon his face.
They raised hini up, and the dor-tor forgotI
ting his harsh words and utter honrtlc8?ncg8,
did all that ho could to recall the vanished
spark of life. But human efforts were in "ain
i ?he was dead 1 The curse had all too quickI
ly recoiled upon himself.
1 His regular physician was called in and co
| incided with Dr. Kiiubcrly, that the uase was
! I one of apoplexy.
f I The best feature of tSc ense was, that ho
5 I died without a will, and Ms nnnr
5 | daughter, without hindnmco, at once became
I the inheritor of hi? vaat wealth. Though her
f husband is a cripple and f>he weeps for the
t loss of her first born, she haB it in her power
i to make the lovo of her heart comfortable,
and that to her is joy.
^ (Jod is Just.
^ Gai.vjktON, March 20.?The Convention
1 lias elected Ford Colonel and Baylor Lieu*
tenant-Colonel of the Regiment of Hangers
3- to servo for twelve months on the frontiers,
1 in addition to one ordered by tho Sooretaiy
1 of War. On the 21st, Houston and Hamilton
delivered, at Austin, speeches denouncing
the Convention and tho Confederacy CoTfttlr
tution, On the 28d, the Convention, in
" Committeo pf the Whole, adopted the Con0
stitution almost unanimously, and on engross*
Ing the Ordinance the vote was nearly unanimous;
1
I ? ?
My First DuokIn
the morning whca the light was about t
tlio oolor of a gray cat in a cellar, Tim roused j t
mo up, and wo sullied forth. Wo marched : a
silently along shore, " looking Bharp " thro' ; a
I the reeds. Tim constantly whispered to mc j li
' to "keep my eyes upon." The gun felt very ' t
j heavy, and in that peculiar light looked about ' s
fifteen feet long. Oil wo strode, my pulse i
' going like a volunteer at Jiucua Vista. fc>ud- i
denly, says Tim, softly : t
" Mi, there's ? chance, by Jove ! Now, o
my boy, all ready?'' n
" Eli, chance ! where, at what?" u
, Tim put liia lingers to his lips, and, making | 1
me crouch down, pointed through the reeds, o
In a minute, sure enough, I saw a duck grace- c
i fully bobbing up and down, about lifty yards a
: oft', or less. 1 became awfully excited. o
" Lot mc shoot him, Tim ?" li
" Certainly j crack owav." 1<
1 knelt down; my fingers trembled like e
j those of a surgeon at his first operation. The
duck looked about the size of a turkey-gob- .
| bier to my distorted vision. It was a tearful 1
1 moment.
However, I recovered myself by o resolute ,
effort, brought the gun up, took a long niur!
uerons aim, nij llnpi.s pressed the trigger, I
wl.ang! I beheld sky, and fourteen hundred ^
, thousand stars perpendicular before me. I'p- ^
' on cr . /nation, i found this phenomenon 1
was v v ioned by my horizontal position on j"
my back, combined with the concussion of the
b
" You've hit him 1" cried Tim. " lie's
1 wound* d. Onirk. miicfk. niv emu wliiln
? - V 7 1 7 -V O I,
I load yours."
1 looked at my weapon. I had fired both s
barrels at once. I looked nt the duck; lie ^
I whflbobbing up and down violently. Consid- .
' erably bewildered, ], however, seized Tim's 1
| pun. resumed my position, took another dead- s
ly aim, and fired.
" T'other barrel ! Quick ! or lie's oft',"
crie.1 Tim.
]>u n vr!
" J>y (ieorpe ! you've missed him ! He's? "
no, lie can't fly ! see him spin round ! Here,
give him one more. Mind, aim careful- K
ly now/' ^
IJang! fi z z bang ! I saw the sky and one '
thousand more planets than before. When 1 !
arose, that diabolical duck was still there,
spinning round more merrily than ever.
"Tim," said I, "that duck is remarkably .
tenacious of life."
" Yes?yes. The fact is they are, general- f
ly, especially canvas l acks ; they are called so "
on account of the thickness of their skin.* I
am convinced that's :i canvass hack." P
"Tim," saill I, "I'll take the skiff and
shove ojit there and pet him. You wait here. |,
lie's nearly gone now." 0
" Yes, I'll po hack to the house and order
breakfast. Our shots have spoiled further j.
H?ort this morninp. I'll have things ready by
the time you pet back." j,
. nr. without waiting for remonstrance, Tim n
walked rapidly off. j(
I got in the skiff, shoved out, reached the ^
duck, (who appeared, as 1 advanced, to have j]
his head entirely shot off, picked it up, and p
found that?it was a decoy ! My remarks to j,
Tim, upon rejoining him at the hotel, 1 have, (,
upon reflection, concluded to omit. b
Ot i m Orleans J'icaymic. i
TlIK FAKAIHSK OF iSTHONQ-MINDKI) WO- ''
rni i ? - n
? alio adventurous Airicnn explorer,
Dr. Livingstone, in a recent letter, states
that lie hits found nothing nioic remarkable
amoug the highly intelligent tribes of the
I'pper Sambesa, than the respect univcrsa lly ?
accorded to women by them. Many ot the o
tribes are governed by a female chief. "If t
you demand any thing of a man," remark." a
the intrepid explorer, he replies, " I will 11
talk to my wife about it." If the woman eon- t
sents, your demand is granted ; it' she refuse, o
you will receive a negative reply. Women ti
vote in all the public i^semblics. Among j I
the Bechana, and Kaffirs, the men swear l?y j u
their fathers but among the veritable Afri- i a
cans, occupying the centre of the continent,
they ;;!w::y.-: swet'' by fluir mother. If a I
young man falls in love with a maiden of! ~
another village, lie leaves his own and l.;kes '''
up his dwelling in hers. He is obliged to I
provide in part for the maintenance of his v
mother-in-law, and to assume a respectful at- *
titude, a sort of semi-kneel in her presence. 1
I was so much astonished at all these marks n
of respect for women, that I enquired of the v
Portugese if such had always heen tlie haLit
of the country. 'J hey assured me that such I
had always been the case.
Tiik Jug "Without \ 1'optom.?On the t
bridge that crosses the (irand Kapids wo met n
a hale old man and his wife, with eleven sons, c
seven daughters, and thirty seven grand children,
with horses, calves, sheep anil furniture
of antiquated appearance, among which were '
to bo seen cradles for babies, cradles for grain, 8
spinning-wheels, pots ?nd kettles, and almost
everything requisite for a settlement such as j 1
fifty blood relations will make in (Irand Piver j
County. After the train had stopped we j ''
made some inquiries, and asked the old gen- j
tleman what use could ho made with a hot- !?
tomless jug, which was carefyUy stowed away 1
auiong his domcstio equipment*, and received ' ,j
tho following reply: " | ^
" Why, sir, I am a man of many years, j
have worked other people's land all my days \ j
and paid from four to nine bushels of wheat | |
per acf a for it, and have all the time used a j j
; jug with a bottom to it, by which all my pro- |
j fits have beon wasted, and 1 am sick of feeding
both landlord and rmrsqllcrs?so I sent
seven of my boys to Mexico to fi^ht for their
country. They got back safe, and bought li
seven sections of land; that will be mine ?
without rent. And now jou see that this s
shall hold all tho whiskey that will be used <]
in my family, while I control them. Old 1
General Taylor told my son John that a jug n
without a bottom was the best kind of a jug
to put liquor in, and f believe it."
Ciikvamer Wkbb Indignant.?That j
distinguished patriot, James Watson Webb, ,
of the New Vor'v Courier ({nil Km/uircr, is
highly indignant at the goiiduct of Old Abe,
who has assigned htny hoiflsigniliuantyjost of ?
Minister toUoiirttantinopjjpi; lie wipPrhc do- t
sired cither the mission to'Krjgland, Franco,
Austria or Jiussia. (''ailinj^^gct some one
Of these, ho swears he wirWWy tit home.? r
As to going to Conftantinoplo, it is idtogcth- '
er out of tho question. Ho says lio is neither
nn opium cater nor n polygninist, and be- i
foro he will goto Constantinople, he will seo ]
Lincoln and the entire Black Republican party
sunk to tho bottom of the Potoiuno.? (
- Hurra for tho Chevalier!
1
Army Piiotoouai'IIY.?Tlip French Minister,
of War has ordered that one officer in ')
every body of troops shot) bo instructed in ,
the art of photography, this officer to follow
that portion of his corps which goes into
campaign. I
%K
ni?mmi.ib i ui, ?
Tub Enomsh Tongue.?-'Tho English
onguo is rapidly spreading by comuiorco and
rndc, by fashion nnd travel, by emigration
nd conqucst, as \roll as by missionary effort ;
nd at the elosc of tho present century, one
iimdrcd and fifty nilhons will speak it as
heir native and vernacular language. It is
preading rapidly in Africa and Australia;
n Mcxieo and South America; and the war
11 tho Crimea, ami tho general awakening in
he East, in addition to tho vast, possessions
f England in India, are giving it cxtraordilary
currency. It is advancing toward a
inivcrsal language; and no portion of the
English world is doing more to spread it than 1.
ur own. The time may be rapidly advart-!
ing when the world shall have one speech, 1
nd be of one language ; when the literature
f tho English world shall circulate in all |
mds, and the English language shall be spoon
among all tho Babelized tribes of the
arth.
Aiikad ok Kknnkdy.?A gunsmith in
^cw Orleans advertises that by means of di- '
> ct importation from Europe, he is prepared
o execute orders for Enfield rifles, with sabre J
layonets, in lots from 100 to 1(1,000, com-!
ilcto with ball, cartridges, cnj.s, extra annnulition,
<xe ; artillery carbitics, with sabre buy-1
toots; cavalry carbines, swords, belts, boxes, j
ie., complete for service ; Armstrong's rifled 1
litis, from two and one-half to seven inch ,
ore, complete with cartridges, shot, shell, |
mmunition, <fcu.; Whitworth or Clagg's j
reech or muzzle loading rifled guns, complete j
itli round or hollow shot, ammunition, &o. 1
'rom this and various other indications, it. ,
cems probable tlmt before a great while the \
otton States will he provided with arms of |
English and French manufacture. Very
ad for the llartford and Springfield work- j
hops, that. How do they like the working? j
f Black Republicanism, so tar ?
[.Veic York Ifrraltl.
An Tmpuoknt Specmkn ok Minf.rat.ov.?Professor
Johnson, of Middloton I'ni- '
ersity, was one day lccturii?jr heforo the stuonts
on mineralogy. lie had before, liitn j
uite a number r>f specimens of Various ports
i) illustrate tlio subjects. A rogneish student
>r sport slilv slipped a piece of brick among
lie stones Tbo Professor was t;?1<intr up the
tones one after another and naming them.?
This," said he, " is a pioee of granite; this
i a piece of feldspar," etc. Presently lie
ame to the brickbat. Without betraying any
ind of surprise, or even changing his tone of
oieo, " This," said ho holding it lip, " is ti 1
icce of impudence
Vkhy CJoon.?The Richmond Dispatch
as tin; following pood illustration of the inodo
f training rest loss States :
"When l?aroy was exhibiting his hor.seuning
powers in Washington, lately, upon a
onng unbroken cult, and after ho had thrown
im on the floor of the stage, he said, " You
ill observe that tho moment I tonoh his hind
>gs, this oolt will kick. He will continue to
ick until ho finds that kicking does no pond ;
hen I can lie down between his lops with
orfect impunity." "That's jn?t the way it
ipoinptobo with tho Border States and Linr>ln,"
sang out a Southerner from one of the
oxes; whereat there was a pcuoral In ugh.?
Jut the hit was too true for merriment. The
oople of Virginia, North Carolina and Tenessoe
are blooded stock, full of spirit, but
hej- can easily be tamed with caresses and
mouth, deceitful words.
Biding into tiik Woiu.d on Ilonsv.iack.?Tho
Elizabcthtown < ICy.") Democrat,
f Tuesday, says that a lady in Hardin coun
y, last wor-k pave butli to lour children and
colt ! The first twins wore alive, and relained
in perfect health for several days afor
birth, when one of them expired, the
ther still livinp. The other fair were seated !
ipon the almost perfect form of a cilt bnt1
ife was extinct when the. strnnpe trio were
ishered into this world. The two children
nd colt were connected together.
An A\vti:r, coxki.afin vrrox dkvharr.n
?Tiio I'ittsbnrp i)i-/>n'. u le;.vnrt fr.?n a rcl: J
bio source, yol cm sc ire -Iv bclievo it possi- ?
!e, th:it a congregation in Voungstown, I'n., |
;ere lately edified 1 >y a disxvuirse agaiint the j
inking of oil wells, on the grounds that Ootl I
ntendod tlio.se nil deposits for soino great i
enqral conflagration, or other purpose, which j
ras being interfere 1 with by tho well borers.
What n glorious world this would be if
II its inhabitant* could v>y with Shakppenre'8
hepcrd : " Sir, I am a true laborer; I earn
hut I wear; owe no man hate; envy no
inn's happiness; glad of other men's good;
ontoutwith my farm.'*
Ft nokhs i n Squkk/ino ()iu?ku.?A young
id)-, in reply to her father's question, why
he did not wear rings upon her fingers, said :
"llceau.se. papa, tliev ' urt me when suiyiody
squeezes my hand.'
"What business have you to have your
innd squeezed ?"
"Certainly none; but .'till you know, papa,
ne would like to keep in squeezing order."
Mrs. IIuTTOtf always had a full house.? |
'wo years ngo she used to collect lobster- j
aoks, oyster shells, and steak-hom-H?tln-..w i
hem in front of the door, and advertise for
oardprs. The bait always took, and the old
idy now indulges in n three-story dou'iicil,
loor-plate and case, landladies having n
lankering after these latter things will do well
o make a note.
" Mil. 1'itowN, you say the witness was
loncst and intelligent. What makes you say
o? are you acquainted with him?" "No,
ir, 1 have never seen him." "Why, then,
10 you come to such a conclusion " Cause
ie takes ten newspapers, and pays for them
11 in advance." Verdict for the defendant.
A CJcrmnn being required <o give a receipt
;; full, after much rffort. nrorfneed the
bllowing : " I i?h full. I wants no more
noney. John Swackiiam.uiui."
Enjoy the blessings of this day if God
tend* them; and the evils bear patiently and
iwoctly.
Rkp noses arc lighthouses to warn voyagers
on tho sen of life off tho eoiistof Malaga,
Jamaica, Santa Cruz and Holland.
It is not so unpleasant to a poor young wo
nan to wait upon tlio gentlemen, us it is to a
proud old maid to bo writing for thein.
T|1B whole enchantment of beauty lies in
mystery 5 if tho nceessary elements are dissolved
its essence is dissolved also.
Tmk sublimo constructs for us 0'passage
Troin n sensuous world, in which the beautiful
would fain hold us always egptivo.
Or what color is grass wheft ctfvo&d with
jdow ? Invisible green.
r- '..
JLrrfHk '
"it. jt i.i . *! .?
Dkcumiikii 20th, 18(50.?What ?Very
South Carolinian will want lisjs been issued
by Messrs. Evans & Cogswell. Wo idludo to
the groat Declaration of Indcpcndcnco, "The
South Carolina Ordinance of Secession."? ' I
It has been lithographed from the original I
paper, with the signatures in fac simile, arid
is, in nil raspccti, a perfect copy. W*c uro
pleased to learn tl.at tho Convention, now Irt
session, have approved of the work by subscribing
for a number of copies.
[ Charleston MrfcxirJ/.
Tiik weight of the earth is estimated at
just 1,250,1(35,970,000,000,000,000,000 tons
Fkw vonng girls are so inconsolable that
that their hearts cannot be kept afloat by it
boy.
" You want nothing, do you ?" nid Pat.
" Bedad, an' if it's nothing you wnnt, you'll
find it in the jug whero the whiskey was."
Ari'kction, like spring flowers, breaks
through tho mostfiozcn soil at last; and the
heart which asks nothing but another heart
to make it happy, will never seek in vain.
W ITUix tho pas', two years thrro hare
been more instances of murder of husband.?
by their wives than in twenty years previous,
Tiik power of pleasing is founded <n thcJ
wish to please. The strength of tho wish is*
the measure of tho power.
I iik road ambition travels is too narrow for'
friendship, too crooked for love, too ruggedl
for honesty, and too dark for scionoc.
La OIKS who have n disposition (o punish
their husbands should recollect that a little
warm sunshine will melt nn icicle much so<onthan
a regular north easter.
An old bachelor probably wrote ihe fwFfovrinj;
: "'Twixt woir.cn find wine, man's lofc
is smart ; 'tis wine makes his In ad ache and
women his heart."
THE STAT 10 OK SOl'TII CAROLINA,
rieKi:xs? ix lannrr.
Tilimin C. Majgen. |
vs. ^ Hill for Partition, 4jtc.
Mnrct Mapec. ct. nl. j fl
i T appearing to lite Commissioner that Mnrct
Mappe, N. A. Mngco. Nancy Hunt; heirsui
law nl' Fanny Mason, deceased, to wit: Hon
jamin Mason, ISIias Mason. E/.ekiel Miim<?ii,
ftcnjuinin lit'own, II. M. Salmon anil hnsOnnd 1
Wind, defendants in this oa*e. reside without
the limits of this State: On motion of Ilarrison
it Pulliam. Comp. Sol., it is ordered, therefore,
that the said ahsont defendants do appear,
plead, answer, or demur to complainant's said
bill of complaint, within three months from the
putijicatiou oft hi* rule. or'nii order j"ocoiiJrjjo
will bo taken ngainst them.
HOIJT. A. THOMPSON, c.s.r.n.
0. wm'rn (>llioa< March 33. 1861. ."<111
STATU OF SOUTH OAKOl/ftfA,.'
IN 11U I) IX .\ 11 V?01TA TI OX.
y yilHHHAH, Ksther Keith and Itob't \ Thomp1
T foil tinlli applied tome lor letters of :i?lministrution
upon nil anil singular tlio personal
estate of Matthew Keith, cIorriihpiI, Into of I lit:
District ol' Pickens 11 nil State aforesaid: Tlio
kindred nnd creditors of said deceased. are, therefore.
cilcd to appear before nie ?t Pickens ('. II. on
Monday tlie Hil? of April next, to shew c..iise, if
nntv they can, '.why snid letters should not ho
granted. Given under my hand and seal this 22d
Mn roll, 1801.
_____ W. K HOI.COM I'.H. o. p. n.
FOR SALS,
rrMIAT desirable Lot of Land, w i 1 It rv good
.A dwelling, nnd oilier necessary out-buildings
therron, Roritniiiiug Throe Acres. On tlio
premises, there is u lino garden, good orchard,
&o. The Lot adjoins Jneob Schroder nnd others,
and |ies immediately on tlio public road,
cquu-dislaut from West I'nion and Wnlhalla.
Terms, cusv, 11. HOOPS.
O.t. 30, IS'f.fl M if
CpilU TO TIB13 JlCIM'l'li:!
i ji j. i /?: j >s l ?S / .N i /' o .V v ,S'
Vl/lj persons indebted i>> W. II. DI'.Nl>V it
CO., for t!io year 1800. must forward
end inako peiOement l>y X"te or Cash?caxh
prr/'tircd?as we nrc needing monoy.
I'oj-.oons indebted to the lirni of DKX1H' &
PI'MjKN" fur tlio years IXoS?'it'.) must pny
wirltin twenty day* from ttii.s date, or pny cost,
without disctiminntitl.
W. II. I)i;\T)Y A, CO.
Wullmllftj F<?b. 1. 1S0I Cfi tf.
OIIBBNVIiJli.B MAKI)M$ YAK)).
r|MIK subscriber lias on hau l anil is couMnnt
.1 ly receiving a large and varied assortment o
American and Italian Llartle,
Tn which he would cull the attention of those in
want of u suitable Monument to mark the rf.f?t
where repo?o the remains of their departed relatives
and friends. Carving and lettering of
all kinds neatly at:d prnmptlv executed.
Particular attention paid to ordei'HT>v mail
,1 A.NIKS M. ALLKN.
Greenville C. II., S. ('.. Krh. 31-tf
N. H. lie refers to 1 > <? Westfield. (lower.Cox,
Markly .t Co.. Dr. M li Karlo. W II Watfon,
Esq.. Ciil I) Hoke. 11 McKay. K*f|.
J. W. XonitlX, JK. J. W. IIAIIIII SON. /.. O. I'l'I.I.IAM .
ftUlUUS, JIAUIUSUN & 5'I LLIAM,
AI lor?t? j*? ?( Viinv,
A N I) Kit [.H'lTOliy IN K Q 1* I TV,
\\'ll.L Attend promptly to allv hindm-PH entrusted
i? to their c.iio. Mil. l'i i.Li,\M can uIvtmjb l?e
found in the Oflice. J
OFF1CK AT PlOKrNS 0. If., P. C. 5
fejit. ft, 185?> 0 If
\V. K. KA3I.F.Y ISA A I' WICKUKKK
"lEASLEY & WICKm iE, ]
AUornop tU I.aw. 9
nr IT.fi attend pnncttinlfy to nil I utdtieM en- .9
trusted to llieir euro in tho I'iMikt*
comprising the Western Circuit.
OFFICE AT l'l'CKENS C. It., S. <*.
?rpt. 2*. W? IS tT I
jamK8-jfi emu. \v. in phiok.
ORR & PRICE, I
A T T () Jt N K V S AT LAW,
6m'nviH(! t'.-II., 1
IV.mHco In tlio (Courts of tlie Western Circuit.
THE STATjH Ob1"H(UJTH <)AItOIJN \", M
IML'KJtXft?*> KtjyiTV.
Wm, Ilenihroo }
VH V l't'liiiuil Mil iiritvf, 'tu H
O. W. Baldwin. J |g
IT apjnwing lo my satisfaction Hint 0. W. Baldwin,
tiio daf?haRfll Itt tiiin CRSfl, redlati without
the limit? of fill* Slato ; on motion of Herd and
Ilrown, Vro. Vet, ordered, tlint ho do appear -ami
plao?l, answer or demur lo the petit loll ill this ciikp,
within three months front this 4}ato, ur tho snm*
will bo taken npfuinst hi in pro confesfn.
ROD'T. A. THOMPSON, u.K.P.P, ?
I March 0, lStfl 81 3n? H
li l P;~gl'ATK O F MI?irr~trAlt"OLTNA ,
IS KOU1TV? pwwieva ? ~
Sholor & Stribling,. )
h. > 1'otllion for Rollef, &?.
K. Mason nnd nl. )
IT appearing to my satisfaction thai E. K. Ma.gon,
tojto of the defendant* in this ca?e, reaido wHW* /'
out (lie llmi(3 of this 8(a|e; On motion of Rnd
k Drown, Pro fct: Ordered, (lint a rule be pub- [
llvhed In (he Kcotft* (Joufirr requiring him (a &
plead, nnnwor, or demur lo tho petiiiori in tl>>i
cusv, within threo month," from tlHvpiihlico(jou
thereof, or i h<> iu?me will be i -H^n an to hl|i\ fr<* WHB
i tovf&to. s. amis
BOB'T. A. THOMPSON. 0,n.r.i>. ;fj|i
I 'Comr's Office, Feb. 23t lfttil th) 3m JBSHH
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