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, From tho Charleston Courier.
?uniter-? Hallad, df 18?1.
?Twas oh tho'twelfth of Avril,
Before the break or day,
W^henrd.th? gunp pf Monltrio,
Oiyo signal for tho nay.
Anon Aoro'ss tho waters "
Tliuio boomed the answering gun,.
From North und South onmo flash ou 'flash,
Th? battle had bog-bo* - Ivy. <> > ? i
Wrtnrs belched their .doftdly food
And sntteftd'whli'd'tho 1 ^lls,
A fearful storm of iron hailed .
' On Sumter's doomed walls.
Wo watohed tho meteor flight of sholl,
And saw tl?? lightning flush
Saw where oaoh flory missile foll,
And heard the sulloh crash.
Tho morn wu? dark nnd cloudy,
Vet Mill tho'sun arose,
No answer to our gallant boya
Carno'booming iVom our focsi '
Then through thc dark and murky eloudB
Tho rooming sunlight onmo,
And forth from Sumter's frowning walla
Hurst sudden sheets Of Hame.
Then shot and sholl flow thick and fast,
Tho war-dogs howling spoko,
And thundering cninoJ.hoir angry roar,
Through wreathing olouds of smoke.
Again to fight for liberty,
Our gallant sons had como.
They .smiled wheo cam? tho bugle, call,
And laughed when tapped tho drum.
From cotton and from corn fi old,
From desk and forum, too,
From work-bonoh and from anvil, came
Our gallant boys and (rue :
A hireling bund had come to awo,
Our chains to rivot fast ;
Yon lofty pilo scowls on our homes,
Seuwavd tho hostile must.
But gallant freemen man our guns
No mercenary host.
Who bartor for their honor's prico,
And of their baseness boaet.
Now carno our stately matrons,
And maidens, too, by scores ;
Oh I Carolina's beauty shono ,
Like lovo-llghts on her shores.
Seo yonder, anxious gazing, !
Alono .* matron stands,
Tho toar drop glistening on each lid,
And tightly olasped her hands.
For there, exposed to deadly fire,
Her husband and/her son
"Father; > she'spoko, and heavenward look'd,
Father, thy will bo dono."
Soo yortdor group of maidens,
No joyous laughter now,
i For cares.lio heavy on caoh heart,
And cloud each anxious brow ;
For brothers dear and lovers fond,
Are there amid tho ?trife ;
Tearful tho sister's anxious gaze
Pallid tho promised wife.
Yet breathed no honrt ono thought of fear,
Prompt at thoir country's call,
They yielded forth their dearest hopes,
And gavo to honor all !
Now comes a message from below
Oh I quick tho.tidings tell
" At Moultrie and Fort Johnson, too,
And Morris', all are woll !"
Then mark tho joyous brightning ;
Seo how each bosom swolls ;
That friends and lovod ones all are safe,
Kaeh to tho other tells.
All day tho shot flow thick and fast,
All night the cannon ronrcd,
While wreathed in smoko stern Sumter stood,
And vengeful answer poured.
Again tho sun roso, bright and clear,
'Twas on tho thirteenth day,
- While, lo! at prudent diatuuee moored,
Five hestilo vessels lay.
With choicest Abolition crows
The bravest of (heir bravo
They'd1 como to pull our Crescent down
And dig Secession's grav?,
" Seo, soo, how Sumter's bnnnor trails,
They'ro signaling for aid.
Soo you no bouts of armed men ?
Is yet no movement made ?"
Kow densest smoko and lurid flames
Burst out o'er Sumter's walls ;
"Tho Fort's on filo," is ibu cry,
Again foi* aid ho calls.
Soo you ri ? boats or vcssols yet X
Duro they not risk one shot
To mako veport grandiloquent
Of aid they rendered not ?
Nor boat, nor vessel, loaves tho floct,
" Let tho old Mtijor burn,"
We'll boast of what we would havo done,
If but-on our return.
Qo back, go back, yo cravens ;
Go back tho wny yo onmo ;
Yo gallant, would-be, men-of-war,
Qo! for your country's shaine.
Mid fiery storm of shot nnd sholl,
Mid smoko and roaring flame,
Seo how Kentucky's gallant son
Does honor to her name !
Soo how. ho answers gun for gun
.* Hurrah ! his flag is down !
Tho white ! (ho white ! Oh see it wave !
Is oohood all around. ???'?;?
God savo tho gallant A ml orson,
All honor to his name.
. A soldier's duty nobly dono, ^
Ho's earnod a hero's fame.
Now ring, tho bell? a joyous peal,
And rend with shoats tho air,
We've torn tho hated bonnor down,
And placed tho Crescent there.
All honor to our ganV... boys,
Bring forth tho roll of faino, .
And th oro in glowing lines inscribo
Kaoh patriot, horo'o name.
Spread, spread, tho tidings far and wido,
Yo winds tnko up tho'ory,'
"Our soil's redcomod from hateful yoke,
Wo'll keep it pure or die." K. 0. M.
IMJLLJ^i.iJJUJ^ -i'-?.?Ii.'
A COMPLIMENT.-Ono of tho cditoic of
tho Augusta Conslitutionulisl, who lift.? been
in attondanco on all tho Southern Conven
tions,, (has writes of tho South Carob'ia Cou*
vontion :
"While tho smallpox pnpio was raging in
Cob?ir?Ma, S. ?., and tho Stater Convention
was about to moot, wo went thither to notice
tho first inovomont8 in tho grand political no
tion of StatO secession. Wc- followed tho
dofegatos to Chnvlestoti, and, ,woro in dally
communication with tho -public proceedings
of tho Stnto Convention of ?outh Carolina.
No abler body of men over condoned in tho
Bnlmotto Stato than j tho delegates to that
Convention J and tho important mutters trono
abtod" required jttsVsuob flrmnoas, ability and
?xporiotic?, to conduct thora to wiro, peaceful
and gtiioOessfnl/VeauH; T/heso pioneers wert
not obty abjo and willing, but they gavo to
other Becoming;.Stn(tea tho odyoptagoB.of tb.dr
wisdom arid patriotism." .? .
It is not higb or?ioes, such na robbery.and
murder, whioh destroy:Jfh? peace of aoo??.ty ;
but the villago goflsin, family jealousies, pick
ings bfetwoon , neighbors, and meddling, aro
Ufo worma that eat into nil social tinpplncsa.
. i ' ?. s
Serenado to V?ctt-?reildent 8teBben?.
Last night, ot tho hour ot O o ctooK, a foTgi
number of citizens congregated in front of tlx
Exchange Hotel, with tho First Kogimcn
baud, nud serenaded tho Honorablq Aloxondo
If. Stephens, Vico President of the Confedot
ate State? of America. Tjio distinguish^
Sont lem?n was introduced to,tho throng b;
Iayor Mayo, and. reooivet) with hearty cheery
In responso, Mr. Stephens returned* his.nc
know ledgmentH for the wa mit li of tho person
al greeting, and hie most profound thonks fo
it na tho representative of tho Con federa t
States. ile spoke of the rejoicing thc B0C03
siou of Virginia had camed among her South
ern sisters. Her people would feel justifi?e
if they could hoar it ns ho had. ile woulc
not spoak of tho .States who were out, bu
thoso who '?Oro i?. North Carolina was out
r.nd did not know exactly how she got out.
Tho fires that woro blazing hero ho had seci
all along his track from Mootgoinory to Rich
mond.' . Afc "Wilmington, North Carolina, lu
had oouuted, on one street, twenty flogs of th?
Confederate States.
Tho newjs from Tenncssco was equalb
cheoring--thero tho mountuius wero on lire
Some of tho States still hesitated, but soon al
would bo in. Tonncssco was no longer in th?
lute Union. Sho was out by resolutions o
hor popular assemblies, in Memphis and otho
cities. Kontucky would soon bc out. He
peoplo were moving. Missouri-who couh
doubt thc stand she would tr'to, when bc
Governor, in reply to Lincoln's insolont proc
lainat ion, had said, f* You shall havo'no troop
for tho furtherance of your illegal, unchristiui
and diabolical sobemos !" Missouri will soo;
add another star to tho Southern galaxy.
Where Maryland is, you all know. Tho firs
.Southern blood had been shed on her soil, atv
Arirginia would never stand idly by und Sc
her citizens shot down. Thc cause of Haiti
moro waB tho cause of thc whole South. II
said tho cause wo were engaged in was thu
which attached peoplo to thc old Constitutio
of tho late United States-it was tho oausc (
civil, religious and constitutional liberty.
Many of us looked nt'that Constitution as th
anchor of safety. In Georgia, the people ho
been attached to tho previous Union, but tl:
Constitution which governed it was frnmc
by Southern talent and understanding. A
saults had bcon mndo on it ever since it wi
established-lately, a hititudinous constru
tion liad been mado by thc North, whilo v
of thc Soutli sought to interprit it ns it was
advocnting striot construction State rights, tl
rights of thc people to rule, etc. Ile spot
of all tho fiftccu Southern States as odvocatii:
this construction. To violato tho principl
of thc Constitution was to initiate rcvolutk
-and the Northern States had doue this.
Tho Constitution framed nt Montgomci
discarded tho obsolete ideas of thc old Const
tution, but had preserved its better portie
with some modifications, suggested by the c
pcrionce of tho past, nud it liad been udopti
by tho Confederate States, who would stai
to it. The old Constitution lind been mn<
an ongine of power to crush out liborty ; th
of tho Confederate Stoles, to preserve it. Tl
old Constitution was improved in our hand
and (hose living under it had, Uko tho Ph?
nix, risen from thc ashes. Tho revoluti?
lately begun did not affect alone property, b
liberty. Ho alluded to Lincoln's coll 1
75,000 volunteers, and said ho could find
authority in tho old Constitution for such
flagrant abuse of power. His second proc
inatiou had stigmatized as pirates all who sail
in letters of marque f this was also in violati
of tho Constitution, which alone gave Cc
gross that power. What lind tho friends
liberty to hopo for ? Hcginning in usurj
tion, where would ho end f You were, he
ever, said he, no longer .under tho rule of tl
tyrant. With strong nrms and stout lie?
you have now resolved to stand in defence
libel ty. Thc Confederate States bod but
sorted their rights. They believed that th
rulers derived their just powers from thc c?
sent of tlic governed. No ono had a right
deny tho existence of the sovereign right
secession. Our people did not wnntto m
die with thc Northern States-only wan
thc latter to lot them alone. When .did \
ginia ever ask tho assistance of tho Gone
Government?
If there is sin in our institutions, we b
the blame-and will sta.id acquitted by on
ral law, and thc higher law of thc Creator
We stand upon thc law of God and Natl
Tho Southern States did not wish a rcsori
earns after secession. Mr. Stophens allu?
to negotiations between Major Anderson i
I thc authorities of the Confederate States
demonstrate thc proposition. History,
r.nid, if rightly written, would acquit us o
desire to shed our brother's blood.
The law of necessity and of right compe
us to net ns wc did. no had reason to
Hove that thc Creator smiled on it. Tlio 1
oral flag was taken down without thc loss
single lifo. Ho boliovcd that Provide
would bo with us and bless us to thc ond.
had appealed to thc God of Battles for
justness of our cause. Madness and ?
ruled nt Washington. Had it not hovo 1
so, several of thc States would havo beet
the old Union for a year to come. " Tho {
first made mod those they would destroy.
Maryland would join us, ond nioy-bc, oro li
tho principles that Washington fought
might bc again administered in tho city
boro bis name. Every son of thc South, 1
tho Potomno to tho Kio G rando, should ;
to tho support of Maryland. If Lincoln r
1 Washington as ignominiously ns ho entere
God's will will have been accomplished,
argument was now oxhaustcd. Ho prcpa
stand to your arms; defend your wives
firesides. Ho alluded to thc momontous
sequences of the issue involved, llnthor
bo conquered, let every second man ral
drive back tho invader. Thc conflict nit
terrible, but tho victory will be ours,
gininns, said ho; yon fight for tho prescrv
of your sacred rights-tho land of Pa
Henry-to ke?p from desecration tho toi
Washington, thc graves of Madison, J
son, and all you hold most dear.
LRichfn?nd' V!spat<
A Noni.K M OT II KR.-Editors Charl
C'ovrier : Tho reading of nn cxtrnofc fror
Petersburg Express, headed " A Ti
Matron," in your issuo of Wednesday,
oes mc to oflbr to you tho .following, (v
ll d? without tho knowlcdgo of those rot
to,) whioh will go to. 'show that in South
olina as well ns Virginia thoro aro those
bio Mothers" alluded' to in tho Expr
I'suoh flattering terms.
J A Company, belonging to tho Second
. J imont of South. Carolina Volunteers,
J about, to tnko tho oars for this city, a
mothor of two of its members, on t
leave of nor sons, wo? scon to shed to
Sho was approached by an. intimnto f
and asked ir she wont beoauso h?r boy*
s? going to do bnttlo for hot cduntry. '
no.<"-was the patriotic response. "I
fcfccnuse t have no more boys to send,"
j * ? So?yl; Carolina Coincidence'
) Tlioio aro sooio .curious coincidences in
> South Carolina history, ootwoou. pest and
\ present, whioh descrvo romombraDCC. South
?Carolina was tho first xjf tho* Colouics .to^do
j blore' au independent State Constitution in tho
t days of tho Revolution. South Carolina wus
thc first State to seocdo from the late Confed
eracy and declaro an independent Constitu
tion. South ; Carolina was tho Hist Stu to in
tho Revolution of 1770 to beat tluronomy.
This was dono in CharlOstou harbor. South
? Carolina was tho hi st of tho seceding States
in. 1861 to obtain a triumph ovor tho Aboli
tion invader and usurper, and again in
Charleston harbor! All thc lights iu tho
Ueyolutlon tu 1776-JjCxingto ? and Hunker
Hill-were Amorionu defeats. That of Fort
Moultrie was a victory I Fort Moultrio iu
1776 set firo to the British vessels. /The
samo fortress had a large part in tiring Fort
Sumter. South Carolina, at tho el ose of thc
Korol ut ion, bud bcou so liberal that she was
tho largest creditor S tuto in tho Confederacy
at tho eud of tho war. At tlio present mo
mout hor expenditures far exceed those of
any ono State in tho Southern Confederacy,
and this without including those large annual
expenditures for ordnonco and arms which
she begau in 1832, and which, perhaps, hos
found her, in tho present conflict, better pro
pared for battle than any of hor sister States.
Thcro is ono point of great importance, in
whioh tho coi?oidcnco utterly fails. In
1776, her people, half of whom wcro born in
Great Britain, and had ouly recently como tc
this country, wcro nearly equally divided.
Now, she stands erect, ready to meet thc ene
my, with united columns ; her peoplo all feel
ing and prepared as one mun ! In 1776, she
could only bring, all told, about 12,000 mei:
iuto thc field ; now she can bring 60,000.
And such men ! a land fight would show
and, if our bravo boys clo not utterly drive
tho invaders into tho sen, wo shall be grcntlj
disappointed in thc souls and sinews that nov
keep guard over our islands. A moro wantoi
invasion, more brutal, without right and rca
son, was ncvor exhibited in history 1 Anc
our boys aro defending their homes, thei
firesides, their women and childron, against t
foo who hos been slandering, reviling, am
robbing us for more than thirty years 1 1
wo do uot givo a good account of th cs
wrotohes HOW, it will bo because they will b
chary to offer us thc opportunity. We hftV
to revengo thc wrongs of* thirty years. Am
thc brood of Moultrie, Marion, Sumter nm
Pickou8, will furnish us with new coinciden
ces !-Mercury.
Clay and Calhoun.
Iii his speech on tho 26th ult., boforo th
Richmond Convention, cx-Govcrnor Wis
thus apostrophises Henry Clay and John C
Calhoun :
" Oh, my God, sir, I could Weep 1 I cai
not look at you without seeing ucnr you titos
two sculptured figures iu contrast. I wish
could speak of Henry Clay ns I want to spca
of him, without being misunderstood,
knew him, and knew him well. Ile lins gom
and I would say nothing of him but what
good. And there is one good thing I can sn
of him, und when 1 look at that mai ble I ni
reminded of it. Ho was gamo, ho wns ii
domitnble, he was uplifted, nnd his stepping
wore stately stoppings. He, thnt might
man, tried compromise, nnd compromise, an
compromiso, until bc won exnltcd fnino, nu
tho name of tho " Great Pacificator." llci
ry Clay, I invoke your shade. If you hi
lifo now and were standing in this hall c
your uativc soil, Henry Clay, I invoke yoi
shade to know what would be your cxclam
tion, your apostrophe of compromiso ! Alni
Alas ! alas 1 the word has crumbled in
. ruins like tho ship of State, for which he 1
bored in vain.
"And in contrast with that of Henry Chi
another image rises boforo my mind, distill
and indelible as marble-Thc imago
John C. Calhoun, of that man who was anil
tious above other mon, who sought thc Pre
dent ns Newton sought an observatory
did not want it without his telescope-til
man, of whom a Georgian has said, that
was like Michael Angelo's dome in thc Her
cns, without thc scaffolding of thought. T
other day, when a South Carolinian wnsplei
ing nt this bar, referred to that marble imaj
I looked nt thc stcrrn, severe, uubending, v
yielding countenance, and my mnuhood gu
wny, and 1 wept to think of him. He wa:
prophet, and moro than a prophet. He fo
tobi the events, in thc midst of which wc ?
now to live. He knew thc use of words;
knew that words were not shadows but thin
Thc giant contest, the more than GladiatOi
struggles which took place between these t
men, between whose marble images you ane
sir, sit here to day, furnish in ono sons
typo of tho national crisis in which you i
1 tuc this day involved. And now thc]
of the present is to record an answer to
question, an indelible answer. Whose
forts have told on the side of error, and wh
efforts haVe told on the side of truth ? Fl
one canto a hopeful effort to save by cont]
misc; the other sternly told you to stand
your rights tis the only staunch, stern, im
vablc position that would save you."
TH.K QUESTION' !-Thc correspondence,
tween tho Southern Commissioners and
Seward, published in another column,
scnts tho real issuo. The North claims
right to govern thc South. They havo
majority-consequently tho p?wer-nnd
course, tho right to rulo us ! They will
ten to no argument, they will hoar no proj
tion for treaty or adjustment. Wo must :
mit, without a word sold ! After submiss
they may condescend to liour our petit
and entreaties ! This is tho extent of
liberties-of the liberties of tho people ol
soveroign Commonwealth of Virginia-ol
Stnto that gavo birth to Washington I of
. Stnto, which was thc first to prooinim I
pondenco on this continent I Woore not!
govern ourselves-wo must bo governc
Yankees 1 Can ony Virginian hear such
duration without making his blood boil?
Tho Commissioners animadvert, in fi
i tennson thc trickery and insincerity, w
they experienced from tho shabby setat"\\
ington. Thoy aro not tho only persons
have been treated to tho samo dish b;
samo parties, Thc conservativos in this !
know a thing or two fwOUt Seward now.
Wc supposo that there novcr was a Go
i mont on earth, in tho hands of such a i
unprincipled, m*an, selfish,. doublo-dc
scoundrels. Not a parti?lo of confidonc
: bei safely reposed in any thing thoy SJ
I Thoy look upon Government ns an ongii
; deception--and nil whom they can ovorr
? ns legitimate victims. They may bo
i men ; bat if thoy aro, it will.bo tho firsl
i in history that tricksters nnd liars woro
I tied to tho appellation. ' f '
i [Richmond (Va.) Wh
.i ?.?I ?II; II? ? ? ?.'.', ! 1 ? ? ' '.. LLUL . "."r""?"???
The Efieot of War upon ? Kation V Wealth..
Tho firing of aO-ipoh shell gun, liko those
u'sod ou moat, of our naval steamers, costs
$9.84 et eaoh dipohargo. Now, the burning
of 80 worth of coal in ono of our cotton, or
carpot, or stoahi-cngiho manufactories, gener
ally results in tho produotiou pf from 810 to
820 worth of vnl?o i? some other, klud of prop
erty ; but tho burniug pf powder in w?rfaro
docs not produco any other kind of proporty ;
its only products aro noise, and smoko, and
death, which aro not saleable in any tnarkot.
Of allmodes of 'consuming wealth unproduc
tively, the most rapid aro 'conflagrations and
war.
It is frequently tho oaso that tho produc
' tivo pow or of unpeople is so groat that tho og
1 gregate of individual savings moro than coun
' torbnlauceS tho public waste of wealth in War,
' and thus tho national wealth tpay inercaso
ovon duriug tho co.ntinu.inco of exponsivo
wars. Macaulay pays that this has. been thc
case With England in all of her wars; and was
most conspicuous in tho most cxpeusivo ono
that sho ever engaged in, tho long contest
against tho opinions of thc Kreuch Revolution
which continued, with two briof intervals,
from 1708 tp 1815, In this gignntio strug
glo, England' not only supported her own ar
mies, but she also contributed vast suuis to
her allies-thc other governments of Europe
-to enable them to keep up th? fight, lt is
true that a largo portion of this money was
raised by borrowing, thc national debt having
been increased during tho period about two
thousand millions of dollars. But a govern
ment cannot borrow unless somebody has it to
lend, and this wholo immense sum was saved
by the English people right in tho midst of
the war, and loaned to tho government.
If we put asido the vail which thc interpo
sition of money throws ove?'tho transaction,
wo shall find that what really took placo was
this. It docs not require thc whole of tho
labor ita any community to produce thc food
and clothing needed; and when a sufficient
number of laborers are employed in the pro
duotiou of tlicsc first necessaries, tho remain
ing .labor of the community is directed to ma
king such articles as aro most, desired. In
times of pcaco this surplus labor is principally
dovotcd to making machinery, constructing
steam engines, building railroads, and, in
short, in increasing tho various kinds of ac
tivo capital which facilitate industrial opera
tions and thus augment the annual production
of wealth. But in war, this labor is diverted
to thc production of food, clothing, powder
muskets, cannon, &c., to be worn out and de
stroyed by tho armies; and thus thc nccumu
lotion of wealth is stopped, or at least, checked
In some cases, indeed, so largo a portion o
thc community is taken from productivo laboi
and put to the work of destroying property ii
fighting, that thc national wealth is rapidly
diminished. "When Frederick the Great, o
Prussia, was contending with Austria for tin
possession of Sclesia, bc said that bc wooli
fight as long ns there was a potato in tho king
dom, and Macaulay says that bc did light til
the great mass of tho pcoplo had nothing ti
cat but potatoes, and every private fortune ii
thc cou ntl y was destroyed. Louis XIV., too
kept Franco at war with combined Europ'
till tho very nobles wore reduced to a diet.o
black bread, and numbers of tho people dici
of starvation.
The Type Setter.
Do you know that a type setter is a won
derful nrchitcct? Do you sec those bits o
lead mid zinc lying over, across mid ngnins
each other, like the tangled braids of a mei
maid's hair ? What life or light can there b
in 'those fragments? And yet they form ai
army 11101*0 powerful than ever fought upon
tented field. Yesterday they stood up proud
ly, professionally speaking, in ono a form "
truly in a thousand forms. You may loo!
upon thc little bits witii a smilo upon you
lip, but you little dream they are strongc
and wiser than you-flint they will spen
when you aro dead and forgotten. rJ he
have sometimes made you smile, undshuddoi
Don't you remember little Lucy-she whoi
you loved ?-sho with thc blue eyes and ai
burn curls? You little thought tho olin
day when you took up tho morning pape
that thc one word " DIKD," of only four lette:
- whioh you laughed at, as they lay, dyst
and dirty, in their square homes-you di
not think it would mako you weep. An
"STOCKS"-isn't there something in th;
word ? Haven't you been head and heels i
them for years, and don't jour feelings ri;
and fall with thciii nlternntely ? A little fu
thor on you come to thc word " M?RRIK1)
-Ah ! 1 thought that would make you smil
1 saw you kiss a baby just then, and that oi
word unravels it nil. You haven't forgotti
the day you went courting have you ? Tin
there was magie in tho utterance. You stoi
at the altar on thc strength of tho hnppinc
you felt; and if you have not always lov
thc girls nt, you ought, there is no ono y<
love as wei!. You secretly bless tho d
when that singlo word " niarriago," w
wreathed like n sacred archway over the jo
of " thee and thine."
If you will come to his workshop to-ni(
row, tho printer will show you how to ". d
tribute" knowledge. Ile will pull to pioc
those tough, wiry arguments Unit yestcrd
dolined the world. Thcso pretty places whi
thc poet wrought will have to come," a
their golden fancies become to-morrow t
integuments of tho politician's prose,
they go-those mctalie dwarfs scattci
broadcast liko good seed, which shall bri
forth sixty-aye, a hundred fold. H Si>
lives lost," and Prentice's last joke," mnt
in linc together, and the printer whist
" Ynnkcc Doodle," as carelessly over their d
solution ns if human life was nt a discern
Prc utico's jokes below par; and so it is.
This is thc Printer"? life and business,
j A printing office is a great bowling all
Tho printer sets up tho pins-tho wi rid kc
tally-tho editor puts tho ball in motion i
away tt goes carrying death and destruct
in its front-sending a pin hero nnd n
thero, while a noisy rabblo always stand
to dicer and hiss down tho playors. Sc
play for money ; sonio for honore, and n
-a precious few-do it to patronizo
boss " mid pleas mankind. No mnttci tv
tho balls aro made of, or bow they go, if t
only hit tho mnrk. . Tho crowd pocket
spoils and " honors " (nnd excuses) uro lef
tho proprietor," who ?JOCS behind tho sec
nnd starves in his shirt sleeves. And s
is lifo I
Y/bon n printer dies, tho world just gr
glimpse of his value' as his cont tails VIII
into glory; and then it looks very bad, i
his hands a little, oalls him a dover follow
says bia only fault was in hoing poor, nnd t
tho world shoves its sympathy out of s
into tho odium, tK? human heart, and on
tho Juggernaut OS though nothing had 1
poned. ,.
Somo day, tho pcoplo will wftlio and iii
screw loone in tho jagged machine'of hu
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progress? M?f you do, don't waste ?riy more
sympathy Ump possible oh thoso mythological
follows who print your books ?nd papers.
"o.b.! Noa/Nod, you're a sad, wild fol
low.'.' . >Ajk . n .;. . .
?So my mothor says ; tiuyhow, dou'tyou
think I do credit to her training ?" . ...
" No, my boy," said apilverrhftiredold r?an;
" I roinombcr your mother when eho wos a
" bonnie lassio " Her checks wero like two
ripo apples, ou which tho crimson was dainti
ly spread so ns not to shanie tho white. " Her
oyo was full and bright, not dim with s?rrofr
ns it is'now! Sotno groot- griof must have
chnnged her so sadly. Her rounded limbs
and dainty foot, her beautiful throat aud
whito, dimpled urius, I wc.ll roinCmbcr. .And
sho has becu a kiud mother; her counsels,
like \ morning dows o nil evening showorsj'
havo fallcu upou your wny I and yob; Ned,
you call her tho 4 old woman.' Ah, boy, it,
never, was so iu my time."
?*Oli, well," said Nod, tossing his hand
some hoad, and hastily thrusting back tho
browu and. glossy curs ; "I am going to get
married and bo a dutiful son. No ono can
say that 1 nogleot my mother, nt nuy ruto ;
though perhaps I nm a littlo rudo."
"Did you scud that sugar, to-day, and the
other littlo articles Unit 1 ordf d for moth
er V" nsked Nod lillis of his pretty young
brido, as they sat together iu thoir ncnt cot
tage home.
.? i declare, Ned, I forgot it," his wife ro
plicd, blushing ; " I was so busy finishing my
dross for tho hall, that it quito slipped uiy
memory."
" Mother wanted them last week-sugar
and snit, tea nnd coffee, nnd about everything
else she was out of ; what ? stupid dog I um
to forget so ; here, Sum-Ned--J?ok, where
are you ? what, not ono of them at homo?"
"They have gone to tho husking frolic, ?
believe, said Mrs. Ellis;. "I intended to
send those articles before tlicy went, but 1
have suoh n short memory."
" Ditto to tlint," chimed in Ned, u but 1
must go roiind and soc tho old lady. 1
hnvn't even called to know whether sho is
sick or well !"
Tho widow sat Over tho sennty fire, watch
ing tho hissing water, ns it spouted nnd fell
from the little tin tea kettle. A loaf of
bread stood on thc small table at her side.
Her creamer was empty; the bowl minus su
gar, no butter, no littlo luxury, nothing but
thc crust, thc wee whito loaf and tho scrap Of
tea that dusted the bottom of thcancieut sil
ver tea pot.
Tho widow bent closer over the fire, nnd
there were tears in her aged eyes.
" Ho should bayo thought of this old
mother," she murmured, fidgeting with ner
vous hands about ber cap ribbon ; " but then,
being just married, so I suppose I ought to
consider; he always was a little wild-a lit
tle wild; but bc has got a good heart, I know
he has; still, he shouldn't have forgotten his
poor old mother."
Thc good old lady leaned back and crossed
her hands upon her bosom. Her thoughts
went back to earlier days. How often lind
that golden head nestled against her heart ?
How had those over laughing eyes drawn
smiles from her own, even in lonely widow
hood. How had she watched him ns ho,
prattling, toddled about her knee, tho treas
ure of her life, thc blood of her very heart,
the apple of her eye. And after years had
passed, she remembered the often self-denials
-the scanty meal-thc patched garment, the
old shawl, colored and re-colorcd ; tho faded
bonnet; nil beautiful ns jewels to her; be
cnuso they bought the great gift of education
to her boy. And after all this, he had neglect
ed his old mother. Oh, shanie ! ungrateful
manhood, that can t.o repay love tender as thc
love of an angel.
Look upon another sceno.
A bright, noble face was that of young Ar
thur McLanc. His eyes were vividly dark,
his hair rolled back into glossy curls from a
manly brow. The soul of earnest Hie cn
8tail)pod that fresh young countenance ; the
soft light of love enkindled it as he spoke,
in soft, low tones, to thc gent?o being by his
side.
" Mother will not HYO with us," bc said ;
" she has too long reigned over her own house
hold to sit quietly by thc fireside of another/'
"I am sorry, Arthur,".replied a sweet
voice; '.tho picture I havo framed in my
heart will bc incomplete without mother.
Her meek face," her snowy cap, her busy fini
ger?, her low voice and quiet influence would
make our littlo home a paradise. Will she
not bc very lonely."
" 1 have taken care to engage a cottage
close to hers," answered ^Arthur, "within a
stone throw. And you know you can never
get along without showing her your bright
eyes at least a do/en timesa day, to consult on
littlo household matters-such ns whnt duin
ty dish will best please thc taste of your lord
and master-rAhom !
Alice shook her finger at this piece of im
pudence, and looked as fearfully thrcatcninj;
as her pretty face would allow.'
'.'And how do you get on, now that Ar
thur has gone nnd married?"
" Well, thank God ! the sumo as before,"
answered thc old lady, her sorcne face light
ing up with a beautiful smile. " Do you seo
that ?" and she pointed to a flour barrel un
der cover; "and sho lifted successively thc
snowy napkins from a box of sugar, a large
can of tea, a firkin of butter, and a casket of
incal. " Arty don't forget his old mother,"
sho answered with asmilo, still wiping n tear
from her eye; "ho lins stocked my house
with everything I cnn i ossibly want; nnd his
wife, pretty little creature, runs over hero ev
eryday to ?ce if my morning glories need io
bc tied up ; or to weed my Lulo ?lowor-p.itoh.
Sometimes she sonds iho over a lonf of her
whito broad; nnd never a nice little dninty
she gets, but sonic of it finds its wny into my
cupboard. God bless them both j 1 wish ev
erybody had sitch ohildrcn as 1 have got..
Children, honor tho ?gray bond, and keep
waria thc aged heart.
COAL QIT, IN LOUISIANA.-Cool oil
Springt) have been discovered in Cnleasieu
Parish,. Louisiana.. Tho Louisville (Ky.)
Journal sn YB : ,,,,
" Tho oil oxoitomont lins .extend" od ns fnr ns
our own Stflto, largo' deposits hiiving'bcen dis
covered in .different loonlitics. A corrospon
dont nt. Calhoun, MoLoan County, informs us
that tho noted sprtugJd th cit vicinity, known
as Hie Tar Spring,' uftords an abundant yiold
of oil. A company, after boring a distance
of forty-foot, woro richly rewarded by a flow
of oil^nnd thoy-nt onco orcotod an cngih'o,
lind will soon sot their pumps going, ?thbr
companies, nra, sinkiqg ''wolla ' ?n tho snmo
neighborhood With a proinysq o;f suoocsa,1'
ni II ? ???rjgj.iLjjv--Ti-?
REPOftT.
flUIK Commissioners of Freo Schools, .for
1 Piokons District; bog' loovo to Report,
through their Seorotaryrndd Treasurer, thefr
financial operations for tho niinual IcgnUerhi
of oho year, ending in Mwrbh, 1801, ne'fol*
Tho E?ports of ; Teaobors, for tho ollnrter
ending Junuary, 1800, WH for $194 01;
And that'amount wnsptud to tho
following persona, to wit :
W. if. White. ' >7 co
J. J. Hchd?isou, 15 12
I, J. Ariall, 5 85 . ...
Richard 10 20
0; t. Hollingsworth. ' 15 00 .
KC. Smith, ' ' 15/00
M. A. MoWhortcr, 4 50
10. O. HudBon, 8 48
D. Crice, 28. 40 .
S; A. McMahon, 7 04
U K.. Jones, ' 7 00
a. II. D. Cramer, 6 07 .
L. H, McWhortor, 7 20
j. F. Jones, 6 85' :
W. 1). Throlkcld, 18 40
Jolm Smith, 18 00
W. M. Stans?ll, 5 70 ;
Miss H. A. Lc Roy, 5 85
O. fl: P: Faut ? O 40 104 00
Tho Reports passed nt tho Apvil Board, 1800,
1 was for 804 75;
Andthat amount paid out os follows ?
11. tl. MoWhortcr, $10 80
W. F. M. Vant, 0 00
M. B. Snoad, . 10 50
M. A. O'Noall, 12 00
Advertising Inst Report, 10 45 .04 75
Tho Board passed tho Reports below, in No
vember, 1800 ; and tho mmvuit opposite tho
n.imcof ench person mentioned hnssinco beert
paid to thom, lo wit :
Sarah'Birten, ll 41
S. F. Hollingsworth 50 07,
J. lt. Looney 30 00
T. I). Entrokoii 27 00
J. S. Smith 51 50
E. A. LcRoy 25 02
FA Riley 00 5?
Grafton Jenkins 29 20
J. J. Henderson 204 70
R. F. King 25 90
John Smith 42 50
L. B. Rutledge 21 03
A. Rnmsay 00 08
J. W. Philpot 47 20
J. II. Gash. 17 08
Richard Harris 40 30
M. 1). Clayton 60 40
Ti. J. Ariail 00 13
, J. B Reid 8 02
Kl E. Sharp 87 71
Mnry S. Mnuldcn 28 02
John II. Harris 40 12
J). G rico 42 17
Ji. Chambers 7 00
J. B. Snnders 30 24
C. H. Spoors 121 72
J. S. Brewer 82 85
P. J. Dry utan 42 00
Wm. McWhortcr 34 38
N. Sullivan 28. 02
L. II. McWhortcr 5-J M
M. B. Snead 42 00
W. T. Cleveland 70 00.
W T). Threlkeld '40 54
II. II. Donny 64 50
J. F. Jones 24 88
F. L. Boggs 47 00
W. M. Stanscll 15 05
S. A. Mo.Mahan 50 25
J. F. Sn ?th 50 81
Tims. J. nielson 83 10
E. P. Boroughs 35 80
J nines Tollcson 30 48
John ITf.rris 4!) 08
G. II. D. Crnmcr 32 55
J. N. G.wgo 33 44
. C. P. Richardson 28 84
M. A. McWhortcr , 41 82
. H. A. McWhortcr 65 80
ll. lt, Boggs 3180
j Theso amounts have been receivod and dis
bursed since thc law has boen changed iii rela
tion to commissions; and tlmttile transaction
may bo better understood, we make a
KKCAl'ITUr.ATION :
Dr.
1801 Dy cash on hand, $203 34
Jan. - Rec'd of State
Treasurer,. 2,140 10 62,340 53
Deduct 2 per cci.t
for Receiving 40 09
82,302 54
. Cr.
Ry ensh paid touchers, $2,278 52
2 per ct. for paying out
same, 45 57 82,324 09
Leaving due Secretary
and Treasurer $21 55
Respectfully submitted.
ROR'T. A. THOMPSON,
Secretary & Treasurer.1
March 15, 1801. ^T ^
G UK KN VILLE MAU ULE Y AH 1)7
rI^ [IK subscriber has on hand rind is constant
J. ly receiving a huge nod vuried assortment o
American and Italian Marble,
To which* he would call tlioiitteutioti of thoro rh
want of a' suitublo Monumont to murk tho spot
where repose tho remains of their departed rol
ative.s and friend?. Carving and loitering of
all kinds neatly and promptly executed.
JUf?y^Pnr lieu lar attention paid to orders hv mail
JAMBS M. A?;LK>*.
Orconvillo C. H., F. C.. Fib ?-? 31-tf
N. H. Ile rofcrs to 1) () Westfield. Oowor.Cox,
Mnrklv & Co.. Dr. M B liarle, W H Watson,
EMp,l%d D Hoke, lt McKay. Esq.-_
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
.l'ICKKK9-IN KQtlTY.
Tilmon C. Magoo, Y
vs. > Bill for Partition, &o,
Maret Magoo, ot. al. ) >
IT appearing td tho Oom'riisaionor that Maret '
Magoo, N\ A. Magoo, NnneV 1 ?un? ; heirs
atdaw of Fftrtny Mason, dOOenscd, tn wit ! Ben
/ miin Mason, "Elina Mason, Ezekiel Mnrfon,
'Benjamin Brown', H.. M. Salmon and husband
Ward, d?fendants in this cnao, resido without
the limits of this State: On motion of. Harri
son & Pallium, Comp. Sol., it is ordered, thero
foro, thot tho sahl nhscnt defendants do npponr,
Clcnd. answor, or db iff ur to comjdriihant'h' said
ill of oomplaint, within throo months from tho
publication of this rul?, or nh order proconfe?so
will ho taken against .thom,
HOBT. A. THOMPSON; C.K.IM).
Odtniy W Office, M?roh 23; 1801; / Sm
T?IE STATE QV S??TU '?AR?iilis?,
IN KQt lTY-nt'KKNfl, .
BholOfft StrlblhigY .) -
VB. [ Totitlon for Relle'f, &o.
E. B.. Mason and al. .) . . , .,?}. (
ITnppearlng to my sr.tbfoclion that J?. ?. Mason,
ori? of tho d?fendants in this enso, r?side With
out the limits of this Statoj Ort motion of Heed
& Brown, Pro Pct r Ordered,-that a.rido jie pub
lished in the J\epttm. Cowriir.icqu|rlng, bim do
pload, answov,- or dqnmr to ?ho petition in thia
onso, Within thvoo months froth'tho publication
theroof, Ht tho' iat?tf will bb taken as td hlfir pto
eon/esso.
CviTir's
BOB'T. A. TU0MPflf>.\, <r.*.r.i>?,?
Offlie.Feb. 38, tP'tfi 80 6ui1