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':*>' . )f>,T?Vv... *' i'-';?-"-.-- *> ?'* J"_!J .. -ITC1.J1. - ! i' .'f.'i ....'-...UJ Down by the River Side. Down by the. rivor side stray ,^ As twilight shadows ologo, . [ ' And th.e soft mugi? Jr* tho spray, * Lulls nature to reposo ; ' Boside tho stream ? maidon dwells? My stai? of cvpntido ! . I?uro as tho* water lily-bolls, Dpwn by tho rtveis aide. DpWn t^y tho river sido I own, AHr?asure worth th? sea, In ono, to all the world unknown, ? Who's all tho world to me. Soon, In Iror oarly bloom and glow, She is to be my bride, jVhero tho swoot water-lilies grow, ?) Down by tho vivov side. A Viotim of Mirthfulness I ' * "BY A LADY. I may safely say that the organ bf mirthful-' nces has boon tho cause of most of the misfpr-v tunes of my lifo. While stilf a small child I exhibited tho propensity of laughing at any thing whioh struck me as being ludicrous, no matter where, whemor how it was: . At ono' time, I went to' a funeral with iriy mother. It was tho funeral of a young lady who was very much beloved, and of course la mented. Every ono was in tears, when, on turning toward a window, I saw two men sit ting side by side, one of whom was uoted for. his length of nose, the other because he had none. It was too muoh for my risibles?I choked, coughed and sneezed?but it would not do; laugh I must, and latigh I did. Sud denly a shadow fell across my eyes, and ? fleshy-protuberance, resembling a barbed hook, traveled oo'mo distance across my nose, and I heard these words pronouuced in my ear: ff Child, you may be tho next vicfim' to the fell destroyer 1" ; This completed my overthrow, and my mother shaking me violently/by the shoulders, took rao home, declaring that I uever should * go auywber? again till I know how to behave myself. ? . -When I went totych'ool, the same fate fol - lowed me. I received more reprimands," and more punishments than any other six pupils. Once when tuy teacher had been scolding me, and was just pronouncing pardon, I looked up, and perceived tho remains of a pinch of snuff adheriug to.the end of his nose. Then, alas ! woo was me that day. When our committee caino in^to school, I WaS always watching my master's great hands and feet, .and the awkward way he had rolling his eyes *and hanging out his tongue; and many aro tho -whippings I received over the school's back. 1 laughed my way from girl hood to maidenhood. At length there came a time to mo, as there comes to all, when I was in love. 7 . JSdward Payson;wasa youth whom any lady might be proud to love. He was gentle and kind, and for a time I was able to control my laughing genius, while witlrhim. My parents really noped had begun to improve. One evening ho was unusually sober, I un usually gay. He wished to converse soberly; I wo?l.d npt, and tried to prevent him from doing so. The more sober and guavc he be came, the higher my spirit rose, till at length I was abovd the earth?the clouds dancing about in the broad .expanse of air. I leaped from one airy castlo to another, till at length ?ny lover, tired, and no doubt disgusted, said : '''.Amelia," he said, iu a husky voice ; "1 had hoped that you were the one to control my destinies, one who would b*e my compan ion through life's thick .maze?a friend?a wife. *-But I sec my mistake. I am friend loss and alono, and must romain so. Forgive me for thinking to tame your wild free spirit. You have . said it is useless. I believe it.? Farewell ; hereafter we meet but as friends. I was amazed?thunderstruck?but he was gone. I often met Jiini afterwards, but he was reserved, and I was always ?ay and trivi al in his presence. Oh, woman, thou art an enigma 1 When thou feclcst most deeply, thou seethost most gay ! When thou lovest 1 most, thou seemost to scorn 1 Then oamo another lover, light-headed as myself. He was! always joking, always gay. People said *"( what a.matolr!" and looked up on the thjng as settled. One evening he came' to mo with a very solemn countenance, and said : v " Amelia, I havo an idea in my Ticad.*' " Don't it fe?l funny ?"? said I j which so frightened tho poor man, that he was unable to finish, In like manner-1 have stopped two other confessions. ' Thus seo that* my propensity for making fun has made mo what I am?a lonely old maid. I have not mourned my flesh pff, on account of it, howover, but on the .contrary, I havo " laughed and grown fat But still, if some machine could ho in* vented to keep my countenance while I listen to another declaration, t would bo most happy to receive both -tho machine and the decla ration. ... - ' v ' ^?yEii. put off, till t^day wjiat you didn't wish to do yesterday. ; * $ -\. :'?.',<?. ? ,?.??.? II. m.? IL. Il" . ,1 I . .1. . I I I Harper's N. Y^cokly'siiys that Indian I affairs claim their fuiPshariHof tho pujhlh. in tention. There have been of late many disij turbances1, and many of tiles whiles on tho frontier have been murdered. Now that th? war is over these matters aro likely t? receive the careful consideration of the Government. Arrangements arc now being made for fresh treaties with the Indian tribes, many of whom seem to be poaceably inoUncd. Ou the ?4th of Soptn, at Fort Smith, Arkausas, the fol- , lowing tribes signed' a treaty of permirent peace with tho United States, as represented by loyal dclegatos, viz : Osagcs; Semin?les, Creoks, ChiokasaWs, ?Cowskins, S?necas, Qua paws, Shawnces, and Clufbtaws. , ? ? Accidental .Shooting-?Two- cas?s qf accidental shooting have oocnrred within a short time, [within a few miles qf this place. In one instance a wife shot her husband with a pistol, endangering his life ; two servante in ?ompany I)., 29th Maine Vet. Volunteers, now at Sooiety HiH, while fooling with a rifle, shot a fellow-sorvaUt, killing him instantly. [Darlington jS?cw.l?ra. New York, Sept. 25.?Split in the Dein Ocratic Parti/.?A meeting of State Rights men Svas held at Ooopcr Institute to-day.? Thomas Lawrence presiding, and'resolutions were adopted denouncing tho Democratic noui-> inations and platform as absolving them from obligations to support the party ticket, ? pro claiming themselves for the Constitution as it is and the Union as it was, and affirming that all Kxecutivo proclamations and deorces affect ing the rights of tho States, are unconstitu tional, null and void, etc. The nomination of a Stat? ticket is lefV to the decision of/.the committee. Thirty-five assomb^^istricts are represented. . Somk idea of the terrible havoc of war may be gained from the following figures : In the desperate encounter at Chickamauga, llose crans lost 10,851 men, and at Murfrecsboro' 12,085;; at Pittsburg Landing, .Grant lost 13,573, at Vicksburg 9,875, and at Mission Ridge 7,000; at Gaines's Mill, Peach Or chard, Savage Station, Glendalc, White Oak Swamp, o?d Malvern Hill, lvIcClcllan lost 70, 000, and at Antietam 11,426 ; Hooker lost in his campaign in tho Wilderness 20,000 ; Burnside at Frederioksbug 1^,000 ; Grant's united losses, from the time of crossing the llnpidan, in hisifinal oampaign, to Surrender of Lee, are computed at 90,000. To these bloody figures, must, of courso, be added the Confederate losses in these fights. hf. Cholera.?The Commer?ai Adver tiser says the cholera, was long a^familiar pes tilence in the marshes of the (ranges, and, in 1664, destroyed 30,000 lives in upper Hiu dostan. It began its march around the world, in 1817, when, overleaping its customary lim its, it appeared in Calcutta, extending, thciioo to Naples in the North,-and Ceylon and Mad ras in the South. In 1820 - Bombay was in vaded, and 150,000 lives were taken. In 1821 tho pestilence, following up the naviga ble rivers and the traveled roads, appeared in Persia and Asia Minor. Hero it halted for a time. In 1829 it appeared in SoUthonl Rus sia, and the next year at Moscow. In 1831; it broke out in Central liurope, and in Janus ary, 1832, it was in Great Britain. On tho\ 8th of June it appeared in Quebec, and thir teen days later in New York. Thence it spread over all tho aountry, first appearing along the great lines of travel. In 1834 thq cholera revisited tho United States, and ^?nco^ that time it has often made its appearance here. In 1.849. this dircase came to this country as part of a grand tour of the world,1 similar to that noted above. Its ravages wer? less fearful than in 1882, and the disease was^ everywhere moro manageable. For several successive years tho cholera appeared hero and there in the country, becoming in some places almost an accjimated disease. The Jewish Race.?For eighteen hun dred years the Hebrews have been dispersed; into different latitudes antVclimates, and thdyj have preserved themselves most distinct from any intermixture with the other races of man kind. There are some Jews still lingering in; tho valleys of tho Jordan,' having bepn op-,; pressed by the successive conquerors of Syria for ages?a low race of. people, and describod' by trust-worthy- travelers as being black as^ any of the Ethiopian races. Others of the! Jewish people, participating in European oiv-! ili'/ation, and cjwelling in tho northern nations, show instances of tho light complexion?tho; blue eyes and the light hair of tho Scandana? vian families. '/{ War.?<( What aro you thinking of, my man ?" said Lord Hill, as ho approached m soldier who was leaning in a gloomy ?mood upon his firelock, while aroundhim lay mang-, led thousands of Frenoh and English ; it was a few hours after the battle of Salamanca had jboon.won by tho Engji,s,h. The soldier start ed, and,- aftCr sat?ng'hi? general, answered : "I *7??s thinking, my lord, how many widows, arjd orphans I havo this da$ made for one shilling;' He had fired 60? rounds of ball that day. . , . ? i.y-\> > y ? ?..?.; ,, i. ,.<- *-.? Oki?iDi?C?OD.?Children aro but little peo- \ pl?, yet they forai a very ir?pviiantpart of so ciety, expeud much of our capital, .employ a, groat portion of Oui population in their servico, and ocoupy half the literati of our day in l? bors'f?r their instruction and ?niuseino?t.-^ Thoy OHUseni?re trouble and anxiety than tho national debt; tho loveliest of women in her maturity, of charms breaks not so many slum bers nor occasions'so "many1 sighs as sho clid in he?* oradle ; and tifo handsomest of men, with full-grown raustaohes, must not flatter himself that ho is half so much admired as he was when in petticoats. Without any refer ence to their being our future statesmen, phi losophers, and magistrates in miniature dis guises, childrcnform, in their prosent state of pigmy existenco, a most influential class of beings; and the arrival of a bawliug infant, who oan scarcely open its eyes, and only ope'ns its mouth, like an Unfledged bird, for food," will affect the most extraordinary alteration in a whole household ;. substitute affection for coldness, duty foi' dissipation, cheerfulness for gravity, bustle for formality, aud unite hearts which time had divided. Ithms.woiith Committino to Memory. ?^ bit of ?luo dissolved in skirn-in?k a?d water will restore old crape. Half a cranber ry bound on a corn will soon kill it. An ink stand was turned'over upon a white table cloth; a servant threw over it a nmixturo ?f salt and popper plentifully, and all traces of ink disappeared'. Picture frames and.glasses aro preserved from flics by painting them with a brush dipped into a mixture made by boil ing th#ec or four onions in a pint of water.' Bed-bugs arc kept away by washing the crev ices with strong salt water, put on with -a brush. Soft ,soa^> should vbe kept in a dry place in the cellar, aud not be used until tlirco months old. , TiitfHE are few transformations in the whole range of tho arts more, striking and more beautiful than that which gives birth to glass. * A heap of sand and soda?it used to be of. saud and ashes?to look at like common road du^st, is changed by the dimple application of heat into solid, transparent, brilliant glass. It is even more wonderful than the transforma tion of a handful of dirty rajs into a sheet of whito note-papfcr. ' Good-Feelincis.?We know a blunt ol? follow in the State of Maine who sometimes* hit the nail on the.head more apt than a phi losopher.. Ho enee heard a man much praised for his "good feelings'." Everybody joined, and said the man was possessed, of cxoellent' feelings, . ( ' " What has he done ?" asked tho odd ge nius. . . "i He is possessed of - the mast benevolent feelings," was tl?o.roply. ' 44 What has he done?" cried the old fellow again By this time the company thought it nec essary to show some of his favorite doings.? They began to cast about.in their minds, but the old man still shouted, ? What has he done ?" They owned they could not name anything particular. ' . V Yps, answered the cynic, u you say he is a man that has good"feelings." Now, gentle men,.let m? tell you that there are people in this world who gota good name simply on account of their feelings. Yoii can*ttcll one generous action that they ever performed in their lives, but they can look and talk most, benevolently. I km W- a man in this town that.you would all cali .. ?arly, rough and un amiable man? and yet he has done more acte of kindiicssin this county thtyi all of yon'to gether. You may judge people's actions by iheir feelings* but I judge people's feelings by their actions. The following colloquy actually took place at an eastern post-olhee : 'Pat?" I .say, Mjc. Postmaster, is there a litthcr for me ?" ? " Who aro fon, my good sir ?" "I'm moself? that's who I rtnj." Well, what is your name !" " An'.what do. yo*want wid.de name? isn't it on the litther r' " So that I can find the letter, if there is one." Will, Pat Byrno, thin, if vou must have it." . . . . "No, sir; there's none for Pat Byrno." " Is there no way to get in there but through this pane of glass ?',' * ? f "No, sir!" ??? '"It's well for ye there isn't. I'd tcnoh ye I betthor mannors thin to insist on a gintleman's name ; but yo didn't get it nfther all?s?^in even wid ye ; divida bit is my name Byrne !" Taste for Tauts.?A conscript being told that it was sweet to die for his^country, tried tp excuse himself on the ground that he nev er, did like sweet things. ' ' disease, called hog'-diptheria, is rapid ly Jolling tho hogs In Fairfax, Ya., and ad joining counties. The animal appears well one morning ; during the day its*neck swells, and Ky the next- morning ta deadN No eure has been di^covc. ed;. * ' r V ?hk radical Republicans' o?ect th?ir eand?-, dato for (iovoruor, in Veruiout, bv 15*000 majority. . Agkntl&man traveling?u uor*baok cam<* upon auIrishman w?io was feuoing-iu a ?nost barj?en and desolato pieoo of Inn?. '?* Wh?t arc.you fenoing-in that lot tor, Pat?" Said he. " ? berd of cows would starve ?0 death on, that land V* *?* And suro, your h?iiot, wasn't I fenciug it to1 kape tha poor,bastes out iv it?" oooi) doal of .the oonsolati?u offored iny the world is nbout as'solacing as tho assurance of tbe man to bis wife when alio foil into the? river: "You'll find ground at. the bottom,, "my dear." ... A bird in tho hand had bettor be put into* a cagjo at the earliest opportunity pr it / may escape. * ' t State of South Carolina. IN OUDINAKY?Oi l . WHEREAS, Is*ao T. Barvou hath applied to mo^; for lotters of administration upon the estate of Samuel Barron, deocasod. lato of the "Distii?t * Pickehs and State aforesaid: Tho kindred'and creditors of said deceased, are, therefore, cited to-' appear before mq at Pickens C. II. on Friday .thcf ' 27th dtfy of October, instant, to shew oauso, "if any they can, why said letters should not bo granted^. Given under my hand and seal this 12th October,. 1805. .% . . tW. E. JII^GOMBE, o,r.n. ?st?teITliT w ILL bo sold to the highest, bidder, on Thurs day the 20th day of October next, at the resi dence of the late A. P. Reeder, deceased, near Fnir PUy, S. 0., . > All thfe Personal1 Estato Of said deceased, consisting of PIVE HEAD IIURSKS; HOGS Sc SHEEP, 3 MILCH COWS AND DRY CATTLE, - ONE YOKE STEERS AND CART, , THREE BALES COTTOA, 40O BUSHELS CORN, FODDER, ?J Household and Kiichen Furniture, Farming Tools,. and other articles. TERMS?Ou a credit of twelvo months, with, note, interest, and approved security. B?3k?The Farm will bo rented on the same day.. M. HARBIN, ? ., . ?? ? S. KNOX, 1 }>*?*"? .Sept 27, 1805 , S 3 ' EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, S ?. i SEPTEMBER 20, 1805. . % rPIIE PrOvisionnl Governor of South Carolina baa- .? I 1 appointed tho following named gentlemen ns- 1 Special Aids, for the purpose of .assisting h?m in tli* fti.oli<>Vge v>f It l ? oUiolrtV-Aulioo.in -. ss^v.tii'uot. ing the State and restoring1 hor to all of hor?civil* ? and political rights in the Fcdci?al Union: " '' ' WILLIAM L. TREN HOLM, of Charleston city. STEPHEN ELLIOTT, of Beaufort District. WADE HAMPTON, Jr.', of Columbia., ROBERT L. MoOAW, ofYorkville.' WILLIAM H. I?;VANS. of Society Hill. t JAMES W. HARRISON, of Anderson village., * * Tho above named gentlemen will receive and communicate t? tho Provisional Governor. Bknja mim Fuankmn , all 1 formation jjvhich they may deem advisable as ,tp the condition of the / ?'. Stute, 'ijs citizens, the freed men, tho homo?polico= and military garrisons. They will likewise report, to him by letter, at his headquarters at Greenville* Court. House. # By order of tho Provisional Governor. WM. II. PERRY. ,i Private Secretary, &0. ? H?^r Tho newspapers will give three insertions- ' . October G, 1805 _s _ . 4_ 8 Walhalla hotel, { R. W, CLARY, Proprietor. 'PHH subscriber lakes ple&suro in- informing tho- ? I public generally, that h^has opeutdthe above* $!>acioQis< ISotcI, For the accommodation of transient and permanent custom, and will take especial pains to provide /or , tho comfort and*convenience of his guests. Walhalla is delightfully situated at tho present terminus of the*Blue Ridgo Railroad, nndt^ic Ho tel oilers a pleasant homo to regular boarders. The Hotel table Is' suppliOd with the best the. market affords. Prices reasonable. ? Walhalla. SepJ 12/1805 1 ' tf E 7 CI 1 R? ST I? N~ LN1) li X. )Y the FIRST of OCTOBER* orns soon as the y mails arc re-established, I will renew the pub lication of tho 41 CHRISTIAN INDEX " and tho ' CHILD'S INDEXV I have been publishing. Prico of " Index," per annum, $8-00 Prioo of m Child's Index," per anrtuni, '75 , (A deduction modo for Clubs.) Money may bo remitted at once as my determi nation is positivi'. My desire is to secure a.largo*. ' ?. subscription list with whioh to begin, and Tissue . this'prospect us that subscribers ?nay biiv'o t ime w'\L> forward their remittances. , ? * It is my intention to Jissuc first class papers, and no nains or expenso will ho, spared to se ?vire that'?;;"'' endr ' The best writers and correspondents will be* bocured, and tho. highest, religious and litororyY taloiit will be giveh to tho papers.* T,ho CfllMVS PAPER t?ill bo profusely illustrated, /uid will, in overy sense, be mado to Conform to its new title, THE' C?IHtiD'S toVJLtiW?tl. ' Monoy may bo sent by Express or otherwise?if : by Express, ot my risk, if the Express receipt is , sent mo, on the resumption of mail facilities. ? . My conneotiort with th? fim^of ,;J. W. ihirke & Co. is dissolved, but I will establish an oilioo im Macon, 0a., whev'e communications may he ??- . dressed-.' ' . SAMUEL'UOYKIN. Sept. 6, 1805 # ' 2 ? ' .4 I