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BY ?TO THINE OWN SELF BK TUUE, AND IT MUST FOLLOW, AS THE IIOB'T. A. THOMPSON & CO. iummMmnmt?i?fm*?m)?mm i m j '-_ ^ M I I - - rn Milli II I I I I i i n II irn?ri?. m.mi mniii PICKENS COURT HOUSE, S. C. SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1801. NIGHT THE DAY, THOU NO. 5& op o E rr PL Y. [from tho.Oharleslon Daily News.] FORGET? NEVER. BY MUS. 0. A. HALL. IS AKBWHIITO Tili: SRNTIMKNT WHICH ll AB HEKN EX? J'ltKSSEH OP LATE UV MANV, "WK SUOl'LD rOllOKT . TliK PAST." I. Cnn the mother forget the child of her love, ,tVIto was into her tenderest henri strings wove, Who lisped his first prayer her knee beside, And grew to manhood lier joy and pride? Can sho look over his early grave, And forgetting thc canse he died to save. Think of tho past, as it ne'er had been ? Those years in her thought are too fresh. 1 ween : Forget ? Xever. ll. Can the father forget his first-born son, Who, eve bia boyhood was fairly run, Shouldered bis musket ?nd left his side, And for love of his country fought and died? Think you Oblivion's waves can roll Over a parent'e stricken soul? Oh no; the past? with it's waves of blood, Surges his heart Uko a mighty Hood. Forget ? ;Y( iw. m. Can thc sister forget the brother beloved, . Who with her through the hauntsnf childhood roved; Can she think of the wound on his manly brow, Which laid hts proud form foreveV low? And can memory be a thing of nought. And tho years with such fearful anguish fraught, )te unto her as they ne'er had been? Oh no; they, will ever he fresh ?nd green. Forget ? Xever. iv. Cati the maiden forget the noble youth .Who hud .pledged to her his loveatu.1 truth? fan the wit?* lorget the humbsuil tried, *v" Who for love ol his country left her side? Can the stricken orphan dry lier tears, And think no niore-of those vanished years ? Dark year's of terror, of death and woe? Their blooding heart's cry no; oh no. Forget ? Xever. v. Can any true .Southern heart forget. While our land with blood ami tears is wet ? "While tlte mother's, the widow's. I he.orphan's wail, ls bonus io our cur* from hill'atol vale t While our homestead in nshes round us lie. And tor bread our starving myriads cry? While he. the bend of our fallen cause, 'Gainst Mercy's plea, and J loner's laws, Fines still within his prison walls, And justice iu vain for hi's freedom calls? Forget ? Xever. vi. Time may bring healing upon his wings. May bind in our hearts the shattered strings: Forgiveness of injuries yet may come, Though oppression be felt in each Southern home: Hut a#k no more: Thc terrible past Must over bc ours, while lifo shall?Inst : Ours, with its memories5--ours, with its pain, Ours, with its best blood plied like rain Its sacrifices,-all madeiu vain. . forget ? * Xever MISCELLANY. [From thc Anderson Intelligencer.] Letter from Mexico. We have, the pleasure of presenting our readers the following lotter from an esteemed fellow-citizen, Col. KLAM SHAUPK, who is at. present in Mexico. His views and comments upon thc condition, climate, soil ?md advanta ges of that country, and the inducements to emigrate thither, will bc found interesting. The letter was not intended for publication, and we have to rctnrn thanks to another friend for tho pleasure of it? re-production : COHDOVA, MEXICO, March 16*, 18G6. This is thc most beautiful country in sonic respects, I hove ever seen. Our days aro such ns you Inivo in the month of May ; the nights aro cool, and wo sleep under two or three blan kets every night. Wo have nil thc tropical fruits in abundancoj thc ticos are all green and a good uu>ny flowers, and any amount of birds, und such caroling and singing 1 never heard. Wo have all kinds of vegetables in tho tnarkot?h.it I oversaw in the Charleston market, alijj a gretit.pinny more that I do not know-green corn, pea's, beans, lettuce, rad ishes, potatoes and t?mateos,'cto., and yet, just above us, we have a most beautiful mount-tin, J 8,000 feet abovo tho sea, with its* top always w'lite With show. , Jt i.* tho most beautifuj aight I ever paw. ?Sugar cano grow? front twelve to fiftcorj feet high ?nd has only to bo planted ouco iii niuo years'; oridihey nre grind. jug it all thc year round. (Joffoo grow? very lindy mid produces 1 \ pouud.s to.tfie tree when four years old. Tobacco grows we)) also the rule is to plant com, and when it is prut rn j well grown, to plant tobacco between the rows land when thc tobacco is pretty well grown j and "ready to gather, plant corn between tin I rows, thus irfaking three crops during the year the lands aro very rich. This is the dry sea son, and said to be the wannest weather w? have. The wells here arc about sixty feel deep; there arc sonic running strennis bul very few. Wc have had two or three good showers since I have Keen herc, the rainy sea son will commence in Mt#V. Thc lands arc exceedingly thickly covered with bushes, vinct and shrubs; it costs live dollars, an acre Jc clear them. There is a good deal of stone upon the ground ; the timber is generali) small, but in some places is sufficient LnV C1'08S' ties fur Railroads. The whole country bears evidence of laziness and neglect, and thc coun try is all overgrown for thc want of work ; there are the ruins of large haciendas all over t?ie country, some of which must have cost 000,000 dollars ; these haciendas arc cultiva ted now in spots by thc natives, who pay thc proprietors certain rent; they contain from one to two thousand acres and '?nu bc bought for about four dollars per acre, paying one-fifth down, and waiting four or five years for thc balance ; these arc considered better than flic Govert ment lands. Thc Government lands, about 60,000 'acres have all been taken up hore, even faster.than they can bc surveyed. There arc hundreds of emigrants coming herc every day ire tn thc .States of the very best people; some ol these arc disappointed, while others are delighted and settling down. This u a fixed fact, and a largo and superior colony Ls settled herc noW; there will bc good Amer ican soeict}' herc in a. short time. Carlotta is about, eight miles from herc, all in the bush yet; it will bc some time before any one can live there with any Comfort. (Jen. Trice and Gov. Marris arc at this place; they have laid it out and named it in honor of thc Empress. It is very difficult to build a frame house out here, there having been no saw mills ; one or two are now being put up; ev ery one seems more anxious to get their lands op ;n for cultivation than anything else. The country is a vast wilderness and abounds in ruins of former wealth and grandeur. Thc natives live in huts built of bamboo and cov ered with straw ; thc higher class live in houses built, of stone and lime, OT cement. Some of thc Indians work well, and you can hire them for fifty cents per day, finding them selves. They have the'liest staging and wag niiig here 1 ever saw. The Railroad will be lu*rc in about eigWecn months; it is about. : f cen miles frrmi here. This place is about 2,850 feet above thc sca? I went up to town fifteen milos above here; it contains 25,000 inhabitants, nineteen run of mill-stones, three or four fine flouring mills, and a larjre cotton factory with 14,000 spindles and 800 looms. ! lt is in a valley, amidst thc mountains, and 0 ic of the most wealthy places I ever saw. The city has fourteen fountains spouting up in every.quarter;of the city, and a constant running st ream in tho middle of thc street, and thc streets arc all finely paved. I would rather live herc than any place I ever saw if there was American society, but it has but four or five American families. This is 4,000 feet above the sea, and has all thc tropical fruits ; this is thc land of fruits and flowers. Horses "and cows a?c used hore all thc year, eating iud tiing but grass. Taking all together, this is the strangest and most beautiful coun try I e^cr saw ; one can work out hero with pleasure morning and evening, but hot in thc middle of thc day ; no flics or musquitocs as 1 have sceu, and not many insects or reptiles. H's. "surveying has taken him into a very wild country, fifteen or twenty miles from herc, where ho had tho tiger, panther and wolves around their camp; they were near to a camp of Liberals, and wero afraid to fire their guns for fear they would bc taken for French spies. We take no part in politics, and tho Liberals do not object to our coming I here; wo have not had any difficulty with any j of thom; there arcsomo robberies committed i on the roads sometimes. There is plenty of j dcor and partridges and different kinds of ?,gamc herc. A person can live herc (cat) for thirty-five couts por day. Hotels charge Ono dollar and fity cents per day. If a man will work herc he ought to make 1,000 dollars a yo?r. 1 am sure it can bo done. iWw for thc objections to tho country. Those people arc ss mean as they can be as a general thing, and as lazy as they can bc. .Nine tenths of tho people nre Indians and*look lik the Indians you see about Pendleton. Yo have to learn thc language of the conn tri You can have no association^with tho natives their religion does not suit us. The fen of the instability of thc Government,' but do not fear much on that oseount, for let wha Oovcrnnien tthcre may be,within thc America! colony, we will be able to Imc a vast inftuenc and can protect ourselves. I am of opinioi that there will be one thousand families her before eighteen months. Many persons ar disappointed because their preconceived no tions arc not fulfilled; I expected to see larg and extensive valleys such, ns we hove ii thc States, with large and finely cultivntei fields, but there is nothing of thc kind; th country is table land, as level ns any one wouli desire, but only opened and cultivated ii patches; a great deal of stone on the land bu not sufficient to interfere with plowing. Btancp Duties. WHAT [INSTRUMENTS OF WRITING AIM CHARGEABLE WITH STAMP DUTIES.-Th? following letter contains an important rev ernie decision : Sir: The first internal revenue Act tool effect,"80 far ns related to stamp duties, Goto ber 1, J 802. Instruments executed and dcliv ered prior to that date, though they may bc rc corded afterwards, arc not chargeable witl stamp du ti OB, If any instrument, iuibjeet to stamp dutj was issued nfter October 1, 18G2,- and prioi to August 1, 18G4, unstamped, or insufficient ly stamped, the appropriate stamp rony bi affixed ju tho presence of the Court, register or recbr?T?F, tis provided by section-m% of th? Act of June aO, 18G4. An instrument issued since August 1,18G4 unstamped, or insufficiently stamped, mn} bc stamped by the collecter, upon payment foi theproper stamp, and of a penalty of fifty dol lars ; and Where thc amount of the stamp dntj exceeds fifty dollars, on pay incut also .of in terest on said duty at thc rate of six per cent from the day on which the stamp shoold have been affixed. If the instrument is presented io thc oolloo tor within twelve calendar months from its is sue, the ?ollcctor is authorized to remit thc penalty, provided it sholl appear to his satis faction that the omission to stamp it was by rea son of" accident, mistake, inadvertence, or ur gent necessity, and without willful design tc evade or delay the payment of stamp duty. If thc instrument is n * nresented within twelve calendar months, t..o penalty and j ri'? tercst must bc paid to thc collector before he c:in render it valid by affixing the appro priate stamp, without regard to thc cause ol thc omission to stamp it nt thc time of its is sue. Thc commissioner has nopower to remit this penalty. Deputy collectors, unless neting ns collec tors under section 80, baye no authority to affix stamps or remit, penalties under section 158. Thc stamp to.be affixed to any instrument is that required by the law existing at the time when the instrument was made, signed and issued. When an instrument is properly stamped, under cither of said sections, the stamping relates back to the time when the instrument was issued, and renders it from thc beginning as valid, to all intents and purposes, as if it had been duly stamped when made, signed and issued. \ Thc whoh amount of penalties paid to col lectors for validating unstamped instruments should bc returned on foi m 58, with other unnssessod penalties, and the money deposit ed to thc credit of. thc Trcaury of the United States with other collections. A. E. K?M.TNS, Commissioner. QUOTING SCRIPTURE.-Thc following is fi o n tho " New York Day Hook :" Senator Wale says in thc United States Senate: "Wo can say with St. Paul, wc have fought thc good fight. Would to God you-wero able to say with St. Paul, also, that you had u fiuishod your course." KISSING AT ASCERTAIN AGE.-A cele brated dandy was one evening In company vJith a young lady, and observing her kiss her favorite poodle, he advanced and begged the liko favor, remarking that she ought to. have ns much charity for him ns sho had shown to the dog "Sir," said the belle,w< I never kissed my dog whew he was a puppy.' Catching Gold. IlY DH. HALL, OF NEV YORK. Experienced physicians in all countries ve j? well know that the immediate ouse of a vast i number of the cases of disease and death is a " ?ohl ; " it is that which fires njnngazine of human ills; it is thcspaik to gunpowder. It w is to a cold taken ou a raw December day that thc great Washington owed his death. lt was common cold, aggravated hy the injudi cious advice of a friend, which ushered ia in thc final illness of Washington Irving. Al most any reader can trace the death of som? dear friend to a " little cold." The chief causes of colds are two : first, cool ing oft' too soon after exercise j second getting thoroughly chilled while in a state of rest without having boeu overheated. This latter originates dangerous pleurisies, fatal pneumo nias, (inflammation of thc lungs) and deadly fevers of thc typhoid type. Persons in vigorous health do not bake cold easily. They can do with impunity what would be fatal to thc feeble mid infirm., Dys peptic persons take cold readily, but.they are not aware of it, because its force does not full! on the lungs, but on thc livrer through thc skin, giving sick headache, and close qucs : tioning *w 1 soon develop the fact of fi< me I unusual bodily effort followed hy cooling off* rapidly. A person wakes up some sunny morning and feels as if he had been " pounded in a j bag." Every joint is stiff, every muscle sore,, and a single step cannot bc taken without difficulty or actual pain.. lleflection will bring ont some unwonted exercise, and a subsequent cooling off before knowing it-ns working, in ?he garden in the spring timo j over exertion tibout?thc Ii?*?? work.;* showing new servant? " how to do;" in going a "shopping," an ex pedition which taxes the mind and body to? the utmost-?these and similar " little noth ings" rouse women's minds to a pitch of in terest and cxcitemsnU scarcely excelled by that of counsellors ?>f state in determining the boundaries of empires or the fate of nations, to return home exhausted in body, depressed in mind and thoroughly heated. The first thing done is to toss down a glass of water to cool ol?vucxt to lay aside bonnet, shawl, and " best dress." and lastly, to put on a cold dress*, lie down on u hd\ iii n fireless room and fall asleep to wake up almost certainly with n bod cold which is to confine to thc ^chamber for days and weeks together, and not unseldoui carries; them to th* grave ! Tanners' wives lose health and life every year in one, of two ways; by busy i ng( them selves ir> a warm kitchen tutti! weary, and then throwing themselves on a bcd or sofa without covering.and perhaps ina room with out fire j or by removing thc outer clothing, and perhaps changing thc dress for a more common one, ass ?>i as they enter the house after walking or working. Tho ruh; should bc invariable tn go-nt once to a warm room and keep on all the clothing at least for five or ten minutes until thc forehead is perfectly dry. In all weathers, rf you have to wulk and ride ow any occasion, do thc riding first. A little attention would avert a vast amount of human suffering in these regavds. ?Seden tary persons, invalids, those in feeble health, should go directly to a fire after all forms of exercise, mid keep nil tho garments on for a few minutes; or if in warm weather, to a closed apirtmont, and, if anything, throw wi an ad ditional covering. \Vh< ii ?o appreciable mois ture is found on thc forehead thc out door garments may bc removed. Tho great nile is, cool off very slowly always after thc body lum in any manner been heated beyond the ordi nary temperature. Thc moment a man is satisfied he hos taken cold let him do throe things: First, oat nothing; second, go to bed, cover up warm 'in a warm room ; third, drink ns much cold water as ho can, or as bc wants, tis much hot herb tea as ho . . can ; and in three cases ont of four he will be almost well in thirty six hours; if not, send for an educated and experienced physician at once, . for any "cold " which does not pet " better" within forty-oiojlit Jiours is not to be trifled with nor experimented upon. Ir is .something terrible when manhqdd weeps ; its tears are like water wrung from ' the rook. The granite must be riven ero they flow. TREY ave trying to find a young wan in Chi cago .who is heir to ?nc hundred thousand dol lars. Several yoump( ladies in other chic* arq . /looking fw wie just like him. g .