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VOL. XXI ; ..;./ ? - WEDNESDAY MOBN^r^LT X???.?Si?t???:: -JZ . " NO lg: 8 J 4 iv % & 8 ?C? DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, MORALITY AND un 1 _M II we-m The Sumter Watchman (ESTABLISHED IN ISM.) KVE?r WBDNBISJ^ ^ Ba**BI NO AT SUMTER. S. Q.? BY f;il, BB RT & PLOWERS. Toms. One year........ HU aa ea th a... Three inoathi. ..|8 0? .. 1 Sf m t OS ADVBBTIBBMBNT8 ln???J*? ii-t?i?o,f?? of ONI DOLLAR ABD FIFTY OBMT8 per "quare for the ?rat, ONB DOLLAR f*r the .oooQd, ?ad FIFTY CENTS for eaeb twbeeeiaetit insertion, foran* period leta than Urea month? OBI^ OF RBBFBCT and all ooaamucleailooe wbleh ?observe private Interests, will be paid tor as advsrtiwnonts. ~~ VJtRTUS ET VA LOB. i '0:'t J ADDRESS OP ?BN. WADE HAMPTON ! ?Jellvere? at Use Un veil I nae of th? TTs-en locton Liant Iniantrr Mosau meut, Charleston, Bo. Ca., furn? loeb, 18TO. ID accepting the position sssigned to lue by your kindnoss, in the solemn cer? emonies of the dey, msny and conflicting emotions stirred my heart. On the one band, ?aid he, s painful conciousness of my inability to disobsrge the task im? posed in a manner worthy of the occa? sion, oppresses me and bids me keep si? lent ; while on the other hsnd, a sense of duty to my living ss well ss to my dead comrades, impels sae to join in this demonstration of honor to those who are eleepiog beneath the ?oil they gavo their lives to defend. Let me thon place on their tomb s votive offering, which, unworthy as it msy be of our noble dead, has st least the merit of coming from hearts filled with sympathy for the oause in which they fell ; admi? ration for their devoted patriotism and heroio courage ; respect and affection for their memory, and profound grief for thoir untimely death. There are other motives, scarcely less potent, why my voico should not bo silent on any occasion where honor is paid to the liv? ing or dead o? the Washington Light In? fantry. Have you forgotten, comrados of that gallant corps F I shall always remem? ber it with pride, that when our State called her sons to defend her, and that command was organized-when your banner, unsullied by any stain of de? feat. Untarnished by any breath of dishonor, was born so heroically through tho atorui of nearly every great histor? ical battle of the war-it was the Wash? ington Light Infantry that gave mo the firat oompany ot the Hampton Le? giou. Can you suppose that I have forgotten the uamo of "CompanyA?" that company which for four years of heroic though unequal war, stood always un? shaken on tho right of the Legiou ? oan I forget that devotod friend, that unselfish patriot, that gallant soldier, that noble geutlcmau, Johnson, who was your first and ono of your costliest sacrifices laid on the altar of our country ? Can I for* i get tho gifted Pettigrew, who lived I truly long enough to aohieve an undying t glory for himself, but who died too soon s for his mourning eountry ? Standing 1 over tho graves whioh hold the hallowed dust of so many patriotic soldiers, look-1 \ ing upon yonder tomb where are le inscribed the names ot forty fivo of my I loved and trusted comrados of that \ singlo company whioh you gave me, how j ? can I forget the men who fought and i died by my aide? Can I, turn fog from tho t lamented dead to the honored living, c looking once again upon the familiar I < fices of the men whom danger taught t me to trust, forget the. friends who r never betrayed that trust 7 Can I look t upon Connor, as he leans * upan these 1 crutohes whioh tell proudly how nobly he a discharged his duty, and then forget the c Washington Light Infantry ? Oh, no I lc my friends. Memory and associations W such as these aro amongst the most c cherished though saddest of my heart, t and they bind me to my old comrades r by ties which death may, but nothing U else, can sever. They remind me, too, o of my duties to the dead, and amongst t them there is none more sacred than c that which calls upon me to vindicate! a their motives, to praise their patriotism,! a to commend their example, and to pro- 1 s tcct their memory. These are the du-1 j ties whioh devolve upon us, the sad 1 i survivors of that gallant band who, at c the oall of tho Stato rallied to her do-11 fenoe. Mourning over the graves of c "our slain," who, "for faith and for lt freedom, lay slaughtered in vain;" stand- 1 ing amid the wreok of our dearest c hopes, looking at the ruin of our coun- 1 try, witnessing the steady but rapid 1 overthrow of Republican institutions I a and constitutional liberty, what is left I to cheer us to futuro exertion but the v hallowed memories of the past-that past was made glorious by our great o dead. Amid that noble and, alas, vast I throng, nono have done higher honor to 1 their State, nono deserve deeper grati-1 o tude, than the men who died in berle cause. Not until death has plaocd his I eternal seal upon the living, and stamp- v ed with bis irrevocable decree all the s actions of their beiOgoan they be truly a estimated. The judjemcnt wo pass c upon our contemporaries is too often I r warped by envy, jealousy, personal dis* r like, or political prejudice; and it is r not uutil death has closed their career, a hero that we oan reoognizo tho greatness 11 of their aotions or the integrity of thoir 1 purposes. r. The men to whom you dedicate this i monument as a testimonial of your j respeot, gratitude and affection, hove j passed this last dread ordeal, and we ? deem them worthy to be enshrined ia in a people's heart, and to receive c tho greatful plaudits of a people's j voice. "A poople'a voice ! we are a people yet I Tho' all mon else their nobler dreams forget ; Confused ly brainless mobs and lawless poa era, Wo have a voice with which to pay the debt Of boundloss love and reverence and regret, To those great men who fought and kept it oars." They fought to viodioate the groat truths enunoiated in '76, and their ina lionablo rights established by our fathers and bequeathed to tts ss par noblest heritage. For th?se fought in vain ; _ and of all the attributes of freedom, t there is left to us only a peoples voio?, t wh?oh, tho' stifled, calls hesvoo to wit- < DOSS that wo were sincere and honest in t tho convictions whioh prompted our t aotions, which still asserts our oosha- i ken fsith in the justice of our oause, and 1 whioh, rising from our hearts in our desolate land, utter lamentations for tho preoious blood that was so lavishly but so bravely shed in our country's causo. We, roy friends, who wore the ' aot?ra in that mighty drama which for four jeara. filled tho world's stage, may Dot be competent to pronounce an impartial judgment as to the juatico of that cause. Time, with its soothing in? fluence, mast elapse, and the passions engendered by the war mast cool before th? record can be folly made np for history to pronounce her final verdict. Believing that Truth, Right and J us tice were on our side, we submit our ease without one doubt as to the impartial judgment of posterity, reserving to ourselves the right of appeal to tho Great Tribunal alone where the Supreme Judge of the Universe, who reads our hearts, will pronounce that decree which will through all eternity justify or con? demn us. Wo konw that the men whose names are written on that marble be? lieved, as firmly as they did in the ex? istence of a God, in tho justice of the Dause for whioh they died ; we know that they sacrificed peace, comfort, life, to encounter war, privation, death, at the call and service of their State ; and knowing thia, we plaee them high on the role of those patriotic and heroic dead who make up the great army of martyrs of liberty. Nor should their memory be less dear to us, or less honor? ed, because they fell in a cause whioh Sod in His Providenoe, has seen fit to let fall. The heathen may deify the ?ooquering hero, while he condemns those who fall to exile, ehains or death, for with him success is the only evi lenee of merit, but not so the Christian. Right, Truth, Justice contribute the standard by whioh he measured all things. The test he applies to the ac? tions of men is the law whioh Cod him? self haa made. By this law, we eau listinguish the laws whioh deoide right from wrong, as readily as we euo recog? nize those whioh separate light from darkness. We know that in tho econ? omy of God evil is often permitted to prevail over good on this earth. We jee virtue trampled into dust by vioe. We soo liberty prostrate at the feet of tyranny. We see religion superseded by fanaticism. iDtillegenoe, virtue, patriotism thrust aside, while ignoranee cieo and selfishness usurp the high places of the earth. These are the op? ponent anomalies whioh strike us, when we consider the Almighty's gov animent of this world. But when ;uidcd by tbe light of revelation we look more closely into that wondrous lystem, and comprehend more fully tho icbism of that faith which, springing Vom Calvary, is lighting with its sub? lime truths every rreviee of the earth, ve can reconcile the difficulties which itand iu our way. That .religion taught, >y tho Saviour, whioh we profess, no vhore promises that we shall be reward? id in this world for well doing It dues tot promise that virtue shall here ri um ph while vioe is punished ; It Iocs not promise that the causo of lib. irty, sustained though it may bo by ruth, courage, patriotism, will necessa? ry succeed when it has to oontend with inlieensed power, directed by ambition, latred and fear. No such promises ire held out by the Divino Founder of ?ur religion to his followers. On tho iontrary they aro explioitly told that in this earth they are to look for trials, lisappointmenta and afflictions ; that hey will often soe the powers of dark? less holding high carnival of crime, rhere they hoped to soe virtue exer? ting her benign and powerful sway ; hat it does not come within the scope if the Christian religion to punish ovil nd to reward tho good in this world, nd that not until tho last trump shall ummon the quiok and the dead to udgment will tho groat Judgo, rcoits ng all the wrongs, punish all thc irimes and reward all the virtues which lave excited her since tho foundation if tho earth. It is this sublime faith hat sustains the Christian patriot, as io struggles to bear his own afflictions ir mourns over his country's loss of ?berty; for be knows that if he ms discharged his duty to his God ind to his country, he will sooner or ater surely reap an exceeding great re? gard. Let us then, my friends and comrades, liing with unrolaxiog grasp and unsha ;on coofidenoo to the faith that is io us. jet not the angry threats of oppression, ir the syren voioo of temptation, drive ir alluro us to forsake it. Abovo all, io not misled by that unmeaning jargon Thich tells you that your cause was ubmitted to the arbitrament of arms, .nd that the sword has decided that lause against you. Tho sword has lever, nor will it ever, decido a princi? pe or establish a truth. It can, ast it las often dono, overthrow a just cause md make might take tho place of right; ?ut it can nevor roverse tho immutable aws of God, and mako what is evil ap ?ear right in his sight. A noble cause, ipheld heroically by honor, courage, latriotism, may die along with its sup? ?ortet*. A great truth nevor dios, bul itornal as the Godhead from which il pringa, it lives forover, amid all tho mangos of dynasties, tho wreok of em >ircs, and the death of nations. It is oo, as false in faotas in logic, to asscrl .hat the sword can or does deoide justlj letween right and wrong. With th< iwurd the Goths and Vandals dronohoc iho fair fields of Italy with the best blood )f horsens. It gavo nearly half thc vorld to Mahomet. It allowed thc Turk to trample out the civilization o ?reece. Its keen edgo has dismcmbcrcc ?oland. It has loft Hungary bleeding it the feet of the oppressors. It ha urned over Spain and Portugal to thi ender mercies of the Saracen, ant in this continont and in our day, di? ce ted by unscrupulous power agains ho throats of prostrate States rookinj vith paraoidal blood it enforoes th> aws whioh it alone has made. Tell m lot then that the sword oan rightfully turn the soalos of justifie. It is th exponent of tyranny, not the arbiter )f truth-tho badge of tho tyrant ant the executioner, not the symbol o justice. It is not at all inconsistent with these view* that we, ns a conquered people, should observe scrupulously the terms dictated by the sword, and ac? cepted by us. Wo can do this, and should do it, io perfeot good faith ; but wo should claim and exeroise the God* giveu t-ighc of freedom of opinion. We acknowledge that the oausos for whioh these men died is lpat, but we should be false to them, false^o that cause, were we to admit that they were, because of failure, necessarily wrong. We believe that they Were right, and we therefore honor and respeot their memory. If they were right time will vindioate the action and reoord their fame. If wrong. "It was a grevloua fault. And grovious!j bare tbey answered it*" We comrades of the Washington Light Infantry-we, who gave our all to the same causo in which our brothers fell-can entertain no doubt as to tho placo whioh will be aooorded thom by history. Stigmatized now aa rebels, prosperity, will, we hope and believe give to them the more appropriate names of patriots. Believing this, we fear not to accept from the conqueror the epithet of rebol. Our ancestors had once the same term applied to thom, and I exoept as a oomplete re? futation of all nishonor attached to th e word, the noble language used in regard to it by a great states? man and patriot of England. ?'Tho term rebel," said Charles Fox, "is no certain mark of disgrace. - For all the great apostles of liberty, the saviors of their country, tho benefactors of man? kind, in all ages have boen oalled rebels; and we owe the Constitution whioh en? ables us to sit in this house to a rebel? lion." Nor are there wanting men at tho North who, rising high above the pre? judices of their aotionsand tho trammels of popular opinion, dare to assert in language as lofty, sentiments noble as those so eloquently expressed by this great orator. It was my good fortune, on a recen*- occasion in New York,?to hear one who would be an honor to any country, address an audience composed of Southern as well as Nnorther men. In touching the great issues which had so lately arrayed tho two seotions in war, he drew a glowing picture of pa? triotism. Ile told us how this virtue, beginning with one's family, spends in ovor-wideniug waves till it embraced ill wc have as country; and then turn? ing to the southerners who wore pre? sent, ho brought tears of gratified pride 'o thoir eyes by exclaiming: "And gentlemen, the only reason why you will not hereafter be regarded as thc noblest patriots who ever lived, is sim ply beoauso it has happened that George Washington fought in tho same muse before you did." You,-my friends of thc Light In? fantry, who hear tho name tho Father )f his Country has made immortal, must feel your hearts' swell with patriotic pride when you know that tho great ind good of other lauds deem you not anworthy to bo placed alongside of Washington. You tear his name, ind you have proved yourselves worthy o do so. There aro other historic associations of peculiar and proud interest whioh jonneots your organization closely with ,hc great name it bears. Amid that grand group ol revolutionary heroes vho illustrated by theil deeds iu tho ;rcat rebellion of '76 tho history of South Carolina, no name is held in uglier esteem than that of Wm. Wash ngtob, the worthy kinsman and follow c . )f his illustrious namesake. On thc jloody fields of Cowpens and lin taw hts glorious banner-the precious gift of lovoted woman-swept through carnage to viotory. That samo bauner of Washington which had been consecra cd by tho prayors of woman baptized ID tho best blood of Carolina-sancitified jy the cause of freedom in which it had waved-venerated by our wholo people is tho symbol of viotory, thc onsign of liberty-was committed by Washington's widow to the Washington Light Infan? try, and her'own honored hands present? ed it. When she gave this flag whioh lier patriot husband had so nobly born brough the war of independence, she solemnly adjured your Company to Icfcnd it, if noed bo, with their livos ind to maintain its honor unsullied, and to bo forever true to the great cause tho causo of freedom-ia whioh it had irst boen unfurled. Men of the Wash? ington Light Infantry, sons of tho men nrlio fought by the side of Marion, of Sumter, of Moultrie, of Piokons, of llutlcdgo, of Huger, and of Washing? ton, how have you kept that solemn charge ? Let Mantissas, and Soce. sion ville, and Sevou Pines, and Sharps burg, and Cold Harbor, and Gaines' Mill, and Malvern Hill, and Drury's Bluff, and Fort Sumter, and Peters burg, aad Battery Wagner, and Bon? tonsvi'.lo, and Chiokauinuga, and Frod srick iburg, and a score of other glorious battle fields inscribed in imperishable letter? on that immortal bannor of yours, ?nswer. You, the mon who stand hero to day, and thoso whoso names arc (t/ritton on yonder slab, havo fought under the same flag, in tho same cause your fathors did and fought with a pru' triotism as lofty, a courage aa high, a devotion as noble, aa ever animated tho hearts of your patriot sires. You have proved that the blood whioh flows in your voins is not degenerate and that you have been worthy custodians of the precious charge on trusted to your keep? ing. Be true, then caoh of you, I con? jure yon, now and ever, whatever trials, vicissitudes, or suffering beset you, to your liooage, your principles, your rc nown. "Let all tho ends thou aim'st ai be thy God's, thy Country's and Truth's then if thou fallest, thou fullest a blessed Martyr." Besidos alf thoso incentives to noble actions, prosentcd by the great tradition! and hallowed memories of tho past, you havo many othors connector! with thc formation and history of your corps, and in the objects contemplated now by your Association. You cannot forget that the Washington Light Infantry owes it ex? istence to the patriotic impulse whioh called its founders to repel foreign inva? sion, and made them resort to arms to defend that liberty whioh their fathers had aoheived. Need I reeall to your memory the name of your first captain -a nome justly dear to every Caro? linian's heart, honored wherever integ? rity of purpose, purity of life, or power of intelleot, are esteemed-the name of one, of whom Henry Clay said : "Of all the men I have ever known, the best man, the wisest, tlie purest, anil tine greatest statesman was William Lowandes." On the roll of your Company, illustrated firdt by this great name, are to be found many others worthily distinguished in the annals of our State', fit successors of your illustrious captain. Nor need you fear to place tho record yon made for yourselves during the late war by the sido of that of any other command ; nor to compare tho officers and men whom you gave to the "lostoause !" with any who served the Confederacy. You gave three general officers-Pottigrow, Con? ner and Logan-all worthily distinguish* ed to that cause, and with as field officers, Johnson, DeTreville and Simon ton ; while almost every oommand from this State drew from your ranks, so prolific of gallant Boldiors, many of its most efficient subaltern officers and mon. How the rank and file of tho Washing? ton Light Infantry did their duty to their country is told in mute, but elo? quent language, by the long list of honored names that meet your eyes on this monument, which you have dedica? ted reverently and affectionately to your noble dead. Well worthy are thoy of all the honor you oan pay them, for they fell blessed martyrs, and this eonviction on our part is full of comfort to those who seo the names of their kindred writtcu on tho South's Roll of Honor, that list which record i her dead. I know how vain is all human conso? lation to tho heart that is called on to give some object around which the tonderest affections duster. I know that many a parent in our mourning land, as be looks through eyes blinded by tho tears that will swell up from his heart, at some loved name, perhaps on that tomb, or some stone that covers all that was mortal of ouc who was bis pride, his hope, his darling, cries out in the pathe? tic language wrung from a bereaved father's heart: ?Oh, my son Absalom ! my son, my son Absalom ! Would God had died for theo I O, Absalom ! my son, my sou !" 1 eau understand, I can foel-I have felt all this. Rut still feel? ing deeply for those who mourn their kindred slain, knowing bow and for what our sons have died, cannot each JUC who hus givon his children to his country,'concealing the grief of thc father, in tho holy zeal of tho patriot, say proudly as he stands by the gravo of his soo, "Why then, Qu J's solJior be ho, "Had I ns many sons, ns I have hair?. "I would not wish thom a fairer doMh." ' It is right and proper that you should preservo the memory uf our dead heroes. Would that we could erect to them a monument whoso foundations should bo is eternal as the great truths for whioh they died; lofty as their fame; puro as mr love ; lasting as our gratitude ; ris? ing proudly from tho earth that holds their clay, and pointing with its spot? less shaft to that beaven where we de voutly trust they are now at rest. It is x touching and beautiful article of be? lief in tho creed of that strange system )f theology which takes its name from ?ts founder-ouo of tho most wonderful mon of the last century-that those who fall in battle, fighting honestly and truly for their country, are immediately transported to Heaven to partake of the highest joys of that blissful abode. Though no such promise is held out by mr religion to its votaries it surely is not inconsistent with its holy spirit or livine teaching, that this may bo tho jase. Tho trust of tho patriot and tho faith of tho Christian may thou unite in the hopo, so full of joy and consolation that our dead patriots-"God's sol li ors"-purified by the great oblation of their lives for their country's liberty, standing now in the presenoe of tho Ktornal God ; looking down with grate? ful hearts on this solemn seono, bring? ing thoir prayers for you, who aro now manifesting your reveronoo and love for them, to the vory footstool of tho throne sf graoe, aro invoking with dovout supplications from tho Father of Mercie* Tor you, all those rich blessings whioh Ho, and He alone, oan bestow. Roforo Gen. Hampton had concluded Iiis address tho rain bogan to fall, but a largo number of the immense throng hoisted their umbrellas and board the iddress out. And many an old veteran, ns bc stood beside the gravo o? his loved comrade and beard thc words of his beloved leader, wip<>d a tear whioh flowed down his check. So Charleston has dono tho honors for her departed sons. May tho Memory of tho bravo dead ever remain fresh io our hearts. - Josh Hillings th us speaks of a now agricultural implement, to which the attention ot farmer* is invited :-John Rogers' revolving, expanding, unooro monious, self adjusting, oontrakting, self-sharpening, wolf greasing and self righteous hoss rake iz now and forovcr offered tew a generous publik. Thozo rakos aro as easy to keep in rop?ir az a hitching post, and will rake up a paper of pins sowed broadkast in a ten akcr lot of wheat stubble. Thozo rakes kan bo used in tho winter for a hon roost or bo sawed up in stovo wood for tho kitohen firo. No farmer ov good moral karakter should be without t' is rake, evon if ho has to stoat ono. To roruovo stains from oharactor-- Get floht CllJJttLES WCEMS. ; nm BTOMIB? OF THB UK4TH OF * LITTI.? Uni? Arl? lilT .... Tb? P?tJfc.,'. . ?o writer of fi otion ever appealed so directly to the better feelinga?of human nat uro as Diokens. Nono ?Tor desoribed the death of children (whom he loved supremely) . with anon consummate touooea oi beauty. No more tooohing story was ever told then that of little Paul Dombey, unless, possibly, it he that sadder one of "Dear, gentle, patient noble Little Nell," in the Old Curiosity Shop ; and so long as English literature endures, will these be read io every household, in every land, with swelling hearts and overflowing eyes. Had Diokens written nothing but these two sorrowful stones, he would atilt. have touohed a responsive ehord, and have been embalmed in millions of hearts oa both sides of the ocean. At last the master hand that magnet? ized the world with its touoh has been stilled in that death which it so often and beautifully desoribed-nowhere more beautifully and feelingly than in the two briof extracts which we copy here as illustrating that boundless sympathy with purity, goodness and suffering that made himself as fresh and loving in heart as a child. He has followed the ''old, old fashion," that he portrays here in euch gentle tearful words "the old, old fashion, Death"-only to take on, like little Paul, "that oidor fashion yet of Immortality." DEATH OF LITTLE NELL. She was dead. No sleep so beauti? ful and oalm, HO free from trace of pain, so fair to look upon. She seemed a creature fresh from the hand of God, and waiting for the breath of life : not one who had lived and suflcrod death. Her couch was dressed with here and thoro some wintor berries and green leaves, gathered in a spot she had been used to favor. "When I die, put me aear something that loved the light, and had the sky above it always." Those wero her words. She was dead. Dear, gentle, patient, noble Nell was dead. Her little bird, a poor slight thins; the pressure of a finger would have crushed, was stirring nimbly in its cage, and the strong heart of its ?h i ld-m is tr eas was mute and motionless forever I Whore were the traces of her early caren, her sufferings and fatigues ? AU gone. Sorrow was dead indeed iu hor ; but peace and perfect happiness were boro, imaged, in hor tranquil beauty sud profound repose. And still her former self lay there unaltered in this change. Yes ! the old iresido bad smiled upon the samo sweet race j it had passed like a dreom, thro' tho haunts of misery and care ; at the loor of the poor schoolmaster on the lumraor evening, before the furnace fire upon the oold wet n'ght, at the still bedside, of tho dying boy, there had been the tame mild and lovely look. So ihall we know the angols in their ma? jesty after death. The old man held one languid arm n his, and the small, tight hand folded ;o his breast for warmth. It was the land she, had stretohed out to him with 1er last smile ; the hand that had led lim ou through all their wanderings Ever and anon he pressed it to his lips hon hugged it to bia breast again, mur nuring that it was warmer now, and os io said it, he looked in agony to those vho stood arouud, as if imploring them o holp hor. She was dead, and past all help, or toed of help. Tho ancient rooms she iud seemed to fill with life, even while 1er own was waning fast, the gordon he had tended, thc eyes she had glad ened, the noiseless haunts of many a houghtlesa hour, thc paths she had rodden, as it wero, but yesterday, could enow her no more. Sho had boen dead two days. Thoy rere all about her at tho time, knowing hat the end was drawing on. Sho died oon after daybreak. Thoy had read and al ked to hor iu the earlier portion of tho tight; but, ns the hours crept on, sho auk to sleep. They could tell by what ho faintly uttered in her dreams, that hey wore of her journeyings with the >ld man ; thoy wore of no painful scenes, tut ol'those who had helped them, and isod them kindly, for sho often said, 'God bless you !" with great fervor. Waking, sho novor wandered in her nind but once, and that vas at beauti ul music, which, sho said, was in thc dr. God knows. It may huvo been. )pening hor oyes, at last, from every [uiet sloop, sho begged that they would ciss her once again. That dono, she urned to the old man, with a lovely mile upou her faco, such, thoy said, as hey had never soon, and could never argot, and clung, with both hor arms, ibout his nook. Sho had ncvor mur nurtd or complained ; but, with a quiet uind, and manner quito unaltered, save hat she ovcry day became more earnest ind more grateful to thom, laded like ho light upon tho summer's evening, k * * * * * * Along tho crowded path they bore icr now puro tho newly fallen snow that jovorcd it, whoso day on earth had been ts fleeting. Under that poroh whore the had sat, whoa Heaven in its me roy wrought hor to that peaceful spot, sho Dossod again, and tho old church re? solved hor in its quiet shade. DEATH OP LITTLE PAUL. Ono night he had bcon thinking ol hie mother, and her pioture ia the draw? ing room stairs, and thought . she must tiavo loved two Qt Floronoo bott ter than bis father did, to have held her iu hei inns when she thought she waa dying -for even he, ber brother, who hajj moh dear love for her, could hijve nc greater wish than that. That train ol thought suggosted to him to inquire il lie had over seen his mother ; for ht could not remember whether they hat told bia yes or no, the river running Ter* fast and ooafssiog his miad. "Floy, did I ever see mamma ?" ?No, darling; why ?" ?Did lerer nee any kind face, like mama's, looking at me when I waa a ba bj, Floy *!' .fi He asked incredulously, as if he had some vision of a face before him. ?Oh yes dear." * ?Whoso, Floy ?" ?Your old nurse's. Often." ?And where in my old nurse ?" said Pani. "Is she dead too ? Floy, are we all dead, except you ?" There was a hurry in the room, for an' instant--longer, perhaps; but, it seemed no more-then all was still again ; and Florence, with her faoe quite colorless, ?but smiling, held his head upon her arm. Her arm trembled very muoh. ?Show me the old norse, Floy, if you please ? ?She is not hore, darling. She shall eome to morrow." ?Thank you Floy ?" Pani olosed his eyes with these words an? fell asleep. When he awoke tho san was high, and the broad day was olear and warm. He lay a little, look? ing at the windows, whioh were opon, and the onrtains rustling in the air, and waving to and fro ; then he said, "Floy, is it to morrow ? Is she oome ?" Some one seemed to go in quest of her. Perhaps it was Susan. Paul thought he heard her telling bim when he bad olosed his eyes again, that she would soon be back ; but he did not open them so see. She kept her word -perhsps she had never been away but the next thing happened was a aoise of footsteps on - the stairs, and then Paul woke-woke mind and ' body -and sat upright in his bed. He saw them now about him. There was no gray mist before them, as there had Been sometimes in tho night. He knew thom every one called thom by their names. ?And who is this? Is this my old aurso ?" suid tho child, regarding, with i radiant smile, a figure oomiug in. Tes, yes. No other stranger would have shod those tears at sight of him, md called him her dear boy, her pretty t)oy, hor own poor blighted ohild. No >tber woman would have stooped down >y his bed, and taken up his wasted band, and put it to her hps and breast, ts one who .had some right to fondle it. S o other woman would have so forgotton everybody else but him and Floy, and >een so full of tenderness and pity. ?Fley 1 this is a kind, good faoo I" laid Paul. "I am glad to see it again. Don't go away, old nurse ! Stay here." His senses were alt quiokened, and ie heard a name he know. "Who was that, who said Walter?" ie asked, and looked around. "Some mo said Walter. Is he hero? I should iko to see him very muoh." Nobody replied direotly ; but his fa? ber soon said to Susan, "Call him baok, hen ; let him come up I" After a ?hort >ause of expectation, during whioh ho ooked with smiling interest and wonder m his nurse, and saw that she had not brgotten Floy, Walter was brought into he room. His open face and manner, ind his cheerful eyes, had always made lim a favorite with Paul ; and when ?aul saw him, he stretched out his land, aad said "Good bye !" Good bye, my child !" cried Mrs. .ipohin hurrying to his bed's head. ?Not good byo?." For an instant, Paul looked at her viii? tho wistful faoe with whioh he iad so often gazed upon hor in his omer by tho fire. "Ah yes," ho said dacia ly, "good bye ! Walter dear, good ?ye !"-turning his hoad to where he tood, and putting out his hand again. 'Where is popa ?" He felt his father's breath upon his meek beforo the words had parted from tis lips. "Remeinher, Walter, dear papa," he whispered, looking in his face. "Ro nembor Walter. I was found of Walter !" The foeble hand waved in he air, as if it cried "good-by o !" to iValtcr once again. "Now lay me down," ho said, "and 'loy, como close to me sud let mc see rou !" Sister and brother wound their arms iround each other, and the golden light ?ame streaming io and full upon thom ocked together. "How fast tho rivor ruos, between ts green banks and tho rushes, Floy Jut it's.vory near the sea. I hear tho va voa ! They always said so ?" Prosontly ho told her thc motion ol he boat upou the stream was lulling lim to rest. How green tho banks vero now j how bright the flowers ?rowing on thom, and how tall th 'Uttlicx! Now tho boat was out at sea, >ut gliding smoothly on. And now. hero was a shove beforo him. Who itood on tho bank ? Ho put his hauds together, as bc had jeeu used to do at his prayers. Ho did lot remove his arms to du it ; but they law him Ibid thom ao, behind her ucok "Mamma is like'you, Floy. ' know lier by tho face ! Hut tull them that the print upon tho stairs ut school is sot divine enough. Tho light about ho head is nh hiing as I go!" The gobion ripple of tho wall came jack again, and nothing cleo stirred in tho room. Tho old, o?d fashion ! The fashion that came in with our first garments, and will,, last unchanged until our ruco has run its oourso, and tho wi do Hr ma m eut is rolled up li ko a soroll. Tho old Old, fashioned-Death. . Oh thank Oud, nil who seo it, for that older fushiou yet, Immortality And look upon m, angel? ol youug children, with regards uu*. quito es? tranged when the swift rivor bears us to tho ocean ! Bottor be upright with poverty than unprincipled with plenty. \vn*l THBY KIT IN CII1N1, The New Torie Observer furnishes an interesting chapter OD the food of thc Chinese- Tho readers of it will gratify curiosity, without exciting euvy. Cae of the most ourioos, but not tho ; most agreeable parts of a traveler's eic? perieooe in going around the world, is to bo found tu the great diversity ot ? manners and customs in rogard to eat i ing and drinking.' (Juc can accommodate < himself readily to many ?'. now oirouta- < i tan ces in whioh he finds himself ou i Hopping into a new country, but he ean lot always make his tasto agree with < ho tastos of the people among whom he * s thrown. Happily iu this age of the < vorld he finds somo of tho staples or lifo j ouch the same tho world over, so that ? te is not obliged practically to pul tho nost fastidious of the sense to tho strong c cst which it bad to endure, wheo t raveling, as one of thc fine arts, was 'J nore in its infi?oy ; bnt ho oan still in c lulge in observation and speculation to s tis heart's Content. s The Chinese from time immomorial, s t least from the days When we studied \ be piotorial geography, have boen eel- \ bruted for tho range of their animal v liet, and for somo of tho luxuries of life rhioli arc peculiar to tho celestial king lom. Tu begiti with tho first course, oup. All tho world knows that in s Jinna they have a delicacy whioh has 1: ot reached other parts, in birds' nest d oup. One of my first inqurics, as I got ' ato tho streets of Canton, was after this f ommodity, or the nests from which it i made, and I was taken into a fine shop, g ttcd up in a costly manner, whore it c ras the only article sold. Birds' nest P ron great luxury in China, being * rithin titer reach of the wealthy alono. 'I 'hey are sold at prices graduated ac- 3 olding to thc quality of tho article, a one of any value bringing a less price 0 lian their weight in silver, and some u ringing almost their weight iu gold. " Pests are sold high as $80 or 840 a - ound. Tho nests are simply a mass of pure 0 elatino, secreted iu some way by a spo . o es of swallow, and deposited agniust a a all, just as tho swallows in our coun ?y stick a nest of mud against a beam. * omo naturalists maintain that the 0 elatine is formed from a sort of sea- ? ?am whioh the swallow gathers, and is J* sud ed from the mouth ot the bird. It " osely resembles the gelatine whioh is nown by thu name of isinglass, and the urer.sort is almost transparent. There nothing repulsivo in its appearance, ' ad its origin is just as honorable and ?! >mmendatory as that from whioh our ' Hies aro made at home ; I am disposed &l i think, more so. The nests como liefly from tho island of Java, where a icy are obtained with great labor and r len at much peril, from deep caves ong the cost. Some of these oaves on ie southern ooast of tho island are ap roached only by a perpendicular de eut of great depth, by means of lad ira, the raging of the sea below pro? mt ?og all approach from the water. rhen collected they are assorted into fferent grades, these Which havo been icupied by the birds bringing the ighest price ; and tho other grados at 'ices according to cleanliness and lulity. I have put ono of the lower 'ade, but a floe spcoimeo of thc nest, to my trunk, (I mean my baggage,) id presume it will bo one of the earliest lportatious into America. Tho Chinese do not have as - great a iricty of animal food as tho Western it ions, but they make uso of somo au nais which most nations reject. I fiud great diversity in the testimony of avclers and residents iu regard to the ie of "rats, cats and puppies," some o? v io latter, ([ mean the residents,) stout A ' affirming that they arc not used at 1, or if so, only in cases of extremity _ here nothing else in tho shape of food 1 tn be obtained. But I have seen al) icso animals exposed for sale in the arkets of Cuuton, io tho very heart of io city. Lruggliug to escape, while the dead )ccimens hanging around him awaited mir destiny with moro composure. herc is no moro reason for denying int such animals uro regularly sold in ie markets of Cuuton for food, than thal Def and mutton uro sold in tho markets f Yow York. And yet, it is neverthe- . ss true, that the mass of thc people do \ ot uso thom for food. Their uso is infined to those who aro unable to . L>t ni II flesh munt that is moro expensive. Another staple in tho lino of animal . ?od vj pork. Chinese pigs ure celebra- . id tho world over tor their excellent . uulity, and, ns well as ?Shanghai chick II;:, havo long been imported into .rn "'rica. They uro raised with great iro ; as carefully, if not moro so, than io oh i ld reo < They aro often fc?;pt In tile C.tges in (ho shops and ll OU-OS', hore they reavivo every,attention and ro fed with tho ohoieoit food, instead P living on whai is thrown away. And very quiet and well behaved ratio they ? re. Thoy are carried about tho si roots I baskets just largo enough for ilium lo e slipped into-willi their legs folded, nd in thri state uro laid nw .y at thc tarkota und other places, hut I do ?ol .member over to have heard in China singlo noto of that dulcet mu ?ic which i their peculiar forte in other paris of lie world. Po rho ps it is out of grali lido that they remain so qui t, for I i ave been told that until tim govern*] lent interim-rod and required that ihoy.Ji fiould bo carried in baskets,, (hoy wi rc | luugby the heels across u polo, n mode f conveyance which would vory .uttlU? ?Hy develop their in mu 041 powers. Thc fruits of China uro generally : oor and-destitute ol ll ivor Wo hud j omo grapes from tho North, hut thu! nly fruit in tho South, that was in sea. on and reully palatable, was tho puuiulo, orresponding to tho Wost In Jiu sh.ad ack. Nor is thia1 fruit pleasant to tito '.>:?L:in!.rVii .UL ii"iin.iw?V JOB WORK E y j? R y D E S CTR I ?^-l^N ? rr; PK?tMP*LY KXjBO?IBp AT^ .> > OFFWKOF V'? the Sumter WatciTmaii^ ... -r iN Tns -^-v _ . m taste, excepting.*^ ?rrovvu.at Amojf.-T-.J The Atiroy puni?lo -Im? a reputation. throughout tho East. Thero tro many 5 fruit* ?old in/tJiVatreeu* Which .A?O/t^i^*; iu v it i og, bu> ibo * CJ^iuoa?\ : uso The? / largely, anil t?io mit toual propensity jumbling ia exVibU^ovc? ?b pureba*^* ing them. Tho Chinese ovo thc grc??olt jamblera; iu tiro worltT; jhejr ?a??ibJbv$rX| evcr^tliiu?- day ar?d Hight. Even ^ho -? litt Iq boy, ip (|OVO? up to a fruit e.??dy.''^ pr?f?ra tp stake Kja . coppoV . coin "upoa \,l [Ut hasard of getting doubts thc amount, v >r tiouc at all, that! to mike au oUt-aooV$ jut purchase. This spue ios ?f g^ibU||Q?;'., i li going ou continually. -.?.".'?7 ''L'L? 1 l>avo Out atUmptod to givo any ,,;>> if tho style of living among, tho Chi?* lei?, or of their ordiuary diet, ' but only ' 0 Bpearfc of soino theoga which are, slip- r| >osed to bo of tnost i ut crest to thosq uot cquainted with Chinese, life. " ~ .. LtV^?. .3 There aro dog marketa, where pothiug M Ise is sold, aoii where I have seop dogs "'? lay after day, dressed and ready cooked. 1 'hero aro .several such markets iu the " - tty. Hats also, alive nud'dead, ? fresh | nd dried, ure regularly and constantly ? ^ old, and J have seen them in alhthesV J taged of preparation, as I haye, bben nssinyr. Out pl?tOp follow I saw sU8\"*:>: ended by his tail fro ur a market hook, V 'ailing for a purchaser, bat all tho whilo jj FAItniSU*? OIULS. ? > ? Farmer's girls arc ex peo tod to under- | tuud housekeeping, but sometimes a ard barren life ot ioil begets in them a ' J isgust, whioh leads to extreme-.caro*. issues? and indiffereuce io tho .nicer arts of homo duties. 'I Beware of this, I pray. you. Study ' race and beauty in the folds of a ?jj ur tain, the arrangement of a table, tho i usitiou of a chair-the amount of light M nd shade to gire tho aright oflect. to all. m ake tho prettiest way of doing things, '-/ un will.soon discover ti charm in toll ; ^ 1 l the effect on your nature will bo.;.-.' unobling. Do not bogrudgo flvo iuutes to trim a dish with groou leaves * ' ? pon the dinner table, not forgetting.to rist a spray of flowers or leaves amid ?? te dark or gold of your hair ! somebody's [ . res will brighten to soe it, and, ero J rare, you will become " a trap to catch sunbeam."--CountryGentlemen. . ^ ST" A lady mado her husband a pTes- - g it of a silver dr in kingcup with an \ :;j igol ut the bottom. Wheo she filled Hg for him he used to drink it to the ?ttoft, aol she asked him why he ^ aok every drop. . ?,'v 'L^j? " Becauao, duckcy, I long to eoe the -, ar little angel at the bottom." m Upon which she had tho angel taken . S it, anda devil engraved at the bottom, e drank all the same, and she again ked him the reason. . , H "Because I won't leave the old. devil ?rop, " he teplied, i B?k, 100 years a sccrot B^u Cures us by magic-? n | lily- 1,000 persons testify- ' ; ttGU Pains, wounds, and sufferings cease ?.^* Physicians use and reoommcod. m it- ? "J tt2r 85.00 pots ordered daily for ?M hospitals nud public institutions \ in ull parts of tho U. S. I PHEBE ^AKER QALVE | all Cul?, Burna, BruWos, Seres, Ulcers, J Oaoeer?, Sore Nlpplos; and Brf,kon BrenKti*, . I Chnppoil !<i|>8 and Uanda, Kruptluns, Chil? blains, Hites or Sting* of Inxocts, Ac. A W0ND1?KVUL CL'RH FOR FILRS. i it up in ftOo. s I cos (mid $1 pots for families.) : ? I Druggists everywhere sell il. DON'T BE OKE DAV Without it in the House. , "COSTA irs" . tandard Preparations . Ann ./ Rostov's" Hut, Koxcb,&d. Kxfermina tors. ?ostnrV (liquid) R.fJ Hug Kxfcr. "Joslnf's" (only pure) Insect Powder. Joslar'n" (only sure remedy) (Joni ' Solvent, r&ru 801.1* "vi rv? hore. , Ask f..r "COS l'A H'S" (luke n^? other.) ' $1, $2, fS, mid -5 ? s}tin, "r?l?r fr.un COSTAR CO.. l;t if .wHid St., N. Y. JOQ'DUlon, WI Xii .MAN' & CO., Wholesale Agents?', CUM!u:s? ox, >s'. a HUH iiiidcr^lgned u.i.i!l most...fi/juctfuliy I auniiunuo lite po iplo of Sumtur mid ?ur iin Hug eunutry has hu ?Aive Jusi received a SI'I.KXMl) ?iOT OP ?4t ^ ic X31 o ? id iii nm. f.i-i'iiiiiv I In rocaive ?ind ux.nit? or ir? <>f ntl kIIKIJ in Iii-4 lin., with liomin--.* m.d ?patch, uox iiATUNC rei.xi IIKI> TO OKHIMI, i W. V. S M ? T li, Sf'.?TKU, S. Ot If