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ORIGINAL POETRY.
?..'???.? ' [ron-TitK onANOR?vTRo x?ws.") ,?
"jpo ili?fc? Xittlo :Bo^s Jojiimy and Claranco
I)..->Vho Filled my Tablo with WUd
Ah! youthml lads' ye-liUlo think,.
How much this wild-wood treasure,
Yo kiildly' oh my table piled, . ?
v ?hs filled my heart with pleasure. . ?'
' t'.'Know, little lads, my handB liko yrtura-,
% Ouoe plucked the fair fiold-ilower?; ? - *
B.ut many days havo dawned sinCo then, * '
With mnny siiddoncd hours. ......
And Tiino and (trief have had their sway,
And .borne my life-sands hither;
And T, tho flower's of sweut youth's time
* - Havo plucked, \o find them wither."
Yo say, "We oara uot if they fade,
We'll gather up the new,
And sweeter ones perchance w'?dl find,
" All silvered c?j?r with flow.'*
And thus'ybur expectation makes,
You careless of their MPbta,
- Binco bright to-morrow's dhwn may bring, .
,. . A host:with fresh ?porfumo.
Yes, lads, .and so to-m'orrow mny, ?
And with it, too, may come,
-'? Instead of sunshine, angry clouds, * ' < m
And siorm, and dismal glonom.
. Those buds,, thut boast t?TtnorroW's dawn,
Will ope' uk to the light.
Mny only find it heralds in
The hours of death ami blight.
?'*; >< ? ? - ? ' : ' t ?
My lads, you'll find flic joys of life,
- Like Mowers of .-the field.
. To promise/)!) a sweet perfume
In.bloom.they fail to ycild. . .
Then sie.ic thejc^s turdity doth give,
With blithe Mid grateful heart;
' Nor* let it grieve thy ndnd to know
That, bliss is thine Ifi part.
Fin* Oil ! the joyotiV moments haste,
And with them gn their.glitter.
The portion of olir ''up of life
is mingled sweet and bitter.
' ' . ' .YII" NX A YKAl..
llnA:,cnvH.i.K, S. C, .lime l. 1807. -
jv E LEGT i: ]). . ; .
THE MINER OF THE HARTZ.
? A TBAD1TIOX OK TLiminiXK.
DV II. l'EMC?\X.
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Beyond nil other lnountains'of tlio Blocks
berg range, tin: wild solitudes of the lltulz
have been, from .time immemorial, supposed to
be the haunts of ghosfs. elfins and. spectres.
The inhabitants of this neighborhood are, for
the most part, miners and .woodsmen, and are
naturally imbued with the local superstition.
On lnany occasions they have attributed to the
p.^wer of the elfins, those natural phenomena
wliicb *hoy have experienced during their sub
terranean labors. The belief also provails. that
;* tutelary dei.uon, of a most savage appearance,
a\,-?Rs the gloomy forests of the IIartz, co
lossal in im,'0*!1/- OWdiiiS head appeared crowned
With oak leaves ; nlC'1 hia t,,orc"*? bulin<1
a fiery belt, and ip his hanJ ff CArrics S|? :T
rooted pibo tree.
Long ago this demon used to hold frequent
communications 'withihe pooplo in that dis
trict; he usod ofton to meddle, in their affairs,
rather for the purpose of doing them good
than'of Injuring them.- Hut it was observed
that'his kindness generally turned unhappily
to those who wcro tho recipients of it. . The
clergymen, in long sermons, frequently ex
horted their flocks to cease holding any eoui
munictdioii with him. It happened that on
one. day, the preacher mounted the ptilpit in
the church of Margenbrodt, for the purpose of
expatiating on the pcrverify of the inhabi
tants, in still continuing to communicate with
fairies, and goblins and demons, but in particu
lar with him of tho Hartz. These supersti
tious people laughed at the zeal with Which
their venerable pastor held forth upon this
point. At last the heat of his discourse aug
mented in proportion to the spirit of opposition
which he met; but tho congregation could not.
suffer that a demote who had been so peacea
ble for hundred** of yours, should bo compared
to Astaroh and Ih-idzobub. Tho fear. also, of
tie demon punishing them for listening to such
.sermons, wns added to-the interest which they
felt in him."
"A monkish babbler like him," they cried,
??can say what he pleases with impunity ; but
we, the inhabitants of this country, who re
main at tho niorcy of this insulted demon, wo
will bo the victims of his just itidignntion.
The poasants did. not long rest fa in their ro
solTtm'ent; peltihg him with'stones, they hunted
the poor priest out of the parish, telling him to
go and preach to others against domous.
As thrc? young ? iharconlTburnors?who had
taken a part, in tho pursuit of tho priest?were
returning home to thoit cottage, tho conversa
tion naturally turned upon .the domoq of tho
Hajrtz, aud dn their pastor's sermon. Max and
George .Waldcck, agreeing that the priest's
language was indiscreet, maintained, neverthe
less, that it was very dangerous to have the
slightest coiuinuuicatioii with the demon, bo
cause he was wicked, capricious and powerful,
and all thos'o who had any communication with
him always experienced misfortune from it.
Had no not given to the gallant Chcvalior Sy
bprt, the fatuous black stcod, with which he
conquered all his competitors at. the graud
tournament in Bremen ? Yes, nut that courser
plunged with him down a frightful . precipice,
from which man or- liorsc has never con e out.
Did he not impart to Diliiic Gertrude Trodden
.sonic curious secrets, which wore soon after the
cause of her being burned as a sorceress, by
the command of the grand criminal judge of
lue electorate ?
But these proofs and many others, which
George and Mux related of the evil conse
quences attendant on the gift* of tho elfin,
made no impression on Martin Waldcck. Mur
tiuwus young, d.rring and rash, and smiled at
the timidity of his brothers.
""Cease.'* IMS said, ;:all this folly; the demon
is a good and kind one. lie'lives among us as
a simple peasant; he frequents4ho rocks and
solitudes of the mountains, sometimes as a
hunter, and other times as a shepherd. But
how can this demon be so malicious as yottsaj ?
"What power can be have over mortals, who
make use of his -gilts without submitting them
selves ?'to'llis will? The benefits and gifts of
the spirit of the Hartz cannot injure us; it is
the bad use which we- make of ihoin, that
docs.'' , ' . .
Max replied, that riches, badly acquired,
could never profit their possessor. Martin de
clared, positively, that the possession, of all the
treasures in the Haiti Mountains would not be
capable of qlfccting the least change in his
habit, manners or character.
This conversation lasted until the brothers
reached their lowly hut, which was situated on
a height, in the neighborhood of Brockcnbcig.
They then, according to custom, arranged the
watches for the uight; for one of the brothers
kept gourd, .while .the two others slept. In
fact, tht^m^ttg^Mfib? charcoal repuireT a
continual "attention. ?
Max. "Waldcck, the eldest brother, had
watched about an hour, when he saw, .suddenly,
I upon the borders of the swam]) opposite to the
j door of his cottage, an immense fire, around
i which numerous figures danced iu the most
grotesque attitudes. Max's first thought was
to call (leorge; but he could not awaken him'
without Martin hearing. So upon reflection,
in spite of the terror with which ibis singular
phantom filled him,-he resolved to watch alone.
Besides, the strange-fire w.is gradually disap
pearing, and be was then quite free from fear.
George did not delay in relieving Max, who
retired to bed without saying anything. The
vast lire again filled the valley, and the same
phantoms surrounded and danced through the
(lames. George was. more courageous thau
'Max, and resolved to cross the stream, which
separated hini from the marsh. Climbing up
an cmiiiCUCQ, he approached near to where, the
lire was burning. Among the elfins that
bustled about the' flames, he recognized the
giant, covered with hair and armed' With a pine
tree-: in a word, it was the demon.of the Hartz,
i r?;ydi as the oly shepherds had described to him.
? Trcmblintr 7. 'th fear, he commenced reciting
the psaim commune::^ with ''Let all the angels
praise thee, O LoruT ?hieb V;*s looked on, in
that country, as a sovcTeib"u prcsc:faUvo
against the influence of bad spirits, lie il'incd j
his eyes again towards where the fire had been
burning, but all had disappeared. The valley
was no longer illuminated; but by the pale rays
of the incon, George, iu great terror, directed
his course to the place of this extraordinary
scene, but be found iio trace of fire on the
heath ; neither the moss nor wild flowers were
scorched or faded?the branches of the oak
which had tippest red enveloped in flames, were
wet with the night dew. George returned to
the hut, and reasoning the same way as Max,
resolved to say nothing of wlurt i. : had seen,
as hd'earcd to awaken the curiosity of Mar
tin.
*
The night was far advanced when Martin's
.watch came.on, and when well awake, his first
caro was to examine the furnace. Ho saw, to
his great astonishment, that George had not
attended to it, and that the fire was out?*;ve
?know already why. Very much annoyed, lie
set about lighting it, but it. was useless. It
became serious, for the poor fellows risked the
loss of their market next day. Mortified by
this accident. Martin had just decided to a
waken his brothers, when a gleam of brilliant
light suddenly crossed the windows of the cot
tage. His first idea was, that the Muhclohau
scrs, his rivals in trado had encroached upon
his boundaries, and hail come to steal his wood.
But a moment's obsorvatioh was sufficient to
convince him that' the spectacle, which was
preaeutcd to his view, wait a supernatural phe
nomenon.
'?Be these ino'n or demons," said he, "I will
go and ask a firebrand from them, to light my
fire;" Saying these words,-he took his wild
boar lauce and advanced towards tho phan
toms.... .. . .:? ... j .. ..f.. t j
Hp soon crossod tho stream, climbed the
hill, and approached sufficiently near this
elfin gathering to discern all the peculiarities
of the demon of tho Hartz. For the first/ time
in his life, he shuddered with fear* but sum
moning up immediately his wavering coUrage,
he advanced firmly towards the fire. At eaoh
step .he'took, the figures became more wild and
extravagant in their movements. In a mo
ment ho was in tho midst of them They re
ceived him with manifestations of applause,
and their tumultuous, laughter stung his very
cam.
??Who are you VI cried* ?lc giant, in a voice
of thunder, and frowning gloomily.
- "flartin Waldeck, a charcoal burner," he
replied ;? "and who are you; yourself?"
"Tho king ot chaos and of mines," replied.
the^peCtre; "but why have you dared to pene
trate our mesteries ?"
l% canic here to get a fire-brand, in order to
liglit my fire," "Waldeck answered boldly.
'*W"nat are the mysteries which you celebrate
bore?" . .
!.\*Tbe marriage of Hcrnaes and the black
dragon; but take the fire-brand if you wish,
nncbdopart. for no mortal can witness our fes
tivities with impunity."
Martin then stuck the point of his lance in a
large log. and regained bis hut. amid the noise
of tho mocking laughter of the phantoms. In
snitpof his terror, his first step was to relight
the furnace, by means of the burning log,
wbieh.be carried. Strange to say. in spite of
all jthc efforts which ho made, this billet, at
first-all on fire, went out without kindling the
other wood. Martin Was excessively chagrined
at Ulis j' the fire st ill burned on the hill, but
thdSC who bad surrounded it had disappeared.
Waldeck thought that the spectre was but
trifling with him. He resolved to undertake
a new adventure, and set out on his way to the
http He nrrived, and without encountering
anjfjppposiCion, he seized a second log of wood,
iuiu^pArried it off us he did the first; but still
\v5Uiotlt being able to kindle bis fire. ? The ease
wjrn*w*hieh he obtained the firat.two. brands,
increased his boldness, and be returned for the
third time and carried away a great flaming
billet. He had not gone far, when In; heard
the voice of the elfin crying aloud to him, not,
on any account, to have the temerity to ven
ture back again. Tho efforts which Martin
made\ to light his furnace with his last fire
brand, were just as useless as the preceding.
Exhausted with fatigue, hp threw himself on
his bed of leaves, fully determined to inform
bis brothers, the next day. of his strange ad
ventures.
Morning had scarcely appeared, when he
was awakened from a profound sleep, by loud
cries of joy and surprise. The first thing
which Max and George did on rising, was to
look at the condition of their furnace. While
racking the cinders, they found three nietalic
lumps, which they knew to be pure gold.
Their joy was n little diminished, however,
when Martin told them by what means he had
become master of it. The others could not re
sist the temptation of partaking in the pros
perity of their brother.
Martin Waldcck soon took the title of head
of the family. He bought lands and woods,
and bad a splendid mansion erected, and also
be obiaincd letters of nobility, to the great
scandal and disgust of the ancient nobles. His
courage in war enabled bint to brave, tit all
times, the jealousy which his sudden elevation.
anJ iuc arrogance 0I" nM manners, excited.
Hut the evii Inclinations which poverty bad re
pressed, now developed themselves. In fine.
Wndleok rendered himself odious, not only to
the nobles, but also to his inferiors, who sup
ported, with pain, the insolence of a man who
bad sprung from the very dregs of the people.
The manner in which be bad been enriched
was heretofore a profound secret, but by some
chance it bad transpired, and already the cler
gy threatened him as a sorcerer. Surrounded
by enemies, ami tormented on all sides. Martin
Waldcck. or rather Huron Waldcck, soon re
gretted his youthful poverty and contentment,
for envy and hntred were around him every
where. His courage never abandoned him at
any time ; in fact, on the contrary, ho appeared
to court danger. Hut an unforeseen event
hastened his fall.
The reigning Buke id' Brunswick having in
vited, by proclamation, all the Gorman noblesse.
to a solemn tournament, Martin Waldeck,
clothed in brilliant armor, accompanied by his
two brothers, and attended by a superb cortege,
had the insolence to appear in the midst of the
cavaliers of the province, and demanded per
mission to enter the lists. This was looked on
as the height of presumption. A thousand
voices cried out : "We will not let this char
coal burner into our rank?.
Entlamed with passion, Martin drew his
sword, and overthrew the herald-at-arms, who
endeavored to prevent his cntorihg the lists.
Swords were raised on all sides to aVenge, a
ci imc at that time considered the most atrocious
except high treson. Waldcck defended himself
to desperation, but he was made prisoner, ami
condemned, by the judge of the; tournoy, to
have?according to custom?his right arm cut
off,, to lose his titles of nobility, .hud to bo driv
en ignominiousiy from tho city. They des
poiled him of his armor, and having under-:
gone his punishment, he was* delivered up to
the populace, who pursued him, heaping me
naces, outrages and insults on his devoted head.
It was with the greatest difficulty that the
brothers could drag him forth from the'hands
of the mob ; they had' left him for.dead. He
lost so much blood,.and was in such .a misera
ble condition, that it was necessary to place,
him in a cart, aud under him they put some
straw. Thus the Wadlecks fled.
Scarcely bad they reached the frontiers of
their native country, when they perceived in a
hollow road, situated between two mountains,
an old man, who advanced to meet them. But
shortly after, the limbs and Size of this man in-,
creased iu bulk ; his cloak fell from his shoul
ders, and his pilgrim's staff was metamorphosed
into an enormous pine. Ina word,, the .De
mon of the Hart* was presented to their eyes
in all bis frightful apparel. -When he was op
posite to the cart in which the sick man lay,
he asked of him, with an. atrocious giin, if his
fire-brands had kindled his furnace. Martin
was indignant at these- words, but could scarce
ly raise himself.. He pointed towards .the
spectre with a niena.ciug gesture;' but he dis
appeared, uttering a loud mocking laugh, leav
ing the unfortunate Waldcck to struggle with
death. Max and George, being terrified, di
rected their course towards the- towers of "a
neighboring convent, wh;:h olcvated their tops,
above the. dark pine forest by which they were
surrounded. At that place they were charita
bly received by a monk with a long, venerable
.beard, and iu naked feet. Martin.-lived just'
long enough to.make a confession'of his life,
and to receive absolution from the hands of tho
very priest, whom long ago he had pelted with
stones in the village of Margenbrpdt. Jlis
tTirce years of prosperity mysteriously corres
ponded with the three visits whichlie had made
to the elfin's hill.
The body of Waldcck was interred within
the convent, and his two brothers assumed the
habit of the order. Both tho minors and the
woodsmen shun, even to this day, tho rulus of
the Chateau dn Waldcck, for they suppose that
it has become tho resort- of olfins and evil
spirits.
M I S 0 E L Ii A N E O IT S .
('Ai'Am t.iTiKs ok the South.?The New
York K.rju-csK says: The South have iron, cpal,
slate and marble beneath the soil, and a cli
mate capable of every variety of production
upon its surface.?The Southern States are
nearer the West, and ono of them nearer Eu
rope, than we are.?-Their present prospcots
are blighted by two causes?that of the war,
and tho radical supremacy in Congress,'which
has covered the land like a mildew. But
there must be an end to all this, and the end
will be seen just as soon as the question of re
construction is settled. The less,' for a time,
the South hns to do with politics; and. tho
more it has to do with its'material interests,
tho better. If the North will be content with
a non-interference with Southern society?if it
will let the people, white and black,. act in
their own interests?if it ceases all political
proselyting, it will soon find labor more settled,
education more diffused, agricultural prosper
ity more general, and the country more pros
perous.
The capabilities of.the South are immense,
and ought at onco to attract tho atteution of
Northern capital.' There is no reason why
double !?*t year's cotton crop should Dot be
produced, and three times the corn and wheat
and rice that was harvested in I860. The
South welcomes all capitalists, all kinds of la
bor, every means of thrift, wealth and indus
try. Audit is impossible to help the South
without helping ourselves, and especially flic
trade and ooinnrcrco of this great city."
NewspAI'EII Laws.?For the - instruction
and guidance of some who may possibly neod
information on the subject, we copy tho follow
ing : ? '
Post masters arc required to givo advice by
letter when a subscriber docs not take his pa
per from tho office ; and eive tho reason for
its not being taken. Neglecting to do so makes
the postmaster responsible to the publisher for
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from the post office, whether he has subscribed
or not, is responsible for tho payment for the
subscription.
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must pay all arrearages, or tho publjshor may
continue to send it until payment is made, and
collect tho whole amount, whether it is taken
from the office or not
Tho courts havo decided that refusing fo
take newspapers, and periodicals from tho post
office, or removing, and leaving them uncalled
[or, prim a /ade ovidence of intentional fraud.
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. HUMOR
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They were sitting side'by side, ?,;
. Ami he sighed, und then she sighed.
? f&w ?d.4'-.!'i?At iv l^iaSt??? V?i ?*^?st
fialdbc, "My. darting idoll* ? ? '
And bo idled/ ami then ihe Idled, j ? ??? ?
? -? ?1 i ,tt v rfi : \ Sr>J ,C?W
"You are creation's belle, ohl"
And he bellowed, and ehe lUllaWetl . ' ?
? .*.*?? ?' ?;??_ :?,:?> .V i;.;:s<l**i.\ .;*?;?*???. ? "
??On riry-Boul there's Bocb * weightj**
And he waited, and she waited. ?."
?..*'?* .. ' > ' . ^ .-. :n i * ****i$* A
"Your hand I ask, so bold I'm gr.owa'" .--vi *
And lie groaned, and then* she gf-ouned:
"Tew ?hall have your private gig I". '. <-t
* And be giggled, and she, giggled, ^.^^vf!
? Said she, "My dearest l?kirT ' " ? ^
???. And he looked, and then she looked.;* ,' ?
"I II have tbc? if thou wilt!"
And bo wilted, und.then Bhe'willcd.
low Sal Disgraced the. Family, v
.' ?* '' '- ? ?.. ?.-'..'i.r"?tr ?;
A traveler in the State ofjllinois. some y cars %
ago, came to a log hut on the prairies, near'
Cairo, and there halted. He went - into : the
house of logs. It was a wretched affair, with . .
an empty packing-box for a table, where * two*
or thrco old chairS and disabled, stools graced ? ?
tho reception room, the dark walls of which
wore further ornamented by o display of tin
ware, and broken delf article or two.
The woman was crying in . ohe -corner,??anil
the man, with tears, in his.eyes and a-pipe in
his mouth, sat on a stool, with his dirty., anus
resting ou his knees, and his.sorrowful lopkjug
head supported by the palms of his hands..,
"Well," lib said,"you Beem to ho in awful
trouble here. What's'up? ' '' .
"Oh! we are most crazed, neiglihbr,'* 'said ?
the woman ; "and we ain't got no patience to
sec folka-.now." ? ??- *
."That's, all right," said the visitor, not much
taken aback by this polite .rebuff; "but can't
I be of any service to. you in all this trouble TV ^
"Well, we've lost our gal. .Our Snl'a gone .
off opd left vta," said tho man, "in. tones of des
pair.
"Ah, do. you know what iud?ccd her to leavo
you ?" remarked the new arrival.
"Weli, wo can't soy, stranger, as ho# ^bWb
so far lost to us to bo induced ;"? but, then, shelj
gone and disgraced us," remarked the afflictejar.-.
father. r '
"Yes, neigh bor-r-and as I should say it as Is
her mother", but thefe wacn't a poor tier gal in
tho West than my Sal?she's gone and brought,
ruin on her own head now," followed tko
stricken-mother. : .
"Who has she "gone with?" asked tho visi
tor.
?'Well there's tho trouble. The gal could
have1 done well; and might have married.Mar
tin Kohoc, a capital shoemaker, who, although
he's got but one eye, plays the flute in a. lively
manner, and cams a good living. Then look
what ? home and what a life she has deserted.
She was surrounded by all the luxury in tho
country," said tho father.:-. .fcMiA.OO^SfT i*
'?yes! who knows what poor Sal will havo
"to;cat, and drink,or wear now?" groaned tho
old woman.
> "Add who is the fellow that has token her
from you, to lead her into such miscryt"
quoth he.
"Why, sho's gone off and got married to *
critter called an editor, as lives jn the village,
and the devil knows how they are to earn
living."
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A man stopping Iiis paper wrote to the edi
tor, "I think folk es ottend spend-their munny
fur paper my daddy didn't and everyboddy
scz he wus the most intillygintcst man in. the"
cundry and got the smartest famuly uyy buoys
that.ever dugged tatcrs." ? ?
"There is a difference in time, yo?" krtowV
between this country and Europe," said- ? gen- -
tleman in New YJork to a ncwly-arriVeej Irish- *
man. ' For instance, your friend'sjfc*-Cork arf-'
in bed and fust asleep bythi? iimt)- wfrile we'
arc enjoying ourselves in the cu*1$ ?/Wt?ttg/1
"That's always the way 1* excf*i*ic<< fjatf
"otild Ireland never had justice yif .rt
- . An Irish footman having ?.Wterf * faslet of*
game from Iiis roaster to a friend, waited rv
considerable jinre for the customary fee, nof*
finding it likely to appear, Bcrafche1* his. head,
and said, "Sir, if my master should say,- <%Pn&i$t
what did the gentleman give yo-? V'. wrVat
would your honor havo me, to iaH h)m lH .
A gentleman sent his Irish servant tip (ohis
room for a pair of boots', a?d at the sarn?? tjlw?
told him to be sure tlnd got mates, as there
were two pairs together in tho" closet/ J^trtcfc
returned with two boots bo* odd oftes*. .''Why*
dontyou see that those are rfoi nlifte? Ono is a
long top, aqdtho other Is, asllottcne V*. Mb)
the gentleman out, of patied^e with; ttSfc ^llow*. k
"Bedad, your honor," said Tat, ia apology,
"sod it's true for ye, but thin tho other * pair
was jurt so too." .