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LET US BE HAPPY.
BY ELIZA COOK.
Oh ! let U9 be happy when friends gather round us,
However the world may have shadowed our lot,
When the rose-braided links of affection have bound
us,
Let the cold chains of earth be despised and forgot;
And say that the friendship is only ideal,
That Truth and Dovotion are blessings unknown,
For he who believe every heart as unreal,
Has something unsound at the core of his own.
Oh! let us be happy when moments of pleasure
Have brought to our presence the dearest and best,
For the pulse always beat to most heavenly measure
When love and good will sweep the strings of the
broast.
Oh! let usbe happy, when moments of meeting
Bring those to our side who illumine our eyes ;
And thoueh follv. perchance, shake a bell at the
greeting,
He is the dullest of fools who forever is wise.
Let the laughter of joy echo over our bosoms.
As the hum of the bee o'er the midsummer flowers,
For the honey of happiness is from love's blossoms,
And is found in the hive of those exquisite hours.
Then let us bo happy when moments of pleasure
Have brought to our presence the dearest and best,
For the pulse always beats to most heavenly measure,
When love and good-will sweep the strings of the
breast.
Let us plead not a spirit too sad and too weary.
To yield the kind word and themirth-ligiited smile;
The heart, like tho tree, must be fearfully dreary,
Where the robin of hope will not warble awhile.
Let us say not in pride that we care not for others,
And livo in our wealth like an ox in his stall;
'Tis tho commerce of love with our sisters and
brothers
Helps to pay our great debt to the Father of All.
Then let us be happy when moments of pleasure
Have brought to our presence the dearest and best,
For tho pulse ever beats with more heavenly measure,
When love-and good-will sweep the strings of the
breast. ^
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IflkdlanawiS Icabing.
AN ADVENTURE.
mi _ n 11 ii._?n; a.
?ne ionowiog inriiungaccouutui au auveuturc
with a lion in the wilds of Southern* Africa,
is extracted from a record of an African
sporting expedition, recently published in an
English magazine :
Whilst breakfast was preparing, I proceeded
to take a saunter down to the pool, not witheut
some faint hopes of a bath, though I feared
our horses, to say nothing of the other animals
who had visited it during the night, might
_ have muddled it too much for that. However,
I resolved to try, and throwing my Minnie into
the hollow of my arm, and cocking my wide
awake over my eyes, lounged down a path among
the bushes, now well beaten by the feet
of man and horses. The latter I found up to
their bellies in the pool, enjoying themselves as
completely as the flies would let them ; but
the water looked uncommonly turbid, I thought
I would skirt along a little to the left and look
for a cleaner spot j and so, climbing a short
steep, covered with longgrass and underwood,
I dashed aside some brauches which intervened
between me and a small clear space of shorter
turf and?to my very intense astonishment,
though I must say not at that moment to my
dismay, I was used to the sight of them?
found myself within a few yards of one of the
finest male lions I ever saw, and who was engaged
with a look of grave patriarchal interest
in watching the movement of tho horses below
J ^.Aii __1 _ . iv _ i r in
?aououess selecting one ior nis Dreanmst.?
Have you not seen Lundseer's catching of the
lion in the old Tower Managerie ? In exactly
the same attitude, still and unmoving, like a
noble statue, stood this neighbor of mine; and,
for a few moments, I remaiued really lost in
admiration of the grand beaut}* of the 'tableau'
he presented.
It was, however, necessary to decide on some
line of action immediately. I could not help
hitting him, if I chose to fire, but if I did not
kill him rightout with one shot, he was so close
to me that I could hardly hope to escape without
an uglybrush. Surely this was a case in
which discretion would be the better part of valor
; and as he was so absorbed in the contemplation
of the horses below that he had not yet
noticed me, I concluded (as Jonathan would
say) to steal oft' as I came. Ah ! that diy
twig that would place itself in the way of my
very first retrogade foot-step 1 The sharp
crackle effected what the more subdued noise
of previous movements had not done, and with
a short startled growl, the beast swung himself
round, and in a second, was staring at me witn
a look which said, 'Halloo ! wlio are you?' as
plainly as look could speak. Instinctively I:
threw my rifle forward, cockiug it at the same ^
moment, and some seconds of perfect iuimova-:
bleness on each side ensued, during which I,
was trying to make out whether he would
charge or not. The study of physiognomy is
doubtless pleasannt enough on the whole ; but
when your subject is a big male lion, and the
question depending on the study whether you i
shall be summarily 'smashed' or let alone, why, \
I confess it becomes (as 31 r. Weller says) too
exciting to be pleasant.
How I studied every feature, trying to detect
a change of some sort which gave me a
clue! It came at last; he gradually lowered
his head, and by the 'wiggling' motiou of his j
hind quarters, which I could just spy over his
shoulder, I saw he was gathering his hind legs .
under him?a sure indication. "What odd 1
thiugs come into people's minds in moments of j
peril! That movement brought to my recollection
most vividly a bitterly parallel scene in j;
my aunt's garden at Harrow, where I watched
lior r?<if uniri fin HTfiollvcimi. i
o ?& .... ... .... v 0..... I
lar way to pouuceon a wretched sparrow.
The next moment he dashed at me with a ;
hoarse snarl, which sounded as though a giant j
had drawn the bow suddenly across the strings j
of a stupendous violin cello. I fired as he rush- {
ed in, aiming as well as I could at the middle
of his forehead. As 1 did so, I was swept I
down with the force of an express train, and '
for a few seconds Install consciousness.
The first thing I was sensible of, as soon as 1
I began to get my senses together, was the I ;
clear, strong voice of X , calling to me in 1,
the most placid, though earnest manner:
'Lie perfectly still, Walter, it's your only
chance.'
How my.heart leaped at the voice ! Help j
was at hand, but the very words that announ- j
ced it at the same time pointed out my extreme j
danger : it needed only the most moderate ex- '
ercise of my returning faculties to understand '
why.
I was lying on my face among the long grass i
at the top of the little steep I have mentioned,
I could see nothing, but I could feel the lion
close to me. I could hear his deep, short, an- j
gry breath, like staccato purrs of an enormous ' '
cat?could detect a smacking noise, which 1 af- j
terwards found arose from his lickingat a steam
of blood which flowed down the side of his j i
nose, from a deep sore on his forehead given ! i
him by my ball?nay, I could feel his huge ^ i
tail, us he rolled it angrily across from side to i i
side, rest -for a moment on my back now and <
then. '
The bitter anguish of those few years of 1
moments?well, you can guess all that. Presently
I heard the crack of a rifle on my left,
a sharp whistle close to my head, and a third f
on my right, as the shot told among the fur, g
succeeded by another short, sharp snarl louder t
than the first?another crack, a sensation like t
a red hot wire across my neck, (being at the f
bottom of the slope, they could but just sight c
the lion over my head, and N had fired a a
quarter of an inch too low,) another furious t
snarl, and then a roar?and such a roar?with- 1
in a yard of my tympanum. I n.ver heard a
such a sound out of anything, living or dead; c
then three or more shots close together, and a t
bustle at my side, which sounded like my
neighbor settling down among the grass and 1
a
ousues.
'Now roll! roll for your life!' shouted N?'s e
clear voice again. I was saved the trouble? c
the dying brute, in his convulsions giving me 1
a kick with his hind legs which sent me fly- c
ing down the steep out of reach of further i
danger. a
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From tie Mobile Tribune. C
ON THE RAISING OF STOCK. f
In agricultural essays embracing so many s
objects calling for the attention of the planter, a
it seems proper that something should be said c
about raising stock, and it has in it more diffi- a
culties than auy other one item of its duties, s
But a few years sinco Bacon Shoulders cost 3 j
cents, Sides 5 cents per lb., aud Mess Pork 810
per bbl.,?now Shoulders cost 10 cents, f
Sides 12, and Mess Pork S20, and may be cal- i
culated on as the ruling price for years to t
come. At these prices meat will cost about j
twenty dollars a head, that is, for a gang of t
one hundred nersons. the cost will be ?2,000. c
- - J- - - ^ ,
If to be made on the plantation, it will require a
two hundred head of hogs to be killed, at 100 a
lbs. each is 20,000 lbs., which, the offal will
be its equivalent. This will require fifty or 1
sixty good sows, and 1000 to 1500 bushels of }
Corn worth 50 cents, 3750, and make no charge r
for stock minder, of whom there should be two, ?
one to feed the stock hogs night and morning, i
with one bushel of ear corn and one bushel of a
cotton 6eed, and be with them all day, and 1
one stock-mihder at home to boil for and feed t
the sows and un weaned pigs that are to range c
on a wooded pasture and running water, and 1
be pened everynight. The hog, for health, 3
requires water and shade and cool earth, with a
access to rotten wood and charcoal. The feed 8
must be enough to keep the stock hogs, in or- 1
der, but not fat, and they must be in the pea i
and corn field so soon as gathered, (and some 1
send them there earlier, and they think with- r
out loss,) or the potato lot, to give them a good t
start before going into the fattening pens. It \
is better to kill off everything from 70 lbs., up- c
wards, so that the stook hogs will be very few
in the spring. The sows and unweaned pigs t
never need go into the pea and corn fields, but \
remain under the same care and feeding all
the year. The pigs, as weaned, to be carried r
tn tViu ctn/Vt Vmrr mnorn?tbo nntnto lot and a t
W ?UU b" r
pinder lot-for spring use, to be for the sows and \
pigs. The sows and pigs to be kept fat, and a
with free access to running water and shade, f
and it promises well to keep thein from disease, s
Where they are to be raised in a well peopled
settlement, there will be great danger of c
too many being borrowed without privilege, s
and yourarrangements must be such as to keep ii
them under supervision for the day, and under ti
lock and key at night. The run of the cow- t
pen and the scattered corn of the mule stable
makes a considerable item of food?a small lot s
of groundnuts and a squash and oat lot and e
potatoe lot, with the pumpkins boiled with 1:
cotton seed and corn, will make ample food. If a
convenient to a market it would be cheapest a
to sell the green meat killed at six cents, as
you get the offal and buy pork as old as wean- h
ed pigs at 82 will also do. Molasses at 20 cents s
a gallon is as cheap as Bacon, and do for the o
children. It is cheaper to raise your own meat, t
but it is very troublesome, and requires your t
very watchful care, and your lot well arranged v
to suit. a
Sheep I have paid more attention to and 0
they are raised with little care or atteution, ^
more than driving up and penning at night.? ^
I would advise not more than a gang of 100 s
penned in the same place, and the pen should ^
be removed every three weeks. The smell of s
a large head is very strong and I, think the 1
source of disease. Two Leicestershire, South- ^
down' or Tunis bucks with a well selected lot a
of 100 common yews will give 100 lambs a ^
year, and the young bucks to be made wethers, t;
and the stock kept down by the knife or sale, "
selecting only the very best for breed. Up- 0
laud pastures are best, and they will winter P
without being fed, but it would be much bettcr
to give fodder or pea hulls at night. You 11
may calculate on two pounds of wool, each, if
you can keep them from the cucklc burs. If ^
you are safe from dogs and other depredations
they will be healthy to sleep in the woods ^
where they choose. This looses to you their 0
manure, and as four sheep give the same a- P
mount of manure as our cow, a great deal of '!
ground will be mauured in the year. The ^
lambs are dropt about Chrismas, at which time S(
they should be put into a rye lot for ten days, 0
till they get strength enough to follow their
mothers. They require close care from Christ- ^
mast to 1st March,*as sheep browses more than y
grazes.
The raising of cattle be}'ond the wants of a
plantation, which are small, would not be profit- f
able in a limited raugc and well settled neighborhood.
I would make the stock a small
one, and the cows formilk to be cooked for and e.
well fed, aud two gallons a day from each a j1
reasonable expectation. The quantity of milk
for a pound of butter is very uncertain, but
may be generally from ten to twelve quarts.?
The cows that give the least milk generally
give the richest, and those that give much the
least rich. The digestion of the cow is bad, i
uud all their fond should be cracked, and the
finer the meal is ground the better and boiled. Dl
The cow pea gives more yield of milk than &
any other food. Two quarts of peas, or three
of corn meal, well salted may be conveniently ^
boiled in the kitchen, and is enough for a cow
to be divided, and fed evening and morning, "
brand,.pea huulings, cotton seed, cut shucks j '
or hay. or pumpkins may be added to the mess j
in the scperate mortars or troughs, and with |
abundance of water, say not less than two gal- ' ^
Ions to each cow in her feed. I should select j ^
from common stock of the country. They w
stand the climate, can better support tliein- srselvcs
in the range anil arc of less cost. The I Sl
raising of fine stock in which very laudable ! T
pursuit some of our wealthy farmers arc en-! si
gaged, is a most important, but a very differ- j w
ent branch of business, and 1 .leave it to the tl
very valuable information in our agricultural ; w
works?my object in these essays has been to 1 li
improve on our general plantation business, '111
is it is with the means it furnishes, rather j ai
than in recommending any new branches It j p;
is too much our practice to overlook the value j M
of the proper use of the means in our hands, j
in reaching too far at other things of uncertain ! tl
value and attainment. A Planter. J oi
LAUGHTEB.
Professor Flogel devotes 270 pages to prooundly
philosophical investigation of the origin,
use, and benefit of laughter generally, and
reats of its different causes and aspects under
hirty-seven distinct heads, fie is able to inorm
us how to judge a man's character and
lisposition by hearing him laugh. The melincholy
man's laugh is a poor hi, hi, hi!?
he choleric temperament shows itself in a he,
le ! the plegmatic in a cheerful ha, ha, ha !?
md a sanguine habit is betrayed by its own
iharacteristic. ho, ho, ho!?Westminister Rc
neic.
Two hundred and seventy pages devoted to
aughter! But not too many. As a remedial
igent nothing equals it. One hearty laugh
ivery day will cure each and all who are sick,
>r any way ailing, of whatever complaint, and
[eep those in health always well. The laugh
jure will even beat the water cure, potent as
t is. And the two combined, if universally
ipplied, Vould soon close every apothecary
hop, lay every physician, water cure included,
>n the shelf, and banish every form of disease
rom among them. All its giggles effectually
itir up every visceral organ, churn the stomach
ind bowels more effectually than anything else
:an possibly do?hence the easy laughers are
dways fat?hurrying the blood throughout the
lystem with a real rush, burst open closed
;ores, and cast out morbid matter most rapidly
e? i J?i i.-1
?1UI UUVf 3UUU UUUB tUU liUUI ty Idnut luviuv,^
ree perspiration_-set the brain in motion to
nanufacture emotions, thoughts, and mentaliy,
as nothing can excite it! and universally
>ractised would be worth more to the race,
han if California depositcs covered the whole
larth ! Only when fully tried, can it be duly
ippreciated. Laughter is life; while sadness
ind long-faced sedateness is death.
A medical neighbor tells the following:?
iVhile on a pic-nic excursion with a party of
roung people, discerning a crow's nest on a
ocky precipice, they started in great glee to
lee who would reach it first. Their haste beng
greater than prudence, some lost their holds
ind were seen rolling and tumbling down the
lill-side, bonnets smashed, clothes torn, posures
ridiculous, &c., but no one hurt. Then
jommenced a scene of the most violent and
ong-continued laughter, and which, being all
roung people well acquainted with each other,
ind in the woods, they indulged to a perfect
urfeit. They roared out with merry peal on
)eal of spontaneous laughter; they expressed
t by hooting and hallooing when ordinary
aughter became insufficient to express the meriment
they felt at their own ridiculous situaions
and those of their mates; and ever afterward
the bare mention of the crojf-nest scene,
iccasioned renewed and irrepressible laughter.
Years after one of their number fell sick,
>ecame so low that she could not speak, and
vas about breathing her last.
Our informant called to see her, gave his
tame and tried to make himself recognized,
>ut failed till he mentioned the crow's nest, at
ffViinh clio ro/inomi'7od Viim find hmrnn fn InnnrVi
" J ^ D vu "o ?
.nd continued every little while renewing it;
rom that time began to mend, recovered, and
till lives a memento of the laugh cure.
The very best application of laughter is in
onncction with intellect, as in the best soultirring
speech where some public folly or wrong
5 held up to merited ridicule?the location of
airthfulness at the side of casuality indicating
heir conjoint exercise.
But whether we laugh wisely or foolishly at
omething or nothing ; at ourselves or at othrs
; let us ha-ha ! many times a day, and
augh off many of those ills and petty annoyncos
at once, over which too many now fret
nd cry.
The hi, hi, hi! he, he, he ! ha, ha, ha! ho,
io, ho ! mentioned in the above quotation as
igns of character, are all true, but embody
nly the merest glimpse of those characterises
disclosed by different laughs. Thus coninued
laughter, continuity, and application;
rhile a short ha, ha ! of only two ejections,
ud the first the most forcible, signifies "good
/ O O
n the spirit," but without consecutiveness.?
Vliat such can do with a rush, they will do
irst-rate, yet will plod over nothing. Wholeouled,
spontaneous persons, laugh right out
leartily and loudly, while secretive persons
uppress their laughter, and hypocrites change
heir countenance into an unmeaning leer.?
Varm feeling but reserved persons hold in for
while, then burst into a broad hearty laugh.
!uch will be cold and stoical on first acquainance
and towards uncongcnials, yet warm and
evoted friends when their affections, adhesive
r conjugal, are once enlisted. Discriminating
ersous laugh at sense, or only when something
jughable is presented ; while the undiscernag
laugh about as much at what is a little
lughable, as at what is superlatively ridicuDUS.
Cast iron conservatives laugh little, and
hen by rule; and proud aristocrats must keep
n a dignified hard-faccd look, while true rcublican
familiars laugh freely. Vain persons
mgh much, at least with their faces, and at
'hat they have said and doue. Forcible peraus
laugh "good and strong," while tame
nes laugh tamely. Some laugh mainly with
acir faces, others with both face and body,
'lie former is better for health than nothing,
eta thousand times more healthy is the latter.
The old fogy notion, that to laugh out loud
; decidedly vulgar, especially for a female, is
imply ridiculous. It is ou a par with breathig,
thinking, and every natural function.?
rue, there is a course, gross, sensual, and an
xcecding vulgar laugh, yet its vulgarity consts
in the sensualism of the laughter and its
cartiness.
ORIGIN OF SURNAMES.
Few people, when they hear a stranger's
lrnamc, pause to think how it originated.?
ct, as a man originally had hut one name, as
.dam, Enoch, Noah or Abraham, and as surames
therefore are of comparatively late oriin,
it affords a curious study to inquire how
trnames originated. A late article in the
Edinburgh Review discusses the origin of
Inglish surnames. Without confining our;lves
entirely to that article, we shall yet draw
rgely on it, in the few words we have to say
aout surnames and their origin.
The first resort when population became so
lick that surnames became necessary to disnguish
the different members of a family, j
as to affix an epithet descriptive of some per- i
mal peculiarity, or of the trade the man pur-1
led. Thus arose the names of Smith and
anncr, Brown and Black, with others of a j
milar description. In some cases, the child j
as called by a name which distinguished it as !
ic son of some well kuowu person, and in this
ay originated Johuson, Harrison and Wilanison.
In the Roman tongue where Fitz j
leans son, arose, in like manner, Fitzwilliam j
ad Fitzgerald; and in the Celtic, where the !
refix Mac has a slight signification, M'l)onald,
['Michael, and others of a cognate kind.
Another class of surnames had a local origin,
ie person being named from the estates lie
ivned, or the village where he lived. All
English surnames ending in ford, field, brook, \
vule, street, and similar terminations, belong j
to the latter class. So do surnames ending in
I ham, ley and ton; which signified respectively,
in the old Saxon, houses, meadow and town
Lytileton means, therefore, Littlctown, and
Granville Grandtown ; and other names of the
English nobility have the like plebian origin
Examples of names derived from estates arc
De Spencer, De Coursey, and De Valenco, de
being the Norman for of; and therefore all
names of this character belonged originally to
Norman families. Another class of names are
foreign ones, naturalized, so to speak, in England
or here. Among these are Bouvier, the
French name, meaning cowhead; Cadwalader,
a Welch name, meaning Chief of the Druids,
and Campbell, an Italian name, meaning a
beautiful field. This last name, curious to say,
runs through nearly every language in Europe,
as Fairfield, Kemble, Bcauchamp, and Schonau.
Neander is Neuraan made classical, as
Grotius is De Groot, transformed in a similar
manner.
In addition to names descriptive to the personal
appearance, there are names originating
in the mental qualifications. Goodman, Wise,
Moody and numerous others illustrate this.?
All the Clarks are descended from ancestors,
in various localities, who could read and write
. in times when those accomplishments were
rare, and who were therefore called clerks.?
There are many names, derived from occupations,
which at first sight are little suspected
of it. Chaucer is an instance, for it comes from
chaussure or horse, so that the ancestor of the
great English poet must have been a stockingmaster.
Sir Charles Napier, the rampant British
Admiral, as well as Sir William Napier,
the historian of the Peninsular War, had a
progenitor, centuries ago, who was a waiter,
for the servant who offered the napkins or napery,
to the guests went by this name in old
times. The lapse of centuries, and the consequent
mutations of fortunes, have, in a similar
way, put surnames often in odd contradiction
to existing circumstance; for we have
known Goodmans imprisoned for crime, Kings
playing the part of menials, and St. Johns
cheating at cards.
A volume might be written on surnames,
without exhausting the subject. To persons
who have leisure, and are curious in such matters,
it will afford interest and amusement to
trace the derivation of their acquaintances'
surnames. Many a would-be aristocrat, now a
days, might be humbled in this way, simply by
recalling the obscure origin of his or her
name.? Western Agriculturalist.
TJSST UJtf' AjaUJLilTlUiNlHM.
All is not gold that shines, and the londest
mouthed philanthropists and reformers sometimes
cave in when put to a severe practical
test, like the following:
'I had a brother-in-law,' saidMose Parkins,
'who was one of the ravenest maddest reddesthottest
abolitionists you ever see. I liked the
pesky critter well enough, and should have
been very glad to see him cura to spend a day,
fethchin' my sister to*sec me and ray wife, if
he hadn't 'lowed his tongue to run on so 'bout
niggers and slavery, aud the equality of the
races, and the duty of overthrowing the Constitution
of the United States, and a lot of other
things, some of which made me mad, and the
best part of 'cm right sick. I puzzled my
brains a good deal to think how I could make
him shot up his noisy head 'bout abolition.
"Wall, one time when brother-in-law come
over to stay, an idea struck me. I hired a
nigger to help*me haying time. lie was the
biggest strongest, greasiest niggeryou ever sec.
Black! he was blacker than a stack of black
cats, and jesl as shiney as a new beaver hat.
I spoke to him. 'Jake,' sez I, 'when you
hear the breakfast bell ring, don't you say a
word but you come into the parlor and sit right
down among the folks and eat your breakfast.
The nigger's eyes stuck out of his head about
a feet! 'Your jokin' massa,'sez he. 'Jokin!'
sez I. 'I'm sober as a deacon.' 'But,'
sez he, 'I shan't have time to wash myself,
aud change my shirt.' 'So much the better
sez i. an, DrcaKiusc come, so did Jake,
and he sat down 'long side my brother-in-law.
He started, but he didn't say a word. There
warn't no mistake about it, Shut your eyes and
you'd know it?for he was loud, I tell you.?
There was a fust-rate chaucc to talk abolitionism,
but brother-in-law never opened his head.
'Jake,' scz I, 'you be on hand at dinner
time ;' and he was. lie had been workin' in
the mcddcr all the forenoon?it was hot as
hickory and bilin pitch?and?but I leave
the rest to your imagination.
Wall?in the attcrnoon?brother-in-law
come up tome, madder than a short-tailed bull
in hornut time.
OIosc,' said he, 'I want to speak to you.'
'Sing it out,' sez I.
'I hain't but few words to say,' scz he,
'but if that 'ere confounded nigger comes to
j the table again while I'm stoppiu' here, I'll
! clear out.'
Jake ate his supper that night in the kitchen,
but from that day to this, I never heard
my brother-in-law open his head about abolitionism.
When the fugitive slave bill was
passed, I thought he'd let out some, but he
did'nt, for he hnoic'd that Jake teas still icorkhuj
on the farm.? QUvc Branch.
LOUIS NAPOLEON.
IIow astonishing it seems now, that when
Louis Napoleon lived in Eugland, of the ma- j
ny intelligent Englishmen to whom he was |
well known, there was but one, Sir Robert
Peel, who considered him a man of more than j
ordinary talent. One would think that such 1
a man as he has proved himself since his ac- j
cession to power in France, must have im-'
pressed every one who came in contact with j
him with a profound sense of his superior abil- j
ity. That he is the greatest statesman and
ablest ruler of the old world, seems to be the |
universal opinion of all Europe; yet he had j
lived to middle age, and no one discovered a .
spark of genius in him, till he emerged from j
obscurity. Undoubtedly he is a great man, i
the master miud of Europe, and, aided by the I
English alliance, is capable of making greater '
changes in the map of the continent- than i
were achieved even by his illustrioutHihcle. ' I
Nay, England herself, but for the blue water j
that rolls between and the "walls of oak" that ,
float upon the wave, would be completely at! i
the mercy of the nephew of Napoleon. The j
present war has destroyed the "prestige" of,
the British army in the eyes of France and |,
of the world. It has inspired the French ;
soldiery with a perfect contempt of England |
as a military power, and soothed the pride i (
which has been wounded and bleeding since |
the downfall of Napoleon. "Without drawing I
the sword against her ancient foe, France; un- j
der the second Napoleon, has amply retrieved j
the tarnished laurels of Waterloo.?Richmond (
Dispatch.
A bad sign?to see a man get mad when
dunnedfor a debt. We always think he would j
act the rascal if he had a chance. 1
BEAUTIFUL SENTIMENT.
Shortly before the departure of the lamented
Heber'for India, he preached a sennon;
which contained this beautiful illustration :?
"Life bears us on like the stream of a might)
river. Our boat at first glides down the narrow
channel?through the playful murmuring
of the little brook and the winding of its grassy
borders. The trees shed their blossoms ovei
our young heads, the flowers on the brink
seem to offer themselves to our young hands;
we are happy in hope, and we grasp eagerly
at the beauties around us?but the stream
hurries on, and still our hands are empty.?
Our course in youth and manhood is along a
wilder and deeper flood amid, objects more
striking and magnificent. We are animated
at the moving pictures of enjoyment and industry
passing us; we are excited at some
short lived disappointment. The stream bears
us on, and our joys and griefs arc alike lefl
behind us. We may be shipwrecked, we can
not be delayed, whether rough or smooth, the
Viustpns tn ifi linmo fill fhr> rnnr nf f-.Ii c
* * ? ?W ? W
ocean is in onr ears, and the tossing of th(
waves is beneath our feet, and the land lessen.'
from our eyes, and the floods are lifted up a
round us, and we take our leave of earth anc
its inhabitants, until of our further voyage
there is no witness save the infinite and eter
nal ?"
RULES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
Seventeen things in which young people
render themselves very impolite :
1. Loud laughter.
2. Heading when others are talking.
3. Cutting finger nails in company.
4. Leaving meeting before it is closed.
5. "Whispering in meeting.
6. Gazing at strangers.
7. Leaving a stranger without a seat.
8. Want of reverence for superiors.
9. Reading aloud in company without be
ing asked.'
10. Receiving a present without some man
ifestation of gratitude.
11. Making yourself the topic of conversa
tion.
12. Laughing at the mistakes of others.
13. Joking others in company.
14. Correcting older persons than yourself
especially parents.
15. To commence talking before others an
through.
16. Answering questions when put to oth
I era.
17. Commencing to eat as soon as you g<
to the table.
[How you like 'em, young uns?]?Imj).
Disconcerting an Orator.?It is au as
tonishing thing how little a matter will some
| times disconcert a man who is accustomed t<
speak in public, and to have his thoughts abou
hiin, and ready at command on almost all oc
| casions.
1 "1 was once opening a speech from tin
stump," said a distinguished Western politi
cal orator to us recently, and was just begin
ning to warm with my subject, when a re
markably clear and deliberate voice spoke ou
behind me saying:
"Guess he wouldn't talk quite so hifalutin i
hc\new that his trowscrs was bu'st clean ou
behind!"
"From that moment I couldn't 'got on/?
The people in front began to laugh, and tlier<
was a loud roar in my rear, and I dared no
reverse my position, for fear of having a nev
audience of my condition. I made, or rath
er invented an excuse for delay, and sat down
The malicious scoundrel!" coutinued the ora
tor: "it was only a mean trick after allThere
was nothing the matter with my un
mcutionables!"
Too Good to be Lost.?The Washingtoi
correspondent of the Charleston Standard tell
the following joke on Gen. Cass: "A goo(
joke is being told on a guest at Guy's Nation
al Hotel. Meeting Gen. Cass (who is though
to favor Guy) in the hall of the hotel, he com
mcnccd abusing him roundly for not giving
him a better room. Cass remarked, "Sir, yoi
don't know to whom you are speaking: I an
General Cass, of Michigan," and passed oui
of the hall. The guest was thunder-struck
In a few moments he saw the old General a
gain, entering at another door, aud running
up to him he slapped him familiarly on the
shoulder, "I have a d n good joke to tell
you, the richest thing out; I met old Cass jusl
now, and thinking it was you, I commenced
cursing him roundly about my room." "And
you have met Old Cass again, sir 1" drily remarked
the great Michigan Senator, much to
the confusion of the mistaken guest, and to
the great merriment of the crowd who happened
to overhear the conversation.
Education's Riz!?A precious youth, in
a country town in Massachusetts, had arrived
at the age of nine years, when his father sent
him to school. He stood beside the teacher
to repeat the lotters of the alphabet.
'What's that?' asked the master.
'Ilarrcr?' vociferated the urchin.
'No, that's A.'
'A.'
'Well what's the next ?'
'Ox-yoke.'
'No, it's B'
'Taint B, neither! it's au ox-yoke. Why
crotch all hemlock! gosh a mighty! think I
don't know."
A Witty Rejoinder.?"Pete," a comical
son of the Emerald Isle who carries wood and
water, builds fires, &c., for the "boys" at
Hamilton College, is as odd a spccimeu of the
genius Hibernian as ever toddled in a brogan.
One of the students having occasion to reprove
him for delinquency, asked him where
he expected to go to when he died. "Expect
to go to the hot place!" said Pete, without wincing.
"And what do you suppose will be your
portion there?" asked the Soph, solemnly.?
"0," growled the old fellow, as he brushed
his car lazily with his coat-tail, "bring wood
find water for the boys."
JUST PUBLISHED BY
rrilJE HOWARD ASSOCIATION, Philadelphia.?
JL Report on Spermatorrhoea, or Seminal Weakness,
Impotence, the Vice of Onanism, Masturbation,
or Self-Abuse, and other Diseases of the Sexual
Organs, with an account of the errors and deceptions
of Quacks, and valuable advice to the afflicted,
by Geo. U. Calhoun, M. D., Consulting Surgeon of
the Howard Association, Philadelphia, Pa., abencv
olent Institution established by special oulowtncni,
f?r the relief of the sick and distressed, afflicted
with "Virulent and Epidemic Diseases." A copy of
the above Report will be sent by mail (in a sealed
envelope) free of charge, on the receipt of two
stumps for postage. Address Dr. .GEORGE It. CALHOUN,
No. 2 South Ninth-St., Philadelphia, Pu.
Dec. 13 4 (J tf
BLI'ESTO.VE, sulphate quinine,
Iodine, Iodidc-l'otash, Morphine, Tannin Sic.
For Sale by L. P. HARNETT & CO.
Nov 1 43 tf
xi^etiierill & brothers, pure
WHITE LEAD. For sale by
ADAMS & McCORKLE.
may 3 17 tf
Cljc f ffrkHIle inquirer
13
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at
i Two Dollars per year, in Advance.
i
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| cd, one year, for Fifteen Dollars?invariably in advance.
All subscriptions hot specially limited at the
time of subscribing will be considered as made for an
indefinite period, and will bo continued until all ar
rcarages nre paid, or at the option of the Proprietors.
Subscriptions from other States must ixvabiably be
accompanied with the cosh or the name of some rc'
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i Advertisements will be inserted at One Dol,
lar per square for the first, and Thirty-seven-and-a'
i.-ir n a., r i_ : ?
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^ to consist of twelve lines, Brevier, or less. Business
. Cards, of a half-square or less, will be inserted at $5,
, per year. For advertising Estrays Tolled, $2; Citations,
$2; Notices of Application to the Legislature,
' $5; to be paid by the persons handing in the adverk
tisemcnts. Monthly or Quarterly Advertisements
. will be charged One Dollar per square, for each insertion.
. Contracts by the year will be taken on libe'
ral terms?the contracts however, must in all cases
5 be confined to the immediate business of the firm or
? individual contracting. All advertisements not having
tho number of insertions marked on the margin,
: will be continued until forbid and charged accord
| ingly.
I | Obituary Notices exceeding one square in length,
, ! will be charged for the overplus, at regular rates.?
" Tributes of Respect rated as advertisements.
THE PRINCETON PRESS.
THE design of tho inventor was to get up a Press
which would answer every requirement of the offer
made by Geohgf, Brcce, of New York, in 1851,
viz: cheap, light, easily managed, and capable of
throwing off at least 500 sheets per hour.
This Press will throw off from 500 to 800 sheets
per hour, doing tho work equal to any Cylinder Press.
The bed stands about 30 inches from the floor, and
is the most convenient of all Presses to make ready
the form on. It is adapted to jobbing, or book work,
us well as newspaper, and will register as well as
any other Cylinder Press. - It requires, to work it,
a man to turn the fly wheel and a boy to feed the
sheots.
The Inking Apparatus is very complete, and differs
from the apparatus used in Cylinder Presses
. generally, being more like that used in the Power
Platen Presses. Two rollers pass over the form
twice to each impression, taking ink for each sheet
/ P oss of this description for newspaper and jobbing,
bed 44 by 28} inches, with roller mould, roller
stocks, blanket, flying and registering appara'.as,
&c., complete, will be furnished for $500. If intended
for book work chiefly, an extra ink fountain will
' be furnished for $20. The press, fly wheel, &o.,
will weigh about 2000 pounds. The sides, &c., are
iron. Length of frame, seven feet?height, to front
- edge of feed board, three feet six inches. Any size
mnde to order.
The following is the list of Sizes and Prices as far
as established:
Bed 28 by 20, $400. Bed 48 by 31, $580.
D " 36 24, 450. " 50 32, COO.
"44 28.1, 500. "52 32, 625.
" 46 30" 540.
The beds will take chases their full breadth; and
within two inches of the length.
Terms.?Oue-lialf, cash: one half, note, at 4
months, with approved security; or 2} per cent discount
for cash.
3' Boxing and Cartage, $13.
t For more than three years the inventor of the above
Press has been improving it, working i'c all the
whilo, and ascertaining, with great care and expense,
the host mode of carrying out all the details?and he
3 flatters himself he has succeeded in perfecting it;
and is now manufacturing the Press himself. No
Press will leave hisprcmises without being thorough"
ly tested, and without it performs to the entire satis
faction of the purchaser.
t JOHN T. ItOBINSON.
Princeton. N. J.. Nov. 1855. 46 8m
; NEW BLACKSMITH SHOP.
mHE undersigned have leased the shop known as
JL WALKER'S OLD STAND (recently occupied by
- Stecdman & McConnell) on Main Street, opposite the
% residence of Col. Wright, where they are prepared
to execute all kinds of BLACKSMITHING, iu the
t most substantial manner and on reasonable terms.?
j They are also engaged in llio Manufacture and sale
of TORMAN'S PATENT IRON PLOW, the best
Plow now in use, and which cannot fail to commend
itself to every intelligent farmer who gives it a trial.
- They solicit an examination, and will be pleased to
_ exhibit it to all who may call. They solicit a share
of public patronage.
LETSON, ROTIIROCK & Co.
Yorkvillc Sept. 20 37 tf.
1 CAUTION!?-FORMAN'S IRON PLOW.
s YTAYTNG purchased of the Patentee of FOR1
til. MAN'S IRON PLOW, the right to manufacture
and sell said Plows in the Districts of York and
Chester, the undersigned are determined to prose'
cute all violations of their rights. They are now
- entering suit in the United States Court against one
, person in this place, who has assumed to manufac5
ture and sell said Plows without authority; and they
1 give warning to all persons who may purchase of
i him that they too arc liable, and that suits will be
t entered against every person who uscj any Plow of
his manufacture. This notice they give that per'
sons who choose to buy his plow may do so with
their eyes open, and with the understanding that
r they will have to stand a suit in the U. States Court.
LETSON & ROTHROCK.
' Yorkvillc, Oct. 11, 1855. 40 tf .
i imm-niiffit
I f|!IIE undersigned respectfully informs his friends
. JL and the public generally, that he will attend to
the sale of all kinds of PRODUCE, MERCHANDIZE,
NEGROES, STOCK, FURNITURE, and eve1
rything that can be-sold, at a reasonble commission.
. All business entrusted to him will be promptly attended
to and immediate returns made.
He returns his sincere thanks to the citizens of
Yorkville and vicinity, for the liberal patronage
heretofore bestowed upon him, and hopes by strict
attention to business, to merit and share a continuance
of the same. Address,
Y. E McELHANEY, Auctioneer,
Yorkville, S. C.
REFERENCES:
Yorkville.?W. I. Clawson, Juo. L. Miller, Dan'l
Williams.
C/ieMt-.?A. G. Pagan & Co.
Lancaster.?J. Curcton, J. II. Witherspoon.
North Carolina.?W. L. Irwin, R. Irwin.
Unionville.?W. J. Keeuan. &
Yorkville, July 20, 1855. 21 tf
HSf The Chester Standard, Fairfield Herald, Unionville
Journal and Lancaster Ledger, will copy 3
times weekly, and forward accounts.
Notice.
THE Firms of J. N. LEWIS fi CO., at Yorkville,
S. C., and BEWIS & WILSON, at Chester, S.
C., are this day dissolved by mutual consent. The
names of the firms will be used at both places in
settling up their old business.
J. N. LEWIS,
D. 11. WILSON.
October 1st, 1855.
??
CO-PARTNERSHIP NOTICE.
J BENNETT, J. N. LEWIS, & D. II. WILSON,
have this day formed a Co-partnership for the
purpose of carrying on the WATCH and JEWELRY
Business, at the stand heretofore occupied by J. N.
LEWIS & CO., at Yorkville, S. G\, under the name
of BENNETT, LEWIS, & CO., and at Chester, S.
C., under the name of BENNETT, WILSON & CO.,
at the stand formerly occupied by Lewis & Wilson.
JORDAN BENNETT.
J. N. LEWIS,
D. H. WILSON.
The old firm of J. N. Lewis & Co., feel grateful
for the liberal patronage shown them on the part of
the public, and hope that the same may be continued
! to the new firm.
J. N. LEWIS,
D. H. WILSON.
Oct 11 40 . tf
3?SQ3:I?f JQMS GMB,
DK. IS. 31. COBB,
\\TILL be pleased to receive Professional Calls in
? T the departments of MEDICINE and SURGERY.
Unless professionally absent, he may be found
at his residence, Fort Mill Depot, York Dist., S. C.
Oct 11 40 ly
J.1S.SE.\C'E or COFFEE, Yeast Powders
J and Hops. For sale by
Nov 1 L. P. BARNETT & CO.
QIAOLE A\D DOUBLE TRUSSES,
O for adults, children and infants ; Gents and Ladies
Shoulder Braces, Supporters and Bandages.
For Sale by L. P. BARNETT & CO.
Nov 1 43 tf
BROWXLNGILEMAX,
IMPORTERS OF
- French, British and German
i DRY GOODS,
' 209 and 211 A Iny, Comer of Market-strce.
CHARLESTON, S. C.
KEEP constantly on hand, and offer to tlicir friends
and the public generally, the largest assortment
j of Foreign and Domestic Dry Goods in the Southern
! States. Their Stock is constantly supplied with a
full assortment of
RICH DRESS GOODS
of all the newest varieties of style and Fabric, in
Silks, Tissues, Bareges, Grenadines, Muslins, &c.?
Bombazines, Alpacas, and Mourning Goods of all
kinds.
EMBROIDERIES and LACE GOODS, of every
description.
EVENING DRESS GOODS, of every variety.
Gentlemen's and Boys' Wear.
CLOTHS, Cassimcrs, Testings, Linen Drills and
i uoaungs, 01 nest f'rench (ioods.
f Satinets, Tweeds, Jeans, &c.
FOR FAMILY USE.
| Rose, Whitney and Bath Blankets.
; Red and White FLANNELS. .
! English and American Cotton Flannels. i
French, English and American PRINTS and Cam- I
, brics. fl
j Linens, of Richardson's celebrated make, for I
Sheetings, Shirtings, Pillow Cases, Table Damask,
Doylies, Napkins, Towellings, B. E. and Huckaback
Diapers, Fruit Cloths, Apron Linens, Ac.
CARPETING.
Ingrain, 3 Ply, Brussels, Tapestry and VELVET.
British and American Floor Oil Cloths,
i Wilton, Velvet and Axminster RUGS.
White and colored Mattings of all widths.
Stair Rods and STAIR CARPETINGS of all kinds.
CURTAIN MATERIALS.
Of every variety in Silks, Satin and Worsted.
Curtain Cambrics and Muslins.
Embroidered Lace and Muslin Curtains.
Gilt Cornices, Curtain Gimps, Holders, Loops,
Tassels, Drapery Cords, Bell Ropes, &c.
PLANTATION GOODS.
Blankets, Plains, Kerseys, Caps, &c. >.
Cotton OSNABERGS,. all of tho best Southern
make.
All the above, with every other line of Dry Goods
which can bo demanded, are of our own Direct Importation,
and are offered at the lowest Market Prices
for cash or City acceptances. The one price system
is strictly adherred to.
All Goods"are warranted, and orders filled with
promptness and the most careful attention.
BROWNING & LEMAN.
March 29 " 12 ly
;
GREAT SOUTHERN REMEDY I
JACOB'S CORDIAL,
for all f
Botcel Diseases, Cholera, Dysentery, Diarrhx, ChoU
era Morlm, Bilious Cholie, Cholera Infantum.
Also, admirably adapted to many diseases of
Females, especially ppinftU menstruation.
The virtues of Jacob's Cordial are too well
knowJi to require enconiums.
1st. It cures the worst cases of Diarrhoea.
2d. It cures the worst form of Dysentery.
8d. It cures California or Mexican Diarrhoea.
4th. It relieves the severest Colic.
5th. It cures Cholera Morbus.
Gth. It cures Cholera Infantum.'
7th. It cures Painful Menstruation.
8th. It relieves Pain in Back and Loins.
9th. It counteracts Nervousness and Despondency.
10th. It restores Irregularities.
11th. It dispels gloomy and Hysterical Peelings.
12th. It's an admirable Tonic.
A Pew Short Extracts from Letters, Testimonials, Ac.
"I have used Jacob's Cordial in my family, and
have found it a most efficient, and in my judgment,
a valuable remedy."?Hon. IIibam Wabneb, Judge
of Supreme Court, Georgia.
"It gives me pleasure in being able to recommend
Jacob's Cordial?my own personal experience, and
the experience of my neighbors and friends around
me, is a sufficient guarantee for me to believe it to
be all that it purports to be, viz: a sovoreign remedy,"?W.
H. Underwood, Formerly Judge of Superior
Court, Cherokee Circuit.
"I take great pleasure in recommending this in
l 1.1 .12?2 -ii ? ? 11
vuiuuuiu iul-uiciuc iu un amicicu wim oowei aisenses,
for which I believe it to be a sovereign remedy
?decidedly superior to anything else ever tried by
me."?A. A. Gaulding, Deputy G. M. of the Grand
Lodge of Georgia.
"I have used Jacob's Cordial in my family, and
this, with all 1 hear about it as a remedy by those
who have tried it, induces mo to believe that it
stands at the head of every preparation of the kind,
and I would recommend its use in the diseases for
which it is compounded."?Miles G. Dobbins, Cash- ,
ier of the Bank of the State of Georgia, Griffin.
"If there is any credibility in humau testimony,
Jacob's Cordial, must stand pre-eminent above all
other preparations for the cure of Bowel Diseases.?
From the mass of testimony in its favor coming
in from all quarters, it must be very far in advance
as a curative agent, of jnost if not all other patent
preparations.?A. Flemino, Cashier Marine and
Fire Insurance Bank, Griffin,
"This efficient remedy is travelling into celebrity
as fast as Bonaparte poshed his columns into Russia,
and gaining commendation wherever used."?Georgia
Jejfersonian.
B0u For sale by L. P. BARNETT & Co., Yorkville;
Patterson, Moore & Co., Fort Mill; J. Boss,
Sandersville ; Wylie & Smith, Hickory Grove; Davidson
& White, Bullochs Creek j Haviland, Harral
& Co., Charleston; Drs. Fisher & Hcinitsh, Columbia,
and the principal Merchants and Druggists
throughout the State.
W. W. BLISS & CO.,
Proprietors, 20 Beekman-st., New York.
Sept 20 . 37 ly
M. JOHNSON & CO.
ALL ABOARD! I
A T tlm vnnl nf />nmir.anr) AT TAUVOAU tl
A* ?-v nw*? v? ??vy *?* u V/Uil WV11 bUUA
passage on the Railroad for the cities of New "
York and Philadelphia, and purchased especially for j
this market a splendid assortment of articles in his
line of business. .The firm arc determined to enlargo
their establishment and to keep on hand hereafter
a more extensive, carefully selected and finer
stock than ever before offered in this place. In the
stock now opening, will be found every variety, and
the best quality of
* SADDLERY HARDWARE;
Harness Mountings of various styles; Bridle-Bits,
of all kinds; Whips and Collars; Trunks, Valises,
Carpet-Bags, &c., &e., &c. They invite attention to
this Stock, and are confident that they are able, by
offering the best qualities at the lowest prices, to
give general satisfaction. As heretofore, they will
continue to fill orders for the J,/
HOME MANUFACTURE
of Saddles, Harness, Bridles &c., and are alwayj
ready to do REPAIRING at the shortest notice and
in the most workmanlike manner. Their thanks are
due to their friends and the public generally for a
generous patronage, and they hope by strict attention
to business to merit and rooeive a continuance
of public favor. Call at the store, formerly occupied
by Meek & Moore, opposite the "Adickes Building."
M. JOHNSON & CO.
Yorkville, Aug. 30, 1855. 34 0m
Removal.
MESSRS. LL,DSAY & THOMASSON announce
to their customers ami the public that they
have removed their establishment temporarily to the
store formerly occupied by them, one door North of
WALKER'S HOTEL, where they arc prepared to
serve their friends as usual. They have now on '
hand a good assortment of ^ .
Drugs, Medicines, Dye-Stuffs, &c.,
ana an armies m umir line 01 me oest quality, and
at reasonable prices.
J. F. LINDSAY,
D. H. THOMASSON.
Yorkville, Mar. 1. 8 tf
~ DRUGS AKD MEDICINES,~
AT WHOLESALE Oil 11ETAIL.
L. P. BARRETT & Co.
A RE now receiving a large addition to their stock,
J\. consisting of DRUGS nnd CHEMICALS, I'aints
and Oils, Window Glass and Putty, Varnishes, Brushes,
Combs, Soaps, Perfumery and Fancy Articles.
To Country Merchants and Physicians, we will
offer liberal inducements, guaranteeing everything
as represented. We make our purchases with cash
of manufacturers and importers, and feel assured
that in most articles we can compete with any one in M
the State. We only ask an examination of our stock. fl
Prompt attention given to all orders. Goods care
fully packed and forwarded as directed. Prescrip- I
I tions accurately dispensed. I
L. B. BARNETT & Co. I
1 Yorkville, Oct. 30,1855. 43 tf * I
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