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Straps & jfacis.
'I'm getting as the loafer said,
when he was stealing lard.
A printer recently skated seventytwo
miles in five hours and fifteen minutes.
Cuba contains a population of about
1,000,000, which is nearly equally divided
between whites, slave?, and free blacks.
Loquacious mouths are like badly
managed banks?they make bad issues off
no solid capital.
You may wish to get a wife without
a failing, but what if the lady, after you find
her, happens to be in want of a husband of
the same character?
v mi T~v 1 ; i. _ J
??ine iorxvme inquirer nas jusu ?uded
over 400 subscribers to its books. Glad
to hear it. It merits at least four thousand.
?-Edycfielil Ad vert iscr.
The only way for a man to escape being
found out, is to pass for what he is. The
only way to maintain a good character, is to
deserve it. It is easier to correct our faults
than to conceal them.
We heard a man call another man an
extortioner the other day for suing him a
day or two before. 'Why, friend,' replied
the man who brought on the suit, 'I did it
to oblige you.' 'To oblige me, indeed?
how so?' 'Why, to oblige you to pay me.'
'Buy a trunk, Pat,' said a dealer.?
'And what for should I buy a trunk ?' rejoined
Pat. 'To put your clothes in,* was the
reply. "'An' go naked ?' exclaimed Pat.?
'The divil a bit iv it!'
Tho Republicans, it is reported at
Washington, have notified the Democrats
that they will resist by any parliamentary
means in their power, the attempt to hurry
legislation on the subject of Cuba.
r A citizen wbo was a moderate drinker
was besoughttemperauce agent to
affix his signature to au abstinence pledge.
He declined, giving various rcasous, at last,
however, be finished by observing: 'Well,
I'm willing to subscribe a little to help you
along j put me down for six months.'
The Spirit of the Aje} says: 'Our
hearts are buoyant with the hope?the confident
hope?that the Order of the Sons of
Temperance in North Carolina is abcut entering
upon a brighter era than it has known
for several years past. From many sections
we learn of increased activity among the
members/apd of accessions to the Order.'
At tire recent sale ofSam'l B. Major,
Mr. F. P. Piobinson, the aetiouccr, sold ten
negroes for the gross sum of ton thousand
and thirty three dollars, making the average
price of one thousand aud three dollars
per head. Among them were two women
forty and fifty years of age, and one boy
about seven years of age.?Abbeville Banner.
The lawyers in Leavenworth, Kansas.
having an exciting case on hand recently,
hired Stockton's Hall at their own expense,
at S10 per day in order to afford an abundance
of room for the immense throng that
was expected to congregate to hear their
closing argument. When they made their
great speeches, however, they were mightily
chargined to find but eighteen hearers.
As the Yellow Jessamine is in full
bloom in our gardens and forests, there is no
better time to caution the public against its
d.I. .e. 3
poisonous properties, jjoui iue viuu uuu
flower are poisonous when taken into the
stomach, and numerous instances of serious
illness and death, from the want of a knowledge
of this fact, are matters of record. Parents
and nurses cannot be too particular iu
regard to them, as children put everything
that is sweet or beautiful into their mouths.
On last Thursday evening the Cribs
of 3Ir. S. J. Lewis, who lives within a few
miles of this place, were consumed by fire
with their entire contents?consisting of his
supply of Corn, Hay, Fodder, &c., for the
year. It is not known certainly how the fire
originated, but from several circumstances
there is little doubt but that it was the work
of an incendiary. Mr. Lewis is a young
planter, and the loss to him is a serious one.
lie has the sympathies of the entire community.?
Chester Standard.
It was a bright thought, that of
Smithson, the founder of the Smithsonian
Institution, when he was dying of an unknown
complaint. Smithson had had five
doctors, and they had been unable to discover
what his disease was. At length they
told the patient he mustdi-\ Calling them
all around him he said : 'My friends, after
I die, make a post mortem examination, and
find out what ails me, for really I have
heard such long and learned discussions on
the subject, that I am dying to know what
the disease is myself.'
The receipts of cotton at Xew Orleans
since 1st September, (exclusive of the arrivals
from Mobile, Florida and Texas,) to
February 12th, were 1,2S:J,02G bales, against
940,661 bales to same date last year; and
the increase in the receipts at all the ports,
up to the latest dates, as compared with the
last year, is 1,019.000 bales. In the exports
from the United States to foreign
countries, as compared with the s-une dates
last year, there is au increase oe 218,034
bales to Great Britain, of 99,GOO to France,
and of 100,S70 bales to other foreign ports.
A paragraph, originating in a Philadelphia
paper, stating that persons who send
newspapers and pamphlets to Europe should
be careful not to enclose them in wrappers,
as it subjects them to letter postage, has
been widely copied by the press. It is very
well known, however, to newspaper publishers
who are in the habit of sending papers
to Europe, that the above statement is not
correct. All that is required by the foreign
regulations is that the wrapper shall not
cover so much of the newspaper as is customary
with the people here. The wrapper
should be small?about one-third the length
of the folded paper?thus leaving the ends
of the paper free from any covering, so that
it can easily be examined by the post office
officials.?X. O. Commercial Bulletin.
We have received, says the Montgomery
Advertiser, the following communication
from a correspondent at CoviDgton,
in this State : "The oldest man in the Uuited
States, and probably on the whole globe, is
dead. We have to announce the death of
<Pa Caesar,' an old negro man, not less than
130 to 140 years of age, who died in Covington
on the 8th of this month. Et is said that
he was, over a hundred years ago, king of
a tribe of negroes in his native land. He
has been confined to his bed for upwards of
twenty-five years, and although not able to
step for that period, he retained the full
possession of his senses up to the last minute
of his life."
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For the Yorkvillo Enquirer.
EYES THAT HAVE BEAMED.
Written for Music.
BT J. WOOD DAVIDSON.
Eyes that have benmed with an answering love j
To the true love in thine?in thine to-night?
That spoke in the tongue that is spoken above, ?
To-morrow may beam with a new delight.
Lips that have smiled their divinest this hour, |
'Mid the gayeties dancing round thee here,
To-morrow may smile with a rosier power,
Or be pressed by new ones more recently dear.
Heart that has throbbed in harmony sweet
With the music of thine so near nnd seemed,
While it beat, to be one with thine own while it
beat;
That heart may to-morrow?But why hast thou
dreamed ?
Columbia, S. C.
For the Yorkville Enquirer.
DEAR DIARY ! SWEET DIARY I <fcC.
A SOXGn
Dear Mary! sweet Mary! I offer to thee
A heart which has long been a burden to me ;
Reject it, or keep it, 'twill still be thine own,
In love and in sorrow to thee it has flown,
Reward me, or frown on devotion like mine,
This lftart is the same?it is thine, ever thine.
Each day I live over my hopes and my fears ;
Each night dream again of those halcyon years,
When endeared was each flower, but breathed 011
by thee,
Ere I parted, alas! love, too early, with thee.
Reward me, or frown on devotion like mine,
This heart is the same?it is thine, ever thine.
How sweet but to hope that my lot would be ca6t
In the years of the future with thine to the last?,
No shadow to darken thy pathway and mine,
Ever loving, devoted, and thine, ever thine !
Reward me, or frown on devotion like mine,
This heart is the same?it is thine, ever thine.
WILLIE.
Forest Cottage, Laurens, S. C.
Cjic gmiiMHf inquirer.
edited et
SAM'L W. IVEEIiTON.
YORKVILLE, S. C.
THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 3, 1859.
Spectnl Not Icc.?All communications, on matter?connected
with the paper, should be addressed to "THE Yorkviu.f.
ENftUIKKUand uot the Editor or Pronrietor, personally.
Persons desiring prompt attention to their favors,
must bear this in mind,
j ry Capt. I). I). Moore. Maj. Myi.es Smith. Sam'i.
G. brown, and .1. L. Thomson, of Ynfk;nnd Wii.i.iam
d. cook, of Iiennettsville, are authorized agents of the
EXQlTRF.lt.
COURT CAIiF.XDAR.
NORTHERN CIRCUIT?SPRING TERM, 1859.'
rett'rn days.
Lancaster, " March.... 5.
Chester " March.... 12.
Fairfield, " March.... 19.
sittings of court.
Union, Monday March 7.
York, " March 14.
Lancaster, " March 21.
Chester, " March *Jt<.
Fairfield, " April.. 4.
KING'S MOUNTAIN KAIL ROAD.
Mnj. Enloe advertises that a dividend of five
per cent., has been declared on the stock of our
Railroad Company?to be paid on and after the
7th instant. See notice.
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JEWELRY AT COST.
| The ladies are requested to refer to Mr. Kiricpatrick's
advertisement, and take note of the
interesting announcement of jewelry and all manner
of adornings at cost! Although offered at
reduced prices to make room for a new stock, Mr. j
Kirkpatkick's assortment is varied, and attrac- <
tivc enough to deserve the attention of the most '
fastidious. Give him a call.
RETURN-DAY.
The Return, ou Saturday last, amounted to |
about 300 cases?a considerable falling off from
the uumber reached for a year or two past. The (
suing fever has materially abated, and business j
men arc confident that a good year's crop- will ,
clear the District of that burden of debt which j
has for a time eucumbered our progress. When \
the wished-for consummation is attained, let every \
one "turn over a new leaf," and put to profitable |
use our dearly-bought experience. Meantime,
while money is becoming more plentiful, "a bird \
that can sing and won't sing ought to be made to s
sing." .
COTTON.
The latest arrivals from Europe quote the English
markets as advancing; yet we see but little '
improvement in prices ou this side of the water. '
Dealers in our markets continue to oc appreuenI
sive of the threatened outbreak on the Continent, 1
although as far as words can assure us?we have J (
i abundant reason from the highest authority, to j
hope for a peaceful solution of affairs. Continued
warlike preparations in the most questionable localities
are regarded as more certain indications
I of the future than the deliberate declarations of
the French Emperor and the English Ministry. 1
Throughout the South. Planters seem to be de- !
1
termincd not to yield to the decline, and with sin.
. . ]
gular unanimity arc awaiting the subsiding of the
, panic. Their decision, we opine, will prove to 1
. have been wise. Meantime, the market is every- '
where dull?almost stagnant.
HONOR TO WHOM HONOR, ?fcC. <
Attention should have been directed, in our
! last issue, to the "Act to regulate the mode of ; ,
1 electing Directors of the Bank of the State, utid j j
for other purposes." Those alone who arc fa- ,
miliar with the evils remedied by this measure (
I can fully appreciate its merits. We can now be j ,
! sute that our State Bank is in the keeping of men I ,
; thorough!) reliable and acquainted with the de- ; ,
tails of her complicated affairs?not liable to the ! .
. serious infliction of the and stupid Director, ! .
i who almost invariably managed, under the old j :
. plan, to "fill out the ticket." This measure, i ,
which deserves to be regarded also in other re- ,
I spects, was carried through mainly by our Kep- 1
reseutative, Wm. C. Black, Esq., and should add
much to his reputation as a skillful and working
law-giver.
. 1
It gives us pleasure thus to commend the truly '
j valuable labors of a public servant.
TRADING WITH SLAVES.
We were in error yesterday morning, in stating ,
j that Mrs. llolloway would be indicted for selling
j liquor to slaves. Although she did, as appeared j
by evidence, furnish liquor to a slave, yet it was ;
not clear that the article was sold. Hut, for keep- |
' ing a disorderly house, an indictment hu- been ,
j made out aucl served by the proper ullicer.
Wc take the above from the Columbia 'Bulletin's ,
report of the Mayor's Court, and must express
our surprise that an indictment should be quashed' i
for the reason assigned. It should be generally
known that the fact of selling does not enter into
the offence of furnishing liquor to slave?, which
is made indictable whether effected by sale, barter,
exchange, gift or iu any othei maimer whatever.
The law forbids the deliveiy of intoxicating
liquors to slaves under any circumstances, except,
of course, where they bear the orders of those
having authority over them. i
Persons would do well to bear in mind the
wholesale provisions of legislation in this respect,
; as well a* all other enactments in regard to
| tradiug with negroes. Unwittingly our best peo- J1
pie are, in this particular, committing serious offences
against the law?encouraging a traffic
which is in every view hurtful, and exposing
themselves to very unpleasant consequences. The
evil is becoming too-common, and by a disregard j
of the'remedy provided against it, those most in- i
nocent of illegal design may perhaps suffer most
severely.
OURSELVES,
We have not been cheered by more genial, hearty,
unstinted words of encouragement than those
sent to us in the following extract from our valued
cotcraporary, the Charleston Courier. The
authority which attends the columns of this timehonored
leader in South Carolina journalism,
renders this mention of us the more appreciable.
We are not entirelv cl"ar of a certain quantum
of vanity in making publication of such-like paragraphs,
and were good taste alone consulted the
publication would doubtless be omitted. But
where friends like ours have contributed so largely
to our progress, we feel it to be due to tbem :e
reproduce the encomiums?to mark the generous
appreciation, accorded to their kind offices in our
behalf. And when we claim that the Enquirer's
friends have contributed to it all the merit tr
which it can rightly boast, our apparent breach
of good taste really becomes a rendering unto
Caesar "the things which arc Caesar's." Now for
the Courier's "mention ?
Yorkville Enquirer.?Wc congratulate the Yorkvillc
Enquirer?publisher; editor, readers, and all
concerned?on the marked prosperity which is
following the efforts that have been steadily puc
forth to make it a first class newspaper, We are
not exactl}' certain that the Enquirer has received
or is rcceivingall the recognition that it deserves;
we nrc certain that it has not received more than
its merits demand.
A late announcement of premiums stirred up
sonre good" a'nrl true friends of the Enquirer to n
friendly competition, and the result is n list of
405 new subscribers, returned by eleven friend.y
solicitors tfnd agents?the highest returning 1(1{?
names, and the lowest 10 names.
We suppose, however, these gentlemen did no:
find it necessary to use much persuasiop to induce
any one to become a reader of a newspaper it
once so good and so clleap.
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FIENDISH:
We are seldom permitted to read of an act of
more diabolical malignity than "lie dastardly out
nige Cliro;i:i;!CU m HIV iviiuniii^ {/uiub.u^u ..WW.
the Sumter Watchman. Similar attempts bare
been made on other roads, witl, fortunately, tlie
same results. We trust that an active police will
succeed in ferreting out and bringing to condign
punishment, the foul perpetrators of these horrid
crimes.
The Governor and our General, Status It. Gist, i
who barely escaped the assassin's ball, have our
warmest congratulations upon i heir lucky deliverance.
The Watchman says :?
"A worthy citizen of our town has placed us in
possession of the particulars of a most fiendish
act, perpetrated by some demon in humnn form,
as the night train from Charleston was leaving on
Tuesday last. Our informant was upon the train.
When about a mile and a half or two miles from
the city, the train moving rapidly, the passenger?
in one of the conches wero startled by what, at
the moment, seemed to be an explosion?some
supposing it to have been enu?ed by the bursting
of one of the lamps. A momentary examination,
however, satisfied all present that a ball had been
fired into the car from some instrument of death,
in the hands of some one outside. A portion of
the sash or glass frame was shivered and torn
away, and the glass broken and scattered around.
Seated in this car, and within a dangerous distance
of where the ball entered, was his Excellency,
Gov. Gist. Our informant states that tin
Governor expressed suspicions in regard to the
design of the cowardly assassin?(for such he
must have been, the circumstances all considered.)
lie thought it possible that the ball had been turned
at himself. We can scarcely get our conset.t,
however, to so startling and monstrous a eonclu- I
moii, notwithstanding the facts f ivor it. The ball
entered at the degree of height to strike about
the brenst of one seated in the car. It passed
through and struck the opposite wall of the coach.
It would seem almost miraculous under the circumstances,
and in any event, that no one was injured
If the intent was pcrsopal, the act involved
imminent peril to others in the immediate vicinity,
and augurs a disregard for human life that could
but possess the heart of the veriest villian.
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MERE-MENTION,
A move has hi en made in one of the Western i
States to abolish grand jumrs as a nuisance.? |
We see that some of our contemporaries stnonp'y I
tpprcve of the measure. ltev. Mr. Pars:;, ;
for his "defence of freedom in, his Philadelphia !
debate with Parson Browslow, has received a j
present of a silver pitcher, two goblets an d a wa- I
ter urn.' If a man fails to the amount of a
million, it is nil right, but let him foil to the amount
of his board bill and he is a scoundrel.
\ writes says that, while sitting in the gallery of
Ihc Senate Chamber, and looking down upon the
tssembled wisdom therein collected, he counted
-ixty-four candidates for the Presidency.
Miuhecr DrinkenhoofT makes a distinction thus,
"Too much whiskey is too much, but too much
lager beer is shoost right." Self-respect is
the noblest garment we can clothe ourselves in.
A youthful prophetess but 18 years old, is
turning the heads of the superstitious folks of
Cincinnati, by her marvellous predictions.
l'bc last advices represent the prospect of war
between France and Austria as increasing, [u
England, serious apprehensions were entertain:d
)f war. The Times asserts it to be England's
Juty to say, "that without war or any other dis
turbaucc of the general peace of Europe, Italy
hall l>e free." But how ? What power has E:,ganil
to enforce a peaceful solution of the problem
? That is not so easy to sec. The Philadelphia
Press remarks that there are more persons
in some of the States of this Republic, New
York, for example, with the prefix of honorable
to their names, than are to be met with in the
ivbole of monarchical England. Next to that of
Uonorable, we thiuk that of Professor is the most
roundly abused. Any one now who has a secondhand
knowledge of some trick in horse-taming, or
ume sliglit-of-band accomplishment, or has sat
two weeks in a country school-house, thinks h nijelf
justly entitled to it, and straightway adopts
the prefix. We believe, in the multiplicity of
doctors, professors, generals, colonels, &c., rhe
igc is fast coming to the conclusion that mister,
after all, is as respectable a handle and means us
much as any other. Hall's Journal of Health
states a somewhat significant fact?if it indeed be
a fact?viz: that of the liOUU persons tried last
year, before the New York Court of sessions, enly
ill were s..l>er when arrested. The Moiiilc
Register estimates the importation ol'negroes into
the cotton and sugar States, the present season,
as high as 50,Ut)0. It is this activity in the infernal
slave trade that has given negroes their un
precedentcd prices. The Suutliem Curis'.iau
Advocate says, that it lias vuy good reasons for
believing that l'rof. Siiirf, of the North Carolina
University lias not, as has been currently reported,
refused the use of his name at the election
for the Presidency of Wofl'ord College. The
North Carolina M. E. Conference has determined
to send a missionary to Chinu. A writer in I
the Spartanburg Express, advocates the erection
of a suitable monument to the lamented Dr. Curtis.
It won't do to laucli at Connecticut any
longer for wooden nutmegs. New Hampshire
has beat her, and must be the bauner State for
roguery. W e set in the newspapers that the legislature
of that State has been obliged t<> repeal the
law ofl'ering a bounty for the destruction ot crews,
in conse<iueueC of the practice which has prevail- |
ed of procuring croic's cyys and hatchiny them under
hens anil brinyiny forward the brood for bounty
! The Charlotte Whiy says, the Legi-lature
of North Carolina, a: its recent ses.-ion j
"amended the charter ot the Farmer's Bank by j
changing the mother Dank from Elizabeth City to j
Greensboro'. This Trill have tbe effect of making
all the tills goo:l. Our friends who have any ot
them should not pass them off at a discount, without
being compelled to do so. These remarks
arc made with the expectation that the-stockholders,
when they hold a meeting, will accept of
the amendment." The Mercury announces
the death at Nice, France, on the 22d of.January,
of Mr. D. II. MoitDEc.H, son of the Hun. M. C*
MouDCCAt, of Charleston. The Barnwell
Sentinel of Saturday last says : "The unfortunate
men, Claytox and Carteb, convicted of Negro
Stealing at the last term of our Court, were executed
yesterday about one o'clock. One or two
thousand persons were present and witnessed the
melancholy spectacle. Messrs. S. M. Pkttexfiir.l
& Co., the well known advertising agent
at New York, have contributed $G00 to the Mount
Vernon fnn<k"v We learn from the Columbia
Carolinian that "a terrible accident occurred,
nbout C o'clock a. m , Saturday morning, at Bush
River, nbout three miles above Newberry, to the
freight train which left the work-shops at Helena.
There had been a severe hurricane during Friday
night, which blew down the bridge audcanird
the whole span and a pari of the trestle some distance.
The gale was so violent, that it twisted
off hickory trees two feet in diameter, and swept
everything in its course on both sides of the stream
for a considerable distance. The engineer of the
train, Mr. Meredith, in consequence of the darkness
of the hour, did not discover the destruction
of the bridge until it was too late to stop the
tram, or save himself or the firemen. Titc engine,
was pcrcipitatcd into the river, carrying with it
the train, consisting of some six box car3. The
engineer escaped with his life, but is severely,
though not dangerously, bruised and burnt. Two
white firemen, Mr. Wilson and Mr. Poon, wcte
lost. Their bodies had not been found when the
passenger train came down yesterday evening."
The Evening News remarks that the Spring
Trade is opening in Charleston on n large scale,
and with much animation. The wholesale jobbern
aro well supplied and hard at work. A
correspondent of the Pendleton Jfessenger suggests
that a public dinner should lie tendered hy~the
citizens of Anderson aud Pickens Districts, to
Hon. P. F. Perot, for his ardent support and
uncompromising advocacy of the Plue Ridge Rail
Rot.d. "Isaac Dosas, Grand Worthy Patriarch
of the Sons of Temperance of East Tennessee, died
at Knoxville, on Monday night last. Every
shell the United States government fires costs it
$11. Letters from Senator Sn: neb, of Massachusetts,
received per steamer Africa, say that
his health is much improved, and he hopes to be
' able to resume his seat in the event of an extra
session.
For the Yorkville Enquirer.
MRS. WEAZLE'S LETTER.
Dear Mr. Editor:?I have been for a long time
a reader of your .interesting paper, and I have
often been so delighted with portions of its contents,
that I could scarcely keep from writing to
you and expressing what I felt, but "being unaccustomed
to public writing," I was afraid that
you'd laugh at nie, or may be, get angry at my intrusion.
Now in yonr last paper, there is a little
piece in "imitation of Longfellow," that pleased1
mo grea'iy. It is like a little picture. I Can
fancy when I read it. that I see the lovers "beneath
the starlight," the young girl with a lovelight
in her eye, and a happy smile upon her coral
lip, and the young man looking down upon her so
fondly while his arm encircles her waist, I can
sec the big mountain too in the background, the
moonlight and the flowers, as plain as if I was
there. If I was only a painter, I could picture
the whole scone exactly. I once before read a
piece of poetry by this 'same writer, and it affected
me in the same way. I could see everything
so plain. There he was in his "little attic room"
with "a fire burning on the hearth," and his poor
heart "too full of gloom" to take any comfort in
its warmth ; just sitting at his little table writing
a line or two, and then stopping to listen mournfully
to the rain pourng "in heavy, ceaseless
shower without." I wi?h I could remember the
whole piece, but as I cannot, do beg the author
for a copy and re-publish it.
That piece called "W'.se I a Bird," is beautiful
too; not only the ideas, but the verse is so pleasant
to read, the rhym; so easy and natural, it
dor't seem as tho' the writer hammered hisbrains
all to pieces to produce them. But he can't help
belug a poet, it runs in lis blood.
And there's J. Wood Davidson, too ; I read every
piece lie writes, over and over again. Whether
it is because the .articles are really good, or hecause
admiring the character of the writer makes
me fancy them so, I dcn'l know. I have had a
kindly feeling for bira ever since he was in College
here. There is a something in his resolute
peiseverance?his calra and uncomplaining endurance
of any inconveniences that he might encounter?his
determination to be a scholar, and
above all, in his pure moral character, that I have
often thought upon, until the tears came iuto my
eyes, and I have longed to go to him and pat him
on the head, and say "That's right, go on my son!
and you will yet grasp nil you are reaching for."
And there's "Willie" too; there is something
charming in hit writings; but it is a pity they
didn't all take to something else?it isn't often that
people make a fortune by poetry.
But I don't meaiTto attempt to criticize, or to
offer my opinion as a thing of any consequence,
for having very little learning, of course I can't
be a judge of poetry, and indeed, when I began
to write this letter I had no intention of saying
what I have said. I m eant to speak only of myself
and my own affairs and to ask your assistance,
for I've got a notion that your paper (which of
course goes all ever the United States and everywhere
else) can do more to relieve me of the distress
I'm in than any thing else in this world.?
When I'm fretting over my troubles, people often
say to me, "Ilavc patience, trait, something will
turn upbut I have waited, and nothing has
turned up yet. Or they'll say, "Don't make so
much fuss?be quiet an I all will come right."?
But I can't be quiet?I'm obliged to make a fuss.
Years ago when I was young and prosperous, I
was restless and excitable, and I'm restless still,
and so is Jemima Jane, (that's my eldest daughter)
but I don't wonder at her, for I know that girls
(pour short-sigbted things!) will be so when they
don't happen to get married right off as quick as
tlicy expected; nnd somehow, Jemima Jane don't
sccin to take, or rather no one seems to takc her,
and I cannot for the life and soul of me see why, for
every body says that she's the image of me, and I
was counted a real beauty when I was young: and
there arc people who say that even now I'm?but I
wont say what I was going to, for like as not you'd
nccuse me of vanity, and gracious knows I'm clear
of that; but I do know a certain lady who is fiftyfive
if she is a day, and'io see her wriggle and twist,
and hear her tnlk you'd think?but let her pass,
I never talk about my neighbors, and make it a
point never to meddle with any lady's business.
It's as much as 1 can do to mind my own. So as
I was saying, Jemima Jane is handsome and well
educated, at least she ought to be, for she went
to school seven years steady, never missing n day,
except when she was sick, or the sun was too hot,
or it rained, or snowed, or was too cold, or the
soldiers turned out and she wanted to see them,
or she was going to a ball, or pic nic, (and I took
her to all such places as soon as she could walk)
or when she had the head-ache froin being up late,
or when I wanted her to go a visiting or shopping
with me. I did not let her ?tay from school for
every trille like some people do, for I knew the
disadvantage ol" it, aui Heavens and Earth! how
' raucb pains I have taken with that girl since she
: did^quit school. She's been curled and powdcrj
ed,und laced and hooped, and flounced and jew ell^tl,
iu fact, nothing has been left undone?. Her
brother Natty (that's my son) says that there's ,
been too much done. I do thipk in my soul that
| if there is au unbearable nuisance oh the face of
the earth, it isTahalf grown boy like Nat, (his name
I is Nathaniel, wtfcaH him Natty for short.) They
jiire forever in the way ; too young to be counted
I among men, and too old to be counted a child?a
I body hardly knows where to place him, or rather
j where Jie'll let himself b.e placed. If there's the
j faintest glimmering of a chance of Jemima Jane's
catching a beau, that boy is bound to stick Li'.nself
right in the way, and snoi! everything at the
j risk of bis life; and hints and winks are worse
! than lliown awav unon him. for hu'H either Dre
y i ' - ? r
tend not to notice them, or he'lIWuto right out
I so plain that a blind man can see what we're
i about. I onto tried a hard ginch on him, but
j didn't I repent it ? -for of all squalling and dau|
cing that ever was heard tell of, that limb carried
I it on, till I had to slip a quarter of a dollar into
his hand to stop his mouth. People call him
smart, hut I declare to heaven I.can'tsee it.
Now I suppose that you begin to wonder what
in the name of common sen?e and reason I'm
: telling you all this for?what you're got to do with
i it; but just wait a minute, and I'll make it all
cleat- enough, and in order to do so, I may lax
your patience a little, and yet I dou't sec thatlt
will be such a heavy tax either, for what I'm go- !
ing to tell you is very interesting and may be
very instructive to you. "I wonder how?" says
that Imp of Satan, Nat, who as sure as you're a
living has been looking over my shoulder nil this
time. Weil, I've had many a cro*s to bear thro'
life, and I'm bendkig under the weight of many a
one uow, but I do believe in my heart and soul,
that Nat is the outdoingest one of alhMr.
Editor, I'm an nfflicfed woman. It is not
sickness, poverty or disgrace, that darkens my
life path. If it was, I could stand it" as others
have done, with the hope that time would clear it
all away, hut it is more than that. I'm the mother
of ten living children, and as sure as you arc born,
seven of them are girls, all old enough to be married,
and no more prospect of it than there is of
my being so; indeed, not half as much, for I dobelieve
that if it were not for that swarm of children,
I'd go off like a shot?but who'd want to
marry a moman so overrun? Not that I cafe
nbouU&ai part of the business, for I never did
believe in second marriages no how, but let me
go on and tell you bow I'm fixed, and what I want
you to do.
Jemima Jane is twenty-niue, being as I told you,
the oldest.
The next is Rosabel Eudora. She takes after
her father and, consequently, is not so handsome.
She is very tall and thin, and has light hair and
pale blue eyes, which looks wellenough when
she is among us home-folks, but when she goes to
churoh or is among pious people, she has n wayi
(devout she. calls it) of rolling them up till she
looks like something-dying; and then when she's
in company with gentlemen, she's got another way
(sentimental she calls it) of dropping the lids over
. them liko she was about to faint. Now it's my
opinion that nothing is pleasing that is not natural.
I've told her so ten thousand times, and I
believe in my soul that very affectation keeps hfr
single.
Next to. her comes Matilda Ann, who is twentyfive.
She" is pretty and sprightly, and why she
don't take I cannot see, without it is because she's
got such an outrageous temper and lets it out before
everybody. I do think it is the outdoingest
tiling in this world to sec Matilda Ann getting
ready to go any where. Everything seems to go
wrong with her. The bureau drawers get stuck
fast, and when she docs get them open she can't
find what she wants, and when she does find it the
thing wont go on, and when it does go it won't
set, and she tears it all to pieces jerking it off, all
the time scolding the article as though it had life
and sense to understand her; but that is the only
fault the child has, and a great many men have
jqstthesame. Hav'nt I seen a tight boot kioked up
to the ceiling, with oaths enough to make one's
hair rise? Ilav'nt I seen shirt-buttons fly because
a man hail n't patience to put himself in the
garment properly? Ilav'nt I seen a man almost
go into fits because a single button happened to
be missing? And hav'nt I seen him look daggers
and heard him cut his wife to the heart with bitter
reproaches about her unpardonable crime of
forget fulness? I don't want anybody to throw up
Matilda Ann's temper to me. I'd have to say too
much.
The next is Seraphina Aticia. fshe is twentythree
years old arid is not beautiful, but if you
coma just near ncr sing once, you <1 never tnmK
or enre how she look?. She has not what is called
"conversational powers;" is notable to describe
things in glowing words as I can, but the way she
can paint is really astonishing. She is not like
the young lady who put a horse and mouse in the
same picture and had to write "this is a horse,"
and "this a mouse," to keep people from mistaking
one for the other. She painted my old no horn
cow, Molly, so naturally, that I knew her the very
minute I saw her. Seraphina Alicia would be
a treasure to any man, but none seem to think so,
for she don't take.
The nest is Angelina Araminta. She's twenty
years of age, and would bo right pretty if she
wasn't cross eyed. How she came to be so, I can't
imagine, for it does not run in my family or her
father's either. She can d>" the most beautiful
needle work you ever did sec, nono of your common
kind such as every body enn do. No indeed,
she can't make a dress, shirt, or a pair of pants
to save her life. Her time and thoughts have always
been too entirely devoted to nobler branches
of industry?embroidery, crotchet, worsted, bead,
shell, and wax work. I sometimes wonder a little
how she would get along if she had such a family
as mine, who were daily and hourly needing plain
sewing or mending done, but I suppose that there
would be a way provided. This child has never :
had an offer in her life. She dont take at all.
The next is Juliana Maria. She's eighteen,
and the prettiest of the whole fam ly," except Jemima
Jane. Her hair and eyes are very black,
and shine like satin and beads; her complexion is
fair, and teeth beautiful. All that spoils her is
her nose, and how in the world she came by tha?
I cannot make out, for those little ugly turned up
affairs dont ruu in my family or her father's either.
I never could account for Juliana Maria's
nose, and I've worried over it many and many a
time when other people were in their beds and
asleep.
I dont think it necessary yet to say anything
about the other two girls, for they're young !
.?i, ,.,i i
cuuugm iv null, uuu i '""j piu?iuct? ,
Now, Mr. Editor, I've often seen advertisements j
in the Northern papers for husbands and wives, !
and it must answer some good purpose or they
would'nt be there, and I was thinking that you
might do something of that kind for my girls. It
is true that such things arc seldom, if ever seen ,
in our Southern papers, but that's no reason that
i it should never be done. Everything must have
a beginning, and who knows but that my being
the originator of this plan may, hereafter, when
I'm dead and gone, briug blessings on my name
from the heart of many a relieved mother.
Do the best you can for the girls, Mr. Editor,
and if anything does turn up from it, you 'shall
have the eternal graditudc of.
Yours till death,
WINIFRED WEAZLE.
Columbia, February 20th, 1850.
I P. S.?I forgot to mention that among his other '1
profitess foolery, Nat is given to making rhymes, ,
which he calls poetry, and threatens to send some 1
to your paper. If he docs, for the lord's sake!
have nothing to do with it, for I tell you it's au- .
.'?
* ? ? ?
Presidential Nominees.
Wo publish below an announcement made by the '
Savannah Rtpitllican, together with the-opinion
of the Augusta Constitutionalist dissenting therefrom,
proposing the Hon. James II. Hammond
fur the Presidency of the United States in 18(50,
and the Hon. Rufus Chcate, of Massachusetts,
for Vice President. Of course, we merely publish
tho announcement as an item of news, without
endorsing the nomination.?Columbia Bulletin.
*
A Tickkt for 18C0. ?TheSavnnffhh Revublican
of Saturday morning, premising that it is not
amOitimiR of making the first move in a Presidential
election, but that the people are very anxiously
awaiting for-att announcement of the men who
are to rule over them after the close of Mr. Buohunatu's
term of office, suggests James 1L Hammond.
of South Carolina, for President, and Rufus
fthonte, of Massachusetts, fbr Vice President
of the United St?tes. Of these gentlemen, whose
norno^ 5f ctnfrw. if tlirfiw?* mif. **nr?f. fnr ilia mil- I
nipulation of that conclave of political dictators,
known as a 'National Convention,' hut for the
consideration and action of the people," it say3 : i
"They have much to recommend them. Properly
speaking, they belong to no party ; and this,
of itself, creates a strong presumption, where they
are personally unknown, of their honesty nnd fitness.
In the second place, though competent to
any station, we doubt if * thought of the high positions
we have assignc-d them has ever crossed the
minds of oither." They are solid, dependable men,
true patriots, whose ambition is the country's good
and nut its offices."
Of our neighbor of Itedcliff, it speaks in the
following complimentary terms:
"In the first nnmed, we have a man fresh from
the people, of strong and original intellect, thoroughly
accomplished in the philosophy of man
and the principles of free government, with a character
free from demngoguism, and unwarped by the
temptations that beset the path of the politician
nnd hunter after place. lie has watched closely
every step in our history, and weighed its influence
upon our destiny in the scale of political truth ;
yet lie has never sought to enter the turbid wators
and float upon its bosom. He has quietly pursued
the avocations of a planter on the banks of the
Savannah, leaving to others the struggle for place
and popular applause; but when his country called
him, he pronip'.y donned his armor and went to
her service. Such a man ifi the first office of'the
government wonhl right up the country anew and
give Hit fresh start in its career of glory. ILonest
and fearless, uncommitted to the schemes and projects
of corrupt political parties, he would administer
the government upon the principles of truth
and the Constitution. We believe he calls himself
a Democrat, and perhaps he is allied in principle
to the party which that name was once understood
to represent. He may be better or worse for this,
according to the political optics through which he
is viewed. He may cutertain sentiments we do
not wholly approve, yet we have confidence in the
man and feel willing to support him. Of this we
arc sure : upon his ascension to power the reign,
of demagogues will come to an end."
We npf rove all tliat the Republican says in this
extract of Gov. Hammond, but we suggest to our
contemporary that there are gentlemen in this
State who arc equally deserving, and that in his
search for a Presidential candidate, he might possibly
be able to find the proper man upon his own
' side of the Savannah river.
A Large Specimen.
The New York correspondent of the Baltimore
Sun, vouches for the correctness of the annexed
description of a monstrous specimen of oleaginous
humanity. Good eating, fine oysters and the
usual accompaniment of flesh and fat. Though
fond of these delicacies, we confess that we
have not* been without our apprehensions of
their effects, and have therefore prudently exercised
the virtue of self-denial. We would advise
some of our friends who We have heard speak dolefully
of uncomfortable feelings in the region of
the heart and liver, to be more cautious. It is
muck better to be abstemious am. live long to en
joy good things frequently, than to condense all
into one feast, and then lie down and die.
'Mr. Asher A. Skillings, a well known dealer in
fish and oysters, died suddenly at his residence
on Broadway, on Saturday. The deceased had
been very corpulent for the last seven years, but
latterly his obesity increased to such an extent,
tbaX it was w>th difficulty he could walk. Two
years ago he weighed 460 pounds. Sipcc that
time he continued to increase in size, until at
length his weight reached fbe almost incredible
figure of 678 pounds. This was ltis weight when
he died. A post mortem examination of the hndy
was made by Mrs. Gallagher and others, who
came to the conclusion that death had been caused
by disease of tho liver, which weighed 1GJ pounds,
and the heart 2 pounds 7 ounces. The fat on his
abdomen was 16 inches in depth, and on the chest
7 inches. Deceased was thirty-nine years of age,
and-was anativeof Poitland, Maine. Mc- Skillings
was an unmarried man. lie wqs a jolly, good
humored specimen of humanity, and was well
known among that class of New Yorkers fond of
visiting oyster cellars ib search of delicious bivalves
"
Cotton Statement,
The receipts of cotton in Charleston for the
past week were, by Railroad 12,096 bales; by
water and wagon 2,600 bales?together 14,626
bales?corresponding week last yeo$20,307 bales.
The exports from Charleston for the same time
were, to foreign ports 11,274bales; coastwise 4,810
bales?making the total exports of the week
16,114 hales, and leaving on hand a stock of 74,896
bales, inclusive of 18,035 bales on ship-board
not cleared, against a stock of 61,630 bales, and
17,7-lC bales on ship-board same time last year.
The sales in Charleston during the pnst week
amounted to 12^000 bales, at prioes ranging from
1H Hf.
ine loim receipts m iim me pons uuring me
past week amounted to 112,503 hales, against
147,320 bales, received during the same period
last year. The total receipts at all the ports since
the 1st of September, amount to 2,800.081 bales,
against 1,805,697 up to the same Hates last year,
showing an increase this year of 984,384 bales.
The exports to Great Britain up to the latest
dates, amount to 891,917, showing an increase on
the exports to that country last year of 195,828
bales. The shipments to Northern ports show an
increase of 370,189 bales from the shipments of
last year.
The stock on hand and on ship-board at nil the
ports, up to the latest dates, amounts to 994,341
bales, being 287,508 bales more than the stock on
hand at the corresponding date last year.
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Deaths by Poison In Bemicttsvllle.
We deeply regret to learn by private correspondence,
that the usually quiet village of Bennettsville,
is now the scene of much excitement, and
to parties related, of intensified anguish. Last
Thursday, Mr. Annanias Graham aud his son,
John Graham, went into town in usual health,
transacted business, and at leugth partook moderately,
in a store kept by John C. Terrell, of some
liquor, supposed to be whiskey. Soon afterwards
they became sick, and were seized with violent
convulsions. Physicians were called in, but could
give no relief. Another person, John McCollum,
also partook of the same liquid, though of a
smaller quantity. A rapid succession of convulsions
succeeded?he died at midnight on Thursday
night. A Coroner's inquest was held Thursday
night, over the bodies of the two first, and after
long examinations, they gave a verdict of "death
from Strichnine." The Jury had not rendered a
verdict in the case of MoCollutn, when the letter J
was written Circumstantial evidence was consid- )
cred sufficiently strong by the Jury, to warrant :
the arrest of the vendor, aud he was accordingly, |
taken into custody, to await his trial at the ap
pronching Court.
Since writing the above, we see it stated in the
Mercury tlmt Drs. W. J. David and J. T. Jennings,
of Bomiettsvillo, who conducted the post mortem
examination, have brought the stomachs of the
deceased, the bottle of whiskey and a packnge of
suspected poison, to this city for the purpose of
analysis. Drs. David's and Jennlugs are at the
Charleston Hotel.?Columbia Guardian.
Shoemaker's Strike.?The journeyman shoemaker's
of Philadelphia, for some time, have been
on a strike for higher wages. The Frees says |
that at a meeting held on Tuesday eveuiug by the
journeymen, it was determined that the single
men should leave the city, the GrauJ Lodge of
the Shoemaker's Organization pnyiug the expenses >
to within two hundred miles of the city. It was !
stated that about one hundred left for the West (
last week, and that two hundred and fifty will
leave this week, if their demands are not met.?
The number now out of work is about four hundred,
and one thousaud have obtaiued work at
the prices asked, and they subscribe fifty cents
per week for the purpose of sustaining those who .
are still unemployed. '
LATEST NJJVVS.
I Lnttr from Europe.
ARRIVAL OP THE STEAMER CITY OP
- BALTIMORE.
j . Z . Nf.w York, March 1.
The steantfr City of Baltimore has arrived at
this pOrt, bringir.j^-advices from Liverpool to the
IGth ultiirfb.
The sales of cotton for the three days amounted
to 31,000 bales, ofSjjvhich speculators took 7,000
bales and cxporters'2,000. Prices baveudvaQcrd
1 1G to til. The market ouened firm, but fell off
at tire close, ami quotations barely maintained 9
under the Europa's news.
The sales on Tuesday were '6,000 bales." Mfd|
tiling Orleans was quoted at 7J., and middling uplands
CJ.
Consols are quoted at Oo J to Oui.
tffe war question remains unchanged.
Second Dispatch.
Manchester advices arc favorable. All quali|
ties have slightly advanced, and the marketaotivc,
in consequence of the advices received by the
stcatner India.*
Flour dull?market generally unchanged.?
Wheat very dull?prices easier, but quotations unchanged.
Corn etendy. Provisions steady. Lard
dull, but prices firm, at GOs. Rosin dull, at 43s.
j 101. Sugtr quiet. Rice dull. Coffee dull. Turpentine
firm, with sales of Gf,000 barrels, to arrive
at London, at 0*. Sugar buoyant, at an advance
of Gd. in some cases.
9 Charlotte Market. "
Chabiottb, March 1.
Wc advance quotations for oroduce flrenerallv.
Extra superfine Flour in bbls. is worth $5.50. A
good article of Wheat will bring $1 10. Both
Flour and Wheat is in demand. The market is
pretty well supplied with Corn and Bacon, though
prices are firm i?r those articles. We note no
change in Cotton, though it is thought that it may
advance this week, owing to the favorable foreign
news.?Democrat.
Terrible Steamboat Explosion.
New Orleans, March 1.
The steamboat Princess, from VicVburg, for
New Orleans, exploded her boiler, and was burnt,
on Sunday morning, near Baton Rouge. There
were about400 passengers on board* 180 of whom
arc lost or miosing. The persons lost were mostly
from Mississippi and Louisiana. Large umbers
of ladies"'were killed.
Large Plre.
Boston, March 1.
The immense warehouse, iu this city, No. 245
Broad street, was burnt-last night, together with
7,000, bales cotton and 7,000bags linseed. Estimated
loss about bsif a pillion dollars.
Charleston Market.
Charleston, March 1.
Sales of cotton to-day 3,500 bales?prices have
an advancing tendency.
Columbia Market.
Columbia, March 2.
The sales of cotton yesterday amounted to 130
bales, at 8@10Jc., a fancy lot would bring }c.
more.
Newlork Market.
New York, March 1.
Sales of cotton to day, 4,500 bales. The market
is advancing. Middling uplands are quoted
at 11-J012C. Flour was buoyant, with sales of
48,500 bbls. Wheat was firm, and sales of 40,000
bushels. Corn was dull, and sales of 12,000
bushtfls.
Columbia Market.
February 26.
Cotton.?The cotton market has been very dull
throughout the week, and but little offering?the
planters seeming determined not to sell at the decline
in prices. The sales of the week amount to
300 oaies, at pncea varying from 8@10$c., and a
fancy lot would bring \ more.
Flour.?The flour market is getting bare, and
consequently prices have slightly advanced since
our last. We quote ?2.50@$2.75 ^ sack of 98
lbs.; superfine to extra family $2.87^<?t;$3
sack.
Corn.?There is a good demand lor corn, and
the market is pretty well supplied. We quote 85
@88c. bushel.
Oalv.-*-Vrices continue stationary, and market
well supplied. We now quote 70(aJ5c bushel.
Coio Peas.?Only a limited quantity. We quote
85(5>90c. bushel.
Bacon ? Country hog round 12@12j; Baltimore
sides 11@11] ; aides 9@9? ; hams 12(/i)14.
Lard scarce, at 12.j@13.
Wheat Bran.?$1 100 lbs.
From Washington.
Washington', Feb. 25.
A rumor prevails that all the available naval
force, including the sloop of-war Vincen'nes, has
been ordered to the Gulf. It seems strengthened
by a remark of the Chairman of the Committee
of Ways and Means, that "this American sea (the
Gulf) belongs to us, and that wo must and will
exercise control over it."
The next arrival from Mexico will, it is anticipated,
bring highly important intelligence in connection
with the French and British fleets, and
cause the necessity of a larger American fleet
there than heretofore.
M. Mata, the Minister of Mexico (appointed
under the Juarez administration) to this Government,
had a long interview with Gen. Cass, yesterday.
Mr. Churchill, the United States Government
Agent to Mexico, has sent homo important despatches,
urging the President to recognize the
Liberal uovernment. The prospect is, therefore,
that Mata will be received as Minister.
The Government has sent orders to Norfolk, to
hand over the crew of the slaver Julia Dean to
the United States Marshal.
Legal and Illegal Lotteries.?The Easton
fMd.) Star, in a notice of the celebrated lottery
firm of Swann Si Co., now Wood, Eddy & Co., of
Augusta, Georgia, speaks of these great lottery
operators in terms of just commendation. No
complaints have ever been made against these
gentlemen by any of the public having dealings
with them. They have occasionally been the object
of hostility of interested parties, who, unable
to compete with thein honorably, have resorted
to dishonorable means to injure their business.?
The public, having more confidence in their integrity
than they happen to repose in their opponents,
continue to send their weekly instalments of ten,
five, and two and a half dollars, and receive, in
return, a share in their magnificent lotteries,
which pays them sometimes a fortune, and hardly
ever fails to rc-imburse them for their outlay.
Address Wood, Eddy & Co., Wilmington, Delaware,
or Augusta, Georgia. 114.
Later from Mexico.
New Orleans, Feb. 26.
The steamship Tennessee, Capt. Forbes, arrived
here to-day from Vera Cruz, with dates to February
22d. Gen. Miramon, at the head of 4000
men, was collecting forced loans in all directions,
lie had appointed a new Cabinet. It was reported
that there were 4000 Liberals at Zacatecas, and
more musteriug at Moralia, in opposition to the
movements of Miramon. The commanders of the
English and French squadrons at Vera Cruz bad
threatened to search the steamship Tennessee for
filibusters, reported to be aboard, but were informed
by Capt. Sands, of the U. S. Sloop-of-wnr
Saratoga, that he would not permit it. The English
and French merchants had placed themselves
under the protection of the American flag.
Murder In Washington.
Washington, Feb 27.
Phillip Barton Key, U. S. District Attorney for
the District of Columbia, was fired at and killed
to-day in the street by Daniel E. Sickles, Member
of Congress from the Third Di-trict in New York.
The deed was committed nearly in front of the Executive
mansion, and has created great excitement
here on account of the standing of both
parties. The cause assigned is the alleged critniuality
of Mr. Key with the wife of Mr. Sickles.
Look Out!? Counterfeit $20 bills (red back) on
the Bank of Hamburg. S. C., are in circulation.
We saw one at the Bank here yesterday. It will
deceive nine persons out of ten. The railroad
arch on the counterfeit is bold?on the genuine
not so. The counterfeit is not so bright in appeauce
as the genuine, but its whole is good, very.
The plates and lettering on the geAoine bill can