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MISCH IiiiAKTY The Children. ' When th? lessons and tasks aro all ended, And the school for the day is dismissed, Thc little ones gather around me To bid me "good night" and bo kissed. Oh! the little white arms<hat oncirclc * My neck in their tender embrace; Oh! thc smiles that arc haloes of heaven, Shedding sunshine of love in my face. And when they are gone, I sit dreaming Of my childhood too lovely to last Of joy that my heart will remember While it wakes to tho pulse'of the past; E'er the world and its wickedness made me A partner of sorrow and sin, When thc glory of God was about -mc, And the glory of gladness within. I ask net a life for tho dear ones, All radiant, as others have done; But that life may havo just enough shadow To temper thc glare of the sun; I would pray God to guard them from evil; But my prayer would bound back on my? self; ' * . Ab! a seraph may pray for a sinner, But a sinner must pray for himself. I shall leave the old house in the autumn, To traverse its threshold no more; Ah! how I shall sigh for the dear ones That meet me each moru at the door; I shall miss the "good nights ' and thc kisses, And the gush of their innocent glee; The group on the green, and the flowers That are brought every morning to mc. Traveling-Pant anti Present. An exceedingly interesting article appears in the New York Herald, of the 20th inst., from which we extract the following: It is only forty-five years ago-in the year 1819-that the men of this State conceived the great project of ! uniting the lakes of the West with the ocean by means of a canal. De? troit was then a French trading-post; Chicago was a wilderness, and Buffalo was unknown. A journey from New York to the Falls of Niagara fre? quently required weeks for perform? ance. Even when traveling by rail? road from Auburn to Albany, the journey from Buffalo to New York consumed a week. In two days and a half, men are now carried comfort? ably from New Yoik to the other side of the Missouri River, at Atchison. Mr. Lewis, of Geneva, was eleven days in going by the ordinary method of that time from that place to Utica, a space of time in which, witli less labor and fatigue, he could now travel from New York to those por? tions of the Rocky Mountains w here j the water flows into the Pacific Ocean. Such are a few of the changes which have taken place in this coun? try since 1825, when the Eric Canal was opened. Three hundred years ago, the old Roman roads in England had become useless, and the best highways in that j country were mere bridle-paths, often i impassable by rains and floods. The I surface of tho country was like that of a half-peopled island in the Indian | Ocean. The great thoroughfares lead- I ing into London were "little better in j winter than rivers of mud diversified with break-neck gullies." In 1553, I an act was passed for paving the | highway between the Strand Cross | and Charing Cross, one o?' the chief i and central thoroughfares of the nie- I tropolis, which was described in the j preamble as being '"very jiiopardous to passengers, as well on horseback as I on foot, both in winter and summer, ! by night and by day." A century and a half later, in 1703, j ' the roads in the part of England then farthest advanced in civilization were in a condition now scarcely known even in any of the by-roads of our Northern States. In that year, Prince George of Denmark, the consort of j Queen Anne, traveled from Ports- | mouth to Petworth on a visit to the j Duke of Somerset. Tin; narrative of tho journey gives a striking idea of the miseries of traveling in those days-even to princes: ' "We set out at 6 in the morning, and did not got out of the coaches, save only when we were overturned or stuck fast in the mire, till we ar? rived at our journey's end; 'twa hard serviee for the prince to sit fourteen hours in the coach that day without eating anything. * * * * #. * "His highness' body-coach would have suffered very often, if the nimble boors of Sussex had not fre? quently poised it or supported it on their shoulders. * * * The last nine- miles of our way to tue Duke's cost us six hours to conquer." Tlds waa only a hundred and sixty three years ago. Until late in the sixteeuth century mere animal power furnished the only means of transport for limn or merchandize. Pack or saddle horses were used exclusively. When Queen Elizabeth removed her court, it required 24,000 horses to accommodate herself, suite, and household, lt was not until- 1564 that she indulged in the luxury of a coach. At that time "one Boonen, a "Dutchman, 'oceanic the Queen's coachman, ?xs?. was thc first that brought the uso of coaches into England." The "conchos" were vast unwieldly affairs, without springs or any other contrivance to break the force of tho tremendous shocks they encountered. It required six, eight, or ten horses to drag them through the ruts, gullies, and quagmires then called roads; and tho grandeur of tho novel vehicles did not compensate for the miseries they inflicted. - By 1673 great improvements had been made, and stage-coaches were established. In that year an ingeni? ous author published a pamphlet, bitterly complaining' of thc stagc3 which carried eighteen passengers at one time, and went a.hundred and sixty miles in tl?e unpatriotically short time of four or five days. He was not without' reasons-not he, indeed -and calculated in a manner not yet extinct the vast employment the eighteen passengers would have given to grooms, farriers, innkeepers, host? lers, saddlers, farmers, blacksmiths, ?.tc., if each rorie his own horse, in? stead of clubbing with the others for a common conveyance. - It is surprising that, as towns seat? ed on navigable rivers enjoyed what? ever commercial prosperity existed, the plan of opening artificial chan? nels for navigable water had not been ; adopted. Thc first canal made in England was not earlier than 1755 a hundred and ten years ago. The first railroad where passengers and freight were; drawn by steam was opened, about thirty-four years ago, between Liverpool and Manchester. In both countries, and between them, both time and space may now be said to bo comparatively annihi? lated. Thought is communicated in? stantaneously between distant places, i New York is nearer to Loudon now than London formerly was to Edin- I burgh or Dublin. The wheels of steamships strike tho waters of almost every sea. India is already traversed by railroads of great length, on,which an astonishing amount of traffic and j travel take place. In our own land j East and West, North and South, a net-work of railroads is supplying our i mutual wants ; increasing intelligence, i and destroying mischievous preju- ? dices. In a few years the people : dwelling on the shores of tho Atlantic will be united with their fellow-citi- ; zens who live on tho shores of the ! Pacific by bands of iron. China will | then be opened to the new means of j locomotion, and the produce of Asia will flow through our continent to us j and to the people o? Europe. A SNAKE CAKUIED in A LADY'S Cm- ! XOLE?E.-Ono day last week, a party ' of young folks, male and female, in the township of Franklin, wept to the huckleberry rock, a distance of about eight miles from this neighborhood. After reaching the rock, the day was j spent in the usual way, by picking . berries and wandering over the vast plain of rock. Evening came, and the. parties returned to their homes. One young lady, after reaching her rcsi- , dence and performing her customary work about the boase, repaired to her room to retire for the night, and upon undressing herself, what did she dis? cover nicely entwined around her : waist, between her crinoline and under-garments, but a snake, fully ? twenty inches in length? As might be expected, on making such a disco- | very, the lady's feelings can he better j imagined than described. She gave' the alarm, when other inmates of the I house cami: to the room and dispatch od his snakeship. It turned out to bc of the spotted adder species, which is very numerous on the rock. The '? query is, how did the reptile manage i to get'in that position? The only way such can be accounted for is ' this: S?nie time during the day the ; young woman must have been sitting down on thc rock, and the broad j skirts now worn might possibly have covered the snake, which, in his en? deavors to escape, got between the garments, and so worked itself up to .the waist, unfelt by the party. She states that sevoral times' during the day and evening, she felt a sort of gripping sensation about her body, but delicacy-in company constrained her to bear it rather than ascertain tho cause. [Huntingdon (C. E.) Journal. A young woman jumped from a ! railway train, while at full S2>eed. in ! Pennsylvania, and lier hoop skirt j saved her life. W. Ii. .JOHNSTON, Magistrate, I Office "ii Picken* street Eos! end of Lady. Viril.I. attend to ail official business ! M\ brought before him; will also attend to drawing up Deeds, Conveyances, Mort? gages, Contracts, and other ordinary legal instruments of writing. Fair copies of any document < v carted with neatness and de I spaUh. August I New York Advertisements. The New If ork News IM ZZ F, SE2?T- WE?KL Y & WEEK Li '. WEEKLY ANDS?ln?^^ NEWS. GREA T FAMILY 2OWSPA PEES! BENJ. WOOD, Editor and Proprietor. JOURNALS of Politics, Literature, Fa? shions, Market and Financial Reports, Interesting Miscellany and News from all parts of the world. Improvements intro? duced! Immense circulations determined on'.fHThe largest, best and cheapest Papers published in New York! NEW-YORK WEEKLY NEWS, 1'ubtlsheu. Every Wednesday. Siuglc copies.5 cents. One copy, one year.S 2 00 Three copies, one year. 5 50 Five copies, one year. 6 75 Ton copies, one year. 17 CO And an extra copy to any Cl uh of Ten. Twenty copies, one year. 20 00 Weekly News sent to Clergymen at $1.60. SEMI-WEEKLY NE WK, Published Every Tuesday and Friday. Single copies, one year.$ i 00 Throe copies, one year. 10 00 Five copies, one year .15 00 Ten copies, o.ie ycftr. 30 00 And.an extra copy to any.Club ?if Ten. Twenty copies, one year..$55 00 To Clergymen. :i 00 ! 29ei0 York Daily News. To mail subscribers.$10 per annum. Six months.Five Dollars. For sale by all News-dealers. Specimen copies of Daily and Weekly News sent free. Address * BENJ. WOOD, ? Daily Ncjvs Building, No. 19 Citv Hall Square, New York Citv. Oct 4 DEVLIN & CO., BROADWAY, t?. V. f L I) T Hi H li AT AND RETAIL I "VJTTE open thc soasen with a large stock ? VV of elegant CLOTHING ' and FUR? NISHING GOODS in our Ready-made De- I partaient. Wc have also secured the ..er vic^s <>f first-class artists in our Custom D?partaient, which is likewise supplied with the FINEST and BEST FABRICS of the Home and Foreign .Markets. To those who wislt to order by mail, will be sent (on application)' SAMPLES OF ??OODH, with directions for measuring, which, if correctly followed, will secure a tit in all cases. JJ Xi V OC bU.. Broadway, cor. Grand street, New York. Broadway, cor. Warren street, Now York. Sept 20 Imo FENNEB, BENNETT & BOWMAN, (Snc'sors to Hotthkiss, Fenner & Bennett,) SOM. MERCHANTS, ?0 VESEY STREET, XEW YO/?X, AND MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE. Titos. IT.NXKR, H. ItKNXKTT, P. W. BOWMAX. MR. T. A. TOBIN, who was for a length of time connected with thc old firm of Hotchkiss, Fenner & Bennett,has an inter? est in the present firm, and will devote his attention principally to the state of South Carolina. lbs address will be Clinton, Laurens District. Oct 3 Imo [ESTAI.t.isuKD IN 1818.] WM. SMITH BBCWX & CO., WHOLESALE DEALERS IN ?Yo. 53 Chambers Si., Kerr York. "VT^M. SMITH BROWN will receive coii VV Bignmcnts of COTTON for sale on commission, and make cash advances on shipments. His arrangements are such an to insure failhfnl ".ttention to the interest of tho consigner. Sept 17 2mo School Furniture. TEACHERS' DESKS and CHAIRS. Tables, Rank and Office Desks, &c. Lecture Room and Sabbath School Settees. All kinda of Behool Material. ROBERT PATON, Sept 17 Imo 24 Grove st.. New York. LAWRENCE. BALDWIN & CO?, BANKERS AM BR?KERS, NO. 70 WALL STREET, FEW YORK. COVgftSMEKT SECURITIES AND other STOCKS, BONDS, &?., bought and sold on commission. DEWITT C. LAWRENCE, member N. Y. stock Exchange. SIMEON BALDWIN, JR., member N. \. Petroleum niel Mining Board. CYRUSJ.LAWRl'INCE. WM. A. HALSTED Sept 4 Gmo ? ?wt ? iwMMWJi?.nBa. ir g WWMIjK ! To the Citizens of South Caroliaa. . Tte termination of a sanguinary contest, which for thc past four years haspresented an impassable barrier to all social ov com? mercial intercourse between the two great sections of oin: country, having at length happily cleared away all obstacles to a ro ECGval of those relations which formerly bound us together i i a fraternal! union, I take the earliest opportunity afforded nie by this auspicious event, to grt-ot ruy South? ern friends, and to solicit from them a re? newal of that extensive business connection which for a quarter of a century has been uninterrupted, saVe* by the great public calamity to which I have adverted.. It ia scarcely necessary, on tho threshold of a business re-union, I should repeat the warning so often given to my friends-to bewaro of all thone spurious and deleteri? ous compounds which, under the specious and falso titles of Imported Wines, Bran? dies, Holland Gin, Liquors, *e., liare been equally destructive to the health of our citizens as prejudicial to th*? interests ol tho legitimate importer. Many years of my past life ti&ve been expended in an open* and candid attempt te expose these wholesale frauds: no timenoi expense has been spared to accomplish thif salutary purpose, and to place before mj friends and the publie generally, at tin lowest possible market price, and in ?ucl quantities as might snit their convenience a truly genuino imported article. Tweniy-live yearn' business transaction) with the largest and most respectable ex porting houses in France and Great Britaii have afforded nie unsurpassed facilities fo supplying our home market with Wines Liquors and Liquores of the best ,and mos approved brands in Europe, in addition fr my own distillery in Holland forth-.; manu facture of the "Schiedam Schnapps." Tho latter, so long tested and approve by tho medical faculties bf the Unite States, West Indies and South America a an invaluable Therapeutic, a wholesome pleasant and perfectly safe beverage in a climates and during all seasons, quick! excited the cupidity of the home manuf.it tiners and venders of a spurious "artic! under the same name. I trust that I have, after much toil an expense, surrounded all my importation with safeguards and directions which, wit ordinary circumspection, will insure the delivery, as I receive them from Europe, : all if \ customers. I would, however, recommend, in a cases where it is possible, that orders 1 sent direct to my Depot, '22 beaver stree New York, or that purchases }>e made i my accredited agents. In addition to a large stock of Wine Brandies, ?tc, in wood, I have a convide able supply of old tried foreign Wines, en bracing vintages of many past years, bo tied up before the commencement of tl war, which 1 can especially recommend all connoisseurs of these rare luxuries. In conclusion, 1 would specially call tl attention of my Southern customers to tl advantage to be derived by transmittii their orders without los? of time, or calli personally at thc Depot, in order to in.su the fulfillment of their favors from the pi sent large and well selected assortment. UDOLTHO WOLFE, Oct 3 Imo . 22 Beaver st., New York,. Charleston Advertisements Wholesale Jobbing DRY GOODS mUSi HOUSE. ?.2 AND 34 IMO AI) ST ?I EE':', Chavlfjion, *. C. THE subscribers offer for ?alf a good as? sortment, of various, mak*. PRINTS. GINGHAMS, DELAINES, Denims; Checks and Striped Homespun, Bleached and Un? bleached Shirtings, Men and Women's Hosiers,. Union and Lisle Thread Gloves. Also, Black Cloths, Black Tricot and Double Width Silk Mixed Coatings, Fancy Cass i - meres, otc. EDGERTON AU RICHARDS. October 1 5* F rn ?> pa Shipping, Commission AND FORWARDING MERCHANTS: ' 76 EAST BAY, Tiro iii my ri* South of N-rth Atlantic H7MW?T" CHARLESTON, S. C. HAVE constantly on hand a full supply of GROCERIES, at lowest margot rates, 839" Advances made on consign? ments. . Sept 17 CO li XE li KI XO AND SOCIETY 8 TS.. CHARLESTON, C. r-BOMlIETOItS, S. H. LOBING. CHAS. .1. BENNETT. Sept Ti_lum "ARCHIBALD GETTY & m., AND mm, MEBCHA^TS, 12? and 128 Keetlna Street,.: . 'tr.'. C Il ? R L ES T O N, S. C . P. A. WILCOXSON, Agent, Orangeburg. C. EDMUND A. SOUDER A CO., Philadi lphia. LIVINGSTON, FOX ft CO., Agents, ; New York. aar LIBERAI, ADVANCES made OB , CONSIGNMENTS. Aug 15 2mo" TO X ATLANTIS COAST Mail Line! THE new tirst elass steamer MO? NERA, libarles P. ?v Marshman, C*m mander. Steamer CAM ; RIDGE, J. W. : Balch, Commander, I Will leave Charleston. M. C.. direct for - New York, alternate!* THURSDAYS ea oh I Wcvk. For freight or passage-having hai.d i som? Stat? Room accommodations-apply Ito F. A. WILCOXSON,Agent, * Orangeburg, s. C. ARCHIBALD GETTY A CO., ' 125 and 128 Meeting st., Charleston, S. C. LIVINGSTON, FOX & CO.. Agents, 1 Aug 15 2mo New Yolk. GOOD NEWS FOR AZ.Ii Z B?-OPBt?HG OF THE TtUOE 18 CH?tUESTON? IMMENSE ATTRACTION AT THE Wholesale Shoe House! H?. -133 MEETING STREET, ESTABLISHED IS lS3tt, IS now re-opcncd, niter a suspension of four years, with greate r facilities than evor. Tiic proprietor now oller? for ?ale AT WHOLESALE ONLY, at the lowest possible quotations, and receiving IMMENSE CONSIGNMENTS serai weekly from the largest and most reliable manufactories. The proprietor takes pleasure in calling the attention of the trade- the looa! mer? chants of the States of Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama and Florida-to the extensive stock of HOOTS, SHOES, HATS, TRUNKS, etc. ORDERS NEATLY A NJ) I'HOMELY ATTENDED TO. EDWARD DALY. Sept 21 AGENT FOE MANUFACTUREES. TTAVING bren appointed Agent for the sale of BOOTS, SHOES,CRUNKS and HATSt Xl by several of ?the most prominent mannfactnrers at the North.and now located a, NO. 138 MEETING STREET, CHARLESTON, S. C.. I offer this CHOICE STOCK OF GOODS for sale by tho 1'ACKAGE ONLY. #?" The Trade will please notice, "??ft EDWARD DALY, Agent. Sept 21 r>R