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VOLUME 14 CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA TUESDAY MORNING JUNE 21,18,73. NUMBER 2$
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, The Poor Lawyer.
The Knickerbocker Magazine some years !
ago contained Washington Irving's "Early Experience
of Ralph Ringtvood.r This exciting
, story was well teamed by the editor " a .~pe..e
itf^1,.,vwvc nf tbe West." for the lovers
CICS Ul luyuuvjvj ,
of Ralph Ringwcfod are scarcely less poetical
than those of M.ountjoy himself. Here is the
first introduction to- the Jovely- maiden who
was to "have so great an influence on his after
life; r..*.
"I had taken tiSy breakfast and vvas waiting
for my horse, when, in passing up ar?d? down
the piazza, Tsaw a young girl seated near the
window, evidently a visiter. She was very!
pretty, with auburn hair atid blue eyes, and
dressed in whi e. I had seen nothing of the
kind since I had left Richmond; at that time
I was two much, of a hoy to be struck by female
beauty. She*was so delicate and dainty
lookiug,so difTerer;tfrorn the liale.buxum brown
giils of the woods?and then ?her white dress !
it was so dazzling ! Never was a poor youth
so taken by surprise, and suddenly bewitched.
My heart yearned to knohr her, hut how was
I to accost her ? I had grown wilJ in the
woods, and had none, pf the habitudes of polite
life. Had she been like Peggy Pngh, or Sally
Pigman, or any otfrer of tny leathern dressed
belles of the pigeon roost, 1 should have approached
her withoncdread ; nay. hjul she been
as fair as Shuifc's daughters with their lookingglass
lockets I should not have hesitated; but
that white drfess and those auburnTiuglets, and
blue eyes and.delicate looks quite daunted
while they fascinated me. 1-don't know what
put it into myiiead, hut I, thought all. at .-once
I would kiss-her ! It woyld Cake a long acquaintance
to arrive at that boon, but I might
seize upon it by sheer robherv. Nobody knew
me here. I woultjust step in apd snatch a
kiss, mount my horse and ride off". She would
be none the worse of it; and that kiss?oh, I
should die if I did not get it!
? I gave no time for thought to cool," but entered
the house and stepped lightly into the
rooni. She was seated with ber back to the
doof, looking out of the window, and did not
hear my approach. 1 tapped her chair, ahj as
she turned and looked tip, I snatched as sweet
a kiss as ever was stolen, and I vanished in t
twinkling.. The nextmoment I was on hoist*,
back, gallopping homeward, my very heart
tingling at what I bud done*'
After a variety of amusing adventures, Ring.
Wood "attempts the stud) of lav, in an opscurc
settlement jit Kentucky, where he delved night
and day. R.tlph pursues his s:u-Jies, occasionally
argues at a debating smieiy, aud at length
becomes iju if en genius, and a favorite jii the
eyes of the married ladies ol' the village.
>1 called-to Hike tea one evening, with one
of these ladiees, when to uiy surprise am! smilewhat
Confusion,-L found with her the'identical
blue exed beauty5.whom 1 tnp.r audaciously
kissed. I wys formally introduced to her, but
neither of us betrayed any sign of previous ac/
quaintance'exeept by blu>hing to the eyes.?
While tga w as getting ready, the laxly of the
bouse ^weat mit of tTie room "to give some directions
and. Ieft,us alone. Ilea hens and earth
what a sitifAtion ! I would have given all the
pittance I was worth, to have been in the deepest
de|l of the forest. I felt the necessity of
saying something in excuse for inv former rude
ness; I could n<>t conjure up an idea, nor utter
a word. Kvery moment matters were growing
worse. I felt at one time tempted to do as 1
done when I had rohbed her of the kiss?holt
from the.room, and take to flight; hut I was
J ,L* l'? ' lnnfTi'it ({? i'ain
cnainea 10 we spot, iw x iconj - ? D
- her good will.
At lengthed I plucked.up courage on seeing
her equally confused with rn\ self, and walking
desperately up to her I exclaimed :
" I have been trying to muster up something
to say, but Lcarmot. I feel that I am in a horrible
scrape. Do have pity on me and help me
outofit!"- '
A smile dimpled about her mouth and play
ed among the blushes of her cheek. She looked
with a sly but arch' glance of the eye, tii.1t
expressed a volume of comic recollections; ?
we broke into a laugh, and from that moment
all went on well."
Passing the delightful description which succeeded,
we proceed to the denoument of Kingwood's
love affair?the marriage and the settlement.
" That very autumn I was admitted to the
bar, and a month afterwards was married,?
We.were a young couple, she not much more
than sixteen and I not quite twenty, and both
almost without a dollar in the world. The establishment
was well suited to our circumstances
; a low house with two srnail rooms, a bed,
a table, a half dozen chairs, a half dozen knives
- ? J o tintr rirtron ennmit cverv tllitJI? l>V
ttllU lUi no, U MUM uv?w.. ^ ^
n half dozeus; a little delph ware, every thing in"
a small way; we were so poor but then so
happy. / VVe
had not been married many days when
a eourt was held in a county town, about twenty-five
miles distant. > It was necessary for me
to go there and put myself in the way of business?hut
how was I to go ? I had expended
all my means in our establishment, and then it
was hard parting with my wife so soon alter
marriage. However, go I must. iVloney must
be made, or we would soon have the wolf at
our door. I accordingly borrowed a horse,
and borrowed a little cash, and rode off from
my door leaving my wife standing at it, and
waving her hand after inc. Ilcr last look, so
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n
^ sweet and becoming'', went to my heart. I felt (
as if I could go through fire and water for her.
I arrived and the county town on a cool October
evening. The md was crowded, for the (
court was to commence 011 the following day.
I knew ro one, and wondered how I, a stran <
ger, a mere youngster, was to make way in ;
such a crowd, and to'get business. The pub- 1
1 c room was thronged with all the idlers in the (
country who gather 011 such occasions. There <
was some drinking going forward, with a great <
noise and a little altercation. Just as I enter- (
ed the room, I saw a rough bully of a fellow, 1
who was partly intoxicated, strike an old mail.
He came swaggering by nie, and elbowed me
as he passed. I immediately knocked him ;
down and kicked him into the street. I needed
no belter introduction. In a moment I had
a half dozen rough shakes of the hand and invi. (
tations to drink, and found myself quite a per- (
sonage jn this rough assemblage. I
The next morning tho Court opened?I took I
my seat anions the lawyers, but felt as a mere |
spectator, not having any idea where business i
was to come from. In the course of the morn- ;
ing a man was put to the bar, charged with
passing counterfeit money, and was asked if
he was ready for tiial. lie answered in the
negative. He had been confined in a placewhere
there were no lawyers, and had not had
an opportunity of consulting any. He was
told to choose from the lawyers present, and be
ready for trial on the following day. He looked
around the Conn and selected me: I could
not tell why he should make such a choice. I,
a beardless Youngster, unpractised at the bar;
perfectly unknown. I felt diffident, yet deligh-.
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nnu COUIU .Have llUj:gi-u mo m-V....
Before leaving the Court he gave me one {
hundred dollars in a bag, as a retaining fee.? ,
I could scarcely believe my senses, it seemed (
I like a dream. The heaviness of the'fee spoke j
| lightly in favor of his innocence?but that was t
J no affair of mine. T was to be advocate, not (
I judge or jury. I followed him to the jail, and ,
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I learned from him all the particulars bf the case; j
. fr<im thence I went to the clerk's office and j
1 took minutes of the indictment. 1 then exam- |
iied the l.iw on tiie subject. and prepared iny '
; brief in my room All this occupied mc until |
i midnight, when I went to bed and tried to j
'sleep. It was all in yain. Never in my life
1 was I more wide awake. A host of thoughts (
! and fancies kept rushing, through my mind ; the (
shower of gold that had so unexpecteldy fallen (
into1 my lap, the idea'of my poor little wife at
home, that I was to astonish her with my good ,
fortune! But the awful responsibility 1 had
| undertaken, to speak for the first time in a ,
! strange court, the expectations the culprit had
ITunned of my talents, all these, and a crowd of
j similar notions, kept whirling through my mind. ,
I tossed about all night, fearing ;the morning
J would find me exhausted aiftl incompetent?in
a word, the day dawned on arc a miserable lei'
low.
1 got up feveiish and nervous. I walked out
before breakfast, stiiving to collect ir.y thoughts,
n,,r . If was a briuht !
, ai:\i bi a?i<jii>iu<u ivvih*^ -- ? 0
: morning?( batfied my forehead and my hands
; In a beautiful running stream, but I could not
i allay the fever heat winch raged within. I re;
turned to breakfast, but could not eat. A sin- (
: gle eup of coffee formed tny repast. It was j
time to go to court. I went there with a tbroh'
bing heart. I believe if it had not hecn for inv
1 little wife in lief lonely house, I should have
j.given hack to the man his hundred dollars, and
! relinquished the cause. I took my scat, lookj
iugj 1 am convinced, more like a culprit than
I the rogue I was to defend. When the time
j came fbr rue to speak -my heart died within
I me. I rose, embarrassed and dismayed, and
} stammered in opening my cause. I went on
| from bad to worse, and felt as if I w is going
: down hill. Just then, t'uo public prosecutor,
I a man of talents, hut somewhat rough in his
! | ractice, made a sarcastic re mailt on something
, I had said. 'It was like an electric spark and
: run tingling through every Vein hi my body.?
| In an instant my dillidencc was gone. My
I whole sfirit was in arms. I answered w
I promptness and bitterness, fori felt the cruej7
| of such an attack, upon a novice in my situn.
! tion. The public prosecutor made a kind nf
I apology. This, for a man of his redoubt,,!,^.
I flowers, was a vast concession. I renewed
my'argument with ;i fearful glow, carried t|l(!
cause triumphantly,and" the'mati was acquitted.
Tills was tiie majtinj* of me. Every body
was curious to know wfio this new lawyer was,
that had suddenly arisen among them, ami
beaided the Attorney General at. the very onset.
The story of my debut at the Inn on the
preceding evening, when 1 had knocked down
a bully and kiekod-him out of doors, for striking
an old man, was circulated with favorable
! exaggeration. Even my beardless chin and ju!
venile countenance was in mv favor, for the
people gave far more credit than I deserved.?
The chance business) which occurs in our Courts
came thronging upon me. 1 was reneatodly
! employed in other causes, and by Saturday
night, when the Court closed, and I had paid
'my bill at the Inn, I found myself with an hundred
and fifty dollars in silver, three hundred
dollars in notes, and a horse that I afterwards
sold for two hundred more.
Never did a miser gloat more on his pelf
and with more delight. I locked the door of
my room, piled the.money in a heap upon the
table, and walked around it, sat with my elbows
on the table, and my chin upon my hands, and
gazed upon it. Was I thinking of the money?
1 No?I was thinking of my little wife and home.
Another sli-onli'SS ni'dlt ensiled' mwl wlmf :i
[ night of golden fanciys ami splendid air castles.
: As hO'jn as morning dawned, I was up, mourctj
cd the borrowed horse with which 1 had come
to court on, and led the other which I had rei
reived as a fee. All the way 1 Was delighting
! myself with the thoughts of surprise I had in
store for my litt le wife ; for. both of us had expected
nothing hut that I should spend all the
money I had borrowed, and should return in
debt. P*
Our meeting was joyous, as you may suppose;
hut I played the part of an Indiab hunter,
who, when lie returns from the chase, never
for a time speaks of his succccss. She had
prepared a snug little rustic meal for mo, and
while it was. getting ready, 1 seated myscH at I
an old fashioned desk in one corner, and began
to count over my money and put it away. She
tame to me before I had finished, and asked c
5 e who I had collected money for. (
For myself, to be sure, replied I, with affect- \
?d coolness; I made it at Court. s
She looked me for a moment in the face, in- j i
. redulously. I tried to keep my countenance e
ind play the Indian, but it would not do. My a
nuscles began to twitch ; my feelings all at f
nice gave way, I caught her in my arms, laugh- I
?d, cried, and danced about the room like a .J
irazy man. From that time we never wanted I t
or money." v c
ittiscfllancoiis. j!
Costoms of Friends.
Marriage.?'Ihe members of this Society h
differ from others in many of their regulations ?
;onceriiing this custom. They differ also in i ''
co iliov ovnpripiii'p crnciallv a ' ^
,..C5C- v..., . ? ?
Jiffereiit result. As a married, they may be Cl
said to be, a happy people. Hence tiie detail- : 11
ii s of scandal have rarely had it in their pow-' a
?r to promulgate a case of adultery. Nor have c
.he lawyers had an opportunity, in our pubic
courts, to proclaim a Friend's divorce. a
George Fox suggested many regulations on h
his subject. lie advised, among other things n
.vhen persons had in contemplation to marry,
hat they should lay their intention before the
monthly meetings both of the men and the wo- h
nen. lie advised also, that the consent of s<
.heir parents should he previously obtained and t<
jertffied to these. Thus he laid the foundation ; 1
or greater harmony iu the approaching union, j si
He advised, again, that inquiry should be made
A'hether ihe parlies were'clear of engagements ; jt
>r promises of marriage to others; and if they v
ivere not< they should be hindered from pro- o
reeding. Thus he cut off the causes cf the in- v
:erruption of connubial happinecs, by proven- o
,ing unease reflections, or suits at law, nficr i 0
he union had taken place. He ad vis d also in 1 ti
die case of second marriages, that any oflkpring '
resulting from the furmer should have their due ' e
ights and a proper provision secured to them h
>elbre they were allowed to tic soicmmzeu.? j ?
rims lie gave a greater chance for happiness, i t
by preventing mercenary motives for boeom- j t;
ng the causes of husband and wife. I n
Rut. George Fox, as he introduced these and f
nthcr salutary, regulations on the subject of v
marriage, so he introduced a new manner of ?
the world ; that is, against the formal prayers
itid exhortations as they were repealed, and h
igainst the formal ceremonies as they were *
practiced, by the parish priest. lie considered <
that it was God who joined man and woman r
before the fall, and that in Christian times, or t
where the man was truly renovated in hemt, t
lhere could be no other right or honorable I
way of union. Consistently with this view of c
the subject, he observed, that in ancient scrip- i
tnal times, persons took each other in mar- t
riage in the assemblies of the elders, and that 1
theic was no record, front the book of Genesis to f
that of Revelations, of any marriage by a priest, t
Hence it became his new Society, as a religions
or renovated people, to abandon apostate j 1
usages- and to adopt a manner that wSa more j '
agreeable to their new st ate. i I
George Fox gave in his own marriage, an j t
example, of ail he had thus recommended to j I
the .Society. Having agreed with Margaret!
Fell, the widow Judge Fell, upon the propriety 1
of their union as husband and wife, he desired '
her to send for her children. As soon as they '
came he asked them and represenlive husbands !
if they hud anything against it or for it desiring 1
them to speak. And they all severally ex- '
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pressed tueir satisfaction iiiemu. nu-u u<.-1
asked Margaret if she had fulfilled ami per- \
formed her husband's will. She replied, the j 1
children knew that. Whereupon lie asked I
them whether, if their mother married, they ! I
should not lose by it. And he asked Margar- <
et whether she had done anything in lieu of it,
which might answer it to the children.
The children said, she had answered it to
them, and desired liitn to speak no more about |
that, lie told them (hat lie was plain, and that j
lie would have all things about him plain, and
that he would have all things plainly, for ho
sought not any outward advantage to himself, i
t>??, after he had acquainted the children with
it. their intention of marriage was laid before
Friends, both privately and publicly."(If - Fux\s j
Journal, vol. ii. p. 135;) and afterwards, a
meeting appointed for the accomplishment of <
the marriage, in the public meeting-house at j
Broad .Mead in Bristol, they took each other
in marriage, in this plain and simple manner as ;
then practised and which he himself had oiigi- |
nally recommended to his followers. I
The regulations concerning marriage, and <
the manner ofthe solemnization of it which ob- |
taineiJ in the time of George Fox, nearly obtain i
among Friends at present day. 1
When marriage is agreed upon between two i
persons, the man and the woman, at one ofthe |
monthly meetings publicly declare their in- <
million concerning it. At this time their parents
must either appear ro send certificates, to 1
signify their consent. This being done two <
men arc appointed by the men's meeting, and j I
two women by that ofthe women to wait upon j 1
the man and woman respectively, and to learn j t
from themselves, as well as by other inquiry, if j I
they staud perfectly clear from any .marriage i
promises and engagements to others. At the t
next monthly meeting, the deputation make t
their report. ' ]
If either of the parties is reported to have i
given expec tation of marriage to any other in- I
dividual, the proceeding are stopped till the
matter lie satisfactorily explained. But if they <
are both of them reported to be clear in this <
respect, they are at liberty to proceed, and one (
or more persons of respectability, of each sex, (
are deputed to sec that the marriage bo orderly t
conducted.
In the case of second Marriages, additional r
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instructions are sometimes given; for if any of c
the parties, thus inimating their intention of c
nmrrvinrr should h.-ivn children nlivo. the per- 1
son who were deputed to inquire into their clear- I
uess from all other engagements, are to see (
that the rights of such children be legally se- z
cured. 1
When the parties arrt considered to bo free, 1
by the reports of the deputation, to proceed j
upon their union, they appoint a suitable day t
for the solemnization of it which is generally i
me of (l/e week-day meetings for worship.?
)niktliis day, they repair to their meeting house
vitli thei* (Viends. The congregation, when
eated, si; in silence. Perhaps some minister
s induced to speak. After a suitable time has
lapsed the man and woman rise up together,
nd takitfg each other by the hand; declare
ublicly that they thus take each other as hu3iand
and wile. This constitutes their marriage.
i writing is then generally produced and read
hough this he not necessary, stating coniscly
the proceedings of the parties in their
espective meetings, and the declaration just
lade by them as having taken tiach other as
usband and wife. This is signed by the paries,
their relatives, and frequently by many of
heir friends and others present. By way,
owevcr. of necessary evidence of their union,
nother paper is signed in the course of the day
y the isan and woman in the presence of three
ntnosscj, who sign it also, in which it is sta-1
?d that they have so taken eacl, other in j
larriagf. All marriages of other Dissenters j
re celebrated in the established churches, acording
to the ceremonies of the same. But
be mar-h-go of the members of this Society
re valid by the law in their own meeting j
ousos. when solemnized in this simple man- j
er. ? Friends'. Review.
The Dream of Happiness.?Often had I ,
card of happiness, hut was ignorant of it myelf.
My heart inquired if it was all a phanani
?a thing ol fiction merely, and not a fact?
determined to travel through the earth and
ee if it *vas in the possession of any mortal.
I beheld a king on his stately throne. Sublets
obeyed his laws. A' multitude of serants
came and wont at his bidding. Palaces
f the most costly materials were at his serice,
and his tables groaned with the richness
r .Ha copmr>d furnished with
I lllUli inn utiu". *?v/ sw.i.vv.
II he could desire, but bis countenance berayed
that he was unhappy.
I saw a msn of wealth. Tie resided in an
legant mansion, and was surrounded by every
ixury ; but he lived in constant fear of losing
is possessions. He was constantly imagining
hat al^his property would be consumed or
iken f&m him. Thus picturing to his own
aind tffi) miserable condition cd' himself and
umily ?hc was not satisfied with his present
vealtli-T The more he" had, the more he deired.
feurely, here was not happiness;
I loipted upon a lovely valley surroundedby
tills, in the midst of it stood a neat little
illagei Gurgling streams came murmuring
lown the hillside. The lambs frolicked mcrily
about. .Cattle grazed in the verdant pas
ures, and now and then went to quench their
hirst at the nearest spring or the purpling
irook. Everything seemed pleasant. 1 thought
sertainly here is happiness. IJut I \ isited the
nhabitants of this beautiful spot, and saw that
hey were not happy. They lived not peaceably
among themselves, and murmured because
rrcat wealth was not their portion, or that
hey were not'born to high station
1 btftujd a fair young creature, blessed with
ieall!? and beauty. She was the^life of the
i.ilf-room, Did received the most constant at-'
enlions. But I perceived that she was not
:ru!y happy. These things could not satisfy
.he longings of her hem t.
I saw a true and heartfelt Clitistian. He]
was constantly exercising love to his fellow- j
ncn, and doing all in his power to extend j
JIG Knowledge til uuu 9 unu v?
led. lie trusted not in the vanities <>t this
ife for happiness. He sought not this world's
riches, but iaid up for himself a treasure in
IJeaven. II soul was at rest, and at peace
with God, and with mankind. Although'he
experienced many trials, both in public and
private, still he was cheerful, and content with
bis his lot. He only of all these was possessed
of true happiiress.?PetterujiW s Reporter.
TSic Comet of 1?56.
The following interesting details respecting
[ho comet which is expected to make its ap.
pearance about the year 1850, are given by M.
liahinet, an eminent French astronomer, and
Member of the Academy of Sciences, in an
irticle recently published. The Boston Traveller
translates from the Courier des Ftnts Unis:
" This comet is one of the grandest of which
historians make mention. Its period of revolution
is about three hundred years. It was
?een in the years 104, ?392, GS3, 975, 12G4,
snd thelatesttimein 1550. Astronomers agreed
in predicting its return in 1848, hut it failed to
ippear?manque an rendez vans, according to
the expression of M. Kabinet?and continues
to shine, still, unseen by us Already the, ob
scrvatories begin to be alarmed lor the fate of
- ? - c:..
tneir Deautuiu wanueiiug sun. wu <unu tmschel
had put crapo upon his telescope, when a
learned calculator of Aliddleburg, M. Homme,
re-assured tlie astronoinical world of the continued
existence of the venerablc?nd mngiiili:ent
comet.
" Disquieted,'as all other astronomers were,
jv the iioii arrival of the eoinet at the expected
time, IW. Homme, aided by the preparatory
abors of Mr. Hind, with a patience truly Dutch,
ins revised all the calculations and estimated
dl the actions of all the planets upon the comet
or thrqc hundred years of revolution. The
'esult of this patient labor, gives the arrival of
lie comet in August, 1858; with an uncertainty
of two years, more or less, so that from
I83G to 18(50, wo may expect the groat comet
.vhicli was the cause of the abdication of the
Ivrnperor diaries V., in 1550.
It is known that, partaking of the general
superstition, which interpreted the appearance
)f.:i comet as the forerunner of some fatal
.went, Charles V., believed that this comet adIressed
itself particularly to him as holding
lie first rank among sovereigns. The great
ind onec wise but now wearied and shattered
nonarch, had. been for some time the victim of
iruel reverses. There were threatening iiuliations
in the political, if not in the physical
lorizon, as a still greater tempest to come.
I#, u-.ic lr>ft. to orv in desnair. " Fortune aban
Ions old men." The appearance of the bla;ing
star seemed to him an admonition from
leaven that he must cease to be sovereign, if
ic would avoid fatality from which one without
mthority might be spared. It is known that
he Emperor survived his abdication but a little
uorc than two yenrr,.
Another comet, whiyh passejd near us, in 18
33, an J which has ap pea reel twenty-five timer
since the Christian era, has been associated b)
the superstitions with many important event
which have occurred near the period of its vi>i
lation. , '
In 10GG, William the Conqueror lauded ii
England at the head of a numerous army, aboo
the time the coruet appeared which now bear:
the name of Hal ley's cornet. The circqrn
stance was regarded by the English as a.prog
nosiic of the victory of the Normans. It in
fused universal -terror into the minds of the
people, and contributed not a little toward th(
submission of the country after the battle o]
Hastings, as i,t had served to discourage th(
soldie/s of Harold before the combat. Th(
comet is represented upon jlic famous tapestry
of Bayeux, executed by Queen Nlatilila, the
wifc of the Conqueror.* The same, in 1456
threw terror among the Turks under the.command
of ..Mahomet II, and into the tanks ol
the Christians during tho terrible battle of Belgrade,
in which forty thousand Mosselmen
perished. The comet is described by historians
of the .time as " immense, terrible, ol
enormous length, carrying in ifs train, a tail
which covered two celestial signs, (6Q degrees,'
and producing universal terror." s Judging from
this portrait, comets have singularly degonerated
in our day. It will he remembered, however,
that in 1811 there appeared a comet ol
L-!ii: Li-t. j * A:
yrc.u unnitJiiuy, wmcu mspireu sume sn|>ei~&ir
ti jus fears. Since .that epoch science has no
ted nearly eighty, Qomets, which with few cx
ceptior.s, were visible only by the aid of the
telescope. -Jvcpler, when asked how man)
comets ho thought there were; in the heavens
replied: \'as many as there are fish in tlx
sea/!* -f ...
"Thanks'to the progress of astronomies
science, these singular star's are no longer ob
jects of terror. The theories of Newton, Hal
ley, and their successors* have completely de
stroyed the imaginary fempire of comets. Ai
respects their physical nature, it was for alonj
time believed thai they' were composed of-1
compact centre, surrounded by a luminous at
mospbere. On this subject the opinion of M
Uabinet, whtf must be regarded as good' au
thority on such questions, fs as follows : "Com
ets cannot exercise any materia! innuence upui
our globe, and the earth, should it traverse i
comet in its entire breadth would perceive i
no more than if it should cross a cloud a,hun
dred thousand millions of times lighter thai
our atmosphere; and which could no* nior
make its way through our air than the slightes
puff of an ordinary bellows could makfe it
way through an anvil."' It would be difficul
to find a comp.nison mftrc re assuring."
* This celebrated tapestry is in the ancient 10pisc<
pal palace at Bayeux. It represents the principal ii
cidents, including tho appearance of the comet; in fli
history of ihc conquest of England, by "William Duk
of Normandy. It is supposed to have been .execute
by Matilda, tlio Conqueror's, wife, or by the Emprc;
Matilda, daughter of Henry L-. It consists of a line
web, 214 feet in length and 20 inches broad, andis d
vided into 72 compartmonts, each having a descriptic
.indicating its subject. The figures are all executed fc
the needle.
A LoaP6r's Soliloqcv.?" I wish I kne1
where to get a cent, I do. Blast if don't em
grate to Kamschatka, to dig gold.- Money
scarcer nor wit ; can't live by neither?atlea!
I can't. Sold the last old shirl, pawned m
boots for three cents, and went home rfch i
a lord, Told my landlady I had a hundre
thousand dollars and wanted the best room i
the house. Insulted me by saying the att
was too gopd for me.
?I'm an injured individual. Society pcrsi
cutes ni<?? I don't do society no barm, as
knows on. I donVrbb wid'der's housed.
I i ??. L-now no vvirliini-e T don't nnt the holt
uui1 l u,,v" 1UMV.1CI 4 v ?
to my neighbor's lips., I ain't got. no heigi
hors; nod fact is I don't-own no bott!<is.Couldri't
fill 'em if I did.
" I'm an innocent man. Nobody can loc
me in the face and say-Tever hurt 'em?nobi
dy. And yet I heven't got a roof to lay m
head into. My old landlady rated me.; whj
I couldn't pay, and I left. 'Cause why? ain
it better to dwell i.n the corner of a house-tc
than with a brawling woman in a wide house
But T ain't got a house-top ; and I if I had,
corner would'nt be safe, would it?
" I'm a desp'rit .man. I'd go to woik if
wasn't for my excessive benevolence. I'mafea
of taking the bread out of somebody's mnnt
Besides, wisdom's the principal thing ; dor
the good book say so ? What's money to wi
doin? Ain't I studying character ? If .a'mi
kicks me 'cause I can't pay for my licker, aii
I getting understanding ? ain't it a lesson
human nature ? I'm told the world owes n
a living. When is it going to pay, I woudei
I'm tired of waiting."?Washington Star. '
Washington's Charmed Life.?Of eight
ty-six officers, twenty-six were killed, (in Bra
dock's action,) among them, Sir Peter Ha)k<
and thirty-seven were wounded, including Gaj
and other field officers. Braddock braved ev
ry danger.
Ilis secretary was shot dead. Both his E
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I glisn aids were ui^iucu uaiij 111 wuu
moxt leaving the American alone to distribu
his orders. "1 expected every moment," sn
one whose eye was on Washington, " to si
1 him fall."' Nothing but the superintendit
care of Providence could have saved him.
Indian Chief?I suppose a Shawnee?single
him out with his rifle, bndo others of his \vn
riors to do tho same. Two horses were kilb
under him ; four balls penetrated his coat."
Some potent Manitou guards him !" exclair
ed the savage. "Death," wrote Washingto
" was levelling my companions on every sic
of me; hut by the all powerful dispensatior
of Providence, I have been protected." " 1
the public,'1 said Davis, a learned Divine, in tl
following month, "I point out that heroi
youth, whom I can but hope Providence hs
preserved in so signal a manner for some in
portant service to his country. " Who is M
Wneliinirton ?" asked Lord Halifax, a fe
months later. " I know nothing of him," }
added, " but they say he behaved in Braddock
notion ns bravely as if he really loved the whis
ilng of bullets "?Brav-crnfC? American Rev<
hition.
?fitewi Hems. vf|
i Fi oia the South Carolinian. . r JiS
Russia aiid Turkey.
Fruni present indications there will' jirobaX"|y
j be stirring times throughout,the world erejlong^^ijsi
t -Wars and rumors of wars come thickly upoa^V W'
, and the repose of Europe, which for so manv.*S^M
; years past has given life and acceleration to the'-! : ^
progressand prosperity of the nations of the earth^^^
is now threatened to be grievously and seriously
| disturbed.; It is true lhat. all may bo peaceably^-'
[ adjusted yet between Russia and-Turkey, but Y3t$
the concentration jof the Emperor's troops on the 2
; frontiers of the latter country, and the great st-' f'^1
[ crcsy maintained in the movements of Great Rr-'- -*^
' tain, forebode trouble. That onr readera may:
, have some idea QfEhe~ uatureof the quarrel and; '
i hr? fnelinrr'of the Deoijle'of Great Britain on the
0 .1 J M ?
: subject, we subjoirf-some extracts from the E;)g- It
p lisli papers received by: the gjevions steamer.
Tbe first extract is ffoin^-thjs. London Daily . - - f\
News, May 24 :
On thr- .'Jil instant the Rnswtkn^EnVo^ ptesentP
ed to the Divan' a draft of a convention which jm
I must either be accepted or declined *within ten
r days. The purport of this oltiipatun* wa?riri ?
' point of.Tact, what we stated circumstantially in
\ this jonrnal many weeks ago to the'' M
ject of Prince Mensehikoff s mission. - The'Su'P
tan was virtually called upon to abdicate his.
functions in. favor ..of the Czar, in. all that most^ijj
vitally concerucd the government nud the con-v,--^3
trol of the Creek-Chinch, in Jiis dominions, The'
Emperor wnsfto be solemnly declared the fawfub
' and legitimate protectors, iju a" matters affecting
the religion ofuine or ten millions of Chri$ti<tt^^?
' ?an authority. which ft isiSelf-evideht would deV^'Jg
' fy all semblance of definition, and;Ppeh the dooj^
td ceaseless and unlimited interference by a for' t\ ?
b eign power in .the dome,;tic condition*^-'ewm/j*
' city and province of the Ottoman Empire;-'-Nor.'3^M
* were the mcaps whereby -this ^aacia^^cia int-^vl*
' was to be exercised left 'in uncertahity.^T^"?<Aj* ;
5 Greek Primate at Constantinople,, as well as th$< *Jp*
J provincial patriarchs, were li^ncefo'rthto'be'fenvi^AH
1 tiered -hremovablc by ' thef Porte,'rib raaUer bo^yC* '^23
they might abuse their office to pi^nt^te'diSa^
fectiori or treason. 'IfcitTtse of eOtnpIdfnt 7\
their conduct should arise,' the hearing* iSr ad- _ *JL
judication was to-lie with the sctvereigp'oT
1 sia, not with that-of Turkey, an!5^irouglrt)tf!^ll^-1i' j
realm nomiiiallvgoverned by. Abdull MedjnijThe.
I consuls and envopofthe Empfcror Nicholas werO..
t to be recognised as specially cliargetf'by thejr^V. $
II master with the functions, of protecting Tn'mi?^
e 'name tfH persSn'sof (It? Greek faith, fn whatever,, 'J
t appertained to the exercise of their 'religion'!' In. -.
s . a word, the b'ukad was required to surrendeFofco
1 of the;, most "essential portions" of his authority jay-lilJ
an incfe'^enci<5nt monarch", 6hd to vestit1>y treaty
irrevocably "in the hands of his most dariger?
ous neighbor and rival.;,'x. 4
l0 It waS impossible that* the .representa^rtfsyyf ' ' Y
:e. England and France should do otherwise than*
d advise the Porte peremptorily.to iej'pct'propwals
53 so insulting and "so utterly, at variance with "the 'j j
? formal assurances given in London and ParisTmi J. v
in a few weeks ago, by the express command-oft he i!
>y Emperor Nicholas; ?So direct and explicit Werd^ J
the assurances in question, that they were cub-* -j
licly-spoken of by LortT Clarendon, as afibrCjDg- ? .*J
iv the guarantee'of the personal honorjftl tbe'Cxar' " J
i- that notbihg was meditated by him incobsisfent
's with the integrity or independent dignity of the- %
3t Turkish'em pi re- -What becomes pf that iraperi- * J
y al pledge and protestation flow? -Wi commend i
ts the. subject to the candid.' criticism .of our con- t
H tiimnnrnrv \vlin hiw /IflvrftmT ert innnK-inOAnhitv . t!
~ .m -??grirvr-j
i 11 of Into,' with so Utile success, trf-the fask pfcje* ? '
ic fending the cause of-Muscovite aggressiqn<V?i > ' <
Meanwhile, it woulJ appear that r}he^ultari j:
P. is flilly aroused to asense of his trtle.poljtSyahd
I *duty., U. was'bnt the other day tliatr in t|j?s vain.
I hope of propitiating his insidious anddmpladable
|e enemy, lie^onsented to sacrifice one of-h is mfo- %
\y. istcrs, whom Prince Menschikoffhad Ihpugbtfjt
_ publicly to"slight. The. futility of suchiR-advis*
ed concessions has no> beconfe obvious,, and ft*' ;
, worthier course has been resojved upon.^.Reds- - ,
- chid r^cha, the ablest and. most' popular of the " k i
men who have hitherto filled, the office of- ehief
^ minister to a reforming Sultan, has been recalled i
, to power- Ilis charafctor and antecedents i(idi-' ?
cate the resolution which has been'jt^keri^and
the qonvietion, that concession to Russia fas at'
' length reached its utmost limits. The insolent
ft envoy may linger a little-longer at ConsUntmo>
pie, and opcupy himself and his aides-de-camps' *
II in dlssehiinating the see'ds of discouteht among
^ certain sectaries and dorses of- I he Greek ^optr- ?>
lation. But the majority even of this portion of
II the community-are far from desiring to exchange
5' the easy rule of the Ottomans for the iron yoke '
III of Muscovy. Prince Menscbikoff will have as
\1 many partizans, of coui-se, as he can afford to
>n buy; but what dependence can be placed on such *
lie treacherous allies in the hour of need ? If France
r I n ?> a 1? nnrliitiil A n (liAir rtn.l 1-/1/MS t A nliMk.
auu uu^iaitu uv buui uucjr, c**iv4 ivcrj/ iv
ed faith of treaties, the perfidy of northern despotism
will be compelled to abandon its intended
y prev.
f]. The London Times seems to be more prudent
;t, and conservative, and from its article we should
tre judge-that Great Britain will only interfere when
o. all hopes. oCadjustment or reconciliation have f
failed. Th^pilowing is the concluding paran>
graph of an article in that paper of 24th May : ^
e> "The course to be pursued under t/ircumstante
ces of such extreme gravity must be determined
U by the British Cabinet. The truth is that Franco
Je and Russia, by their successive attempts to bully %
the Turks, have brought themselves within sight
jj of hostilities with dfte another, in which neither ...
;t| side is probably very ready to engage. The threa?
r. tened action of the one and the counteraction of . *
>cj the other are alike opposed to British "hotiocs of
_ policy ?ud justice. In the present embarrassing. *?IV
and complicated relations of all the European* V;
n States, tho safe and dignified course for this court- <
? ' tiny M BIIMtlA W AMfl AP AWtino . - J
10 h> J %v " v/4?^ VI vtibut? I UUC|7VIIUCUVC"F
13 lending herself to tio petty combination for tli6
advancement of this or that separate interest, but
ie reserving her influence and her strength for pub- S3?
ic lie interests and for fixed principles. Nothing
Jg has let Occurred to conijKl the British govern- ' v
v ment to descend with precipitation into the lists, r
or to induce the ministers of the crown to en
\v gage this country in a course of policy to which
ie no definite result can yet be assigned. We can \
g. observe, without alarm or agitation, the course
t of events by which other nations are more nearly
" affected than we can be; and it would be the
(Tirat.esi of errors to commit ourselves hastily to
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