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VOLUME XVI. CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 30, 1855. NUMBER 44. Jllisrellnnrmiij. The First Telegraph Message. The following, from an exchange paper, gives a description of the circumstances connected with the successful termination of Professor Morse's efforts to establish the electric telegraph with the occasion for the transmission of the mocMim tl..if tmccn.1 nvnr if< mau n.iV?i?n?i i..?v j.... wires : He now returned to liis native land from Europe, and proceeded immediately to Washington, where lie renewed his endeavor to procure the passage of the hill granting the appropriation of $30,000. Toward the close of the session ofl844, the II'?use of Representatives took it up and passed it by a large majority, and it only remained for the action o1' the Senate Its progress through this house, as might be supposed, was watched with the most intense anxiety by Professor Morse. There were only two days before the close of the session and it was found, on examination of the calendar, no less than one hundred and for ty-three bills had I i . preceueiice 10 n. Prof Morse had nearly readied the bottom of his purse, his hard-earned savings were almost | spent., and although he had struggled on with undying hope for many years, it is hardly to he wondered at if he felt disheartened now. On the last night of the session he remained till 6 o'clock, and then left without the slightest hope that the bill would be passed. He returned to bis hotel counted bis money, and found that after paying his expenses to New York, he would have seventy live cents left. That night he went to bed sad, but not without hope for the future, for through ail his difficulties and trials that never forsook him. The next morning as he was going to beakfast, one of the waiters informed him that a young lady was in the parlor n-nitiiiiv Ia coo tiim vvroif in imnir>il;:itr'lV_ I and found that the young lady was Miss Ells wortli daughter of the Commissioner of Patent, who had been his most steadfast friend while in Washington. 'I come, said she to congratulate you.' 'For what?' said Prof. Morse. 'On the passage of your bill,' she replied. tOh no; you must be mistaken" said be. *1 remained in the Senator till a late hour last night, and there was no prospect of its being reached.' ' A in I tiie first tlicu,' she cxclaiiucd joy lully, to tell you?' 'Yes if it is really so.' 'Well she continued,'father remained till the adjournment, and heard it passed, and 1 asked him if 1 might not run over and tell you., 'Annie,'said the lYofessor, his emotion almost choking his utterance. 'Annie the first message that is scut from Washington to Baltimore shall he sent from you_* ... ? _ ^ 'Well,' she replied, 'I will keep you t-? your ( word.' _ J ( While the line was in process of completion. i , Prof Morse was in Xew Yuri:, and njion nceiv- j ing intelligence that it was in working order, I lie wrote to those in charge, telling them not to j transmit any message over it until his arrival, j lie than set out iiu mediate I y for Washington and on reaching that city sent a note to Miss Ellsworth, informing her that lie was now ready to fulfil his promise and asked her what message he should seud. To this he wived the following reply:* What liatli God wrough??words that ought to he written in characters of living light. The message was twice repeated, and eaeli time with the ? - t greatest success. As soon as the result 01 uiej experiment was made known. Gov. Seymour, of Connecticut, who is at present United States Minister to St.. Petersburg called upon Prof. Morse, and claimed the first message fir his State, on the ground that M:-s Kilsvvurlh was a native of Hartford. We need scarcely add that his claim was admitted, and now engraved in letters of gol 1, it is displayed conspicuously in the archives of the Historical Society of Connecticut. Mark Labor Fasiiionabi.k.? (?ov. Wright of Indiana, in his address at the New York State Fair, alluded in beautiful language to the connection between enlightened agriculture and the development of the social and moral nature of man?between agriculture and independence?between agriculture and the sacredness of domestic relations and endearments? between agriculture and the recognition of that Providence upon whose care the farmer, more than any other man, should from the nature of his pursuits rely. And of labor, he said. "At #!ir? linen nf tho nrnminritv uf jinv noo ... M.v w. ?..w "J - ,r | - pic lies this great principle?make labor fashionable at home. Educate, instruct, encourage; and offer all the incentives you can offer, to give interest and dignity to labor at home. Enlist the heart and the intellect of the family in the support of a domestic system that will make labor attractive at the homestead By means of the powerful influences of early home education, endeavor to invest practical labor with an iuterest that will cheer the heart of each nucmbcr of the family; and thereby you will give to your household the grace, C. ..Mr.w.Mo,, u. tiii.ll" r,.iii I p^ilV;C) lUUii^aitnw iiivuvdvx ????v? designed a home should possess." Pantaloons Without Suspenders ?Prof. La Borde, of South Carolina College in his recent work oil Physiology, says: As the women have concluded to dispense with shoulder straps, some men, especially in the city, have thought they would prove pantaloons cau ho worn without suspenders. The meu uow strut the streets with their pantaloons tightly buttoned side by side with the women, whose skirts or petticoats are firmly i i 1 r: _ DOUnu juuuiiu tuvn pcisuns. vjiijii it i;ui view the evil is the same in both cases; pressure upon the vital organs impairment of their proper action, want of development, deformity, disease and premuture death. The New York Pkreitolof/icul Journal says?As we see scores of boys from twelve to sixteen years old with their pants buckled very tightly around their disconnected bodies preventing growth at this rapidly growing age, and the result is a generation of dyspeptic, pale-faced puny apologies fr-r men. The IS hie k IScpiiblieans. The followers of Giddings and Codding profess to think there is no appropriateness in prefixing tlie word black to their assumed title of " republicans." There is, however, regardless of what they affect to think about it, a peculiar fitness in the application. As a political organization, they have organized themselves upon the platform of nigger equality, and have not submitted to the country a single proposition which 1 -- A 1 * - Al.Ai'rt.uf Kntiu^tc tlio U'ICS not IUCIUUC 111 n.fl wv.ivuv-, blacks equally with the whites; in fact, it is doubtful whether a fair construction of their principles would include the whites at all, and absolutely certain that a literal construction of their platform looks only to the advancement of the blacks. To designate a parly with such objects by the simple and inappropriate title of "republican," without prefixing an adjective that would give it becoming character, would he an inexcusable misapplication of the term. They are "black republicans" in every sense of the phrase. Not only arc their aims for the exclusive advantage of the nigger, but tlie means by I which they would accomplish their designs, are j as black as their aims. We speak of their open j conduct, and not of that part of thcirprogrannne, j which is transacted under the blackness of night. ! They openly glory in the most transparent political hypocrisy, ami essay to cover up their enormities with long faces and l'liarasaical prayers. They exhibit the fitness of their title, also, in the disingenuous and dishonest manner in which, in some parts of the country,"they seek to disguise their real designs. Nor do they ex hibit it loss in the avowal of purposes in one State which popular opinion induces tliotn to disavow in another. Thus, in Illinois, they make the restoration of the Missouri compromise the sine qua hon of their political faith, while in Ohio, to catch a certain class of votes at a pending ; election, they proclaim themselves opposed to ; such restoration, for reasons eedrely satisfacto- j ry, of course. $ ?, too, while in those portions of the country where but few forcigr.-boru citi- j zeus reside, they openly league and coalesce with j the known otliin^s and Itecome publicly a part j of the organization itself, ?in other portions, where there arc adopted citizens whom they vainly imagine they will be able to delude into the support of their men and their measures, they openly, but hypocritically profess hostility to the proscriptive creed of the Hindoos. If these notorious characteristics of this self-styled republican' party do not show a peculiar appropriateness in the designation which is becoming : generally applied to them, of block republicans, thou, indeed, do words mean nothing and sig-1 uilioant appellations become idle and useless. J Sguirm as they may, they will be known in bis- ' toiv, and styled before that history is written, i as JJlack Kei-ublicans.? Oitinci/ (III.) Herald. I'emalk Opinion okSuvkkv.?The Tribune j rr.TS ;r n'ptj to iturnrocirornimincs in ! t?? Miss Murray. W e only wish to notice a f*.w^ of the Tribune's nsseitions, not to answer its ur- ! ticle. Miss Murray lias been in this country somewhat over a year, dining which tiaie .-he lias impressed u~ with the i lea of b. ing in the main, a sensible, lady-like woman, who was uil ; line; M see this country with as little prejudice I as possible. W'c did not expect her, with her English idea to support the system of negro slave* j rv, and should not consider her opposition to it j ' - 1 ? : i ? : o ?i A,r.? I 'IS I'UIHICU lO [lit: it'dSt UUiiM'inuuuii, n It! .-.V.. I Ii.t opinion in favor of it is of no particular ! consequence, for we entertain the idea that the justice anil propriety of the institution rots upon u much more stable foundation than the mere opinion of Miss Murrary or anyone els*, lint we will say this much of the lady whose name has been thrust before the public, that site has traveled extensively through our country in an unostentatious maimer, and every one who has become personally acquainted with her have been impressed with her general good sense and extensive information. At all events after seeing every phase of life in this cottntiy, she ought to be as capable of forming an opinion in regard to slavery as Mrs Stowe, who learned i all. she knows about it in Ohio! The Tribune mentions with peculiar force the i ?-- 1 'c..'i...i 1 ...1...,i;c. I Il.'tllle oi Hit' lmicuuss ul fuuin i.iiiu, mi \? 10 u..itiuguishc-d in Iter own country tor turning her sick tenants out of doors, and in this for nu'ddliing with other people's affairs. The Tribune should not consider the fame of Mrs. Stowe as immortal when that of Wilberforcc even begins to pale in England. We can assure the Tribune too, that negro slavery will be established in the West Indies before it will be abolished hero. If it does not think so, let it get a work recently published in England on the condition of Jamaioa in which the author proposes a kind of Hindoo slavery in the place of free-negroism.-ZM;/ Ilo.tk. ? o Coon Tkmtkk.?Young people in looking around for companions for life, generally try to seek and obtain such as are possessed of good temper, by which is meant an amiable disposition. Now this is not easy to ascertain before hand. Smiles are cheap ami they are indulged ill l<> Sim ilie occasion, <inu, ucnuc.i , (lie art called c<>iit"tslji[? is ton often a black art in which each party tries to cheat the other into the belief thai they are the most amiable being on earth. Some ten) vers are loo "good," so good in fact that the very "goodness" itself is a prominent indication of stupidity and laziness. Sulleness should be avoided as the leprosy. A sulieti man is a horrible companion to be with; but how much worse and repulsive is a sullen woman, and that woman a wife, a companion night unjl day! Think, O! man, of the pleasure of silting at the same table, and occuDvimr the same room, for a fortnight, without exchanging n word, ;i sensinieut, a kiss, or a smile with your sullen wife! Think of this when yon next press the hand of your "jularkie" and vow she is an angel done up in ribbunsnnd muslin. Think of this confiding youth, keep eyes right and dress accordingly. ??? - 4 C*?ALM?rv ?A littmnn fnnt nrinf frin nr-r. .'V V> l IllVCil*. A* IIWIIIUM ?vv? I' , .WV feet in shape and proportions to be doubted, was taken from the Middlesex freestone quarry at Portland last week. It is apparently the footstep of one of the aborigines, and doubtless one of the primitive tribes, as it exhibits unniistakcable evidences of the oiiginal moccasin. This specimen was taken at a depth of GO feet in the rock. Origin ?f "Seeing (lie Elephant." Some thirty years since, :it one of' the 1'hila' dolphin Theatres, a pageant was in rehearsal, in which it was necessary to have an elephant. No ' elephant was to be had. The " wild beasts" were all travelling, and the property man, stage director and managers, almost had fits when ^hey thought of it. Days passed in the hopeless task uf trying to secure one ; but at last taiiKCC ingenuity triumphed, as iinleed it always doe, and an elephant was made to order, of wood, skins, paint and varnish. Thus far the matter was all very well, but as yet, they had found no means to make said combination travel. Mere again the genius of the managers, the stage director and property man stuck out, and two "brothers" were duly installed as legs. Ned C' , one of the true and genuine " b'hoys," held tbe responsible station of fore legs, and for several nights he played that heavy part to the entire satisfaction of the managers and the delight of the audience. The part, howiver was a very tedious one, as the elephant was obliged to be on the stage for about an hour, and Ned was rather too fond of - > ..i-. ? i - IIIC OOllIC lo remain >u lung miuwia nvmiij; his whistle," so lie set his wits to work to find a way to carry a wee drop with him. The eves of the elephant being made of two porter bottles, with the neck in, Ned conccvied the brilliant idea of filling them with good stuff. This he fully carried out: and elated with success lie willingly undertook to play fore legs again. Night came on?the tlieatrj was densely crowded with the denizens of the Quaker city. The music was played in sweetest strains? the curtain rose and the play began. Ned and "hind h-gs" marched upon the stage. The elephant was greeted with round upon round of applause. '1 lie decorations and the trappings were gorgeous. The elephant and the prince seated upon his back were loudly cheered. The play proceeded: the elephant was marched round and round upon the stage. The fore legs got dry, withdrew one of the corks, and treated the hind legs, and then clrairk :ho health of the audience in a bumper of genuine elephant eve whiskey, a brand, by the way, till then unknown. Oil went the play and on went Ned drinking.? The conclusion inarch was to he made?the signal was given, and the fore legs staggered towards the front of the stage. The conductor pulled the ears of the elephant to the right? the fore legs staggered to the left. The foot lights obstructed th'c way, and ho raised his foot and stepped plump nto the orchestra ? Down went the fore legs on the leader's fiddle?over, of course, turned the elephant, sending the prince and hind logs into the middle of the pit. The manager stood horror struck?the prince and the hind legs lay confounded, the boxes in convulsions, the actors choking with laughter, and poor Ned, easting one look, a strange blending of drunkenness, grief and laughter at the scene, rwii i ^Ly-^J.. J' 1L-.. /.-1 l^v the lender with the wreck of his liddle, performing various cut and thrust motions in the air. The curtain dropped on a scene behind the scones. No more, pageant?no more fore legs?but everybody held their shies. Music, actors, pit, boxes and gallery, rushed from the theatre, shrieking between every breath?"Have vou seen the Elephant ?" ?- - * A Volunteer Friend. A gentleman of our city was lately t he favored recipient of a letter from Pennsylvania which we annex, omitting the names: 'Sir: Observing your namo in the list of the parties that sulfcreml in the terrible acci dent, I beg leave should you wish to bring suit vs." the Company to tender you my services. "A reply enclosing two stamps will meet an instant answer. Yours, truly, The gentleman Solicitor for suits and stamps in this case has addicsecd the wrong party the letter having been directed by some mistake or over anxiety to a gentleman who was not a sufferer in the Ifurliugton catastrophe, although of a name nearly similar to one of them Whether the writer is an attorney at law, or not, we have not taken special pains to iuquire; he writes a legible hand which is one ground of circumstantial presumption against his claim to :i pi.*icc* among Attorneys and the letter in other respects betrays supicious features. However we do uot know what is the esta. hlished custom of epistolary appeals among Attorneys who sue fur practice in this way; such a fashion not having obtained among the profession in this region. The writer will do better to offer his valuable services, and his "two stamp' opinon to the other party tho Kail Road for it is not the custom with gentlemen of this State or city who have important causes to be submitted before tribunals of the country, to employ legal representative who so gratuitously thrust themselves into notice The City of Philadelphia and the State of Pennsylvania fortunately, number at least a few names of proficients in the legal practice who are not altogether unknown at this distance, we doubt not their names would Lc resorted to in case of need, If anything could he needed, however, to I stir up rail road carriers to a due sense of their j responsibilities, it should be found in the fact1 here indicated. They may not only inflict | serious injuries to individuals, and deep grief in ; families, but incidentally and consequentially inflict on the community, and on tlic legal pro-1 fession, n tribe of claimants whose interest and dividends depend on the number of mishaps. We shall not charge even an extra stamp for this suggestion.? Charleston Courier. What an Editoii does not Like.?1. To pay postage on a letter ordering a discontinuance of a paper, when perhaps the subscriber is in arrears. 2. To pay postage on communications, perhaps not more then ten lines in length, where none but the writer's interest is concerned. 3. lobe in debt without the xA'ine In iwi- llPf.UXsO Ilis sill wr>rihr>rs will not pay. 4. To send a paper six months of a year to one who is dead or moved away, and the postmaster or some one else taking them out and reading (hem, and then after all, receiving a lellor from the postmaster saying, "stop your paper sent to Mr. , lie's dead, or moved away," but not a word about pay. 5. To! have a man take the paper until lie is in debt eight or nine.dollars, and then slip off to parts unknown, without paying; leaving the postmaster to give notice of the slide to the editor ?Iannf;ir luring Voters in Haiti lie ore. The Baltimore American, of Tuesday the 9th j instant furnishes the following account of the i business of the Courts in that city 011 .Monday j which is worthy the attention of the reader: | ! "There was very little business transacted j in the several Courts of this city yesterday, in j consequence of the large number of persons | who presented themselves for naturalization, j The Court House was filled at an early hour with the.-c applicants, and so groat was the demand for "papers," that tho Criminal Court was compelled to adjourn before the wants of all were satisfied. The petitjury was discharged until Thursday morning, in order to allow more time for the work of making voters. The mode of manufacturing voters is very simple and in order that all may undcrsl and the routine through which one must pass to becorno a citizen the form of questions and re ponses are herewith given. The applicant and witness take their places before the Court, anil the witness having been sworn by the clerk, the following conversation ensues: Judge?Are yon acquainted with A. IU, a native of Ireland? Witness?Yes. Judge?How long has he Jieen in the United States? Witness?Over five years. Judge?Where lias lie lived the last yeai? w*:. T.. ?? I.IIVSS III IJilJlJIIIUie. Judge ?Has he conducted himself as a man of gooJ moral character? Witness?Yes. Judge?Is he attached to the principles of the Constitution of the United States? Witness?Yes. Judge?Is he well disposed to the good Ol der and happiness of this country? Witness?Yes. fJ he clerk is then instructed to naturalize the applicant, and he swears nllieginnce and fidelity to the country. This process occupies from five to ten minutes, according to the aptness of the witness and during tiie day about eighty persons were naturalized. In one instance the applicant came into Court very much intoxicated, and on uie ) Witness being interrogated as to his moral i character, lie declined to answer. Apart from I this, all who applied were accepted and the | work went bravely on.'' A IV? w Slave Trade Opened. 'It appears from a parliamentary paper, presented to the House of Lords, entitled "Correspondence upon the subject of emigration from , China," that a new slave trade is growing up in the world, and it. must be confessed, under lb it- . i&li auspices. The revelation is frightful. A me morial from certain shipmaster latolv returned fro". -ftigvMaafe .. llic export of guano, under llio authority of persons r.sji.iu:ibl.; to the government of Peru. These unfortunate men are represented to be carried from China to the Chiuehas for (!: most part, if not exclusively, on board of British ves scls: i '\Nu sooner arc they landed from the ships than they see tall Afiican negroes placed over , them as boatswain*, armed with a lash of fou. j plaits of cowhide, laid tip in the form of what seamen call round senned, live feet in length and , an inch and a half in diameter, tapering 1o a point. During the forenoons, for regular oftences, or such as the overseers please to term such, ; this instrument was not much used, but at about % 1 \ four o'clock in the alternoon, many of the won kesthad not performed their taskwork, the boatswain freely used to start those behind to bring the day's supervision to a close. 'The slightest resistance was punished by a flogging little short of murder, as 011 many mo'an. choly occasions we have witnessed, being nearer than we desired. The first six to twelve cuts stilled the most agonizing cries that rang through the fleet?cries we heard day by day, but only then knew the full amount of stiftering that called them forth. There was no tying up, the nearest Chinaman being compelled, by a cut of the lash, to lay hold of an arm or leg, and stretch the miserable sufferer on his stomach on the guano. The mere weight alone, of the hush made their bodies shake, blackening the flesh at every blow, besides cutting like a sabre; and when a convulsive movement took place a subordinate placed his boot on the shoulder to keep the quivering body down. "Two dozen made them breathless, and when released after thirty.nine lashes they seemed slowly to stagger over, reeled and fell, and were 1 at .. . 1._ 1 ? M1<u j carried on to uie nu?|m;n, hi iuu? > uiv.; recovered, commitod suicide, for no human heart unless elevated by Christian training, could, after undergoing so cruel an infliction ever have more than two feelings, that is, death to those suffered from, or to himself. Accordingly during our stay there, many sprang over the cliffs, many buried themselves alive in the guano, and many hid themselves in the caves to starve to death; their dead bodies floating all around in numbers In one instance two, emboldened by pity shown them by a shipmaster, hid themselves on board his vessel, one of whom survives and is now in this country." I3lixd liniDLES.?"Yes, use your thinking powers, friends. They were given to you to use, and not abuse. Wind bridles! Truly named, surely. Art never invented a more fatal thing to the eyes of horses, than when she devised this plan of depriving the horse of what Nature intended he should enjoy. But, says one, how are blinders injurious to the horse ? Because they gather dirt and heat around the eye. Dirt irritates the eye, and heat produces inflammation. These bridles so entramuiol the eyes of the horse, that he is compelled to be constantly straining them to sec his way. The over exertion of the nerve brings on disease. Eyes were not made in vain. Had they been needless, the Creator would not have located them in the head. They wero placed in the corners of the head, that lie might have the advantage of looking in different directions. Men, in the abundance of their wisdom, concluded that the horse had too much sight, and they wished to curtail it: hence the origin of blind bridles, and diseased eyes are | inseparably connected. Custom hoodwinks the I -,.r miml. os liliiwt tivii11r>c dn fhe m'liaua \ji iiiuii, 11111* 11 - ^ | vision of liorscs " Instance'* of Pulpit Ploquoiioo. In very early lift*, a student in Washington city, I heard ihe famous Siiinineifield a young Methodist itinerant. JI is face and form were of womanly, almost angelic beauty. A divine lustre beamed from his eyes. His clear, full, sonorous voice, fell like the tones of a mountain hell one moment, and anon came crashing thundering down with terrible eflect on the startled masses, forcing them to cry aloud and crowd together, with uplifted arms as' though for shelter from an impending avalanche His eloquence shook sin from its citadels and ilrrntrror] lino mid fnsliion from their "nrideof ","bcv>* * ,vv ? t place." The sensation lie produced was tremendous. Multitudes followed his footsteps. As a field preacher he towered alongside of Whitfield; but he soon went down to the grave, consumed by his own fire, and called to a higher sphere for some inscrutable purpose. It is related of Bnssuct, that when he prononneed the funeral sermon of the Princess Henrietta, and described her dying agonies, | tlin %vliiill* niulioiwc ;irn<p frnm fbeir seats with i terror in every countenance. When Massiloii ascended the pulpit, on the death of Louis XIV., lie had contemplated for a moment the impressive spectacle?the chap- 1 el draped in black?the magnificent mausolem raised over the bier?the dim but vast apart- ' meiit filled with the trophies of the glory of the monarch and with the most illustrious persons in the kingdom. He looked down on , the gorgeous scene beneath, then raised his ^ arms to heaven and said in a solemn, subdued tone. "J/ivi fercx Dicu scul est grantlP1 "God j nidi' is irrpiit " With one imnulse all the .* "* r?" * - i audience arose turned to the altar, and reverently bowed. When Dr. IIussey preached at Waterford, , on the small number of the elect, lie asked "whether, if the arch of Heaven were to open, and the Son of Man should appear to judge his hearers it were quite certain that three? ^ that two?nay, trembling for myself as for you, is it certain that one of us," he exclaimed j in a voice of thunder, would be saved!" During r the whole of Ibis apostophre, the audience j was agonized. At the ultimate itcrrogation, there was a general shriek, and some fell to the , ground. M. Urioanioe, a French Missionary and the ^ peer o( the most renowned orators of that eloquent nation, preached a sermon at Haguole. At the end of it lie lifted up his anus and thrice cried in a luud voice. 0 Eternity! At 1 -< .i.! < ..! ,i.? . II1C IIJII'CI repetition Ul llilOtUVIUI grjr lUU n uuig I parly fell on their kuccs. During three days, ( consternation pervaded the town. In the j public places, young and old were heard crying ( about, Mercy Oh Lord Mercy! | Ouu IIaii-uoad.?Cilouious News!?It af- r we call public attention, that the ... riui>ii?- for the organization of the Greenville ( and l'reneli I'.road Railroad Company, in coin- ( pliance with the terms of Lhe charter, have been c subscribed. A meeting of the stockholders lnus i been accordingly called,'to he holden in this t place, at the time designated in the notice, when i President and nine Directors will be chosen 14 for the ensuing year. ( J Arrangements have been made to have the | ( o route south of this place surveyed, a competent engineer having been employed for that purpose, ivlio, as soon as an efficient corps can be organ- , izcu, which will he in a few days, will commence | operations' The first important step beingtaken s in this great enterprise, its final success is cer- ( tain, if those whose assistance and co-operation , arc invoked by every consideration of duty and | interest, will put their shoulders to the wheel | and make " a long pull, a strong pull, and a pull | altogether/' ?Ashcvillc Spectator. , Sad Akfajii.?On Saturday evening last, t about 5 o'clock, Mr John M. Owens, of this I place, was shot by a man named Howard, re eently from Pickens District, South Carolina. I The parties had some difficulty at an earlier J k tt?? ,1.,u ? wns fliDlinrll tto be settled I IIVUI < U..J, --0-- --but both (as we understand) were drinking' and I < the difficulty was revived, with the result above ' ! stated. Several versions of the affair are in j circulation, but as \vc know not which is correct and as Howard is in the hands of the law, we deem it improper to give the rumors in regard 1 the matter. The ball entered in front, passing through the breast-bone and ranging obliquely through the right lung, lodged just under the 1 shoulder. ])rs. IliJIinn! and llarpv wcr*> soon . ' ? i -ii .i * : I 011 tlic spot, JUKI rcnuercrj ;:il lllC aiTvicu Wiutii . it was in the power of medical skill to bestow. 1 Owens is still allivo, but no hopes are entertained ' of his recovery. lie is a man of fine construction r and jiowcrfnl frame, otherwise lie must have ,( died ere this. Owens has a wife and seven J small children, who will be left destitute in the 1 event of his death. Howard was immediately arrested and committed to jail. P. S. Pridav morning. Mr. Owens died this ( morning at 2 o'clock.?Ashvifie JV/ ws. t A'cw Post Offices; Pnilinr? Snrin?r*. Spartanburg district South ; 1 ? | ij , , _ Carolina; Henry Dodd postmaster. ) Dove Sumter district, South Carolina; Saml. 1 Chandler postmaster. ? Stone House, Greenville district, South Caro- ' linn; T. M. Young postmaster. ' Shatterfiold Edgefield district, South Caroli ( na; James Callison postmaster. < Parley, Caswell county, North Carolina; Samuel S. ITartiton postmaster. Peak Land, Ashe county, North Carolina; John W. Martin postmaster. Our readers may not he generally aware j that, in the early part of thceighteenth century s buying and selling ncgros was not an iineom- ( mon practice in the very heart of the city of ( London, since so noted for its psendo-philan- t thropy and sickening abolitionism. The sub- t joined is from the London Tattler of 1701): "A black hoy, 12 years of age fit to'wait on a gentleman, to he disposed of at Denis' Coffeehouse in Finch lane, near the Royal Exchange?.' t Another: "To be soled, a negro boy, aged eleven years, c Inquire of the Virginia Coffeehouse, in Thread- < 1 1 1 Jlrvnlianrrn / peciUe street, nenmu uic nuj?u "tjiV" 0 Hints Intended to Promote Peaoe tod Harmony in a Family. 1. Wc may be quite sure that our ttifl to like ly to he crossed in the day, so prepare for it 2. Everybody in the house has an evil nature as well as ourselves, and therefore we are not to expect too much. 3. To learn the different temper of each It** dividual. 4. To look upon each member of ihc family as one for whom Christ died. 5. Wlion anv good happens to any ono to rejoice at it, ... 0. When inclined to give an angry answer; to lift up the heart in prayer. 7. If from sickness, pain, or infirmity, we feel irritable, to keep a very strict wntch over ourselves. 8. joooscrve wnen otners are ro suncring, and drop a word of kindness and sympathy suited to tliero. 9. To watch for LrrrLR opportunities of pleasing, and to put little annoyances out of tha way. 10. To take a cheerful view of everything?' jf the weather, <fcc., and encourage hope. 11. To speak kindly to the servants, an<f praise them for little things when you can. 12. In all little pleasures which may occur, to' put SET.F last. 13. To try for " the soft answer that turneth mat/ wroth." 14. Wheti we have been pained by an unkind word or deed, to ask ourselves, " Have I not of ;en d'?ne the same, and been forgiven !" 15. in conversation not to exalt ourselves, but jring others forward. ]G. To be very geutle with the younger onesf vul treat them with respect. 17. i\ever to juageone another, out aurtouie i good motive wheu we can. Bccipc for a Tlodcni Bound. Two scraps of foundation, some fragments of lace, V shower of French rosebuds to droop o'er the face -f fine ribbons and feathers, with crape and illusion, Then mix and Grange them in graccfbl confusion ; uveiglo somo fairy, out roaming for pleasure. Vnd beg the slight favor of taking her measure; The length nnd the breadth of her dear little pate, Vnd hasten a miniature frame to create; Then pour, as above, the bright mixture upon itr Vnd lo! you possess "such a love of a bonnet."Convehsation*.?Among nil the "accom^ jlishments' which our young ladies are expected to acquire, it is to be regretted that tho irt of conversation is not included. No grace )f person of manners can couipens atefor tho ack of this. In youth, the conversation of our ,ronton is too apt to be trifling and insipid, md middle age is too often confined to cornilaints of health and the scandal of the day. [/iVelyconversation upon instructing and.ele. svo'r Ir&il'ah > I-females which nothing else can. It triumphs >ver deformity and old age and makes ugliness .7* If J ts agreeable. Unrran speaning 01 luacinme ie Stael, who was by no means handsome, but i splendid conversationalist, said that she had 'the power of talking herself into a beauty." Ladies should think of this. Beauty lies in >lhcr tilings than fine features or cosmetics. Natural Barometers.?Chickweed is sr> txcellent barometer. When the flowerexpands ully, wc are not to expect rain for several hours should it continue in that state no rain will listurb the summer's day. When it half conceals its minature flower, the day is generslIy showery; but if it entirely shuts up, or veils the white flower with its green mantle, let the traveller put on his great coat. The different species of Trefoil always contract their leaves it the approach of a storm; so certainly does this take place that these plants have acquired ihc name of the husbanchmris barometer. The Tulipt and several of the compound yellowlowers, all close before rain. There is a iupc.ies of wood sorrel which double? its leaves I -jefore storms. The Banhinia, or mountain ;bony capia and sensitive plants observe the same habit. Disastrous Fire ox Wildwood Plastaton, Miss.?The Concordia Iutelligencer, of Friday last, says: "W. W. Wilkins, Esq., of Natchez, has ?o:eivcd information by letter of a disastrous ire on Wildwood Plantation, on Lake Washngton, Washington county, Mississippi, belongng to Wade Hampton jm, Esq., by which his plendid gin edifice, embracing the steam saw uid corn mills, was consumed by fire last week )n Tuesday, together with 130 bales of cotton. I'he loss, including the value of the cotton canlot be less than $28,000.'* Young Generals.?Alexander (Tie Great !ieil at the early age of 32. Hannibal gained he Battle of Cannae at about the same age. seipio fought at Zama when not much over 30 Julius Caesar had conquered Ganl when he vas 15. Gcrmnnicus was poisoned in his 34th rear. At the Battle of Plassy, Clive's age vas not so advanced as that. Napoleon gain?d his mighty victory at Austerlitz when he lad scarcely completed his 85th year and at he time the immortal Wellington finished his campaigns in the plains of Waterioo he was jnly 4G years old. Powkr.?I honor tlie passion for power and ule as little in the people as in a king, It in a iciotis principle, exist where it may. If by ?tio rtYrtrcisrt of sovereignty temocracy w uit....u _ o yy the people under all those provisions and iclf-iinposod restraints which tend more to se:urc equal laws, and the rights of each and all hen 1 shall he proud to bear its name. Put he unfettered multitude is not dearer to me, hail the unfettered king.? Channinp. A lady went into a hardware store, In which here were a couple uf clerks, aud called for i pair of snulTors. "'Suppose you take us." saifl )uc of the cleiks?"we both snuff." The lady lidn't buy. She said the article wasnt good ?nough for her use, , i" . xi