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The First Statue of Canova.
There arc, doubtless, fe\\r of our
readers who have not heard mentioned '
# with honor, the name of the great
Canova, that skilful sculptor of mod- i
^ crn times, whose admirable statues ]
y have almost taken rank among ihc
inastcr-pieees which Grecian antiquity 1
has transmitted to us. Canova, like 1
many other great men, owed his rise ]
solely to hifoself. Diligent labor was i
)' the only source of his fortune, and
the lir?t attempts of his infancy pre- ]
saged the success of his mature age.
^ Canova was an Italian, the son of <
n mason. All the education which '
\ lie received from liis lather consisted i
in learning the business of his trade. ?
j\s soon as his strength permitted, lie
learned to handle the trowel and the \
-\ i 4I.a l
ii lumur, iu ijiia. tnu juiisiur <11111 iu ?
i place the gravel?occupations which 1
i\ he.-d'sdiarged with sufficient zeal and J
fc.fy activity to be soon able to serve as
.y" \ thbjoanieynian or rather the conipan- 1
A- l ion of his lather notwithstanding his j
^firr w\?"^h. hi the frequent intervals ! <
?,, rriyi rayo?io wmtm-fus wettuncns renucreu
j. iridi-pensable, he amused himself by
3 observing the (liferent objects which
Jie saw about him?with sketching
ihcm ronghlv with brick or even with
i\ modelling their forms in the plaster
^ jhhI cement which lie had just mixed.
These constant exercises, practised i
,u Avitli as much perseverance as intel- j
i Jigence, soon rendered him familiar |
with the practice of drawing, and of |
sculpture in relief! But his youthful
f talent was unknown to all, even to
bis father, who only concerned himself
with his greater or less skill in
passing the plaster to the sieve and in
pouring water into the trough.
A whimsical event suddenly occurred
to reveal it to all the world.
J Lis father had been summoned to
make some rennirs in the country
_ _ ^ I , J I
liousc of a rich lord of the neighbor- (
hood, lie had taken his son with
him, according to custom, to act as ,
Ins journeyman, and the genteel car- t
riage ol' the little Canova soon djo- j
j,. cured for him the affection ol'the chief i
cook and of all the scullions of the ,
house, so that the day's work being
ended Canova did not stir from the
>1 pantry, where lie executed in crumbs i
~ oi bread or in plaster, grotesque j'iig- .
ures and caricatures, which delighted
1.I?A niwl in rr>fiirn t.lipv f 1?<1 liim
in the style of my lord.
One day there was an entertainment
at the country house. Canova ;
was in the kiteln-n, playing with the
P scullions, when the}7 sudently heard 1
a cry of despair from the pantry, and
saw the head cook coming out in
alarm, throwing up his cap, striking
^ his breast and tearing his hair. After
JjJ the lirst moments of astonishment they
'/$ crowded around him in a huddle.
"I am lost," he cricd, "I am lost, I
^m lo<^. | magnificent master-pWr'
my palace, which I had built for the
dinner! see in what a condition it is!"
V> And with a pathetic gesture, he
? showed an edifice of pastry, which he
I had just drawn from the oven. Alas!
it was burnt, covered with ashes and
J half demolished. There was a gene?
??.?! Ai?tf /%(' PM niM?i CJA tin mclnil n-i 1? lli Af I
ym JLtll ^1 J CUI IOO lUIII^ilUU H Itil L 11 lI b
K 0t uwf,? :Q tri i,n .1? "" ?*?nianded
p tfie dinner hour. I
J|j -4rafte'not time. to make another. I j
4y am lost! My lord expects for the dessert
something remarkable. lie will t
; tarn me away."
Daring these lamentations, Canova
* talked round the diminished palace
j and considered it with attention.
A "Is this for eating I" he inquired.
"Ob, ::o! my little one," answered
tV.e cook, "it is only to look at."
'Ah w.ll, all is safe. I promise
you something better in an hour from
^ now. Hand me that lump of butter."
The cook, astonished, but alreadv
liali* persuaded by bis boldness, gave
iur.vai-Hio wanted; and of this lump
of butter, Cauova made a superb lion,
which lie sprinkled with meal, mounted
011 a pedestal of rich architecture,
$ and be-fore the appointed hour, exhibited
his finished work to the wondering
spectators. The cook embraced
. him with tears, called him his jjrescrver,
and hastened to dlace upon
ihe table the extemporaneous masterpiece
of the young mason. There
was a cry of admiration from the
guests. Never had they seen, said
they, so remarkable a piece of sculpture.
They demanded the author of
\ it.
' Doubtless one of my people," answer
ercd my lord with a satisfied air; and
jO he a^ked the cook.
raj . lie blushed, stammered and ended
f . by confessing what had happened,
j All the company wished to seethe
f,: voung-^mn nevman. and overwhelmed
Canova with praises. It \va9 decided
, / at once that the master of the house- '
hold j*houUl take charge of him, and
* have him go through studies suitable 1
j to his precious talent.
.They had no cause to repeat of this
decision. We have seen that Canova
V knew how to profit by the lessons of
his Masters, whom he soon excelled. J
-v Nevertheless, in the midst of his celebrity,
he was pleased with remember- .
ing the adventure of the'Hon of butter*
i and aaid he was very porhr ttfftt It had
been m'ol ted. .' ^ uojte'ho acliled, ,
A t 'mbaL.my latter statu eaWill be more ,
'v '^Mi^t'lcrwiae mV refutation runs a ,
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, PeotMratlOB -vt Wte <
:rtyr telegraphic correspondent in Ealtiin
a despntfU received yesterday, say?
private letters received by Jhe Canada, J
imiwrtAnl information that En? "A
>^"Ffajice have formally declared i
W lltmia, aiid that in consequence 1
ytiton wn9 to Imvcp' linmeaisidj ?
vjgMftn ilio Cabinet as Iftme t
^Bh?4-8 had ft fitvoralile effect ?>
An Act to alter the Sittings of the Courts of
Zdrtr, on the Western Circuit, and the Covrt of
Equity for Charleston District;
De it enacted by the Senate and House of
[leprcscntatives, now mot mid sitting in Gener*
\l Assembly, and by the authority oftheenme,
ilint hereulter the Courts of Law for the We?teru
Circuit, shall be held nt the timet! following, in
ileud of the times now provided bv lftw.thftt is
Lo say, for the District of Abbeville on the first
Monday in Mirch and October, in every year to
?it one week nt cueh term, if bi? lulip be nceessap\*
; for the District of Anderson on the second
Monday in March mid October, in every year
to sit for one week nt each term, if bo long be
necessary; for the District of Pickcns on the
third Monday in March and October in every
i'ear, to sil for 0110 week nt cucli term, if so long
be necessary; for the District of Greenville, on
ihc fourth Monday in March and October in cv
a_i > tin-, 10 mv lur one wock lor eacli term, if so
long bo necessary ; for tlio District ofSpartnnburg,
on the first Monday after the fourth Mundayiu
March and October in every year, to sit
For one week at each term, if so long he necessary
; for tlie District of Laurens on the second
Nlondav after the fourth Monday in March and
October in every year, lo sit for one week ut
ikicIi term, if so loin? be neceasnry.
That all Wrlls ami I'roceees, which slinll have
lieen made returnable to the Courts of any oftliD
<aid Districts at llie time heretofore provided for
by law, shall respectively be legal and valid to
nil intents and |>urposr>>, for the Courts next to
lie held in the said Districts respectively, according
to tho provisions of this Act, and that all
persons who have been summoned or may hero*
lifter be summoned to attend the Courts of any
nl the said l)!str;r:ts. as Jurors or Witnesses* or
who now are or shall hereafter be bouud in recognizance
to appear at any of the said Courts,
nt the time now provided by law, shall be, and
are hereby required to attend and appear at the
Courts of this lid District1', respectively, next to
bo lioldeii, uncording <o the provisions oi'lhis Act.
ABBEVILLE, S- t'.:
Thursday Morning, January 12, 1854.
wuiiipuioi-'aiary.
Wo arc constrained to say a word in favor of
uur Khaiighae Cock, Tom. It will be gratifying
.00, to our friends of the Clinrleston Poultry Association,
10 hear a good account of their fuvorite
L)ir?l. Tom is still quite young?has been crowng
and gallanting the Indies of his roost scarcely
l month, yet already exhibits qualities that
put his value fur ahead of nny burn-yard (owl
ive ever heard ciow. Some Editor not long ago,
related that his Shuughue proclaimed llio approach
of day long before nny oilier species in
liisyard, ami philosophically accounted for it, 011
the fact that Shangliae's legs were so long that
lie first caught the peep of day, as it slightly
iv inked over the curt It's spherisity. "We doubled
;hc truth of this at firs<t (be the philosophy as it
may,) but Tom's achievements have inorc than
converted 11?. Ills roost is just under our dormitory
and regularly as llie world revolves, nnd
seemingly at the same absolute point of time, his
liuge guttural, sounding several notes somewhere
between the roar of al'.on, and the ufs's bray, he
rouses the whole family to eonseiousness an<l life,
lie never makes n mistake, and is too wire and
too free from tho weakness of the demagogue,
lo be led into error by the elumor of other und
common cock*. Wo have repeatedly seen him
tried; Rant-yard*, a half an hour, or an hour
before the right time, will frequently set up a terrible
elatter, but Shanghae heeds not their bawling,
ho nits s lent, with all the dignity of his conscious
astronomical knowledge. Ily Mud by,
however, when the coarser cocks are wrapt in
Bleep and stupidity, an uwful flippinganddrumming
is heard, but no erow yet. he is only sounding
bis ulurin clock?this subsides and is quickly
renewed again, as if some enemy was drawing
him from his perch?then in grand bass rolls forth
his authoritative proclimation of day, waking tho
arowsy echoes of lull niul forest Wc need no
alarm clock ill our homcsted, and willi Shanghac
Tom, ai?djy?c of Millers almanacs, we keep tjjo
ocst flmt In tfie v7<7t5c. i\tt
not shiue by the side ofTom, and if he dies of gout
or broucliclie, he shall be buried with the honors
due his usefulness aud sagacity.
Oar Exchanges.
Wc sliou'd long ago, have noticed the last issue
of Graham and Coder's Magazines. They
have come to us with their usual promptness
n?,i ,i^f.nrp, aiul promising j'et greater cluims
upon the patronage of a libr??J reading public.
We have also received the valuable and able
republications of Blackwood, North British Review
and London Quarterly. Contents of the
last are as follows: Tlie Institute of France;
Murder of Thomas 1L Beckvt; Louis XVII ;
the Dauphin in the Temple; The Holy Places;
Diary ofCasnubon; Life of llavden ; a reply to
a review of the life of the same unfortunate artist
in Blackwood ; in the former he is lauded
and commiserated, in the latter, held up to the
couteuipt of postcii'y. Electro-Biology, Mcs
incri.-m a:idTublc Turning. If nny one of our
rraJc-rp, is olilj <;o:ifiised and doubting 011 lhi?
exciting subject, he should, by all means, read
this article; it proposes to give a clear, logicnl
account of the whole matter. And, if its philosophy
is true, which we l.avc long believed, it
dissipates into worse than thinuir, all the quackery
of subtle electric currents, uttd fumiliur communications
with the spirit world. The reviewer
bases the whole manifestation on the common
principle of dominant ideas and suggestion internal
uud extcrual; that is when tlm
completely absorbed arid fixed on one subject,
losing for ilie time its normal power of volition,
it can 110 longer pro Jucc that association of ideas
which constitutes judgment, and is at the mercy
of every hint or suggestion given by the operator?hcnce
thetti-Umiahing manifestation*. Tabic
Turning is nothing more tliau involuntublc muscular
action; the rapping is produced dexterously
by the foot, hcnce women aro tho rapping rnodiuin?.
Tho modus oprandi of conversing with
the dead, was first published by a Mr. E. II.
l^cwe*, in ft weekly newspaper. 'This gentleman
considered tliut Mrs. Iluydcn probably derived
lier indieutious when to rap from gome invo!untaiyeigit
of the question, uu his pointer arrived
ut tho letter, which should form the next component
of tho answer-?this sign being either a delay
in passing to the next letter, or soino uncou cioiiB
gosture which would bo perceived by an
observer habitually on tho watch, iiy purposely
giving such indications, he caused Mrs. Hay den to
rap out answers of tho most absurdly, erroneous
character." We also have on our table the
Jauuary number of the Southern Quarterly Review;
an unusually able edition?Tho contents
ore:?Cuba and the Tripartite Treaty; My Novel,
by Bulwer; l'he People; American Educational
Works; The Public Health; Cary. on the Slave
rrade, by lira Louisa S< MeCord; Literary
Woolgatlierin?a; Busy Moment*, by an Idle
Woman- We wish tlino wuallowed us to noticf
tome of th^se artiolcafurtbe r than the mere anuouocament
of tliirhead*. Our ILterdrypuWic,
most feel ita eolemu obligation to maintain this
tbla Quarterly and axponent at Southern feeling,
apiuioa andinfod. m r- , m.;
. Ma. Bicu**d Ymoosr, pf pj^o?ton, h*a4d-.
Ireaaed a UtUt toR. F,i,>R*Y, e*q^ puftipg HipitUfMtut
ia c%ri*t in roapeot to {the following
emark hi the dHwial correapondenoe oftlie
Patriot t fa Mai ?? 1? *'
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fiteMix**, o?r th'ErtgWjx};
'" MR*****?
?nd In lh? Meditatrjm^n *?, fVom Iko Fcrtc,
o be 1mc4 ?a ? United Stairs Naval drj>ot.
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Medical Students and the Indiattfe.
^Sonto years ago Dr& D- and W?? were i
able and rival physicians in the beautiful town of
C?** Their inodical offices, too, by a singular
coincidonce, Were sittiuted just opposite to
each other ou the same street, to both of which
the fame of their respective possessors had lured
a large cninplcmcntof students of niediciue, aud
us during, fuu-Ioviiiga collection of the proferoion's
hopes, perhaps, ns ever wielded the sculpel,or robbed
a grave. The offices were furuitshod with
dissecting rooms, and it wait customary for tlio
students to act us their own resurrectionists in the
disugreeuble, adventurous business of procuriug
subjects; and many a wdd story was tradiliona*
ry ni cucli, of the hair-breadth cscapes, and during
feats enacled in the sombre gloom of old Potters
field. It happened on one occasion, in the
timo to which Ave refer, and at a juncture per,
hajis, when our young saw-bones, fatigued by
study and confinement, were anxious fur relief
| in some cuugenial frolic, that a roving band of
| Indians pitclu-d their teuton the eastern outskirts
of the town, where ouc of their number soon af
' tcrdied, and was buried by his comrades in the
forest near by. This faet was not long in reaching
the quick ears of both offices, neither of whom
could afford to lose so good an opportunity for
exercira and so vare an anatomy. Each, therefore,
unknown to the other, revolved to dkinter the
body of the red man. W's students discovered
from certain indications in tho oppouito ofiico
that their rivals were preparing for the same e*i
terprisc, and it became ? rppIoiih mioctS/in l-"*"
! they could circumvent them, nnd sceuro the
; prize for themselves, without a direct collision,
for there were men of ,u<ru stuff" in both offices.
Thceouneil were notloi:~ deliberating; a plan wns
Boon proposed mid matured ; a spy sent into the
enemies' quarters ascertained when they would
! move in the matter, and they made every tiling
I reudy for the same night, got out the little wagj
on, and put Pompcy on the alert for order*. In
{ due time, when night had added her sable mantle
! to the scene, but long before the hour ut which
I resurrcetionists are usually at work, \\"sstudents
! were safely fixed in ambush at tlio Indian's
i grave, waiting with breathless interest, the com.
| ing of their uiiBuspccting rivals. By and bv thev
arrived with spud^s and wagon, carefully approaching
and reconiioitcring the ground. All
seemed safe, and the work of disinhunialion began;
man}' a joke cracking as it proceeded, at the exi
pensc of W'soffice and students. The ambtisca|
dors were bursting for action, but tilings were not
| quite ready yet; the cunning rogues intended to
j have both the subject and their fun, without any
I more labor than huge convulsions of laughter
| might cost them. The diggers go bravely on
?at intervals relieving each other, as only two
I could shovel at a time, and the work of cmpty!
ng a deep grave some medical students know is
no child'n piny. At last the body is reached,
and they bend down to raise it,?a quick signal,
and suddenly as a clap of thunder from
heaveni the leriiblc warlioop of the Choctawsor
some other equally war-like tribe, wakes the
| welkin and rings ssi the midnight bi'ueze, ihruugh
j the gloomy pines and bhu-kjitt-kti *?*????
Spades and sticks lie scattered round, and the
rapid fall of feet, the cracking of sticks and the
rustling of bushe?, arc heard in f.ho -i-'i
ncss of the forest. The roule woe complete, and
na eacli fellow sped ft way. under Iho imperative
necessity of the first law of nature, he cxpected
every moment to fee! the'cold tomahawlk of u
savage. When D's students were no longer in
hearing, the victorious party changed their warwhoop
to one of the most upronrous haw-hawlaughsthnt
ever peeled over the slumbers of the
living or the dead ; then taking their subject so
richly won, hastened home and to bed. Aud, to
1 'loto thf iHor^Pone
I one of D's students who lifted the sand bo handsomely
that night, has ever been disabused of the
uimici mill a uona-Uilc Indian war-whoop robbed
them of their subject.
Snow, Sleet and Cold.
The tables have suddenly turned, and ancient
Winter resumes with rigid face and hoary heard,
nil hie prcslinc tswny. Each Saturday for three
weeks in succession, wo have had snow or sleet,
and an intcnsit\* of rold, that rrinimls us of lh<>
Winters of 183(i,-7. While wo write, patches
of snow arc still <m the ground, which is as complefcrly
frozen ond locked up, ur a temperature
I several degrees below the freezing point can efi
feet. We fcur much, for the young wheat crop;
I if last night's freeze does not get in to its orgauiz1
ation or hurl it high out of it* mother's bosom,
its powers of endurance, are still quite respeetaj
ble. Notwithstanding wheat is a native of a colder
, climate than our own, it is probable that our long
I series of mild Winters basin agood degree weakened
its original ulaniiim under the ser-;v;|{ng
influence of old Black frost.
C3^~At the request of a very pretty youne
* -*
umy, wopui>li.sli to-day, on our second pag<?, u
description of the Anglo-Ja]>anc6c work for ornnmcnling
cabinets, tables und other urtieles of
furniture. The process is simple, and the materia!
all quite cheap ; but tho bountiful finish ii
imparts, will astonish any one who has not seen
'l before.
CirWc linye not hud room for Mr. Pkrrv'k
Address on tho subject of Education, in Columbia.
It presents many illustrious examples of
the irrepressible energy of genius under difficult
tics. But the latter part of it contaius, as usual
from Mr. Pewit, is an invidious comparison between
the slave-holding and non-s!avcholding
States of the Union, to which no true heurted
Southerner can subscribe. We are not afraid of
suffering a moment by such comparisons, for il
linn 1??" "I'" A *
....b Uwv? vuiiuus iu unserving, cnudid
minds, that the slave Slates of tliiq Union aro
its only conservative portion ; but wo pity the
spirit which is ro forgetful of it#patriotism, and
the obligations of citizenship, as to be unnb'e to
co the good in Its own institutions and customs,
which it is everlastingly lauding in those of
strangers and enemies. . , .
1 OT Mr. Poulo and s<m liavo each fought a
duel in fiipain; the issue of the difficulty of young
Soulc with tire Duke of Alvn, who made some
slighting remarks ou Mrs. Boole's drees in the ' J
hearing of the son, a youth of eighteen.
?? '
fWCAFT. J. B. Smith, of Mi. Willing Edgofiejd
is dead. ^ ^
81* Jouif Pkamkun U not .ytt given over as
lost by the British Ad mi ral i ty?par tics are still
in scarch of hiu>. / < j
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tW CoL Off. -ill f?i? 4?L- "*
^ , v<u;uhivk>, roe me
book of i'atoot QfQco lUporta? li#ii*s, io kindly
forwy4ed^,; & 4*il1 J
m Hrmfa Mt&?"
Dktrict aijd ii m?y be., noT?r to, retain. am
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An election Won held in Cokcsbury on the 10th
inst, aud the following gentlemen were clectcd:
/ntcndaM, J. N. Cochran.
Wardcnt, B. Z. llciudon, John Suber, N. /Sims
M. C. Gory. *
C3if~The many warm friends in this district
of Prof. M.J. Wilmamh, will read with pleasure,
mingled with regret, the following paragraph,
clipped from the Southern l'utriot;
l'kofehsoa Williams.?We wero very much
gratified the other evening, in receiving a kind
and affectionate letter from this distinguinhod and
ledrned gentleman, lie writes us from Marietta
Go., and we feel assured that his numerous
friends in South Carolina?and all who knew
Iiim were his friends?will l>c pleased to lenrn
that, though sorely afflicted, his reason is Mill
spared. we make the following extractfrom his
letter:
*'I thank you, my dear sir, for the kind nnd
flattcrihg mention made of inc in one of your
communications from Columbia to the Patriot.
Permit me to correct an error, into which you
have fallen, ns to tho nature of my disease. 1
have not had paralysis. My disease is supposed
to be some affection of the brain. I continued
to have the free use of all my liinhs, and, as fnr
as I can judge, of my iulcllecluul faculties, until,
by the gradual progress of the disease, I was confined
to my bed by general debility. 1 write
now, in this condition, l>v the hand of my niece."
* * "My heart still fondly clings to tho
South Carolina Collego and its interests. The
new Professor of Mathematics, C. F. McCny,
would be an acquisition to any literary institution.
He is one of the very best mathematicians
of the age.** * * * * "Uicrc urcseverul topics
upon which 1 should like to enlarge, if 1 had the
strength; but I must wait another opportunity."
There were few men in South Carolina, or ill
the Southern States, who equalled Professor
Matthew J. Williams, us n mathematician; and
none surnussed him as a friend, a irontliminn nm 1
a Cliriiftiaii. President Thornwell said, nt the
College Commencement, that lie loved him iib a
brother. All who knew hiin iiitiimitoly would,
say the same. Wc most sincerely lm|>o that lie
limy be spec<lly restored to health and strength,
anil usefulness. We ore gratified nt his high
opinion of his successor in the chair of Miitheuintics.
E3?""\Vo have received from our old College
friend, Col. L. M. Ivcitt, congressional representative
from Orangeburg, a pamphlet entitled,
Negroes and Negro Slavery, by .1.11. Van Evrie,
M. D., of Washington city, a most able defence
of the institution of Southern Slavery, on an entirely
new principle. Some of the author's illustrations
and positions are startling. It is the
nrHi cnnpier 01 a worK, oi 4UU pages, lo bo thus
published in a monthly series of pamphlets, anil
contes under tho sanction of several distinguished
names. Wc have but one objection to it, it
denies the unity of the races?bating this, every
slaveholder should rcud it, it will give him principles
and facts in the dcfencc of the saving institution
of (lie.South, that doubilosN lie never
dreamed of before. We select the following extract,
as a specimen:
In all the countries of Europe, nearly lmlf the
people are armed to keep down tbu other half.
Englund is no exception; for though her standing
army is lew, in perfect keeping with the fraud and
hypocrisy of her whole system, an armed police,
equal to tho regularly soldiery of the more manly
jIia oiiiiknrin 1 jo Iroltt tit nny un.J
constant unsleeping activity to keep down the
people. Was the European aristocracy to place
itself in thesame ponit'on towards the i>oen!c that
the planters of the South do, in respect lo their
iicgrarf?were kings nml noblesto disband their
armies, lo present themselves strippedof ull artificial
support, faec to face with their subject*, na
tlie planter <lors daily and constantly to hi* negroes?to
triwt to their assumed anil fictitious
superiority, us the planter docs to his real and
natural superiority, the cntiie crow of fictitious
and painted humanity would he received with a
roar of derision from tlio Volgar to the Thames;
and their actual inferiority and utter intignifU
cance would be so pulpubly revealed to the people
that tbe latter would ncnrccly condescend to punish
them far their past transgressions.
affair to see two ladies (?) an hour beo
xi. _ A * o ii i /? .1
lore uie ume lor me leaving 01 the
train, throw the backs of one seat
over so as to sit vis-a-vis, lumber
tlie spare room with shawls, bundles
and bandboxes?and then, when the
cars begin to be filled up, take every
precaution to prevent any one from
occupying cither of what should be
vacant scats, and in many instances
compelling passengers to stand, when
a spirit of accommodation would al-,
low then a comfortable position.?
Such persons should be informed by
inc couaucior, that when they buy a
ticket, the purchase of the car is not
included.
None of us but what have lm?l similar
scenes coinc under our notice.?
We arc reminded at this moment of
a singular movement on tho part of
an individual in the C'enwal
cars, which came under our observation
a few days ago?a movement
which combined in a striking degree
at once ihc 'judicial' aud the 'executive'in
the person of a singlc-selfappointcd
righter of human wrongs.
Two ladies fashionably dressed and
apparently intelligent, but of a species
above indicated, had taken their
scats in the cars, facing each other,
and ekeing out to the greatest possible
extent what they called their baggage,
(though tho party themselves
were far worthier that name;) the
shawls, reticulcs and little "fixing"
so as to feftcctually exclude all comers
from the vacant seats. The cars soon
became uncomfortably crowded, sev
eral were standing, and many were
tbe ineffectual: applications madcTor
the unoccupicd plaoee referred to, but
all lo 110 purpose. AVtien.at, last, an
elderly gentleman and his wife com
ing in, meekly : requested a place*?
The young laay, wlio sat with l?er,
brazen fhee towards the passengers,
consented to allow the indv ot tlio
new comers to sit opposltortoer. but
no mortal would she permit to occupy
the seat by her side. Consequently
the husband was compel) ed*tofind
on asylum in some remote piiiT of
the car. The .indignation and /contempt
of all the passengerts haa, at
this time, attained to about the 'murmuring'
pitch ; but things'went on ,
this way a few stations further^,when
a stalwart, hoosier-Jookmg epajfe who
sat directly opposite the elderly lady^
r\n ilia /Ukaii %
?? ?>v v. uyi oiijo yji wo untie, seeing
to have been visited by a gulden in*
Bpi ration, rose, marchcdup to thd
self complacent young pre<etnf>tioner,
and said hi * tone? tnatwobla iliave
rtadd iviwt^iriwcriiervoMis'i' '1 ? ?
"Hello*sa ir^ tojrdl' (J
bin tbinkm1 iriake ^a betdpr
rangecaeut than this, should like
PMM .th&K&kki&ftwfr ' andmtB
wire sif :^tlicr,. :I jhdttU. JEgfaty
i ; ,0,ttn<8S amtwm
I
" beautiful to see, " bet' ladyship re- ]
plied : i. :
" No, I thank you, sir; 1 wartt this 1
seat for my baggage, and I shall not 1
give it up to any body; " and up goes 1
ner nose into an angle of forty-five \
degrees.
" Wc-all now," persisted Iloosliier- (
osus, " that don't seem reasonable, ,
that you should litter up a whole seat ,
with them 'are little traps, when pla- j
ces are so ' scarce.' Hang 'em up on
to a nail; stick 'em under ye; set i
onto them : ther's lots of ways to fix I
it." <
Snap went the eyes again, and up <
cocked the little nose as she retorted : <
"I shall do no such thing, sir : and (
T 1-- -ir I ----- I
uivicuvci, x suuil UU UUIlgCU IU yOU,
if you'll just mind your own busi- '
ness."
"Well, now, you see, I've set my J
heart unto fixing this, and it don't (
seem's though I could think of being
disappointed. And I've about made
xip my mind, that unless you fix it so,
I shall be obliged to give up my scat
to the old gen'lman, so as to bring
him as nigh as possible to his wife,
and I shall liev to come and set along
with you. I dunno but you'd like
that 'rangement; I'm considered some
among the girls where I live. "
A look of determination now began
to gleam from the corrugated face of (
the countryman, and the young lady,
with mingled alarm and indignation,
hastened to reply :
" You'd better take care what you i
do, sir, I'm not to be insulted with i
impunity. "
" O, I'm responsible, " was his only
answer, as lie led the old gcutleman
to his own seat, and immediately commenced
crowding into a place by the
side of the young lady. This movement
she resisted strenuously, when,
encircling her waist with his brawny
arm, he lifted her up as though she
were a child, planted her down firmly
at the further end of the seat, and
settled himself comfortably into his
place.
"There, " said he, "that's the dandy.
Now let's hev a little tern o' talk.
You'll find me one of the plcasantest
fellows you ever 'did sec' in private
conversation."
mi. l " *
-mo reaucr may well suppose there
were screams and struggles, and eyes
that flashed through tears, and threats
of vengeance by the quantity, while
the passengers on every side, staggered
by the Croimvcllian boldness of j
this coud d'etat, and more than doubt- j
ful of its propriety, but rejoicing in !
spite of their misgivings over the sud- j
den retribution that had befall n the
couiinoii enemy, were vainly striving '
to conceal their merriment.
"You brute! you villian! I nev- ]
er was so iusultcd in rny life ! It's !
outrageous for tins passengers to permit
it! Conductor! conductor! we
?augh?ew! Where is the conducj
y :? I T *
iui i nun sue 11 lacnes arc to oe insulted
in the card with impunity ?"
"Fetch on your conductor, " says
the impcritablu squatter, " I'd like to
if? ^w a Mriajfcftity:
Out bounded the l:idy in a rage.
She'd rather jump on the truct than
sit with such a be.tst. Immediately
the hoosicr rose, turned over the revolving
back, removing the ladies
'things' carefully to the scat on wlii ;h ;
her companion, mute and terrified, j
was sitting, jilaccd the uassivc old i
gentleman and bis wife (who obeyed
him with an amusing reliance on his
superior ability) into the vacated places,
quietly returned to his own seat,
with 'exegi monumentum' air of a
man who has 'served his generation.'
The ejected lady soon returned to the
side of her companion, and in a crestfallen
and unobtrusive mood, retained
her place to the close of the journey.
Our story is done. We hardly
think we should have attempted it,
had wc anticipated it would have
proved so long a on^. We will not
Till jt put anv' further with philoso- |
phizing, but "let every reactcr maicc i
Ilia A\vn 'imnrAtrAmAt?f ' WT? I
W...? Mii/iuivuibllh II U UUI1 L
believe the all-pervading young lady
on the ears, at any rate, has any doubt
about its moral.
. j
Anglo-Japaaaso Work.
This elegant and moat useful work is vory <
easy in its execution, while the means and
appliances for its performance are within the <
reach of every one. The materials are simp I
ly yellow withered leaves, a little dissolved >
gum, black paint, and copal varnish : while 1
the objects to he ornamented may be a box, i
cupboard, table, <fcc., in fact any old furni- t
turo that has bccu rendered unsightly by 1
ago or long use. A plain deal box, costing ?
about a shilling, mnv by tliw process, so far
as the out&ide goes, be converted into a cost- \
ly-Iooking dressing-case. An exquisite t
cliMs linAnl mnv mn<l? witli ?nm IWil? <
? v ?. * ?
skill, from a square piece of deal. Flower- '
pota, p6loBcrecti8, folding and hand - screens, |
may aii be decoratcd in this manner, and, 1
from untidy looking lumber, may Le con- (
verted into articles of use, elegance, and a
beauty; nud thi? at a merely uomiual ex- t
pen8e, tnstu -being the chief requisite in .
the production. The employment forms t
one of the most agroeable and pleasing r
amusements for summer daya and winter r
eveniugs; in the summer, givinga purpose (1
and an aim to many a joyous raiuble, '
for in tlieee desultory walk* a goodly col- r
lection may be inado of Naturura ainbered t
jewel*, u ?
! All leaves that areemall, of uneven &li?po s
And term tod at the edges, aro well adapted -f
fbrthi* work. As. ihoy aro collected, ibey f
should be placed between sheets of paper, e
but not elose together, then pressed by plac- t
ing a board o<? top, with ^weight upon it, s
to expftem any motstyre that may be therein a
and to reudor them quite flat. In the au- a
tump* tto jflgtsl Scented geranium-leaves, t
the jnaplo, thom, chrysauthemum, wild I'
rpanley, fern, tad a multitude of others, ?J
mky be found, including the smaller syca- i<
omre and small vine-leaves; but they must t
all have turned of a golden hue, or reddisle t
fated yellow; . Prepare the article to be c
nauiented, thus >?First rub the surface ?
iinooUtly down with aau<l-P?>>efV then coat d
it over with black paiot, wJiMtltcaa be pro* k
eared nady*?tix?dt at. a?j -loB-ehop? wliea .?
dry,rabU&wnamootkty v*hp?miee-?lone I
ttiid give two more Coat*. When tkeso. are t
tfry? arrange'the leave*on tlte tmrfuce in *< a
carolcM manner, but not in group*, uulo&s t
h ,*.! ,f .. .
*em*r*aMeetteMatse*e?eea6?Xsr?ntfnr?z3tai
preferred, liutterflies drawn, and colored, a
fellow with gamboge, or cut oftt of prints, o
?nd then colored, may be stuck at different 1
spaces with advantage ; but there should be a
no other color than the browft and diffo-ent 1<
.ints of yellow in the Icares. OSuin the tl
wrong side of the leaf, and press it on in its li
ippointed place with a hard tuft of wadding a
fastened tightly up in a piece of silk. Con- f;
tin lie this with the whole of tho leaves; and a
when they arc all gummed on, dissolve some f
gelatine of isinglass in warm water, and n
while rather warm, brush it well over every I
portion of the work, using the brush entire- tl
ly one way, not forward and back. "When
:lry, give the work three coats of the best n
copal varnish, letting the article remain a s
Jay or two between each coat. This pro- I
jess, thongh elaborate in detail, is easily and :<
even quickly done, and will well repay any i
trouble; that may bo taken, as with a re- v
newed coat of varnish every fiveor six years t
it will remain, as long as the wood will hold ]
together, as bright in appearance as when i
first finished. >
i
Tabor's Address |
We have made sufficient extracts from i
Mr. Tuber's Address to vindicate our crit- !
ique in regard to its stylo and principles.
Any thing more would be superfluous at
present. 1
# I
"Conservatism then, as Ave understand
it, is the highest type of progress. I feel,
gentlemen, m thus urging upon you couser
vatistn, as ttic bulwark of republicanism, I
speak to those in whom education, habits j
of life, and politicalposition, dictate a ready ,
assent. I shall again recur to it, in a more t
practical manner.
" It is now universal 1)' admitted that the
education of the people is essential to the
permanency of lii-publican institutions.
To oppose this doctrine is to incur the
chargc of hostility to enlightenment, and v
a leaning to aristocracy. The question, \
therefore, of the propriety and policy of
public education, may be considered as pas- f
sed upon. 'The State, too, is tho party to ^
which this duty is very properly assigned,
as comprising the people in their organic ]
body, and as demanding duties and services )
of the citizen of the nature of which, she '
should inform him. Republics, more than J
all other poliical systems, requires a higher ]
state of moral and mental training in the i
whole mass of citizens. This, then, being 1
tho admitted object, tho question remains
as to the best means to nttain it?a problem
far, very far, from being successfully
solved. f
" Altove all ancient nations, the system of
education among the Athenians is most
worthy of notice. A State, whose territory
was less than many of our districts, with a
population of but 20,000 voting citizens,
but which has left models ir politics, poe- try,
iiiatoiy, puiM'mupiiy iinu ihe arts, which,
after the lapse of more than two hundred
years, still stands unrivalled?a state whose ]
genius still holds supreme empire over the (
minds and hearts of men, must have juir- ]
sued a system of education as sublime and {
wise, as its achievements arc triumphant and j
enduring. In the language of another,
" a people who could bear to have their
follies lashed by an Aristophanes, who ful- 1
ly appreciated the lofty attic tragedy, who :
corrected the language of Demosthenes, '
must have had an intellectual refinement
never since equalled." What thou was 1
tlic training which bore such fruits? J
**T>in ctlaction Athenian was ]
jg?tcapiat ?na yjfsffc^ iliongti hot m mc 1
modern sense.
"Assuming that a Republic depends fur (
permanency upon the morality of the pco- ]
pie, ami that intelieetual cultivation is a ]
means to that end, there has been estab- ,
liidicd in some of the States of this Union,
what is termed a Common School system,
the range of which is reading and writing, !
with a few rudiments. '
"Now the first and fundamental error in *
this systctn appears to be in the implied as- I
sumption that reading and writing either [
in themselves constitute an education, or (
that the majority of those thus taught avail t
themselves of it, as a starting point for future
cultivation. I need not enter into an i
eluborato argument to show that the bare (
knowledge of reading and writing consti- ]
tutes in no true sense an education. It c
certainly cannot of itself make a better t
niau or a better citizen. (They are simply
means which, to produce the end for which
they were intended, must he properly used. ^
Like the tools of the artiznn, they may be
used to hew and destroy, ns wJ! ,-r, L 1-1.1
tn,li. i
.. ^ J ?
" But ag.iiu. Dcc3 this system, as well 5
nigh barren as it is of intellectual fruit, 1
cherish morals and instil virtue ? If it
ilocs not, tho very objects for which it is c
instituted, the promotion of public virtue, ?
as essential to republicanism are defeated. 0
This is tho test, and the comiuou school
system must stand or full bv it- "
' ? X
" But what is the state of morals where
his system prevails ! In Prussia, whoso
joastis the eulightenmentofher people crime
md vice aro greatly on the increase. In si
France, where tho l'eraian system has been P
id opted, they exhibit no diininutiou. In 1
.he United States, there is still a sadder tale.
In Now England, where, we are'told, this p,
ystom has been eminently successful, where,
eading and writing arse taught to all, crimo
-ice, aud infidelity are progressing at a
earful ratio. It is attempted to explain'
his by the iuflttende of emigration. , But
liA chilfuti/ta J.??? * ~ '
uuun WB (ItytCMBU IU l)C 1UUC- ){)
Kjndeut of it. Wliijp ibo South, reviled m
xscnuse she hesitate* to aildut and establish 11
bis meager, insufficient ana uysatisfcclory ft
ystem of public education*, enjoys coinpar- n<
ilively an. unexmopM immunity from all.
u Classmate*?This is iUo spot, Um is tho ^
lay, and we nro those travellers. But we
irc not all bore. Some have fainted by the fil
oadaido?some ply their fortunes uudor J."
listant skies, soipe are buffetted by. rude ti<
viiidsnud cannot couie, and. Somebavo ro
nassed away. I look aiacfflg Jwi and ask Li
i>* Logan,"who left us willi *o many ro- A
fret* andjuch high prorata* for Rogers, 4,
n vvflll Tim iUrtflK w?K^v i--? - u'
vttt r"yv:"'"* nau Mivn mill j Bg
or, Sparks, the trtw hearted and generous; rn
or liuilcr, who bravely exchanged the acadiny
for tho duties of tho soldier, and for
he talented, high-^oUjed William. Audar- #n
on. Where are they I Ah IK se* there
ire recollections rushing m floods upon you, J
nil commingled with them are voices whis- m
ering, they are gpne forever. They, too, ^
ooked forward to thi* day, as we have i
loue. They counted upon its sweet ro-im- sa
onr and hailed its approach with thri'liag aE
k090tus. Bui ere they. turned their steps **
o tlie spot whenco they, parted^ stern pro- 0f
cm issued from tho high ebttucerv of heav , -j
U, and they dcsceude^ to the chamber of. ~
tatb. >. We are here. To u%'saf9j?a??j>ort* ?
?ve bceu gmnled, ami through gloom <md 1]
tusltiue vie Imvo performed our pilgrimage ,ini
o tl.ia (*ir Mecca. Wkat ,c<tt?e for gr<v??- rw
?d? and fcrve*tpwiMj I A fs\* )?rief hoata eu
ud we will, pgain put h-2 on lifyV ujuxt;iin
sea. Wo return to our several yphercs,
ud .new dotiue will open up011 uf*.
Or foretaste of them chill the anticipation
lave we to' tell of life tlie ol<l tale of ui?ppointnicnt
and despair ? Or can wo
>ok it boldly in the face, and resolve that,
liough hope bo oftentimes buried in 'he
ard trials which hedge about us, and prop,
fter prop, falls as we lean, yet that our
lith in the right and true shall never be
hakoned ? If we have this, wc arc armed
jr every contest. "Wealth a lid honors
nay not pour iu upon us, and defo|t m?)^.
'light our best efforts, but we will nvt and
lie worthily, as becomes men.
"But I must close. Five yoare more,
ind again will we journey towards this
Duiiiuui us doubtless, will have
owed our comrades to tlie long bivouac,
md those who return will speak in still sadler
tones of such as are missing! And so
vill it be at each succeeding quinquennial,
intil, perhaps, some solitary comrade shall
>ilgrim here, like the scion of a once nuncrous
house, who comes from a far olT,
villi elate bosom, wearied feet and soiled
garments, to the mansion of his fathers,
md finding it dismantled and descried, ho
lasteus away to weep, to wander and t'>
lie."
HYMENEAL
Married, on the Evening of the 5fh of J?nuiry,
1854, l>y tlic Rev. A. Montgomery, Mr.
\latiikw R. Cochran to IVlisB Mary A.Nkwkli,
ill of Abbeville District., S. C.
Thrice happy he their wedded life.
Far from their hearts ull pain nntl strife ;
owcui ne iiioir home, and full llicir joy.",
As mutual love llioir soul employs.
Miirru-d, 011 Tuesday Kvoninp, the :$<1 instnnf,
>y tlie lie v. John I. Floozer, Mr. James II. M?ntis
lo Miss Ann Ei.izaueth I\1cCasi.an, ull of
liic District.
COMMERCIAL.
Abbeville, Jan. 11, 1851.
COTTON?Wo ipiote prices CJ to 'J 1-4 cents
i'l'HRKXT PRICES.
wilt per sark
oHee, ltio, per lb llic
" Javu 17
Mifjnr 7 u 11
ilolusscss 38 u 17
iuRon, Sides l(i
" Hams 12
' "lour per liJO lbs '2 7i?
iVIiiskey 48 a 2,'iS
(ipp (UiJiVool
S7
ron 0(>i a 7
Pxvine 25
;<>i>o 10J^airtjiiisr
14
\'ails (17
;hcct<o 14
CiiAni.EPTOx, Jan. 11.?Cotton is selling at
I .Mil o i-i 10 1U 3-4 CIMits.
Columbia. Jan. 11.?Tlic Ctttou market ranges
rom 8 to y 1 -2 cuius per ll>.
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avanted7 ~
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xteen years of age, us an Apprentice to the
rinting liusinc^.
lVEKY STADL.KS.?The mulersiguod huvu
J this, day routed Marshall's Livery Stulilos,
nd are "prepared to take Horses and Stock ftm ftlly,
nt as low price n? provision will admit;
Morses und Baggies to nire on fair tennj.
Jan. 8, 1864. ^ MATH IS, SALES & CO.
jun 12 8t 89 i
: "^"CARD. ' ' :
The undersigned take* this method of inform..
Llw/.: ? J- ?' -
y ?? iriouu?-i?na pa irons tUnt he must have'
onoy ; .and *U thoso indobteJ, llimt Suttle l>v
le 1st of February ncit, o>r take' .(ho co'ntejoneo*.
Ho will carry 011 tho Waggon Makinir
ustnc&s l>l,t ^'8 terms nrc cash, or approved
lie, when tho work is'deliverodi f *
jan 12 St 35 ELIJAH N. WILSQy,.
TOLEN?From tho SalncWliyr, onTSnnihiV . y
) night laal, a largo Dark IUy MULE, ubotit
toen hands higTi, eight or nine year* old.. N(? i
arkfl except that of the harness. A roasonnblu /
ovonnble reward will be given for an}' informaul
?<ffioeratng it r for apprehension, of tho
gae, l will pay largo'y. N. J. DAVJS.
Yt . |
TOTiCE.-^Tlio Sahieuiboy respectfully r?- ft
I . quests allthpse indebted to hun,. either by I
>te or n|?rii account, to ma&o payment! aa won I
pos#lbl*: Having a? larca; ?un of monfcy uVB
ise, ho is compelled (o-irnie tlim rcqneft.
Inn 14 >*Q f mil A
... T, ?Miiaim waaiTJJSLP.
Notice. 9
nUE Bltoi.ildii of ufrtttirsaniiintertfFten is par-.
I tiouiarly iuvitoltoilinfuHnwiitg extract loom
L the lust will mid t?rt#|ne;it of John W ,
nn, deconsod, to wit; " ? *
"And tp the end that qiv son, retor Zirrifiioranj
:lrt?ry enjoy the fttll Mneflt'Of flub'legacy,,
do truly uppoint my Exocutor, TvKute# of
id po/tioo, to contipl nhd 'inpnage tht> same;
wl at Ao Uino fo.be U?to l)?e |dooos, or
ado liublo for m?v d?t>ts winch m?v rmv?V<.i.
ntrrfcted vinM the kruiw-Tc'dtfe wncf c'tMmcntj
the Truat**.* JjW. HBAlRSflri'i
j*g , 89. </ > . &yc?tof.
T^TTT77T:TiT^~~2^^Q^~^rTrr^TTri
LL. ^?r?ons imtcbtal (? tlio ^'ilL:tik^rJ^'En2Wd,
docpuetl, nrc ri*qWJrc<1 to.
?ko pnyine^ii o*. Wforo th.o firM t|ay ^c4?^
rv licit, <h- tlicv *i)l find fliyir not. ?Ynd no-,
in unut($ of n? offtoVfur colfperonl"
' * k "lllEXrtrV; ltlVWMiA^ *
! -1 'Ifcir-jUV: fJt>l>U"tC*x fAri1' ^
jun 12 s* :;y
x,