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LADY BYBON'S REPLY TO LORD BYRON'S
" FARE-THEE-WELL."
Yen, farewell? farewell forever,
Tlion tliyaelf linst fixed our doom,
Bade h<>pc\* sweetest blossoms wither,
Never mnrc for me to bloom.
?t tr..r. *i ? i _ ?.t
uiiiur?i? nij; iiiuu iinut cull (1 me,
Did thou ever cny "furgive f"
For the wretch whose wiles enthrall'd thee,
Thou didst teem alo ne tx> live.
Short the span which time hath given,
To complete thy love's decay;
"My unhallowed passions driven,
Soon thy heart wus tnught to stray.
Lived for me tlint foelin^ tender,
Which 6o well thy verse enn show,
From my urms why didst thou wander,
Aly endearments why forego?
Wrnpt in drcatns of joy abiding,
Oil thy hrenst my hend hath lain,
In thy love and truth confiding,
llliosl cuiiaot know again.
When thy heart by me "glancM oVer," j
First displayed the guilty stain,
"Would these eyes have closed forever, !
e'er to weep thy ciiines again.
J>ul, farewell?I'll not upbraid tlioc,
Never, .never wish lliee ill,
Wretched iho' thy crimes have inude me,
If thou enn'st?be happy .still.
CASES OF CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.
Evidence which has :?j?j cured suilicient
to justify conviction, or even positive execution
of sentence has in some cases turned
out to be a simple mistake. The number
of theso cases is very great. Looking to I
Europe alone, nnd not going back for more
than two centuries, we could bring forward
at least two hundred cases, in a large proportion
of which sentence litis been executed.
We will notice a very few of these
cases:
One of the most interesting is that of Helen
Gillet,ayoung, handsome girl, atBourg- j
en Bresse, in France, who in 1G25 was condemned
to death for infanticide. But pub.
lie opinion believed so strongly in her innocence
that even the executioner had not
the courage to strike in cold blood, and thus
twice missed his aim. Then a frightful
scene ensued. The executioner's wife, fearinrr
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. MuuKuti niigiit iuao ills i'Ill|)IOV, DI'SC
tried to strangle the girl, and not succeed- j
ing, tried to cut oft' her head with a pair of
6ci-sors! It is the case of Eliza Fenning
with a horrid aggravation. The enraged
populace interfered by storming the scaftold,
killing the executioner and his wife, and
liberating llelen Gillet, who afterwards re
ceived a free pardon from King Louis XIII,
brother in-law of our Charles I.
Urbine Grandier's conviction and execution
nine years after, in 1634, for crimes he
i never committed, is too well known to require
any comment.
Another case is that of the Marquis D'An
glade, who, in lGSV, was accused of lheftt
WAR Willi Mc wifii O i.:~u ?- 1
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woman, tlirown into a frightful prison, aud
his judges not finding liiin willing to confess
a crime which he never committed, was
put on the rack, on which he died under
tile most agonising tortures. A year after,
his innocence was established beyond doubt.
A story very much like the last is that
of Jacques Lubour, who, in 1G89, was ac*
cused of murder, and died under his tortures.
A month after his death his complete
innocence was proved.
All these cases happened in France, yet
there is no lack of tlirm in England either
Take, for example,' the case of Colonel
Chatteris ; lie certainly was a wicked scamp,
but that did npt give the right to judge and
jury to execute him, in 1731, for a crime
which he never committed.
Or taRe the other curious case of Jonathan
Bradford* who in 1736 was executed
for murdler, a case peculiarly instructive.?
Bradford was so far guiliy that he had tho
inteution 0f committing the crime, but he
found the/ tark: done by another before Birp.
The real murderer confessed on his deathbed,
eighteen months after.
In 1753, Elizabeth Canning accused a
XIro WJ.K ?
? vuw, iu iiiwuuiciun, nuu Bume omers
of complicity in a rape and abduction.?
I'll* jury declared them gUilty, and nine
persons were condemned to death, and were
ordered for execution. Fortunately the ease
to the satisfaction
of all Ui% WWftM^tie ^eftoV convicted
were perfectly lonocetit, mid tit at (hegir
Canning had got up a story io account (pi
an otherwise unaccountable child to wiionn
lie afterwards gave birth. . "I " p
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Bui by Heaven's recording spirit,
May Hint wish forgotten be.
Life, though now a load,? I'd hear il
For the hal:c I've borne to thee.
Ill whoso lovely features (let me
All my weakness here confess,
While the struggling tears permit me,)
All her father's I can trace.
His, whose image neVcr leaves me,
Whose remembrance, yet I prize,
"Who this bitterest feeling gives me
Still to love where 1 despise.
With regret and sorrow rather,
When our child's first accents flow,
I shall teach her to say ''Father,"
But his guilt she ne'er shall know.
Whilst to-morrow and to-morrow,
Wako me to a widowed bed,
In another's arms no sorrow
IV* :l. . I r ii _ . - - > * *
uo tnuu icei.?1.0 iciir win miimif
For the world's applnnsi*, I sought not,
W'lien I lure inyselfl'rom iliv,
Of its praise or lilamo, I thouelu nut?
What its praise or blame to me ?
IIu in whom my soul delighted;
l'rom Ins heart, my image drove,
"Willi contempt my truth re<piiu-<l,
Ami preferred?n wanton's love.
Thou art proud, and mark me, Iiyron,
I've a soul proud as thine own,
Soft to love, but hard as iron,
When despite on me is thrown.
Of Admiral JLJyng's execution, four years
after, we will not speak, as it was more a
political than a judical murder ; and the
same objection applies to tlio execution of
Struensee, llio Danish Minister of State.?
of all innocent persons ever convicted, Jean
Calas has found the most brilliant advocate
in Voltaire's pen, so that Jean Galas' name
is eitcd now wherein injustice is mentioned.
The case, however, of John Jennings
who was executed in Hull, 17G2, for a
highway rohbeiv, of which he was altogether
guiltless, is quite as strong au argument
against the infallibility of the twelve
g' -otl men ami true.' Yet in England poor,
innoccnt John Jennings is not half so much
lamented as Joseph Lesunjues, who was innocently
convicted and executed for highway
robbery and murder in 1700, and his
story has been made up in novels, ballads,
and melo dramatic shows over and over
again, in England as well as in Franco.
Innocent, most probably, were also the
three Aslicrofls and William llolden, executed
in 181 7 at Manchester. l>alzac has
proved ihc innocence of tl.e public notary,
i t..i-i?! ik-iq r.?.. i?...
I t ? I ?v,j \.?vv li ivvi ill 4 UVU IVI 1IIMIV.IV.I* I'UV
no author yet thought it worth while to
prove lite innocence of :i score of miserable
.lews, who wore accused in Damascus in
lfsio, 'of having eaten alive a reverend
priest, the Padre Thomas,' and who were
beaten and toitured until they confessed a
murder which they "could not" have committed.?London
Leader.
. \yrx of our Distinguished Statesmen at
their J)eath.?The following table will be
interesting at this time, as showing the age
of many of our distinguished Statesmen at
the time of their death :
Born. Died. Age.
(lulloral Washington, 17;>2 1790 07
iHMtjumiu Franklin, 1700 175)0 81
John Adams, 17:55 1820 01
Tl - f il iNm ? ?... 1
I. ii<.iiit.ia ti ciicrauil, 1 l-l\i ijvjo tj-i |
John Adams, 1707 ISIS 81 j
Andrew Jackson, 1707 181.") 7S
Henry Clay, 177S 185- 7.">
John C. Calhoun, 1782 1S50 G8
Daniel \\ ebster, 1782 18.~>2 70
Thomas IT. I'enton, 1782 18."S3 7G I
It will bo seen that Ilenjamin Krai.klin
.vas l>urn at an earlier period than any
Statesmen who figured in our Revolutionary
history. He was the oldest man who
signed the Declaration of Independence,
being at the time seventy years of age, and
had Oiled the allotted time of the psalmist.
lie was tweutv-six yon is older than General
Washington, and was thirty-seven years
the senior of Thomas Jefferson. In the
number of years that he lived, John Adams
.. ..o (1..^ ..r ???-.? ? -1~!
?-?!%? ?uvi 1'iiiiiaiui u? ui 11 OliUOHIUIIj ilj'lllg
at llic extraordinary ago of ninety-one
years. He lived twenty-seven years longer
than General Washington, who was appointed
on his motion, in the Continental
Congress, Commander iu-chief of the American
armies during the War of the Revolution.
His son, John t>. Adams, was also
very aged, being eighty-one years old. The
Adams stock was distinguished for its longevity.?Jin
11 imore A in crt cu n.
Lovcul First Sight.?M. D'lsrael, in his
Novel entitled " Henrietta Temple' gives
utit:raneo lu the following novel idea upon
this subject:
" There is 110 love but luve at first sight.
This is llie transcendent and surprising
offspring of sheer and unpolluted sympathy.
, All other is the illegitimate result of oh
serration, of com promise, of expediency.
The passions that endure, flash like the
lightning: they scorch the soul, but it is
warmed forever. Miserable man, whose
lore rises by degrees upon the frigid morning
of mind ? Some hours, indeed of warmth
and lustre may perchance fall to his lot,
some moment of meridian splendor, in
which he basks 111 what he deems eternal
sunshine. Hut then how often overcast
by the clouds of care, how often dusked
by tl ie blight of misery and misfortune!
certain as the gradual rise of such affection,
is its gradual decline and melaucholy
; set. Then in the chill, dim twilights of his
| J n i
soul he execrates custom; because he ha9
madly expected that feelings could be habitul
that were not homogeneous, and because
he has been guided by the observation
of sense, and not by the inspiration of
sympathy.
Amid the gloom and travil of existence,
suddenly to behold a beautiful being, and
jis instantaneously to feel an overwhelming
conviction that with that fair form forever
our destiny must be entwined ; that there
is 110 more joy but in her joy, no sorrow
but when she grieves ; that in her sight of
love, in her smile of fondnes?, hereafter is
all bliss; to feel our flaunty ambition fade
away like a shrivelled gourd beforo the
visions; to feel f.nne a juggle, and postcri
ty a lie; and to be prepared at once, lor
this great object, forfeit and fling, away all
former hopes, ties, schemes, views ; to violate
in her favor every duty of society;
this is a lover and this is love I Magnificent,
sublime,^divine .sentiment 1. An.immortal
flame burns in the breast of thafnaan who
adores and is adortd / Ho is an otlierial being.
The accidcnts of earth touch bin^
not.- Revolution of empires, changcs "of
creed, mutation of opinion, are to. him but
the clouds and meteors of a stormy sky.
The schemes and struggles Of maukind are,
in his thinking, but the anxieties of pigmies,
. and the fantastical achievement of ap.es.
Nothing can subdue him. lie laughs alike
at loss of fortjiijfy loss of friends, Iqss of
> character. Tho deeds and thoughts of men
i are to him equally. indifferent.
> He does not mingTe in their paths of cal.
loUS bustle. Or hold liimaotf
"
i tlio airy impostures before whwfeljhjtfj^bow
t down, lie is a mariner, who, in the'eea of
I life, keeps liis gaze flexdly on a tingle star;
r (and, if that does not thine, he leta go the
i rudder, and glpriea when his barque descends
into the bottomless gulf.)
ST. PEIER'S AT ROME.
Translated from the J''ren ;h of Lainartine't
Confidences, for the Charleston Standard.
In my recollcclions of llome, two impressions
efface, or at least predominate over
all the rest?the Coliseum, the work of tlie
Roman people?St. Peter's, t' o chef
iVocuvre of Catholicism. Tho Coliseum is
the gigantic trace of a superhuman people
who, for the gratification of their pride, and
indulgence of their ferocious pleasures,
erected a monument capable of containing
a whole nation?and rivaling in massive11
ess and duration even tho works of nature.
The Coliseum will stand when tho waters
of the Tiber shall have dried up within its
muddy banks. St. Peter's is tho work of
a thought?a religion of all humanity at
one epoch of tho world ; it is not an edifice
destined for tho accomodation of a vilo people?but
a temple for tho reception of all
the philosophy, all the prayers, all the grandeur,
all the thought of man.
The walls seem to arise and enlarge for
Cod, rather than with reference to the people.
Michrel Angelo alone comprehended
Catholicism, and in St. Peter's we discern
its most sublime and complete expressionIt
is in truth the monumental transfiguration
of the religion of Christ, its apothesos
in stone.
The architects of the Gothic Cathedrals
were mblime barbarians. Micluul Angelo
was alone a philosopher in his conceptions.
St. Peter's is philosophic Christianity, from
whence the architect has expelled supcrsti?i
?i 1 ?i ??
klUll MdlUIIUOO, <UKl lUj'lilLXU 111U 111 uy
beauty space and unquenchable Hoods of
light.
The incomparable beauty of St. Peter's
consists in its being a temple which might
serve for the worshippers of any religion?
a deistical temple?if I may dare to apply
the word to stones, designed alone to invest
the idea of (jod with all its splendor. Though
Christianity should perish, St. l'eler's would
still remain the universal, eternal, rational
temple of the religion which might succeed
that of Christ, provided that it be religion
worthy of (Jod and human nature. One
more abstract has never been constructed
here below by mortal genius, inspired by a
divine idea. On entering it we feel uncertain
whether it be an ancient or a modern
temple. No detail bewilders the eye ?no
<;vmlml distl'ai'.fs 1.110. ihnmrlit.. Men nf r>vcrv
v O "'"V
faith might enter it with the same veneration.
We feel that nothing can dwell (here
but Iho idea of God, and that no other idea
can fill it. Change the priest, lake away
the altar, detach the pictures, still it is the
house of God. A grand symbol of that
eternal Christianity, whose germ exists in
the morality and holiness of the successive
developments of the religious principle in
all ages, and among all men ; revealing itself
to reason in proportion to the abilily
which God has bestowed of communing
with him iti its light, enlarging with the
human mind, expanding without intermission,
and gathering together all nations in
the unity of adoration more and more rational,
making of all forms of the divinity
but one God, of all religions but one worship,
and of all nations but one human na
lure.
Micha:l Angelo is tlic Moses of monumental
Catholicism. lie has made an im"
perishable ark for future times, the Pantheon
of rational divinity.
A Beautiful Idea.?Away atnoncr the
Alleghatiies there is a spring, so small that
a single ox, in a summer's da}', could drain
it dry. It steals its inobtrusive way among
the hills, till it spreads out in the beautiful
Ohio. Thence it stretches away a thousand
miles, leaving on its banks more than a
hundred villages, and cities, and many n
cultivated farm, and bearing on its bosom
more than a thousand steamboats. Then
joining the Mississippi, it stretches away
and away some twelve hundred miles more?
till it falls into the great emblem of eternity.
It is one of the tributaries of the ocean,
which, obedient only to God, shall roll and
j roar, till the angel, with one foot on the sea
and the other on the land, shall lift up his
hand to heaven, and swear that time shall
be no longer. So with moral influenceIt
is a rill?a rivulet?a river?nn, ocean,
boundless and fathomless as eternity.
The celebrated Benjamin West ralated
that his mother once kissed him eagerly
when ho showed her a likeness ho had
sketched of his baby sister; and ho adds,
That kiss made me a painter."
A beautiful inscription, it is said, ma}
be found in an Italian graveyard: "lien
lies Etallu, wlio transported a largo fortuiK
to heaven in acta of charity, and has gon<
thither to enjoy it."
^ mm
On a physician admonishing a patient or
one occasion against his supposed habit o
eating too fast, and telling hiin that n{
the food was a bar to digestion, he said
'* You speak ironically, doctor."
" Read the biographies "of our great anc
good men and women," says an exchange
" not one of them bad a fashionable raothei
They%nearly all sprung from*plain, strong
minded women, who had as little to" d(
with" fasbion&ras with the changing'o
clouds."
Of all the mean and contemptible mei
?or persons calling themselves mon?it
this world; to?*thsi snealds tihrodgli life 01
tiptoe, with J?is ear at the keyhole of y
body's tnisineg* proept hla own^tlie mdJ?
to be detested. > -J
?.
Mountains ?Mwn#fer3toJ9 up and dowi
' in Vermont, It U reUtod that sooactgQan
driving up p^-w^i^L. If U:?^ijpjiH|
on -the otheraikiel' "Steep" he answered
V chain lightning rouldn't'go ddStfirft' vrith
outbre^Ain'onP
IDEAS OF WOMAN.
A recent work published at Brussels, contains,
among other interesting matter, a eollecliou
of aphorisms by various authors,
mostly French, of which wc append a few:
Cltam/url.?In tho choice of a lover a
woman considers more how he appears in
the oyes of other women than in her own.
Lovo is more pleasing than matrimony,
just as romance is more entertaining than
history.
Bougucart.?If we spoak ill of tho sex
generally, tliey will rise against us; if wedo
tho same of any individual woman, they
will all ngreo with us.
Charles Lemcslc.?Most of their faults
women owe to us, whilst wo are indebted to
them for most of better qualities.
Daniel Slernc.?Most women aro endowed
with such naturally endearing
charms that even their presence is generally
beneficial.
Madame dc Stael.?Love, in a woman's
life, is a history; in a man's, an episode.
Callant.?Only lie who has nothing to
hope from a woman is truly sincere in her
praise.
Diderot.?There exists among women a
secret, tie like that among the priests of
the same faith. Tliev halo onrli nthr>r vni
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protect cach other's interests.
Stuhl.?No woman, even the most intellectual,
believes herself decidedly homely.
This self-deception is natural, for there are
some most charming women without a particlo
of beauty.
Octave Fvuillit.?Providence has so ordained
happiness of a man ; to love his own
mother an J the mother of his children. l>esiiles
these two legitimato kinds of love,
there is nothing between the two creatures
except vain excitement, painful and idle delusion.
Alphonse Karr.?Say of a woman thai
she is wicked, obstinate, frivolous, but add
that she is beautiful, and be assured that
she will ever think kindly of you. Say sho
is good, kind, virtuous, sensible, but?very
| homely, and sho will never forgive you in
i her life. "She has a forehead of ivory,
I eyes of sapphire, eye brows and hair of ebony,
cheeks of damask roses, coial lips and
! teeth of pearl." Such a description, and it
is frequently made, might tempt a thief but
not an honest man.
Madame ile Main tenon.?In everything
that women write tliero will be a thousand
faults against grammar, but to a certainty
always a charm never to be found in the
letter of men.
Dticfos.?Great and rare offerings aie
found almost exclusively among women ;
nearly all tho happiness and most blessed
| moments in lovo are of their creating, and
t so also in friendship, especially when it fol
j lows luVC.
Madame Fee.?A woman frequently resists
the love she feels, but cannot resist the
love she inspires.
J. J. Rousseau.?Men can better philosophize
on the human heart, but woman can
read it better.
Michelet.?It is a universal rule, which,
as far as I know, has no exception, that
great men always resemble their mothers,
who impress their mental and physical mark
upon their sons.
The Dullness of great Men.?Descartes,
the famous mathematician and philosopher;
La Fontaine, celebrated for his witty f.ibles;
Buffon, the great naturalist, were all singularly
deficient in tlie powers of conversation.
Marmontel, tlie novelist, was so dull
in society that his friend said of him, after
an interview, " i must go and read his tales,
to recompense myself for the weariness of
hearing him. As to Corneille, the greatest
dramatist in France, he was completely lost
in society?so absent and embarrassed,
that ho wrote of himself a witty coupli^
importing that ho never was intelligible
but through the mouth cf another. Wit
on paper seems to be something widely different
from that play of words in conversation,
which while it sparkles, dies; for
Charles II., tho wittiest monarch that ever
sat on the English throne, was so charmed
with tho humor of " Iludibras," that be
caused himself to bo introduced, in the
charactcr of a private gentleman, to Butler,
its author. Tho witty king found tho author
a vfiro rltill comniiiiinn nn/1 u'an : ?
.. ~ J "?> ? "MO vi ISj'llllUU,
i with many'others, that so stupid a fellow
could nover lmvo written so clever a hook.
Addison, whoso classic elegance has long
been considered the model of style, was shy
! and absent in society, preserving, even beJ
fore a singlo stranger, stiff and dignified
5 silence. In conversation, Danto was taciturn
and satirical; Gray of Alfieri seldom
x talked or smiled. Roaseau was remarkably
f trite in conversation ; not a word of fancy
, or eloquence warmed him. Milton was
unsocial, and even irritable, when much
' pressed by talk of others.
I " Why are tlfore ?o few convicts in the
. Michigan penitentiary this year?" asked
. Sara's friend a day or-t'wo sirtce. ...
" Why," Baijl^ara, " they sand tbej^by
) tbo Pd^liflio ninFoad, and their time expires
f before tbey gathers/1 ^ ^
>. ?r. *
-A IpTft'sraiUfc^fefaffeiiaab; after conversi
iojgWl^e withib^ dulcineri on the iuteri
asti^g topi^wmatriraony, concluded at but
i with a deolftratioj^JMidJMit tbo Very empttrt
tic question ofi & ^ill'you have me ?" I am
lady^nnrt hope will givo you
pain ; but I must aaawer?no." " Well,
1 well, that wjU dc, madam," said her phil?
oBopblcal r6Ver, P rfbd n&ut suppose toe changt
} the 8ubfeet.n J
?
The tiftla of 1Kb aro tbo testa which ?fc3certawtMw
?uoh,gold thqre is in us.
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THE SEA SHELL.
" Tli.it is tliu roar of the oconn that you
hear," said our hostess us wo lifted from the
centre-tablo a beautiful shell and plnccd it
to our ear. It is truo there was a low murmur,
liko the roar of tho far oft' sea*, rising
and falliug, rs if bore upon waves of air;
now clear and distinct as the dash on the
beach, and again, low and tremulous as the
dying winds. Wo closed our eyes and listened
to the murmur of tho shell. As we
lisLened we dreamed. *?Vo stood 011 ilii!
bcacii as it stretched away, tho restless
swell curling with loam, and dashing wearily
upon the sands. Solemn, almost sad
was the murmuring anthem which sobbed
011 the still air. It is a sublime scenc?tho
ocean. The throbbing pulse of the mighty
element beats slowly at your feet.
Ten thousand fleets have swept over thee
in vain, for as far as the eyo can see, there
is not a track where their keels have been.
It is a trackless waste. Xot even a cross
is scon to mark tlie spot wnero criino has
been. There arc no monuments where
thousands have boon laid down in the yielding
waves. "Where are the gallant sea ?
Where did the gloomy billows open to the
ill-fated ]'resident!
There was the gallant Arctic, steaming
homeward under full sail, ami warm hearts
beating faster under deck at the thought of
green hills, soon to rise from the waters.
1 >uL the shock came, and fast the remorseless
waters rushed into the ill-fated steamer.
Slowly, like the inarch of fate, the huge
babric sank. One wail went up to <?od,
and downward went the Arctic with her
living freight, with sail set. Secure from
storm and decay, she is anchored beneath
the sullen waters. ITer satis are filled by
the dark green waves as they ebb and flow.
No smoke cutis from her chimney tops, for
her crreal iron heait. has cea-ed to throb
Undisturbed, the dead ones still rcsL upon
tlio slippery deck. Holland is still by tlio
side uf lii:. gun, match in hand. The womanly
locks lloat out in the waters, and
the damp checks rests cold and still in the
clasped hands. Man!}* faces look tip sternly
among the shrouds. The stripes and stars
and the cross of St. <reorge lift wearily in
tlio ehl? and How of the tide. And wherever
there is a heart which longs for the
loved ones under tlio waves, the shell will
bring sobbing to that heart.
Thickly strewn arc the dwJIers on the
occan bud. Its steps and deep dark gVns,
arc all peopled. Uut they dwell in peace.
Tlio inarch or fall of Empires is not heard.
Rust has gathered on tin? blade and in the
council's month. The inhapitants of the
deep, and gambul unharmed about the battle
craft, whose oaken libs have shivered
with deadly broadsides.
No monuments 011 the ocean. Man lias
piled the earth with the structure of his
genious and ambition. Earth's greatness
is commemorated in marble and upon can*
down and unseen are the monument buildvas.
lint the soa has no tale to tell, l-'ar
eis, the coral; and the waves, as they throb
to the shore, bear no record of the
dead.
Neither has the shell a word from the
ocean sleepers. It murmurs only uf the
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?? 111^ UIUUO Iliiu WilVW.
Will you givo me them pennies now ?
said a big newsboy to a little one, after
giving liiin a severe thumping. No I won't
exclaimed the little one. Then I'll give
you another pounding. Pound away. Me
and Dr. Franklin agrees, Dr. Franklin
says: Tako caro of the ponco, and the
pounds will take care of themselves.
A farmer being once asked why he aid
not subscribe for a newspaper, Because, said
he, when father died, ho left me a good
many, and I have not read them through
yet!
To dream of ti millstone round your neck,
is a sign of what you may expect if you get
;j3ui extravagant wife.
"This is a groat (grate) prospect," as the
prisoner said, in peeping out of his cell window.
"I can marry any girl 1 please," said a
young fellow, boastingly. "Yes, but you
can't please any girl, retorted a companion.
Squibbs wants to know if doctors, by
looking at the tongue of a wagen, can tell
what ails it.
"Come, Billy, it is time to go to bed."?
"I han't had my supper yet." "Well, why
don-'t you eat your supper?" "Cos I don't
want to go to bed."
"Who's there ?" said a patrol to a passing
figure, one dark night. "It's I, patrol, don't
bo afraid," kindly replied an old woman.
"What did you hang that cat for, Isaac?'*
asked tho school inarm. Tbo boy looked
up, and with a grave look, answeredj "For
meta-tiny, mar no." ,
The following names afft said to be in the
Cincinnati (Ohio) Directory : Messrs. Gunn^
Cannon, Pistol, Fusee, Shutee, Builitt, Sliott,
Muskett and R. Tillory. *
Some genius has conceived the brilliant
idea to presB all the lawyers into military
service in case of war?because their charges
are so great that no one could stand'them*
At ft shop Window in tho Strand there
appeals tha (ollowing notice :-r-"Wanted,
J' who shall Be treated ns one
oftbe flmiify.*
"Mary, is your master at homo?" "No,
sir, heVoul." **I believe it." "Welh
theq, fc|jjUrfom1) down and tell you himsilif,
perhap^^n'll believe him."
"My ofs?, Jack," exclaimed a tar, seeing,
a soldi<ychain?d to a ctnnon ball for nun
; iahment, "if there Trilft a Boldier at anchor.?
* "Ladies generally eh op in cotfples."?
When a lady has Any money to spend she
dearly loves to tako a friend with her to see
her spen^it. ' '
tftljc 2lbbcuiUc Banner,
Published Every Thursday Morning, by
DAVIS tto CREWS.
W. O. DAVIS Editor
T. B. CREWS, Publisher.
TEH 3VX S :
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six months, and Tiikkb Dollars if not paid before
tlio olid of the year. AH subscriptions not
limited at the time of subscribing, will be considered
as indefinite, and will be continued until 1
arrearages ore pui?l, or at the option of the Pro- '
prietoi'ri. Orders from other Slates must innuri J
<ihly be uceoinpnnied with the Cash. I
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. <
TI.a..?I. r. '
s-- ?w ..???. ? | *v/i iiumh
<>f subscriptions to our paper when duo, ii lias '
Hot been rigidly exaeted by our predecessors;
and we, lif sonic extent, liuve followed their ex1
ample. Keusons satisfactory to ourevives have
led us to tin; conviction that we should, in nil
cases, inforc.c the j>enalty. We therefore give
notice that on and after the 1st of April next,
wo shall charge for all subscriptions not, paid
within six months, and $:{.()( I if not paid
within one year. Those who coino forward and
settle In-fore that time may save something, hut
those who ucglect until alter our rulo goes into
ell'eet, may rely upon payincr for their negligence
th<> full amount of the penalty.
Kxpcrieiiee, too, liasiaught us that there should
lie some charge made for Obituary Notices exceeding
a certain length. We shall, in future,
charge the excess over one square, at advertisI
ng riles, to hn charged to the party who orders
it in the paper.
I The above terms have been agreed to by the
i I'rnpiiclors of tin; Abbeville /limner and J title*
/tcntlrn/ /') .
RATES OF ADVERTISING.
The Proprietors of the Abbeville Jinn tier and
I ml' pendent /Jr>x*, have established the following
rales of Advertising to be. charged in both
papers; . . . . I
| I-.very Advertisement inserted tor n less timo
t]isin three montli.-*, will be charged by the inscr'
lion at, One Dollar per Square (1? inch?the
space of 1*2 solid lilies ?>r less,) for the first inserI
lion, ami Fifty Cents for each subsequent insertion.
I'tf" The Commissioner's, Sheriff's, Clerk's and
Ordinary's Advertisements will lie inserted in
both |>a|?er.s, each ehartrim; half priee.
<i~?s" >herill"s Levies, One Dollar each.
* j'/" Annoilncii)'; a Candidate, Five Dollars.
Advert s-dnii an Kstrav, Two Dollars, to he '
! paid I?y lh" Magistrate.
j Adverli-?-ii?? nis inserted for three months, or |
' lon^"r, al the folinv.-injr rates:
| 1 square moiii!u? ? 5.00 |
| ! square > months. S.thi j
i I square '.i months 1 ().() j j
1 square 12 months 1;2.iim
j "I s.pi.uvs .'I months S.On
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I .. .... . ii... "
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J squares mouths 2'i.fli)
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5 squares 3 months I">.<i0
squares <! mouth* 2S.llu
squares ? moiillis 31.nl)
e squaivs 1:2 11> >i>tlis 3a.u0
t> squares 3 u.nnths 2'?.0o
<> squares ii months Illl.im
(i squares 'J inoullw 3t?.<i0
i". squares 12 months -10.00
7 squares months 2a.ii()
7 squares (> months 35.0(1
7 squares It mouths 41.00
7 squares 12 mouths 45.00
8 squares 15 months 30.00
S squares (? months 4i?.0o
H squares 0 mont hs 40.00
squares 12 months 50.00
Fraction? of Squares will be charged in proportion
to the above rates.
J Jusi.tess t.'ai'ls for the term of one year, j
will bo charged in proportion to the space they
occupy, at One Dollar per line space.
car Tor all advertisements Set in double rolKiiiH,
Fifty p?r Cent, extra will be added to the
above rates.
DAVIS it CREWS,
J'or Ilnuvcr;
LEK it WILSON,
1''<>r Press.
PR.IKTTIN" GrriMlF,
Proprietors of the Abiikvili.k TJaxnkk
L wtfuhl respectfully inform the public that
they are prepared to execute all kinds of Jol>
Work with nentness and dispatch. Having
incurred considerable expense for printing materials,
tlifcy have no hesitancy in saj-ingthat they
are as well prepared, and can do as neat work
as unv other establishment in the iin.niumi?B
.Sonili Carolina.
They will also keep on hand a complete assortment
of "
of which wo have now on hand the following
List, to which wo shall contiuuo to add until
wo got a complete assortment:
Sum. Pro.; Fi. Fa. on Sum. Pro.; Cn. Rn. on
Sum. l*i??.; Suit. Writs; Sub. Tickets in Lnw ;
Sub. Tickets in Equity 5 fi. Fii.; Ca.:?a.;Ca. Sa.
in Case ; Copy Writ 111 Case ; Deeds of Conveyance
; 7>eclaration on Nolo; Commission to Examine
Witnesses; Judgment by Confession in
Assumpsit.; Judg. on Writ of Enquiry, Damages
Assessed by Clerk?Debt or Assumpsit, Judg.
by Confession in Debt, 011 Single Hill; Judgment
on Writ of Enquiry, Damages Assessed by Jury ;
Judgment in Assumpsit ut Issue. Plea Withdrawn
; Postm Judgment on Issue Tried, Verdict
for Plaintiff; Mortgage for Personal Property;
Mortgage of Real Estate: Magistrates'Summons;
Do. Executions ; Do. Recognizance ; Summons to
Defaulting Jurors
NATIONAL^OLICEGAZETTE.
TB1IIIS Great Journal of Crime, and Criminals
-l is in its Twelfth Year, nnd is wid<tlv circulated
throughout the country. ]tf?outaius u|!
the Great Trials, Criminal Cases, and appropriate
Ediorials 011 Uto same, together'with information
on Criminal Matters, not to be fquajl ip
anyother newspaper. t,...,,,. ' fi
O* Subscriptions, $2'per Annum; ?1 for
Six Months, to be remitted bv Snbscrib?r?r^iho
should write their names' and the town, qoutity
I ...t ii
mill I.'MI/U n lieu' nicy rehire JHIWlliy,.*
To GEO. W. MATSELLA. CO.,
Editor and. Proprietor of tho
National I'olico Gazette,"
New York City.
April 30, 1857 1 tf
S. McGOWAN,
Attorney at Law,
Office ' in Law Range,
(Next Door to Thomson <k Fair,)
ABBEVILLE C. H
Jan. 8, 1857. r' 37
PR^MTTOUTPROPERrlTr
" "M* AVI NO BOUGHT the RiRlil, for this
of u. If. Wbtmcc, fur putting up
; Oti?' Patent Lightning Conductor, '
T woriM respectfully Inform the citizens o( AbbevillJf
District,'that I riW now the solo proprietor
of this indispensable protection of life and pr?porty,
and am prepared to execute, at short notice,
^lLorders for the dame..
Those wishing work in my liue will please address
me at Ninety-Six. . ? ?
"J. W. CALIIOUN, Jr.,
/'J Ninety-Six.
Aliifiinl 11 10"7 1 "
?-o ? ^
Land for Sale. : ,
THE Subscriber is the authorized Aeant^of the
parties interested, to sell tbo ra^l estate of
JOSEPH AIKKN.deija^sed, The tract of
Land is Valuable, adjoins lands of Dr. >Wardlaw,
Dr. Liringston? and others, on Calhoun's
Creek, and contains about .
' '*720 Acres.'
Property?n'pgroca?as well as cash win be
taken in payment.
Applications for purchase can be made to the
Agent, who lives at Cokeabury.
*" ' ''i ' .JOHN \V. SUPER.
June?,!^-' 6
S. D. & H. W. SMITH,
Manufacturers of
Molodeoiis, Organ Melodeons,
A iV J)
Pedal Sub-Bass
II n. OVt O 3NT I XT 3VC S r
511 Washington street,
BOTON.
rllK attention of Clergymen, Committees
Schools, Lodged, Ac., is invited to the iicw
Fedal Sub-Bass Harmoniums,
Made and Sold l>y tlio Manufacturer*.
It is arranged witli two manuals or banks of
\eyn, ilie lowest set running nn octavo higher
liaa the other, and may he used separately, and
litis get in one caso two distinct instruments ;
ir, by the use of the coupler, the two banks of
keys may ho played at the same time by use of
tho front set only. This connected with the
Sub-Bass, will produce the clfcci of a largo
organ, and is sullieieiitly heavy to fill a houso
that seals from limit to loull persons.
Tllli OIUiAN M IS LOT) EON is designed for
parlor and private use. The construction is similar
to the Church Instrument, being arranged
with two banks of Keys, and when used together,
by means of the coupler, is capable of as great
voluineof power as I lie. Church Instrument, when
used without the l'edals.
Also, every variety of MELODEONS for
Parlor use.
Purchasers inav relv unn? ?<~ *
j . , ....... . uiviim irom
our Manufactory, living made in in tho most
complete and thorough manner. Having removed
to the spacious Ijiiildiugs, 51 I Washington
Street, we have every facility for manufacturing
purposes, ami employ none hut the most
experienced and skillful workmen In short, wc
will promiso our customers an Instrument equal
if not superior to any Manufacturer, and guarantee
entire and jii r/ict satisfaction.
!\I usic Teachers, Leaders of Choirs, and others
interested in musical matters, are respectfully invitnl
to visit our Knoms at any time, and examine
or test the instruments on exhibition for sale
at their pleasure.
Asa still further guarantee to tho public as
to tlio excellence of the Ah h/dcoim ami Harmoniums,
fiom our .Mailt:factory, we betr leave to
refer, i?y permission, to the following Piano Forte
Manufacturers of Huston, who have examined
our instruments', and will give their opinion
when culled lipon:
Chickering ?fc Sons; "\Vtn. I'. Emerson; Geo.
llews; 11allett & (.'illusion; Ilrown it Alien;
Woodward ,L Hrown ; T. Gilbert & Co.; A. W.
Lurid it Co.: Newhall tfc Co.
Mclotleons illlil irjirninniimi? Uimfa.l
. ... livilltu>
IVivoiis who wish to liiru Meloileonsami Harmoniums
willi a view of purchasing at the end
i>l' tips year, ems have the rent credited as part
paynii-n' of the purchase money. This matter
is worthy of special note, as it enables those who
desire a fair lest of the instruments before purchasing.
to obtain it :it. the expense of the liianul"acuir>rs,
to the extent at least of a year's rent.
< >r?h-rs fiom any part of the country or world,
sent diivet t?> the manufactory in Huston, with
cash or satisfactory reference, will lie promptly
attended to, anil as faithfully exeeuted as if tlio
parties were present, or employed uu agent to
select, anil on as ivsonahlc terms.
Fi'ico Lint.
Scroll letr, -I V octave, $ CIO
SlMo'.l leir ..fl !>? ?
_ in
l'isiiiti style, 5 octave 10(1
i'iaiiu style, extra 5 octavo 115
l'iano st \ l?i, rarved let;, 125
i'iano stylo, ~ sots of ict'ds, 15'J
I'iano style, (> octave, 135
Origin M<-!?''|IM)H, 20i>
(Irtrati .Meloileon, extra finish '250
lY.lal Snli llass Harmonium 275
IjCttefs, I'erliiicrtes and notices from the press,
from all |iatts of the world, may lie seen at. out*
salesroom. iKsi-ripUvc circulars sent free to
any uiljress.
S. I), .t II \V. SMITH,
511 Washington St, (:iear lloj lston) Boston.
July 'J, 1h,")7 II ly
Cliicli. Springs,
GroenvillA THstrinf
MTII1-! Subscribers having purchased fijiTJV
that well-known ami long-established
Summer Resort, Chicks Springs,
within li> nii'oH of Ornenville, have put the
premises in the most thorough repair. TJujy aro.
determined to spare no elforlu to make tlio
S PIUS OS nil that can l>? de?ire?l, whether to
th<' invalid seeking health, or thi)se in quest of
pleasure.
The salubrious and invigorating qualities of
these waters having heen well known to the
traveling public for the last twenty years, it id
deemed unnecessary to enter into detail; but
any further information or reference will bo
carefully furnished upon application to either of
the proprietors.
The IIOTKL will he open for the reception of
visitors on tin- 1st of June, and will be kept
open during the season.
It gives us pleasure to add that the fornjer
proprietors, the Messis. CIIICK, will spend tf\eir
summer at the Springs, and will be glad to se?
their many friends there- ...
J. T. IIKNERY.
F. TALDIRD,
J. BUUSEY.
Ho! for Chick Springs!!
J. P. l'OOL A CO., will be ot, the Greeh
ville Depot with pooil Conveyances und careful
I>riven?, to curry Passengers and thoir Ilngguge
to the Springs. *They will also run
A DAILY LINE OF STAGES
To ami from the SpringH, leaving GrieuviHe at
9 o'clock, A. 1W. Fare$l. " ' ' '
May 14, 1857 6 tf |
To Mechanics, Inventors, and
Manufacturers. "*
IN ANNOUNCING the THIRTEENTH An.
iinuI Volume of the SCIENTIFIC AlIERjt-'
CAN, the Publishers reppec! fully inform the pul>lie
that in order to increase and stimulate Uio
formation of clubs, they propose to offer Otto
Thousand Five Hundred Dollars in Ca*7i Prei??J
ums for tlie fifteen largest lists nf subscribers
sent in by the 1st of January, 1858 ; said premiums
to bo distributed as follows: ?
For the largest list, ?300 ; 2d, ?250; 3d,$200;;
4tli, S1 .^O ; 5th, ?100; Clli, SM; 7th, 880}
St.lt, ?70; 'Jtli, ?60; I0tli,?50; 11th, $40; 12th.
?3.*>; 13til, ?30 ; Milt, ?'25 ; 15th, |20.
Names of subscribers pan be sent in at difTcr>
ent times and from different Post Offices. Tho
essh will lie paid to tho orders of tho successful!
competitors, immediately after the 1st of January
1858. *
Southern, Western, and Canada'niancy -wilf
bo taken for subscriptions. Canadian subscribers
will please to runut Twenty-six cenla extra on
each year's suliscription to pre-pay pbstngfe.
Te/wt of SubscruHop.-=-T\yu.Dol l&LB,a, Year,
or One Dollar for Six Months. - U X i.
Club Hat a.?Five Copies, for Sis Months;
Five Copies, for Twelve otoliths, $8; Ten Copies,
for Six Months, $8; Ten Copiesifor. Twelve
Mouths, $15; Twenty Copies, for Twelve Months-,
$28. '
For all Clubs of Twenty and ovfcr, the yaarly
subscription is only $1.10, .--.i
The now volutno will bft printed upon, fine pa>
per with new type. > \
The general character of the Scientific American
i* well known, and, a8 herelbforc.^ifcifcill be
cliieily devoted to promulgation of information
relating to thtt vajjooa Mcc ft animal JwQpftcriiical
Art*, Manufactures, Agriculture, P'utcnt* Invent
tiona. Engineering,-Mill Wor)
which tho lif^rf
to ndvanoe. It fSfm for
biuding; it contains annually - from ;50flf tarty
finely executed Fngr.aviiiK^ a^d NatioeAofWrK.
ican ana Kuropean imprp,vejBQnM^ tog*tyt*.l?Jtb
an Official List of American ?aVe?l pl^ima pubt
fished w/eokly.to advaooepfi itfl,oU>cnr papers. 8>s{,
II th? aim of tj>?, JEdjtoTa of
A'mrhican to prupent all pubjecU.dwuwHlJ1! ifc?
colnmn8 in a pracUcol.twJ-ypylW
will also endeavor to maintain^,kaatyiiiA-fein(lg80nc83
in combating pnd expoHing/qlBf^lbwriesand
practices in Seientific.and MechahicaL.maUerp,
and EnterW??ngl?nWJW?i? " *
5 MUH?Tco'^4fcilMjj? uUfKttfit Itf?E
' - ' AT .?*' n'a'irfti17. ,','Tr *A
ns? "!* SA')ffi*Mrlrtw ,?-rj!HH! jajJ
Attorney at Law and IMicM <t?
Will prompUy a^^ Vqfi{l
hit oa^c. lie eap?fm found at tne office oT the
Abb?v?lleBann^.'1 2p