Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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tm1 III?WMIWMI gyrrtpr? 1 IW I m?t \m BI ? U ?ur IOVINGOOD AT SICILY BUttll'S WEDDINU. j 11V S. )>., OK TENNUSSUIi. " Hey, Ge-orgee !' rang out among (la* mountian slopes; and on looking up to my left, 1 saw teaiini; along down a sleep point, ('heading mo oil',') in a long Kanga roo like slope, holding his lla-dc hiyh above his head, and hat in hand, lie brought up near me, still bant?'iingly shaking the hall full tickler within an inch of my face, until the head rose to the eorn-eob-stoppei\ j it \1TI . 1 J..1; 1 Tl : I ' Hllill ) (3 iTWIIIC S UlKt'iUUCh, I lti> ycre truck's old. I koteh hit mvscf hot lliia niorniu' fVum the still warm. Nana durn'd bit ovo strike-nine in hit?I put that nr piece ove burnt dried peach in uiisef tu give it culler?better nor ole Bnllin's plan : ho puts tau ooze in what lie sells, an when that aint handy he mixes a leetle ove the red warier outen a pond below his barn? : makes a powerful natral culler, but don't help the taslo any. Then he korrects that | with red popper. Hits anorful mixtry, that ! ove hard-shell whisky ove ole iiullin's. TT<? lies pisined ni onto ihrcc-<pmrlcrs ov ; the belcvin part ove his eongrigHshun with hit, an tuther quarter's a gwine the same | road, ef his still-hous don't burn down soon, ! I ur lie peer ?"t hissef. Ilaint he the durnd est speciment ove a walkiti barrel ove ' g s ye ever seed euyhow \ Say, Georgy, dy'o see these h?-re wellpules, what I use for le^s I Well, I missed ! cm by cadi other party peart tothnr 'lav. j I put just wuti out S'i, an then tutlier, sav : nine feet bevanl, an then leap a doin Itit. I'll jist gin ye leave tu go tu the devil hall liainmo, ef 1 ?15<1 n'c iyak?: fewer tracks 111 j (lie mile, ami more Iti the mimt, than wer I ever made by etiy human manbody, without j the help ove a hos*, s'neo 15.uk Wilson ' beat the saw log I'rum the top ovc the Frog mountain inter the Oooec liver, an dov an do"ed hit at last. Kvervtuihi; what talks ' i at> cries, lies a pint ovc* sum soit. Ole I?til j lin's pint, is a durned, fust rate, three bladed, double-barrelled, water-proof hvpockricy, t an a onquinchibel appetite fur bald face Sicily Darns' pint is thru her feeters, an j ways tu drive men folks crazy. S!ie yins ( them a fever, ji.-t < s sar'in es a week at Orleans in Au?n*l wud. Darn l;er, she's j => down on her licolls now, anil walks flat footed at that. Dad's pint, and hits tin- j otdv I inl he has "ot, is tu he kin ' ove a'l duriiM fools, so nee the days ove tliat lell>r, i the bibil reads about, what housed so inuch j corn in Kgvpt, and lu>i his coat l>v. runnin oulen hit. Hit tells us who wu> the .strung j" est man, ipi who wus the meekest man, an j who wus tho best man, hut levos ye tu guess who wus the highest fool, an cf tliai's aj bull nigger in.Tennessee, what cudeiit tell j the fu>t pop artel" le.-aiin it red, I wii 1 -ut gill fifty cents fur hiai sartin. lie heseiit senee enull* tu run into the house, ef it wonrainiu ded cats, that's all. My |nL in in beatin eny body suckin in a big sko< r, an then in beatin eny body's hos - :n .-Uai e l d??g runniu outen it agin. I used tu think my ' pint wur like dad's onmixed fool ; but when he acted hoss, I gin in. M iv-ho when I f gits his sperietiee, an em esold, 1 ken noi-k the lions often him, an he kinn fool niisef . . i on his pint. But its mity onsartin. He, has never been beet yet, bv enything that cud talk. Now, ef a feller k'.ows what his j pint is, he ken got along, allers purvidin he ! don'tswar away his liberty, tu a temperance [ society, ur liv tu fur fruiu a still-hous, an tu 1 ni a church ur a jail. Them's my seiiti ^ incuts, an I'll gin ye number ove em : M- n folks wur made jist tu drink, eat, an fur cfnvin fi\v2\ir4*. in lli<? vft-ifltf a..a TIiey rid jm lu mill anaicb like' with a sad*1 |nado outen <fog-wocfd fotks arf' chip Is, an kivered with olo carpit, ropo girth ip Icthcrs, Wth a loop fur tlio foot, >9 they cAlled him, lied jist got ill, nn wur turned inter tho U, to pick grass. I wur t eide the hou*e, fur they i an t'.ie wiiuin tu cook the vittils, mix tlio ii quor,an help llio men tu du tho stavin ! awake. Thai's hit, an nnlliin more, onlcss ; liiIs fur Llio wimin tu raise this devil atween 1 meals, an the men In play sliort kenls atween drams, swop bosses with fools, an lite fur cxerciseat odd spells. Ycr don't under, stand life, George, yet. But about my swappin these yeie laigs so fast: I bad got.about a fox squiriill skin full ove biled coin juice ondor my shut, an wuraimin fur Bill Kill's on foot, an when I got in site ove ole Burns' I seed ni onto fifty bosses an mules hiched onto his fence. It wur Sicily's weddin. She married Clapshaw, the sukit rider; the same follow lie's faith gin out when lie me met me tnakin soda. Now, I'll tell vu two thing^A body ever seed : wun is a dod mule?I Means a mule what jistdjed far, without any help; an totber is a sukit rider's grave. Gaze why, the be mules all.turp.intcr ole field school masters, an-the she wuns inter strong-mind, women, an then tbev dies like env other hitman. An the sukit riders, them what marrys money, turns inter store ke per*, an them what marrys fur it, but gits bit turns inter politicians, an then they dies sorter like humans too. I'll toll vu an uther thing about tho varmints ; they eat chickens round the sukit till they skares up a rich gall, an of ever one ove em powers his sites onto a gall, why she is a gall no longer, no more nor lie stays a 6ukit rider. They jist hich bosses, an good-bye gall, good-bye ole Bed so field, pine thicket, an look out fur ? team ovc shuttail children, a pale oman sharp hoss tradin, ar. stay in athomconkollcfition Sundays. Now-ole?JJnrus heiT a big black an while bull, with a ring in his nose an the ropa-tied up round his horn*. TIk'V.s llie durndest fools ove all the Wastes, i (ill.-is Koplin ovo the Lovingoods,) for when I tlu'V gits inter tribulashun they nos'huthin but to shut tlntr cvos, boiler, an back an 1 kee|? a backin. Well, when olcSock found ] his self in darkness when ho raised his hed? j lie made wiui lunge agin the house that i shook the daubin out, then he foleh a Lei i Irr as niout been beam a mile, an then sot ' inter an om-ndin sisliin ove hackin. A big crawfbh wnr no whar. Fust agin wun thing, then over a another, among which wus the bee bench, an a dozen stands ove bees. This knokin down tlinr bench fotch out all the bees, fiiin mad ; the whole ar wnr full ove em, redy tu |?ieh inter ony thing what moved. The lions sot outer slo]?in groun, and the yard dmo wur even, with hit; so Sock jist backed in ondor a iltibble bed ove steine, a blowin and a baw1 iii, an the ledor ove the biggest army ove 1100=5 ever ?<; '<I out at wtin time; they filIM th<- li'iskit, they lodged onto his tale till hit win- os tliiok os .1 wagufin tung, an Rtrateup ;ii the ar at lliat, lookin sorter like a ded pine kivoro.l witli ivy. Tliev war ill facall over im, an at work with all tliar initvs, a tnakiu im fool good an hot an iin]>rov*in his j tciii|><'i- niitolv. Ove all the durnd times . ever hoarn t<*U ove, war lliar an thanihouls. 1 Te cum tale fust agin tho ole two story Dutch clock an foleh hit, Imstin the innards nutfii it; the lectio wheels wur all over the (lore. Next pas he fotoh up agin ;i l>ig < I ill >1 >i I engine hoisted, an rared liit j ??nt?> aind an puncllin wun ovo the posts J tli in t lie glass wind tit*. Tlic ncx tail fu-t j x perdition wnr agin :i kata korncred (-uphold, what, soon kotch daitiation. lie smashed tlie glass dores in, upsctin hit, and then stomped everything inter the shelves all tu gil'lets, a tryin tu hack further in that derecshun. Pickii kroclcs, pr.osarvo jars, vinegar jugs, seed l>ags, yarb hunches paragoriek hot tils, aig baskits, an dell", were all mixd d?d permisktisly, an not wnth a sortie by about a duller and an alf. Next he got a fair back across the nunc agin the board pcriishim ; he went thru like bit ln'd be?-n paper, an tuck about six f. e" sijuar ove hit in splin'cr.s an skraps with im inter the j rinn? wliar tliev wnr a eatin, an now the litiii ove bee-, an daiicin, an dodgin beC!ap<diaw\s inarm wnr deaf es a dog-iron, *m sot at the aim! ove the tabil next Iti wh.tr Soek busted thru the wall; tail aind on lie cum agin her cheer, hist in Ii<t an hit. onto the tabil. Xow the squawkin,an cussin, an the smashin of things, an mixin of \iitils b They had sot several tabils tn^'-ther tn make it long ennf, so he jist r? !! .?.! i in up a top ove one another an thai s >l ole Missis Clapshaw :i straddle ovo tin? j !>'!. , a liiin iif'.s like onto a mad win.! mill, j with lin callik-r cap in wtm hand fur a weiv.m. an a cru-t frame in tuther, an a kickin i . like >he wur ridin a lazy boss arter a doctor- i Taints, ral?i !^o. nnj.it, supo, sop, duinplins an 11:. truck ye waller oni in; milk, plates, p; > an every durn lixin yu cud think ove si a \v< < k, \vi:i" tliar mixed an smashed like hi! h- 1 heel) thru a thrashin mashcen. Ole i > i.-k still kep a backin, an hacked the hoiu I tile, ole 'oman an all, with live ur six uther lire filers an a few cheers, ontcn the big doro an down seven steps inter the lane. an then lie turned a fifteen hundred p.mnd smiiersit his sef alter 'ein, an lit atop ove all the mixed up mess llat onto his hack. Ahuul the time he got tu his fee*?, ole man Harris?ye know how fat stumpy an crossirrain d lie is eny how?made a mad snatch at lh<* ha-kit an k<>t<h hit, hut cudn'l let go quick emit' fur ole Soulc gi?t hlowed, hollered an lusted the ole stud heels fust up inter the ar, an he lit on Sock's Lack an lied the baskit in his hand. Jist es soon es olo hlackey cud sre, he tore oil down the lane (tryin tu outrun the bees) so fast that. ole I'uirns was feared tu try tu get oil"; so he jiil socked his fut inter the rope slirups an prepared hissef fur the durndcsl fast hull I ride mortal man ur 'oman ever lied. Sock tuck down at ween the hitched bosses au the rail fence, an ole Burns a fltin him over the lied with the baskit tu ston im ?!.?? I 1 ? v,,v" fi:in 'he beca. I tell ye lie kep that ar baskit a mown. I'll jist he durnd ef I didi?' think he lied four ur five baskits. I cud ' sec that menny sumtimes at oust; well, I'urns, baskit an bull, scared every durnd ! h'?*s an mule loose from the fence, sum obi sarvin b?-cs a stopin on each wim tu help i im stal l fast fruin that onquiek an trublcsuin : place. Most on em, loo, tuck a fence rail | with em, i i onto tlio . bjidil ruin, . Now I'll jisl gin you levo tu kiss' sister Sail- ef. ' ever sich a site war seen ur sicli nises beam , a9 wur in that long lane. A monstrous cloud ove dust, like a harykaue bed \cuii) along, hid all the ho?scs ; an away alnjv-ha i you cud see bosses tails an ends ove iViTcc , J - | ! rales a tlyin about, an now an then a par 1 ove brite hind shoes wud flash in tho~suifi <u t j like two sparks an away a head wur the bas! kit, cirklin roun an a! out at randum. A ! heap ove bray in, sum nickeriri, tho bcllerin ove the bull, clalterin ovorunnln hoo.fn, an a monslsus rusbin Rnnn'miJo .nn ?!.? ?/ ? jy -^v11 u III9U* i I swar olc I5tirr?s kin beatenyvmnn on veath j a fitin bees with a baskit. JisL set hiin" I astraddle .ove a mad bull an tbar be a plenty ove bees so es to excite the olo man. Sti'ay bosses an mules woro tuck up all over tWe county, an ye evident go a mile any coups an not find buckils, stirups, straps ur aumthin belongin tu a ridia B<5ka* ^ Now about that-boos tbeih flnyar a good' time ginerally. Fellers and - galls^^ped^ outen winders, tlity rolled -outeii -the d$>rea in bunches, the clom the chyuleys, iheyjijd onder the bouse, they tuck to the thicket, they rolled in the wheat fields lay down,fb the krick, and sum tuck it .out mo up ?" " Ciin inn sum s<v. lf " in ' lirokiu ilostos, that'ill cool cm oil." Sin; | jliot liro 'it mo ontvii her eyes, an I tliot 1'<I j best go. Clapshaw crawled ondcr .1 chatV pile in the hnrn an tuk hit out iu sigh in :iml groanin. Sicily and liim did'nt sleep uigetiier lur in ontu a week, an all becase >f lliein ar liot fooled botninablo insex. 1'liar warnt an omau ur gall at that ar weddin, but wliot tliar stockins and frocks wur too tito fur two ur llireo days, liecs !iin whs on wimtncn than men folks, city how, tlioy hev a farcr chanso at cm. Ov all tliu dnrncd niiafortunalc wedins that lies ha]>]>ined since Adam married that old heifer what wer so fond ov talkin tu snaix an ealin appils doun til now, that wnn ov Sicily Hums an l'asson Clapshaw, was the durndest wust wun fumiso, disappointment, 1> leak in things, skare, truhhil, hurtin an vexasliun ov spirit. They wont gee tugethen mine that; got too bad a start. Von haint time to listen liow olo Burns finished liis bull ride, and how I cum tu iln that li.fiv specimeiit ov runiiin. I'll tell (hat again. If any body axes arler mo, t?*!l em I'm over in Fannin, on my way tn 1 >ahhloncgn, fur sum wun on em will kill me ef they koce me. Hits an orful thing, (Jeorge, tn be a natral born durned fool. You've never sperieneed hit, hev ye? Hit lu-s made powfully agin our family ; an all owin to dad. 1 oi ler jist bust my lied open agin a Llulf ov rocks, an wild du hit ef I warn! a cussed coward. All mc pcndenco .1....... i..:.... ? i.-r 111 viir.nj >uiu uj u cci; vjiii x i~*\ tli> y don't fail, 1 may turn human yet stun lav ; thai is, sorter human ; enuf tu be a squire, ur skool cumishiner. Kf I wurjist as smart es I'm mean an ornary, I'd he President ov a Wild Cat in a week. lies liquor riz wliar yuvc been ? Much on han ? THE LITERATURE OF SCIENCE. Tt is an extraordinary fact, ami yet a coin* t:ioii]>lace one, that true science is scarcely ever disseminated among what are called "the masses," viz : those who make up the hulk of our population. Wu have colleges, schools, and literature for the education ainl improvement of the people, hut of their general value, or, rather the width of their rtv ?jI*-, ni; viiu uuiv say mat n is lameniatdy small. For present consideration \ve shall only take the literature. We may conveniently divide scientific literature into two broad divisions; books and newspapers, or periodicals. Of the former there are many treating of every science, and Cjoing deeply into the hidden mysteries of nature, but the only reliable ones are those written by men of high repute and good education ; these are, unfortunately, the very men who arc most liable to fall into the great error of long and hard words ?it is not done intentionalllv, but the habit which they have acquired of using technical expressions and Latin names lor common things. Another drawback to these books is their price, which is always high, from the fact tli.ul tlicry arc only expected to have a limited circulation. Now, we ask our loaders what chance has an ordinary man, who really wants information on some subject, of obtaining it from the best and only relittblo books? IIis education is simply reading and writing, and then, perehaso, he had to study nature while picking stones oil" a farm ; and obtained bis knowledge of chemistry while errand-boy to a druggist. His college has been the workshop; his desk, the plow, the anvil, or the loom;-liis study, tlie noisy yard full of men enjoying i ?- ?i - ? * "" Lin n nuui a rcia.Miiiuu iroin iauor. wiiat lime, we ask, lias he to conquer hard names and learn a new tongue ? None at all; and if the desired information is not to be obtained in his own way, he will have to do without it. Again, it is true that there are innumerable eartdoa's of books written on "popular science but wo would as soon recommend a man to drink at a pool of diitv water as to seek information from them. It is true they contain science, but it is very had; as it is true the pool contains water, but who would drink it if they knew there was a clear, bubbling, running stream within a mile or two? There are, of courso, many good ones, and they we noble exceptions to the gen^rhl rule?if ge'rieral rule it is?that popular science istoo popular to bo gciod. " ",vy ^ J We must look, then,'to thd'rtowsfflffitfa Jinfl nAri/wli/?nli'*Af *T?A v. .wjuvh^.. KMfCg)^ Jiterfiture'of tho'-hoqr,Vfof fgrftia"; lion that is, wapled Ly the iii>]e^)^4 bM niyciiioua. Let us for ft matter,, called"' "Arts tion.% or "Science and mechanic art$."? a sctton^iffV ??tig)e, and always^dy^'S^ ford any information in tUoi^ power; iirllft Thesc aW the means'at cofflnii? For <pHfi ing science, in all its phases, ' ftroong tlj< people; add totpese, ourselves .(of whom we do rtpt say much when we slate that th< Scientific Americau 1*3 the most popultf O all teachers throughout the Umtodjj&atei -ji&dGansdayantla faw minor p?p0i^t$|jfe ted -to epeuial interests' iit comioerco or at^ tint-may seem t a Con^l e?Hh a? the iTnhtfr mftr thfl BURNING TO DEATH. JIoio to J'nvuit Than.? Kvery now and i then the public is horii!ie<l by an account ; of home |?n>r creature who has l?o?-n l'al;t!iy burned by hi" or her clothing taking lire, i The great majority of those victims are females, and the reasons lor it are veiv simple. Their clothing is more combustible than that of men, and it burns much more freely from the fact that it hangs loosely upon the person. Females, too, generally have less presence of mind and coolness in i an emergency than adult men, and when ! their clothing lakes lire, instead of striving , lo oiii . >1 link I lw? ll iiiv\<to itv.-vini.l In ihikir (fii'n 1 L'/ oiiiviiivi inv; uiiiuuo j u iji 11 |/t i j, ill \jj S i thorn frosh vigor l>y living wildly about. | Tho fashion of wearing hoops is another aid to the spread of tin; flames when the clothing takes fire, as in the ease of the yiing lady who was burned to death in a public school house, in New York, a few ] days sincc ; tho hoops in the skirts of tin; unfortunate victim in that instance, defeating the kind efforts of those who ran to her assistance. As all tho calamities that ' are likely to occ r this way will not efleet | a change in tho fashion or materials in dioss, , the only things to bo done to prevent death | in this terrible way are to urge caution by , way of preventation of accident from lire, j anil to impress upon the minds of all the j best means of extinguishing llames in clothing when they arc at once kindled. Kvery adult knows that flames burn upwards and that when a dress skirt takes fire a horizontal position is tho best for the endangered person ; first, because tho fire is most easily smothered in that position ; secondly, because it will not burn so fiercely ; and lastly, because the face io thus saved from the flic, and the great danger of breathing flames is lessened. Wry frequently if persons whoso clothing takes fire, were Minply to roll themselves upon the floor the (lames would be deadened and finally extia^ui-ln d ; while >moth<:riug the burning part with a stirp of carpet, a rug, a coat or anything of the kind that may he near at hand, will almo.it invariably ae?*i)nijili>h the doired nd. S->:ne!iines the blazing garment may be torn t.fl' before it is too late, the fire nwy be put out bv doubling up the burning material, or a vessel of water, which can be used with good effect, in ay be near at hand. All these contingencies, of course, require judgment i to meet them. Tile rules for the prevention j of accidents from fire may be briefly summed up as follows : l>t, caivfnl!y :ivoid sotting fire to vonr clothing; 2d, if your garments lake fire, do not run about the house or out into tho open air, fanning the flames as you run 3d, lose no time in getting yourself into a horizontal position ; <lth, roll over oil the floor, or double 110 vonr blazm" ilivss ? ? . ! I ' B I . to make it ns compact as po*Nib!e; 5th, it' a loose carpet or anything ??f the kind teat hand, smoother the ilam<"* with it; :ttxl *?(!?? ami last and al?ovo all, whether von are a victim or a looker 011, keep as cool as possible, ami do not lose your presence of mind.?Philadelphia Hullvtia. THE WEALTH OF OUB STATESMEN. The Springfield (Mass.) Republican thus recapitulates the pecuniary profits of the occupants of the White House: Jefferson died cnlparalivtly poor. Indeed, if Congress had not purchased his libary, and given for it five times its value, he would with difficulty have kept the wolf from liis door. Madison saved mono}', and was comparatively rich. To add to his fortunes, howover, < r rather to those of his widow, Congress purchased his manuscript papers, and paid thirty thousand dollars for them. James Monroe, tlio fifth President of the United States, died so poor that his remains found ft resting place through the charity of one of the citizens. John Qiiincy Adams, kft some hundred and fifty thousand dollars, the result of industry, prudence and inheritance. lie was a man of method and economy. Martin Van Buren-is very rich. Throughout his political life he has studiously looked oi^t for his own 'interest, it is not believed tl*at he ever epent thirty shillings in politics# Did party'shook the bush, and he ' caught the bird. * Daniel Webster squnffdercd some milliong in his lifo.tltna1?the product- of 5his Si ^profession, and his political %pectih?tions. I |Tdd^e^fig;his'pfrb|^ft^<^ hwi^ildr^ and his debtaJU>.hia*former solder lessjlian twenty opothousand ?; jdotiftWu^tfte?wae A paudent manager, and a' I ^feferapu 16iih1 y'4i orieutf' rtto n. 15 Janiej K. Po^WwC'iHrtfttt 'Mn^'ltft'ndrcdi #S^|if^rthou&s*rd dollars-Tjrfifty thousand of^rocWie.savecf'froin his Prftsfdejjcy -of foiir years. * j ^J/J^l Tyler is worth >fifty thousand . jlol? Ijtfs. BS^ir^ hetoaohed tho Presidency 1h,e was a bankrupt. In oflico ho husbanded his v rrtf&ff^tfnd tf?cn otl a rich wife. * Zachnry Taylor left one hundred and fifty thc^tomrid, dollars. 1 NKllard Fillmor^ia a wealthy man, and kf^siiis money in a verjr strong and safe I'rout Dr. Jirciccr'it ( 'nhlc to Scictifc < SCIENCE ANSWERING SIMPLE QUESTIONS. Why is lain water soft ? Because it is not impregnated with earth and miiicr,,1S . ' Why is it more easy to wash with soft , water than with hard? Because soft water unites freely with soap, and dissolves it instead of decomposing it, as hard water dues. Why do wood ashes mako hard water soft! 1st. Because the carbonic acid ot wood , ashc* combines with tho sulphate of lime in the hard water, and converts it into chalk; 2dly, wood ashes convert some of the soluble raits of water into insoluble, and throw tliein down as a sediment by which tho water remains more | hi re. Why has rain water such an unpleasant smell when it is collected in a rain-tub or lank? Because it is impregnated with decomposed organic matters washed from the i nut's, trees, or the casks in which it is collected. Why docs water melt salt? Because very minute particles of water insinuate themselves into tho pores of tho salt by capillary attraction, and force the crystals apart from each other. How does blowing hot foods make them cool ' It causes the air which has been heated l>y food to change more rapidly, ami 1 give place to fresh coltl air. Why do ladies fan themselves in hot j weather ? That fresh particles of air may J be brought in contact with their face by j the aetiuii of the fai?; ami as every lre-h 'particle of air absorbs some heat from ! the skin, this constant change makes them ' eo <1. j Docs a fan co-d the air ' N"->, it makes j the air hotter, by imparting to it the heat j of our face ; but it (tools our face by transferring its heat to the air. | Why is there always a strong draught ! thr?>n*_;l? the keyhole of a door? JJecause : the air in the room we occupy is warmer ' than lh<' air in the hall ; therefore, the air i fi mi tli-' hall rushes through the icvhole ! iu'.M the room, ;m<l causes a draught. Why i? there always a strong draught under the door and through tho crevices on : each .s;<ic? Decause cold air rush us fr?>in ; tho hall to supply th<j void in the room : caused l?y the escape of warm air up the j chimney, Why is there always a draught through j i ih" window erevi.'.-s l>ec;iuse the external air, l?ing colder than the air of the j I room we occupy, rushes through the win- i i dow crevices to supply the deflc'uiicy caused ' l?v the escape of the warm air up the cliim| noy, ?fcc, If you open the lower sadi of a window j there is more draught than if you open the j upper sa-h. Kxplain the reason of thw. I i If the lower sash he open, cold external air will rush freely into the room and eau*c a ! ' great draught inward ; hut if the upper j | sash he open, the heated air of the room ! | will ru.-di out, and of course there wiil he i ! 1.1 , .i i.. : - i hi i iiinaru. iSy which 11 loan6 is a room better veniil- | alod?by opening the upper or lower sash ? A room is bolt' r ventilated by opening the upper sash ; because the hot, vitiated air, which always ascends towards the ceilingi can escape more easily. l?y which means is a hot room more quickly cooled?by opening the upper or lower sash ? A hot room is cooled quickly by tlie lower sash, because the cold air can enter more freely at the lower part of the ! room than at the upper. "Why'clftes the wind dry damp linen'/ i i ???- ? hvchiisu tiiy wiiiu, iikc a ory sponge, 1111l>il>os the particles of vapor from the surface of the linen as fast as they are formed. Which is the hottest place in a church or chapel ? The gallery. Why is the gallery of all public places hotter than the lower ports of the buildings ? Because the heated air of the building ascends, and all the cold air which can enter through the doors and windows keeps to the floor till it has become heated. Why do plants often grow out of walls and towers ? Either because the wind blew the seed there with the dust, or else because some bird, Hying over, dropped seed there, which it had formerly eaten. The Sabbath-Breaker Silcnccd.?A pic's old man. oncn. in rensoinnnr with ? Snblmtl. 'breaker, said : "Suppose, now, I had seven shillings, and suppose-I met a man in a suffering condition", and gave him six shillings freely out of the seven, what would you say?" " Why I- wo ild say that you wero very kind,,and that the man ought to be thank, ~M?tVoll, but suppose he should knock me down arid rob me of the other shilling, what then ?" " " Why then he should deserve hanging-" -'v" Well now, this is thy case? " thou art the man God has freely given you six days to work and earn your bread, and the seventh he has kept for himself, and com. mauds us to keep it holy ; but you, not satisfied with the Bix days (3od haft given, rob him of the seventh ; what then do you deserve 3" The man was silenced. jm ? worth of observation that the ?atta J?ord _fgr miserable has been applied ' to designate an individual who possesses, :Wt c#hn^t enjoy. ^ And well flfry hi? be iCalledi%nTi^^^r of *)J motf^hfl is the ttiOBU itfM*abjcct and -comfort-. ft , An old la ir cotnbwtodiiliA idea of ibfc. ?l)c QVbbcuillc Banner, Published Every Thursday Morning, by DAVIS tfc onEwa. W. C. DAVIS Editor r. B. CREWS, Publisher. T E XI 3VC fit s Two Doi.i.aiis per milium, if pnid in ndvunec ; I'ttii ])i>i.i..\ns mul Fin v Cknth if not paid within months, and Tiiiiki: Doi.i.aks if mil paid before iii?' end of the year. All subscription j not limiti'il at the time of subscribing, will he considered ns iiidelinitc, ami will be eontiniu-d until nrrenragi-s are paid, or at the option of the Proprietors. Order* from other States must incuri ili'n bo ueeonipariied with the Cn*h. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. Though wo have a penalty for nonpayment of subscriptions to our paper when due, ii has not been rigidly exacted by our predecessors; ...... ... ,?U.. | ample. Reasons satisfactory to ourselves have I l.'il us to 1 lie conviction that we should, in ,;// I cases, iiifurco the penalty. We therefore give notice that on ati<l iitt.'f tlio 1st of Apiil next, we shall charge fur all subscript inns nut. |>ai>l within six liiontlis, jJ-J.'itl, ami Si:*.!)!! if not. paid within oar year. '1 huso wlio coliie forward anil settle li-fore that tiui" liiav save something, lint, those who neirlect until alter onr rule yocs into client, may rely upon paying for their negligence tin- full amount/ of the penalty. Kxperietiee, too, has tuuidil ii< that there should lie sonic charge maile lor Ol.itu.irv Notices exceeding a certain length. Wo shall, in future, churgo the excess ever one square, at advertisiilt rat<H, to he charged to the party who orders it in the paper. The above terms have been agreed t-o hv the Proprietors of the Abbeville liunncr ainl Independent I'f**. RATES OF ADVERTISING-. The Proprietors of tho Alibwillo IJitmn r and luib'ffiid'nl /'f x*, have established the followiipi rates of Advertising to bit charged in both pap-rs: Kvery Advertisement niHerteil for a less time than three months, will lie charged hv the ins-.-rtion at Ono Dollar p.-r Square (I i ineh?the <>f 1*2 snliil |iin'j? or Ioks.) fur tin; lirst iiiM-r- i lion, iiii*1 Filly Cents fur cacli stiljso?|iifiiL in- i ycfliotl. 1^,'" 11":' 'otiltiiis-iiilM-r's, Sln-rifF's, Cli'iU's :iiii1 >r<linarv*s A<I vort:s?'tiii'iits will In* insertctl in J liulli papers. oin'li iutr liiill pri???*. I * J}" Sln iill 's I.rvits, Ono Dollar ea.-li. lYi" Amiotiiii.'iii'r a t'aii'li<lalc. Five Dollars. Ailv?*rlisinjr mi Kslrnv, Two Dollars, to lie pai'l l?v tin- .Ma;.ris'rat?\ A<lvfilis>-n?< nis iiisi;rt?'?l for tlireo months, or loiter, at the following rat*s; 1 (-iiiciff !! iiionlh-- ? JJ.fiO I MJIialV li lllolltllK S.tlll 1 r*jiiuiv ' tnotiilis Ml.iii! 1 Mjti:iii- I u months IrJ.im '! >''|iiar?*!; *1 months k.tlw J ,-tjti nvs i> iii .niiis I I.oO ' 1 S'l'l.lfS *. 111 1111 is Is.mi 2 :-ipi:i:?-s 12 111-'iiilis tin. ill :: . ijii ::> months HU'it :{ s<piatvs r> mouths 1 *l."ii " >-<|iiarcs *.i months 111.Hit " sipiaivs I "1 liiontlis 1 j-ipiaivs :> tuoaihs I2.(lu I sijiiaivs I! olenitis tiii.i? i I si|i|:ir<"< mouths 'i'l.t'o I sipiar. s 12 m<'litIts :?l).(li> ;'i mouths l"i.?'ii isirvs li 111 > ti 11 is a.'i.(Hi .*? |n:ix?'H !) months Xl.Ol' Y MjHill J m III * ! i I 11 .S . . . ? a ? * > ? t"i fi|llarrs '! I:. 11111s '20.0(1 i". si|tlari-s ti !i.-s rjO.iln I. s.jiiar.-s '.i i!>ri Kii.uO i". squares l*i numMis <10.oo 7 -'|!i.ires iii'iiitlis t?r>.no 7 ,-ij.taivs (I moiiilirf :{"?.<til 7 M|?ar> s ' > itlis 4 1.00 7 Pl|1liUVS 1 '1 IIHUltllS J ." .(?I S sijtian-s :> months KO.iio S .-'piarrs fi iik.ii,lis 4?Mlo > .-'j>lar,s ;? tin ml .1(5.011 S St|UllVS 12 IIMHlt IlS .VUlO 1 'iMrlimis nf S.jiiarcs will he <:liaiiri <! in j>fuj?or* (: >: l>i tin' above rates. l?i" Hiisiin'.-s t'aiild lor I )i<j term of 01111 year, v. iil !? rliniV'l in |iMi|>i>:tii>ii to tli- space UieV II.. at (>n-' Dolhtr per tine sj>ac?, * qj" For all a-1 vertis-uieiits set in ????/<'/ cutin.111, I-'ifty |>.T Cent. extra will bo aiidcil to the above rates. DAVIS A CKEWS, l\.r Htwiirr; LEE it WILSON, / 'or Press. NATIONAL POLICE GAZETTE. r HUMS Oreat Journal of Crime :iiul Criminals .3- i.s in its Twelfth Year, and is wnlely circulated throughout ilie country. If eontains all (lie (Sreat Trials, Criminal Case.*, nn<l appropriate Ediorials on the same, together with information on Criminal Matter.", nol to be found in any other newspaper. 'J ?* Subscription.*, $'2 per Annum ; SI for Six .Months, to hg remitted l,y Subscribers, (who should write their nitmed and the town, county antl State where they reside plainlv,) To GEO. \V. MATSELL & CO., Editor and Proprietor of the National l'oliee Ca-/eflr>. New York City. April HO. 1857 1 if S. McGOWAN, Attorney at Law, Office in Law Range, (JYcxt l)oor to Thomson <?* l>'air,) ABBEVILLE C. H Jan. 8, J 857. 37 PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY!! HAVING liOUOIJT Hie Kight, for this District of II. II. Mouncc, for putting up Otis' Patent Lightning Conductor, I would respectfully inform the citizens of Abbeville District, tlmt I nm now ilio sole proprietor of this indispensable protection of life mid property, anil nm prrpnreil to execute, at short notice, all orders fur the same. Those wishing work in my line will please ad | dress me at Ninety Six. | - J. \V. CALHOUN, Jr., * *" Niuely-Six. August 13, 1857. 1ft tf Land for Sale. rpiIE Subscriber^ the authorized Agent, of tlio JL parlies inU-rcsied, to sell the real cetute of J OS KIM I AIKEN, deceased. Tho trart of Lund is valuable, udjuins lands of Dr. WardDr. Livingston, and others, on Culhoun'B Creek, und Contains about 720 Acres. Property?negroes?as well as cash will be tukeu in payment. Applications for purchase can be made to the Agent, who lives ut Cokeshury. JOIIN W. SUBER. Juno 2 1857 6 If | Mackey Council, It,*. & S.\ M.\ | 'T'MIE Regular meeting of tltis Council will l?e JL held tlio Third Wednesday Night of ouch Month. Extra meetings will he culled nt any time to snit the convcnicnco of Companions from tho country. J. G. 13 ASK IN, Recorder. Oct. 29, 1857 87 if Cigars, Cigars, Cigars. JUST received a lot of fine CIGARS, consiating of the following choice Brands. ChinchurHla Louderos, *itio Hondo Millar, Jupiter Loud res, Cachucha, Operas. innntN * **-1 nmutiwo . ..jj .iii iu mvuuuuubiu a Diug and Chemicul Store. ^ March 12, 18S8: 47 tf v Factory* Yarn. S. D. & H. W. SMITH, Miiiitifitciurcrs of Molodcons, Organ Molodoons, A A i> Pedal Sub-Bass II A IX 1VE OKTIIT 3VI fit f 511 Washington street, BOSTON. rpilF. alti'iitioti <>I Clergyman, Committees X .Schools, J.od^os, itc., ia invited to the n?W Fedal Sub-Bafts Harmonium#/ Made a*nl So!<l by 1 lie Mmiufucturere. It is arranged willi two manuals or banks of Ki-vk, tin- lowest sot riiiiiiing nn octave higher tlian tin- other, nr:<l may be used separately, and tli'i- ic.-t in one caso two distinct instruments? or, l?y ilio ust<> of the coupler, tbo two bankB of' k>-vs iimy do played at the same time by use of I Ik* front set only. Thi.s connected with the Sub-Mass, will produce the etr<ci of a largo organ, and is sufficiently heavy to ?L1 a house that scats from Imill to 150(1 persona. THK ORGAN MKLODKON is designed for pallor ami private use. The construction is similar to the Church Instrument, heing arranged with two hanks ot Keys, ami when used together, by means of the coupler, in capable of as great volume of power as the Church Instrument, when used without the Pedals. Also, every variety or MF.LODEONS fox L'arlor use. Purchasers may rely upon instruments from our .Manufactory, being made iu in the most complete and thorough manner. Having removed to the spacious Building.9, 51 1 Washington Street, \vc have every facility for manufac luring purpose:*, and employ none but the mo?fc-j. Jt experienced and skillful workmen In short, we' will promiso our customers an Instrument equal if not superior to any Manufacturer, and guarantee rutin: mid / ' r/'r,-t .nitis/'netion. Mn sic Teachers, Leaders of Choirs, and others interested iu musical matters, are respectfully invited to visit our Uonms at any time, and examine or t<-t the instruments on exhibition for sale at their pleasure. As a still further guarantee to the public as to the film M< ludconx and Harmoniums, from our Manufactory, we beg leave to relVr, by pci mission, to the following Pinno Forte Manufacturers of Huston, who have examined our lie-tniincnti*, and will give their opiuion when culled upon : Cliickeriiur ?t Sons; Win. I'. F.merson ; Geo. Hews; Hallett ?V ('illusion ; 11 rown cfc Allen; W I ward it ll.ou-.i- 'I* ?- 4 "r I.add iV I'd. : .Niwhiill ,fc f??. Mcluili'ons ami Harmoniums Ilented. IVr.-ons w 11 i u i.?h to hire Melodcons and Harmoniums witli a view of purchasing :?t the end I of the year. can have the rent credited as part I pjivnifii'. of ihi! purchase money. Tliis matter | is worthy of special note, us it enables those who desire a fair t?-.-t of the instruments lie-lore p?r! lo obtain it at the expense of the inan! ufaciurcrs. to th- extent at least of a year's rent. ! <)r?!<-r.- fioin any pari of the" country or world, sent ilireet to the manufactory in Boston, with cash or f=alis:a"iory lel'i.n-uee* will lie promptly i attended.to, and as faithfully executed as if the parties were present, or employed an agent to ' select, and on as rcsonaMe terms. rrico Xjint. j Scroll lejr, .|A octave ? 60 Scroll lejf, ;, octave 75 I l'iano st\ , 5 octave 100 i 1 'iano slyh", c.\?ra lini.-li, 5 octave, 115 j l'iano si vie. carved h-jr 125 l'iano .-t;. !< , i sets of l'e eis, 150 l'iano slvle, I! octave 135 ] t tivran M-!, 200 j Orijan .M<-!o.Icon, extra liuisli 250 I 1V<I:iI 11 !la-^ Ihiriiioiiitim, 275 j I .t-llfr.-", I'fiiitirrti-s :iini mitiei-s from the press, j from all p ills ul' tin- world, may lie seen at our ; s;i!t'M'<>oin. J). srmUive c:irelll:?r? srnt frn? to any address. S. T>. A H W. SMITH, 511 Wasliiiiirlim St., (aear Doylslon) Boston. .1 ulv If-.">7 II ly sheIhwood clgthInq house. Everybody Run Here! ! Xow is Yoiir Tiinc?PiIch In!! XJoixt Too Scai-ocl! ! ! ! A CHANCE FOR IKVESMENT!!!! i VSl'J.KNIMI) opportunity is now oflered my friends and cii>i<?iiu-r.i to invent their money, if nut to make a fortune, at le*et to njako tliemai-Uvs c?im:'??rtl?y Iniyitig some of the neutc.st, handsomest and finest Winter Clothing ever ottered in tins latitude. Jl" y?iu wi.-li to ' bhiiit; out," gain respect or make an impression upon the .sweeter sex, juet cull in iit my esialilishmeiit. and I will rig you off kii neallv tliait you wont know yourself. 1 have a good Tailor in connection with my House, atul goods can lie untile up to order. T. C. CUKWS <fc CO. fi?eenwooil, S. C., Oct. 14, 1S57 5J5?ly BYTHEWOOD & COWAN, ~ general COMMISSION Morcliants, No. 204, Exchange Row, Columbia, S. C., 1,1 Oil the sale of Ileal Estate dnd Negroes.? Also, Cotton, Wheat, liacon, Lard, Whiikey, Sugar, C'oiree, ."Molasses, Flour, Butter, Corn, Hay, and produce generally. Strict personal attention paid to the Rale of auv of the above. Liberal advances made, aud prompt returns. .Mattiu.w W. IJvTHr.oon, Jamks M. Cowan. August 17, 1So7 . 18 ly Abbeville"marble yard. r|"MIE undersigned having dissolved his copart1 .. iii, i ij ipivi'rt <..i.?-i? I - KV Wlll|' IIItH u. JIV. ? LilJli, |JJCUO" urc in iinnouncintr to the public generally and to the citizens of Abbeville District ill particular, | that ho linn u large Block of VERMONT & ITALIAN MARRIF on hands, and from which ho proposes to manufacture, to order, Every "Varioty of MONUMENTS AND TOMB-STONES. He would respectfully s^y to the public that he has secured the sefViecs of iho Most Eminent Marble Artists, and holies, by close attention to business, to merit a reasonuble share of public pntronage. J. D. CHALMERS. Abbeville C. II., Aug. 20, '57 ly Inde| jcudent Press copy 3m. l ho State of S outh Carolina, Abbeville District.?In the Common Pt?a?% Ilonry C. Parnell, ) Attachment* vs. > Win, U. Lloyd, J McGowan, PI'fft. Att'y, WHEREAS the Plaintiff did, on the sixth day of April, eighteen hundred and fiftyI eight, file Ins declaration against the Defen* . , dant, who, (it irs said,) is absent from and without the limit* of this Slate, and has neither wife nor attornoy known within the same, upon whom a copy of tlio said declaration might be servod; It is therefore ordered,that the said Defendant do nppear and plead to the said declaration, on or before the seventh day of April, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, otherwise final *nd absolute judgment will then be given and awarded, against him. MATTHEW MoDONALD, c. o. p. Clerk's Office, April 8, 1868. 60 ly m The State of South Carolina, a /,/,r_ ?i./> ? F. W. David, 1 vs.' i Attachment, Henry Jone* ) 4 . W II ERR As, the Plaintiff did, on the thirty-first day. of-Ootober, 1867, file hi* * Deolaration againgt lb* defendant, who (a* it is neither