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From the Farmer and J'lnntrr. N KG LEG I OF FAMILY CEMETERIES. Our last restingplaeo on earth?llie nai row spot whoro caro and anxiety, am toil and trouble, and sin and hope, arc al put to rest forever?shall wo not contcm plate it in other lights than as tho incro hous of clay which heedless and restluss hutnai ity so often makes it? It was a bcautifu ciwtorn, whore hut few wore proprietors o (he soil, to consecrato " God's Aero" aroum the venerablo churches. Tlioro, safe fron lire footstep of intrusion?frotn tho uphcav ing swells of progress?from llio greed\ grasp of gain?loved relies rested in pence So it is in England, with her parish system of State worship. So it is iti Continent.*! Europe?even in Nordland?everywhere the churchyard, with its holy relics, is sa cred soil, peopled with the dead, and orna monted and improved by the tasteful culture of the living. ]?ut how different in young, buoyant, restless America? How different from New England?which has preserved a lingering touch of grave sanctity from the better types of the Old "World?is the system cf sepulture in the plantation States ? Here, every family of comfortable moans has its own cemetery. On tho plantation from which wo write this article, there arc ninr burial grounds, fivo of which contain tho remains of the wnues ol mo laiiulics, ami lour, those, ot the negroes belonging to the different estates, which have l>ccn ahsorhe<l ami consolidated into one. Eight of these arc in astalo of neglect, and have boon so long years agonc. A stray post?the remains of a wooden paling?a tottering tombstone or two?somo red mounds?arc all the indexes that point to the neglected restingplaces of those who opened tlio forest, and ntood in the furrows of life beforo lis.? Whilst there is much to blaine in the selffili system which prompted our forefathers thus to scatter their dead, we can sec much more to censure in the neglect in which the present generation leaves these sacred spots, we may be told that the fault lies not with the present, who have no liability in tho matter. )'>ut let those who thus speak, reflect that there are stronger duties claimed irom man man iliosc whicli arc merely compulsory. Wo think it is l'auld ing wlio lias so properly uttered the senti mcnt that "Wo arc all moralists when wo sit upon grave stones." Wo never contemplate the certainty ol Death until lie casts his shadow across oni pathway?obliterating, forever, the smiles of loved ones, constituting tin-sunlight ol oxistence. He is the great antagonist ol life; and the cold thought of the tomh, is the skeleton of all festivals. "The dark alley " of his shadow docs not teinpt us onward, although it may lead to Paradise. Charles Lamb said that he did not wish to lie down in the muddy grave, even with kings and princes for his bed fellows. Hut Nature's decrcc is inexorable, and wc only nourish as wc fade; atid so do flowers and all that is beautiful on earth. Men an?] grass appear and vanish together, and tin myriads of to-day will echo no bounds o' life upon the shores of to morrow. Jlut all tliis life-llilling is pregnant of the groat instincts of immortality, and finds ji holy response in the thinking mind and thoughtful soul, llow beautifully dooc Ion, the death devoted Greek, when about to yield up his young existence to the sacrifice of fate, respond to Ctemanthc when she asku "if they shall not meet again" : " T have asked that dreadful question ol tho hills that look eternal?of the clear streams that fiow forever?of the Btars, among whose fluids of azure my raised spirit hath walked in glory. All were dumb. Dut while I gaze upon thy living face, I full that there is something in the love that mantles through its beauty thai cannot wholly perish. Wo shall meet again, Cleinantbe." Such thoughts crowd the avenues o every heart; such feelings hallow mernorie: Uc&ide fresh I v hi?aiw>/l-nr. iiinnnils Wn u| vow better tilings than wo ever perform.? flfut aro these reflections carried out i W< .fear not. If we cannot protect these scat tered rosting places from ruin, let us do al ure can to preserve them from theintrusiot of the plough-share, before which so man] have fallen, unnoticed. Let sheltering tree spring up to hide and protect the forsakci mounds. The cedar and the pine, and tin clustering vine, aro belter friends to tlx dead, than is 1 ving man. Then, these si Ifent dwelling places will be in quiet resi until that hour cometh, when the sea shal give up its dead, and the desert shall quick en with the hosts that have been swallowei VIj in its burning sands. If the injudicious action of the past can not now be remedied, wc should strive, b every means in our power, to adopt sue! precautions in arranging and preserving those domestic cemeteries now in use, fron such neglect in the future. The buildinj of a substantial wall, or neat iron fence, i within the reach of all. Make a prominon protection of this kind around the famil Burying-ground, and then plant memorial that will live and flourish, when men hav been long forgotten. For this purpose, th native and acclimated evergreens furnis Uie most appropriate tree drnaments. Th magnolia, with its bIlining ovcrgrcen l?av< and wliilo blossoms, plant at lliu grave c - die maiden, who was snatched from cart in tier tiny of loveliness and purity; tfa ' willow will shod tears in dew-drops, froi ita tlendbr, drooping sprays, over the toml of mothers; the strong-armed live oak. an tbe'iobre-i'cbed. cedar of tliB distant Hyl elayas, give room b&idb tilie gnavoa 06 ot tho lauret-plant ye npon the hero tomb; and let the myrtle and fragrant gs dema, lite blushing caraelia and odor-fade pqm, sited their beauty ar.d perfume upo lite graves of w babes and sucklings." W uut the gravevarda of tLe land Uj^ppoi \. I of horror to llio living, but let us to con template tlieso last places of abodo, with pleasant feelings of satisfactory rolianco in ^ tho great valuo of the world's destiny.? " (Jive shade and flowers to the now sad aero in which (>cd has planted his human liar 0 vest, and his sweet chorists?the music1 throated birds?will sing their requioms | over long-forgotten graves. Tho dead will not hear thoso notes of bird-music, but ' some sorrowing, living cat, may bo charm 1 ed by tho melody, and bird and tree, and slumbering dead beneath, may loach hopes of a bolter laud, and reliance on God 1 i -??..? I SLEEP AND STUDY. , Wo arc happy to learn that the Princi. pal of tho well known Kcmido Seminary . at South ITadley, Mass., after duo deliberation as to tho propriety of such a "depart, urc from an old lime custom," has decided to give young hdies under his tuition one half hour more sleep in tho mornimr. o Within a very recent lirno wo have observed with pleasure a disposition to reform, in the education of tho young, many old fashioned absurdities, and to resolutely bring up pupils according to tho laws of health and plain common sense. Prominent among tlieso absurd errors is tho idea that sleep is quite a trivial matter?that ' persons o f great virtue, industry, and who are economical of time sleep very little, and that in fact the higher we rise in tho scale i of excellence and intelligence the less we sleep. Let the reader reflect calmly on tho anecdotes which he has heard of great men, and of the masses of advice on the 6ubject? which he may have read in books for the young, and ask himself whether all tho world have not united in droning out one song on the subject. ".Sleep is tho twin brother of Death. Every moment devo( ted to sleep is a golden spark of life stolen from thought. Sleep little and you will sleep much." To this they add diro nnccdotcs of Lord I'roughnin who only sleeps i four hours per diem, and quote the un. wholesome example of students who wasto , tho midnight oil over "tomes"?as if any , man who ever lived could not fiud sunlight . enough, taking tho year through, to Etudy I himself blind without ever burning oil or i gas. Really we pity Milton's blindness , much less when wo recall his very silly, sen timental, and vain romantic wish that his f lamp might be seen at tho midnight hour from some high, lonely lower, where ho i might long oulwalch the bear. If the poet f had gone to bed at 10, and got up at 7 or ' 8, ho might have saved his eyes and done j much inoro work in the end. Twist and turn it as we may, we cannot get over the fact, that just so far as you bend a spring forward, just so far it must tly back. Tho energies of mind find body differ in no resnect from ? *nr5?n? ? Whether people weary the mind hy study or the body by cxerciso makes no differ| ence whatever. And to deprive a growing I animal, bo it girl, boy or other organism, of . a certain quantum of food, exercise, sleep f and relaxation, is to injure her, his o; its health. There is no getting over this . And health is absolutely and perfectly int dispensable. No acquisition of knowledge, | 110 cultivation of intellect, no promotion of . morals, even which involves in tho slightest degree the injuring of physical health, is . justifiable?that is to say, wo believe in tho long run all intellect and all 6ound moral , ity suffer in irritated or morbidly unbalan ced frames. r "What should we think of a teacher who punished pupils by -giving them largo and ( positively injurious doses of nauseous drugs | such as castor oil and emetics? Yet we, i many years ago, knew of such a case.? ; What an idiot should wo judge the man t to be who would lock a pupil up in a clou L et, light as a coffin, so tight as to stiffen the I limbs and almost suffocate? Common sense teaches us that all these disciplines 1 arc wrong; uecauso unhealthy. Why i should we look with inoro toleration on 1 subtracting from waking energies by . abridging the period of Bleep} Closely ? allied to the subject, as regards education, . we have the infamous system of over | working pupils dnring working hours, and i cultivating the intellectual system, without regard to the physical. We have been s pleased to see that of late this one sided , exhausting system has received attention a in our city, and is in a way for reform, j We often hear the question put in prose . as we have seen it in poetry, "Why are I, the beautiful so rare?" Why iB it that I among so many men we see so few hand _ sotue ones*, when experience shows that j temperance, exercise, and absence of cares, with a* life advances, a due cultivation of the . higher faculties and feelings, are sure to result y in and preserve good looks f The fact is I, thai people arc loo ignorant of all the main y truths of the laws of health. A vast ma II joriiv still believe that very little sleen is ? ' - J 1 " jr j>osUiTely bcneficial to health?Bulwcr sets s forth the absurdity in his fast novel?nnd lt declares that so Jong as we rise early it y makes no difference 'when * wo go to bed. Is A few years will probably see a great d'm a gemination of truth an regards the laws of At lioallli A41/1 ?* *f u ..v.....) mm hidm n|i|-iwBtiuu ui euucauon. '* Trerct, a Frenchman, was curried away from liis homo by this police of Fftfi*,at~two * in the morning, andimprisooed in (he Bam >f iHe.. After a confinement of several weeks, I, ho inquired of an officer-7-"Will you have ili? goodness to tall ltfe for what crime I lti am shut up <u litis place V' The officer n coolly replied, "I think youhavo a gfeatdeal * of curiosity!"'* ? ' < . d , - r ? ?* *Reminding him of hia Ancettry.?-A n negro hoy was driving a rrntfo, wWn the ir anitind wjddenjy fttqppg) and refused to 's U?"dge-. "Won't go, hey y* said the bay, ^ du-^W? ydh f&eget o your'father was a jaeka^Pft ' "} " n Tho worst f?*atijr<>oft a man4* firoe is kw >t nose? wh<in stuck in- dtii^r paopla'p basi Is nesa. From the Southern Agriculturist. wo ' PLANT A TREE. mill Plant! plant!! plant!!! Thrco times whi< havo wo written down ilio word, ill order hoai to impress it upon tho mind of tliu reader, and Ood plants over the fair faco of tho world, love Tho sprovlling acorn, tho winged seeds of com tho pine, and tho inaple, and tho ash, tho cndi bright red borries of tho dog-wood, tho lxjn< holly and the hawthorn, tho bluo clusters ters from tlie evergreen cedar, and tho pearly ,*ng fruit of the mistlotoe, high up in the old u oak-top, all find a spot as a birth-bed, in i 80( which to tako root and flourish. Some troo grow in the mollow mould, whero shade 0y0 and moisturo protect and invigorato thdir w tenderness?some, with the pitying spirit , of an angel's guardianship, Beck thoir resting-places whero inan has wrought all his ^ut ruin, on tho bare bosom of tho earth, and * ' son; strivo to liide her nakud deformity by out spreading their ovcrgrecn arms?soino cling . with their viscid coverings to tho rough bark of ancient trees, as if they wished to add newer and greonor chaplets to tlieir docaying crowns?some sock the crevices of ^ tho barren rocks, and, creeping tip mined r|.| walls. l>ili(l lr>nr?lli<?r ?1i? " 1 - -O w .'J 8lcr the cankered tootli of time, in their tender . embraces?all obey those laws of vegeta- t|m ble crcation, which are ever aclivc in re- w|ti nowing what waste, and hocdless inconsid- sj10l erateness, and prodigal destruction, have so j ruthlessly ravaged. Go, then, lover of na- j turc, to the scathed hill-top, once crowned ^jqi with tho brawn of a mighty forest kingdom, jun and plant a clustering knot of oaks and j cedars. Go to the sun scorched brook, as j it glides noiselessly, liko molten lead, through your fields, and protect its bright waters by the friendly shade of graceful maples and wido-spreading breeches. Go j to the road side, and people those nionoto nous plantation lines with tho walnut, the , . , ? . . , , . kmi red-fruited mulberry, and the maronia? their shade will gladden tho heart of the traveler?their fruit will cause unborn ?* 1 children to bless in lr "The hand tbot planted llieso old trees." Add living monuments, and multiply them upon the earth. It was a buauliful son custom, that, when tho bellirothed planted ' each a treo, standing side by side, through n years that come, their branches interlocked ?their flowers kissed each other, and keep ; ing vigils of love through storm and through rQrl sunshine?they remained living sentinels ci,js over that affection which never dies. We Sin once knew two of earth's better spirits, bre< gentle in their natures, lovely in their nn tree gelic semblance, bewitching in their beauty? you and thus they planted their affections, side lelu by side, in front of the old homestead? bca those emblem-cedars grew, and when the fair hands which had planted them were J twining wreaths with the cherubim around arl'1 tho altnrs of tho blessed, they still stood flourishing over tho decay of tho past. 1'1C 1 Jut the old homestead has passed into the hands of strangers, the beautiful lesson can' taught by those trees has been forgotten, was and to make visible the glaringncss of ef* ' modern, improvement, tliey, too, like their ur J sweet emblem-spirits, are numbered among ^jCa tho things that once were upon this cnrth. crs? And again when a child is born a birth- auli day tree should be planted. We know an ''au olin which marks the natal hour of a mat- licit ron in a neighboring village, and wo never lie pass that early-budding tree without thank- poc ing the honored father who taught us a les- waj son when he set its roots in the raeilow to I soil before his door. oar) Tho hot, 8weltering walla of our cities nigl call for trees?trees to feed upon tho vapors slee which spring from over-peopled quarters, or c and convert them into healthy-breathing into atmosphere. The shado of trees is more 4,ani geuial and grateful to the pent-up dwellers self of cities, than it is to most of those who onc< ramble in sylvan groves, during tho free him and unrestrained years of a life in the uscl country. Let those, then, who are furced becj to dwell in the busy marts of tho world, be i0hf blessed by shade?shade in the streets, vvliv shade in capacious parks and pleasuro 0f c grounds. God made trees enough, so that nK r every human being could revel in their t]l0 shade. The tawncy savage 6ceks his leafy anj home, under the Titans of this Western world?the sons of the desert bless Allah fron for the refreshing shades of the graceful ft W( psalms, and the white man, who claims to jlftU be civilized, alone evinces, a thoughtless con, spirit of tree struction. For him there is j,aj no bound or limit, and the whim of a mo- ),ea| mentis frequently gialificd at the expense ^ j, of centuries of beautiful forest growth. a j,, Is that new era coming, when we are to 0? . be planters instead of ravagers ? "Will the ^j,{ few examples of ornamental landscape tj,aj adornment and improvement be copied and eag( become working texts to the millions? CRr, Are we to hoar of forest plantations to be tie8 reared upon our old fields I Are tho glar- con i.t?. i ' M,K vjKi'Hfau'iHg wuiid uuumjv oi uio land, to bo soon bidden by graceful forest-trees, sucb as abound within the reach of every jn ^ cultivator of the soil ? 1$ our country to n)01 be made picturesque and lovely by tho ag '( grouping of the elegant specimens which jen< , are the pride of our forests nround our ^ homesteads! Are we at last to beeome a ^ ^nation with common sense! We Uavo of ten almost worshipped the glorious are nhea of live oalU?beautifo! in their mourn ] Hig drapery of Solemn mo*3> whicli ad J kee such distinct charms to the lower sections w'" of our Statb. W4 hare admirud the vir an' . gin flowery, magnolia* and ask, why is it ( not mada.waloomo to liome in the ^ Tho j^Ttf^ewbrjicing^ nearly ^ half a-hmulfftd varieties and tto^&y ^ tw^H and the gnicefta elma^JVta} ev^r ' green- holly, and the cedar aod (be pine, all 1 afford much cbarsctertslio beauty to the IIOV 'i Thai* VdHtAJb"w?r tior ' -fringe, soiSUer trees and shrab?,?ipon tt>4 boappi <^.llltae?rtb, wbich, interspersed -i iviifi thfeie, MhJ bizarre"VrMaioon la to tho Pre grouped subjects of tie Jorost. But wbcu auQ kViito of theso, wo havo brought to our il's eye .1 picture, pon painted l>y Wills, ^ 'l0 ill, striking upon the chords of the |xin0lu t, through n vision of tho satisfactory w'" beautiful, will cause all who read it to " 11 the trees, which a sense of duty to ,,naS" ting ages has caused them to cluster as ^ uring friends around them. For tho ^ afit of bucIi, wo extract from his " Let jn] from Under a liridgo," a PocCs plant ^ o/^trte: ata8j As I look out from under tho bridgo, nro 9 an Oriolo sitting upon a dogwood C0(j tQ of my planting. ] lis song drow my j?lo ^ from tho paper. I find it difficult, ^ -,not to take to myself tho whole glory t],cn)# rce, song, and plumage. J{y an easy lo rojj ision, I fancy lio would not liavo come, j1(.r0 0 for tho beauty of tho treo, and that his or jra 5 says as much, in bird-recitativo. I go tcnuit k to ono rainy day of April, when, form j ting for maple saplings, I stopped un bars, that graceful tree, in a sort of Island nbboi jio, ana wonuared what grew so fair an(] j , was so unfamiliar, yet with a bark like thickr plumage of the penciled pheasant, thein, : limbs grew curiously. A lance like prcssc ii, and, at regular distance, a cluster of comb iatiug branches, like a long cane thrust metal nigh inverted parasols. I *et to work very i i spade and pick, took it homo on my tons, i ulder, and set it out by Glemnary brook? i0 ho there it stands to day, in the full glory whicl: its leaves, having just shod the white carrie iboms with which it kept holiday in These c. Now the treo would liavo leaved light i flowered, and the Oriole, in black and ard b J, might perchance havo swung and coina. Cj on the slender branch, which is still wbils ng with his effort in that last cadenza, gator the fair picture it makes to my eye, mach the delicious music in mv ear, secui to edges no less of my own making and awa again r. Is it the same tree, flowering unseen shape lie woods, or transplanted into a circlc lion s iiiman love and care, making a part of made Oman's home, and thouerht of and n*l p.p.ntil ed whenever tho comes out from her led, o ago, with a blessing on the perfume and phuri luc? Is it the samo bird wasting his face, g in the thicket, or singing to me, with tho n wholo mind afioat on his music, and a hot eyes fastened to his glittering breast. The b it is the same block of marble, unmov "imaj in the caves of I'cutelicus, or brought Ood h and wronght under the sculptor's given ?el, yet the sculptor is allowed to crcatcl nQW , g on, my bright Oriole ! Spread to the allem ezeyour desiring finger, my flowering q|( 11 Like the player upon the organ, I take jnto , r glory to myself; though, like tho lial iah that burns under his fingers, your . , , > ? ' J mighl uty and music worship God." anrrc ? Vrails in Johnson's Character.?In an head ule on the life and writing of Johnson, t|inc> lie London Quarterly Review, we havo nlCHni following sketch of his better nature: on i few rude speeches sink into insiguifi passes ce when compared with a charity which tho di onlv bonmhtd liv liis numna "lln !<->? <~*f lIn :ho poor," wriles Mrs. 'J'hrale, "as I ncv serrat et saw any one clso do." As he said of ago. vitt, he was "of every friendless name or wl friend." besides his indoor pension manij he had a number of out door depend prcssc >, and when his own funds were ox and si sled, he wrote innumerable letters to so placei tho contributions of his acquaintances. frequently bestowed all the silver in his ^10y J ket upon tho miserable being9 who " w'd< laid him on his passage from his house good ho tavern whero he dined. Even in his t>ons < y London days, he would go up at Londi ltjto the destitute children who wero ^ I ping upon the projecting stalls of shops ^ m m the sills of doors, and slip a penny ^ j their hands to buy tlieni a breakfast; ^ [1 this," adds Mr. Crokof, "when he him , .. . ? , and 1 w:is Jiving on pennies." Sixpence, he i remarked, was then a great sum to i. When it was objected that it was ^ ( ess to bestow half pence upon beggars, tjloro, luse they only laid it out upon gin and next I icco, he energetically exclaimed, "And ' should they he denied such a sweetness . >xistence ? Lifo is a bill which noun of ? - -- nanus inn swallow without gilding. Yet for orcd. poor wc delight in stripping itBtill baror, are not nshumcd to show even vi->ibl0 The leasure if ever the bitter taste is taken 1 their mounths." lie one night found lia"^rl Dtnan of abandoned character lying ex- conjee stod in the street, nod lifting her up lie k'eyed her on his back to his own house, j>irtuet her nursed till she recovered her llh, and then obtained her a situation (ions i eartless inan would have passed her byi 8|nr* umane man might have given ber inon. tjic BJ. but wns there a second person in tbo <>n ? I '* heave >le of the vast population of Loadon Qg it v L would have takon up jhe forlorn, dis- tlie n id and dirty^ sufferer tn his arms and ied her to his home i There tiro chari- tion.*' which from, thoir very lowliness, beles sublime, lie avowedly kept only. q ^ )0 of his income for his personal wants, oount Mrs.'ThMiscalculated that lie did not, ,iie pli act, spend rtfore than ?70 or ?8($ at betwe it. HIb kindness to dumb creatures was weani conspicuous in ifc way M bis benevo-* ? zq to raeh.' lie used lo go out himself uy oysters for Jiie. cat, test if he put tbe viifo , -atila to ll)e troable, tliey should take a Mr. Pi ike to tbe animal and use it ill. **et Q ? . C W*lc?( sn't it singular that an ill naturcd shop ho cai per abould ever offer to aell his good y I, when all the world knows he hasn't 1 ' L "old.?Master ni home f 'No', sir, heV 'rom ' .? 'M?t*?s* atbbntot 'No, sir, she's JgJ* .* ffepttr and ?t By t?*-0r? mUcJ at** oafr, too/ i} i , nwl'1 V wag wrote over tiro doer of ?aeboq?" "The NoW Bit&lftnd* hist flu .yttt^ f <*?' k young lad j. who wa? urged to afady ^u?nW neb, replied that she UipUgbt one tongue amiM icient for any wotuau. " / -> ruibori -- "?? .i;i' - * { . . . HOW MONEY IS MADE. ro appears to exist a considerable ' it of miHConccption as to tho manner cli money is made?not in the liaricnse, but literally. Many persons 1 ic, fur instance, that coins arc, us it ' soldered together in two halves, and 10 head is struck at one press and tho another ; but this is quito a mistake, ' iprcssions being given to a plain diso i tal,or " blank," and tho edgo milling 1 ingle blow. Ingots of gold or silver 1 st thrown Into melting-pots and redufiuidity. After this, they aro cast , nrs of various sizes, proportionate to .1- _r a_ i - 1 1 t uiua ui cum tu uu j>ruuuuuu iium These bars arc next passed forward ing-mrilsof groat powor (wo speak f the English Mint) and laminated, nvn cut by pressure to a atato of ~aty, inarvelously different to the rigid in which thoy loft the moulds. Tho in fact, aro now converted into is, flexihlo as tho wand of Harlequin > .hese, being beautifully adjusted in less for the pieces to be obtained from aro passed to a Bet of punching s, where they are perforated?honeyed?from end to end. The discs of thus obtained are blank sovercignn, nuch resembling shankloss brass butor blank sixpenscs, as it may happen sovereign or sixpenny " ribbons" i arc being dealt with, and arc then d forward to the weighing machines, i select tho sheep from the goita?the and heavy from the medium, or standlanks. The acceptcd candidates for ge arc now taken the marking room, t the rejected aro doomed to the pury of tho crucible again. The marking ines raise partially tho protecting of the future, coins, which arc then submitted to a fiery ordeal in tho of an annealing ovon. This opcraoftens and tempers them. They aro ?as young ladies aro said to bo?susjle to impressions, and aro then sickr blanched, in a weak solution of sulc acid. This gives them a bright surand removes all impurities. Drying is ext process, and this is performed over iron plate?a la muffin and crumpet, blanks aro now ready to receive tho je and subscription " of the Queen? bless her! This finishing touch is in the press-room. Tho pieces are weighed out to a number of boys, who 1 and feed the presses with them. ie side of the presses, blanks are put tubes, and on tho other they are 'n out coins. They get, however, a ty hard squeeze iu tho "middle pas' between two beautifully engraved and reverse dies, and are, at the same provented from expanding unduly, by s of a collar of steel, fluted or milled, sinner circumference, which encom i each individual piece, at tlic moment cs strike it. The outer circtimfcrence i piece of gold or silver becomes thus ed, or milled, at tho instant of coinTlie finished sovereign or sixpences, jatsoever coins may be in process of >ulation, now tumble out from the s in rapid and glistening succession, ide down inclined plaues into trays i to catch them. They arc cxaminthe surfaces and edges to ascertain it ire perfect, and thon sent out into the ), wide world," to do their mission of or evil, as the good or evil disposiof their possessors may determino.? m Artizan. ady who has been rending law, is in ost fearful, agonizing doubt regarding gality of her marital condition. Just vhat she says, " Lotteries aro illegal^ marriage is tho greatest lottery iu Liglit boot or shoe goes on easier when uglily warmed by turning tho soles Lo the tiro. )gs that have stones in them should 'b be taken off tho finger when the i aro washed, else they bccome discol-Jjoom of the World.?Tho North Brllith c, discoursing on the doom of tho world, 0 following remarks: hnt this change is to be, we duro not even ilure, but we see ill the heavens t.lipmsel vob ;raees of destructive elements and tomt in?' >ub of their power, the fragments of broken 3?the descent of meteoric stones upon our ?the whirling comets wielding their loose ial at the polar surface?the volcanic erup11 our own satelite?the appearance of new and disappearance of others, are all forews of that impending convulsion lo which stem of the world is doomed: Thus placed ilnnet which is to be burned up, and under ns which are to pars away ; thus residing, /cro, on the cemeteries, aud dwelling upon laustfeums of former worlds, let uft learn won of haraility aud wisdom, if we have ready Veen taught in the school of revels ?? 1 Blue Bells of Richmond.?On the 22d ult, tlemanly "loafer'' made up his miud to the number of blue dresses in Richmond, toad hiiqsclf near the Atncrican Hotel, and eu the hours of .13 aud 4 p. m., 371 ladies lg blue dresses pjissed by him. ?,-v 9 and Chwip Way of Acquiring Cuba.? Ip the following paragraph from Uie Ix?uisJournal: There are foolish rumors that rcstou will n6t be received at Madrid.? , ueen Isabella once get a glimpse of the no?fcln|r ant! accomplished Kenttrokran, and'* i obtain'Cuba as a love gift from her a? as he can purchase it for one hundred and ailjjoaa"^ ^ ^ ^ trican* in -^VewWa^m A ^'letter {19 sUles that #art American, acting as n t>ou Pedro railfood, Ktouyg fe^en 11, jwurtled bp?etsve, thq^atUr had been by a number of Ainetfeeas, (fed Wa tree U *>#?^oj te>'a^*?fc Ab AjiericM*. j Yhe rb*w*rt*> tmiftadUheipiUn ?-a borne, ff^deuch nwiHtm Mm* the tasnpa were TfedWNfctliit?l.v".JI>e Aintfrfe^ps eoba*\y tftwii to gt berore the tTiwtof HWtes er, M?d'Awhfi(ik the cane to htm, b?t th?J tie* fiuuliy drupped^he wforiaaitttfaK. &l)e 2lbbcuillc Bamtcr, A Published Every Thursday Morning, by DA. VIS ?fc CREWS. W. C. DAVIS Editor # P. B. OREWS Publisher. J T Dtsf n 2VE S7 ^ Two Doixaii* per annum, if paid in advaneo > Two Dollars and Fifty Cents ntllic expi- rJ ration of one year. AU sulwcriptions not limited at the time of subscribing, will be eon- Co adored as indefinite, and will bo continued until arrearages are puid, or at the option of the Pro- ^ prietora. Orders from other States must invari f? ably bo accompanied with tho Canh. m RATES OF ADVERTISING. S The Proprietors of tho Abbeville Jlnnner and K' Independent Prcxs, have established tho follow- ''' nifl rates or Advertising to be charged in bolli papers: Every Advertisement inserted for a less time 111 1 11 mi three months, will !??< charged by tlie insertion ut One Collar per Square (1J ineli?tlie space of 12 solid lines or lees,) for tlie first insertion, nud Fifty Cents for each subsequent in- 6' serlion. _ _ . The Commissioner's, Sheriff's, Clerk's and " Ordinary's Advertisements will he inserted iu both papers, each charging half price. 11 Sheriff's Levies. One Dollar each. ol trA nnounciiig a Candidate, Five Dollars. Advertising nn Kstray, Two Dollars, to be paid by tho [Magistrate. Advertisements inserted for three months, or longer, at the following rates: 1 square. "> months ? 5.00 I square 0 months 8.11m ]i 1 square months 111.till 1 square 12 months 12.00 2 s<piares months 8.tin 1 2 squares -" ' lis II."0 ii square: hs lK.no 2 squares >. is JJn.'iu j '' 3 squares 8 10.00 : d ? squares ' i. .t lii.Oo I' 3 squares months 21.tin " 3 squares 12 months 2I>.Oo > 4 squares 3 months 12.00 4 squares (i months 20.On 4 squares '.I months 2ti.0o 4 squares 12 months .'iO.OO fi squares 3 months 15.0O 5 squares 0 months 25.Oo < 5 squares 0 months 31.01) j, S squares 12 months 35.00 li squares 3 months 20.00 ^ Pi squares i> months 30.OO _ r, squares months SO.fili r> squares 12 months 40.UO . 7 squares 3 montliH 25.00 1 7 squares (? months 35.nU 7 squares 0 mouths 41.00 '' 7 squares 12 months 4S.00 K squares 5> months 80.00 1 8 squares (i inoiuhs 4o.0o * 8 squares u months 411.00 8 squares 12 innullis GO.O0 j' Fractions of Squares will he charged in proper- j] tion to the nliove rates. a Business Cards for the term of one year, will he charged in proportion to the space they occupy, at Our Dollar per line spacf\ tST F or all advertisements set in double column, Fifty per Cent, oxtra will Ijo added to tho above rates. DAVIS ?fc CREWS, For Manner; LEE ,fc WILSON, } For J'rrss. ~~^xTcTif'ri 1 KNNI.vdsON, <1 (OF NICARAGUA.) tl Coi.. O. W. CROCK HIT, H A. M. MUNSON, * CHARLES liriiDRTT. d THOMAS DUNN EXOLISn.M.D., ? IIICNliV CLAPP, Jun, ' GKOROK ARNOLD, K" SAMUKL YOUNG, " Miss SOUTHWOliTII, Mus. ANN'A WIIKLPLKY, Miss VIRGINIA VAUGIIA NT, Mus. 1)1. VKIiNON, Mim II ATT IK CLAIM*; l'MNLKY JOHNSON, I Write only for the GOLDEN PRIZE. GOLDEN PRIZE. GOLDEN PRIZE. GOLDEN PRIZE. A GOLDEN PRIZE. GOLDEN PRIZE. hi THE GOLDE 3XT I? n XZ?] 1LLU3XBATED. fBllIK New York Weekly Oni.DF.y Prizr is 9 JL one or the largest and host liteniry pa- sh pore of the day?an Imperial Quarto containing ut eiyht payrxoT forjif colintnta, of the most inter- c< est.ing and fascinating reading matter, from the \\ pens of the very first writers of the <lny. (|i Elegantly Illustrated Every Week. 111 A PRESENT, WORTH FROM 60 CENTS TO $500 00. Will he given to each subscriber immediately on ? rpceipt of the subscription money. This id presented as a Memento of Friendship, aud nut as an inducement to obtain subscribers. ~ T33H.MS r ^ flno Copy for one year $2 00 and i Present. One Copy for two years... 3 f?U anil 2 Presents Duo Copy for three years.. f? (mi and .'i ?? One Copy fur live years... H (ju and ?> " ANi> TO CLUBS, Three Copies, otic year $5 00 nnd " Presents 2 Five Copies, r>ne year H 00 and 5 " Ten Copies, one year 15 00 atui 10 " Twenty-one Copies, one year S$0 00 and 21 " j, The articles to ho given away arc comprised in tlii following list: 2 Packages of Cold, containingSfiOfi 0o each f? do ilo Hn Qnft (III ?n?.li 10 <io do do 100 00 eucli 10 Patent. I.ever Hunting Cased Watches 100 00 rnnli i 20 Gold Watches 7 ft 00 each | } 50 do do CO oO cavli ]; 100 do do fin 00 i nch 800 Ladies' Gold Watches 8ft 0O cncli C( 200 Silver Hunting Cased Wnthes 30 00 cacli 600 Silver Watches $10 00 lo 33 00each 1000 Gold Guard, Vc?t, ? >. and Fob Chains.. .$10 00 to 30 00 cnch Gold Lockets, Bracoleln, Brooches, Ear Drops, Breast l'ins, Cuff Pins. Sleevo Buttons, Kings, 1 Shirt Studds, Watch Keys, Gold and Silver Thimbles, and a variety of other articles, worth w from 50cuuU to ?16 each. We will preserit to every porson sending up 60 subscribers, at $2 each, a Gold Watch, worth $10; to any one sending us 100 subscribers, at ~ $2 oaoh,. a Gald Watch", wprth $90. Every subscriber will also rceeivo a present. c Immediately on rcoeipt of the money, |.ho nbscriber^B name will ba entered upou qnr book, \ and the present wfthin one week Ay mail, or ex- ' pre**, post paid. 01 O* All communications should lie addressed toM. B. DEAN, PflBi.isiiBR, 305 Broadway,-New York. Deo. 18, 1858,, 34- - hu~12in HEW GOODS! SEW GOODS!! WE #ould -respectfully inform our .friends and customers, that we have mtulo large additions 4o our stock of j( * Drtlig* and Medicines, it aad wvutd bo pleased'to have tliein call and ox- ~r ajt)lu? tob&Uaforc purchasing ejirowhere, as 1 we cats offer them strong inducement* to buy. j Oh* stoeft consists in part, of (jJ $ * ti I>nl>?tf8 tbr tho Handkerchief, PofftadrA, Oolgljrrc and Toilet Wntcra, Ifnir, Nnil n hkd Tooth nrushea, DressingComhp, fiinoTooth J1. rt>w4?ij5, 8o^pS, Surgical and Dental Inatru yew,... p Fme Brandies and Wines, c Cor Mcrfioinat fto rposes, and nil article* usually Cl a first claws Drug Store. Give una call. ^ joudan & Mclaughlin, . ? . AlibevilleC.il. July 8,18J8 LI tf rX BBEVILLE AND WASHINGTON STAGE UNL .BBEVILLE to WASHINGTON4 I^IIK I'RORIKTOit of (his well established L Line takes t.liin method of informing the iblic (hat he hu? changed his Schedule,fur JJie nveiiicnee of passengers. The Stage ^vill be detained at Abbeville Court ou.*c, until half past It o'clock, on MONDAY, 'KDNKSDAY and HIllDAY morning*, rdiiiLj an opportunity for passengers on tho oruing train from (ircenville to go dircctly irougli to Washington, Cla.. Iho panic day, colliding with the train at Washington for A?ista, Mout"oinerv. All T'w. V . - "* stained 11 few hoursal \Vashiii?lon, via. The Statue will leavo Wns'iiimton, <" UKSDAY, Tilt!IIS])AY auJ SATDItDAY ornnitr*. , The Line li;?s been re It 1 tod willi a POlentlicv Four-Horso Coach, jod Teams and an ex|>erieticed drives'. U I'assetitccrs from all points above N^w?" crry, p?iii'/ West, will find Unit tliey can renrli^ uy point west of Atlanta in exuetly tins me, and willi ?"?.U0 less expense than by way f Ilrum-hville. For further in formal ion applvtrt JOHN McBRYDE, Ag't, At the I'.ot Olliee, Ahheville C. II.,S. C May 2's Ib.W B ly JOHN L. CLARK, iKPMKKK OF CLOCKS, WATCHES/ JEWELHX, STST <)1L1> rosjiertfully in form tin; cili- fc*?>. V V 7.011s of tin-l)ist net, tliat he lias icatod himself at, Ihiiliro's LV|iot, where he will n prepared to execute, wit u promptness, ;,|| nrers in his lino of business. lie is Well prearoil with all the tools and materials of hi.-1 art, ml feels confident in beinij aide to j^ivc satistetion. All work warranted. D j' Terms Ciedi. April 11, 1858 52 lv Stato of South Carolina. juiuiyii.u-: justiuct. yp. c Court ' / C"i">ifin l'Uo* and Geit'l Rmsi/ma, K. Iiulkr ) v.*. > Attachment. Vm. 1$. I.loyd, ) Muftowan, I'li'iV's Attorney.IITHEKEAS tin: I'1 >t:ntifT did, on the nine-' il tfiiith day of November, <*iirlitoei? hitiired ami lifty-eijjhl, file his declaration a^aiu?S h?i Defendant, wliii, fit is said,) is absent from ml without ilie limits of this State, and has ncihcr wife nor attorney known within the same, ipon whom a copy (if said declaration might ho trvetl: iL is t liercfore ordered, that the said Dcliinlaiil do appear and (dead to the said declaration, oil nr lie fore lilt- twentieth day of Novemer, eighteen hundred and iifty-nine, otherwise itial and aht-'oluU: judi;iiieiiL will then bo given nd awarded airain.'t. him. MATTHEW McFK)NALD, c. c. r. Clerk's Ollici*, Nov. 2<.t, lh*iJ. 32?12m llio Stato of South Carolina, 1 hhci'tllc Dhtrift.?In the Common J'Uus. llenry C. Parnell, ^ Attachment. Wm. 1?. I.loyd, ^McfSownn, ITjls. Att'y V\T IIKUEAS iho I'lainlitf <lid, on the sixth VV day "if April, eighteen hundred and fiflyij?ht, filv Ilia declaration au'amst the Defoliant, who, (ii is said,) isalisent front and without lie limits of this Slate, ami has neither wife nor ttorney known within the same, upon whom u npy of the said declaration mijilit. lie served: t is therefore ordered, that tin- said Defendant o appear ami plend to the s.hoI declaration, on r lict'.ire the seventh day of April, eighteen i:ndrcd and fifty-nin??, otlierw i.i?; final and ah. ilute judgment will then he given and awarded 'aiusl him. M ATTHKW MeWiVAni Clerk's Ollicc, April 8, 1 Kir?. f>n ly "teeth extracted * without x?j3lxnt, With the Galvanic Process, 3Y S. HENRY BEARD UEKTTIST. OfKco?Ovcy: Branch & Allen's Book and Drug tore, Abbeville C. H. Aug. IS, 1S.J8 IS tlf W. Davis, [Homey ul Lata oml Solictor in A'/jitily aihievii.i.k, s. c. Will promptly atleiul to all business eiitriiHterfto p care. Horn i? l?> found at tlientticcof tlio AUWeville bttniier" July ll> Cigars, Cigars, Cigars. IFUST received a !hij?c lot; 10,000 very fine W ('ij;nr.?, worth fruiii ?50 to ^*80 per lliou.ml. Also, n lot of very line eliewiiif?Tohueco, $1.25 to $$l..ri0 per lb. l'uro French Brnndy, rtainly maiie fiotn I lie juieo of tlic grape.? 'iiies, Whinkies, Gins ?te., of the very best in lit y Unit we Iiiivc licen able, with much care id ami threat expenses to obtain. hj* Also, a few empty Barrels for sale. jordan & mclaughlin. Junef),lKr>8 7 tf W. K. BLAKE, attorney at Law. kM/" ILL'Prncticc in the Courts of EiitjiTold, V Newberry, I aureus, and Abbeville. Ollice?Ninety Six, Abbeville, S. (J. Oct. u, i sr.s 24 If Just Recoivod. 4 SUPPLY Of l"'H.\N(iH'ANNI Extract, m. ninl Kternnll'erfiiuie for the Kiiiulkoreh'f, Fruiii;i|>uniii Toilet Water, ilo do Soap, rl<> <1<? Snelii-ts, i wliieb we ilivifn the attention oft,be ladies. JORDAN ?t MrLAuoiilix, Drntrgists unil t'heiniMs. July 1. lP5R. if 11 The Cloar Starchor's Friend iriLL yivo a finished anil beautiful gloss lo kV Collars, Shirt Bosoms, and to all linen, nmsn iiinl nottou gui'ils; it will bo found an assisint in whitening clot lies, and is warranted to mlaiu iiot|i'"V injurious. For sale liy JORDAN .fc MCLAUGHLIN, Druggists and Chemists. Faints and Oils. IT"E have just roceived a lot of PU RE WHITE iV LMAI>, Linseed Oil, anil Copal Varnish^ liieh w'o will sell cheap. . JOKDA-N ?t MrLAUGITJ.lK, Kn. ft. Granite Range, Abbevillo C.IL July 8, 18f?8. tf 11 ___ . lURGEON DENTIST, ITILir at all time* be found at Greenwood If Depot, where lie will, with pleasure, Wait j (hose who may ilesiro bis serviced. All work Warranted satisfactory. Feb. 8, 1H.0Q .11 If State of Sou^h Carolina, AbllEVlLLE 1>1 STRICT. In Equity. . T. Poreher, Ex'r, } and Trustee, J Rill for Injunction, vs. I Construction, Dircc* >shua Daniel, Wni. ) tion, &c, . Ueid, and others. J T appearing to my satisfaction tjiat Christo'pber Cox, tho children of Cornelius Cox, ee'd, the children of Bailey Cox, dee'd, the chilrtsii of Lcroy Cox, dee'd, the children of Bertama Pace, dee'd, and the children df Phereby rice, deo'd, defendants in the above stated case utf next oT kill of Jann Reid, dee'd, (whose umber and mimes arc unknown,) rcwido beyond ic fmiitR of tliiH State. On inolion of Noblo, # * omp. Sol., ordered that said Defendants do npcar upd ple.wl. answer or demur to said bill of omplaiut, within three month* from the puhliittion hereof or judgment Pro Confetno will b" ikon against them. WM. H. 1'ARKKR, c.n.A.", Conimisflionci'n Ofliee, ) Juu. is, 3iu