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GENTLE ANNIE.
BY STETIIKN C. t'OSTKR.
Thou wilt comc no more, gentle Aiinio?
Like iv flower thy spirit tli<l depart;
Thou'rt gone, alas! like the many
That have bloomed in tlie summer of my heart
r unit ro.
Shall we never more behold thee;
Never hear thy winninir voice acrain?
"When Ilu? spring time comes, gentle Aimio,
When ilto wild (lowers are scattered o'er tin
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Wc have roamed ami loved mi'l the bowers,
When tliv downy cheeks wore in their bloom ,
Xiiw I stand alone *mi?l the (lowers,
While thoy mingle their perfumes o'er thy toinh,
Oiioitrs.?Shall we never more, .to.
Ah! the hours grow s:ul while I ponder,
Near the silent spot where thou art lni?l:
Ami my heart bows down when I wander
lly the streams an.I the meadows whore wc
strayed.
t'Honrs.--Shall wc never more, &c.
J-'i'om the li ne. i/</ Maifiiziuc
THE LITfLE BEGGAR.
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As I sat in tl.e reading-room of my hotel,
short (inio since, watching the scrolls ol
smoke that rose upward from my cigar?<u
i - I- 5 ' "S VVKT y,iir,"^r l,!ll!l
paragraphs, I became acquainted with the
little actor in the sketch I am about to give
the reader.
While thus engaged, my attention was
attracted bv the clear, yet sorrowful notes
of a little girl, who seemed to be asking fur
charity. Now this is such a common sight,
n all large cities, that it hardly attracted
rt second glance. She went to them all
and t<>ld her story, jet more of them gave
it credence enough to bestow aught. She
came to my fiiend, who was seated but a
few feet distant, and 1 overhead her story.
ISliu wai a most beautiful child, apparently
not iii'TO than eight years of age, and her
destitute condition at once commanded my
attfiit km.
She had upon her feet a pair of old gaiters,
without stockings, and her delicate little
limbs were red and benumbed with the
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uiu.;i mi'i. j ier ouier garments were very
jioor, ami in keeping willi lier destitution.
My friend, whose large wesilth had always
been the means of doing <:ood, happened to
1 ?e reading at the time, and paid but little
attention to what was said. In faet, he
had been often imposed upon about that
time, and therefore paid hut little attention
to what she told him.
' lleio,' said he, giving her-a gold dollar,
' take this and buy you some clothes ; now
go home, quick.'
I watched the expression of the child's
countenance as she received the coin, and
its very workings gave lie to the thoughts
that she was an impostor. T nudged my
-friend and directed his attention to it,
and lie at once called her to him.
' Tell mo, sissy, what is your naino ?'
' Clara Wentworth, sir,' ehe replied
promptly.
Well, Clara, where do you live!'
r On Stroet, with my parents.'
' Why do they send you out bogging?1
'Mother was loth to have mo come, sir.
but?'
' Ts lliis llic first time you ever went out
?o bog V
" Yes, sir; my father?' and here &1ic
hesitated 4 WV1I, lie is good father, but
he spends his money for rnm, and given
rton? to mother to pay the rent.1
' Tell me his name.'
' Frank Wentworth sir.'
1 Frank WeiUworth f' cxelaimed my
friend, suddenly.
' Do j*ou know him V said f.
' What was your mother's namo V
'"Clara Trtieman, she replied.
' Ye",' said he, in reply to my question ;
1 T do know her.- Shn was one one of my
schoolmates.'
He took his note book from ltis pocket
and wrote the address, at the samo time
telling the child that h?? would see her
again.
'Can it be possible V he exclaimed, as
n1ic turned to 1'eavs liirti ? 4 I' cannot believe
it.'"
41 liopo you will not come to our house,
air, for we arc very poor; and father?lie
is not well.'
1 Never mind, my child ; oou run straight
home, now, and I will see yon again Boon.'
"With a buoyan' heart the poor littlo girl
left the room, ana my friend seemed deeply
moved.
4 Clara Trucman, was once the hello of
ft , and can it he that Frank has dragged
her down to this ? I must see them.
Come, my friend,' lie said, taking my arm ;
4you wotdd like to witness tliis little episode,
this scene IVom die great drama of lifo.,
come with mo.
Wo followed close upon the track of the
little girl, who was hounding happily along
over tlio icy pa\'cmertts, unmindful of all,
save the joy ?lie felt at finding a friend.
While going to the place he related lier
history tb itift,- or*t1iat portion' of it'which
lie knew", and sooil learlled'tho r?f when
\re entered the House. The youtlifnl hus
* Ifnnd'atld^fatKer lay upon a )>allct of straw
ih a drunken sleep. "When we entered the
little girl ran to her mother, and in joyous
tbnes introduced us as the poreons who had
befriended her.
It' was some moments before my friend
could recall the features of the once beautiful
Clare, and she waaae loog in recognizing
her old schoolmate.
^ What has brought you to this, Clara!'
lie said, taking lier hand in his, and gazing
upon the prostrate form of her huibaud.
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A V
t ?
' I call it misfortune,' she said drying
tears ; for it waited upon my husband, b
ted his dearest hopes and prospects ; :
in despair, lyj sought the cup to drive
sad memories from his brain. Poverty
lowed close upon it, and here you I
me, a poor outcast from that gay world
which we once met, and I was so hap|
4 How long has it been thus ?'
'It has been giowing thus lor years, :
to-day it finds me unable to pay my n
ami liable to be turned out of doors if
. paid within the next twelve hours.
that purposo I sent my child forth?a?1>
gar.'
It was a hard for her t:> rel ito to <
whom she had known iu opuleti
, and hard for him to listen. 1I<j g ive he
generous sum of money, and promised
call on her again.
We left that abode of poverty w
thoughts too deep for utterance, and liar
a word was spoken until wc reached <
hotel.
lletiiing for the night, I could but roll
upon the checkered life that we are doou
to lead. This beautiful girl married a u
who was, bv every one. thought to
worthy. And so he was ; but he g;
way to the bewildering inlluences of di
until it made him a brute, and dragged
down the thorny abyss of povelV.
She who was once surrounded by frieii
| and lulled in the lap of luxury, was now
poor being, entirely hidden from those e
mat once Jook<-<l upon her with pride ii
joy. Such is life !
I then thought of the counterpart of I
mother?the beautiful little beggar?:i
asked myself, what will he her fate ! 1'
chance, ten years from now, we may find !
the mistress of some gilded mansion, a
without a thought upon her povcrty-striel
past.
- 1 I'tch ,l/i/?'s O/itiiiou of IIrvulth.?
Salamanca, a rich hanker of Madrid. a g<
tlemati of taste, education, ami liberal!
once in each week admits his friends to
house and table, 'i'o this weekly courte
savs the London Spectator, twelve journ
ists recently responded by inviting th
host to one of the modest restaurants of I
Spanish capital. The invitation was ace<
ted, and the dinner took place, the cost
the feast being eight reals, or Is Od a lies
Instead of the basket of flowers ustia
placed on the table, stood si pyramid
! books, surrounded bv the busts of Call-on,
Lope de Vega, Cervantes and Yel;
ques. The dinner was more than mode
and the only apology we have for mcnti:
ing it all, must be found iu the moral
,\i. JSui;u 11:1 iic.'i's speech : "Gentlemei
said In*, "about twenty live years from tl
time llic oKl a?<l threadbare cassock of S
amaucn, tlicn a student in the t'niversily
Grenada, might be among the oldest a
most worn out cassocks of his comrades.
When my education was completed I pi
ceeded to Malaga, and made myself a joi
nalist. Then the love of gold took poss
b'ioii of my soul, and it was at Madrid tl
I found the object of my adoration, but 1
without the loss of my juvenile illusion.
Helieve mo, gentlemen, the man who e
f isfy all his wishes has 110 more enjr
inetit. Keep the way you have entered <
I advise you. Kotschilds' celebrity will ces
011 the day ofhisdeath. Immortality can
earned, but not bought. Here arc bell
you the busts of men who havo glorious
cultivated liberal arts; their busts I ha
met with throughout tho whole of Kuro|
but nowhere have I lound a statute erect
to the memory of a man who devoted 1
life to making money. To day I speak
you with my feelings of twenty-two yea
for in your company I have forgotten I i
jt banker, and only thought of my yon
cjnd days of good humor."
A BACHELOR'S WOES.
What a painful thing an old bachelor
with his cheerless house and rueful phiz,
a bitter cold night, when the fierce win
blow, and the earth is covered with a fi
of snow. When tho fire is out and
shivering dread lie silps 'neath the she*
of hi* lonely bed ; how lie draws up I
toes, stilt encased in yarn hose, and burr
his nose 'neath the chilly bed clothes, ill
his nose and his toes, still encased in yn
hose, may not bo froze. Then he puffs ai
blows, and swears that he knows no mi
tal on earth ever sulfered Mich woes, ai
with all's and oil's, and with limbs mm
froze, to his slumber in silence he goes,
the morn when the coch croWs, and t
sun just rose, from 'neath the bed clotl
pokes tho bachelor's nose, and as you in
suppose he hears the wind blows, and
sees the window all froze, why back 'nen
tho clothes pops the poor fellow's nose, I
if from the bed ho rose, to put on 1
clothes, he'd surely froze.
Why so much Bcuuti/ in PulunJ??"
cause," says Bayard Taylor, "there girls
not jump from infancy to young ladyhoc
Tliey aro not sent from the cradle to t
parlor, to dross, to sit still, and look pret
No, they are treated as children should I
During childhood, which extends througl
period of several years, they arc plain
and loosely dressed, and allowed to n
romp and play in the open air. They ta
in sunshine, a3 doeR the flower. They n
not loaded down, girded about, and opprt
ed every way with countiess frills and
perahundant flounces, so as to bo adiuir
for their much clothing. Nor are th
rendered dclicato and dyspeptic by conl
ual stuffing with candies and sweet cak<
as aro tho majority of American child re
Plain, simple food, freo and various exercis
and abundaneo of stuishino during tl
wjiole period of childhood, are the secrets
boauly in after life."
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lior JOURNALISM. ?
|as. It is eminently desirably that so groat a
uid power as Unit of journalism should be
tho l'io interest of (Jhiistiau moras),
f j and under a constant sense of tho rcsponsi
i bilitv which religious obligation involves
j1( That the daily journals of this city have
i improved immensely in this respect within
the last ten years, as well as in enterprise,
ability and general courtesy, no one who
has given tho subject any attention can
Mt' doubt; an ' it is equally certain thai, with
j the improved laste ami increased culture of
I* or I | . ...
^ j ttio mass ot tho people, tins improvement
? j will continue. Tim daily press mav not In*
I all it should lio?but the s:uiio defect ehar"u
i acidizes every oilier profession ami every
ico. ' ...
i oilier human institution. All wo nn leaj
sonably expect to a>k is that its tendencies
; should be in the right direction?f at it
:
I should he irrowinii better, instead of worse ;
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1 '' , and we think this may he very safely and
' very confidently asserted of the daily press
| of this citv, taken as a whole in all the respectable
journals duo icgard is uniformly
leet : paid to the religious observances and leelled
| ings of all denominations?a fair propo.?an
, lion of space is given to religious inlellibe
J gence?the obligations of Christian duty
ivc ! are fully recognized, even if not always
ink ' fully met, and in their discussions of pubher
j lie atlairs Chii-tian mo'ality is almost uni}
formly accepted as the basis of their judgujji
i ineiits and opinions. We believe this to be
{ ;i j true of a largo pot lion of the daily ncwsves
j papers of this city?and il is becoming
n,j ' more and more true of them all.
Kxccpiioii is taken, we are aware, to tlie
|IIS character of much of the intelligence that
iluj is published?to the details given of inuror.
tiers, police eases, divorce trials, In
|lel. part this complaint is doubtless just?and
ml there is room and need for improvement in
;l.,i j nearly all our newspapers in this re.-pcct.?
j lint il is not fair to overlook the reason of
j this fault, nor to place the responsibility of
j il too exclusively upon the press. Il boj
lungs mainly to the community. A newsty
j l,al>01' must be published upon business
. ; ! principles; it can only exist as il is suataincd
by the community. It is very easy
-("l to sneer at a publisher lor seeking piimaiily
to increase his circulation ; but it. would
eir . '
he* ',tJ Jlls^ iis lo -"ncer at a merchant
for endeavoring to extend his trade. >r at a
p- . 3 '
()f physician for seeking to enlarge his practice.
, The public support is absolutely c.iscnlial
to a newspaper, unless for parly or oilier j
purposes of their own, individuals are wil
I ling to contribute the money which il 'e- i
ipiires; and in that case il becomes a mis |
sioiiatv wml- ins:t...i.l "
, yji u ui>i;r;i*
si, I
' j lion.
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. Now. it is .1 clear :ui?l undeniable fact,
ol I
^that the great hoily uf the people want a
'. I newspaper for the news. They want to
. ? know what is going on in the world, ami !
al- | . . ... ? .
(j. J Jl is the busiHues.s ol their newspaper to
tell them. If it does they will take it; if
not, they will stop it ami take another.?
Ami lamentable as the fact i>, it nevorlher0*
i .
less is a tact, that crime, m its vaiioiis
ir- ' ' ,
forms ami successive stages, fills a very large
, page in the dailv history of the world?ami
tat 1 = " , ,
. cannot ue iguoreu without ignoring a verv
IOt ? o a .
large ami a very important part of the current
intelligence. Koually true is it that
an . ? , 1 .
nine persons out of eveiy ten ;n every comj
miinily read the narratives of great climes
' with much more avidity than they read aecounts
of benevolent and religious movements.
or any of the nr.)re ordinary and
"c less exciting incidents of daily life. The
tragic element, in life as in fiction, has a
Ae stronghold upon the imagination, and very
few persons, whatever their moral and reed
i.
. umous character, arc insensible to its fasciitis
?f.
nation.
to
rs, Eating Dirt.?Humboldt, a man whose
un i wonl justly carries with it Kuropean au
itli thoritv, confirms the stvteinent <>f Gutnilla
that the Ottomacs of South America, du
ring tlie periods of the floods, subsist
entirely on a fat and feranginous kind
,s? of clay, of which each man eats daily a
0,1 pound or more. Kpix and Mai tins declare
tlint the Indians of tlio Amazon eat a kind
'?^ of loam even when other food is abundant*
1,1 Molira says the Peruvians frequently oat a
L^s sweet-smelling clay; and F.hrenberg lias
118 analyzed the edible clay sold in the markets
IL'8 of liolivia, which he finds to be a mixture
Ia of taio and mica. Tlie inhabitants of Gui
r" ana mingle clay with their bread ; and the
nd negroes of Jamaica are said to eat earth
>r- when other food is deficient. According to
ltd Labillardiere, the inhabitants of New Cal
ly edouia appease their hunger with a white
In friable earth, said by Vaiiquclin to bo com
lie posed of magnesia, silica, oxide of iron, and
IPS I chalk. 'IV? ?i.~ *
?,.y,.x.yiv mo iisi, wc must add
ay Siam, Siberia, ami Kamschatka, as conn
lie tries of clay-eaters. Tliia is rather a stag
ith gering accumulation of assertions, wliicli
for wo cannot dismiss altogether, even if wc
Ills suppose a large allowance of scepticism jus
tillable. Granting the fact that certain
kinds of earth arc really nutricious (and it
13rj is difficult to escape such a conclusion,) we
do are completely at a loss for an adejuato ex
)d, planation of it. Little light is thrown on
|,e it by the assumption, probable enough,
iv that the earth must contain organic matter,
j0. I because in a pound of such earth there
, h I could scarcely bo contained sufficient organ
,|y < ic matter to supply tho demands of an
In adult. Nor will it get rid of this difficulty
kc to say that the .earth only appeases hunger
irc without nourishing the system, because in
,ss ' the first place, Humboldt's testimony is,
M, ' that the Ottomacs subsist on the clay at pe
ej | riods when other food is deficient: and in
Cy the second placo, although iho local senna
i? lion of hunger may bo appeased by intro
,s during substances into the .stomach, the
n_ nioro imperious systemic sensation of hun
10 Serno^ l',us "ppcasod. We must,
10' therefore, bo content at present with accept
0f ing the fact, which tho science of future
days may possibly explain.?Blackwood.
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Trouble Kills.?The secret sorrow of tlio
I mind, ;i sorrow thai must be kept; how il tl
I wills away the whole man, himself nncon- v
i scions meanwhile of its murderous client! a
lie cannot feel that he is approaching t<
de-tlh, because lie is sensible of no pain ; l'
i in fact, he has no feeling, hut an indiscriba- c
I .
, hie sensation perceived about the physical :i
| heart. ^
Lord Kaplan, comuiander in-chief of tho '<
j Mritish army before Kcbaslopol, the bosom "
; Irieud of the Duke of Wellington lor forty j c
. years, to whom paitial friends have often b
' said,? his character seemed without a tlaw "
?suc h a man died, figuratively, of a bro 1
ken heart. In a moment, almost, trouble 1
came like a whirlwind ; avalanche followed
: avalanche in ijtiiek succession, so that no "
time was left for the torn spirit to ri>e above i 11
its wounds. The ISritish (lovcrnment, <jua ' 1
ling before popular clamor, left the brave | c
old man to bear the brunt alone, because !t , '
: could not all'ord to recall him, and yet had '
not the courage to sustain him. While ; 3
tin; tone of ollh-ial communications deprived c
liiin of 11is sleep, something weighed heav *'
ilv upon liiin, and broke liis gallant spirit, c
, llii; failure *?t* the. Ionian closely followed. c
< >n reaching liridouarlers a letter was in 1
waiting which announced llio death of the :l
last surviving of a large family of brothers '
and sisters ; the next day the death of a J
i general, his old companion in arms. Next '
; e;ime tin: new-, that the gallant son of Lord i ^
Lyons was sinking under his wound*.? *
1 These things, coming so rapidly one afier j '
! another, in the course of a few hours, as it ! '
I
were, eansed sneh a change in his appear i
j mice?all unknown to himself, however? '
that his physiei.ui had to request him to
l:.ke to !.is bed, and within forty-eight (
hours he di<a<l, without supposing himself to v
i !>e in any danger whatever.
" You are worse than you should be from c
tlie fever you have. Is v?.?ur mind at ease ?" ^
j ?said a <|ui( de-sighted physician lo a sleep v
i less, wasting patient. " No, il is not," was 0
the 11 :iu k reply, and last recorded words of j t:
'Oliver <wlmso Vicar of Wake v
j Held and (In* Deserted Village '.vill only die
i with thy ICujjfli?%li bingua^i*. Ho <liu?l at the 1
! age of forty-six, of a malady of th? mind,
: from blasted hopes and unkind speeches of c
the world around him ! He was a man 1
j whoso heart was largo enough and kind ^
I enough to have made the whole world hap "
|>v, whose troubles arose from his hmriau 1
ity ; yet the base things said of him, so uii s
d< surved, so malignant and untrue, broke v
liis heart.
In view of these facts, let parents early i
impress on the minds of children?it is not s
what thev are charged with, hut what theV 1
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are guilty of, that should occasion trouble
and remorse ; that a carping word should 1
not blanche the cheek or break the spirit, v
so long as there is consciuus rectitude
within.
And let us learn what the commonest ^
humanity dictates?to speak no word, write v
no line, do no deeil which would wound ;l
the feelings of any human crtattire, unless |
under sense of duty, and even then let it |
he wisely and long considered. 1,
J'uiirrs Shtluc of IJrcbster.?It is very 1
difficult to get ceitain Bostoniaus to admit
that anything peculiar to Hoslon is' '
less than perfect. It is, therefore, quite
refreshiu?r to learn 11 ? il?"
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of this notional city liavo at last had
.something to brush the scales from their
eyes, anil teach them that perfection is
not always to bo full ml in their midst. v
Towers' statue of Webster is conceded ?
tu be a total failure, not from any ideal v
model they had indulged in of tho grea^ 1
expounder, but simply from the fact that f
they were familiar with his personal ap J'
pearance while living, ami the statue,
while it has nothing resembling it, is nl- "
so, unhappily, not i'leally interesting?
possessing, therefore, neither the merit of "
being literal or poetical. We are not so- e
verelv pained at this result, for 1 tost on l'
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possesses an artist in Mr. Dal I, tho sculptor,
w ho can do justieo to Webster, and S
who has already displayed his power to
cope with the subject, ami yet lie has been
entirely overlooked, because, most likely,
he had no foreign airs to deck his nat:ve V
graces. In nothing could Boston have "
been morn ilis!itir?r?i"???l il..... ?i e M
v. in mo iaiilire ^
of the statue; had it been equal to the occasion,
no Jupiter in nucient Homo could
have been more revered, hut a form without
grace, a face destitute of expression, ^
and a head wanting in strength, are things
not peculiar to Webster, and tho want of
them in the statue turns the populace sick
with disgust, and wc sincerely hopo that
the feeling will find no abatement until tho IT
statue is safely housed from sight in some 1
lumber room, or, if utility is desired, it is 11
melted up, and its substanco cast into use- ^
fill shovels and tongs.
Powers could never inako a statue of a w
hero; his successes, which were all achieved
beforo his foreign study, wero simply 01
ideals of the female liond or figure, and the ^
most successful of them never claimcd to
bo else than pleasing fiction. Ilis statuo
of Calhoun is disagreeable, and his statuo <],
of Wobster is absurd ; and yet no artist, 8t
ancient or modern, ever before had such
extraordinary originals, in mind and in gj
body, to put in "immortal form." Mr. fci
Calhoun was one of tho most impressive w
men that ever trod tlio earth ; his whole tii
appeacanco was calculated to inrpire admi- is
ration mingled with nwo ; it was tho im- be
press of the Almighty, nnd tho artist lm.l ---
_ an
only to catch it, toliavo accomplished more til
than- art had ever dono before. Webster pji
lia<l a head that was nowliero surpassed to
by the best works of tlio antique, and ac
and his peculiar body gavo it still more pr
character, and tho two conjoined mado up th
a form peculiar and extraordinary, as nr.- bo
like Calhoun's as possible, yet characterise on
tic and grand. Cireat and deplorablo are pre
Towers' failures, and. most unfortunately, by
tho nation and posterity are losers by his fri
want of skill.?N. Y, Spirit of the a
Timet, .an
The. UcntiVL'tf.?Oh death ! why comcst
iu? on raven wings to drape with darkness
on l'Moii home? Why aim thy piercing
now there ? Why pluck tho sweetest hud ^
) graeo tho (lower-.* realhed chamber of .
lie dead ? Why, with thj icy linger.",
lasp that fragile form, so beautiful and fair,
nd unrelenting, bear it to your homo ?? ^
Vill ye not stay thy hand, and yet a little ^
iiiger spare that darling one, and bid the ;lr)]
w,ll.,..V I .> l.?? .1? .1... r...l ? :
.v??vi ? i\ ?mo uvj ui jr, lij?; lUlllUI S S|Mlll | sl?l<
liee red ? Ye answered?" No ; tears ever ?"'
erald my approach, and grief is ever stand- I" ''
ug at my side, as I gather in my hosom ",/llie
sweet (lowers of earth, to hear ilium to ^
lie Klsysian fields of 1 Leaven." ^ 1
Softly close those love-lit eyes, which so jll>r
ft into thine own have gazed with yearn- |??|
ug foudnes*, fur she is dead ! (iently fold (j|;l
lie tiny hands, and take your last, long, ? ???
arnesl look at your cheruh Italic, ye who i
lave loveil and eherished her, with hearts so ! set.It
nil of tenderness the while she lingered in ()l*
our home. Hut a brief time has she sport- but I
<1 in the sunbeams of life ; hut, more ra- ?
lient far, she's blooming in the blest haven /
if rest, drinking of untold sweets, in the
rystal cup made ready for her coming, and lonj
liming sweetly the golden lyre that in her 1 i"
mgel hand she bears, lisping, in tuneful j M
larmouy, praises forevermore. Oh ! would I si
e call her back ; away from those heavenly J,
oys, to stiller here earth's cares and woes?
iVotild ye bid her leave that bright, abode ~
o loam again o'er life's tumultuous sea?? si
Vh no ! love's voice would whisper happier || ^
ar the Kdeii l.ome in which she dwells; l si
nore glorious are the heavenly joys that ,
t M
ouuil her infant spnit play. 4 s<
Deep is the piercing wound which death's
lark hand lias given, and long and sorely f> si
vill it rankle in your breast; but, with
'aith's steadfast gaze, look upward, bonus i; si
in angelic, pinions, and behold the hour, in J.'
he dim vista of Time's revolving svcle, 7 <1
vheu ye shall safely moor your life-barks I Sl
111 the shores of tho land Celestial, and 7
:lasp your darling in love's warm embrace, * Sl
vhilo she welcomes you * to tho happy p ^
h rungs that wait your coining in their Klys- K ?"
an home. '
We've laid the beauteous casket in the
J
old, damp earth-mould, ami o'er the sacred VV||
nouud, where it reposes, we shall ever have
o bend ; and as we drop the tear to mem- J
nv's shrine above the sleeping dust, we'll
wine the fairest llowcrs?fit einhlems of her ll"
ummer life?u born bill to hloom and
k it her in an hour."
Farewell, thou loved of many hearts.? ?
Co more will the sweet sunshine of your
miles, or the merry prattle of your child
?h voice gladden our hearts and homes.?
lio ii... 1.? 1 ---
...v, ... ioi^ih i.iim ui iiu: immortals,
he golden links row reft, shall be unit-d,
k'hicli death's stern hand shall never sunder.
? 1 Vttecrly nr.
An J'Jxij'iisi/r Story Inj lyunurtinc.?In
he tribe of Neggda there was a horse
those fame was spread far and near
nd a lJedonin of another trihe, l>y name
>aher, desired extremely to possess it.?
[living offered in vain for it h s camels,
lis whole wealth, he hit at length upon
he following device by which ho hoped
u gain the object of his desire, lie reolved
to stain hi* luce with the juice of an
orb; to cloth himself in rags; to tie his
eck and legs together, so as to appear
ike a lame beggar. Thus equipped, he
felit to wait for Nalter, the owner of the
orse, who lie knew was to pass that
fay. When he saw Naber approaching
n his bean ifn 1 slced.hc cried out in a
<3
feak voice, 'I am a poor stranger; for
liree days I have been unable to move
rum this spot to seek for food. I am dy- JL
ig; help me, and heaven will reward you.'
'lie Itedouin kindly offered to take him f^t
pon his horse and carry him home ; but I"'"
lie rogue replied : 11 cannot rise. I have ^
o longer any strength left.' Nab.*r touchd
with pity, cli.snioiii.ted, led his hor?e ....
j the spot, and with great diiliculty, set r,.tf)
lie seeming beggar on his back. Hut no SUM.'
Doner did iMlier feel himself on tlie sad
le, than he set spurs to the horse and gal>ped
off, calling out as he did so, " It is
, 'Dabcr. I have got the hoise and I am oil' On<
nth it.' Nabcr called after liini to stop
nd listen. Certain of not being pursued,
e turned and halted at a short distance l',v'
oin Naber, who was armed with a spear. *j-w
You have taken niv horse,' sai<l the latter.
* _ 'jSince
heaven has willed it, I wish you j? ,
>y of it ; but I conjure you never
) tell any ono how you obtained
N
4 And why not?" said Daher. ;?<
' ] localise,' said the noble Arab, 'another jj]
light bo really ill, and men would fear to ;;()<
elp him. You would bo the cause of j:]|J
lany reiusmg to perform an act of charity n>(U
?r fear of being duped as 1 have beon."? ^
truck with shame at these words, Daher n,.el
as silent for a moment then springing Jjjj'jj
oin the liorse, returned it to its owner. f,oir
nbraced hini and invited him to his tent' ^
here they Rpent a few days together, and
came friends for life. ?
tiUl?Si
Kissing Scene.?A San Francisco letter, 8ul??
. scribing the fortnightly departure of the ami
earner, says : prrs
" Then comes a great time, and tlio hug
ng and kissing begin?such awkward
ssing too ! random shots, an outrageous l)<
iisle of the good things of this life. Some
lies a kiss lights 011 the nose, eye, ear, or
lost in a head of mussed up hair. A
?nnet stands-no kind of a chance?it gets
lashed on the first movement, and by the
no a woman has got throiigh and beon rP*
issed from hand to hand, or rather arms ' ^
arms, of brothers, cousins, friends- and
quaintances, sho is a pittiubie object, and
esonts tlio appearance of having gone Jftl
rough an Irish row?red evse, hair down,
njuet smashed and knocked around on rr^t
0 sido of tho head shawl askew, and the JL
neral symmetry of her figuro destroyed Per,n
pockets stuffed full of donations from
ends?apples, cakes, ginger-snaps, letters,
little good brandy, magazines, novels,
d a bottle of milk for the baby." J?u
l)c ^Vbluuillc Banner,
Published vijry Thursday Morning, by
3A.VIS <fc CHEWS.
O. DAVIS Editor
B. OKEWS Publisher.
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(vii Poi.i.aks per iintiiiin, if paiil in nilvancu ;
0 Doi.i.akh unil Fiktv vV.nth nttho expi-'
on of one year. All 8Mli.scriptiniiH not lim-I
1 ni t.li? time ?f subscribing, will In- con- j
reil us imlvlinUe, :in?l will lie contiiiuuil until
imigen iiro paiil, ?>r ul tin: <>|>liuii of the l'ro;tor<<.
Orders from otlicr States muni inrari
/ In* accompanied willi tin- Cash.
RATES OF ADVERTISING.
'lie Proprietors of tlio Abhevilln thinner and
'> />emit-lit J'rrx*, have estiil>li*lieil I lie followrates
of Advertising to lie charged in both
iers:
Cvery Advertisement insorie?l for :i less time
ii lliri'i* months, will l>e eliar^cil hv the insi-ri
at. Ono Dollar |o-r S.piare (I J im-li?tli
re of 12 solid lines or less,) fur III- first inseri,
nii<l Fifty Cents for cucli giil>?t;qiu-ul inlio'i.
,f?"Tli? (loimnissioiiorV, Sli<Ti(F's, Clark's ami
linarv's Advertisements will 1m- inserted in
Ii |>i?|7i*rs. ?,ii?,li . liari'iiig lialf prion.
W Shi'i iir's f.evie*. Ono Dollar rneh.
if}" Aniioiniciiiir ii Can-li-latc, Five Dollars.
Vilvorli.siiiLr an Kst ray, Two Dollars, to lull
l>y tin- .Ma^istrato.
V 1 v. rI i-'-ni' his in?f?Ttfur three months, or
Tt-r, ui tin: following lates:
piarc months * 5.0(1
l?iir<j ii months N.lio
jiiarc it months 10.(In
piare 12 months I'i.un
pinres months K.Oli
piar<-s Ii months I I.oil
I n a res y months IH.nn
plan s 12 months Sin.
plates :! months HUln
pi a res ii months lii.llii
piares '.l inoiilhs 21.IM)
]imr?-s 12 months 2."?.nn
111a|-i-s months IS.IMl
piares Ii months Sn.nn
jilares '.I months 2'?.0n
piares 12 months UO.On
ptares months 15.nn
piares (i months Sia.llil
piares '.i months 111.nil
piares l:i months in
pinres .'1 months 2n.lin
(iian-s li months .'Ill.nn
iptares '.i months. ".ii.nn
piares 1?2 months Ill.nn
i|ilan-s "i months 2"?.nn
piares Ii monilis !{.'>.Ill I
|ilarcs II months -11.00
|iiar?-s 1:2 months -la.nn
ipmres :> 1111>111lis Kn.nii
pinres II iiioiiJis -In.tln
ipiares ti months lll.lll)
ipmres 12 months fiii.nO
h'rai-tions of Sipiarcs will he charged ill prnpori
to the aliovit rates.
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? iinis n>r ui<: uTin 01 one year,
I Id: cliariifl in proportion to Die spaoo liny
:iipv, sit. On> Dollar |>it line sjiaf?.
For all a'lvi-rlisfim-iilH m-t. in </<??<///< ? ?</.
?, Fifty |M-r CViil. ox Ira will l?o aildoil to the
ivi" rales.
DAVIS ,t CKHWS,
/ <ir /iiniurr;
I.KI-: A WIISON,
/ ill' J'frSX.
(2i:x. C. F. IIKXXIXCSOX.
(OF NICARAGUA.)
Co i.. O. w. CHOCK KIT,
A. Nr. Ml'NSOX,
CllAUI.K* IMKHKTT.
TIICMAS IOX KN?:LISIT,M. I?..
IIKNUV CLAIM', Jtr.w,
fJKOKUK AKX<>U>,
SAMI'KL V<)| \(i,
Miss SuCTIfWOliTlI.
Miss. A XX A W11 KI.l'LKY,
Mips \ 1 Ii<i IXIA V Aid I AX,
Mits. hi. VKIJXOX,
Miss 11 ATT! K CLAliK,
l-'IXLKV JOHNSON,
Write otilv for tlio
GOLDEN PRIZE.
GOLDEN PRIZE.
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TIFF.
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IIIF. N ow York Weekly Gor.nrx Pr.m: is
onl*ol" the largest ami hest literary pa
of the ?lay?an Imperial Quarto containing
it inti/'x or I'm'fif ml urn tut, of the mosi interug
ami faseinatnig reading matter, from the
s of the very lir.-t writers of the ?lav.
ilegantly Illustrated Every Week.
A PRESENT.
WITH FROM 5i? CKNTS TO 1^500 00.
II lie given to each subscriber immediately on
eipt of the Mtluicri|ition moti?*y. This is pre*
Led ti.s a Memento of Friend-hip, and not us
iiduisumeiit to obtain Bithseribers.
T E ri 3VE <S :
s Copy for one year oo ami I Present.
Copy for two years.. . !i fill and '1 Presents
Copy for three years.. 5 no and .'I "
i Copy for live years... 8 on and f> "
AND TO CI.CIIS.
ee Copies, one year *."> 4HI and :i Presents
3 Copies, one year S nil and Tt "
Copies, one year 15 00 and lo "
enty-one Copies, one
year "II iiOmwloi 11
lie anicies i<i lie given away arc comprised
lie r??ll.?\vni?r list:
i I'nekngesof (Sold, eontaining$500 00 eueli
5 <lo do do 21 Ml (lit each
l) do do (lit lot) 00 each
U l'nlont [.ever Hunting Cased
WatclieH 100 Oil racli
II ( old Watches 75 lit) each
[) do do (io oOeach
I) do do 60 llllrarli
) Ladies'(Sold Watches :i.*> Oil each
) Silver limning Cased Watties !t(l III) each
> Silver \Vaicheu $10 00 lo 2.1 00 eaeli
> Gold Guard, Vest,
and I-'oli Chains.. .$10 00 lo SO t)0 each
old Lockets, Bracelets, Hrooches, Knr limps,
?3t 1'iim, Cuff Pins. Sloeve Billion.*, ltinjjs,
t Studds, Watch Keys, (told and Silver
nblcs, and a variety of other articled, worth
i SO cunts to $15 each.
ro will present to every person wending up 50
cribers, at ?2 each, a Gold Walch, worth
; to nny one sending us 100 subscribers, at
acli, a (Sold Watch, worth $90. Kvery
criber will also receive u present.
mnediately on receipt of the money, tho
criber's name will he entered u poo oil r hook,
tho present within one week by mail, or exit,
poul paid.
r* All communications should he addressed to
M. II. DKAN, I'uiu.isnr.K,
335 Hr?n,lorr... V?... v--t
_ ?. , t?cw I ?l K.
sc. 16, 1858, 34 lm-!2m
MASONIC NOTICE.
IK Regular Communication of CLINTON
LODGE, No. 3, A.-. F.\ M.*., will be held
lotuluy Evening, i 1 th of A prii next.
By order of tho W. M. '
A. BRUSSEL, Sec'y.
i. 13, 1859 38 td
Bricklayer and Plasterer. i
[E Under-signed respectfully informs the
citizens of Abbeville, that huving located <
anently at Abbeville Village, ho in prepared t
ouuto everything in his lino of bueinesn, r
iope? by prompt attention, to merit a due r
i of public patronage.
JAMES T- JEFFR1ESS.
tuary 6th, 1859 3m 38
' V "
L 4
-
DR. J. B. MARCHISI'S
I CELEBRATED
I C A T IL 0 L 1 C 0 N,
ID 11 Til F. U F. 1.1 F 1' A N 1> C U H K O F
SUFFERING FEMALES.
''pilK "W omsin's /\?1 v???r:it? ."* <>
* (Mi?s A tin in K. .\lel)ow?;ll, editor.) says:
"This is tli<-mosl valuable iiit-<lii:ine for tlit? diseases
peculiar to women (hat. wo know of. A
friend of oni'8, wlin for iii.iiiy years has been ft
snllerer, iintieed the advertisement in I lie Advo?
i cate, and at om-e procured a hnttle. She found
I relief, mill can must, heartily reeoiimieml it
I who an* Mitfriin? in a like manner. W ?' have
! I.? -
111ii(,'S in.it n. was it inii! remedy. but
j lliis is tin- lir.-i, ease in which we lia*? seen
I cllerls. Our IVieiid will !>? very ??ls??l u.-jjive Dr.
I Maiehisi a certificate of iis value lu her it he d?sj
sires one.''
j Pamphlets ?> >tit:tinin;; iiuielt useful information
! toiielliutr tlie nature and s\ lii|itiiiiis of llie.ahovo
i diseases, toL'i-llit-r with testimonials from lii'lie*
I of the highest respectability, as Certified l>y tho
| most, sat isluc torv authority, to all wliieli llo- attention
of ladies ami practitioners is respectfully
invited, nil! lu- had oralis at, ilie store of
Dr. 1*. (J. I'.msks, I Minrui-t, <;ri'i'iiwood, S. C.?
.Iouiian' it Mel.\i i;iii.in, AUii'vilVC. It.
Ami of most, of the respectable Druggists ill
the State.
j J. 15. M.Wiciu-i ?V Cii., proprietors. Central
| I >< | ?>i :)'j | Itroudway, N. V.
j ?^10" Do not Ins satisfied with merely rending
i this ir.itice hut call or send lor a pamphlet. It
will |<ay you well for your trouble.
Fell, a I, 1 S.V.I -II
ABBEVILLE AND WASHINGTON'
j STAfil LINE.
j ABBEVILLE to WASHINGTON
j r I "MI F. I'llOUJKTOIt of litis well established
| 1 Line takes this inethiiil of informing; tho
public that lie has changed lus ."schedule, for the
I eonveiiieiiet; of passengers.
j 'fll'- Sta"e leaves \hSe\il!e C*. II. oil M')Xj
DAV. WKDNFSDAV and I'lnmv :
? uM'i iiinu^,
j st t K ii i:l?i'k, 1?|I ill i*ntisw|ihrlif!<> III I III' bad COllJ
ilition i f tin' roads, it will not lirreaIter await
1 tli?- iii-rival of tin- .(own train from ( rvuiivillc,
| as heretofore
*I'.is-i-iil'its l?y this route will reach At1
Inula, I la.. tli?- n.-xt "lay evening, at It) o'clock,
I lifter leaving .\I>!? v<1 J?? ||.
The Stair*- will leave Washington, tin., nn
\ TFF.SDAY, TIM'USDAV ami SATL'UDAY
j iiiornimrs.
1 11,.: Line lias lieen refilled with a stileildiil
Four-Horso Coach,
! i?<nid Teams anil an experienced driver.
! J r I'asseiiiOMs tioiii all points above New!
berry. ifoinj; West, will liuil that tlicy can reach
any ]>omt w*-*t of Atlanta in exactly the same
tiin.-, and wiili s.",.tiu le.-s expense than by way
of Branchvill**.
For further information npply to
JOHN McBRYDE, Ag'c,
At tli- 1'i.st tMli.-c, Abbeville (J. II.,S. C.
March ."In, I- 5U 5 ly
j Z~%" l'ai"',s publishing this advertisement
will pl**ase mi'iei* the ahuve alteration.
THE STATES
is rri:i.ism:i> i:vhuy aitkuxoox
r.v
rstvoK ?v ui:iss.
t i::: m s:
Mailed to subscribers out of the city at Six
|lii|.l.\ii,< per annum, lor one copy ; '1 I N |)oi.|..\l!3
for two copies?invariably in advance for the
time ordered.
Semi-Weekly St.\1t>, for one year, Timet:
IIOI-I AI:S.
! THi' rn r.Al'i>T I'AH'.it IN Till: SOL'TII.
j Til.- \Vi..-k'y j- ;1 i:i ;i lar<i? i?'i iii.k
I K'-ISM, iillfl I- J-tint 'II. ti'.t ) ;[ , Willi liaild
Miiuo. litilii t v |> *, t!iv iwliowsii;; !<-a.-?inal>lf rates
j of ^ii!i.>':r-j?uo:i:
lVr i'fiir.
I <i\i: r..!?v Si 1)0
tin: .... son
, L IVi: H HO
i 1 i.N ?.* J?2? ? til :? I' I.' , . . . 1A (M
I TW MV1 V rn|i'.? . '.< i.no i?il<lroH-'t -0 uir
i'aviiK-iit ?: ?!i i* l><|itiiin variably in
j advau-e; and :,ti |n;irr will lie forwarded until
; Sllf rtT?*.[it ! ( Jill* tl.itlli'V.
A!; I<iwi:u<* 'utter- clinulil In- addressed to
I'll VOU iV IIKl.-S. \\ ;.,liin?t..n. J). C.
.I.in. 1>. :<;i
Housebuilding and Undertaking.
j f* Kt>liti k w. r.itt >uv wimm r. spirt fully
i v i aniiiiiiiiL'f ti? tik- < ti.*?1.> .\mi?viI!?>. and
i th?' Miri"liii-!in^ ?-kii:? ry. tint he jT'-parcd to
j do all kind.- ?'i vvi i !,. s"; !; a.?
i Building: Repairing and Jobbing,
] and all work |>?Tta<: _ : :'. . > s?nters' I'tis:
in ess. \nd Uitii . t?> inhinwi1,
' In* hopes !i> Iil'-t ; V.;: . . : - ..: < ! public
I pattJIi.t-'c.
v. i; it <>\vn.
i ad.llVi* ?G. \v. AMv>i.:v c. H.
s. t\
Pi-c. -j. i-:> . i tf
JOHN L.CLARK,
REI'AIKKK 01- CLOCKS. WATCHES,
cxi.iVy s:i:'. rin tin* <*iii-(/SK
? f- II. .
> ni l r lit: will
| ln? prepaii il ! > < \n'ii!f. wiiu p:??:nptm*s. all or|
dors in his Iiiu* <*> luisine?#. Hi' i* Well preI
pared wuli all ill.- tools mul mateiials of his art,
I an.l leels i I'nii.iri.t in in-:.!;: able to give satis|
faction. All work warranted.
Uj' Terms I'ash.
April i I. Ifi.-.S :?-2 ly
DR. S. HENRY BEARD,
DENTIST,
Graduate of the Baltimore College of
Dental Surgery.
HAS permanently li'i'.it 1**1 at Abbeville C.
II , and solieits a 9*li:irt> of public patronage.
Tivtli inserted from one to full upper an<l
lower sets. Kxposed nerves destroyed ami treated,
free troin pain. Having purchased an ollico
Uiglit. of I'r. IJl.tinly, of Itiiltiinoro, I am prepai'eil
to insert teetli on the Cheoplastic proeesn.
VW "llice?Over Kraneh ,t Allen'* Hook
anil l>rui; Store, Abbeville II., S. C.
April l!:i, ISo 8 1 ly
Press plensfl ropy.
TEETH EXTRACTED
WITHOUT PAIN,
With the Galvanic Process,
BY S.HENRY BEARD,
DENTIST.
Office-?Over Branch & Allen's Book and Drug
Store, Abbeville C. H.
Aug. IS. 18,'iS 13 tf
J. 1). MckKLLAR,
SURGEON DENTIST,
WLL at nil times be found at Greenwood
Depot, where he will, with pleasure, wail
those who may desire his services.
All work warranted satisfactory.
Feb. 3. 18.V.) .n tr
W. K. BLAKE,
Attorney at Law.
raclico in tlio Courts of Edgefield,
* Newberry, I<uurens, and Abbeville.
Office? Ninety-Six, Abbeville, S. 0.
Oct. fi, IfiTiH 24 If
W. Davis,
Attorney at Law and Solictor in Equity
A uiikvii.i.e, S. C.
Will promptly attend to all business entrustedto
li* care. lie can bo found at the office of ill*
Abbeville linnner " July 28 16
Brick Work and Plastering.
I^IIE undersigned having located permanently
at Greenwood, oflers his services to the
iilizens of the District, and the surrounding counry,
iw ft Brick-Laj-er and Plasterer. He war*
anta all work not only to look well but to bo
lurublo and lasting.
Address? P. R. PATTERSON.
Grcenwood,S. C.
Greenwood, Feb. 2, 185& -II Gin