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n VoTOrawvrf v? Eio)n W W cJi uEALih d?A JjD >LlU U ^L?3uSLai!Li i^\ii^3iSia jaw???^^? ??^^^ ??^?? ?"^*S5 TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM.] * * 'x' 11 e r? n ice o p jjibehty is eteh rff al "\7 ioxij a jnt c i: ." [PAYABLE IN ADVANCE BY DAVIS it CREWS. ABBEVILLE, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 21, 1859. VOL. XV NO. 52 VOUNG. AMERICA ON A WEDDING TOUR. T ~ I ' The train from Grafton duo at 40 minutes past 11 a. m., under the management of that gentlemanly and efficient conductor, Captain Scott, a few days since stopped at one of the way stations to take on a couple newly married. Doth were young And both were verdant, having been raised in the wilds of Western Virginia, neither of them had ever been fifty miles awav from home. They had heard of locomotives, steamboats and hotels, but had never experienced the comforts of any of tho aforementioned institutions. Jeems and Lizo had determined on this, the most important event in their lives, to visit llto nud wn !?/* 4J ?1 1 *' .? .... ....? wvv- v.iw iiuihi, |iui iKHiiany mat part of it known as Purkersburg. No wonder that they were amazed and d?ighted when the locomotive, steaming and Biiorting, with the train of beautiful j crimson cars following it, came in eight. ' Theso your trunks ?' said the baggage mnster. 4 Well, I sorter calkilates them's 'em,' said Jeems. The trunks (a spoiled hair k and .1 very old fashioned valise,) were soon iu the baggage car, followed by Lize and ' I'll be darned ef railroad a'nt a fine thing,1 said Jeems seating himself on his luggage and carefully holding up the tails of his tight-bodied blue, adorned with resplendent metal button?, out of the dust. ' Lize, set here by me.' * Come out of that,' said the bag gage man, 'you are in the wrong car. ' Tlic d?1 I am ! D'ye s'posc I don't know what I'm about ? These is my traps, and I cakilatc to stay where they are. Keep quiet, Lize; they say we've got to fight our way through the world anvhow, and if th/it chap with tho cap on wants anything, why I'm his man. Don't want any of your fun I in' 'round me !' Ilere the captain interposed and explained matters, insomuch that Jeems consented to leave his tiaps and follow the captain. What was his delight when he surveyed the magnificence of the first class passenger car, into which ho was ushered. His imagination had never in its wildest flights pictured anything half so gorgeous. lie was aroused from the contemplation of the splendor around him by il.. -f i1 - ? vmc stincK 01 ine iron norso. ' Jeewhillikens! what in thunder's that ?' exclaimed Jeems. Thai's the horso squealing when they punch him in the ribs with a pitch fork, to make him go along,' said a blteply looking individual just behind him. ' Look here strange1-,' said Jeems,11 know you think I'm a darned fool; may be I am, hut there's somethings I know, and of 'em is, you'll get your mouth broke ef ye don't keep it shot. T don't say much'?just at this moment they found themselves in Egyptian darkness, and then wo heard a scream, almost equal to that of the engine, from Lize, as she threw her arms around the neck of Jeems. I knew it! I knew it'.' exclaimed the sleeping individual; 'we're all lost, every mother's son of us. We can just prepare now to make the acquaintance of the gentleman in black, who tends the l.iir fir/. ' - - O " down below.* 4 Oh, Lord 1 Jeems what will bccome of us ? I felt skeery about gettii** on tho outlandish thing, nl fust.' Keep quiet Lize ! hollerin won't do any good now. Ef you know any prayer, now's your timo to say it for both of us.' 4What is the matter hero?' said the astounded conductor, coming up as the train emerged once more into the light. 4 Thai's just what I'd like to know ? said Jeems, when he saw that Lize and himself were still alive. * We've just pacsed through Eaton's tunnel,' replied our polite captain.* 4 How far are you going!' 4 Wall-, reckon we'll stop at Parkersburg.V 4Show your tickets, if you please.' 4 Certainly Lire, you got somo with you, r i ~-1 * i ljvi lain genu I'jun ui eui. Lize drew * piece of white paper from tier'reticule, and, with a smile handed it to our friend, who rear!: 'The pleasure of your company it re$pectfully solicited P 1 Wbat's this !* said the captain. ' Why, that's one of the tickets to our wedding that's what you asked for, haint it?' said the somewhat surprised Jeerup. * Haw ! haw J haw ! haw ! haw 1' "was the discordant souml that arose from the sent of the slfcepy looking man.' A bland smile passed over the face of the oaptain as be explained his meaning to our verdant friend. He bad no ticket, hut willingly paid his fare, and the train sped towards its destination. But wonders did not cease here. Presently, a pert newsboy entered the car, and, stepping up to J?em3 he naked: * Have a Sud, sir t' * Wall, if I have my way about it, the fust one will be a oon, Bar tin,' eaid Jeems. Lite blushed. * Don't count your chickens afore they1 are hatched 1* said Billy, as he hastened to the next car. i in due time the train stopped at tlie l>i<j depot, in this oily. Amidst confusion o:' strange noise, and a hahel of discordant ? voices, our friends landed on the plat- 1 form. ' 4 Buss, sah ? Buss, sah ??free for de 1 United States?' said tlie stride purler of our up town house. Lady, take a hus?, sah V ' Well, I rather spose she won't from any ' one hut me?reckon I'm ahle to do all in j " that line she wants, and more too.' On in tl.A ? IT - -I- ' : I I !4 IIL j cross de slree?best lmu.su in de city.? i 1 This way, sail ? any ba?ji?ag? ? Have it . 1 sent to your room in a few minutes.' Iu a short time J cents and his bride ' ,j found themselves in one of these comfort" J able rooms on tlic second floor of that, well i j ordered cstahliidiiiu-iit the Swan House.? i. The Imswijje was sent ui> with the usual ! promptness, and our Irien.N were soon making their toilet lor dinner. Je ins | . t. % () had his coat and hoots oil, iu a jilly, and Lize's hair fell gracefully over her | shoulders. j .' 'That's a dnced purtv tossed,' ?aid Jeeins eyeing the hell cord, ' Wonder what it's j for?' catching hold of it. 'Look, it . ci works U|> there on some sort of a thing- j u ill bob. I'd like to have that tossel to ^ put on my horde's head next lpu-^ter ~ day : see how it works,' said the irivimx o a t it a pull. Presentiy tlie door opened, and tl? sable face of one of Africa's sons was tlmi-a into tlie room, with the inquiry, 4 King, sah ?' 'King] ring wlial ? \ou black ape ! ef you don't quit looking at my wife ami make ^ oil", I'll ring v.#nr head If.' 4 Stop a mini!,' said Lizo. 4 What's llie name of the man that ki-t:|>s this tavern. 'Mr. Caiiley, maun.1 " Well, tell hi> lady that she needn't go to any extra fixing on our account, for l] we're plain people,' said the attiiahle j ^ bride. ! l,i 4 As they used to say in our debalin'I ^ society,1 interiupteil 4 I'll auifiid j l'' the motion by savin' you can tell Vtn j to give us the best ihoy've got, I'm ' able to pay fur it and don't keer for ex- )' .X .1 pi'DSOS. 4Teehee! Tec heel' was the only audi- S-1 ble reply from the sable gent, as he lair l'' lied down stairs. Dinner came and was dispatched, with a relish, Jeems and his bride took a stroll over the city, seeing the lions and other il sights until supper time, which being over, thev retired to their room. The <ras was \f lit by the servant, who received a quarter for his service^. Jeems was the last in bed, ami according to the rule in such cases, had 0,1 to put out the light, wliicli lie did with a 1 blast from his Iuiius. I> The noise in lite streets luul died away, and ipiii-t reigned in the Swan 11 misc.? , s The young mail on the watch dozed in r:i his chair. The clerk (rather corpulent) was r'' about to retire, when lie thought ho sm?*lt ' gas. Some one came down stsdrs and said '' lie smell gas. Much against his with the clerk proceeded to find where the leak Was. It M?euied stronger in ih?; neigh- ''' horliood of the room occupied I?v ihi-liride aiid groom. Tlio clerk concluded to knock ' ' at llie ?loor of their room. "Who's there?'came from within. ''Open the door, the gas is e>capiu<f. "Gas 1 what gas !" said Jeems opening the door. * "Why herein this room. IIow did you put your light out ?" ' tt 1H r ? uii-? iv inn, oi course." "You played h ? Our amiable cleik jl came very near saying a. bad word. Inn remembering tlial there was a lad in the j room, or ruilier ill the bed. liu checked hi* . 01 rising temper, and having lit the gas, pro ^ cceded. lo show Jeeitis the mystery of its ^ burning, as follows : ^ " You 8ee this little thing here , well, 'j when yon want to put it out, you give it a turn this way, and when you want to make M it lighter you give it a turn this way* 8c? j, rious consequences might have reunited if w it hnd not been discovered. It might have suffocated us all. Now be careful next |( time." p " Much obliged. But bow the. devil d;d n I' know the darn'd stuff wasVapin'?" res ponded Jeems. - ' ' fl ' Didn't you smell it!' ' a'sked the elerk. ,( " Fears to me I did Bine)I milli'm'," said q Jeoms.?Petersburg ( F<\) New*. By Spcryeon.?There ift not a spider j hanging oji tl.e king's wall hut liatli it* cr rand; lliere is hot a nettle that g/ovfs'in ? the corner of the chinch yard, hut hath its t purpose; there is not A .single insect flui, *( taring in the breeze,-hut accomplishes noine . divine decree; and I will never have it \ that God treated tiny man, especially anv l Christian man, to be a blank and to be a nothing. n ?-? ? v A philosopher being asked wliat was tlio ^ first Ibing necessary to win tlio love ofa j woman, answered, an opportunity. "That's part of the sinking fund," as a v chap said when a box of money went to the' c bottom of the river. - * j "Be Jabers," says Pai, "the divil a show ' has the man who wait* till bo is kilt before 1 be acts dn the definriv'o." j THE PROFESSOR ON THE OREAT CITIES. j? The witty writer of tli? " Professor at i lie Breakfast Table," in the April number | ju >f the Atlantic. Monthly, expresses his miii'l 1 Veely on several of our great ?ili>-.s. Iios- ! ^ on, of course, comes first : BOSTON. j cx " Boston is the brain of it. (>- c. the new i x - ---- - - Ot vorld,) :iikI lias been ;mv linn- these lnui- | j I red years ! Tliat's all I claim for lJn*toin 1 ?Mint it is the (In* centre of L ic continent ((J aid therefore of tin* planet. [ ..(J 1 Ami tlie grand emporium <?f. nodesty,?said the divinity student ii little | nf imcliievimisly. j ,r(, "Oil, <l<?n't talk :o me of modesty !?an ' weied Little ])<>ston,?I'm past tliatl?' . i i ! rt'*' here i-n i a 111iiilC that was ever said or ' . ii i one in Im?|<iii, limn pitching the tea over- ! . In" nard to the i.ist ecclesiastical lie tl tore j uto tatters and Hung into the dock, that ras not thought very indelicate l>v some s ?ol or tvrani <>r l>i^<>t, and all the entrails ; . ." . ' A r f spiritual and commercial eoiiservati.-m . ... ,. . , . tin re twisted into,colics as olleu as tin-, revo . itior.ary brain of ours lias a lit. of think i ig collie over it. N<>, sir ; show me miv llicr place thai i-s, or was since the mei;a- ^ ?anrus has died out. where wealth and so . ^ d influence are so fail I v divided between i " i i ! : le stationary Mid progressive classes !? ; how me any other place, where every '.her drawing room is not a chamber of j ? le Inquisitions, with papas and mamas ^ ir inquisitors,?and the cold shoulder, in- j ( cad of the 'dry pan and the gradual - 1 ? , in re' the punishment of ' heresy !'" I ^ ,l We think Baltimore is i? pivlly I I >n,i vi)i7.<'d kiit<l of a villain'. sai'l tin; Voim" ; * ' gre urvlaiiiler, uatnrolly. But I .-up- j ^ isc villi can't forgive ii fur keeping a lit- j j u aheml of Bo>tun in point of nuinliers, i , j II ili>- truili now. Are we not the centre ' . , j is t soiin-ilnii" j" "Ah, in<l?*e?|, to he sure von are. i on ; . 1 ? the gastroiiomii' metropolis of the | i.ion. Wliv ilon't vou nut a canvass | I olll ?ck ili'ek on the toil of the eohimn ?? i , ''t'r i'Iiv iioi/i vnii 2<*t "lii- lady "If from Bat , j ?to i' M-iiiiim.-tit anil plant a tenapiu in hei j ^ | ? \\ hv will Von a>k for o|h<*r trio- I . I laei i-s when V'?u have soft era I >s ? No. sir: ' : jirti jii live loo well to think as har<l we i!n ! I "r Bo-ton. Louie eoini-s to us with the ' ' ,ll fish of Cape Ann ; rheloric is horn of j ^ ie lieans of Bi-vi-ilv; l ut vou, if von i ' I "vt ?en yii'i mouths to speak, nature slop- j ( _ ! em with a fat oyster, or oilers a slice of I ceii ? I>rua?t of your ilivint; hinl. ami silences j (> I your aspirations." in 11 rmi.Anni.rniA. ^ " And what of 1'hiladchdiin !" said tlio 1 <xi a rv lander. nil* " Oh, Philadelphia ? Waterworks, kill- w[ l?v tin? Crotou and (Jochituate: li?-n . col rauklin, borrowed from Boston ; David an iltonhouse, made an oirery ; Benjamin ^ usli, made a medical system : l?oth inter . s"11 ^iiiii to antiquarians; fjre;it R?*d liver ? i * h ,.ut .ft of medical students, spontaneous <r.*iie in . rtion of professors l<? match ; more widelv ' - ei'-s iiuwn through lite Movaiiieiisiin; hose to )ii)|iany and the Wi.-tar parties; for geoljical section of social strata, <r<> 10 the ... riMj uh. A sj'uid place to live ill. first rate i ., coi larkei, tiptop peaches. What do we wj now almiit 1 'hiladclpliia, except that the igitie companies are always shooting each I her." no TtIK MP.TROrOI.IS. " And what do you say to Xb1 York ? *ked the Ivoli-i-iioor. ' A great city, sir,"?replied Little Bus sa >n ? 'a vt-rv opulent, splendid city. A "" >ini of transit, of much that is remarkable, a"' ul for permanence of much that is re lectahle. A great money centre.- San c raiiMsco, with tin; mines ahove mound? ul' . Ev nd some of Viii under the side^walks. I ave *ei'li next to n?*thititf grandiose, out I" New Yoik in all our cities. It makes ' in all look paltry and petty. Has many S'M lemi-ntA of civilization. May stop when. f .li.t <l.......i. r. ' -i . . Jor !!> juiyill we KIIOW.?*'lie order of Tls development is jlist lliis; realtli, architecture, upholstery, painting, ^'l ;ul|ituic. Printing, an a mee.haitical ;irl? lrU Hi as Nirliotbs Jciison afid the Alili, who 'ere scholars loo, made Veiiica renowned exi )r it. Joilrnalisni, which is tins accident of w" uainess ami crowded populations in great erfcctioii. Venice got as far as Titian t|e n<l Paul Veronese and Tintoretto?great ,>o oiorists, mark v'oiit magnificent on . the 'el cidk-aud hlood sidy of Aj t?hut look over . [j Florence and see who lie in Santa ' ' s > III? Jioee, and ask out of. wh(?e loins Dante |>rung! ' x : , gu " 0, y?s, to I e sure, Venice hu'ift her "M )ucal Pillar# and her Chtirch.of St. Mark* e" nd lier Casa 'Or<>, and tlio rest of Iter ^ olden houses ; and Venice |iad great nic . lire* and good music; and Venice had a ill roldcii lJoyK, in which all thu large tax ;*'J utyern hud their names written ; hut all lMJ . j pr hat did not make Venice .the brain ol [|)( l?ty- . th' Ltell ynu what, sir, wjth all tlie?e mug di< ific^nt appliances of civilization, it is time ',u ke began to hear ( ornethiuir from the je.a \d?$eduree whose names are on the Gohlen llV k>ok of our ftwmptimii*, splendid, marble- hu talaced Venice?something n the higher yu valk? of literal uro?sotue'hincr in the conn * ^ O j ? 1 ils of the nation* Plenty o^ Hit, I grant on, sir; now^then, for Vast libraries, and aigjity scholars. and thinkers and 'states nen?fire for e>ery Boston one, as Ihe W yopaUtioQ is to crura?ten to one, more * 1 uperlv, in virtue of i-riili;tli/.if<r attlactiol tin' alleevd metropolis, ;iiii] lint cull oil >ople provincials, :nnl have to conic he< n?r tin (.<? wiite tin- lives of Heudiick IIiu n hihI (?oiivetncur Morris! ' The little <*entlcmen was on his hohbv jilting hi? own city at tlie expense of ever) Iter |il:iee. _ I i!..n't suppose lie lia<l l>eeii either of tip- cities lie had been talking out. I was just troinuf to say something sober him down, if I could, when the Unix Marx lander spoke up. Come now," Id: -aid, " what's the tisn (Iicm; eoiup-ni<?.us ? I>5?!n't I hear this nt!<>tii:tn saving the other dav that, everv uerieau owns all America ? If you have illv ?L more luains in 1 >*?-?t??n than other ks, as vou seem to tliink. who hales you it, except a pack of .serihl>lin<j fools? I like Broadway heller tliaa Washii.j; i street, what then ? 1 own them hotli iiiueh as anybody owns either. I am an iiericiin, and wherever I look up ami seo * stars ami stripes overhead (hat is home me! "Me spoke, and looked up as if he ird the emldazed folds craekinj* over ii in the hieez**. We all looked lip in mitarilv, as if we should see the nation lliir hv doin<r. The si<;ht of the UV eeiliipjr and the gas fixtures depend therefrom, dispelled llie illusion." Prom John Mitehel\s last letter to John it in, l?<q., Kosstrevor, Ireland, puhlished lite Soiitiiciu L'ttizcn, wo make the lol inir i-xt nii'l : N'o, sir, tliis is a gival empire: tor the ;t? reason that we have an incalculably a'er amount, of essential manhood here h in all ilie woiM hi-siile. Are we the ipiei ? <h> you ask ? No matter for ippine-s'?ii"i happiness, but nobleness lie ?-11 i. - f cinl an.I aim of mail. Happy iioi, we will sulb-i no ii an, no comhi ion of nations <>f men. to make, us happy iiii-t our will, or ii. any other than own way. We ?lo not starve to death e while a ^traii^er reaps our soil: we no! knork out our own fioi.t teeth e, iior i hop oil our foreliugeis; for in L our linger* ami teelli aie our own petty. not the piopertv of any master mi-tress. There are thirty millions of more or less; each*as sovereign as niramis, and pioutb.-r, ten thousand limes sr. lliun lliu poor M-heming Bonaparte -kulking l>niitl?a. We have :t m.ignifi l country to live in, tlie two gnat ans of the globe at our thresholds in ut ami-rear, and above us tlie blue sky* at present advised, we don't see what erital agency can liarm us. We cannot leistuud how any empire on the globe h ail its fb'i'ts and armies can come in li>ioii with us, and not be crushed like eggshell. It is line, we .submit, 'or pit-sent, to some, humiliations : we are ibbcd on >ea and latnl ; checked and bed in Central America, counteracted Jap-in, circumvctilcl in Culm, l?v ' Pow ( is they call thein?e!ve>) that h;ii?nen have at this moment plenty of creatures Ii foiefin'jjeis ami front teeth,drilled hiid ;imenud ; hut, sir. we have an abiding iviclion that we are able, not only to ip, but to annihilate then) all. This de and dignity, this security and conmis power, are worth something. It is wonder that patriotic Americans, at the 1 suggestion of such a thing, shrink in the thought of breaking to pieces this fair and comely a structure, and beginig over again' at the alphabet of social I political science. The attachment to our ' Union,! though ifteti lament and curse it, is not only until hut tenderly alluding and touching, en sagacious and far-seeing met', who ow and well understand that wo must I asunder, that we nftist abandon thi* dieting Federal Union which has been long our decim et tutumon, and launch ill into the unknown sea st.rowii with sc u?y wrecks of nationseven thev stej ck from the brink, and say, At least lei die first! Paddy s Pty.?I did meet with a few Lniordmary mean men. in Sydney. There is one, a merchant-prince, who made it a usi that he had never given away a sliil g in his life. So far as I know, he only parted from his extreme selfishness on out cnnivii, nun me ciicumsutucts Mro woriii rtiing: Onu iiiurnitig a pour Irishman pped inio liih cnunlii g house, and, look r tin: very picture uf misery, said, " O, iy il please yer honor, I've lost a pig~h only pig L liad?and iniatiess??, ilit veruess, has given me a pound, and sent i to y??rt for luiotheK Shu says you have oiigh gold to build a sly \vid, and will bt re lo give me a little," At ti Si, old hard< l refund ; upon which Paddy threw him It' on a sUiol, alid said such a piteous Wat! ill the iiicichant, thinking , lie was mad oUl the death of his pig, gave Ihiii th? llmL to ?r..t < ? I'?? M * v( mi. uvxi uay iut oprietor ot' tliu dclunct porker was passing e Warehouse, and seeing his benefactor ui u tloor, pulled his tun it> ;hiu). ' VVoil, i you gel Orunk, witll thai, pound, <01 iy auothec- pig?"' askeih thu Wuli man, utHy. " bought h pig, y*?r honor, n dm ig little thing, wid a am-et twist in hi' I, hku 4 Jady'H eurh" : " Well, it's to b? pKil you'll lake t?elt?r cxre ol hiia than it did of ilitt-otlier. r What did he die of I' 3id off Did* ye fay die of now i Why t out wid ye, he xfiat to jut J kiUea m /" 'Dick/ you have a hole in you trottsers,' rell, who cares, it Will. wear .longer than patch.' Yes,' say* Bam, 'and wider to> , THE PIHATE. r Twenty seven years ? ???, ihe ship I coinT mauded was on a mission of mercy. Laden 1 *>y generous contributions of n New Kngj land city, she was hound to tlie Cape de i Verde with hread for llie famine stricken , and dying. ( ! It was the fourteenth day out?in tho r 1 first gray of the mining?that the male r . aroused me with llie startling intelligence , that a suspicious vessel was in sight.? Willi tho first ray of light the vigilant ofticer had descried her, and she was so near as to he made out with a glas9. I was ; on deck in an instant. j The first glance at thy stranger almost dispelled the fear tli.it the male's alarm i had occasioned. I ?. w 1... m_ r i " t > j *??, ?ir. u.-mkiii, i smo laugning as I spoke, * tlicic's nothing suspicious in that lubberly looking craft. She is a Portugese brigunline. She can't sail. "Shu looks like that build," tho mate j answered, " but look now at tho men on hvr duck."' One glance at the telescope was enough to satisfy me that the mate was light. '* It's no holiest craft, Mr. Lirken," I said^ j " but she tiuiy not be a pirate, for all that. One need not be surprised to fall in with a sl;,ter heieabout." "Shu's no slaver, Captain." 1 14 Why do you think so ?" " Because tla-re are "tins on her deck " i instead of water casks." *A> if to put ail end lo our speculations, the suspicious vessel began to spread more canvas, and as she gathered away with the ' frc.-hening breeze, they ran up lo her foremast a llasj, which, when it reached the truck ? i uu.-hookits fold in the wind. On a white llag we saw llie tumble insignia of the freebooter, the death's head and eroos-boues, painted in diabolical black. We made all the sail we could, but r.-vii|iv nas lOipnsslHIC. iV jr 111 I IroIlJ tllC piiaie, and a ball whistling over ii?. speedily brought us to. Tlio pirate come quietly along, like a panther, which sine of its prey, was in no gr<*at hurry to seize it. The moment. she came wiii.iu speaking distance' i lie hailed an.I ordered mo lo launch a boat ami come on hoard. We got the quarter boat, and 1 was about to jump into her, lo pay my respects in person lo the villians, when Mr. Larkin asked leave to "If they want the captain,'' said he, let them send for him. I'll see if llie mate, won't answer as well." lie descended to the boat, which becfan to pull hack. Almost at the same instant, a launch was swung over the rail into which twenty savage looking rascals armed t to the teeth, sprung and pulled towards us. Ten minutes afterwards ihey were on board of my vessel, and began clearing away i the main hatch. Tlin leader. .1 Kwnrtliv square, compact frame, and whoso eyes. ( hlack and liazv, ami h If concealed hy the litis, expressed cruelty and cunning, approached the cahin hatch, where. I stood, i and addressed ir.o in very f;iir English. " Are von the captain of this vessel V " Yes," I replied. 41 What's your cargo ?" "Flour." " - 1 " Where from ?" I " Boston." ( "Where to?" Cape de Verde." " Why, they're all starving there," he said, opening his eyes and looking full at me. , "Yes, and the flour in. my vessel was freely given l>y good Christians to feed those starving people." The rascal continued his deliberate gaze a moment, then, turned towards his men, who hy this time had broken into the main h?teh, and in a rough, commanding tone, qioke a few words in Spanish, which I could not make oat. The men looked up in astonishment, and then withdrew to 1 the side, wln-re they stood gazing cautiously . i toward their Captain, for such was my in , 't'*rrogator. He walked to and fro quickly ( for live in'nules; then ho said, sharply, ' turning to me? *4Y?>u Americans are til heretics?why shonld vou send flour to feed Catholics ?"t> .i - ? " 1 i>ci.<urc muy ?r?! our lenowmen, JUKI tiieir Saviour is our Saviour," I answered astonished at the conduct of the man. u If yon lie to me," lie cried with' a fii*rcenes8 that startled me?" if von lie to rne, I'll nail you to your deck. Is this ! cargo the free gift of your countrymen to the starving ?" " I'll prove it to you by papers," I an-, swered. ' 11 I don't want to seo yoiir papers?swear it by the Saviour, whose name you have ' just pronounced." Aa he spoke, he crossed himself devoutly. 1 " I swear it by tho Holy Trinity," I .re plied, solemnly. The pirato lifted his cap ami bent bis ] head devoutly, when I-mentioned the Trin| itv. .Ilo stood still, with heftd bent-over. wftile one might have moderately counted* ' tifly. Whenjie rawed'hinjaeir up, it sg^m1 ed to me there was less ferocity in his coun tennnco. Hi* eyes were*, no longer half cloned, hut open, nftd cJewrwr in their depth*. ' I looked RteH'J|ly at hi<b. *Capiajn " he sauT*. courteously, " can| yoft supply me \viil\ two or three casks of water." ' 1 I gave-the order, efid the water wbs low 1 ered into the bciat. A word from hiip sent his cutthroat* over the side; but he lingered behind, ami after a moment's hesi' tation, approached, me with his hand extended. "God bless you," he exclaimed, as he > felt tpy grasp, "and sand you vkefe the starving are praying for bread." ' u The next moment ^fce Was gone.?iWtff ' fori Gkronicfc AN INCIDENT OF REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY. A <<>rres|M>ndent ot' the Southern Christian Advocate relates the following interesting incident in South Carolina liuvolu* I tionarv History. The heroine, is. Train- 1 ujfl, died several years since, in Alabama: | Mrs. Trainmell was old enough to have ' been familiar with many of the bloody events which occurred near the close of tbo Revolutionary War, in the immediate neighborhood of her home, which was near King's Mountain, in South Carolina. Her husband, Thomas Trammel!, hud unhesitatingly identified his fortunes with those of the ' Liberty Party,' as they were familiarly called, and being a good shot and of uufiincliing courage, ho was a terror to all the friends cf lh? I\in?r ?? f.ir nc ! ??? > was known. t At tliu timo of which wo write, that sec- ' tion of country was over-run by a band t of Tories, encamped in large numbers at i King's Mountain, under General Ferguson, i There was ii: tliis command a noted Tory, 1 by tlie namo of John Towns, who liad long i been tho neighbor and professed friend of Trammel). At ibis time, Towns was a ser. ] geant, and constantly upon tho scout for c the purpose of capturing men, horses, etc. s Young Trammell, could not feel much i afraid somehow of Towns. Ho thought, j surely he will not injure me; but in this | he was mistaken, as he afterwards bad oc- s casion painfully to learn. He had been t for some time hiding and keeping out of ; llio wav as best bo could, until one night : * O 1 ho ventured to sleep in his own house.? fi J ust before day, bo was aroused by the | heavy tramp of horses, and on risir.g he ^ found the house surrounded by a troiip, ^ which proved to be Serjeant Towns hikI j his band. Trammel! was at oncc seized j and bound, and carried out into the yard v for execution. Towns produced his an- t thority, executed ill due form, and nourish- r ing it over TramnieH's head, pompously of ft*red to free him if he would bike the oath n of allegiance to tho King, and lalce up v arms against his own countrymen. This proposition Trammell met with merited i scorn, and said in reply, 1 Yoit can carry i me bound to the King's army, hut you can t never make me light against my country- c men.' ? After some consultalion, they concluded t to tiy to get hold of some of Trammell's ( horses, knowing that he owned some very t line ones which were hid out, and they knew not how to find them without using him as a guide. } So very anxious were tliey to get them, ' that they proposed to relievo Trammell, ' upon condition that he would go and drive 1 thetn up. He went and found them, hut 1 rode and drove them another way. *< .? = - ... - ni.ci mining U'llll an Hopes ot Ins return had vanished, eating, drinking and 1 pillaging everything they could turn to acI'ouut, and feeling no little chagrin at their [lissnppointment, Sergeant Towns called on ^ Mrs. Traininell for some clothing for his men, or goods out of which to make some. She replied, "Sir, you have already strip- t [ied mo of all. I have nothing more for you, except your nephew there," pointing ^ Lo his sister's son, an orphan boy, whom S ihey in charity had taken some time before Lo keep from suffering, 4 lie has a few clothes, which I have made for him ; vou * ? can take them if you will.' But they did j not suit. _ ^ About this time, his eyes rested upon a ( strong box, which sat near the fire place, t iiud he said, 1 What have you in that box 1' { She replied, indignantly, 4 Sir, it is none of ] your bus ness.' 4 Well,'said he, 4 it is my [ business, and I'll see what.it contains.'? , ' No, sir,' said she, 4 you shall not look into , that box,' and seizing a heavy iron poker, | she placed herself between Towns and tho ] box, and planting herself firmly, icsolved to , defend her little treasure. The box con- ? tained a few quilts and couterpaucs, the j work of her own hands. Towns advanced and drew his sword to intimidate her, but j she maintained her position witout moving i a muscle. He presented his sword, and , sneeringly said, 4 Now, would you hit a , fellow Y Slie said, Do yo.: mlvance a , step further; and you will see.' lie looked | her in the eye, and saw plainly wlint her determination was, and rcliieil and left hor in possession of her little treasure. 1 m ? * Influence of Music.?Napoleon, confeJ I sedly the most consummate commander ] that ever lifted the sword, who by his tac- I tics out-generaled all Europe, had a strict i regard to pieces which were played by the soldiers on particular occasions. Certain tunes were prohibited ; others u<ed only for the final charge, retained, perhaps, only to let lootse with a reserved corps; and it is stated, on making the famous pasaasgo o f the Alps, under circumstances the most appaling and dreadful, if the soldiers at Any lime hesitated- in their march, he ordered 'lie buglers to Bound their liveliest notes ; and if tho obstacle was so great as to bring the army to a dead halt* the whole band were ordered to peal foKh the charges to battle, which never failed to bear thein over tho most formidable diffioulties. 4 . -7 ? Mr?. Partington says, that if she should be cast away, she would prefer meeting witb the cMa*trophe in. tbe-'pay of Biscuitsfor Iben sho should have something to live oo. I THE EMPIRE OF GOD. Prof. Mitchell, in cloiilig his series of Lectures on Astronomy, said ' Now, my friends, I must cib.su tliin long course of lectures. Wo have parsed from planet to [ilfinet, from sun to sun, from syslein to ;ysteiu. We have found other island universes sweeping through space. The great tniinished pmhlt m still remain**?Whence :ame this universe ? Ilavo all those stars which glitter ill llie heavens heen shining 'rotn all eternity ? Has our gluhe Wen oiling around the sun fur ceaseless n^es ! Whence, this magnificent architecture, vhoae architraves rise in splendor before us n every direction ? Is it all the work of shance ? I answer, no. It is not the ,vork of chance. Who shall reveal to us lift trim P/Kini^rri-orvIitf " 1 ? ,? ...x^.uj/hj yi Luc universe i?y vhich we are surrounded ? is it the work >f an Omnipotent Architect? If so, wlio s this August Being? Go with mo tolight, in imagination ; and stand with old ?aul t!ie great Apostle, upon Mars Iliil, md there look around you as he did. Here risen that magnificent building, tho ?artheon, sacred to Minerva, the Goddess >f Wisdom. There tower3 her colossal tatue, rising in its majesty above the city if which she was the guardian?tho ob ect to catch the rays of tho rising, and tho ast to be kissed be tlse rays of the setting un. And yet I toll you these gods and hese divinities, though created under tho nspiring fire of poetic fancy and Greek m.-igiualion, never reared this stupendous Iructure by which we are sitrroun 'cd.? ['lie Olympic Jove never built the heavens, Tlio wisdoin of Minerva never organized hese magnificent systems. I say with St. 'aul : "Oh, Athenians, in all things I find ou too superstitious, for in passing along 'our streets, I find an alter inscribed?To he unknown God?Him whom ye jgno antly worship ; ami this is the God I da lare unto you?the Go that made henveo ;nd earth, who dwells not in temples made villi hands.'' No, here is ?' lerriple of our divinity.? Vrouxid us anu above us siso Sun and Sys em, Cluster and Universe. And I doubt lot that in overy region of this vast Empire >f God, hymns of praise and anthems of jlory are rising p.nd rcverbrating from sun osiin and from system to system?heard by )innipotence alono across immensity aud hrough eternity I . Legal Anccdote.?Surgcnt Cockle, who vas a rough blustering fellow, once got rom a witness mere than he gave. In a rial of right of fishery, he asked the wit less, ' Doest thou love fish V?' Ah,' replied lie witness with a grin, ' but I donna like ocklc sauce with it!' The roar of laugh er which echoed through the court rather listurbed i!:e learned sergeant. There is in anecdote something similiar related of Sergeant Davy, a great lawyer of the last ige. A gentleman once appeared in the Jourt of Kind's Bench to give bail in the urn of 3,000/. Sergeant Davy, wanting to tisplay his wit; said to him, sternly # And prat, sir, how tio you. make out that roil are worth 3.000/?' The gentleman tated the particulars of Ids property up to 5,940/.' 'That's all very good,' 9aid the crgeant, ' but you want GO/ more to be vorth 3,000/.' ' For the sum,' replied the gentleman, in no ways disconcerted, 'I lavo a note of hand of one Mr. Sergeant Vivv. and I hnnn )n> will limta !?-> l.~.. ssty soon to 60ttle it.' The laughter lint this reply excited extendeJ even to tlio >ench; the sergeant looked abashed, and vord Mansfield, observed, in his usual ur ?ane tone, 4 Well, brother Davy, I think ?ve may accept the bail. Dunning, whilo sxamining a witness, naked him if he did lot live a; the very verge of the court. 'Yes, [ do,' was the reply. ' And pray why have fou selected such a spot for your residence 1' In the vain hope of escaping the rascally inpertitience of Dunning? was the retort. A. witness with a Bardolphian nose com* ? ing in D mining's way, he said to himf Now, Mr. Cuppernose, you have been iworn, what do you say!'?4 Why, upon tny oath,' replied the witness,' 1 would not exchange my copper nose for your brazen face !* Pother of Prayer.?A minister, whoae niiiiiH ll. in not noii?"ii>? : ? ' 1 - .. ? ..vv ..vx.st.nmjr III'W tu g?vi>, niui i fton' who wa? quite n rogue, and withal something of a wng. One day the boy liad been guilty of some misdemeanor # for which, the father called him to an nccount, when the following dialogue took place: 4 John, you have done wrong and I mu*t punish yoq.* Very well, sir, just a? you ?ay,* 4 Then fake off your coat/ Certainly, sir/ ' 4 Now take off jour veM.* , it .. ? * * * j ubi as you piease, nr.' 4 Now my son, If it my duty to flog you.' - * ' . Yea sir, but father, would it not be beat fir$t to engage in prayer !' -v This was .too mucb for tbe minister, the ~ ' -u ' . waggery of the aon completely overoom* him, *o without either prayer or flogging" he. diaraiaaed the boy, white be tnroed away to relieve his rietblee. u.4, Always give 'a- ku? farJa^Mow, unleee the blow ie giveh by ar which caae it U better to "niggle/*