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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/*