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-I* - '***$#. : TOie'j's atamans, ; For the Southern enterprise. . LINES Vfritten on hearing of the Death of my sister. BY a V7. H ! I iS&vfc-x, i i "V Art thou hsppy now, my tat err i Dwellest thou in realm* of light? Wearcst thou a crown of glory, I < ^ . Ami a iobc of spotless white f ' 1 Docs the Saviour smile upon tlicc? Pwellest thou around Ilia throne, j Where joy and ponce abideth, And sorrow is unknown? OW r? - - i Joincst thou the happy angels, Whoa they strike their harps and sing A song of endless praises, To Heaven's otcrnul King? Thou 6aidst in thy last moments: "I can stem the swelling tide?" ( * Oh! we trust Death gained no triumph, When he claimed thee for a bride. Wo trust that thou art happy ; But our hearts nre filled with gloom, That death^a* thus bereft its, And borne thee to the tomb. But we hope again to greet, thee, ,j . When from thoshore of Time, Our spirit, freed, departcth, To dwell'nn heavenly clime. 1 There, sister, may we meet thee. And "know as we arc known," 7 Meet* never to l>c parted, Around our Father's throne. Orfcni'illr, S. C., Jpri\ 1S55. *wHMnts ait Cimratimi: ? - - From "Throe Hour.4 School a Day. Education. Repugnance to -School.? There is almost unfveival j'tyi/ynaiice tone/tool. Its chief attraction is the play it gives ! their 9o<Jial nature out uf doors.?; Whatever day occurs on which '.'school doos/r-not keep," is regarded as the I choicest on tlio calendar, mid hailed with a delight as unmixed as it is unbounded. On the contrary, was their school work kept within the limits c?f what might, be termed their school power For the day, wero they to lie j kept wide awake and at work as briskly as so many hoes every moment while ! in school (and so 'they could and would work, if their energies were fresh, and there was a prospect ahead for rest and play, and if the teacher, too were active, and alive, and energetic, andj playful in spiritj as then he might bc)j ?if these things were true, the children ; would regard the school as one of tin ir j chief est delights. They would attend; with alacrity and regularity?ay for the love of it, u& variety and relaxation. < Tiie Secret of Successful Study.? , Adopt the plan hero proposed?three . hours a day, with two luloeiwninutc , recesses taken out of it?one at the , end of the first hour, and one at the!; end of the next, three-quarters of an ( hour, to ventilate the room and the! Inrtgs of the scholars, and teachers, and I to give the circulation impetus'for tin ' next hour of motionless work?I say. t adopt this policy, and the children will j rush with delight to the school?ay, i ^ with the same inexpressible joy with1 a?uch they now rush from L1 Audi .pBat an advantage we thus secure!?( The very vitality of education! l^or 1; that intellectual labor alone ichi dt /.v1.' 0V>7 //? / /?>)//- J// /,/?/> .. ./ 7. i/wvt?viAVf y M./IW ?" v/ / UHW^ #>t / t if'jtil j to the mind'?a!one odd * to *tore#\\ of mcrtioeu. It is only when the mind , atfts voluntarily, that it posses*-1* en -r- * gy. Every body knows tl i<. J I!.- , own experience, not hooks, is every!, one's teacher for this, f'nlexs the!, tnind so act, how can it strike out new or bold paths of thought ami invesfiga- j tion, and preservhigly follow them?? And in gaining a knowledge of facts, j as in spelling, reading, geography, his- , tory, etc., the same law prevails.? j Their acquisition depends oti^jnemory. . Attention is tho secret of rfiemory.? |, Interest is the secret of attention. In * 1 crest is impulse; and impulses arc voluntary, or individual. School and Labor.?Ts it not of thej ?rst importance that, growing with' wio growlli of the child and youth should bo incorporated in the mind the ! idea that he or she is responsible for.J something for his or her own immediate welfare, and for the immediate; welfare of others ? Three hours school : a day furnishes precisely the onportq11% tor this. Jt fii.iides the ! . or j girl to do something in the wny^^H manual labor e^vry day, which .dnipfl lie of value to the family. Leahxino a Trade.?If yon have no M occupation for the bov, he can go in : 1 the afternoon beV-arning a trade, i and you can allow him to have his own earmpgs, and lot him expend them, 1 under the eye of hi* parents, for a li-. i brary of his own, musical instruments, | musical instruction, etc. Let the boy be hardening hfe Vriuacles and teaming a trade at the -sinnc tiu^c. It is not j possible to estimate the value of that [ trade to hia body and to his manhood, i Does he become a preacher 1 .Neither j the congregation, nor prcsl>yter{ef>, nor synods, nor general ngsointifteft, dictatej to Ins soul w hat it shall beli^vl or not believe- -what it shall utter or not nt-Ijer. He can snap his fingers in their * > " : ,* n V ~s > ,'ML k&m ,1 , ?y?? hccs, and go on his way rojoicing? wHk has a TBADp i?\ A lawyer?made si inch by a machine system and a sheepkin?ho can cinit with honor and go t] o liis trade, when he fmde nature did v lot design him for the profession "of e ivhieh he has the honor to be ari/tcui- r >er," instead of draggiilg out irirtTalifc t >f dishonor for tbo sake of bread, asj$o u nany do! ij A Most Important Spgoktion.?It is the dost iu}', as it ever will be, of the 0 large majority of thoeo who till our ] public sehodls, to earn their living by ,, manual labor. The system has been,} j and now is, to press school attendance, I j and "Jinifih the education of the child ; ?as this steam process is so aptly i A terilncd?r.r.i OKK the period at which !, J j.1 / . . 7 . . : ^ r ii< wsunmuj oj a rruac, or entering I on the practical vocation of Ifis com- J menccJ. Instead of that, scrrool at-' tendance, where practicable and it; ought to bo made so, in all eases? | should be continued to 21 years of age. I On the plan now pursued, this can not be. --<L - .f? 111 - - 1 1 1. J " cam _ | How Widder "Wcstbrcok "took tho Sheriff." I ?? A - r BY JOHNSON J. IIOOPEK, ESQ. Somh years since, professional business tjnvw me into the company, for a long day's ride thro' a dreary pinei woods country in an eastern county, j with Mr. Stubbs, its Sheriff By tfiej middle,of the afternoon, we had ex-! Uausted, as subjects of conversation the particular attachment ease, which brought us' together, the political condition of the country, the prospects of the growing crop, and several matters of personal history. In fact, wo had run out w hen suddenly Mr. Stubbs' eye flushed, and a smile flittered across his Hps as he remarked? "1 haven't told you, 'Sqpiire, I bel!ni-A I.A." T 1- ! uv> .1 i u niiiiLu Mirvin rue i first process," (the fslieriif was not a J. learned man, and occasionally did mis- | place the accent.) "that overcome into; 1 my hands/' j.l "Xo, lei's have it," 1 replied turning s half round in the saddle ; "it cost you ! some money, did it?vonr mistake?" !<; " Ah," ho ejaculated with a sigh, "it t cost a heap?a heap /" I This was said with iho air of much / suffering, and J told him, if it awaken-! cd painful emotions, he must not think i of opening the old wound, merely for \ my entertainment. - * J t "It's all over now,/ he said, "and I ii don't mind tell in' it." L don't know ) a how it was but just r.t this moment, 1 s caught sight of a shady fold of crape a wound his hat and I could not help.as-1 iociaiting it with the sign, the lugnbri-j uis oxpiv cion and the "snrvin of I lie a irst process." Aiiet that, we shall j L conntl.!.,. - 1 ?' w , . . S.VI IV. Hiiiij; J.'I v.^villi I). I It ^[i>Stubbs proceeded: Jul ' I was loctt'u the first sheriff of the! J' onnty, and at that lime, there weren't <1 nore'n tluve or four hundred voters in, V t. To be snro. JLwas right proud?it tl vas rich an honor like." "This is your second term, then." i "Yea. J had to miss one term of ji arvieo, un account of the law; but v lien 1 was dohitv (deputy,) under, t! stokes, and when his time runout, last b August was two years ag?>, T was elect- y *<i again. 3int. that ain't tellin' how I !i r.?t ruinated hv that writ. Now it's I I easoiiable lo suppose, that the first of ti i thing ain't as easy to know as the s< niddleor the last. So when the law-j i ev down at town made out the first b japcr and put. it in my hands, I was i>t as bad 'unplaced as ever you see." d "What sort of a writ was it j" "Nothing* but the common sort (ca~! v >a res. J know cm now, like a l>ook. i F.f 1 had only knowedVmthen"?here} mother deep drawn sigh supplied the! place of words. j b "1 took the ulaugy thing homo, ami 3 T called in Ilili Stokes (which was Sheriff hisaolf, after that;) and old S<piire l Lumpkin to counsel tnc on it. We s read it over three or four times. It or-' e lored mo to take the body of Hannah /, IVeethroolc, et to he found in my county, and her fiafoly t<> Xve/>, so that I . 'should have her to answer Ik-fore the i Judge at the next (lirenit, for a debt t she* owed; and more'n thalyit said I j \^as to do it without delay?and it then \ S |jak on tojire months tell Court!- ji fimtwas I to do with her aU that , and no sigp of a jail in thecoun- c i "Well, it was a hard looking case, 11 but that was simply a form, and the 11 Au it?night have been setved by leay-l ng ?\ copy with tJio lady." ic "Oh, 1 kn6w that mitrhtv well no>o. 1 but Widn't know it them Besides, at I the bottpm o'f the paper \vtfe "No j Rail" and I know now that thorn words mean no bull required; but I thought then it meant that of alio "was [ to otter the best security in tho State, t f want't to take it. An<l it was the '] consideration, that, Stokes and Tiuftip- t kin tioth put r.j?on it; and the ofcV 4Sqtiiro went bo far as to say,ef he waa ^ sheriff, he'd take that woman and ear- c ry her honui and lock her tip in the j room with hissed' and his wife every ( uijrhr ol'hte,OTitell CV?uij^aine around." J** . * - w -S~ 1 * ' . ? 1*5*/ /*? * . - ** - * #*/. . ; . ' ^ . .... ,__^ . . V uThat w$pd Lave made it pretty afe.". i "Yew," said Stubbs; "but I knowed J liat wouldn't suit me, for my wile (that /as then) WAa high-tempered, andnevr could bear strango people in' the ooiu. But however, after counselling : jii. ? > r I OVVUCS l<-> gV WJUI IIIC, JUKI J. went p to tile widow, and told her my Lus11 ess. JShe was mighty had scoured t first,but when she got over that, she ; * ear ed and pitched. 1 should ^ist agin | utaijd resigned,bnt Stokes quieted her i >y savin,' we could put her in jail, but i she behaved Jur$?lf w e'd only take icr down to my house and lefherstav | ell Court. Then she turned irito cry ! n' and beggin' ine to take her nigger voman and keep her as scurity for the j lebt, which it was only something ivor a hundred dollars, nndMic nigger vrs likely, Hut I looked in my pa-' ier, and road out to her?"totaki: Tin. j ;oDV OF II ANN*Alt WeSTJIROOK '. !' "She said she'd go, and slie had her >ld roan horse saddled up, and while ^ iitokos and me was a talkiu' and not , lOtiein,' she mounted liini and started i >tf in a lively canter on theGeogia end 1 ?f the trail. We mounted and gallop<1 after her, and she hafln't got a half ' uile, before we had her. Then she \ iried anf? bogged again, but we put a ] )!ow lino around her waist, anH held i he oend, and after lcttin' her gi^osomo 1 lirectioii6 to her nigger we took her ( lown to my house. My wife treated i ier mighty civil, and every day or two ve'd lot lier go up home and look after j ier censarns. So time rolled on toll ibont a month before Court and one lay Stokes rid up to the gate in a pow:rful hurry, and called me out." "You've played thunder," said he. j 4<1 low'{" says I. "Why takiu' of Miss Westbrooks.? | all wrong, and she's sent word down I o the very la\vVerr that put out that j Arii again&t her, and's got two against rou; one t$|mnkc you turn her loose, j md 'totherro make you pay twenty housaud dollars for takiu' her!" "I shan't serve 'cm," says I. "Makes no odds. They're done ap)ointcd a kurincr (coroner,) and he 11 )d up to morrow, soon as Miss Wostirooks lias had a chance to swear to omethin.' You'll better lookout!" "Well," s:r.s I, ''I reckon they've ;ot you too. You was along, and hope 0 (Id it." ' Oh, yes," says lie, "hui tliefrxi- got n<\ for a witness J" * V "I said no more, hiis walked wxht nto tlie house, and thanij. touaw the vidder lookin' mighty ]uPtocyLHind 1 old her she wns free to geyl asked icr pardon and shouldn't charge her ny hoard and i hoped she'd conn* and eo my* old (Ionian, and so on, and so ?rth." "She wont I suppose." "Shedid, and the kurrincr come; id ho showed uio how to serve a writ V cvpU' I -hall never forget it. She j jok ine into Court, and there warn't othin'done with it, the first time.? i lefore the next Court, my old woman ied, and that vpsurae<]every thing.? j riiat with her dyiif and the suit, 1 ' 1 ought I would go crazy, to bo sure.' "Jhit yon did'nt?" j: "No, 1 bore it as wclf^s Icould, and ( ist before Court coin03 along the law- j or?Jenkins?and says he to ino," I j link you and .my client Miss West- j rooks, could comnrise that case. of! on was to talk together about it.' I J ardly waited tor hiiu to leave, belbrc jumped on my horse and rode up to j lie \Y idders. WiddGr says I. kin we ' ettle that case ?" ' IShe sorter laughed and said may f* 'I'll give you a hundred dollars to Irup it, says J." "She frowned mightily, and said that | candt the way she wanted to 6Ctllo t." "I'll give you two, said I." "She frowned worse than before, and i aid that, warirt the way she wanted to ottl j; it." Directly sonicthin'come right into ny mind. J seemed to see plain. 3 tudied and considered. Then I clear-j id my throat. Viddrr, my# 7, will, ton have me/" ?he T tnf/l /" "I gavo that rascal Jenkins, fiftyr lollars for his share, and the widder ook me for hers. I had kept a onlawful irisoner for nigh four month#, hut, squire, r!?o had mo under arcat, for njghty nigh fiven year*!" I ennui red if ho had been at last' iompellcd to separate from her. He limply pointed to the crape on his hat md the same strange smile flittered ibput liis mouth, lie only added? 'd jtidge she got^^^ttle more than An old Dutchman, who had recenty joined the temperance society, was aken siek^aiul sent for the doctor to >rcscribe for him, who ordered him to ake an ounce of brandy per day.?? Phe old chap overhauled iiis urithmeic, arid fouud in the table of apoffce- ' Sirica' weight, ueight draehm#makc'an mnce." 4 Aline ?," says the Dutchnan, 4<dat ish de demperancc for ttio. [ didn't get but six drams before, and ' vwvr 1 gets uigltt," * 4?.^% 4 'I III ?LU?J LI -1 TO? Mf 1&? 1K38 Book and Job Printing vIX^^Bnk sflMkr ???*. MPTAIU.: PREPAKED TCTWtfjMK iircuwmjSatalogues, h.oWway-1! B?t^^g||teKETS, PROGRAMMES, 8tC. |< ' "hH^H^WITU PRSfATCII. Jhina. Satin Enamel, Satin Surface and j Tlain and Colored Cards, A the ?t[cst Eqbo^ijbic'Je'riDS. <&UWi3 ^7i3 A Extensive Jewelry Establishment. CHARLES SMITH, WATCH MAKER, NEARLY OITOSITSTIIB MANSION IIOVSE, , Gfteawillo, S. C. i I^^WTtSE who itrojjfcnd of bountiful sights, enn ! &JL now linve (Hi o]?j>ortunily of feasting tjiai^ | ;yos by the inspection of one of the largestTtafcj no-t nolcet StooW, over bofor ofVeroAjuithc twf I' per country. Every article will be/W!y$frarrnot- i >d ami sold on the most reasonable A few lirticles will ho luontioncd.-SBBoiu I Watches, 18 Carat. Cares from $a<5,no to JH^MU 0 diver do. from |10 to ?(15,00. Aij?o, (Mid auu silver London Mad* Hail Jtorx.1 'Ji nr A'refKrn, and * quantity second hand W.-Uchi'*, niuonpbrhioh ?re pen novo TontA* Lrverh. A very ovtra|$re i ind ehoioeassortment of GOI.r> KINt?S TX-1 Rubies, Pearls, Turquoise, Garnets, ClfflWrs, 1 L'or.il, Ops), I tuneo, Lnva and Mosaic, Ac., Ac. Also, u splendid selection of tine Gold Earrings, idnin and with sets, Extremely fashionable and | aeavv. Vest. .Octelnino and Guard Chains. A iargc and fanciful selection of Gold Seals and Rings, some of which contain Lockets, Yinagrettes, Pencils nnd Toothpicks, Ac. Ao. Gold Fob Buckles and Sleeve Buttons of a superior inutility. Gold Lockets uud Ma del lions of all si Ac and Representation*. A variety of Gold Guff Bins, Bracelets, Ladies' A'eek Chains, and n large assortment of fancy Bosom Studs and Breastpins for Gentlemen, Aslo Masonic, Odd-Fellows and Temperance 11ns. Gold P0113. G< )Lt> aim Silver Extension Cases, some of tlicm Mammoth size. Also n tino selection of Hair Work, Consisting of Brooches, Bracelets, Earrings,: Chains, Head presses, Hearts, Crosses and Neck Chains,finished with taCefyil line Gold Mountings. A nunthcr of Fine Silver Cups, Chaste and plain, together with n groat variety of heavily I'lated English Wares. Double and Single Barreled Guns, Bides and Fid oh, nnd Revolvers of the most Celebrated makes. A few more ofextra fine Double Bladed French Razors left, and a few Boxes of tlio well known Magic Razor Strop Paste. 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Specimen Book of the Foundry is freelv ^ivei^L) nil printing offices, on the receipt -- - -j *" jt" I ' v I"'J ,,,r ( v l*rintertj of nowt^nper* who chouM to publish thuadvertisement, including this note,three times before the first day of July, 1866, find forward m* one of the papers, will bo rtllou vdAheir bills at th<???r time of fiurcbcMng five times the amount of nur*^ mnniifuetnrm New-York, Feb. 12, 1855. Addrcu, GEORGE It RUCK 13 CIUMBER^ ST. New-York. JP?<0^OMS34tffc? Drawing-Room Companion. A Jircordof the heiutljul nttdvMj'ul in Art. finite object of the. paper is to present, 1 the most elegant and available form, a weck^' literary melange of notable events ? tho any. Its columns ate devoted to origin- . id tales. etvhca and poerps, by the / ^ RKST AMEHK'AS AUTHORS. and the cream of tho domestic and foreign news; tho whole w^ll spiced with wit and liutnor. 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'The I the panei' is fijton hundred aan sixty I uarc iucijfea, fcirtyK a tftent atmint of I i maHr^um fnustrrttions?a ihandiaciisix m1"'"' dntne oi 11 ii hubscribcr^^^^^j^H pnjto ~M One copy of The Flau o^.ora Union and erne copy of&t.K?son's l'lctorial, when j taken tog-jtlioi r^r oii.e ptoaon, for dferaaar. ^?cal fir^Uf % I 4hr. vf > Rn*t** MB7 * Md