' a. reflex of popular events. '
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Quoted to progress, the Rights of th$ $outh, and the giftusioit of Useful ^noiriedgc among all glasses of "SSIorfung $fieit. "
OLUME yTi. GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, TH l; RSPA Y HOR NING, pjcKMBElTla. I860. * MIHIiER .
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C. Ilf. nrJmikla, AsslMant.
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CUE DOLLAR A *BAR, in A4v*nc?.
On* Dollar and a Half, If Delayed.
AVvERYiaSMtfRTft
Tneortod at 75 ctnti pet Bqttaro of 12 linen
(ec lea*) f?>r tbe tint foaortioa ; 50 fhr the (aeo?nd;
25 for the third to the thirteenth t 20 for
the fourteenth to the (futy-llM) 1ft fbr the
tnrenty-nevenih to the thirty-attftb} 10 fbr the
fortieth t? the fifty-eeeend. Yearly
or half-yearly contract* ir-ade, and a
liberal deduction from the ahote rate* riven.
' Advorttacmunta nojtaubjeottoeontractahonld
|?are the nttaher of (nuerUnne marked upon
i.ney wm do puiiiishcanou charged lor
till 4ti:J?ri*(l out.
31 fdrrtrit ftartj.
Fr./m the N<-w YoiJc hcdger.
THE DETECTED TRAITOB.
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% BT WH. II if SHY YCCK. J
. Tin* proud Hn<1 wealthy JmriM Ap
moor, silk and it-hit merchant of
U'roadway, New Yotk. was just entering
Ills superb tnixanr, as rate of his
clerks respectfully sainted him, and
started toi pass out."
" M>. CUin f shall desiro your presi.
~f ence in my office ere loo if. said the
tneriltJwtlf " lhv not len\-e lire store unr';>
til I have spoken with year, v
There *? an omiitoun sternness in
his tone That attracted lh??<p?i??k ear of
Thornton Clair, and as he priced after
Ilia pompons chief, who strode on wiUi
unusual haste, his planco caugh*. tlrat
of Uiram Mould, the cashier, peering
with unconcealed malice through the
innhopnny bars of his desk, Thornton
Clair hwi arrived iu New York four
months before from sotrre cSiy of the,
r... W ..J ai.nli !n< >?...<
IHI TV ?tp"? ^rr11 '"R' |W
A ? moor, hi* niiio'v and intelligent face
Inol bo pleased I hill gentleman that lija
ri iH?*? weio immediately accepted, ami
lie w?? given the responsible post of
Collector. ? H
Tbi* wa* by no mean* agreeable to
the envious Mould, nor tlW his vexation
-diminish an he saw , that James
Agmoor daily grew more and mora at*
lai/lo-d to the youth.
While Qlalr stood awaiting the ex
peeled fUiuOBoM, and a? Mr. Agmoor
entered I.is private office, the cashier
moved from hi* seat, and following hi> 1
principal, carefully closed the green
y blaze d?n>r after him.
It ww strange to gee proud and
pompous air of lh<' hudly merchant
change to nfie ?>f ill concealed feat and
disgust as tll?,ea?hi4U luuU> Jam g?oddi
y and seated himself near foto, (,&
ing hint, and listing the bflWlalJe la*
tWeen thein.
" Yn? liwi considered n\y, prbjKwi
tions, Jsmaa Agnttmr." raid lis. in a
T smooth, soft roice, .' leek* snd silky nt
the akin that gild* the reuoinoua ?*rf
pent
James Agmoor buried Ilia face in his
^ hands for a moment, and then sweep
ing back hi* mow-.while hair, said, has-.
kily:
" I have 1 Ma riant Mould, I have."
V end hi* fee* pale and red by turns,
;?i again sought the cot er of hi* trembling
Land*. * i have tali mv daughter that
you tinvo thauawUd her fbr a wife,
felie told me to tell you that she wotild
rather he,* beggar in the streets than
the wife of Jliratrt Mould.
*'I told her nil.1' burst from the cjniv
? ing* lipa of the me chant. " ( told her
. that Uirain Mould was the muster of
E her father ; that ere rhe \va>> h*ru Hi ail
committed A crhne-?~a crime whose
ever, present guilt lis* blanched ttty hair
L befoi* I have numbered my forty ninth
year."
' " And then she relented ? '
* Sl?ti naked UK* t?? tfll tier of thnt
crime." replied Ajfinoor. nod h? lie
,L mm ike, kk >'? grew Uiiglil. and looked
IlirHin Mould fall in the face. ** I told
\?P her. $lie ?nid the deed we* not ft crime
? iliftj tlx* Mow wfti* d?;iilt in *elf tie*
^ . fence, the? killed Charier Hmper. And
HO it whs, Uirntn Mould ; you kmw ii
w*\"
/<*, ** Were we iri conrt, t '.he only wfinc*?
of tlie act, Jfttncr Agmoor. I would
Ik . ?we?r <lint it wnfb? preinedilnled murder."
r J a roe. Agmoor*. eve* cloned with" a
ehudde.r, and ngnin the trembling hand*
ft id I fie pallid face. ^
4t1 eould Hwenr," ro*",Tn*<t ItMm
m Mould, tie a'uir^, while teeth bi l-tled
KL from ht* ene?ling lip*. " and the jury
m would Mieve every word, thai one
H #t*ium?0 evening, urn* twenty year*
K . ngo, | **w Jaiuea Aglnoor, who had re
k: fuwrd to fight in f?ur end open combat
mk with Ohnrl#. Warper, -touching nndd
P5 the bu*ir??* tlint b?rd*?d the highway
^^Hkfbrough Jerwey wood*; mid a* Uharkr*
LtfBkg. Mnrper we. riding umo-peetiugly by. I
JMW -Jwnw* Aghloor ,*pring from hi*
WF* woven end .tribe hirajto ih? ?.nb with
[ n club?T would Mtrewi that Junto Ag
p mooe'tben eud there murdered Oherle*
f- W**prfr. end bttrned the body where I
k could find it. bone*; etc, een the wetch
I. ibet should identify tbo body."
1 ?t "All * fa!*? V cned the merchant,
at-otv-iug himself for a mcmn-nt. "Twas
Aj??>!?>?>r who \%*S digged from I
fit* hWr*e by Oharles Harper ! 'Tw?*
Tlifttrti Mould who prompted the as i;
i ri?iitt,ifof put-pose* of hi* own?-l?ecuu*e f
he Kitted eaeh with a deadly hate.-? *
Yon. Hiram Mould, first made u*, who V
-were tilPHreo-bonom friends, Utter ene A
mitw. He struck me; I returned the
Mow ; ho drow his knife end stubbed n
me, but before T fbll woseleM. 1 wrestled c
the weajwin front liiin end dealt liiin a (
fuial thrust that prostrated him also. I
We fell together?alike ttneonwhm*?I k
in a swoon, lie dead. When aenso and
and feeling relumed (<> me I wiw in T
your house. Yon. Hiram Mould, hid n
the body where you can find it* re- J
mains to convict me. The public be- a
lieved that Chaile* IImi per was u?ur- si
dered ; you created that belief; but to c<
use nve all mr life you took successful ii
caie that the buffer of suspicion should n
not point at me, lest the law might kill *<
thegonst that lays the golden egg. h
While the tortured' man was saying h
iJI lhi*, far morn incoheiently than w e u
i have written it, the unmoved c<>n-piiit <?l
01 bad rapidly sketched a picture of a hi
gtbta-u-d fvhui, and ah the met chant pi
coiiclinb-d', lliiain Mould placed the *'
aiguiticaiu ske'eh before bun. h
*" Such shall be your fate if Rachel ?r
AgirtoOr refj*es to become mv wife,** m
said be, poi-niiiig at 'he Iiideoua picture c!
wiih his long, lean f??re finger.
Again tiro merchant yielded before or
thin'terrible threat, and his head sank tr
upon his bosom. * w
' TiTow, eall in Thornton Clair, and l''
dismiss him at onoc," said llirnrn, steini
Iv. u He loves your daughter?she
1 pet haps loves him. You have foolishly !'!
allowed him to \tail at your house. It 11
shall l?o iny care that Thornton Clair
| shall not find nr.o'her employer in thi< ' "
[city." H
" I ntn in your power," groaned the lo
unhappy tnnu, rising and opening the |,;
d?n?r ; but'as liti did so. his daughter wj
Rachel stepped quickly from the side of m
TJui|)\ton Ciair, with whom she was |(,
eageily er?nversiiig, and said: j,
" I wish to see Hiram Mould immedi- le
ately, dear father,1' and gliding by her 00
'saonisbed parent, she entered tbe pri ,|,
vnte oflic j. <j,
The merchant closed the door and m
turned to address his child. Tali
and queenly in person, n lovely
brunette of eighteen summers, with -j
large black eyes usually full of softness,
us became her amiable and affectionate
nature, but then flashing scornful fire* ftr,
m liar red lips, curled with scathing fM
contempt, Rachel Aginoor motioned to ^;|
Irer father to pauee for n moment, and {(,t
bent her gaze upon Hiram Mould. ?te
He aeomed ill nt ca*? as those superb (|H
'eyes slowly canned biin from bend to t|1(
foot, bathing him. as it w? re, in wordless tj|(
-corn. lie n?? to his feet, and rccoving
hie nrtowl eootnes*. said : vo
" I 7*1*1lp we lliHt Miss Raclu-f
Agtnoor conddois so humble a ,|?
(wmsoii h* Ilirxin Mould worthy of ro |ar
cwiiiiciued a gaze." Itll
' This is the thing that dares to hope rei
to call me-? wife 1" ?ahl Rachel, nud mi
though the words were culling, the tone tei
and manner penetrated to the marrow in
of the rascal's hones, and flashed hitler go
word" to his white lips. ?w
44 The iking is honored in being so fui
called, my haughty damsel. You are evi
proud now, Rachel Agmoor, but the id*
hue shall come when you shall ho as bo
humble before me as (he trembling is
man near yoti.n sel
M If I reject and defy you, you will eh
attack the life and reputation of my fa c'(
thcr," said Rachel. " Vou must be '?i
very confident of your power to send
such u mesfltgo to the woinnn whom ab
yon wi?h to make your wife." lh
" I hiii fortreiooa of my strength. ?v
Do you dwirc to see a proof cf ill" I')
jimmhI IlihMi' thi
ll*chel hem her head contempt onus n<s
Iv. Hiram Mould wm it a lo*s to *ai
comprehend this unexpected (Ufunco, w"
hut hints ??f litw ground. lie mid I ',u
* There it ? young man in your fa- kn
liter's employ, whom he lovcn a* hi* aai
own *on. Rather than harm a hair of l>?
that voting man'* head,J nine* Agmoor lie
would gladly Inp off his right hand, t 01
verily believe, if the sacrifice could avail tic
either. Mr. Agtuoor, call in Thornton q?'
Clair.'* yc
Ho looked to sec Rachel palo and J?t
(reml?liiig. But she was calm and col- I I
looted, lh
" Tka limtA talk*.. I'mijl lU, i..
oa?hlcr alone?-obeyed, ami Thornton dc
Glair stood with life parly : l>ul his w<
blue eyes were biasing with a menace Tl
*o profound and doailly that Haoliel *?
Jerd her soft hand upon the strong right *v<
arm that wna awelling na .if /or a ?u.I- ao
den blow to bo dealt at the aeipont hko ol
?yew of 4he sneering cashier, and wbu- an
pored t + dt
* Wait I?.foe my sake." ti<
" Mr. Agiftoor," *aid Hiram, but recoiling
somewhat frein the at retell of to
tint anu, " a* thia young man has dar- |h
ed to make love to one ao jutmiwsely
above him, M *our daughter, end as 1 y<
propone myself ? Iter husband, his or
presence in ovr establishment ie an in th
suit. Dircharge biua at once." at<
The wretched merchant paused in hi
torturing suspense. and the cashier e?:
pointed at the sketch that lay upon the ??
t table.
< Mr. Thornton?" begun the father.
-My If no DHlne is nut Clair/', said
ho voting man, rjtiicklv. unwilling to
ee the lather of In* Rachel so bmnilut'.d.
" I nni the son of (Jinnies llarier
who liven in Oregon, nnd who a*uitierf
the name of Clair been use lie
a-lieved he hnd slain James Agmoor.
ly name is, in fact. Thornton Harper/'
" Voting man 1" cried James Ag
noor, almost gasping. " Do not do
eive a most wretched man. Does
/liurles Harper, who married my cousin
Iolen Agmoor, still lire ??was ho not
tiled f
" On my honor, Mr. Agmoor," said
hornton, that Charles Harper is
live, and still thinks that he killed
nines Vginoor, L'ntil this morning I
ns of the Faille belief, for ntv father,
tire that unfortunate combat lias eontnled
hitn>elf under an assumed name
i the wilds of the West, while my
lother followed him. lias often told me
irrowfnlly of all that transpired. ]?ut
e never told me the name of the man
e deemed be bad slain nor that of the
ian.who. when be u?e after a moment
f nnconscioioness, pointed lit your
lecding body, said you wero dead, and
r? vailed upon him to seek safety in innnt
flight, upon tlio very horse von
ad i id Jen. Your daughter related o
ifi what Von told ircr la>?t night, a few
tiiiiiles ago. and we immediately colluded
upon the tryih."
" Out of my light! Hiram Mould!''
ied tjie onrag. d merchant. ** Double
nitor, begone I or I slinll make myself
bat you have forced me for years to
ink myself?a murderer 1"
While Thornton was speaking, the
lilty cashier had sunk into a chair and
sled his head upon the table, biding
s face, as he for years delighted in
rturing his victim to do; but when
lines Agutoor, no longer a ciitiie houm!
if, thus uddiesscd him, bo staggered
bis feet, groped blindly for the door,
tiered feebly through the bazaar to
s desk, when be lntd so-long ruled
illi the magic rod of gold, and press
? i.:* i i- i- - - i i
^ no iinui|? in iiis iit'tiu, sjroanou,
ejed. caught himself erect, opened hi*
ivate drawer, placed a pistol to hi*
mple, and fell dead ere his finger
hi hi press the tiigger, smitten?raid
e Coioncr '.hut day?by ihe hand ?.f
k i i
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JMisrtllnntotn Tunimig.
To the Young Farmers.
Young Men of the Farm : These
B fast times, and they are prolific of
>t men. Most young men seem to
vc a proclivity to fa*'ne*ft. They of
1 carry more bail than ballast : more
nil than breakage" The fast line is
s popular one. The fa?t hoito win*
e prize. The fast merchant draws
a customer*; the fast man secures the
ze of the eager public. And the
ung farmer imagine* he must- catch
e spirit of the times ?nd he fast as
B flistfcat. ffe tW??*< &* ? * fWVrn as
ge cut hi* father had in hia old age;
jst live hi a l?etter honro than Iris pa
it* evor thought they nueded ; he
jst drive a better hon?e; ride in a bel
carriage; spOrt a liner watch ; live
n mote fashionable style; play the
ntlentan at more expense; cut larg?r
elk; sj?cak louder, and be known
aher lh*n hi* old fogy ancestors
?r dared to dream of. lie ha* no
ift of getting licit by (lie little ; be is
und to have n pile nil at once. Ho
qot going to bring up iambs by bund,
1 luinips at a bit a btubel, carry
ickeii* to maiket. wear homo made
>th??, wagon cord-wood through the
ad, and cart potatoes round like a
inkt-e peddler. Mot be. Talk to him
out ii quiitter section I lie wants a
oum-uid acres. Intimate that be is
er goin? to fail. Why be can prove,
actual experiment and mathematics,
at an acre will produco live dollars
t profit?a thousand acre-, live thou
nd dollars. Lie can afford to be fas;
that. JIo don't understand bis
sines* 1 Why lie is sure that he
tows a thousand tilings that would
lonish bis father. Expeiience! To
sure lie has not hud it himself, but
i knows who has, and what it is.-*f
course ho is safe?hns a through
ket to Fortune on the express, double
lick lime. This is the feeling of many
umg men. They want to start, not
ibo bottom, but at the top of tho bill.
>ia slow olimhino> iliv nlcn hv sten!
I I. o I * ?I / ?f
ey ilon t believe in that! This workg
anil wailing I They nre going to
> none of that. They are willing to
ork, but they aro not going to wait,
iey want to revorno the order of the
aeons nnd roup in the spring. They
otd'U like to reap just before they row,
a* (? ?o\v money ibMMd of seed. The
d way,pf beginning with a sinnlt farm
id a few tools, and .working up hv slow
green, it not consistent wiili their no>n?
of the dignity of agriculture. Thin
ai ling in a cabin, nnd building one
om at a time, as the family, farm, nnd
iiwe enlarge*. ** nil gammon to themNow
thU is juat ihe point we beliew
rung men hav?j ne^l to ha net right
i. Inn tea J of twinning with much,
ey ought to ls>gtn with little. In?
e .d of a large farm, (hey ought to
tve only a nmall onA. Their experiice
i? nmall; their judgment i? weak ;
id their wan'* ought to be few. And
?ginning with * few acres, they mill
A Queer Carriage.
Senator Latham, of C*??Iift?t"r?in, in !
(end* to return to Wellington in n nov
el way. He lots bud constructed a cari
riage at Snn Kranciwo. for the special
convenience of himself and lady. It is
of the general extsrior nppeurnnee of a
heavy Concord wagon, set on spring*,
and thorough braced. Two seats, with
spring hack* and cushions, aiu placed
within it*; but. by an ingenious arrangement,
they both can be mo di?po*ed out
of the way, that a ma it res* nee it pin* the
whole body of tho wagon, whereon ihe
titier may sleep as comfortably a* in
his own house, with only a gentle
earthquake shock rolling below. Ho
hind the driver's rent, which can he ontiielv
shut oir bv a curtain from the in.tetior,
when desirable, is a seiica of
drawers; above are the strap* frotn the
shooting jrons.
A* f??r the apparent convenience of
the cairiago, an invithl might cro-a '.lie
continent on it without, once setting
fltOt ft!? tlir* mr.nn.l f"?' ?*?? ?
soon 'earn how lo proceed Id intvrQ tins
beet result.
"L*rj{? -ams from little fountains fnw;
Tall oaki from little acntni grow."
Soroo educators try to make us believe
(bare h some roys! road to learning,
by which dnnoos can tnko n short
eut to the old college honor*. But this
is nil false ; it is h sliain, pot up to cheat
fools. There is but one road to learn
ing, nnd that is tl:e hard old, up hill
way of severe study, end long, ch?e Application.
True, tltero are niMiy appliances
now thnt the old scholars did not
bare, tunny helps and short methods to
particular -thing*. But the old way,
beaten by ten thousand weat v feet, is
tbo only war after all. Much the same
way is it with the lite of the farmer.?
lio inn I begin in youth with acres
bearing some proper relation to his ex
per icnee and his actual knowledge.?
Let liiui buy a few acres, build a small
bouse, secuiy a I^tjt 1? stock and such
implements as be must have, altd begin
in a small way. Let liirn raise Lis own
seed, plant bis own nursery, increase
his herds nr.d cat !e by natural generation,
ami uol by p uchase. Let bis
own skill and industry supply bis own
wants as far as ps ssible. As he adds
ncics to his f:uin, ami rooms lo his
house, and length and breadth to his
bun. and numbers t > bis cattle, horses,
and licnJs. and Coir folia to Ilia home,
and weight to bis character and purse,
lio will feel a just pride in llin thought
that nil (hi* is the result of his own
-kill mid industry. I lo will learn bow
to keep and improve what lie gets, ami
to add more and still tnorc to his posses-ions.
lie will feel that lio is himself
n lining power capable of prod no1
ing the means of comfort and wealth, j
lie will be counted as n grown man.?
I And a growing man is a man always
in the favor of bis fellows. When a
man is going up, everybody i- glad to
lend liiin a helping hand. All who
know him volunteer to do him service
irtsi t when be. is going down, nil step 1
forward to kick him along ; every one 1
accelerates his downward course. It i- I
id ways best, therefore, lo stait at llie
bottom of the bill and work steadily
tip. Belter be Hit all and lising a little,
(ban great and falling a little. The
j true course for every young man, in
| cverv business, is to begin at the alpha
bet of Lis business, unl.tiao as fast as
be can safely and honorably.
( Valley Farmer.
?
Sigma' Away One's Liberties.
" Will you sign the total abstinence
pledge f"
" No," said old Mose A mint, the most
inveterate toper on the hill. " No ; it
would be Mgniii' away our liberty. Our
forefullieis (out, hied and died for liberty,
ami wo won't sign it away."
" No," says the poor drunkmd ; " i',
?.??t.i k- 1:1 '
??m.m w ? ***n\ "ur imh'hv j
Our liberty! And what liberty basilic
poor, besotted. (uoxkrn, <lv>w n Uod?!c|),
desDicahle creature? Wliy, he has lib?rty
(oaing-gsM- front ona?uie of ibe road
to (lie other; he ha* liberty to fall diuwii
mid wallow in the mire like a brute; he
ha* iitierty to array himself in dirty rag*.
Mtid to starve his wife and children; lie
has litter!y to gut a broken head, a
bruised eye, battered limbs, a bloody
face,and very tad nnine; heedless, mad,
infatuated, to land in perdition itself;
ho has liberty to be kicked out of doors
by the man who sold him tho stuff that
made him so gloiiously independent,
tnd pocketed his last dime for tho Mime.
A diunkard have liberty ? He who is
tho slave of appetite have freedom ! He
who ha9 struggled often to break the
chains of r. destructive habit?who has j
promised himself, promised his wife, j
promised his God, promised his friend*,
hat he would never touch another drop.
mikI then rushed with the impetuosity of
relentless craving into the vortex of
drunkenness?such a ono enjoy independence!
It is worse than ludicrous,
it is a folly of tho most stupendous mag
nitudo. Is litis the liberty wliicli your
Revolutionary fathers fotight, hied and
died to secure ? Heaven deliver us from
the galling yoke of such freedom ! Give
Uj? king, emperor, autocrat, miIihii, pope,
anything short of the despotism of hell
itself, rather than the Rwav of alcohol.
O, ye enslaved minions of whisky, turn,
and to day assert your noble freedom.
Declare your independence of that vil?
monster who flatters but to btttrny and
bln-U you forever.
You will not sign away your liberty !
And liavo you not done it } Have you
not signed away yotu liberty to rob,
steal and murder 1 to commit peijurv,
and treason, and aison i Look at the
cinstitution and the laws 1 do you not
stand pledge 1 to support them? Do
you notstand pledged to pay your taxes,
aiul to perform your military, road, apd
patrol duties? l>i?l you never pledge
yourself in a bond as principal or secur
itV, in a promissory note or oilier el* >1
obligation ? Did you never pledge
yourself at Hymen's altar, or muko a
vow, form, in the secret xh amber* of
you: souls, a high and noble resolve to
be just and good and true to Clod and
mati! Well, ?. hat ward all those but
signing away your liberty to do evil,
and pledging yourselves to do what is
right!
Some persons say it is exceedingly
?ssy to u?t a wife. We never kuaw j
11 oy to get one without tro^le,
?...
. - ?. ?.<v ?W1 nnv JMII [MIM',?
AwHrtfJfs me out rigged on both rides,
mill cure hue been taken to !?rOiire n.
good ventilation, nt all times. A tent,
lined to ke raised on jointed poles, in ill
afford a temporary laljomarle when it.
i? deemed desirable to "stretch," nrnl j
for n dav to be free front (lie monotone f
of (ho e'niffngp, The tent is packed I
away under lli? driver's writ when not I
needed. The company nill consist of
six ? the Senator and his lady, two
servant*, 'conductor and a driver. The
route determined on is by the lintterftfld
route to I\l l'a?o, thence by the
tsan Mingo ami San Antonio loute to
San Antonio, and thence to New Oilcans.
'I lie o\orhind companies furnish
Seam*, nnd the party will tak* tliei*
o?n time, probnbly from eight lo twelve
weeks lo accomplish the'trip.
[.Sun Franchco Herald.
The Giiginof "Hail Columbia"
In the " lo'collections of Washing
ton,"' jn*t published, occurs the following
anecdote : %
' The snug of Ilail Columbia. adopted
in measure to the President's March.
w?s written by Joseph lb>|km?o?, of
PhihidieJpliia. 1798. At that time war
with France wv? expected, and a patriotic
feeling pervaded the community.
Mr. Fox, ft young singer and actor,
called upon Sir. Hopkinson one morn
?ng. nnd said', k To-morrow evening is
Nit pointed-for my benefit at the theatre.
Not a single box has lu;?-n taken, and I
fear there will l>*? a thin house. If von
will retitc mo some patriotic verses
on tho tune of the ' President's March.*
I feel assured of a fn'l lu?uso. Several
people alrout the theatie have attempted
it, but they have come lo the conclusion
that it cannot he done. Yet 1 think
you many ruccooU.' Mr. Ilopkinson
iviired to his study, wrote the first verse
and chorus, anil submitted llicm lo Mrs.
Hopkinson, who sung them to a harps
rct?o??\ Hc-ooiupaniiiu'iit. The time atul
words harmonized. The song was swu I
finieluul ott<) - 1
???? ? v mv
Meter received* it. The next morning
the placards announced that Mr. Fox
would give a new pHltlolic song. The
hou*c was crow ded? the song w as sung
?the audience was delighted?eight
times it was called for and repeated,
and when sung the ninth t'nie, the
w hole audience stood tip and joined in
the clients. Night af.er it?gilt Hail
Columbia' was applauded in the lln-a
Ire ; and in n few days it was tho universal
song of the boys in our streets.
Such was the origin of our national
bong ' Ilail Columbia.'"
Kkkvino Swkkt Potatoes.?A
writer in the Osknloosa Herald gives ,
this method of pie-vtMi g sweet potatoes
through thcwiuici. Lint plan is
as follows:
" 1 use dry sand to put them up in ?
it don't matter hoiv the sand was dried,
in a kiln, a log heap, or in the sun, so
it is dry, that is all that is requited. I
prefer drying it in a log heap, as it
costs at lea-t four times le-**, au.d is just
as good. And a family that has a lit
tie room with a stove tit it, may keep a
linv hi- lu'n mull i.iiv'it lit* lui. 1,11.1 ...I., i
in them. without any iricouveuiencs ol'j
consequence. 1 lie boxes must bo rahed
a few incite* from lite floor, and they !
must not he nearer Ihnn four inches
from the wall. Kill the boxes with po
tatoes, an.I then put in sand until they
uro covered.
There is a good deal said about kiln
dried sand, hill it is ail fudge. ] have
also known them kept well in btu-k*
wheat ehiitf. In nrtlar to keep potatoes
wiilt success, there must be a Uterinum* j
cter kepi in the mom. The mercury
must not sink ludow 40o ; if it doe*,
tliq,potatoes will ehiil and rot; it mn?t
also not rise above 00?, or they will
grow
?- i ai| ?
rUtvcoTtoN or Soutiikrm OuDKna
rou Gooi?a.-j-A aorro-pondjml of the
Haiti more Sun write-.:
" The orders fioin the South upon
New V ork for nivichiiinliz.? aic so much
reduced from tint usltal demand, that a
very large portion of importation* are
warehouse.!. Ttii* makes the receipt*
from customs ao siuail, that it is anticipated
that payments of salaries to pub
lie officer* uiwsi Ma>a be Mi*|*?ndad, un
less Congress shall early Mdopi sortie
mcaaure.it fur tha n?l?vf yt thy treasury
Thoughts.
One man marries h woman because
sho looks well when she dance*?she
never dunces afterwards. A .mlher mnn
marrivs because the lad)' lift* a handsome
foot and ankle, which, after marringe,
he never lakes the I rouble to admire.
A third ninnies for love, which
wanes with llie honey-moon. A fourth
marries for money, and Hilda that hi <
wife doss not choose to die, to complete :
hi* satisfaction. A fifth, beinir old in I
wisdom, a* in year*, marries a young
woman who soon become* a soil able
match for liiin, bv. growing old with
giicf. Thousands do wrong because ,
oilier* have done wrong before them,
upon the grand principle* thai " many
blacks make a white." Many embrace
a principle different from those commonly
received, in order to show that
they have a mind hKIo to think for it*elf,
and snperinr to what they call " vulgar
prejudice*." Without considering
whether erroneous prejudices are belter
than those they have abandoned. All
grumble at the unsubstantial naturo of
worldly enjoyment*, and yet many
purchase them at the expense of th*ir
soul*. Hypocrite* have a strange tnsie,
j neither to enjoy this Jifu nor the next.
Many noire for religion, speak for it,
quarrel for it, but few live for it. It is
not uncommonly remarked lhat sttch a
one is religion* bv way of reproach, and
that too |?v a Christian, at a tea party
of Christians. Million* of people are
most anxious about what they least require,
and after testing themselves and
others for many a weary day they die
? leave their cadi to those who have j
no need of it. and are. for the first time. ,
eulogised, wln-ir the piaite of men can
avail them nothing.
. ? ? ?An
Exqi'isitk'b Piikmatcrk Old
A ok.?" And are you. Lady Porltnore,"
he said, giving the cushion that supported
his back a languid push. " are
\ou still going i n with that old bum
bug of being j'hul to see people, and of
having something to say to them !?
Una not evert.thing been said forty
times over ; and is not any one individual
h* good as another?" *' Now thai
is so like yon, Ernest. How odd your
theoiies me; and yet how true'. '1
-aid myself, ihe other dnv, that one
never hear* anything now till it i- old ; |
and Ciaycioft, the poet, who was sitting
with tne, laughed tnuft'i at the
originality of the idea. You and I
think so exactly alike. Earnest." "Per- 1
haps, then, Lndv Port more, you are
thinking of picking tip that supple
nient of tlio Times which I have had
(lie tni.?f.?rine to drop. In the similar- <
ity of our tli-|K)f.itioii? we are probably ,
of opinion that it ought to he picked |
up by one of us." " Now that is loo j
i ad. Oh. Miss Douglas," she said, as |
Kliza stooped for it, *' you ate spoiling i
that wieteh !" 44 Mivs Douglas, the (
wretch thanks you ; your attention* to |
ine in my old age do von infinite cred
it. When I was as young as you, a
period which niv enfeebled numorv will
scarcely recall. I doiiht wlietlier I was
equally luindful of the infirmities of
the old " " And what may he yotir
age?" said Lady I'oriinore. ** It is n
painful subject. Voir- have probably '
observed this morning that I am tin '
usually grave and meditative. To day
is one of those eternal birth-davit of 1
mine, which are always coming round,
and with shame I avow, that for six 1
and twenty years I have now existed in
litis very liicsotiio wot Id, bored and
boring. Now don't all begin to wish
me many happy birthday*. I am tired 1
of good wishes. If you like to make
me any presents, you may ; but I am '
tired of tbing". ton?so do not give 1
yoitrst Ives any trouble. I am twenty- '
i>ix, and chiiT help myself!"
\The Semi-Attached Couple.
A Nkw Otto anization.?The Nor*
ioik ijhv i took notices a new orgnniza
lion, calied ilie * Ready Men," as fol
lows:
" There are over three hundred " Ron
dy Mrtt" in this city, who are regularly
organized hihI readv Ht ft moment'* no
lice to stand by the State. Their motto
is ' Union,' if it can la* hnd with honor
to the South ; if not. they go in for Vir
giiiiii fimtfilif Sotttli next. The Ready
Men hre having daily noes**ion* to their
irtiks and propose to hold a public
meeting in n few days, at shich they
will avow their sentiments and admit all
who wish to sign. They have made
application for aim* and accoultenon ts,
which thr-v expect to deceive a* soon as
they ftre hilly orgnniz.ed into companies
alui have selected their officer*. Their
uniform i* to he black pnnt\ red shiit,
(after tho style worn hy the Lexington
cadet* at Harper's Ferry.) glaze caps a
la mititaire and white glows, ice., <ko.
They are working warmly and systematically,
under the law passed by the
Inst Legislature, and so quietly, that it
was by the merest accident even we, who
si? ever on the f/vi vive for news, found
out the tenor of ihwir ?u??^ "
I.ever lell? of h iippwarj poa*ant
mkctl lo pay fUr ! i>* eon, wl?o
hurt con 10 |? gri< I, leftn-ed, faying, " Wf
l?u\ . wlo?n. nlit#, li?k? not of every jail
in Mi n-??r, and lie won't slay long iu
PnigiiUry.'l
iivfE \m lL? Vl ii??W wvvtl.
? LL
Tiib Wat op tub Would.?lieu
may swear, gamble, prof mo the Sabbath,
l?e olwceno in speech, and licentious
conduct?lh?r may absent -themsolves
from home and spend whole tugbU
in lasciviousnesa, lust, oxcoyvof wino,"
reirelitig*, banqueting, and ab >miuahlo
idolatries?and yet not lose their place
in society, but l>e recognized as honorable
men. lbit let a woman follow their
example, and she is driven, like Eve, '
from tb'e social paradise. If uvy.n the
breath of suspicion blow upon Iter vostul
robo, it is soiled. If she 1 ipsa but
once froin the path of virtue, *bo " f.pls
like Lucifer." No penitence, lioweror
protracted, enn replace lier on ibe |>edestal
from which she fell. N'o tears
can wash nwav ihe stain upop bor fair
name. You might as well attempt to
reconstruct a broken vase, or to restoro
liie lints and fragrauce of it f.idod llowler.
" Tlie white snow lay
UII Um narrow pathway
\Vh?n the lord of the valley crosaad over
the moor, .
And many a deep print
In the white snow's tint
Showed the tracks of his footstep* to Evolt-en'*
door.
The next Sun's raj-,
Soon melted away
Evnry trnec on the petit where the false
lord en lite 1
Hot none shall see the dev.
When the stain shall pnssnwar?- JJ
The stain upon the snow ol fair Evoleen'a
faino.
And vet (Tint proud lord will lift 1
head in society, as if he were as
as an angel, while the victim of his
ht-llidi arts is, like Cain, a vagabond
upon earth. And even the virtuous
woman, who would shrink from her
presence n< from a pestilence, will give
liiin her hand and heart, as if he had
r.oter sinned.? Philip Slaughter.
Compensation of ocn Nation at,
Ukprksbktativks Abkoad.?Joseph R.
Chandler, of Philadelphia, our Minister
at the Court of Naples, was, at last accounts,
about to leave for home, his
duties having ceased. His salary has
hern $8,000, hut he gives testimony, for
the aspirants for European places, that
it has cost him $4,000 a year above that
10 live, and only moderately well (coniideiinghis
posi ion) at that. Alexander
llaminett, the Consul at N-.vles, has
lich I that post fifty one years, at a salary
>f $1500, and. being a singlo man, has
nunaged to gel along and save somehing.
ProiusTic.?The llonecia P.oy lias
uilhoritnl tl>? ?? ?r r":
? ! me v>iij>per 10
Mate tliat lie would fight Iluiht, the
Ntaleyhridge Infant, for from $ 1,000 to
M0,000, and that he would give the
alter $1,000 to fight in thU country.?
Hurst was anxious to punch the llenociu
I toy direcclv after his interview with
Savers. As champion of the English
ting he is obliged to fight all comers.
In.I not compelled to leave England.?
There is a rumor ninong lleenan's
friends that if Hurst will not coine here,
lleenan will go there, and again contest
for the championship.
11a RnKn OfS. ?- Thcntjr-four barber*
ind hair dren-er.s of New Orlean# reremly
leagued together in auagucmnt
lo raise the price at which they would
pursue their calling. Their customers
rebelled; and either shaved themselves
>r went with full beards and flowing
locks. The hair dreaders were driven to
operate on each other's hende, through
pure en?ut. Tim not being sufficiently
rcmuneiaiivo to support life, some of
them begun to turn traitor*, and give
clandestine shave at old price*. The
staunch ones heard of the perfidv and
racked the shops of the recreant*, after
which tho movement stopped, and easy
having is now done at reasonable piicoa
in the Orescent City.
? *>>? The
T5oy of Nkrvk.?Some years
ago, a naval officer wishing to cross
fi'om Star.ten Island to liergin, could
find no person willing to undertake the
job save n bare footed boy, who, despite
the rough lies* of the sea, bravely
rowc?i him to the place of destination.
The officer was so pleased Willi his
pluck that he go| 1*3in a situation on a
teanier, and that boy was Cornelius
Var.deihilt, who is now worth' over
$13,000,000.
Rtranof. Ri?rci:i.ATinj?.? A ccrrerpondent
of the Philadelphia Pre*;?, writ
ing from Washington, indulges in she
following tperulavious, suggested by the
visit of (lie Prince:
"lie i? (lie fir^l Princo that over ?l< f ?
in die White House, (lie habiimion of
| our elective, not hereditary, lVsidsnw.
: \V1| liolethe Inst one 1 And w.ll
(here e\er be a (iine thai a Pilncj? ai.'l
not be a more guest, but a con-tent inhabitant
of iliat Ilouae ?"
-? ? ?
rOrULATION OK AfOIt8TA, JrH.
Major Thompson, the United Mnt,.*
census lakei for tliis county, ra\? .(|r t
his report of the m.udKr of inbuhifante
of ibis city i* sixteen ih.mui.T
eight haiidiwf and ?ijcty-one? xcUm?
ol the suburban populatnm. ft* v
sidera die actual population, wt <n ja?l
our ciiixem are at home, at
lhour?lot ; and, including the 4 !..?>; ,
Iio uiuitu?u thousand t * 1
(_C o?at?/M/?en"/ j
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