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* , IMIWI I ^ II .."" J " '?J" *"'1 * PWi , v * .- j* 'iv"i?'.i? 'v'^jrv 'is* ' * ' Volume xiv. - h?j. " ' " ' *3T. F. TOWN EH . EDITOR. 0. BAILEY, Proprietor and Sub-Editor. ORIGINAL* t '* i * Tom ma NOTina mnrun. tUitainffham and Ceventry?With the Legend of the Lady Oodiva bfoKDAT, 16th of July.?Fooling Inclined WOOO ae much of Birmingham aa I could, tVla rsVhy day. I tools a Ilanaom cab, about 10 o'elook, for a drive, ae walking waa nut to bo thought of in such weather, besides being too alow for the little time I had to pare. A J I an torn cub looks well enough, but the word is spelt without a d, and has <e different signification. Just wait a bit, till I get la, out of the rain, and then III describe it, " Where do you wish to go to firstf inquired the driver. "ToElkington A Meson's Eleetrotyping Establishment ? 4 Do you know where ItisP "Yes, sir; very well, sir." "Drive on, then, bat do not harry, fur I wish to look about." The eab takes Its name from the inventor, Mr. Ilanaom; and if "Handsome is that handsome docs," (ae th^ old proverb declares,) then Ifr.H ? mnet have been, or la, a fine looking fellow, for this la, unquestionably, a very oonvenient vehicle. It has a seat tor two persons, runs on two wimn, iou hu a body like a chsiM, whiob seta about IS inohea from tha ground, ao that ona st?p will Uke yoa in, when, if it ahould ba upaet,' the danger to your peraon in very alight? Folding doora in front, at aueh an angle a* tha boot of a carriage would mnka, may ba eloaed or not, as you please.' When closed, .you may rapt your elbows thereon, and look . - t arauad outside, or. In foul waalhar, auoh aa this, a glaaa msb la drawn down, through whloh yan still may aea, while tha rain is aomplataly shut out Tha driver aita outaide and behind, on i aeat so high that ha an drive over the top. A word of dirao tlon aan be given to him through a small aperture right behind your heed. " la this Elkington'sf " Tea, air; in at that door/ 'Walt for me, driver." "Ysa, air/? Haunting a broad staircase, flanked on I eaeh aide by bronce images of etalw?rt knigbta and kings, and other monsters, who will challenge your admiration for a short time, yon enter a spacious room, and are reeeived by a young man who is employed to allow visitors through these gorgeous apartments. Prodigious quantities of gold aad silver ware, of most elaborate workmanship, are displayed for show and for aalei, in these rooms; soma of aolid metal, and others (sod the greater part) plated.? I wo or inree years ago, me omtena 01 uirpilogham presented to Qqmd Victoria i magnificent work-table, which was made in this eatab Pah moot. It was composed of olid silver, and ooat ?'i,000; I saw the facsimile of it, and was struck with its artietio design and fiolsh, I looked in admiration at the gdld and sliver spoons, and wished I had been * bora with one in my mouth and then (ob, how absurd 1) thought ai that biped-beast, Ben. Butler, whose name ie so infamous in this connection. The bronae images and ornamental articles in an adjoining apartment are qnito as handsome, in their way, and in very great variety. Electro plating holds a prominent pisoe among the manufactures of Birmingham, and the art is carried to very great perfection in this house. Before leaving the show-rooms, to look Into tha work shops, visitors are invited to register their namee In a huge album, kept for that purpose.-? Not wishing to disappoint posterity, (!) 1 consented to tonve my autograph, which sella for three cents (at the post oilier) in America, but is quits ee1l|>sed by (he llius trioutt bium wliich overshadow* It, iu thl* register. I read the nam#, Ellhu Burritt, and turning to tha?1 ark, inquired, "Isthat gentleman her#, at pre*#nt P Ha answered ' In tW affirmative, and I aooa had th* sella. faction of being introduced to tha famous WHWt, known M the " learned blacksmith." H\* manner ia very simple and onaftestcd. He received ma kindly and Introduced his . * ' friend, Mr, Morion, a oiargvman, from tha Btat* of Connecticut. Alter the Interchange of a low pleasant word#, we wer* all three ?on#lgned to the guidanee of a awed, but aad looking woman, dressed in bleak silk, arfao l*d na away, (sot to any harm,) aad modestly want before us into the work shop. $))* explained, in a very intelligent manner, th* different operation? neeoss?ry to |oining th* precious metals to that of a baser sort. Bha told ad how the magnet was used, to preciplUt* th* gold and silver *n to the other metal; and, looking at h*r eye*, I wondered whether tkry would not answer 'th* purpor? of Ined-etonee; in f**t, I was mora charmed with her than with tha work ho was so kindly explaining, and should mSVI (one d?cply ia loo*, if common sens* jiadak knocked ma on the noddle with the y*taind*r that I was on the " shady aide " pf fifty, and a poterJrmUiat, to boot. Hi a . sag# son of Vuleen seemed quit* uneuseep t'felfi. bo*1 bad not a e?'wp/? q< for this fair yonag, nnlik* (in thl* r?*pp.'i) hi? aneient mythological prototype It hen taking leave of Mr. BurriU, he said to me, "1 am United Slate* Consul, in Birmingham, and p*rhap* I ean be of e*rvl#a U you, wldla yon am here." Ma then told me the flare of his office, aad laviUd" ma to call. Of < aHf, I felt oUligod, fur such polite attcn ; ' , f* H-' kVKS >l hex^LJE tulf ^ > - yy .ViA- <. A| - i Uon; sod thinking liltn, w? parted. B??inv ninlt of ulmlulan to both lha IWord and pea manufactories, I hesitated aa to wliieh to tee first; bat, remembering the axiom, that the " pen la mightier than the word," I concluded to go with the stronger party, and accordingly drove to Mr. Joseph QilloU'a pen manufactory. In Graham street It la not their eastoni to admit altaogeret but my card bf Introduction to the overseer, aoted aa an " open teeame."? Some other branch of mechanical industry would have interested me more than penmaking, but It is worth seeing, notwillt* standing. I should think that more thau two-thirds of the work la done by females. I watched a pen from its inoipiency, and followed It with my eyaa through aacli stags of catting, bending, stamping, punching, slitting, healing, softening, grinding, tempering, oiling, oleanalog, enamelling, baking, cooling, aaeorting, counting, packng, marking, and shelfiag. Now the moralist may take it up. If he will, and traea it, in imagination, till be sees it wedded to a holder, and in a joyous father's hand, make record of an Infant's birth; or, grasped in the trembling hand of soma dying Divsa, make haste to misbestow the wealth h# most resign ; or, clutched by the tyrant, it may, with one cruel stroke, condemn a patriot to a lonely dungeon ; orf changing hands, ihs patriot may give freedom to But, a truce to sueh wild | vagaries! Now, let's see how swards are made, and if, among them all, one can be found to cult the hand of justice. Bat, not for justice and the sword, like oil end water, never can unite. Cicero saya that " juetiee consists In doing no injury to msn." I ?lis like swords, and wish thsy'd mske ploughshares instead, or uee them fur opening oysters. "The world's mine oyster, which I with good sword, will open."?Ahcikxt Pistol. Tie said that swords wars made In Bir rolngham as early as the ancient Britons.? Cromwell'* army was'supplied with 15,000 word* from Birmingham. Leaving the word factory, I resumed my cab, fur a drive round the city, to a?? the publie buildings. I had not time now, however, for mora than a cursory glanee. My host. Mr. Jonca, being a member of the City Counoil, vomIJ have me look at the Town nail, which As considers wonderful. Indeed, it it an elegant specimen of the thoroughly Oreeian style, though its dimensions are not gigantie. Its length is 145 foot; height and breadth, eaoh, 55 feet; length of columns 56 feet, and diameter 3 feet, 6 Inches. It is built of Anglesea marble, which, to my taste 4s not vsry beautiful.? It contains a large organ, which I did not hear. Tba building ooeuptra a prominent site, at tha top of New Street. In an op*n spaea near tha Kail. stands a fine bronze stato* of Sir Robert Pevie, which is considered an exocllent likeneea. Ik* Grammar' School la another elegnnt edifice, in tho Elizabethan, deoorated style, (which stande on a site formerly ooeaplod by a monastic institution, callsd the ** Guild of ths Holy Cross* Ybhs frsterrrtty Was composed ol both monks sn<l nuns) Nesrtho school is fine marble statue of Thomas At wood, a veteran politician of Birmingham. All ths principal denominations of dissenter*' are represented In this eity. There ers four or five Baptists, sad a large number of Moth odlst*. The Independents have numerous plsees of worship, on* chapel of which, in Carr's Lane, was, for upwards of fifty years, under tha eharore of U?v. John A ni?s!l -I?m?? Tiro of the Baptist churches ere eUganl in their exetrior appearance; I di<l not eee them Inside. There are two theatre*, in one of which the celebrato-l actor Macready, waa trained. Birmingham has given to the world many distinguished men; among them, dames Watt, who ia ao well known in cwnnaetion with the powers of the steamengine; Darwin, the author of " Zoonomia Kdgworth, the father of Marie R; Laurence Sheriff, the founder of ** Rugby School Ilenrv r ?mpton, Bishop of London ; and a boat there. " Well, driver; yon may act me down now at (he Commercial House, I am tired of sight-seeing, for this day.? There's your change; all right, I believe." "Tee, air; please to remember the driver, sir." " I'm afraid I shall forget yon," said I. " Couldn't yon ail for yonr photograph f But I knew what he meant, well enongh, and gave him three-pence, the aiualleel silver coin need In England. The feet ia, these poor "Jarveys," many ef them, get no wages at all, and depend upon the precarious generosity of their ous'oniers for a meagre aubaiateneo. A very few of their whole number own the eaba they drive. Ij??Tlng Birmingham, I reached Coventry In time for en early breakfaat at the " King's llcu/l" hotel. Coventry U a eity of great anti quity, and one of tho most interesting towns in the " Midland Country." It is reached frost Birmingham by rail, and is only 18) miles from that eity. The view of Coventry, from the Hallway Station, it very floe. It occupies a good position on rUlng ground, whonco its three tgll spires are oonaplcuoua, to a great extent of surrounding country. It is, for many reasons, n place of uncommon ln> tercet to (U# tourist and antiquarian. It hrs a population of nearly 60,00(1; and la noted fwr its wateh manufactories and silk and ribbon weaving*. An Industrial and Art Exhibition is now open, where I had a ehanao to admire the operation of ribbon weaving. I en. tered the town through a temporary gate-way tfcflp w OF IPC GREENVILLE. SOUTH C iU ancient entrance, through which crowned heada bar* entored; many to joy, and soma to sorrow. Coventry wai formerly .urrounded by a atone wall, eomo relic, of which may , till be mod. I flni.hed ?ny breakfast with , omo lusciout strawberries, which are .old hero by the pound, u in also many other fruits ( and vegetables. I bad no ilifflenUj in finding | a guide. "Only a few atepe from lb* " King'* ( II cad," 1 noticed, at the npper story of a , house, the Image of a man In antique droes( pooping round the corner, out of a window.? ( It was M Peeping T?m,M who figures in the | logeud of tbe Lady QodWa, whose nemo is so connected with tbe history of Coventry that I will tell tbe story as it was told to me j or> bettor still, in the words of Sir Wm. Dugdate, whoso aeeount I afterwards road, and who was ] a firm believer in its authenticity. j Thus the legend runs t " The Countess Godiva, bearing an extraordinary affection to tbe town of Coventry, often end earnestly besought ber husband that, for the love of Qod and tbe ' Blessed Virgin, ho would free it from that ' griovous servitude whereunto it was subject; but he, rebuking ber for importuning him in a manner so inconsistent with his profit, oom- 1 roandod that she should thenceforward forbear to more therein j-jret she, out of her woman- , tab pertinacity/continued to solicit him, insomuch that hs told her If she would ride on ] horsobaek, naked, from one end of the town 1 to the other, In sight of all the people, ho wontd grant her request. Whereunto she re. turnod. 4 But will you giro me leave to do to?' And he replying < Yes,'the noble lady, upon an appointed day, got on horseback naked, with her heir looso, so that it cororod sll her body but the legs ; and, thus performing her journey, she returned with joy t o her husband, who thereupon grantod to the inhabitants a charter of freedom. In memory whoreof, the picturo of him and his said lady was set up in a south wiudow of Trinity Church, in this city, about Richard If* time, bis right hand holding a obartcr, with these words written thereon: ? W . I ' ? - - - 1, iLtihc)), Tol* iLobj of 11)ce 3)oe Cobenfte Jol-fbca. i It U said that tho inhabitants all withdraw from the si net? and from their windows, to allow tho lady to perform kor delicate task with aa littlo pain to her modesty as possible. . One man, a tailor, could not resist the temptation to look forth, 1>ut was struck blind for bis presumption ; and to this day the ollgy of Pooping Tom, to be seen in the npper pnrt ot a bouse at the comer of Hartford Street, stands as a monument of his disgrace." In oommomoration of this benevolent act of the Lady Oodiva, the oititons of Coventry bare, ?n> til within 20 or 30 years, celebrated, annually, tho oront by a procession, called the " Lady Qodira Procossion," which tho civic authorities honored with their presence. Her ladyship was represented by a handsouio female, nut amU, in accordance with tho tradition, but dressed in a babit elosely fitting the limbs^ and of a color simulating their complexion.? This ceremony is still obsevrred once in every two or three years. Lsntr many pictures and statMOSqne representations of the Lsdy Oodiva on horseback. In iKTeicift warts sfl^nvsntrv. MORE ANON. nViiKSBAL.^ There is An earnest revival in the 'matrimonial line hereabouts. Every few days we here of a now wedding on the (apt*, and then oomes the slaughtering of fatted turkeys and the preparation of wodding cake* et cetera. It has been our good fortune to witness some of those now past, and perhaps we may horeafter be honored with an invitation. Dot that is neither " here nor thorn," and wo intend at this time to record promt* nently one of those events, as tho happy groom has been for a long while connocted with tho Intelligencer office. Ilis fidelity and faithfulness in business is only excelled by a liko reputation while wearing the Confederate grey, and wo would be dorcliet In dnty If we failed to declare that the steadfast soldier and upright man is woll deserving of one of nature's best gift*. Through life's vielssitu los> may lbs suulight of happiness and hope beam gently upon tbem, and wbon the conflicts #f earth are ended, insy thoy be re-united in blissful realms beyond the sbios! MARRIED, at tho residence of tho bride's fathor, on Thursday evening, Out, 17th, IN67, by llov. W. II. Ptratton, Mr. J. FLsstwoon Clixkscalrs and liin IIattir, second daughter of Win. Archor, Ks<j., all of this Distriot. Tho typos oonnectod with the office beg leave to add their warmest congratulations on this occasion, and to wish their more fortunate brother an endless amount of happiness. [Anderses Ii*lelli'jrttc?r. i' Gov. Onn's Lrttbii to tub Pbrbiokxt.?? The letter of Gov. Orr addressed to the President npon tho subject of negro jnrios, and which appears In this issuo, has boon generall?r Aftcr.mt.niln^ Kv |Ka iimai r.sl will r?*\u * per until. Tho whole inNjMt U distinctly set forth end ably diaou*?od. On*. Orr bee been atagnlarty unfortunate in bringing upon bis heed the enathemae of politieel writer* in thla end adjoining R to tea, for almost erery lelt r or speech emaneting from him during hi* Gubernatorial career. Ho ha*, however, received the warmest endoregfnont for thi* unvnly pruteat against the crowning tncnlt to already boa pod up injnrioe. It I* likewise gratiiying to know that tliia, letter did not altogether fail to accomplish ite doeign.?AtuUrtv* All tloax The extra appropriation of the last Congress for the expentee of reconstru- lion haa been expended. The amount paid out la tha Southern Districts la eetianatcd at i $1,173,000, whieh exoceda the appropr'ation, ' ai d leavaa a deficiency to be made good at the next melon u (Fn I 1 IWI Mill )I5XJX-i.A-Ii AROLINA. OCTOBER 30. Henry Tim rod, the Poet L&nre&te of the South. ti Urkiit Timrod Is no mora. The pootlo t roioo which ohurmcd ao many hoarta, and * ahoae tonca oror gare utterance to though ta 0 >r iV. n??.i 1:>.i. .n..t .1 <1.. k!.n: n >f that destiny to whioh all mutt yield. Bat rt will remain eloquent in IU past ntteranooa " u long at true poetry U eherishod and vol- " ud. Ila llvod here but thirty-eight years. Too * ihort for those who appreciated his genius, (1 but long enough to mature his fame. In his Tision of poosy, where he says : A boy was born of humble parentage, Tho stars that shono upon his lonoly birth, ? Did seem to promise sovereignty and fauio. Ho dosoribos somewhat of his own career.? (Jnliko this, howovor, , w Tradition bath prosorvod'htb namo." / That name will continue to be proscrvodt and be will descend to postority as one of tbe Qnest poets of his time. ' He was tbo sweetest of our songstors. He held communion " with the waters, the sky and the flowers," and with all nature. i Aslio beautifully describes i " As Jho wind oame and went, In storm or ^ He seemed to hearken to somo far strain, Of mingled rotces calling him away; And they who watched him, hold their breath to trace, D The still and Axed attention In bis faoo. ? While oar human words are rife To us with meaning, other sounds thero be, Which seem and are tho languago of a life. Around, yet unlike ours, tciadt talk, the sea f/nrmHrt articulately, and the eky l.\firm and arttrcert, though inandihly. e e e e e e The eagle knetc him, at the knete the Wait, And the deer did nut fine him at h? patted." An edition of his poems was published In 18110, at Boston, by Ticknor k Fields. Of theso it was said by one, who long commanded a high position as an eminent eritie, that they exhibited a capacity as a poet of no ordinary powers, and whose fancy, imagination, descriptivo capaeity and motapbysieal perception, wore of the highest order. Ilia pootry was " like tho flow of somo calm, unImpodcd river, tbo graceful and harmonious 0 lines roll sweetly on, boaring with them tbe 0 shapes of ton do* or stately thoughts, of bold v imagination and images or alternate pathos ( and p.iwor." Ilia illnets waa lingering and painful, bat udden towards the last. In one of his latest letters he says: " I bavo been down in the deep waters." Ho has slnco passed through them. We oan but feel What a shadow o'er tho hoart Is flung, When peals tho requiem of tho loved and young. [Courier. [Prom the Columbia (8. C.) Chronicle, Oct. 8.] Dkath or Hksbt Tivrod, Esq.?Who will not bo pnincd to hoar the announcement of tho doccaao of narry Timrod?ho whoso namo has become " a household word ".In ere ry homo where presides the deity of love, intellect and Christianity"? For several weeks his health lias been declining, and recently a series of hemorrhages confined him to bis room and bed. Yesterday be breathed his last, and, in the prime of his manhood and sonith of his famo, was gathered to his fathers. Tho open record of itenry Tim rod's life is a simple one?very nnliko, however, that of other mon. He knew nothiug of the world.? In thought, a giant; in act, bo wne but a child. Born in Charleston in 1830, for thirtysoven years lie lived tho life of a poet?nature denying him nothing which belongs to tho poet's birthright, and giving him in death the open scroll, ou which was written his roward sternal. The turner or jicnry i imro.t ?u likewise a poet of no ordinary twwlneu, and when the mantle full upon the son, tho "living fire" grew brighter, until it becnuie a fixed and brilliant tar in our Southern Armament. In tho school, at the Uoivorsity, a* an editor of a daily journal, and amid the busy haunt* of men bo lived aa it were by himself?among the creations of bis own Ihr searching iulnd> and in sympathy with tho consciousness of it* unaeon powers. His whole lifo had flowed from a mysterious urn?a sacred stream in whose calm depth tho beautiful and pare alono wero mirrored?and when the and came he returned to tho nature he lored and the God ho worshippod, with the calm, sweet,prophetic certainty in his aoui that Heaven was near> and immortality about to begin. The secret of his success aa a poet waa hia love for nature, and tho rare genius he posses, ted in portraying that love in language which stirred the heart. He lorod God's creation* whether in the henrena above or the earth beneath?he lorod music, sculptnre, painting, ail I thing* pure, or grand, or beautiful ; " tho sotting sun, a lake among the mountains, the light of an ingenuoua countenance, end, whet transcouda them all, a noble action," Nothing unworthy ever oaf no from Mr. Tim rod's pen. Years ago, a volume of bis poems was published; but since then, his fugitiro pieces have not averaged more than three or fonr in a year. Who does not remember the thrilling line* with whieh he wm wont to ttir the feeling* of oar people during the war?hi* " Charleston," " Christmas," " Cry to Arm*/' nud " Carolina?" We have aeon audience* at their recital riae to their feet and send up cheer on obeer. There poems are destined to lire in tho English language, and with then their gifted author. We may not hare appreciated him while living?genius seldom enjoy a its reward in the flesh. Bnt the time Is now nesr when the name of Timrod will illustrate In lite rate re the fame whieh South Carolina has derived from others of her sons in the forum and upon ths ^ field. EVENTS I Mr. Ttmrod oould mot be a poet withoat be#ga'Christian, mni at AoliSealed. He clang 0 1Mb Md those be loved with wonderfal ten- i ctiiy. yot bis faith was firm, and be faltered 1 ot as the dying boar approechod. Some one waarkcd while he was suffering, * Well, Mar- | Ir, you will soon he at reet," - Ah, yea," was , to reply, " hat fore ft itronyr that* reft." A i ittle later, he (hand both. ^ The following Is the last poem he wrote, nd being written npon the very bed where he led, It will be read with molaneholy inteseet ] ad peculiar applicability : IN ME MORI AM?HARRIS SIMONS. ST BBSST TIMROD. 'True Christian, tender husband, gentle sire, , A stricken household mourns thoe, but its loss Is Iloaven's gain and thine; upon the cross i lod hangs the crown, the piuieu and tbelyrej ( ind thou bast won them sJL Cduld we desire To qneoch that diadem's Celestial light, To bush thy song and slay thy heavenward leoause dismiss thee by this ectnmn dire? I ih, no 1 a* no 1?chant on !?soar onl?reign on I For we are better?thou art happier thus 1 Ind haply from the splendor of thy throne, Or bapfv from the echoes of thy psalm, Something may fall npon us like the celm To which thou sbalt hereafter welcome us." Hew Mormon Temple. The 8a!t Lake Daily Ttitgraph says the 1 iow Mormon Tabernacle, about which so i auch has bean said, Ik nearly finished. It . las already been Used lor a mooting of the iformon conference. Tha foYtn of tbo Taberlaclo was suggestjd by Brigham Young. , rhctber he was guided by a " revelation" Orb ' re not told. The head builder fhinVb ** any ier?on who has est seen the buiidiugean bate! 1 very good idea bt the roof by imagining tbfl iack or shell of a common Eastern ground I urtlo, of huge proportion's, but it is more fro- ! [uoutly likened to the hull of an old-fathiUflod' hip, without -any keel, and turned topsy i urvy." This Toof 4a supported by forty-four; 'iera of cut sand stone, cacli nine feet \>y hree. Nine of these piers stand in a straight ino on ea<Ai nido of the building, and from . hem springs en arch of forty-eight feet.? thirteen piers stand in a circle at each ond f tho building, from which apring an equal mmbcr of arches. Between these piers are I rindows containing altogether twenty-lire housand paues of glairs, arid doors. Of tho atter, fourteen are for the populace, one for he President?Young?one tor the choir, and klhers for tho bishops and priesthood. The ntcrior of the building is thus described: " The stand for the speakers is at the West snd of the building, and covers serenty-fire 3 unci red feet of surface. Tho front of the itand is a segment of a circle. Before H are i i scat and desk for tho bishops and others rho administer the sacrament. The first seat n tho eentro ot tho stand or platform is for he Presidency of tho Stake, the noxt for the Quorum of the Twelve, the third for tho First Presidency. Back of these are seats fo, k choir of one hundred and fifty singers, with he great Orgkn, yet unfinished, behind them On tho right and leit are seats for YVo* eight hundred to ono thousand persons. The speaker's desk is sixty foot in front of t!he Western piers. In front of tha stand, for seventy foot the door Is horisontal, thenoe to tho East end the floor rises with a grado ofeno foot in ten." Tho room will seat betwoan eight and nine thousand persons. In this building there are more than on? million fivo hundred thousand feet of timhot. The roof is covered with three hundred and fifty thousand shingles. The greatest number at work upon the tabcrttacle at any one tiwo wm two bundVed and fire.? About the lrt of Septomber, Young issued a call to the carpenters, masons and plasterers, urging them to assist in finishing tho building at once. It Was generally obeyed. Young bss, in fact, shown tho deepest interest in the work throughout, and has expressed himself fully satisfied with the result. Tho Telegraph says : 44 It is a grand building, of which the saints havo reason to be proud, and we but echo'tho feelings of every faithful saint in wishing a lengthened life to President Young, tbat ho therein may long uontinue to instruct and load Israel to tb* accomplishment of the do* signs and purposes of the Most High." Fir* Seonx axd Tex.?Wo mentioned briefly in yesterday's issue, the death of Mrs. Mary Arnold, of this State. We learn, subsequently, that she was born io Georgetown, SC., in 1747, and died in Brooklyn on Wednesday, from injuries suatainod a few weeks ago by falling down stairs. Had she not met with the accident, her life might have been prolonged many years beyond the one hundred and ten which she had enjoyed, for her hea'th was good and her faculties hut little inpaired.? Her habits were systematic through life. She was an early riser, and always attended to the duties of the housohold as well, and perhaps much better than younger person*.? Until the timo of her donth ber eyesight was very good, and sho could hom handkerchiefs and do general sewing. She had one hundred aud sixty decendants, roaohing to the fifth generation. Five children are living, the eld est being seventy years of age sod the youngeat fifty-five.?CharU'loH .Vcies. Misimo Operation*.?A number of our o Ixena are engaged in mining operations in different suctions of the District, (told is the principal metal found in sufficient quantities to pay. Capt. Banker, who is operating at Eaton's, near Walballa, is much pleased with his success. The specimons which we had the pleasure of inspecting, aro vory promising. Ma chinery, of the most improved pattern, has been ordered for, this mine ; and operation Will be conducted ou a 1 .rge scale, if the present success continues. It is estimated, hy i>n oxoerlenced miner, that the rock taken from the Eaton mine, when crushed and washed, will make a return of at least $126.00 to the ton. [Pickene Courier. HP CISC. <* % x ? . NO. 33. Horn B. H. Hill's Bpewehtrtt Thursday ?t?nia| it was " novated * around town that As Bon. fe. H. Hill,fc*v. ln? Just returned from a Nor thins tow, would address hit fellow citizens St his residence slier night, A considerable number. We Understand, waited on him, and were tddreesed at aonie length. Those who beard the Speech airfare tit Art H was a plain, praetieal talk, In reference te the Impressions made by Lis Northern taw, the present condition and fntnre proapeets of the country. Mr. Bill, In common with avary body else here, considers As resotion which has commenced as en earnest effort on the part of the mass** to save the institution* of A* country f om ImpenAng r*oin, and believes Aat, now being aroused, they w4H Wot stop In mid career and leave As work uhaccoin* p'iebed. He assured hie auditors that the bat informed politieians in Now York count on a majority again* the Radical* ef at least 40.000, at A* election Va November. We undersiand Aat Mr. H. advises the people of 'Georgia to hav? nothing whatever to do WiA the proposed Convention?A Stand entirety alodf from it He appealed to those Who were giving it thetr Support beoanee Aey heretofore believed it to be Inevitable to retrace their stej>e??-as lbs light which Is now dawning in all sections gives anrtirsnee of approaching telfdC The above are, so far as we ere informed, the main points alluded to In Ae address. The audience, we are informed, Hrftetoed very attentively and returned In good Order A their homes, well pleased wiA the enterUwomimt.?Alhcm {Qa) Watchman. 'Cotrox?RsTbosJ'xctiY6 *>rt> t^Ktt'XAivn. A writer, in one of our exchanges, gives us the prices of middling upland CotfOo, in the v/.jl t?i? laa . ima i > vim <* MVUI A vr? %V 1 CUV, 111" slusive, embracing a term of fourteen year*. A* a matter of lhiter??t, and Tor Ale ptrrfpoee of reference, both by planters hod dealers In the staple, as for the purpose of drawing some conclusions therefrom, we giVe the yearly fluctuations hi price 'during Are period referred to to. They ars as folloSrsi " 1B47. life.; 1848, 6* ; 184B, ; i860. It; 1B61.11 ; 1862, 8} ; 1863, lo}; 1864' 9* ,1866, 04; 1866 Uf; 1867,141. 1868, 12| ; 1856, 12 i 1860, lift. These figures u111 mate an average price fn New York, for fourteen years before the war, of about 1 Of cents. This was the price in coin, aod the staple was, moreover, exempt from a ts* of cents pes- pound, which is now paid.**. The despatches published in the Phoenix, yesterday morning, indicated a decline both In Liverpool and in all the Ame.lcan markets. The quoted prb? A New York was 19 j cents, and gold Was rated at 4S|. A simple calculation based on tli.se figures, and by adding the ttfck of cents per pound* Will convince those who taUy figure it out, thet the present price Of cotton in the New York market la very little over the average priee Of the fourteen years quoted above. A TOCCHiNQ incident is related of A | young minister who went out to prerth* and observed during liis discourse, A lady who seemed much alfacrad. After meeting he concluded to pay bet A visit, and see what the impreasrotik of hor tuind were, lie approached hrt thus i 44 Well, madam. 1 see you Was affected much to day during preaching ?" - L*. ms," said the lady, M I'll tell you. About ftik years ugh, lr>? anil husband moved to this place, and all the pioperty we had was a donkey Husband he died. and me and the beast were left alone. At last the beast died, and to tell you the truth, your voice pot me ao much in mind of that dear old critter, that 1 couldn't help taking on and crying about it right in meeting." SouBTatxtl Ribfc in -rtia Cot.onsn Juky Lisa.?Ths Bcnnettsville Journal says: "The fall term of the lUwit of Common Pleas for District, now in session convened last Aiiitiday# bis Honor Judge Glover, presiding, to SocvhtUce with General Orders, anew jury was empanneled on Monday. Two negroes who had paid their taxes wore chosen; but as soon as they beard of the fact, they left for parts unknown, ene going toward the North Carolina line, and the other taking the swamp. They did not appear will- i] ing to sit on juries with white poople. ?? - ? 5? Tn* " misery of buttons" is thus described by an Kngllsh wfiter: " Sartorial Ingenuity has not yet attained to the manufacture of masculine garmmts Unencumbered with the dire nuisance of buthths. It is not too much 'o say that a man's whole comfort during the day is dopehdsnt oh the state of bis buttons. The sudden defection of a button, when the s ifTerer is beyond the reach of all remedial as. sistaaeo, puts him to misery and perhaps to shame." Tub nv nfi i r?f tw 1 ?\l w rtwin* ( lha V.?iW . , ? - ? ? ? " well appear from k single statement from k Milwaukee letter as foil >wa : "Wheat can ho made to pay * fair profit to tbe faruier Id all the N >rtbwe#t> rn retina at the reto of SI a haahel. It la now br ngiaj In this market from $1 75 to $2. One farmer baa employed 52 men 9 the present season, with fifteen reaper*. 1'e I Id hla wheat at $1.(10 a bu>hel, end baa at) tually cleared nearly $40,000 on bta year's rop.