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a. reflex ok popular event?. VOLUMH XV. . . GUKKNVlLLK. SOUTH CAROLINA. MARCH 10. 1809. NO. 451. Wi ST* TO WJNJbja, I KIM rou. , J. (7. BAILEY, ?ro'r. and AifttUti Editor. ] Sd??ci?IPTIos Two Dollars per annum. I Apvbktiskwbsts inserted at the rate* of < a? d?VW par square t( twelve Minion tinea (this type) or less for the first insortlon, I SOyqenU f?r the eeeoud and third inter- I tloMTaad twenty-five ?suta for subsequent . Insertion*. Yearly eon tracts will be mnde. All advertisements must have the number I wf Insertions marked on them, or they will be j Inserted till ordered out, and charged for. Unless ordered otherwise. Advertisements ' will iuvariably be " displayed1." Obituary notices, and all matter# Inuring to to tha benefit of auy one, are regarded as AdverUseaseata. I 44 Father, Come Home.4* * This popular song, which lms 1 moved 60 many . hearts in this 1 country, has been received with ' equal favor in Europe, and The 1 iStationer gives an account of the 1 singing of it in one <>t the music- * halle of London. There was a 1 stage, with gaudy drop-scene, or- i cheatra, etc. After various per- 1 furmances this piece was a n- { nouncod. Hie account says : Presently a female came in front of the curtain, amidst great ap- . Jilause, and commenced, "Father, lear Father," etc., every word* was 1 distinct, and she sang the ballad j with great feeling. In order, however, to fully describe the scene 1 which followed each verse, it is necessary to give "little Mary's" song: " gallier, de>ar father, eorae home with me now, The eWk in Ihe steeple strike* One I i (Gong.) * Yon promised, d*ar father, that yon would come home As soon as your day's work was ,ione. ' Our,Are his gone out?our hoee? is all dark, And mother's been watching since tee, "W ith poor little Bennie so sick in her aim, And no one to help her but me. I Come home, come home, com* home, i Please, father, dear father, come home.'* At the conclusion of the last line tlie drop scene drew up, disclosing the father sitting at the door of a public house, in a drunken beuiuddle'd state, with a pipe and pot before him. Little Mary was trying to drag him from his seat, at the tAtne time pointing to m. mirt>tin Unbind. as slio took un the refrain from the lady, and touchingly sang, ** Come home," etc. This other curtain was now drawn aside, disclosing a wretched room, with a poor mother sitting on the ground with * sickly looking -boy in her lap, and in the act of feeding him with a six>on.? Simultaneously with tlm drawing of the ctutain the limo light was brought to bear on tlte tableaux, giving them a truly startling effect. After a moment or two the act-drop camo down, and the lady procoeoed: * Father, dear father, come horn# with me a?wt The clock in the steepta atrikea two! (Gong, gong) The night baa grown eoWer, and Itennte ie woree. But he hae been calling for yon. Indeed he ie worn, ma eaya he will die, rerntpa b?ior? morning snail nawu, Atvd this to I ho she MBt me to bring? Come quickly, or toe wilt be gone. Come Home, coins borne, turn* borne, Pleoee, father,'deer father, com* home.'' The act drop rises again, and now the child has hold of the pewter pot, trying to take it from the drunken parent, and as she continues the last two lines, 11 Come home," etc., the other cnrtain is drawn aside, and we next see the child stretched out on its mother's lap, and as it just raises its little head and tails back with a gasp, with the lime-light reflec ting strongly npon it, there was a reality about the whole terrible to view. Bobs were heard from all parts of the hall, coming from the female portion ot the audience, while tears trickled down many a male cheek. Even the lady who sang the song was aflected, and could scarcely proceed with the third verse: ''Father, dear father, eonaa home with me MV, ,J _ Tha cloak tr. tha steeple atilkes three ! (Goag. gong, gang.) fk* house in aa lonely, tha hours ara to , *o?g, "<For poor weeping mother en4 me. Fee, we are alone?pO<?r Beanie U dead, And gone with Ihe angels af tight 1 A?>d theae #ere the very laat worda Ibat he ~a*' l want l/o 'ilea papar-goed-eight J* Ooeoe home, aome homo, some boeoa, jPheta, biker, dmr father, eom? home.* Ami* the drop^oae, dincloainff Uttlo Hirj on Iter knees, nppeol tSr'-'f- ' * K?g to her tether, who, with jx.it slevatcd, is in the act of striking tier with it, as site sings, " Ooino r home," and then the back curtain v Jruws aside, showing the mother fl praying over a child* coffin. But t now the sobs burst ont more freely, j *nd two females were carried out v fainting. The scene was truly I liarrowing, and we gladly turned c ?ur eyes away. c An additional verse was sung ? iboutli I\>or Bennie " being with <] 1 lio onrvnlu otuivn TK#* ^ r?v .MIKVIO \Jm 1UU Ml V/p I VTC , Q ho father, sober now, is weeping t >ver the coffin with tho mother ?nd little Mary, on her knees, n singing. u Home, home, father, e lear father's come homel" At i this moment the curtain is drawn s wide, and little Bennie is suspend- t xl over the coffin with wings, r smiling down upon them and \ pointing upward. The father falls t forward on his face, the act drop ? lescends, and for a few minntes t nil is hnshed, save tho sobs of the c females. s 44 There 1" said a wovking man I by my side, as ho headed a sigh of c relief, ,4 Mr. Bporgcon nev e r I preached a better sermon than 1 that 1" an cxp ess ton to which we t assented, and then left the hall. i Unhapimnkss in Married Ltfr. A late number of the New York i Ledger lias an editorial article on t this subject. We quote a para- ? graph, which the unhappy can ac- ] cent or reject according to their i pleasure: j It is almost incredible from it what a variety of circumstances ( marriages may prove unhappy; t but it is found, in by far the ma- ( jority of cases, that the husband is ? somehow or other the cause of tho 1 evil. Domestic felicity is seldom marred by the woman ; it is her empire, and she is no more likely to destroy it than the bird is to pull her own nest to pieces. She stands by home as a principle, and it is her nature to seek to render it as agreeable as ]>ossible to Iter husband. She has also a more intense sense than man of the decencies of life?is more anxious to huve*all duties properly observed ?to have a creditable appearance beforo neighbors?in short, as sho says, to have everything right.? Men?even sensible, well-educated men-?are often rebels against many of the properties, but wo men very rarely. Lovr Murt>er and Self Destruction.?Two Mississippi river steamboat bunds, named Noe and Cartwright, lately had a quarrel aliout a young lauy at Memphis, hand and heart they both wished to obtain. Cartwright thought hi6 chances would bo improved by getting rid of hia rival, and 60 he shot Noe through tho head, killing him instantly. Ilia iov.*hnwev?r f J J T w" * ' was short-lived, for on the very < day on which the mmder was committed, he learned that the j young lady in question had dis- i carded botli liiin and his victim, f and bestowed her favors upon a i third person, 'le thereupon snr- , rendered himself to an officer, and, with the pistol used in slaving his '] rival, blew his own brains out.? 1 The ball passed through his head | and inflicted a slight wound upon ( the officer who had him in custody. Ilum IIkkts.?The Scientific 1 American tells its readers what I every physician and student of ' physiology knows about the silli ness ana hariufulness of wearing high heeled shoes. When the heel { is raised, as is the present enstom, the bones of the thigh, pelvis, and leg, aa well as the toot, are thrown , into an abnormal position; and while tho bones maintain their < plasticity, the effect of such tin natural tension is sniv. to be per-1 petuated in tho shape of crooKed shins, bandy legs, elephantine toe joints, and a cramped, ungraceful gait. A ValCabl* Dircovkky.? Accord ing to lb* Spectator, a treasure of pric* l?ut value ban been found among I he 1 tore* of I he India Ilon?e. Oriental scholar* all over the world will find their blood quicken at th* ia?* that ihe li brarjr of Timour, collected in the course of bin conquest*, has been d|?covered. M Antong other treasure* are document* of extraordinary value connected with tbe biography of Mohammed." The* diaeoeerv of this tbeet may probably cattee a Urge fart Of Ea?ter& history to bo rewritten. # o All's Well that Ends WellNot a great while ago an Irishnan was employed in a village rhere he was well known, to dig kwell pro bono publico. The conract was made that he was to be mid a certain sum per foot, and vnrrnnt a free supply of water.? Vt it he went with a will, and his laily progress was inteusely watch* (d by interested parties. Early nid late he delved away faithfully, leep down in the earth, full of lontidence in the speedy compleion of his labors. lie had reached the depth ot ibout twenty-five feet, and soon rxpected to 44 strike water." Early n the moi ning Pat repaired to ttie ceno of his labors, and horrible 0 tell, it bad caved in, and was toarly full. Ilo gazed with rueful pisago upon the wreck, and bought ol the additional labor the iccident would cause him. After 1 moment's reflection )>e looked aruestly around, and saw no one tirring; then quickly divesting mnseit o! Ins hat and coat, he larciully lning thein on the wind' ass, and made ti neks tor a neighMiring eminence which overlooked he village, llere, hid amid the undergrowth, he quietly awaked ;he progress of events. As the morning wore on, th? inhabitants began to arouse and itir about. Severnl were attracted to the well, thinking that as Pat's hat and coat were there, he fas below. Soon the alarm was -aised that the well had caved in uid that Pat was in it. A crowd :o)lected, and st.iod horrified at lie fate of poor Pat.' _A brief conniltat.oii was held, and soon spades i n d other implements were [nought to dig out the remains ot lie unfortunate man. To work they went with a will?when one ?et become wearied with the unusual labor, a half dozen ready hands grasped the implements and dug lustily. Pat quietly looked L>n from his retreat on the eminence, while the village stood nrotiud the well and watched with breathless suspense the work go bravely on. As tho diggers approached the bottom, the excitement of the bv standees grew intense, and they collected as near as safety would idmit, gnzing fearfully down into the well. With great care and precaution tho dirt was taken away, and when tho bottom was at length reached, no Pat was to bo found. The crowd, before 60 anxious, gradually relaxed to a broad grin, which broke forth in uproarious merriment when the veritable Pat walked uj> with a nailing countenance ana addressed the crest-fallen diggers, who now stood weary and soiled with their lalwirs, 44 Bo jaliers, jintlemen, and it's Patrick Pagan, sure, that is much obliged to yees for Join' of that little job of work 1" The effect can be better imagined than described, and as the most active of the young men dunk off, several low breathed muttermgs broke forth that soundart iro?. l:t.^ U J.I W t/M ? CI ^ IIIUVU HRVJ OUIV4. Through the kindly aid of his fellow-citizens, Pat goon finished liia well, and it retnaina among the monuments of his genius to this day. It ia related of Benjamin Franklin, thai ha f>rined a resolution never to give anything to a lagging, clergyman, and on a ceMain occasion went to hear ihe renowned Whitfield preach a char it* aermon with that reaohuion firmly fixed on Ma mind; hut nficr liaiening l?? him for tnmt) time, he concluded that aa the object for which he trie pleading waa a good one. he Would give the copper* lie had in hi* pocket Af er heaiing him some time longer hr concluded ho would add the silver he had in hia puiae to the copper* ; hut when the ina?ter preacher hail fini<die<1 hi* discourse, and lite plate wa* handed around, Franklin untied hia purae, and turning it upvide down, emptied copper, ailver, gold and all, into ikt plate. y "I didn't take our minister'* sor no ill lout Riimln-w M > -I"" -w. ...w.. .?WW J t rMiiu (t m;c? cmi, who bad slopt all sermon time, to ? brother deacon. * Didn't like it Brother A f Why I saw yon nodding assent to every prop oeition ol tbe speaker." We are alwaysfeompUining that our days are few, but acting a> though there would be no end k kheoi. Of Remembering What Sever Hap' pened. r , * BV JOb. V. THOMPSON, D. D. An amusing storr, started by Mr. Beecher, in the Lodger, is gothe rounds of the i ewspapors, under the abo've caption. The point of it is, that, at a dinner table, when he had denied, for the hundredth time the story t at he once began- a sermon with an oath, which he had overheard at the door of the church, a gentleman remarked that a young lady had i.: 4.1 ... -1- ^ ^ - nun aiiif 1 uiai biie was preaeni in Plymouth Church at the time, and heard that very expression. Mr. Beecher at once replied, "Tell that young lady that, in repeating that sto y, she said what she knew to be false!" Whereupon anothor young lady, then present, in whom there could be no guile, tgiid, with a surprised diffidence: i4 Why, Mr. Beecher, I always have supposed that I myseli heard .you say it." Some critics argno that it if more likely Mr. Beecher did net that profane text and has forgot ten it, than that two witnessei should imagine that they hearc thp expression from h's lips, it h< r^rcr uttered it; and examples o Mr. Beecher's forget fulness* hav< been quoted to confirm this view But this supposition, plausible tin der ordinary circumstances, is not tenable liero. Mr. Beecher's for getfulncss is the common phase ol absent-mindedness?the omission or oblivion of minor things "through the pre occupation of tho mind in something more important. Fot instance, having prepared several letters for the mail, he went to the post-office and called for tho letters in his box, which at once en gaged his atteuti >n. Returning home, he took off his hat, and out dropped the unmailed letters. T? punish his forgetfulncss, he turner back again to the post-office walked up to the window and de mandcd his letters, llie astonish ed clerk replied: " Why, Mr Beecher, you were hero five min utes ago, and I gavo yon your let ters; there is nothing in yoni box." u What a forgetful fool ] am!" exclaimed Mr. Beecher: and returned to his house, again to cover his shoulders with letteri showering from his hat. Tliii time he gathered them into nit hand, and holding them betore hit eyes, marched back to the p<*tot fice, and succeeded in depositing them in the mail. [It' Mr. Beecher accuses us o inventing this story, w"b will pro dnce credible witnesses to whou Ire himself told it; and no m$ta physical refinements about tin memory as an inventive as well a reflectixe faculty shall hero enublt him to shift the authorship.] [11 earth and llome. An incident that latelj'occnrret in the south of France proves tha a horse has b ?th intelligence aiu feeling. A half intoxicated wag tilli rilll lictl UIR1 VVt'IllVip iron Mormant to Givora. One of hie hones woa unable to keep up. I i was old, and had scrvetT him man} years. Tho unfeeling man deter minod to get rid of it. He fasten ed it to a tree, knocked it on tin , head, and left it lying on tin i ground. The horse -ecovered af , ter awhile, got np, and went to iti stable, where the wagoner foun< it next morning, lie seized i heavy club and began to beat tin poor animal unmercifully. An other boree in tho same stable be came excited, broke its halter rushed on tho ir.an threw liiti , down, and stamped on him, fron , the effects of which ho died a fev days after. Here the horse acte< I the part of a just judge, while ii otln r places many judges an horses and sutler themselves to b I driven. k _ Most of ili? miseries and most < the joys of lifts are imaginary, an 1 whether a man is happy or miaerabh ( depend* almost entirely upon h t moods. The distance between be r and heaven can, in many caae*, I (panned by a dream. To get out < torment moet people have only t brush away the (ancle* that fe*too I and film the brain. \ ~*M- ?"? , To dispel darkneae from al>out yot Bake a light of your trouble*. Agricultural Labor in England. A board of commissioners were lately appointed by tlio English Government to inquire iuto and report upon the tacts connected with the employment of women and children in field labor in that ? kingdom. Their report has been presented, and from it we gather the following tacts. Shaking of Northumberland, the report says : Women are extensively employ' ed throughout tl.o whole year, and their hil>or is considered essential for the cultivation of the land.? The work of two women is usually required for evory seventy-five acres of the light land, and a larger proportion for that which is heavier, or fanned on the four course instead of the five course I >4, nn - i ? - Bjsiem. xneir iaix?r consists in the various operations of cleaning tho land," picking stones, weeding, &c.; turnip hoeing, haymaking and harvest work, rooting ana | ehawii g (ihat is,cleaning) turnips ; barn work, with the thrashing and winnowing machines, filling dung1 carts, tur.ning dung heaps, spread5 ing dung, and sowing artificial manure; turnip cutting in the win* tcr for sheep, &c., and occasionally driving carts or harrowing; 3 in some instances forking (pitching) and loading hay or corn, 3 though when such is the case two * women are put to tho work of one man. The Northumberland women who do these kinds of labor | are physically a splendid race; their strength is such that they 1 can vie with the men in carrying 1 sacks of corn, and there seems to 1 he no work in 1 ho fields which af. fccta them injuriously, however hard it may appear. The nniver3 sal opinion and feeling is that it conduces to nealth. , The dress of these north country ; women is admirably adapted for * their work; being made to fit I easily it does not encumber them, and being of strong materials, it \ defies all weathers. Generally it consists of a pair of stout boots, a very short thick woolen petticoat, warm srocmngs, ft jacket, tVrc.; over nil a washing pinafore with . sleeves, (called ft slip,) which pre [ serves their dress from the dirt.? Their laces are protected. by a | shado or u ugly " of divers colors. Children seldom, if ever, go to | work in the Glendule Union before s eleven or twelve years ol age, and then merely for summer work.? Their employment is hoeing potn: r toes atid corn, turnip hoeing, (two ' being put to the work of one woman,) haymaking, assist, d at harvest by making hands, &c., weed* ing and picking up stones. 3 Smothekrd fob Crtino.?A a murder was perpetrated in this 3 city last night, which illustrates in a terrible manner the Chinese practice of putting female children to death when the paronts become tired of providing for them, or are ' exasperated at them for uiisconj duct. Abont four nVlnnL 1 ing police officer Kelly was stand( ing on Dnpont street, near Sacrat mento, when he observed a Chinaman hurrying along the street with a sack on his shoulders.? Thinking he had committed some theft, the offieer stopped him and ^ asked him what the sack contain. ed. The man replied that it was 3 filled with clothes. Officer Kelly j felt of it, and said, " This is not a ^ sack of clothes; put it down."? Upon this the fellow dropped the sack on the sidewalk and started to run, but the officer drew his pistol and ordered him to stop or j he would shoot. The man then t stopped, and Kelly, on opening 7 the sack, found the dead body of a I lemale child in it apparently about, a year old. On questioning the Chinaman, he was told that ^ the parents of the dead child lived on Sacramento street, and that having killed her a little while bcfore, they gave him the body to conceal. Kelly took him to the .louse and found the parents.? When asked about the child end i? the reason for killing her, they II said she cried too much, they >e couldn't sloop, and had put po.sely ,f smothered her with the bed0 clothes. Kelly thoreupon took D them also into custody, and with them four women and four men, inmates of the house where the i, murder was committed. [A^. Y. Sun. ^7-.- | ...4.:. - . . -.J5?g Pencil Making. Nearly one hundred and fifty years ago, the pencil manufacture commenced in England, and improved iu France, was transplant- * ed to the village of Stein, near Nnremburg, in Bavaria; little more than a century since, Caspar Fuher there began to make the pencils, which continue to be made by his descendants, and bear the family name through the world. The present John Lothair Faber, great grand son of Casper, lias been the head of the firm since 1839, and is not only very wealthy, but lias recently been ennobled by the King of Ilavaria.? One of his brothers is associated I 1 ^ wuu mm at stein; t!io? youngest of the three, Eberhard Faber, represents the firin at New York. Stciu is literally a town of pencil factories, of which Baron Falter is the ruler, taking care of the health, government, education, industry, thritt, and amusements of the inhabitants, and always living in their midst. Alibort, a Frenchman, resident in Siberia, having heard of the gold discoveries in California, began to examine the sandy beds ot various rivers flowing into the Arctic Ocean. After years of costly labor, Alioert found an exhaustless deposit of graphite equal to the best ever taken from Cumberland. "With the consent of the llussian goveminent, Alibert now suppliea Faber's house, exclusively, with graphite from tho mine in Asiatic Siberia. I'encils of this material wero first made bv Baron Faber in 18G1, and to-day, in every quarter of the globe, their superiority is conceded by all. Vaujadlk Tablic.?We find the following excellent table in the Ottawa, III., Statesman, which farmers will do well to paste into a scrap book for future reference : 5 yards w ide by 9C8 yards long contain 1 acre. 10 yards wide by 484 yards long contain 1 acre. 20 yards wide by 242 yards long contain 1 acie. 40 yards wide by 121 yards long contain 1 acre. 80 yards wide by 60J1 yards lonir contain 1 acre. 70 yar<la wide by 69 1-0 yard* longj contain 1 acre. 229 fret wide by 198 feet long co?? tain 1 acre. 440 feet wide by 99 feet long contain 1 acre. * 110 fret wide by 869 fret long contain 1 acie. . 00 feet wide by 726 feet long contain 1 acre. 120 feet wide by 363 feet long contain 1 acre. 240 fret wide by 181 \ feet long oontain 1 acre. In Berlin, a new material, called vulcanized cement, which is said to ho perfectly impervious to water, is used for roofing. It is fire proof, and cheaper than either slate or tiles. But the great advantage is that roots may bomada nearly flat, covered with two or three feet of soil, and converted into gardens. W here a house is 'somewhat lower than its neighbor, so that ihe roof-is partially shaded, green turf and rustic arbors, shaded by climbing vines or even small trees, have been successfully ill trad nr>r?d Make Your Own Ink.?Get from tlio drug store halt an ounce of extract of logwood and tea grains of bichromate of potash ? Dissolve them in a quart ot hot rain water. When cold, pour it ' in a glass bottle, 01 some vessel fit for chemical uses, and leave it uncorked for ten or twelve days.? Exposure to the air is indispensable. The ink is then made. It is at first an intense steel blue, but becomes bhvck and glossy as a raven's wing. M What aia rnn ?kr\?# ? - - ?? - - w J n WU?, J UU DIHCK rascal I Twice you have roused me from my sound sleep 10 tell me that break fa t was ready ; end now, you'te awoke me by attempting to pull otf the bed clothes. What iho deuce do you inenn !"' M Whv, massa, if yon isn't going to get up, I must hah <le shett. anyhow, 'case dey'r waiting fpr the tableclof.' Ir h man has any religion worth having, lie will do his duty and notT make a fuss about it. It is the empty kettle that tattles.