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BY W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON, JR. ABBEVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 23, 1860. VOLUME VIII.?NO. 3 0
BOWIE, LAFITTE & CO.,
SUCCESSORS TO
BOWIE, BRO. & CO.,
Factors and Commission
MEnCH^KTTS,
Central Wharf,\
JOHN A. howik. 1
joiin n. lakittk, [- CHARLESTON, S- C.
EDW.MII) LAFITTE, )
Sept 14. 18t'>Q. 2Q. 3in I
Gr. M. CALHOUN,
WAREHOUSE
GEXERAL COllllissioX MERCHANT, '
Reynold's St., between Jackson And Mcintosh 1
G-a.; j
will attend strictly to the pale of i
COTTON, BAOON, GRAIN,
And nil other produce consigned to hirni Per
Ronnl attention giviiiL' to the filling of nil orders
for Bagging, Hope nnd Family Supplies, j
Liberal Cash advances made on produce in !
Store. ,
June 24. 1800, 8 tf ,
THE GREAT ENGLISS^REMEEY
Silt .1AMES CLARKE'S
Celebrated Female Pills.
PROTECTED LETTERS I
BY ROYAL PATENT #
This iuvaluable medicine is unfailing in the
cure of all those painful and dangerous diseases
incident to the female constitution. I
It modi-roles all excesses and removes all oh- j
at ruction e. from whatever cause, and a speedy
cure may relied on. f
TO HIARKIED LADIES t
t is peculiarly suitcil. It w ill, in a short time
bring on the monthly period with regularity
CAUTlOJfc?These Pills should not be taken
by females that are pregnant, during the first
tli roe month?, a* tlioy nre sure to brine on Miacurriag?*
; but sitevery other time, and in every
other ense ili?v are peifeetly safe.
In all ea*e3 of Nervous and Spinal Affections Pain
in the ljnck and Limb?. Heaviness, Fa?tL'<ie
on slight exertion. Palpitation of the
Ilenrt, Lowhom of Spirits, Hysterica, "Sick
Heittiaclie, Whites and all ibe painful diseases
occasioned by a disordered sysiein, iluae Pills
will effee.t. a cure when all other means hare fail
ed. Full directions in the pamphlet around each
<a..l- . i i.i i 1i-- - 1
, wiiaii piiwuiu iic l umiiuiiy |?rmprv?u
A bottle contain itiu: SO piiU, lunl encircled
with ilic Government Stamp of Great liritain, (
2iin be tfont post free'for ?1 mnl f> pi)stiip>8liiiiips
General auent fur U. S., Job Mo-n-.*, K'lehester V
Sold in, A^itMfcville by Donald Mel.nm-hlin,
J'r. I. ]tr:inrih', ftinl f\ II. Allen, an<l all Druggist*
everywhere. Van Scliaek it Griersoii,
Charleston, Wholesale Agents. 7, 13t
HOWARD ASSOCIATION. '
PQII>ADUL1M1U.
A Jievevoltvt iuxfilution tx!abli*fi*d l>>/ fprcia!
fud'n&Hi'iit. for the rtli' f of thr tick and Dit- ^
(mud. ajfluted tcilh Virulent a>ui Jipidemtc f
IIixi itx'g. -iy.- I
MEDICAL Advice given griitt? by llie Art- j
ing Surgeon t?. all who apply by letter ,
wil li d?4r riiilimi III" 1 liote fonilit I
|i.itinii,lintjils of lift*, tte..) ami in i-iisie# of extivim
poverty, Mi-du-iiie furiiirlu-.l five of charge
Valuable Report* on thn New .kemii'lit'ji mii
in tliv I)i!?|nriisiirv, sent, to I lie in
Huiilcil li'itur i'ijvcl?|icj, li-.-e of citing*-. Two
or ilir?-<; Stamp* f<n- poking*- will l>e ucreptilile.
A.I.I res*. llll. .1. SKI LI.IN HOUttUTuN.
A?;tuig Surg.-Oll, lloW!i|-<l AsMicMtion, ^'o. 2
Soulti Nitltli Stre?;t, f'liilik.lelpcijt, l'si.
Ilv filler of tlit: Diivctorf.
" r.ziia i>. it mart well, Pi esi.if.it;
Oko. l'Aiitrini.n. Srraiirv. [.Inn. go. 12m
jamesdTchalmeiis" *
auj3evilee c. ii.. s. c.. *
DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF [
ElUOPEAN AND AMERICAN
MARBLE,
HAS '?fu*t received thr?>o hundred new pieces
together with the old, making one of the i
Idr-jeat Stocks ill t^i^tnte which will be sold a
^ us low im can he btftfghl in uny other place.
MARBLE SLABS,
6 feet by 3, from $26 to $10 I
HEAD STONES;
^ from $8 to $ >5. k
jMONUJVIEJSTTS 1
And Fancy Hen<) Stones nlwnys on hand topettier
with a Urge quantity of desigus, which
can be made to order at short notice. .
All Marble Cutting and Carving nentl}' done I
J. D. CHALMEItS. 1
J?n, jfj. 1SC0 40 tf
jIAUKS T- UAIlplxpif, I BT. JOHN MOOBK
formerly Simpson & Uardiner |
ftAHHTOPP JP. MftftBr
UUUVUIJU^ Ub lUUVUUf
? WAREHOUSE ASD COMMISSION MERCHANTS '
( Warehouse formerly occupied by Sitnpton & .
Oardiner.\
jncINTOSU STREET, j
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
XXTlLtWre their personal attention to the
" T ? Selling of CotlorV, or - Bticli other I'ro
m*?? ?s oih'V nft eentto inem ov their friend*,
?r'< IQ/^pillllio. :
'ClrdiirtfyT flagging. Rope, and Faqiily Sup
pjics. tq H)? be#t #d??nUg?.
tar Cd'Hi m JvHiiffes p)pt]*-ppon prpfjpce in
t^pre wfjpvf r*quir#d >
J.)ly 10, . 1
-' itrcci*&? li
*m- mWm?:''
' rjnuB wi!l st .11 t\uf? fr ig %
1 . mirkat tor ?>>?}# fod . ,
Likely Boy? .?%4 (> 3
from th**g*df WtolS*.
t3f*IVnion?bating neffr^yfpr sije will ad
dreM n# ?k Greenwood, S.,0.
:$ |2? J.*T- FAJIK8.> i
Fpb. lit, 1860,12m. ?
*
THE ABBEVILLE PRESS*
BT LEE & WILSON.
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CANDIDATES.
For Ordinary.
JOI1N A. HUNTER,
fcL J. G. BASK IN,
sbLW. LESLEY,*
^^ aNIEL McCANTS, E*q.
For Sherifl.
ROBERT JONES.
WILLIAM 0. NEAIJ,
LAND
AND
ii3?} d? @ 3S? 1$
FOR SALE.
' "MIK Subseriber offers for sale his LAND,
1. consist ing of
740 OR 50 ACRES,
iit.ualcd on Greenville nnd Bellwether roads,
ive miles North-Wc.*tl of Calhoun's Mills. and
minded by.,1. A. Norwood, W. MeCelve3*, and
I. A. Calhoun. in good order and repair, well
I itched and drained.
or further information address
DR. EDWIN PARKER,
Abbeville C. ?1., S. C.
.Tnno SO. ISfin, 9. 12m
w. n. meriwetherT
Wholesale and Betail Druggist,
NINJKTY-SIX, S. O.
HAVING enlarged his Stock of Drug#
iin<l Medicines, would respectfully' call
lie attention of his friends and the public gen
rally to his fine stock of tlie fame, arid Kolieit
continuance of their kind patronage and libra
lily.
He proposes selling Drugs as low as any first
lass Drug Store in the up-country. His slock"
? complete. nn?l everything sold by him is
/urrantcd to be fresh and genuine. At bis
tore niHj- be found
DYE STUFFS, PAfNTS. OILS
Varnisbeis Varrf<?h and Paint Brushes,
Sjiicos. Mace, Cloves, Pepper, Teas
of all kinds, Bu^gy and Carriage
Grease,
Uso. a tine lot of CHEWING TOBACCO,
ind SEGARS of the best brands.
A large and varied stock of excellent
PERFUMERY.
uc nieo oner* i;viiierin>narien,
BRANDIES,
*ure Old 1'ort. Madura and Milling*
mw MM MrCfiB
U exceedingly low figures. Also, a good aricle
of Apple Vinegar, Kerosene, Oils and
fluids. Lainpe.of all kinds. Wicks for any
:ind of Lamps, and everything usually kept
n a fir*t class Orug Store.
Prompt attention will be given to *11,
May 26, 18????1?tf
91V. WM. A. ALLEN,
BURGEON PJ3NTIST.
jC, , HAYJjFG graduated in the
OTM033L' T>ental. Cbllege of Philadelphia,
MJ-OTT^ offers hie services lo tlit public,
ieiug thoroughly posted,in all the departipgnU
f U< profession,.he flatter* hime^If thaVite
oH oe-enaMed lo give entire aatigfaction to
hose who may favor him with their patronage.
MTRoom?Over the new Ropk and Drug
tore of Mr. C. H. Aller., in Whlte'e Building.
April 4, 1860 $0. ly
D. maLONE^
BB.XOK 1? ATT x9^.
WW
Tinmr TUT A CA\T
tfirictj/ Six. 8. C, * ,
p^^aprgg gg|
np-wrtrj1!,/ tM? kind Jen*
mmfflMHm 7m \
Kaimfacfory pf ^addle^ tucl garnew,
109 jiroari sireet.^nO^r rhe Aa^ug^Hotel.
80NQ 07 THE MlKStBEL,
bt J. n. u. wAtciiTos.
A!i 1 who will sing and rend my songs
A hundred years to come?
What other strains Irom o'litr tongtfea j'
Will gladden then this home! '*
What litlle child will gently eit
Upon its parent's fence'.
And theie lie lulled tu slumber sweet
Wiih my low lullaby f
A hundred \ ears! Ah! who can tell
What song* will then he sung!
Shall these soft lays I love.so well
Ue heart! these vales among I
iiow sweet'twould be for bard to know.
That when entombed he lien,
Some gentle voices, sweet and low,
Would fling his melodies!
When 1 beneath the daisres sleep,
And theKe cold lips tire mute,
Wlmt other fingers then will sweep
The chords of my dear lutef
When scattered like rouc-leatcs in Juno
Long, long the strings hnfe lain;
What kindly bund will tlion attune
My gentle lute again I
TO THE 8TARS.
Sweet wutchers of the night!
D'jewelling the Biimmcr air;
Say, are there "many mansions" thcrei,
Bejoud those gates so wide and fair?
O spirits of the dead!
As such ye sometimes seem to me??
As such I sometimes talk to ye?
And ask of thincs that nr? to 1>p 1
"* Ye eeud no answer baek ! I
Tia to teprove a faith 60 weak ;
It is to mnke me pure nnd meek,
And happiness iu Christ to seek!
Let such my answer be I
And when my dpirit wings its flight,
Bleat with the knowledge of the right,
Mark out my pathway through the night I
Fall ajrLd Wirrfer Stvles
UAFS AND HATS
AT C. P. REMSEN'S
1"4 Brond Street, opposite the Augusta Hotel,
Augusta, Gn, and Columbia, S. C. *
JUST RECEIVED, the following new goocfrj-.
Gents' Fine Moleskins, Casnmeres and
Soft Huts, various colors and sly lea with a
complete stock of Genu' Fuie Boys and Children's
Fancy CAPS. ^'so, Country-ruadc
Wool Ilats for Plantation u*e.
JOHN WOOLLEY'S
Grraniteville Hats,
He is now manufacturing all qualities of Fur
Hats, as Low as ?1.50. My Goods are all
made to order, and warranted for style and
durability. The public is invited to call and
exan-ine for themselves.
Oct 5 1860, tf C. P. BEH8EN.
Copartnership Notibe.
THE undersigned have formed a Copartnership
under the firm of OR-R <fc LKE, for
the practice of Law and Equity in the District
of Abbeville.
J AS. L. OUR.
W. A. LEE
tySTr. ORR will attend to any business
committed to his care in the Districts of Anderson,
Pickens. Greenville, Spartauburg and Lau
a?pt. 1; 1860, 19 8m
LIME! LIME! LIME I
THE Subscriber tries'this meihod of informing
the public generally. that lie lias, and
expects to keep constantly 'on hand, a good
supply of the bei?t Southern Made Liine, at
Arnold's Old Quarry, one mile from Pinion's
Ford, or the Free Bridge, on Saluda River,
which lie offers for eale at the following prices:
Any amount uoder 100 buehels, 38^ cU per
bughel, over that amount 30 cts. per bushel.
Terms Co*>h, J. C. RASOR.
Mt. Gall jher. Laurens Dist.,S.C., Oct. 26,12m
PLOUGHS I PI nnr.HC I
Qftfi ONE HORSE PLOWS. ^
150 TWO HORSE PLOWS,
For sale low by
CABHICHAEL & BEAK,
Sept. 28, 1860, 22-4m
VERELL & JACKSON,
HOUSE PAINTERS, GRAISERS, HARRIERS
AND P?PEB HANGERS,
NINETY SIX, S. O.
J. F. VKHELI-. , CALEB JACKSON.
Jnn. 27, 1860, I2m4'
NOTIOBL
Application win (>o mnde ?t the nex
Secnion of the L<MC'*l||tOrs t? atn^d th
Charter of the Masonic Femule Institule.jnokes
bury. [Auirutt 10, I860 Sin.
A CHEE8E!CflEESETr
^LARQKSUPPLY on liand-uf the same
sort we have sold for the last three
veara.
BRANCH A PARKER.
Pot. 10, 1860 24 tf .
WTOTIOEIa
A PPLlCA'TlOJj' will be made to the next
./X Legislature to con for on the Town Council
of AhtieviHe, the Pdwer to Tax the citizens of
Mid Village/ - R.
A. FAIR, lutendant
j Acgaat 17th, I860, 16,
IWB7 j&AEs F. jiAimy '
WfopLO. jjrfSfoflNr publio tfiat he hia? re'
y^L t* Che*?llsg<e. and will continue
the practice of rtt?0iciue. lie may Tie foifud at
the M ARiJlIAi/LHOUSE, uulcw professionally
engaged.
Ma'rolt 1, I860 4^ tf. - 'w . ..
NOTICE, *
A PPUCATION- *Ml.'b?,madtj to th*.next
Wi?l?turoU? Incorpofsfto Vi? YIll|ge of
Umtfwr .J, - -
v.. -c^aR-2?*- .A
uwfl? ?>T .# Gwaitl!* c??# 4*
?AJ^: If*"
% ' r
THE EFFECT8 OF DI8U1TI0N.
The New York Henld utters tbe follow!
ng troths to the unbelieving ears of
tbe Northern people :
\The - "hi an u fac tu ri n g, commercial and
sliipfiiog interests ol the North will be
ruined, and ail who are dependent on them
for employment will be reduced to starva>
t?on, and the irrepressible conflict of labor
with capital will lie fought, not at the
South, but at the North, where there is far
more dar.ger of insurrection thnn at the
other side of the lino which divides th?
Union.
The South in tlio meantime would
nothing. She is not dependent on the
North for employment for her people, nor
for a maiket for her cotton and other
productions. She has a teeming soil, a
population to cultivate it, and the world
for a market; and if she desired to manufacture
for herself, it would be impossible
for the North to compete with her. But
it is not her desire nor her interest to interfere
with the manufactures and 11*1
commerce of the North, unless she is driven
to the wall. There is no irrepressible
conflict between the free labor of the North
and the slave labor of the South. This iB
an ingenious fiction of the Republican leaders.
On the contrary, there is perfect
hyrmony between the two systems, and
Ttfnrll. s~...i. -j j
uuuiu mi a Hunpien oy nature
and tlie progress of llieir civilization to
supply the wants of each, other, nnd to
enrich each other, and there is the strongest
community of interests that over existed
between so many States. If political
demagogues will manufacture discord
to suit their own purposes, that is not the
fault of the instrument on which they are
playing. Dut the people have heard
enough of their music, and ought to^op
them at the ballot box, before they do any
more mischief, and before a prosperous and
peaceful country (the North) is reduced to
poverity, intestine strife and every disorder.
' - -Dybbepbia Amono Farmers ?It is a
notorious (act tlmt indigestion prevails
more extensively among the farming population
of the Went, than among any other
class. Why is this! Tliey certainly take
any reasonably amount of exercise, and
that, too, in the dpen air, and in the broad
sun light. Their houses are well ventillated,
and by their isolated situation, free
from the many unhealthy influences of a
pent-up city.
We think, if our farmers will pause for
a moment and look this matter gravely in
the face, they will discern the cause of the
prevalence of tbifc mother of most maladies
I among them to be?
1. The constant use of salt meat, particularly
salt pork. It is well known that
this ajjomiuable swine's^esh, fried in iis
own filthy grenso, constitutes the 44 staff of
life" in nearly every farm house in the Mississippi
Valley. Hog and hominy are
household gods, and according to the hoosier's
creed, indispensable to man's existence.
2. The use of eotfee. The faithful
housewife serves it up "strong and good,"
morning, noon, and night. Reader, just
think of it, the vilest of flesh washed into
the stomach tlir<.e times a day, by a decoction
poison!
3. ltanul efltiiinr Wn bIiahU
r J -r W WWVM|\? I CIUOIIJUCI
that swallowing one's food is not lite first
process nece?aary to healthy digestion. If
we had gizzards, wo might then swallow
our food whole as ducks do; but instead
of gizzards we havo teeth (some of lis);
and are commanded to nse (hem in grinding
food fur the stomach ; but if we compel
the .stomach to do both its o wn work
and that of the teeth; it will toon give
signs of. debility and disease in the shape
of acidity, headaches, sense of weight over
the whole man, irritable temper, despondency,
'' 'Our fannefs seldom spelid more than
ten or fifteen minutes, at aoieal, and then
go immediately to the field/and engago in
the most laborious work. At feast one
hour should jt>o spent after-each meal in
repose of botb body and mitwf*' Tlija will
allow the stomach to collect ilsolf, so to
speak, n due (quantity of blood, out or which
lo elaborate Uip jniee. Violent
exercise calls iulf blood to oth&v parts of
Ihet)odyihfestotoafcbi '
>"| '| I* ?"|
^ ^ ^ ^ . " t I "*' * **
pri?ilie? of leap yejr. ,; Jti
/ ' *. :
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KISSING.
The New Haven News and the Haiiford
Post seems to be very nearly out of other
business, and have lately gone into a discussion
of the science of kissing. Aa the
editors seem to be differently situated as to
domestic affaire, probably they like George
the Fourth's two opposing lawyers ?both
right. The News has the first paragraph,
with the short and sweet heading, 'Kissing.'
' "V
Dallies kiss?children kiss?mother* and
fathers kiss, and young people?they kiss
too?and in fact we all kiss, and it's pretty
good fun when you're kissing the proper
lips, and io our case they are those of the
lady who keeps house for us.
To which the Post rejoins.
Oh ! pweep I Is that so?all you say?
brother 'local.' It's better than orange
peel, isn't it ? If your statements are tiue,
there can't be any haira in kissing. All
rightj but would you advise us to kiss
'the lady who keeps houso for us,* as you
8 tdo ? Perhaps your example isn't a safe one
to follow. We don't k?6w how you are
situated, but we buard with a 'widder ;' we
don't feel like it?shan't do it.
To which again, the News makes replication
:
Why did'nt Jack eat his supper! is h
question which has been asked from th?
earliest days of the oldest inhabitant. The
commonly accepted answer may perhaps
be applicable in this case; who knowst
Pshaw, man ! Get a housekeeper of your
own, and our word for it that, you behave
yourself, and go home before morning, she
won't decline any overtures you may feel
, inclined to make. If there is anything a
woman detests it is the habit some men
have of Maying away over nig)it.
Tift News might have added that they
have not much more liking fur the habit
some men have of staying out late vtnto
the night, and that expecting a very sleepy
woman to kiss or be kissed with any greatvivacity,
is contrary to nature.
Rich.?A few days since, an extra train
loaded with jackasses, was transported over
the Ixmisville and New Albany Railroad.
The telegraph operator, at Salem, a boy
getting wind of it, set afloat a rumor thai
a large delegation of Douglasites would
pass through at a certain hour. Rumor
increasing rs it flew, said tlmt mnnv emi_
nent speakers wvre aboard and that bands
of music accompanied tlie expedition.'- Immense
crowds of enthusiastic Douglas raeu
repaired to the depot, bats in fi^ud^rrady
for the expected cheers. When the train
thundered'in, and an aged and venerable
owner of a pair of fabulous eara stuck bis
head out of a stock car and gave vei t to
a long agonising-heehaw that fairly thook
the hills around, consternation seized the
crowd, and in two minutes not a Douglas'
,-ite was to be seen within a mile of the de?
' pot.
How to Speak in Publip,?Some
body gives this advice to beginners : When
VOU mount tllA ho orlmro (n
pill'your hat. Look' around, as though
you were quite cool and collected, and sudifanly
put your hat upoy.the floor. Turn
to"ilie>audience, pas%your fingers through'
your b'air, and. say?fellow ciizens!' #xl^nd
your right band, put your left on your
Op whichever sido iri^ Tour private
- opinion your heart your chest
, 88 though all tjie god Jesses of; liber^arfiii
the world Lad left their resfte^jpg countries,
and- had liken board and lodging in yonr.
expansive bosom, and were now struggling
to find' lheir way out. Repr^i their gen eroue
efforts for a moment,.^ujjiihen bunt
right oat, leading off with abrief eulogy
on the American eagle. The effect will be
' tremgftdous.
T?k WjjrAirt "Sxqae" SHrr.?W. C. Bryant,
of the New York Pott, thu? does up hi* iqiprea
siona of llio Wiuaus stcem?r, which'he lately
visited: "
"I do nr.tkpojr what may be expectations of,
the MeaMrs. Wioans, in regard to ite speed, but
me tmiK ?i uaiumore, la OmakingUiepMeage
to Europe in four orfiVe day*. bearing wftb
it tbe tanila and .ipccie, and a few pMaengAre.
A* I toqkftd on thW eaormou# irou %haUl?t the
veloitlj-of-Srhich can be aeareely&feer* affected'by
storm aod head winda tFtan that of a
fl?b, and thought oi it darting through the Ma.
wiU?,tfte ?peed it claimed for It, occurred
> to me mt if * M^ftg Teaael should come icr<
ill.yjaj jttouat bfe pierocd thrmigh and through
like a pin* ghioale bv a bullet."
J*- ' **"t _ '?"
An old Dutchman wbo,gorae year* 8go,
wrb ejected a meujW of-{he legfcUture,
mi4, S Ijk t.ijrU^ *Ven I {
Vent to the lephfetgtar I Jought I Voufd
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PFR8IAH LADIES.
The dress of a Persian lady consists of
a paij of immensely wide trousers, like a
couple of petticoats tacked together, made
bf filk or cotton, and fastening round the
middle by a running string?a very short
chemise of gatfie, reaching only to the
waist?a jacket reaching to the hips, havings
open rdeeves, which may -be buttoned
close if required?-a small skflll-cap on the
head?and sometimes a handkerchief
thrown over the head and descending to
the shoulders and back. A variety of
ornaments are worn but not in the profusion
which Indian women are partial >,.to;
these consist of rings, bracelets, necklaces,
and earrings of different sorts; and usu
ally an aigrette springing from a band encircling
the head. Their hair is arranged
in large side-locks, and long plnited tresses
hanging down behind. They paint
their eyelids at the edge* jyith a kind of
collyrium, made of ore of antimony ; and
smear the eye brows with a kind of black
paint.
. The life led by the Persian ladies is listleas
and indolent, and to any civilized
woman would be ^nsipid to a degree.?
Their duties consist in the superintend<
price of household affairs and the attendance
to the care of their children ; and
their amusements consist in visiting thwir
female acquaintances, and reociving their
visits in^roturn; witnessing the performance
of temale dancers, singers and sto
ry.tellers; playing in the gardens of their
houses, riding in their takhterivun ,or
liorse litters, smoking, or bating sweet
meats. Their visit the public batha on
c&Hain days of the week when men do
not go thi'Jier; and perhaps their greatest
enjoyment is to meet at these resous, to
bathe together..smeke and talk scandal.
The eyes of a Persian beauty should
be like those of nn antelope, large a?d
dark; her eyebrows rather close together
and nearly..resembling in shape an unbent,
bow ; her figure should be erect, tall, and
stately aS the '-cypress tree;"'lor Persians
hate a "dumpy woman" as much a? Lord
Byron did.
Europeans are mistaken in entertaining
the general notion that Oriental wives are
mere alaves or pieces of furniture: Lhat
they are ill treated by their liege "lords;
cooped up in prison-like harems, and denied
every luxury and enjoyment. On
the contrary, the husband in usually very
indulgentito his wife; consults and takes
her advice on masters of description,
and is not unlrequently completely ruled
by her ; for, no doubt, t'>e i oble arts of
henpecking. coaxing, and worrying, are
fully as well understood, and as often
practiced, by ladies in this country, as by
their fair sia^rs in any quarter of the
globe. Out dfjdoors the lady enjoys
most unlimited liberty. She may attend
the baths and mosque?, at times when .the
men are not thore, whenever she pleases;
she may go and visit her parents and fe>
male acquaintances, staying at their houses
for some day9 if she choo6$f,<without givjng
her husband any previous warning of
her intentions; and sl^e may have her
own visitors at home, ^nd entertain theiu
in any way she like-*, while her better
half <.iinnnt.in?0rf??
- ...?VW.W VTOU OMWn ill Ul*
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In. point of education, women of this
country are very far behind thdse.jpf civilized
land* ; but It is a mistake to suppose
that none ofclth.pm can read or write,
for many can doiljpib' They are mostly
terrible intrigahttoi and having no ~BmaU
?hare of evil passions, pride, and ambition,
they incite their IpYds to every kind of
mischief, but rarely exert any really beneficial
sway over them. That the most
creditable and. honorable qualities of menare
greatly promote d and .fostered by the
immunizing lonuence wmen well-educ-as
ted vyomen maintain in society?as exem
plified in Christian land*?i?. au argument
which a Persian h&s not learned to
comprehend or appreciate.
Dobdh' First 'Motion.'?Dobba 'during
lit*- first cession as a member-of the Legislature,waicaught
williouta'^apeech. He
was remarkable -for.Jlis modesty, and liis
thirst fpr 'red eye.* ?v. &
Oue unlupky day the: proceedings beintr
rather dull, and Dobba being rather thirsty.,
he concluded to go over to the hotel
and Uttce adriok. A4Dohbs ro?e toJeavo
the IihII^ he caught the* Speaker's eye. The
Speaker pupposfd he intended to address
the house,.ami announced in a'fow voices
, 'Mr. DobbsT
Dobbs started as if lie liad been shot.
The assembled 'fcisdoito of the Slatp had'
their eyes llxed ^JJepulled out
bis luindken-'liief to wipfl
spiratton, and feeling it rffi.
something, thuqdered owti r<
- 'Second the morion.' _ .
tTherp ja no motion before the ltou&e,'
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**d Hovtiofc mora ??* ?e*D of itim ibst
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Seneca tay? tt*? love U ? dise.w. I| Winn>
ih1tri^mrtriffi>ifit''ii?riili1r ii> i i"''"'
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A POET ON THE PRAIHIEJ?.
Mr. Willis, writing to the Hone Journal'
last week, has the following pretty thought:
Yet?(pardon me, Spirit of the Prairie t
? what man is there, with liberality of
choice, who would be-tfontent to live where
there are no mountain's ! Who would tako
a9 a gift the famous 'hundred mile prairie'
of Illinois?(a farm of the extent of fertile
flatness, without a fence I)?on condition
of there taking up his abode. I bad never
realized before what a cathedral influence
tliere is in the mountains we dwell near?
how the sunsets and sunrises aro made reverently
sublime by them?how the ttorma
perrorm glorious anthems with the hill
echoes?Low the eye, which is lifted from
the valley to the tall peak whereon rests
the thunder cloud, carries the heart with it
in atj instinct"of involuntry awe ! The niero
prairie floor seeins to me a wilderness witaout
an altar?Nature without gallery or
done?earth without proper cauthedral
wherein '.he elements shall unbidden wor?
ship God.
And the following lively description:
To overtake a thunder shower, whirl
through it, and outrun it, was the first of
the day's exciting uovelties. Wo saw it
ahead of us, on the prairie, as ypu *eee a
simple hlack cloud iu the-'sky, with sunshine
all around it. It was moving in the same
direction as ourselves, probably at about
twenty miles an hour; and we soon began
to overtake it with our bettor harnessed
thunder and Itghtning. The conductor
pointed the dark mass out to me some ten
or fifteen minutes before we entered the
outer skirt of the shower; and we were io
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a pelting rain, with lightning and peals of
thunder, for nnrlmnt tun minntoa?
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ing in fair wealber on the other side, and
leaving the storm to- lag after us, lik.o the
'atlow coach' that H was ! But, .certainly, it
was very queer thus to give thunder and
lightning the go by. It seemed to me,
somehow, anticipatory -of another state of
things. When we go telegraphing about
at the beginning of our rpirit travels iu the
next life, I am sure I shall have a vague
iinpresiiou .of having done something of
that *ortXefore?this experience of distan*?
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WIH^ ? noia IMIIIICU IIIUUUCI UIUUU UCIUg
laid away iu my memory..
But it is to the wild animals of the prairie
that the switness of the rail traiiTw
most inexplicable. Ages upon ages have ?
established certain relative rates of speed
between mat. and tho subject races of creation?the.mounted
hunter* being the fas*
test pursuer for which tlito-elk and reindeer
the bear and the prairie wolfr the.fox. and
wild cat, the skunk, ottor, aud marten, are
at all prepared. The sinnU lirte 9^ rail
track, JMajprly hidden ' in grass, ia Tibt recognized
by these wanderer over the vast
plainr&f the West, and'* while thinking
theipselves safe in their own horizon-edged
wilderness, they suddenly see t^e coming
of the new iftonster. It is n daily experience
on the trains on this-railroad .across
Illinois,-to overtake ii'ome "one or mo&. ofthena;
nitd'it' is curious (so the different
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uiuuuuturs hiiu ^HKeinen ail (out mej now
none of tliem jieem to.hnye the sagacity to
scape by rujnujng-otf* flt; nnglflfc! Almost
invariably they^fjeo before the. pursuer And
tun down, at la#t, to-fall fainting with ^error
and exhrtUBtion-in the' neighborhood of
the track. .
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uu.iuai m unitwABi. -ii you enter
the churches you will, indeed, sometimes .
Qtid litem jrpry'well attended, especially
jb<Jse in which a popular preRolier or a
fashionable one preaches; but the number
of hearerStstanJs in proportion
with that of ttfe population of the parish-?'
efl. You know that io Berlin, out 5f
485,000 inhabitants, scarcely inore.^tfjan
f5,000 attend the churches. It vpaf be
that in other towns the proportion is a 1H*
*Je larger ; bat an entirely satisfactory one
Will be found but in very few. ^ome class,
es of solely, especially the officials of public
administration and justice, appear io
imagine themsvlvetftlo be ib possession of
an hereditary dispe sation,.a? it were, from
all church attendance. Tbe disregard
which they manifest;toward* tbe cbureb,
has became a byword; Nay; in some
towns, the children. oply are Bent'to church,
whilst the adults consider themselves above
it, or as having out grown it. To attend
at the-afternoon service is Rbncwt aensidered
improper^-'at least not t consi.siint with
tbe fond of^good society.' Tbis time
spent h* <lij?w parties, vfjto excursions Jnf/v
ill* Annia? *fi?? !- ?*
? t evening,
thronging (o the Uwu?eg,;Wl roorpu,
nod'other pleoee of rr\u*e re ent,,fatlow. *
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EAjtLr VitfH-Lofd 8*?fte?bory recently
ftUted m th? r?Mtk of hie per?ooi?l in*6?ligatios.thet
'of'AU.ih* ntfult mute crl^nale
iu London, not ttf o ta ithandred wjJo^lved
m 'feme# life ?$J4
wagfarttft ttpoji a cours? of f#&
Umt jlipMt ft)!; *&<>:
COflrte, Y*lwe*tx lb*.*?** *( t *M
OK tlifl nscwiij? of farrjilj Jffoipline! Ob,
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