j ' 'wiimimim- ? ==== PBVOTHP TO LITKRATOBK, THR ARTS, SCIENCE, AGRICULTURE, REWS, POLITICS *C., yr Blghta." ffin.W [PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. BY W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON, JR. ABBEVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MORNING, UARQfl 15, 1801. VOLUME VIIT-lfo if. SABBATH EVENING HfVN. Seel the shades of eve departing, falls the sunlight from tbe west; Night her darksome robe ia taking. Tired Nature sinks to rest. O ! my heart, search well each chamber, Leet some sin be lurking there; Cleanse it from it? foul pollution, Seek thy maker kneel in prayer. Soon the light shall fade forever, Soon the grave our dust shall hide ; Each faint heat the heart is giving Briogs us nearer that daik tide. Ere the sun shall gild the morrow, Ere the stars forirot. tr? 0~- """****' #Wo pass the gates of sorrow? Make us, Lord, more wholly tliioe. Now, while nature sinks, reposing Whilst the air a stillness keeps, Would I mourn my sins in sorrow To that one who never sleeps? Should death's angel, cold appearing, Bear my willing soul awav. Steer me, Lord, o'er death's dark billows, Guide me to thy perfect day. 0! FOB A KIND TRUE FBIEHD. Oh! for a kiud true friend, A friend whom I could trust, 'Twould be a source of joy to m? To know shat I was blest With one in whom I conld confide My secret hopes and fears. And who would not in coldness tarn From me in future years. , But oh 1 I fear I never shall ' Have that consoling thought 1 To help me on through life's cold stream, I Though very closc I've sought I To find this jewel of a friend, ? That poets so applaud ; ( And as I liave not found one ye^ I fear it's all a fraud. ' m ? < A JUBT MAW. ( A just man is always simple. He is a man of direct aims and purposes. There - is no complexity in his motive*. #Tirl tlmn/?? there is no jarring or discordancy in bis character. IIo wishes to do right, and in r roost cases be does it. lie may err, but it ia by mistake of judgment, and not by |jervereity of intention. The moment bis 10 cmiguieu ins aciioo is correc- ^ tid. Setting himself always a clear and j worthy end, he will never pursue it by any jj concealed or unworthy means. We may cirry our remarks, for ilustration, both, into 0 private and public life. Observe such a man in his home. There is a cba-m about c him which no artificial grace has ever bad j the power to bestow : tliara is a sw<>p?np?? ^ ?I had almost said a music?in bis man f, Tiers, which do sentimental refinement has ^ ever given. His speech, ever fresh from parity and tj rectitude of thought, controls all that are g within its hearing with an unfelt and yet Q resistless sway. Faithfnl to every domestic ps to his religion and his Gng force J with 9)) tfrf* g, meekness there ^ia imperative command ; M but the force is the force of wisdom, and the command is the commsnd of love. t;( A _ J ? ?-- ? ... - - auu v?u we Humoruy t.Orules so eflec- re tually never gathers an angy or an irritible g, cloud over the brow of tbe ruler; and this away, which admits of no resistance, does ^ pot repress one honest impulse of nature, ^ one moment of tbe soul's high freedom one eauregard bad not gifej) bis opinion, < leing then called out, he remarked, that b the pla# which bad received the assent fa f all but the commanding General was o irried into effect, it would prove disastrous. J> would be another Cbiirbusco affair. Re t< ten detailed the objections to it at length t< -and taking up the other, urged the rea- tl >ns in its favor with equeal earnestness. A oe uouncil reversed their decision. The ity of Mexico was entered according to ^ ie plan urged by the yoang Lieutenant: . adit woold seem that bis reasons influ- . 1? iped pie decision. A few days afterwards ^ eneral Scott, in the presence of a number ^ ' general officers, alluded to Lt Beau re? ^ ird's opinion at the Council, and the coo iqunoee wincb Uad rollowed from it. .* We refer our readers for further informa- ^ jd od this point to 'The Life end Cor- j itpoodence of John 4* Quitman, page ? 53. * Some justice has been done to Beau re- ^ ird in the histories of the Mexican war? j. it its incomplttenets we have been renin ^ sd of Byron's satire crti military, glory: tV o toe shot dead on the battle field, and ^ i?e your a a roe mlupelt in the Oatetl The position now so promptly wigned # ? Gen. Peauregard it a jut tribute to hi* ^ orth. It- ii ? great satisfaction to our ^ eople th?l th# eae?f can briaf no talent ^ gaiost us which we cannot match with ita ^ jual in our Southern land; and amongst ^ 11 the brigbtgahucy, do onaeoald.be more ^ soeptable than our native born Loeiaiana leanregnrd. j!I , M jp ?! Nothing it Qaore silly tbso tb? pUttam ?m? people teke to <*ps*krog their miadet' cl . am of tbu nmfce will sey ? rude thing a mt the mere pleeaare of eeyiaf H, if hie ? pposite Whsviow, foil * isuapsot, fetgbt in preserved Iwltiri orated* his for- tti. U Tsrsas seem* to be lUtfa pmtfoai differ- ti ?ee betwoee the friend ?fco does ye* so a M M theewmy wbe doss dlam. b - . i.. t !2 . jig^igg^, ? t?ww ss as^pee* ? > bit so stnbidom mko ? sod wb*t he as- . PippeisPi CAB EBB. OF A RICH MAJf. We have ?een it stated lately, upqn what appeared to be reliable authority, that the wealth of William B. Astor, of New York moots to at le?st forty millions of dollars, It is curious to trace this broad yellow stream to its first little begioings in the early career of John Jacob Astor, father of the present millionarie. From a sketch of this remarkable man, 1 which appears in a work entitled "fifty years in both hemispheres,' by Vincent Nolte, we i learn that John Jacob Astor was born at < Heidelberg, where the original name of his < family is said to have been Asohter, and that ho came to New York as a furrier's ( apprentice. He was at t|iqt time as poor as j any other apprentice bow then or now in i New York, flip wflgps he got in Ihe pel- < try warehouse for beating pi)t qqd prepar- ] ing various ekins, he invested iq the purr I chase of all kinds of peltry?bear, mink, 1 and rabbit sku >ug v/auoumu irunners (DO jj .ben to Leipsic fair and lived all the while c is he had been accustomed to do, bijmbly jE ind sparingly. After be had tbua roan? 0 iged to bring to either a considerable dpi- pi al, be gradualy became a freighter of sbipa rr ind fitted out expeditions to the Northwest u ;oast to trade vfith the Indians of Nootka p sound for furs. p( Another and very considerable round up ai be ladder of fortune was taken by As- bi or in land speculation. Some of bis coun- ti rymen owned land in New York by virtue a( if being relations and heirs of German solliere who had fought in the American fQ Lrtny in the Revolution, and to whom m Congress bad voted land io consequence, lany of tbe solders died without convert? jn ng tteir property into rjioney, and Astor, fter visit to I^eidelberg, made arrange? y, aents with the betrs which was - mutually ar greeable; they thinking it better to bare little ready cash than to own a great deal y< f land, the r?lge of which was very slow ac i increasing, and he having foresight -to oticipate, and the patience to await the M ssulL q( So the heirs got (heir tponey, aod Astor btained their land, soma of ?hW? 5? n?? ? mong the most important in the olty of M Few Yorlf. Ig tl)ia ifay a fortune of twelve oa lillions of dollars was accumulated. This ast increase, under tbe management of bis ev >n, Wifl. A-stor, Esq., shows that be in- til erits tbe energy and busineaa babite of bis after, but affords no such demonstration pa f mopey making genius us tbe career of N< obn Jacob. Indeed, tbe latter is reported sal . ?. - ?: i it-. - * < u?g nmu iusi cost nun more trouble > make the first thoosaod dollars than all oil 16 remainder of hi* fort que.?Baliimofs co Imerican. wi ^ 1 ^ ;4 JQ Good Humor.?Keep io good humor. . it not great calamities tbat embitter ex- _ t' ?? id* tenoe; it is the petty vexations, the small talousiee, tbe little djsnppoiatroeqls, ihe ^ linor miseries, that make tbe heart heavy tld tht Imirwr innr HnnH ' j www. a uuii b 1CV lUOIU. Jjj .nger is a pare waste of vitality; it it 4I- t;r ays foolish, and always disgraceful, except or i some very rare canes, when it is kindled ^ y seeing wrong done to another; sod eten pC lat noble rsge sekJotg meqds thp flatter qj leep in good baroor { No man does bis best except when be is fr leerful. A light heart makes nimble mbe, and keeps the mind free and alert. on n miv?n aw INM MiM IVUTI le temper. Until cheerfulness b loei, otbing is lost! Keep So good lramor! |tJ Tbe oompeny of a good natored ma U jg( perpetual feast; be it welcomed ?my- eD bere?eyes glisten it faic approach, tod _ ifficulties vanish in hie presence. jfrfnVr n's indomitable good fewpor did m ranob >r bie country in I be old Cojtg&ss M I N< dam's |r* or Jeffevsoa'e witdom; U M otbed wisdom witb emiles, and softened Hitentions minds into ae)tjpjios?*pc?. &eep ab i good humor 1 - < " *"r rnj A good conscience, a soond itomaoh, a by lean skin, am tfre elements of good bptor. Qettbem, aad fceep Jfrep, and?be mi if to k?? imptoj fcy. & iptak ?vtl of you In koal^J^ i jWBf ofm ooeeeiews e*i4 wah* yomr ^ mK( If jr?p fa* gstifj Ufa# j?fc MM" Jr ?; If sot |a%(Um? Mr lulntlp, ilk ?f feat* M tWlll - jyt ?Mt ?* <* tWr,*o4^rfj*^** * IV *-- . ? ---.? tJ -? 7 ',-* If * ^/^Ss5SrS55 MIAJSMHAa Ji^aA ' A, < m wiwju HW^fnMpv ;?1 jrM, urn lo onMtifcm.' ' n& POUTSIT?8S AUD GOOD BBERDIHO. Qood-breeding, pr true politeness, is the i art of showing men, by external signs, the j internal regard we have for them. It arises ? from good sense, improved by good com- t pany. Good breeding is never to be learn- ^ ed, though it may be improved, by the c study of books; and therefore they who nttempt it, appear stiff and- pendantio.? 8 The really well -bred, aB they become so by j use and observation, are not liable to aflfec- tl tion. You see good-breeding in all they |j J- ? * * o, wiioout seeing tlie art of it. Like oth- y er habits, it in acquired by praotioe. o An engaging manner and genteel ad- h ilress may be out of our power, although ^ it is a misfortune that it should ba so. But y it is in the power of every body to be kind, a :ondescending and affable. It is in the i lower of every person who has anything e, o gay to a fello^ bping, to Bay it with i( iind feelings, and with a sincere desire to al >lense; and this, whenever it is done, will w (tone for much awkwardness ip thp - e, ter of expression. Forced complaisance i? oppery; and affected easiness is ridicu- f oub. ^ GooH hr(U>r1inn 5? ar*A ? ? ? ...8 .,uu MUJJ.H W IW, O" p micable and persuasive tiling; it beauti- tj ies the aclions and even the looks of qaeq. jr iut the grimace of good breeding is not w 35s odious. In short, good-breeding is a forgetting of 0j urselves so far as to seek what may be greeable to others, but in so artless and elicate a manner as will scarcely allow jera to perceive that we are so employed ; nd the regarding of ourselves, not as the rj, ?* i ? ? ? 1- * - * ' * " auup v/i Hfuiiuii uji whipp everyimng else w< i to revolve, but as only one of the wheels fa r parts, in a vast machine, embracing oth- ol r wheels and parts of equal, and perhaps g, tore than equal importance. It is henoe tterly opposed to selfishnesp, vanity or ride. Nor is it proportioned to the sup- 1X1 osed riohes and rank of him whose favor nd patronage you would gladly cultivate; ut extends to all. It knows how to cqqadiot with respect; and to please, without lulation. The following are a few plain directions EK r attaining the character of a well-bred P? an. on 1. Never weary your company bv talk- '?' g too long, ot too frequently. k* 2. Always look people in tbe face whep >u address them, and generally when tj^ey e speaking to yoij, 3. Attend to a person who is addressing >u. Inattention marks a trifling mind,- "n id ia a moil unpardonable piece of rude- ou iaa. It is even an affront: for It is tbe f0; me thing as saying that bis remarks are 18 >t worth your .attention, 4. Do pot interrupt tbe person who is * eaking by sating yet, no or hem, at every ntence; it is tbe most uselm thing that n be. An occasional assent, either by jrd or action, may be well enongh; but 1,0 en a nod of assent is sometimes repeated I it bepotge* disgusting. 5. Reosmeber that every person in a oom? ny likes to be the hero of that company, Bver, therefore, engross the whole convertion to yourapj^ w* 6. ?*arn to sit or stand still, while an* ^Ui ber is speaking to yam* Yon will not of ursebe so rude as to dig in the earth Xe tb your feet, or take your penknife from rec >nr pocket and pair yoor nails; but ere are a great many other little move- ] ents which are scarcely less clownish. ^be 1. Never anticipate for flngthpf, or help Mj| m out, as it is called. Ibis is quite a rode j| fair, and should ever be avoided. Let ^ m conclude his story for himself. It is . ne enough Cor yon to ftake corrections i additions afterward, if you deem his ao- ^ unt defactiver. It is also a piece of im- - . i:? _ i_? A ?... 01 ximucm iu ipierrups anoioer in uu re- . wi, 8. Bay as little of yaurfclf and youf . iendt as powibla. ^ 9. Make it a rate never to aocose, with- ^ t doe consideration, any body or aasocia- ? <*wn- * ' & 10. Never try to appear more w?#e or . iraed than Ute rmt of the {Company.-? at that yon book) ?/?M igooronoe; bat ,j^ deatror to remain witfjip your own proper " " --J ?^ iot< Hoar to Avow a Bad Hum AWPr?l- 1 irer marry for Mdik A woman's lite ^ Q?i*Uth Dot io the thing ?h# po?MMth. tho ?. Norer many *fep Mr OM ?be.4WU ?? opt H* bb ?Hlrglov? sod' th? ??. f** goW-^B^d w ?? OS trn tftogm. Btmwl m 9. How MMif ofegyd,*oteMbtod,. cd MO, hOfiU WTOteh, WbOTMMMO ?M r# f?r grodffefJy* Tibo owo bf? t he tint you to doalh. W tow 1 |a . F^ ^ '"J ^J| Wtfc- i '-1 ;' Jr-} ?-?. <:-- *?-?Y ? .'**8? tos Art.. yn-..'#?j.' rfiL' ui}.?'^< >r. l*'?' * ?? *. 5 '^ i/* S;i . ' fc'** '* " ' ># v ., .. v /; r.? ^.' ..ta'.; - v :A*b??&& ./ ^ v '- ' f. "Oh 1 if this world could rise out of this wamn of SeDSimlit*. rnnlr nllK -"-1 - n .? -ww auu Irunk with deadly vapnor it deserve. If it ?^ems hard and amely, despise it not; foi in it sleeps the >auty qf heaven and the breath of angels, you do not witness thp b]p$8oroiog dung (he day of life, its petals will antra hen the night of death comes and gladtns your closing eye? with their marvelis loveliness, ftnd all your soul wilt) their ateful perfume." CifQopjNp Husbands.?When a girl arries, why do people talk of ber choice! i ninety-nine cases out of a hundred has te any choice! Does pQt the man, probily the labt she would have chosen, select , r! A lady writer says: "I Lave been arried many years ; tbe mutch was conlered a pood nn? miitohiA ????? ? 0 cu W?OIJ ICOct?age, position gn4 fortune. Every e said I had made a good choice. 1 | fed my husband when I married him, , cause, by unwearied assiduity, 1)0 had sue- , aded in gaining-ray affections; but had | oice been . my privilege, I certainly Duld not have chosen him. ^.s J loolf qt ( n in bis easy-obair, sleeping before the , J, ? huge dog at his feet, a pipe peeping ( t of tbe many pockets of his ?hoqtipgr fit, I cannot but tbink bow different be From what I \?ould have chosen. My , it penchant was foi a clergyman; be was , Batterer, and cared but little for mej ^ ough I have not forgotfcd the pang of bis , Bertion. Ifiy next was a lawyer, a yodng ( in of immense talent, smooth, insinua- | g manners; but he, too, after walking, , kipg, a dancing and flirting, left me.? ] iher of these would have bean my ( bice;' but my present husband ohose i, and, therefore, I married bifHr And s, I cannot help thinking, must be tbe * y with half the married iolka of my ac- ' lintance." \ * 1 ?' i 4k iSqrron'e Dream.?Tbe editor of the ( nia (Ohio) News giyes an account gf 4 f nt trip to Cincinnati, ffopj which we f raci me following: t But it i? impossible to 1of? preryUvJy po t i train,and I give it op, and settle my? j F for m dojte and dream. * * The f d, sweet facp of the dear girl four ?Mt# Q ward turns into a sua. The sua was fl t rising oyer Fort Sumter. t Fftrt Piokens was a fpw jrqds to the right j 1 Wa?hingtop oity stood just on the ttfQV . |{?tlA*ktll u *?? ii uvub (.tits Learner jtrooK ?u going qp the bill, and Gen. Scott, ^ h Jm. JJuchivnan on bit bfck, was com- # : down. Somehow I teemed afraid that >U was going tp $re ^uphanan off at mo r 11 dodged behind the- EhIomUo on the j I of South Carolina; and joat then a ISope on board the ' Star of ike Wert fefc up Diuers Lapd, abd I waked with # iaft?itfeeeteam wbi#U?> t*4odtbatI I bent dreaming npedHoiialefo* r*a %t we w^ne^st p?U?ging > the ga?-kterred 4aftn?e of Crocinnati. p n?e*9**tafca/and the eartitdoMeber * St f U*4 Iplf pf d'JjbC w*|J a? kmi d$jt xl acoend* a oboras; tb? Tftila of d?y# i .b?dow*, fctf FffiSS*- t ^p^Di UM^pa, M4 ft? ?JK* llw a MM: sSsKTEa:' I of - rtSftatf. ;-? -?- - * ? * ^ ~ "v, ?# ' >., . : ?> >p^nihfakto?Mi9**i*4Qmot9*mr hmwj*^*9*i ##*; Nk - Z*Z?i%3?^, . X -r V f .. : - . >. uADim, M% nim jF?or toIH>. Year 0 ? '':; ir i-vitfvy^ ; " **i.^ & / ... . :*- - , :?'Si\'\[\ -'^;v: T^b Newspaper, ?l^eo dislike to praise it or acknowledge its power. Many habitually deny its influence, and as constantly court its favor and encourage- * ment. It has made more reputations for i public men, more fprt^nes in business, and I more prpCesavonal characters Cor individuals 1 than have ever been made otherwise, by I ability, energy and ekill. Jt \g 3 gre?\t t>pn* 1 eBciary for ppl\tip^$, t\ieif paifl Reliance, 1 and their only of flcquippg public 1 notoriety. It is the ordnance (JepQftment 1 for politics?the ar?mnl #ni) m?r what u of more importance, secure the aspect or lovp of hig fpjjowa without inegrity. A thousand devices are needed ?y the artful man to cioak his designs or PI lide his failures, of which the honfeat, up- b ight man knows nothipg, it is on .the prior jple that a number of falehoods are neces- on ary to prop a single untruth, that it may **' tot fall. The man of integrity stands up p the proud consciousness of his own mor- *ur, - - * ti worio, no needs not tbe darts of malice ?the bresth of slander cannot barm Mm, Hi lis word lias tbe efficiency of a bond, An brl xihange says in regard to tbis subject: 1 'Reproaches bare no power to affliot the j** nan of unblemished integrity or the aban* ew loned profligate. It ia tbe middle com- rj oand character which is aloM miterablp _ ] -often tbe nan who bat nipt firm net* nough to avoid a diabonerabJe act on bus Jjf J^ing enough to, lip a^ys^ ? Jj Yon ^ Mi iretfersteoJ roceed to courti* M ' * - +-(?:** . pii'4 i? Ilia courting.' r ^ j?. to***!* ostiqe is jeaitiag/ 1 wv. i^r aafc" ?n.?o ?-1 ~1 m rWpvfff' .rsntFf* IPW , P ... ttW?r" u ,- K ^.~ ow V oaiiaLux Mftritml, wd?JsMt jl InmXr wiilfri; ty IHmiMMtI ? 2^ES^^'rJr525^ A 1M lik?iris? ite ple*sure3 and iu jor*. ' .' - '.j- ' ' ' '* ' *;' ! '* J-* * " *' * ' uLovb cot ere a rauliitu'lo of sins."? Wlpe^ a scar cannot be \aken away, the next kind office id to bide it. Lore is never so blind a9 when it is to spy faults. It is like a painter, who, about to draw a pictyre of 9 friend having a blemish in one Bye, would picture only the olhcr side of bis face. It is a noble and great thing to sover the blemishes and to excuso the failEnne says:?IJabit iq a child >5 fi^t like a piders's web, if neglected it becomes a hread or twice, next a cord or rope, finally i ca^le?then *?bo can break it ? What is a Newspaper.?Judge Low, >f the Land Court, St. Louis, has decided hat a paper published in the interest of a eligioi]* Eppt js ppt q pp^spnper, and that egal notices polished in such journals are lull and void. A. vf i m ? i ? m? ?ihhu 19 ?u ijqnor tp uia ountry, a glory to humanity, a satisfaction 3 himself, and a benefactor to the whole rorld. J3e is rioh without oppression or ishonesty, charitable, without ostentation, oqrtpotys \yjtbojit deceit, and brave withoijfc icp. Most thoughtful men have probably >tqe dark fountains in their souls, by the de of which, if there were time, and it ere decorous, they could sit dowD and ail indefinitely. Great thoughts are not produced amid oisp and rqirth : t|;e rqincj's thflnderbqlts, ke the cloud's, are forced in silence and arfcqpsg. It Boroelifpe? seems to us that men are onically called human beings, because jey aro of all beings the most inhuman. Even if a woman bad as she has upon ar head, 9 ptynnjng rog le would find his y into it. Jr you cannot have friends without conoually cultivating them, the orcp may pot , nn.(k ll.. i LI ? WP irwifm?. Gbkkrallt (be difficulty with those who implain of the want of language to ex* -ess their ideas is the want of ideas to exess. ladies never realize the full beauof the painter's art until they hare eir portraits taken. m ^ SB OHSAT SNQL16H BZ)fttin)T SIR% JAMES CLARKE'S Celebrated Female Pills. 10TECTED LETTERS Y ROYAJj PATENT. This inyaldfblp medicine is nnfailing ip p)/fi re of all these psjpful apd dangeroas disies incident to the female constitution. It moderate* all excesses and removes all obnotions, from whatever cause, and a speedy re may be relied on. TO KARRIS^ LADIES i pccuiiany suiieu. lb w ill, io a short time ng o* the piQnthly period with regularity CAPTION?Theao Pilla shoo Id not be taken females that are preguapt, daring the flrefr ee pjfopfhs, ai they are safe to bring on Mis' Tiff p j bat at every other time, and in eveother ease they are perfeetly safe. In allI oust of Nervosa aadSptaal Affections in in ^e typ* ?p4 W?U, Heaviaeas, Far no on slight exertionr Palpitation of tf^e art, Lowbeea of Spirjtv Hysterics, fejob adaebe, White* apd all the painful diseases asioned by a disordered system, these Pills 11 effeet a oar* jrben *11 t^hernsesns have fail Full !- k?-???J ? WW VfW? rtpu^ ^ otr.folly prwwr.^. %. bottljo qontaioin* %f) pW?, wd nojrcj^ lh BUmp o( Great Btitaia ^jaxs^sssokss Zufi*'Zh?rm by Doaald IfrtaBchHn, r |. BniMb, MAC. Allan, ami all Dragt* ?y*ryV#ee#U Yaa Saback 0 Gri?r?on, trhtfln, W.? **??*> : 7, -A* ^, -.*Ag?*r?T*'- ; j JOHN* A. WPKTBIfc; Col. J. Q. BAMmf.