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Regular and Transient Board furnished upon accommodating terms. September 30. W. H. EEiXiXS - - ' I Begs IcaTe to inform his friends and Iho public generally that he is now recciring a 1 large and complete stock of WINES, LIQUORS, SEGARS, (TOBACCO, I Which he proposes to sell at bf PRICES FOR THE CASH, [ Lower than the same good.! can l>o sold |for in Cam len, prices ranging from $1.75 I to $0 per gallon. Persons wishing to pur| chase will do well to call nu<l examine his Istock Ivefoi c purchasing elsewhere. I oct23-tf I Hogging and Tics, j fl2 000YarJ" BA(WW0? } 600 Bun 1103 TIES, For sale low by I oci^gtf BAl'M BROS. fe?ee<l Rye. For sale, in quantities to suit, ly M8tf BAUM DUOS. % / >/vr > ; V . - >* -- y VOLUME XXXVI. WITHERED FLOWERS. TIIE pleasant Summer days arc fled, Tlie 6kies arc chill and drear; And Summer's fragrant blooms are dead, The meadows brown and sere. tSitrf Atittiiiin wmd* aVnpt the bowers. And filled th? woods with gloom ; And cruel frosts have stung the flowers, And blighted uil their bloom. Gay groups that made the gardens glad, Pefacc I and lcnflcs3 stand, Like stricken mourners, lone and sad A desoluteband. Poor blighted buds, sad w ithered things, The Summer sure no more Shall bring your bloom, or thousand Springs Your scattered seeds restore. Ah, me! how many a human life Is like the gardens now! The blight of sorrow, sin. or strife On lip, and heart, and brow. How oft nnkindnces' withering breath, O'er feelings tender flowers, Has swept, and left the chill ?f death Through all life's after hours. Poor human heart! growths crushed and killed By blightening years of wrong! Poor frozen souls, untimely chilled By suffering deep and long! Xo earthly Spring with balmy breath, And skits with sunshine fair, Shall wake you from your living death, Or cure the ills ye bear. But praised be Cod! bcyohd the years Bull wintry years of pain? A glorious Summer cliine appears, Where ye shall bloom again! Elizabeth Eovto.t. MAGGIE MAY. " I am sorry, George." George Goodwin turned his face away for a moment from the sweet, beautiful one looiAing into it. It was not in the least degradiug to his mauhood that the large tears gathered for an instant in his eyes, as the gentle voice spoke the words that told liirn the strongest hope of his life was crushed forever. The room was silent after Maggie spoke, and the strong heart wrestled dumbly with its great agony ; a tender one sought for words of couifort and relief. When Maggie spoke again, her own pretty eyes were moist and a tremor was in her low, sweet voice: 'Believe me, George, I never dreamed j of this. For so many years, over since I was a little girl, you have been so like a brother that 1 have given you a sis* tcr's love and did not think you wished lor any other. George,' she continued. | pitcourly, 'tell me you do not think I ; have been ttifling with you, or willingly wounded tho noblest, truest and best heart in tho world.' 'Darling,' said George, hoarsely, 'I know you have not. It was my own great lovo that deceived me. Tell me, j Maggie, is there no hope for me in the | future, when you may cease to love me as a brother, but love nv dearly and affectionately as I love you?' The answer came slowly and tenderly : 'I am the promised wife of Ed. ; ward Olover.' The room reeled before Georee's eves; then by a great effort, he } straightened himself, and controlled I himself to speak : 'lie is worthy, Mag- j gic, even of your love. May heaven i grant you every happiness!' and ?s ho j spoke, he softly touched the raven hair ' of Maggie's bent head with his lips, and left her. She went to her own room ! crying softly. It was a sore pain to her to know that George loved her so deep, !y. There was no thought of the girlish triumph of a new conquest, for Maggie had not one spark of coquetry in her simple nature. No pain of her happy, 1 innocent Kfo hail boon so great as this ! sympathy aDd regret for George. She' whs but a mere chilJ when Iwr uncle had taken George into his household to study medicine with him, to become in the course of time as dear: i a son.? lie was not entirely dependent on his nrofesaion, haviug a small income inherited from his father. To Mapgio her uncle's house had bren a hfiino since she was a child. Sit-1 uated about two wiles from her father's : residenco, tho distance had been considered too great in her childhood for .' two walks in the day, so that a visit to her uncle's was usually of two or three ' day's duration. She was the star ol'l the whole household, froin her uncle to ; the housekeeper, and even down to tho i offico boj who considered her a little ! angel. George's arrival gave the damsel a new admirer in the strong, rough lad, whose ringiug voice woke the echoes of tho quiet old house, us her silvery laugh and low, sweet tones had never done: It was plea3ant to see how the young ) natures controlled each other in their1 frank, pleasant intercourse. It was j George who conquered Maggie's timidi-, ty, and made her a fearless horsewoman, | who wakened her from her dreamy rer- j cries to realities of life, turned her tsn- i der sympathies to practical charities, and led her up to higher and nobler aims in life than her shrinking gentleuciS would ever have sought alone. It was Maggie who taught George to soften his rough, rather uncouth man news, and pcrsuadid him that courtesy was no want of manliness, and gentleness implied no weakness. ]>ut while George was allowing his whole heart fo become bound up iu Maggie, giving her the entire devotion of his life, making her returning love for every cxcition, every act of self sacrifice, dreaming of his future as only a lifetime of loviug care for her, Maggie regarded hitu only as a brother and kept her hoart untouched till Edward Glover came to claim it. He was hut a visitor at the village where Maggie spent her f?'y' ; . ; 0A1V [ happy life, and in (he spring came to ( carry his bride to his city hoiue. In the library wheic George Goodi win had spoken his love tale to Maggie, there were seated eight years later, an old gentleman and a young. /air lady in deep mourning. 'Your mother must have missed your letter, Maggie,' Dr. East said. 'She would never have left home expcctiug your return.' 'I found my Inst letter unopened on her tabic. AH was so sudden at the last, uncle. Edward was so well when I wrote before, that I do not think the idea of my return occurred her. It is so lonesome at home, 1 earae at once to you, hoping to slay tiil father and mother return.' 'You know, iny dear child, how plad I ain to Miato you with rnc. Maggio, there is something to tell you we did not write of, thinking it would ofily grieve you. George has been deeply afflicted.' George? lie is here is he not?' 'Always. I will tell you all. You heard soon after your arrival in Italy, did you not, of the dreadful accident at. the new buildingjust outside of the village? Many wero killed and wounded by a premature fall of a large quantity cf brick and mortar. Every one has. tencd to aid the 6nffcrcrs. thinking all danger w.n otcf.. Gccrgc went down to the building, superintended the removal of the unfortunate wounded, and received thein in the long stonecutter's shed above, and dressed their wound*. All were removed but the dead, and George was prill in the Du'J'Jwg worn a second fall canic and horrified us all.' Oh, uncle! George?' He was taken up insensible. Apparontly liia injuries were slight, but as lie ; recovered consciousness we found a blow ! upon his bead, which, with the optvous i shock, had totally destroyed his eyesight. 'Not incurably?' 'Vcs, dear, livery effort skill could suggest or money procure has been made. We have had the advice of the first surgeons in the country, and all remedies have been faithfully tried.? All has beeu in vain, lie is hopelessly J blind.' Magpie's tonrs were falling po fast! she could not speak; and her uncle con-1 tinued: He bears his trial with fortitude, but it is a grief none can appreciate, | except, under similar affliction. Hush ! . ha is coming.' 'Don't say T am here. T cannot speak ! to bim yot,' whispered Maggie, rising j softly, and taking a scat iu a further corner of the room, where she watched j George's cntrancs with painful earnest- ( n ess. He came in very slowly, his arms ! outstretched, and his step uncertain. Maggie longed to offer her support, but could not control her voice to speak. 'Are you here, Dr. East?' George asked; and the deep soft Toiec struck upon Maggie's ear. '[ am here, in wy old place.' 'Let me find my chair. Ah ! here it is;' and ho sank down wearily iu the chair. 'I have clad, but still sad, news for : you/ said Dr. List 'Sad an J glad ! News from abroad V 'Yea, The sad news of Ed ward Gio.% ; vcr. lie died in Italy last month.' 'And Maggie is coming home, that j i3 glad news ?' Yes. Door Maggie!' There wr.s n deep siler.ce. Thou George spoke in a meditating voice, as if following a train of thought: 'Bet. tcr to be widovrcd than to have been i burdened as she would have been, had , my life been blessed as 1 once hoped, t May heaven bless and comfort her in her sorrow !' * 'You lorcd hor very truly, George?' 'I love hrr while life remains. I can . never cease to love Maggie. When is she coming home, doctor?' 'She has come.' 'But her parents arc away,' 'She is her?. George.' It was painful to sec how the sad, face of the afflicted man lighted up as he bent forward eagerly, his hands cut-; nUAinli. .1 ?t?/1 Mo r.wlnn.a iVArl'Inir wif K OlIV'l^HVU UUU IIIO IVUVUIV'- HVi ???*.? | emotion. 'Here, here. Msggie!' Ilu bad forgotten bis blindness, her widowhood, everything, but the fact tbnt Maggie was near him. 'I cnunot see you, Maggie darling,' lie said, with some emotion. '.Speak to me.' She came softly to him, her tears falling last. 'Oh, Maggie!' he remarked "I have no word to comfort your sorrow." And your affliction, George,' she replied, 'is a new sorrow to me.' They talked together for ft considerable time. There was much to be told by both parties, and each sympathized with the other for the sorrows which had fallen upon them during their separation. It was not long before Maggie had . found her old place in the home circle ?s if she had never left it. To George a now, and, perhaps, happier life had opened. Maggie again was liis sweet, tender, loving hearted sister. Tt was Maggie who drove him out in the carriage; it was Maggie who read to him, sang for hiin. made the hours fly with the merry descriptions of her travels. Maggie had opened a drawer in his desk, searching for koiiio papers he wished to see, when she said, sudden What arc all tlirso loose papers, George? There are an immensity of pages.' He replied, very sadly: 'That is the wreck of my ambilinu, Maggie.' 'Tell me all about it!' 'You cannot realize the temptation there is for a studcut oi'mediciuc to do-c. v L j . " . . ' 1 t "YA / . 'W,mr.m"' .. -j " - " - 1DEN, S. C., OCTOBER vote nil Iiis energy to some special branch of the profession, and to study all that b?nrs upou ir. It was my fancy (hat I could give my fellow students sjtne valuable information opou diseases ol the br?i:;,4 and I had written what yon see wh#ti my labors wevo stopped and I bccarni^ the useless j log I siu now.' I 'But the book, George; have you for gotten it V 'Forgotten : Never! It is clearer and more distinct in my darkened life than ever before. My mind, in my sol* itnry hours, has dwelt on each phrase of the vnrious treatment of the diseases till I Cud my blindness a misfortune for others as gieat as myself.' 'But, George, why should you cease yonr work ? Cannot you dictate to 7> iuu ; 'Maggie, id it ri^lit to thj you down to such drudgery ? *4 'It will not be drudgery. Let me arrange these papers now, and read them to yon, and you can continue the work to-morrow.' 'I know it to be selfish, but the temptation is too great. Maggie, you are my guardian angel!' The work progressed rapidly, and l>r. East watched with loving g'uducss the change in George. Maggie wrote for him, and read the extracts he dictated, entering with her whole heart into the work. A year passed away fro? tho day the work was commenced befon; it was ready for the press, and they wore rewarded at last by n package containing the handiomely bound volume. Maggie was in the library uhrnc when . % t 1 V . 1_ J Jr. hast entered witn tne dook. Look at it, Maggie darling, while 1 find George.' 'I aui here, doctor,' said .George, entering. 'Let me feel it. Maggie, dear, please read me the title page.' Slowly sho reid the page, even to the figures that anounecd the date of publication. "1864," aiie said, as if pondering. 'It is leap year. George looked up. Despite his blindness he had never lost the habit of turning his face toward any object of interest. Now his face was pale, eager and yet radiant. 'Leap year,' Maggie continued, 'when ladies' may offer their hands to gentlemen. George will you tako mine ?' 'Maggie, do not mock mo. You are youner, beautiful ana wealthy. What am I V "What you arc to others,' said Mag* pic, 'let the universal lev*! rmj respect you meet testify. What you are to me 1 can never toil }ou. You lovo ntc, Geo rare V 'With my whole heart and soul ?' 'Let your love, then, road mine.' 'Oh ! Maggie?Maguie. can it be true? You love me, blind, helpless, useless'? 'Hush! George-' You arc uiy eyes, my fingers, my inspiration ! 'Then rou will have me?' said -Maggie. merrily. 'I have no answer yot.' Dr. Mast stole softly away, blessing , them in his heart audibly when the wedding day came. For they were married, and the honeymoon has not yet waned. STONEWALL JACKSON. A itcminlscenro of tho Wilder- { neia. (Erora the Usirelt Free Freei.) All ! but tlic.se calif for regimental re unions menu something more than decorated lulls,grand dinners, and toasts and responses. Memory aits down with the boys in blue and the boys in gray, and nukes their hearts thrill ? they renumber the terrible clurgeofthe Con" federates to possess themselves of the key position at Gettysburg. She asks the veterans to remember how the bra re Seventh Michigan pushed across tho wide river flowing past Fredrick-burg and looked into the fierce eyas of l?.irk?. dale's Missis.-ippinns. She calls upon the sabre fight nt Trovilian stution, the tramp of Stonewall Jackson's men on th# plains of Manassas, ami the mad, eager rush around Petersburg. Well may memory sit at every veteran's right hand, fur under ono soil, lulled to eternal rest by the same breezes, are the blue aud the gray?falling on their skirmish lino, in tho charge, single and by scores?und no man dare say that they were not brave and true. That, was an awful day when the Confederate lion, Stonewall Jackson, crept upon poor Hooker hidden in the Wilderness. LKK 0!f OXR SIDK?JACKSOIf oX Till Oinr.B, | and the woods aroutnl Chttneollirsville shook and trcuihled, and were almost swept from tlio Jjco of the oartli by the whirring round-shot, and hissing shell, and the screaming grape-shot. Men were struck stone-dead as the battle lino advanced or retreated. Whitc-fncadrecruits and bronze-faced veterans were torn to fragments and hurled against the living. Wounded men fell in their tracks to he crushed in the earth by great limbs cut (ruin tho trees by shot and shell. The roar of guns, thecracklo of mn.skcU ry, the fierce shouts and awful groans, made such a hell upon earth of that battlefield as was never seen before or after. Fighting Joe Hooker was in a box, but not a man in his great army drcanr cd that it was so until tho long gray line of Stonewall Jackson c.amo creeping through the quiet loiist, at 3 o'clock on that ever-to*be-romcmbcrcd 2nd day of Mny, 1803. Tho light earth works had been thrown op to fnco another way? I 30, 1877. ? <SL ? towards Loo. All lines faced toward Lee ; nil men were looking for Lee, when three divisions of ConfedAtfes, n:ovin?r with soft steps took Hook^Mn the rear, and drove one brigade intpand pel 1 well over another, until veteral soldiers were without strength or nj?WDce nf minil That, nrvfiil nip-lit wiHt W Tirr wouxncn wrr.n peixo ntkiflff alivs, id tlio woods, and the leaves just broadening into full life, a report ran through the reorganized ranks that thf great Stonewall Jackson had been killed. Thousands believed it; but three of us, lung side by side in the new battle liue, born after night came down, put no faith in the ruu.or. Why we did not is what I started to write about. Stuart's cavalry had been following up Hooker's army, but it wss like a rat following in the footsteps of horses. Lcc was so far away and coming up so slow" ly that Hooker hail tiuio to throw up light earthworks, seize the best ground, **-11 i . u:. it'll LIL'Vh IU [lJU'.ect 1119 UUUbO aim uivav ready to shatter ?nd hurl back the expected attack. On tlt3t 2d day of May, liis soldiers, hidden in the woods or lying in the fields, washed their clothing, wrote letters homo, made comfortable beds for themselves, and were not in the least troubled abont what another week would bring forth. As a deep river suddenly bends to avoid a bluff, so did that great army of Lee's bend to avoid the Wilderness, It split in two to attack r.t a given bour on both sides, and Joe Hooker sat in his tent and congratulated himself on his impregnable position? considered impregnable by him when two great highways ran along the rear ot half of his army. So universal was the feeling of security that soou after noon three infantrymen stqfe ted out to DEO OB BCr FOBAGCTOOD. Sigel's corps was on Hooker's^west flunk, and commanded that du^by Howard. Tart of this corps faced the old turnpike and plank road; part f^ced the other way. Most of the men were hidden in the woods and behind ridges, and up the broad highway which ^Ipuld have been first looked to StunrF was pushing his cavalrymen as skirmishers. Wo Mirce men were beyond Sigcl's corps, and on the point of entering a farm house from which everybody ii*a fled; when, less than a rifle-shot nwayj wc caught eight cf tho CorifodwraJ^ advance. The cavalrymen wore ndvuwf cing slowly, evidently expecting to fmdb a heavy guard at sotno point, but at the time wc imagined that less than a regiment of Stuart's men were feeling along up to pick up stragglers, locate position,' etc. V.'c, at !ea?t, did cot fear them, and the proposition to enter the house and sncurc a better view of tho 'roads speedily conveyed us to a chamber window. IVc could sec hut littlo more from that post, but wc did see, soon uftcr reaching it, THAT Sine STOXEWALI. JACKS OX ride from th'.itcr out upon the turnpiko in full view, attended by only three or four officers. lie had como out there to make observation. Like n cat before slio destroys the mouse, he was wonder* ing at what j>? irit he sliouiu srriite to disable Lis victim soonest. (trim minded and sour-tempered was the third man of us, and war's horrors delighted him. When ho had taken his second look at the little party sitting on their horses on the open road, a wicked smilo crossed his faw. and he whispered: 4,Jly the hundred g"ds of th* heathen ! but that chap on tho left thcro is old Stonewall Jackson, and I'm goingto drop him!" Old 1'cto, our sour teniperod com. pan ion, had a first class Minnie rifiio with him. Ilo had carried it tor neverai months, in runic way cicapiDg the at" tendon of tho inspector and always in some way secured ammunition for it. I saw him in at least half a dozen instances shoot down videttM or skirmishers wbo seemed to {be half a mile away, nni lie was known throughout tho reg** iiucnt as a dead-shot. There was considerable firing around us from foragers, stracglors, and men cleaning their gun?, and a ahot from the window might not attract particular at* tendon. JtesMngthe heavy gun ncros? the window sill, and having us steady rest as hunter ever naked for*. ''Old rcto" was ready to Keep ins wora. ir SEEMED LIKE COLD DLOODKD AgflASS I.NATION. jft I could almost count tho buttfWi on JaekTon's coat, und th<>rc seemed ajirES- , capo for htm. 1 was watcbinpflBim when the rifllo cracked, lie lnnWja gla?s to hi, eye, and the only movement!1 we could sec was a q;il*k motion uffi tho head, us ii" the bullet bad eat close 1 to his car. The glass was not even iowerd. "Old l'eto" sworo a terrible long strin; of oaths as he realized lis i lailure, but iu a minute was ready I again. < ' I hope never to diaw another breath I if I don't kill him stone dead!" ho mut- ( tercd as ho knelt down. Jackson did i not face us as before, yet he was a good I mark, even for a musket. We witched I him as before, and this time the bullet 1 must have swept past his face, as he * dodged his head backwards. The glass ; was down then, but he raised it in an ] instant and went on with his survey. ' Have J got to be a fool! or have I I grown blind 1 howled "old I'etc," as he looked down upon bis unharmed victim. ' "I'll kill him this time or shoot myself j in this chamber!" i It was dangerous to remain there ' longer, as the cavalry hud crept nearer, and Jackson's aids seemed to have got the idea that a sharpshooter was posted uear by. Yet "Old l'cte" would have n mi ; NUMBER 16 i " ~ hod a third that if the Confederates had been in the house. THE TARGET WAS AS FAIR AS BEFORE. He took a moro careful aim, and yet when he fired we saw splintera fly from a rail way over beyond the General. The cavalry were then close upon us, and oor two muskets were lost in the hurried flight from the house. Half an hour after that Jackson was driving our brigades and divisions as he wished. 'Til measure off the same distance, offhand, and bet my life that 1 can hit a soldiers cap nine times out of ten!" growled "Old Pete," as he hurried forward, and, suddenly overcome by indinrnnfinn nnd ohnorin. ho battered his ~ 'D ? ?'c 1 cherished gun against a tree nnd destroyed it. As if seeking personal revenge, Jackson's logions passed right by us. The nearest brigade of Sigel's corps was picked up and dashed to pieces as a strong man would lift and hurl a child. Running along with tbe amazed and frightened man, but bearing off towards our own division, we picked up other muskets to replace our lost ones. Reaching a knoll from which we had another view of the turnipike, we halted for a last look over tho heads of the frif^tencd, fleeing soldiers?over the grouad strewn with arms and accoutrements?over the blue smoke just begin? ning to rise. "VVE SAW JACKSON AGAIN, lie was far away, but it was Jackson, i "Curse him! but he has cot a guardian angel," howled "Old Pete" as he shook Ins kit towards the turnpike. No other roan ever yet had a rifle i drawn on him at such a range and ei- 1 caped three cool, carefully-aimed bullets. His escape sent a thrill of superstition through each mind, and from < that hour to the momcut when the news reached us "Old Pote" never spoke a word. It was a puzzle he could not solve. As we lay in lino, every eye < peeping through tho darkness to catch 1 fight of the gray lino coming on again, 1 an aid came hurrying along and shout- 1 od out: 1 "We're all right, boys. Stonewall i Jackson haa been killed up tho road '< therel" "Old Pete" leaped up, whirled around i to face the bearer of the news, and savagely shouted bock: ] "You lie! you lie! you lie! Stonewall Jackson cau't bo hurt by shell or killed ' by bullets!" but it was so. , Lying ia the arms of tlrosc who lov^d htm, so near ua that the cries of our Wounded must have rcacTied his ears, was tfic mortally wounded General whose , skill and strength had no match. While tho white-faced dead looked up to the torn and shattered forest trees?while the wounded crawled here nod there in their awful agony?while the living looked into each other's anxious faces and wondered if another night would ; find any of u3 there, the legions of Jackson were strangely silent. Now and then came the sudden boom of some great gun, sounding like a deep groau of despair, bat there was nothing more to break the silence. While men rested in lice of battle, having the awful horrors of war on every side, there one who gave up his life as he wh:spered, ' "Lot us crossover the river nod rest uuder the shade of tho truss." I A Beautiful Passage. The following is from the reveries of a bachelor, by Ike Marvel; "A poor man without some soit of raligion is at ] best but a poor reprobate, the footboll of destiny, with no tie linking him to 1 infinity and the wonarous eternity that ' is oven worse?a flame without a heat, * a rainbow withouta co|or, a flower with- < out a perfume. A man may io some sort < tiediishopc and his honor to this shifting < ground tacklo, to his business or the 1 world, but the woman without that an. I ehor called faith is a drift and a wreck. I A man may have some sort of moral re- i sponsibility out of relation to mankind, 1 but a woman in her comparatively isp- ; latcd ephcre whore affection r.nd not purposo is the controlling motive cao find no basis in any other system or 1 right action but that of faith. A man < racy craze his thoughts to truthfulnoss 1 in such poor harborage as fame and t reputation may stretch before him, but 1 n woman, whore can she put her hope ( in storms, if not in Heaven? 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How bright and t beautiful arc the golden beams that j break the riven clouds to light up the t world again, after a succession of dark ( ind stormy dr.vs. llow happy and how 1 pencoful are the blissful words of hopo . ind cheer that touch the heart and [ill the soul with emotions of |eaceand joy after a long period of sorrow I ( There are none living who do not, in a ( greater or less degroo, havo an influence | over the earthly happiness of others. The sense of contributing to tho pleasure of others augments our own happt* < ncss. Unselfishness, Christian charity I and loving kindness arc sunbeams of i tbo soul. i - r .' /; - .. .. . X'% ADVERTISING RATES JOrdinary transient advertisements inserted at the rate of $1.00 per square (one inch) for first insertion and 70cts par square for each subsequent insertion. tHif" Contracts fir a period of tbraa months or longer will be made with adTcrtiscrs at a liberal rate. JJfcfObituariss *nd Tributes of Respeok will bo inserted free of charge, if they da net exceed sixty words in length. Other* wise, they will bo charged for at tha rata of one cent per word. Transient advertisements must ba accompanied with the ?r*Ato insure inser- Action, except in cases of regular advertiser^ f_ Gypsy's Pear of Death. If a funeral procession happens to JM pass before thoir houso, if twelvo o'clock tins not jet struck, the family will go *|3j out upon the threshold of the door aud say the usual prayers; bat if it is ?Ueruoon, they oakc haste to shot the doori and windows, and no one will go out till the next morning. The eight of a drop of blood draws from the gypsey horrible cries, as if he were being assassinatcd. If, while preparing a meal, a malevolent hand lays beside him a dead dog or cat, he will immediately throw his dinner on the dunghill, for fear of witchcraft, As soon as a gyp* scy feels his d?ath pangs begin, he aska to be carried into the open air, for if it happens that he dies in his home,J|pi* family must pot all the furniture into street before theycan carry out the corpse In short, the dread they hare of the dead is such that a coriegidor of Cordova wishing to rid the city of the gypsays ot the Sierra Morena, gave ordere that they should be employed at inter* ments. '-ltathcr robbers than grave diggers," was the cry of the gypscys, and they all returned to their moua" tains. Self Beepect. 4 ' j One of the strongest and most prevalent incentives to virtuous conduct is the desiro of the world's esteem. We act ruther that our actions may be ap? plauded by others, than to have the ap* probation of onr own conscience. We refrain from doing wrong, not so much I'rcni principle as from the fear of in* curring the censure of the world. A regard ought, indeed, to be paid to pub* lie opinion; but there in a regard we owo to ourselves which is of far greater importance?a regard which should keep as from committing a wrong action when*withdrawn from the observation of tho world, as much as when exposed to its t broad glare. If we are as good as others?and it is our own fault if we * ; are not?why aland in more fear of others than of ourselves? What i? there in othor men that makes ns desire their approbation, and fear their censure mora than our own? In other respects, we are apt to orerrato oursslvcs; but suros ly, when we pay such blind and servile respect to other*, we forget our own dig* uity, and undervalue ourselves in our own esteem. Bleck and White. Jefferson noted seventeen points of difference between the black and tho white man. They differ in color, ia hair, and in the shnpe of their bodies. The black roan has less beard than the whito man. IIo perspires mora pro* fufcly. There in a slight difference in the arrangement of their lungs, by which the black lias more exhaling forco than tho white. Tho black m^tu require? _ ie?s sleep. Ills love is mor? ardent, but ' less imaginative than that of the whito man. His gri^f is tnoro transient, He reflects less. Ilis reasoning powers arc decidedly inferior. His memory ia equal to the white man's, but not his . imagination, which is dull in tho ex" treuie. 1 he blaok has less originality. He has no turn for the arts of painting and sculpture. He has as good an ear for music as the white man, but no skill in composing. And, lastly, the black has no poetical tendencies. , A Who can beat This. Mr. J. II. McFadden, an cnergetie planter residing a few miles south of llock Hill, has brought us a samplo of* rcry fino sorghum, of which ho has nade 53 gallons, all the product of one quarter of an aero of laud. An article >f molasses of about the samo grade ;ouId not be bought for less than 50 :ents per gallon, hcnco its value to the producer is equal to $26.50. The same land in cottOD, supposing it to yield at the rate of one balo per acre, would make, at current prices for this article, * ibout $10.00. Again we say, diversify four crops. Gen.Logan, of Illinois, has presented r sight extremely rare to the Ameru ;an people. It is the spectacle of a Remblican refusing office The ictually the right upon the the collectorsbijj^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H to s mind, name eleventh now an ho quelled the fortsJjfia53 he theJForld by his leJwte'nfj^ia.itopol. his Ire unimpaired, Osmnn engineer The Washington corrcsponden^^^^^^^^^^^^^^J he Baltimore Sun says there a uuong outsiders and insiders, too, he the President alter lave much to do in the decision of he Louisiana and the South Carolina held that there are several Republican Senators who will oast their rotes so as to reflect wishes. A Person asked Chapman if the oiling of a bell did not put him in mind >f his latter end. He replied;'No, sir; out the rope puts ir.o in mind of yours/ While his mother lives, a tr.au has me friend that wiL not desert him when lie is needy. Iler affections flow from a pure fountain, and cease only at the ocean of eternity, -V * M .^r m J>'~ 1 klife _ v