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DEVOTED TO SOUTHERN RIGhTS DEMOCRACY, NEWS, LITERATURE, AGRICUtTURE SCIENC ilt At WILLIAM LEWIS, - JOHN S. RICHARDSON, Jn., PROPRIETORS. i N X1E VOL. VIII. SUMTERVILLE, S. C, JULY 12, 1S54. - - THE SUMTER BANNER, is PUBLISHED Every Wednesday Morning BY Lewis & Richardson; TERMS, TWO DOLLARS in advance, Two Dollars and Fifty Cents at the expiration of six months or Three Dollars at the end of the year. No paper discontinued until all arrearages -are PAID, unless at the option of the Proprietor. 9 Advertisements inserted at SEVENTY FI Cents per square, (12 lines or less,) for the first, and half that sum for each subsequent insertion, (Official advertisements the same each tine). gg The number of insertions to be marked on all Advertisements or they will be published until ordered to be discontinued, and charged accordingly. l? ONE DOLLAR per square fora single insertion. Quarterly and Monthly Advertise ments will be charged the saue as a single in sortion, and semi-monthly the same as new ones From the Olive Branch. Kate Huntley's Exagge ration. " Oh, there are thousands !" said *little Mrs. luntley to her dress ma - ker, who was measuring silk by the yard--"thousands and plenty." Just then she caught a sly glance from her young husband, as he look ed over his paper. She knew it was in rebuke for the exaggeration. So ste said laughing, "I can't help it, William if I was to die, so just let me ,talk as I please. I don't hinder you." Wiilliam IIuiley had never been pleased with this peculiarity of his pretty bride. The habit of exaggera tion, he knew, led to embelishment, .and embelishment led to unscrupulous falsehood. Ever since their wedding -day, he had tried seriously to check -this propensity. But alas ! he found, like many another lord of creation, that "When woman won't she wont, And that's the end on't." Never was the young and handsome Kate Huntley more voluble, or in bet :ter spirits than to-dav. Thu magic of 'the colors and rich silks, a u, wit Jnln. small talk ofthe tittle qtr -tc wh Witt' a 1,tul~ "CIIx19 ' in h way had set her tongue on ! and she indulged her besetting habit N iitl perfect abandon. The Huntley's were to have a small party in the evening and Mr. H., de termined to try an experiment which he had long had in contemplation. So when the ladies had assembled, and the gentlemen were fast dropping in with the rest came young Huntley, looking quite flushed and nervous. " Why are you so late, Mr. HIunt ley '" asked his wife, looking with mock displeasure. "My dear, if it had been to make ay last will and testament, I couldn't have come sooner," he said earnestly. "I have been working like a dray horse; thousands of clerks to overseer, twenty thousand cart loads to ship off, mill ions of accounts to attend, besides it .has been hotter than ovens all day !" By this time, every eye was upon lhim-astonishment and mirth predo minant ; but our young husband took fit coolly, wiped his heated brow, and .as unconcerned and innocent as if he ihad done nothing to attract attention; .but his wife's rosy cheek grew rosier. " What do you think of L.'s new lbook ?' asked a young gentleman as :the conversation turned on literature " Heavenly !' exclaimed Hluntley, s-ooling his eyes and casting a half fur tive glance towards his wife- "It sets me in a perfect rapture-I feed on am brosia and drink nectar. If I could see the author I should certainly take Smy heart in my hand and give it to him." A smile went round the assetmblage. "By the way, i've been round to Allen's new house,' he added, follow ing up his advantage. " Happy Allen ! what a situation ! Soft, baltmy airs, blowing over salt marsh loaded with vapors-a palace of a house-two sto ries high and painted yellow-glorious trees-dcut down within a foot of the ground-splendid garden-with one bush-and a wilderness of pigweed charming view-flate on every side delightful pond--peeping here and there under the thick green scum and duck weed-I should think Allen would be as happy-well I can't think of any thing less than a king.'. By this time the company was pret ty well initiated into Huntley's secret. The hidies laughed faintly, for they were every one of them guilty in a greater or less degree of hy perbole as perhaps you may be reader. They rallied, however, and jested with their tormentor, but lhe sustained his part admirably throughout the evening. E~very song that was sung bid fair to g# k.9 blrgp4Fe, if hp to)4 thp .ru&h p W.iilsjig ~n 4lip N a ,twpe as ajften ; ngyergo, .4)ight~e4 p all hIs lire, pyggy five nites--ar.d byt~e (ya) be ,rawkcq his ,thougangis, npp woi fun thought hnms casbjer Af (le Ifan~k dfFE4glanid, J#vtry n 44 "nvkim or'ho irrib4b'99r i . man "beautiful as an angel,' or homely as a '-hedge fence.' In vain his pretty wife endeavored by all the masonic signs of wedlock, to stop her roguish husband; and she could scarcely keep her equinimity till the last guest had gone. Then she burst into a passion of tears and " would not be comforted. " Come, Katy, tell me how it looked and sounded, said Huntley, hall relent ing that he had vexed her so. "You know you looked ridiculous,' she answered through her sobs; "you know you mortified me half to death. I wish-mother--had been-here ; you wouldn't have dared to treat me so. I shall never hold up my head again in society. I thought I-should die.' " Now, Katy,' replied her husband, despairing at the failure of his efforts, "how do you think you sounded yes terday, when you declared your neck was broken because you tripped over a bush ? or when your dress-maker fit ted your dress you said it was a mile too large? Wero not these expressions fully as ridiculous as mine ?' Katy reflected a moment. "I don't see as I can help it,' she said, petishly. "I have talked so ever since I was born.' "Is there any need of such extrava gance, Katy? Let your usual good senle answer.' "Why, no, I suppose not,' answer ed Katy, only pauting a very little "but I can't help it. Ever body talks so.' " Not every body, Katy. Come what shall I get you, if you only break yourself of this odious habit? I'll buy you a beautiful poney.' 'Oh, delightful !' exclaimed Katy. 'I'd do anything in the world for such a gift-yes I'll stop it if I have to cut my tongue out !' 'Oh, Katy ! Katy!' cried her hus baup, "you are it:corrigible.' But Katy did try, and you may, dear reader, succeed as well as she. Fro 'e Srmit Carolinian. .S, d At( . The P'hi . ' Carolin'a fiavured ol;m .l nin)twith a speci mnen of her inspiration with the genius of song. A very decided sense of appreciation of her talents and execu tion had preceded her advent through the liberal comnmendations every where bestowed on the young artiste by those whom heretofore she has favored with her presence and charmed with her mel ody. And yet it must be confessed we had prepared ourselves to attribute a large share of these liberal plaudits of the press to the local sentiment which attaches to native excellence. We had heard the acknowledged queen of song in her palmy days, and been borne by the spirit of her heavenly strains to what we had deemed an inaccessible height, far above the stars, and we had been let down again in safety by a conviction of the timid, trustful, winning womanhood of the Swedish enchantress. We had heard the fair Ellen (in bad taste, be it said,) called the " Lind of America." and we had feat ed that the spit it of humbug had been invoked by the rapping me. dia, which so frequently marr the excellence of public entertainments. We knew Miss Brenan was not a Lind, still we trusted that her appellation of " Mocking Bird" might be appropriate. Well, we went to the " concert of Miss Ellen Brenan at Temperance Hail," announced through the Camden Journal. Johnston knows what we mean when we say the elite of Camden wecre there assenmbled. Lords of the Wateree, with their courtly dames and high-bred daughters, professional gentlemen of talent, learning, and ex tensive usefulness; merchants of high character, enlightened, and liberal minds, and large means; mechanics of imtelligence, industry and skill; and an array of lovely concomitants which would have adorned the dress circles of any theatre in America. Mr. Koepper's introduction on the piano forto scarcely relieved the aux iousm but dignified suspense of that numerous assemblage. Miss Brenan at length deigns to smile upon the expectant throng. She is natural, but not easy; not graceful, but winning; not beautiful, but captivating. Her smile is lively, humorous and pleasing, and a light beams and twinkles in her dancing eyes absolutely irresistible. The most vinegar-faced old shrew in christendom would humanize at Miss Brenan's personnel. " My hemo ! my -heme f ni7 happy home ! My heart still fondly clings to thee-! bursts upon us, and the spell is broken. She stands revealed, .Wo make no Q)Hgwanpe for yolutp, fpg majplyy par begrms tell us thqt:she isorp pf netture'e lays4 qnd gifted . Qnes. 4 child of g.'ning, giftpd wvith tIheiawer f49 reacii $4 hear$, I40. FQlJsp: the passigns, to Iulla to aggthe,, tA a~gonize at will. We malts no apology. for want of cuIltiate# !py sc Islfic taste, nor for the destitution of that much more common commodity-a critical jargon of technicalities. We do not seek to detract from our encomiums, worthless though they may be, because we, in common with the great uncultivated world, have hearts to be moved, cares to be lulled, and pains to be soothed, and spirits to be roused, by the chords of music-whether gushing with the mountain brook, or breaking upon the pebbly beach with the ocean wave, or bursting from the lips of the " Caroli na Aocking-Bird." The echoes of the " Swiss Song" haddecidedly a touch of " The Lind" in them; but an origirality characterized even those ventriloqual trills for which the Swede was so famous, and with which ourpotite Car olinian distinguished the execution of that delightful song. The Prima Donna, and that universally admired " Di Tanti," with its exquisite prelude of Una Voce, won all hearts; and the comicalities of 'The Submissive Wife," as personated by Miss Ellen, caused the audience for the first time to forget their considerate decornm, and was loudly encored. By the way, the peculiarities of a Camden audience, when not understood, might be dis couraging to a stranger in one respect: Noisy applause is here voted a nuis ance, and an evidence of disrepect to the audience and the performer. We appreciate, but do not rap an express. ion of our approbation. The univer sal and enthusiastic commendations of the audience, interchanged among themselves during the performance and since, so far as we have had an oppor tunity of knowing, pronounce this as decidedly the most successful concert given in Camden. We have heard but one regret expressed, and that was that the concert announced for this evening is to be at halfprice. The fact is, we are proud of our Carolina Birdling, and want you to know it. CAMDEN. Temperance Matters. At the recent meeting of the Nation. vision ut the Sons ofTemperance Asd' I S. Jthut w Brunswick a * r gavel, the enbeni ofli2 hM1 was prescnted to the H1-n. J. B3e!ton I O'Neall, of this State. The officer who presented it made a very pretty spe:ch, concluding with the following sentiments: " Few of us have had the pleasure of visiting your country on errands of benevolence ; yet are we not ignorant of the fact, that the hearts and homes of our brethren in the United States have been freely opened to our dele gates, and that acquaintances have been formed by them that have ripen ed into friendships; and we should be wanting in respect for ourselves and our guests, and in fidelity to the cause;of temperance, were we not to attempt a requital in kind of your generous hos. pitality. May the re union of to day bind us still closer to our common cause, and add another thread to the woof which is lengthening, day by day under the busy hands of toiling men. And now, brother, be pleased to acj c -pt this emblem of the trust and au/ thority conferred upon you by the free suffrages of your brethren-the mem bers of the Superior Branch of our or ganization-in token of our esteem for yourself, and our cheerful obedience to its rule and government. Thai you will wield it with that wisdom and discretion which befit one so highly exalted in the esteem and confidence of his brethren, is the merited trust of those by whom it is presented; and may the blessings of' Heaven rest upon your oflicial labors. To which Judge O'NealI replied as follows: G/rand Worthy Patriarch: In the name of myself and my brethren of thu National Division of North Ameri ca, I tender you and your brethren our thanks for the very kind and flattering reception which we have received. No better testimonial of your good will and confidence could have been given than in the immense number of the people of these Provinces who are thronging our order. Certainly nothing could have been more gratifying to our feelings as men, as strangers, and as Sons of Temperance. We are rejoiced, as citizens of the adjoining republic, to testify on the soil of your sovereign our love for you, respect for her, and our union with you in this great work of reform. In this we are sure that your Queen and our Government cannot fail to perceive that there is nothing inconsistent with duty to either. We have rejoice4l to meet you, breth ren, in the republic of w~hich we, are eltizens, and we shall rejoice still gniore to renew .aj4 repeat~ again and again tile plegsgres whIph Wp haave enjoyed in this naspcistiosi. In con191n0n witli ydii; ade triad ths~t to.-ay .will be,Iong romenmbered, as the ,lorious reynuica bf f);e States anid rawfl pi $ovp, tirity, anmd Vidplj tv to.Temerano, andthat it~ wil mpr Anecdote of the Late Sir C. Napier. Sir. Charles was married to a lady of strong though gentle character, and he delighted in relating an adventure, which once befell the pair, very charao. istic of both. He and lady Napier were riding one evening, unattended, on the summit of the Mfahableshwur Hills. The sun had just set; the path way was narrow, bordered on one side by jungle, and the other by a deep precipice turning suddenly to his wife, he desired her to ride on at full speed immediately to the nearest village and to send some people back to the spot where she left him, and nod to ask him the reason why he sent her. She obeyed-hear it, ye inquisitive and disputatious wives-in silence. It was no slight trial of her courage as well as of her obedience, for the way was lone. ly and beset with many possible perils; but she rode rapidly and boldly for. ward, and gained a village at some distance in safety. The party met Sir Charles, however, about a mile fry< thp place, following in his lady's track; pAid he then explained the reason or his strange and unquestioned corn mand. Hie had seen, as they slowly walked their horses, four savage eyes gleam at him through the jungle and believed that they belonged either to a tiger or chenab-the hunting leopard. le was aware Liat if thay both rode off, the creatures, following the instinct of their nature, would be sure to chase them. He feared lest if Lady Napier knew the fearful kind of peril they were in, she would be startled and unfit to make any attempt at escape, or at least that she would not consent to his judi cious plan; so he tested h.r obedience, as we have seen, successfully. He remained himself confronting, and probably controlling the wild beasts with his eagle eye; for after a short gaze, and a muttered growl, they re treated into tho jungle, and he was free to follow his wife. Re!;A: .LE STONE-A FACT FOR TH Cuom Us.-We iav e frequently heard of the existence of a stone said to posess the power of attracting poi son ejected into the s stei from the bites of animals, reptiles and insects. We regarded the story of its existence, however, like that of the "Philoso pher's Stone," a mere creation of the imagination. We were informed, recently how ever, by an intelligent and reliable gentleman of the county, and a mem ber of the last Legislature, that his mother-in-law has such a stone in her possession : that it has been in posses sion of different members of the fami ly for two or three generations, and that although it came from Scotland, no account can be given by any one how it was first obtained. This stone, he informed us, is very hard, of a porous nature, dark greenish color, and not more than an inch or two long, that he has applied it in num berless instances to persons bitten by spiders and snakes, with entire success, and in one instance only, (owing to t,.o great delay,) out of a great many, did it fail to afford speedy relief, and effect a complete cure. On applying the stone to the wound, it instantly adheres, and remains until saturated with the poison, and then drops off. On placing it in warm wa* ter, the poison is seen to come out in greenish spangles, when the stone may again be applied until a complete cure is effected. This is a descriptioni of' the nature and qualities of this singular and valua ble stone, which perhaps but few per. sons will be inclined to believe, al though literally true. We are not aware that the existence of such a stone is known to the scientific world at all. -Spirit of the South. [In connection with the above, we are reliably informed that such a stone as is above described has, for twenty years past, been in possession of the family of the late Mr. John King, liv ing on what is called Church Hill, in Richmond, Virginia; and that durng that time its qualities in counteracting the efiect of poison, as alluded to, have been many times successfully tested, -Ed. Unaion. PaEMArURE BLarA.-A shoeking instance of premature burial is related in a Manheim journal. A woman who, according to the official register, had died on Easter Monday, in child bed, was duly buried. The cure of the parish, whose house was close to the cemetery, afterwards hearin~ moans from that place, called a med,. cal man and raW to the cemetery-but it was to6 bate. 4lhe mitfortunate wo. man was found turned on alter aide in the eoflin, weltering in her'blood, but still Itarm. lIer real deoath appeared to have bieeri preceded by 'a severe struggle, as the coffin had. been forced open, and the womnape'had- torn her hair from her head. She endld'na be proudly remembered as one of your best days. Finally, Grand Wortly Patriarch, be assured that this synbol shall be always treasured as yoir and your brethren's kind appreetaton of this an nual session in your city. To you and your brethren, and the people all around us, we tender our best wishes for your and their health and prosperi ty, and for the extension of temper anco throughout your borders. From the Santa Fe Gazette, April 22. Trial for Murder in New Mlexico TWO MEN ShOT FOR WITCHCRAFT. We publish the trial of the Nambe Indians, which took place at the March term of the United States District Court, in Santa Fe. It presents one of the most singular state of facts that could be imagined, and will be consid ered by our readers in the United States as something both new and strange. The offence for which the two deceased, Romero and Tafolia, were put to death, was that of witch craft and sorcery. They were both shot by the defendants named in th indictment, with a gun, a short distance beyond the bordont of the Pueblo. Who would have imagined that the scenes of the early days of Salem would be re eiacted in the middle of the nineteenth century, and that, too, among a class of people hardly one stop more civilized than the savage ? That our readers may further under. stand this singular case" we will say a word or two in regard to the Pueblo Indians. They are a class of people who are supposed to have been originally wild and savage, like the other Indian tribes of the Territory, but were converted to Catholicism in the early days of the Spaniards, when they first occupied this country. They were then geth. ered into small villiges, and so have always remained, up to the present time, scattered through the length and breadth of the c o: y-+.t",: ,U:. ;.%4 purposes they have been recognized distict con fl.ia;, ad are a quiet and harmless race of people. They elect their own officers, but are nut taxed, nor enjoy any of the rights nor bear any of the burdens of citizens. They retain their primitive dress of skins, and in general appearance differ from the wild Indians of the plains and mountains. Such, in brief, are this singular people, who put four of their number to death for the supposed crime of witchcraft. They profess the Catholic religion, but are wretchedly ignorant and superstitious. Many have supposed them wholly independent of the laws of the United States and this Territory, but this point, when made by the defence on the trial, was not listened to by the Court, which decided that all persons within the limits of the Territory were alike subject to the criminal laws of the country. This is an important point settled, as regards the Pueblo Indians, and henceforward they will be sensible of the fact that they cannot 'commit crimes without being liable to punishment. And we hope that the non-recognition by our laws of the supposed crime of sorcery and witchcratt, and that those who in jure witches are liable to be punished, will have a tendency to prevent similar piroceedings in future. The Nambe Indians were as much frightened as though they had been found guilty, and the trial will serve the same purpose as though they had been punished with death or impris onment; and wec venturo to say that in future no more iwitches will be kil led in Namnbe. Although the act of the killing was sufficiently proved to the jury, there was no evidence it was done in the county of Santa Fe, with out which they could not find them guilty. The trial was conducted in three languages---English, Spanish, and the dialect of Nambe ; and during its continuance a deep interest was manifested. A CurtnD's SVMPATY.-A child's eyes ! those clear wells of undefiled thought ; what on earth can be more beatutiful'? full of all hope, love and curiosity, they meet your own. In prayer, how earnest ; in joy, how bpark ling ; in sympathy, how tender! 'The man who never tried the compuanion ship of a little child has carelessly pas sed by one of the great pleasures of life, as one passes a rare flower without plucking it or knowving its value. A child cannot understand you, you think; speak to it of the holy things of your religion, of your grief for the loss of a friend, of your love for some one you fear will not love in return-it will take, it is true, no measure or sound ings of your thought; it will not judge how much you should believe, wheth er youi are worthy or fit to attraot the love wt~hiich you seek ; but its whiole soul sWill encllhe to youts4 and engraft itself, a it were, oni the feeling which is your felng for the hour.-Ars. No~Am., the persons arri.ved. The subject of premature burials has excited the at tention of the French Government, and it is proposed to establish dead houses, whore the bodies of deceased persons may be kept until decomposition corp mences, which is now universally al lowed to be the only sure evidence of death. Similar houses have long since been established in many parts of Ger many. Appeal to the Young of Souti Carolina. I behalf of the Calhoun .3ionunent Associatidn. The following appeal to the young, we clip from the Charleston Courier: "There once lived in our midst a great and good man-great, or he would not have so well merited the illustrious name he won-good, or we would not wish to speak of him to you. For forty long years he was the brave champion of our State ; and asked no other fate than to spend health and strength in our service. At length, but not until time had silvered his hair, the Angel of Death summoned his spirit home to God. In his dying hour did he forget us ' Oh no, the last prayer that trembled on his pale lips, was a plea for strength to plead once more our cause. Need I tell you that this good man, whose whole life was an exhibition of virtues, and whose crowning beauty was total forgetfulness of self, was our beloved Calhoun. , Where is the child that does not feel a throb of delighted pride at be longing to that State of which this good ren was the chief ornament ? Who can, who will, refuse their aid in erect ing a Monument to his honored memo ry ? Now we earnestly invite you all to come generously forward and sub scribe your name and five cents, and thus assist in errecting a memorial of grateful love. By contributing this small sum, you will constitute your selves piembers of the. "tl;.:.'t Cal oun Mfonmnt Aoiiq"g" tinction none Wil:.turn awi. from, -.vth indif:orence and .neglec.. .t will be a proud moment for the youth, of Carolina, when they can point to some stately Monument gleaming brightly beneath a Southern sky, and say "we helped to place it there." .Come nobly forward then and give your aid to this glorious, cause, and the most beautiful wreath plm4ped upon Calhoun's tomb, will be that. chaplet woven by the children's love. E. THE DEAD OF TUE MISsissPPI.-Sa rah E. Saymore, o> Keyport Ky., cne of the passengers on board the unfor tunate boat John L. Avery, thus clos es an interesting letter descriptive of the scenes on board the sinking vessel: " To indulge in anticipation of that hormony of interest which must event ually emancipate the world from the thraldom of mammon, may we not suppose that when the earth shall again have undergone one of those changes, designed to fit it for the abode of beings more typical of the Divine nature ; when in process of general fer tilization, the mountains shall be sunk and rolled over by the ocean, whose present depths, with all their treasures, shall be thrown up and explored as his torical reminiscences, while the Rocky Mountains and the Alleghanies, in th-eir turn, sink into channels for mighty streams of water, and the bed of the Mississippi be elevated, forming a track over hills and dales, that then will open to the naturalist and the go ologist a vein ofcur'ious and doubtful inquiry ? It is natural to man, when ever he finds a vestige of the human form, to associate with the reliesome idea of religious worship ; and will not two thousand miles of the narrow path of the Mississippi, which is now being rapidly paved with human bones, and coins, and other evidences of intelligent beings having inhabited the earth, aug. gest to the mind of the contemplative a lengthened pilgrimage, where life, sacrificed in the hardships of the way, was supposed to be a passport to im mortal bliss? And will not the track be follow~ed, with all the world intent upon the result, expecting the labor to' be crowned with a discovery of the ruined temple of the Juggernaut of their idolatrous worship. "Surely an order of beings advan ced but a grade beyond ourselves heavenward, will never, without other record than 'this to be fotrnd in the strata of the earth, be able to surmise that one-half the preent .world has lyeen sacrificed to the rooklesness of competition." Wfuxas is lNBDRiE 1--Nebraska ibounded easterly ly Minnesots and Iowa, en the west by thie Roelty Mooin tains, en tiie uotitli by a odntiduatidha of te sottiern bidundary of Io*a, run' ning due west to the Rocky Mountains, about as frar south as the eity of New York. The northern vein is in the 49th parallel of latitude, which is fur ther north hv 4Au milea than tka north ern part of New Yoris. gatan Ver mont, .as fpr north as .wisconsui anc Lake Superior; and further: riprth than any part of the New- .England States. Hy pocris is ;p Funny.,ellpw! .It walks, into church., of & S.unday.morn ing, aleek, cleqn-shaived, well clad, and as smiling as. a .man, wisth a. new wife for. the third pime. t joing is the an them, responds to the prayers, listens attentively to the sermon, and shakes hands. with the deacpns and 9,ter oelt britie. . is a$ flee witlh the women{ as rouge or prepared chalk and talks to young girls. with, thu greatbsf free dom agd consequence., The ,.rnision ary fields is its especial care;, all thq neighbors are drummed ,up to comp "for'ard' and aid a, bano pycn "oh. jick." Some. of thq .neighbors subr scribe large sums, and others tirow in small amounts-the Igrde fontribu. tors get their names into .the, paper, while the small ones .rgr content with the feeling of having done ,otheir duty. This same hypporisy we hiaye seen se verely prayerful of i Sunday, and on Monday it bartered a pair. of gait; era with a courtezan. It has beep known to turn tp its eyes with horror at the uttering of atin, oath, and before fsirly recovered from the. shook, to swindle a, laboring ran put of mo ney which should buy his. ohildeti bread. . It is a very nasty thing. It affects "disgust at dirt in the, streets, whiie ,it lives in dirt within.doors. It is prevalent in some cheap groceries in the shape of short weights; is exhibited in wet goods,, predomipates in coffee, is powerful in milk, and-it's every where, even in the weather.--Where. ever you meet the fellow, shake him off: eschew his acquaiitasce, don't let your wife know there is sich a charac ter. Better be a Mormon, a thinga my, a-a street contractgr or ex-treas urer,,than a hypocrite.. It's. a hazard ous ballast, if you paddle your own ca noe! Miss ELL B-RENAN,-Thisslady gav us one of her delightful oce'.t - bly .'isted by Mr. Koepper, of Co lun:... Her audience was a large and brilliant one. The sweet singer; never sang niore sweetly. Although much indisposed for a day or two pre vious, she had rose like the lark to her task of song, and held us all entranced by her exquisite melodies. Every; one. said it was the rarest of treats, and all leaned forward to catch the faint est modulations of her lovely voice. Never have we seen an Edgefield au, dience more entirely gratified ; and never did our community give better evidence of their taste and discern ment. May blessings attend the pathway of this child of song, and may fortuqa favor her with the richest prizes in the lottery of life !-Edgefeld Advertiser. TALENT.-Homner was a beggar, Plautus turned a mill; Terence was a slave; Bamfius died in jail; Tasso was, often distressed for five shillings; Cer vante died of hunger; Miltbn ended his life in obscurity; Bacon lived a life of meanness; Spenser died of want; Dryden lived in poverty and died of distress; Otway died of hunger; Lee in. the streets; Goldsmith's Vicar of Wakefield was sold for a trifle save him from prison. Fielding lies n the burying ground of an English ~tory;. Savage died in prison; Chatterton des troyed himself; and John Keats died of' a broken heart. JENNCY LAND.-The N. Y. Tribune, of Saturday, publishes the following extract from a private letter from Vi enna: "A few days since, I called at the HoteL zumn Romnischen Kaiser to .pey my respects to Jenny Lind. Gol4 schmidt. She has a decided penchA,4 for America and Awnei'oaps ;, And moreover, as I happened-to be well go quainted .with some of her io.t ' friends, I was made doubly -w990pe. She informed me of fier expeotqgionte settle pernfinently .in the Ulnite~ Sta. tes, miairnly an account of her.ihd' s bright, little h~oy; .Shss been v'Afig concerts in Vienna, in a qie, ri~as suming .way. - Ehe spoke of a Bos o4Sab as a delightful lugury.Jre ,' ~libbat~h is nmade a gal.a$4 dey.y Iasses. Puitllo.persons, must 4see ope rooms as on other days 9f goe wee -, and the people go frorp phe.cinde'h to the thea tra,as-i( both were dedicated to the Most fliigh. a .,, The Jepny $pfd of former days has 'eqopie the~ dignified Madam, Gol Rohimidt yf the present. She appears gpowtuat older, but retales the frank ties a'nd simplicity of manners which~ hai' characterized her above all others, ,POWERFUL MAoNET.-A iB~tturoiL gas dilating upon the po~werofa magnet efying any one to show anything to surpass its power, when a man mounted the stand and told him that a woman was the magnet of magnets, "for," said he, "If the loadstone can attrat iron a foot or two, there was a young woman, who. when I wasn a young man, ;ttracted me thirteen nuit, to hav a chat wvith her4'