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[ORIGINAL.] "THE OAKS. I'lie Oaks" in solenin majesty ascend, Reariig aloft their ponderous arms; I u vain the tempest's force has striven to ren( Tle sinews proof 'gainst Boreas' harms. A century's snows have lent cach moss grown111 lim1b, A gnarled aI hoary splendor, A 1n1 as we paused t beneath the giants grim, Onu language could not .etnder Thie steri yet graceful beautty inl each curve, Which wakel to faney's sight, A-s in the swaying winld they gently Swerve, Visions et hereally brighlt.; They rols.led from memory's dusky celj A sense of jovs long past, A id soft :as uisic fromit a disdait dell They whikpered rest at last.. I love the somilbre graldeuir of 1hose t rees, I love t heir rigg.ed pridle. I love, wihen evening woos thle tvi light. breeze To 1iinger I here, by her angelic siule. I Near ('larle-st on. S. ('.. May 3n1 . ()mN I:NI CAIr . I Some Things About Easley. MI. Eirron: It is very natuii ral for' every oa11(1 heart to feel that "charmn from the skies" wIiich hallVw4 his nativ'e home, and his pride is excusable, i he thinks the music of his hearthstone i ."The grevat wave that echoe;4 round, thle world, but the linpressioi <>f a st ralger, being impartial, if' favorable, is a g(eatler eulogy thanii t hi s. In svi pathy vith this sentiment, it you will allow uts, We will addbl. ur mite to the goo(d wor(l of your late visi 4i to)1r, R 1ichmonid, Whose tribute, t lie advalitages ot your charmuiing0 lit tHe town so justly deserves. In our I several so j(ourniey inlgs ifromi I lome Sweet I [ome, we hav'e hever fe.lt the p~ossibility " elsew here'" s nearly, as was met in the few hours we' spent in y~our miidtlt. To) pass over the trimii 1 surrouing11~s, the air of the great outer-worl-push that marks thme movements of the citizens~ andl the buSiness das hi of' the "iron horse,"' truly, the "wave'' t hat ec'hloes r'ound the worl---thie progress in the di rection of educa tion and the general appeairane of thrift and advancement, we are constrained. by pleasanit exp~eri enice. to dwell particularly upon the advantage Easley enjoys in) the manner of an hotel. It is not su rpri sing the traveler,who has onice en7 joyed. the attractive alppointllnents availed himiiself of the exquisite cuisine, makes his business' ar' rangements suit to "stop over" so~ often for hleknows whAt a~w'iiis his travel-whetted appjetite, in the~ deQlicious dishes which so bounti fully (n)Cor the aacious tinie amil anticipates the courtesy and kind ness ever to be found where refin ed feeling and high-toned breed ing characterize the home circle, those little attentions that thrill, as blessings, the heart of the stran ger from home. Apropos of that butter mentioned in a late issue, knowing what we do of the grand ly golden product of the Jersey, we must say, that, whatever else your Intendant be capable of, he cannot wear the honor, other than the ownership of the cow, for no other han(s save those of the worthy hostess of the Mountain View House could evoke from the churn such a charm as her table pr-esents in the golden prints that accon pany the brown inuflins the genIluile artile-that might temipt the sainted taste of the an ch1or-ite. We heartily r~ecomm~enld the hotel to the traveliug public. Of the many worthy nessages, Mtr. Editor, that camie to is through the cohnnus of your her ry pa)e1r1 none merit the gratitu(le of all well wishers to a comluxinity as the advocacy of the cause of edl untion. E y wod ex)ressed in t his direction is an a ppealI to the self-res)ect and best interest of the jploople-those essential agen - cies in the great work of exaIltino a (iuunitY, as it is a questio) of0 mnore ilinportance than an,11 y that ("anl he brl~oght before the public. It ou.gilt to he the blasis o every editorial in the land, the untirin. themle of, every homell( cice ven the text for sermns. It 411uld he proclaimie Id along the highiway1, herabled firom the lofty paces, (echocd froi the low, until all the vaste places till 11) uinder the inl ilience (f gooI Schools. Ed uca tion iS the desidheratum of the ime. WVith : I igh School at Eas Iey anid one at Pikeenis, and others thr ioughiout the county beCingI put upon)1 ax hligh] grladle, the('tSS1 assurance is encolurain that th peole are "win 1 g u1p"' to the grand)4 issu1e. Every sehool1 house t ht springs up) in al neighbhorhxood should be r'egardIed as a blessing, worthby an earniest Deno gr'at ials fr'omi e'very heart. We dIid niot meanx to st ray fromi the pur)Ipose of our' "mlite,"' b~ut c'old not forbear a thought as as we r'ead you r grood word for schools in present issue, and if' agr'eeale, maity find ti me to give our i views at length. Shll look with anxiety for the p)ublica tion of' PIrof'. Moore's Jeeture. With kind wish es for 111he Mes ~en web are IR(.peictfully ()x>. . . -11 you p~lopose to serve (GodM ait all, hatve the malihness to) b~egin floW. WEBSTER'S I Warmly 11w4 118,000 Wor (3000 miore WVordsi aic indorsed by lngraviuvs a eo. neroft,age Coo ., hn L. iot, ographical Dic *J4hlIIi.Mot~y, An ever-prosent and Fitz-G. altileek, the whole fa'iiy.-S. 8 Eih llurritt, Rulfus- Choaite, 11. Sm rt, Wn. I. Pres ott, G eo. P 1 r.: John G. Whittier, John G. Saxr. Duniel Webster, CI III (''v , Pa. gle.e Col i :ZBiographiialiDic the whol4 fart.---s. w5l -1.l';T i. iid Ilustrated Ai oig th m1111%, tII., I-V 111I(wo (hali rf)lIoN1itg: Bvvf*; 'Boil CoilegI Prsii''s ~ 112 andL~e 1.21!1) s i~l1Eb!lI Y1(,, . .&C. MERRIAM & CO., Meny 16 tf II.F ('(oleridgS., llora1es Mmin,.oll~I~r t ~w l. A NbhNotL, 1 It. N W. . Gl. NkoS.G A'ISA)I & (iAII Wm.4T41Lari~,j1 Ancie, 7 .1e 1C-1 W iNr S, Cn p '., ADAM. . thE'44prts, J T. 1. Ie ', Illustrated NiArninong terNnyxt FIFT'1 rNE , ANbi~, h ( ol'g e re id " 1l i t dlwr Wilb ebs ti the besft at( A11 41rf.V Id Unitex at. le (i Airp' Scho-i rs.. G.&c C.M R IM -O.l ~~(bj.4 (jrj ~ I IOZ e I,(Nv ,Iy MA 1A It Z. F .) A N:SI %ln, J. S 1 NEWTON\ 7 A N1E & N E W" TO , PICKENSN Y. A.,N . ( 1iekN XIsf, S. .' J. cTce inX ./w ..l,/ Ni1x, G ren ill. 8 . co/in pon,. . Wi'fll ilor hanti i l to hei Couts>~ of h (ttell itilt IL\ I i.g TAYLOR~iI~ & CARYC, I1)Itl1 0- vt l rNABRIDGED. is, 3000 Engravingo, Warmly i nearly 3 timies as manV Y' nrenI)toar, recommended -r Anerienn Dictionary,) :ed Plates, and a by State tionary of 9700 Narnes. SuporintendIs reliable school mamter to of Herald. Public Schools of 36 States, including Maine, asI 24. Verinolt, S"" I[Massach ue t . New York, r!(hVirginia, Imliati6 Ve piettire and naehnnt of N w %9 alu of Webster's MII09ft Definitions. it nhid bv cited Ir e he Nebraskth, ('.stle. CA.l COOK1, ,.ye, ntlv, vlShip:, M11 111 sD ictoayI Ketl~. :01n1 Oylgalni D COO,& (GREENVILIJE, S. C. all o -11e an ex-1Illin th ,' ExeesiorW Cook Stove * iwI/k're (.twd -1/a use Fur i v-13 q Good eltr sMi- y) Pubrs S rig-i4111\. ao s 'srC na a ove 30sl C. P.RUNIONN REENVEy, S. C. Call011 e ad exmili th ,"~h Exels tdlir' Coo Sitov e "Josi befreo b uy i s t.. helsgewtfthre '4)Vare a~nd A/ous Furi~ jis i Goodsk a bt shor/-cropbi I' C. 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