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VOLUME 2?NO. 36. ABBEVILLE C. II., SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 12, 1855. W1I0L12 NUMBER 87.
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_ POETRY.
I wait for Thee.
Thxj hearth is swept?the fire is bright,
The kettle sings for ten,
The cloth is spread, the lumps are light,
" The hot cakes smoke in napkins white,
And now I wait for thcc.
Come home, love, come, thy task is done;
The clock ticks listcningly ;
The blinds are shut, the curtains ilown,
The warm chair to the fireside drawn,
The bo}* is on mv knee.
Come home, love, come, bis deep, fond eye,
Looks round him wistfully;
And when the whispering winds go by,
As if thy welcome step was nigh,
lie crows esultingly.
xii \uiu?iic iimis uic weicumc vain,
And turns his ^lauee 011 mine,
So earnestly, that j*ot niraiu
His form unto my heart I strain,
That glance is so like thine.
Thy task is done?xve miss thee here ;
AYherc'er tliv footsteps roam,
No lintul will spread such kindly cheer,
Xo beating heart, no listening ear,
l.ikc these will wait tliec home.
Aim! along the crisp walks fast,
That well-known st.cl> cloth conic?
The bolt is drawn, the gate is past,
The babe i? wild with joy at last;
A thousand "Welcomes home!
MISCELLANY.
[for tiib i.ni?i:i*kni?ent rni>:d. j
unanges in Jjite.
Wiikx wo contemplate tlie various changes
in life, anil compare the present period
with the days of our boyhood, and reflect
for a moment upon the circumstances that
surrounded us but little more than a quarter
of a century ago, ami retrospectively view
tlieni in connexion with tlieo pportuuities
that are offered to the rising generation at
1 lie present day, we are struck with astonishment.
at the results thus realized.
I remember (when n boy) many a respectable
family, whose highest ambition did
not. reach beyond the point of being comfortably
clad, without paying much regard
to the fashions of the day, and the posession
of a b:ire competency to sustain life, without
ever seeming to thirst after any of its
vain luxuries; and who, by their own industry
and frugality, could impart to their offspring
the common every day education,
usually obtained-in tli? rustic pine-pole cabin
of the forest, consisting, principally, of
reading, writing, and perhaps a smattering
knowledge of arithmetic. In many of these
rural institutions, the science of our language,
or in other words an English grammar,
was considered by the parent and pedagogue
as superfluous trasli. If in "those
days" we had chanced to say anything about
an academy in presence of a student
of the old fashioned school, mcthinks he
would have started &<? though the name ol
some hideous monster, which his native instinct
had tawght him to dread, had been
pronounced in his hearing. For I venture
the assertion, that a many a "copperas
breeches" boy, who had ciphered as far as
the Rule of Three, would not have known
thirty years ago what you meant by bc
hard a word. And if in" our childhood
rambles, we had happened to fall in with
nnn wllOSA inovliiiiHtililn str?rf>a nf sliininn
dust bad placed him above the trying
scenes of the indigent, and afforded him?
what we can now readily understand?col
legiate opportunities, and hear him speak o
ilic preparatory department, the junior ant
senior classes, and the professors "of the va
rious branches taught in college, we migli!
at once cOme to tLie conclusion that he wai
but little short of a supernatural being
"Great Gulliver!" "Granny" would havi
been nowhere with her antiquated stories o
witchoej wizzards, and ghosta, had we darec
venture to ask this man to impart to us j
knowledge of these thingB.
It is not 60 much our object, however, t<
notice the rapid improvement in our insti
tutiona of lenming, as to mark the differ
ence in disposition, manifested in both pare?)
and pupil to avail themselvieK of the advan
tage8 theyafford; or the changes that nav
foVah mIa ii' !#* - lltA A/74i a /I
HIW/II pW30 '4U WiO "W1* M,'w*p
teaching, ftnd receiving instruction, in w
brief ajjeriod. Twenty-five"y?irs ago i
was not considered amiss for the teacher.-1
yoke 'ujfr a boy of jyowe foarteen or ^fiffee
Bommefs who had witfally malicious^
violated tho i^los that werewobfc to gover
inita proper direction/ It '#*
aidered essentially wtoe&trf t6'-annoy uh
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trustees of the school, or consult the
parents in relation to every little difficulty'
that chanced to arise between two juvenile
specimens of "Young America." It was
not then thought, by many at least, that
"chewing tobacco, drinking liquor, and cursing"
were necessary prerequisites to constitute
a man. But the sole object to be attained
in these humble seminaries, wassimi
ply to prepare the head and heart, for a respectable
and useful position in society.
We can recollect well when each student,
or to iisu the homely phrase of those snperanuatcd
schools, when each scholar, would,
at least, eiuleavoi to vie with others in the
; accumulation of useful knowledge; and
when most of us would have considered it
a disgrace to have been found groping hehind,
and following in the wake of the
more industrious. It was then, too, that
the innncent and unsuspecting traveller
could pass the streets of our little towns
ami villages, without being subjected to the
pusilaniinous insults of the school boys;
something like the following: "Are you
travelling, or going about just so ?" "Move
him up a little, I think he'll pace." "I say!
I say!" with various other savings, too
contcmptahlc in their character to be uttered
by the smallest school boy, without producing
on t'" cheek of everv lnv?>r of froorl
! order in s.? ioty tlic crimson lingo of shame.
| Then it was, that we could go to church, and
j listen to tho ministration of (mkI's word,
without being in momentary expectation
of seeing the minister subject, to the hiimill
iatinp- insults of tho vnim<r lioiwfnls nf tlm
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Iniul. V>ut, alas, how changed! Notwithstanding,
we have at the present day,
in almost every (own and village, in
lieu of those rude pine-log cabins, large
I and commodious academies, well endowed,
and furnished with all the necessary aparatus,
yet, whether the system of teaching
lias been improved or not, with many, relimine
o innttnf / !*-*?* 1.4 ???/! *1.?
I* uiukvvi VI uuuui , mm uiit'iilCI IIIU
pupil really realizes the substantial benefits
of education under modern instruction, that
he was accustomed to receive in former days
is, (with the writer at leask) equally uncertain.
If we were disposed to discuss the
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'juv^biv/11 i?l UUIUlll Ul LIIU SVSIUIU Ol
instruc.ting youth, we would not consider
the history of the past calculated to strengthen
our position much. For it is certain,
that some of the greatest men that have ever
lived, whose memory still adorns the
. pages of history, and who have left behind
. them a fame that can only be obliterated
by the all-destroying end of time, received
. the rudiments of their education in the coni,
mon school of the forest, and by their own
. untiring exertions reared thereon the super
structure themselves.
j As we have already observed that the
r sole object to be attained in the romantic
schools of antiquity was substantial, useful
practical knowledge; and while we shall
, not attempt to deny, that the same object
. actuates many at the present day, to send
( their children to school; yet, we cannot
help noting as remarked in the outset, the
, difference in disposition both in parent and
[ child to acquire such knowledge. Let a
boy, "now a days," violate with impunity
the rules of decorum in his school, or rath.
cr his academy, and though he may not
. have passed the age of ten or twelve years
the only alternative is expulsion, or. Ui{
f teacher must knock under; he is of courw
I (oo big to be flogged a little; and jn nine eases
. .out of ten,vthe consequences are the young
I hopeful is suffered to go uneducated, and in
3 some instances, I will venture to add, thej
; ure Drougnt up a nuisance to society, and
5 a curse to the rising generation.
f Time has been when he, who could ao
1 quire the greatest amount of useful knowl
* edge in the shortest time, was considered
the pa ttcrn of the school. But alas, how
, changed^ At this enlightened age o( tlx
y world, the youth who can use the most lu
L dicrous sayings, he who is best versed ir
t ..blackguardism, he who can insult a strangei
the archest manner, he who can swegi
'I the biggest oaths, and sport the prettiest mils
,'f tache, is (in many parts of the country) t^i
} model student. * r* r?/>> *
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if. Thftf AW OAfiih flvn/mhAna *A *!??
r> rule, may, p$rbapaj?frith some degree of pro
a pri&y, be admitted. But daily, obeervatioi
jr teaches every observer of facU^htt there i
n mord truth than speculation ih these dedud
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briefily spoken. Then, instead of preparing
the head for naught but a luxurious bush of
wool and hair, many, no doubt, who are
now only fit for the midnight revel, the levity
of the grogshop, and the society of blacklogs
and blackguards, would, by the acquisition
of useful, practical knowledge, be far
better prepared to tread in the footsteps of
the illustrious dead. Ouachita.
[From the Carolina Times.]
I Erskine College. Education
Cheap.
Messrs. Editors :?I have been engaged
for some time in attempting to secure an
endowment for Erskine College, on the
scholarship plan.?During a recent visit to
your city I called the attentinu of one of
your leading citizens to the plan, who suggested
the propriety of presenting its advantages
to the public through some of the
papers of tin: city.
Will you be kind enough to allow mc a
little space in your valuable paper for that
purpose 1 I desiro to be brief.
Erskine College is located at I>ue West.
a pleasant, healthy village, in Abbeville District,
four miles from Donald's Depot, on
the Columbia <fc Greenville Railroad. The
College commenced its operations as an Academy,
in 1836.?It assumed the Collegiate
form in a few years, and graduated its first
class in 18-12. It \v:is nliarlnred In- tin*
Legislature in 1H40, under I lie name of
Krskitic College. Otic article in the charter
prohibits the opening of any shop or store
lor the retail ot ardent spirits within two
j miles ot* the College?thus guarding the
: pupils against the degrading vice of iiiteinj
puraiicc.
| ' The College is under the supervision of a
Hoard of Trustees, subject, to the control of
the Associate Reformed j'resbyterian Synod
of the South. It has been, and continues
to be, patronized l?y the ..christian community
at large. The Board of Trustees is composed
of Metbodist, Baptist, Presbyterian,
and members of the A. R. Church, and its
faculty, six in number, arc of the A. li.
Church, with the exception of one, who is
an Episcopalian. The above may be items
of interest to some, and for that reason they
are given.
Many of the friends of the Institution
live out, ot tne State ot South Uarolmn, and
altogether sotne have been liberal towards
it, yet as a general thing, they do not manifest
the same (loop intei'e?t in its welfare
that they would, if it was located in their
own State or vitinity.
For this and other reasons, the College
has always lacked funds. In order to furnish
it with funds and enlarge its sphere of
usefulness, the Board of ^Trustees, in 1853,
resolved to endow it on the scholarship plan.
To this scheme of, cheap education, I will
call the attention of your readers in another
article. Yours, <bc.^ ? ' '
In a former article I gave some items of information
touching the location, origin, and
government of Erskine College,?its demand
for funds and the plan adopted by tlio Board
of Trustees to secure the requisite endowment
I now call the attention of vour readers
especially, to the "plan of endowment," and
ask them to aid in its completion and enjoy
its advantages.
The plan is similar to the scheme adoptee
by Colleges in other States. The object is
to secure a permanent fund, the interest o!
which will be sufficient to sustain tho Pro
feasors, purchase books and npparatu^vytKout
depending on tuition and the senpHocCa
sional and scanty contribution of friends.
In order to raise a permanent J ftrhd foi
Erskino of one hundred ^thousand* dollars
the Board of Trustees adopted a plan, som<
of the loading articles of which wo.-.subjoin,
, omitting the preamble:
Resolved, That the following plan of en'
dowment bo adopted by the Board of Trus
L tees for Erskjne College, vjii . >?
An endowment Fnnd of . a Hundred
|j thousand Dollars shall. l>o created by th(
sale of Scholarships; whieli Scholarship:
shall bo oficred.pn the follcwingifirma^ and
eonditiortt:" Jf>- >
1. Th3jpa^)nVM forty dolI^^K)'
' shall cng6\v a single scholar 8 ktfj&fanibl
I shall entitle the'Siib&riber to^hejfyjfltiim o
one student during J.h'6 term of siXsyears;'
< 2. The payment of sixty,?W(rfmre^i(tffP^
' shall endow a Scholarship %vlifcK.ehall entitl*
- the subscriber to Uf&titftion ofditioor mow
[ of his own sons, QrVJf*;ifftiy student ho ritoj
f select, amounting m. the aggregate, t<
twelva*years. ,
3. person securing to* the Trusteci
of said College^ the sum of ono^'hunrtrec
i dollars, .^$100,) shall beentitled tot he educu
r tioui'freo, of tuition expens^g, of one son o:
. nominee, for the term'of twenty five years
or of two or more pupils",at the sametim<
^ amounting i^tbe aggregateVto tweato&rf
6. The purchaser <Jf a limited sc1iolra*R
B &ay^enjoy>the advantages of
2 such* tihic, and ^at such interval^, as
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scholarships shall be invested in bonds or
stock of the State, or of the United States,
the Banks of the State of South Carolina,
or well secured individual bonds, and the
interest or income only arising from such
investment shall be appropiatad to increase
the advantages of education in said College.
9. All scholarships created by these proceedings,
both limited and perpetual, may
be transferred by bargain or sale, or assigned
or devised by Will: and in caso of intestacy,
they shall pass to the administrators as
other property.
11. All students sent to sakl College on
Sinv r?f tlioeo wliiilofcKnw csltull l.?
the regulations and discipline of the Institution.
12. Subscriptions to perpetual scholarships
shall, in all cases, be binding; but the
subscriber will not be required to make
payment until one year after the date of
their subscriptions :and whenever the money
is paid, they shall receive certificates securing
to them the benefit of their scholarship.
This last section says that "subscriptions
to the perpetual scholarships shall, in all
cases, be binding." Other subscriptions
were not to be binding unless ?50,000 could
be raised by subscription. That amount
and something more has been subscribed,
aild now all snhsf.rintinnR nro liiiuliiwr lmtl>
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limited and perpetual. In fact, subscriptions
arc 110 longer taken, but scholarships
su e now sold for cash, or note with approved
security.
Not to be tedious, or to occupy too much
space, I will call attention to the above
"1'lan'Viri another article.
In a previous article I gave some of the
principal sections of the "Man of Kudowi
nient" for Erskine College.
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j choapcst ami the best on that account, that
! Ii:is< v<-r boon presented to the citizens of
: Sou ill Carolina. It is adapted to the hard
! times and to men of moderate means. The
scheme is in successful operation, and about
| ninety-six students are enjoying the ndvanI
tages of the scholarships. lJoarding is the
' principle item in the expenses of an education.
At Due West, boarding, including
washing and room rent, can be had for eight
or ten dollars per month. What the student
saves in tuition, on the scholarship plan,
will pay his boarding for three months yearly.
A man has three sons or pupils; he enters
them in the Freshman Class and keeps
them in College four years each?twelve
years in all. lie procures a sixty dollar
scholarship, entitling liiui to twelve years,
and in the operation he saves enough to pay
more than twelve mouths boarding for each
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w I'VJ .T, AAV i^VTWO Ills LUIUUII (it tilt' liliv
i ot' live dollars per annum, and the education,
when it is obtained, at this cheap.rate,
> is just as sound and as thorough as it would
have been at fifty dollars per annum elsewhere.
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The scholarships may be transferred by
bargain or *ale, like .Other property ; they
may be .enjoyed at anytime ittnay suit the
! convenience of the purchaser to send a^tu'
dent. Jf a .man is not. ready to send a son
immediately, all the better for the son, as
' the College, if. fully endowed, will be worth
' more to .the son, five or ten years hence,
| than at tlie present time.
JBofc there are, uo <ioubt, many men in the
I Stafebf large hearts and large means, who
. would take pleasure in aiding an Institution
p in the Stato to complete its endowmenl
without regard to the advantages whicli tlic
' scholarships would aft'ord them. Soiuc
twenty thousand dollars have been subscribed
to the endowrfielatr'- in North Carolina,
. Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia and
'other Southern States- and while thertfridnds
j of "education andreligioW, oitlof the State,
are spending..,their substance to^build dp/a
' College in South Carolina*/ will not the
friends of education in the State . letad, a
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muni iu piiicw xtskiiio v^oiiege on a permanent
mopey; basis I . /'
[ . ThejStato needs suqIi Institutions, and
5 Erskin^ 'Cdllegc hsi^proved itself worthy ol
j tho^confidenccand' patronage of thepublic
;It8'professors have been trying to Subsist foi
yeara' oh yery short1* allowance, in or^eir; tc
i k'eep.ltho College up until more propitious
I timefc But;thc tynes art becoming mow
f M?mcutt,r ^b^ Expense of living is greatei
thap fonperlyf And1 tHc salaries of the 3?ro
) feasors hi\isi' '^ inoreA8^3 and btber ad vani
tages obtainedj br tlie Gollej^mnst go down
s or lag behind its fellowa^;wbo' hnve more
friend| and funds. Wilhtfie frionds bf ed,
'ucmoffiin the State suffer a Collegc4<(> <dc
dine or$ie?for want of sutf)x>tt wHjSiliroths
State,'^re fctnving?$?'?U*
i tain^fspecially when that. Institution Is of
? ferine; tif pay back in tuition, fivetupba tfti
r wonli of ijhjftljaonev contributed
lt ^hnt, Ht^sfEclitors, are $100, or$50C
j to ibany OjKjour readers? A drof^ifir tht
^ r bucket, .<^fciprfred ,. witii their wealth* A
I t-hat tlu'yciiqld give without detriinenl
[ >youtd ^e a great advantage to the College.
\ and'through it to iiie State.
t jfiojh^"%^ynot be abb or^willing to'takc
jfchbtoEp, tai
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citizens of Columbia and to many in the
Stale, is authorized to act as agent in selling
scholarships anil in collecting funds for Erskiue.
Will not a generous public make his
agency a delightful one by furnishing a large
amount of "material aid I "
Yours truly, W. It. Uemi'Iiili..
An Act to Raise Supplies
For the Year commencing in October, one
thousand cir/ht hundred and fifty-four.
Sec. 1. Ik it cnuctcd by the Senate and
House of Representatives, now met and sittinit
in General Assembly and by the authority
of the same, That a tax for the sums, and
in the manner herein after mentioned, shall
be raised and paid into the public treasury
of the State, for the use and service thereof,
that is to say: fifty cents ad valorem on
every hundred dollars of the value of all the
lands granted in this state, according to the
existing classification as heretofore established
; one half cent per acre on all lands lying
within the Oatawalm Indian lands, until
otherwise directed by law ; sixty cents per
head on all slaves; two dollars on each free
negro, mulatto or mestizo, between the ages
of fifteen and fifty years, except such as
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sii.iii u? cieany proved, ioiihj sausmcuon or
the collectors, to lie incapable, from maims
or otherwise, of procuring a livelihood:
twenty cents ad valorem on every hundred
dollars of the value of all lots, lauds and
buildings within any city, town, village or
borough in the State; sixty cents per hundred
dollar's on factorage employments, faculties
and profession of dentistry, (whether in
the profession . of the law the profits to be
derived from the costs of suit, fees or other
sources of professional iucome,) excepting
clergymen, school-masters, school-mistresses
and mechanics, and on the amount of commissions
received by vendue masters and
commission merchants: thirty cents per
hundred dollars on the capital stock paid in
on the first of October, one thousand eight
hundred mid fifty-four, of all banks which,
for their present charters, have not paid a
bonus to the Stato; twenty cents per hundred
dollars on the capitol stock of all incorporated
gas-light companies ; one per cent
on all premiums taken in this State by in
corporated Insurance Companies, and by the
agencies of Insurance Companies, and underwriters
without the limits of the State ;
ten cents upon every hundred dollars of the
amount, of sales of goods, wares and merchandize,
embracing all the articles of trade
for s:de, barter or exchange, (the products
of the State ,and the unmanufactured pro
ducts of any of the United States or Territories
thereof excepted.) which any person
shall have made from the first day of January
of the present year, to the first day ol
January, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and fifty-live, either on
his, her or their capital, borrowed capital, 01
; on . account of any person or persons a>
Agent, attorney or consignee; twenty cents
upon qvery hundred dollars of the amount
of sales goods, ware* and merchandize what.
ever, which any transient porson, not resident
in this Slate, sl'iall make in any house
stall or public place; ten dollars per day
for representing publicly, for gain and reward,
any play, comedy, tragedy, interlude
or farce, or other employment of the stage,
or any part therein "or for exhibiting was
figures orv other shows of any kind whatso
. feVer^to he paid into the hands of the Clerk>
D of the Court respectively, who shall he
' bound to pay the same.,into the public
| treasury, except in case's1 'where thtf same is
now required by law to be paid to corpora
tions or otherwise. .
| Sec. 2.:TbatAflUI:tnxes levied on property
. as-prescri^^i*^10 ^rst 8ut,t'OI> of this act
shall bp pai^To-Uje tax collector for thodis
' &ictorVpaJ-ish in which said proper^ is lo
| cat<ed. r <v y*
*,. Sjfc. 3. In making Assessments for taxes
' on thevalue of taxable property used ir
manufacturing or for failroad purposes with
in this State, tli<e value of the machiner}
' used'therehv shall not be included, butfipnlj
' the value of the lots and bui^dijigs^ prop
er]ty merely. v ? y| *
! ^.-Sec. 4./Xhat the tar eollectQra in the sev
' eraT dist^ct$'anct panali?f> in this State, it
1 tfteir retains hoijjpafter to be mfld^be anc
1 they are hereby]* required and "Enjoined tc
outLts mu jjrcciso amount 01 taxes couectct
by them, for the purpose of supporting th(
police of tho said several districts and par
; ishes aforesaid, Btating the rates per centup:
! on the ninbunta (jf tho State tax collected
for said district and parish police purposes
and the Comptroller Ge'nenu shall return th<
eajpne^ his report. . ,
> ttcgro*8! m umttoes, niu?
' Mite* b6- an^d tliey are hereby required U
1 Iitho twenty-first ilaj
! ? the year of our Lord
; o^ltoqSnfl^igtit htffidred and fifty-four
' arid i f^tBeseventy-nintb^y^ar of i?e Sp ver
? : ejjinty a^. Independehey of t^jjpnitec
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The Monster Lump of Gold.
An immense lump of quartz gold has
been found in Calaveras county, weighing
101 pounds, or '2,570 ounces avoirdupois.
Estimating it '.v.contain '2U pounds of quartz
rock, which is a large allowance, in the opinion
of experienced persons who examined
it, the actual weight of the gold in it will
be 141 pounds, or 1,250 ounces avoirdupois, ?
the value of which, at ?17.25 per ounce,would
bo $38,910. This is the largest nugget
of pure gold ever found in California _ jfli
I or in the world ! It was brought down to
this city yesterday by Adams & Co. and will
be shipped to the Atlantic States in tho
steamer of to-day. The proprietors of it
were so excited by their good luck tbat tlicy
sat up beside llieir treasure niglit and day
on its way here.?Mr. Perkins, one of the
Company to whom it belongs, states that it
was taken out in Calaveras comity, on *
Wednesday evening, November 22d, just as
the Company were about quitting work for
the day. lie would not give any particulars
in regard to where the claim is located,
except, that it is it: th?.* county above named.
?The o?.i'] :;nv roii.-.i-ts of four Americans
and ? ! iv.v:>s. M;-. l'oskins belongs to
Lexiii'^l'.:!, i\\\, ::i: i t'jr ;-ast two years,
| althoi:-;!' !io !;as hnr i, was not verv-:.
succeas'i;!. i! *\ >t having more titan &200 at
any one on:iu^r I'.at period. The
length of thi- inur.' u-t,* mass is about fifteen
inches, and its width from five and
011c half to six inches. As one sidfe is extremely
irregular and uneven in its forma- f
tion, it is dificult to arrive at the exact thickness,
but it will probably average four inches.
jllie otlier side is almost Mat and presents a
solid mass of pure gold; the only quartz
perceivable is on the upper or ragged side,
and some pieces are soloosely imbedded in
i the precious metal that they might be easily
j removed. The whole mass, at some period,
I has apparently been in a fused state.?San
Francisco paper.
Aktkci. Fxpediknt.?A laborer in Italy,
employed in throwing down rubbish from a
. house, called to the passengers to takecarc;
, but one of them' paying no attentiori to the
warning, A\as wounded by a stono. He cited
! the man at the court of justice, and deniand.
cd damages. A celebrated advocate under
;! took the defence of the laborer; but lie found
. 1 it impossible 10 prove that bis client had
.! really warned the piissenger to take care, lie
. J had recourse to an expedient to gain his
! object.
i When the case therefore came to be tried,
. I and the defendant was asked why he had
i j thrown down the stones so heedlesly, he A
. i stood mute and motionless. The Judge
f repeated his question, but he maintained an
. ' obstinate silence ; and when the Jndge cxi'
pressed his surprise at it, the advocate said
* | that his client was, unfortunately, dcafcnud
i dumb. x* v*
; "No, no," exclaimed the plaintiff, off bis
, guard, " it is false, it is an evasion; I myself
heard him very plainly say, 'Takp care!" '
I "And why, then, did yon not' follow his
! j warnings?" said the Judge, smiling, as
( he dismissed the case.
I A vmiiirr tmui /-vf n /?n
i by trade, recently fell heir to a fortune of
!j ninp ^thousand dollars, by tho death of his
' j linde^nrlio resided in Baltimore, lie imme.
j diately gave up his situation, and going to
, [ the Monumental (Jity; finding that he couldj
| iu>t obtain possession of the mon'ey for six
.j months, in his 'overweening anxiety, he
'' sold his claim for eiirlit thousand dollars.
With.this sum he rctunicd to Cincinnati,
rented a fine house, bought fiue furniture, (
' lived sumptuously, treated his friends, vis[
ited the, g-.iiwling saloons, and before ho
awoke froinjfris'deliriiim ho had sp&t. six
thousand dollars of the fortune. It may
. truly .be said "a fool and his money is. soon
<2?cd" ... ?.
' ^Railroad So pkkintende^t.?W are
^ informed that Mr. H. T.I'oake, late Superintendent
of the Gt^pvnle and Columbia
l?nilrn:id,fy>K been elected Superintendent of
tlie South" faroliti&'Railroad. -fllis vacancy
has been filled b^fohie appointment of Mr.
j^Edwd. F. Roath. 7<Mr. Peak is an excellent
Sfncer, anu unaer nis cmcieut management
10 a&tirs of the transportation department
i of tlic Greenville and Columbia Railroad have
been well conducted. lioath is a^yery fit
successor, in everjfa way qualified for the*-.!
laborious dutiSl^gf his office.?Carolina
\ Thnes^** jgv; ^ "*'
s Xiic nowanHtasotf ntion of New Orleaha
have pul>li)|lxe<t?^5j|)W of their transactions
dnriug \lic.* of (h8 yellow fever
> the pnst.si'.njwf), o^jEffich we learn that they
extended relief to 1,240 case& o^Vellow
fever, of which 110 wore American, 42 En'
glis]f>,' -4G0. luish, 541 Germanjp^fand 54
I Fnjjjch.' 177.of these cases died, and the
, r^at were ^discharged, cured/; "^fn. addition,
- th'c.Association reliofed 8 i6 'distressed faml
i 1 i e$." ' Their expend itutWfe'thp cjtf^iFew
. Oneana dmoiuited to $lV,683 60,a3R th^jr
' ^donations to o'tb^r afllioted Sonthem wWnB
anjqjanted to $4,021^ ? '%'*.
exMmnation, one, of tho vis,
itin# m? ?W the
\ meaning . well
untjLfae &AV? ?^cJkbi^r/'> JtWGDt down
tte etas umil^t.ci^to:&eiiripk little ur"v
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