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VOLUME 2?NO. 42. ABBEVILLE C. II., SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 23, 1855. WHOLE NUMBER 94.
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POETRY.
Brother, Take my Aral.
\Vhcn grief is heavy uu tlice,
Or dismal fears alarm,
\Then, brother, leau on mc?
My hrotlier, 1-ake iny arm.
There's many a load of trouble
That takctli two lo bear,
\iri ?
n iicic vuv wuum Delia quiic uouoic _
Beneath the heavy eure.
' Jf malice, in its rancor,
Has sought thy mortal harm,
Jly shoulder bo thine anchor?
My brother take 1113' arm.
^Though nil, ill time of trial.
May turn tlieir eyes away,
Kay brother, no denial,
? My arm gliall be thy stay.
If grief were mine to-morrow,
A grief that naught couhl charm,
I'd cry in all my sorrow,
A "OU! brother, give thine arm ! "
Avl let me feel another
Will weep with me iu woe:
A brother, 3-en, a brother,
May alt who sorrow know!
- MISCELLANY.
A Visit to the Allies Camp.
The following letter from Balaklnva, dated
the 2Tth December, has been addressed
1,.. r?_ A _ ?-1 ' <-< ?
vj j^i.rngiiuw, ;i relative oi r>ir iYiiurew i
Agnew, to a gentleman at Bristol:
Until you almost touch the rocks you
can barely perceive an opening ; and when
you at lust reach the mouth of the harbor
of Ualaklavn, it is not above sixty y;li'Js j
wide, a short quarter of a mile, and after j
passing several men of-war, tnuifports, ,
all with tlie ends of their bowsprits nearly i
touching you, you get into rank and add |
uuouier 10 me nuniuer. Aim now iiiu
scene changes. AliuuL forty yards from our
storn is the landing place. 'Ilie town?did
you say town? nc>, lmean a scattered iiuniber
of wretched hovels, sa}' 150. In the
rear ana in trienont lugn precipitous rocks;
on tbe face of tlie latter - several tents with
11a lines, aud a hotly of Highlanders. In J
iact,supjHjse a basin one-quarter full of waiter,
placed on the table, and drop a wafer
nrtto it, a.id then you have a good idea ut'j
the position of a ship in the harbor of l>alaklava.
i
Yesterday being a beautiful d;iy,l thought
it a good oppornnity to p;.y a visit to t he
camp, and, ;u> I had understood that the
I l.ri.t ,.? d.<. o....... :...i
e... v..?,
the Frctich, the nearest point to Suvjustopol,1
to that place I determined to set out. An!
officer 6f the 1 Oth belonging to the division, j
who had come onboard among a host of
others, ' foraging,1' purchasing geese and
turkey*, a guinea a piece, and fowls 1 '2s. (Jd.
a (i/miiiIa lrin<^1iT aO'i>wi/1 mil inn / >" *1*a
right road, and invited me to dine, with him
in his tout. Now for'rt. I landed, tho first
step-up to the very, knees.in mud?French,
Turks, English, and caiupsutlers in glorious
confusion. Such swearing, shouting
and row you never heard in your life; artillery
wagons, six and twelve horses attached
to each others, with half-starved camels;
cavalry horses whose riders and hard-worked
-4 1- I I..U- ? 1 ' 1
oiwus nnvii pruiwoiy noi seen acomo or a
brush for a month ; with Turks every here
and there, bearing the dead upon stretchers,
all wading through a sen of mud, complete
this picture,until you emerge from the town.
The crowd appears then to deploy over an
interminable space.
In tlie distance, on the right, are the
mountains of the Crimea, covered with
enotv; at the foot several Russian encampments;
near to lis, the Balaklava battle
ground. On one of the slopes you see tbe
remains of our light.cavalry* and their horse
hospital; not 100 effective animals left!?
the Scotch Grevs nourlv 'ns had. How ruin
jt be otherwise? The poor creatures are
worked all day with the artillery, in drfig girig
heavy, lo^d9 tp the trenches and camps,
fastedot ,tfp tqtne'po^t8'(Jriveii hi' the ground,
-and scarcely a morning breaks ere the troop*
. ere drag 14 or 15 out of the "slush," as they
tenia it," Ob the left you s&e Lord Baglnin
auartcrs. and bavin? Droceeded over de
atroycd vineyards, every here and there dot
' ited "with dead horses, emitting a most delight
tfol perfume, you - at last get upon highei
rgroundj antf apprbach the French cahip,'cx
^tending milts on the' left having the Turk
Ibetweeu them and the British. .
Skirting the latter, I thought I wetuk
5bave a look at tho French ; so having pan
a visit to leypi^J ot tno nuw, ^na oeen ver
hospitably invited to partake of their con
tents, I paaitedea toward the Light Divu
ion. > A little on the left of the ^Freftoh i
the Pic^ueii House, about ? ipileaild a, hal
from Sevastopol, into whjch . a shell, oftei
<drop?, to the dange* of all who are in it
1 _iJ I - -1
?UU UCIDg H mwu ,1WE-Wnrpww, w ^JIUUU
unocOTpied % tbo'cUritni^. Bmfeayortog t
Hget a gliinpfw' go)t)gt 0fn. }li
-far-famed - fortress in the distance. \;Boin
determine on expiring-, 14K\\
righv-bdtmw;
The French was pitching their ?hpt into4li
town; and the Russians returfrinfit them thre
toon,
forty:gun battery, and oppo^t^.:
Iftottthia iijjo'? 1 firht saw * jf h ^ ih ey;; <an
"trefich^." I mean the afctnaf^orki11
listed vi? .
Now, supixxse a soldier, six foot high, in
the trench, in some pliices, if he Miami uj)right,
lie gets shot at; his head appearing
over the parapet, ami then he is obliged to
kneel down with the mud and waiter up to {
his middle to avoid the danger. This state;
of the trenches, and the laborious work that
tne poor soldiers undergo, being sometimes
thirty hours thus employed, badly fed, badly
dollied, and, 1 fear, much dispirited, tends
to enireiuler disease. We are hin??ifnr on ;i 11
average 150 intn a tiny, not including those
that falls from an enemy's guns. I now
had an opportunity of ajrood view into Sevastopol.
Its appcarauco is hoth picturchjuc
and bvauiiiul, and though I was within
half a mile of it, and had a capijal kcvenguinea
glass, I could not perceive any
damage that had as yet occurred. From
wiial i Usui seen in the limes and oilier
p:tpers, I had supposed the place a heap of
ruins, or nearly so; but on the contrary, 11
eould sec no marks of the cannonade that i
hits now been going on tor upward of two |
mouths, though I believe that the portion
directly opposite tlie French batteries is
.much cut up.
Alter satisfying my curiosity, I returned
to the Light Division Camp ; and now for
n (IwM'ltkt Will <tl Air fj.-il-linli/o
? X. . ? . ?'? av>a VI * ? It \'V? (III! ? LVIIb y 1 ?7 I I I |
regiment.) The lent. inside is eight feet in
diameter. ltouud the circumference wore
a medley of bunts, kettle?, empty bottles,
and ninny other tilings constituting the
daily general utility. Next was a soldier's
bayonet stack into the ground for I lie purpose
of a candlestick; next two beds, or
rather hard-stulVed mat trasses, with a scanty
coverlid each tin the bear ground. Dinner
was lent; ! brought in?two tin pannikins
with soup meagre that would frighten S ,
followed by two pieces o! hard salt beef of
about half a nnninl each. :i little rice, fthis i
wjh gwod,) ami :i very, very hard liist-nit. j
llnuevor < XiTrisi- n-ns appetite, so I sc-t j
to, ami liming as a final, tiik< n a gla?8 of
bad ruin with my liiiioitaiueis, 1 bid good j
live to tin-<i(liccrs of tlie Light division and j
stkiiiiy a I?ni1?]mi; in the distam-u as in}'!
landmark I started for I'alaklava.
Tin* siiii had melted tho hitherto execrable
roads, and witli tin- traflie, I shall never,!
to the longest day of my life, forget tlu* i
walk ha? k ; sutliee it to say that, having
passed several fallows who were endeavoring
to urge their worn out horse* to get up
out of the mud, wher they had dropped,
down for the last time. I reached theChari- ,
ty. Now, my impressions on th?? v.hoj.-'
arc. these: In the first |>'a?*e. ihe oouiiii>-:;
ri:it is badly. nay, wretchedly. supplied
tin- nvans of carryingstores an,I provisions
from Italaklava to the various casiips--u!l
the horses, with the. exception of the few
supplied by the artillery, being dead! The
store-houses and many ships are full of creature
comforts, anil the half-starving men
cannot get them. I, of course, cannot snpposc
hut that, in the end, the allied forces
will be. victorious ; hut take, my word for it,
Sevastopol is not yet taken, and if I am right,
in my prognostication's, w ill not be for some
time to come.
^
Editohs.?An editor cannot sten, without
he trends on sombody's toes. If lie exf>rc'.?<cs
his opinion fearlessly and frankly,
l(> U nrrniriilit imil iii?^niiintiir>iia If In.
states tacts without giving any comment, he
dares not avow his sentiments. It' he confidently
refuses-to advocate claims of an individual
to office, lie is Accused' of personal
hostility. Ifachap who measures oil' words
into verses, as a clerk floes tape, hy the
yard, hand him a mess of stulf that jingles
; like a handful of ru.sty nails and a gimblet,
I and if the editor lie fool enough to print the
nonsense, stop my psijHsr; I will not pat(ronufc
a man who is no better judge of
poci ry.
Ono man grumbles because the advertisements
engross too much room; another
complains that the paper is too largo, lie
cannot find time.to read it. 'Another claks
finds fault bwuise the pnper is too fimall.
They do not get the wortS of their money ;
. and we believe non-piyings tbscriberft. One
Wants the type *0 email thai a microscopc
\ would be indispensable in every I > mil v. An<
otli0r threatens to discontinue the paper unlesa'tbe
letters arejmlf an inch long. Ah ojd
. lady acutallv offered an additional price for t
i papor'thatsnould he printed with such type ai
. are used for haadbills. In fact, every subscri
jftnjr has a plan of his own for conducting t
journal, and the ,labor of Sisyphus wai
j recreation; when compared with that of at
i editor who undertakti* to plea*o everybody
t A Russian's Opinion or the War.?
" A. CdhStnihiiboplfe.* Mter 0gWtr4\ "tw froifn :
" Russian prisoner, the following vxplanatioi
of the present war. "Th'e Turks nim*nqrcj<
\ the Russian ".Bishop add ^veral-Rureift
n piirtts at JcrtiRalem. dod*. Iti his Wrist t
i sent n 8(|iifwlroii of angels to'carry ,ih
A fcjiub of Chro^ which femajos, at thp froo
0 ment bur{kjihIwJ in th^heairops, and he con
0 miwioned th(i Ca\r to avenge the P<iga
* jOi^J yeft^loni fn
?r aidof jfyiveft, h^oeftaiply^wn.l=^0,^^
6 tomb will;be restor1#* to' its -pliiee. . JIi
e phalimx ^-ttftgwls. wiH tine*he road- plnti
id' ' AnVlntf^'viiiW . 'ttfVbrrtfn ' mi
[From the Cassvillc (Ga.) Standard.]
Repeal of the Usury Laws.
Wo notice that many newspapers of our
State are warmly favoring the repeal of the
present Usury Laws. Now we have never
liad a single doubt about the correctness
and sound policy of these laws; we have always
looked upon them as a shield to protect
the innocent, hone.it laboring classes, against
the arts, deceptions and oppression of the
hard hearted money holders. In other
wort is lis laws restraining the rich from grind-!
ing tin.* poor.
Laws against Usury have existed in every
commercial nation since the ore it ion ot" the
world. The great Jewish law-giver, Moses,
forbade the taking of unlawful interest upon
money. The Republics of Greece, and
Rome, the wise provisions of Mioselaws we
all admire, prohibited the taking of unjust
and unreasonable interest. It. is true, for a
short time those Republican States had rio
laws against Usury, but the popular demands
soon caused the enactment of wise
provisions, protecting the poor against the
exhorbitant exactions of the rich.
We would respectfully ask, what class of
our people demand the repeal of the Usury
laws ? Is it the middle and working class 1
No. It is a movement gotten up alone by
tlie unfeeling and avaricious wealthy men,
to enable them to take advantage of their
unfortunate neighbors during the present
hard times, and rob them of their homes
and impoverish their tamihes. It is an old
and true maxim, that the rich can protect
themselves, and it is one of the first duties
of the Government to protect the poor. The
repeal of the Usury la ?vs would not only injure
the unfortunate, however, but would
ruinously affect the laboring class generally,
by inducing money holders Jm let out
tlieir money on personal security, and retard
and stop all works of internal improvement.
Consequently, the demand for laborers would
be decreased, and the wages of this nnmer
oils ami worthy 9j|>ss would be greatly reduced.
Tlie repeal of these laws would prevent
capitalist from embarking in public
entci prizes, by ti fieri ng more profitable
channels for'increasing their wealth, and
thus not onlj- would all but the rich suffer,
but the general wealth ami prosperity of the
State would be striously 'atlccted. Now, our
numorous Iinilronds arc the chief resources
L' C?. i - !i.. 1 ? .1 TT
?>i mnuj j>ro>j>?*i11 jour usurv j
laws, iind our internal improvements, l>}private
ent.-i pi W, would suddenly stop.
l>ut we :::< tuM that England has repealed
her laws against Usury. Ah! Is
this a reason wjiy.you should do so? If in
England the lords n'od monied aristocrats
should repeal the last law for the protection
of the poi>r, is it a proper example for our
r? i i' .... * i. r ii a mi
ltcpiiuuruu govcriiiiiuiiL 10 loiiow t mere
! the wealthy are masters, and thepoor arc
(slaves, but here, thanks to the efforts of our
j Revolutionary fathers, the dollar is not the
i controlling power. This effort on the part
' of the Shyloeks of Georgia will fail and the
! people will mark the man who leads himself
! to effect this unjust scheme of the money
i holders. Talk about Georgia repealing the
j Usury laws!?why it was only in 1842
that our Legislature passed a statute mvintr
| greater force and effect to these laws,
j The ILsuryJawsaro wise and beneficial in
j their influence. It is useless to urge that
j they deprive men of the privilege of giving
| .what per cent, they please. The law does
! /'nninol l)iA Knrrnvvnr r\ TTmirv?? if
; is a voluntary thing. If any man is willing
| to give a higher rate of interest than what
i is law, he incurs no penalty; he is at liberty
to do it. Hut don't annul the law. It
lias been tested for ages. Wise and good
,I law givers have ahvnys acknowledged its
1 correctness, and in. our humble, opinion, no
! borrower freely advocates its repeal. If
(these laws ar^.ropfnled, money will be borI
rowed at . enormous rates of interest?the
! unfortunate debtor .will promise anv per
I?. .?. . .i i :<r c .ii:.."~ i.:?
I CU1U. IU prevent lliu NIUI IU iruill ^ IIIUJ; mn
property. We have all seen-lio\v men will
[struggle to hold possession of property.
! Pride nnd every other feeling of our nature
! will induce men to give ruinous rates of interest,
with iomo faint hope of relief, or
' sometimes merfely to prolong the evil dav.
Few men make money by paying unlawful
1 interest, and mpnv, have been entirely ry4
ined in their pecuniary prospects, by the
unconscientious money lender. " If our Usu1
Tj laws were repealed, the rich, who hold
5 the money, would establish th'eii:4 own rhte
' of interest, pro)f>erty would. deprtatato in
' value, and our prosperity as a StAto be
_ greatly retarded. The capitaJwt^ wotua rntr
ft ten arid grow Hcli upon the wants arid
1 misfortunt-a of the poor. Others raay. do ai
the^ think best/Vbufc We *h&ll firmly aqd
n honestly 6ppoao this attempt of the iiworn^
puloua motjied'bten of thie Stated t& ' fatted
e oppn the mfafortdrit& of their neigbtio**.
. - .Pji# to 1842. the borrower wn? foroid it
^ flle'a hilfJp'Eqifftyi l6fcataWUhr .U*ury hi
n fWawwer'oHBfrlttt&Mfoi great' expei**
? jrod inthatyea
ru ani^wpAM?OTeo4niiiCT ane unoiw w w
e plead in oven th? Rtnalfet oaiwc; Not orili
& dkji QK
)) ftimpte, b'uLpartiaa defcttdanta; Aire aot Ao?
>_ f.iissagc. Now (bed*Attdanttrntml^|W^
i
pal or interest, and if the plaintiff fails to
answer, he lias the right to establish the
fact by his own affidavit as to the truth of
his plea. The speculators nnd money lenders
ihink that the present hard times will
favor the repeal of these laws?hence this
sudden clamor of a portion of the press, who
wo fear, are pondering to the nod of the al
' J.*.. J. II ttM - ? ? ? ?
niigiiiy iioimr. \v no is 11, urciliren, lliat
iirjo you to advocate the repeal of the Usury
laws ? Is it tlic bone and sinew of the
country, or the purse-proud aristocracy ??
It is argued by Jeremy Bentham, and
other hirelings of capitalists, that money
should be governed by the laws of commerce,
the same as property of every description ;
that there should be no law regulating its
value anv morn than flint. r?f nnv ^tlior ?wi
i-le of commerce. But these reasons, which
may at first appear plausible, arc incorrect.
Money is different from everything else ; it
alone can pay taxes; its value is regulated
by the Government, and no man can do without
it?whereas most other things can be
dispensed with.
VUUi I
Those calm and rational exhortations to
' Take it coolly,' and 'Never cry for spilled
milk, are all very good till they are needed.
They are extremely salutary before the fever
kindles nnd the milk is spilled; but in the
presence of pain, or on the advent of h disaster,
to all those who are gifted with fortitude
by nature, or have been disciplined in
the school of affliction, they are about as
effectual lis whistling in the teeth of a nor'
wester.
Their utter impotence in the storm of
nassion. reminds me of the direction mven
by a good New England Deacon to his
choleric son.
"Whenever yon foul your dander rising,"
said lie, "be sure to say the Lord's Prayer,
my son, or else the alphabet clean through ;
and long before you get to the end ou't
you'll be as cool i?s a cucumber, or an iceberg.
Promise me faithfully my son."
"Yes daddy, I promise."
Oft' trudged Jonathan to school, carving
his bread and meat, with a small bottle of
niolasses in his jacket pocket, and his late
turn promise uppermost in Ins mind.
UUV WilU uurc IIIIU it 11 UIU uugu, IIIL'L
him, ami after calling liim the "young
deacon," ami many oilier scurrilous niukuames,
caught him oil' his guard, and threw
him to the ground, tearing his jacket, and
breaking his molasses bottle.
Up jumped Jonathan, his eyes wolfish,
ami Ins lips white with rage. But "lhere
was an oath in Heaven," ami he did not forget
it. So ho proceeded to swallow his
Alphabetical pills?^an antedotc to wrath
not mentioned in the "Regimen Salernitanum,"
nor recognized by the British College.
"A, B, C, ?you've tore my jacket?D,
E, F, and spilt my 'hisses?G, H, I, J, K,
you're a ternai rascal?L, M, N, 0, P, Q,
?I'll larn you better manners, you scamp
you!?R, S,T, U, V,?I'll spile your picture,
you old wall eye!?W, X, Y, Z, ?now I'll
pound your inside out o' you, you darned encroao.hiu'
willian!"
And with that, Jonathan, whoso passion
had been mounting alphabetically throughout
all his father's discription of vowels and
uviiouiiiiiiLS) mi: j uung ounjiv^iat^
throwing him down was proceeding to work
off each of the Deacon's twenty-six anti-irrascible
pills in the shape of a dozen hearty
i fisticuffs, had not the timely approach of a
passenger interrupted tbe manipulations.
So mueh for rules to control the passions.
Knickerbocktr.
Advice to Planters.?The. Augusta
Constitutionalist alluding to the approaching
seasons, gives the following advice to
planters in regard to the choice of crops:
.. T4 u.. 1? 1 ,?:ii
- XV IB IW UC UUjlUI U^i'UUbVVIl pillUV^lQ Ulll
not be betrayed by the present low prices of
cotton and their wants of money, to commit
the folly of planting a larger crop than usunl,
in order to make.up the required sum by
increased quantity, increase of production
but aggravates the evils under which the
planters} suffer; for too many train all their
energies to make Cotton, to the neglects comparatively,
of supplies of provisions and other
articles whioh eyery . plantation needs,
and of which a- surplus can always, find a
ready market. ,This is especially true now,
for while cotton-i* unusually low,, almost
every other article usually made on a cot
r.1onfohrvn id unilouuIU' liirvll* 'olid IiItaId
tyil J??MV?VIVU IO
to remain bo. Com especially- bears a very
high price, witli no prospect of an abatement.
The home consumption cannot dimin
isb, wjiile the deifwod for export is all th(
( tiine increasing. Corn .is now a reguiai
I article of shipment to Europe, where it k
I jeariy joop^ijg iniwe, ijnto u?k JTJifypo'tmtr]
I will also continue to have a I^rgt) marke
abroad for all the flour, bacon, .peef^ ant
i" every other transportable article ol food.
t "Let not" proep^^Qf an early peace de
\ P?iv? t^e punter in^ t% belief
SsBHHH??
I ^
Lucky.?The Atlanta" Examiner of the
10th says, a gentleman from Virginia, while
slopped at the Washington Ilall Hotel, in
this city, a few days since, reported the loss
of his pocket-book, containing $3,200 ; hut
appearing to take the matter so "coolly,"
says the Examiner, "the incredulous were
disposed (o regard it a hoax, and even those
of a contrary disposition were left in doubt
sis to the fact, particularly when the gentleman
on the ensuing morning took passage
in the Augusta train on his way to the Old
Dominion." Shortly after tbe departure of
the gentleman in question, the money
market among the "colored folks" seemed
to become so easy as to excite suspicion
that a "smash" had been made on someone.
a nogro, in attempting to pass a one hundred
dollar bill was arrested, which soon led
to the recovery of ?3,100 more, scattered
among his friends. This fully confirming
the Virginia gentleman's account of his loss,
no delay was had in informing him of the
recovery of his funds. So indifferent did
he appear at his loss, that the Examiner
wonders whether he will think it worth while
to nilt himsplf tn tho iiir-nnvnnicnfo r.f I
ing or sending after his money ; and if not,
suggests that it be invested for the benefit
of the poor of that city.?Suvh. Rep.
Not Si.y Enough.?The Commercial
Hank of Philadelphia has got itself into hot
water, by shaving notes at a greater discount
il *1^ 1 ?11 rn.!~ ?- - .1 ? ?l ?
until inu law anuws. mis is a uauy iransaction
with bankers, but as they do their
business through third parties, they almost
always escape punishment.
rn?rt ?i.. t.i j . ?i?
xnv: iii^icuiviib in nuu?iii i? ? niaKi:
hi9 deposits at ft bank, and groat fii^ouragemcnt
given him, but when he asks a small
discount he is tokl that he must take his
turn. After waiting until the last moment,
he is refused, the bank having "just discounted
largely." However, he is referred to Mr.
CJrcely, the broker, in the basement, who is
always ready to "do these things," but somehow
is iust short enough to want one and
a half or two per (rent, a month. Time being
lost, the merchant suffers this ruinons
.shave, the broker passes the note bank, and
draws the money from the very vaults, at
which the merchant had vainly waited.
Such tilings are said not to be unusual
elsewhere. This is one of the causes why
banks have became so odious.
Another Infernal Machine. Case
in Cincinnati.?Infernal machines seem
to thrive in the Queen City of the West.
The Cincinnati Gazette of Wednesday says:
Un Monday evening, about 9 o clock, as
Mr. Christopher Swislielm and his family,
on Walnut, between Court and Ninth
Streets, were seated in front of a blazing fire,
engaged in conversation, their attention was
attracted by the noise of something coming
down tho chimney. The instant it struck
the fire it ignited and rolled on to the floor.
Fortunately Mr. S. immediately, threw the
"ball -of fire" into a pail of water, and exi
tinguiahed it. Upon examination it was
found to be a ball of cotton, saturated with
turpentine. In the centre of the ball was
a heavy charge of gunpowder and several
slugs. A young man who has bccu at enmity
with the Swishelm family for somtime,
and who was seen yesterday, but has
since disappeared, is suspected 01 uie acr.
It seems tliat ho went on the house, and
threw tlie ball down the chimney, supposing
that when it struck tho fire, an explosion
would take placo, and the death of those
who were seated around the fire would bo
tho result. A
Shout Sermon.? Owe no man anything.
Keep out of debt. Avoid it as you
would war, pestilence and famine. Abhor
it with an entire and absolute abhorrence.
Ditr notatoes. break stones.' peddle in tin
ware, do any thing that is honest and useful,
rather than run( in debt. As ,you value
qomfort, quiet, independence, keep out
of debt. As you value-good digestion, a
healthy appetite, a placid temper, a smooth
pillow, pleasant dreams, aild happy wakings,
keep out of-debt. Debt is the hardest of
ail taskmasters, the most cruel of all oppressors."
It is a millstone about the neck.
It is an "incubus on the heart. It spteade
. a cloud over (he wnolo nrmnment 01 mail 8
I beipg. It eclipses the sun, it blots out the
stars, it (lima and defects the beautiful bin*
sky, It breaks up. the. harmony of nature
and turns to dissonance all the voices of itt
melody. If furrows the forebeid with pro
mature wrinkles; it plttciks the eye of ita'Hght
? it drags all nobleness- and kindle?' out o
) the port and benriagof ,nian. It takes th<
soul of Ilia taucrti. and nfl stateliness and free
* doirffirrtn his wa!k. Como Wi underwit
f accurBed dominion. '"-*1 1
t ' A 1 ? of/* joteA~T^"'j|
* Wc6^uJ^i^tion^in'v Cindin^ilti. .Hub'
. ^OTrifea-RbWdo' wa mippne^M
g ^^1 '^. }y^T' ?j|f
il *iren nearew w> w>u. -< > ?.
. .u'j'wl'j,'
An exchange tells tliis good story: A
yankeeaud a Frenchman owned a pig in
copartnership. When killing time carao
they wished to divide llio carcass. Tlio yankce
was anxious to divide so that lie should
get both hind quarters, and persuaded tlio
Frenchman that the proper way to divide
was to cut it across the back. The French
man agreed to it, on condition that the Yankee
would turn his hack and take choice of
the pieces after it was cut in two. The Yankee
turned his back, and the Frenchman
asked:
"Vitch piece vill you have; ze pieco wid
7.e tail 011 liiin, or ze piece what aint got no 1
tail on him ?"
"The piece with the tail on him !" shouted
the Yankee.
"Den, by gar, you take him, and I take
ze other," said the Frenchman.
Upon looking round the Yankee foundthat
the Frenchman had cut off the taiE
and stuck it in the pig's mouth.
We find the following amusing accouqt
*1 c *1 ? .< .?
ui iiiu unjoin ui uiusuiyiiig--mora iruui man
poetry," going flic rounds of the papers: Atn
social dinner, Joliri Sylvester challenged Ben
Johnson to a lu.ifob in forming rhyming
couplets. The challenge was accepted, and
Sylvester's first attempt ran as follows :
"I John Sylvester,
To which his antagonist instantly retorted
:
"I Ben Johnson,
Hugged yotir wife."
This was rather a poser, and Sylvester
protested, that it was no rhyme. "No,"
said Johnson, "but it is true.11 The resnlfi
is not recorded : hut it is quite probable.
that John Sylvester caved in. r,
Pitch jxto Nicodemus.?A celebrated
character of the State of New York, holding
a high post in the law, was lately-taken
ill and confined to his hod for several days.
Ilis wife, who is an angel of a woman, (aswives
generally are,) proposed to read: for'
him, in which ho readily assented. "My
dear, what shall I read ?" "Oh, I don't-care
much what, any thing you please, . "But
have you no choice, my dear ?" "None in
the world, love ; ple.ase your self."" "Shrill"!
read you a chapter or two out of the Scriptures
?" "Oh, yes, that'll do very well.'*
"But what part of the Scriptures shall I
read?" "Any part you like, love." "But
dear, you must have some choice, some little
preference." Well, wellj dear if you wilf
please me, then pitch into 2iricodcmti&.n
?A passing traveler in the backwoods
met with a settler, near a house, and: inquired?
"W hose IIousc 1
"Hogs'."
"Of what built?"
"Logs."
"Any neighbours?"
"Frogs."
"What is the soil V
"Bogs."
"The climate?1'
"Fom."
"Your diet?"
"Hogs."
"How do you catcli 'era ?"
"Dogs."
"Wouldn't Shave Colored Folks.'*-^
Fredrick Douglass delivered one of- his leo
tures last week, in liiddertord Me., and the
morning afterwards stepped into the barber's
shop of a Mr. Bunker, an Ethiopian with n
slight European alloy in his blood, wbo abf
solutcly refused to shave ;bhn, as ,jt waB
against the rules of the establishment to
shave colored gentlemen. Frtd, loft in a
very wrathful mood.
. - ;.
Fatahtv.?James XI. Price, of .Newark,
while engaged in sawing some . limbs from
an old tree on Wednesday last, by some
means missed his fooling and fell to the
ground, a distance of some thirty feet. Hb
struck on the Imek of his head, and with
such violence as to . seriously fracture.
skull, from the effects of which lie died the
j following day. It is a singular fact ttiat tDo *
father of MK Prico lost hi's Rfe sromo-'frfe
f years since, from a similar fall,.and a brottfdr
wns maimqdfor lifebyn fell from a ladder
last stiromer. " *
J- -V- mVJt
Coo KtBBTE rrs.-^-Girls wi th- hpjlow ctteslii
and full bosomB. . Such ki nd <>f things sere#
eome together naturally. 1 Make a note, and
don't mistake cotton for plumpness.',;,! - (j
- Mayor W^Iito oponed .a.war
Fortune Tellers wuo infect: several AcbtiOD*
of tho city. The
to arrest all gygb, yndt^-tfi.e^ .
i ^>jp?r;-far f#* '?^-'V< * >rr .i^ii
fe ^^^^(SkwOa^ikL iY:UMrpn>peg>W?r*