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VOLUME 1?NO. ABBEVILLE C. IE, SOUTH CAKOI.IXA, Fill 1UY MOKXIXG, MAY '2X 1850. WHOLE NUMBER 159,
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J'llU.ISIiri) wrKKI.Y, AT AlUtKVII.I.K, P. r.,
A T O X E I) O L L A It A Y K A R ,
UAS n circulation of nearly one thousand
in Abbeville District, ami is constantly
?nereasinir. Its circulation in tlii* State is
About fourteen hundred, and its entire Iir-t of
jMiliscrihers numbers over sixteen hundred. It
!s therefore offered to the mercantile and busitiere
community generally as the best advertising
medium in the up-enntrv of South Carolina.
HATES OF Al?Vi:UTISINC.
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'2 squares 3 months t; <"n't
2 squares 6 months lit imi
2 squaies 12 month* l.? om
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4 Bipiuros l'i months 2-? 00
/? squares months 15 00
5 squares ii months 'jit no
5 squares 12 months ------ :;<> on
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period tliun three months will lie churned 75
Miili per square (12 lines <>r les<) for first inserti<?n
anil :J7 A per square fur om-Ii continuance.
Any one advertisimr hv nniiual orseininii111i.al
contract can change Ins advertisement
monthly, if lie desires.
{3^" Stih-icrihers to the paper who do not
pay their subscriptions within the year will lie
clinrgo<l *1 5". [April "JO, 1S5."?
Dry goods. "!
SPRING IMPORTATIONS,
1 8 5 G .
Mil.].Kit ,t WARRF.N.
Hotel, Augustn, lire receiving tlieir j
usuiil elioiert variety of Sl'UINti 1)1'I!SS FA15-[
ltll'S, einltrneiiig the I test, uinkers of Frer.eli i
nixl Kngli?li productions. muong wltii-h :ir>? i
l'icli l'rintcd French .Inconcts mul t :
Kich ' Flounced Unrcircs nnd Organdies;
Itic-li " American and Kniflish Lawns;
Wii'h " I'roneh Brilliants and Cambrics ;
I'ich " Bareges ami Tissues*
ISlutr. Blue and I'iiiU, lMniii Brilliants, now 1
nrtiel.*.
Silks !
?\Mo'rted <"o!ors I-'lnnni'cd Silk Dresses ;
lficli I'laid ami Striped Taffeta Silks ;
Bieh Moire Antique. Ton lard and China Silks; .
Black Taffeta and (Iro de Rhine ])o. .
l'lain ami Stiiped (iivnadinrs nn<t Bareges;
1 thick Flounced Grenadine and Ilarege Dresses;
Superior Summer Bnml>a/.incs and dial lies ; j
Black .Jaconets, Organdies and Marquise ;
lilack Kng. Crapes, I.ove Veils and 1 laiidker- ,
elliefs.
In addition to this long line of Dress floods,
we have a complete stork of Calioocs. (ling- j
lianiB, Linen Goods, Furniture Paints, Kml>roi-'
derios and Laces, Hosiery ami Gloves, l'lain'
and Embroidered Crape Shawls.
A large lot of Mantillas, in great variety of |
Htyl?*f?.
Pantaloon Stuffs, llleAched ami I'rnvn
Good.*.
White nn<l Striped Osnuburgs, of various;
brands.
Our friends and customers arc respectfully j
invited to examine the largest, stock of Spring
awl Summer (><)OI>S that we have ever had. '
Particular attention paid to filling orders. i
Augusta, On., April 1$, 185IS SO-Jf !
Fresh Arrivals!
FRESH GROCERIES
;
Hardware, &c., &c.. &c.
I AG A1N ask attention of Planters and House-'
keepers to my additional supplies of .lava
..nil f'/ll.Tl.T eiVMI" Mil
LASSK&ViiicK,^\s^\i?i\ rii'iT
Irish Potatoes,
.S'till lower?below eo.sl?cheap enouirh for
table use. I havej still about THIRTY 15ARREL?S',
which 1 mil determined to close out. ;
A New Suppl y
l'nints. Oils, Turpentine, Ruriiing Fluid, I'ut- j
ty, and Window Glass, French and American, i
0. K?
Rectified, Rye nnil Fagle "WIILS'KKY, which
I wish to close out immediately at a little
above cost for cash. I
HardwareHues
of every vnriety, from 'in to So ets? an<l
Btill lower per doz. Hand .S'aws, Vices, Anvils,
.Smiths' Tonjrs, IJellows, 1'iteh Forks, <S'hovels,
.Spades, and Nails of every No., from ii to 40 :
penny. CHAINS?Log, Lock, Fifth and draw-.
ing.
Also, to Young and Old,
There is an application niadetoeonie forward ;
before summer and supply yourselves with ;
Wooden and Cane-seated ROCKING CHA1RN, j
nn<] nny oilier kind you may want, as 1 linvc n lew
left, nml will sell at cost for cash.
Gnns.
'If you want Onus that will shoot and kill
over loo yards, enll on II. t>. Kkkii ami lie will ]
-sli/>w you a few of them.
Tobocco and Cigars.
Tohaeeo of every quality, from 15 cts. to j
$1.00 pel* lb. ("ignrs, many brands.
All of the nbovc articles, ami many others.'
may be found nl the Grocery <S'torc of
II. A KERR, !
Ap,l 2, 48 tfj No. 5 Brick Range. j
hc atm
AND STATIONERY, j
f|"MIK Undersigned has npenod ft BOOK j
X 8TOU1S, in Newberry, whero he keeps
constantly on hnnd a fine assortment of llclig-!
ions, Miscellaneous and Hclxm] JiOOKH. . |
Orders from a distance will bo filled at tho
shortest notice. W. J. DUFFIE.
Newberry C. IF. [Jan 25 38-ly
Flour.
Clf* BBLS' FLOUR on consignment.
/I), ?ALSO?
8 Sacks, 19C lbs., ExtraFamilr Flour, for 6ale
l.? *H. .S KRRR. v
April 2,1850. 48 tf |
.. : . .. - ' i'
SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY!
GUAM) AIN'T ANYTHIXC COMPARED TO IT!
! SUBSOIL PLOWING IS NO USE !
Cotton Si-cil a IVvfcct Nuisance!
CLOTHING THE ONLY REMEDY::
a "TEkf * 9 "?X' 5^? 9
irp]IK iti?l<*f:it District ami Village
i I t'lothing Man. l>v elnso nlMi-rriitinti ami
haril study. lias lenracd several new features in
; the art of improving ami n<!<>i"iiii <; the .Masculine
portion ?>f the liiuiinii family, lie's been
I fhan to New York, look lessons under scientific
men, ami lias made himself so familiar
| with all the licautie*. duties, liabilities, advan;
tages ami responsibilities of the human wcath;
pi-l)onriliii|; department timt just as =ooit as
j ho lays his eyes on a man, lie knows what he
! lacks?whether it is foot I or raiment, lie i
just tlie panic to mankind that sprinir is to vc?fJ
elation. Country merchants would <lo well to
j come in ami take a few lessons?charges modi
crate for single scholar?classes taken at re!
<lue< :l rates.
Jf it i-? food ttii'l raiment, lie take* liim in,
; cover?. weather-boards and floors him, ami
j then sends liim over to his friend, 11. S. Kerr,
I or down to J.iniinx it Colib's, where in u few
i minute?, al'ter the patient has realised the re1
viviinr, healthful influenceof the external api
plienlion. tln-v will commence the ins>i?le work
| ?eciiiiiir. lathiujr, phtsterintr and sofiurincr, and
! then start him home. Ami it is no wonder, after
t-akinir some of l.ouiax A- t'oldi's or if. S.
Kerr's in'ard filling (which issiili.-tantial.no
lii|uid)tlieu allowing Lyons to give them what's
11 i <?I i -:!? !... :
- I? " ???e!I
,Wt know Ukmii when they ir<> home; tlx*
little hoys ami girls run ami hitle, thinking
some eitv folks Iikvc come In their pa's limites,
voung hiilk'j* commence fixing up to entertain
"their new lieiiux, ami young men brush their
hen<ls. look ?liirnitie<l and start to receive the
nice looking stranger.
A few men of rather ordinary nppearnnee,
who have thrown tln.-nifelves entirely into Lyons'
hands, know the advantages to be derived
from a suit of his Clothes : it has inarrieil them
into rieh families, given them a standing far bevoii'l
their expeetations, ami been the melius of
pitehing them as liigli up asphifty-phonr phorty
in the seale of upperteudom re.?r>eetabilit v.
There lire now in the city of Ahhevilfe, ::
Churches, '2 A?-n?l<-uiii-s. 1 rtin?:inii Si'luml, a
jrrent many Dry ' Jouds Stores, 2 I Vint inir Oli'uv-,
2 Wholesale Grocery lluu-es, *2 Jewellers' Ks
tiiblishmcnis, a Tlie.-pian Coip?, .Masonic ami
Odd Fellows* Lodge, Dancim; Ulass, i 1 ij>
dronie. '1 Carriage nml JSuniry Manufactories,
I Hotels. several Hoardint; House.?, 1 l)rusj
Store, (Jin Factory. nml a Steam Saw Mill, 'J
liariK-s*, it ii<l several Hoot ami Slioe Shops, Tin
.Manufactory, Tailors' Kslnhlislimcnt?,
net, Carpenters' and Hlack-iniilis' Shops, :i
Uefreshnieiit Saloons, ami 2 1.1 very Stables, ami
it will not. do for a jrent Ionian to make a hail
appearance at. any of these places; it. injures
their business. Lyons keeps Clothing suitable
for a 1 the sihove named places, avocations and
occupations. and because In? has a bin trade ami
fl IrtPiro S!o?*l? l?i? iliin't .? ?I * -
tliiil hiv unroasonaldo.
Lyons'stoek <>f Leghorn nud Straw ITats is
complete. 1 le keeps line IVki'tKnivis, llazor.-.
Oil mid l-'luid Lamps, Fiddles, Fiddle Strings
and Fiddle Rosin, manufactured expressly for
this trade, Flutes, Patent l>oor Fasteners, Iiitcrest
ThI>1<^, the most convenient thins; ?>f the
kind now in use?every body ought In have
one?Hankers' ('uses, Hill Hooks, I'ocket ami
Memorandum Hooks, 1 'n velopes, Letter Paper,
the largest stock over brought, to this market?
New Yorkers eom|ilain of a scarcity since we
purchased?Steel Pens, so many that there is
an anticipated advance on steel, l'ort. Monnaies
onoiiL'h to hide nil the money in the llislriet.
Combs. Iliiir lim?l>?s \'nil l'r....ii. 11 1?
enough to Opell :? wliolfi Sill0 hfllsh uil<l COIIlh
imii-o, iiixl if Cedar I'cin-ils rise, Lyons has got
' in sure?a whole ease of ]>lu<-kiiitr, NwdIvs,
iinv quantity, niul low l?y retail, Trieophcrous,
Kalhairion, Cologne, Hair Oil, Handkerchief
Kxtracts and sweet smcllim; stud", Necdlo and
Thimble Cases, Lanterns, Hugirv Whips, Valises,
two of three Horses, anil so many otli<*r
tilings that it would take us a whole day to
look them up and nnine tliem over, all of which
a re ready for inspection and sale, at the Corner
Store in the Marshall House.
Ahheville C. J I., April If., lKoii. r.n-tf
TiTsTiOIrss,~
C 0 K E S 15 V Ji V ,
IS SO MUCH Knirii'/ed in selline ?i?<1
1. nut his NKW STOCK OFSPIMNO A NO
SUMMER GOODS, purchased in Now York,
1'hiladclpJiin, Haltimore and Charleston, lluit |
lie lias not the time to specify and detail. Every
<>nc says?find what every one nays must j
be so?t lint it is the Chntptal, Junmt end JJnst
Stock brought to Cokosluiry. Consisting of !
Prints, Jaconet, Muslins, IIOIJI-IS, Organdies',
l>Ii 11.F/l ANTICS, Ginghams;
Bareges, Tissues, I.abarador?, C1IALLY, MAIIAHOI'T
SATIN K; |
MAUAHOUT I?ASSA1.K. CHAPE MAKETZ,
GAl'SE MEXICAN A;
The above new Goods in all colors, as well in
w -
Hill,/ KII/IC.
LINEN GOODS.
MANTALETS. ??<1 MANTILLAS, Ilibljon?,
Collar?, SleevM nml Trimming*".
]JOXNETS AND IIATS.
For GENTS, BOYS nncl YOUTH, Goods of
every variety, viz:
Cottona?lc, Uincns, l)rnj? il'Etc, Cnsliinaret?,
?fcc. Also,
nr.aui -.iiauii i ill.Mi,
Boots, Slippers, (Jiuters, nml Children's Shoe*.
IIATS AND CAPS,
Besides lii? full stock in HARDWARE, GltOCBHY,
CROCKERY, m?d
STATIONERY AND SCHOOL BOOKS.
My stock is now complete in nil its depart
moms, iimnklul for tlie patronage heretofore
given to me, I hope that the present stock,
Hrlrrfcd with qrtat care nnd under the bc*t advantage*,
wift be the strongest inducement to
my old friends and customers. New ones come
and judge for yourselves, nnd rest nssured you
can buj- as cheap from mu as nny whore else,
besides a large nnd beautiful nssortmont to select
from. M. STRAUSS.
Cokesbu^-, April 7, 185C 40tf
HATS! HATS!
TUST opened alnnreStock of MKVB rttm.
*' MER HATS, BOY'S nnd INFANTS do
nt CHAMBER'S A MARRIIALL'S. '
-I J'ril J -18
V*-- . x ''
MISCELLANY.
1'rom tin- Kdgetield Advertiser.
Little Sam Walker.
i Jfr. Julitor : Knowing the disposition
' of many of your readers to see examples of!
patriotism, and the solicitations I liavo liad, i
! is my only apology for giving y<>u a narrative
which came under my own observation, ;
which yon can use for what it is worth. !
It will he remembered that war was declared
by lhe liiitcd States against (ileal
I'ritain, in June, 1812. Shortly after, den
erai ?orders were issued in (Borgia for a|
draft of Militia tor regular sorvicc. I then
( resided in Lincoln county. A general par- j
ade was ordered, a company volunteered,\
j and I was soon alter elected to command'
! the sauio.
For some ten months nothing occurred I
\vor;hy of note, only a regular course of j
:drill and discipline. 1 third; it was on the'
. 12tli August, lSiy, by order of Col. Wal-j
i ton Harris, mv company paraded at J.in-j
: colton for review, and preparatory for en-!
(ering service, at which time three or four1,
j substitutes wcie olVere.l by those whose bus-,,
I iness wouM not permit of their leaving at1,
that sea>on. And among the rest, the hero (i
. wi iijv story, -j-iuie >am u aiker," with 11
whom I was then unacquainted. lie liail |
; not volunteered, for his age and si7.0 twelve! j
I mou'lis before, had not brought liim into'
notice ; but now lie had grown up and bo-i
j came very anxious to go into the army, h
1 le was not yet seventeen years oM, of sal-1
low complexion and feminine voice, and;
| weighed about one hundred and fifteen I <
I pounds. Alter I lie review, he was offered as !
! a substitute, when the following dialogue!
; ensued : t
Col. Harris. Young man, how old are 1
! you \ 1
Sam Walker. About seventeen, sir.
' (_'? !. II. Sir vi.11 mi., vw v
: tin* :ii tny. I t
S S. W. T um, sir, hut I am very willing i
( to try it. ' <
j Col. II. !> > y?jti suppose yon arc able (1
1 to carry a nm^k? t, knapsack, Are., ami j s
march tltirly miles a day ? , 1
J S. \V. I <lo not kvw, sir, hut I think 1 1 t
< :iii go a> far as any of th<i other*. j t
Col. II. Are your parent* willing? j"
! S. \Y. I have none, sir?they arc *lead. j 1
j Col. II. Then is your guardian willing? j f
, S. \V. I have no guardian either. j ji
Col. II. Have you no friend or relation*; 11
I \\ ho would object ? J ;i
S. \V. '.^ijuire 1'olid, sir, is inv uncle, t
' and the Ensiirn is iiiv brother. i t
('<>1. If. Cull Ensign Walker. ;|
The Kn>ign was accordingly called and t
j t-riiit-silly examined ahont the nge, health, ;i
of his brother. lit: said In: had no c
! objection to his brother's going, but feared , 1j
! that lie was rather young and feeble to tin-! t
! dergo the many hardships incident to a sol- t
I diet 's life. Whereupon Col. Harris oh-, l
!served, "Voting man, you must stay at!
: home a while longer, ami eat more innsli,. ti
: and grow fast, and wait for the next tour of s
| duty. I regard von too small to take? t
i you are therefore dismissed." t
I Sam Walker turned oft' reluctantly ami v
mortified. I then received instructions to li
; have my company equipped and paraded,1 :i
at Lincolnton, in two weeks from that time,! ^
j to take up our line of march for the Creek a
i Nation, which was accordingly done on the]
; 20:h of August, 1813. Previous to my c
i Mil* ;iri;oMi.'u in me si roc t i>y i '2
I Sain Walker, who said : i s
! "Captain, will you let me ?o with you t
. in tlie army ? " I
| To which I replied in the affirmative. ;s
i "Hut will you see me paid and draw my y
rations?"
i "Certainly 1 will, sir," was my prompt 1 c
answer. I
"Well, Captain, where will vou camp to- t
night?" * ja
1 "At Freeman's Spring, five miles off." ii
' That's all I wished to know. Now say j
nothing about if, and I will be with you be- J
fore day," whispered my young friend, as'v
we parted. j ~
Sometime after, Joseph Walker, the En-Is'
sign, asked me couiidentially what Sam in-je
tended to do. I told him. He then ob- .v
| served if he would go, and if I would let, ?
' him go as a substitute, that lie knew one r<
who would give him all his ofjuippnge and | "
thirty dollars, and that lie might as well j '
; nave it, as nothing, l consented, and Sum Bl
was soon after presented to me as a substi- 11
tute and accepted, to tlie gratification of ^
the company, and marched off from Lin- '?
coin, with liis companions, in regular line "
to Fort Hawkins, where they soon drew
their guns and bayonets, and the sentinels
posted. S
On the third night Sam Walker was put
011 guard. And here I must observe that 0
the General had not yet arrived, and Col.
IlariH, by seniority, had command of the j;
whole armv. Till* rnlnnnl in PAinnftnu .1
( ... ? r?v 11
, with 011c Major, three Captains and two ti
j Doctors, walked out that evening in the <j
; neighborhood of Tort Hawkins*. During
their absence the Officer of the Day cluing- J
ed the countersign. On their return, nt a r;
late hour of the night, they were accosted b
by Sam Walker, just after his being placed tl
Ion L'Uard. wll<> lu?il?/l "WliAnnmM iIiomJ"
r> - ----- ? 1 ."v.-. A
Col. Harris replied, ''The grand rounds." a
. S>. W. Advance, sir, and givo thocoun- c
j (crsign. n
Tne Colonel advancing, gnvc n 6ign. p
>*6SV '*' '
S. \Y. Stop, sir, that is not the conn- j
tersign, and you arc a prisoner, sir.
Oil. II. Von dare attempt to stop mo ? .<
S. \V. Yes, ami yon dare to pass me,I]
sir, and I II put my bayonet through yon, I
(at the same lime charging upon the </o- <
loud.) 11
Col. II. (In a hold and commanding tone)?Sir,
nothing but your ignorance pre*;:
vents mo from taking your head oft".
S. \Y. You can try it if yon like, but
if you attempt to pass here I will kill you '
if I can.
Col. II. (more boldly and enraged)
1 on i;?i.l damifd lilt It* scoundrel, do you .
know wlio you are talking to, and that I am 1
tin* Commander of this army ? It' I don't;
pass, I'll have your head taken oft' to-mor- i
row.
S. \V. \V? !1. sir, if von pass hero I'll!
have my havonet in you to-night, and sn (
all of y<>ii sot yourselves down as prisoners i
for the guard house. I know you, C<>1.
Harris. i
They sill obeyed the orders except. thej
one in the rear, who, during the confah, j
stole haek and went round, and hy some j
other sentinel -jot through the lines. lie!
ihen iinmedifitely applied to Maj. droves, j
I he ofiieer of the day. to to the relief oft1
liis friends. The Major. on eueounterinc j1
^ani. was haih'd with, "who comes there?"
Maj. (I. The grand rounds.
S. \V. Advance and give the counter- ;
ign.
S. \\\ l'ight,sir : pass on. t
Maj. (I. l?ut I come to release the pris
. . !
S. \\. 1'nss on. sir; you can't have <
Maj. (' . ]>nt I must have* them?I am { 1
lie oHicer of the day, ami have a right to 1
alee them. ! '
hem. '
S. \Y. I ti ll you to pass on, sir, for yon j 1
hall not have tln*tu till 1 deliver thein at , |
In* ^itni'il-houso. *
Tin: Major i lion passed on, ami tlio oiU- 1
mess saw no prospect of relief, until the
wo hours parsed round. They then re- '
ortoil to a stratagem. One of them said I c
ie was very thirsty, ami proposed going'*
r> the "p'inr, ~lose hy. ami all rose to their | s
eet. for that purpose, when Sain cried out, j I
stop, u >t a mail leaves only at the risk of! 1
lis life." Finding they e.ould not scare j11
\am, one of thorn appealed lo his liberality : i
ind humanity. "Whereupon Paul said, if J I
hoy would pledge their honor as gentlemen, 11
,nd leave their swords and hats in his ens- j I.
udy, they could cjo. This was the hardest ; t
rial of all; hut. finding themselves so com-11
iletelv foiled, and thinking yet to succeed, s
hey submitted and drew oil' their swords j 1
lid liats and went to the Spring, where a :1
ousiiltation was held, which resulted in the j
iclief that they could never succeed. And j
|,nv 1*1 *i11i*it..?i ^ 4- v I
..vj .v?o?<.u Iimi; mi Oillll IU UUirCII <
Item up to the guard-house, :il the expira-j
ion of two hours.
Soon in the morning Sam come to my
ent and related to me the whole eirenmtaneo,
and expressed some fears from the \
hrcatsof Col. Harris; hut when I told him !
hat he had done exactly right, and that 1
irould stand hetween him and all dangers, j
ie assumed a confidential air. The whole!
trair went like electricity, and Little Sam
iValkcr was sought after, and soon became ;
s noted in the army as Col. Harris. i
IIu served .1 faithful (nnf *1.a ' ?
ampaijrn, and at the battle of Colleba, the j c
l7ili of January, he received n ball in tlici *
boulder. When the battle was over,and J
lie wounded collected for surgical opera- '
ions, I went to sen them, when Sam's first c
filiation was,''Well, Captain, they have i 8
;ivc it to me, but thev have not got me yet." | c
Ye soon had the ball extracted, when Sam ,
laimed it of the Doctor, and said if the'
? ?
ci in urn, iii! lnieunea 10 give it; "
sick to tliem. lis did his duty like ji hero,! a
ml returned to Lincoln, tlie tlu-me of praise j'
ii every crowd. R. Paiiks. I?
nitASRiiorPF.ns.?Some sort of insect? v
re hnvebeen told that it is the? grasshopper s
-has been playing Pr.d havoc with corn in tl
Dine neighhorlioods in this county. Sev- ?
ral person* having told us that their corn tl
as being destroyed in this way, we walked v
ut to exiiibfno our crop, which had been ?
pcently worked over, ami we could scarcely <11
locate" the rows, so general liad been the tl
cstrnction. In one patch of some five or ?
ix acre?, (joining the woods,) there wasjh
ot a stalk left to every twenty yards square, j h
Vill some professor of "the shovel and hoe" fi
>11 lis what can ho done to prevent sueh'tl
varmints" from destroying our^m^ i h
_ A thens \ ti
Dkatii of an Ac.ko Neouo.?The j ?
lireveport Democrat, of Thursday last,eays:!
"We have to rccord, this week, the death '
f probably tho oldest man in Lonisana? I ?
ic old black man Jim, usually known as!
>r. Jim. He died on Saturday morning, i j,
ic 10tl> instant, ngcd one hundred and : j,
A'onty-four years, thiee months anil twenty-j tj
aj-s. lie was horn December 24, 1731,, tt
l Fredericksburg, Vn., astlie slave of Capt! S(
ohn Carter, who served sis ail officer dn-1
ing the ltevolutionnry war. Jim was the
ody-servant of Capf. Carter and .others rr
trough the period of the Revolution, was o
rail acquainted with Gen? Washington o
nd most of tno other distinguished gen- h
rals of the war, was at Yorktown and wit- o
J il - ? ? -
wacu me msi uccistvo struggle tor liicic-1
oudeqcc, I
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Effects of Intomperr.nco.
The following is the most graphic ?l?.*lii?
cation of the miseries ami clfeo's of intern
perance that we have overseer,? it is fron
the arguments advanced by certain citizen
of Portage county, Ohio, in a memorial t<
the Legislature on the subject :
Ami yet, its march of ruin is onwar.
still ! It reaches abroad toothers?invade
the family and social circles?and spread
woe in its vigor?manhood in its stren^tl
?and age in its weakness. It breaks tli
father's iicnrt?bereaves the. doating niothe
?extinguishes natural affection?erases eon
jugal love?blots out filial attachment?
blights parental hope?and brings dowi
mourning age ui sorrow to the grave. I
produces weakness, ami not. strength; sick
ih-ss, not health; death, not lite. It niak<wives
widows?children orphans? father
fiends?and all of them paupers and he?
gars. It hails fevers?feeds rheumatisms?
nurses gouts?welcomes epidemics ? invite
cholera?imparts pestilence, and embrace
consumptions. It covers the laud with idle
ticss, poverty, disease and crime.
It tills your jails?Mipplies your alms
houses?ami demands your asylums. I
engenders controversies ?fosters ?|iiarrcls ?
cherishes riots. It contemns law -spurn,
order ? and loves mobs. It crowds voiis
penitentiaries?and furnishes tlie vieliius foi
your scatl'ulds. It is the 1 i>1.?o<I of tin
gambler?the aliment of the connlerfeitci
?the prop of the highwayman, and tin
mpport of the midnight incendiary.
It Countenances the liar?respects tlx
hief? and esteems the blasphemer. It vidates
obligation?reverences fraud ? and
iniimx iiifiit"'' ' 1 '
- .>1 uvimiii-* liciH-VUU'lirc?
iates love?scorns virtue?ami slawlers inloeence.
It incites the father to butcher liis
>fl'-prin?f?helps the husband to massacre
lis wife?:m?l ai>ls the child to jriiutl hi arrieklal
axe. It burns up innn?eonlimes
woman ? detests life?curses Go.I?
ual despises Heaven.
Tt Sllbr.l-i>e ?
. ... v,...., ..imgivi-n?nurses pr-ijnrv?
leiiles the jury box?and stains the judical
ermine. It bribes votes?disqualifies
oters?corrupts elections?pollutes our intitntions?and
endangers our governmenS.
t degrades tlie citizen?debases the legisator?dishonors
the statesman?and disirms
the patriot. It brings shame, not
tonor : terror, not safety ; despair, m>i
iope; misery, not happiness. . Ami now.
i? with the malevolence of a fiend, it calm
v surveys its frightful desolation, :ini] insuiatf
with havoc, it poisons felicity?kills
icaoc?ruins morals?Mights confidence?
lays reputation?and wipes out national
lonor?then curses the \Vorld?and laugh?
it its ruins.
Keep your eye on your Neighbors.
Take care of them. Don't let them stii
vithotlt watching. They may do someliing
wrong if you don't. To he sure yon
lever knew ihem t? <i.> 1
?taiiu^i \n> nan.
>tit it may bo nn your account they have
lot. l'crhaps if it had not been for youi
cinfl earc they might have disgraced themelves
and families a long time ago. Thereore
don't relax any effort to keep them
vhere they ought to bo; never mitid your
ivvn business, that will take care of itself
['here is a man passing along?there he is
ooking over the fenec into his neighbor's
garden?ho suspicious of him, perhaps lie
omempiates stealinjx something some <>f
liesu dark nights; there is no knowing
vliat queer fancies lie may have got into
lis head. If von see any symptoms of any
me passing out of the path of rectitude,
peak to some individual about it, and toll
very one else you see, but be particular
mil sec a great many.
It is a good way to circulate such tilings
ml though it may not benefit yourself, <>r
ny one else particularly, it will be someliing
equally important about some one
lse. Do keep something going?silence
5 a dreadful thing, though it is said there
/a* silence in the Court of Ileavcn for the
pace of half an hour, don't let any such
liing occur on earth; it would be loo
inch like Heaven for the inhabitants of
liis mundane sphere. If after all your
i-ntchful care, you enn't see anything out
f tllP in nt>" 1
. ? ..... une, ?du may ue sure
. is not bccausc tliey have not Hone any
ling bad; perhaps in an unguarded nm?urnt,
you lost sight of ihein?throw out
ints they are no heller than they should
e?that you should not wonder if people
>und out what they were after a while, and
ion they inny not carry their head* s>>
igh. Keep it a going and Rome one will
ike the hint, and begin to help yon after
while?then there will be music and
verything will work to a charm.
The Augusta papers announce tin* death
f Hon. W. C. Dawson, at his residence in
!reensboro, on Tuesday morning last. lie
as filled nuinv r-C 11 <-> r>,... -*-1
j iiwiiui iiiu hum
? Jus unlive State, and represented lier in
le Senate of the United States from 1847
> 186.3. lie was widely known and dejrvedlv
pfttwinpil
Death of Ex-Governor Thoup.?The
jehincholy intelligence l?ns just reached U9
f tbe death of this most illustrious citizen
f Georgin. lie expired hist Saturday, at
is residence in Laurens county, al the age
f 74 years.
Use temporal things, but livo for ?tcrnai.
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Tho Late Convontioni
. | Tin- Rights I Vmneratic Convention,.
recently held in Columbia, was a meeting
,, <>;" great interest. Its success is already
? known throughout the Slate. Its materiel
, *\:!(= .s..un i ami soli<l. Whatever certain
f.liti.r- Ki -.v write of it in the depth of their
] rh..ui.i!. the hoily was a most respectable
, and ahle ?>ne. Nearly a hundred and thtrs
i\ il' l'-LT-iti-s were in attendance, from twen,
!vtw?i or three Districts. Among them
were l<-tzifii of experience and position
r in ic?-ir several parts ot tlie State. Manv
young men were tliere too, in all (hp glow
. of L'ntliusiuHti. If perchance (as is hinted
i,1 in certain quarters) tliere was missing
t ; sonic of tin; gloss and tinsel of mere
.; names, th<*v were amply replaced by tlio
R'spirit, tin; eticrgv, the sound sense and cns
lightened patriotism of these young men.
.. It plea?c*th some one to speak of them as
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., iiii-ii. i crnaps u was a "new
s! man" who indited tlie allusion. And wlmt
s!tl)fn? It is 1110 Uurte men*'?the young,
.' lh?* active. the hold, (lie aspiring umin men '
i of every republic?who form its best exponent
in times of doubt, its best safe-guard
, in days of tr.al. Who ate the leaders in
: Aim-lit an politics now, but the "new men"
; | of yesterday as it were ? Or, to come nearer
. j liuiiK*, who compose llic controlling por
lion of ;ilinos! every Sontli Carolina J-egis.
1 linn-, if it bo not those who might for the
.; time In* chmsud among the "new men" of
,' the Who have a better right to
| sti*p forth now in the field of political duty
,1 that invites to labor than the "new men" of
to-day ? Ami, further than this, who arc
molt.* apt than these "new men," to represent,
i. .. .1- i < -
in siiiu lessiy. whrtt. tliey belicvo
j (i> In.- the sentiment and toiio of those, with
; | whom tli'-v an* linked at oncc l?y the tie*
1 of >o? ial sympathy ami political affinity ?
, Age ami > x | uric no.- should cotinsul and cau:
lion. I>iit youth and energy are needed for
action. The comhinatinn of tln>se requisites
ii> t 1m.' late (invention was one of its strong-1
est feature*. A correspondent of the Cliarlesi
ton .\f< rrnri/ sat. down and (almost insitljtinglv)
wrote of it, "the laboring rrtountaiiY
j i<nti?< tortli its mouse." lint, that writer
' to the con! rarv notwithstanding, the result
j will proVe.it to1in\i* licrn a meeting wlioM
rifticiii was based upon the only correct appreciation
of South Carolina's true position:
' ami true polity.
i There i-;, however, no need of volunteering
a ih-fi-ii'-r of this body's action. It wan
; in every r* ?p< < ! temperate but firm, concil;
iaorv t>ir .:?-i-i?l<-?]. There wm no ill feefi
itii; low .sr.l- any portion of our common1
1 Carolina I rotheilood. Kor those who-differed
with the |? !i<-v i>f going to the Gcnu
era I Convention, a l>'j;li respect was felt and
i expressed. Kr?fin them, a similar feeling
was fully antii 'p it?-.!. So far as makirg
the matter a lhin?- of strife at home, it wa*
; heartily depreeated. Hut if the issue wore
i, pressed. the contest before the people
, of South Carolina was not to be (and will
i not t??'j leared or slimmed. Tin: Convention's
j platform is elevated and substantial. Its
. j intentions are honest and pure. And its
, delegates to Cincinnati are patriots as wori!
tliy of reliance as any tlie State can boast.
'Their aim will be, first the good of their
. State and Section, and then the common
i; weal of tli>- whole, country. Taunt thefn
: ami tin- Convention which appointed them
as y<?u may. the one does represent the voice
of tin- people of South Carolina, while the
o'ln r* will assuredly maintain her reputai
tion unsullied.?It appears now that for
some wi-eks previous to the meeting of the
, ? inii'ii. r?*|>uns ami calculations were
v? rv industriously circulated to show that
I lie convention movement was in a woefuF
minority throughout the State. Delegates
were frequently, upon their arrival at tho
Capital, taken quite aback by some sucfr
broad asseverations as these: "Why, how
is it that the peopliAiver your way are so opposed
to this business? We learn here that
you are in a v< iv sli-mlcr minority. Mr.
So-and so says that such is the ease?that
lie heard it from Captain Kncn-A-ONE anil
Captain Sicii-a-onk heard it from Col/
Somebody," it? . &c\ Among the rest,
too, were startled by a report which had
somehow reached Columbia, setting forth
the most ah?urd notion that two thirds of
tlie people of Edgefield District were hos
use i<> tin* measure. lint witli ?H their reports
and rniTHii^, their squihs and flings
and prophecies of failure, the solid mefi of
Carolina eam? llockinp to the post of ?Tuty
witli the confidence and determination of
patriots who knew themselves to be in thcr
right. They went to their work with system
and haiinony. They discharged tfieif
task*Vith dispatch and ability. They nd;
ionriicil iviili ?!>'* 1-1?-l?? -1- ?' *
uiu tvinucM/ iwnngs oi
I citizenship for all. Ami now, while tlicy
do not invite, yet arc they far from depre.
rating it t'ull and rigid canvass of their coIti
duct aiul policy before the people of South
j Carolina.?j'jdt/rfirld Advertiser.
j PitoKKSsioNAi. Anecdote.?fn a neighboring
fily a ynnnj* member of the Bar
l thought lie would adopt a motto for brmself;
and after much reflection, wrote in
liirj^u ictiers nnu pasieu up ngninst me wall
tho following : "Sunm ctiiqne," which may
bo translated "Let every one have his own."
A county tflent coming in expressed himself
wjui-Ii gratified with the maxima but
added, "You don't spell it right."-?1"Indeed ;
then bow ought it lo !>e spelt?*' the visitor
replied, "Su'cm quit-It.
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