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I , > . i. ' ^VOTED TO MTBIATPBB, THE ARTS, SCIENCE, AGRICULTURE, HEWS, POLITICS, &C? &C. TERMS ONE DOLLAF ANNUM,] "Let it bo Instilled into the Hearts of your Children that the Liberty of tho Press is the Palladium of all your Rights." Junius. [PAYABLE IN ADVANCE VOLUME 4-AO. 12. ABBEVILLE C. II., SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 25, 185G. WHOLE NUMBER 168. THE I?ItKSS l'UBMSliKI* WKKKI.Y, AT ABIIKVIIXR, S. C., AT ONE DOLLAR A YE All, HAS r circulation of ner.rly one thousand in Abbeville District, and is constantly increasing. lis circulation in this State is about fourteen hundred, niul its entire list of pubnerihers numbers over sixteen hundred. It in therefore offered to the mercantile and l>u?iticsa community generally as the best advertising medium in iiic up-country of South Carolina. RATE*? OF ADYEUTISIXC. 1 square 3 months ------ ? -l 00 1 square (5 month* - - C. no 1 square 12 months - -- -- - io 00 2 squares 3 months ...... (j 00 '2 squares G months 10 Ot) "2 squares 12 months ------ 15 00 ^ squares R months S (10 8 squares fi months - -- -- - ]o 00 S squares 12 months ------ uo 00 4 squares :i months - )o on 4 squares (5 months 15 00 4 squares 12 months ------ 25 00 5 squares 3 months 15 DO 9 squares (5 months ------ OO f. U.MKMJ - - - - - "> Advertisements inserted for n shorter period than three months will be ehnrjjed 75 cents per square (12 lines or less) for tiist. insertion mid 07 A per square for eaeli continuance. ?2?*" Any one advertising l>\* annual or semiannual eontrncteau change Ins advertisement monthly, if he desires. Subscribers to tlie nnpor who do not pay their subscriptions within (lie yenr will b?r charged ?1 50. [April 2<>, 1S55 MISCELLANY. [roRTiiK !M)ki'i:ni>i:nt i-r.iJ Mount Tabor Sabbath School Fourth July Celebration. Ou the 4th inst., cnmc oil' at Mount Tabor, near Dorn's Minos, in this District, a Grand Celebration of Mount Tabor Sabbath School. Present were a large number of persons of both sexes to look upon anil participate in the pleasures of the dclightful scene. By an early hour in the forenoon, some GOO or 800 persons were assem uicu ai me Blount. Un arriving there, the first thing to impress the vision, ami arrest the attention, was the Hag of our Union, beautifully fanning the gentle breezes, at an elevation of sonic fifty or sixty foot above the ground. At about half past 10 o'clock A. M. the order of the day was given, and after which the Schools moved in proccssion under three different banners: Mount Tabor, Republican, and Tranquil. Besides the scholars of these three Sunday Schools, were present also thos>e of other Sabbath Schools that joined in the proces f .1 1 I aiuiim muitilltlll-) (VU., IllilKIULJ III 12 WllOlC number of Sunday School scholars in (he procession about one hundred and fifty. Beautiful sight! "Delightful task to roar tlio lender thought.. And tuacli tlio young i'lea liow to shoot." After the procession returned to the Churcji and took their respective places, the services were opened with prayer by Mr. W. S. Head wright. Next was vocal music by the choir. Then followed the lie v. Mr. Sloan, who delivered an able and most !i-1.1 - . J J.; rr?i _ eiiuauiu auuress. 111c appropriateness ot the subject an J I he eloquence of its speaker received, and justly deserved for him as the author, many high encomiums. lie beautifully described the importance and utlity of Sabbath Schools and religious instruction, and said much to show that religious education was inculcated from the earliest history of the Church. But now, orio only of his biblical quotations must suffice to leave him : "Train up the child in the way he should go." Then followed vocal music by the choir, and the pupils marched in procession to the dinner table, wliich. was abundantly supplied with a great variety of meats, pastry, <fce., and where the whole company qugaged savourily, wo profiui^ ip ji savory .repast. In tho afternoon tho multitude gathered in and around tho Church again (all seemed anxious to get in the house, but some xotlld not for want of space) and attentively lli&Unsd to another eloquent speech by II. ,'A., Joneg, Esq. Of Mr. Jones' nddress we ?k3eem'it unnecessary to say much. To lis ii deemed to be just what it should be. lJy it .we wore informed that the prosperity o! all government was based upon biblica knowledge and faith in the same. - ; By, it.we were informed also of tho ncf-es /tyty, uno ufuu resqits oi well conducted Sabbath Schools. And by it did we receivi jnuob.pleasing and valuable infontialion tha ,-wfc jcannot here mention. But before leavini JiUy -we must any, judging from his speed on tbiR OCcnsion, and from others alqo^wliicl ' *e febr^'^henrd him so fluently deliver 01 otW^ occasions and elsewhere, we thin! him ope x>f the men to go to Colnmbif , Mt.ijwJeed ,do many among ns.?Snc -??to tow > .Utubt" ii ?'l j . j i"? .r;r7:!,v-{ r Ami now, Mr. ICditor, in the conclusion of this affair, let mo say something in reference to tlie Mange. It is a melancholy fact that her history has been mystified l?y the ; filth of the drunkard, profanity of the ; swearer, and the carelessness and indifter-; 7 I i enee ot the ignorant. But tlieso days, ! thank Heaven, arc numbered with the his' i lory of the past. Fur the last eijrht or ten : ... | years the leaven of ptiro Christianity has j | been thrown in her midst, and.it has come ! I i near leavening the whole luin|>. Drunk- j | enness is considered disgraceful. Swearj ing looked upon with disdain. Ignoi ranco is retreating from the light of litera; ture, and the people arc looking to, and i laboring for, the complete developcment of the human intellect. And, sir, we prophesy I that the day is not distant when the llangc ; will compete with any other neighborhood I in the District. "Why should sho not ? The people are becoming energetic; the land is j productive; the waters are plenty and good, i ,1.., i?-i - . i , in.,- iwi .iiiwn utir, iiic air sniuonous, ntul mineral resources great and perhaps unsurpassed in the Union. Yiumi. How to Buy a House. "I tell you, my dear, it is utterly impossible ! Save three hundred dollars a year j out of my salary ? You don't understand ;! it," said Charles Converse to liis young wife, i "l'erhaps I do not," replied Mrs. Con-! verso, "but mv opinion is very decided." "Women don't understand these things. You think my salary of eight hundred dol- j i lars a year a fortune." "No such a thing, Charles." i "I'ut eight hundred dollars, let me tell you, won't buy all the world." "I had no idea that it would ; yet, if ' you only had the habit of saving what you spend lor things thnt you can get along without, you would be able to build n house in a few years." "lluild a house ? " "Yes, build a house, Charles." ' Well, that's a good one ! " ( The young man laughed licartil3* at the idea?loo chiincrical, too absurd, to be bar- ! bored for a moment. ' ' I Low much do you suppose it cost us to live last year 2 " J ' Why, eight hundred dollars, of course. It took all i?iv salary; there is none of it ' left." Tlie young wife smiled mischieviously as she look fiorn her work-table drawer a small account book. "You did not know that I k?'pt account ! of all these things, did you ? " ' "J?o : but how much is it?" And Charles was a little disturbed by the cool way in wlncti ins wife proceeded to argue I the question. "Four hundred and ninety-two dollars," 1 answered Mrs. Converse. "Oh, hut, my dear, you liave not got it , all down." "Yes, T have?everything." "My tailor's hill was sixty-live dollars." "I have it here." "Hals, boots, and " "I have them all." "The deuce you have ! " "When you had any new thing, you know I always asked you what you gave for it." 1 UI know you did ; but T will bet live dollars I can name a dozen things that you have not got down." "1 >one S " said the lady with a laugh, as she took from her drawer a livo dollar hill and. placed it on the table. Charles Converse covered the money. "Capital idea for you to bet ngainst me with my money! " said ho good-humoredly. "If 1 lose, I will do without that new barege I am to have." .. "Nay, mv dear, I don't want you to do that." "But go on." * "Pew-rent, six dollars," said the husband, promptly. "Ilere it is," answered she, pointing to the' entry in the book. "Try again." "Seiison ticket on the railroad, twenty." "I hnvo it." "Snwing tho wood." "Entered." ' " Charles reflected a momont ; llio case Logan to look desperate. "Now linings for the cooking-stove." ^ "Here?two dollars." "Cleaning the flock." [ "One dollar?-here it Is." I "Mr. Converse began to look hopeless. 1 "My taxes." "" Well, I have not got tliat." * ' But that was the only thing ho could i mention of these necessary expenses that o wa# not found to bo regularly entered on ?I his wife's Still Afr. (!nnviir?fl T I ~ ~~ *"* , """""" **" ' not satisfied. ' '! -1 ' 1 = "Your figures Cannot be correct, Wary" I' Mid he. Ij "Why not ? " ? "My salary is all used up, and yon can l account for only fonr hundred and ninetytwo dollars of it." l* ' "Yon innst explain the batance." i- "I ! ' Why, Mary, t havo Hot been exflravngnnt. It is Vraa, I buy a great many .?-,!< .ill .; "t J. . ; ?, s. *>". -,t u ' - * , littc thirds in the course of the year, bn they are hardly worth the mention." "All ! there's tlie mischief. There i where ilic money goes, you may depend u[ on it." "Nonsense! Von wouieu don't undei stand these things." "< >f course we dou't." "\V? li, your figures show I hat yuu don'l Where has the three hundred dollars gon to, (hen? " "1 don't know Charley.. I haven't th least idea. 1 am sure that I have got duw all the items that oaine within my know! i ?!...? i - t ' vu^>. * <1111 |?u.i?uv?; llJ?lb VUtl UilVC lirotlgll home no articic of any description that ha not been entered upon the hook?I nicai the articles of food and clothing, and thing for the house." ' I Jut just look at it a moment. Yoi don't mom to say that I have spent tlire hundred dollar:; over and above our neeessn ry expenses ?" said Charles a little warmlj '"I don't mean to say anything about il for I don't know anything." ' Now I think of it, there's my life insu ranee ; have you got that down ?" "I have not." "There is forty of the three hundred am sixty-eight dollars unaccounted for." ' It would take a great while to col lee money enough to build a house, even if th< whole of this sunt were saved." '"Not a groat while Charles. You know my lather has promised to give you tin land when you have the means to build J house upon." ?>Ti i. ;!i J.? .. 1 i.:i-? i - i ' - ... ..... L..; .1 IWIIJJ Villi!*.", lailgllCU 11)1 liushatnl. ' Five or six years, perhaps, if you an [>rudcnt. Hasn't (he president of you bank promised you a thousand dollars ; V-car?" ' Yes." "Then you can certainly save four hun tired dollars a year ? " "There is a thousand things we wan when my rulary is raised." "Hut we can do without them." "1 suppose we can." "Just look here Charles." i.ii.-. vuuwrsi! iuok iron) ner pocket .* circular issued l?y the "Peoples' Saving: Uank," in which (he accumulation of sever il small sums deposited weekly and quar Lerly, were arrangeed in a table. "Kilty dollars deposited every quartci will net, in live years, one thousand on* hundred and forty-one dollars twenty-fivt :eiits!" continued she, reading from tin circular. "Bah !" added Mr. Converse. "That sum would build a very comforta ble house ; and when your salary is a thou sand dollars a year you can save more than lifiy dollars a quarter." "A five per cent, institution, isn't it?1 .1... imtvvu tin; yuilllg man. llut he was much impressed by the rea soiling of his wife, ami in the course of tlx evening lie carefully read the circular o the ''People's Savings Dank." Certainly he had every inducement foi being saving and economical. He had lived wry cheaply in a small house belong ing to his father-in-law, for which ho paid a merely nominal rent. Ilis wife's father was a wealthy farmer r>r rather he had been a farmer, before hii domain was invaded by the march of im provemont, and his pastures and inowint lots laid out into house lots. As it was, Ik still, from the force of habit, improved i few acres, kept a couple of cows, a "hene rv," and a half dozen pigs. Charles Converse found this proximity ti the "old folks at home," rather satisfactory in a pecuniary as well as n social point o view, for his larder was partly stocked fron i.? r....... i f inu mi 111 , .-11111,01 course, no account was ever made of half a pig, a barrel of apple: or potatoes, or a pair of chickens. Mill and eggs wore so much better and frcsho from "pa's" that of course the young cou pie never desired to obtain them from ani other source. They lived cheaply and lived in clove besides. Charles never liked to talk abou financial matters with "pa,'' because tlx worthy old gentleman used to tell how In lived on a hundred and fifty dollars a yea after he was married?thought he had a fa salary, and supposed, of course, ho savet four liunrcd dollars a year out of it?am always wound up by saying that he wonlt givo him a lot?might take his.pic*k of all h owned?whenever lie got ready to built All these things rather worked upo CharlcsConversc. lie hadn't saved a dol lar, and, what was more, there was no prei ent prospect that he ever would do s< Tho promised adTanco in salary wnsalrcad appropriated to suudry luxuries. The ide of taking Mary to the opera, or a. pleasat trip to Niagara, and other amiabilities,.ha taken possession of him. But the reasoning of his wifo bad pr< duced a Rtrdng impression upon his mint | She had beon brought up in the Mrictei linK!(a aP ?? '** ? ' * * I muviiaj ui ( vwiiuuiy* ' . i l r 181116^ lilOUg ricli, had an army of children ; but, the wero all wealthy in their thpfty habits. Charles read Over arid over the circuit of the Savings Bank in the evening, fign ed tip theatatifttios, and wondered what hf become of that fcwq hundred and siyty-oigl doll hip.... , , , . , , , "Before ho.had.weut to bed he bad mat 1 ' . !i ,1*' rfv Sin %ir it rcil ii resolution, though lie diil not sav a word to his wife about it. " ai js The next day Charles Converse received ti a quarter's salary, and his first step, after re- it ceiving it, was to visit the People's Savings r. liauk, where he deposited fifty dollars. But the hundred and fifty dollars which p lie had left, burned in his pockets. It was Is [ all he had to carry him through the ensuing y three months. There were u dozen litt'e d things that he wanted,and a dozen big ones, ti c for that matter. Against the latter he res- p ? ! olutely set his face, though, in consideration 11 I ! of tint fuel lint. Iiis n-nnl.l ? ? ... ? ..... WHIHIJ ?? uuiu UC ?* LIIUII- I t sand dollars a year, after the next pay-day, u s ho had a week before njadc up his mind to c ? have them. H Among other things, his segar-caso was c< empty, and he stepped into Seavy's, in Con- w t, gross-street, to have it replenished. Segars e were ?*i great luxury?in tact, a necessity to sr . him, in his own opinion. The gentlemanly proprietor of the estab- o' lishment placed a box of the fragrant rolls ti upon the counter. "Something new," said he. Charles took up a handful and smelt them, ai "liest segars in the market," continued In 1 the vender." "Tip-top," replied Charles, inhaling the |c I grateful odor. "How do you sell them ' " . I "Four cents a piece." ' I ?5v ?r > ' .... ...... ..oc Lhumviiuu 10 uie case,! u j a quarter thrown clown, and, as it was not |,| ? magnanimous to pick up a copper's change, Lm t he left the store. JJut a little fellow inside f(J seemed to say : tc % '"Charley, you can't aftbrd to smoke such ct segars as those. They will hardly hist you , two days. If you must smoke, buy a cheap- ^ r er segar than that. Vou will not be able . , to build your house in ten years at this rate." ^ He did not pay much attention to the monitorial voice, however, and as he passed along he drank a sherry cobbler himself ^ and paid lor three friends, whom he could i . . not help ankinij to drink with him, at HarL . , 1 ? ' tn ton s. At Vinton's, a Charlotte linsse was dis- . posed of, and so on to the end of the chap- ^ ter. And these wore his daily habits. It , was only a sixpence or a quarter at a time, '. 1 mid x\uL ,?,! I..?. .. ^ ?v.v OW IIUICIIIUUOIJ hlllililf HKll they never caused him a thought. The idea that they absorbed any considerable portion of his salary, never occurred to bins. He r had always gratified his appetiio or inclina, tion in these matters, as they had coino to be regarded as necessities. \ Still, Charles Convers had turned over a new leaf, lie refrained from purchasing a great many articles which lie had intended to get when he received his quarter's salary, and as he seated himself in the cars, he congratulated himself on the firmness with which he had carried out the resolution of ? the previous evening. "You arc late, Chaarles," said Mary when he reached his sunnv little cotlii^n. I " o4iI have been paying my quarter bills," j- replied he, with a smile. "Here they are, my sweet accountant." lie threw the bills upon the table, and i while she was examining them, he threw his bank-book in her lap. I "What!" exclaimed sho, in astonishment, as she saw the book. "Fifty dollars!" "Yes, my dear, female influence?the in^ fluonce of a wife"?and the husband playfully kissed her. "1 am convicted of sin, r and converted too, which is better still. I \ am resolved to be prudent, economical, sax ving, even parsimonious." "I am glad to hear it." "And the house will be built in just live years, according to the programme of the Savings' Bank." j- As iie spoke, lie took from liis pocket j three of the city evening papers. , "Not quite cured, Charles," said Mary, 5 with a smile. , "What do you mean ? " r "Journal, Transcript and Traveller, two "i cents each," laughed Mary. "You are de. terinined the publishers shall live." 1 "'.Vhy, Mary, you wouldn't have me live w without a newspaper, would you ? That 1 would be a depth of barbarism to which I would never descend," replied Charles, with u a look of astonishment, at his interesting " mentor. . r 1 .... A v^erimiiiy noi ; out is not onc pjjiper 21 , day enough ? " . "That is but a trifle." , "The rain falls in drops, but washes the I whole earth. Four ccnls a day, for a year, P amounts to about twelve dollars." ! ': T1 -Charluft scratched his head. It was a n njost astounding revelation to hiu). . . 1 j A I- "You are liglit, Mary ; one paper is J" enough." A > Charles ate his supper, but was moody >* and abstracted. A new idea was pdnetra- ?( II ting his brain, which ho begAn to think, had boen rather muddy on financial aftaira. _ u As he roso from his table he took out his 1 segar case, and as ho did so, the liltlo fel> low within, who bad spoken to him when 3. he came out of the segar shop, began to 9t upbraid him pretty sharply. He 'burned h his fingers in attempting to light the fro- ^ ty grant roll, and then relapsed into, a fit ofdeep musing. ir "What are you thinking about, Chjirles ?"" ' r- asked Mary, after she had cleared aWay tbo id table- \l lit . ' Eh ? Oh^I was thinking l>qw, ,rouch ti twelve times three hundred and sixty-five t 4. ill ffi; <>. I ' i f u- are. , , ' i !< > r;' :?? i :vi,; !..j v. i * , tfj ' J : i m'? . ' " ." ! ?:? - V? "Twelve means twelve cents, 1 suppose V lid she, performing the. problem on tin largin of one of the newspapers, "lien . is?forty-three dollars and eighty cents.' 4 Kor sogars," added her blankly. "Which added to the sum paid for Hit editions newspapers, makes titty-six dol lis and twcut-cight cents.'' "And twenty for shaving, which I may o myself, are seventy-six dollars and twen /-eight cents," continued lie, taking tin eiw.il and ciphering away with all his light for a few moments. -uieason's J'letorial, Home Journal, Sat rday Courier, ami your county paper oiuo to "But, tny dear, we can't do without oui unity paper," exclaimed Charles, looking ith amazement into the face of his wife. "I don't want you to do without that,' lid his wife. "Sherry cobblers, ice creams, and oysters i'er a hundred dollars, by thunder!" con nucd he, turning to his figures again. "Indeed!" "I begin to see where the two hundred id sixty-eight dollars have gone ti>," said [?. "And sherry cobblers are worse than use ss. I had no idea you drunk, Charles.'1 "Say no more, Mary ; 1 am done." Aud he was done. The idea of "savin" |>'' something took complete possession ol im?not so far as to make him niggardly, Lit far enough to make him abandon the ill-cent sogars, three evening papers, Yinm's compounds, and especially sherry jbblers. "On the next quarter day one hundred jllars was added to his deposit at the Sangs1 Bank, and as his habits improved terwnrds, and his salary still further ineased, much greater sums were added. In four years the house was built, new irniture bought and paid for, and Charles considered one of the most thrifty young iuii in the town?all of which propitious rents. w<? IirtiiPKt.lv Imllnvn ! ?'! J ...... vjiiym tlio beneficent iiilluenee of the Savings' auk, whose circular had opened his eyes id .stimulated liini to carry out his resoluDl). A Printer's Parody. In seasons when our funds are low, Subscribers nro provoking slow, And new supplies keep up tlic flow. Of dimes departing rapidly. But we shall see a sadder siizlit, When duns pour in lrmn morn to night, Commanding every sixpence bright To be forked over speedily, Our bonds and due bilU all arrayed? Each seal and signature displayed? The holders vow they must be paid isy inreata oi "J.aw and Chancery." Then to despair we are almost driven? There's prceious little use of liviii', "When our last, copper'* rudely riven? From liaud that held it lovingly. But larger yet those duns shall grow, When interest added on below, Length'ning our chin a foot or so While gazing at them hopoleady. 'Tis so that senrcc have we begun To plead for time upon a dun, lie fore there comes Home other one Demanding pay ferociously. The moment darkens). On, ye brave, Who would our very bacon snv?i! Waive, patrons ! all your pretexts waive, And pay the printer checrlullv. Ah! it \voul<l yield us pleasure sweet, A few delinquents now to meet, Asking of us a cleur receit For pnpers taken regularly. Hebrew Requiem. Go thou in peace," wo would not have thee linger , T.. <!.. I-...- ..t i ?i * I"? imuAfl VI lino tillllKMJ Ulin-II, 'Iicre cvorjoy Is touched with 'sorrow's finger, And tears succecd the brightest hour* oi mirtli. Iiioc upward gnzc is fixed upon the dwelling Where sin and sorrow never more are known, nd scrnph lips the loud llosannu swelling, Have caught- the music of celestial lone. io thou in pouce 1" thy home on earth now leaving. In the lone chambers of the dead to dwell; hou hast no portion in tlio sorrow heaving The heart whoso anguish tears too feebly tell path of light and gladness is before then, The hope of Israel in fruition thine, llll limit llHSt. trnri'd nnnn ll><? linnma nf ------ o ?, Around the throno of Iscral'sGod that shine. So thou in peace!" temptation cannotecvei The tie that now unites thee to thy Gotjjjp*;' he voioo of Bin, of unbelief can never Kuter the n1p7.cs of thy. low abode. r'o leave, thee herein mingled joy and sadnesa Our heart* ate; weak, our hoped are faint anc dim, ,li! il. . 1 tut to the Lord we turn with ehjtstenqd glad til ..npsai ,ii.>7 j;i .'j ! oi r n<>. Altai rii>1/l m\r nitr 1 >falV?^>* nn (a i ' i ' ?. i ' i' i. ' It in not tbihg8,- hnt inen'n opinions o hingn, that disturb tbern. ' Things; do no buoh the mind; biiifttHiid'qUietly. witlioqt h?texations dome from within; from ou uspioibns only. 1 I'll! in Sl'j I / !' * irV . ..'II' :i\ xllivfi: Ib.ct ,1*3 Oii j'i;-': Vj! oas??a?? m' M i ! Affray Botweon Gov. Wiao and Hugh R> Pleasants ill the Capitol of Virginia* .! Richmond, July 7, 1850. '] Hugh It. l'leasants, .1 brother of tho Into i John Hampden Pleasants, ancl formerly . | editor ni' tin; Penny Post of this city, went . this morning into tho Executive Chamber t of the Capitol, where Gov. Wise wan en ! gaged writing, and taking a seat by invita. | lion of the Governor, said, after a brief pe.! rind : "I thought gizzard foot was here." J Gov. Wise smilingly replied: "I am the ....... " i >i .. .hi. i vMs.-iuiK, rising irom ins scat, and . approaching the table at which the Govt ernor sat, said : "Dv God, I did not know you ; and so you are ebo shin and gizzard loot ? " "I am," remarked Gov. Wise, with , a smile, "and you arc Hugh rieaaanta.n 1 Measnnts thereupon comtncnued abusing ' the Governor, without any provocation whatever, when the Governor ordered him to leave the room, but he refused to do so. . The Governor then rose from his sent, apprcaehod Pleasants, and taking hold of iiim, endeavored to push him out. FleasI ants resisted, squared off, and placed himI self in an attitude to strike, when tho Governor .struck him with his fist under the left eye, and cut him pretty severely. He then , seized him by the arm, turned him roundt and kicked him. , j At this time the messenger of the Execu :jtivc came up, and had him removed by tho i order <>f the Governor. It is said that l'leasauls was intoxicated. The Know Nothings of the city nro very indignant about the affair. Seven Fools. 1. The envious man?who sends away his mutton because the person next to him is eating venison. 2. The jealous man?who spreads bis bed with stinging nettles, and then sleeps in it. :>. The proud man? who gets wet through sooner than ride in the carriage of nn inferior. 4. The litigious man?who gels to law in the hope of ruining his opponent, and ....:..~ i l.: " iuiiivu 5. The extravagant man?who buys a herring, and takes a cab to carry it home. G. Tl 10 angry man?who learns the ophieloide, because lie is annoyed by the playing of his neighbor's piano. 7. The ostentacious man?who illumes tbd outside of his house most brilliantly, aud sits in the inside in the dark. itrsww.w Nouses.?It is painful to read, almost every day, of tho serious accidents that occur from horses running away with carriages. The writer is satisfied that these frightful cases may be prevented by the following means : Take a round leather line, half an inch in diameter, and to one end sew a strong metal ring, one inch in diameter ; buckle the ring on the back of the head-stall, ftnnnf tlir> lmnrl\ tli?n , X J , , the other find of the line round tiio neck of tho horso and through the ring, making ft noose, and tie or bucklo it to I ho dash hoard or front of tho carriage, convenient to take hold of; and, if the horse starts to run, pull tho lino gently at first, (as when choked suddenly he may fall,) and ho will come to when he feels the grip. The writer has stopped a horse, while riding, that would run in spite, of the' bit, by leaning forward and choking him. The Keoweo Courier of the 12th inst., says : ' . "> "Pickens district is being thoroughly tested for copper, and, wo arc pleased to hear, with a good prospect of success. Messrs. John LSowcn it Co. aro at work about ton miles northeast of this place. One of the company is a Duck Town mi"nor, we understand, who is well pleased il ....... ? wiui me prospect.? mey arc operating on . Benjamin Iltigood's land. ( ,c:i-o Indian hostilities continue in Florida. 0>) the 1 -1 tli June, near l'ort Frazier, Lieut. Carlton, Lott Whiddcn and Wm. Parser were killed, and Daniel Carlton, and J. II. . lIollin?MVortli wounded. On the Kith ult., ltobt. F, Prine, and Ceo. Howell were killed, and James Wbidden, Win. J. Booker, and John L. skinny, wounded. ::f' There were about twenty Indians killed and several wounded. , , i yr p IT*............ C? - c?..? ? IPI-- AJ-! i-UUlllVh. nhAVKi^UKIIIS^UKK* ? 1 no v^uobee Mercury' is out in an article, enjoining the Canadian Parliament to pa&s A law, by which all the distressed runaway slaves in ' XJapada may be returned back to the (Jnj. tea States. *P "Mind, John," eaij a father, to his Bon, $%*ou go out into the yard"you will wish ypu had stayed in the house." "Well, I stay in the house, I shall wish I was OUt fo - the yard ; so where is the great / diflfeflw**, dad J,, ( '' a"i 'it ' ** The citizens of New Market, Virginia; on the night of the 4thinstant, bumecFiti v.ett* gy George .Rye, of Woodstock, for Altering llio Philadelphia Rep^Mjc^p f tion. t | r ';* :- { -ii <: t?;// / . ; '^he; first daily, newspaper .published,.^ r Virginia , vrp?in j.780, and the qufyjcnptfyn price ,w^.#50 per oopy per v?!j n. >.*?.<.j<.i T . /? * p . fly ,l?hyy/