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I , . _ , ^ ^ S /111 ih,^ ^frt^Tr"fntA-^' i'hlA-Tv^r^' JlMs^ &<?&? i\y .\vi'r yyM. t:M:r? t n itr 1H ? > V* v y.y I^aV" V'^xJix J!.>/'V D 8V0Y?9 TO IJTEEATIDIE, THE A&TS, 8CIBHCB, AGiUCUItTTJEE, SEWS, POLITICS, &C., M. TERMS?TWO DOLLAES PER ANNUM. I "Lot it bo Instilled into the Hearts of your Children that tho Liberty of the Press is tho Palladium of all your Rights."?Junius. (PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. VOLUME I?NO. !."). ABBEVILLE C. IL. SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 13, 1857. WHOLE NUMBER 201 iMvraMrocrc ?. | inn ? i h immtttt r ? inn n ? mm iui?hiMw|"M""i?? "" ' mil iniii'Mnn ??miihi wn iin inwui >w m ini?rrm mm n irrnnrr"if,*t*wiWMrw|iwwBMMPgtJTOtroDWogDiBMiD3DBiHwrHPWwwDPKiw? ??? -? ? RATES OP ADV'n'RTrsiwfi ..;.i ...> > -- ? The Proprietors of l!i<; Abbeville lUum tttd'-jlCtidnif * >. have o.stahlisln-i! Hi.- I ing rates ol' Advertising to l?v ehartr-'lin |)?pers : Every Advertisement inti i t?-?l for a than three months, will lie charge.! I y ll fiertion at One B>o3l:iv p.-r i-ipiaiv, (1 ^?the spaee of 1'> solid lines or les.-,) for tl Insertion, ami rif(y <.'?*?.3fs for oar!i ?j?entin?erlion. ?5^" The Commissioner's, Sh<-rilV\ ( hml Ordinary's Adv? rlifcment* will be in ill both papers, each ehar-jinj; half j>ri>-.-. Sheriff's Levies, Oi5<?5?" Aniiotiiiciiign Candidate, ] I ill'S. Advertising an I'.rtrav, 'JT*vo l>oll lo lie paid l>v tin- Ma^Utrate. Advertisements ins<-rt<-d for three tie>nl longer, in the lollowinjf rules : 1 square :t month* ft 1 square 0 moiiiiis - I square '.I mouths 1 square la mouths 2 squares o months 2 squares i> months 2 squares <.i month* ...... 2 equates 12 months 3 squares 3 months 3 squares 0 months ^3 squares il months ...... ; U squares 12 months 4 squares 3 months ...... 4 squares 0 mouths : 4 squares !l months : 4 squares 12 months fi squares 3 months ......] 5 squares ti months 6 squares 9 months ...... j 5 squares 1*2 months : <i squares 3 months i 6 squares IS months ...... ; 6 squares months : tt squares 12 months 1 7 squares *$ months ...... ji 7 squares f> months ...... y f squares months ...... .] 7 squares 12 months ..... .1 8 squares :5 mouths ...... ;; R S.IO.I1-..J I. I I.u - - 8 square* months ------ .( 8 squares 12 months ...... 5 Fractions of Square? will bo charged in portion to tin: nliuVu rates. f Business Cards for the term of year, will l?e charged in proportion to upaoe they occupy, at (fur J);ll<tr per epace. ?2?" For all a<lv<-r! isem?>iits set in <h,nl! mini, Fifty per CoiJ. extra will he aiMed t< nbovc rat us. DAVIS it llOJ.LlNCisjWOltTII, j or Jmum Lin: & WILSON, For I'd MISCELLANY. Popping the Question. " It is my privilege, sir. And would you ruh inc- <>!' thai privilege Leap year uoiifurs privileges 011 urn ried ladies, of which, during other y they are deprived. They may, without ing accused of gross impropriety, iudi in an indirect or even a diive.t manner. I partiality for an individual of the sterner 1 i" .1 ?uu u??-> iwuiHj mvor in ineir eyes, nixl is retrained by undue humdity or diliid from tasking the initiative i:i the mat'.i close]}' connected with hi< course adopted l>v Su<an Sammoiis, a bri rougish-ioukin^ blue eyed brunette, to appoint a rival and serine n good and a tionate husband, is th-* case; in point. Susan was brought ijj> in close pro.xii to a distant relation, a year or two n than herself, whose name was Ivlward vins. Tlicv u-.'i'f iI.mii1" .......i. other's sock!v from ?arlv *<J played together, tVdieed t..?;<-thi-i\ lliit.i ?"Mier. iiml being Mrot'^lv attached ii?? Other's company, wi-ie. r>ir:ii?l.-?l, ;?n<l \ justly, as intimate trio* ' % Edward lo< upon Sii<an as a -i-1?- <1 was in the ! it of confiiliit.se to ' " 'uS Jfriefs an.l ?his undertaking ami hi* finding"-?and familiar anil friendly inteivoiirsi* eonlin until hoth ha<l arrived at hii a^e when m begin to think seriously of formiu<r con tions of that character which will eia for life. Edward had never dreamed of tr* t married?the idea had not entered his h lie liked Susan, hut had never thongl her as a wife. <?n the other hand, Si Could not hilt ;ii L-ii.iu-I...1./v. it...i ward was the most agreeable young in: her acquaintance, and that, however j>! ant their present relation* were to each ot tliey Would soon, as a matter ot' course exchanged for otheia of a more tender enduring character. Matters were in this state when a bo ing-school friend of Rusans's, Harriet ^ tiers, came to spend a few weeks with She was a pretty, lively girl?was awai ber own aMrAe.tiniiK?on/1 :? ' - niiu IV OUUU UCL' painfully evident to .Susan that her ( friend was determined to dazzle, capth ^aether cap for," and feloniously carry fiOT own cousin Edward. Sueb base ingratitude on the part of friend cut poor Susan to the heart! desperately resolved to do something?si terrible thing perhaps?what, she did know. Uer spirits, usually high, fel once to zero?and melancholy marked for its own. As she was walking in garden the morning after she made above discovory, and debating within ?elf whether sho had butter reproach 1 riel for baseness?assign some plausible cuse for the fatal visit, which it w?? f?*i ed would last ten days longer, si whole -when devoted to mischief-?or giveher 1 to Charles ltainsworth. Whom she ha< fused twico within a year, her teflec'. were interrupted by the iterance intc garden ofrEdward Nevins. Indeed, Kdt Lad been smitten with Harriet's charms, wished to ad^fee with his "cousin Sue abott? the bestmode of "popping the c tioo" to the captivating stranger. The jc Jnan looked sober and somewhat embar '-..I U l I .1 . - " cu. .un niiKiiiy Huvaneed Towards Si Without noticing that h*r tranquility 6lso disturbed. ' 1 k0, Sijsan," lie exclaimed, "I am po j to hav<g found Jpou. ? I liavo aomethiu tell you. "2 waOl your fl'dvicei **?I?1 "What's the matter with tlio man V! Susan, in a tone of chagrin' "D.W& act a fool. , You surely can't bo in.fifej** ' iWtra it ?" cried Edward. "lbelic " pus in lovo, flpd Susannas y^ou are itg ""Hi me i"->i iiit-iiu l liaveiu tlio wui'KI, 1 i" iiiul I i! ti II you all iibuiit it. I?" illow ' ()! i|.iii*t Edward. I > ?n*t say any inure, i 1 Y..U really make iihs bludi. this declaration < < iinji. 1S s" very unexpected?and &u iil timed that 1 lie ill- ' i iiuli i "Why, v. I.at arc you talking of, Susan! c i. lii-t You really don't know thai you?" ' Nay, roil-in Iviwaul," exclaimed Susan, a with a l'uii-1 beseeching look, am! putting e .-eiteii her hand <>vor his mouth?"this is hardly s fair, as it i> leap y car; it ts not i iglit to clival t ' ii,,. ,,.|l ?f plivilege." v ~ "l'livilvg"-! Whv Susan. 1 verily believe b lars. yon arc cra-y : 1 saw you in the garden, and i*i 1 c.iiik- lii'i<* merely to propose to yon to?" tl h*, er , M<.p lMwai'l. The proposal, as b it is leap year, should proceed from the i> on lady, ami not from the Gentleman?and mk a I svc vol) arc Ix-nl on bavins our courtship s< 10 "" 1 '1 . . 1 1 1 . 1" uO ' !l close I suppose I must 1r a ,,f, through with (lie odious 11 latter of form. I< 1 1 on Therefore I. Susan ask von, Kdward. if you IV is 00 wj|| take mc lot your I><-tr<>t' I believe \ si j'(| ; that is all I hat is necessary, is i! not?" , tl j,; ! And she sai<l this with an air of child- tl >21 00 i like simplicity and modesty, and gazed upon t< Li."> oo j Kdward with such a tender and confiding e: i glance that he eon Id not resist it. The j al fj.J j blandishments of the artful Harriet were ! w i,( (k, j forgotten, and be saw before him the beau- j tv IS 00 j tiliil and blushing girl, who had almost ; a? 25 on thrown herself into his arm*. : tl 11 00 j ji( Susan, said tlie almost faithless sn >u on swain, can von indeed love me ? This is the ; <> , 1 : - 1. -- - ? iii iifi : nii|i|iiL'.*i iimir 01 my ino." j w ;i) ou j Till- contract was signed, if Dot sealed. ' nj ' Harriet's cake was tlonnh, ami thanks to the ' w - on of mind <if Susan, in keepim; her fii 1 ,,,, cousin in the path, when beseemed strange- til j do , ly di?pu?*l to wander from it, matters took ; ot >'? "" i their proper ami natural turn?ami Kdward ; gi j.' | never hail occasion to regret that leap year ?. v tJ 0(, i gives to the ladies the precious privilege of 1' , popping the question ! w ' oil.- The Sea Shell. of "flint is tin; ronr of the ocean that vm ll' j hear," siiii! our 11<.si?*^s ;is \vt; )i!*tc*<l from tin- i , I ecntre-tal>le. a beautiful shell and placed it to > the ! to our car. 1* is true there was a low mur- d< : mur, like the roar of tin? far off seas, rising I tu I and f-iilincr. as if bore upon waves of air : j tu r I now dear and distinct as the dash on tin- ; lo ! hoadi. and again. low and tremulous as tin: m ** ! Ivin^ winds. We rinsed our eves and li-=- As =*="" 1 tr ito<| t.itli.' murmur of Hir> shell. nv , un listened we dreamed. Wt* stood on the ' w: 7rrr= heat-It :is it stretched awav, tin* >v*tles? i p'i ! swell curling with foam, and dashing wear- ex I ilv upon the sand*. Solemn, almost s;id ' lei " j was tli" nmnnurinir anthem which sohhed ex mar- ) on tlio slid air. ll is a sublime ?een??11? . ears. ; ocean. The throbbing jmlsc of (lie iniuhtv tu : be j element l>ent< slowlv at vonr left. , co icati* j Ten thousnml fleets have swept over (!??*? lb llu-tr in . jiin, tor as f ir as tin? eye can see, there <li: sex, ; is not a liiic-lc where th-ir keels have been. J wi It is a taek!<fS waste. Nn! even a cross . in; el ice j is seen t<> mark the spot where crime lias , a;i ;r s<? j h'-en. There are n>> monuments where idl I be i lle-n-aii.)-! have be.m lab! down in the ! Jjbt. j vii-Mini; waves. Where are. the gallant I'ii | M*a ? Wh?*r?* the gloomy billows open of llee- I (o I In* ill-fated 1 'resident ! mi Tin-re was the gallant A relic, steaming <>r ?ilv ; homeward under full "nil, nnd warm heart- tw d*?? i' ! Iiciiling f:?.~t?-r nmh*r d?*ek al the thought of I li Ne ! <_ricon hills, so mi I > rise- from the waters. : at *aeh 1 Hut ilio >lmek eame, and fast the remorse- in! had , j,.-. waliTn rii<-h<-d into th<* ill luted steam- it I ] ?-r. Slowly, like the mar>-h of fate, the , hnhrie sank. One \v:iil wen*. n|> to a!>i ? iy j (io'I. ;iihI downward went the Aretie with w;i iked (u-r living freight, with sail set. Seeuiv , lie. :al>- i from nnd dee:iy, she is anchored he- ' mv i *y" j iieiith tin* *ullen waters. Her sails are fill- p<>: 'hi- i <>(| |(y j||(1 ifreeti \v.*i\w.s ns tli.'v ""''I ' iih'l ll'uv. No smoke curls from licr 11 ? any j t-himncv lop", for her threat iron l?o:irf, lias a I ih'i*- : cca-sctl Ki throh.?Undisturbed. tlieones 1 l?u< lure j it;|| )-,.<[ u|?,ti the slippery deck. Holland tl?< j i< still by tin: side of his jjun, match in dn tiijij hand. Tim womanly locks lloat out in (lie -n. e.'i'l. j waters, and the damp cheeks rcstscold and ' !: it. t?f j still in die c!a?p-I hands. Manly faces M . is:iii I iook itp st?>rnlv auK.iifj the shrouds. The i'?' i.m ! 1 ' ?" ~ i.h- | miijn-siiuu m;h~? airi iiiR cross 01 >i. lieorge in ..I" I;ft wearily in the ebb :m?l ll'?\v of the ts? 1?*. < ? ! eas- ] Aii.l wherever t licit; is a heart which longs lei her, ; tor tin;loved ones under the waves, the she! I th , Ih* will hrin^f sobbing to that heart. ' and | Thickly strewn arc tiie dwellers on the liit j ocean lied. Its steps and dcep'dark glens, , in aid- ar('all peopled, lint they dwell in peace. Iu\ lan 1 marcli or fall of Ivupires is not heard, wa lJOr_ | Itust lias gathered on tin; liladc and in the tin e of j <'r?niio?'s mouth.?The inhabitants of tliu str iiinc gambol unharmed about the bat- <.- ?1 icar ^'e cr!,^? whose oaken ribs have shivered de ate. I with deadly broadsides? I an 0}j- No monuments on the ocean. Man lias j bu piled (he earth with the structure of" his j nu her gt'liious anrl' ambition. Earth's greatness J tat Slio iseouiincmorutfd in marble and upon c&nva?. | ba [?,je Hut the sea has no tale to tell. Fat down 1 ?-.t not | and unseen are the monument builders, Che tit II at j coral ; and the waves, as they throb to the her shore, benr no record of (lie dead. t|IC : Neither has the shell a word from (he the ! wean sleepers. It murmurs only of the j 1111 her- whispering winds and waves. i U1 , ex- ' An Eagle Killki> nr a Lajjv.?On Sifh'-1 >eot- day, the 8th inst., Mrs. Mary Taylor, of; ^ 1 ii^e Ilmnshife county Va., killed by a blow of " land a clu|>, an eagle whir.Ji measured six feet 6t al ] re- a liitlo more between the points of the wings, ^ ions when expanded. The engle had attacked ;i'1 i the the geese ; the gander, which was its intendvard ed prey, resisted the at^ck and fou?rht the L'' and ) enemy brajrely (ill Mrs. T, came (o the res- , ',a tan," | eue ; the eagle then prepared for battle with j c.? tues- J her, whereupon slie struck him a blow .with I .S1i 1 1 ll.n ,.l?k !.?? .1.- 1.!?1 ?it- * ! sit lunir j mu vim' nu?y iiinuciEii mo linn uimuili U? ; """ rasiT i escape by flight'.?Richmond Enquirer. j "!l : en iisan | | nf was The members of .Congress are certainly ! lip to snuff." It ooets several thousa IPdr| glad I dollars ft year to supply them with tho arK to ticlo. A box that holds^jifllfa pecfc stand- 'fa I" | iDg by Ahe clerky.<le?k,-i? filled fr??iL ^very \) said I morning.?We *ppreliood that the enuff like which goes inland out of the nostrils ? of a ft wnskle^ble portion,of the members costs Kj ve I ihareiban iheyalue of the breath that per <fl, ;ood forms t&o saifcoiftmaWoOs, ^ Singular Theory of the Mississippi Iiiv?ir. j The Mis-i>.-ippi river is the greatest stream j n tliu wnrKI. Its tola! Ieii*? t h is 4,000 miles. .1 >11 lookirg over Lloyd's Steiiinboat ami ! f< laihoad Diiectory we liiul tho following t< list native article on tlie waste of the waters I >f the Mississippi. It says : i ii "No experience will enable a person to c nticipate, wit Ii any decree of certainty, the | a levatioti of tlie ll jml in any given year. In p onie seasons, the waters<lo not rise above J lieir channels ; in others, the entire lower ii alley of ilie Mississippi is submerged. Km- e ankaients, railed levees, have been raised t: fill tell lo iiiteeii luctliigli oil both sides of I lie stream, extend.ng'tnany miles above and u elow New Orleans. liy this means the river l> i restrain^! within its proper limits, exeepl. w t tlie greatest fiohets, when the waters ;i nnetiii.cs break over everything, nuisintr a real destiitelioii to properly, aiul sometimes it >ss ??t*lito. I Ik.* a verge height of the flood j v oin the I Mta to tin- junction of the Mis- I n jiii i is above sixteen feet. At tin* mouth of h ic latter liver il is twenty-fiv? feet, lie low e< le entrance ot the < )hi?> river the rise is of- i A n liftv-live feet. At Natchez, it seldom tl coeeds thirty feet ; and at New Orleans <1 out twelve feet. Whal goes with the tc ater ! It is known that the di lie re nee beveeii high and low water mark, as high up a( i White river, is about thirty-six feel and j ol le current at high water maik runs near { in veil miles per hour, am! opposite to New | rleatis the difference between high ami low le ater mark is only twelve feel, and the cur- ' lit little over three miles to the hour. Tile fo idth and depth ot the river being the same, sv urn which we ealeiilate that nearly six ki mes as much water passes by the mouth in ' White river as by New Orleans. What ! sii jes with the excess't 'l'he only solution es er ottered, i?. that it escapes by the bayous th >.? J,a.i'lill-Ill-. aiMl IIICI V.lic, i ill t 11. lion wo calculate the width, !i, jinil pi irront of these havocs, they fall vastly .short | fit atl'onliiiij a suliie'.cat e.-.rapuiiiiint. The or ii'* explanation can, we think, he {jivell. ft At |m\v water. iIn.. i<flnmt ilio whole ox- in nt, wi- sou a laixl slnicttiiv expose!, un- 1 ?-a riving lite hank, or tiiat the alluvia!-si s uo- 1*1 re on which tin- plantations are, is a st rue- to re of<hpo-ii nunle hv tlio riwr above its \\ \v wat'-r mark, which. opp.?ito to the t'l'i nuth of White liver, is thirty I'-et. ?hiek. . .-1 .1... - r. : i < Ill' I...-. 111 VUl !<> In* it.- 1 !?? .Ilir-IVII.:,. lie! Wr'il illl-l low 1 ! iT : 'i lllil.i -!lCS itixl IMilllv COITeS- \ i!?-!-- to it. when' ever (lie boMojvj i- , t,, in??? 1 i; a!i?>vs lituii^fioiit tin: wludc ex- ; it tlcit tin: bottom is /xct\ course numI / \\ liiliiiinir al v places the ticciu .shinp, iliii-uirli tin*iilhivi.'tl strcji-- jj. re mixi-'l with linn sau<l. The water per- ' lales with such facility am) rapidity tliiit ]>, L" water iu ;i weli tiii^ ill ii cuii-iilcrablo -taisee from the river bank ri>e.s ;nn| falls i ill t!.?i ri>e iin-.l fall ?1" 111 r'.vi-r, i: >i varv- ri , ; an itifth, an-'l through llie euai.so s-.nul * 1 .shingles <>' Hk* l> >t!y!n, :t parses ;is raps' as through it common .sieve. My the accurate survey* of several scion !< engineers. it is asecrtjiiiifrl t'i ? <'"? 0,1 river is four in.hes lo th?* 1*:. The 1'ium Natchez to Xcw 'ni lean1* of three Imiih1iv<I miles will give ca i-!v>; htin-li'-.l i:i iirs, or one htm?1re.l !? ? !. 't!l e ! j>1 !i of 111?. r:v<-ris than lifty feet u,,> hii;h water mark. The r:\vr debouches 'M'1 ?. tin- o an from ;t {>r<>i11< iit >rv made bv ! I,!t If. The -m!.ice of the <>(*ean, bv m'*;i- j 0,1 nii'tit. below the h.tioni ul ill" river, >11! w '^ corr.'^poti'l-with t!i -lo'.v P1' mail; he!..\v \V.v < >r!.\uis, therefore , w!l ' MisM-M|>!ii river isp>miii?* 'hron^h its 11 I .'tom i iri? the ((. ran, the Stiper im- ( l!j viI weight lateral procure 10 liur- ' ?\v tins Mil?!i*rniK-ai? current. It* tin: reader l!l' - ?'v. r -too.1 up jii a Mi?.i.-cippi sand-bar in st;| liar.i lain, or Am water poured from a k' l ?.'ii the ? :in<l-Lar, lie has seen tlmt iu.*iican he done it: Millicicut quantity to pro- u" i'o any emrent or accumulation on the ; fa T!:o liver is, therefore, from the nil ie it c.nn - l?"!?)\v tlu-' limestone strains of j on >viti:i an<! Keiiluckv. wasting ilsclr" en ollii'u ils OW11 1X?tt>>111. : 'I\j If tin* Mississippi river li.nl to purvuft its to ir.-e like llio >!iio, over rot-Icy strata, wal- j vo in by rock and iinpervinu* clay lunk*, I a I high water mark at New Orleans would i Til ich one li mailed tVj.*t above its present | *el ii(>; but running over coarse sand, walled i ne by a depusitv made of sand, ancient tie- j qn ial detritus and vegetable mound, no more i ue ter reaches l',ic ocan than the exeesr. over pe amount that permeates the surrounding t'oi lu-turc ami p:is.?c5 oft'in the process of per- j lation or transpur;iliun in a subterranean -cent to tlie ocean. Tbe river,-without y other real rain!, from rocjeor clay in the an Itotn or*l>nd>, is left freo to the govern- [,tl Sut of no oilier, law than tho-law ofhydros- jra it's. The washing or wasting of the SH tiks can not he prevented, tliough the i'ihg or sliding fit' large portions at one ugjL|my. l>e easily guarded, against. Hti The Washington correspondence' lafieston News, under date of the*4th 1 llnis notices llio first app<Wayce of ' 't i?n. J. V. AViiglti, of TtMincsseo : / ' fll "I was in the llousu to day and heryd l'1 e youngest incmlxjr of the body speak. ^ iHjprtaiiied liiin to bo tho Hon. J. V. ^ right, of Tennessee, wliotn, judging from w' ipearanut^ ,is ul>out twenty-six years of age. u was attracting great attentiou by the P:l do and eloquent vigor of stylo with which y* j was^xposijig the aims and jiurpoftt's' of u uuik.N 1 vi-^mInn-ifii ^tiiiy. i oil SIIOUKI {*: ive seen the gallad jades winoc under the 1 nclunivu exposition of tlieir infamous dejns., Nil. Wrist's speed) Was listened to-'. ol tentivefy by a Tuil house. llfa efforts "to- ^ iy .marked liiin ns a delator, wlio, .if he Wl ntintiWin Congress, i? destined 'to* make, ff? ordinary marly pjy>u the legislation of ^ S> .country" ; , . , ^ S* ur a v^lerotman.?ISlrier Step- se n Brow, a "Baptist clergyman 6t BeaVqp, .91 inn, "Wisconsin, ''recently W'nt'rtiattffr'in^ ill istence by ctlttiilg his throat WUh a m 0 hn^just r&tfrned ferae' frd*fr jr*nrt(J; toi.'b* s "Eastern friends/jma it^fe thonght tfiat<j,?a Q 6*dteni6nf''*nd'^ttigtif8' o? th& "jf^i?i*heyr <m jfl unsettled his mind. "s* '' ' " * ifci. a..-i? -... -.Mi --- Aquafortis as a Beverage. In the pretty village of Iladdoiilield, X -y, some years aj?o, tin re re-ided an < .How who was known in I own and country around as "Old Jo Ie had no particular occupation except < )?; chores, or errands not any particular at ion. lie ate where he could tret a hi m! slept w hcivver lie could lind a lodgi lace. Job was a regular olil toper, a erscy lightning hail no more ell'ct on 1 i-ide than jist so much water. Ho g< rally made Itis headquarters at the low ivern, tor there wen* (wo in the tov If won!.! s!f*p am! <!<>/<> awav the al't< < >11 mi ail ol.l bench in one comer of t ar-r.soin, lint wasalw.ivs awake when th? as anv drinkin<* going on. When lie w ot asked to ilriiik lie won!*! slip to t!n? 1 n.| drain the glr s of the few drops ! i tliejn. One afternoon Dr. l?olus, t ilbige physician, was in the tavern tnixii pa preparation. He placed a tuinbl alf full of aquafortis on tlie bar, and tin 1 round to mix some other ingredien few moments after he had occasion to ti ie poisonous drug, when he found to 1 i.-may that the tumbler had been drain. > tlie last drop. ' Mr. \Yiu-eins," exclaimed the doctor, V.I..1.I <i? i " ?? ?. i - .. .Kui, i.. i in* liimnoni, "wiiai lias uec.oi 'the a if nil fort in J put on tin; bar a ft lomcuts ago?" 4"I don't know," replied (Ik- landlord, "u ss < ']J Joe slipped in ami drank it." In this suspicion ilwy wore soon confirm* r the hostler said lie had seen Old J rallow tin- fatal draught. Tlie Doc.t< lowing that In- must die after such a do; sisted a search at once. After some liou ient in looking through tlie barns, out lion , worn Is, Are., fin three ?>r four Utiles rout e village, Joe was abandoned to his fal was a coM night; ami as the village t ms assembled around the blazing liicko e in the bnr-ruoni, nothing was thought ta'krdof but the unfortunate end *.?f po id-loe. S. line f.'Ur days elapsed, and notl g having been heard from ' 'id Joe, thev : uie to the conclusion that he was a gout le Doctor, abniit this time, had occ.asii -wlin- eiJJIll HUM'S UISKI! "hat was his surprise to see < >1? 1 Joe nit. of a fanner's lioti?e splitting woo.l. ' Wliv, .lot.'," said thel'oelor, ridin<* t tin- t'-ncc, "1 thought Vou was dead at iv.-i.-.l h'ffore this ?" ' Why, w!i:it mailt.' yoti think that, Do IV* -;x!?I Joe, 'caning nii liaxi* handle. "I >id't you think that dose I left on ol "ijjyfnis's har a lew davs since?" "Yes," replied Joe, half ashamed to oh "]>o you know what it was?" asked tl oetor. "No!" returned Joe. "\\ Iiv. it was (Kjitajbriix?enough to ki dozen men!" Civility ia a Fortune. Civility is ii foil tine in itself, for a court s man always succeed* well in life, nu at even when per.-ons of ability souietinx il. The famous Duke of Marlborough is -i! in point. It. was said of him by one c nporary, that his agreeably manners ofu nverted nn enemy into a friend, and I other, that it was more pleasing to bed ;d a favor bv his (irare, (ban to recen e from other m<n. Tin* grac ious inannt Clmrles James Fox preserved biin froi rsonal dis'ike, even at a time when 1 i? politically the ino-t unpopular man i kingdom. The history of our counti full of exinaples of sueress obtained 1 -IIWv Tl... : ? r ... j * V j/w. tviiiivj vi every iijsiii 1u lies, it' we but recall J lie past, frequent ii iif.-;!, where conciliatory manner hat nle the fortunes of physicians, lawyer . itii's, politicians, merchants, ami, indeet livi.luals of all pursuits. In being introduced to a strainer ; li ability, or the rewnc, creates in<tan?an< sly a prepossession in hi* boh a If, or awal s unconsciously a prejudice against? hill i men, eivility is in fact, what beauty a woman ; it is a general passport to f:i r; a letter of recommendation written i anirusige thai every stranger understand m inwi ut men Have often itijnred then vc9 by irritability and consequent rti<l> *s, as the greatest scoundrels have fn tally succeeded by their plausible ntai rs. Of two men et|iial in all other re i;t?, the courteous one lu?s twice the chaiu fortune.? I'hilmh-lphia Lcdycr, A Nut for the Doctors. Onoof tlie most eminent French phsiciai <1 physiologists snys medicine is a grei imblM*. Mn>ri?lwli<> n linen trtnttcLo "?" - - I I riled as t-tnmliir.l works iiie world ovc ys lie knows nothing jihout medicine, an in't know any body that docs know an; in# about it ! In one of his lectures i k?>: "Who ran euro tho goiit, or disease i o heart i Nobody. O ! you toll me tl ictors cure people. I graut yon peop e cured. Jiut how are thoy ^ured : Ooi men, nature docs a great ileal. Doctors i vilish liitle?when thoy don't do lmrn ;t m?. tell yon, gentlemen, what 1 di lien 4 was tho bend physician at the IL l-vbieu. Sumo threo or four thousm: itieiits passed through my bands evei nr. I divided the patients into two cla & ; with one I followed the dispensary at ire the usual medicine.', without having'* ea of-dra why or whereforet.; to the othi gnyq ^rijad pills and coltem water, wit it, of jjjotimo, letting thcur-know anythir wilt if, and occasionally,} gentlemen, iiuld create a third division, to whom iv? nothing whatever, "Thc^flHsf. wpn i'l they were neglected,.(sick1 people alwa: el peglccted, unles tlrey are wall druggt -tho foods!) and they frould irritate,ther ivejuotii tii^y'got sick, bly o4?io,to tnq fceacue^and ^11 persona i? third claw got well., There was -lilt ottetllr** among then* who received b hrtd?co1orcd And tfteific onibng jfcosp who we irduUyt&u jged.jwcordinji'lo, 1 tb*e ,?Upe ,ry. *V % * :?JTVi ,-j . .. -- Punch on Encorcs o?v ; 1 iy what right, wc beg to ask, doe :>Id ! auditor cheat and rol> an arlist by eneoi lie* ; A play bill promises that if you ; |?av a specific sum you shall hav lo* I specific song. Von pay the money ( lo- I iu with all order) and you demand twic to, i music you have bargained for. Do ng ; serve any body else so, except an artist i nd i you buy a pair of trousers, and they p lits | you, do you cmore your trousers ; th n- ! require tin* tailor to give you another p er I Do you furore a dozen of oysters, as ,n. ; the second lot for nothing because the t-r- | were sweet and sueclilent ? Do you < / lie j a portrait, ami because a painter has re : reeded admirably iu taking your iikeurs as i you clap and stamp about bis studi.) >ar 1 lie paint< you another copy lor notliiii<* eft ' And yet why should Sir. Punch be w he ! with you ? Your fathers thought ii ng ! same w ay about books, and. wondered a ler j author's impudence in calling mere w n- | by the sacred name of property. And t? ! tiloiiMi ?* ?* "" ??wv ijinic r.miiuu. ytu. i lien! isc i retract, we fee! compassion tor you, yoi lis | creatures, not aiicrcr. Yon may stay, ud : mind this. You Insvo ii<> ri^lit to steal j sic. It" your hou?e-maid stole your s in j nosed Patty's doijVenred ropy of the T n? j luulour from tin' pianoforte,you would xv i that house-maid a thief, ami send for a j liccman. What are von, that steal n- ! sonjjv in one eveniris; ? Take that hin heart, ami when next you aro delirj (1, with an elfort tii.it it has cost an artist y oe of expensive ami laborious study to brin )r, the perfection that enchants you, and >e, feel disposed to cheat him out of it as rs remember sunb-nosed J'attyand her il is- eared music. id .?e. Qi'akf.tt Mahriaor.?A marriage l o- place at Nantucket hut week, in the Frie ' v ; Meeting House. The. prescribed prep | tory forms having been complied with, j"' j tor a pause the parties rose (Ihmiijj sc. "" j si'io, t?y >i<l<%) and took caeh other l?y Slight hand, when the bridegroom f j "In the presence of 11 list assembly, I l ,n j this, my friend, S 11 , to be ll- j will* promising through Divine aFsisitai ' to bi! unto her a faithful and ntfectioi j husband, until death shrill seperatu 'P j Tiic bride then said :? In tin; presence this assembly, I take, this my ftiend, 1'\V . to be mv hiiidmnd, j?romi c- ; through Divines assistances to be unto ; a faithful and afi'-etionate wife, until <I. Id i shall scperate us." They then unclasped tlieir hands am ii down. A document (expressive of willingness of the parlies lo the union,) I le received their signatures which was atl ed hy two members of the meeting, of c sex, "being what might ho called an invi ill gating committee. The document : tlx-n road aluud hv the. clerk which j the completion of the simple and inter ing marriage ceremony ef the Quakers. i\Vn tucket Ku<iitire jl ... is | 1 he gentleman, sir. reminds me .a e ., : deal of the story of the old negro and p,. priest. I mean no offence to the gentlen .? ' This negro was fond of his neighbor's j ,v ! turkeys ami geese. The priest told J. that if he took any more without paying ihem, ho would send him to the d< i Sometime afterwards the negro \v??nl to ,, j priest for confession ; lhe priest asked hi ; ' Have vou taken any more geese ?' in j uNo, inassa." .v | '*]lave You taken any more pigs'" ,V -N?." * 1 ''Have you taken an)* more tinkers 1 | -No" t j 4'\\ ell, you can g>>, ami I will make # j mutter all light for you." I i As lie was going away, he congratula I himself to his brother Saiu, ns follows : ' ^ 1 didn't ask me dink ary time, or L wc hare been sent right to the devil." i Now, sir, the probations of confession * : searehiiig things, I am told, ami I wo ^ I advise Democrats never to say squatter f | ereigntr in the hearing of the honorable i ! tli-m.'iii frr?ni T< <>nft*i>Irv I Fatten is o T titK ::v.?The aliment j properties of chnrchoal lire very great; i devil,.it lias been asserted tl>at dome . fowls may bo fattened on it without any <>l rood, and that, too, in a shorter time t on the most nutriciotis grains. In an ex] iinent made to test the value of the arti four turkeys were taken ami confined i pen, and fed on meal, boiled potatoes oats. Four others of the same brood v * also confined at the same time, in anot pfn, and fed daily on the same articles, with one piitt of very fine pulverized cl J coal mixed with the meal and potnte they hail slso a plentiful supplyjof bro ' charcoal iti their pen. The eight wero led on the same day, and there! wn* adil ence of ono and a half pounds each in ft of the fowls which had been supplied v Je the chareoal, thfcjrbeing much i he fattcrj 1(* the meat greatly superior In point of i dcrness and flavor. This would ap[>enr lo establish, beyond a doubt^tlie benefil I1; charcoal for fatteninc pumrsos. IU , ?* No Ear kou Music.?"TW> yon hear i d mu&ic?that heavunly innKi?i'said an 7 thus.uiHliu fox hunter to a rather.'green c s" pauion, who rodu be^ido In in, as the.'J 'd opened in full cry. in "No, I hear nothing," yud verdant ar clip 1 nf, his eatv, "I rannut hoar aijy.tiling, h" the cut>scd noise made l>y, those dogs.^ '? It inay be readily supposed after I Old Sport and Young SpoitTsooir-pa :-JW? gjjrfc p By counting the knwk^s on the'-t sd' with the spnewbetween them, all th%Tho n~ 'with thirty-oncdayr will fatt.on the kwi ir- letr, rind those wttb tHirl^aya orleefrin come in theafmoes. - Jntitiary,' fb&t kww lo February, first space March second Jem ut In ; April eecbinl space ; M.iy third krv irr le ; June third space; Juiy fourth -feotiol ire August first knuckle; pUraber-fkst-f x\r DoU>ber second koupkte* ^ovdmber m sjNico ^v^vecmbor tuird knuoklV. V * ? Come to Mc in Dreams. s nn Come in beautiful dreams, love, iiijr j <>l? ' eoiiie ( ' me off, will ^ hen the liijht wing of sleep C a 0" "'J' bosom lies soft.; ur tro Oil! come when tin; sen, 0 Iho I" moon's gentle light, you Urals on the ear J If Like the pulse of night? lease When the sky ami tlie wave at is. Wear their loveliest blue, tair I When the (lew's on the Ilower, kiti^j And the stars on the dew. Come in henntiful dreams, love, >if)lC (,1!! come and we'll stray ' U.<" Where the whole year is crowned jl'l'j-j With the blossoms of May? } Where each sound is as swi-ct ' ' As the coos of a dove. Tilth , , , ( Ami tin* gales are a- soft ^ jji(i As tie: brenthings of love ; , Where the beamskis< the \vavo?, "tus . ' 1 jj And the waves l.iss the bench, , And ottr warm lips may catch . fl](j The sweet lessons tliev teach. lint Com*'in beautiful dreams, love, mil- (III! ifmiu' iiu<l we'll fly {tnil> J.il ;<>tvvi winded spirit* 'roil- Of lure through the sky ; call Villi 11rid elaspod in hand po* On our dream-wings we'll go four Vhere the star-light. and niuon light t *? Arc blending their glow ; I'ted Aii'l on bright elouds we'll linger l'ars Of purple and C<>1<1, S Till, lovp, angels envy you Tlie bliss they liehohl. '?"S I know a great overgrown, first rate man in this place, writes a correspondent, engaged in the mercantile business, who is took njucli troubled to recollect names, and who, in'^ * one morning, with pencil in hand and quill ; behind Ills oar called out to his partner, :i'" j "Billy, what is John Supple-beam's first ' name'"and ho never discovered his mistake l!,e i till he began to write it, when lie forgot the ia"'- i last name ; and with the same uthjonseions':,ke ' tioss, sang ?>nt, "Kxeuso me, Billy, but I ,n.v ! have forgot John Supplebeanrfs hist nanus now !"' The roar of laughter which ensured 1 ? j restored his memory. u*. I _ c ^ j , I'uicks or Xi:c;uoks.?We attended the ? ! sale of the property belonging to the es>l."n late of Smith Bradley, deceased, on Tues','1" day hist. Although the day was quite unL>* 1 favorable, a huge number i<t persons were present. The articles sold realized the se' highest prices. Ten negroes were sold, at u . au sverage of ?730. One. nogroe man? ',a" field hand ?sold for ?1500 ;a hoy 15 years ! old at ?1.000 : another at ?070. N?gro aeh women mid ?rirl< Iminrlif oc Crmin L-fcU- | Of the number sold there was one child two "us j years 0]j n?,j onc 5 years old. xv"s j Greenville Jfitlcrprise | Tub Navai. Coi:kt ok Inqi ihv.?The r" Star learns that the first case to be taken up j by this tribunal is that of Lieut. Law 13en;ood j i|inylon, who stands at the head of the list the ! of dropped officers of his tirade. As soon ,:"1- as he may be ready to proceed, if he eleets ''PFi lo do so, his ease will be disposed of. lie him j is expected to reach Washington on Monfor j Jay. the . Wedding in* Washington.?On Tues- j un : jay t|1(J National Observatory dwelling was ] the scene of an unusua "y large and brilliant social gathering, collected to greet the daughter of the tlis distinguished head of that institution, (Lieut. Maury,) upon the occasion of her marriage to William Maury, Esq., son i of the late lamented mayor of Washington, the ? , ; 6 j I loon's .Song ok tiikShiiit.?The oiiiril.?l ........... ? " j lial o! tins famous poem is in the pos"Je j susaio.) of a gentleman in New Yoilc. It )U"' ! hits the hole in the. centre made by the "copy- | hook'' in the JJunch Oflice, and came to its i are pio.sent possessor directly from Mark Lemon, U'J the editor^ feu- Pleasant Tuir.?A ]tarty of twenty I students of William's College, New York, I j are to snil this week from that city in the ; arv '"Schoorrer Pew Prop, on a natural history j in- ; voyage of discovery as far as Florida, and | stic : probably Cuba. Ptofessor Chadbourne, of her the College, leads tbo party. i>cr* At the annual meeting of 'Plymouth ,.|0 Ohnrcli, Brooklyn, a few evening* since, n ? i the salary -of the pastor, liev. Henry Ward iind ' 1 leccher, w'a? im-ivased by'the sum of one' rero i thousand dollars, making it now Jive thouhcr | sand. | : 1'K-K1NO A lilBIIOr'n 1'oCKKT.?BisllOp )(4 . Audrew, iu retiring from the Florida Conken ^''renc^? I'let with the misfortune on the cars, j..| of having liia poekfift. book stolen, container ing aomtf'two orthrib bundred dollars. 'T?.r Senator Summers started from Boston, fl J Monday., for Washington, to resume his ? seat in tiic Senate of tlio United States. He. will proceed to Europe in the steamer ^ Fulton on tliu 7th of March. Mr. Crawford, the sculptor, writes from ' Paris on the 4th insthnf. that ho whs proIhat favorably, and hoped to be soon en~ able to foturirto Rogie atid re$yn?e bis la0,n" bore;*' - 4 >ack?|.. r; - ^ r p- . ^ A letteroddrewed to the lowa-Oily li^ptlb-^ *jn; luym, from Horace Greeihiyf'ttho ? viwujtg ] f?r. .Ipw^.an;} Mjujieaot*, ,?jfhiea the change of V i.obbyiog, recdflly inade ,byBQyerttus a\ rlod V . - ^ ; . ?>,? ?? *? f"^0w9 ljfs?ousi ..Legislature his granted \r$jW<W ft# t&^wnza'io.n ofefght'baiika *.]& J%&* kdwL5f,t;i,: aesr^Kf?l>pif?1 yXfflSsmm*>oo:o<>?; -,;: , . ^tIi' - liev/'J'osiah Ex^na^'n^ddfej'iind veifertJMi; bio minister of the tfefflbdfct'Episcopal oW(fch,-??jll- ikadon tHj$ of.Tuskogee, Th^Mi^mpi , to, jrn?Dd (i^^awwnt. to' njalw fcv-.'com9 >. jiprdniMe defaulter. * tS \ The Ascent of Popocatepetl. Dr. 8. W. Crawford, U.S. Army, 1ms succeeded in leaching the summit of .Mount Popocatepetl. lie was olio of a |?:?r*y of eighteen, who set out for that pin pose from the city of Mexico, on the I-:h instant. n.<; following is from his own account cf tlie feat : | We arrived at Amceam'.'ca on the evet ning of the lltli insl. Four of our mini| her had been oh!i^< d to return, and aim! ther with servant.-, left us at Ameeaineea. | At. this point, through tlie kindness of our ; lios|>ii:ihl<- friends, we procured our guides i and made the necessary arran><j<,m?,nts for j the asc< nt of tins mountain. \V!?en otir [ object hciamo known, we were at once ! : i i .. - . jMiiii'u uy a mmmer ot volunteers, ait nnxj iuus t<? accompany us to tli - summit. ! \\ hile some spoke of tin* sea ".on of tin} ! year, an.I of the intense cold wo mi^ht ati| tieipate, others told us of a |>ath to this crater, made hy tl>e In liaits tzoinjj up an 1 rotninimr with the .sulphur ; hat wo fotltnl that hut few of our friends had heen hjyotul the snow line, ami that the mountain 1 hail not lieen ascended hy even an Ii.diun for I months, the workinj; of the sulphur ceadug ii with the cotumeiicemcuL of the rainy season. At noon, 011 thelSlh, we took leave of our kind host ami turned our horses' heads I towards the mountains. We soon reached Tomacoeo. We were here joined hy a parly, iiiiioni; whom wasl)oti I'ahlo lVrcz, H nriMtllfttnon l"w' * - 1 .. ...... mill uei'll CJIgHIjeU ill c\traeting the sulplnir lVutii the volcano, ami who ha<I pursued tin: Occupation lor three years. 11 is as-cent?. had been frequent, and we felt reassured l?v his resolution to acj company-us. Our road now was up, over i steep ascents, through tin; cedars ami pines ; | wild tlowurs of every Into grew through tlio I tangled shrubbery. J!y sundown we arrived tnueh fatigued from our day's journey, at Tlamaeas. Our party numbeivd twenty, including guides and peons. We set out from Tlamacas next morning, on horseback as far Ji** I.n i !rn/ cutMii ' 4* - * w. . wiiiv uiuucilliu IUCI clUOVO* i Mere, witli two of my companions, 1 sot out on foot, the remainder road on some distance.?At the same time wo :dl joined, and after the final arrangements of our packs, &t\, \vc grasped our spears, and protecting our eyes from the reflection, set out upon the snow, our guides ahead?iho Indians with our packs followed. Our first start out was steep and anjid frozen snow. The guides and Indians struck boldly out, without spear or stall'; the rest of us elingi ing to our snow spears, slowly followed. J l.'p we went soine eight hundred feel, when \ getting in advance of the party, wo halted j to take breath?respiration had become lai bored and difficult?and as 1 sat exhausted i on the snow, a ch ad feeling, akin to seaI sickness, came over inc. lia!lying, however, I looked around ine for my companions, and of all ihose who had joined us at Amccameca, not one remained. Two of my friends with the guides, were above me shouting to us to follow. On wo went, slowly and tediously. The dilQcnlty iof travelling increased with every slcp. The servants who accompanied us had all given out, and taking the barometer from one who had sank exhausted, I joined my companions above. On we toiled soine hundred yards further, and again we stopped to rest. j Our number \v:is now reduced to four and | our two guides. Tljp" same sickness T liad ! experienced was now felt by others ; the opI pfressiou was extreme. The cold was intense. My companions complained loudly of their feet, and so great was the suffering of one of them that I persuaded him to return. One only accompanied me for a shori distance, when ho | returned with one guide to follow his descending companions. 1 was now alono with one guide and hut half way to the summit. The ascent became more and more diflieult, as breaking the ice at every step we progressed slowly and tediously. Once more 1 turned to look back fioti; my d'fty height. One mis >tep, and iuevw .i.t.. .V- i - 1 ..w../.! i\.-u u.-> in me noyss Ixlow. The .-stillness of 'tlie grave was over every thing, and recoiling from the sight [ looked down no more. To go on lor more thnri eight or. ten paces without stopping to take re-t was imposbilile, so ratified had the air become. At onetime, after .mi cxtraor- s dinary exertion to reach my guide, I fell exhausted and fo.< sonio moments was uncoilftcious. The hjood gusl^ed from my nostrils. Checking it \s itli thy frozen snow, I rallied and clambered on. My guide, more '(inured to mi< h trips, had got thr ahead. The aickeAiOg bcimittion I had at first'expelienc^d, ruUirJfft with redoubled force. As } 1 again sauk iSxhaiiMtd. oti the snow, a uejivy weigni sctiyeil piessuij*- upon me, and ev?Wllim? app.-tfred to gro.w dim aj gain, when I wan arou-od I>y loud- sbputs from my gide, as standing liigh^aLjtfye /the | lie shouted, 4'thc natcr!" "the' cfatcYJ ' I Up,-up, again 1 c limbed, clinging to bis foot pi i 1)13 ; one long, paiuful struggle more, ^ - ami i shiik oxnansiuu-iipoh jts brink. * 1 looked ftrpuaji me, andiho world ijgom- ? ed at fetched beneath my feet. Tl>o limply valley of Mexico, with' its lufces and mounlaintvUy Jikc a map l>oneaiti me ttj tho south and west lay tha Tierrtr Galiente, hs liitln red in tho sitting ^ misty rim of silver showed the (Jujf?of .Mexico farto tho i eastward, and thu %>sty top of Orizaba rose grandly frotrt tll5 pucpl? landscape. Though conversant with nature, I- had never beforo beheld her in sucii magnificence. To remember that Bight mtfst efer.be h glory ?to forgot can only?ovcur with a general At' lIli'fot'Hltim Tho Doctor is now in Mexico, preparing for another ascent, in order to niaku a thorough exenraination .?&' the crater of tho volcano. * ' * ; t , ? There appears to be><hute a roaiiia for divorces in I'ennsylvanitfthis winter/ An application was made a fe\V days shlcc iu the Legislature, by a man who wanted to bo divorccd'froin his wife because she was an intolerable shrow, afior hawing I eiidutod her p;.'ioecutiou tor lliWy yeArs. ;S A .? i t "i , . J 1