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VOLUME 4?NO. 48. ABBEVILLE C. II., SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MORNING, ALRIP 3, 1857. WHOLE NUMBER 204
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MISCELLANY. j
Sam'l Johnson's Struggls in Life.
Macauley.iu his rcccnt biographical essay ;
on the "Lite of Sam'l Johnson," and at that j
period when his struggle was severe and j
?.!- - 1
uis rcwaru seamy, savs:
The misery ofluat struggle needed no
aggravation, but was aggravated by the
sufferings of an unsound body and an unsound
mind. Before, the young man left
the University, his hereditary malady had
broken forth in a singularly cruel form.
Ho had become an incurable hypochondriac.
lie said long after, thsit he had
been mad all his life, or at least not '
perfectly sane : and in truth, eccentricities |
less strange than his have often been thought ]
grounds sufficient for absolving felons, and
for setting aside w ills, llis grimaces, his
gestures, his muttering.1?, sometimes diverted j
and sometimes terrified people who did not '
know hiin. At a dinner table he would, in
a fit of absence, stoop down and twitch off i
n lady's shoo. He would amaze a drawing |
room Dy suddenly ejaculating a clause of the
Lord's Prayer. He would conceive an uu- j
intelligible aversion to a particular alley, |
?nd perform a great circuit rather (ban see j
the hateful place, lie would set his heart I
on touching every post in the street
through which be walked. If by any ch:uice
bo missed a post, he would go back a hundred
yards and repair the omission. Under
the influence of this disease, his senses became
morbidly torpid, and his imagination
morbidly active. At one time he would
stand poring on tliov town clock, without
being able to tell the hour. ..At another,
lie would distinctly hear liis mnflmr wlin
was many miles off, calling him by name.
But this was not the worst A. deep melancholy
took possession of him, and gave
a dark tinge to all his views of human nature
and of human destiny. Such wretchedness
as he endured has driven many men
to shoot themselves or drown themselves.
Hut he was under no temptation to commit
suicide. He was sick of life, l^ut lie
was afraid of death ; and he-shuddered at
every sight or sound which reminded 'Win
of the inevitable hour. In religion he
found but little comfort during his long attu
fervent fits of dejection; fur his religion
mrtOOk of ]>M nn-n rIM.? IS?I i
, VMM VMUI (lUiOi b
from heave i 6bonc on linn indeed, but not
in a direct fine, or with its own puro splendor.
The rays-had to struggle through u
ffisturlnog medium ; they reached Win Refracted,
dull and discolored by the thick
gloom which had settled on his soul; and
though they might bo sufficiently - clear to
guide them, were too dim to cheer him.
? . <j * *
A I>iuty smli.isck?-ffi^op, W?ad#v in
Hie Southern Cliurohitian, gives an nc<cotmt
of many'of tbe old families of Virginfa.
Among these he mentions a insn
toatted Watkins,, of whom the celebrated
Jfohn Randdiplr, of Uoanoke, left a manuscript
notice'. A part 6T that notice i? in
these words :?^Without shining abilities,
or tbe advantages of an education,- by
plain straightforward industry, undBr the.
guidance pf old-fashioned' hwjwty ami pntetf
tieaKgpod sense, h6 accu^lS
jple fortune, in whic&*tpi#j ftrmVy believed
Ihsre ?u not one -jTaii'ik
*nKf hogiely Saxon laggtnir*, but
tof pklt and point. In RnmkrtpliS mltxd
npe moM'h^ve Uea runntor aofte, Jfajnt
Reminiscence of the apostle's ppra^ "fitty
tacj)fr," ucfed mom fbati Xfooo ifU-bis tpis
He*. -' " ; v -Hv- y.<fi
trts buiioeli, ca^b.~pr3c^
W vvbtfft he panned to Air&CudBfn^ha^!
The Bachellor's Button.
CIIAI>TEIl KIR8T.
Wliat Happened at the Concert.
Some years ago, when I was a single
man ami dreaming (as some single men do)
of double bliss yet destined to arrive, 1
went to a concert at the Musical Ilall of
Boston. Music is poetically and proverbially
"the food of love," and in my sentimental
state 1 consumed a good deal of
it ; not that I had any object in view.?
Mine was an abstract lovo ; 1 cultivated it,
1 increased my stock, so that I might have
a good stock of the tender pas?i m in hand
whenever 1 saw an eligible opportunity of
investing it. Well, to return to the concert
; it was crowded to excess, and the
rush, on leaving, to reach cabs and carriages,
was very Croat. I wi>r? on 11?=?t
orable night a blue coat with brass buttons,
and 1 Haltered myself there were worse
looking men in the ruom. I tell you candidly,
I admired myself ; the other party I
was struck with was a fine girl, with dark
eyes and black hair, who sat with some
young friends, a few forms distant. I "hoped
she noticed me and my blue coat with 1
brass buttons. I looked at her often enough
to attract her attention to both ; 1
and being, as my friends would say, in 1
rather a sjiooncy state, worked myself in a
towe ring passion?of love, but how was 1
I to comc at the object of my admiration, 1
for I was as 'diflidcnt as devoted?"as shy 1
as I was vain," as an over-candid friend
once said, "Hail Columbia," which con- (
eluded the cntt?>??rf tnrnf!??l "w. ? 1
j?. icvu 4?jvt UII^iu*
pared as on mv first glance to "improve the 1
occasion," and the company were shoaling '
out, while I stood mutely gazing after the |
object of my love at first sight. She and 1
her party eddied for n while by the inner
door of the concert room, and were than 1
drawn out into the retiring current, and lost 1
to sight. 1
I followed quickly after, lest I should
lose forever <(11 opportunity of identifying i 1
my idol ; but, nhis ! the lights in the out- j 1
er corridor were few and so far between that j '
"no glimpse of my star could I get. I push- '
ed and fiercely elbowed through the (
crowd, a view of getting to the outer door '
before my fair one's party had emerged,
ami thus <rainii>!r on?*.u mnn> :i aiirl.i ^.r i 1
? o -o? " ;
sweeting. ! 4
"Hang it !" I muttered, impatiently, as . J
I felt a tug of my'coat skirt, ono was in- i *
stantly <otiscious of one of inv hind buttons
having hitched to some lady's dress ;
niy progress was sudden Unarrested. "How
provoking," thought I, as I was brought, to t
a stind, for I could not inovo without lo- j v
sing a billion or tearing a dress; "how t
provoking the modern fushions ; a lady I
now has as many hoops, as many tentacles |
about her apparel as a scaneinonc." It i _
\ as with some irrilalion I stopped to undo j *j
the button, but my hurry made the task ; ^
more diQicult, and instead of undoing, Ij
only bungled and more twisted the loop | c
round the button.
.v... uiu saiu liic lady j
Herself, as I bungled the business ; she un- ,
gloved her hand?it was a sweet white
hand?so L looked at her face. Stars and ?
gaiters ? but it was a very, fair one, b:\lck j
hair and dark eyes, T was in pursuit of.
As she stooped over the entangled button, a
sight flush tinted her cheek.?Oh it was .
delicious. I hoped she never would undo
the loop ; and indeed she never would
or her fingers were twitching nervously, ^
and my heart was beating au libly ; I tried ^
to help her ; our fingers met.
"l'lease to make way there." shouted a
gruff voice behind. We were blocking up .
the passage ? was there ever such an unlucky
spot for so lucky an entanglement ? 4i
"You hinder the people from going out, I
Annie." extilniinml <> <? <>f l><?? ' 51
, V?iw Vi MVI \.VIIlpaillUI)M j .
with some asperity ; "plague upon the I
tiresome loop, break it !" and suiting the | !'
action to tlie word, the speuker leaned for- 1
ward, caught the sleeve.of her beautiful
friend's dress in one hand, and giy coat 5
tail in the other, and giving a quick and
decided tug, severed us. The crowd behind
bore on, and we were separated ; not how- 1
ever, before T gave my "star" a look which
I intended to sueak volumes T ' *
^..a..4,
sue dul not seem unconscious of my meaning?our
eyes met, I knojv^ and' tlm wns !
the only consolation left me, fol immediateI}'
-afterwards I lost her an)! heV party' to J
view in the darkness outside. *
CHA*?TEIl SECOND. , Hoie
the Course of True Love did not Run a
Smooth. * ?
That night-1 hardly closed my oye? think- t
ing of my "bright particular et?r,"nnd what f
means I should employ to find her our. 1
knew little of the town, which was a.large t
one, lo expect to know the o^noc of my fair 1
one by a mere desQfjptiou^ jwWhopeless, for r
hjciu uuuuiirs nau? uo fi grout mjanj^wiLb T
dark eyesfitid bl&k'b?V "Within the ''lit} Is I
of mortality" tlftive ^s.eliiftwjiere, 2
' My love fitgfew ijibre And more violent \
in.^hp coyrsq of t^t^tW; but, ttred out at ,?
length* with my' se.iVu 11, I returned to Ibe ho- e
Jfcetiand twK o'lit my d reus coat jrom my port- I
uiauteau Co feed my.flame oven with the con* 1
temptation of the inanimate bpsineto button <
that'lmdfl&taSried the "black*ey^d divinity" t
so Jong. . It vyas.wiih no little delight I now 8
discovered what did not before catch my eye
??a fragment of the silk loop of ber dress J
st*U adhered to the button, twisted ronnd.tbe 1
shank. T nrMM/t it *??
_ ... V?,.w vy. urj lips, II, WHS IliaC
in color, and stoopecfto genlly disentangle 1
it fVoWj the a? g*nUy?R UioUgli it *
4*#p?a Cross of my-loved ope'? b?r#, wk$n {
s3ffi#?hiug diftktxLin the skirt poolceC ,. I J
sumkwed I had jgft Rome money there, ftwMn '<
iny^>orturt)rttioii^Bod eS&tcnoeni X orhjkted '
to tlfe pqtft pa taldn^. it ofTihe njcht i
before. ?r thrukl nay band jntft tfjA poukfit. ^
Gr?oiona maft * *1?t JJ " -1 " 1
bIb
romantic light, she put it down llint I was
of the swell-mob, and Iiad purposely entangled
myself in her dress to rob her of her
jewelry.
Here was an anti-heroic position to find
one's self in, when I wished to be considered
the most devoted of knights, to be remembered
only a6 the most expert of pick-pockets!
Was ever an honest lover in such a plight,
and, to make it worse, I could not see how
I was to escape from this inevitable dilemma.
I must, go down to the grave remembered
only iti that dear one's mind as the nefarious I
put loiner of her bracelet. To find her out j
was impossible ; but a bright idea struck I
me as rav eye lighted on a newspaper lying i
on thceofl'e room table. I rang the bell and !
inquired of the waiter when the local paper
was published.
"To-morrow, sir," ho answer- . I sat ;
down and wrote an advcitisement ; it was j
in the following words:
4,lf the lady whose dress got entangled in a
gentleman's coat button, in leaving the concert
last Wednesday, will call at or send to
the Tremont Hotel, she will hear something
to her advantage."
There, I thought, as T gave the advertisement
to the boy, ami five shillings to pay
for insertion in the Traveller ; there, if that
will not give me a clue to escape from a very
unpleasant dilemma, and at the same time
to know who my enchanter is, the fates
nu>t indeed be very unpropitious.
Mv plans being thus so far adopted, I
1 : -? - '
uim.iui, mm nitucu patiently, or
at her impatiently, the appearance of tho
icwspaper next, morning. It was brought
ip to my ronni damp from the press, ami I
hen read, in all the glory of large type, my
nteresting announcement. But iny star !
nritli what an advertisement was it followed
in the very same column. 1 only wonder
that mv hair did not stand ou an cud as I
read as follows:
"*2 Rkwaiid.?Lost or stolen, on tho
night of the concert, at tho llall, a Gold
Uliaiu Bracelet. It is thought to have been
akeu from the lady's arm bv a pick-pocket,
Df gentlemanly appearance, who wore a blue
^oat with brass buttons, and kept near the
ady on leaving the Hall.
miy one giving sucti information aswill
ead lo the recovery of the bracelet, or the;
:apture of the thief, (if it was stolen,) will
eeeivc the above reward on applying to
S'o. 7, Cambridge Place."
CHATTER THIRD.
The End of It.
TTere was a pretty plight?to be adverted
in the public papers as a pickpocket,
vhen my only crime was like Othello's,
hat of
"Loving, not wisely, but loo well."
My determination, however, was quickly
dopted. I went up stair.-, put on the very '
Iclmqucnt blue coat, so accurately descri- ,
i ...M. ?
?v., ...... .,1111 liiu paper id my naud pro- (
ended to No. 7, Cambridge Place.
I knocked at the door, and asked the 1
crvant who answered, the name of the 1
imily. Having heard it, I said, ' Is Miss j
taymond in ?" .
4,Yes, sir,*' replied the servant woman,
who shall I say wants her 3"
"Tell her," I replied, "that the piekpock
t, with gentlemanly address, and blue coat,
nth brass buttons, who stole her bracelet, (
i here, and wishes to return it to her."
The woman started at me as though I '
/ere inad, but on repeating my request to J
ler, she went in and delivered my message.
Soon there came out, not my fair oue,
"With nil that's best, of dark and blight* (
Meeting ill aspect and eye."
>ut a stalwart brother.
"That," said I, handing him the bracelet,
is Miss lt:iviiii?ii<i'? nr..nnrti- nr..I
J W . vrj/v.. j CII1U LilUll^ll) j
s you preceive, I weur n blue coat, with | |
trass buttons, and ain flattered to think my 1
iianuersarc not ujigenllemuiily, I am bound 1
it candor to say I ain not a pickpocket." I
' Then, sir, you shall have the reward,"
aid the brpther, taking out his purse. i
"No," I replied, "for strange as it may i
ppear, though I ain no pickpocket, I stole i
lie lady's bracelet." <
The man looked puzzled; but when I .
kIJ <l>. t~.il. 1 - ?
u>y tuv iiuui, nuii iKjiiui'ti io my auveriise- ,
Dupe in tbe siirae paper, aa a proof I did |
lot want to walk oft" with the property, he |
aughed heartily at tho whole story, and not j
he least at hie sister's description of the gen- .>
leraanly pickpocket. /' ,
"Well," said he, "you bad better walk in j
ind have tea with us, and my sister will be i
ible to say whether she can speak as to <
rour identity, after which it will be time <
nough to canvass the propriety of sending |
or a ^onitable" ,> ?
You may be assured I acceptcd the invi- |
ation. Need Igo further with the stnrv. i
Plie young lady (to use the wordU of ll?e ]
idvertiseinenl) captured the pickpocket
Che bachelor's button no longer adorns my
)lue coat, add now I have framed n"d gla?d
over the fire-place the advertisement In 1
vhicli I am publicly described by my own
v1fer "as a pickpocket with a gentlemanly '
iddte>s.n When I charge* her witb the j
ibel, she always does what she bas just this ;
noruent done, pay damages, for the elan- 1
ler id any amount of kisses, declaring '
bough notJt.pio^po^ket, I was a tbief, and
Hole fier heart ami. pocketed her t^aceljt.
So ends the et'ory of "A Bachelor's 1
iOTTOK.'* /1 f .? W: " '? : uV '
John G. Saxc. tha Iiuiimkuw Va?<ha>it
^ ---r? it . ir\ 'jyyny'F .
?oet,*k lecturing in Baltimore., lfeii tie- .
bribed'** tall and athletic, standing over rix <
eet in hU Blockings. , A roan of tbe wprld
xifgre bo Uecama a man of letters, -bis ad- .
Iress is franij apdea*y ;be lias great conrersational
ppwers and tells a stoty iniroitarfy.
'He Vfcjutt sucb a roan ae Gnrfttopber
!forth welcomed to &fa heart of
learts^gl^bn man to have figured io tbe
w \::u? | <4y|,
!>>Wwli'- ll*V'. 1 . '?. -.!'1 ! ', -.- 'fJ'<l' '
Sfflj#flw?Ofr?bd i**m ^England, WoaM
?mlceA ?(6dW ^fbrlUB?r wttoi*. h? eotept
4ta*fV W ? ,
irrofr SverMr. Anrow?o)itb*iM) exhibit Itfto .
So
' tfl ', .- .-jsf r\
Interesting from Nxcaicaoua.?The
New York llorald publishes tlio following
intelligence from Nicaragua, which il
claims to l>e reliable.
Gen, Walker's forces have licked the
Costa Ricaus in four lights. The enemy
lost several hundred ; our loss in all does
not exceed ten. Col. Look bridge and Gen.
Wheat have dotie well. The cannon, the i
ton of powder, the caps and rifles from i
New York arrived just in time at Grey- i
ton for the men, and Cul. Titus and thev i
re took in one day the boats (steamer in- i
eluded) in the river and up to the lake. I
Gen. Walker's forces have taken Sera pi- i
qui and Castillio, and arc driving the enemy
before them. lie has before this the '
i. ill ...
wnoie uiKo ami transit route in his poss.
ession. lie lias been re-inforced from the
Pacilio side, and I ho English and American
merchants in lVru have sent him aid
and constrained President Camilla to deny
assistance to tins enemy, liiiglish merchants
in Liverpool and London have also
shown that they understand the interests
of their country and the advance of civilization
better than their rules though the
British government has not attempted to
prevent shipment of arms and munitions to
our friends. The Panama Company and
the Costa llicnn speculators in New York,
trying to sell transit stock, will suppress
the facts and lie them down. So I write
fully what you may rely on. Kinney has
gone to Panama, and will do all he can against
Walker.
The Court of Common Pleas and General
Sessions for Pickens distriel lias been in
session this week. Judge O'Neal 1 presided,
and dispatched business with rapidity and
general satisfaction. In his charge to the
grand jury, he recommended the establish- ,
ment of a penitentiary, nn-1 explained fully (
the duties of the jury, witli other matters.
The time of the Court was taken up mostly f
by the sessions business, the number of ca- ,,
>es litigated being small. In the case of j
the Statu vs. < /Sullivan, for murder, the in |
ry brought in a verdirt of manslaughter, i
The sentence was imprisonment for six :
mouths and :i fine of ?30. Two or three (
culprits wens sentenced to imprisonment ^
and the lash for theft. The Court adjourn- j
ed late in tin*, afternoon of Thursday. j
A large number of persons were in at- f
tendance on Monday and Tuesday. The .
bar was well represented from the adjoin- ,
ing districts, and the week passed off pleas- t
antly. The weather, however, wsis disagree- j
able during the week.?JCeoiree Courier. ,
Gi:eat Excitement ix Soittiiwest Mis- 1
sotrnt.?Great excitement existed in nnd ,
;ibout Golden Grove, ISarton county,
Ia?t week, owing to a large company of men ^
willed "Slickers" going in pursuit of a man
named Smith, an alleged horse thief. Those
''Slickers," it appears, all got drunk, nnd
the St. Louis Intelligencer says they slicked
near a dozen men on charges of liai boring *
ar being friends of Smith?some of them
ire said to be peaceable citizens. Some of I
hem were whipped so severely that their 8
ives are despaired of. Two orthree females
who interfered were bent nnd bruised up,
?nd the persons of several females violated.
Neither a<*o or sex were spared during Moil- 1
jay ant} Tuesday. Tliey went to the house e
)f E. Smith, and cut open his beds and pourjd
out the feathers?took his meat and *
:orn and throwed them to their hogs, and
turned his wife and childereu out of doors. '
Hut on Wednesday they became alarmed ^
it their own recklessness, and ceased opera- '
lions after compelling the iuhabitants to fly *
"or their lives.
Povteii of the IIt'mas* Fvn.?George jPitt,
afterwards Lord llivers, declared that r
lie could tame the moat furious animal by .e
looking at it steadily. Lord Spence-v said, t
'Well, there is a mastiff in the court yard 1
here which is terror of the neighborhood,
will you try your power on hinjJ'^ Pitt |
agreed to do-eo, and the eopjrpfiiy descended 1
to the court yurd. A secant, held the mas- a
lilf by a chain. Pitt lmelt d^wq|a short s
jistanco from the animaf) nnd . 6tatejT him t
iternlv in tli? fmu? TliSw nltotiii.l<l?i?>3- "i i
;i signal given, the UD^aUjf was let loosp, and |
ruahed furiously toiwAfitfij^ then- sudden- c
iy checkedhis pk^'teemed confounded,, j
find leaping oVer Pfyt'sbe^, xan awayThnd j
was no.t seen for manjQ^fs after! During
3iie of my visits to Italy, winle I was walk- r
ing a little before my carriage on the iroari
not far from Vienna, I perceived two hnge
jogs bounding towarJs me. I recollected
what Pitt-had done, and trembling frotirf ^
liead to foot, 1 yet had resolution 'Chough to
stand quite" still and eye thefn wUh'n fixed
look. They gradually relaxed their speed t
from a gallop to a trot, came up to me, stop- g
aed for a moment and went back again.
JRoaer9i'TaJfte Talk*. J
IJrap.?lit: v. Dr. Cfilwin Colton, Profes- '
K>r of Policiciil Economy in Trimly Colhfge, 1
Hartford, Connecticut,- died in Savannah, '
Beorgia, on Friday Inst. He "fees a gradu- ?
ate'of Yule CoHcg?, Mrt<?achanett4, noj| after >
beiiig'a Presbyterian Minister, t<x>k:Vor4ere *
ife tbe Episcopal Church. H$* aft?iward? 1
edited the True Whig in Washington; city, J
and becamo well known as the writeri&jhe *
^unitf** letter dnrlg^jLhe IftfjriRon- :crtW- I
paigf?*.?Aji iho tiine of hij'^deatb*, Ije . ?g^? <
engaged in writing tbo lift.df Iteory CUy, I
for wbicb he had procured abundant materj- i
ai.- , <tt , /, " . |
'' Extra Gocrt.?Gonft jufJoimieSatAfl- J
derson on. Saturday fast, lmving been occO- .
pied aUnpst exclusively witU^UteTabu?ip^a. ,
Sixteen ffaiwoD$ *ere sent J?jwJj6j>r .wriou8 (
ati<fe %'ihd* ititfHefttibrf 6f t' 'An
for" Tueadajr .
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Parting Friends.?Tbo corresponden
of the Baltimore American writes fron
Washington on the Otli inst.
A pleasing incident transpired at the Ex
ecutivo Mansion on Tuesday. Mr. Atloe
President of the Common Council, was (lis
missed from the Treasury Departinen!
more than two years since, upon the charg<
of being a Know-Nothing. The clnrgo wa:
untrue, and Mr. Atlee appealed to tbo Pres
ident for redress, assuring the latter tha
iltliough he had forty ears been in favor ol
.. v ? ......
? native xmiericaii distinction in tlie dis
Lribution of Government offices, lie wa;
not, li.'ui he been a member of tiie Know
Nothing order. The President replied thai
'a person who had sworn to tell a lie was
not to be belioved," thus placed a charge
jf perjury and a falsehood upon Mr. At
lee.
The latter at various times appealed tc
[Jen. Pierce to move the imputations; bul
no notice was taken of the letters. Hut or
he day mentioned, when ihe Corporation
ind a larger number of the President's per
wmal friends had assembled in the East
I loom, and the addresses and responces had
;ieen made, Gen. Pierce walked up to Mimi,./
i .J i - ?
. ins naiiu in silence.?
\Ir. A. said, '"Mr. President, I wish you all
iiture happiness." "Mr. Atlee," said Gen
I'ierce, "I thank you ! And if. at any
.iine, I have marred yours, I here ask youi
lardon." The speakers tliemselves were
jotli deeply affected, and most of those pre
iont, being familiar with the circumstance;
>vhich elicited the response, were compelled
o give way to their feelings. This little
episode stamps Gen. Pierce as n man o
nuch feeling and great magnanimity.
The Office Seekers and the Pkesi
jest.?A Washington correspondent o
... i>I.:I~.I i-i.:- ??
i iu x iiiiiiuui|)iuu yv.ii)uncnn savs :
I'ensylvania luis, by all odds, the nuincrica
idvantageover other States in representation
it Wellington just now. Whole hosts of
>atrioU from the interior swarm the hotels
ine the avenuej, and almost besiego the
kVhite House. There were never so many
udividual men before, who by their own
levoted efforts decided a Presidential elecion.
The sufferings of the President arc
ntolerable. lie is beset, night and day, by
lungry applicants, who made no allowance
or the necessary tortures of official routine,
md less for the physical debility consequent
ipon the vestiges of a scourging epidemic.
Still he bears up resolutely, and it is feared
>y his real friends, with too much effort, to
neet tlie requirements of exacting politirians.
Tlio re-establishment of his health
leeds repose, nnJ lie gets only excitement.
STo constitution, at Mr. Buchanan's period
if life, can stand this constant strain upon
he energies of mind and body. Harrison
md Taylor were both victims of the Presidoninl
office, notwithstanding all the medical
easons that were alleged to prove a differ:nt
theory, and it is to be hoped Mr. Buchinan,
for his own sake, and for public eoniderations
will first consult his duty to himelf
before yielding to the pretended claims
if desperate office-seekers.
The Wife of Senator Douglas.?
rito Washington correspondent of the (Jlevland
1'laindealer thus notices this lady :?
"It was ''reception" day, and Mrs.
Douglas rose upon our entrance, and with
i charming grace of mauner and high
>red courtesy welcomed us to her home.
Vbovetbe medium height, her form is
urge, elegant, and striking. Iudeed it
vould he difficult, if not impossible, to
ind auotber so faultless and perfect iu protortious.
IIor face is kindness and simplicity
itself* with features regular nnd atreeable.
Iler eves are dark. emrcRsIvn
, r \ ^ ' 4 * ' "I
iud when lighted up with interests or pleasire,
sparkling like diamonds in the suu>ght.
Her complexion might fairly outvie the
ily in purity, rind her?geninl, hearty child
ike Iaus*h displays a-'>et of snowy teeth,
md makes the room ocjio with its clear
ind silvery ringing. .Her brown and luxiriant
hair wAs purled in the middle, and
Irawn without ornaments .across the forelead.
Add to this tli'e splendor of the most
:ostly apparel silk embroidery and exquiste
laces, and all without attempt at dis>lay,
and vou have Mrs. Doilgias as she
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m yuwr uullIUje SCrVHIIC OI) 11)18
nemorable morning.
Tub Next House or Representatives.
?The iniptession prevails to some extent
bat itie Democrats have already chosen n
mffltfent ntiriibeV-of mrtttjbew fo insure n
nrtjority in tho ne*t' HoiHte of ' RepreaetitfcW&T.
The'Washington tJn'ron, IibweVer,
hows that this impression is not onfy woneous,
bnt that tlu-y have yet to gain
even members over their strength ia - the
ARt House. Tho gain,.too,.ja,to 'be in the
hirteen - States yet U> elet-t/ which at tin
aat congressional elections return forty-seven
lemooraU to. thirty, three opposition*
u I < <.? #? ?, ... I 1 ( -
flicAimgnti-TRIBUTfrEft TllE MtiiORY otf
3iu Kanb.?Rwyt -MfiOIiapio, delivtting-1
?cture Intely iti Bostoo,~ took occasion to
ipoak of the death <of I>j;Kane, in couneo
ion; wilW aH allusion to the gfnvo of tlu
liscoverer of- America< ^T^iej johkftd," wid
je, ^frofl? which have just be?u , Rafted tl^
ieHMi or of ^Bother. di&coverer wfco, in JKf
?an>? of science and philanthropy carried
nto the nialm of Artie mystery a Big*CU>y
^nobleness. a religious orithuaiasn^eqyal U:
POW Slte?t plaoefor
wight and
lo&6 hv tliA flfthflft or
jm+yi-. jr-/
" * ' *' *" .-dtihiiifm
CliArlotto^ 13^ knv^n^ a* "Cor^
t Flowers.
H They opring unnoticed and unknown,
Mid rocky wild* they bloom,
They flourish mid the desert lone,
They deck the silent tomh,
They cheer the peasant's lowly cot,
L Adorn the monarch's hall,
5 They fill each quiet, shady spot?
s O, who can tell them all.
^ Some o'er the mnrm'riug streamlet (ling
Their blossoms bright and fair,
And there, in veneral beauty, spring,
? Fanned by the fragrant spring.
Some'ncalh the ocean's rolling waves
l In silent grandeur grow,
. Nor heed the storm which o'er them raves, j
But still in beauty blow.
Sonic where the eagle builds her nest,
Where man has never trod,
> Where even the chamois dare not rest
! Upon the crumbling sod?
1 Yes, there, e'en there, wild flow'ruts grow,
? In richest drees arrayed,
And o'er the clamorous englcsl throw
| Their light and graceful shade.
Mid mountains of perpetual snow,
By icy girdles bound,
| Some, rendered doubly beauteous, glow,
A ...1 1 I- .1 e
.mm ucch i-iic irozcn ground.
And mill cold winter's angry storm,
Tlie snow dn p reins its head,
And shows its pure, unspotted form
When other flowers have fled.
Some on the breezes of the night
Their grateful odors send ;
' While others, children of the light,
F . ?
To-day their perfume lend.
Some bloom beneath the torrid Kone,
'Neath India's sultry skies;
'Mid Iceland's mountains, chill and lone,
The forms of others rise.
1 The stately fern, the golden brooiu,
l The lily, tall and fair?
AH n.^Q..... -;?i. s? ?
v..?av ? Iivu ouuwasiuii UiU<HK,
, And scent tlie summer nir.
i In secret doll, by murm'ing rill?
In gardens bright and gay?
I Within tlie volley?on the hill?
Flowers elieer our toilsome way 1
Flowers image forth the boundless love
God bears his children all,
Which ever droppeth from abovo
' Uj?on the great and small:
Each blossom that adorm our pa'.h^
So joyful and so fair,
Is but a drop of love divine,
That fell and flourished there.
Daring Outuaoe.?Last nighf, between
eight ami nino o'clock, Mr. MeCrt'izlit,
attached to llio oilitntinl /I..:
w . .
men I of this office, on his way to depart
for Camden, with n carpet hag in liis hand,
was struck down in Hayne street with a j1
bludgeon, by some persons who approached ;'
him from behind, and during the insensi- 1
bility which followed the blow, was robbed
of his purse and watch. There was a vi- 1
olent concussion of the brain, and ho did )
; not recover his senses for several hours after.
But Dr. Raoul, who was called in, :
expiessed his confidence that there would <
> be no fatal result. It was ^idently a <
simple case of violence, for Ine sake of <
robbery. Such things are rare in Charles- I
, ton, and we trust that the city authorities
will use their best exertions to make them I
still more rare.? Charleston Mercury. - >.
A Water-proof Mixture for Leather.?Take
one pint of tanner'a oil, half a
pound tallow, a lump of good rosin, the
size-of a common shell-bark, bnrgundy
pitch, size of a lien's egg, lamp black,
three cent's worth?mixed together, and
"' melted gradually over a slow fire. When
to be applied, the mixture should be made
about milk warm, and put on with a clean
SDOUCre. TIlO lentlmr man ? I!mI~
_j . mmmmwj wv UIIIUV (1 iiu1u
damp, not wet. The above cement, when
applied to boots and shoes, will effectual ly
prevent their soaking water, and keep the '
leather pliant, and the feet of the wqarcr warm
and dry. Eyery fiirmer who regards
comfort as a desideratum, should
supply himself with this artiqle, and apply
it to his boots and shoes.
Germantuwn Telegraph.
?
Covervor of Kansas.?Secretary '
w--i :? - - " '
fiuuuauM,mnut) mo resignation or Uov. |i
Geary, is discharging tlie duties of Govern |
or of Kansas. IIo tins, on several occasions ;
been called on to net in tlie same position;
and has always discharged his duty efficient-' *
ly and faithfully. .We should be very glnd
to see Mr. Woodson appointed Governor, "
' fojr lie is thq only executive officer }'et sent
to Kansas who see/ns to combine stability
and moderation of character with tho re
quisit^ capacity. It is true, he is a native
of Virginia,'but he is no ultraist, and, as
t!|e North has hitherto'had all the Govern1
ors of Kansas, non&>of whom have given
i satisfaction, it would do no lmrtn to trv a
- C-L?l ?V n .1
uuveruur iroin mo ooutii.
Richmond Dispatch.
t Movements of Troops on the Plain**?.
" ?Troops are to cross die plaint 'this
spring for tiie protection of the overlaid
emigrants botind for California and Ore-; ,
gon. Orders have been issued for the 4lit
I IaftHiti y, now stationed in.. OregtJji^to
move across the country cons'ruciiag the
road for which approprwtio^ ha? . beeu
. made-- Thecowpaniee of the Qfcblnfan try,
uowr^kt Forts Kearney and Lauren worth.
; W;K> falte* up tU? lJi*LtQ JB (be pJU
I 0{eg9U. ttpV, aU4 go through, iU moun[
M?of$.P*88. The ^opqpaoie# M*-.?
f are lp Am '' at Fort
1 Xf^^nffWrUH M (^gMa,|n??ouri ,fu
f reroniq un,
$ rfi1.eve4 Vy tho ^^atry, soma time
l!fcthP;*VWk w!?JS6^.too, will wove
. mr^wm^r *"?
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SfefeV*4* finfc\.i'jk 5^5yx^fiE655ei!Kr '?S^w Vfc?X*[-:i2'jL&\&iifiZ*> <1
Fjrf> ,. ?VifL*i& '- ' ' '-, ' ' ' ? *
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Adams and Webster.
lion. Kufus Choate recently delivered a
lecture in Boston, ou the sul>ject of "Deliberative
Eloquence, ?s affected by times of National
Revolution."
We extract from it tho following eloquent
tribute to the great orator of our Revolution
?the elder Adams, and Daniel Webster :
"Again you beard that eloquence, with a
higher hope of a more splendid result, in
1770. The lender in (hat great cause was
our own John Adams, of Massachusetts, llo
was the orator alone of the revolution in
which the nation was born. Others cooperated
splendidly with him?Samuel
Adams, Samuel Chase, Thomas .Jefferson,
Patrick Henry, James Otis?in tho earlier
clnnrnc V.w.l. *' * *
w...?v,o. ijticu unu 01 uiese went auroau
and scattered broadcast the seed of life in
tlie waiting, virgin soil. Jefferson (lie magic
of style, tlie power of touching the feelings
with those fair ideas of freedom and
equality, dear to nan, ;-o irresistible at that
time. Henry, the indescribable spell of
speech, which fills the eyes,stays the blood,
turns the cheek pale, instilling into the soul
the sweet madness of battle. Samuel Chase,
the tone of indignation, the proud defiance,
and the extraordinary art of inspiring courage
1 I I - 'i
...i.j iiujiu. .1 u:tu Junius mono seems to liavo
met ovtrv demand of the time.
"As a right, as a question of prudence, as
a question of honor, as a question of feeling,
as a question of conscience, he knew it all
through ; and in that mighty debate, which
b'-gau as far hack as March or February,
1770, to its close, on the 2d of July, he .
presented it in all its aspects to every passion
and a flection?appealing to the sense
of wrong, exasperated, at length, almost beyond
control by the shedding of bloo J?to
grief, to indignation, to self-respect, to desire
for happiness and safety, to the sense of
moral obligation, to the fenr of Curl?
ing out all other fear?to all these ideas and
all these passions lie appealed lor months,
day after day, until the result was attained,
the'record of which he has left in a letter to lis
wife. [An extinct from this ic'tcr Mr. Choatc
read, giving expression t > the exultant feeling ;
of tho elder Adams at the signing of the Declaration
of Independence.] Not a single
reported sentence of all his speeches has
come down to us. The great spokesman
of an age unto an age is dead. And yet of
these last words, is not our whole America
one immortal record and reporter still ?
llow they blaze on the pillarsoftho Union!
IIow their deip sense is unfolded and interpreted
by every passing hour ! How they
come out to life, and grow double, as it were
in the brightening rays of light which were
revealed to him, as the fabled invisible harp
gave out its music to the mountains! Yes,
they have perished ; yet all things around
us?our laughing harvest, otir songs of labor,
our commerce whitening every sea, our secure
homes, our school houses, our churches.
our nappy people, tlie stainless, radient flag
?how they toine pealing," pealing, "Iudolendenco
now, and independence forever
[Prolonged applause.]
"And now, said Mr. Clionte, in conclu"
sion, on a review of this series of the' most
eloquent of men, and these circumstances
of their lime, does an exceeding love deceive
us, or have we not ourselves seen and
followed mourning to the grave one man
who, east upon times so troubled and so
high, would have enacted a p:u t of enual
splendor, and won a fame as lii.-torical?our
own Webster ? [Loud applause.] "Was
[hero ever a cause to bo pleaded before an
assembly on earth to which lie would not ,
have proved himself more than equal ?
Consider that lie was cast on a great, quiet,
civil age; on an age and land marked by
law, order, contentment, healthful ^progress,
by intellectual growth and beautiful, rnateriaf""pro.<|)L'rity,
resting on a deep and stable
freedom. We saw that great ocean,
Daniel Webster, wliyn in its calm, but how
if a strong norther had blown over it, or a
lijjrricane of the tropics had stirred its unsbtyhded
depths ?- 'JNjat mighty season ;
ihht majestyxjrecdom, th.nt sovereign brow
un/1 !.?? - 1 *
.r, luiuiiaiii i?i t'loqucni telling,
passi6n, imagination, which seems to mo
never to have been completely comprehended
upon earth, fathb'uieas as a sen,
and like that xlcmniiding llie breaking up
?f-tlio rrtohsobn <jr (lie attraction of those
greatheaveVily bodies, the lights of tho
world, to-raise them fully and adequately,
to what triumphs of eloquence man ever
witnessed, were these mighty faculties uneqnel.4
* [Applaud.] Assisted "by that
UT?rivtd or?an, iho Creek Jan?rtin?? <>f "T>?- *
^ ? o o -- ""
mostliencse, would ho not IjaVo rolled ati
equal thunder and flashed nn equal flame f ? ;
Would lie not have breathed virtue into decaying
Greece,' and turned back for;B time
the inevijablo hour? And when the '<pl|turs
of Roman liberty were shaken, would
not th<ijr last great champion khvo wclcoihed
him as an alley worthy of tho caused
A?W was he not the mip to Stand by Adams,
anfl second tho motion which has niado U?
illustrations^ moreover itnrriortnl among
nielli n* rights of the colonies, tho violation
of those rights, th? larger rights of j
fna0, and tho violation of thn riirlita M ii?
, *; - *r? v,t "1|* 1
Clonal' ljfe?ttoulcf her not linve stated
those vie\vs as with the clearness of ft ftuiirben
in?traospiiKji', definite, exact ? W hotf
reason was convinced, the conscience in- -i
rttructed, would he not have swept, with h'a
all comipanding ^r-wer, tho grander f>assrons
of grief; indignation, self-sac riflee and
tb<i-love of coffhfry ; nud then rs tho vifrf<?n
of the independence of Africa gliihmored
through the future, would he not,
rtriih rt-sdul'ns a triumphant, ft tongue as
confident, and a heart prophecy as sure an
ori a Tpter festive day, he did on .tho rock
nf the T'ilrrfntricr Ui/1 ?*
? y.vi uminnb gCIIl'[llllOm>
MJEfrul and comof" [Enthusiastic np-. - ^
jlliluse.]
?*
' The Him. Mr. Venahle, formerly a Demo*
emtio moruljer of llio U. ?. House of Representatives
frdro North Carelinivis amoug tho '
large number,oiDernoc ratio ex-mecdbtfrir of
Congrcro now iij Washington. His matyr $
personal friends iu ibis^jregiou will be glad U16
hear, that time hps indeed dealt lightly J
by him, judging from his appearauco. j