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//ft I l> As A ,^t4V .A A? As AAA' -3\kl A ^sAv4 ?"- ,As/^ A _^0 y !f.'"| p;^- lllf !p j| ! 'X 1 '?* if f-'W IF llr iP r . f ffr 5?fli fUn xLJ-" \ )^ v > >'Ax*!"> >.x J >^>"- J:.>xt> Wk ^1 s^>J J.yMygl?0^ oi^OTBD TO LITERATURE, THE ARTS, SCIEHCB, AGRICULTURE, HEWS, POLITICS, &G., &C. TERTJS T v. 0 i;OLLARS TEH ANNUM,] "Let it be 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 1?NO. 52. ABBEVILLE C. II., SOUTH CAROLINA, FBI DAY MORNING, MAY 1, 1857. WHOLE NUMBER 208 RATEfj OF ADVERTISING-, i Tins Proprietor."? of I he Abbeville llaum-r anil htdrpiuil itt have 1-tnl.lislK.I tlie follow- j ntf rates of A?1 voi*tto be charged in both ! i.iij?or-?: . | Kwry A> 1 v< f' i-?nwtil. mscrtnl for a le.-s litno ' Mum '!:r month*. v<il| be ehaiv?'?l l>v t lie in- . t!Oilio:i a! Etof I?? r jicr Square, (J? inch .-j>a- "f !-J >oli<| lines or h*s.-,)for tins 1ii>t 'iis rliiiii. a:.-! 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I Vl- N !' ! til.' term <tf ?tllf ' yrnr. will !. * liHi '/i ! in j.i*.?*??.|-tion to tho < t!fV at <>.r h !'>ir j?er lin<- ; hpni-". , i l'-ti* nil :i lv< r( - 'n >,(< s,.? ,J,,ublf column. ! if'v j?'P l.V:r. ?*"!ra will iuMt.-l Id tlio ] JAY IS ,fc CU i:\VS, I] J-'or Jiinni' r ; j < i.r.n A av 11.SON*, ! i o ,'"r j'|' XiSISGEIiLANY. j A Tricl: cf A Lover. Or.f winter evei.ing. early in the present ! country. < '"1. F'-Miith. ati?l hi- maiden sister, j l'alty, were skitter each side ofst delight ftil hieknrv fire enjoying their cum . without any interruption, f<.r j least an hour ; an?l that, considering tlie sex of Mi*s Tatty, was certainly very reninr- i kahl<;. The ('< ! wassitt in*; cross leg- , geil in a great arm chair, with his specta- ; ?.i_ > i ? dim nil, ami 11 is J'1!11' Ill OHO IISIIJU SIIKl <1 . newspaper in the other?fast asleep. Mi>s i Pally was moving herself gently fur war. I ! and backward in a low rocking chair. Close by her feet was the cat. while Carlo ! was stretched out in full length on a rug in , fron ofthe lire, and like his master, fast j1 asleep. At h.-ng!h the Colonel roused from his nap, took otV his spectacles, and nibbed his . eyes, then glancing at a very large pile of j papers thai lay on on the table near him, ! naid : ' I wish Henry was here, to help me a- I bout my rent." | :t W.-U, 1 really wish he was,'' answered ; Lis si>Ur. ' I can't expect Mm this month yet," ; yawned the t"?>lr>n; 1. "Jlud'ut you better send fur Liin !" said . his sister. Upon this the dog got up ami walked to- ;' g ward-s the door. ^ "Where arc* going, Carlo 1" said llio o'.d gentleman. Tin: dog look into his master's face wag- ; ging his tail, I tit never said a word, and pursued his way towurd the door ; and as i he could not well open it himself, Miss I'at- ! ty got up and op-ned it for Irim. The Col- i onel seemed perfectly satisfied, and was j composing himself for another nap, when1 the loud and ehc-rful harking of the dog , announced the approach of some one, and . roused him from his lethargy. Presently ' the door opened, and a young man gaily ! entered the room. I "Why, \Villiatu.jrenry, is tliat yon ?"* Baid Aunt Patty. "Jleury my boy, T am Iiearlily glad to ; sec you," saul the Colonel, getting entirely ; out of his chair, and giving liis nephew a hearty shake ol the hand, "Pray, what , has brought you home so niddenly ?" "Oh, 1 don't know, it is rather dull in town so I thought 1 would step up and Bee j how 3'ou all come on. "Well, I am glad to see you?sit down," j said the Colonel. ^'So do," said liir si&'.or. "There, Aunt, is a bottle offirst rate snuff j for yon, and here, Uncle, is one of capital i Maraschina." "Thnnk you my boy, said the Colonel.? ' "Positively if does .-my heart good tio sec J you in such finc<ei>irits. ? "And mine too," said his sister.!' llenry, either anxious to help hi* uncle or himself, broke the seal.from the. lop of the bottle of cordial, and drew the cork, while l'htty got some glnsses. "Well, my boy," said the Colonel, whose ; WftA/1 ImmiIiW innfnnOrt/1 AirnPtf lYtrtMrtrtiif ^\/uu 1IUUIUI lllViiV?<?'">tu v?v.| J "what's tlic news in -? Anything j happened?" ,"No?yes," said Henry ; "I've got one of the best stories to teilypu jbat you ever ; heard in your life." ."Come let us have it," ?ftid he, filling his glass". "Well, you must know," snid Henry, that while I was i;i town, 1 met an old par-': licuiar friend of mine, about.my own ago. 1 About twenty months a<*o, ho 4'cll ddsper ?tely in lovo with n young girl, and , wants to marry her, but dares-_tiot without the i consent of his uncle a very fine ?ld- gentle- j man, as rich n#" roesus?-do tdfte; ft little cordi.-J.1' 1 " 'a/ "\\ liy, don't his uncle wish him to mar- j ry ?" inquired the Colonel. "O, yes," resumed Henry. "But there's: the ruU lie is very anxious that Bill should get a wife, but lie's terribly afraid ! that he'd he tiiken in, for it is generally mi- I derstood that he is to ho the gentleman's ; heir. And for his uncle, though very lib- j eral i:i every thing else, he suspects every lady who pays hi-* nephew the least atten- ' lion, of heing a fortune hunter." "The old scamp," said the Colonel, "why can't he let the bov have his own way ?" '1 think as much," said l'attv. "Why, said I letuv, "he was in a confounded pickle, lie was afraid to at-k his ! uncle's consent right out, he could not manage to let him see the. girl, for she lives at some di-tance. But he knew that his uncle enjoyed a good joke and was an en- > thusiastiu admirer of beauty. So what ' does lie do. but go and get her miniature la ken, for .she was extremely beautiful, he-; sides l?eii?2C intelligent and accomplished." ! "In-aiititui ! intelligent! .accomplished !" j exclaimed the Colonel?j?r;iy what ohjee- ; lion could the fool have to her V' "Why.she is not worth a cent," said j Henry. ' Fudgesaid I ho Colonel?'I wish I'd bt.cn in ilie old chap's place. JIo\v did ho ! Ljet along '{" "Why, as 1 said, he had the picture ta- j ken, and it. was about the time of collecting j cuts, he thought it would make the old j man good n.Mured if he went home and ofWed to assist him, and so, answering all in- j jiiirers, he took the miniature out of hispoc- j Uet, handed it to his uncle, and asked him j how he liked il?leliiughitn that a partie- i idar friend lent it to him. The old gentle j man was in an ecstae.y of delight, and de- ' rlared he would give the world to see a ivoinan as handsome as that, and that Bill might have her. "Ha!"' shouted the Colonel," the old j!i:ii> was well un with. Tlu> l?.c? i ; - vlt lnT.nl; l?nt was she really beautiful ?" ' ''The most smgdio creature f ever saw," J aid il'-iny?'"hut you can jurists for your-j -fit". Ill-gave me that picture ami knowing ' yonrta>te that way 1 hroiight.it tor you to | look at.." J Iere Ilenrv took it from his pock- j t, and handed it to his uncle at the same j time refilling his glass. Aunt Patty got ! r?ut of her chair to look at the picture. ' Well, now," said she, "that is a henuly." "You may well say that, sister,1' shoot j me it" 1 do not wish 1 had been in Hill's i place. 1 Mice take it! Why did you j not get the girl yourself Henry i The most j beautiful creature I ever did lav inv eves ' on ! I would <mvu a thousand dollars lor 1 n ^eli a niece. i "Would j'ou ?" enquired Henry, patting 1 tin* dog. Yes, that T would," replied the Colonel, "and nine thousand more on the top of it. i and that inn Ices ten ; shoot me it I would | not." "Then I'll introduced her to you to-mor- I row," said Henry. As there was a wedding at the house of ; the worthy old Colonel the ensuing week, and a* the ol<! gentleman was highly pleas- I ed with the beautiful and accomplished ' bride, it is reasonable to suppose that Hen- j ry did not forget his promise. "The Organ cf the Administration." The Washington Union of Wednesday contains the salutatory of Hon. Wm. A. Harris, who succeeds Mr. Appleton?lately resigned ? in the editorship of that paper. Mr. Harris says : "It is mv fixed purpose to spare neither i xp'-nse nor elVorf to make it t lie great cenIrial organ fit'tin; 1 )> mocratic party, every way worthy of 'heir conlideiicc ami sup I'WII, < < II inuli'iu il 111 I I (111II1111 IllCllilllll OI I [-otnmunication between I lie capital ami the country. Having fur ninnv years exerted my hesl elfuits to bring Mr. Buchanan into the Piv.siduuli.-il chair. 1 shall render to him and to his administration ail the sup- ; port which party tics and personal friend- ! ship can inspire.'' * * * "J bring to the i duties of my position considerable experi- ! ence in editorial service, no small share of j zeal, and * faith and devotion to the great | principles of the Democratic, party ns strong i and abiding a" I have in the principles of! the Chri-tian religion itself; for tlie princi- j pies which are the basis of the measures ! and the policy of that party are but the : principles of eternal truth and justice np- | plied to the operations of government, and | intended to regulate the conduct of man in i his social and political state. These principles are fully embodied in that impregnable platform promulgated by the National Democratic Convention in .June last at Cincinnati. Our political chief, in his acceptance of our nomination, most cordially approved that platform, and placed himself upon it. Upon it. with all its issues, doctrine"*, jind policy, he was elected. lie reall'ilined it all in his. matchless Inaugural Address, which carried confidence and .hope into all parts of the country. It caused the j anxious and the timid to take courage. iIia 1 Z%~1 f doubting looked forward with resolute faith ; and all the g.>od citizens now see in the future the inspiring omens of peace, prosperity, and safety. Upon that platform I also stand. I place myself there l>y my voto and my action at the moment of its adoption, and there I shall continue to stand, and by its principle^! shall conduct the i Union as long as 1 have an interest in its property or continue to direct ite course.* To MAKE FPEK^-fliere are various recoips for preparing and refining coffee; The following "is the best thnt haai evercoine under ofir view, and is availably in all places, Procure, your coffee fresh -apd roasted,-and not-too bfQwt>, in 1 the portion of a quarter of a pound'for three porson#. boMofcha, nod, grind it just before using ; put into > basin,and benkyilp -It an egfr. yolkt WlMte^eltcIN and all ; mix it dp with * spoor* totfie" consistence of jmorI'jitr r-placS it wHTi wi|rtfi?^\ttt boiliijfe?wn*tcr .in tlify fcoffet-gp^; j^V it,. boil jpp *<ti4 break tnree lirauajtlten* ^nd-A re* win* utes, tmd it *ulU>e nft-^enr ns ?mbor, -aod the ccr will gt^>,;ft tf-ifich'ta8t?.t- **- ? Ledys Rook. ? ' At ; '.trfK.V ... .w [From the N. Y. C'Xirior it Kuquirei-.] Gallantry" in tho Railroad Cars. In a city rail road car not long ago, tin* following occurrence "might have been seen" much inovo easily than the two horsemen . who have become iudissoluhly connected with the memories of Mr. G. 1'. K. James, i The seals, platforms and passenger way of i the car are full?too full for the health and j comfort of any of the occupants. The con- ' duel or rings the bell, raising a pleasant ex- j pedal ion in the breasts of the living freight j thai the load is to be lightened ; but no ; it ' is to be increased. Where can another man find fool room ? Tim new passenger appears j ?a woman?we beg pardon, a lady, who , squeezes and is squeezed into tho mixture \ of carbonic acid gas and humanity which ! tills the apartment, and thereupon looks : around sulkily for a seat. She of course j knows that there is none unoccupied ; but j she expects one to be vacated instantly for her: ami her face says as much. At last the conductor does what conductors now rarely < do, ami says, "Young man, can't you give lhis lady a seat The ' young man" thus j appealed to is not robust, and is fagged with I i a hard day's work;?more reason this, by ! : tl)<* \V:iV. tliJlt 111* slirkttlJ Hill 1w? ??* I ! whole-some atmosphere. He looks at the . lady, who, in return, looks all expectation. She lias evidently been more familiar with cabins than cars, and with bogs than railways; ami her dress shows that she is out 1 for a holiday. She is in rude health, an<l a ; . limine expanding as it descends; she can J i stand as ea-ily as a pyramid. Hut the ! I young man replies, "Yes, T will walk with , 1 pleasure to oblige tliis lady, though I am i two miles from home; hut of course you ; i will return mv fare." The conductor opens : i his eyes, and n-fuses to do any such thing. ( "Very well." is the reply, "then, of course, 1 . you will ask none from the lady; 1 am per- ' i feetly content." With this suggestion the conductor also refuses to comply. "Ah, il then, you ask me to stand where 1 cannot. | i stand, or get out and walk, not for the sake . i of doins this lady a service, hut that you, or i your company may make one more half j dime. 1 am willing to do anything in lea- } : son to serve a ladv, or to give my half dimes i to those who need them ; but this I decline ' < to do." ;. Scenes like this .Tie acted and thought, ; though they may not he spoken, hundreds of i ' times in this city every day. What shadow j i of propriety or right is there in the custom j i of the railroad companies which causes them! i The attention rif Amerienns t<i 11 ?? / ???(!>. ?? of women lias become proverbial tlic world , ! over; ainl here are companies which have \ ] secured a monopoly of I ho easiest and most; i rapid means of conveyance through the j i principal thoroughfares, n-ing this manly and delicate trait of national character to coin- i i pel men to pal themselves to discomfort,and \ t give up that which they have paid for, in \ order that those companies may increase their gains a few half-dimes daily. The practice is not only mean and wrongful in t ! itself, but it is doing all that can be done to debase if not utterly to destroy the gallant- j I V si in 1 *tii rf iitkf ?it wlkl^.l* J ~ j j, m|m,m ?? .i.v.i lb I? IVUIIU'^U. j The very life and essence of gallantry is tin: i spontaneous grace of the sacrifice which it; make? : the possessor gives up gladly that to which he alone has a right; the strong I1 finds hiippiticss in yielding that which the ! weak must otherwise be without, lint | when this sacrifice is thrust upon a man, whether he will or no ; and when a mom- j1 cut's reflection shows him that he makes it, j not to his own sense of what is due to the : 1 weaker sex, but to a cunningly contrived ; plan to extort five cents from him, not to j woman, Initio mammon the gloss of his cour- j tesy is apt to become somewhat tarnished, ' and the milk of his human kindness to he j curdled. It is all very well to ask w hat Sir j'liuip ftyuiicy and the Chevalier lJayard j would do. under.such circumstances; and to , call to miiui that Sir Walter Raleigh threw j his new velvet cloak into the mud that j Queen Elizabeth might walk dry shod, liut j1 times have changed, and manners (in their ; form though not in their spirit) have chang- j ed with tlicm. Sidney and Bayard did not j ride in a jolting "bu9 or a fetid railroad car; i and had l'nleigh been told, by some mean- j spirited follow who thought the knight was i in his power, that he must make his cloak a foot cloth for Elizabeth Tudor, in order that 1 he4 the meanspirited fellow aforeaid, might i be a penny the richer, the Maiden Queen j would doubtless have had a less briliant ' master of the horse, and Sir Walter would j have died with his head on his shoulders. ; Rfv. Ma. Kallocii.?This clergyman, i whosa trial has created so much interest, nrnnr?ltn/1 in a? C..?J ? 1 * ? i iwivui vii kuniuiu, IIUIII Ul'Il" | efiis 30 and 27?"1 have learned by expe- i rienced tliat ibc Lord lialli blessed mfe." The most striking passage in the discourse is the following : ? "It needs repealed strokes of tbe hammer to break the rock in "pieces , and so it ; soux'times requires repeated strokes ot' an-! guisli to break our hearts in pieeos, and j make us humble and wiser men. And lis | the longer you keep the canary bird in a j darkened cage, llie sweeter it will sing, so . tl.?, ? e .1 . ! I mo iiiviu ncri'iit; tins uib'CipilIie UI IIIC gOO<l { man's experience, the sweeter tlie sonjjs of! his spiritual life. The gold that is refined in the hottest furnacc comes out the brightest, and the character moulded by intensesfc heat will exhibit the most wonderous excellencies- God's children are like stars that slime brightest in the darkest night ; like torches that are the better fur beating ; like grapes, Uiat come not to the , proof till they come to the press , trees, that drive down Ineir roots further and grasp the earth tighter, by reason of the 6torm : like vines, that grow the better for bleeding; like gold, that looks the brighter, for scouring ; Kko glblf worm*, that shine best in the juniper, tjiat stnelft sweetest in the,fire"; lute 111*.*.uomandcK which- .be come* piore- fragrant for chafing ; Hko the palm tree, whjch proves the better iorpre*- I i?g ] ?tike^ic c*moVftile,>15k;lj ^preadfc 'the! ;jaw,mjo. icVdijioaat,-' _ ifi. 5j W " i- v; . %' ; J^?r.-4J ..fjnow wps.eighteen mchcs-deep at DwA-' kin, N. V., on the 7th inst. * r 4 * ' \ - Judge Story on Negro Citizenship. Justicu Nelson, of New York, iu liis recent opinion on tin; I) red Scott case, quoted a letter of remarkable purport, written by Judge Story, in 1828, in relation to a case analogous to that of I >rcd Scott. Tlic Journal of Commerce states the circumstances in this wise; ll seems that Judge Story wasaccustomed to write at lea.-t once a year to Lord Slowell, sending him a copy of hisjudicial decision", which the latter duly reciprocated. At length a case occurred in the Ktiglish court, (of which Lord S'.owell was Chief Justice,) wherein Antigua slave was carried by his master in Kngland for temporary residence, and was subsequently taken back to Antigua. He brought suit for his freedom, and the Inferior Court decided against his right of freedom. In the Appellate Court, Lord Slowell, in behalf of a majority of the Court, , allinned the judgement below. Lord Stowell sent his liccisioll to .1 lldire Stfirv < -.! '' plying so long that Lord Stowell attain wrote to him expressing regret at not receiving a reply, and a hope that their pleas itit correspondence, of so many voars standing, would not cease. To theso letters Judge Story replied as follows: S.M.KM.near Boston, September 22. To Jit. lion. ]Vm. Jt. Stowell: Jf>/ Lord: I have the honor to ack now led go the receipt of your letters of January and May last, the former of which reached tne iti the latter part of spring, and '.lie latter <piite recently. * * * * I have ivad with great attention your judgenienint the slaw case from the Vice Admirality C.Y'urt in Antigua. L'jiou the fullest considerations xrhich I have been able to t/ivc \hc sub/eel, / entire!if concur in your views. If J Inn/ been cnlled 11 )>oii to fiionouncs a ud'jemcnl in. a like case, I should certain'/// hrvearrived at the. sawc result, though I might not have been able to present the reasons which led to it in such a s riking ind convincing ntanaer, It appears to tne that the decision is impregnable. In my native State (Massachusetts) the ?tate ot slavery is not recognixed as legal . iiihI vet, if a slave shoti/'l come hither ami iflinpitrrfs return to his men home, me shim/ it ccrtaiuhj think that the font I fate ii'Ohl<l re-attach uj'ou hint ami that his servile character tennhl be re instated. 1 have had occasion lo know that your judgement has been extensively read in America (where questions of this nature are not rjf unfrcqnent discussion) and I never have heard any other opinion but that of approbation of it expressed among the profession of the law. 1 cannot hut think that upon questions of this sort, as well as in general maritime law, it were well if the wit)moil lawyers had studied a little more extensively the principles of public ami civil law, and had looked beyond their own municipal jurisprudence. I remain, with tlie highest respect, your most obedient servant. JOSEPH STORY. Mt.xtai. 1 ivsi'efiiia.?While connected with Dr. Thinnas Cooper, as his adjunct, wo remember on one occasion that a student applied to him for permission to board o'lt of commons. The doctor asked why he requested it, auil his reply was that "the fare was so bad that it gave him dyspepsia." "My young friend," said Dr. Cooper; "the cause of your dyspepsia is that you eat too much; if you find the fare not good, cat one-half of what you do, and you will be the better for it." There is much truth in the remark ; and -..i...: .. ... .1 11 .! v.i.iiiuii iu niu uiiiifi, we nave a species nf dyspepsia from the indiscriminate tare with which it 1*9 overburdened. An immense amount af unprepared matter is issued from the press, and sought for with avidity by tlic reading public, many ol whom attempt to fill the mind with variety and quautitv, as the Yankee did his stomach, eating through the bill of fare at table, and with equal success. While Milton and Shakespeare, and other classics of English prose and poetry, are passed over with neglect, the current trashy publications of the prolific presses of the present day are in every body's hands The intellectual nature is neglected and emotional passions nurtured to a morbid development, the regret of after years. As the vigor of the bodily functions, depends on the right digeston of healthful food, so does tho training and improvement of the mind require a proper assimilation of its proper sustenance. These reflections are well alluded to in n lecture recently delivered by the llev. Mr Willite, of Philadelphia, which we wil publish if we can procure it?having seen only a sketch of its prominent points. Carolinian. CiTAncf. Academy.?The SemhAnnua Examination of the Cadets of the Citadel commenced yesterday, before the officers o the Institution. We found the third class in examination, upon Ilistory', Geonietn and French. Tlie exercise were highly creditable to tlie claw, as well ns the Pro fessor3 in charge of the several departments Our engagement would not permit us to re main through the morning, nnd we rcpor therefore, only from the rolls , when w< name Cadets Cearloston and Stoney, o Charleston, Norris;* of Edgefield, Oaillnrd of Fail field, And Hftmilton, of Colleton, m speoially distinguihed. I* The mnnner of conducting the examina t ions at the Citadel is at once simple and impartial. The sul>j?cts are written on sep arate slips of paper, folded and put into i lint; each C?de? then draws by chance th subjects that may fall to hip lot. This plai we have never seen.adopted in any otho Institution, bnt at- onced? commend it a the most pimple gprtd satisfactory thatcan b conceived of. The examination will.'be continued .to day,-with the seme .cIrss, between the hour of l^aad 2 o'?l$ok ; also in the afternoon . ? i-nw, >s': Charleston Mercury. ^r^Ye'tl^.lova^f o^e^C lore them." i ? V 1 4 ? e ? t ' *? ' ? ? i, i in r r,iniijagaaemaian?a?no?|M Thackeray's Lecture on Qoorge 111. The following beautiful lines is tlio closing portioti of Thackeray's lecture on (teorge III. It is taken from LillclCs Llvin</ J'je. Last came his special aflcction for the ] Princess Amelia, whose death finally over| sot his reason, for from the 10th Nov., 1810, i he ceased to reign. > ''History"?thus concludes tho lecturer, I amid the solemn silence of the audience? j "presents no sadder picture than that old ' matt, blind and deprived of reason, wander; ing through his palace, haranguing imagin| ary parliaments and reviewing ghostly ! troo])S. All Mght, all reason, all sound of human voices, all the pleasures of the world of (ioti, were taken from him. Some slight lucid moments he had, in one of which the Queen, desiring to see him, entered the room and found him singing and accompanying himself on the harpsicord ; when finished, lie kneeled down and prayed aloud for her and his praver for himself that God I .. ...I I - 1 : i * < -> I ?miiu iivi.-ib ins iM-avv calamity irom liiin ; i but if nut, that he would give him rcsignat tion to submit to it. Jle then burst into j tears, and his reason again tied. What ' preacher need mora'i-e on this sad story ? | What words, save tlie simplest, are requisite J to tell it ? It is too terrible for tears. The j thought of such misery smites me down in I submission before the Iluler of kings and i men?thy Monarch Supreme over empires j and republics?the inscrutable Dispenser i of life, death, happiness, victory. O. brothi er, T ?aid to those who heard me first in America?(), brother, speaking the same ' d?'ar mother tongue; < >, com nidi*, eue. iiiies no more, let us take a mournful hand together as we stand by this royal corpse, ' ami call a truce to battle. Low he lies to ! whom the proudest used to kneel once, and who was cast lower than the poorest, whom millions prayed over iti vain. Drivnn off his throne, buffeted bv rude hands, with his ' children in revolt, the darling ofhis ol?l age ! killed before him, old I.ear hangs over her ' breallilft-'s lips, and?Cordelia! Cordelia ! 1 stay a little ! I (jV _ , . . . , . . \ <-x not. tin let him pa-??. He hated him. ; 'I'liat. woul.l upon the ruck of tliis rough worlJ I Streteh 11iin uut longer." I Lush strife and quarrel over 11?<> solemn i grave Sound, trumpets, a mom fill march. i Kail, dark curtain, upon his pageant, his j pride, his griefs. his awful tragedy !,' Tho Flaunel Question. ! There has been a war going on for some years, between the llannel and anti-llannel , parties, and the result has been that many | persons have abandoned woolen under gar' meats altogether. Hall's Journal Health I comes to the rescue and says : In our climate, fickle in tho orlonme r.r - -- I sunshine and its balmy airs, as a conquette in her smiles and favor, consumption bears away every year t lie ornaments of many so, cial circles. The fairest and loveliest are j its favorite victims. An oQncc of prevenI lion in this fatal disease is worth many ! pounds of cure, for when once well seated, it ; mocks alike medical skill and careful nursi ing. ff the fair sex could be induced to regard the laws of health, many precious i lives might be saved : but pasteboard soles, low neck dresses, and Lilliputian hats, sow annually the seeds of a fatal harvest. The suggestion in the following article from j the Scientific American, if followed, might I Siivc many with consumptive tendencies j from an early grave: j "Put it on at once, winter ami summer, , nothing better can bo worn next to the skin i than a loose, red woolen shirt ; '"loose," for | it has room to move on the skin, thus caus| iug titilation which draws the blood to the surface and keep it there ; and, when that j is the case, no one can take cold ; "red," for ; white flannel lulls up, mats together, and becomes tight, still", heavy, and impervious. | Cotton wool merely absorbs the moisture ' from the surface, while woolen flanoel conj vey.s it, from the skin and deposit* it in J drops on the outsido of the shirt, from j which the ordinary cotton shirt absorbs it, | and by its nearer exposure to the air, it is j soon dried without injury to the body. ! Having these, properties, red wool flannel ' i is worn bv sailors even in the midsummer j of tho hottest countries. Wear a thinner j material in summer." I j The End of the World. i While politics and many other ties agitate _! the European world at large, a new theme j lias been revived, very injurious (o the nerves t j of timid folks, old ladies and young children generally. It has re-started in l'aris .and I ! sounds very much like a scientific desire to t I see our world knocked intowpi. Thus we find at^presentin Paris, the question is of quite other things than revolution on the abuses of the ancient regime. Many 1 people are firmly convinced that thepropheI ; <:y of Dr. Gumming is about to be realized, f j One knows that Dr. Cutnining has irrevo'ca , j bly fixed the year 1807 for the end of the r world. For two j-ears the dark prophecy ol r the Scotch l)r. has been nearly forgotten, bul . the astronomers are making every effort to revive the closing terrors. They announce . the journey of a giddy comet with great ve t lociiy, which is coming to dash its hea?l j or tail against our globe with the intention f of'reducing it tq powder. It is oq tlio 13tli of June the shock is to take place,- and tbii a date; tlio 13th, does not contribute a little ir terrifying the imaginations of the weak. A . learned member of the Institution, M. Bnbi 1 net, who is familiar witbtallr.. tlie, heavenlj i. bodies does not deny tiie vagabond cours< R of the comet in question, be declaresoif~Hn n contrary that it is on its wa?: hut fUo.v<w a age will bo mado without acckloflit. r lie say ft, that the comet striked the glo^fe s tho sho<;k produced on the World we inbfcM1 a will Be liken fillip on backof an elfcph'al A learned G^ntinu, who oonsidei* I-, muali wiser tW?-M. Babinot,- prfltends'tba a he,will gad hirfjelf greatly <%e>V?l? tbwttlii u -oomeUiH ensrtuoots and of suoji foroe thati will precipitJTta odr w<Jrld "itHo ' ftb'm^flnjWt . 1ike>. balopn^liingjrffffi tbert&p. jt aro wo to believe, the learfaeu German or-tB j leurned Frenchman ? Spring is Coming. Yc(>, tlio bluo-cyciTSpring is coming, From the balmy, sunny south; See her sporting, skipping, running? Songs of joy are in her month I See her roll old Winter's carpet. White and fleecy, o'er the plain ; Down the mountains, sec her roll it, To its frigid goal again. Sec her ope the vale of pleasure, As with magic's fairy waii'l; Ami restore the hidden treasure Winter stole with ruthless linnd ; While behind lu-r groves are nod'ling, NoJiliug in (lie silver sheen ; Au>1 the purple hlootn a-dotting, u in in*; > fivfu green. All around her vocal rivers, Piping forth their merry song, "While the gushing streamlet quivers? latticing ns i( moves along! And a troop of wnrblers singing Notes etht-ral o'er the plain ; While the echo music's ringing, Ringing in the chorus strain ! Spring is coming o'er tin: mountains, I.amrhing, frolicking an J gay! See her <>po the summer fountains, Ami with roses strew the way. All around hoi'clomls of glory, Paint the festooned, fringy trees, "While the 3-outhful ami the hoary Dance livueath the golden leaves! i , . ] ) es the glorious spring is coming, Breathing now in zephyrs mild, An?l the lienry l?e?; is huinmnig, j Humming anthem? strange ami wild. I Yet ft spring of greater glorv. Changing notwiili mouths ftiivl years, Waits us not in song au?l story, Ji;?L among tin; rolling spheres. The Necessiy of Exercise. Tlio benefits of exercise to those whoso occupation does not lead them to make any physical exertion, cannot he too highly estimated. The l>u?ly must undergo a certain amount of fatigue to preserve its natural strength, and maintain all the muscles and ; organs in proper vigor. This activity equalises the circulation, and distributes the blood I more effectually through every part*. Coltl feet, or a chill anywhere, shows that the circulation is languid there. The muscles during exercise prison the veins and help forward the current by quickening every vessel into activity. The valves of the heart are in this aided in the work of sending on this stream and relieved of a certain amount of lal>->r. When exercise is nerdect <;d, (lie blood gathers too much around the central region, and the oppression nbout the heart, difficulty of breathing, lowness of spirits, anxiety and heaviness, numerous aches and stitches, are evidence of this stagnation. People are afraid to take exercise, because they fancy they want breath, and f.-el weak. lJut the very effort would free the heart from this burden by urging the blood forward to the extremities ; it would ease their breathing by liberating the lungs from the same superabundance ; it would make the frame feel active and light as the effect of equalized circulation and free action. The Laws of Health Eito Flying in Havanah. Kites ! kites ! kites ! Why the omnibus loftil lif wlii^Ii tl?n Minc?w.1? - - ...v *.it?iouvio^rtTD iiniiy to the boys of New York, receutly, was not a circumstance to the number one sees in one street here, of a blight afternoon. Every house top?an;l the house tops in these latitudes are flat and broad, pleasant lounging places, when the sun begins to say ug0od night,"?are filled with men and boys, gray heads and bald heads, young men and children, all flying kites.?The strife between these hif/h fycrs is so great, that they have resorted to a singular and ingenious contrivance to carry on their kite war above. In the tail of the kite at a certain distance, is placed a two-eilged knife, extending crosswise about an inch and a half each side. This is secured with strong twine; the kite inus protected and prepare for war, is raised with a dexterity unknown tows, and managed away up in the sky, with a sagacity and expertness which would do credit to a General commanding some intricate manoeuvre of his troops.?liets run high. The game is to cut the kite-string of your antagonist's kite. Thousands of dollars are thus lost and won every afternoon. Sometimes this individual strife is transferred to two parishe-o, and each parish sends up some halt dozen kites, and then the sums at stake are immense. The Police have recently interfWriui final fnrhiilil.o* ?l?ic rtorlnl ( Any person now found flying an armed kite, is arrested and lined heavily. Yet ninny must escape the vigilant. <?yeof-thc Police, fur but a few days since a kitu thus prepared fell into the yard of this house, a victim ol the war.?N. Y. Express. A Ducal Uf.siof.nck' in Madrid.?A i late letter from London published in LonF don paper, contains the following : The mansion of the Duke de Mpdina Celi, described by Ford as lookin<Hike ten s houses taken out of Baker street, Shd which waft considerably damaged in July h>9t yeai* I by General Sertano's cannonade, to now i nearly repaired. The papers give? An ac* l count of a magnifioent electric elook^hat-'is f to surmount it, having several face*, One of i whicb fronting the salon or- chief proofien> l ado on the Prado. will show, besides ribe hour4 the dny and month, and tb# changes r of th* moon. There is"to bo a carillon, or i peal of b?ils, which wHk play at) a^a* often i as the hoar of strikes. -The 9 ire,.* re to. "be . 1 A in niimliAr wlflfltpd.' fnfftn llirtka Crtunitli *m-?? ?? ^m^otlioa mosVppputar lh tlie.;pfov?>oefc,in ? - 'J* t -'t : ?' ? None except those who-hiVa Blrffered all ' kb?.1ni?er^ of py|popg|^h?' its MTBriou? f<jWn!s'?Jr> ftppreciaUi tha-Val^crf ra modi 2 that-tlilteu*# tfe? all - wh< ? \f05lld find ajt^edy/Nr*l%, toy thti O'xj' genated , # " . f' ' 1 i ? * Phoeulxiana. I Tliorc doubtable Julia Phoenix, in a lata | letter, gives the following account of the | meeting between a mail and his better half, at the St. Charles, in New Orleans. Comment is useless : Accompanied by my old friend Butterfield, who had joined us at Memphis, I landed at New Orleans and proceeded forthwith to the St. Charles Hotel.?At this great tavern, Ames expected to meet his wife, who had arrived from California,, to rejoin | him after a three months separation. I I have never seen a man so nervous. lie i rode on the out side of the coach with the j driver, that he might obtain the earliest i view of the building that contained his adored one. It was with great difficulty that 1 kept pace with him as ho tumultuously rushed up the steps leading to the Rotunda. In an instant ho was at the office and gasping '"Mrs. liutterfleld." "In the parlor, sir," replied Dan, and ho was : off. 1 followed, and saw him stop with surprise as he came to the door. In the centre of the parlor stood Mr*. Buttei field. That admirable woman had adopted the ,very latest and most voluminous style: j and having on a rich silk, of greenish hue, j looked like a lovely bust on the summit of j a new mown bay stack. Butteriirld was I appalled fur nmoment, but bearing her cry "Amob," ho answered hysterically, "My Amanda I" and rushed on. lie ran three times around Mrs. Butterlield, but it was of no use,lie couldn't get in. lie tried to climb her, but the hoops gave way and frusj trated llie attempt. lie extended his arms i to her ; she held out hcr's to him ; tears j were iu their eyes. It was the most affec1 ting thing I ever witnessed. Finally, Mrs. j Butterlield sat down, and Amos got behind | the chair and kissed her, until j their off- i spring, by howling and biting the calf of his leg, created a diversion. They were happy, so were the people in the parlor. Evrybody appeared delighted ; and a small buy, a year or two older than little Amos, 'jumped up and down like a whip saw, and j hailooM "Hoop-ee" with all his might. | "Butterlield," said I, an hour or two laj ter,i-lI suspect Mrs. Butterfiidil I>;ic I hoops." ! "Oli, yes" answered be. " I saw -tliat | sticking out. Perhaps it will obviate tho j little tendency she had to'"blow up." I'm ' glad of it." Starting a Locomotive. j \\ e have heard the Sable Railroad Over- j ' ture, read Hiding on a Kail, seen many of I the monsters getting their danger and speed i up, nnd imagined descriptions in words, but . all lull short of the following graphic one t by the inimitable Life in Washingtou correspondent of (lie Charleston Courier?"M* I J- W." v. { "At six o'clock (be bell gave the final signal, and there was a heavy panting, ! a shrill shriek, a slight movement, accom I panicd by an under current of motion, I which seemed as though the pieces of Iho mighty machine were throbbing with impatience; an accolerated impulse, a few part ing injunctions pealed out from .iron lungsa dull echo from the lofty roof of tho.building, a plunge into the open air?nnd the steam fiend breathing (ire andjsnorting sin6ke> was driving along columns of heated ppray over fair meadows and pleasant gardens, sprinkling the new-made flower bed with unwholesome dew, and dimming window panes with its uncleau moisture. On yro, went, startling the cattle from their quiet rest in the fields, rushing under viaducts, soarincr over rivers, rattling thrnu<rli ravinM ?/f a ' o o - ,,,vu? tearing^ through tunnels, skirling woods aud rustic villages and stately country scats, and looking down upon the spires of sequestered churches and humble grave yards. i On tho mighty monster pursued its headlong course, mindless and merciless, destroying alike time and space, devouring both, and still soaring and rattling on its way, leaving in its dark wake long lines of sullen metal, clutching the earth, and girding nature with fettors. riveted into every > bosom." . - "" . '? Tiie Late Fkarfui. Fail from tcie Cars.?W? learn that Mr. II. W-. Sullivan, of Charleston, South Carolina, who fell from the cars over the long bridge .on the Ridliinond and Petersburg Railroad, and esea- J ped death so miraculously, is in fair way of recovery, under the kind care of Dr. Ilaxall; , and his friends are about to visit him from . the South, It appears that Mr. Sullivan was induced i to go on the platform of the last car, and ; from dizziness caused in viewing the scenery "| below, lost his self-possession; aud fell headlong into the river, a distance, of some seventy feet. j.By the mere eircuinstance .of his falling, fietjveen two huge rocks, m the.w* ler, was his life spared ; and even as it is.*it , t siiVpvises'tmiYh us tliathe esoiped Willi merely n few internal and external hurts. Mu<^? credit is due to Messrs. John E. Cros>l^y, JvignTH!l)ott1 and Walter It. Daniel, for tjjeir-cf- ficiont and timel/aid.* The.latter procured ?Vj a back, and drofo-dotfh lo whpre the injur red man was,.and-tlfen carded him J.6 the Mount Vern^n'^crtelj whetfi lio. inwned?M?- ^ ly .placed- utfdcrt t(i<T carp of IJtj ITaxaiL Mr. Sulftofcn' Aar snvi<ri>l(r Iniiii-iid A. ^ "y"' vuftuyui ,WlO * bodyj'anjjsiifFeml great paityijftGr^hia'fall. A&, tBS'timc'of his itccideijt the cars'were abcmt ~tt?e cdbtre of tho bridge-; and had'Mf. 8. * fatten ten feet eijlrefr way, instead ot jujt . \ ' where be did descend, ho must have struck* ' updn a:bed of stone', and- been iestantly crushed to death. His-es6ap'e is <oe?rtainlf most miraculous.?Peter&bvry Democrat,^ *9 Expenses of Preaching.?The follpgfc i inc estimate htU'been made of the nrr>h*M* Amount wfricjj ifr.cotts the individual members of t^cdifferent churches4fi the. United , to sostain their jrepresentative ohunphr ; "Tfie e&tirpate is lounged upon the last * f. United-Stntes Census. A Baptist or Muth- ;-| c^iit Uit^a dollftre.and fftrty ceota ; A*Pr$?j by^friatit Bftven dpilArs; ft<3ongre?aticn*Ki|fc 4 toa Collars V a Komrtn Cfitholio (butf$en ' - dOTfcri Epipcopaliah eighth dqHnr?: -rj i ? Informed P;uUsh tweqty-two (SolU'rt>, * ^Urfitamn twenfy thre? dollars. ' ** r< $