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& '"r " a , v.,.~ |j ~;^ "~ r ^ " " ~ " = ~~ " ~ = ~ ~ = '" "' g ~ ^ ' "' 1 1 i- ^ ' ' 1 " " -i' . ' ' ' DBVOTED TO LIT2RATURB, TH8 ARTS, SCIENCE, AGRICULTURE, KEW8, POLITICS, &C.,v*C. TERMS?TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM,] Mt.et it bo Instilled into the Hearts of your Children that the Liberty of the Press is the Palladium of. all your Rights." Junius. . [PAYABLE IK ADVANCE. ? :? ... " . VOLUME 5?NO. 2. ABBEVILLE C. II., SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 15, 1857. .. ... ' ' WHOLE NUMBER 210 ' ' j ? ' ' . f V* . rMK - ? . ?* * . " * . , 4 , ' , . i T xuilliS OJt* AilV JJK.TISING-. The I*ro|<rii'1ors of th- Ablieville Banner ami Independent Prr**> have established Ili.- following rates of Advertising to be eharged in both {tapers: Every Advertisement. inserted fornlw time tliAn three months, will he charged l?v ?li?* in feertion nt Oitc Dollar per Square, (li inch ^the ppnee of 12 solid lino* or less.) for tin- li rat. insertion, And fifty Cents for ciicli sub etjucnl insertion. 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Qw Business Cards for the term of one year, -will Ijc charged in projwirlinn to the space they occupy, at One Ifullar per line space. tar For all advertisements set in double, colvmn, Fifty per Ccut. extra will be added to the above rules. DAVIS & CHEWS, 7-nr . LEE ?fc WILSON, ^ Fur Press. MISCELLANY. A Romantic Mairiage. *r An Engli.-li adventure has recently given food fur gossip in l'ari.s ; and so "All's well, tlmt cii-ls wot I," wit ur? liappy to record it. A lew years ago, a young English nubleinmi, just troll frutu college, ra?v- ami inexperienced, toil in love with the laundrymaid of tlie ensile where liis family resided. It appears lliat tlie passion lirst seized upon the faoul while attending divine service at a village church. where Susan I?y lit-r moihst demeanor and bright blue eyes completely oversel all the resuluiious wiiirli the \uting nobleman's mother had eoiicetVi-d ujxiii I he subject ut* liis future alliance with the daughter of the Em I ol C , whoc** estate joins tlint of tlm y'UiMg ti<>bleiuuii. llow (lie ni-<}u;uiil>itice firM b<gaii Ipi*1wh?ii a young iiebleuiuu, wIhi wa> rending for liis degree, and a young lauudiymaid, who could iiul read at all, l.u chrojiiclu will ever tell; but in a ?liort liina we find that, l>y the nst>i>lnnee of an old old college t'nend j-ist received ifUp onltjrs, at tile very \ ill.ig.; where the yoimg liyi-d fii.sl beheld his ?>u*an, in the first rnsu lilnsli (if jhi A mil ?ti..i uul? ?- ? - fc, ...... no other witness but tin* w?-ll u-w j oWkjjnJ pew-opeiit-r?with no uiibitm- j uUS ul'nnt of tl.t-. ..ri\ l.n.ls I ^r-no jio'np ',l" '''om* by tliu great s^ringSftival of iiauiiv, winch the yotiltgjord, just then ?lccji in Virgil. - morti than any other kind, wu? he uwUtsd^o Sllsan ? 11< 1 l?> loie the miii whs rujjjfHo its noon-tiny hcigut tlie happy j?;ur were Slremly^inade on their way io France. Fur feOllic Iiioiiliid the young I0I1I lived in the Imjfpy delusion which h;?l ]?r<?Kcnird to hisyuuilitai itrtnginntiouthe. fiur ^Mi-mi n*tnw roost enchain ii.g Mini most lowi\ <>| Iki ex l^Utlmwy-Hiuouf aiv l:kc 111-> >n? ?,l ?vit\ ler.kiiio-Tr'liey liaW tiu ii waning liom ; ! and attlieend of a certain nine -Hie young ! JurcJ began to perceive, lo in? n.ior aMoiii.>nmenl?for lio mul never juiv'eivol u Ih-iorv -S&liat the gentle 8uh>h?i was not m.-iHy inhpoentss lie'liatl ever thought h<-r, tai. profoundly ignorant likcwi.M'. Every net and every exjire-^ioii ot the jiout laundtvrnsid uow jarred and tdiockeil I lie iirtVii*<it. the j'oufig nobleman. In fhoit, ilie dreadful (Wet wmhboot) revealed'to him in all ita; ughnew;?3ih \Vh9 no longer in love. . <Junl about thU tune the y>'Uug man's fsfruilf. to .wliwui his iTiirlit vvitli S11-Jin was I but who Htill i villained id ig-J -liowKjwwjiiceriiifij^ tlioHDarriage,. bi-gan io iroporttMinttt 'with- roijx-ijl to lti? return. No/k>nj[Br "held by tbe lies of that alf-ab* sorbiug fovc&vhicb bad cost bii^i ?o much ycrifioe, tbe young n<<bI?iiMn agreed in ?)irit with the vietvs'of hi* family. -But' the t^f/jl^f font to'8uaun-4 -To ilk astonishment, WWffeve, he found hor grown .tri><ywfl??ble'?**.jK<m$eMi?g wjjiiaui % ?y(iMrvur to tbe ?ropoitftigj$' Ibm , ?W?bouM renminbi Frapp*to imbibe.?{pne sortof eduction while be rgp?ire<fr\a bwraftj'baye Lpo \of lire tmlbto 7ms l?fiy" rfioltier. 'Sawui, w&Omiw? UivfiA^Afi tuiliuM'iri<dt at>w/lf illin' f'Millntl - fa ?v?rjt|iin^ anq, at^rditigly, wWi. i**t??, aw? mitoW*iutk$.;pepHfatio11, but-*yll? ^rutitwfJCir#f^t5o^^rn#1 m^;4'?rr< I ft>r?Mhr>ugtit ra?*Wo<?e At.a M'IicmiI in ifie fjiwlnAir#-St. m- ^ j ligation to the hapless Susan, llis letters i g.ew mole and more rare, always telling of : lue cxtkini* restraint in which he was held hy his relations, and the want of means hy \\ hu h h?* suffered, uiging the greater n6<:c*.-uy lor secret-}-, until Hi length Susan, who belli Ved all, wrote to him a letter full of af: lt-fiinn, announcing with pride that an op! port unity occurring of relieving him of the I liurilini ot lu-r maintenance, >he had aei ccptcd a situation as compaii.oti to ladv E?, wlto was going Iti Mont (teller t?<r her health, ami iiad t?<'en slaying al the same school with her. Tin* took place five years ago, and during all this time it would apjtear that the j young lord, cwilig hut htsle lor iheemhar- [ iii8-iiieiit ot the introduction <>r reeoguitiun I ol Ills wife, content with the assurance iriv- I o rti in.m lime lo uineul m*r health and wel* (.'Tv, oi iliwitiiiu purity atul rt,*>|H-4-tability tit li.e lilt: >lie whs leading, was maintaining Ml limue I lie fiviM.om aiiil l.beiiy ut? hii lliimarried man, umii a ?liort. tune kiiicc, t.y llits tlt-aili ut Ins Mini her, being n?-ai?ii lu make limit liiiiuly arrangement*, ho was from Ins apathy Willi regard to tlie pal lent h>u>uu. L;iily K was then residing at Pashy. Mini ii wan thither tliat Lord M ulitcUU lil> itnlhit p> till hi> tiiniai. What |>i.!s?t<l at li e llitiivau, whu-h iiad l/eeii light by t lit* liU>baiid a* a mere acquit de co?i&ciince, and btt-nux? he li.might it dislogatury lt? the family pride that his witu Jmtllil llvn I..n,r..t- ? I ? : ~ -j-r< o oM.uigera, will j i.e?- r U' kiituvij. To the aMviiishmeiit and delight ut Lady E , wliu had long been before admitted nilo the secret, Lord M remained abiislied aud staggered at thb difference which a few years separalioti had made in his rustic -Susan?now jjTown nn elegant and accomplished woman. listening with perfect self-possession to all his pieteli tiulis, ami cxpie&siiig hcisclf with ail the reserve and dignity of a woman ot the world. Needles* to say, tliat his old passion was revival in full force, and that Susan is again the queen of his soul, as in former wars ; nor will it astonish our " i .1 1 - 1 .WUCIK ll? IV.-.IHI lllllt I lie IIIKIMIIJ llthl Will* oints tnor?- bride Mini bridegrooms, have re tUMK'ii til Ellglalld iog-tlnr. ? The Mystery of the Evergladei Tin-loi-g pcuitiMilar which run* inlo tlie Alliintii', (oiiuiiig the southern pint ot Florida, lias been always oevupied by a singular suicesMoii of Savannahs hammocks, lagoon*, suitmjis suiil t'orcBth nearly impregnable Mild quiii- uninhabitable, except as tluiurking pl.n e of Seminole*. They extend into (lie In-art of the euiintry, two hundred miles north of Cm |mj Sable, and collectively, are ?-a l? d "the Everglud< s=.' lfllilAi> tlm i.mil ..-<..--.1 ? g, ..'V |W> ....... v. i n ililiuiill uuiiei ! Iisih opened jsomcwhere, which is draining the LY.-rgladea dry. F.?r nearly two month> thongluiio water flowed oiiL of any of the k'lowit outlets, the watei in the ghtdes continued t?? f:.li rapidly. The invisible vent iiiti.-l have discharged a volume equal to the Mississippi Kiver. A tetter from a resident,dated April 2d *a\s, "Everglades are extremely dry?liter ally parched-up. which has not occurred, before in the twenty-five yearn that I. havelived in tlm region, and have hunted ott them almost every season during that time " Vesfrels pacing the coast, report that they ? ?* - - .... >. .>vn uiuvnuii, iiiN'onircii waier at. va; nuns point*, H?if it was pouring out of the swamp*. Hiii tiie stories arc so vague Ami r??udieting that it is impossible to determine whether a new river has formed through M>tiie hihyrimh of lagoon* ami inlands, or whether there is a cavernous, subterauean passage to the depths of the sea. Uiu; of the Coiiot* Survey vengeU at wortc in that quarter bailed on.at; exploring e.ini>e m ?-ai<-h >! it in Mareli, but a florin ?io>c ivl,i hdrove it ha.-k to port and compelled abandonment ot I lie search. Fjuliilu has always been noted lor its inys-/ t<-iiiu* There ar>? .heveral creeks nod liv.-rs ot iiiiij/i.l water iu the slate, winch Mjik I lie earth, and disappear. Oilier* list: mi-Idealy out tit* tile ground, olle ot wliirli (llie Wakulla) is navigable from its v? iy source. The strange accounts ut ?liein wliii li reached Spain in the early y. iir- of difCovery led I'oiiceda L?oii thither in Search ot I lie ' J'Vunlaiii of Votiih. .Albuiyj Eve. Juar. ' *' Miss Ann Tiquity wsnid to.bo the c!d ?*?l U-itialc kiiuwn in h\>lory.?Jiuttton Star. K-Iihw ! *he nih'i war a* ?M h* Aunty Di Lui'ian.? Syracuse Journal BoHi ??'?!, 1o 1h? Mire. Hut liidiVt Ann Terwr -|irin < *??] iln-tn !? Utica TrUgroph. Tr<ft?. tint Aunty batt waH !>orn iHifurt; hII oii'ni nujl holds o'vvfr y**r. l onao Blade. j Tin* Hm jjiih" ia not ooui]>I??t?* witliuut Ann Cestrul and Aunty Cedent. j Burlington Kree Press. , Aunty Mosaifi it? al^i one of tlie uoKl uns," but Aunty oldest of the whole O. Picayune. jr{i rtrikgs us thai <ftir _ venerable ftieAd Ann,Ticipation,*huuld come in-fore either of the.Above.?ChurlesUm Courier... >A TrTcmV Triiig wmuj coriflrttiwl ih lb# prni'lif?* of ciuiilttP iniquities, wntU, us the following''Very ?Ood"?(kleftduni . .- >i *" ftdiloef Codtitr f-L-l nnw in y<Jtnr tMk'iru.rnjng; ewnblUhe^f ! fur.liu l^MycinZt , . -w V ?r < ? in*,tti?t IxMtr a mice from th? *4 .,. &HMULtnra*i Ajfflau !?', 18J?J if ymi . ouM lie?*r rt v0i&fafe lU JgrkveJt WA>iikl Mu?~4**TAr6pe ibid-? ^ ?P' m ? * '* ^ ^ What a Man CoBts?Value of an Education. In a recent number of Hunt's Merchant's Magazine, there is an interesting calculation on the subject of raising and educating men. It presents' a new and striking argument in favor of education. It is to bo regretted that there should be any necessity for using such an argument.; b<.t ns there are in the world a gieat many men who measure nil tilings?even their professed religion?bv the "almighty dollar," the article will do s/ood. Aside from that, it is one of interest?from its calculation? and will be read with pleasure. We have only room for a brief extract, which goes to show how much a man costs?what he is worth?what is bis real money or commercial \alue?mid what per (rentage an edu "iii.ni if given him, pays on the original investment. Mr. FTioii "The average cost, with interest, of raising any person to the age of 21, will equal tl,000. This is invested?wliat i?* the invest nitnt worth ? It will cost $180 a year to suppoit him. T>> this add a mind, in what ;tn extraordinary ratio has the person's value hei n raised! lie fan now eariif Ml|.| osi* f300 a vear?'hat equals $400 above tin; value of the iiliitt, which is to be set down to ilierredit (>f mind. "Now, ndd education, perfecting liini from liiifh to maturity, ami what can li?* etirti ? Ik ?1,000 a year too much to allow? That is $000 more than the uneducated man is allowed ; and how highly mint we rato the expense of education ? It could not average $5700 which therefore yields 100 per cent. People usually count the coot of growth and snbstanee of the body as part of the exnense of education t lint this should never be done ; a clear distiuetiiui should always be made between tin* expenses to he charged to the body and those to be charged to the mind ; and as clear a distinctions should be m.ide in case of the credits, for at once some very practical truths would b?* exhibited. iVrhnjisthe following table ?ili present the truth in a conspicuous manner : I tody costs up to 21 years, $l.0<'0 Mind costs up tu 21 years, 1,000 Ivdncation up to 21 ywUifc, 700 U?>dy costs alter that (pur venr) 100 Mind gains after that (per year) 300 Eilui-Mtion gains after that (per year,) 1,000 "It is also to l?e noticed, that the uneducated man isinore valuable in middle age ttiau in advanced years; but the educated man "rows more valuable ;u* yearn increase, 1 so that if lie begins life with a sum representing t lie interest of $10,000, he will find his income to double as soon as if hU capital were in gold. "These figures are not fanciful ; they are, of course, a certainly ffiven for an uncertainty, and merely for illustration; they may he exchanged for any other to please any caviller ; but ??nv fair test of tlit* truth will prove thai education will pay more than !00 per c.ent. upon its cost. 4,It would appear, then, that any man who would reekon up hi* investments, must, to what he has in lands, cattle, implements, ??! ! at least ?1,000 for every mature clulil lie lias raised ; ami if lie hns added to the uhil.l a {ji>o<l education, he has changed this otherwise unprofitable invpoinioiit into a fortune of not lean than $10,000. Now, every principle of commercial economy would dictate tliat wenTiould add a little investment if we can thereby save the whole, arid much more readily should we do'if we can turn the whole into the most profitable of all investment*. And what investment is them which will pay an will brain, mind, and education combined 1 n AJII^IISU CilOCUOTI. It will, nn <loiil>t^?jl>i; interesting to our re:?h>rs tn l<*?rn how elt'ctioiis -#tte'' comluc.-, t?<l in England : When ihe -iiominntion-dny com^R. nn i-I?>V!iUh) platform. or litmtinerH, i* rs?i*?*?l in h cnMpicilotK pla?>e. On it stnn<l* the v?rinii* <*ari(liflat''S with their friend*. The mayor or sheriff announces to the |M-i>j>lt; hrm1 mhl<*d hfli>w flint I hey inn*! proproceed to ?<!pi*t ? representative, and reads thfl writ. On lliw up step a notable eiti&?<n nf ilu? pla<*??. mill propose Mr. John Ktui:li.\>ii<>ni he prononiK'cA iho greatest innn of. the atf??. John Smith takes. off hi* lint nnd mnke*Jii? spm-eh. Then another notable eitizen'forward, and proposes John Jones who v*rs himself of hi? views I k<* hi* predoeesson A third notnMn eitizen riiHV then propose John Rnhinsnn. ami a fourth -Jolm Hrown, nnil so on. VTtfi) all. have ln*en duly proposed, and haw* delivered thetnftelvea of their sentiment*, the innvor or 'sheriff i-al't Upon the people awwlded' to make their choice, I tfuii ^nd rJn?r??,Kc rWv* of band?, This ttyW do ; iiimI lui, nfu'r mrcfulinspectiimof ri.c uplifted p:dins. duly'dev.Ures that Jt>hn Smith *ud ,T?>hnJ<>ne8 nra the meft jSt-t U At tltixup^Marts??* if In ettoit ki^iukment, |licrti_jjV? be k(x*w H ?H tu?jff,^,?i?d Knew, as everybody elMjdwl, Hint the" men twlow were not.half of them vol?rw?the proponor of John Robinson, and demand* prill."' TIip presiding offier ewentv arid ; ;v . | The voiing, j>* an Vjrjritun, m vtva voce% aniii* opeO tomll J<h?olfaction* *U?r whw-h R4t tmiaMy Ix^ri harr^l: kurn. ?&D'vnt.th'e polL i) .^.hnv , |he?r worklhfh find'.Jen Aftta vyitok C?adid?f<*?> ri^v iric?v M&jr rtw^ri tffth# pptyf to'thHc :to' Hletti'.1 ?<*<** ?M % ; ?Jfcv <** %!?*& ?%#** -% hrwthef hv ki*?nu n mrinyfc -auin^nafltv iMI'Vdtc ^1?6';' \\oj\;l4vH'jtihn RnjjXrf.M, * 'jSj | ors each implorennd entreat liim. (ur her sake, to vole for. uher friend ami the friend of England." Whatever may be paid of political necessities, this plan is undoubtedly tbe plensantest. What is dona liere by "stumping" is often done there bv personal visits. In the small boroughs the candidate often visits every elector between the day of nomination and the election-day. Then 'he lordor baionet takes his hat off to the butcher and bilker, chucks the grocer's daughter under the chin,and kisses the fat fac*i of the farm er's baity. This thorough system of cnuvas? is the morn easily effected as the constiuencies are small ?in eomparison with ours ridiculoti-ly sin ill. Many of the leading men of England?such as Lord Palmerston (Jobdeu ; Layard, etc.?have sat for tmroughs whose entire vot?j was not over 3U0. The whole vote polled in the city or iLioixloii does not cxci't'il 7,500, and it is ; l?y far the largest constituency in the kingdom. It'll obtained just 587 votes ; I bayard, 437 ; Kinglike was elected with 301 ; Sir llolieii lVel'ason, with 530 voles ; lost the day l?y 31 ; Mr. (Gladstone only got 118; Mr..Lowe was elected with 235 ; and sjooii. Men of equal calibre in this eoutnry would naturally think themselves disgraced f their votes weru not couuted by tens of thousands. A Flat-Boatman's Mode of Obtaining Provisions. We have seen a good many stories of Mike Fink, the great head and founder of the tribe .of Mississippi flat-boatmen, hut hero is one from tho Louisville Democrat that we never saw before : Passing slowly down the river, Mike observed a very large and beautiful flock of sheep grazing on the shore, and being in want of fresh provisions, but scorning t<> buy them, Mike hit upon the following expedient. lie noticed that there was an ed iy near to.lhe fliore, and it was iiIh.hi I ?lu>k, he lauded his boat ill the eddy ami tied her tstot. In lii? cargo tin-re were .soli le bladders of S<-<?lrli Miutl. Mike opened one ?f these, and taking out a handful of the . o.itents, \\ lien a?hotv, ami catching five or .?i\ of* I In- sheep, rnbln-d their lares thoroughly with the Sim It*. No then returned to Ins Iniat, and f-ent one of his men in a great iiu ry to the sheep-owner to tell him that j he "had better coirie down and tee what | WHS till* mullnr uiilli ll??? " Upon cutuingdowu hastily in answer to Mike'ssummons, the gentleman ?aiv a portion of his lloek very singularly affected? leaping, bleating, rubbing tlieir noses on the ground and against each oilier ; and performing ail manner of undignified and uhsheephke antics. The gentleman was sorely puzzldd, and demanded of Mike, "if he knew what was the matter with the nhecp ?" "You don't know?" answered Mike, very gravely. ' I do not," replied the gentleman. "Did yon ever hear ofilm l>lat:k uiurrinn ?" asked Mike in a confidential whisper. "Yes," aaid the aheep owner in a terrified reply. "Well, that's it ?" Hflid Mike. "All the j sheep up river's got it dreadful. Dyiu' like rotten dog*?hundreds a day." "You don't any so !" answered the fietiin ; "and is there no e.ure for it ?" "Ouly oue; asl kuowsou," was the rev]y . . , , "You see the murrinn's dreadful catchen' and if you don't git them away as is got it they'll kill the whole floe.k. Belter shoot 'cm right oft': they've got to die any way." "JJut 110 man could single out tlie infect- ' e.l sheep, ami sluiot t|iem from among tl; ?ii?l tli? g?aill??ni;m. 4,My name** Mike Fink !" was the curt' reply. Anil it was* answered enough. T4ic gentleman begged Mike to slrnot the infected sheep and throw ihem in the river. This was exactly ...'l. - t I - * wuiic miKi* wMiiit*o, imii lie preten<Jc<I to 111si*t. "It mouglir l>e a mistake," ho naid ; "they'll maybe git well. Hi* didn't like to shoot so many sheep-oii his own say so. He'd letter go aii'n*k some of" the neigh. l?or? of it was the murrain sure *nut'.n The gi iitlfiiian insisted, and Mike modestly resisted, until finally.lie whs promised' a couple ol callous of old peach brandy if he would ?>oinply. His scruples overcome, Mike shot the nlic^p, threw iliem into the eddy,and got the brandy. After dark the men jumped into the water, hauled the idieep ab-Mrd, and by daylight hud tUe'ii riill'kefl HWSV. and W?r? rli.liiiO' m..rrilf? j . - , o o ?* "J UuMiitliu stream. Senatorial Contest.?We leflrn tliat our neighbor, Faiifield District, now,- the nceoe of quite aft animated <?oi?t?* lor tlio seat in the Senijte. made vacant hv tlie^denth Of tl(C lute highly eMet'inerl Col. 1?. A. PeflV. The carididateR are E G. Palmer, E^q., and Dr. it. II. Clarke,^Dr. C1hrJty_ is now h member of the llolne, in rt-hfeli'tkidy^ie lias iitey representatives. Mr. l'almer is a rruidi olilei' inan than his opponent, and lias In-en l.?i?g in the public servh-e. He represented hi* district for several :erms in the State" L^slaturej ^rf for several tfefcrs was Vre*i- , <rtent*>f the Glirivlotje and South Carolina ' ItrtilrorM.' 'Jt^PfAid^nt ofthis rorid, Mf. -ValitierV.ft^iri'* tifcre laborious ntrf fidthi'folly r^nnhwd; 1 He presided 'ovtff the' cf>n-' fctVrniotetfls rrompjiny with fnre !tn<l destined lo-serve only Hficr ?fi? " ?'ondi? , IKfajw wlh??' fjnad^asyprfliipetofMt afrd if*' pnai>5f?eetfc-brj$ki . Lie Vnnttdrr* ed:<>M of tUe tftwt substantial nien ifr the * 5 r*Jt r. lAi/V.hrflAi. : tin* Hefth tto mrftJrtt,' '.& ' ontt$* tothtfpHWifSK**. A ' from ft$rtfctr00St' life tTfcfc,. taMttfcrtJry*: " *aw<*i # *u IrirxWHrf Sftjfi* fcrnf fiynip ?ri?ept * fewhufc am and owrfia y^^?, IiVw^m^'wlienm* ' .-. ' ' < " : % . . \v.. ;?'v iiiniiinriri-'-' ^r Play House in Shakspeare's Time. til Shakspeare** time there wore 110 less tlian several principal theatres in London, besides such occasional houses as (he Swan and the Rose. The Blackfriars, which Shakspeare joined in the first instance, and never left, was built in the year 1750. There was a space in fiout to turn roaches in, and part ot* the ground is still ailed l'hiyhouse-ynrd. The Globe belonged to the same compnny, and was their summer house. There were playbills issued, containing only the name of 1 lie play. Tin y were pa-led up on p.isrs and hence th? term "posters," now indiscriminately applied to all hill* pasted lip on walls. Hence,also, the term "Knights of the Post," applied to the fellows who linked ahi>ut tinposts at 1 he inns of courts and the doors of the sheriff, ready to give fictitious bail or I.ike false oaths. The Globe was onen ?i I -tlie: !? ]? ; tli<* pit, s<-|iiiiait'ii from (lie stnj;e by a paling, was without floor or seats, ami its occupants wore vailed "^rt>undlinjjs," whose "inexplicable dumb sliow and noise" are alluded to l>y llamlet. There was a Scaffold fur a gallery, with boxes underneath, and tlKvorchesiic, i*onsi>tinjr chiefly of trumpets, cornets, limit hovs recorders and viols, were placed in ti lofty halcotty, or upper 8t?ige-l?ed. The price of a lunssion to the boxes was Is., descending in others p*rts of t lie* house to G.I., 2d., it lit I Id. The prices w.-ie doubled, and sometimes trembled, on the uiizhtof a new ithiv The perforrnun e commenced at 1 ; but the hour whh afterward* stft?*i-?s<l to 3 ; which continued through subsequent reigns to the 17tli century. The proscenium was divided from the stage by a curtain which opened in the middle. At the first sound of the trumpet the curtain was opened ; at the thipl iIn* performance commenced hy Pro Inline coming in -i long velvet dress. There were traverses, or curtains at the hade of the stage, an<l a bal.-ony to represent battleinents or anv oilier elevation that might lie required. The changes of scene weie indicated l>v fii?n-hoJir<lB. Tim was painted sky-Mite lo -represent heaven ; ntnl wlicr a starle?s ?ir tempest h/mi* night was require. I it wn? hung with Mark. 'J lu* Mage wu* lighted l?v two Mam-lies, aiid l li"* Ixalv of the liousw hy cresset lights, formed of* ropes, wreathed ami pitehed, ami |ila<-cd in open iron lanterns, occasionally inters|>ersed wit 11 wax Ih|h*m in tin- J l>oxes. The stag* was strewn with rushes. Young gallnnts, ciiterin<; through the tiring house, sat on the stools on the R'age, tor which they paid extra, loexiiibit their finery and |?!ay at cards. The midieuces were gen era I ly-very vociferous, playing at cards,eating truit, and smoking tobacco. When a tragedy was played, the stage was hung with black. The performance generally lasted two hour*, nnd ended with a dance. Actors wore paid by shares?a primitive system mill olwerved by many of tlie traveling booths in the country. It was estimated that a first-rate actor might realize about anight; or alxnit ?90 a year. The average receipts pf the Globe or Blackfriars, after deducting the daily expenses, amounted to 46?., had been estimated at about ?0. Authors' profits were derived either from ?!?e sale of the copyrights or by the proceeds of the second night of performance, afterwards changed to the third. Shakspeare is snid to h?vo received ?5Tor Hamlet but the usual sum for a play was ?6 13s. 4d. The Last Chance. traveller, who was pursuing hi? journey I lie Scott-h coa??t, was thoughtlessly induc.u to take the ruii'l 1 ?y the sands aa tlje most agreeable. This road, which was fafe only at low tides, lay on ihe'bearh, between the wen atiil the loflv lifts which hound the const. Pleased with the view of the inrbt-? Iiii?v waves mi tli<? ??> < lio>?l 'i _ ...V uttam, ?III1| IIIU MlMllpl and precipitous rock* tin the other, ho loiter^ td on tlits way, unmitidt'jl ot' ilie si-h, which was gradually encroaching on the* interveninjf sjindf. ' A mull, observing from the. lofty cliffs the danger he w.Ih incurring, beiicvolcitfly di'KiU'thleJ, and an vstinghia atientioti l?y a loud lialJoK, warncd Iiiin u.ot to proccuj. "If you p,"i5i? this spo', you lose your la-it chance for escape. The ti?h;s are risiiis;. They have already covered the road ' you havo passed over and they are near the lout of tin* ( litf'U'forc'yuii, and by thw a*alone yi.ti rim esrap"." The traveller il sre?jjardt?d I lie w.trniiijjr. lie felt sure be i-oi.l I make tilts turn in lite coast in - good lime; and leaving his volunteer guid? went more rapidly on }ii? wtfy. Soon. however, lie dwoovered' ihe real danger of Id* position. lit* onward journey wtfft Trt*ri*8tf'd liy tlieiiea.' ''Returned lh.-|?frt;e,- hut fh his nmawiiuiir Ire f.?un?Ktlmi the ris ng wati-is had rut ojf hi* <?treftt.'^'tlc looked up'"'the iditfis l?ut tliuy were inac*-e<wtb1e. Thu wft* ttitA were already at' hi* feet-. He' potiaht uguer gniemut uui whs soon driven otT; iH? Irefuge \v?5 a projecting fO?k ?>btft 4he relent lew water? rt*6 higher 'ami ltighen they rearlu'd him?lh*y iwt6 hin-neek-<-h9? uu<*re<1? tit* pairing *hritsk t??r help him! 'no li?fp,.wo? in;alrf hs lit* <hHii n^gli*;ted tire opp*?rtiiiiit-y to ewi|>e^,>Thu,?e?? eJo*e<l over; hu?I it w?k the iiluaifig in ujioo Ijuuvjuf the night of (It'aiii. v " J? t ; : J?l*. ? AWiiiilffeirt lik<M n pregnant moral., I low. mftiiy traders f?ru there <>n the cotwt of tiimv tli<'in.selvea with the HIP rmiu^tiig ?-eA??j^:4bvy jw'?i?ig|i Tfcif ?r<J jtftli "?lHb?ent of Vvhkrh in'ey -'iirt! nYvfrW un^uuforl. fw*nui*?l procMkitCi^ iy theirf prtsutit ?'^ur?v/-' OntJ tHtly' nHrr6wvMriiy iVlilllw) Altl tA tk.UA ' IA.U > start* tPfem ? tt ; Ider.tU't'Mef , . * a * ^ . The Oirl With The Calico Dress. A fig for your upper-ten girls, With tlietr velvets and satin* and lace*, Their diamonds and rubies and pearls, ti And tlioir milliner figure and fuees; tl They many shine at it party or ball, II Embluzoned with half they possess, It But gave me, in place of thera all' N My girl with the calico dress. o She is plump as a patridge, and fair 'j As the rose iu its earliest bloom ; . Ilcr toeth will with ivory compare, A...1 !.- -1 ? - miu uvi ui ciiui ? mi me ciu?er jiuriuino. Iler step is as free and as light p As the fawn whom tlie hunters liar J press, n And Iter eye is as soft and as bright, (| My girl with the culico dress. Your dandies nnd foplings may sneer '' At her simple und modest attire, ^ But the charms she permit to appear ' Would set a whale iceburg on fire I " She can dance, but she never allows * ' The hugging, the squeeze and caress? " She is saving all these for her spouse? flly girl Willi the calico dres*. 8lio is chccrful, warm-hearted aud true, j( And kind to her father nud inotlier ; n She studies how much she can do p For her sweet little sister and brother. w If you want a companion for life, I] To comfort, enliven and bless. She isju.'t the right sort f?r a wife, n My girl with the calico dress. " m n Qenerl Hammond and the Candidacy. We have received n letter from Gen. P Ilntnuioiul in relation to the annonncement c: of his name in our last werk,s issufe, which ? we woum iiKtt mat an ins mends in the u Congressional District could wee. As this o is of course impossible, we are compelled lo r state to theni its purport, altougli it was tl not sent to lie made public, except to the e main point that he is not, and wiil not con- 5 sent to be considered a candidate in the e- 11 lection nowpendiyg. h General Hammond appreciates most c warmly the kindness of his friends in press- n ing his name as they have done, and he desires they should know that he is very b thankful to them. But he has long ago c given up all idea of ever again placiug him, v self in such an arena as the one herw to be V had, or indeed its any other position of the h kind. lie does not imagine that, under tl the circumstances of the present case, lie t< could now be 'successful if he really desired n to be. lie therefore feels it to be an awk- II ward and a ratliei ungraceful tiling to say tl that tlie positively declines the position, N and would not serve if elected. Yet, if the ir ......... t < i i-.Mniiuca Hi-tc m-iiHui, n? wouui ieei compelled to say so, if nothing else would relieve sc him from the dilemma. He i* grieved to tl In? placed in the attitude of even seeming to in spurn what he knows is proffered in kind- pi ness. Hut he cannot allow any delicacy of di that sort to interfere with his positive and in maturely fonnrd determination. He has ei been open and candid nnd decided about fo this matter from the first, and, whatever tli happens, wishes to have no appennrnco of hi double-dealing. He has explicitly refused w to be a candidate to every one who litu* ct written to him, and with assurances of til warm regard to liis Irieuds, still continue to tli do so. ill We have thus given the substance of the th letter alluded to, partly in the writer's own m words. In reference to the assertion that ui he '"would not serve if elected,1* wo take the fo liberty of quoting precisely what he says of of it: "Unless it is absolutely necessary. I w don,t wish to say that in print, as it. might fo give great otftnee ; but I bog you will let ei it be known to the proper quarters. And ly I give you authority to" print it. if vou tli iliink it' required by (lie exigency." We tii have done m>, nor <li? we conceive that any fr truefrieiids of the General will take uni- oi hrnge at it.' Tlu-y will perceive his feelings * and admire the independence of his senti- fin inentR. lie is now in his fiftieth year, when or to deprecate contention ix hoth natural and. a. proper. Our ta ins'wUhes attend him for pt a coniipuauce of his health and happiness, di t . Edgefield Aadwrtiaer. ?h _Tpe Seauch'La^f of ViitoisrA.? The Sflurfcte of Mnw>sa<-husettrt has passed a re- ?f solve, on the petition of Levi Baker and of* ?r 'fitters, to l?t the constitutionality of tlie !'* Ihw of Virginia which require* that no ves nel owned wholly, or in part, without flint n" >Smte, and bound to nnv |?ort North of Ihe .? Oajfeaof Virginia, shftlldcp>-.rt wit hot it under- " go'U ?nn in-pectiou, and receiving a certificate V? tliat effect, - Chpt. Biifeer, wlio ha* pawned 10 theoccnpHtion of a c.oa?ter, for tlie lust A iwi-iity-ftvu wars left Norfolk, on the first l<| of la?1 AtigiMt, in disregard of the Ihw, but 1L ign'omiit, n* alleged, that any taw had . been violated. On hts return, the .vessel "V was seized. - , V* He deelirted4o pay' the penalty detnAnd- t ' ed<of1iinv aw the condition of releasing' his . vessel, and offered to giro,a. satisfactory. m l>ond for any sum wlik-h might ie reqirir? j" ed, in order to relieve his vessel., frojrw 'If:'. *:? rest, w> that he tnight:trv his right' by tna-, ? ivmjjj (no ut-ranue m %<jje ijoun* PO^ . tlmi km wfiwl <wt>M Jjot be bonded unlit the pitting oiFtlie Cour>?.:|kffn 4^? J** li^ld^tftsMkq |i?i>f<?4?f tijrrt ftndn kwlfiflbfttfws . It Sm%*M m tjtfr prosecution or ikfe *M \ ' tlttf llrd imaLoftStjOO"*W Hpprnpriatecfby ^ a re$?l^of-''U|e,8?^g^< ., %/iDtti *I|? Jf* 5S mill UMU.I* iHiyi iwpvy frbm HuUifUlio nHhriertt rHory<ik' qotn?Hnd f?rnabefrrtrtf irodipif '16 [From tbe "StnteB.") The National Hotel Pollening. It is high time that some thorough invesgntion should bo made into tlio causes of io recent sh-kness at the National Hotel, t seems as though n.great abiding calamity ad fallen upon the^ciiy of Washington, [any noble lives have been sacrificed, one f the largest hotels in the city has been losed, and tbe usual influx of strangers to lis place in deterred and kept away. In 10 meantime, the whole affair is shrouded i darkness. There has been as yet 110 apt [ilutatioti of the invsterv. The vitsfiinw me awny in ignorance of I he cau?e, and l-'dicn! (skill professes its inability.to classify lie disease. Wo do not wish to blame tlie Washing* jn Board of health for cither its action or its ecision in tiie matter. We know tlmt that 5onrd is composed of men who have the true nterests of the city at hear t; and we believe iat their decision iy?*s as full as possible ndcr the evidence; but we respectfully ubinit tlint the evidence was entirely insuihi?<nt.? Investigations were commenced to Mablish the certainty of a presumed opinio. The testimony shught and tlie exatniatiotis made seem to have be<?? rather ex ?ne in tUeir character. The starting point r?s wrong, anil the conclusion wus uecessariy the mine. Whether the National Hotel was or was ot defective*, has noihiiis;'to do with tho nmediate question. Defective sewerage lust always pl-oduce general ill-hcnltli^ but , was npt the cause of the sickness Ht the rational. . Physicians, tell us, thiitc,in all ases of iniasmatio affection?in nil " cases hi rhich the petiout suffers from foul air tor nwhotesome stenches?a change,of place nly is required to move the effects. -Nature ecu vers herself so soon as she escapes from lie deleterious influences. But, in the presnt case,*each and even* one of the victims >iiiv> reniiiig uie nniei ; ana Duuy of thein died, on returning to their ioiucs, after a lapse of time that would ltHve ompleU-fy obliterated every trace of a miasiHtic attack. It appeurd from the evidence that' nnumer of drowned rats were discovered in -the istern of Lite hotel, lint this fact throws ' ery little additional light oil the subject. Ve have known such occurrences iu many otels, in many private houses, and, indeed, i nearly all establishments where large ois;rns are kept ; and yet the effects have ever been anything more than temporary. . was after the rats had been rtfittoved, /Ind le water renewed in the cisterns .of the ational, that the sickness raged with so luch vigor. We have looked, with deep interest, into mieoi Hie circumstances connected will* lis fcingtilttr ntiair. All tlie testimony tliat *s fallen under our ' observation goes to rove tlmt. the sickness resulted.either from iuking the water of the hotel, or from eatg at its table. The waiter nt the ladies' ill unco declared that, having been on duty r many huurs without food, lie went into e kitchen and look a small plate of soup, id tliat" he was Shortly afterwards attacked itli violent pains aud pajoxysips, which infilled him to his bed for days, ^oat of e pliy-sicians in attendance on natienia at. ie hotel concur iu th? statement that nil o symptoms indicated/wmm taken into e stomach. Under this theory the whole atler may be explained. If poison" wis ixed, in greater 01' less qnahtltiv^with the od ; 6omu persons, of course, $eceiy?d jmore ' it than others. Those who received in oat ere most dangerously'Jll; those who were rtunate enough to avoid thepoisonerj dishes tlier escaped altogether, or Were hut sliphtassailed. Thus, too, tfe can Account for e intermittent nature of the disease. Soiuemes whole days would pass .without anr esli victim ; and then tlte siekness ^.brc-ak it flgnip with rquuWl fgrc?'/ Wi* Wu eanuol refrain, hi this'wtiriecttpn am reprobating tUe-coursajofj ifoy>j?urbal journals tbat may have oonjteijte$)^give false color to $11 is' 'ajfaftr, iblio mind lrbpif^ ici. betray* eithartJic ^ffi^lninlice qciher' eereft fojly. w6}fi^eirtg.'of y' jj louldriotLo ?abt^tccd;Qi^jt the.|irecona^i vei iuion of iia edH^^r 8tan<lg?ad?-,'\Ve | e all aware that the.'falsest reports- bflvo - j leu^in-ulHtedjtlhatythe" Rickni'ss^t^tlrt) < itel has'been ro|Se^gftpted as an ejflaeniie.; d thai pt-r^rly^-a* distaiiiV^Bave lw D ught lo beautiful mnt iopO-, i i an a pl?gnv:KoiiS?> juid Ar&|]ti1sUrr. Whet ht-r the' poi??nv.wa?j ae^iilenfaWj trodneed into the food ; jvmtTier it was reeklens ?yM*m of-the jwholepale slanorh. r . ~ - * "ro*r J r or whfelhfer it Was aiinvd at some parjicr ar liven, inusr, ait ret, ho tind^lt&iftiilHPd. ut esrb of tlieee atip|>rt?Uions ifr, to any e least probable : and there a re-a' lliounil.suppihjotts cirtiiunstiinces (hat may ereaftor be d$vclopedv?*-TFuf astoiindinpf ifwiiwa hrowglu to tlte ^jal Oc tirder PHhnerer. in EhjrfaiK^^fcut *^f?w on the ainee, pmntyiut^ the; -rtfe&arfty: o^ inarmc to^lre dtoovbry oT- th^^ujty^ ViQt . wfotf" l?iy?; C ns- #01 take J^M-oflTi^riaM^r. Jtfr . * ' -