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C3T For all advertisements set in double col- I umn, Fifty per Cent., extra will be added to the bovo rates. DAVIS <k CREWS, For lianvcr ; I LEE Si WILSON, For Press. MISCELLANY. IIohseback Riding.?N. P. Willi*, in one of his "Invalid Letters," thus speaks of the therapeutic virtues of horseback riding ; It was a secret which I did not discover t I .% .... - py uooks ; lliai exercise, with the lops of a ! horse to do work, distributes tlie blood's fullness and refreshness to the extremities ; but tlmt exercise witli your own legs to do the work draws the fullness and freshness from the extremities to the centre. Life and strength, that is to say, are centrifugal, if you exercise on horseback?centripetal, ifyou exercise on foot. To test this, you have only to do the two things. But look in the gla*s, when yon return from a ride in the saddle, and you will see that the hollows under your eyes are filled and freshened in color, or that the incipient lines in your face, (for I presume I am addressing a middle aged,* charming woman.) have disnp- i peared wholly, or become indistinct. Then look in the glass on your return from a ttallr #\f AAIIq! flvoiviic/i t.rt.. ?*.:u ? v. ? %1'MM flllU ^uu will mm; just tlie contrary?your eves sunken ami ihe lines of your face deepened with the fatigue. Or still more demonstrative?coinpare the fresh colored fulness of your hands and fingers1 ends, after the one exercise, with their dragged and depleted spareness after the other. A recognition of the same fart my be Been in the advice given by medical books to literary m*-n?or men whose brains are overworked by prolonged attention of any kind. . ''Avoid walking as an exercise." And the rea-on given is "that the concentrated exertion at the hips and loins of the jicueMiam jhui uirecuy upon tlie forces of the spine which sustains the brain." And it is nature's rallying law?of falling in '-recrHrting power from the extremities to supply the demand upon the centre of the system, which equally robs the brain, the face and the hands of their proportionate supply of fulness. Your beauty, madam, merely pays its recruiting lax with the rest. LonD Napier, by his unostentatious politeness and freedom from those foreign assumptions obnoxious to republicans, is win mug goHien opinions iroin all those who liave business with liim. Yesteida)' the following rather amusing incident transpired :?Two gentlemen, from Texas, (one of whom is well known in political circles, ami the other more familiar with the music, of nature than the etiquette of diplomacy,) cabled at the embassy to get some patent documents authenticated. Our rustic friend and''his companion were introduced to n.y Jord instead ofliis secretary as was expect-, ed& >iuid, after the business was duly transacted Lord Napier instituted a series of interroffHtoriiiB ns tr> tlio n ? ...w vyiimiciuinii MICIrtI and agrivullurnl affairs of Texas. These vrerfl duly responded to by the worthy but unpolished applicant, in his off-hand manner, interspeised with pome characteristic jokes by w??y of a more perfect illustration. The interview lasted upwards of half hour, notwithstatftMng several attempts by the visitors to depart; but his lordship at each successive attempt would propound sorao new question which caused another attention. After having finally made their exit, aU? ?.-4I wib geimeman wno introduced them inquired bo#-, they liked Lord Napier. Didn't see him," replied M., "but his Secretary vm -rcUver feller." That was Lord Napier, himself," responded the other. "That Lord Napier f By-?1-, If he'll come to Texu we'll elect htm to Cpog/rew.." Washington Cor. Bait. Amir. Instead of "I enjdy bud beaUh,*^say My health is not good." Instead of "My clothes hare become too small for me," say I have grown too stout for my clotbea. [From the Edgefield Advertiser!] Leaves Stolon from Somebody's Journa'. i Friday Morning, May, 185.?The ? spring, with its myriad ot'flower-lives, bird- i voices, and sun-beam-arches, is with us ) again. So come to the "Feast of tho Roses,I all yo spirits of air, wood, water, sky, and | of human kind, and let us drink a deep i health-cup to genial spring; for lovely is t her presence unto lis, and '"beautiful upon < the mountains are the feet of those who ( come with glad tidings." Ay, the fresh I snr ana me green earth ; the (jc-autiful sky. j . j :it)d the music of the woods, have already j l <lone wonders with tne "big tigly" within. I I Away with moping over the fire, and grave I Reals in the corner; away with all of t Jack Frost's rough tricks ; we shall have ? nothing now hut sunlight and the flow- j ers, and things that arc good for the soul. I (Jood humor reigns Mip'eme this morning, t In the outer woild all seem* glad, and in j u the bright skv over the spiritual land,! see j s not a cloud. O, this May-morning sun-j 1 shine of the spit it, is glorious ? I feel like : li ...... I.: r . I I' > - ? nin'UTimijj loim my naiKls, in irioniliy greet- v ing, to every soul in tlie land. Especially c do I send my love out upon the winds to (I my sweet friends, Fannie, Mary and Undine ; li Lina nnd Carl. If tliev were by my side h now I would tell tliom as the Germans do, m that "my heart, and the sea, and the liea- a vi'iis, !ire melting away with love." Out of all that is beautiful and comforting, within o and without; nnd now, whilst the heart is l< overflowing with gladness, and is willing to s' open itself to others ;?whilst the soul-fires I: burn so brightly upon the hearth-stone of b the Inner IIoii>e, we might, perchance be w able to add another exquisitely fitting stone, u 10 me soul's temple, wlucli we are so eager tl to build for ourselves. Ay, they had better d come now ; for this happy feeling may be tl gone, long ere I see them, aud then our h grasp will be cold and feeble. When am I J a to see them ? Answer me, ye Fates. ? IIow long must I wait f O, evermore, C and forever more, must 1 stand at the beautiful gate" of llope ? ft Speakincr of the dear ones, Lina and Carl, ! ^ and thinking of their beautiful love for | V each other, causes me to have a half formed ! 11 wish (?) that I too had a Carl. I wonder I what I shall do with him ! ! 1 guess I " I should love him as Lina does, with all my heart and soul. I>o yon recall Emmer- a son's F>say npon Friendship ? There is a ^ little extract, from it that I remember to have read in Miss Bremer's "Homes in * America." sonif. livn v#.nr? tinno It '< tlius : "A friend is a person with whom I '' may ho sincere. Before h?m T may think ; nlond ; I am arrived at last in the presence i of a man so real, so equal, that I drop even I' those undermost garments of dissimula- e' lion, courtesy, and second thought which a men never put off ; and may deal with him e with the simplicity and wholeness with <:: which one chemical atom meets another.'* '' Thus I was journalizing at ten this morn- tf ing. ami no doubt I should soon have hcen R1 as deep into the mysteries of our social hein if, as ever \Val?lo Emmerson was ; per]iups I should have "compassed sea and '' land" with Miss Bremer and Margaret a Fuller, not to mention some half dozen othijr rri ft /'/I cniritc u-tins/* ?!.* S h-..- (r...?o ???.?/.-? TTWI AO ??? V Ull I IK" ; table beside me. Indeed there is no toll- ,l in?j what I might have done, had not just ^ then two little rog'iish eyes mot my own and a |?air of tiny hands, so soft and white ' as n snowy dove's wing. thrust themselves u wide open upon the page before me. "Tome, tousin Bertie,"said Jamie Hilton, *( the owner of these impudent hands anil eyes?a little cousin who sojourned with ^ Us?"Uncle says you must hear mine les- ~ st?n and thereupon l^e began, his voice, " pitched in the sky of .five sharps?"d-e-de- " b-a-s-e-base ; i-n-in*?-a-s-e-oase, incase," " &e. &c. Then cime our little meta-sister. IV :.t i i* ? ' wiiii ner reauing lesson: "i?am?a?cat " ?I?can?<r-n-l-li"?'*jS'o, no, no," said I a ?"well," and she began again; "ca-t-e-hcatch?a?rut?and-1-#?can?get?you '' Sir?Fly?iF?you?drk-- not?go?too? ^ far?up?into?l he?air." I Could not help laughing at their Bingsong emphasis, hut fpy thoughts 6toppeil ^ not here. I had not heard children lead " since I was a child. "Tt carried me hack to years of liarc feet, big-aprons, apd old 6eld c schools ; when a wee tocldlin thing, I went lo Mount Prospect School. Then associ- ^ ations came a thousand fold. In a twink- j* ling, I was transformed from a quiet, sedate young lady of twenty summers, into a wild, merry child of six or seven. All along 0 the old school path from our own big gate , at the end or the lane, to the same old log scliool-liouse^Lwfenf with tiftjaucket on one arm, and wilB*r^;ofcheriftffd I swung my . bag of hooks ftlofc'ioto the nir. And what 1 a race I had from Mr. Pollard's cows ; I am sure, "I wished them in the buttom of ^ the red sea." But I did not forget to steal ' by the old plum thicket and tilling my " pocket with the yellow and Rcarlet fruit, jumped over Mr. Pollard's orchard fence ' which was "hard by," shook the trees which were so heavy with red-ripe June ap pies ; and after cramming my pockets, sleeves (!) and apron willi them, got quick- j ly into the path again, and 'started once more on my-way to school. I looked up ^ at ttie suu and judging from it, and my own ip^inaliott to play., that it was scarcely eight oVlock, and seeing .our playground near, I thought I would run over just a little while and see if all was right at our play house. Away I scampered, over stumps, 1 ditches,and stones; through briar-patches 1 unr) Kr/iAmoA^(TA tA I }|A AVttrlflAtinrv ruin r\f t pantalets and skirt hems ; and in a mo- | inent ?stood beside it. Bat Tribulation! ' and "ob I angels of mercy defend ! 1.1; 1 There it was,the whole ofit in^ruins. The ' hogs had uprooted all of the Jjreen grass ( tVoin the floor, oyer turnfed alf the'pretty 1 rock seats, and even optet oureoperb Stamp- 1 bureau, and sid<*bpard, which only y ester- ' dv groaned bentfath .the weight of giaM fukJ ailver plate, that we haa f<St Month? ') bc?n gathering from among the- broken ' ware* at home.. Not obly this, but the r eow4? true! monsters, had pctflad down.aa'1 eateft tjp?all the petthnmon ^Mkhes, whTct. | ] 3 .... t. . _ 4 7 ik if'mgrr. i nnt-' ^ . u we had hung on poles tapestry fashion around our rooms, to serve as walls. Manila of Flanders could not have felt better satisfied and more self-complacent, whet: razing on her splendid Bayenx tapestry, hail we did when wo had finished a new alay-liousc* thus decorated. I was just gong to drive up the stakes and re-arrange he whole, when I espied on the hill just opposite, that wild, mischievous Bill Nichjls, and heard him calling out in his stento- i ian voice, Hooks ! Books ! Well, thought < I, I will wait now until playtime, and lien I shall get Carrie Glenn, Betlie Gra* I lain and Amanda Nichols to come and i lelp me fix it up again. "You had better i omo along Bertha Chathamsaid Bill < N ichols to me, or "Mr. Buchanan will give < oil a very unwelcome greeting." Meekly i stepped in at the doorwav, went behind j he door to sit down my bucket and hang < ip my bonnet, and was about to take my < eat with the other girls, when up came Mr. i Buchanan, with a face looking very much i >ke that of a storm king, and just as he , r.r....1 I 1 ?: !- - ??.v? ..1^ iv/ untvuiac uij' UiliKt WUII II crtain, long narrow board?I awoke from liis short second childhood, to find that the til*' urchins, Jamie and Mela had fled and . ft nut to in}' visions. I cannot say that I ishcd theiu back ; so I began to dream gain. And what, I a^ in nil sincerity, has beome of those who went with us to the old >g school-house ? Where dwell those weet faces ? Who now hears the glad tighter which then rivalled the moe.king ird in sweetness and melody. Where now ander the little feet that used to have with s in all the brooklets for two miles around ic old plav ground ? Into what streams o they paddle now ? Where are all of liose little blue and bb.ek eves, that wo ave seen sparkle so often ? With what re those tin}' hands busied now, that we ><. <1 10 grasp ?very morning 01 ilio year 1 j ), tell me of them all ? I Then it was, I heard a voice, as it wore, t mil the clouds pay, "and wouldst thou i now of all these things again ?" I looked i p and there stood before me a young girl i <?m tlie land of spirits. A while I stood * nlrant-od wiili her garments of white, and i er brow of dazzling light. I looked into t lie soft blue ryes, saw her radiant smile; f nd then I knew, that it was the spirit ? >rm of sweet Canie Glenn, that had come ! a > visit mo in this hour of remembrance, t I had been six years since she went to her i jng home?to "the undiscovered country, t uui wmw t>uuiuu no Havener returns." t In a voire sweet anil low, she said to mo, mourn not, mourn not for the past ? We laved together in earth's childhood?li^tonii to the same hir.ls voices?gathered fruits nd flowers from tlie same gardens?play- ' 1 on the same grass-plots ; now, that you nil to mind the early days, you miss me otn the old playground. I cannot come i you now, except in spirit ; but the good, vect child, and we shall meet again, face ) face, in the beautiful land where the Ilessen dwell. Together we shall wander and in hand, upon the shores of Paradise ; ml if you wish for flowers, we will gather >aises and wild Hoses in heavenly groves, o saying, she shook the morning dew om her plumes and winged her flight ark to the land of spirits. *... Now, as we turn over the lejtyes of the enrt, we see a sweet prayerful face, in hose darkjtd reaming eyeft, there is soniciing thoughtful and serious. It looks like f IIIIC f-tlll'l-illl otlil coorr>o Kunll-I^t I"- } ? the pure waters of Pence and Love. t ucli was Dot tie GVaham amongst up tfifen t -in childhood. In a little brown cottage, , n one of the sloping hillsides of old Edge- j eld District, amid a <Igv?;ly oak grove, | wells tins mate. A h%>py homers -hers, ith Father and Mother, brothers and sis- j srs. Pleasant be her stay amongst us ; nd soothing be her evening songs. ] In happy contrast to this &ol>t*r child of , longht, stands out upon the heart's canvass, ( ie ruund fae.ed, rosy cheeked Amanda ( richols. Well do we remember in- days, t long syne." how we used to stnnrl in ili? ard at old Mount Prospect school-house, | nd gaze down the sunny hillside that we t light catch the first glimpse of her as she f tune trudging along, bearing her basket f iled to the top with juicy apples whose ? heeks'were as rosy as any Dutch ghTs, j rimson cherries and golden plums. Then , ow wo clung to her and begged for a dioribution oj.the/ruits. "O, for those glorius daysof the past!" She brings Hesperian fruits to us no laufer. but dwells not fHrfrntn II* in a Kntu flTcottage, with a loving husband and ( 11roe pretty little Immortals to bless her ' omc. f Besides tliese, there is a great merry' naking band, whoso names are somewhat jrgotten, but whose faces look likeburlished gold in our "heart of hearts*" * ' But what has gone wifch all of that wild, ogui?h lot of boys ? O, how they used 4o 1 ease .and worry us with their "hide and 1 eek, fishing tackles, and ball ?" W? know if a few homes made happy by them ; of 1 ithers, we have not heard in a long while, t would be pleasant to meet them after- J 'ears of separation ; but we shall all be ' lathered together never again, except in ?teri!til Lauds. CORNEILLE. A Crow Hunt.?The crow have been inusually mischievous, pulling up the c^sn his Spring. The other day Mr. M. called o ppt-n d a dny or two with us, and m we leard of hh? extraordinary exploit* ' in kiting crows, we suggest that hit services in hat line would do acceptable upon our arm. Accordingly, after we had gotten >ur dinner, off wts took a stroU-^ipto *tt}e voods, attended by a doilble baftjljkl -guo* ' jaS&?#*MPp?$' "Now I #tU g^*#Abis thick U. Horn bush, and 6**qmL your- j telfbebiod tbat wyoine.. *. p + < ?_> L * ' .tj) , ' Be/Uw>ysbu?y; the mo?e a tt>aoao6omrfwbw, tlt.foore' good 'he mpj do. ,? -... . ? ... The Shipping Interest. Advantage has been taken of tho depres- 1 sed condition of the shipping trade with t European ports, to strike a Wow at tlie i commercial standing of houses interested in a that department of commerce. Consider- t ing that the attack was preceded by a long Ii bombardment of the Railroad interest, and s an unscrupulous assault upon the Dry Goods d trade ,it is scarcely worth while to devote any v serious attention to a refutation of the hust calumny. That the vessels engage in freight- g ing between this country and Europe have s found the business unremunerative for several v months, is unquestionably true, and it is also h Irue that the same state of alfairs has fie- n quently existed before, and yet in the natural t' jourse of things the business has revived, p ?nd a few weeks of prosperity have made I ll.n -.1- \\7- I -e ...u .W.OX.O VI IIIVMIlllO. It O MIUW U1 O' me vessel tliat cost one hundred and thirty- si -*ight thousand dollars, and in two years and w i half returned to her owners one hundred md thirty-six thousand doll-ire of nett profit. t< Another ship, and perhaps the largest afloat, " cleared her entire cost while serving as a o .ransport during the Russian war. Those I)wners can surely afford to endure a few ei nonf lis of "hard times."?There is no branch c )f business that is stronger than the ship- si >ing interest. The vessels are generally i* ?wned in fractions varying from quarters to p hirty-seconds, and these shares are distribut- si :d among capitalists, retired captains, sail- v Tiakers, rope-makers, timber growers, and '? arious others who, from experience or ob- ? ervation, have confidence in the certain >rofit resulting from that branch of comnerce, for any term covering a period of five ,'ears. The merchant whose name is con- P lected with the ship is uniformly the last " o lose money by her, for his commissions 01 m the business of the vessel will frequently '' sover the loss which his share?one-einht. e< )erhaps?may be liable for. In many resK-cts the chances of ihe ship owner resem- 81 >le those of tlie farmer who sometimes has ' >ne bad season, and occasionally even two a' n succession, but whose business is never- w heless sure, and whose profits for a term of u rears certain. It is not true, however, that P it the present time all ship-owners aro los- w ng money. Vessels on long voyages are J' generally doing well. Wo know of one irm who control five ehips, and four of them ^ ire on voyages the proceeds of which will imount to one hundred and seventy seven 'f kousand seven hundred dollars. When '* l.- _t.:~ ? 1 iiu &jnji owners, as a c.iass, Decome lnsol- l" 'ent, we shall certainly expect tho far- S ners will become bankrupt. st Courier & Enquirer. s< d Modesof lilmtiab.?Modes nnd places ^ >f burial liavo an historical significance. t Hie pyre of the Greeks and Roman!*, the ^ embalming process of the Egyptians, the ( uneral piles of Hindoo superstition, and ^ hose baik stagings, curiously regarded by Mississippi voyagers where Indian corpses ire exposed to '.he elements,?the old cross- ^ road interment of the suicide,?the inhuma- j lion of the early patriarchs and Christians, ill symbolize eras and creeds. Tho lying- ^ n-state of the royal defunct, the sable catifaloiie of the Catholifi ?li? buIhi^o >ver I lie warrior's grave, the "Day of the w lead" celebrated in the Southern Europe, ^ lie eulogies in-French cemunterieSf the sub- 0 ime ritual of the Establishment^ and the tt silent prayers of the Friends, requiems, pro- a -.essions, emblems, inscriptions, badges, nnd j( uneral garlands, mark faith, natiolii^rank, ind profession at the very gntes of the sep- p ilelne. Vain is the sceptic's sneer, iVseless (] he utilitarian'* protest;-by those poor tribites the heart uttari^irs undying regret and ts immortal prophesies, though "mummy (j las become merchandize," and to be "but (j >vramidicallv extent is a fallacy in flura ^ ? t a ion for, as the samOi religious philoso- sj >her of Norwich declared. '"It is the lieav- n es?stone that melancholy can throw at a n nan, to tell him that he ia at the end of his ,j jature ;'^and^herefore, the grim Tus- w aii's Ilell, tho souls of those who denied ,] heir immortality when in Jtbe flesh, are ?j >hut up through eternity in living tombs. a [low tlie idea of a local abode for the mor- e al remains is hallowed in our nature, is re- q ilized in the pathos wbiuh closes the noble c tnd sacred life of the Il'ibrew law-giver : t 'And he buried him in the valley of the r. and of Moab, over against Beth poer ; but io man knoweth of his sepulchre until this lay.?H. T. Tucker man, ft tl A word to little Oirla. f, Who ib lovely ? It is tliat little girl who t< jrops sweet word#, kind remarks, mid pleas- g int smiles, as she passes along ; who has d \ kind word of sympathy for every girl or I coy she meets in trouble, and a kind hand n lo help her companion out of difficulty; y who never scowls, never contends, never i| Leases her mates, nor seek in any other t way to diminish, hut always to increase h Lheir happiness. Would it not please you t to pick up a string of pearls, drop9 of gold, s diamonds and precious stones, ns you pass v rtloncr the street ? But these nra the trim pearls and precious stones which can never f] i>o lost. Take the hand of the. friendless, b Smile on the sad and dejected. Sympa- e thize with those in trouble. Strive every- * ivher to diffuse ground you sunshine aud t ioy*"~ ' , ' ? ITyou do this you will be sure to be loved. Dr. Doddrige one day attked his little girl why it was that every body loved J bef. "I know not," replied she, 'unless it t be that I love every body." This is the true secret ofJL?ing loved. MHe tbat hath t friend??' say Spomon, "must show hirtoetf t friendly^ Love begets love. If you love r otheralUiey cannot help loving. 700. So, a then, 40 not put on % scowl, fretfully "com- I plain tb^t nobody loyes - you. If nobody |U it W, jour own fault,, Either you do not makeydut?el(Jovely by a sweet, ? winning temper, and kind; winning w^ys J or ^ou do not love ttrttae of whom you ' oompUtDv y * 1 m. ; f-,# | .'"JSfjtdipt run away with joorwik," Mud H om(Hai^tb another, "hn potfttaf T fcrtriy pHf Ut Md mMaf f . ... lda?T 1(1 fill Walhalla.?This place, within the imits, contains now a population of four uindred or more ; and is rapidly increasng. A few years hack it was only a grove ; ind, if then, one had predicted that soon here would ho a flourishing town built lere he would have been regarded as inane. But so it i?, and those who may oubt can have their doubts removed by a isit to our place. Houses go up and are finished as by maic ; to-day, you see a pile of lumber in the Lreets, to-morrow a house is raised, and ere fe know, it is occupied. We have not ad the opportunity to ascertain the exact umber of stores, but it is not short of welve, all of whom seem to have a good atronage, and have good stocks of goods. Iotels are well kept, of which there are 'Veral. and offer everv inducement fnr ummer in good fare, pure air and cold rater, witli cheap boardinp. Two flourishing schools are within the >wii, one under the charge of Mr. Craler?which we have not yet visited?the ther under the charge of the Rev. Mr. tansemcr, being a thorough classical ao.admy, in which the English, dead and modrn languages are taught. We would purie our notice further, but have been promied a history of the rise and start of the lace by one well posted?suffice, it to ?y, spend a few days at our town, and ou will, like the Queen who visited Solo ion, exclaim. The half has not been told ie."? \\rulhalla Banner. Treasure Trove.?Mr. B<-nj. S. Dey, of iurotuck County, North Carolina, while lotighiug in his field, a few days ago, dug p a pile of old Spanish gold and silver oin to the amount of about six thousand ollars. It is supposed to have been buri1 during the revolution?and the acci ent that le?l to tlio discovery was most ngnlar. It appears that an old pir tree ad fallen near the fence of Mr. D.'s farm, n<l one of the branches stuck?in tlio spot here Lite money was found. As the tree as an obstruction to tlio.se engaged in longhing, it was raised from its position, 'lien it was discovered that tlio old branch ad several pieces of tho coin sticking to They then went to work and dug own to the depth of about four feet, when ley were startled by the discovery of this irge amount of money. Every eve that joked upon the shiners, we aie told, beanie as big as moons ; and one of the neroes who assisted in raising the tree on jeing the money sticking to the limb, was t amazed at the sight, lie hallowed out, Why, Massn Dey, wlmt am dat?I woner if he grow dar ? Well, well, dis am e fns time I eber seed money growin on he pine tree." A yoke of oxen was soon itched to the treasure,and it was carried > the house of Mr. L)., where it can now e seen. This we assure our readers is no hoax ; nd it in'her gives credence to tho tradion that there was money deposited on tat part of the coast by Blackbeard, tho irate.?Norfolk Herald. Imitation of Phecioi'9 Stones.?A ew era is about to commence in the world 'ith regard to the vnlue of precious stones. ,t a late meeting of the French Academy f Science, M. Gaudin who has experimenjd for twenty years on tho production of rlificial precious stones, made a report of is success. The Moniteur savs : The irniralions of the ruby?(he most recious of all stones?have reached a rare egree of beauty and utility ; for it is presired by competent watchmakers as pivots >r watches, to the real ruby, being equally, urable and much harder. Monsieur Gnuin hopes and expects to be able to prouce the ruby ami sapphire of a sufficient ze to be used in the manufacture of chroometersand clocks. There are a great lany shops in Paris devoted entirely to le ftalo of false jewels, the windows of rliich presents as brilliant Appearance as lioseof the most magnificent bijouter*. 'he rarest designs and elegant mountains re copied in the imitations. The price of nch of the stones prepared by Monsieur raudin will not excepd I franc; this will nable the trnde of Paris to offer them to heir customers at a wonderfully cbenp ate." Refreshing.? It is perfectly refreshing t this time to have a good joke. When lie freshet hns done its work, tfie pencil crop tiled, all the "Bull ace" vines pulled down > make hoops, and no prospect of corn, a ood joke is perfectly relished. Soine few avs ago as the train One the Cheraw* and Arlington Railroad was coming up, and flaking time in a 2.40 style, an old negro 7as seen on the track waving his bands as P in rrrnnfr /IioImoo Tim Wfi? ucfkiciMt AUU *A?IIVI UV." or put down the brakes, turned off the steam, nd stopped the train; the passengers were on he alert, the engineers and firemen the perunification of curiosity, when the old negro ralked up with an air as if he had1 done ' he Road a great favor, and with a sejf-grati- , ied look, aaid, uMa-a?ter, dorit you want to ( uy a Cooler?" Passenger*, conductor, i mgineers,- ail let off steam, and not a word vas said from there toCheraw. If you want j o get a fight on your 1>aod, go to the depot nd say 44 Cooler?Pee Dee Herald: Death of a Scholar from a "Whip inq.?The Newark Daily Advertiser says huta boy in one of the public schools in Newark was'whipperf A-few days &jnce' ^y he teftcber, who hefcU hisiieSd down ba?. ween his knees while he infli&edlNife polish- , nefit. The holding ihe b^downw?tf.ere> ited a rush oT blood. to* the.. h**d 6autipg??rain fever; sod deeUv-ffttw d^sjl&erwva Sum w lu^ed what be thoogftt'tf ^ba iffect of hot drftjke. fn ihe ' flwt IriDbs wr^id he, r*? iu>d poflee^ iwj?< if* ItyHfitf jr i MHtchy. wheo it is ?efjjbot tndeed*, %od t%r wm, ^elicTaa iC^iVSt 'mpa?y'li " ? -0.^. ^ -.V-. ,- , ^ [for Till -ndkpkxdknt FBKS?.] Pleasures of Memory. I'll sing the joys which memory brings, While eitting at my cottnge door, I'll own a spell she o'er me flings Which few have ever sung before. I'll sing of joys, of friendship's charm Around my heart, in "AuM lan-.; syne I'll sing of memories true and warm ; I'll sing my thoughts which brigtly si "This witching lieur" does softly steal All thoughts of future days from me ; It bears mc backward, and 1 feel Content to dwell with memory. Avaunt I ye hopes, ye all delude? v,. -i.:-- i? i * m v n>iiug i,u icu-u pyur mull HSiray ; Away 1 nor now oil me intrude, I'll be no slave to your false swny. My sports in chldhood now are s<?ea In tliy true glass?Oh! memory dear My rambles through the woodland gree And bubbling brooks?so pure, so clef My home, my lmppy childhood's homo Is loomiug up to me as bright As fairy tale in magic tome ; Oh I tell me, is not ibis delight? Spirits of memory, ye nre now Communing kindly with my soul; Ye stand to bathe an aching brow ; Ye come, awuy my carcs to roll ; Ye speak so glad of old oak trees Whose quiet shades did shelter give ; Ye speak of spring's mild evening breea When my young heart did joyous li\ Dear memory hail thy, muse I woo Unto my breast?wilt thou remain One wish to grant ? my theme imbue With colors such, as uone disdain. Bleat memory, linger 'bout my heart In all thy hintA of ruiubow light; Oh ! linger, nor from nie yet part, Till 1 portray thy diamonds bright. My friends were precious gonfa to me Th.it made my life glide smooth along; They knew naught of iuconstaucy, But truth and trust made glad their ? Their minds were early taught to love The truth, with all her sisters mild : Tliey knew that God in Heaven above, Had never looked on siu and smiled. These friends were to their friends all tr And if from me, they secret heard ; You might os soon expect to view Mount Etna's depths, as learn one woi No blighting health my cheek did blowNo Judus-kisses touched my lip ; My hand wns never clasped by Joe? No poison'd cup had 1 to sip. No freezing look of cold disdain Did ever cause one tear to fall ; The}' never gave the slightest pain In these sweet dnys?no none at alL Oh ! Mary, ray own cousin friend, Thy spirit young did take its flight* While guarded angels did attend Thy passage up to Heavenly light Thy sweef, dear face, my long tried frier I ne'er on earth shall nee again ; Thy life below has had its end, For nought could here thy soul detain. Thy bright enreer on earth is o'er, Which wrung my heart with sad regre And I shall clasp thy form no more ; Bnt can I ever thee forget I Forget thee I no, while feelings last, Aud I may yet be bowed with years ; Thy image will I, still hold fast 'Mid wealthy ease, or toilsome cares. Time cbaetens grief, and o'er us throws A sdell bo softened kwpnt and mild That we can calmly think on woes. Which once have heaved with anguish' Stern Pealh, full often has embraced' The friends moat cherished of my sou But times or scenes havo never chased Their itnago from my mind's control. Bat years have sped since t have felt The pangs which rend a tortured br< Still, times there were, when I have km And prayed to die an d be at rest. Yet, to my theme, I still am true, Still to the heart my memory bring* A picture pleasing to my view? Her glass shows none?but swecten'd st Indulgent past! to me so kind . * While in thy lights I sea some sljado; Tis cheering, grateful to the mia$H*f To think ou friends wlio've nover s'tra Xhecharm difoolves^'tis fit that I Should from thy mirror turn me rouo I've turn'd, but yet 'twas with a sigh, For Oh I the past is hallowed ground, Lu Woodland, May 10, 1t857. Death of Jambs Boatwiuoht.-Es This venerable citizen, who baa long considered one of the pnrlrinrulial landm of Columbia, has. passed away. At a Bin! mellow ago, exceeding four-score y he baa been gHthered to JbiH fathers?I ing with him i!je nppect'aud eateem o whole community. Long identified the crowing interests of Columbia, be lived *o see hefe^pW?ion into? citj beautiful proneruODS fnd o<?<:upying jr position. Orrery enterprise conni with her advancement, he baa been a l at adVoci^te, and in buiiness he ba* t*een reaay 10 neip tne inpaptrious nee^<aa?aUnce. A 'mechanic of the iatera?e*oo and much skit),he earlj oame proinlneoriy knotrft totbe agric ml community by bis- rahiatye impi merits-on cotton gins, and j"3i ^ H? tbe edtideaw^fW* Wdw-dti?&? m wwrnwmwm nU ^pil M ^W^VWfHVIM . ( Bettor than Diamonds. I was standing in the broad, crowded street of a large city. It was n cold winter's dsy. There had been rain ; and although the sun had been shining brightly, yet the long icicles hung from the caves of the houses, and the wheels rumbled loudly as tbey passed over the ground. There was a clear, bright look, and a cold, bracing feeling in the air, and a keen northlne" west wind, which quickened every step. Just then a little child running along?a poor, ill-dad child ; her clothes were scant and threadbare ; she had no cloak and no shawl, and her little bare feet looked red and suffering. She could not liuvn hr?f>n more than eight years old. Shu carried a bundle in her hand. Poor little shivering child ! I pitied her. As she p issed mo her foot slipped, and she fell with a cry of pain ; but she held the bundle tightly in ; her hand, and jumping up, although she m, limped sadly, endeavored to run as before. ir, "Stop ! little girl, stop !" said a sweet, voice, and a beautiful woman, wrapped in a huge shawl and with furs around her came out of a jeweler's store close by. "Poor little child, she said, "are you hurt ? Sit down oh this step and tell me." How I loved her, and how beautiful aha looked ! "Oh, I can not," said the little child, "I can not wait? I am in such a hurry. I have been to the shoemaker's, and mother must finish this work to-night, or she will never get any more shoes to bind." !e? "To-night ?"said the beautiful woman, re* "to-nisht ?" "Yes," said the child?for tlio sfrnngpr'a kind manner had made her bold?"yes for the great ball to-night, and these satiu slip- 1 pers must be spangled ; and?" The beautiful woman took the bundle from the child's hand and unrolled it. You do not know why her face Unshed and then turned pale, but I, yes I, looked into the bundle, and ori the inside of a slipper I saw.-a name?a lady's name written, but I hall not CL'il it. "And where does your mother live, littie girl P fr ~i. -J .1-? UU WIIU V.(lliU LUIU UVI nilUIC I nilU IIIVU 6be told lier that her father was dead, and that her little brother was sick, and that her mother bound shoes thai they might have bread ; but that sometimes they were ue very cold, and that her mother sometimes cried because she had no monej to buy milk for her little brother. And then I saw that the lady's eyes were full of tears ; and she rolled up the bundle quickly, and gave it back to the little girl ; but she gavo her nothing else?no, not even a sixpence, and turning away, went back into the store from which she had just como out. And as she went away 1 saw the glitter of _ AT 1 ? T-> " .1 -1 ? _ . - t 1 a uiamonu pin. a resenuy sue came uac.K, and stopping inlo a handsome carriage rolled otf. The little girl looked after her a luoirient, and with her little hare feet,colder than they were before, ran qickly away. I went with, the little girl, and i saw her to a narrow damp street, and into a small dark room ; I saw her mother?her sad, faded mother, but with a face so sweet, so patient?pushing and soothing a 6ick ,^>aby. ?And the baby slept and the mother 'laid it on her lap; the bundle w'aw unrolled, and a dim caudle help her with her work ; for though it was not night, yet her room was very dark. Then, after awhile, she kiss^ ed her little girl, and bade her warm her poor froze;}, feet over the scanty fire in tha tfrate, aujJ gftve her a liUlevpiece of bread, for she had ho more ; jand then she heard her say her eveding prayer, and folded her tenderly to her bosoiii, blessed her, and^ told her that the augejs would take care of her. And- the little child slept and dreamed?ohl such pleasant djreams?'of warm stockings and new shoes ; but the iiiumor seweu uiuucf . ?nu iu* unguh 6pang)ea glittered on thgsatin slippers,''fr'ame i theraToo repining in .the heart ? tWh'en ,1; ahe Uiot^ht of her chiliTa* .bare, cold feet# and of the Sciijjt m<JV&l of dry bread, that bad not satisfied her hunger, enmo there no visions of a bright room and gorgeous* clothing, and aiable loaded with all that last; was good, a litMS.portyjn of which spared ^ to her would give warmth and confort to her humble dwelling ? If.&uch .thoughts came, and others, of a pleasant cottage, and of one who had dearly loved her, aoli whose strong arm had intra. war?1 ??d trbublo from her and her babes, but who could never come,, back?if these thoughts did not come repiilingly. there'* also ainu an oilier ; and thd widow's v .hands were easped and her head bowed yed. low if deep contrition, as I heard her say, "Father, forgive'ifle, for thou doeatnll things well, and I will trust ro thee." .Just tlieh ' the door opened softly^ and soiij<i bno' efr' tered. Was it ap angel ? Iler dross w^? ppotless white, and shb tuov<# Wifli a noisoJA" k-s? stfcp. She went t^-tfie ijt^'twljcre sleeping dhild lay, ahef eovea>d 4t wMi soft, wftrin blantets^ Then presently ^fire sprfr1' & -?? WWaud bla^fed there, such as the grjite had beeA never known - before. Then a huge 'Jdfcf ,*.w _ ,, '?;<%* was piipu'opoii iue muie, apa iresri mils "P& for tlie babe. Then she;pa*4?tf vgenily be* fe*rB> Ipre the tether t?od drawsttfjhe mj^inuh*** ed+sljpper from hQr hand placed there # *l"?,; parse ot mld, and fiafa to a tofce like mnsw5^; ic: ?Bl?Sa thy GodyVh* U^lbe ttodofihe futharless and J.ba wklov? !"?-and she mm r of gpjfiet only, afc she werffr'Out ?' heard her' j high fitiyf "B?tt?r than diamonds?better than' demands!" Whom could she mean !' V >ber- .| Jooljetl at the motliett With clasped hand* ever and fclrfefttfltng, eye* *b? bleeted her Uod^ <^6 who h%ji 8ii angel to comfort, her. So j lSfe I.weMC-tbe^bd l went to a bright ' rodiny **> wbfcte t^ero wiw music aud daucingt'??& SjU'.w>?tenjtodI Mw-^oarigt bftfoy V tote- focts. aad beautifully drsuod. and saark- x I lfcif Wrib-jewel#, bt? But* tbat I koow'UiH 1 ** lilooe hawed rae vbeae dr*? wa? of iirn ww p&vkiui wt^k onlf * ro*j-baJ tm'HeK *** " totom, sod wbcto ro?*i. mid |ik*? the; ?w?et IrS ? 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