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'2. ^ ^| " i.' D2T0TSD TO LITERATURE, THE ARTS, SCIENCE, AGRICULTURE, NEWS,POLITICS,&C? &C. * ~ ijSr! ..a _ ?* , - *' " ? " ~~ "? ? - ' m ' - , . j. ^ TERMS?TWO DOLLARS FEB ANNUM,] "Let It be Instilled Into the Hearts of your Children that the Liberty of the Press is the Palladium of all your Rights." Juniuit. * [PAYABLE TW ADVABCE1 ^ VOLUME 5---N0.19. ABBEVILLE C. IL, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 11, 1857. WHOLE SUMKHtW^ - , - * .- .vJs&3#? HATES OF ADVERTISING. The Proprietors of the Abbeville Jfauncr and Independent Prem, have established the following rates of Advertising to be charged in both papers : " .livery Advertisement inserted for ale*s time Mian three mopths, will be charged by the insertion at Om Dollar per Square, (1? inch ^-the space of l'isolid lines or less,) for the firstinsertion, and Fifty Cents for each subsequent insertion. {The Commissioner's, Sheriffs, Clerk's and Ordinary's .Advertisements w'" be inserted )u both papers, wwh charging half price. 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Vll nil 6 squares 0 months :?o (in fl squares Tfrllionths ;ti> 00 6 squares 12'months 40 OO T squares 8 months ------ i?5 OO 7 squares 6 months 3f> DO 7 squares 9 ninths 41 00 1 squares-12 months 45 Ou 8 squnrek .3 months ...... 30 00 8 squares "ft months ...... 40 00 8 squares 9. months ...... 40 00 8 squares li months . 50 00 Fractions of Squares will he charged in proportion 1o the above rates. EST Business Carils for the term of one I year, will bo charged in proportion to the 1 : space they uecupy, ul One JJullnr per line space. l-or nn advertisements set m ilonhlr < ??/- 1 whh, Fifty per LV'iiU extra will be added to the 1 above ruled. 1 DAVIS <fc CREWS, J J"or Banner ; , LEE <fc WILSON, i For Prc*x. ' MISCELLANY. Hint to IIongK Df.ai.krp.?Tompkins bought n line horso-'-paid for him. The horse after a ft}# month*, proved to be lame in the right shoulder.. Tompkins was distressed nbout it?tried all sorts of remedies?embrocations, liniment*, Mustang ineluded, under the ' advice of the very best veterinaries, still the Inmeocss was' obstinate, nnd grow rather 1 worse. He became desperate, nnd hit upon ' this device..^ sell the horse. J! > drove an ' iiirlv ten-uerthv nail nlumn into the i-iirht fnr? 1 f'oo? and'lcft it there for ten dnvtf, when lie led the tortf&cd.aainial limping to n neigh? boring blacksmith to be shod. Tlie biackpmitli was a dealer in horses, and quite a joekey in his vjfc After a while Tompkins call- ' cd at the 6hop for his horse. "That's a splendid gelding of yours, Mr. { Tompkins : pity lie is so latne," fciys the blackem it i*. ' rie is, indeed," replied Tompkins; "but lie is very lame, and I am afraid he can't be cured." ^'Perhaps not, and may be ho can," says v uican. "now mucn wouia you ne wining to take fur liim, just as he stands, Mr. Tompkins, money down "Ah, well, I dont know what to eay nhout that, if he is curcd, lie is worth all 1 paid fur liim.and'ifrcn much more ad horses go now, but if his lameness should continue, you see he is worth nothing?not a dollar.'' .? The blacksmith began to chaffer. First he offered $50, then $ 100, and at last $-2oo, for the Animal. Tompkins was persuaded, und accepted IhoTust offer. The money was paid And tha^owe delivered on the H|>ot. "Now," Bays tlio bluekstnith, -'as the barcain is finished, I will be frank with J'ou, Mr. Tompkins, I suppose 1 can tell you what ailed that hojse." / Can yon f said Tompkins ; "well, I shall 9 Va glad to henril. 1 thought 3011 knew all about.it, or you would not have paid so much money for luhi." " . The blacksmith produced the nnil, and ns* sored Tompkins, with apparent satisfaction, that, while paring down the horse's hoofs, he bad found that infernal long piecc of Iron, an.i drawn- it out of the frog of the near fore foot. ? "la that all yon know about it?" Tompkins nuked rery quietly; "All I" replied -the blacksmith ; "All ! isn't ' that enongh for conscience sake f" W?11, - repUod Tompkins, "I don't know <t Is, I will be equally frank with you. siuec xlie bargain is finished. I drove that nnil into the foot, but the lameness is iu thu shoulder, I think yon will flud it K" t." ? r Ex- PuESIDEXT PlKBCB A BnF.KDKR OF TuOfcouou-HaEcim.?When Ex president Pierce returned from Washington it was stated that he iook to/Kcw Hampshire sortie thorough bred hbrtca, with the intention of raising stock. A corrcs4M>ir<Tentof tlio Manchester Mirror has viaitod Sir. Pierca*# stable, and gives the following ... 1 "He has three thorongh-bred horses, with torip, haSr and maselesof the classic,inoahf. that Bj}stforeyq of tlj?admirei|s of pore blood ani Malfe JJUs itojE-norae m n?e year* oia, una y?n laat year a^our-miki raoe In Maryland, malting the test time ever made by one ao young lf> that State, except ono. . He has a beautiful gray *t?re| of the <3 Eagle (took, having the ?p|KUU?nee of poaaeaatui' grisat povara of endu - franca,' Bat eelitmag all gainy looks, ia a little ^la'ahaAare, ratrtfcLtookiug, aa spry aa a tot, an d t tofrgh aa leatbei^lllofr mnacfe and life, with cye^ikA Fashion ia herpalnjy daya, and will i to did, *"tfcablood we need moat v> H VVW England, td mingle with the Morgan ^ and Meawnerer breed*, t6 give enduraiice, 1>cau ? Wa.lihl.riA. /, ' ' I" if f I"~c < " T^'iiiT* ' ..' -X . V.' . . Ziivo for Something. Live for something ; be not idle? Look about thee for employ ; Sit not down the useless dreaming? Labor is the sweetest joy. Folded hands are ever weary. Selfish hearts are never gay. Life for tliee hath many duties? Active be, then while you may. Scatter blessings in thy pathway? Gentle wards and cheering smiles Better are than gold and silver, With their grief-dispelling wiles, As the pleasant sunshine falleth Ever oa the grateful earth, So let sympathy and kindness Gladden well the darkened hearth. Hearts that are oppressed and weary, Prop the tear of sympathy. Whisper words of hope and comfort, Give and thy reward shall be Joy unto thy soul returning From this perfect mountain head ; Freely, as thou freely gives*, Shall the greatful light be shed. ^ ? Impoutantto Kaimioad Tiiavkleks.?A eourt in Ohio lias decided that, the loss ufa railway ticket falls upon the purchaser. It held that the I iekct being negotiable by delivery, nny ony picking up the lost ticket could ride upon it. The ticket agent, having sold a ticket to the plaintilf, the latter was obliged, if rode, to irive it to the eon.In.-tnr It ?-n? I..>1.1 ? by the court tliat passengers, hy the purchase mid delivery of tickets to the conductor, did not become lessees of the cars : that tliey were Btill in the possession nnd under the control of the company ; that if the company tmlered a passenger who had thus paid his fare to leave the cars, and he refused, lie might bo ejected without rendering the company liable to an action for assalt and battery: that they would however, in such case be liable for a breach of their duty as common carriers, and might be made to pay such damages as resulted from detcution or any other loss. A To.?i> ix a Hoy's Stomach.?A boy, nine years of age, named Jonathan Micklcth waito, soil of William Micklcthwaitc, farm laborer, A1 vcrthiii pe, near Wakefield, parted with a Load. The reptile, which was alive, was put into a basin of water, and had since became [Illicit sttulli'll. IlJ Iim.I** -l - _ "'"J iitoui Llirce and a lialf inches long, two broad, xunl in 3olor is dark brown streaked with black. The Lmjv, for some weeks past., lias been worn almost to a skeleton, and perfectly ravenous in regard to food, constantly eating, and never <ecmed satisfied. The medical attendant on Ihc'family says the boy must have swallowed Lhe toad iu the spawn.?European Time* A Good IIorsk.?The .New York Spirit of tho Times gives the following characteristics of a good horse : 1. I lis eyes, even when seen in the stable, arc perfectly clear and transparent, and the pupils or apples of the eyes are alike in color mid size. 2. Un beiiiC nipr :..l in the frullet. Ii?? will ?i. let a sound like that of a bellows. If on the contrary, he should give vent to a dry, husky, short cough, beware of hiui, hid wind id unsound. 8. llis lega are smooth and "clean." Jfj-ou find hunches or a difference in size, though lie may not bu luine, disease lurks there. 4. If broad and full between the eyes, ho is susceptible of being trained to almost anything ; if some white or parti-colored, he is docile and gentle. A Lawvf.ii Outwitted.-?Attorney C ??1?, of Providence was n very able lawyer ; but lie sometimes got "sold"' by tliose wlio made no pretensions to tho wit and cliicanary tliat are usually attributed to the legal profession. Ooe day an old fanner from the adjoining country entered his oflioe, saying 'Good morning, Mr. C 1 "Good morning," replied tlie young lawj'er, surveying tbo countryman carefully and queuing in his mind?wonder how much 1 can make out of you, old chap 1 "Tiikfl ft w>nt sir." UI have come to consult you on tlie propriety of commencing a suit against my neighbor, Mr. G., in regard to the boundary line between our land, which, I believe he has overstepped." uVes sir ; please state the case," replied the lawyer, in a tone that showed that ho was ready lor business. The countryman then proceeded to state everything in his neighbor's favor ami against himself, as though it was his own story ; and as ho concluded, lawyer C. remarked, "Very good evidence, sir, very good ; every thing is in your favor , you will be sure to wiu the cjiso if brought into court." "la there- anything to pay V asked the man, rising to leave. "Oh no, nothing, sir ; but will you let mo proceed with the case at once ?" "JNo, 1 guess not; you have decided against mo; I have told my neighbor's side, and not my own, which, consequently, as you say, is against me, and it would not b*prudent to commence a suit; I will settle it with him, and he returned to the door. . "But hold onfsir; you had bettor bring in papers and let me examine them ; 1 may hare been too hasty in my conclusion^ "Oh, no, sir ; I am much obliged for your-advice. I am satisfied without going to law and the countryfttftn made an awkward bow aa be passed out, while lawyer G. responded witfc a muttered curso. VV ORKIBO AND TlIlNKINOV it W A DO lea* fatal error to despise labor* when regulated by intellect, than to ralne-it lor its own sake. We Aire always, in these days, trying to. sepnrufe the t#o4 we w*nt one man to he always thinking, and anotlier to he always workiAg, and wo callooe * UetOan the other an openly* ; $b*re-as tto morkwut* ought to be think* jaufy 'tmd ths ihinier ofUn to b* werMtgr'; and both should Tte arntlemen in the bw>t S Franklin's Scheme of Moral Ferftcticn. Among the incidents in the life of Franklin, which point liim out an one of the mast remarkable men that ever lived, was the systematic attemut he made at one nuriixl - ------- 4 - - ? of his life to arrivo at moral perfection. The plan and the method, ro far as wo knbw, were both original, jlow far they contributed to the eminence he afterwards attained, or how far they were manifestations of a greatness which was original and inherent, it is impossible for us to determine, his method was this. Ho made a tabular schedule of the moral virtues for every day of the week, and then watched his conduct each da}', to sec how far he came up to his own conceptions of duty. If ho transgressed in anv unrtiitnlur li*? mo<1? ;? nmrl J J ... ? v,vl against the virtue in which he had conn; short. The scheme was certainly admirable, ntxl uo one can ever read it with jut edification. i lu places first "Temperance. Eat not to dullness. l?e temperate in all things." There are few consciences which these simple sentences do not convict. 1 'Eat not to1 dullness." Amid all the temptations to ex- j ccssive indulgence at the table, in such a ! count.rjf of abundance jus this, with all the ! appliances of condiments and cookery, who j is there that docs not oficlid ? The next virtuo is 'i/aicc. Speaking, nothing but what may benefit yourself or others." It is better to talk of things than j of persons. Avoid trilling conversation. | wuii ttiese explanations silence is a virtue. But it is certainly not better to l?e silent than to talk wisely and well, or even in such a manner as to entertain the passing moment. Among a great deal oi* clmtf there may bo and there will bo everywhere scinn grains of wheat. Next comes liOrderWhat he says : upon this subject is admirable. "Let all ' things have their places. Let each part of your business have its time." Those who | have accomplished the most in this world I have been the most famous for this. Tlio 1 late .ludge Story, whe was one of the justices of the Supremo Court of the United States, and a professor of law at the largest law school in the Union, and moreover i wrote more law books than any man of his : age, was-the most scrupulous observer of! IT.. 1- I- - 1 -1 - v.uvi. ir; MC) VI IWkUUWII a UOOK IO coil- ; suit without immediately replacing it when i he had finished,and every hour oftlio day | had its allotted occupation. ulicsolutionn conic next. "Resolution to j perform what j'ou ought; perforin without i fail which you resolve." This certainly is n great and high purpose, but the difficulty as we at once perceive is to keep it. It may he said to comprehend everything in itself, and to amount to a mere resolve to do right. This is perhaps the weakest part of the general plan. Next, in order the places "Fritt/alili/." ! Here Dr. Franklin was at home, lie or.ee lived himself on dry broad. ''Make no ex- | ponse but to do good to yourself or others. 1 Waste nothing." In this respect Franklin J lived up to his own precepts. He came to | Philadelphia a poor, destitute boy, but main ly by frugality be became affluent, and that i affluence t?ave bis great mind the leisure I 1 .1 . ? t? ? * -> I mm meuj>|?ornuiiiy lo UCCUUIU ouo ol II1C wonders of the world. uIndustry. Ho always employed ill something useful. Use up tho bits and ends of time." Ilere, too, his lifo was more impressive than his precepts. Few men have ever accomplished so much. Temperance, order and self-control pave him complete command of all his faculties, and therefore ho lost no time in stupidity or inaction . The next two virtues ho mention* are, uPractice no deceit 14 Wrong none by injuries." What he says upon these subjects is neither very original nor very -striking ; but it is characterized by tho broad wnnrl / rtmmrm oancn wam oa conspicioiiR in this great man. The admirable balance of his character comes out in his description of the next virtue, Moderulion. A void extremes. Forbear resenting injuries as much as you think they deserve. Cherish a steady zeal, a dignified self-respect." Whatever Dr. Franklin might have been in li is exrlier days, after Unit period when his life became historic he adhered most scrupuously to hi? own rules of life. In' youth, according to his own account, he was not inenpnbio of feeling and shewing resentment, as is manifested by his treatment of his brother, after a separaiion of many years. lie thought v. ! i.-.i i i.:_ :n 1 i.. cunt aiio uiuiuci umi uncu mill uif iiiiu UU did not scruple to let him know very emphatically that ho had not forgotten the injury. Dr. Franklin, it would &eem, Irko the rest of us, found it easier to preach than to praciieo. Ilia early failings, however, ought rather to enhance our estimate of his character, nine# they show that his were virtues of culture, and not of constitution. Next come* "Cleanliness" and then" u Tranquility^ "Be not disturbed at trifles or at acoidentd commoner unavoidable." This was a veMr wine resolve, and doubtless" carried oat without great difficulty by a roan of bis robust frame and philosophic temperament. Tbe position of affluence, fame and pop larily which be soon attained gave him gre ^advantages In Ibis .respect. There wasrei lv little reason why be should trouble bim? fabotkt anything.' Ilia eonns^ npon u Humility* is brief tttVstrilcing. riinitftte Se?o?. ttreat rd<J ' K0^ mea ar< bumble." In thin resolve Jwe havo res* t to bpliovo Dr. Franklin was ! Dr. Franklin was not a tnere passing fancy ; 1 rlie recdrds of his life show that it was his ' daily endeavor for a long scries of years to i realize his own high ideal. Let hilt) that readetli go and do likewise ! Of all the men our country produced, Dr. Franklin may be considered as having been the truest embodiment and exhibition of the American chaiactcr. JIo was A morion <jpiidenscd ill a single person, lie presented to tlio greatest advantage the utilitarian side of the American character. To him conventionality was a word without significance. With true moral greatness, he rose above the thraldom of custom, and in everything that he did, said and thought, he seemed to be an incarnation of common sense.?Baltimore Sun. [From Hie I'liituilolphia Evening Journal.] An XjBsav Upon Fun. Tiie Fcxny Iv :st.?Tlio genuine, inimitable, funny man is peculiar to our soil. Hole he is found iu most perfect development, with all his distinctive idiosyncrasies. The fact is as strange as it i.? indis??|..l.l/t ll...# a "?i-:i_ jm.xiuiv lUUb nv llllicliuillis, WII1IU WO aro the most speculative, toiling, and coinmer cially bustling people on the face of the earth, are, at the same time, the drollcbt, the most originative and appreciative of humor, the readiest to laugh, ami the most inveterate jesters. Because ''Punch" is an English publication, and because the l'ick.. :.*i. i> ?n ?i !._ ?./? 11 T . ? K_?v JL ilJICIS illiu llio "VyilUUlO i-ectures are the works of Englishmen, we must not infer that John Bull is at all naturally jocose. As a people the English are singularly stolid. There is no positivo hilarity about llietn . A dreary spirit of heaviness, a sort of perpetual "blue devils" pervades all they say ami do. Their jokes are melancholy abortions, their facetiousncss farfetched and factitious, and their wit suicidal. It rolls out in a sluggish stream, difiicult to fathom. You never know when r\ phlegmatic Englishman means to provoke a laugh. His face will be stern and sad, as if he was afraid he was too frivolous and undignified. Thorn is nr? ninro o(T.-rvr>?io/?ii#>o m liii n??. turc than there is in the pale ale which he idolizes so fondly. lie will discourse most Huently on grava questions ; expatiate earnestly on the "raw materials," load you down with accumulated statistics, hut never make you laujxh. lie is like his symbol, the king of beasts always sober, and fierce when roused. The Frenchman, now is just the reverse. IIi6 wit, or rather vivacy, (for the French are not really witty,) is sparkling and perennial. lie is volatile, mercurial,' ephemeral. With an old knack of accommodating himself to all possible circumstances, he is always lively and gay. lirilliant boil mots and sham ren:?rte?n ;m? liis necessities. I lis conversation is as scintillating as his cherished champagne. This is what gives to the aulun and assembly-room talk of Paris that peculiar raciness which ao perplexes and fascinates for eigners, and especially the English. This spirit permeates French writing*, and gives them that indescribable pungency which it is impossible to imitate. But still we must be considered the lmIlKirnim ncnnliv \Vt> nnml n<-.t ri.fur to I tin amnzing and inexhaustible fund of fun, mot ley ami grotesque, which is incessantly diffused through our newspapers and magazines. Every journal has its "funny man," every sheet its column of "wit and humor," "knick-knack," or wfun-y>ttings." All our lecturers say droll things, and even our preachers aro sometimes unable to check tlicir mirthfulncss. Every circus has its jolley. grimacing, tumbling clown?the wonder and delight of side split crowds. Think of the wag*, with faces besmeared with burnt cork , who op^-n their mouths to sueh'fearfnl extent, nnd make such extraordinary facial contortions, and perpetrate suyh stupendously funny saying*. But off out of print, and beyond tho precincts ofsaw dust, among the great masses of tho people, this funny element is developed. You will always find ono Yo'"ftck nt least in every crowd. You meet liiin on tho steamboat, frightening timid folks ^viili mysterious hints as to tho insecurity of tho boat, and tho dreadful thinness of ihe boiler ; on tho 1 forward deck, spinning unsparingly jocular yarns to grinning and shaking bystanders ; saying deep things to tho "cap'on," with numerous sly winks and quizzical gestures. Tho son of mounts will bo in tho cars, poking all the babies, singing strango ditties; deluding travelers, blinking at all the girls, waking up all tlio sleepers, putting inexplicable questions to the conductor, getting out at every station and returning with curious articles of food, and becoming a confidante and4bo3om friend of every body in the train. He goes with every excursion, throwing himself into ludicrous positions, saying sau.if: ?_ /i.~ -i-i- ?!..i:? .1- i IU me guiP, wijuiin<? mtj IKjy*y performing startling feats of strength without the slightest necessity for so doing, lie i$/>no of every stroet crowd. If some tin^Hftunate is being conveyed to the lock-up It# will hover in the rear,' putting entirely inappropriate and absurd interrogatories, and casting ironical reflections on the policeman, to'the inflaming cf that inspired functionary. If a house is fallen down, he will be on band with ridiculous suggestions as to the proper method by which to elevate the prostrate. If it ? n* rough and tumble fight, he will be infusing zest to the exercises by encouraging hints to the combatant* to "go l_t? __ J - - ? . pie stood hat been upset* ho wilt put toe morchant of the highway. into di*tr?wiog fidgeUby pretending to pufor the scattered stock. If your hnt is wlw-i by a Midden ; A'jyki > 4ku#rs.~. i loudly at critical points in tlie progress of the play, and makes taunting observations about the actors ami imitates tbo elocution of the stage. At tbe concert ho distorts his features in sympathy wi'<h tho singers. If they are laboring among the upper notes his eyebrowB will bo duly elevated ; if in tho lower register the corners of his mouth will bo drawn down. When the orchestra is playing, ho improvises accompaniments with his feet on tho lower rounds ot the benches. You meet this comical fellow at every party ; convulsing people in corners, walking with exaggerated steps, handing refreshments, with fearful airs, pressing ladies most glibly to play ^or sing. Well, who wouldn't rather be a funny fellow than a dullard, driveller, or ninny ? Who wouldn't rather bo "tlio life of a party" than a miserable, grumbling, lieuyy incubus?a dond weight, a "stupid," a Ifore ? lJIcss the funny man ? And blessed be that wholesome, genial spirit which, in a world too stern and devoted to dull cares and weighty perplexities, and too much ir'ven to heart heaviness and face lengthening, prompts a mortal to enlivening, and comforting and refreshing, nnd bolstering up his fellow-creatures : lightening their sorrows and lessening their strings of disappointment, and surrounding himself with smiling anil thankful faces ! For, so surely as there is a sun in the heavens, there is, and always will be, "a time to laugh." Treatment of Sailors. How the sailor is sometimes treated,1 may be learned from the following extract from the Rev. Mr. Taylor's "Seven Years Preaching in San Francisco." This book gives some graphic descriptions of the wrongs perpetrated on sailors : When the sailor's bill at the bonrding tiouse runs to cover tlic "advance," the landlord says to him,"Jack you must shin." "I won't do it, says Jack. "You shall do it; you owe me a hundred dollars, and you must either pay me to-day or go to sea in the ship Challenge." "Oh, 1 don't want to go to sea yet," says Jack. "Oh well, never mind," says the landlord, "you're n clever fellow, and you may stay at my house as long as you please, and pay me when you get ready. Come let's take a drink." Jack, very glad to he on such good terms with the laudlord, walks up to tho bar, and drinks to the health of hia master. In len minutes he is as insensible as a log. When ho recovers from his mysterious sleep, he is out of sight of land. He is awakened by the stern command. "Wake up here, and go to work." The poor fellow, rubbing his eyes, inquirers, "What ship is this ? Without bound 2" "To Ilong Kong." "How did I get there ?" "Why, you shipped, sir," says the master "I never shipped in this ship." "Yes, you did, sir, and must go to work without nnv mom f?ruinblii???." rpnltr?a - J o o> I the captain, sternly. "I want to see the articles," pays the sailor. "Well, sir,here they are. What is your name ? "My name is John Waters." "There it is written on the articles in two places, once by the landlord, and once by the shipping master." "I never signed those articles," replies John. t4No," replies the master, "you were too drunk to write your name, but there is your mark." John put his hand to his head and studies a moment, and says : "I want my advance before I go to work : how mtich was I to got ?" "One hundred and twenty-five dollars, for the run, paid in advance," replies the captain, "and here is your account from the shipping office ; your bill with the board;, ing master took one hundred dollars, leaving me twenty-five, which he hauded me to give you when you get sober." John takes the tweuty-five dollars and goes to work. ."But, you ask, what did the landshark give to the sailor, to take a.... l.f. 1.1 1-. iff way ilia OCI1QC9 r.u ouuuuiujr i It was a compound of whisky, brandy, gin, ruin and opium, which, if a man drinks lie sinks inio the Lethean stream for a dozen of hour*. But tho kidnappers practice not alone on RAfimuii. ITmI'A ia ? imua Irnin tlia Rnmn voltline: A landlord, Inciting a man to make up a crew, met* a German glazer on Long Warf, with a pack of glass on his back, and said to him, "Ilio, my good fellow, don't you want* job J" v. "Yes Bir. "I w:?pt you," said the shark, "to put some glass in tlio stern of that ship," pointing to a ship in the <?troain. "Jump into my boat here, and I'll take you on board." 80 oft* they wpnt. As the German sat in the stern of the boat, much pleaded with the prospect of a good job, the shark said to him, "Will you have a cigar. "Yes." 80 tlio glawr sat and puff*] away a* bo used to do in his Fader land, but before they reached the ship he tumbled over in the bottom of the boatv The shark threw his pack of glaii into the Iwy and running alongside , bailed?"On deck there 1 lower away and haul up this man " A rope was lashed around him and he was baojed up. 1 na BiinrK ran into the Gapgaioa ?nice,aaylog, "Captain, iVe got * fi rat-rate sailor here, lie*# * little boozy to <lay, but bell be nil right to-morrow ;M and got hitadram*. The boor Gefmao waltodup at * ?. vftfcjft 1ni\tr ?fth thwn ho ?*..( jHramraption to ^ '^" The Weather. The weather in these latter Joys I* really moat trying. One moment you are shivering, I The next one you ore frying. \ ou go a bonrd in linen panto, In blazing sunshine dying I Meanwhile the nimble mercury i To nm?p*nine is flying ; ! When lo I fronKfcouth to east the wind Veers round?how mortifying ! ni mgni ueneatii a coycriui Ami blankets yonr ane*]yiug. But ton to one, at 0 a. m., With murderous heat you're sighing, Or <4taughts of wntcf dashed with ice To cool your fauces plying. Tlie weather now is tropical With tliul of Uoruco vicing ; Anil then again the polar realms Ultl Boston seems to-lie in ; It's a sorry clime for living in, Bui a first rate oue to >iic in. Cll AUACTKKISTICS OK A.MKRICAN GIIILS. ?Olio offetr distant exchanges, in an nrlicle on American girls, gives Iheir salient points in some of the cities. Here are some samples ; The IJoslon young woman is still and proper, l'ropei ly she dresses^and talks and walks. ?She is never near being carried away, nv>r subject to fits of fainting. She is strong on books and lectures, aud critical to mi overpowering extent. I Of Gotham, lie says : The New York females is* a. distinct individuality, recognizable under nil circumstance*, and in all places. Slie is quick, ! pungent, whisking, capricious and flippant, j Slits has an abhorrence of everything not I stylish, and ignores staid respectability and prudishncfvs. She talks fiercely and flirts immensely, and drosses voluminously. The writer evidently has Philadelphia proclivities, as the politicians say. Hear him : * *'. If Philadelphia girls aro'.not pretty, then where arc pretty girl$"' to lie found? We honestly state that we la-gin to forget how a homely girl looks. Take a walk up Ches-' nut street as the golden flood of the sunset is pouring from the wosjj, and you will see such a picture as will lighten your heart and drive melancholy and the blues into a pro longed banishment. Go to the opera any night when there is no t-acred coneert ot' fifth consideration announced. Wore there ever sweeter fares to cheer the soul and brighten tho eye of man? Did spring goods ever grace more graceful forms than these ? Again : The soulhorn girl?Baltimore, Washington, and New Orleans? iias her peculiar characteristics. She is npt to be excessively fond of gentlemen, dancing, ^and light beveraires. Shn dn?*s ilvanprnln wnrl- wifti her eyes and feet, nnd is warm-hearted and impulsive. It takes very little to rouse her indignation, which frets angrily and dies away as calmly and quickly as the waves on the sea shore sands. She is ever on the alert for a catch whiehrJfiH pay well. Exchange. The fellow who wrote this was certainly n Yankee TiieLatk Douglas Jeiiuold.?A London paper, in noticing tlio death'of Douglas^ Jerrold, remarks : Jerrold was a bad penmaiju Like Ken* yon, he wrote throe different Jiands?one which he could read, but the printers could., not, one which the printers could read, but which was scaled to Jerrold ; and a third which puzzk-d both." A* a man Jerrold was more generous than just, and when irritated, would' act with great cruelty. t Although he was eminently J^jeinbatdo man.and deligttfed io tavern liwy ho fond of the country , and for tb* last tfftften years lived a i?w miles from tlie Great* 'Babel in London. He had an amateur jpssion for pig*, cows, hens, and 'other rura' horrors, and frequently declared that, hj making* him an author, the wo/Id has lost a wonderful farmer. When lie went to Putney ho bought nearly a cart load of agricultural books, but never read one, although he would occasionally gtre a solemn opinion on rotation of crops, just as (hough they were the procession of equinoxes, and distinguish a French gentleman who Ivent to 6ee "tbe^t of Punch," by taking him over what bo called his farm, through which the fastidious foreigner had to wade in three inch slush. Jerrold had no scholarship, and to this may be attributed his close, jiurvou*, Saxon tiijie ui cuiiipusaiuu " As the Grace of tho wits of London, lie certainly a remarkable man ; and while he lived, every Goliali of meanncs?, cruelty, or humhiig, iniglft expect his raggeiKluinp of granite from hi* unerring" alitig for Jerrold never choso tho smooth pebbles of David. . t ' ^ Aui nons not Fathers.?It is. furious how few of the gfeat men of .?bigUud, whether in literature, science, or government, have left - descendants. Tho liao of Sliaki*peare is extinct; so is thatofltifeon. Bacon, ; IT T> ?UIJ?. ' *-'v? ?vu, Mfirrrjf 1. yiTOj yiww'i ?vfHwn/w, Swift, Lord MmisB.eM, I'ilt, Fox, 4*r>iy, Cowpor, Colling, Ttpampson, Gcttstnith, Gnj Conpfeve, Hume,* Bishop Bullet, Locke, Holmes, Ad*t4BmUh, Bentham, Wnlliiston, l)avy^.$iir Joshtis tteynokls, FhaxoiM, .BwrfcSSn died before him ami so^ dkiv '"'1'<>? ' ?V*. .'*; . -. ~ * '***" -- ' ' -,> Personalities Of SouiH GJtxo&pkOoll?g(|! We nialifc tbo following es^ctiWttl ;tT" "*] article in tlie Mercury, ^ tigned^ a ml^gd dressed to Uk> Trustee^ SI&9 *\by ihcxr/ruiis 1 the latiguftge of inspihuion. -^udjsft.by uftft standard, carl any sad* ttiamy say t&VjApS- ^ 1 Sditti Carolina (Jollogtifiaa been J Fifty one years rf?o tbti Cdi!fege?6en( life. . '] a single graduate, Anderson <Jron?bay,^b^\. ^ A many years a most r&pef^atyjp ^piobej'f ^ j Judge d'nd?Cliancellor Hi*Atebama^^y^)^^;''^j soon after, tliere were Bmotfy ; H^^rjfST Miller ; Evans;' Murphy, an or of Alabama ; a Chanottuor * same State; UobR^. Cs#npbcll,- "> liirlltl'lll mnnnsra <u?l * *"-* JMbSJ?*?-V. . _?..v.uu^w IVOIWUM, M passed?distinguished uliKb s!yiong'wi% J diplomats at Washington, tlio sturBy- aet-; IjJcrs of Alabama, and the multifarious rtt*rJ 3 chants of the promiscuous rriart of Havana jjF. i Wra.J, G*ayson, wielding the \ most polished and among ihfe. a?l<$t peflft .'h of the South; Petrigru,h jurist af. poJfejHid j and scholarly as he-is profound t, JEarlo'^... ' whoso Tegal opinions, for perspicuity^' 4Mjufe ? ; gance and correctness, would* qo horf^r- ' ^d 'j any jurisprudenfee ; O'Nenll ; Pinckaey ; ?* Preston, the most brilHai?JJ?"rhetoti?iatf Ins day ; and btmeBt, easoest; .oJoqUgt#* McDaffie, with the logic of Fox, J\pd4hepassion ofMiraheau, u*ked to tbMftfn rirti|e&of J, Cato oT old. - - VI' And this, too, was too *&&&& graduate J llugh 3*, Legate, -fli aa YtkvmjlJ vr. riper scholar, no more gorfeeo<&l?|ffi^$jfc "! more magnificent declaimer, has ^vera^tMt^*" cd the Eastern Hemisphere. tw,- WAR OTArliiniwl tliA InnlMiitafl llhli^K Mfeuydl*I ^ ? ?V 'Representative man," as h<j bafbe^tttitofe,., - 'j ed, of South Carolina ; impulsive ionate ; but true hearted., full of gentleness, geniality und good .fjMi- ] ture ; shrgwd, fce?uble nnd'jtractical, as be? ' was humorous and eloquepL. rty<r->W . .* I WnfWIaws ire re graduates. Tbe Smith . \ Carolina College sent AloWjllifl to Iftarftfgk.''. 4 ippi,and gave to Alnbanoa^ber "Letvi|, rf man, every inch of hiin,as4arge New York has lone boasted of JDr. " as one of the mosUeariffed and eloquent ? j IICT LMVinCP. 11W V giftuJ Memruinger, Yeadon, Dfoao,'j0^. cock, lliimmond, Withers, were educated there. Dr. bilo ; Bishop Elliott of,'.Georgia :'' Boone, in China : llunt^f N?*i Orhtffljji; Elmore, of Montgomery Fjpjsij, jw?,' .?& ent head oftho Ni\v,y Dep^ttme^ * ; s inglo-olass the Co4ieg^ Sent Mh Jhrni^- * ' Hunt, of New QrtyQiM* as a |ht, l**}' er, ami orator, i v?h4|9fes ^ T. J. Withers* one of the lights of ofo Judiciary; Steph?n Elliott, the taotodbipup*' ."'j ed Bisliop of Georgia ; E.vGoyerpOlrVtJpl^ niond ; the late SoUoito^'DtfWkinSfipaiiel 1 E. linger, hi to uf Ch irlcston^. though, as a thorough man, 6^ainjjsi*b?fe the least, John D. Conker, 'Og^St.' ftujjmfa' , Missouri. 'Al^pse iq iV r'ffllj tJnnk, than forty WbaC cln^a efcewller^* ;] of tlirice tho ndiji surpassed-by none in 4 v< WhitefoonJ SuaitJr,-J. -Cariiptf#^ --3 W.Milus, Jnrfies H. ElHott,nml ] sdon, are some of tho corttributj nnlnit. Nnr in ma*hhinl!M,>h'oX' - a legians of a Stilfcwory raoMt ^ many otters, would liavc dofte ho?o* Wj?y jj institution. Aik jour " '& ala tend habits tfeUfiify,. and ],* of softto of those ve^ rebeM w!jott( ?~?. j Las, fo doubt, eoHtribu&d '. initf^onjrow, anJ yoo,w^^||^K.-* , ^outlia of cxtraordipftrT^^m^1^^!^^ Ju nior g oinittM roanjr 'i those mentioned, bj^t^ h|v#8^k^fta^^ ^ tlio highest "positions.ill <>9f ;-8t'?t?*(?4^^ . .,' hers of Congrees, -OovernofSyv OtipwWjlfuiip,,. ** } .Indrr^n Affnrnoij nti ntntii ff rj^j n'iit -i " 'V