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MISOELIiAlTg.
Hawing the Central America.?The New 1
Vort Post ?ays it is reported that negotiations
Mr going on between the Boston Submarine
Armor Company nod the underwriters of the
Central Anieriea,. to raise her hull, wliieh is
supposed toiUe id about twenty-eight fathom*
water. The specie in her alone wonld furnish
ijmple inducements for the experiment, if her
position can be accurately fixed, and that it
can/It probable, from the faet that. Captain
llcndets6q was reported to have given her position.to
,Twie vessel which refused to come to his
relief Should the work be undertaking promptly,
there is thought to be a remarkable chance
Of success.
-" Stuaiortknino thk Hack."?It is a custom
in Brnnkswidfeshirc, England, among women
workers in the field, when their backs become
much tired by bowing low down while slinging
turnips with ehort-shanked hoes, to lie
down upon their faces to the ground, allowing
others to step across the lower part of their
backs, on their lumbar region, with one foot,
several times, until all pain of fatigue is removed.
Burton, in his "First Footsteps in
East Africa,"narrates a very similar custom in
females who lead the camels on fee'ing fatigued,
and who "lie at full length, prone, standing
upon each others back, trampling and kneading
with their toes, and rise like giants refreshed."
This custom is called "jogsi" in Af
riefl : in England it is "straightening the
back."
CoJiqKrr CAN KILL, AND CONCEIT CAN
curb.?-It ir computed tlint ten millions of
franks are paid yearly in Paris for flowers.
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j>uv iv is duiu uirji iinvu iiic-ii jiunis its well
as charms. Some kinds have a most deleterious
effect upon tbe atmosphere ; and
often their effects are exhibited upon the
nervous system; but oftener their imagination
does thd mischief. A young lady,
of most sensitive nerves, was relating
that she had a horror of tbe rose ; ''the perfume
of that flt\>ver,"said she, "gives inea
vertigo." The conversation was here interrupted
4>y tbe entrance of a friend, who
wore a rosebud in her hair; immediately
our delicate lady grew pale, tlirew up her
arms, and fell gracefully back upon the
^$or goodness saka, madam, retire. Do
you tee that it is you who caused this
snasm f"
4tMe V replied tbe astonished friend.
"Certainly ; it is the perfume of that
rosebud in your hair."
, "lteally, if that is the case, I must give
* tap to you tgp guilty flower ; but pray ex*
einine bflfortf-conderoning it.
<jhe jhen took the flower from her hair,
banded it to one of the persons who
'"^ uddreaaed her, antk their inquietude soon
< .gave way to another feeling?tbe fatal
froaebod was artificial !
''V Romantic Funeral Co^teok.?A
,% TuneVal cortege of unusual proportions passed
% rough Abe streets of the second district
one evening last week. The htarae whp.
V drawn by four white horses, aud fifty carriage
followed. By the hearee one man walked
with hie hat in bis band, ijhilst the remain*
der of tbefcllowers were in the carriages.
The peculiar circooMtances of Uie funeral
Vef? these: About three months ago, two
'German oitizen^ well circumstanced in life,
were on a drinking frol>o together. During
\hefr^onm!alityf ibqy diswvered that they
Were bolh/rotn a particular part ,of Ger"
Many. Tbey (hereuponratified a perpetual
friendship, and under the enthusiasm of the
V?cca*km,~ went eo far as to make a fuDeral
fcomjnot, the provisions of which were that
tj>6 Drst one to die should be buried by the
'^ber, the survivor to pay all tbe expense*,
/ffrjpi? * U? bearae < frawn by four, white
iltot*eSj and followed by fifty carriages, and
to bimaelfby the tide of the hearte as
to dwlasUw??k; the othaf fulfilled lufcom
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An essayist in Harpers' Magazine, writing
of the humorists, says :
Perhaps the most delightful ami popular
of this class is Charles Lamb?a man cosi
j ly domesticated by the heart's fireside o
his readers. Such wit, such humor, sue!
imagination, such intelligence, such senti
ment, such kindliness, such heroism?nil s<
quaintly mixed and mingled, and stutter
ing out in so freakish a fashion, and al
blending so finely in that exquisite eecen
trie something which we call tlm
ter of Charles Lamb, make him the iuosi
lovably of writers and men. llis essays?
llie gossip of created genius?arc of a picct
with the records of his life and con versa
tion. Whether saluting his copy at Chap
man's "Homer" with a kiss--or sayinjj
| grace before reading Milton?or going tc
I the theatre to see his own farce acted, ami
I join in the hisses of the pit when it fails ?
' or safely wondering if the Ogles of Somerset
were not descendant of King Lear?01
telling Barry Cornwall not to invite a lugubrious
gentleman to dinner, because hi?
face would cause a damp over a funeral ?
or giving as a reason why he did not leave
oft'smoking, the ditliculiv of finding an
equivalent vice?or striking into a hot controversy
between Colridge and Ilolcroft, as
iu wnuiuor mini as lie is, or man as ho is
to be, is preferable, and settling the dispute
by saying, "give ine a man as he is not to
bo"?or doing some deed of kindness and
love, with tears in his eyes and pun on his
lips?he is always the same dear, strange,
delightful companion and friend. He is
never?the rogue?without a scrap of logic
to astound common sense.
"Mr. Lamb," says the head clerk at the
India House, "you come down very late iu
the morning !" "Yes, sir," Mr. Lamb replies,
"butthen, you know, J. go home very
early in the afternoon." And then with
what humorous extravagance he expresses
his peevishness at being confine J at such
work, with curious ingenuity running his
malediction on commerce along all its lines
of influence. "Confusion blast all mercantile
transactions, all trafic, exchange of
commodities, intercourse between nations,
jill 11.<. ?s__ ?
v^.^miitbiviiitiiiiuii, una wealth
and amity, and link of society, and gelling
rid of prejudices, and knowledge of the
face of llic globe ; and rot all the firs of
the forest", that look so romantic alive, ami
die into desks." It is impossible to cheat
this frolicsome humorist with any pretence,
anjr exaggerated sentiment, any of the dome-goodism
of well meaning moral feebleness.
A lady sends him "Coelebs in
search of a Wife," for his perusal and
guidance. He returns it with his quarFrain
written on a fly leaf, expressing the
slight disagreement between his views of
matrimony and those entertained by Miss
Hannah Moore !?
If t
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I'll marry a landlord's daughter
And sit in tin; bar nil day.
And drink culd brandy and water.'*
If lie thus slips out of controversy by
making the broadest absurdities the vehicles
of the finest insight, his sense and enjoyment
of absurdities in others rises to
rupture. The non-seuscial ingenuity of the
pamphlet in which his friend Capel LotTi
took the ground that Napoleon, while in
the hands of the English, might sue out a
writ of a habeas corpus, threw him into ecstacics.
And not only has the quibs^ and
quirks nnd twisted words for all hd sees
and feels, but he has the plcasaulcst art of
making his very maladies interesting by
transmitting thein into jects. Out of the
darkest depths of the "dismals" fiy some of
the happiest conceits. 4,My bedfellows,"
he writes to Woodsworth, "are cough and
cramp. We sleep three in a bed." "llow
is it," he says, "that I can not get rid of this
cold ? It can't be from a lack of care. I
have studiously been out nil these rainy
nights until twelve o'clock, have had mj'
feet wet constantly, drank copiously of
brandy to ally iufiamation, and done cverv
thing else to cure it,and yd it won't depart"?a
sage decision, worthy of that physii
:
....... ...... luiu ins ji.iLit'iu inai ii lie had no
serious drawbacks he would probably be
worse in a week. To crown all, and to
make the character perfect in its winning
contradictions, there beats beneath the fantastic
covering and incalculable caprices of
the humorist the best heart in the world,
capable of courtesy, of friendship, of love,
of heroic 6elf-devotion and unostentatious
6clf sacrifice.
The Ccsxino Thhcbii.?There is much
more intellect in birds than people suppose.
An instance of that occurred the other day
at a slate quarry belonging to a friend, from
whom we have the narrative. A thrush,
not aware of the expansive properties ofgunpowder,
thought proper to build her nest
on a ridge of the quarry, in the very centre
of which thoy were constantly blasting the
roi'lf. At firut !"> -?? * "
....u .tiio %viy mucn tiiscomposed
by the fragments flying in all directions,
but still she would not quit her chosen
locality. She observed that a bell rang
whenever a train was about to be flred, and
that at tho notice the workmen retired to
safe positions. In a few days, when she
heard the bell, she quilted her exposed situation
and flew down to where the workmen
sheltered themselves, dropping close to
their feet. There she wonld remain until
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uie explosion bnd taken place, And then
return to her nest. Th* workmen observed
tbis, narrated it to their employers, and it
was also told-to visitors who came to view the
quarry. The visitors naturally expressed a
wish to Witness so curious a specimen of
intellect,-bat, as the rock could not always
be blasted when visitors came, the' bell was
rune Instead, unit ?' ? .? J
w ,v, ?. iv n biutca nuawuroa
lhe"?arae^)arpo?e. The truab flew down
close w where they stood, btftVbe*p?aoeived
the change, and it interbred with .the progteseof
incbbtffen; the cooMKftenco was
that a/terwardk when the Ml Wat rung
the would peejp^rtfr 4he ledge to ascertain
not ih^ wouU nttaib' Wfore a^TW
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matrimony.
; JIY MISS ItOSAMOKl) Cb'KHV.
Now, girls stop looking at tho young
r gentlemen; do something sensible, mid
" stop building air-castles and talking of lov'
i ers and honey-moons. It makes ine sick ;
1 it is perfectly autiiuonial. Love is a farce
" I ?matrimony is a humbug. Husbands are
' | domestic Napoleons, Ncroes, Alexanders,
" | sighing tor other hearts to conquer after
' ' they are sure of yours.
* | The honey-moon is as short-lived as a luci"
I for match. After that you may wear your
1 j wedding dress at breakfast and your night"
cap to meeting and your husband wouldn't
! know it. Von may pick your own pocket
" handkerchief, help yourself to a chair, and
" i split your gown across the back in reaching
' I over the table for a piece ofbntter, while he
' ; is laving in his breakfast as if it was the
1 ,last meal lie shou'd cat in tlie world :
' j When he gets through, ho will aid your
digeston, while you arc sipping your first
enp of coffee, by inquiring what you'll have
for dinner; if the cold lamb was all ate
1 yesterday ; if the charcoal is all out and
how much you gave for the last green tea
you bought. Then he gets up from the tai
ble, lights his cigar with the hist evening's
paper that you have not had a chance to
read ; gives too or three whiffs of smoke,
which are sure to give you a headach for
: the afternoon, and just as his coat-tail is
vanishing through the door, apologizes for
not doing that errand for you yesterday?
thinks it doubtful if ho can to-day, so pressed
, with business. Hear of him 11 o'clock tak:
ingan icecream with some ladies at the conI
?
; iccuuiiit;', wuiie you arc at home newj
lilting his coat sleeves. Children by the
| cars all day ; can't get out to take (lie
' the air ; feel as crazy as a fly in a drum.
Husband comes home at night, nods a ;
| how d'ye do Fan ? boxes Charley's ears ; j
I stands little Fanny in the corner, sits down |
I in the easiest chair in the warmest nook ; j
put his feet up over the grate, shutting out
| all the fire while the baby's little pug nose
; grows blue with the cold ; reads the news
paper all to himself, solaces liis inner man
j with a cup of tea, and, just as you are
, laboring under the hallucination that lie
will ask you to take a uioutliful of fresh air :
with him, he puts on his dressing gown and ,
slippers and begins to reckon up the faini'
ly expenses ; after which he lies down on
| the sofa, and you keep time with your
i needle while he sleeps till 9 o'clock. Next
morning, ask him to leave you a little money
; lie looks at you as if to be sure,
that you are in your right mind; draws a j
I sigh long enough and strong enough to in- ;
| tlate a pair ofbellcws, and asks you what j
[ you want with it, and if a half dollar won't
, do. Gracious king ! as if all these little
, shoes and stockings, and shirts could be
had for a half a dollar !
O, girls, set your affections on cats, poodles,
parrots or lap dogs, but let matrimony j
alone ; its the hardest way on earth to cret I
si living ; you never knew when your work |
is done. Think of carrying eiglit or nine '
children through measles, chicken pox i
rash, mumps, scarlet fever?one of them J
twice over. It makes my head ache to
think of it. 0 you may scrimp and save I
and turn and twist, and dig and delve, and !
economize and die, and your husband will !
marry again, and take what you have savI
ed to dress his second wife with, and she'll
j take your portrait for a fire-board ! But
j what's the use of talking?1*11 warrant eve!
ry one of you'll try it the first chanco you
i get, for some how there is a sort of bewitchS
ment about it. T wish one half the world
I were not fools and the other half idiots!
i Ktiqckttk*?Etiouitte. snv the lf?*??.n
j graphers, is the poiite form or manner of
I doing anything; the ceremonial of good manners.
We believe that nature more than
art has to do with etiquette. The "jjoffa
itascitur, mom Jit" of the Latin bard is as
applicable to tlie truly polittjjnaners of the
j peel. Wo might say Nature, not Turveyj
drop, is the model of deportment; and everj
lasting truth, not temporary taste, the source
j of etiquette. It must be admitted however,
: that localities necessitate suitable adaptabil- j
i ity of the ' raw material," in such a degree
I as will not lower or muke eccentric the posi
sessor, nor infringe on even the prejudices
I which temperature, association, custom,and
i the relations of youth and aire have raised
to a certain standard. The saying tliat** in
Rome one must he a Roman" is applicable
to every locality and state of society. Etiquette
consists in preserving a manly or
womanly dignity suitable to every clime,
and wliich is as easily recognized by those
beneath as those above von. Instructions
for human perfectibility in this respect are
generally as shallow as they are impertinent.
No one can make a standard ; much less that
one who looks on society for the sake
of noting its usage, and arranging them ns
it were to the tone of ita own mind, as
words to music. In such a case much depends
on the harmonious disposition of the
observer; for if not actuated or moved by
something'higher than a common place
%vr wv VHIICI iMC v-l lliu Ul lUHrtlliei* Ull
society,a very discordant and one sided ]
series of "rules and regulations" will be the
result.
One of the best publications we have erer
met, having in view the ends and purposes
1.A.,A t 1-!_ ? !- un.l.H. Vf ?
no umc inrau speaking oi( is "uoiin s manual
of Etiquette in WashingtonThis
work may really be termed an excellent contribution
to the polite literature of the day.
It is not overlaid with ridiculout'tosumptions
of D'Orsayisms or Willis-isms. It is based
on human nature and that common rense
which is the truest and most understandable
link between mortal and mortal. It suggests
more than order*^and in this respect
may be regarded nan friendly monitor-more
than an officious cicer-one or austere duenna.
t.? vyw?Tt u. v.. iu?r? wwi imiu?|i?
? ?mbryo more tlrt?n
w?i? thro /and ktfr' feet IdUj; "
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The Knickerbocker Magazine, tor
September, lias been issued by its punctual
publisher, and it is full of the good things
which its popular editor, Mr. Clark, is ^o i
famous for collecting. The editor gives the s
following amusing report of "one of the i
coolest examples" of "enforced curiosity |
that ho remembers ever to liavo met |
with"j <
Abuut noon of the day of my arrival .it i <
I St. Louis, I strolled into the bar-rooin of ; I
liarnum's Hotel, and calling for a sherry t
cobbler, seated myself by a small table \
near the bar. I had just finished my glass
when a well dressed, respectable looking t
personage, apparently about forty years of i
age, came in, and seeing no one else pres- 1
cnt except the bar-keejier, accosted me with ! r
me salutation : v
"Good morning, Bir." r
"Good morning, sir," I responded. f
"Baltimorcan, sir 1
"No, sir." ,j
"From New York ?"
"Yes, sir." ,
"One of tlie excursionists ?" t
"Yes, sir."
"Will you allow me to look at your s
ticket ?" 1,
"Certainly, sir," (exhibiting it.) I
"(Carefully penisitig it.) Mr. , I 1,
i am happy to see you, sir. Is your lady c
with you ?" u
"No, sir." t
"Sorry for that, sir ; sorry for that. My j I
; name is W ; I nm one of tbo commit- | j1,
j tee of arrangements for the reception of vis- ii
itors on this occasion. We, of St. Louis, j;
| do not intend to be outdone in hospitality d
! by any other city, especially Cincinnati ; r
j hut we find that many of the excursionist#, s
I llf nniiluir". '' ? r
...v. ?. "I'l'V>u uin iDiilllliLlL'f lor n
quarters, have gone to tlie hotels for rooms. J
lu all such cases, the committee aro desirous
of paving the bills, as thsy arc xetreme- d
ly unwilling that the guests should be at e
any expense during their stay in St. Louis, c
May I ask if you are staying at an hotel ti
and if so, at what one 1 for it will give me
great pleasure to arrange for the settlement b
of your bill." s:
I replied that I was not permanently lo- n
catcd at any hotel, and that I did not f??l ?.
disposed to avail myself of the hospitality of h
the city to a greater extent than I had already ii
done. a
"We shall insist upon it, sir ; and I
trust vou will notify me when you are set- si
tied."' t.
Just then a person in a seedy suit of h
black, a man who had evidently seen better
days, entered the room and approached l<
the bar, when my new acquaintance said
to him, in a stern and authoritative manner
:
"Doctor, you can't have anything this ?
morning." c
Whereupon the poor Doctor, turning to
him n saddened look, replied : ?1
"I haven't asked for anything yet." ji
4'You had better go?yuu can't have s<
anything here. Go." a
Willi nn expression of unutterable de- s<
spair the poor fellow turned on his lieel
and left, when ir?y companion remarked :
"That, sir, is one of the most talented h
men in the State. Ho i* a physician by a
profession, nnd once bad a handsome prac- 1
tiee ; but, unfortunately, he had given way
to his habits of intemperance, audi fear tl
that he ia irretrivably lost Perhaps I did s
wrong in speaking to him in the manner I o
did ; but I knew that if he called for a drink q
at the bar, lie would be insulted, and I u
thought it would mortify him less to send ii
hi in away. By the by, 6ir, won't you take u
a sherry cobbler !" ii
"No, I thank you, sir ; I have just taken 1<
one." e
"Tako another." u
"Excuse me, sir : I seldom drink any- o
thing in the morning, and my fatiguing t
ride of last night has alone induced me to
deviate from my usual practice " o
"Then, sir, with your permission, I will a
take one." v
lie accordingly walks to the bar, and s<
orders his cobbler, and while it is being
prepared he resumes his seat by tne. Pres- li
tntiy the bar-keeper hands hiin a glass over i:
the counter, and in doing so, savs to him :
"Look here ! how many drinks do you o
owe for now ? This makes forty cents r
you owe. I don't wish to open any accounts
with you. sir!" f<
Not wishing to mortify my "new friend h
by my presence, I left.
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Violent Tornado in Ohio.?From tlio e
officers of the Bteamer Ohio No. 2 we learn c
that during her last trip upward, on Friday, 11
21st, when twelve miles below Gallipolis, she n
encoutercd n heavy storm attended with an ti
exceedingly high wind amounting to a s
tornado, and the most terrible thuuder and e
lightning. For a few minutes it seemed as ti
if nothing could withstand tlie raging tempest;
large forest trees were prostrated liko
reeds, and a number of barns and out-houses '
were blown from their places by the slifcr "
force of the- wind. A man driving a nay
wagon, named William T. Harrison, was "
struck by lightning and instantly killed, as v
were four horses at the same time. A farmer
named Wilson was also injured and stunned
by the fluid, but not fatally, and fourteen ^
slieejT were destroyed. The violence of the v
storm expended itself in less than half nn *
hour; but there must have been much ^
damagn done in the vincinity, if not else- 1
where, in that brief period.
Cincinnati GazttU, Augutt 38. 1
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CoNVICTKn at LaBT- MYnil nnnrlit C
marry." "Never." 1 know n good gir flor *
you." "Let me alone." "But perbap* yoa 1
don't want her." *8be b yonng." "Then c
she if sly." "Beautiful." The mora dan- c
gerotta." "Of good family.'* '*Tbea she h 1
proud." is tender hearted." -Then J
aha la jealous." "Slje baa talents." "To <
kill rue." "And one hundred thousand i
pounds." "I'll take her" I
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It la sound policy to eufRr all extremities ]
rather than to do a mean and baae action. <
The native tribal of Afrio* regard the )
akhk cdubklido as an affsei of AitadMM. I
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The Power of Woman's Love.
A fashionable young lady. Ircsiding on '
street, who has been Affianced dur- i
ing the past year to a gentleman in whom !
die professed to recognize her ideal in every
respect, and who is really very handsome,
polished, refined, intellectual, and generous
?owing to one of those "dissensions" pro:ccding
from slight cause, which the poet
:hrotiicles as prone to estrange "hearts that
ove,"?compelled her betrothed, in order
.o preserve his pride^aud self-respect, to
v it lid raw from the proposed alliance.
Such a denouncement was not dreamed
>f by our fair Helgmvian ; like most wo
nen, she did not think that her lover could j
eave her, even after she had criven him. or !
my man of spirit, abundant cutbseto do so ;
nul when her mamma heard how the curents
of llieir attentions liad gone away, she
eared tor her daughter's heart, health, and
lappiness, knowing how deeply "Lucie" had
lectured her trust.
A note was placed in the hands of mamua,
which she was aware must contain the
xegesis and adieu of the offended love.
llow could the fond parent break the
ad news to her wayward but devoted child ;
low prepare her for the sudden shock ;
low cast the thunderbolt at her feet ! The
ndy could devise no means by which she
ouhl avoid it, and was racking her ingenlity
in vain, when one inorning she discovired
Lucy sitting listlessly and lovely in
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IUI oouuoir, tearing ;i ueautltul bouquet to '
ieces, becausc he did not come, and relicv- '
iig lier wounded vnnity by half-tearful comilaiuts
of his cruel neglect and inexcusable
lelav, and dropped the billet Irixte?much
esctnbling in style, and which we half!
uspect was an adaption from Armaud's !
lotc to Marguerite Gatithier?into her j
aughter's lap.
Lucie snatched it up, recognizing the adIress
at once, and ran her eye over the few
xpressive anil bitter lines, then let the deliute
paper fall upon the velvet carpet amid
lie scattered leaves at her feet.
Down dropped the soft white lids of her
rilliaut eyes, and the long lashes upon her
iitin cheek, while (lie tears fell like summer
nin upon her jeweled hands and the laceraid
flowers; profound sighs, as if they rent
er heart, trembling through her lovely beig
; but all in wordless silence?profound
nd painful.
"Oh, my darling," implored mamma, as
he cast herself weeping before her daugh- (
2r, "do not so distress yourself. Forget .
iin, dearest, he is unworthy of your love."
"But then, mamma," (sobbing hystericalf,)
"but then?"
"What, my precious one?"
?4*f.. >#
i*iy new
"Never fear as to my new gallants?you
fill find enough. We will say you dis- '
arded him for his presumption."
"You?do-?not understand?it is more
linn?that?(with great effort, and speaklg
rapidly, as if to relieve her overcharged
jul at once,) "my new dresses are all light,
nd I can't wear them now, so late in the
eason !
Doctouisg Wink.?Mr. Musgrave, in :
is account of a visit to Champagne, says of
wine manufacturer, Monsieur L?of
llieiins :
lie here pointed out nine casts lying in
lie court yard, containing a ton of while
ugar from the Isle of Bourbon, every pound
f which cost ninepence. Hereupon I revested
him to show me some nf the genine
liquor?in the state, that is the state
ti which it leaves the presaoir after the reg- '
lar fermentation process and before sweet- '
ng the syrup is added. lie presently sejcted
a bottle from some bins at hand, opned
it, and poured out a glassful. A more
npalatable drink, under the denomination
f wine, I never tasted. It was like Sauerne
mixed with wormwood.
"Now," said Monsieur L?, I have taken
ut two glasses from this bottle. Here is
bottle of sweetened syrup, from which I
rill fill up the deficiency you iiave just
een created."
"That," said he, "will at no distant date '
ccome a bottle of the primest quality. It J
? the Verzenary growth." (
At dinner, at the house of Monsieur L?,
n tlio same day, lite following see tic occured
:
"And now," said mine host, "let me ofar
you some of the beet w-no we have to
oast of at Rheiins."
The string and wire were instantly cut,
nd away went the cork on its aerial travls.
Our classes overflowed with the
reamy stream, and my lips with compli- J
nents on its unsur passible excellence im- (
nediately afterwards. It was indeed, boauiful
wine. When hII the eulogiuin which
Uch a creditable sample elicited liad l?een *
xhauntcd, and the sober certainty alono re- f
nained of having lived? t
Thus to clasp perfection, <
lie Announcement was quietly made, of the 8
Kittle just emptied being the identical one
rom which I had endeavored, in vain, to
Iriulc a quarter of a glassful two hours pre- *
<iously. - 1
m i ? <
Andrew Jackson, Jr., is the son of Ml*. 1
wines l>onelson, who was a brother of tlie i *
rife of General Jackson. Another brother, I
iIr. Wm. Donelson, now Jiving in Phila- I
lelphia, was born at tbe sathe time, that is <
o say, Wm. Donelson and the so-called 1
'Andrew Jackson, Jr.," are twins. When
be twins two days old?as General Jaek- 1
on and his trifo had no children?they took i
?ne orfthen^nij adopted it as their own 1
liild nammff it "Andrew Jackson, Jr."
rbe "Andrew Jackson Jrnn grew'up as the ;
ibild oflheJQanerrtl and his wife. Be has
iften been'confuted with Andrew J Action i
}onelw>n. Thp Utter h his cousin. Mr.
lactam lyw tliree children?two gont and
>ne daughter^ The oldest, Samuel Jackson, I
a living on a plantation in Louisiana, not i
kr from New Otleaea. The other aont |
lamed after the fathet, la a aWdgpt at the ,\
Military Academy atw West Tom. The i
laughter la ranrned to Joha
sod IHtes *ith her haabao^ ntfat tl? net* .
BjUage; j
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There's Work Enough to Do.
The blackbird early leaves He rest
To meet the smiling morn, <
Ami gathering fragments for its nttt
From upland wood and lawn ; i
The busy bcc that wings its way *
'Mid sweets of varied hue, . |
And every flower wonld seem to say?? ^
"There's work enough to Uo."
i
The cowslip and Uje spreading vine, .
Tlio daisy in tlie grass, t
The snow-drop and the eglantine, t
Trench sermons as they pass. s
The nut, tviihin its cavern deep, jWould
bid us labor too. i t
And writes upon his tiny heap? |
"There's work enough to do." ^
The planets, at their Maker's will,
Move onward in their cars,
For Nature's will is never still?
Progressive as the stars 1
The leaves that flutter in tlie air, j
'
? vs wu"' ll
One solrmn truth to mnn declare? I
"There's work enough to do."
"Who, then, can sleep, when nil around. '
Is active, fresh and free I 1
Shall 111:111?creation's lord?be found
Less limy than the bee ?
Our courts and alleys nro the field,
If man would search them through,
The best of sweets of lahor yield,
And "work enough to do."
To have n tear for those who weep, \
She sottish drunkard win ; 1]
To rescue all the children, deep
In ignorance or sin. t
To help the poor, the hungry feed, d
To give him coat and shoe ;
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To see that all can -write and read? I t
"la work enough to do." S
The time is nhort?the world is wide, I Jj
And much lins to be done ; \ j
This wond'rous earth and all its pride, ^
Will vanish with tlic sun! t
The moment's fly on lightning'* wings.
And lifu's uncertain too, j.
We've none to waste 011 foolish things? r
"There's work enough to do." ^
"Whisper to a Bride."?Theso Utile
paragrphs contain many excellent sug- J "
jest ions : 1
" J lie great secret is to l?car will) oacli j 1
other's failings, and to bo blind to tliein ; j 1
thai is either an impossibility or a folly. c
We inust see not feel them. If we do
neither they aie not evils to us, and there is 1
obviously no ne<;d of forbearance; but to |
throw the mantle of affection round them, J
concealing them from each other's eyes f to
determine not to let them chill the affection
; to resolve to cultivate good-tempered
forbearance because it is tho only way of
mitigating the present evil, always with A
view to ultimate amendment. Surely it
is not tho perfection, but the imperfection
of human character, that makes the strongest
claim in love. All tho world must
approve?even enemies must admire?the
good and tiie estimable in human nature.
If husband and wife estimate only that in
each which all must be constrained to value,
what do they more than others?
4,Itis infirmities of character, imperfections
of nature, that call for tho pitying sympathy,
the lender compassion that makes
each the comforter, the monitor of the
other. Forbearance helps each to attain
command over themselves. Few are the
creatures so utterly evil as to abuse generous
confidence, a calm forbearance. Married
persons ^jould be pre-eminently friends and
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iKifiny is me great privilege ol tricntfshp.
TI?o foihearanre here contended for is not
weak and wicked indulgence of each other's 1
fault, but such a calm, tender ?f>servance '
uf them as excludes all harshness and anger,
und takes tho best and gentlest methods of *
pointing them out in the full confidence '
of affection."
Hulks for Growing Old.?At the late '
commencement of Yale College, liev. Dan- '
iel Waldo, as the oldest graduate present, (i?f s
the class of 1788,) thus closed a speech to 1
the assembled Alumni: >
"I am an old man. 1 have seen nearly a 4
sentury. Do you want to know how to 1!
?row old rIowIj' and happily. Let me tell 3
pou. Always eat slow?masticate well. ?
[*o to your food, to rent, to your occupation c
smiling. Keep a good nature and soft '
temper everywhere. Never give way to ^
mger. A violent tempest of passion tears ?
iowu the constitution more than a typhus k
Vi'^r ^nlfivnfA a (irnArl inpmnro nntl Ia ti
? vv? V"". %v
lo this you must alwnys bo communicative; *
epeat what you rend ; talk nbont it. Dr. I
Johnson's great memory was owing to Jiis '
ommunieativeness. \ ou yotfng men why h
ire just leaving college, let m? advise you
o ehoSse a profession in which you can ^
xercise your talents the best, und ut the v
ame time be honestf
fllinmSlTV SiTlailion Tl.? l/l?
1IIU i IUICIMW
roi respondent of the London Morning 0
Post lei Is this good story : "There is n story ?
)f an ImperiHl Iligliness waltzing thrice in 1
he same evening with an English lady nt c
lie court of ltarlin. She naturally fell and f
"rankly expressed herself highly flattered by 'j
the compliment. "I did not intend it as n
20m pi intent," Was the answer* "Then," jj
*aid the lady, some what rebutted, "your
HLuU * L - - - # ? '? * *? w "T '
iigimens iiiusL oe very iona 01 aancing. -i
jetest dancing," whs the still nnMtisfootory )
reponse. Undeterred by be> ill success, J
our fair connfryvr6riJ?n still prosecuted her *
inquiries. "WHint, then may I i?<>k. can be
rour Imperial Highness, motive for dune- *
ingf ' *** ll? ekalted personage J
reply, "I dance Iq pertpireP 1
C?y?TTB?'Ae young lady triiH more J
beauty^lign s3ns?^?mere accomplishments
than learning ^ inoce charms of person than ,
(*rnccs of mind?more admirer* t|?an m
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u^hub?njurt). tooifl WtB , wi*e iom tor rg
ttt&ldffat. %- v.w . - '
Printers become dead wstkit at the Age
of rfTirty-mglit. * * . ' i
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A Monatar .;?V
A correspondent of- if* Abingdon DejttO^
jrat, waiting from NVulngt^irtV Lee couttf
Vh., who is, aatbe Duhlgtfw.isanfea ila Itcr3?
>rs, "a gentle rtwn in %l)ptn implicit confilenie
m?y h$. jjIaceU," J??viea. {be following.
iccouot of t&? killingr ot- a monster reptfl*
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ii xxmiau counyr, tty. M(pn>y>;
About three weeks ago fire men 'irent to
{ather whortleberflair id the" jnoujUafhotia ?
)?rt of Harlan couuty, Ky., and iff' llferr
ravels caftiO ton small branch n(, the "foot
>f a steep ridge, whero ihejr disoovered 4
mooth beaten path^'or rather slide,'that ittf
roni the ohuieb ufir the -ridge. CJarionty
empiing tbeiu to know its meaning '
tbout an acre of ground ^pimecttysnvtx^
md dealitute^of vegetatlolfi; rrear the OAO-.
re of wliinh thou rfisKin-o""' *"
- ?-J a BUIMI HOB
>r cave, large enuught to admit a salt/l>arreli
They concluded to drop id a few etouca,
md preaeutly their ears were sainted with a
oud, rUmbling sound, accoropSbigd with a
atiling noise, and ah enormoUs .Bet-ptbt
nade his appearance^ blowing and spreadng
his head, at^'his foiked tOBgue protruled.
The tuen were struck with wonder
md affright, and 'suddenly the atmoftpbnte %
vas tilled with a smell so uayseating that
hree at' the five men fjRte taken veiy sick j
he two, discovering the conditiou Of their
:oinpauious, dragged them awa? from that
ibode of death. About ten feet of'tfaQ.snako
111,1 In r?.?i? ii.Jti. '
vlien they burned liome and
iad seeu 16 their neighbor.
The next day were mounted some tea of
he hardy mountaineers, arijied with riaes,
leteimined to destro^sibe monster. Q^ap roachjng
within one hundred yards of
he dwelling of bis snakeshjp their horeel
uddenly became reskive, and qehher ktodicssnor
force could make them go* nearer^
L'be meu dismounted, and, hitchiug tfiei**
lorses, proceeded on foot, with rifles oocked<
o th6 mouth of the cave. They hdrfed tn
bree or four large^Btones, and fell back
oine fifteen steps, when the same noise waa
teard its before, and out oajne the dreaded*
i- ? *
cjmiir, rciiuy, t?a uis iooks indicated,Ho crush
he intruders.
About the same length of the snake had
ppeared from the hole, Mien eight or ten>ullets
went though his head, and <9 lha
nonster died Le kept crawling ou?, bbi\\
wenly feet of that huge bon lay inotionleip
>n the ground. It was a rattl?q?ke -with
wenty-eight rattles,-ftie first wad four inches
n diameter, the rest decreasing in ?ii0 to
lie last. With difficulty the ovd dragged
um home, and his skin osn now rJ>e
>y the curious iu llarlin County.Appearanc s
an Deceitful.
Mr. J??apd Miss J3?rvffcj-e at an evpnigg
>arty, at whicJh wdte some thirty cottple*
r?>wns the leader aori life - qf all' re*
iorts till near 12 o'clock, when otJCo
ic took liia scat and became yerjr ijn^,
tfo perenasion or remonstrance flora, bit riends
could induce bim tojeave bis seat
>r give any reason for J)is stra"hgo conduct
Vom that time till the,pafly broke up* but"
jeing rather eccentric at times, bis friends
:amc to the conclusion that que df bu
jueef frtfcks liad cotfie ovef bim, jmd
hought no more of it.- The time at length
?rrived to disperse, and the parties patted
>ff and started for home, soma eight' *>r
,en in the company with which w<*have to!o,
among them Mr. J?and his laty Itflre
ihead, and immediately behind him 'Mias
ti?, who had hitched fast to a younirmaQ
)f sober and deacoii like appenrmJ9t4 who
die was at groatrains 10 .it
he cost of iifiicli of h e* diu a ^ h i I artyy. lining
the early part of the etetMna J?bad
>litained Miss U?'a hanAoyohjeT. acd aba
jad forgotten it until novV. TSnJrTlatt fcsk:d
liim for it, and he refused to giir? it op.
she coaxcd him for it for sorao time, and
le still refused. Soon, however,- be saw
>ne corner of it protruding frbttt bis pocket
wliitwl nrwl rrrHKTIPjl it. *nri h^inn RAfTlfi
vlial otrt"of*pat>ience with him for keeping it
io long, slie managed to cling lo ilin spite of
ill liis exertions to the the-contrary, till finally
hiding he could not loose her grip, he e?:laiined
in the hertt of hi* tXftrtiofts, '-"For
foodness' uake-, Miss lot go . qf my
hirt tail, and I will give you your ha?d\
:o'rchtef." The secret war out. His.
srtiohs in the early part of the evening had
ieen too much foi his prfntaloans ap<F proluced
rt refit suflhientjv large to adroit th?
?cape of IhafVhich Miss 43?bad fulfill*
en for her hMi<tkeruhief,.and to preve&
lie exposure of which had kept nitn so
till during the Utter part of the evening
'orhnps tho^p tvasn't some abotttt flfttghL-r
about thu (line, and tlien % again per* 1
inps there was. However parties 'at
eugth reached liomc: JwlA'W-^JjQt * amr
wndkerehief, but hns not betsft 4ivored
vitlt tlio company of ibo Voting Tleacon ?,
row that tiino to this; f
I)EseniPTibN o? Love.?From <? wry
iId Magazine.-^-Love U like Gie devil tewttse
it torments as ; like heaven, becui*
t \vrnp? tbfl sotil in bits#-] . ,
:nu?c it is relUiiing.; ilsa paper, limine h
?ften set* as on fii^e ; HkeSugwr, Deeeusd it
& awcoi; n kg n rope, oeeauae it is 4JKen tbe
leatli of a man ; like rt pK^on, because It
nakes ona miserable. \ like; ftine, b4&i6?e it
nakea (is Impyyliko a -man,. btfdtaM U is
ere to-day and gone tojndrrow j/*Rke *
iroman, because t hero 1b no getting >id of -3
t ; like a beacoli j lx?cau*ei.H guidea ona to
heWMshdi for \xjri } lilfe a will^Mbe-wibfc
Kjcnustj it tffttm lead# one jnto
\ fie rag counter, because it o(ty| rtins. *1ifaf ,
vitkona ; like a ri(lhiNp<>nywW^^ iVi(J?? - v
)les nicely with ono ; like Jiito c fern 1
log, or like the. feat of'a. gritty wcWa^.
>w.niue 4hey tfcriu make amafrrtirt fnwtSike
a fifoofte4 btfoanw it " *
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