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- VOLUME 5--N0. 29. ABBEVILLE C. II., SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 20, 1857. * WHOLE NUMBER-2ST
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<> HATES OF ADVERTISING.
t i The Proprietors of the Abbeville Jiunncr and
'Independent Prcif, hnve established the follow
lug rate^of Advertising to be charged in both
papers: Evorjt
Advertisement inserted for a less time
than three months, will be charged b}' the insertioti"at
Otte Dollar per Square, (1? inch
^tho space of 12solid lines or less,) for the first
Insertion, and Fifty Cents for each ?ub;e,<juent
insertion.
tSS" The Commissioner's, Sheriff's, Clerk's
Rod Ordinary's Advertisements will be inserted
in both papers, each charging half price.
zw Sheriff's Levies, One Dollair each. |
. iSST" Announcing a Candidate, JTive Dol"V?:
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.?MY.?srviBing nn r^sixny, ~w\%'0 uouarN,
* to l>e paid by the Magistrate.
AdVertisciiiontrt inserted for three months, or
longer, at the following rales ;
-1 square 9 mouths $ 5 00
1 square 6 months 800
1 square 9 months 10 00
. 1 square 12 months ------ 12 00
& squares -8 months - - .?00
2 Bqutires 0 months ------ 14 00
2 squares 9 months 18 00
2 squares'12 months 20 00
S squares 3 months * 1?) 00
8 squares 0 months 1C00
<8 squares 9 months 21 00
3 squares 12-months 25 00
4 squfcres 8' months '<> - - - - - 12 00
4 squares 6 months 20 00
4 squares 9 months - - - - - 20 00
4 squares 12 months - 30 00
fi squares 3 months 15 00
5 squares 6 months - 25 00
5 squares 9 months ...... 31 00
5 squares 12 months ...... 35 00
6 wqtaa^ea 3 months 20 00
r, ttqUf&a 0 months 30 0<)
6 nqua'res 9 months ...... so Oil
C squnrea 12 months - - - - - 40 00
1 squares 8 mouths ...... 25 00
7 squares 6 months So 00
7 squares 8 months 41 00
7 nquftves 1? months 45 00
8 squares 3 months ...... 30 00
8 squares' 6 fiioritha ...... 40 00
8 squares 9 months - 46 00
b-squares 12 months - , - - - - 50 00
Fractions of Squares will be charged in proportion
to the above rates.
Business Cards for the term of one
year, yrill be charged in proportion to the
apaoe they occupy, at One Dollar per line
fpace. 4
Z3S" For all advertisements set-in <Ioul>lc col
itmn. Fifty per.Cei)t. extra will be added to the
flbo>e rates.
DAVIS <fc CREWS.
For Banner ;
LEE ?fc WILSON,
For Prefix.
~ MI8CEL1.AXTY
IIanu Times ixtiie Wist.?Threatened Famine.?W'c
have ulteady mcationcJ tliat much
suffering prevails in Stearns county, Minnesso1n,
in consequence of the destruction of the
crops by grasshoppers. The Chicago Journal
Btiys:
A committee from Slearns county, headed
by Mr. Teeavoord, late member of the Constitutional
Convention, were in St. Paul on the
instant, to'aolicit contributions for the reliuf
of persons in that country who are on the
verge of starvation. For the past two years
the crops in Stearue have been tbtally destroyed
by tne grasshoppers. There is not a bush
el or wheat or oats in Uie country, raised within
its borders. Farmers but two years since
comparatively wealthy are now suffering from
n want of nccessafie* of life: Over two thousand
people, it is estimated, will require aid.
There is niffering and a prospective famine
anirtng the lumbermen of the Wisconsin lumber
region. W? lu?ve advices from there up to
the 19th ultimo, and hundreds of poor men hud
lieen discharged without b moment's warning
afid sortie with neither a cent in their pocket or
scarcely any food in the house.
The mill* from (Sfrei-n Bay to Menomonee
were all shut down with one moment's warning
; some of the men were paid off with notes
at sixty and ninety days, others with due bills.
There is nat-a barrel of pork, or anything for
the inner man, and not twenty dollars in money
in the whole region. Men who are not
able to walk arc going to Green Bay, leaving
heir wives and eliildrcn here with not three
days' proviaioiflC before them.. Jobbers . are ! 1
leaving the woods for want of pork and flour 1
for tlieir help. ?
Of the pressure at Clueago the Tribune
ays:
f A number of landlords, in view of tbe failing 1
o(F in business of tbelr tenants, and the financial
bearing upon tbe trading and producing
classes, have "voluntarily reduced their rents,
dome of them one;third. Vacant rooms and
stores can now be had from 25 to 60 per cent
cheaper thnn was asked six months ago. One
ItJMantajsaUie under observation this week, of
a stofe fooTri in a fino block located on Sotfth
Water street, being reuted for >2,000. for
which the owner deraauded $4,60ou last
spring. *' ^ ,
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Botyu Carojuna Historical Society.?A called
meeting of the Board of Managers was held
ye?ter3av, in thejiall of the Charleston Library,
and sontft mattersr of interest connected with
thti rortlf-eouiing volttme of collections, were reported*ou
and,, discussed. Tbe -publication of
the volamb will soon b& announced, tnd it af
fo^d*us.ftp occasion agaiu to commend \he
Object* srid purposes of the Society.
At touting some donations of interest
nnd value were reported. A package of letters,
Ac., front our y?oerable rod enthusiastic reminisce
dt?-Dr. J^s-spfiJohnsotu w^s received, and
feferitd for examination And Classification to
Messrs. F.JL Poreher Hsnn|ond as a
speciah^ommittec. Tbe J^r^sidcut, J. L. P^ir #
contribution, qiado to him
for the society, of a, memoir of John Julius
TVirfgle, Attorney- General of the State from
1792 to"'1808 ; and also the presentation by
John G. Guigbotd* 4f Columbia, of an ancient
map orglain, giving the position and toftfcgrapbical
afapngomenta of a battle that oq^
fcutred in 1716," between OoL Ifoora aod the
TuscaroraTfedians, *
Tlib^o??d|y is flbadily increasing ita depository
trtfttrKnd fconttftotions, Midhas Already
Ample doe editmsl application,
to fufnUint fleajui^rolume acton after the a?
p^rane^#fc^ivfefth-ooming, ahottld sufficient
?ncour^#^art be Wforde4..
The neOTjmtar i?1id noart$rly rjeeting will
oecur on* m fonfyh MoptJo^^n^^Upt.^
J*a ntlivll^ in Tknkessse.?Tlie r Bfowns
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A Queer Epitaph.
The Huston Journal i* our authority for saying
that in a churchyard at Oxford N. II., a
tombstone actually displayed this epitaph.
We don't wish to question anybody's word,
but :
To all my friends I bid adieu,
A more sudden death you never knew.
As I was lending the old mare to drink.
She kick and killed me quicker*a a wink.
Continoknt account ok tiik Statk.?We
think it not ainiss (nays the Spartan) to epenk
of tlie mode l<v which the Legislature liquidates
the contingent accounts of newspaper*
against the State, and invite the attention of
editors and proprietors to the subject, as a common
grievance calling for common remedy. As
to the accounts of the Governor and Adjutant
General, they are within the control of the former,
and are promptly discharged on presentation.
But we refer to tliosc growing out of
advertisements inserted hy order of court,
clerks, managers of election, Ac., which are
rarely paid the Legislature, unless upon heavy
deduction. We have puhlisied election notices
for managers, orders for extra courts, orders
for special elections, for district officers, and
our accounts have been kindly thrown out hy
the Committee on Contingent Accounts in the
Legislature 1 Why is this! Has a judge no ;
authority to call an extra court? Is it inade i
the duty of a clerk to order a special election |
through a gazette, but witli tin! privilege of i
paying the expense? himself? Wo shall again >
try to get our claims allowed, and if we fail, !
we shall be constrained to believe it not true I
that govern men Is arc willing to pny all just j
dues on presentation. We think it hard enough
that legislative bodies assume to proscribe what
wc shall charge for our work, without withholding
the pittance when honestly earned.
Cotton CJoixcj EastwAttn,?For scvernl days
something over a hundred bales of cotton have
been shipped daily over the Memphis and Char- !
lesion ltnilron.l ?.. A mrnatn <I
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Charleston, for a market. *1 hey were bought i
here by a gentleman ofGeorgin, on speculation, '
the markets of those places being not only
higher, but more active thnn either Memphis {
or New Orleans.
The fact here stated is a very pregnant and
significant one, and should exert something of
an awakening influence upon those who have
in charge the machinery by which the crops are
to be moved. If it be really true that we have
no ability within our own borders, to give it n
start in its old and accustomed channels, uud
that its inertia is to be overcome onl}- by such
"outside" operations as this, we might us well
be making up our minds to abate something of
the pretensions of Mewphis, And to face the
discovery that we have been making a blunder
in our previous railroad enterprises. New Or
leans, too, will be somewhat startled by this
crcvaxse in the flow of trade on the Mississippi.
Cotton being bought in Memphis, ami shipped
by railroad eastward on speculation, is
something to set our financier*, bankers and
business men to thinking.?ifemphi* liul'cliu.
Worth Reading.?We make the following
extract from a communication in the Charleston
Courier, in regard to our financial affairs:
The suspended Banks, we understand, are
curtailing their circulation, in the hope of resuming
specie payments in n short time. Lull!
they will not be able to do it within six months
to a year, und stand one week after. What is
the necessity of curtailing their circulation to
the detriment of the people! They have suspended
; the penalty for so doing is 5 per cent,
on the amount of circulation at the time of suspension.
Their account with the Comptroller
General is closed ; he has nothing more to do
with them ; their weekly or monthly statements
are not wanted. .To speak Jockci/-likc tliey arc
nowhere. Now is the time for them loniake
hay again. Tliere is plenty of wheat, and flour
ready to be moved. With proper facilities
they enn be brought to market, which would
at once give employment to the highest and
the lowest in their respectative avocations.
The people, by their representatives, will demand
and will have a satisfactory account rendered
of their action*, (which they will be unable
to give,) or punish a.l to the extent of the
law. Kadi and all, suspended or not, have forfeited
their ehnrters, and they had better in
tiine coax the lion, and extract his claws, ere ho
tears them to picccs. ,
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SometiiiiiQ New.?England is sending gold to
Litis country to adjust the balance against her,
?n?l foreigners are going from this country to
Europe. For sixty, days no order from New
York has been sent across the water for goods.
From the importer to the kitchen girl retrenchment
is the order of the day, and the balance of
trade for the first time in our nation's
liistoiyisin our favor. This may and ought
to be a permanent thing. There is no reason ,
why we should not be Europe's creditor in all ,
times to come. We have a surplus of everything
she wonts in the way of raw materia',
and in manufactures we can successfully com- j
pete with the Old World whenever the people
on this side of the water will do away with the
floods of worthless bonk paper which fix falsa
valued upon lahor and its products.
The return of foreigner* is, of course, temporary
and occasioned only by the present paper
fionic.?But the times are peculiar, very pecuiar.
How a Dutchman Banker Conducted Bcsink?8
uni?es tub I'rkssure.?John Behmidt is a
German Banker in Louisville, lie suffered
run, was compelled to suspend, but did not close
his doors. He simply stuck up a notice in high
Dutch that lie was going to have some money
nrfiltv Aonn. Two Aav* afu?. I.a f/wvb '
I-. ?--J ? - - - ? ? i ? Hiwt uv wwn ww *nr u vuu
notice and nut up Another stating that he had
$15,000 on hand. There was another run and
the $15,000 was soon gone.?John pot up the
old notice again, and next day was attain in
fund*, when in accordance with his ola plan,
he changed the notice. At last account* there
was no run on John Schmidt, and his deposi>
tors had all como back to him. That was
straight forward Dutch pluok and honesty. ^.
Hxthp Times.?A cohpleof gentfemen of afr
cltv Were standing aa the B?v vtHitnrdav. ?nn.
verting about the bardnc& of tha times and
the nocesaitydbr economy. One of them remarked
: "Well, I bad corn anil beef ami cabbage,
fur dinner to-day." Hi* companion
stumped him with tbe question. "Wby, what
did you do with that pair of duck* I m* you
pay a dollar and a qnarter for f' "Ob V replied
our ecoQOtniat, "i had tbera besides."
Sav. Rtftublica*.
Barttcx
o*ce Mors.?The Starafonl
[Codim} Advocate mj? : v,;v
Mt w certainly with pleasure - that wa
announce the probable fact that. ' P. T.
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Edward Everett on Agriculture.
lion. Edward Everett delivered an Address
befure the New York State Agricultural
Society, at Buffalo, on Friday, the 9th
instant. It closes with the following eloquent
and instructive paragraphs:
A greater than Burku in this country,our
own peerless Washington, with a burden of
public care on his mind such as has seldom
weighed upon any oilier person,?conscious,
through a considerable part of his career,
that tlie sti<;<?i?ss not r?nlv r>f #! *? A
Revolution, but of the*-whole great experiment
of republican government, was dependent
in no small degree upon his course
and conduct,?yet gave throughout his life,
in time of peace, more of his time and attention,
as lie himself in one of his private
letters informs us, to tho superintendence of
his agricultural operations, than to any
other object. "It will not be doubted,"
nays he, in his last annual message to Congress,
(7th of December, 1796,) "that with
reference either to individual or national
welfare, agriculture is of primary importance,
lu proportion as nations advance in population
and other circumstances of maturity,
this truth becomes more apparent, and renders
the cultivation of the soil more aud
more an object of public palroage *
* * * * Aiuoug the means
which have been employed to this end, none
have been attended with greater success than
the establishment of boards, charged with
collecting and diffusing information, and
enabled, by premiums aud small pecuniary
aids, to encourage anil assist a sprit of discovery
and improvement." On the lOlli
of December, 1799, Washington addressed
a long letter to the manager of his farms,?
the lust elaborate production of his pen,?
tiansmiting n plan, drawn up on thirty
written folio pages, containing directions for
their cultivation for several years to come.
In seven days from the date of tlws letter
his own venerated form was "sown a natural
body, to be raised a spiritual body."
^eariy mi tne successors ol Washington
in tlio Presidency of the United States, both
the deceased and the living, passed, or nre
passing, their closing years in the dignified
tranquility of rural pursuits. One of the
most distinguished ol them, Mr. Jefferson,
invented the hill side plow. Permit me also
to dwell for a moment on the more recent
example of the four great statesmen of
the North, the West, and the South, whose
names are the boast and oruainent of the
last generation, Adams, Calhoun, Clay mid
Webster, who forgot the colossal anxieties,
the stern contentions, the herculean labors,
aud the thankless sacrifices of the public
service, in the retirement of the country and
the calm and healthful pursuits of agriculture.
One of these four great men it whs
not my fortune personally to behold in the
enjoyment of these calm and national pleasures
; but I well remember hearing liiin
a.tj, mm a uiuiuuu cuuiueilillice, LllHv IIJCTC
was nothing in the triumphs or honors of
public life so grateful to his feelings as Lis
return to his home in Carolina, at the close
of the session of Congress, when every individual
or. his plantation, not excepting the
humblest, came out to bid him welcome
mid to receive the cordial pressure of his
hand. I was often the witness of the heartfelt
satisfaction which Mr. Adams enjoyed
on his ancestral acres, especially in contemplating
the trees planted by himself, thousands
of which are now scattered over the
estate. While he ministered it this way to
the gratification and service of other times,
he felt that he was discharging no small
portion of the debt which each generation
owes to its succcsssors. At Ashland, in
1820, I rode over his extensive farm, with
the illustrious orator and statesman of the
West ; and as tlio "swinish multitude," attracted
by the salt which he liberally scattered
fiom his pocket, came running about
us, in the beautiful woodland pasture, carpeted
with that famous Kentucky blue grass,
be good humoredly compared them to the
ufliee-seekers, who hurry to Washington at
the commencement of An administration,
attracted by the well flavored relish of a" i
good salary. Mr. Webster, reposing on his
farm at Marshfield, from the toils of the forum,
and the coufiicU of the Senate, resent
bled the mighty ocean which, after assaulting
the cloudy battlementB cf the skj', with
all the seething artillery of his furious billow*,
when the gentle southwest wind sings truce
to the elemental war, calls home his rolling
mountains to their peaceful levely, and mirrors
the gracious heavens iu his glassy bosom.
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One more suggestion, my friends, and I
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JfUUt pctUCIIUC. JXO t% YVUIJk VI HII| JL
know few things inure pleasing to tbe eye,
or more capable of affording scope and
gratification to a taste for the beautiful, than
a well situated, well cultivated farm. Tbe
inan of refinement will hang witb neverwearied
gaze oil a landscaped by Claude or
Salvator; tbe price of a section of tbe most
fertile land in the West would not purchase
a few square feet of tlya canvass on which
these greatartists have depicted a rural
scene. But nature haa- forms and proportions
beyond tbe painter'e skill; her divine'
pencil touches the landscape witb living,
lights and shadows cover mingled ou hia
pallet. * What U the&wOM earth which can
innrA Miilimtv nliarm h? I ft* ik?
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taste, than a noble farm 1 It sUuda?jM>a, a
southern slope, gradually rising with "vitriogated
ascent from the pl^u, sbeltereitflfroi'tt
the w?rth-?jF stern winds by woody heigbta,
broken hero and there with roofa-covwed
boulder*, which impart variety andstfaftg}*to.(fie
outline. The nfjjnre forest i h&s itytti
cleared from the greater part of the farm,
but a suitable Dortion. careful I v Jteoded. ra.
maio* in wood for ecwno^nioal pifrp^o^
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house, the post office, the railroad, a sociable
neighbor, or a travelling friend. It consists
in duo proportion of pasture and tillage,
meadow and wooi\J?ndf field and garden.
A. substantial dwelling, with every thing for i
convenience and nothing for ambition, with <
the fitting appendages of stable, and barn, ]
and corn barn, and other farm building*, i
not forgetting a spring-house with a living
fountain of water,?occupies upon a gravel- j
ly knoll, a position well chosen to cominaud <
the whole estate.
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... ,vo nvira UII uic llUIll, HIIU on ILie
sides of the dwelling, set apart to gratify the i
eyo with the choicer forms of rural beauty, 1
nre adorned with a stately avenue, with no- i
ble'solitary trees, with graceful clumps, I
shady walk*, a velvet lawn, a brook niur- <
muring over a pebbly bed, here and there a I
grand rock, whose cool shadow at sunset <
streams accross the field ; all displaying, in
the real loveliness of nature, the original of I
those landscapes of which art in its perfec- I
lion strives to give the counterfeit present- s
ment. Animals of select breed, such as I
I'aul Potter, and Morland, and Landseer, I
and ltosa Donheur never painted, roam the |
pastures or fill the hurdles and tho stalls ; j
the nlouirli walks in mul,
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the plain, and opens tho genial bosom of i
the earth to tlie sun and air ; nature's holy ;
sacrament of seed-time is solemnized beneath ]
tho vaulted cathedral sky ; silent dews, and i
gentle showers, and kindly snnshines, shed |
their sweet influence on the leemping soil ; i
springing verduro clothes the plain ; golden
wavelets driven by llie west wind, run over ;
the joyous wheat field ; tho tall maize |
tlaunis in her crispy leaves and nodding 1
tassels?while we labor and while we rest, <
while we wake and while we sleep, God's
chemistry, which, we cannot see, goes on i
beneath the clouds ; myriads and myriads ,
of vital cells, ferment with elemental life ; |
germ and stalk, and leaf and flower, and <
silk and tassel, and rrrnin ?n.1
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| up from tlie common earlli ; the mowing j
i machine and the reaper?muto rivals of <
human industry?perform their gladsome
task ; the Well piled wagon brings home (
the ripened treasures of the year ; the bow f
of promise fulfilled spans the foreground of
the picture, and the gracious covenant is
redeemed, that while the earth remaincth, 1
summer and winter and heat and cold, and t
day and night, and seed time and buivcst
shall not fail. I
A Noble Act, <
A lad under eight years of ago was tli- :
rected by some ladies to run after a little '
boy who was strolling away from his i
blether's door. Ho obeyed, and hurried <
away after him, hut the little fellow would |
not return. He liked hjs freedom in the
open air too well to become a willing caged <
bird of tho house ; so he resisted the lad's
efforts to force him back. I
"Tell him." exclaimed nnn r?f tli a #
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"that you nave something for him here." 1
"I shan't tell him any such thing," re- 1
plied the boy, "fur I haven't got anything I
fur him." (,
jjic ladies probably felt severely rebuked '
by ill is prompt and frank reply. The boy ?
was right in declining to obey them in de- 1
oeiving the child. It would have been ly- 1
ing for hiin to assert that he had a gift for <
hiui when he had not. Yet it is greatly to 8
be feared that many children tell such lies t
as these without the least scruples. A few *
djlvs R*IIW>P WA lipur*! a /?oll ?
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another to come to him. The caII was not i
obeyed; so an additional inducement was <
offered to secure his presence. 141 have a >
curious thing to show you; come and see it." i
This had the desired effect, and the two ?
boys were soon together, but a alteration I
soon ensued aud no "curious thing" was t
found there. Indeed, the lad who offered <
this iuducement had nothing at all lo exhib- i
it. "You told a lie," was the charge brought c
against him by his deceived playmate, i
And was it not a lie ? "Nothiug but sport," 1
perhaps the boys say; "we were only in i
And so you tell an untruth for the |
sake of having a good time, do you ? You t
would have a much better time by keeping e
truth on your side, and ap'pear much better <
into the bargain. There i? more "fun" in f
telling the truth than a lie, is there not ? f
m t
i ry 11 ana see. - r
JJoth boys and girls may be in tbo habit g
of deceiving and lying, by way of sport. f
It is a very dangerous practice. lie who t
deceives in early life, in a jesting way, will (
be more likely to decfeive in earnest when
he becomes a man. Old liars are made out <
of young deceivers. If Satan can get a f
boy or girl to lie for "fun," he can very soon J
get him or her to lie for something more \
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I^OI* X uu JUIISI^ OIIUUIU BIU * V IVIj^Cb VII 19* (
Prize truth above rubies. It-is-the mott
beautiful of all things in the universe. It is
clear as the sun and fair as the moon. It .
is lovelier than the flowers or a rainbow ; I
more brillant than gems and preoious stone*. (
It is the mo6t beautiful of all on dip lips cf f
the little child.? CongregaIbnalist. ,
A Nbrvous Traveler.?-J[ recently j
took a trip West, and while passing r^ver 'J
the E. & II. R, R., being fond of "the ,
weed," bdt) t^ben my ieat in the baggage .
car for the purpose ot indulging in a "Ha- ,
vans,r when a nervous individual entered g
tlie car and eotnuMaeed^ovtffcaiiliogf the ,
baggage. T*e aft*r eve- t
lltin A ninlVirfir zeWzVefnH. ktm miLa?
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The BeautifuL
Come in the calmness of (ho twilight
hour when thu zephyrs pixy among the
brnnches of moving trees?when tlio birds
nf-fe caroling their evening songs?and muse
on earth's beautiful ohjeot. All nnturo is
lovely, from the blue sky above us to the
springing grass at our feet; from the mighty
ocean to the rippling streamlet passing
gently by among the shrubbery. And
charming indeed is the fragrant air of the
warm and ihe gentle breetes of evening.
The sparkling ray of the sun, and the pale
Biivery beams ot tbo moon and stars, that
end their influence to illuminate our earth
ure beautiful. Even the birds, as tlicy tune
their sweet voice?, teach us n lesson of
jheerfulness-inspire within our breasts a
love of the beautiful. The rosy dimpledzheeked
child enjoyidg its innocent plays
?the ruby, noble spirited youth, and even
the aged with heads already blossomed for
the grave, each feel that life has some sunny
spots?some halcyon days. Some may
tell oftho disappointments, the partings the
bitter tears; they may tell of death and the
ijrave,but you who are good say, is not this
a happy world of ours after all ? Do you
not remember some bright joyous day, when i
the world seemed as one pleasent drama,
1 1 11* ? * - *
iuiu no ciouu (iimmeu uie clear sky of hope
mid prosperity ? Does not memory recall
the innocent sports of childhood, the happy
liours spent with young companions, and
the kind friend who hovered around, strewing
our path with flowers of tenderness
and affection ? Think of the pleasant smile?,
the hours of sweet communion with the
loving ones of earth, and then joiil the song
:>fall nature that beauty dwells in cveiv path.
Ye who say it is bitter, cruel, think < >!
think Hgain?gaze on all life's attractive
objects, taste the pleasure of a well spent
life, and jovours will be you meditations,
jalin and bereno your spirits. Life will pass
as a pleasant dream, and death will only be
a nassnnrt. In ? miira rvoninl cliino nnrri.la
i I? b"""' .
will waft your spirits on their glittering j
wings to the Klysian fields above, and their
ioft strains of music shall forever fall in sweet en
accent on your ear.?Ex. V
? ? ?? lit
Soutiien Fkuit Haisino.?There is no ga
branch of domestic economy more neglected
at the South, than the culture of fruit, te
[t is true, there is an awakened spirit among to
the few, but as yet, not among the masses. i'j
Fhe grape is exciting a universal . interest, or
?o much for the desert as for wine. There cr
ire nurseries, and extensive fruit orchards ?i<
?nrim?inrr nn in tlin vinz-initu rS nnr /mm. -
i ;o o ~*r "" "7 / v" VVUI w
merical towns, which area credit to the Bi
:ountry, and a sourco of profit to. the-pro- st<
>rielora. But this is not all the country >en
leeds. Every proprietor in the country^- be
:vcry owner of a half acre lot, owes to him- th
self, liis children and his country, to plant cli
ruit trees. Land holders of the South! II
:ancel the debt you owe to posterity this- re
iresent fall. You should plant this fall at be
east one" million fruit tree*. The large li<
ilanter should plant the apple, pear, peach, to
jrapc, and fig, not only fur his white fami- tr
y, but for his negroea. Ripe fruit, in it sea- Al
ion, is cheaper and heeallheir than bacon, ca
Sven the small proprietor may have fruit pr
uca viiuugii 10 buvu 111 nc:11 oi mo cxpence Im
>f living. Say not that your toil does not sa!
wit the apple, pear, peach or grape, for on to
i small scale, you may make n soil to suit it
my of tbera. This is the great advantage lai
rou liavo over them wo never read. You by
nay all grow peaches as well as Muses, or sis
:herries as well as Peter?, or strawberries as ge
veil as Peabody, or grapes as well as Axt, tli
f you will but study how to do it. The Hi
inallept farmer among you thinks it no la- Li
>or lost, or time misspent, to study bow he M
nay best fatten his pig. lie does not think wi
>f building a pen for his pig, nud then feed- at<
rig him on shucks and water, but bo studies tb
>ut and experiineuts with that food which on
will produco the greatest amount of pork, wl
tfow, if we will divest ourselves of the er- de
oneouu idea that fruit is but an article of
uxary and not of foodjand look at it in
l./> in wIiikIi (rntl <lrtiirpd if. WA
llv v,,,v MbM' ? ? ; o? ? ? #i
hull find il ns much to our interest to study
which will feed a fruit tree, as wliat will !*n
ecd a hog. There can bo no excuse for !3
my family being without fruit. There are .
eliahlo nurseries all around us. Th^fig and l8J
jrape grow so rapidly from the culti'figtf, S11
>nd (lie apple and peach from tlio seeds, u
lint any family, no matter how poor, may mi
lave an orchard. 161
Our mission i#, to encourage tlio proluction
of good fruit among the masses, ?
ii<d when we see every householder in tlie an
and sitting under his own vine and fig tree,
ve shall feel that we have accomplished j
>ur mission.
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Leaves.?No manure is so well worth
flying in October and November as now ^
||K?g*Jeav?ft of *the season. According
d'Payno, ihey contain nearly tlirco times 8j1(
is inucb nitrogen as ordinary barn yard ^
nanure ; and every, gardener who has '
trewn and'covered them in 'bis trenches
ate in the fall or December, must have
lotieed tbe next season bow black nndnotst
thesoil is that adheres to the thirsty a (
roung beets he pulls. * No vegetable Sub
tsnce woody libra ivkI become*
oluble quicker limn \<aive?, ftnd from tins
'err cnxne tliey xre ?oon driedujy
ervd lo the Wjnd* ?ad mow ^
fathered itid irencbW In^r w>mppeted, ^
Hjfore tl>? ?d*eMof U* *?^(NCJ?inUir. : 1
; < . ' 35 * ' *" . """ v-'Lojnf
OftMoof, A dirtingTiUtttd English ft-y
? ,io
Broken Ties.
The broken tie* of happier driys;
How often do they seem.
To come befor *?ur mental gor.o
J.ike a ren.-.. jtfred dream !
Around us cacli discovered chain
I sparkling ruin lies,
Aud earthly hand shall ne'or again
Unite these broken tie?.
The parents of our youthful home,
The kindred that we loved,
Far from our arms percliauee may roam,
To desert scus removed.
Or we have watched their parting brcntli,
And elcsed tlieir weary eyeis
And sighed to think how audi}- dentil
Cun sever human ties.
The friend?, the loved ones of our youth,
They, too, have gone or changed,
Or worse tlirtti nil, their love and truth
Aro darkened and estrnnged:
They meet us in the glit tering throng,
With cold averted eyes.
And wonder tlint we weep their wrong,
And mourn our broken ties.
O, who in .1 world like thia
Could hear his lot of pain.
Did not one radicnt hope of bliss
Unclouded jet remain!
That hope the Sovereign Lord has given
Who reigns above the skies,
Hope that, unties our souls to heaven
l}y faith's enduring tics.
Each ca;-o, each ill of mortal birth.
Is sent, in pitying love,
To lift the linirering heart from earth
And speed its flight above. <
And every pang that wrings the breast
And every joy thut dies.
Tells us to seek a purer reft.
And trust in holier ties.
Intrurstixo Uki.ics.? A correspond
t ot' a Xcw York paper, travelling through
irgini,, nia^t'R mention of sonic intercsig
rejigs of licvulutiotiary times. lie
>*s:.
"Kiclimond is a Ijcnuliftil city, nnd lias inrested
me greatly. On Saturday I went
Church llill to sec the church in which
utricle Henry shouted "Give me liberty
nrivo. lllti ilortlll." Til liis itiivis it ivne o
ucifoim building, but since then the nortli
]e of llid cross has boon take!) down nn<l
wider building put up in the place of it.
ut the part of the church in which Henry
jod-, mid where were assembled liis addict*,
is still there and the very spot where
i stood is pointed out to thcr lovers of old
ings. The pulpit, sounding board, and
laiicol vai! are the same as they were in
enry s nine. 1 was quite interested in the
utor's history of the tumble baptismal font
fore the pulpit. Many years before the
uvolutionary it had been sent from England
the Episcopal church in the lower counf
between Richmond and the 6ea coast,
fter the revolution the church whs confisted
and sold and the font became the
opertj* of a scoffing infidel, who, to show
i* contempt, had it placed where he could
It his cattle in it.?From that place it got
the wood pile, and finally some one had
put in the cellar. Originally it was so
-ge that an infant could be immersed, but
its hard fortunes it beeamo reduced in
:e. It finallay fell into tho hands of a
ntlcmnn who had it recut, and placed in
is venerable old church in which Patric
eury delivered his speech. ''In tho State
brary I had tho pleasure of seeing George
iison's original draft of the Bill of llights,
itten in 177G, and substantially incorporv?
.'d into the Constitution ofVirginia. I
ere saw also, Washington's cane, the
e which is to bo presented to'Mr. Everett
icn he comes to Richmond thin full to
liver his eulogy on Washington.""'
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Air Poisbn.?People have often, said
at no difference can l>e detected .in the
alyzation of puro and impure air. Tina
one of tb#"vulgar errors diflicult 16 disIge
from the ordinary^ br&in. TLo fact
llmt the condensed air of a crowdcd room
a deposit, which, if ullovved |o remain
few days, forms a solid, thjjck glutinous
isd, having a strong odor df animal mat .
If examined l?y 'd>o microscope, it is
^n to undergo a remarkable change. First
all, it is converted into a vegetable growth,
d this is followed by tho productiorfof
iiltitudes of uuimalcuUs?a decisive proof ''
ufit must contain certain organic matter,
jer wise it could not nourish organic bejs.
A writer in D!cRio?%3iouseho)d
ords.in remarkiug ui?onribis sqfcject, sayg nt
thdf was tho reitull arrived at by Drugus
Smith, in his beautiful experimentthe
air and water of towns; wherein he
owed how the lungs and ekio gave out
Jauic matior, which is, iu itself, a deadly
iaeu producing headache, sickllett^JW '
o or epidemic, accordijig to , its strength,
by, if a few drops of the liquid matter
tamed by the condensation of tb? air of
uul locality, introduced aMO the vein of i
log can* p?bdui o -dcntli H?T UlC UMial*^
wumenattf typlinsfcveiy wfi{it inailcjiila;
> evils must it not produce oqBjp^/bU'; {
uj beings wbo breiilhojt Benin and again,
tdqred taator iuw f?? Wable o? sjwtyuflifo
witb<w?ry V*fc^ ^
riinatioa of the air, au^^^tHio^be^ >
BjaBte V r' 1
f. . . '* __ ^ ' Ci,'
I I.HJII, 1 I* I , - y.,-;
A Traveller's Tale. % .*?
Wo separated in a stoVm in the lattitude 4 "'.% r
of seventy tbree, insomuch that the only 4-_ -..V^
ship which I wu3 ih, .^tith. a French "twi \'-+
I)uteh vessel got safe info.#1 cteek <rfNova .. **'? ^
Zembla?We landeff in' order ta-refit ?or'
vessels, and store ourselves with prtnriaionfc ?*
The crew of each vessel made them a tjabin .
of turf, at some distance froui each other,*
to fence themseTves against the inclemencies
of the weather, which was severe beyond
imagination. We soon observed' that irt- rr -
vmii tuuYcraaiion ,wo lost septal of' out
words, and could not bear one another at
a distance of abwe two yards, and that top," ?
when wer sat near the firer -^ifter much ?N
perplexity, I found that our wdrds toerdf ?f*^ 2'
frozen in the air, befoffe they ,coi\ld reach
the person to whom they Weha spoken. T ? V ,
was soon confirmed in this conjecture, when ? *
upon the increase of the cold,--the whole . c '
company grew dumb, or rather ./deaf; f<>tf . ?
every man was sensible as we aftewnrds . -
found, that bo spoke as well as over; hut ?
the sounds no sooner fnnlr nir thou
j-..- .My.
condensed and were lost. It was now a miBuntble
spectacle to see us nodding and
gasping at one another, every man talking
and no man heard. One might observe
sen man who could call a ship at a league's
dilanee, beckoning with his hand, straining
his lungs, arid tearing his throat,.butalI iu
vain.
"Xor voico nor words ensued" -**?
We continued hero three weeks in llriii
dismal plight. At length upon a turn of
wind, the air. about usibegan to thaw. ?>ur
cabin was immediately filled with dry; chattering
sounds, whirli I-afterwnrds found to
be the crackling of consonants, 'that broke
overhead, nnd were often mixfed with
gentle hissing which I imputed to the letter
s, that so often occurSMn the Engljst* , ^ .
tongue. I soon after felt a breeze "of white
pers rushing by my ear,?for tlios&beirtnr' *
or a soft and gentle substatjce, liquitjedt ift .
the warm wind tlmt blew ncror.8 onr*cabi1l.
These were soon followed by syilAbles and
short words, nnd ?t length by eritire-.eenten- <
cos, that melted sooner 6r later, as they
were more or lees congealed ; 3o "that Vre ?
during * ho three. weeks that had bfccn spoken
during tho three weeks we had been silent,
if I may use the Expression. _ <
It was now very early in the momnigftml
yet, to my surprise, I heard somebody fray"
?liaron, it is midnight, and -ttnfol'Jbr the
ship's crew to g? to bed. ThisXkn ^to brt
tlio pilot's vo'iCV; ami upon recollecting
niyselM knew that lie had- spofcen.vfy.esa
words some days before, though I could; not
hear them until the present tha\V,. $Jy refl
diftirs willeasily im?gm'() " Jidw; tho wholo,
crew was amazed to Jiortr every njan wlkiilfe^
and 8eo.no tnan opeing hi# mouths* In-tho ?v
midst of this sitrpriso .we, weite all? foV*re
heard a volley of oaths ?nijid c a rae9j-pasting, for
along whilp, and uttered in a v?ry libaree r" ">
voic e, wjiirh I ldfew jifbo the UoatHwahi'n - I'
who was, a . very _ chol?rio - fcllovf; aWd had
taken this opportunity of cursing' ?nd"s#ear- _
ing at me/when he thoughtIcould ribtUear
hiin;forIhad several tiipes (pveffli?m*n
strannado 011 that ? f
, , ----- ? v,,u MVIp till I
to repeat it for these, his ptous soliloquies,
when I-g'ot him on ship-bpartl^-lHnox _
MvN fell ACS EN. j * * ^
z, I
Flanche, the French Critic. A.** '
IManeh<J, the criti<5j wljopdied rifcQnlTJrtil
Paris, was a true specimnn ofa-Ftenclufffef; -v
lie slept in a garret and lived at a eafe<r
lie took his coffee an J prepared hlrtriQ* "*
que at the same tiirfe, pocketing the strMg''
luhip.s of sugar afterwards, nooordfojg fo' thti
national custotn: lie frj??U^$e<]an^estfe.
iniiiet," a smoking room, nearllie J/otOT1^ *
Villu' mid there, aniid.the noise.'and^on*
fusion of loquacious ca8?bmtni,hd ^wote Bfl
reviews, lie ?ras heH. iir great rm^r.fb^
literary rpaen, and ' his plp^e*_oW iU&Berue
dc$ JJeux Mondes trijl bo'njfe** witUilifB- _
culty.- Ucranger wrw80TOiy#pleas#d,*iUt
ai^?rthil6'. tliat~ lie wrotGMipou eoratfjof'I&.
poems, tfiht lie expressed himself
ter or lliankfi as quite elated by
vu ruble opinion: Always distrutfuLof lum- *
>?elf, be observed tbat be <feuU) now wftke.pp - , ?
bis owti estevni, by reftuiuff tp tho. xe^U^lt v-;
article, a modal or rcn^fcablg criticism and
good stylo wbich bis %$lear .Plancbe" toad'
written about biiu andiifc ?onga.' PIa>iofeo
was always poor;'quarrelled witb fat
Janin, and got into various difficult^*.' .
died in a hospital, and bis bitterest el^tuv
read his funeral service. The but moments
of liia lifu were characterised by
delirium. ? II? l>?4iev?l Himself at tlie?C6ttft
of Louis XIV conversing with * that
inch, nnd eiijo^ingllio wmpatiy of ;
lie; BuMuet; Fetjebon. BJa4aip?
and Others, and he died bpppjrjjl thtfr jo* r- ciejy.
PlnAelwf was a tnoo BoHerftlan. He * ,
was poor, says a Paris leUor, cr?rrJo^
clothes on bwi?afik. lib tweutf^te .
of active labor Tiad only produced
yearly rent of some tw* thousand &&*&? l
(four'hundred dojfani.)*
the first oritio;df Fttnoe, aI]d .ootMp
ployed.?To- ?bow-t lb?
Jiwve det Deux Momdtt, ootu -?&}* ven^
tured to ppeak a-injrd op t|w wotk* Of toe
lute art tihiUiUptt m Ffrk until l'lftt^fca
had talced the lends.* l?v6tt~, tutd) * '
Tbvppite .Gtiulieiv W $ Vfcton St"
3tMr?, wtftfcl for bis opinion# beforo wfe*